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18th C Stipple Engraving
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18th C Stipple Engraving

18th century
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A period stipple engraving, “Ophelia with Fennel”

By William Roland, after Cipriani c.1787

Housed in original gilt period frame

Height 35.5cm.  Width 30cm

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Branching Out Antiques has dated this Georgian Oval Giltwood Engraving to the 18th Century.

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Description
A period stipple engraving, “Ophelia with Fennel”

By William Roland, after Cipriani c.1787

Housed in original gilt period frame

Height 35.5cm.  Width 30cm

Date of Manufacture

Branching Out Antiques has dated this Georgian Oval Giltwood Engraving to the 18th Century.

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An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame.
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Archive I An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame.

18th C Stipple Engraving

Archive II An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame. View II
Archive III An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame. View III
Archive IV An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame. View IV
Archive V An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame. View V
Archive VI An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame. View VI
Archive VII An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame. View VII
Archive VIII An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame. View VIII
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An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame.
18th C STIPPLE ENGRAVING
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An 18th-century oval stipple engraving depicting a draped classical figure with foliage, housed in a beaded giltwood frame.
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  • ObjectFramed Print
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian Neoclassical
  • MaterialGiltwood, Paper, Glass
  • ColourGold and Sepia
  • MotifsBeaded moulding, Draped figure, Classical columns, Oval aperture

This Georgian neoclassical artwork is an eighteenth-century stipple engraving entitled "Ophelia with Fennel" by William Roland after Cipriani, dating around 1787. The print uses sepia tones and depicts a draped classical female figure holding foliage amidst classical columns within an oval aperture on paper under glass. The original giltwood frame has a rich gold finish, detailed with carved beaded mouldings and twisted rope outer borders, showing visible surface wear and minor chips to the gilding. The complete framed piece measures 35.5 cm in height and 30 cm in width. In a contemporary home, this framed print fits well in traditional reception rooms or hallways, displayed above a sideboard or console table to bring a period touch to interior wall spaces. The classical motifs and warm sepia palette complement neutral wall colors and period furniture arrangements.

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Neoclassical stipple engravings from the 18th century typically depicted classical, allegorical, or mythological subjects rendered through fine dots to create subtle tonal gradations and soft shading.

These works were printed on laid paper using copperplate techniques and were traditionally mounted in water-gilded carved wood or composition frames beneath hand-blown protective glass.

Authentic Georgian prints feature visible copperplate impressions along the margins, characteristic paper texture with visible chain lines, and natural age-related toning without modern halftone dots.

An oval giltwood print can be displayed as part of a gallery wall alongside contemporary linear artwork or hung individually to add warm historical contrast in a minimal scheme.

Keep framed prints out of direct sunlight and damp environments, dust the gilt frame using a soft dry brush, and avoid applying liquid cleaners directly to the original glass.
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