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![[Master Ashton.]](jpegs/53219.jpg)
[Master Ashton.]
Jos.h Wright Pinx.t. W.m Pether Fecit 1770.
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov.r 26, 1770, by W.m Pether in G.t Russell S.t Bloomsbury.
Rare mezzotint, fine scratch-letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins, 18th century watermark.
John Ashton, son of Nicholas Ashton, a former High Sheriff of Lancashire; seated in a landscape, dressed in the girlish style of the period, hugging his spaniel. William Pether also engraved some of Joseph Wright of Derby's most famous works, including 'A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery', 'The Farrier's Shop' and 'An Alchymist'.
CS: 1, state i of ii.
[Ref: 53219] £650.00
Jos.h Wright Pinx.t. W.m Pether Fecit 1770.
Publish'd as the Act directs Nov.r 26, 1770, by W.m Pether in G.t Russell S.t Bloomsbury.
Rare mezzotint, fine scratch-letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins, 18th century watermark.
John Ashton, son of Nicholas Ashton, a former High Sheriff of Lancashire; seated in a landscape, dressed in the girlish style of the period, hugging his spaniel. William Pether also engraved some of Joseph Wright of Derby's most famous works, including 'A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery', 'The Farrier's Shop' and 'An Alchymist'.
CS: 1, state i of ii.
[Ref: 53219] £650.00
![[Thomas Brown?]](jpegs/56418.jpg)
[Thomas Brown?]
Wm. Pether Pinx & Sculp.
[n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint, sheet 150 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed within plate.
In reference books this mezzotint is said to portray Thomas Gent (1693-1778), printer and topographer based in York, although Chaloner Smith expressed uncertainty. A pencil note on the reverse of this example gives the name Thomas Brown.
CS 16; From Gulston collection.
[Ref: 56418] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Wm. Pether Pinx & Sculp.
[n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint, sheet 150 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed within plate.
In reference books this mezzotint is said to portray Thomas Gent (1693-1778), printer and topographer based in York, although Chaloner Smith expressed uncertainty. A pencil note on the reverse of this example gives the name Thomas Brown.
CS 16; From Gulston collection.
[Ref: 56418] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Studious Society.
G. Scalken Pinxit. W. Pether Fecit.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint, 295 x 250mm. 11½ x 9¾". Surface rubbed.
Three children studying around a table by candlelight, while their father sharpens a quill, and the mother approaches in the background with a lantern. The whole scene is framed by an archway. After Godfried Schalcken (1643 - 1706).
[Ref: 11088] £360.00
G. Scalken Pinxit. W. Pether Fecit.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint, 295 x 250mm. 11½ x 9¾". Surface rubbed.
Three children studying around a table by candlelight, while their father sharpens a quill, and the mother approaches in the background with a lantern. The whole scene is framed by an archway. After Godfried Schalcken (1643 - 1706).
[Ref: 11088] £360.00
Edw. Colston Esq. The Philanthropist! Born in Bristol. Died Oct.r 11th 1721. Æ.t 85.
Jon.n Richardson.Pinx.t. W.m Pether Sculp.t 1817.
Sold by Norton & Sons, Corn Street, Bristol. Price 12 Sh.gs.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾).
Edward Colston (1636-1721), a wealthy merchant whose philanthropy earned him great respect in Bristol, where he was commemorated with statues, a concert hall and street names. However he kept secret his role as a highly placed officer in the Royal African Company (which held the monopoly on trade with Africa for gold, ivory, spices and slaves from 1672 to 1698) so successfully that early biographies do not mention it. In 2020 his links to the slave trade were the focus of the 'Black Lives Matter' protests in Bristol, during which his statue was pulled down and dumped in Bristol Harbour.
CS 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4883] £520.00
Jon.n Richardson.Pinx.t. W.m Pether Sculp.t 1817.
Sold by Norton & Sons, Corn Street, Bristol. Price 12 Sh.gs.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾).
Edward Colston (1636-1721), a wealthy merchant whose philanthropy earned him great respect in Bristol, where he was commemorated with statues, a concert hall and street names. However he kept secret his role as a highly placed officer in the Royal African Company (which held the monopoly on trade with Africa for gold, ivory, spices and slaves from 1672 to 1698) so successfully that early biographies do not mention it. In 2020 his links to the slave trade were the focus of the 'Black Lives Matter' protests in Bristol, during which his statue was pulled down and dumped in Bristol Harbour.
CS 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4883] £520.00
The Comic Society.
G.Douw Pinxit. W.Pether Fecit.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 300 x 250mm.
Travelling players.
[Ref: 7008] £490.00
G.Douw Pinxit. W.Pether Fecit.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 300 x 250mm.
Travelling players.
[Ref: 7008] £490.00
Helena Forman.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Pether Fecit.
Publish'd Dec.r 1.st 1775 by W: Pether Broad Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), large margins.
Portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-1673), one breast outside her corset, with bouquets of wheat stems and flowers in her hand and hat. The daughter of a wealthy silk and tapesty merchant of Antwerp, Fourment married Peter Paul Rubens in 1630.
CS 14.
[Ref: 60106] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rubens pinx.t. W. Pether Fecit.
Publish'd Dec.r 1.st 1775 by W: Pether Broad Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), large margins.
Portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-1673), one breast outside her corset, with bouquets of wheat stems and flowers in her hand and hat. The daughter of a wealthy silk and tapesty merchant of Antwerp, Fourment married Peter Paul Rubens in 1630.
CS 14.
[Ref: 60106] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Honble. Charles James Fox. Addressing the Electors of Westminster from the Hustings at Covent Garden.
Publish'd Augt. 7. 1802 by I. Hinton, 44, Wells Strt. Oxford Strt. London.
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Margins a little tatty.
Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806), Whig statesman, third son of Henry Fox, and Lady Carloline Georgina Lennox. Here shown on the Hustings in front of St. Paul's Church Covent Garden, campaigning for the Westminster election. On the wall behind him is a notice 'State of the Poll', Fox leading. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America’s cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
[Ref: 10910] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd Augt. 7. 1802 by I. Hinton, 44, Wells Strt. Oxford Strt. London.
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Margins a little tatty.
Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806), Whig statesman, third son of Henry Fox, and Lady Carloline Georgina Lennox. Here shown on the Hustings in front of St. Paul's Church Covent Garden, campaigning for the Westminster election. On the wall behind him is a notice 'State of the Poll', Fox leading. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America’s cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
[Ref: 10910] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Portrait of a man in military costume.]](jpegs/56509.jpg)
[Portrait of a man in military costume.] From the Original Picture Painted by Rembrandt, in the Collection of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Besborough. To whom this Plate is most Humbly Dedicated, by His Lordship's most obliged and most Obedient Hum.ble Servant, J. Boydell.
Rembrandt Pinxt. W.m Pether fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell. Engraver in Cheapside, Nov.r 1.st 1764.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), large margins on 3 sides. Margins restored, horizonal fold flattened, inscription weakly inked.
A portrait of a man, three-quarter length, wearing a breastplate with chain and a large hat with feathers, his left elbow leaning on a ledge holding a sword. After a 1650 painting by Rembrandt now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, once considered to show Rembrandt himself. It was engraved by portrait painter and mezzotinter William Pether (1731-1821).
Charrington. 125. III of III.
[Ref: 56509] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rembrandt Pinxt. W.m Pether fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell. Engraver in Cheapside, Nov.r 1.st 1764.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), large margins on 3 sides. Margins restored, horizonal fold flattened, inscription weakly inked.
A portrait of a man, three-quarter length, wearing a breastplate with chain and a large hat with feathers, his left elbow leaning on a ledge holding a sword. After a 1650 painting by Rembrandt now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, once considered to show Rembrandt himself. It was engraved by portrait painter and mezzotinter William Pether (1731-1821).
Charrington. 125. III of III.
[Ref: 56509] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mrs Chelsum] Inscribed to the best of Parents by her affectionate Son, J.C.D.D.](jpegs/61574.jpg)
[Mrs Chelsum] Inscribed to the best of Parents by her affectionate Son, J.C.D.D. AEt: 87 A.o 1789. Me, let the tender office long engage...
S. Elmer pinxit. W.m Pether sculpsit.
Rare mezzotint; sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Mrs Chelsum with six lines of verse from Pope underneath the dedication line. She wears gloves, a dark shawl, dark sash around her waist and dark bonnet tied under her chin with a frilled white cap underneath.
CS4 II of II.
[Ref: 61574] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
S. Elmer pinxit. W.m Pether sculpsit.
Rare mezzotint; sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Mrs Chelsum with six lines of verse from Pope underneath the dedication line. She wears gloves, a dark shawl, dark sash around her waist and dark bonnet tied under her chin with a frilled white cap underneath.
CS4 II of II.
[Ref: 61574] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs Sarah Porter Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells.
Vander Smissen Pinxit. [engraved by William Pether.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, corners nicked.
An oval portrait of an old woman, ledger with 'Ladies' Subscriptions', quill and ink. When Richard ‘Beau’ Nash became Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms in 1735, he employed Sarah Porter to assist in touting or enlisting subscribers. She would greet visitors at the door of the ballroom is if she knew them, enquiring after a relative, before asking them to pay a subscription: if they refused, she would shadow them around the room, ledger and quill in hand, until they gave in and paid up. However rude people became Sarah never responded in kind. She continued in the roll until 1762.
CS 27.
[Ref: 58073] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vander Smissen Pinxit. [engraved by William Pether.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, corners nicked.
An oval portrait of an old woman, ledger with 'Ladies' Subscriptions', quill and ink. When Richard ‘Beau’ Nash became Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms in 1735, he employed Sarah Porter to assist in touting or enlisting subscribers. She would greet visitors at the door of the ballroom is if she knew them, enquiring after a relative, before asking them to pay a subscription: if they refused, she would shadow them around the room, ledger and quill in hand, until they gave in and paid up. However rude people became Sarah never responded in kind. She continued in the roll until 1762.
CS 27.
[Ref: 58073] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Revd. Seyer, Bristol]](jpegs/4618.jpg)
[Revd. Seyer, Bristol]
W.Pether delt. et sculpt.1816.
[n.d. c.1816]
Mezzotint. Plate 318 x 254mm.
Samuel Seyer (1757-1831), historian of Bristol, known for his 'Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and its Neighbourhood, from the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time' (Bristol, 1821-23).
CS: 31 before II.
[Ref: 4618] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
W.Pether delt. et sculpt.1816.
[n.d. c.1816]
Mezzotint. Plate 318 x 254mm.
Samuel Seyer (1757-1831), historian of Bristol, known for his 'Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and its Neighbourhood, from the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time' (Bristol, 1821-23).
CS: 31 before II.
[Ref: 4618] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop)]](jpegs/46868.jpg)
[The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop)]
Rembrandt Pinx.t W.m Pether fecit
R. Sayer Exc.t [c.1770]
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed to platemark; fine impression.
Engraving after Rembrandt's 1654 painting 'The Standard Bearer', believed to be a portrait of the collector Floris Soop (1604-1657). The painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is one of numerous engravings made after Rembrandt by William Pether (c.1738-1821), mezzotint engraver and painter, best remembered as the engraver of prints after Rembrandt and Joseph Wright of Derby. These prints stand amongst the finest mezzotints ever produced in Britain, demonstrating how mezzotint was the printed medium which most effectively reproduced the chiaroscuro effects of these painters.
CS 42 i/ii; Charrington 127 ii/ii.
[Ref: 46868] £450.00
Rembrandt Pinx.t W.m Pether fecit
R. Sayer Exc.t [c.1770]
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed to platemark; fine impression.
Engraving after Rembrandt's 1654 painting 'The Standard Bearer', believed to be a portrait of the collector Floris Soop (1604-1657). The painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is one of numerous engravings made after Rembrandt by William Pether (c.1738-1821), mezzotint engraver and painter, best remembered as the engraver of prints after Rembrandt and Joseph Wright of Derby. These prints stand amongst the finest mezzotints ever produced in Britain, demonstrating how mezzotint was the printed medium which most effectively reproduced the chiaroscuro effects of these painters.
CS 42 i/ii; Charrington 127 ii/ii.
[Ref: 46868] £450.00