Saturday, November 25, 2017

Sidharta FIne Art Auction 10 December 2017 | After Raden Saleh, Albert Henry Payne (London, 1812 - Leipzig, 1902) engraver. “Last Resort“



Lot 148 


Raden Saleh’s painting „Last Resort“ made a deep impression on the art world in Dresden and Leipzig when it was presented by its owner, the collector Schletter (Leipzig). Immediately it was reproduced by H.F. Grünewald and it added to the so called “Tiedge Album” which appeared in Dresden 1842. Three years later it was engraved again, this time by Albert Henry Payne, a British engraver who had moved his business to Leipzig. The steel engraving was meant as a gift for those who subscribed to Payne’s journal Payne’s Universum (German edition) and Payne’s Pictural World (English edition).  Payne’s Universum was also sold in America and it must have been the first time that Raden Saleh’s name was mentioned in an American journal. The engraving was announced as „A splendid Premium Plate, engraved in the line manner, of the “Attack of the Lion” after the picture of his H.R.H. Prince Raden Saleh, measuring 17 inches by 13 inches, printed on sheet imperial paper, and equal in execution to the plates of the art union.”  In 1864 Payne reprinted his steel engraving as an illustration for the article „Ein javanischer Prinz als Maler“ in: Illustriertes Familien-Journal, A.H.Payne, Leipzig und Dresden, Volume 21, 1864, p. 281.


Dr. Werner Kraus


1 comment:

  1. Lovely! I tried to look for some information on this engraving so thank you so much!

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