George Morland
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1. The Angler's Repast.
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by W.Ward.
[c.1789.]
Mezzotint. 450 x 570mm. Publication line trimmed.
 £330
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2. Dogs. From an original picture in the collection of J.W.Steers, Esq.r to whom this picture is dedicated by His obliged obedient serv.t. Tho.s Macklin.
G.Moreland Pinx.t. G.Shepheard Sculp.
Published by T.Palser, Surrey Side, Westminster Bridge. [n.d., c.1800.]
Mixed method engraving, printed in colours. 430 x 495mm. Some toning of margins.
A pair of setters and a bulldog.
 £280
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3. Duck Shooting.
G. Morland pinx.t London.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Mixed method engraving. 335 x 370mm. Paper crack in title area.
 £550
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4. No. 5 Farm Yard.
Painted by G.Morland. Engraved by W.Ward.
London. Published July 1. 1795 by I.R.Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 450 x 560mm. Small white patch in lower margin.
One state only.
 £390
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5. [Fighting Dogs]
G.Morland.
[Published Jany 1. 1800 by John P Thompson, Gt Newport Street, London.]
Coloured soft ground etching. Printed area 380 x 430mm. Minor tears in margins affecting the publication line 1809 watermark in paper. Bulldogs watched by a Spaniel.
 £180
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6. Hare Shooting.
G. Morland pinx.t London.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Mixed method engraving. 340 x 370mm. Repaired tear, just touching the title.
 £550
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7. Juvenile Navigators.
Painted by G.Morland. Engraved by W.Ward.
London Publish'd Octr. 28, 1789 by J.R.Smith, no 31 King Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 455 x 550mm. Small nick just touching the publication line; two small holes in margin.
Children around a pond, one attempting to move his yacht with bellows.
 £280
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8. The Letter Woman.
Heny. Morland pinxt. Phil Dawe fecit.
Published as the Act directs A.D.1769. [by Carington Bowles].
Mezzotint. 480 x 350mm. Trimmed within platemark at bottom, some restoration.
Very rare.
 £380
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9. [Louisa Pair] See the Tale of Louisa, in Poems & Essays by the late Miss Bowlder of Bath. - Louisa While thus with agonizing Sighs They view'd the fatal place, Louisa's mild, yet steadfast Eyes Were fix'd on Henrys face. - Louisa My life! my joy! my only love! A voice at distance cries: That voice her inmost soul could move She starts with wild surprise.
Painted by G.Morland. Engrav'd by T.Gaugin.
London Pubd. April 10th. 1789 by J.R..Smith, No. 31, King Street Covt. Garden.
Pair of stipple engravings, printed in dark sepia. Each plate 495 x 380mm. A minor crease on each plate.
 £420
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10. Mr. Phillips's Dog Friend, who rescued him from the Sea in Portsmouth Harbour, October 4th 1789.
Painted by George Morland, Engraved by Willm Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
Mezzotint. 425 x 370mm. Trimmed to plate on base, minor creasing in margins, central repair with slight ink stain
 £240
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11. The Pledge of Love. The Lovely Fair with Rapture views, This Token of their love: Then all her promises renews, And hopes he'll constant prove.
Painted by G.Morland Engrav'd by W.Ward.
London Pub.d June 1st 1788 by W.Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm. Very fine.
Ref: F 222. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £450
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12. Puss Alarm'd.
G.Morland pinx.t. Dawe Sculp.t.
London Published 1818 by R.Lamb, Gracechurch Street.
Mezzotint. 375 x 505mm. Trimmed to image, laid on card, some creasing.
A cat and her litter surprised by a dog's head at a window.
 £280
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13. Slave Trade. Lo! the poor Captive with distraction wild Views his dear Partner torn from his embrace! A different Captain buys his wife and Child What time can from his Soul such ills erase?
Painted by G. Morland Engrav'd by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales
Published 1 February 1791 by Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Colour mezzotint. 481 x 655mm.
When Morland's original painting of "Slave Trade" was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1788 (originally titled "Execrable Human Traffic, or The Affectionate Slaves"), it was the first expression of abolitionist protest in the visual arts. As such it was a departure for both Morland and the publisher, J.R.Smith. Smith advertised it in the 'English Chronicle and Universal Evening Post' (hoping for advanced subscriptions to the prints) as representing "the purchasing of Slaves, wherein a Negro and his Wife and Child are sold to different Merchants". Smith had a reputation as a shrewd judge of the print market, and with his commission of this painting and its pair, "African Hospitality", his timing was exquisite, as the anti-slavery fervour was reaching its peak between 1788 and 1792.
D'Oench: Smith: no 313 & Chapter 5, "The Slavery Prints", Frankau:321:I; Honour: The Image of the Black in Western Art, IV.		 £3000
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14. Bear Baiting A Bear Hunt.
Design'd by G.Morland. Engrav'd by S.W.Reynolds.
London: Published April 1st 1796, by S.W.Reynolds, No 6. Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 325 x 380mm.
Whitman: 409. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £520
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15. Dog & Cat N.o 3. Dog and Cat.
Painted by G.Moreland. Engrav'd by J.R.Smith.
London Publish'd Aug.t 1, 1802 by R.Ackermann Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Colour mezzotint. 325 x 380mm.
A companion to Morland's "Fighting Dogs".
D'Oench 326, state ii of iii; Frankau 116. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £350
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16. Girl and Calves Girl and Calves.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W.Ward.
London Published Feb.y 28 1802 by S.Morgan No 32. Clipstone Street Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 380 x 455mm. Cracking in paper restored.
Frankau 133, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £320
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17. Girl and Pigs Girl and Pigs.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W.Ward.
London Published Dec.r 3. 1797. by Collins & Morgan Bolsover Street, Cavandish Square and Moore and Kirton G.t Portland Str.t.
Mezzotint. Proof. 380 x 455mm. Faint spotting in margins.
Frankau 134, state ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £390
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18. Girl and Pigs Girl and Pigs.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W.Ward.
London Published Feb.y 28 1802 by S.Morgan No 32. Clipstone Street Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 380 x 455mm. Trimmed to plate at bottom
Frankau 134, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £280
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19. Kennel The Kennel. "of the right Honourable Adolphus v.d. Luhe Great Master of the huntsmen in the Service of the Duke of Mecklenburg Suerin." [Letterpress added below title at a later date.]
Design'd by G.Morland. Engrav'd by S.W.Reynolds.
London. Published April 20th 1796 by S.W.Reynolds, No.6. Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. Fine colour printing. Signed in the plate "G. Morland Del." 325 x 375mm. Very fine, unexamined out of frame.
Samuel William Reynolds [1774 - 1835] Produced his first mezzotints in 1794 as a pupil of C. H. Hodges and also John Raphael Smith where he more than likely met George Morland and had the opportunity to engrave the "Kennel" in 1796. Being among the earlliest works by this engraver it is regarded as one of his finest plates.
Whitman:401a. This impression has added letterpress suggesting the dogs belong to the Friedrich Franz Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £650
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20. Mail Coach The Mail-Coach.
G.Morland Pinx.t. S.W.Reynolds Sculp.t.
London, Pub. Jan 1 1801 by R.Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Colour mezzotint. Watermark, Whatman 1794. 490 x 605mm. Repaired tear.
Probably a re-issue of "A Land Storm", originally published 1798 by P.Brown.
Whitman: 402. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £490
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21. Millers The Millers.
Geo. Morland pinx.t S.W.Reynolds sculp.t.
London. Published Aug.t 12th 1800 by Will.m Jeffryes & Co., No 18 Ludgate Hill.
Mezzotint. 640 x 435mm.
Two men and a boy relaxing in a granary.
Whitman: 403. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £380
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22. Pointers Pointers.
Painted by J.N.Sartorius. Engraved by W.Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York. Proof.
London Published June 16 1806 by James Linnell No 2 Streatham Street Bloomsbury.
Mezzotint. 375 x 445mm. Some surface creasing.
Frankau: 223, this state not listed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £650
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23. Setters Setters.
Painted by G.Morland. Engraved by W.m Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
London Published June 15 1806 by James Linnell No 2 Streatham Street, Charlotte Street Bloomsbury.
Mezzotint, title in open letters, 375 x 445mm.
Issued as a pair with Sartorius' "Pointers".
Frankau: 256, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £500
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24. Setters & Pointers [Pointers.] [&] [Setters.]
[Painted by J.N.Sartorius. Engraved by W.Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York.][and] [Painted by G.Morland. Engraved by W.m Ward Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York.]
[London Published June 16 1806 by James Linnell No 2 Streatham Street Bloomsbury.][and][London Published June 15th 1806 by James Linnell No 2 Streatham Street Bloomsbury.]
Pair of mezzotints, proof before all letters, "Setters" touched with chalk. Each 375 x 445mm. On stretchers. Very fine & rare.
Frankau: 223, this state not listed, & 256, state i of ii; CLB: state i of iv . Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £2300
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25. Shepherd's Boy [The Shepherd's Boy.]
[G. Morland pinx.t. W.Ward sculp.t.]
[Published Feb.y 1, 1792 by D.Orme & Co. No 14 Old Bond Street, E.Walker No 7. Cornhill & I.F. Tomlins No 49. New Bond Street, London.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 455 x 555mm.
Frankau 261, this proof not listed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.		 £480
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26. Skating Boys Skating. Garçons Patinant.
Painted by G.Morland. Engrav'd by E Scott.
London. Publish'd Dec.r 9th by J.R.Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 365 x 425mm. Horizontal crease through title area.
 £190
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