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![[Catherine of Braganza] Katherine Queen Dowager.](jpegs/53658.jpg)
[Catherine of Braganza] Katherine Queen Dowager.
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J.Smith excudit. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 200 x 145mm (8 x 5½"). 'dec 1705' in ink under title. Trimmed to plate. Some time staining.
Catherine of Braganza. Originally published by Beckett.
CS: Beckett 13, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53658] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J.Smith excudit. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 200 x 145mm (8 x 5½"). 'dec 1705' in ink under title. Trimmed to plate. Some time staining.
Catherine of Braganza. Originally published by Beckett.
CS: Beckett 13, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53658] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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)
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)
![[Three children fighting over a bird.]](jpegs/3650.jpg)
[Three children fighting over a bird.]
G.Lairesse Pinxit.
Sold by J.Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1680.].
Mezzotint. 180 x 170mm.
A reversed copy of a part of Gerard Lairesse's 'Immoderatum Dulce Amarrum' of c.1675. The engraver's name has been removed, but it is believed to be Isaac Beckett.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3650] £380.00
G.Lairesse Pinxit.
Sold by J.Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1680.].
Mezzotint. 180 x 170mm.
A reversed copy of a part of Gerard Lairesse's 'Immoderatum Dulce Amarrum' of c.1675. The engraver's name has been removed, but it is believed to be Isaac Beckett.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3650] £380.00
![[Couple Indoors.]](jpegs/30452.jpg)
[Couple Indoors.]
IB.fec.et.Ex.
Very scarce mezzotint. Plate 228 x 178mm (9 x 7").
An interior scene depicting a lady and a gentleman. The lady is seated and leaning her elbow on a table. She has short curled hair and wears a veil. The gentleman, standing, is seen wearing a long wig and cravat. On the table lie a hat, sash and sword, a glass and a decanter.
CS 105. See also reference 37618.
[Ref: 30452] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
IB.fec.et.Ex.
Very scarce mezzotint. Plate 228 x 178mm (9 x 7").
An interior scene depicting a lady and a gentleman. The lady is seated and leaning her elbow on a table. She has short curled hair and wears a veil. The gentleman, standing, is seen wearing a long wig and cravat. On the table lie a hat, sash and sword, a glass and a decanter.
CS 105. See also reference 37618.
[Ref: 30452] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Count D'Ada. The Popes Nuntio to King James the Second.
I. Beckett fecitt.
I. Savage ex: [n.d. c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Plate 240 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed, false margins added.
Portrait, half length in oval, wearing gown, collar and cross suspended from neck. Ferdinando D'Adda (1649-1719) was Prefect of the Congregation of Rites and the Papal Nuncio to James II of England. In 1690 he was made a Cardinal-Priest and in 1715 he was made Cardinal Bishop of Albano.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. CS: 29, ii. Collection John Thane 1771 in ink verso.
[Ref: 25510] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I. Beckett fecitt.
I. Savage ex: [n.d. c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Plate 240 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed, false margins added.
Portrait, half length in oval, wearing gown, collar and cross suspended from neck. Ferdinando D'Adda (1649-1719) was Prefect of the Congregation of Rites and the Papal Nuncio to James II of England. In 1690 he was made a Cardinal-Priest and in 1715 he was made Cardinal Bishop of Albano.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. CS: 29, ii. Collection John Thane 1771 in ink verso.
[Ref: 25510] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Count D'Ada. The Popes Nuntio to King James the Second.
I. Beckett fecitt.
I. Savage ex: [n.d. c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Portrait of Ferdinando D'Adda (1649-1719) half length in oval, wearing gown, collar and cross suspended from neck. D'Adda was prefect of the Congregation of Rites and the Papal Nuncio to James II of England. In 1690 he was made a Cardinal-Priest and in 1715 he was made Cardinal Bishop of Albano.
CS: 29.
[Ref: 43072] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
I. Beckett fecitt.
I. Savage ex: [n.d. c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Portrait of Ferdinando D'Adda (1649-1719) half length in oval, wearing gown, collar and cross suspended from neck. D'Adda was prefect of the Congregation of Rites and the Papal Nuncio to James II of England. In 1690 he was made a Cardinal-Priest and in 1715 he was made Cardinal Bishop of Albano.
CS: 29.
[Ref: 43072] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Countess of Ossory.
W: Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d. c. 1680-7.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins. Slightly time stained.
An almost full length portrait of Emilie de Nassau (c.1635-88), Countess of Ossory, seated by a tree petting a little dog with a castle in the distance. She moved to England after her marriage to Lord Thurles, who became the earl of Ossory in 1662. Emilie served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Braganza soon after she arrived in England until the death of the queen's husband Charles II. She was renowned for her beauty and sat for her portrait by Wissing, who painted numerous portraits of British Royals.
CS 83 only state.
[Ref: 56238] £490.00
W: Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d. c. 1680-7.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins. Slightly time stained.
An almost full length portrait of Emilie de Nassau (c.1635-88), Countess of Ossory, seated by a tree petting a little dog with a castle in the distance. She moved to England after her marriage to Lord Thurles, who became the earl of Ossory in 1662. Emilie served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Braganza soon after she arrived in England until the death of the queen's husband Charles II. She was renowned for her beauty and sat for her portrait by Wissing, who painted numerous portraits of British Royals.
CS 83 only state.
[Ref: 56238] £490.00
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
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
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)
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)
The Countess of Litchfield.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe: et ex.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 420 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper. Few creases & repairs.
Full-length portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718, daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, and said to be his favourite child. She was married to Sir Edward Lee, Earl of Lichfield, at twelve years of age, having her first child (of 18) at thirteen.
[Ref: 33002] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe: et ex.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 420 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper. Few creases & repairs.
Full-length portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718, daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, and said to be his favourite child. She was married to Sir Edward Lee, Earl of Lichfield, at twelve years of age, having her first child (of 18) at thirteen.
[Ref: 33002] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Countess of Litchfield.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe: et ex.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Rare mezzotint. Collector's ink stamp on reverse, 'E.M.H.' Mrs. E. M. Hamilton. Sheet size: 425 x 245mm (16¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Creases.
A full-length portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718), daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, and said to be his favourite child. She was married to Sir Edward Lee, Earl of Lichfield, at twelve years of age, having her first child (of 18) at thirteen.
Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 66.
[Ref: 36650] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe: et ex.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Rare mezzotint. Collector's ink stamp on reverse, 'E.M.H.' Mrs. E. M. Hamilton. Sheet size: 425 x 245mm (16¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Creases.
A full-length portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718), daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, and said to be his favourite child. She was married to Sir Edward Lee, Earl of Lichfield, at twelve years of age, having her first child (of 18) at thirteen.
Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 66.
[Ref: 36650] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jacobus II.dus D:G: Ang: Sco: Fran: etc Hib: Rex.
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett fe: E. Cooper ex.
Cum Privilegio Regis [n.d. c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 430 x 250mm (17 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of James II (1633-1701) in armour, with a warship and anchor behind. Kneller painted the portrait when James was Duke of York and Lord High Admiral.
C.S. 50, ii of ii..
[Ref: 53769] £320.00
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett fe: E. Cooper ex.
Cum Privilegio Regis [n.d. c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 430 x 250mm (17 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of James II (1633-1701) in armour, with a warship and anchor behind. Kneller painted the portrait when James was Duke of York and Lord High Admiral.
C.S. 50, ii of ii..
[Ref: 53769] £320.00
Godfrid Kneller Germ. À Carolo II. Monarcha Britann. ad depingendum Ludovicum Min Galliam missus; Pictor utrinqu. vere Regius. A.O.C. MDCLXXXV.
G. Kneller p. I. Beckett f.
I. Smith ex.
Mezzotint, sheet 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins. Slightly creased and repaired tears on margins, some small wormholes.
Half-length portrait of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). Kneller was the leading portrait painter in England during the later 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I.
CS 59.II. Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60233] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller p. I. Beckett f.
I. Smith ex.
Mezzotint, sheet 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins. Slightly creased and repaired tears on margins, some small wormholes.
Half-length portrait of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). Kneller was the leading portrait painter in England during the later 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I.
CS 59.II. Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60233] £260.00 (£312.00 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 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)
Betwixt a subtile Priest & cursed Wife I'm plagu'd for my transgression. The two great Folleys of my Life Is Marriage & Confession.
E. Hemskyrke pinx: Ibecket fec.
[n.d. c.1680.]
Mezzotint, laid on paper watermarked: J Whatman 1801. 253 x 184mm (10 x 7¼").
A monk sitting on the right, hands tucked into his sleeves, laughing as he listens to the confession of a man who kneels against his chair, holding his hat and watched by an old woman wearing a headscarf who stands in the background to the left in an open doorway, holding a finger to her lips; a stoop on the wall in the background.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The British Museum state that this is a later state with added creases in the clothing.
[Ref: 19308] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E. Hemskyrke pinx: Ibecket fec.
[n.d. c.1680.]
Mezzotint, laid on paper watermarked: J Whatman 1801. 253 x 184mm (10 x 7¼").
A monk sitting on the right, hands tucked into his sleeves, laughing as he listens to the confession of a man who kneels against his chair, holding his hat and watched by an old woman wearing a headscarf who stands in the background to the left in an open doorway, holding a finger to her lips; a stoop on the wall in the background.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The British Museum state that this is a later state with added creases in the clothing.
[Ref: 19308] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Vander Meulen Pictor.
N de Largilliere pinx: I Beckett fe: et ex:
[n.d. c.1688]
Rare mezzotint, sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed and glued to backing album. Damaged and loss bottom & top left.
Head and shoulders oval portrait of Flemish battle painter Pieter van der Meulen (1638-c.70). His long hair cascades down his shoulders and he wears an open collar and robe. After French painter and draughtsman Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746).
CS 95 I of II.
[Ref: 61581] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
N de Largilliere pinx: I Beckett fe: et ex:
[n.d. c.1688]
Rare mezzotint, sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed and glued to backing album. Damaged and loss bottom & top left.
Head and shoulders oval portrait of Flemish battle painter Pieter van der Meulen (1638-c.70). His long hair cascades down his shoulders and he wears an open collar and robe. After French painter and draughtsman Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746).
CS 95 I of II.
[Ref: 61581] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
G Kneller pinx:
I. S[mith ex.] [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm. Trimmed within plate, tipped into album page. Some foxing.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. 'Barbara' added in ink mss. above title. Published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743), after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723).
Chaloner Smith: 22, II.
[Ref: 11591] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G Kneller pinx:
I. S[mith ex.] [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm. Trimmed within plate, tipped into album page. Some foxing.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. 'Barbara' added in ink mss. above title. Published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743), after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723).
Chaloner Smith: 22, II.
[Ref: 11591] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Unidentified Woman.]](jpegs/46906.jpg)
[Unidentified Woman.]
G. Kneller pinx: I Beckett fec:
Sold by I. Beckett at ye Golden head in ye Old baily.
A rare mezzotint. Plate: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, manuscript in plate. 2 stain spots.
A portrait by an identified woman. Manuscript in the plate names the sitter as 'The Lady Jane Parson'.
CS 101 I.
[Ref: 46906] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinx: I Beckett fec:
Sold by I. Beckett at ye Golden head in ye Old baily.
A rare mezzotint. Plate: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, manuscript in plate. 2 stain spots.
A portrait by an identified woman. Manuscript in the plate names the sitter as 'The Lady Jane Parson'.
CS 101 I.
[Ref: 46906] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
John Earle of Mulgrave, Lord Chamberlain of his Ma.ties Household, L.d, Lieuten.t for the East Riding of Yorkshire,Northumberand, and Bishoprick of Durham, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, and One of his Ma.ties most hono.ble Privy Council.
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett fe: et ex:
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm, 13¾ x 10". Mounted on album paper. Unidentified collector's mark on verso.
John Sheffield (1648 - 1721), 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, when Earl of Mulgrave.
CS 76, state ii of v. See NPG 1779 for Kneller's original oil.
[Ref: 11795] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett fe: et ex:
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm, 13¾ x 10". Mounted on album paper. Unidentified collector's mark on verso.
John Sheffield (1648 - 1721), 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, when Earl of Mulgrave.
CS 76, state ii of v. See NPG 1779 for Kneller's original oil.
[Ref: 11795] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
The Lady Williams.
W.Wissing pinx. I.Becket fecit.
Sold by John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside, London. [n.d., 1688.]
Mezzotint. Plate 330 x 251mm. 13 x 10". Trimmed to the plate. Wormhole in curtain tassels to left, horizontal crease, rubbed.
Mistress of the Duke of York. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS: 97: iv of iv.
[Ref: 19061] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W.Wissing pinx. I.Becket fecit.
Sold by John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside, London. [n.d., 1688.]
Mezzotint. Plate 330 x 251mm. 13 x 10". Trimmed to the plate. Wormhole in curtain tassels to left, horizontal crease, rubbed.
Mistress of the Duke of York. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS: 97: iv of iv.
[Ref: 19061] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Lady Williams.
W. Wissing pinx. I Beckett fe: E. Cooper Ex.
[n.d. c.1688.]
Scarce mezzotint. 406 x 249mm (16 x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate, edges scarred.
Lady Williams was a mistress of James II when Duke of York. Here she stands in front of a column and velvet curtain with one breast bared. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS 97: ii.
[Ref: 17351] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W. Wissing pinx. I Beckett fe: E. Cooper Ex.
[n.d. c.1688.]
Scarce mezzotint. 406 x 249mm (16 x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate, edges scarred.
Lady Williams was a mistress of James II when Duke of York. Here she stands in front of a column and velvet curtain with one breast bared. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS 97: ii.
[Ref: 17351] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)