Grosvenor Prints

The R.t Hon.ble George Lord Anson. Baron of Soberton, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Vice Admiral of Great Britain. Admiral of the Blue Squadron, & one of his Majesty's most Hon.ble Privy Council.
[After Sir Joshua Reynolds][Engraver James McArdell]
[Published by James McArdell] [n.d. c.1755]
Mezzotint proof before artist, engraver and publisher were added. Print 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Crease through middle.
Three-quarter length portrait of naval officer and politician George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), with his right hand on his hip and left resting on anchor, ship and foliage behind. He wears shoulder-length wig and embroidered coat and waistcoat. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. Anson went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years' War.
CS 2. Goodwin 43. Hamilton page 2.
[Ref: 58873] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

To the Worthy Livery men of the City of London. The Honour which you have done me, in choosing me fix Times one of your Representatives in Parliament, calls for my most sincere and hearty Thanks...I beg Leave to assure You and of my best Endeavours to promote the Good of this City in particulary, and of this Nation in General. I am with the greatest Respect, Gentlemen, You highly obliged, and most Obedient Humble Servat. John Barnard. May 7.th 1754.
A. Ramsay pinx.t J.s Mc. Ardell fecit.
[Publish'd according to act of Parliament Septr. 6th. 1754 & sold by J. Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn ye corner of Queen Street Cheapside, London]
Mezzotint. 343 x 246mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to publication line.
Sir John Barnard (c.1685-1764), the British Whig politician and Lord Mayor of London. He was elected at the 1722 general election as one of the four Members of Parliament for the City of London; a seat which he held for nearly 40 years. This was copied from the print by John Faber II.
CS: 11 [only state]. Goodwin: 33.
[Ref: 30932] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Belgium] [Rubens Wife.]
[Reuben pinx. McArdell sculp.]
[Sold by E. Fisher at the Golden Head in Leicester Square and Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill London.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 350 x 250mm, 13¾ x 9¾".
Helena Fourment (1614-1673), daughter of a wealthy silk and tapesty merchant in Antwerp, married Peter Paul Rubens in 1630, aged sixteen. Here she stands in a field, folding an ostrich feather.
Goodwin 120, i of v; CS 69, i of iii. With a collector's mark in the character of Jon's Heywood Hawkin (1800-80); as described in Lugt: 3022.
[Ref: 18195] £360.00

William Benn Esq.r Lord Mayor of the City of London 1746.
T. Hudson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1746.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Repaired tears, one entering inscription area.
William Benn (c.1682-1755), a merchant of the Fletchers Company of London, Lord Mayor in 1746, founder of the Jacobite 'Benn's Club', consisting of himself and five other Tory aldermen.
CS 15, only state. W 148 only state.
[Ref: 59083] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

George Benson D.D.
[engraved by James McArdell.]
[n.d., c.1764.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of Presbyterian theologian George Benson (1699-1762), wearing clerical robes and wig. According to Goodwin, this was the frontispiece to Benson's 'Life of Christ'.
CS 17, only state.
[Ref: 61623] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Countess of Berkley.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J.s McArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to act of parliam.t 1757 & sold at Golden head in Covent Garden.
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 320 x 225m (12½ x 8¾"). Laid on tissue. Small repaired tears in margins. Top left corner chipped.
Portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) of Elizabeth, Countess of Berkeley. She is standing half-length to front and leaning on a book on a table before her, looking to left. She is wearing a fur-trimmed mantle, and a dress with wide lace cuffs and ribbon bows on the bodice. Elizabeth Craven, more commonly known as Lady Elizabeth Berkeley was an author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, perhaps best known for her travelogues. She was the third child of the 4th Earl of Berkeley, born near Trafalgar Square in the English City of Westminster.
[Ref: 33815] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Blacksmith's Forge.]
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble William Blakeney Esq.r Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, Colonel of His Majesty's Iniskillin Regim.t of Foot & Lieutenant Governor of Minorca.
G. Chalmers Pinx.t Minorca 1755. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t 1756, by G Hawkins at Miltons head in Fleet street, London.
Mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"), with small margins. Repaired nicks and tears on tom margin, nick on top right corner.
Half-length portrait of William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), turned to face front, wearing uniform and short wig and holding a baton in his right hand. Lord Blakeney was an army officer and politician, born Limerick; lieutenant-general in 1747, and lieutenant-governor of Minorca; created KB and an Irish peer in 1756. MP for Kilmallock, 1725-57.
Goodwin 50.II. CS 21.II.
[Ref: 59611] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jacob. Son of the Hon.ble William Bouverie by Harriot Daughter of Sir Mark Pleydell Bart. Born the 4th of March 1750.
J. Reynolds Pinxt. 1757. Js. McArdell fecit.
[British, n.d., originally c.1757; this a later impression.]
Mezzotint with large margins, lettered state from the first plate; some retouching to the sitter's face. 350 x 255mm. 13¾ x 10".
Portrait of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1750 - 1828); whole-length standing, eyes to front; in 17th century costume with forefinger of his left hand in vest. Landscape behind to right. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792). Two plates were made of the same subject, this impression being from the second, traced directly from the published state of the first, and so reversed.
Chaloner Smith 25, only state. See Hamilton p.11, First Plate, state ii of ii. See item Ref: 22358 for an impression in reverse.
[Ref: 24074] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Archibald Bower Esq.r.
George Knapton pinx.t. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250 (14 x 10"), with large margins, ink stamp of the Duke of Cambridge's collection lower right.
A portrait of Scottish historian Archibald Bower (1686-1766) shown in his library. A religious controversialist and historical writer born near Dundee, Bower entered the Society of Jesus in Rome and lectured at Jesuit colleges in Italy before suddenly leaving Perugia to return to England, allegedly having been discovered in a love affair with a nun. In England Bower converted to the Church of England and wrote about bibliographic history and ancient Rome. His 'History of the Popes', a violent attack on papal supremacy, was published between 1748 and the 1760s. During the publication of the work letters emerged purporting to show that despite his protestant zeal Bower was flirting with Catholicism, shattering his reputation.
CS 27 (only state); Whitman 174 ii/ii; L.151.
[Ref: 58003] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Archibald Bower Esq.r.
George Knapton pinx.t. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250 (14 x 10"), with wide margins. Slight crease through centre slightly showing on front.
A portrait of Scottish historian Archibald Bower (1686-1766) shown in his library. A religious controversialist and historical writer born near Dundee, Bower entered the Society of Jesus in Rome and lectured at Jesuit colleges in Italy before suddenly leaving Perugia to return to England, allegedly having been discovered in a love affair with a nun. In England Bower converted to the Church of England and wrote about bibliographic history and ancient Rome. His 'History of the Popes', a violent attack on papal supremacy, was published between 1748 and the 1760s. During the publication of the work letters emerged purporting to show that despite his protestant zeal Bower was flirting with Catholicism, shattering his reputation.
CS 27 (only state); Whitman 174 ii/ii; L.151.
[Ref: 48799] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Revd: Mr. Emanl: Collins A.M.
N. Hone pinxt. Js. McArdell fecit.
[British, n.d., c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint, 325 x 225mm. 11¾ x 9". A little scuffed and soiled.
Portrait of Emanuel Collins, clergyman, in an oval frame. Four line quotation from Swift below title. After Nathaniel Hone (1718 - 1784).
Chaloner Smith 44, I of II. See NPG D34038. Goodwin: 166 I of II. Ex The Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 23700] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Captain Thomas Coram. Upon whose Petition and Sollicitation The Royal Charter for ye Foundling Hospital was Granted by his Majesty King George ye Second, 17 of October 1739.
Will.m Hogarth Pinxt. Ja.s McArdell Fecit. 1749 [year in scratch letters.]
Published 12th May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Later.
The philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram (c.1668 - 1751), who in 1742 founded the Foundling Hospital in Guildford Street, London. It was a children's home established for the 'education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children.' The artist William Hogarth was a friend of Coram's and later a governor of the institution. Handel donated an organ to the chapel and gave performances of the 'Messiah' on it, raising £7,000.
CS: 45 iii of iii; Goodwin: 8 v of v.
[Ref: 52536] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Captain Thomas Coram. Upon whose Petition and Sollicitation The Royal Charter for ye Foundling Hospital was Granted by his Majesty King George ye Second, [17 of October 1739].
Will.m Hogarth Pinxt. Ja.s McArdell Fecit. 1749 [year in scratch letters.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, losing end of title, small tear.
The philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram (c.1668 - 1751), who in 1742 founded the Foundling Hospital in Guildford Street, London. It was a children's home established for the 'education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children.' The artist William Hogarth was a friend of Coram's and later a governor of the institution. Handel donated an organ to the chapel and gave performances of the 'Messiah' on it, raising £7,000.
CS: 45 I of III; Goodwin: 8 II of V.
[Ref: 34357] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

John Couts Esq.r. [Late Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh.]
A. Ramsay Pinx.t. Ja.s McArdell Fecit.
[Edinburgh: Alexander Palmer, n.d., c.1745.]
Mezzotint, scarce. Sheet 285 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate, losing the title and publication line. Bit damaged.
John Coutts (1699-1750), a Scottish merchant and banker, Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1742-4. His sons James and Thomas were founders of the banking house of Coutts & Co. The British Museum's biographer of the publisher consists of a vague date and this mezzotint.
CS 46.
[Ref: 48149] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Time clipping Cupid's Wings.
London [n.d. c.1790]
Mezzotint, fine impression. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and each edge lined with paper mount. Some markings along the top edge.
A scene depicting Time, an old winged man, taking clippers to the young Cupid's wings, who tries to struggle out of his grasp. The personified image of Time has its roots in the Greek association of time ('chronos') with Cronos, their god of agriculture, which is why he is often depicted with a scythe, as here. It is possible that Van Dyck's arresting characterisation of Time derives from Brozino's depiction of Time in 'Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time', who somewhat sinisterly gazes upon the ambiguous scene of Cupid and Venus. Possibly Van Dyck's scene asserts with more force that time is fleeting to the detriment of love. In a mezzotint portrait of James McAdell by Richard Earlom (after a drawing by McArdell), McArdell holds a scraper in his hand over a copper plate before him of 'Time clipping Cupid's Wings' (1771).
[Ref: 54097] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Ann Dawson. 6th Daughter to Thomas Fermor Earl of Pomfret Aged 21, 1754.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. M.cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [c.1754.]
Fine mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with very large margins.
Lady Anne Dawson (1733-69), wife of Thomas Dawson, afterwards Viscount Cremorne. She is portrayed as Diana, with a crescent moon diadem, spear and hunting dog. The painting was executed the year of their marriage.
CS 52, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 46339] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Fra. Douce. M.D. Ætat. 75.
William Keable Pinx.t Ja.s M.cAdell Fecit 1752.
Sold by Eliz Bakewell Print Seller in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. Plate: 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"). Thread margins.
A half-length portrait of Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760).
W. 843.
[Ref: 46468] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Fra. Douce, M.D. Aetat 75.
William Keable Pinx.t Jas. Mc. Ardell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1752.]
A very rare mezzotint. 505 x 343mm. 20 x 13½". Some creasing and scratching. Trimmed.
Dr Francis Douce (1676-1760) was a physician and very eccentric; the grand-uncle of the well-known antiquary.
Goodwin: 25. CS: 57. W: 843-2
[Ref: 20127] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Chevalier Du Halley Descazeaux. Drawn by Publick Fancy. Walking (Sick & Stout) in the Streets of London; with no other Fear, but the Fear of God before his Eyes. The Second Edition. Cy vous voyes, (sans Vanité,) Un Grand Homme en adversiti. It is here, indeed without Vanity) The Form of a Great Man in Adversity.
Js M.cArdell inv.t et sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 120mm. Trimmed within plate.
Michel Descazeaux du Hally (1710-1775), Adventurer. Having fought a duel in France he took refuge in England, where he always carried his sword in case his antagonist appeared. He was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison for debt. McArdell etched two portraits of the Chevalier, his only two plates by this method.
Whitman: 198, variant state with dog and 'Second Edition'. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4167] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Erskine Esq:r Counsellor at Law æt suæ 31.
Tho.s Hudson pinx..t. Ja.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1747.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Thread margins.
Charles Erskine (1716-49), oldest son of Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald. Educated at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, and at the Middle Temple, he was called to the bar in 1739, joining Lincoln's Inn in 1743. This portrait, showing him aged 31, was probably published during the 1747 election, when he became MP for Ayr Burghs. He died less than two years later, aged only 32.
CS 62, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 46390] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Erskine Esq:r Counsellor at Law æt suæ 31.]
Tho.s Hudson pinx..t. Ja.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with large margins.
Charles Erskine (1716-49), oldest son of Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald. Educated at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, and at the Middle Temple, he was called to the bar in 1739, joining Lincoln's Inn in 1743. This portrait, showing him aged 31, was probably published during the 1747 election, when he became MP for Ayr Burghs. He died less than two years later, aged only 32.
CS 62, state iii, a counterfeit proof, with title erased.
[Ref: 46391] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Day, Lady Fenhoulet.]
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. J. M,,cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait of Anne Day after Sir Joshua Reynolds, wearing a Woffington hat and an ornate dress with lace and ribbons and posy, hands in fur muff. She was the mistress of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe, and married Sir Peter Fenoulhet in 1761 after the death of Edgcumbe. James McArdell (1729-65), a Dublin-born mezzotinter, is said to have been Reynolds' favourite engraver.
CS 53, state i of iv.
[Ref: 57322] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

S.r John Fielding, K.t.
Hone pinx.t. M.c Ardell fecit.
Sold by C. Marsh at Charing Cross and R. Withy in Cornhill.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 395 x 290mm (15½ x 11½"). Trimmed and glued to album paper. Some surface dirt, creasing and some light foxing at edges.
Three quarter seated portrait of Sir John Fielding (1721-1780), English magistrate and social reformer. He rests his left hand on the 'Holy Bible' and 'Statuits at Large Magna Charta' and his right holds a rolled document labelled 'Plan of' on his knee. He wears a dark coat with narrow embroidered trim along edge and cuffs, over an embroidered waistcoat and a narrow dark band just above his closed eyes. Despite being blinded in a navy accident aged 19, Fielding set up his own business and, in his spare time, studied law. He worked very closely with his half-brother Henry Fielding (a chief magistrate as well as a novelist), creating the first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners. Known as the "Blind Beak", he could allegedly recognise three thousand criminals by the sounds of their voices.
CS: 65, ii of iii. Whitman 187 ii of iii.
[Ref: 60426] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Honourable Susanna Fitzpatrick.
A. Soldi pinx.t J. McArdell fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Mezzotint with large margins. Plate 325 x 222mm. 12¾ x 8¾". Slight crease top left.
Portrait, three-quarter length, almost profile to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing a dress decoarted with flowers at the breast, a bow and frills of lace at left elbow, and light collar trimmed with lace, holding cloak over right arm. Hon Susanna Fitzpatrick (1729-1759), wife of Hon Richard Fitzpatrick.
Goodwin: 12. CS: 66. VAM: E.450-1959. NPG: D1917.
[Ref: 28104] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Flageolet Player]
[J Molenaar Pinx.t. J.s McArdell Fecit. 1758. Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden]
Mezzotint, platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Proof before letters; very fine and rare; very large margins; slightly rubbed and creased.
Girl holding a pipe or flute. Genre picture engraved by James McArdell (1727/8-1765), Irish printmaker and favourite of Sir Joshua Reynolds, after Jan Miense Molenaar.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Ref: Goodwin I of II; CS I of II.
[Ref: 34007] £320.00

[Flageolet Player]
J Molenaar Pinx.t. J.s McArdell Fecit. 1758. Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Mezzotint, platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to platemark; good impression with staining to lower half; glued to backing sheet at corners.
Girl holding a pipe or flute. Genre picture engraved by James McArdell (1727/8-1765), Irish printmaker and favourite of Sir Joshua Reynolds, after Jan Miense Molenaar.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. From the Northumberland Collection.
[Ref: 34008] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Flageolet Player]
J Molenaar Pinx.t. J.s McArdell Fecit. 1758. Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark and tipped into album sheet at sides. Cut and rejoined above title, not visible from front.
Also known as 'The Humorist or Piping Girl' or just 'The Piping Girl'. Girl holding a pipe or flute. Genre picture engraved by James McArdell (1727/8-1765), Irish printmaker and favourite of Sir Joshua Reynolds, after Jan Miense Molenaar.
CS 202
[Ref: 61579] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Martin Folkes Esqr. President of the Royal Society.
Thos.Hudson Pinxt. Jas.Mc.Ardell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750]
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 253mm.
Martin Folkes, (1690-1754), English antiquary, President of the Royal Society in 1741, replacing Sir Hans Sloane. His portrait was also painted by William Hogarth
CS: 68; Goodwin: 145.
[Ref: 3344] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

B. Franklin of Philadelphia.
[After James McArdell engraved Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1800's.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, losing part of title.
A three-quarter length portrait of Benjamin Franklin, holding his book on electricity, a lighting bolt hitting a village behind. We believe this is a 19th century later state of McArdell's mezzotint, without artist's and engraver's signatures and without the wart on Franklin's cheek. Possibly French. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
[Ref: 54806] £850.00

Mr Garrick in Hamlet. Act 1 Scene 4
B. Wilson Pinx.t J. McArdell Fecit
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, platemark 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. This print illustrates the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22 iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00

David Garrick Esq.r.
A. Pond Pinxit. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9") with large margins.
Half-length portrait of David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice. He was a friend and one-time pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Goodwin 185.II. CS 77.II.
[Ref: 60331] £360.00

[Miss Greville and her Brother.]
J. Reynolds Pinx.t Js. McArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament July 25th. 1792. Sold at the Golden head in Covent Garden.
Mezzotint; paper watermarked. Plate 504 x 351mm (19¾ x 13¾"), very large margins.
Portrait of Frances Greville and her brother after Reynolds (Mannings 443); as Psyche, standing whole-length to left under a tree, head turned to face front, holding up vase in both hands, her brother William (?) as Cupid stands on a stone beside her to left, grasping the scarf flowing around them with his right hand; waterfall at right. Collector's stamps on verso: L.2510 [v.D.] - Derschau, Hans Albrecht von; L.2482 - Kupferstichkabinett, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin; L.1606 - Kupferstichkabinett, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.
CS: 93 ii/ii. Goodwin: 90 ii/iii. Hamilton: p.103 ii.
[Ref: 52491] £380.00

[Miss Greville].
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. Js. mcArdell Fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Paliament July 25th. 1762. Sold at Golden Head in Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 500 x 350mm. (19½ x 13¾"). Laid on backing sheet.
Portrait of Frances Greville, represented as Hebe, the Godess of youth, and her brother, as Cupid grasping the scarf flowing around them with his right hand, standing three-quarter length to left under a tree, head turned to face front, holding up vase in both hands.
CS: 93. Goodwin: 90 II; Hamilton: II.
[Ref: 31674] £450.00

[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

Sir Charles Hardy, Admiral of the White Squadron and Commander of the Grand British Fleet.
[Painted by Allan Ramsay. Engraved by James McArdell.]
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers No. 53, Fleet Street; as the Act directs, 18th. Novr. 1779.
Mezzotint, 355 x 255mm. 14 x 10". Missing lower margin.
Admiral Sir Charles Hardy (c.1713 - 1780) made Governor of New York in 1755, and Admiral of the White in command of the grand fleet in 1779. His left hand points out towards a squadron of ships on a calm sea to left. After Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784), state after title altered from Richard Tyrrell, published posthumously in 1779.
See Chaloner Smith: 180, IV. Russell: 180, VI. Goodwin: 75, IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10842] £490.00

Dr. Harvey.
Vandyke Pinx.t
[Laurie & Whittle 1794]
Rare mezzotint, sheet 315 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark lower edge, losing publication line; glued to backing sheet.
William Harvey (1578-1657), physician and discoverer of the circulation of the blood. While Harvey's discoveries are now universally acknowledged, he met with much opposition during his own time. This portrait wrongly claims to be after van Dyck- more likely the source image is by Cornelis Janssens. The engraving is by James MacArdell, but he left the plate unfinished at the time of his death. This is the published state (after additional work by another hand), issued by Laurie & Whittle in 1794.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Goodwin 114 ii/ii; CS (MacArdell) 102 ii/ii; O'D 8. Wellcome collection: 4026i.
[Ref: 34125] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Sr. Edward Hawke, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesties Fleet.
G. Knapton Pinx.t. J. McArdell Fecit.
[n.d c.1740.]
Mezzotint with very large margins, first state. Plate 330 x 229mm. 13 x 9".
Portrait, bust in an oval, directed to right, wearing a plain coat with sash hung diagonally from right shoulder, a badge half visible on left side, white cravat and shoulder-length wig, arms at his sides, looking towards the viewer. Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, KB (1705-1781) was a naval officer of the Royal Navy. He is best remembered for his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain. A number of Royal Navy warships were named after him, in commemoration of this. He also served as First Lord of the Admiralty for five years between 1766 and 1771. In the Seven Years' War, Hawke replaced Admiral John Byng as commander in the Mediterranean in 1756. He blockaded Rochefort in 1757 and in 1758 he directed the blockade of Brest for six months. In 1759 Hawke was tasked with stopping a planned French invasion fleet from reaching Britain. His ships continued their close blockade of Brest. When Hawke's force was driven off station by a storm, the French fleet under Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans, took advantage and left port. On 20 November 1759 he followed the French warships and during a gale he won a sufficient victory in the Battle of Quiberon Bay, when combined with Edward Boscawen's victory at Lagos, to remove the French invasion threat. He then retired from active duty, and given the honorary rank of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain in November 1765. He was made First Lord of the Admiralty in December 1766 and served until January 1771. He was made a baron in 1776.
CS: 103. Goodwin: 188.
[Ref: 28105] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Robert Lord Henley Baron of Grainge, C.S.
Thos. Hudson Pinxt. Js. McArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 5s. [n.d. c.1761.]
Mezzotint. 387 x 272mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Cut to plate.
Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (c.1708-1772) in his Lord Chancellor's robes (1761-6, then Lord President of the Council (1766-7). In 1760 he was created Lord Henley, Baron of Grange (Hampshire). The original oil portrait is is the National Portrait Gallery.
CS: 104. Russell: 104, ii. Goodwin: 82, ii. NPG: D38786.
[Ref: 24770] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Philip Honywood, Knight of the most Honourable Order of Bath, General of Horse, Colonel of his Majesty's first Regiment of Dragoon Guards, Governor of Portsmouth &c.
B. Dandridge Pinxt 1751. Ia.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Sold by Ja.s M.cArdell, at the Golden Head in Covent Garden._ Price 5 shillings.
Rare mezzotint 1st state. 355 x 505mm (14 x 20"), with large margins, with Kupferstichkabinet Dreseden stamp in bottom right corner and on verso. Repaired tear in top left corner and crack in plate.
An equestrian potrait of Sir Philip Honywood (1677-1752) a British army officer, serving under John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough in Brabent at the start of his career and serving as the governor of Portsmouth at the end.
CS: 106, I of IV
[Ref: 42847] £380.00

John Keeling Esq.r. One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
T. King pinx.t J.s M.cArdell fecit.
1756.
Rare mezzotint, plate 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins. Laid on archival paper, some loss in margins.
Half-length portrait of John Keeling (1682-1759), Brewer of Clerkenwell and judicial officer, wearing a coat unbuttoned over a waistcoat with an embroidered trim and a short white wig and holds a tricorn under his left arm.
CS 111.
[Ref: 59538] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace Robert Duke of Roxburghe. Died August 20th 1755.
Thos. Hudson Pinx.t. Js. McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Trimmed inside plate and glued to backing sheet,
A portrait of Robert Ker, 2nd Duke of Roxburghe (c.1708 - 1755) three-quarter length directed to the right, looking towards the viewer. Ker was the only son of the 1st Duke of Roxburghe and Lady Mary Finch, daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. On 24th May 1722 he was created Earl Ker, of Wakefield in the County of York, and Baron Ker, of Wakefield in the County of York (both in the Peerage of Great Britain).
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 158.
[Ref: 37698] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus King LLD Ætat 75.
T. Hudson Pinx.t. J.s McArdell fecit.
[n.d. c.1750]
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm.
Dr William King (1684-1763) principal of St Mary's Hall, Oxford, and Jacobite sympathiser, having been secretary to the Duke of Ormonde and his brother, the Earl of Arran.
CS 14, only state; Sharpe 474, ii of ii.Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7562] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The most Noble Prince Charles, Duke of Richmond, Leñox, & Aubigny &c. &c. Who Died Aug.t 8th 1750. Ætat. 49. From an Original Picture Presented by His Grace, to the Corporation of the City of Chichester.
Will.m Smith ad vivum Pinx.t. J. M.Ardell fecit.
Publish'd by Geo. Smith, Painter at Chichester. {n.d., c.1760.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Charles Lennox (1701-50), 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, grandson of Charles II and Louise de Kéroualle.
[Ref: 54221] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Leviez.
J.E. Eccard Pinx.t. J. Mc.Ardell Fecit.
[London, n.d., 1763.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 228mm (13 x 9"), with large margins.
A portrait of Charles Leviez (died c.1778), after Johann Aegidius (John Giles) Eckhardt. A French dancing-master who also dealt in prints and drawings, Leviez was living in London in 1759, but sold his stock at auction in March 1761. By 1766 he had established himself in Paris as a 'marchand des estampes' or printseller, publishing a large compilation of Pillement in 1767. He sold up again in 1773, auctioning all his plates in Paris 29/30 July 1773.
CS: 118, ii. Whitman: 101, iii/iii.
[Ref: 59642] £490.00

Daniel Lock Esqr.
Willm. Hogarth Pinxt. J. Mc.Ardell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint. Plate 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾".
Daniel Lock (1681-1754), Governor of the Foundling Hospital. He is seated here holding a plan of the Foundling Hospital.
CS: 120: i of ii. Goodwin: 139: i. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14805] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

C: Lucas M:D:
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. J.s McArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1760]
Mezzotint, rare. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Repaired tears in inscription areas. Very small margins.
Portrait of Charles Lucas (1713-71), politician and physician, holding the thesis about gangrene that he wrote for his doctor's degree, engraved by James McArdell, a prominent Irish mezzotinter working in London, after a painting by Joshua Reynolds now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Lucas began as an apothecary in Dublin; however he published a number of pamphlets decrying the corruption of Dublin's aldermen, for which he was threatened with prosecution for seditious publications. He moved to London before going to the continent to study medicine. Returning to Dublin in 1760, he was soon elected MP, a post he held until his death.
CS 123 ii/iii; Hamilton p48 ii/iii; Goodwin: 56 ii of iii; Wellcome 1823 i.
[Ref: 48146] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[The Immaculate Conception. Or. the Assumption of the Virgin.]
[Bar.t. Murillo pinx.t. McArdell Fecit.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Scare proof before letters impression. Platemark: 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Thread margins. Light horizntal creases to centre.
A scarce proof before letters impression. The Virgin is seen with her long hair hanging loose, her eyes raised upwards and hands across her breast. She is suspended on a cloud supported by cherubs carrying lilies, roses and palms, a crescent moon under her feet. More cherubs can be seen in the clouds above. Sometimes catalogued with the title 'Assumption of the Virgin'. After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682) , painter of portraits and genre scenes, but especially renowned for his paintings of children and his religious works, including his many versions of the 'Virgin of the Immaculate Conception' dispersed throughout international art collections. For a lettered impression, see item ref: 36648.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Goodwin: 216.
[Ref: 36649] £450.00

Louis Jules Barbon Mazarini Mancini. Duc de Nivernois, Donjiois, Pair de France, [...]
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1764.]
Rare mezzotint. Plate: 225 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Small margins, slightly foxed.
A half-length portrait of Louis Jules Barbon Mazarini Mancini (1716-1798) a french aristocrat who served as French Ambassador in Rome, Berlin and London where he negotiated the Treaty of Paris. He stayed in France after the Revolution which led to the loss of his money and his imprisonment.
[Ref: 41343] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Mathematician. Done from an Original Picture, painted by Rembrandt. By James Mc. Ardell.]
[Sold by E. Fisher, at the Golden head in Leicester Square, and Ryland & Bryer, at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.]
Rare mezzotint. 440 x 370mm (17¼ x 14½"). Narrow margins on three sides, inscription area trimmed off; horizontal printer's crease through centre of image.
A teacher leaning on the table holding a pair of compasses, demonstrates a problem to the student who leans on his chin. In front is a globe.
Goodwin: 213.
[Ref: 48872] £480.00

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