Grosvenor Prints

[John Couch Adams] I.C. Adams, A.M. Coll. Divi Johannis apud Cantabrigienses Socius. Neptunus calculo monstratus, A.D. 1845.
Painted by Thomas Mogford. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
London, July 10, 1851, Published for the Proprietor Thomas Mogford, by J. Hogarth No. 5 Haymarket.
Scarce mezzotint on chine collé. 450 x 335mm (17¾ x 13¼"). Repaired tear in backing sheet.
John Couch Adams (1819-92), mathematician and astronomer. famed for predicting the existence and position of Neptune, using only mathematics, explaining the discrepancies of Uranus's orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton.
[Ref: 57110] £460.00

[John Couch Adams] I.C. Adams, A.M. Coll. Divi Johannis apud Cantabrigienses Socius. Neptunus calculo monstratus, A.D. 1845.
Painted by Thomas Mogford. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
London, July 10, 1851, Published for the Proprietor Thomas Mogford, by J. Hogarth No. 5 Haymarket.
Scarce mezzotint. 450 x 335mm (17¾ x 13¼"), with very large margins. Backboard stains.
John Couch Adams (1819-92), mathematician and astronomer. famed for predicting the existence and position of Neptune, using only mathematics, explaining the discrepancies of Uranus's orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton.
Whitman 5, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67777] £420.00

Peter Barlow Esqr. F.R.S. Acad. Imp. Sc. Petro. Amer. Art. et Sc. Socius. Inst. Nat. Sc. Paris. Acad. Reg. Sc. Brux. Corrsp. &c.
Painted by William Boxall, A.R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.E. Subscribers Proof.
[n.d., c.1853.]
Mezzotint. Plate 454 x 354mm.
Peter Barlow, Mathematician and Physicist.[1776 -1862] wrote on pure and applied mathematics
W: 174-3; BM 1889,1218.170.
[Ref: 1405] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Biondina.]
[Painted by Sir F.Leighton.P.R.A. Engraved by Sam.l.Cousins.R.A.]
London Published July, 1st 1881 by The Fine Art Society (Limited), 148 New Bond Street.
Fine Mezzotint, signed by artist & engraver. 425 x 315mm (16¾ x 12½") large margins. Printsellers Association blindstamp 'JUF'.
Portrait of a young girl, her left profile in view. She is wearing a pleated shirt and bodice with small bows, with wavy blond hair tied in a bun at the nape of her neck.
Whitman: 206 state i of iii signed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64898] £320.00

Biondina.
Painted by Sir F.Leighton.P.R.A. Engraved by Sam.l.Cousins.R.A.
London Published July, 1st 1881 by The Fine Art Society (Limited), 148 New Bond Street.
Fine Mezzotint. 440 x 330mm (17¼ x 13"), with large margins. Printsellers Association blindstamp 'CJU'.
Portrait of a young girl, her left profile in view. She is wearing a pleated shirt and bodice with small bows, with wavy blond hair tied in a bun at the nape of her neck.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64900] £320.00

Miss Bowles.
Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Samuel Cousins, R.A.
London Published by P. & D., Colnaghi & C.o. 14. Pall Mall East _ T. M.c.Lean, 7, Haymarket and Grundy & Smith Exchange Street, Manchester 18.th. March 1875.
Mezzotint, on india, Printsellers' Association blind stamp Plate: 395 x 520mm (15½ x 20½"). Light foxing. Thread margins.
Jane Palmer (1772 - 1812) as a young girl, sitting whole-length on the ground, with both arms around the neck of a spaniel. Daughter of Oldfield Bowles of Oxfordshire, she married Richard Palmer in 1791. The original painting, in the Wallace Collection, has also engraved by William Ward as 'Juvenile Amusement'.
Whitman: 23, II of II.
[Ref: 39936] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Colin Campbell] [Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.]
[Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.]
[London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, lt ed 275. Sheet 670 x 415mm (26¼ x 16¼"), Printsellers' Association blindstamp, limited edition proofs 275. Trimmed within plate.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66167] £320.00

[Colin Campbell] [Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.] Clyde.
Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, proof before title, with facsimile signature, limited edition proofs; 275. Sheet Sheet 710 x 440mm (28 x 17¼"). Trimmed within plate, affecting facsimile signature.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66166] £360.00

[Colin Campbell] [Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.]
[Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.]
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, proof before title and artists' inscriptions, publication line above image, printed on chine collé, proof edition 275. 780 x 495mm (30¾ x 19½"), Printsellers' Association blindstamp, large margins. Paper toned, tears in backing sheet taped.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66096] £320.00

[Colin Campbell] [Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.] Clyde.
Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, proof before title, with facsimile signature, limited edition 275. 780 x 495mm (30¾ x 19½"), Printsellers' Association blindstamp. Trimmed to plate at top, foxing. Small margins. 2 small tears on right centre margin.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66100] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Colin Campbell] [Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.] Clyde.
Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, proof before title, printed on chine collé with facsimile signature, lt ed 275. 780 x 495mm (30¾ x 19½"), Printsellers' Association blindstamp. Small margins.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66098] £320.00

[Colin Campbell] [Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.] Clyde.
Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, proof before title, with facsimile signature, lt ed 275. 780 x 495mm (30¾ x 19½"), Printsellers' Association blindstamp, large margins. Foxing.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66099] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Colin Campbell] Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.
Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, lt ed 275. Sheet 770 x 480mm (30¼ x 19"). Trimmed within plate, paper toned.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Printsellers Association iii or iv of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66095] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Colin Campbell] [Gen.l Lord Clyde, G.C.B., K.S.I. From the original Picture painted for the late Lord Canning, Governor General of India.]
[Painted by Francis Grant R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.]
[London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y March 10.th 1862, Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, printed on chine collé, limited edition 275 proof. 780 x 495mm (30¾ x 19½"), Printsellers' Association blindstamp. Scratch on left in image. Small margins. Tears in border at bottom.
A full-length portrait of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) in travelling uniform, holding a pith helmet, standing in a tent with an Indian temple behind. Campbell fought in the Peninsular War, War of 1812, the First Opium War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Crimean War and was Commander-in-Chief in India during the India Mutiny. This portrait was published six months before his promotion to field marshal.
W37. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66097] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[John Cust] [The Right Honorable John Earl Brownlow.] Private Plate.
Painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
[n.d., 1843.]
Mezzotint, proof before title on chine collé. 540 x 500mm (21¼ x 19¾"). With small margins, some spotting, chine collé lifting top right corner.
John Cust (1779-1853), 1st Earl Brownlow, Tory politician who was Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire from 1809 to 1852, in ceremonial military uniform. Belton interest.
O'Donoghue 25 i; Whitman 29 i.
[Ref: 52773] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Philip de Grey.]
Painted by William Robinson. Engraved by Wm. Brett & S. Cousins.
[n.d. c.1828.]
Mezzotint with large margins, rare, early proof before title. Plate 502 x 351mm (19¾ x 13¾").
Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl of Grey (1781-1859), known as Lord Grantham. He was a Tory politician who in 1834 was appointed to the Privy Council, whilst still holding the office as first Lord of the Admiralty. He served as yeomanry aide-de-camp to William IV and a similar position under Queen Victoria. From 1841 to 1844 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Whitman: 72.
[Ref: 29069] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

To His Grace the Duke of Somerset This Portrait of Michael Faraday Esq.r F.R.S. M.R.I. F.G.S. Corr. Mem. Royal Acad. Sciences Paris &c. &c. is by Permission dedicated by His Graces most humble & obliged Serv.ts Colnagni, Son & Co.
Painted by H.W. Pickersgill. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
London Published Feb.y 1st 1830 by Colnagi Son & Co. Printsellers to the King, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"), with wide margins. Edges of wide margins creased.
Michael Faraday (1791-1867), a chemist & physicist whose work on electricity provided the foundation of modern electrical applications.
Whitman 59 iii of iii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref:65634] for proof before title.
[Ref: 34329] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[To His Grace the Duke of Somerset This Portrait of Michael Faraday Esq.r F.R.S. M.R.I. F.G.S. Corr. Mem. Royal Acad. Sciences Paris &c. &c. is by Permission dedicated by His Graces most humble & obliged Serv.ts Colnagni, Son & Co.]
Painted by H.W. Pickersgill Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
London Published Feb.y 1st 1830 by Colnagi Son & Co. Printsellers to the King, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of a youthful Michael Faraday (1791-1867), a chemist & physicist whose work on electricity provided the foundation of modern electrical applications.
Whitman 59, i of iii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 948-6. See [Ref: 34329] for full titled version.
[Ref: 65634] £320.00

Sir H. Bartle, E. Frere, K.C.B. Commissioner of Scinde.
Painted by Henry W. Phillips Esq.re. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.
London, June 18th 1859; Published for the Proprietor by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi 14 Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint. Sheet 520 x 375mm (20½ x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate, tears, laid on card.
A three-quarter portrait of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (1815-1884), 1st Baronet. He had a successful career in India, becoming Governor of Bombay (1862-7), but was less successful as High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1877-80), being censured for actions that led to wars including the invasion of Zululand (1879) and the First Boer War (1880-1).
Whitman 62, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66159] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[William Gibbs.]
Painted by William Boxall, R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, R.A.
London, Published July 20th, 1864, by Holloway & Son, 25, Bedford Street, Strand.
Mezzotint on chine collé, signed in pencil by the engraver. 530 x 410mm (21 x 16"), with large margins.
''William Gibbs made his dibs, Selling the turds of foreign birds.'' William Gibbs (1790-1875), importer of guano from South America to sell as fertilizer. He retired in 1858 and in 1864, the year of this portrait, he started to withdraw his money from the firm he helped found, Antony Gibbs, becoming the richest non-noble in England. He became a major benefactor of Keble College, Oxford. Gibbs rebuilt Tyntesfield, near Wraxall, North Somerset, now a National Trust property. Part owner of SS Great Britain, supporter of the "Oxford Movement"
Whitman 66. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66661] £320.00

[George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.] Aberdeen [facsimile signature].
Painted by The late Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. &c.&c. Engraved by Samuel Cousins A.R.A.
London: Published 26th Jan:y 1853, by Frederick Gwynne, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint on chine collé. 550 x 420mm (21¾ x 16½"), with very large margins.
The 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime three-quarter length, wearing dark suit with sash and star. The portrait was engraved by Cousins in 1831: it was reissued when Abderdeen became Prime Minister (1852-55). He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1804.
[Ref: 48495] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Rev.d Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. Sam.l Cousins Sculp.t.
London, Published by John Murray, Feb.y 1830.
Mezzotint. Sheet 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed to plate, surface abrasion in face.
Reginald Heber (1783-1826), the Church of England's second Bishop of Calcutta. His missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the 'Society for the Propagation of the Gospel' in Wrexham, was widely sung until recently, but lost favour when it was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi as patronising, particularly the line ''the heathen in his blindness [bowing] down to wood and stone''. Other hymns, for example ''Holy, Holy, Holy'', remain popular. First published by Reynolds in 1824.
Ex: Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd. W.137.
[Ref: 66107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Rev.d Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. Sam.l Cousins Sculp.t.
London, Published by John Murray, Feb.y 1830.
Mezzotint. Sheet 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate. Slight crease bottom right.
Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was the Church of England's second Bishop of Calcutta. His missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the 'Society for the Propagation of the Gospel' in Wrexham, was widely sung until recently, but lost favour when it was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi as patronising, particularly the line ''the heathen in his blindness [bowing] down to wood and stone''. Other hymns, for example ''Holy, Holy, Holy'', remain popular. First published by Reynolds in 1824.
Ex: Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65977] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[John Pemberton Heywood.] Private Plate.
Painted by George Richmond Esq.re R.A. D.C.L. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, Esqr. R.A.
[n.d., 1870.]
Mezzotint, printed on chine collé. 535 x 405mm (21 x 15¾"), with large margins.
A half-length seated portrait of Liverpool banker John Pemberton Heywood (1803–1877), who was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1855.
W.83. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

To the R.t Hon.ble Viscount Canterbury, this Print of the Interior of the late House of Commons, is respectfully, dedicated by His Lordship's obedient and obliged Hum.ble Serv.t H.W. Burgess.
H.W. Burgess Pinx.t. Sam.l Cousins Sculp.t.
Published for the Proprietor by J. Dickenson No. 114 New Bond Street, June 1.st 1835.
Mezzotint. Rare. Platemark: 630 x 470mm (24¾ x 18½").
An interior view of the old House of Commons. Lettered with title and dedication to Viscount Canterbury. After Henry William Burgess (1809-1844).
[Ref: 39494] £320.00

John Keble M.A.
Painted by George Richmond. Engraved by Sam.l Cousins A.R.A.
Published for George Richmond Esq.r Sept.r 1. 1845.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 580 x 400mm (22¾ x 15¾"). Laid, on India paper. Very large margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of John Mitchell Keble (1807 - 1857), English scholar and historian, and the son of John Keble, vicar of Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire. He is notable for his major contribution to the history of the Anglo-Saxons and philology of the Old English language. One of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Keble College Oxford was named after him.
Ex collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39078] £360.00

[Master Lambton.]
[Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Principal Painter in Ordinary to his Majesty. Engraved by S. Cousins.]
[Published for the Proprietor, Sir T. Lawrence P.R.A. Jan.y 1827.]
Mezzotint, scarce proof before letters. 470 x 355mm (18½ x 14"), large margins.
Portrait of Charles Lambton (1818-31) as a boy, wearing a velvet suit with frilled white shirt, lying on rocks with one hand behind his head. The son of John George Lambton, Ist Earl of Durham, he did not reach adulthood. Commonly known as "The Red Boy", and the first painting on a British postage stamp "Harrison 4d" 1967. Sir Thomas Lawrence exhibited the original painting at the Royal Academy in 1825 (no.288) as 'Portrait of the Son of J.G.Lambton Esq.'
Whitman 98.1.
[Ref: 60973] £380.00

[The Connoisseurs.]
[Painted by Edwin Landseer R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.]
London; Published Dec.r 10th 1867, by Henry Graves & Co the Proprietors, Publishers to H.M. the Queen, and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales _ 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint on india, proof before letters, 'Printsellers' Association' blindstamp. Plate mark 580 x 430mm (23 x 17"), very large margins. Very slight foxing mainly in large margins.
Landseer's self portrait, accompanied by two dogs.
Whitman: Samuel Cousins, 99, state II of II.
[Ref: 57856] £450.00

Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A.
Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
[London publish'd April 22 1820 by Walter B Tiffin, N.º3 Haymarket opposite the Opera House.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, mounted in album paper at edges.
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), after an unfinished self-portrait now in the Royal Academy (No 03/950). The portrait was commissioned by George IV, who is supposed to have suggested that Lawrence wear 'the costume of his Doctor-of-laws gown' without the cap as 'we shall not recognise you without your bald head'. However the artist shows himself in everyday clothing.
Whitman 100, state iv.
[Ref: 61630] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[From the Marble Statues of Major General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B. K.L.S. &c. &c. Executed by Sir Francis Chantrey, one of which has been erected at Bombay and the other at Westminster Abbey.]
[Drawn by Henry Corbould. Engraved by Sam.l Cousins.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint on steel, prrof before letters, signed in pencil by the engraver. 545 x 355mm (21½ x 14"), with large margins.
An illustration of the statue of Major-General Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833), sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey, now in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. Malcolm joined the East India Company's Madras Army in 1783, rising through the ranks to become Governor of Bombay in 1827.
Whitman 107, unlisted proof state. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66168] £360.00

Moretta. A Venetian Girl.
[After Frederick Leighton. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.]
London Published July, 28th 1876 by Arthur Lucas, the Proprietor, 49, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square W.
Fine Mezzotint, signed by artist and engraver. 445 x 320mm (17¾ x 12½"), with large margins. Printsellers Association blindstamp 'QMV'.
Portrait of a young girl, her left profile in view. She is wearing a gown with a ruffled neckline and a flower in her pinned up hair.
Whitman: 207 state i of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64896] £320.00

[Sir Thomas Munro Bar.t K.C.B.]
Painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. &c &c. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
[n.d., 1830.]
Mezzotint, proof before title. 760 x 515mm, with blank inscription plate, 60 x 515mm.
Sir Thomas Munro (1761-1827), 1st Baronet of Linderits, Scottish soldier and statesman. In India he fought against Haidar Ali (1780-1783), Tipu Sultan (1790-1792), and the the Pindari War (1817). He died of cholera.
Whitman 114, between states i and ii (with the names of the painter and engraver added, the title plate still blank). Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5505] £650.00

Playmates.
Painted by H. Merle. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, R.A.
London, Published by Thomas McLean, 7 Haymarket June 1.st 1877.
Mezzotint and mixed-method engraving, india paper. Printsellers Association stamp. Plate 356 x 280mm. 14 x 11".
A little girl sitting in a loose gown with her shoulders bare, cuddlng a kitten on her lap, smiling towards the viewer.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. W: 212 iii of iii.
[Ref: 19377] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Pleasures of Memory.
Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
March 1, 1844 Published By J.C Grundy, Machester; R. H. Grundy, Liverpool; The Anaglyphic Company, Berners Street, London, & Goupil & Vibert, Paris.
Mezzotint with engraving, 460 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"), with very large margins. Repaired tear in top left margin. Very light creasing including one very small crease in her face.
Portrait in an oval frame of a woman looking at a picture book. She studies the book resting her hand on her head. The book is raised on a cushion. An illustration to poem 'The Pleasures of Memory', (1792) by Samuel Rogers (1763–1855).
[Ref: 60697] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Pomona.]
Painted by J.E. Millais, R.A. Engraved by S. Cousins, R.A. [also signed in pencil by both.]
London, Published Oct. 2.nd 1882 by Arthur Tooth & Sons, 5 & 6 Haymarket, S.W. & The Fine Art Society, New Bond Street. Copyright Registered. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1882 by Mess.rs Knoedler & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Mixed method on chine collé. Signed in pencil by artist and engraver, Printseller's Association stamp. Plate 540 x 400mm (21¼ x 15¾"). Mint.
A little girl standing in profile beside an apple barrow, holding an apple in one hand, gathering her apron in the other, turning her head to look slightly towards the viewer, in an orchard.
Whitman: 220.
[Ref: 29288] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Miss Rich.]
Sam.l Cousins [pencil signature] [after William Hogarth.]
London Published 1st November 1877, by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co 13 & 14 Pall Mall East.
Mixed-method mezzotint on chine collé, signed artist's proof. 405 x 305mm (15¾ x 12").
A half-length portrait of a little girl, wearing a dress with a frilled trim and bow and a small lace cap also with a bow.
Whitman 136. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67807] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Adam Sedgwick, M.A. F.R.S. Woodnardian Professor of Geology. in the University of Cambridge 1833.
Painted by Thomas Phillips Esqr. R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
London Published Novr. 1st. 1833, by Molteno, & Graves, 20, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 435 x 340mm (17 x 13¼"), with very large margins. Margins dusty.
A three-quarter length portrait of geologist Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), turned slightly to the left. He is dressed in a dark double-breasted suit, a dark cravat, and an academic gown. In his right hand, he holds a scroll, while his left hand rests on a fossil placed on a table to the right. A map hangs on the wall behind him.
Whitman 1904: 141. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65896] £380.00

The Reverend Adam Sedgwick, M.A. F.R.S. Woodnardian Professor of Geology. in the University of Cambridge 1833.
Painted by Thomas Phillips Esqr. R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
London Published Novr. 1st. 1833, by Molteno, & Graves, 20, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint proof before title, 435 x 340mm (17 x 13¼"), with large margins. Foxing.
A three-quarter length portrait of geologist Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), turned slightly to the left. He is dressed in a dark double-breasted suit, a dark cravat, and an academic gown. In his right hand, he holds a scroll, while his left hand rests on a fossil placed on a table to the right. A map hangs on the wall behind him.
Whitman 1904: 141. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65898] £380.00

The Reverend Adam Sedgwick, M.A. F.R.S. Woodnardian Professor of Geology. in the University of Cambridge 1833.
Painted by Thomas Phillips Esqr. R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
London Published Novr. 1st. 1833, by Molteno, & Graves, 20, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint proof before title, 435 x 340mm (17 x 13¼"), with large margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of geologist Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), turned slightly to the left. He is dressed in a dark double-breasted suit, a dark cravat, and an academic gown. In his right hand, he holds a scroll, while his left hand rests on a fossil placed on a table to the right. A map hangs on the wall behind him.
Whitman 1904: 141. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65899] £380.00

[Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds F.R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins R.A.
London, Published 3rd November, 1879 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. 15 Pall Mall East & Thos. McLean 7 Haymarket & Manchester Tho.s Agnew & Son Exchange Street.
Mezzotint, on india paper; limited edition in this state of 100. Plate: 480 x 445mm (19 x 17½"). Creasing.
Sophia Matilda (1773-1844)as a young child, lying on the floor cuddling her dog. A great-granddaughter of George II and niece of George III, she never married
Whitman: 149.
[Ref: 44739] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Rt Hon Viscount Palmerston, GCB MP &c &c &c. This Portrait is respectfully dedicated to the Committee, who presented to the Right Hon.ble the Viscount Palmeston, the Picture from which the plate was engraved.]
[Painted by John Partridge Esq.re. Engraved by Samuel Cousins Esq.re ARA.]
[London Published May 1st 1852 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co 13 & 14 Pall Mall East _ Publishers to Her Majesty.]
Mezzotint on chine collé, proof before letters. 515 x 800mm (20½ x 31½"). Spotting,
Full-length portrait of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), standing in his study, left hand resting on papers. The painting was executed c.1850, when Palmerston was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, five years before his first term as Prime Minister. After Palmerston's death his widow insisted on the face being replaced with one from an earlier portrait by Partridge, so this mezzotint is the only record of the original image. The painting is now in Parliament's art collection. Palmerston attanded St John's College, Cambridge (1803-6)
[Ref: 48486] £360.00

Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. Published (by Command) in Commemoration of Her Majesty's gift to Mr. George Peabody.
Painted by Lowes Dickinson. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, R.A.
Dickinson Bros: Publishers to The Queen, 144 New Bond Street, Feby. 2d. 1871.
Mixed-method engraving, 625 x 460mm. 24½ x 18". Some age toning to paper.
A characteristically sober-looking Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901), reigned 1837-1901. Massachusetts-born philanthropist George Peabody (1795 - 1869) was offered a baronetcy and the grand cross of the Bath by the Queen, both of which he declined. During Peabody's absence in America in 1869 the Prince of Wales unveiled a bronze statue of him by Story, erected on the east side of the Royal Exchange, and the city of London conferred its freedom upon him. Oxford University also made him a D.C.L. in 1867. After Lowes Cato Dickinson (1819 - 1908).
[Ref: 13367] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] [To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, This Portrait of The Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Is by permission dedicated by Her Majesty's most faithful Subjects and very humbles Servants Welsh & Gwynne.]
Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Pinx.t. Samuel Cousins A.R.A. Sculp.t.
London, Jan.y 1.st 1842, Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24, S.t James's Street.
Fine mezzotint, proof before title on chine collé. 390 x 305mm (15½ x 12"), with very large margins.
Seated half-length portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 170, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66154] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, This Portrait of The Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Is by permission dedicated by Her Majesty's most faithful Subjects and very humbles Servants Welsh & Gwynne.
Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Pinx.t. Samuel Cousins A.R.A. Sculp.t.
London, Jan.y 1.st 1842, Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24, S.t James's Street.
Fine mezzotint. 390 x 305mm (15½ x 12"), with large margins.
Seated half-length portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 170, iv of iv.
[Ref: 66153] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] [To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, This Portrait of The Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley, K.G. &c. &c. &c. Is by permission dedicated by Her Majesty's most faithful Subjects and very humbles Servants Welsh & Gwynne.]
[Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Pinx.t. Samuel Cousins A.R.A. Sculp.t.]
[London, Jan.y 1.st 1842, Published by Welch & Gwynne, 24, S.t James's Street.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 390 x 305mm (15½ x 12"), with very large margins.
Seated half-length portrait of Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), Marquess Wellesley, wearing garter star partly obscured by his lapel and ribbon with medal around his neck, his left hand just visible, curtain behind. He first made his name as fifth Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805. He later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1799, his forces invaded Mysore and defeated Tipu, the Sultan of Mysore, in a major battle. He also initiated the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Whitman 170, i of iv.
[Ref: 59034] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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