Her Highness the Lady Ann.
P. Lely pinxit.
R.Tompson excudit. [n.d. c.1680.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Tear in right margin.
Portrait of the future Queen Anne, three-quarter length, sitting, hair in curls, low dress with short sleeves, holding flowers. CS: 1.
[Ref: 40631] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[William Berkeley] Sr. William Bartley. Admirall.
P. Lely pinxit.
R.Tompson excudit. [n.d. c.1680.]
A fine and rare mezzotint. 335 x 246mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
William Berkeley, Admiral of the White, killed in battle with the Dutch, 1st June 1666. CS: Tompson 5. Not in Parker. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12792] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Robert late Earle of Ailesburg, L.d Chamberlaine of his Ma.ties Household &c.
P. Lely pinx.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare mezzotint. 290 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). Small margins.
Robert Bruce (1626-1685), 1st Earl of Ailesbury, in his peer's robes, holding wand and coronet. Chaloner Smith comments 'some portions of the work and the inscription (in which the title is engraved, "Ailesburg",) appear to be executed by a foreign hand, other portions resemble English work'. This plate is a copy of another rare mezzotint, engraved (again according to CS) by either John Smith or John Faber but unsigned. See CS Smith 1.
[Ref: 51635] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Catherine of Braganza]
P. Lely pinxit A. Blooteling fecit et ex 1680
Mezzotint, very fine; sheet 335 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet at edges.
Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705) Portuguese infanta and consort of Charles II. Engraved after Peter Lely (1618-80), Dutch painter who established himself as the natural successor to van Dyck as London's preeminent portrait painter. CS: D Between II & III.
[Ref: 42889] £340.00
Catharina D.G. Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberiae Regina. Filia Ioannis IIII Reg. Portug etc.
P. Lely pinx. A. Blooteling fec.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, scarce. Sheet: 295 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and laid in an album sheet at edges.
A portrait of Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), wife of Charles II, shown sitting on a chair, facing left.
[Ref: 43055] £320.00
Catharina D.G. Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Regina. Filia Ioannis IIII Reg. Portug etc.
P. Lely pinx. A. Blooteling fec.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 295 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Some nicks in bottom left corner. Thread margins.
A portrait of Catherine de Braganza (1638-1705), the Portugese wife of Charles II, shown seated in an ornate chair with a crown on a table to the left. CS: d III of III
[Ref: 45526] £380.00
Carolus D: G: Ang: Sco: Fra: et Hib: Rex. from S.r Peter Lely's Copy of the Celebrated Original Picture painted by S.r Anthony Vandyke, which was Destroy'd in the Fire at Whitehall, Anno 1697.
J. Faber fecit. 1738.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") Creasing at bottom.
Charles I, arm in a velvet sling, hand on table. CS: 75, ii of iii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34267] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles II, King of England.]
[Engraved by C. Turner.]
[London: S. Woodburn, 1813-1814.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters on india laid paper, 370 x 265mm. 14½ x 10½". A fine, rich impression. Slight mark on left.
Charles II (1630 - 1685), seated on richly carved chair in robes with Windsor in the background. After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680). From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Another edition was published in 1830. Whitman: 473, before I.
[Ref: 18063] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus II. Dei Gratia Angliae Scotias Francias et Hibernae Rex
P.Lely pinxit. A.Blooteling fecit et ex 1680.
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; sheet 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). Laid at edges to album sheet.
Very impressive portrait of Charles II (1630-1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Fine mezzotint after a portrait by Peter Lely (1618-80), Dutch painter whose portraits evoke the court of Charles II as potently as van Dyck did for that of Charles I. In 1661 Charles II granted Lely an annual pension of £200 as Principal Painter. O'D 78; for earlier state see ref. 8431.
[Ref: 42787] £350.00
Charles II by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland etc. Defendor of the Faith.
P. Lely pinx: P. Bouttats Sculp
att Amsteldam by Nicolaus Visscher with Priviledge of ye High and Mighty States Generall. [c.1670]
Engraving, sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Tipped into album sheet.
Charles II (1630 - 1685), king of England, Scotland and Ireland. The son of Charles I, Charles campaigned with his father until sent abroad for safety in 1646 as the Royalist cause fell into decline. After the execution of his father, Charles unsuccessfully invaded England in 1651: after the rout of Royalist forces at the Battle of Worcester he escaped (initially hiding in a nearby oak tree), eventually fleeing to the continent. The death of Cromwell in 1658 paved the way for the restoration of the monarchy, which saw Charles return as king in 1660. Fine engraving after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680), portrait painter whose work provides a record of the court of Charles II as potent and evocative of that which van Dyck left of his father's court.
[Ref: 43022] £350.00
Carolus Secundus.
P. Lelly pinxit. I. Beckett fecit. E. Cooper exc.
Mezzotint, scarce. Plate: 85 x 110mm (3¼ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate, paper loss in bottom right corner.
A portrait of Charles II set in an oval after a painting by Peter Lely. Not in CS. Probably a pair to his Queen in CS.
[Ref: 44421] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus II.ds Dei Gratia Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Rex Fidei Defensor &c.
P. Lelÿ Eques Pinxit.
Printed for & sold by Tho. Bowles Print and Map Sell[er] next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church Yar[d] [n.d., c1700.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 320 x 240mm (12½ x 9½") Trimmed, losing part of inscription, left edge with nicks, laid on album paper.
Three-quarter length portrait of Charles II (1630-1685), in long wig and armour, holding a baton. CS 6, state iii of iii, originally published by Alexander Browne. Simon Turner: iv of v.
[Ref: 57308] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus II. Dei Gratia Anglae Scotiae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex.
P. Lely Pinxit. A. Blooteling Fecit et ex.
1680.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). A fine impression. Thread margins. F. B. Daniell frame. Unexamined out of frame.
A fine portrait, in oval, of King Charles II (1630-1685), King of England, Scotland and Ireland, whose restoration to the throne in 1660 marked the end of republican rule in England. Charles's reign saw the rise of colonisation and trade in India, the East Indies and America, and the Passage of Navigation Acts that secured Britain's future as a sea power. He also founded the Royal Society in 1660. For different state see item ref: 8431.
[Ref: 32813] £360.00
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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. E Collectione W.m Powlet, Gen:
Peter Lely pinx.t 1653. I. Faber fecit 1740.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 210 x 152mm. 8¼ x 6".
Portrait, bust in an oval frame, in armour with loose hair curling to shoulders and a plain white collar, directed to left, looking over left shoulder. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
[Ref: 28062] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Oliver Lord Protector of the Common Wealth of England, Scotland Ireland &c.
Painted by S.r P. Lily after ye Original limning of Cooper.
Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil.
Mezzotint with very large margins. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Ink library stamp on verso.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), in armour and lace collar, within an oval frame. The engraver of this print is unknown, although it is possible that it was the original publisher, J. Sympson. The libray ink stamp is that of the Allan Library. Thomas Robinson Allan (1799-1886) created the library as a Methodist rival to Sion College Library (of the Church of England). Allan donated it to the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in 1884, which funded a purpose-built premises in London opened in 1891. However it remained open for less than a decade before the collection was put in storage in 1899. In 1920 it was sold to the London Library which dispersed the unwanted publications.
[Ref: 34272] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Oliver Cromwell.]
[after Sir Peter Lely.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 155 x 150mm (6 x 5¾"). Thread margins, laid on album paper.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) in later life, as Lord Protector. This print is apparently based on John Faber's oval portrait of Cromwell after Sir Peter Lely.
[Ref: 34138] £480.00
Madame Davis.
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on separate sheet repaired tear right side.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater. CS: 11: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17006] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Jenny Deering. In the Common Parlour at Houghton.
Peter Lilly Equess Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Charles Townley Sculpsit. Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Bottom left corner of margin torn off, touching plate mark.
Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne (d.1689). CS 6, ivi of iv. Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34417] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Jenny Deering. In the Common Parlour at Houghton.
Peter Lilly Equess Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Charles Townley Sculpsit. Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"), on wove paper, good margins.
Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne (d.1689). CS 6, ivi of iv.
[Ref: 46192] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Denmark] [Christian IV and Prince Frederick.]
[Engraved by R. Dunkarton.]
[London: S. Woodburn, 1813-1814.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters on india laid paper, 360 x 270mm. 14¼ x 10½".
Joint portrait, of (to left) Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1577 - 1648), and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584 - 1648); deer in parkland behind. A copy of the engraving by Willem de Passe, by Robert Dunkarton (1744 - c. 1815). From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Another edition was published in 1830. Chaloner Smith: undescribed.
[Ref: 18064] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Mary Feilding sole daughter & heir of Barnham Ld Visc Carlingford.
P. Lely pinx. I. Beckett fec.
[n.d. c.1683-7.]
Fine mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10") with large margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of Mary Feilding (nee Swift, died 1682), seated with her left arm resting on a pedestal, on which sits a small sarcophagus. CS34 I of III.
[Ref: 56239] £490.00
Robertus Feilding Aulæ Feildingensis in Com: Warwici Armig.
P.Lely Eques pinxit. I.V.Vaart fecit.
R.Tompson Excudit. [n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate and laid down. Very fine.
'Beau' Feilding, who bigamously married the Dutchess of Cleveland. He was prosecuted, found guilty, but pardoned by Queen Anne. CS: Vandervaart 2.
[Ref: 12033] £360.00
The Right Hon:ble Mary Feilding sole daughter & heir of Barnha L Visc Caringford.
P Lely pinx I Beckett fe.
[n.d. c.1811.]
Mezzotint, very large margins. Plate 342 x 252mm (13½ x 10").
Lady Mary Fielding (d.1682), the only child of Barnham Swift, created Viscount Carlingford of Ireland in 1627. She married Colonel Fielding and died in 1682. Published in Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'. CS: 34, iii/iii.
[Ref: 30928] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Germany] Rupertus. Dei gratiae Comes Palatinus Rheni Dux Bavariae et Cumbriae et Totius Angliae Vice Admirallus et Castri Regalis Windsor Constabularius et Gubernator &c.
[P: Lely p.] A: Blooteling fe.
Jo: Lloyd ex: [n.d. c.1680, but later.]
Mezzotint. Plate 127 x 95mm. 5 x 3¾".
Prince Rupert, Count Palatine (1619-1682) was honorary Founder Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664 and he submitted a wide range of research including a water pump, navigational instruments, gunpowder, an early machine gun and a perspective aid for artists. He proved to be one of the most skillful and inspiring Royalist commanders in the Civil War. He was the earliest practitioner of mezzotint engraving in England and demonstrated the technique in 1661. CS: Q, ii/ii.
[Ref: 24341] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Madam Elinora Gwynne.
P: Lely pinx. A: de Blois fecit.
N: Visscher exc: [n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Stained, chips to margin (one filled).
Nell Gwyn (1650 - 1687), prominent English actress and long-time mistress of Charles II.
[Ref: 11590] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Ellen Gwynn A celebrated Actress and distinguish'd favourite of King Charles the 2d.
P. Lely Eques Pinx.t Van Bleeck, P. Sculp.t
Mezzotint, 255 x 305mm Fine impression, trimmed at bottom.
Nearly full length, the subject is sitting on a block, directed and looking forwards with her legs crossed. Her dress is loose and sits off of her right shoulder. A long curl of hair rests on the left. There is a slight glow eminating from the subject's face. Rocks and trees can be seen in the background. J.C. Smith part III: p.1399. 6. From Broadlands the Palmerston family.
[Ref: 27391] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Eleanor Gwynn. From an Original Picture in the Collect.n of the late Duke Buckingham.
Sir P. Lely pinx.t. Engraved by V. Green Engraver to his Majesty& to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17th 1777 by W. Shropshire, No 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to image.
A bare-breasted portrait of Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II. CS: 60, ii/ii. Whitman: 66, iii/iii.
[Ref: 41884] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Eleanor Gwynn. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr. Thane.
Sr. P. Lely pinx.t. John Ogborne Sculp.t.
Published May 1, 1779 for the Proprietor at No. 159 Strand.
Stipple. 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"), with wide margins. Bit messy in margins.
The famous portrait of Nell Gwyn (1650-87), bare-breasted with a lamb. Once an orange-seller at the Theatre Royal, she became a member of Killigrew's company, making her debut there in 1665. Her charm and vivacity in comic roles endeared her to the public, as did her witty renditions of prologues and epilogues. She became the mistress of Charles II (1669) and bore him two sons, one of whom was created the duke of St. Albans.
[Ref: 45033] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Nell Gwyn] The Sculpters part is done the features hitt / of Madam Gwin, No Arte can shew her Witt,
P Lely Pinxit G Valck Sculp et ex
Cum Privilegio ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae [1673]
Very fine and rare engraving. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II, in a landscape as a shepherdess. Gwyn arrived in London as an orange-seller and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day. The playwright Dryden supplied her with a series of saucy, bustling parts, ideally suited to her talents. She had two sons by the King, the elder of whom was created duke of St Albans, and she was said to have been remembered by Charles on his deathbed with the words "Let not poor Nelly starve". For another engraving after the same painting by Lely see ref. 19681.
[Ref: 42904] £490.00
M.rs Ellen Gwynn. A celebrated Actress and distinguish'd Favourite of King Charles the 2.d.
P. Lely Eques pinx.t. P.V.B. F.t 1751.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A three quarter length portrait of Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, an actress and long-term mistress of Charles II following the Restoration. In manuscript below image: 'K. Cha.s 2.d nat. children by her were, Charles Beauclere, created Duke of St Albans//. and another son named James who died young.'
[Ref: 43054] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Madam Elinora Gwin.
S.r P. Lely. pinx.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
A portrait of Charles I's mistress Nell Gwynn shown holding a lamb.
[Ref: 45545] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Eleanor Gwynn. From an Original Picture in the Collect.n of the late Duke of Buckingham.
Sir P. Lely pinx.t Engrav'ed by V. Green Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17.th 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.458, New Bond Street. [c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 251 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Fine, uncut; late.
Nell Gwyn seated, her breast bare and wearing loose robes. Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II. She arrived in London as an orange-seller and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day, and mistress to King Charles II. The playwright Dryden supplied her with a series of saucy, bustling parts, ideally suited to her talents. She had two sons by the King, the elder of whom was created Duke of St Albans, and she was said to have been remembered by Charles on his deathbed with the words "Let not poor Nelly starve". CS: 60, ii/ii. Whitman: 66, iii/iii.
[Ref: 30908] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Lady Grammont. Done from the Original Picture, Painted by Sr. Peter Lely. In the Royal Palace at Windsor. By James Mc.Ardell.]
[Sold by E. Fisher at the Golden head in Leicester Square, & by Ryland and Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill London.] [n.d. c.1765.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Thread margins.
Portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton, Comtesse de Gramont, as St Catherine of Alexandria; seated almost whole-length to left with her right hand holding robe to her breast and palm branch in her left, eyes to front, wearing loose satin robe, pearl earrings and her hair in ringlets; wheel, pillar and curtain behind. Hamilton (1641-1708) was a courtier to Charles II, and married to Philibert, Count de Gramont. From a set of prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. CS: 91. Goodwin: 125. See Ref: 46880 & 46988.
[Ref: 53897] £390.00
[France] [Henry the Great, King of France, as he lay in State after his murder, Anno 1610.]
[Engraved by R. Dunkarton.]
[London: S. Woodburn, 1813-1814.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters on india laid paper, 360 x 270mm. 14¼ x 10½".
Henry IV (Henry of Navarre, 1553 – 1610) was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France. Henry was ultimately assassinated in Paris on 14th May 1610 by a Catholic fanatic, François Ravaillac, who stabbed the king to death while his coach's progress was stopped by traffic congestion. A copy of the engraving by I. Briot, by Robert Dunkarton (1744 - c. 1815). From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Another edition was published in 1830. Chaloner Smith: undescribed.
[Ref: 18065] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Hervey Esq.r Trer and Receau gener.l to her Ma.ty
P Lely Pinxit
R. Tompson excudit [c.1678-9]
Mezzotint, fine, good impression., platemark 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins.
John Hervey (1616-80), politician and courtier. A captain of horse in royalist forces during the Civil War, Hervey was much in favour with Charles II at the Restoration, and became Treasurer of the Household and Receiver General to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. Engraved after an untraced painting by Sir Peter Lely (a related painting by Lely is at Ickworth House, Suffolk). T.39
[Ref: 42471] £320.00
John Heruey Esq.r Trer and Receau genera:l to her Mat:y.
P. Lely Pinxit. R. Thompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet: 340 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾''). Trimmed to image on 3 sides.
A three-quarter length portrait of John Hervey (1616-1679) who was a politician who also served as treasurer to Queen Catherine of Braganza. CS 22. Blackett-Ord: T.39
[Ref: 48906] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 10 1779 for W. Shropshire No 158, & T. Watson, No. 112, New Bond Street, London.
Fine mezzotint. 460 x 335mm (18 x 13¼"), with large margins. Paper tone. Stain top left margin.
Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland (1646-90), courtier. A daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, fourth earl of Southampton (1607-77), Elizabeth married twice: firstly to Joceline Percy, eleventh earl of Northumberland; and secondly, after his death in 1670, to Ralph Montagu, first duke of Montagu. From a set of prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. CS 5 II of III; Goodwin 34 (4.) ii/iii. For others in the set see refs. 24903, 46988 & 43746
[Ref: 46880] £380.00
Her Grace Jane Dutchesse of Norfolk Wife of Henry Duke of Norfolk Earle Marshall of Ingland &c.
P. Lely pinxit 1677. Rich. Collin Calcogr. Regis sculpsit Bruxellae 1681.
Fine copper engraving. 450 x 320mm. 17¾ x 12½". Trimmed to image with small false margins attached.
Jane Bickerton (1634-1693), married Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, and they had two daughters.
[Ref: 23972] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[James II when duke of York, and Mary of Modena] Serenissimus Princeps Jacobus Dux Eboracensis [&] Serenissima Princeps Maria [...]
D. Loggan sculp [James] P. Vandrebanc sculp [Mary]
Sold by Moses Pitt at ye Angel in St Pauls Churchyard [c.1673]
Pair of engravings, each sheet approx. 445 x 260mm (17½ x 10¼"). Trimmed. False margins on left of James.
James II (1633-1701) when duke of York and his second wife Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anne Margaret Isabella d'Este (Mary of Modena, 1658-1718). James was the second son of Charles I. He married Anne Hyde, by whom he was the father of Mary II and Queen Anne. He remarried in 1673 to Mary, by whom he was the father of James Francis Edward, the 'Old Pretender'. James reigned from 1685, following the death of his brother Charles II, until 1688, when the invasion of William of Orange caused James to flee to the continent, where he established a court in exile at Saint Germain-en-Laye. Pair of full-length portraits after Sir Peter Lely, engraved by Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc) and David Loggan. For portrait of Mary of Modena sold separately see ref. 34227.
[Ref: 43030] £320.00
Sr: Joseph Jordan Admirall.
P. Lely Pinxit. R. Tompson excudit.
[R. Tompson n.d. c.1670.]
A very rare mezzotint. 338 x 250mm. Cut to the platemark.
Sir Joseph Jordan, (1603-1685) was a naval officer and admiral. From a Thames shipowning family, he is initially recorded as importing tobacco from Nevis and Barbados aboard the Amity. During the English Civil War, he served in the parliamentary navy commanding the merchantman Caesar in the summer guard of 1642; later that year he was recorded taking castles around the Isle of Wight. In 1643 he served as rear-admiral in the Irish guard and the following year was active off the Channel Islands and at the relief of Lyme Regis and, in 1645, the siege of Weymouth. He remained loyal to parliament during the 1648 naval revolt and in February 1649 signed remonstrance congratulating the army and the Commons for restoring liberty. Following a short period abroad, Jordan resumed his naval career in 1650, was a flag-officer in the First Anglo-Dutch War and a member of the expedition against Algiers and Tunis under Robert Blake in April 1655. He was brought into service again in 1664 and served as a flag-officer in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-7, knighted in 1665 after the Battle of Lowestoft; was rear-admiral of the Red squadron, with George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, in the inconclusive Four Days Battle, June 1-4 1666, and vice-admiral of the Red at the victory in the St. James's Day Battle, 25 July 1666. In the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-4., as vice-admiral of the Blue, he led the fleet into action in HMS Sovereign of the Seas, 100 guns, in the Battle of Solebay, 28th. May 1672. At the time it was alleged he had deliberately chosen to expose to danger Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, HMS Royal James, who died in the battle, in order to protect the Duke of York, later James II of England. Parker: 498. In the NMM. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12479] £360.00
[Louise de Kéroualle] Louise Dutchess of Portsmouth
Pieter Lilly Pincx. Eduardus Le Davis sculpcit.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Rare engraving. 17th century watermark, Sheet 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Time stained.
Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, suo jure duchess of Portsmouth (1649-1734), mistress of Charles II and a significant and enduring political force at the Restoration court. Engraved after the painting by Sir Peter Lely (c.1671 Los Angeles, Getty Museum) by Edward (Le) Davis, a Welsh engraver who had been apprenticed to David Loggan.
[Ref: 59210] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Madam Mary Kirk.
P. Lely Eques pinxit.
Sold by Alex: Brown at ye blew Balcony in little Queen Street. [n.d. c.1690.]
Mezzotint, very rare. 336 x 246mm. 13¼ x 9¾". Cut and laid on card.
Portrait, three-quarter length, seated; hair in curls, low dress, holding a wreath and a lamb; behind, a pillar and vegetation; in the background to the right, a landscape. Mary Kirk (17th century) was daughter of George Kirk and maid of honour to Catherine of Braganza. She married Sir Richard Vernon. Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. CS: 17, ii.
[Ref: 25538] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Lellÿ Eques Pictor Caroli 2.di Magna Britannia Francia & Hiberniae Regis.
Petrus Lelly Eques pinxit. [Engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 340 x 251mm. 13¼ x 9¾". Good margins, mounted on album paper.
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), a society portrait painter of Dutch origin, whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he was the most significant painter at the court of Charles II. CS: 63: ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34128] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Lely. Pictor Caroli II Magna Brittannia Regis.
P: Lelÿ delin. A: de Jode Sculp.
R. Thomson Excud [n.d., c.1666].
Scarce & fine engraving, 17th century watermark. 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11). Trimmed to the plate, small tear taped.
Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680), portrait painter and Principal Painter to Charles II. Born of Dutch parents, he trained in Haarlem, came to London in the 1640s and quickly established a reputation as a portraitist, becoming easily the most fashionable painter of his time. He formed a celebrated collection of paintings and drawings and was well known for his high living.
[Ref: 57868] £340.00
Serenissima Princeps Maria Beatrix Ducissa Eboracensis &.ct.
P. Vandrebanc Sculp.
Sold by Moses Pitt at ye Angel in S.t Pauls Churchyard. [n.d., c.1675.]
Copper engraving, 475 x 280mm, 18¾ x 11". Contemporary red ruling. Crease.
Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anne Margaret Isabella d'Este (1658-1718), daughter of Alfonso d'Este III, duke of Modena, shown shortly after her marriage to James, Duke of York, in 1673. His conversion to Catholicism, accession to the throne as James II wiith the possibility of a Catholic succession resulted in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Engraved by Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc) (1649-1697) after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely. Vanderbank moved to London in 1674. NPG: D29318.
[Ref: 24236] £240.00
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Serenissima Princeps Maria Beatrix Ducissa Eboracensis &ct.
P. Vandrebanc Sculp.
Sold by Moses Pitt at ye Angel in S.t Pauls Churchyard. [n.d., c.1675.]
Copper engraving with large margins, 475 x 280mm (18¾ x 11").
Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anne Margaret Isabella d'Este (1658-1718), daughter of Alfonso d'Este III, duke of Modena, shown shortly after her marriage to James, Duke of York, in 1673. His conversion to Catholicism, accession to the throne as James II wiith the possibility of a Catholic succession resulted in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Engraved by Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc) (1649-1697) after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely. Vanderbank moved to London in 1674. NPG: D29318.
[Ref: 34227] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Maria Princeps Auriaca.
P. Lely Pinxit. A. Blooteling fecit et Ex.
Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hallandiae et West-Frisiae. [n.d. c.1677-89.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"), very large margins. Slight crease.
A bust portrait of Mary II (1662-94) as Princess of Orange, her hair styled in ringlets cascading over her left shoulder wearing a low dress with mantel decorated with pearls. She married William of Orange (1650-1702) in 1677 and resided in with him in Holland until the deposition of her father James II in the aftermath of The Glorious Revolution, 1688. Mary and William were invited to return to England as Mary II and William III; she proved a wise and effective ruler, especially during William's absences at war, and her many charitable schemes included the William and Mary Missionary College, Williamsburg, Virginia. Not in CS.
[Ref: 56235] £850.00
[Mary II] Her Highness the Princess of Orange.
Sr. P. Lellij Pinxit.
R.Tompson excudit. [n.d. c.1690.]
Rare mezzotint. Plate 355 x 254mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins, a few repairs.
Portrait of Mary Stuart as Princess of Orange, three-quarter length, sitting, hair in curls, wearing necklace, and low dress decorated with pearls; vase of flowers and fluted pillar in background to left; embroidered curtain in background to right; frieze with three sculpted Cupids and a lion in background to centre right. Mary (1662-1694), daughter of James II, married Prince William of Orange in 1677. After the 'Glorious Revolution' she returned to England to rule jointly with her husband as Mary II and William III. CS: 34.ii [Tompson].
[Ref: 24358] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Maria Princeps Auriaca.
[after Peter Lely.] A. Blooteling fec. et. ex.
[n.d. c.1680.]
Mezzotint, very scarce. Sheet 105 x 70mm (4¼ x 2¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Mary Stuart as Princess of Orange, three-quarter length, sitting, hair in curls, wearing necklace and low dress decorated with pearls. Mary (1662-1694), daughter of James II, married Prince William of Orange in 1677. After the 'Glorious Revolution' she returned to England to rule jointly with her husband as Mary II and William III.
[Ref: 32997] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Mary of Modena] Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York.
P Lippy pinxit.
R. Tompson excudit [n.d., c.1680].
Mezzotint, fine impression. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 8"). Trimmed to image on three sides, shaving inscription at bottom, mounted in album paper, folded on left.
Seated portrait of Mary of Modena, nearly full-length, wearing a pearl necklace and a loose dress also with pearls, stroking the head of a dog
[Ref: 55730] £280.00
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