Grosvenor Prints

[Collection of comic actors.] Gandolin/ [Untitled]/ Seignior Doctoroe Medico/ Guillot. Goriv/ Iacquemin Iadot/ Gros. Guillaume/ Iodolet/ Sigr. Scaramouch & his company of Comedians./ Gautier Gargville/ Turlupin.
[n.d., c.1690.]
14 etched figures with titles, excised and glued to ten laid paper sheets c.291 x 190mm, sometimes two per sheet, the whole mounted into thick paper stitched album (495 x 395mm).
Representations of noted Continental comedians in character as their most famous creations and aliases. Gaultier-Garguille (pseudonym of Hugues Guéru, d. 1633), Gros-Guillaume (Robert Guérin, d. 1634) and Turlupin (Henri Legrand, d. 1637) were members of a famous trio of farceurs who played at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in the early 17th century. They also performed in tragedies. From etched plates attributed to a Jacob Collins (1675 - 1713; fl). Part of the 'I Collins fecit' lettering visible in the 'Signor Scaramouch' image lower left. A note accompanying these prints in the BM suggests Nicolas Bonnart I (1637 - 1718) was the publisher at Paris.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7811] £1,300.00

Opus quod in æde Viginis Deiparæ Annunciatæ Collegii Romam societatis IESW. Federicus Zuccarus S. Angeki in Vado ad Ripas Mitauri perfecit æneis tabellis expressum. Ioannes sadeler excud: Coloniæ Agrippa: A.D. MDLXXX.
Raphael Sadeler sculpsit Ætatis suæ. 19.
In Venetia Stefano Scolari Forma a S. Zulian. [1580.]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼''). Trimmed, creased, stained & damaged.
A scene set under an arch, an angel, holding a rose announces to the Virgin that she will be the mother of the messiah, above her are hoards of angels and around her are the saints. Engraved by Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632).
[Ref: 49724] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bearded man; style of Rembrandt.]
T. Worlidge fecit 1752 [but a later impression].
Etching with drypoint, wove paper, state with (faint) plate number. 120 x 95mm, 4¾ x 3¾".
Portrait study of an unidentified man, looking towards the viewer, bearded, in fur-trimmed jacket. Numbered '1' [or 4] upper right. Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766).
[Ref: 23493] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Illustris Generosus Dominus d. Hieronymus van Beverningk...
[Nicholaes] Maes pinxit.
A. Blooteling fecit et ex. cum Privilegio.
Fine mezzotint with engraved text, 17th century wartermark, laid on album sheet. 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Narrow margins.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614-90), Dutch regent and diplomat who negotiated the treaties that ended all three Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century.
Hollstein 148, Le Blanc 105.
[Ref: 64818] £360.00

Illustris Generosus Dominus d. Hieronymus van Beverningk...
[Nicholaes] Maes pinxit.
A. Blooteling fecit et ex. cum Privilegio.
Mezzotint with engraved text. 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Repaired tear, laid on card.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614-90), Dutch regent and diplomat who negotiated the treaties that ended all three Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hollstein 148, Le Blanc 105.
[Ref: 64817] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Capuchin Monk] Cercante Cappuccino. Nell Gabinetto di S.M. il Re di Pol. Elet. Sassonia.
Eques. P.L. Ghezzi delin. Matthaeus Oesterrich sculps
OM Sculpsit Dresdae 1750 : adi 5. 8bre
Etching, in ink bottom left Matthias Oesterreich fecit; platemark 285 x 190mm (11¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to the platemark top and bottom.
Etching after a drawing by Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, Ghezzi moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists. This is one of a collection of Ghezzi's designs engraved by Matthias Oesterreich (1716-78) from drawings in the collection of the Elector of Saxony, 'Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi. Conservati nell Gabinetto di Sua Maestà il Rè di Polonia Elett. di Sassonia'.
[Ref: 43914] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Breland, or the Prodigal.] Pellicus hinc Modulis...
Jac. Callot fec.
Con: Meyer fecit et excudit. [Engraved c.1680 but much later.]
Engraving. 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"), with very large margins. Impression weak, printer's crease centre of image.
A night scene, with the Prodigal Son playing cards by candle-light, engraved by Conrad Meyer (1618-89) after Jacques Callot (c.1592-1635) .
[Ref: 55348] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Earl of Northesk. [in ink.]
J. Hibbert Jun.r Bath, Fecit. [n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce aquatint. Plate: 295 x 220mm (11½ x 8½''). Small margins.
A portrait of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk (1858-1831) as a Post Captain. Carnegie joined the Royal Navy in 1771 and served during the American Wars of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.
[Ref: 50416] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles V, Duke of Lorraine] Carolus V Dei Gratia Lotharingiæ Barri: Dux.
B.A. delineavit:
A. Blooteling fecit et Excudit Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et West-Frisiae [n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 355 x 260mm (14 x 16¼"), very large margins. Repaired tear entering image on right, some creasing.
Charles V (1643-90), Duke of Lorraine but not allowed to rule, as Lorraine was under French occupation during his lifetime. He entered Habsburg service, becoming one of their most successful generals, defeating the Turks at the Siege of Vienna, 1683. He died suddenly in 1690. According to Voltaire, Louis XIV paid tribute to him with the words "I have lost the greatest, wisest and most generous of my enemies".
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not recorded in Le Blanc.
[Ref: 64805] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Robert Devereux, Earle of Essex, His Excellency, etc. Generall of ye. Army, [in plate] W. Hollar fecit.
Etching. Sheet 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Large margins with minor toning around edges.
Robert Devereux (1591-1646) third Earl of Essex. He served as a Parliamentarian soldier during the Civil War, but resigned in 1646 having been overshadowed by Cromwell and Fairfax. He died from a stroke later that year.
P 1401 ii P. Stent excudit variant state
[Ref: 53730] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et Sanctum nomen ejus. Luc. Cap. J.
Ex Tabula Guidi Reni asservata in aedibus Marchionis de Angelis.
Iacobus Frey delineavit et incidit Romae sup.pm. [n.d. c.1722.]
Engraving, very large margins. Plate 578 x 355mm (22¾ x 14"). Tears into margins. Crease as normal. Bit dusty.
The Disputa, the six Fathers of the Church seated around a table, debating; on a cloud above, the Virgin and two angels. After the painting then in the collection of the Marchese de Angelis, and now in the Hermitage via the Walpole collection at Houghton.
[Ref: 31273] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

These are to certify that Mr. Francis Cole has attended two Courses of my lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic, as well as on Chemistry and the Materia Medica.
Signed and dated in ink 'Joseph Ager, M.D. London, May 2. 1816.'
Printed diploma with etched vignette, completed in in ink, sheet 385 x 240mm. Creasing.
With etching inscribed 'I. Harding fecit' and titled 'Ocyrrhoe delivering Aesculapius to be instructed by Chiron', with quotation from Ovid's Metamorphosis in Latin below.
[Ref: 7940] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

These are to certify that Mr. Francis Cole, has diligently attended......three.....Courses of our lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic, Materia Medica & Chemistry.
Signed and dated in ink 'March 5 = 1812. R Hooper M.D. Joseph Ager, M.D.'
Printed diploma with etched vignette, completed in in ink, sheet c.435 x 280mm. Tatty extremities, tear in image.
With etching inscribed 'I. Harding fecit' and titled 'Ocyrrhoe delivering Aesculapius to be instructed by Chiron', with quotation from Ovid's Metamorphosis in Latin below. One of the signatories is Robert Hooper (1773 - 1835), medical writer. After a course of medical study in London he was appointed apothecary to the Marylebone workhouse infirmary. He entered at Pembroke College, Oxford, on 24 Oct. 1796, graduated B.A. in 1803, M.A. and M.B. in 1804. He was admitted licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians on 23 Dec. 1805. Settling in Savile Row, he lectured there on the practice of medicine for many years to large classes. He made a special study of pathology, and formed a large collection of illustrative specimens. While carrying on an extensive practice, he was a most industrious writer, and his books had a large sale. Revised editions of several of them continue in sale. He retired from practice in 1829, having made a fortune, and lived at Stanmore.
[Ref: 7943] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman with a hairdresser.]
Petrus Schenck inven: Fecit et exc Amstela: Cum Privil. Ord: Holl et West-Frisi [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Thread margins, a little surface scuffing.
A hairdresser positions two mirrors so a woman with long, crimped hair can see the back of her head.
[Ref: 60129] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Henricus.VIII.D.G. Ang. Fr. & Hiberniæ Rex. FD.
H. Holbein Pinxit.
J. Faber Sen.r Fecit & Exc.d [n.d., c.1715].
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of Henry VIII, one of the set of twenty-one plates of Protestant reformers.
CS 58, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65629] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Christiaan Huygens the Elder] Christianus. Hugenius. Celsiss. Arusion. Principi. Guielmo. I. et. Postea . Consil. Status Foeder. Belgii. a. Secretis.
A. Blooteling Fecit et ex Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollaniae et West-frisie [n.d., c.1680].
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"), large margins. Ink collector's stamp of Alfred Morrison (Lugt L151) on reverse.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Christiaan Huygens the Elder (1551-1624) who served William the Silent until the latter's assassination in 1584, when he became secretary to the Council of State that oversaw the newly formed United Provinces of the Netherlands. His grandson, also Christiaan Huygens, invented the pendulum clock in 1657.
Ex: Collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd; & Alfred Morrison (1821-97), sold at Sothebys 1919-21, Wessely 25; Le Blanc 140.
[Ref: 64800] £320.00

View of Leith from the East Road. 105.
P. Sandby Delin.t et Sculp Windsor Aug.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for Rob.t Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street [n.d., c.1790.]
Coloured etching. 270 x 375mm (10¾ x 14¾), on wove paper watermarked 'E & P.' Small repaired holes and small tear in very large margin.
A prospect of Leith, looking across fields to the Firth of Forth, with a coach on the left. This plate was engraved by Sandby in 1751 and published by William Sandby (a cousin) and Gavin Hamilton that year. A related drawing is in the Sutherland Collection at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, signed 'Paul Sandby Delin.t et fecit Edin.r 1749'.
See BM 1904,0819.508 for the original issue.
[Ref: 54651] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Leopoldus I. D.G. Electus Rom: Imperator Semp: August: Germaniae, Hungariae, Bohemiae Etc Rex.
C. Morad [Benjamin von Block?] Pinxit.
A. Blooteling fecit et Excudit Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et West-Frisiae [n.d., c.1680].
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed into image.
A head and shoulders portrait of Leopold I (1640-1705), in armour, wearing armour, cravat and collar of the Golden Fleece. The artist 'Morad' is unidentified. The composition is very similar to the three-quarter portrait of Leopold by Benjamin von Block in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (acc. GG_6745).
[Ref: 64799] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress. From an original Picture in the possession of Dr. Thornton.
Hoffman pinx.t. Dunkarton sculp.t.
London published by Dr. Thornton June 1. 1805.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾").
Carl Linnaeus the elder, (1707-1778), a plant with a label attached in one hand, a shaman's drum in the other. An inscription on the drum reads 'Carolus Linnaeus a Lapponia redux aetat 30, anno 1737 / Mart Hoffman fecit.' An illustration from Robert Thornton's 'Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'. Other states give the engraver's name as Henry Kingsbury.
Chaloner Smith 8, state iii of iii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1778-2
[Ref: 36872] £850.00

Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress. From an original Picture in the possession of Dr. Thornton.
Hoffman pinxt. H. Kingsbury sculpt.
London published by Dr. Thornton June 1805.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Slightly rubbed, 4cm break on platemark lower left.
Carolus Linnaeus the elder, 1707-1778, a plant with a label attached in one hand, a shaman's drum in the other. An inscription on the drum reads 'Carolus Linnaeus a Lapponia redux aetat 30, anno 1737 / Mart Hoffman fecit.' An illustration from Robert Thornton's 'Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 3212] £650.00

Apollo & Daphne.
Ex Tabula Titiani.
J. Smith fecit Londini. 1709.
Mezzotint. 415 x 280mm (16¼ x 11"), with very large margins.
Daphne, her hands beginning to sprout leaves and branches, pursued by Apollo. In the foreground, Daphne's father, the river-god Peneus. From the series 'Tabulæ novem coelo elaboratæ ad totidem Titiani archetypos / Nine Prints from the Celebrated Paintings of Titian, in the Duke of Marlboroughs Gallery, at Blenheim' by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652-1743). The series, commonly known as 'The Loves of the Gods', derives from a series of leather wall-hangings formerly in the Titian Room at Blenheim destroyed by fire in 1861. The attribution to Titian is uncertain, however, and was doubted as early as 1766 (see G. Scharf, Catalogue Raisonné, Blenheim Palace, London, 1862, pp. 83-92). The designs relate to prints by Caraglio after Perino del Vaga and Rosso Fiorentino.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.; for impression printed in sepia see ref. 10496; Wessely: 340.
[Ref: 36201] £350.00

Apollo & Daphne.
Ex Tabula Titiani.
J. Smith fecit Londini. 1709.
Mezzotint in sepia ink. 415 x 280mm (16¼ x 11"). Trimmed to plate. Crease through lower right corner. Some spotting.
Daphne, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, her hands beginning to sprout leaves and branches, pursued by Apollo, nude and carrying a bow and quiver. In the foreground, nude and sitting on the ground, Daphne's father, ther river-god Peneus, beside whom is an upturned urn pouring out water that forms a river. From the series 'Tabulæ novem coelo elaboratæ ad totidem Titiani archetypos Nine Prints from the Celebrated Paintings of Titian, in the Duke of Marlboroughs Gallery, at Blenheim' by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652-1743). The series of Smith mezzotints commonly known as 'The Loves of the Gods' are after a series of leather wall-hangings formerly in the Titian Room at Blenheim destroyed by fire in 1861. The attribution to Titian is uncertain, however, and was doubted as early as 1766 (see G. Scharf, Catalogue Raisonné, Blenheim Palace, London, 1862, pp. 83-92). The designs are based on prints by Caraglio after Pelino del Vaga and Rosso Fiorentino.
Wessely: 340.
[Ref: 10496] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Bacchus & Ariadne
Ex Tabula Titiani.
J. Smith fecit Londini. 1709.
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 415 x 280mm. 16¼ x 11".
Ariadne, discovered on the island of Naxos by the god Bacchus, having been left there by her lover Theseus (whose ship sails away in the distance). A putto brings grapes to echo those worn by Bacchus, the god of wine. The cheetah is one of two which drew Bacchus' chariot. From the series 'Tabulæ novem coelo elaboratæ ad totidem Titiani archetypos / Nine Prints from the Celebrated Paintings of Titian, in the Duke of Marlboroughs Gallery, at Blenheim' by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652 - 1743). The series, commonly known as 'The Loves of the Gods', derives from a series of leather wall-hangings formerly in the Titian Room at Blenheim destroyed by fire in 1861. The attribution to Titian is uncertain, however, and was doubted as early as 1766 (see G. Scharf, Catalogue Raisonné, Blenheim Palace, London, 1862, pp. 83-92). The designs relate to prints by Caraglio after Perino del Vaga and Rosso Fiorentino.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Ref: Wessely: 341.
[Ref: 36202] £500.00

Maria Stuart die hier voor uw oogen staat, Vertoont haar Mayesteyt int Koninglyk gewaat.
J. Gole. fecit et excudit cum privil:ordin:Holl:et West-Frisiæ.
Mezzotint. 250 x 185mm. Narrow margins.
Queen Mary II (1662-1694), reigned 1689-94. The eldest daughter of James II, Mary married Prince William of Orange in 1677. In the dilemma of the 1688 Revolution she supported her husband and Protestantism rather than her Catholic father, and she was invited to return to England in 1689 to share the monarchy with William. She proved a wise and effective ruler, especially during William's absences at war.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 2765] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Quintinus Mesius Anver: Pianus Pictor. Ante faber fueram Cyclopeus; ast ubi mecum, Ex aequo pictor coepit amars1 procus: Seque graves tuditum tonitrus postferre silenti, Peniculo obiecit cauta puella mihi: Pictorem me fecit amor. tudes innuit illud, Exiguus, tabulis quae nota certa meis, Sic ubi Vulcanum nato Venus arma rogarat, Pictorem e fabro summe Poeta facis.
Hh ex. [n.d. c.1610.]
Engraving, rare. 202 x 121mm. 8 x 4¾". Glued to backing sheet
Quentin Matsys (1466-1529) was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp School. In the background a blacksmith and his forge, alluding to the legend that Matsys trained as a blacksmith before becoming a painter. Copy in same direction as Cock 1572 engraved Pictorum.
In the Courtauld Gallery.
[Ref: 24828] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Ioannes Meursius Ser. Daniæ Regis Historiograph, & Hi.st Ac Pol.it in Acad Sora.na Prof. Æternitatem Cogita. Anno 1631 Ætat 52. Non ego divitias, nec honores, opto, Jehoua, te timeam, voti est hæc mihi summa mei.
Sereniss. Daniæ, Novegiæ &c Regis sculptor Sim: de Pas fecit.
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 100mm (6 x 4''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Dutch classical scholar and antiquary Johannes Meursius (1579-1639).
[Ref: 50314] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Ne Te Quaesiueris Extra. Illustris et Generosus Dominus D. Hieronymus van Beverningk. Teylinge Toparcha, in Consessu D.D. Ordinum Generalium Assessor Faederati Belgy Exthelaurarius; Resp. Goudanae ex Consul; Lycaet Batavi Curator: Varys Pro Patriae Salute et Pace Negociationibus Conspicuus Ad Bataviam. Adspicis augustos nitida sub imagine vultus?...Mitis pacifico crescit oliva tibi.
Maes pinxit. Janus Broukhusius.
A Blooteling fecit et ex. cum Privilegio. [n.d. c.1780.]
Rare Mmzzotint. 425 x 310mm. 16¾ x 12¼". Trimmed; small tears to top and right centres. Laid on separate sheet. Added lower edge.
Hieronymus van Beverningh (1614-1690) was a prominent Dutch regent, diplomat and amateur botanist. He was sent as a plenipotentiary to the English Commonwealth to negotiate the Treaty of Westminster (1654) which was to end the First Anglo-Dutch War. He was similarly involved in negotiations leading to the Treaty of Breda, the Triple Alliance (1668) and the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
[Ref: 19664] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Paris. Engraved after an Original Picture of the same size Painted by Rosalba.
WP. [Engraved by William Smith after Rosalba Carriera]
Published April 14 1773 & sold by Tho.s Pether Berwick, Street, Soho.
Rare mezzotint, title area uncleaned. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼), with large margins. Creasing in margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man as Paris, a sheepskin over his shoulder, holding up an apple. The British Museum has a scratch letter proof before title, with the inscription 'W.Smith, Pupil to M. W. Pether Fecit'; it is possible that William Pether intended to put his name on the finished print, accounting for the 'WP' monogram on this example. As we can find only these two impressions it might never have been published. Smith's career was short, with plates dated 1773-6; it is said that in later life he became a stockbroker.
See BM 1858,1113.23 for the proof. CS 5, describing the BM's proof, this state not listed.
[Ref: 58828] £690.00

Guido Rhenus. Excelloit en granded ordonances, d'un esprit abondant: ses inventions sont assez cognues par les estampes, qu'on voit de sa main faictes, en eau fort. le iour de sa nativite, a ete, a Boloigne 1574; et mourut en l'an 1642.
Guid. Rhenus pinxit.
I. Meyssens fecit et excudit. [n.d. c.1655.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 114mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Guido Reni (1575-1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. He worked all over Italy from Bologna to the Vatican in Rome, and into Spain and Germany. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24523] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon:ble Charles Earle of Dorset & Middlesex, Baron Buckhurst, Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold, One of the Lords of their Maj:ties most Hon:ble Privy Councill, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. &et.
G. Kneller Eques Pinxit.
I. Smith fecit et excudit. [n.d. c.1694]
Mezzotint, 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), Collector's stamp 'E.M.H.' on reverse. Small margins repaired.
Portrait of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex (1643-1706), shown half-length within an oval, wearing a wig, lace cravat, robes, and the Order of the Garter chain with the George. Sackville was a prominent English courtier, poet, and politician, celebrated for his wit and his patronage of the arts during the reigns of Charles II and William III. A member of the Merry Gang, which was a group of aristocrats associated with the court of Charles II of England during the Stuart Restoration of 1660. He assisted in the flight of Princess Anne (later Queen Anne) from London to Nottingham during the Revolution of 1688 to support the Williamite cause. He was rewarded with the position of Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1689 to 1697 under King William III and Queen Mary II. He was also admired for his literary talents, particularly his ballad "To all you Ladies now at Land."
CS 81 II of II. Ex: collection of Mrs. E.M. Hamilton.
[Ref: 68830] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon:ble Charles Earle of Dorset & Middlesex, Baron Buckhurst, Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold, One of the Lords of their Maj:ties most Hon:ble Privy Councill, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. &et.
G. Kneller Eques Pinxit.
I. Smith fecit et excudit. [n.d. c.1694]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), with very large margins.
Portrait of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex (1643-1706), shown half-length within an oval, wearing a wig, lace cravat, robes, and the Order of the Garter chain with the George. Sackville was a prominent English courtier, poet, and politician, celebrated for his wit and his patronage of the arts during the reigns of Charles II and William III. A member of the Merry Gang, which was a group of aristocrats associated with the court of Charles II of England during the Stuart Restoration of 1660. He assisted in the flight of Princess Anne (later Queen Anne) from London to Nottingham during the Revolution of 1688 to support the Williamite cause. He was rewarded with the position of Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1689 to 1697 under King William III and Queen Mary II. He was also admired for his literary talents, particularly his ballad "To all you Ladies now at Land."
CS 82 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & J.B.
[Ref: 68756] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Two ornamental vignettes.]
Paris inv. et Delin.
PP Choffard Sculp 1781. [&] PP Choffard fecit 1781.
A pair of etched vignettes. Sheet 335 x 254mm. 13¼ x 10".
A pair of vignettes by Pierre Philippe Choffard for his 'Voyage pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile' of Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non.
[Ref: 19981] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Adam Silo.
F: M: La Cave fecit 1766 [in image.]
Rare etching, sheet 155 x 140mm. 6 x 5½". Trimmed to plate and laid to album page.
Portrait of Adam Silo (1674 - 1756/1760), etcher and shipbuilder at Amsterdam, seated on a chair next to an easel with a seascape. By François Morellon de la Cave (1706 - 1766; fl.).
[Ref: 15392] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Sancta Elisabeth Regis Ungarie Filia vas Virtu Tum Et Miraculorum Magnitudine Clara Quae Parentum Generositate Et Divitiarum Iactantia Contempta Pro Corona Cinere Et Pro Pectorali Fascia Cilicium Suscipiens Mundo Se Fecit Ignobilem Ut Nobilis Cum Christo Eficeretur in Coelis’
Hieronumo Muciano Brixiano Invent. Nicolaus Beatricius Lotharingus incidit et formis suis Exc.
[n.d. c.1660.]
Engraving. 445 x 355mm (17½ x 14"). Cut.
St Elizabeth of Hungary visting the sick, she blesses a woman who kneels before her. A depiction of an episode from Girolamo Muziano's lost frescoes from 1559-60 in the Cathedral of Foligno, of which this print is the only record.
[Ref: 29414] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Karl XII, king of Sweden] Carolus XII D.G.
Suecorum Gothorum et Vandalorum Rex Augustissimus &c. &c. [...]
D.K. Ehrenstrahl pinxit W. Faithorne Fecit. Cum Privilegio Regis. E. Cooper excudit [1701].
Rare mezzotint, sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet at edges.
Karl XII (1682-1718), king of Sweden from 1697 until his death. Karl first demonstrated his exceptional skills as a military leader when winning several victories in the Great Northern War (1700-21) which was begun when a triple alliance of Denmark-Norway, Saxony-Poland-Lithuania and Russia launched an attack on the Swedish protectorate, significantly outnumbering the forces of the inexperienced Swedish king. A major victory over a Russian army some three times the size at the battle of Narva in 1700 led Peter the Great to sue for peace, which Karl rejected. Mezzotint published soon after the battle of Narva (to which the text refers), engraved after a portrait by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628-98), German-born artist who became a founding father of Swedish painting.
CS: 5 only state; Fagan: Not in.
[Ref: 42985] £320.00

The Tower of London
[after Wenceslaus Hollar]
R.P. Fecit et ex. [in image lower right] Sold by P. Stent.
Etching, sheet 160 x 260mm (6¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to plate; surface damage towards bottom; tipped into album sheet. Unidentified collector's stamp lower left.
View of the Tower of London from the river Thames, with Traitor's Gate in front; at wharf, two ships, pinnace-rigged, with sails reefed, one flying St George's cross at the mast-head and barrels of culverin ranged in a row; rowing boats with passengers in the foreground. Copy in reverse of a c.1647 plate by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677).
For the print from which this is copied see ref.26454. Not in Lugt.
[Ref: 44227] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Jan Vande velde Fecit.
Claes Janss Visscher Excudebat Anno 1616.
Etched titlepage. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Thread margins top and bottom, mounted on album paper.
The titlepage for one of the five parts of the series 'Sixty Landscapes' after Jan van der Velde II.
[Ref: 60217] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Edvardus Wetenhall S.S.T.P.
J. Vander Vaart Pinxit et fecit.
R. Tompson ex: [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½"). Trimmed into image, touching inscriptions on left.
Head and shoulder portrait in oval of Edward Wetenhall (1636-1713), an English bishop of the Church of Ireland.
CS 9, unrecorded state between i & ii, with spot on nose but before 'fecit' removed. Russell 9, between iii & iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65357] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Wilhelmus Henricus D.G. Prins van Orange.
Wissing Pinxit.
et excu[dit] J. Gole fecit.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼''). Trimmed, some text missing.
A portrait of William of Orange (1650-1702) who later reigned as William III alongside his wife Mary II of England following the Glorious Revolution in 1689.
[Ref: 48311] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

From a Statue Erected to the Memory of The Very Reverend James Wood D.D. Master of St John's College, Cambridge, and Dean of Ely. E.H. Baily R.A. fecit.
H. Corbould delin.t. E.R. Whitfield sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1840,]
Engraving on chine collé. 500 x 410mm (19¾ x 16"). Chine collé lifting bottom right corner, small tears in edges of backing paper.
A sketch of Edward Hodges Baily's statue of James Wood (1760-1839).
[Ref: 47541] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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