Jack[s]on Del / Sculp & excudit._"
Bottom, beneath lower border:
"+Societati Antiquari[ae] Londinensi+ / _Humillime_ D.D.D. _J.B.J_
_Certo da cor, ch' alto de[s]tin non Scel[s]e,
Son l'impre[s]e magnanime neglette;
Ma le bell' alme alle bell' opre elette
Sanno gioir nelle fatiche eccel[s]e;
Ne bia[s]mo popular, frale catena,
Spirto d'onore, il [s]uo cammin raffrena."_
This inscription was added much later, about 1750.
MFA, MMA, Philadelphia
BM, Berlin-Dahlem, Vienna, Bremen, Brussels, Amsterdam, Dresden
6.
_Ulysses and Polyphemus_, after Primaticcio
Dimensions:
7-3/4 x 10-1/8 inches.
Blocks, 2:
Greenish yellow, black.
Inscription, bottom right:
"J. 9"
Some copies lack the inscription. This is from plate 9 of Theodor Van
Thulden's 58 etchings reproducing designs by Primaticcio in
Fontainebleau, published as "_Les Travaux d'Ulisse_" by P. Mariette in
Paris, 1633.
These etchings were published again in 1740 as "_Errores Ulyssis_."
Listed as by Jackson in Weigel's _Kunstlagercatalog_, 1843, vol. 2., p.
103.
BM, V&A
7.
_Bookplate_
Dimensions:
4-1/4 x 6 inches, approximately.
Blocks, 2:
Reddish brown, black.
Inscription left and right top, in ribbon:
"+Litterarum Felicitas+"
BM
8.
_Judgment of Solomon_, after Rubens
Dimensions:
17 x 20-3/8 inches.
Blocks, 4:
Yellow-buff, light brown, violet-brown, dark brown.
Inscription, lower right:
"_Ill.{mo} et Exc.{mo} D.D. +Philippo Farsetti+, / Patritio =Veneto=,
Patrono suo Benefic.{mo}_ / Tabulam _hanc =Petri Pauli Rubens=. / In
Ligno c[oe]lavit, et in sui Obsequii et grati Animi / Monumentum
humiliter Devovet J. B. Jackson._"
1735.
BM, Brussels, Venice
9.
_The Visitation_, after Annibale Carracci
Dimensions:
14-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches.
Blocks, 4:
Light yellow, buff, brown, dark gray.
Inscription, upper right:
"_[AL]. Caratius Pinx{t}. / J: B: Jackson Fecit / +Venezia+ 1735._"
Weigel described this print as _Der Besuch bei Elisabeth_ in his
_Kunstlagercatalog_, 1843, vol. 2, p. 103.
Smithsonian Institution (U.S. National Museum)
MFA, Philadelphia, BM, Dresden
10.
_Julius Caesar_, after Titian
Dimensions:
12 x 9-1/2 inches.
Blocks, 4:
Tones of brown with dark brown key block.
About 1738.
This is a free translation of an engraving by Egidius Sadeler [Le Bl.
143] after one of a seri
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