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[Pair.] The Encampment at Brighton.
[Pair.] The Encampment at Brighton. Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness George Price of Wales, by His Royal Highness's most devoted & obedient servants, Colnagi & Co. [&] The Departure from Brighton. Dedicated by Permission to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &c. by His Royal Highnesses's most devoted & obedient servants, Colnagi & Co.
F. Wheatley, R.A. pinx.t. J. Murphy sculp.t.
London: Published May 1st 1796, by Colnagi & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall.
Pair of mezzotints. Each 535 x 660mm, 21 x 26". Both plates creased, 'Encampment' with ink annotation and tear in margin.
Two scenes of the Militia Camp near Brighton, showing the friendly relationship between the troops and the locals, especially the traders and girls. The camp was a frequent event during the first years of the French revolutionary wars, as it was a good venue for recruitment to the regular army, with bounties offered. It was held every year between 1792 and 1796, then in 1798 and 1803, with militias coming from all over the country. In 1793 Jane Austen's brother Henry was there with the Oxfordshire militia: she refers to the camp in her novel 'Pride and Prejudice'. The paintings by Francis Wheatley from which these derive were both painted in 1788.
Webster E124-5;
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His Grace the Duke of Portland.
His Grace the Duke of Portland.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Murphy.
London, Publish'd March 31st; 1785, by Wm. Austin Drawing Master & Print-Merchant at No 41 St. James's Street, & for the Engraver by W. Dickinson, No.158 Bond Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letters, 505 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Age toned; slight surface scratching.
William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland, (1738 – 1809), statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility - that of Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. Cavendish was owner of the "Portland Vase" when it was copied by Josiah Wedgwood and subsquently placed it in the British Museum on loan until the Museum purchased the vase in 1945.
Hamilton: pg.55. Chaloner Smith: 13, II.
[Ref: 17787]   £320.00  
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[His Grace the Duke of Portland.]
[His Grace the Duke of Portland.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Murphy.]
[London, published by William Austin 1785.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, 507 x 353mm. Paper generally soiled, mezzotint rubbed and scuffed, with creases in image upper and lower left.
William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland, (1738 – 1809), statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility - that of Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. Possibly an undescribed working proof, before the lettering 'India Bill' inscribed on the piece of paper held in the sitter's left hand. Artist and engraver's names faintly added in ink below portrait.
Hamilton: pg.55. Chaloner Smith: 13, unrecorded state. Provenance: John Murphy's granddaughter (according to pencil note on verso).
[Ref: 7692]   £320.00  
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Christ Appearing to Mary in the Garden. In the Cabinet at the Houghton.
Christ Appearing to Mary in the Garden. In the Cabinet at the Houghton. Size of the Picture F1.I8. by F1.I9½ high.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t Murphy Sculpsit.
Published Jany 1st. 1781 by John Boydell Engraved in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate 507 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Trimmed close to the platemark.
Christ standing in a garden holding a staff, looking down at Mary Magdalen who kneels distraught to his left. He is turning away pointing to the right. Behind him two angels sit on the empty tomb.
BM: 1980,U.1388. CS: undescribed. Rubenstein: II.25.
[Ref: 16828]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Cyclops at their Forge.
The Cyclops at their Forge. In the Salon at Houghton.
Luca Giordano Pinxit / John Murphy Sculpsit
Published Jan.y 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, Collector's stamp of Christopher Lennox-Boyd verso; platemark 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Surface loss at top.
Vulcan's Forge, an early work by Luca Giordano now in the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The picture was previously in the Walpole Collection at Houghton, during which time this engraving was made as part of a large-scale project to engrave the most important pictures in this great collection. While Boydell was overseeing the collection, however, it was sold to Catherine the Great of Russia, where many of the pictures can still be seen at the Hermitage.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 35020]   £420.00  
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Eagle & Fox.
Eagle & Fox.
J. Northcote R.A pinx.t. J. Murphy sculp.t.
London Published Dec.r 9 1799 by James Daniell & Co, Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Cracks to platemark, mounted on card at edges, some staining and scratching. Small margins. Slight crease.
An eagle perched on a rock ledge, a dead pheasant under its talon, in a showdown with a crouching fox.
[Ref: 51162]   £1,500.00  
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The Royal Family.
The Royal Family.
T. Stothard, R.A. Pinx.t 1787. I. Murphy, Sculp.t 1794.
London, Published, 4, June, 1794 by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.
Framed mezzotint. Plate: 520 x 650mm (20½ x 25½"). Frame: 725 x 850mm (28½ x 33½"). Unexamined out of frame. Foxing.
A group portrait of the Royal Family, with George III (1738-1820) and Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) seated in the centre, their sons on the left and daughters and younger sons on the right. The original oil painting is housed in the Bearsted Collection in Upton House in Warwickshire.
CS 15.
[Ref: 47204]   £650.00  
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Hiram King of Tyre, sends presents to King Solomon.
Hiram King of Tyre, sends presents to King Solomon. 1.Kings Chap. 9 Ver. 11
Painted by Eeckhout. Engrav'd by Jn.o. Murphy
Publish'd Mar. 1.st 1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside London.
A very fine mezzotint with margins, 490 x 610mm. 19¼ x 24".
In the Bible, King Hiram of Tyre forms an alliance with King Solomon of Israel to gain access to trading routes leading to Egypt. After a painting by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621-74), a pupil of Rembrandt's.
Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14852]   £520.00  
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Hiram King of Tyre, sends Presents to King Solomon.
Hiram King of Tyre, sends Presents to King Solomon.
Painted by Eekhout. Engrav'd by Jno. Murphy.
Publish'd Mar: 1st. 1790 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, scarce open letter proof, 480 x 605mm. 19 x 23¾". A fine impression, with full large margins.
Solomon, king of Israel, sitting outside his temple to left, with the King of Tyre Hiram's gifts and pieces of masonry about him. The younger man of the two behind him gestures to right towards Hiram, who arrives on shore with two pages carrying his train, and points towards a bowl which another page brings. Set in a classical landscape. After Jacob Joseph Eeckhout (1793 - 1861).
Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14837]   £550.00  
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Jael and Sisera. Judges. Chap. 4. Ver. 21.
Jael and Sisera. Judges. Chap. 4. Ver. 21. From the Original Picture presented by Mr Northcote, for his admission to the Royal Academy.
Painted by Ja.s Northcote, R.A. Engrav'd by Jm.o Murphy.
Publish'd May 1st 1789 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint, rare. 480 x 610mm (19 x 24"), with large margins. A few creases, tears to margins repaired.
Jael the Kenite about to drive a tent peg into the temple of the Sisera, general of the Canannite army, who accepted Jael's hospitality after being defeated by the Israelite army. Despite Jael breaking the rules of hospitality she became one of the female Nine Worthies, women who triumphed over men, and women chose to have their portraits painted holding hammer and peg.
[Ref: 45219]   £380.00  
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John Myddelton, Esq.r of Gwaynynog, Lieut.t Colonel of the Denbighshire Militia.
John Myddelton, Esq.r of Gwaynynog, Lieut.t Colonel of the Denbighshire Militia.
Engraved by John Murphy.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Plate 361 x 259mm. 14¼" x 10¼".
A portrait of Lt. Col. John Myddelton.
NPG D4654. Ref: CS 10 II of II.
[Ref: 9345]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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A Porcupine & Dogs.
A Porcupine & Dogs. To Job Hart Price Clarke Esq.r of Sutton Hall, in the County of Derby, this Plate is most respectfully Inscribed by his much obliged & devoted Servant, John Murphy.
Snyders Pinxit. Murphy Sculpsit.
London. Published by J. Murphy, Sept.r 10 1798. North side Paddington Green.
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 485 x 610mm (19 x 24"). Repaired tear through title area into image; margins folded back; C L-B's collector's stamp verso.
Extraordinary print of a large porcupine surrounded by three dogs, one of which howls in pain due to a porcupine needle stuck in his side. Engraved by the Irish mezzotinter John Murphy (c.1778-c.1817, fl.). 'Among his most striking pieces were large mezzotints of animals after Northcote, Snyders and Stubbs' (DNB). The Flemish painter Frans Snyders (1579-1657) specialised in paintings of animals.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32431]   £520.00  
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A Tyger.
A Tyger.
Painted by Ja.s Northcote; Engraved by Jn.o Murphy.
Publish'd May 1, 1790 by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Mezzotint, closed letters. 485 x 605mm (19 x 23¾"), with very large margins.
A fine impression of this scene of a prowling tiger in a cave, staring at the viewer. To the right is the head of a dead wolf. A fantastic image of 18th century mezzotint art.
[Ref: 61190]   £6,800.00  
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A Tigress.
A Tigress.
Engraved by John Murphy by Permission of Mr. George Stubbs from the Picture Painted by himself and in his Possession.
London, Published July 27, 1798 by J. Murphy, North side Paddington Green.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed to platemark. Very slight hole above tiger's head.
A very rare mezzotint, probably engraved from the life-size portrait of the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. The painting had originally been engraved by John Dixon in 1772; however that mezzotint plate had been destroyed, so John Murphy was allowed to engrave a new plate. A beautifully-coloured example of one of the finest images produced in the history of mezzotint.
Lennox-Boyd 133: ii of ii.
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The Honourable Mr. Justice Wilson.
The Honourable Mr. Justice Wilson.
G. Romney pinx.t. J. Murphy Sculp July 1792
Mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Very large margins. Collector's stamp of A. Anderdon Weston verso.
Sir John Wilson (1741-93), one of the most respected judges of the late 18th century. After George Romney (1734 - 1802). From the collection of Alexander Anderdon Weston (1822-1901), who inherited the fine collection of British mezzotint portraits formed by his uncle James Hughes Anderdon.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; L.65; O'D 1; Horne 134; CS 19
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