Luigi Schiavonetti and Richard Westall - Paradise Lost Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels The Poetical Works of John Milton

Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels (The Poetical Works of John Milton)

An original stipple engraving by Luigi Schiavonetti, "Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels", is based upon a design by created by the British artist, Richard Westall for John & Josiah Boydell's "The Poetical Works of John Milton" in 1794. It depicts an episode in the Sixth Book of John Milton's epic poem, "Paradise Lost". In this book, Raphael relates how Michael and Gabriel were sent forth to battle against Satan and his Angels. For two days they waged war, with neither side claiming victory. On the third day, God sends Messiah, his Son, armed with his Chariot and Thunder and the entire forces of Satan are thus driven to their place of punishment. In this scene the rebel angels plummet from the the dark clouds in chaos as the Messiah (the main figure), strikes with bolts of lightning. This impression is printed upon thick Whatman wove paper with large, full margins and bears the engraver's name, "L. Schiavonetti.", the designer's name, "R. Westall, R. A. delt.", title, "Paradise Lost. B.6.L.834.", which means Book 6, Line 834 of Milton's Paradise Lost) and publisher's details "Publish'd June 4, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside." printed below the image. "Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels" is a striking, original example of the British art of Luigi Schiavonetti & Richard Westall.

Original Stipple Engraving by the British artist, Luigi Schiavonetti designed by Richard Westall.

Paradise Lost Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels Original Stipple Engraving by Luigi Schiavonetti designed by Richard Westall for John Boydell's set The Poetical Works of John Milton

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Luigi Schiavonetti (Bassano, Italy, 1765 - London, 1810
#	Image	Title & Artists	Medium	Date	Engraver	Designer	Publisher	-
01-		Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels by Luigi Schiavonetti designed by Richard Westall	Original Stipple Engraving (First Edition Impression)	1794	Luigi Schiavonetti	Richard Westall	John Boydell, London, The Poetical Works of John Milton: inscribed; "L. Schiavonetti.", "R. Westall, R. A. delt.", "Paradise Lost. B.6.L.834.", and the publisher's details "Publish'd June 4, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside.	Sold
02.-		Virgin and Child & St. Anne by Luigi Schiavonetti designed by Annibale Carracci	Original Color Aquatint Engraving & Etching	1807	Luigi Schiavonetti	Annibale Carracci	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "A. Carracci del.t", "L. Schiavonetti fec.t", "In His Majesty's Collection", "and the publication line, "Pub.d as the Act directs April. 15. 1807. by I. Chamberlaine. Scotland Yard.".
03.-		Virgin and Dead Christ by Luigi Schiavonetti designed by Annibale Carracci	Original Aquatint Engraving & Etching	1807	Luigi Schiavonetti	Annibale Carracci	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "An. Carracci del.t., "L. Schiavonetti fec.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Pub.d as the Act directs April. 15. 1807. by I. Chamberlaine. Scotland Yard.".
04.-		Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act V, Scene III. (A Forest. Valentine, Proteus, Silvia & Julia.) by Luigi Schiavonetti designed by Angelica Kaufmann.	Original Stipple Engraving (First Edition Impression)	1792	Luigi Schiavonetti	Angelica Kaufmann	John Boydell, London, Shakespeare Gallery: inscribed, "Shakspeare. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V, Scene III. Publish'd Augt. 1. 1792. by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall. & No. 90, Cheapside, London. Engraved by L Schiavonetti. Painted by Anga. Kauffman Zucchi".

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The Poetical Works of John Milton
Designed by Richard Westall
#	Image	Title & Engraver	Engraver Info	Medium	Date	-
01.-		Comus: Sabrina Releasing the Lady from her Spell by John Ogborne	John Ogborne (Chelmsford, 1755 - London, 1837)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	Available
02.-	-	Comus: The Forest Scene by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
03.-	-	Comus: The Temptation Scene by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833) & Benjamin Duterrau (1767 - 1851)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
04.-	-	Elegia Quinta by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
05.-		Hymn to the Nativity by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	Available
06.-	-	Il Penseroso by John Ogborne	John Ogborne (Chelmsford, 1755 - London, 1837)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
07.-		On the Death of a Fair Infant by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Available
08.-	-	L'Allegro by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
09.-		Lycidas (A poem by John Milton), by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	Available
10.-	-	Milton and his two Daughters by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1797	--
11.-		Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
12.-		Paradise Lost: Adam Awakening Eve by Richard Earlom	Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Sold
13.-		Paradise Lost: Death Leaving the Gates of Hell for the World of Man by John Ogborne	John Ogborne (Chelmsford, 1755 - London, 1837)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
14.-		Paradise Lost: Eve in the Garden of Eden by Richard Earlom	Richard Earlom (London, 1743 - 1822)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Sold
15.-		Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels by Luigi Schiavonetti	Luigi Schiavonetti (Bassano, Italy, 1765 - London, 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Sold
16.-		Paradise Lost: Satan Alarmed by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	Available
17.-	-	Paradise Lost: Satan at the Gates of Hell by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	--
18.-	-	Paradise Lost: Satan Awakening His Legions by Jean Pierre Simon	Jean Pierre Simon, 'John Peter Simon' (London, 1750 - Paris, c. 1810)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1794	--
19.-		Paradise Lost: The Angel Raphael Relates The Story of Creation to Adam and Eve by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Sold
20.-		Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve by Thomas Kirk	Thomas Kirk (London, Died, 1797)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Sold
21.-		Paradise Regained: Christ and Satan Dispute the Value of Earthly Glory. by William Satchwell Leney	William Satchwell Leney (London, 1769 - Longue Pointe (Montreal), Canada, 1831)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
22.-		Paradise Regained: Christ in the Wilderness by Moses Haughton Junior	Moses Haughton, Junior (Wednesbury, Staffordshire, c. 1772 - London, 1848)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available
23.-		Paradise Regained: The Fall of Satan by Benjamin Smith	Benjamin Smith (London, 1754 - 1833)	Original Stipple Engraving 'First Edition Impression	1795	Available

Portraits of John Milton (England, 1608 - 1674)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Publisher	Date	-
01.-		John Milton, Age 21 by William Nelson Gardiner	William Nelson Gardiner (Dublin, 1766 - London, 1814)	Original Stipple Engraving and Etching	John and Josiah Boydell & George Nicol, London	1794	Sold
02.-		John Milton, Age 62 by William Nelson Gardiner	William Nelson Gardiner (Dublin, 1766 - London, 1814)	Original Stipple Engraving and Etching	John and Josiah Boydell & George Nicol, London	1794
03.-		Portrait of John Milton as a Child by Giovanni Battista Cipriani	Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence, Italy, 1727 - London (Hammersmith), 1785)	Original Etching	Thomas Hollis (J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol Edition, 1794)	1760
04.-		Portrait of John Milton as a Young Man by Giovanni Battista Cipriani	Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence, Italy, 1727 - London (Hammersmith), 1785)	Original Etching	Thomas Hollis (J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol Edition, 1794)	1760
05.-		Portrait of John Milton in Old Age by Giovanni Battista Cipriani	Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Florence, Italy, 1727 - London (Hammersmith), 1785)	Original Etching	Thomas Hollis (J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol Edition, 1794)	1760
06.-		Portion of a Shield (John Milton dictating his epic poem, "Paradise Lost", to his daughter.) by John Alfred Vinter	John Alfred Vinter (London, 1828 - 1905)	Original Lithograph	Day & Son, London	1852

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Title:	Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels
Engraver:	Schiavonetti, Luigi (Bassano, Italy, 1765 - London, 1810)
Designer:	Westall, Richard (Hertford, 1765 - London, 1836)
Date:	1794
Medium:	Original Stipple Engraving
Publisher	J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside
Source:	The Poetical Works of John Milton
Note:	Luigi Schiavonetti: Next to Francesco Bartolozzi, Luigi Schiavonetti arguably is England's most famous stipple engraver. Like Bartolozzi, Schiavonetti was born and trained in Italy. At the age of thirteen he commenced a three year apprenticeship under Giulio Golini. After this time, Schiavonetti turned his talents to engraving and imitated several of Bartolozzi's engravings with great success in his native Bassano. These prints came to the attention of Bartolozzi himself, and when Luigi Schiavonetti came to London shortly thereafter, the master made him his principal assistant.
	During his career Luigi Schiavonetti engraved the portraits of such notables as the Duke of York, the Queen of Prussia and William Blake. He was regularly commissioned for such famous publications as Boydell's "Shakespeare" and "Milton" sets, William Ottley's, "The Italian School of Design", Blair's, "The Grave" (designed by William Blake), John Chamberlaine's "Engravings from the Original Designs of Annibale, Agostino and Ludovico Carracci, in his Majesty's Collection", and Wheatley's "Cries of London".
	Richard Westall: After attending the Royal Academy schools in London (1785), Richard Westall devoted himself to history and landscape subjects. He was an early practitioner of the watercolour medium and many publishers of illustrated books soon sought his designs for publication of illustrated editions of Gray, Moore, Crabbe and other poets of the day. During the 1790's, Richard Westall was commissioned by Boydell to work upon both the Milton and Shakespeare sets. Richard Westall was elected an Associate of the prestigious Royal Academy in 1792 and a full Academician in 1794. In the 1820's he was appointed the drawing master to then Princess Victoria.
	John Boydell is easily one of England's most remarkable 18th century personalities. Born in poverty, he began his career as an at best mediocre engraver of small book plates. At this time, England was at a very low ebb as a serious centre for the visual arts (particularly engraving) and John Boydell sought to eradicate this situation by beginning a second career as a publisher of fine prints. Modest initial experiments in the 1760's led to a rapid expansion of his business and during the 1770's he published his striking series of mezzotint engravings, "Liber Veritas", engraved by Richard Earlom after the drawings of Claude Lorrain. This ambitious undertaking put England back on the printmaking map and was a huge financial success for John Boydell.
	Boydell had now established London as a major centre for the arts and this once poor and struggling engraver/publisher was acknowledged for his efforts by being elected no less than Lord Mayor of London, in 1791. The same year marked the beginning of John Boydell's most grandiose undertaking. His new publishing establishment in Pall Mall, "Shakspeare Gallery" began by commissioning the most esteemed painters and engravers in the country to create and design large and expensive engravings based upon the plays and life of William Shakespeare. By this time as well John Boydell’s nephew, Josiah (1752-1817), had joined the firm.
	This monumental venture continued until John Boydell's death thirteen years later. By that time, The Shakespeare Gallery had created and published one hundred and seventy engravings on a grand scale. Alas, the expenses for this vast project had been so large that England’s foremost publisher of art ended his life the way he began, dying penniless.
	At this time England's other great literary giant, John Milton, was honoured by John Boydell. "The Poetical Works of John Milton" was published in three parts in 1794, 1795 and 1797. Sparing no expense, Boydell commissioned George Romney to design a portrait plate and Richard Westall to design images illustrating each part of "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained" as well as the more famous individual poems. The engravers included Luigi Schiavonetti, Richard Earlom, Thomas Kirk, Jean Pierre Simon, Benjamin Smith, Moses Haughton, Dutterau and John Ogborne.
	Unlike the Shakespeare engravings, the Milton prints were constructed almost solely in the stipple technique. Stippling reached its golden age in late eighteenth century England. The technique was promoted and taught by Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence, Italy, 1727 - Lisbon, Portugal, 1815). Many of the above mentioned engravers were among his finest students. Briefly, stippling was a tonal method where the image was created not with solid lines but with a multitude of dots or flicks. Under a master's hand, stippling magnificently captured tonal values by contrasting areas of light and shade. Unfortunately it was most laborious and quickly became extinct with advances in aquatint engraving in the early nineteenth century. Yet to this day some of the most subtle and sensual engravings in the history of British art belong to the stipple engravers of the late eighteenth century.
	As one can easily see, these stipple engravings for Boydell's "The Poetical Works of John Milton" are masterpieces of their kind. Luigi Schiavonetti's "Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels" is a wonderful example of both the beauty and force of the eighteenth century stipple technique.
	A Note on Paradise Lost: Such masterworks as "Paradise Lost", "Samson Agonistes" and "Comus" place John Milton (British, 1608 - 1674) as England's greatest poet. "Paradise Lost" was first published in 1667. It is Milton's great epic poem, composed in twelve books. This original stipple engraving illustrates the Sixth Book. It contains the engraver's name, "L. Schiavonetti.", the designer's name, "R. Westall, R. A. delt.", title, "Paradise Lost. B.6.L.834.", which means Book 6, Line 834 of Milton's Paradise Lost) and publisher's details "Publish'd June 4, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside." printed below the image.
	In this book, Raphael relates how Michael and Gabriel were sent forth to battle against Satan and his Angels. For two days they waged war, with neither side claiming victory. On the third day, God sends Messiah, his Son, armed with his Chariot and Thunder: In this scene the rebel angels plummet from the the dark clouds in chaos as the Messiah (the main figure), strikes with bolts of lightning. He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night; under his burning wheels The Stedfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. Full soon Among them he arrived, in his right hand Grasping ten thousand thunders, which he sent Before him, such as in their souls infix'd Plagues; they astonish'd, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropp'd: O'er shields, and helms, and helmed heads he rode, Of thrones and mighty seraphim prostrate, That wish'd the mountains now might be again Thrown on them, as a shelter from his ire. The entire forces of Satan are thus driven to their place of punishment: _____________________ Hell at last, Yawning, received them whole, and on them closed: Hell, their fit habitation, fraught with fire Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain.
Size:	10 1/4 x 6 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon thick Whatman wove paper and with large, full margins as published by John and Josiah Boydell in Pall Mall in 1794. It contains the engraver's name, "L. Schiavonetti.", the designer's name, "R. Westall, R. A. delt.", title, "Paradise Lost. B.6.L.834.", which means Book 6, Line 834 of Milton's Paradise Lost) and publisher's details "Publish'd June 4, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell & G. Nicol, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90, Cheapside." printed below the image. Containing slight foxing, most notably in the outer margins, else a rich, early impression and in excellent condition throughout. "Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels" represents a superb, original example of late eighteenth century art of Luigi Schiavonetti.
Subject:	Luigi Schiavonetti, Richard Westall, John Boydell, "Paradise Lost: Messiah Routs Satan and his Angels", original stipple engraving, John Milton, Wheatley's "Cries of London", stipple technique, stipple engravers of the late eighteenth century, Grasping ten thousand thunders.
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