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The Brazen Age. Virtue languising [sic] ! is represented by Minerva leaning on the knees of Industry, & the Indolence of the Sciences shews the barreness of this Age. [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33177] £480.00
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33177] £480.00
The Golden Age. The reigning Vertues of this Age are represented by Faith, Hope and Charity. Obedience by a Woman bearing a Yoak & by her side one holding Turtle Doves, the Bee Hives on the other side shews Union & Concord [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top; small tear at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33176] £480.00
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top; small tear at top.
Fine mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33176] £480.00
The Iron Age. Every thing in this Picture shews the wicked & perversness of this Age. Rage is represented by a Man holding a Child by the heels animated by ye torch of Envy, Fury tramples upon Charity, Innocence, & Religion [...]
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Dramatic mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33175] £480.00
F. Verdier delin. J. Simon fecit.
[n.d., c.1720]
Mezzotint, very scarce; platemark 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at top.
Dramatic mezzotint by the early mezzotinter John Simon (c.1675-1751) after his French contemporary François Verdier (1650-1730). One of a series of the ages.
Ex: Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33175] £480.00
Francis Beaumont.
[engraved by John Simon.]
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street [n.d., c.1780].
Very rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), large margins. Slight time staining.
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), English Renaissance dramatist and poet most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. He had a stroke while still in his twenties, after which he wrote no more plays. This portrait was originally one of four on one plate engraved by John Simon, along with Fletcher, John Milton and Abraham Cowley, for the series 'Poets and Philosophers of England'. For this second state the plate was cut down and a new title engraved.
CS 55, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 59279] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by John Simon.]
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street [n.d., c.1780].
Very rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), large margins. Slight time staining.
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), English Renaissance dramatist and poet most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. He had a stroke while still in his twenties, after which he wrote no more plays. This portrait was originally one of four on one plate engraved by John Simon, along with Fletcher, John Milton and Abraham Cowley, for the series 'Poets and Philosophers of England'. For this second state the plate was cut down and a new title engraved.
CS 55, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 59279] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Her Royal Highness the Princess Carolina &c.
P. Mercier Pictor Principis. J. Simon fec: et excud.
Mezzotint. Sheet 475 x 305mm (18¾ x 12"). Trimmed close to plate.
Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713-57), fourth child of George II. She died, unmarried and childless, on 28 December 1757, aged 44, at St James's Palace.
CS 33..
[Ref: 43553] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
P. Mercier Pictor Principis. J. Simon fec: et excud.
Mezzotint. Sheet 475 x 305mm (18¾ x 12"). Trimmed close to plate.
Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713-57), fourth child of George II. She died, unmarried and childless, on 28 December 1757, aged 44, at St James's Palace.
CS 33..
[Ref: 43553] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Theodorus Turquetus Mayernius, Eq. Aurat. Jacob.I.mi et Carol.I.mi. Magnae Britanniae Regum Archiater. Nat. A.D. 1572. Obiit A.D. 1654.
Ad Tabulam, in Pinacotheca Richardi Mead M.D. asservatam, a P.P. Rubens Eq. Aur: pictam, dekineavit et Sculpt. I.Simon.
[n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm. 14 x 10". Cut.
Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne (1572-1654) was a Swiss-born physician who treated kings of France and England and advanced theories of Paracelsus. Mayerne's estate included copious amount of medical manuscripts, including detailed notes about his patients, most of it in Latin and French. His patients ranged from John Donne to Oliver Cromwell. His influences included the first suggestion of socialized medicine in England and the standardisation of chemical cures.
CS: 102: state undescribed. Russell: 102: ii. Schneevoogt: 184.262.
[Ref: 15062] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ad Tabulam, in Pinacotheca Richardi Mead M.D. asservatam, a P.P. Rubens Eq. Aur: pictam, dekineavit et Sculpt. I.Simon.
[n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm. 14 x 10". Cut.
Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne (1572-1654) was a Swiss-born physician who treated kings of France and England and advanced theories of Paracelsus. Mayerne's estate included copious amount of medical manuscripts, including detailed notes about his patients, most of it in Latin and French. His patients ranged from John Donne to Oliver Cromwell. His influences included the first suggestion of socialized medicine in England and the standardisation of chemical cures.
CS: 102: state undescribed. Russell: 102: ii. Schneevoogt: 184.262.
[Ref: 15062] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cosimo III de' Medici] Cosmus Tertius D.G. Magnus Dux Etruria.](jpegs/40512.jpg)
[Cosimo III de' Medici] Cosmus Tertius D.G. Magnus Dux Etruria.
Dominicus Tempesti Florentinus Delin An.o 1717. I. Simon fec:
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides, small tear taped.
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723), the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, who 53-year reign included reactionary laws including one that prohibited Christians working for Jews. By the time of his death, thanks to him and his profligate wife (Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a granddaughter of Henry IV of France), Tuscany was left one of the poorest nations in Europe.
[Ref: 40512] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dominicus Tempesti Florentinus Delin An.o 1717. I. Simon fec:
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides, small tear taped.
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723), the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, who 53-year reign included reactionary laws including one that prohibited Christians working for Jews. By the time of his death, thanks to him and his profligate wife (Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a granddaughter of Henry IV of France), Tuscany was left one of the poorest nations in Europe.
[Ref: 40512] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mr John Dryden Sr Samuel Garth Sr John Vanbrugh Sr Richard Steele.
I.Simon fec et Ex. [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint, four oval portraits to one plate. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). A fine and rich impression with full margins.
One of the great mezzotints. Poet John Dryden (1631 - 1700), physician and poet Sir Samuel Garth (1661 - 1719), architect Sir John Vanbrugh (1664 - 1726), and essayist, dramatist and politician Sir Richard Steele (1672 - 1729); their names on scrolls under the upper pair and on inscription space under the lower pair. From a set of six plates, 'Poets and Philosophers of England', each having four oval portraits; by mezzotinter and publisher John Simon (c.1675 - 1751).
Chaloner Smith: 55, I, first state before division into separate portraits and letters erased.
[Ref: 18321] £490.00
I.Simon fec et Ex. [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint, four oval portraits to one plate. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). A fine and rich impression with full margins.
One of the great mezzotints. Poet John Dryden (1631 - 1700), physician and poet Sir Samuel Garth (1661 - 1719), architect Sir John Vanbrugh (1664 - 1726), and essayist, dramatist and politician Sir Richard Steele (1672 - 1729); their names on scrolls under the upper pair and on inscription space under the lower pair. From a set of six plates, 'Poets and Philosophers of England', each having four oval portraits; by mezzotinter and publisher John Simon (c.1675 - 1751).
Chaloner Smith: 55, I, first state before division into separate portraits and letters erased.
[Ref: 18321] £490.00
His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales &c.
P. Mercier Pictor Principis pinxit ano: 1730. J. Simon fe. et excudit.
Mezzotint. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾")
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-51), the eldest son of George II and father of George III.
[Ref: 4192] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P. Mercier Pictor Principis pinxit ano: 1730. J. Simon fe. et excudit.
Mezzotint. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾")
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-51), the eldest son of George II and father of George III.
[Ref: 4192] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales &c.
P. Mercier Serenissimi Walliæ Principis Pictor & Biblithecarius Pinx Ano: 1734. J. Simon fe. et excudit.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate, tear in inscription, taped on right and tear on left.
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-51), the eldest son of George II and father of George III, half-length in oval.
CS: 66; however 'shadows' in the mezzotint frame suggest it is a reworked version of CS 65. The oval is likely to have been added to match a portrait of his wife Augusta, whom he married in 1736. Ex
[Ref: 34365] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P. Mercier Serenissimi Walliæ Principis Pictor & Biblithecarius Pinx Ano: 1734. J. Simon fe. et excudit.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate, tear in inscription, taped on right and tear on left.
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-51), the eldest son of George II and father of George III, half-length in oval.
CS: 66; however 'shadows' in the mezzotint frame suggest it is a reworked version of CS 65. The oval is likely to have been added to match a portrait of his wife Augusta, whom he married in 1736. Ex
[Ref: 34365] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius D.G. Mag: Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun: et Lunen: Dux. S.R.J. Arch: Thesau: et Princeps Elector & Inauguratus XX die Octobris 1714.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp: et Mag: Brit: Baronet pinx. Simon fec: et ex: 1716.
Sold by H. Overton at ye White Horse Without Newgate. [n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 355 x 253mm. 14 x 10". Repaired tears to margins.
King George I (1660-1727) became King in 1714 at the death of Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement which was designed to ensure a Protestant succession. His coronation was followed by the ill-prepared 1715 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. A distinguished soldier and Elector of Hanover from 1698, George I continued to spend much of his time at Hanover after his accession to the British throne.
CS: 71, ii/ii.
[Ref: 27904] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R. Imp: et Mag: Brit: Baronet pinx. Simon fec: et ex: 1716.
Sold by H. Overton at ye White Horse Without Newgate. [n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 355 x 253mm. 14 x 10". Repaired tears to margins.
King George I (1660-1727) became King in 1714 at the death of Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement which was designed to ensure a Protestant succession. His coronation was followed by the ill-prepared 1715 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. A distinguished soldier and Elector of Hanover from 1698, George I continued to spend much of his time at Hanover after his accession to the British throne.
CS: 71, ii/ii.
[Ref: 27904] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales &c.
Fountin pinx. ad Vivam. Simon fecit
Cum privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street & H. Overton at ye White Horse without Newgate. [n.d. c.1725.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 254mm. Cut to image.
Portrait short half length, in oval, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to front, long wig, lace cravat, collar, badge, and George medal. King George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1727 until his death. In 1705 he married Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach.
CS: 72.i/ii.
[Ref: 24347] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Fountin pinx. ad Vivam. Simon fecit
Cum privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street & H. Overton at ye White Horse without Newgate. [n.d. c.1725.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 254mm. Cut to image.
Portrait short half length, in oval, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to front, long wig, lace cravat, collar, badge, and George medal. King George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1727 until his death. In 1705 he married Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach.
CS: 72.i/ii.
[Ref: 24347] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark. etc.
J. Simon fecit.
Cum Privilegio Reg: Sold by E. Cooper at the three Pigeons in Bedford-street. [n.d. c.1690.]
Mezzotint, very rare with large margins. Plate 350 x 248mm. 13¾ x 9¾".
Portrait, standing three-quarter length with one hand on hip, wearing long wig, lace cravat, armour, sash, George, and sword; holding a truncheon, and leaning against a pedestal; in the background, a ship. Altered state of earlier portrait of John Earl of Mulgrave. c.1683/8. George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708) was second son of Frederick III of Denmark and married the future Queen Anne of England in 1683.
CS: 76, v/v [I. Beckett.]
[Ref: 24350] £350.00
J. Simon fecit.
Cum Privilegio Reg: Sold by E. Cooper at the three Pigeons in Bedford-street. [n.d. c.1690.]
Mezzotint, very rare with large margins. Plate 350 x 248mm. 13¾ x 9¾".
Portrait, standing three-quarter length with one hand on hip, wearing long wig, lace cravat, armour, sash, George, and sword; holding a truncheon, and leaning against a pedestal; in the background, a ship. Altered state of earlier portrait of John Earl of Mulgrave. c.1683/8. George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708) was second son of Frederick III of Denmark and married the future Queen Anne of England in 1683.
CS: 76, v/v [I. Beckett.]
[Ref: 24350] £350.00
The Right Hono.ble Robert Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer, Baron Harley of Wigmore in the County of Hereford, One of the Lords of Her Maj.ties most Hono.ble Privy Council, knight of y.e most Noble Order of y.e Garter & Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain.
G. Kneller S.R. et Angl. Eques Aur. Pinx. I. Simon fec. 1714
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, fine impression, plate 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). With small margins. Glued to album sheet. Slight central crease. Some surface dirt. Staining in margins where glued.
Almost half-length portrait of politician and book collector, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), in an oval. He wears robes, collar and St George, lace cravat and wig. Harley was MP for Tregony, 1689-90 and for New Radnor Bouroughs, 1690-1711. Speaker of the House of Commons, 1701-05; Secretary of State for the North, 1704–8; Commissioner for the union with Scotland, 1706; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1710–11; Lord Ttreasurer 1711–14. Created Earl of Oxford, 1711. His great collection of books and manuscripts, including some important albums of prints was inherited and extended by his son Edward, the 2nd Earl of Oxford and became one of the founding collections of the British Museum.
CS 116.
[Ref: 58890] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R. et Angl. Eques Aur. Pinx. I. Simon fec. 1714
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, fine impression, plate 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). With small margins. Glued to album sheet. Slight central crease. Some surface dirt. Staining in margins where glued.
Almost half-length portrait of politician and book collector, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724), in an oval. He wears robes, collar and St George, lace cravat and wig. Harley was MP for Tregony, 1689-90 and for New Radnor Bouroughs, 1690-1711. Speaker of the House of Commons, 1701-05; Secretary of State for the North, 1704–8; Commissioner for the union with Scotland, 1706; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1710–11; Lord Ttreasurer 1711–14. Created Earl of Oxford, 1711. His great collection of books and manuscripts, including some important albums of prints was inherited and extended by his son Edward, the 2nd Earl of Oxford and became one of the founding collections of the British Museum.
CS 116.
[Ref: 58890] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. John Milton. Three Poets in three distant ages born/ Greece, Italy, and England did adorn [...]
R. White ad Vivum delin. J. Simon fecit
Sold by T. Bowles in Pauls Church Yd. & J Bowles Church Yd. & J. Bowles & Son in Cornhill [n.d., c.1745]
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Repaired tear inside image on left & right in margins.
John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, polemicist, scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. His best-known works include 'Paradise Lost', 'Paradise Regained' and 'Samson Agonistes'. After his death Milton became associated with the whig cause and was regarded as an unambiguous republican. In the eighteenth century, around the time of this portrait, the style of 'Paradise Lost' was responsible for developments in poetic diction and syntax seen in poets such as Alexander Pope and William Thompson. Portrait with laurel wreath, and lines from Dryden below.
O'D 28 (as after Faithorne)
[Ref: 34226] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. White ad Vivum delin. J. Simon fecit
Sold by T. Bowles in Pauls Church Yd. & J Bowles Church Yd. & J. Bowles & Son in Cornhill [n.d., c.1745]
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Repaired tear inside image on left & right in margins.
John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, polemicist, scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. His best-known works include 'Paradise Lost', 'Paradise Regained' and 'Samson Agonistes'. After his death Milton became associated with the whig cause and was regarded as an unambiguous republican. In the eighteenth century, around the time of this portrait, the style of 'Paradise Lost' was responsible for developments in poetic diction and syntax seen in poets such as Alexander Pope and William Thompson. Portrait with laurel wreath, and lines from Dryden below.
O'D 28 (as after Faithorne)
[Ref: 34226] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Joaõ Gomes da Silva Conde de Tarouca.
G.Kneller S.R Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Simon Fecit.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm, 13¼ x 9¾". Trimmed to image, laid on album paper, some suface wear.
Half-length portrait of Count Tarouca, the Portuguese ambassador to London, 1709, in amour.
CS: 149, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 19838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G.Kneller S.R Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Simon Fecit.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm, 13¼ x 9¾". Trimmed to image, laid on album paper, some suface wear.
Half-length portrait of Count Tarouca, the Portuguese ambassador to London, 1709, in amour.
CS: 149, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 19838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ezechiel Spanhemius Liber Baro. Seren.mi ac Potent.mi Borussorum Regis Frederici Minister Status...
B. Arlaud pinx. ad vivum. J. Simon fec.
[n.d., c.1707.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Laid on board.
Ezekiel, Freiherr von Spanheim (1629-1710), a scholar who, despite being born in Geneva, was the first Prussian ambassador to England, arriving 1702. He died in London in 1710 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
CS 139, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 56625] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
B. Arlaud pinx. ad vivum. J. Simon fec.
[n.d., c.1707.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Laid on board.
Ezekiel, Freiherr von Spanheim (1629-1710), a scholar who, despite being born in Geneva, was the first Prussian ambassador to England, arriving 1702. He died in London in 1710 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
CS 139, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 56625] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Richard Steel] Mr. Steele.](jpegs/34133.jpg)
[Richard Steel] Mr. Steele.
G. Keller Eques pinxit. J. Simon fecit.
Sold by I. Tonson in the Strand. [n.d., c.1730.]
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins. Time stained.
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729), Irish writer and politician, co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of 'The Spectator'. He was also a prominent member of the Whig Kit-Cat Club, which had been founded by the publisher of this portrait, Jacob Tonson.
CS: 141, i of ii.
[Ref: 34133] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Keller Eques pinxit. J. Simon fecit.
Sold by I. Tonson in the Strand. [n.d., c.1730.]
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins. Time stained.
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729), Irish writer and politician, co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of 'The Spectator'. He was also a prominent member of the Whig Kit-Cat Club, which had been founded by the publisher of this portrait, Jacob Tonson.
CS: 141, i of ii.
[Ref: 34133] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
His Grace Philip Duke of Wharton.
C. Jervas pinx. J. Simon fecit et ex.
Sold at the corner of Hemmings Row, in St. Martins Lane. London. [n.d. c.1720.]
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Plate 352 x 252mm. 13¾ x 10". Very scarce. Cut and laid on sheet.
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton (1698-1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the monarch. Young Wharton began to travel. He had been raised with an excellent education and prepared for a life as a public speaker, and Wharton was eloquent and witty. He travelled to France and Switzerland with a severe Calvinist tutor whom he resented. Wharton then went to Ireland where, at the age of 18, he entered the Irish House of Lords as Marquess Catherlough. When he was 19 years old he was created Duke of Wharton in 1718 by George I in the King's effort to solidify his support. His two periods of activity abroad were in 1716-17 and then after 1724. In England between 1723-4 he produced the 'True Briton', a Jacobite periodical. Pope calls him: "The scorn and wonder of our days."
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12844] £450.00
C. Jervas pinx. J. Simon fecit et ex.
Sold at the corner of Hemmings Row, in St. Martins Lane. London. [n.d. c.1720.]
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Plate 352 x 252mm. 13¾ x 10". Very scarce. Cut and laid on sheet.
Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton (1698-1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the monarch. Young Wharton began to travel. He had been raised with an excellent education and prepared for a life as a public speaker, and Wharton was eloquent and witty. He travelled to France and Switzerland with a severe Calvinist tutor whom he resented. Wharton then went to Ireland where, at the age of 18, he entered the Irish House of Lords as Marquess Catherlough. When he was 19 years old he was created Duke of Wharton in 1718 by George I in the King's effort to solidify his support. His two periods of activity abroad were in 1716-17 and then after 1724. In England between 1723-4 he produced the 'True Briton', a Jacobite periodical. Pope calls him: "The scorn and wonder of our days."
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12844] £450.00
The most Hono.ble Thomas Lord Marquiss of Wharton Lord Privy Seal.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Baro.tt pinx.
Sold by J. Smith [sic] at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Fine mezzotint, old ink mss. in inscription area. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Horizontal central crease.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories. Engraved and first published by John Simon.
CS 267; Russell 162a state ii.
[Ref: 61369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Baro.tt pinx.
Sold by J. Smith [sic] at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Fine mezzotint, old ink mss. in inscription area. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Horizontal central crease.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories. Engraved and first published by John Simon.
CS 267; Russell 162a state ii.
[Ref: 61369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The most Hono.ble Thomas Lord Marquiss of Wharton Lord Privy Seal.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Barott. pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12857] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Barott. pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12857] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Wicherley.
[John Simon after Sir Peter Lely]
London Printed for John Bowles
Mezzotint, very scarce, sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to platemark and glued to album sheet with letterpress clippings pasted below and another print verso.
William Wycherley (1640-1716), playwright. Like his contemporary the earl of Rochester, posterity saw Wycherley as the epitome of the attractive, wicked, brillant Restoration wit and rake (Charles II's notorious and beautiful former mistress Barbara Villiers was his lover for a time). His greatest plays 'The Plain-Dealer' and 'The Country-Wife'. The young Alexander Pope was a friend towards the end of Wycherley's life, and helped to edit and publish his works after his death. According to the British Museum cataloguing, engraved by John Simon, and probably copied from the similar John Smith engraving. The youthful appearance reproduced here was ironic: when Wycherley commissioned John Smith to engrave Peter Lely's handsome portrait of him in 1703 he accompanied it with the Virgilian motto 'Quantum mutatis ab illo' ('how changed from that').
For Smith's engraving of Wycherley see ref. 24460. CS: Not in.
[Ref: 36521] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[John Simon after Sir Peter Lely]
London Printed for John Bowles
Mezzotint, very scarce, sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to platemark and glued to album sheet with letterpress clippings pasted below and another print verso.
William Wycherley (1640-1716), playwright. Like his contemporary the earl of Rochester, posterity saw Wycherley as the epitome of the attractive, wicked, brillant Restoration wit and rake (Charles II's notorious and beautiful former mistress Barbara Villiers was his lover for a time). His greatest plays 'The Plain-Dealer' and 'The Country-Wife'. The young Alexander Pope was a friend towards the end of Wycherley's life, and helped to edit and publish his works after his death. According to the British Museum cataloguing, engraved by John Simon, and probably copied from the similar John Smith engraving. The youthful appearance reproduced here was ironic: when Wycherley commissioned John Smith to engrave Peter Lely's handsome portrait of him in 1703 he accompanied it with the Virgilian motto 'Quantum mutatis ab illo' ('how changed from that').
For Smith's engraving of Wycherley see ref. 24460. CS: Not in.
[Ref: 36521] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)