Grosvenor Prints

John Adams, of Edmonton; Teacher of the Mathematics, Navigation, &c. Born at Pondersend 1737/8. Aged 56. To his numerous Pupils, both at sea & son land; to his extensive aquaintance, & particular friends, this Portrait is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Serv.t J.T. Smith.
Painted & Engraved by J.T. Smith, Engraver of the Antiquities of London and Environs.
Pub.d Feb. 1 1795 by N. Smith, Rembrandt's Head, G.t May's Buildings, St Martin's Lane.
Etipple with engraving/ 185 x 138mm (7¼ x 5½"), with large margins. Foxing in borders. Very small hole in title "the".
Half-length portrait of John Adams, seated at a table on which are a telescope and sextant. He was headmaster of Latymer School, Edmonton, and author of 'The Mathematician's Companion'.
[Ref: 60750] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[An amorous monk.]
L. Castro pin. Jo. Smith ex.
[n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 120mm (5¾ x 4¾"). Trimmed close to the plate.
A monk, a drink in one hand, the other arm around a woman's shoulders.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd and Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 31982] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Spirit of A Child Arrived In The Presence Of The Almighty. And the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them/ and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters Rev. Chap. VII. Ver: 17.
Painted by the Revd. Wm. Peters R.A. Engraved by Benjn. Smith.
London. Publishd by Boydell & Co. Cheapside [n.d., c.1800].
Stipple and etching, 440 x 315mm (17¼ x 12½"). Slightly soiled; water stain to upper right, crease through lower left..
An angel, clothed in swirling draperies with a palm in its right hand, ascends upwards with a child at its side. After Rev Matthew William Peters (1742 - 1814), partner to 'Of such is the kingdom of God'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
For a coloured impression see ref. 27565; Lady Victoria Manners' 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.65
[Ref: 10375] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima Anna G.G. Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hiber. Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIIIo die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Eques pinx.
I. Smith fc. et ex. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Thread margins.
A half-length portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714) set in an oval facing left.
CS: 9. See 45539 for another version.
[Ref: 45542] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima Anna D.G. Angl. Scot. Fran. et Hiber. Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fe. et ex.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 205 x 145mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Trimed to plate mark, mounted on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714), in an oval, wearing a crown and the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. The second daughter of James II and successor to William III, the most important constitutional landmark of her reign was the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707. The title here lists England and Scotland as separate kingdoms.
CS: 8, state i of ii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34364] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima Anna D.G. Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hiber. Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fe. et ex.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint, mounted on album paper (Whatman 1804). 205 x 150mm (9¾ x 6").
Half-length portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714), in an oval, wearing the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. The second daughter of James II and successor to William III, the most important constitutional landmark of her reign was the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707, creating the Great Britain of the title.
CS: 6, state i of ii.. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34363] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima et Potentissima Anna D.G. Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques. Aur. pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel-street Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1740.]
Fine mezzotint, with small margins. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper.
Portrait of Queen Anne 1665-1714), half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels, with the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. In 1707 Anne signed the Act of Union, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain; here England and Scotland are still separate kingdoms.
CS: 7, state ii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34367] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne, Princess Royal] Her Highness Princess Ann.
G. Kneller Baronet.s pinx.
Sold By I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, fine. Plate: 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Thread margins.
A portrait of George II's daughter Anne (1709-1759) who married William IV of Orange in 1734.
CS: 12 I of II.
[Ref: 45535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Richard Arkwright.
Painted by Joseph Wright, R.A. 1790. Engraved by I.R. Smith, Mezzotinto Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, May 5, 1801.
Mezzotint. 660 x 460mm (26 x 18"). Framed. Thread margins, surface cracks.
Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-92), inventor and manufacturer who patented a machine for spinning cotton thread (1769), the 'spinning jenny' that lies on the table beside him. He established cotton mills that were among the first to use machinery on a large scale, the beginning of the factory system.
CS: 2, only state.
[Ref: 54626] £380.00

Samuel Athawes Esq.r.
Painted amd Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pub. March 20, 1805, by J.R. Smith, 37, King Street, Covent Garden, & ar R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 655 x 450mm, 25¾ x 17¾". Some creasing. Large margins.
Full-length portrait of an elderly man, leaning on an unbrella, attended by an adoring Newfoundland dog. Samuel Athawes (1734-1822), print collector and supporter of Charles James Fox. Challoner Smith describes him as a collector who received 'choice impressions' from Woollett.
D'Oench 395; Frankau 17; CS 4.
[Ref: 23101] £420.00

[Banditti with a female captive.]
Mortimer Pinxit. J.R. Smith Sculpsit.
Published Feb.14th 1780 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at corners. Good impression of a rare print.
Banditti scene after John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79), published soon after the artist's death. Influenced by the works of Salvator Rosa (immensely popular during the period), Mortimer incorporated Rosa's disturbing banditti and occult subject matter in the 1770s. This print is usually regarded as a generic banditti scene: a preparatory drawing in the collection of Richard Payne Knight (now in the British Museum) was etched by Robert Blyth and published in November 1780 with the title 'Banditti Returning'. However, a related painting by Mortimer (Newcastle, Hatton Gallery) is titled 'The Sacrifice of Polyxena'. In Euripides' plays, Polyxena was sacrificed at the end of the Trojan War to appease the gods.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Ex: Collection Christopher Mendez; D'Oench 145. Frankau: Not in.
[Ref: 36371] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Beggar Reading.]
London Published as the Act directs December 31st 1815 by John Thomas Smith No.4 Chandos Street Covent Garden.
Etching. Plate: 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with very large margins. Foxing.
A portrait of a man walking whilst reading a book. From a series called 'Etchings of Remarkable Beggars' by J. T. Smith.
[Ref: 44653] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Bishops Court] The Gallant Action off the Isle of Man where the brave Cap.t Elliott defeated and took the Marshal Belleisle, Commanded by the famous Thurot and two other French Ships of War, the 28th of Feb.y 1760.
F. Swain pinx. J. Smith sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Print & Mapseller, No.53 in Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine hand-colouring, 5 in right top corner; platemark 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Laid on card as issued.
Action off the Isle of Man during the Seven Years' War in which Captain Elliott engaged a French squadron headed for the north coast of Ireland. The French were commanded by 'the famous Thurot' (Francois Thurot, 1727-1760), privateer, smuggler and captain, who was killed during the battle. From of a series of prints made from paintings by marine painter Francis Swain (c.1719-82) recording celebrated naval battles which were probably reduced copies of other engravings issued by the same publisher.
Parker 66 (not in, although a larger engraving, probably from the same picture by Swain, is listed and dated to c.1770)
[Ref: 32268] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jonathan Britain. What villains set the Portsmouth Yard on Fire...
T. Parkinson ad vivam del. J.R. Smith Fecit.
Publish'd by W.m Humphrey, at the Shell Warehouse, opposite Cecil Court, S.t Martins Lane, Nov.r 20.th 1771.
Mezzotint. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repaired tears, margins messy.
A portrait of the criminal Jonathan Britain who was executed for forgery in 1772. Having commited forgery he wrote several letters claiming responsibilty for a fire in Portsmouth and requested a pardon in return for surrendering himself and his accomplices, this was disregarded and he was arrested for his crimes.
[Ref: 46470] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Jonathan Britain. What Villains Set the Portsmouth Yard on Fire? / Twas Jonathan & Co by whose desire? / For due Rewards Ill own, before a Bench, / My Name is Britain, but my Heart is French.
T.Parkinson ad vivum del. J.R.Smith Fecit.
Publish'd by Wm Humphrey, at the Shell Warehouse, opposite Cecil Court, St Martin's Lane, Novr. 20th 1771.
Mezzotint, lettered state, very scarce; 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Creased and rubbed, with scruffy extremities.
Portrait of Jonathan Britain, forger and informer; half-length, three-quarter to left, resting his left elbow on a table and holding a scroll on which can be read the title of the newspaper 'The Whisperer'; in oval frame. Britain confessed when brought to trial in 1771, for forging bills, that he was concerned in setting fire to the Portsmouth docks, naming others of high rank as conspirators, but his statements were not believed. Thomas Parkinson (1744-1789?).
D'Oench 11. Chaloner Smith 24, II. Frankau 46, III.
[Ref: 27211] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon:ble William Bromley Esq Speaker of ye Hon:ble House of Commons & one of Her Majestys most Hon.ble Privy Council.
M. Dahll pinx. 1712.
J. Smith fec. et excudit.
Mezzotint, paper watermarked, small margins. Unidentified collector's stamp on verso. Plate 349 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
Portrait of William Bromley, half-length in an oval, wearing long wig, lace cravat, and robe of office; coat of arms in lower margin. Bromley (1664-1732), was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1710 to 1713 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1713 to 1714.
CS: 24.
[Ref: 28961] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Illustrissimus Princeps Jacobus Dux Ormondiae, Equitum Legatus Praefectus Praetorianus; nec non Legionum Gentium Confaederatarum apud Vigonem Imperator; cujus sub Auspicijs, in Sinu illo Vigoniensi, Penitus, aut Periere, aut captae sunt Galliae atque Hispaniae Classes, XII.o die Octobris 1702.
G. Kneller S.R.Emp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710]
Mezzotint, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet. Nicks at edge top right.
Head and shoulders portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), wearing long wig, lace cravat, chain and St George, and robes with a ribbon on the shoulder. Butler was an army officer and politician, born Dublin Castle; succeeded his grandfather James Butler as Duke of Ormond. Jacobite, though reconciled to William III and fought at the battle of the Boyne. He was involved in the 1715 rebellion against the Hanoverians and thereafter lived in exile.
CS 194.
[Ref: 58824] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Oath of Calypso. After in Obedience to the Gods, She Consents to the departure of Ulysses from her Island.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Smith fecit.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Coloured mezzotint. 355 x 255mm. Scratch in image to left of "Calypso's" shoulder.
Angelica (Maria Anna Catharina) Kauffmann [Swiss neoclassical painter, 1741-1807].
D'Oench 106; CLB state ii of ii; not is CS or Whitman. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3542] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle of Cap-Français] The Glorious Action off Cape Francois Oct.r 21.st 1757 between three English, & seven French Ships of War wherein the latter were entirely defeated.
Swaine pinx. J. Smith sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Print & Mapseller, No.53 in Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine hand-colouring, 4 in right top corner; platemark 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Laid on card as issued.
The Battle of Cap-Français (present day Cap-Haïtien, Haiti), during the Seven Years' War, in which Commodore Forrest was commanded to intercept a French convoy in the Caribbean, bound for France. By the time of the British attack, the French convoy had been reinforced. The outcome was tactically indecisive (contrary to the legend beneath this print), but the bravery of the British in fighting against heavy odds saw the battle remembered as a 'glorious action'. From of a series of prints made from paintings recording celebrated naval battles by marine painter Francis Swain (c.1719-82) which were probably reduced copies of other engravings issued by the same publisher
Parker 59 (not in, although a larger engraving, probably from the same picture by Swain, is listed and dated to c.1770)
[Ref: 32270] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Three men playing cards.]
E. Van Hemskirke pinx. / J. Smith Fec. et ex. [1704]
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Fine.
Three men gambling. Cards, dice and coins on the table, score marked in chalk. Broadside on wall behind. Engraved by the prolific early mezzotinter John Smith after Egbert van Heemskerck (1634/5-1704). Born in Haarlem, Heemskerck moved to England in the 1670s. His often satirical genre scenes (Quaker meetings were a speciality), derived from those of Ostade and Teniers, were popular with London engravers.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34832] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima Carolina DG Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Regina &c. Inaugurata XI die Octobris Anno 1727.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Mag. Brit. Baronets. Pinx. Ab Originali J. Smith Fecit.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1727].
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and tipped into album page.
Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683 - 1737), queen of George II; in an oval, her hair in curls, wearing crown and pearl necklace, close low dress lined with ermine and jewels. Engraved after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723), the portrait originally showed Caroline as Princess of Wales; the title was reworked when she became queen, and reworked again for this state, when the crown and pearl necklace were added and her jewels made more elaborate.
Chaloner Smith 268, II.
[Ref: 20463] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Her Royal Highness Wilhelmina Charlotta Princess of Wales.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Mag. Brit. Baronets. Pinx. 1716. Ab Originali J. Smith Fecit. 1717.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden -.
Mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 347 x 249mm. 13½ x 9¾". Cut and laid on sheet.
Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen of George II. Her parents died while she was still a child and she spent her early life in Berlin, before marrying Prince George of Hanover, the future King George II, in 1705. She accompanied him to England as Princess of Wales in 1714. This plate was retitled when she became queen and then reworked to add a crown and pearl necklace.
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: 12834] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

S. Carolina D.G. Mag: Brit: Fra: et Hib: Regina.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Mag. Brit. Baronet.s Pinx.
J. Smith Fec. et ex.
Mezzotint. Plate 203 x 152mm. 8 x 6". Ink stain on left shoulder; false margins added
Caroline, Queen of George II (1683-1737), of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Her parents died while she was still a child and she spent her early life in Berlin, before marrying Prince George of Hanover, the future King George II, in 1705. She accompanied him to England as Princess of Wales in 1714. After Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723).
CS: 269.ii.
[Ref: 24354] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle of Cartagena] The Monmouth of 64 Guns taking the Foudroyant a French Man of War of 84 Guns, on the 28th of Feb.y 1758 in the Mediterranean. In this Action the English had 30 kill'd (including the Gallant Commander) & 80 wounded, the French 50 kill'd & 150 wounded [...]
F. Swaine pinx. J. Smith sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Print & Mapseller, No.53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770]
Engraving with fine hand-colouring, 6 in right top corner; platemark 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Laid on card as issued.
The interception of the French flagship Foudroyant by three British ships of the line, the Monmouth (firing at the Foudroyant in the centre), Swiftsure, and Hampton Court (both of which are on the right). The action took place during the Battle of Cartagena during the Seven Years' War in which a British fleet blockaded a French fleet off the Spanish port. Engraved after the painting by Francis Swain in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (BHC0383) and one of a series of prints recording celebrated naval battles made from Swain's works recording celebrated naval battles which were probably reduced copies of other engravings issued by the same publisher.
Parker 60 (not in, although a larger engraving, probably from the same picture by Swain, is listed and dated to c.1770)
[Ref: 32266] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Carter.
Painted & Engraved by J. R. Smith.
Pub'd 24 June, 1777 by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho. & J. R. Smith, N.10, Batesmans Buildings, Soho Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 260 x 200mm (10 x 7). Cut to platemark.
Portrait of Miss Carter wearing a shawl and large hat with tassels and hair in curls, situated within an oval frame.
CS: 34.II; Frankau: 64; O' Dench: 100
[Ref: 31655] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Catharina D: G: Mag: Brit: Fra: et Hib: Regina Filia Joannis IIII Reg: Portuga: &c.
T. Haysmans pinx: I. Smith ex:
Sold at the corner of Hemmings Row, in St. Martins Lane, London. [separate strip stuck onto the bottom of the image.] [n.d. c.1680.]
Mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 338 x 252mm. 13¼ x 10". Cut and laid on sheet.
Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), Portuguese Infanta and the queen consort of Charles II.
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: 12821] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Catley] A Priestess of Bacchus.
Painted by J. Downman. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Publ. 2d. July 1779, by W. Humphrey, London.
Very rare & scarce mezzotint, proof with stippled title and scratched inscriptions. 530 x 385mm (21 x 15¼"). Restored.
Ann Catley (1745-89), singer and prostitute, smiling knowingly over a goblet. A famous courtesan.
CS 37, this proof state not listed. Frankau 67 i of ii; O' Dench: 137.
[Ref: 56673] £450.00

Portrait of the Most Noble The Marchioness of Salisbury Dedicated to the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Hillsborough. By his Lordships most obedient humble Serv.t R.d Harraden.
R. Crosse pinx.t painter in Enamel to his Majesty. R.H. Excud. Benj. Smith sculp.t
Pub.d August 1 1790 by R. Harraden St. Martins Lane.
Rare stipple. Plate: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½''). Very small margins, slight creasing
A portrait of Mary Amelia Cecil (1750-1835) after a miniature by Richard Crosse.
[Ref: 50016] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles I.] Carolus 1th [Followed by Greek quotation.]
[Engraved by John Smith.]
Sold by J. Smith in Russel Street [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 330 x 230mm (13" x 9".)
Portrait of Charles I, kneeling before table to right on which is an open book. Crown of glory above with rays proceeding towards his eye. Left hand holding crown of thorns. Right foot on globe, beside which lies a crown. Allegorical portraits of Charles I were frequent after his death, often featuring symbolic depictions of a toppled crown or crown of thorns. Inscription Content: Lettered with title, after which, scriptural quotation in Greek from Hebrews 11.38. This portrait derives from the frontispiece to Eikon Basilike, published shortly after his execution.
CS: III; for the Eikon Basilike frontispiece see ref. 24478
[Ref: 26545] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Carolus XII. D.G. Suecorum, Gothorum, et Vandalorum Rex Augustissimus, &c. Qui, stratis ad Narvam Moschis, die XX.o Novembris, Anno 1700; Aetatis suae paulo plus XVIII.o, Justas et Graves a Faedifrago Hoste sumpsit Paenas: et et Que Progressus Admirabiles, contra Ipsos et Polonos, violento Marte ad huc Prosequitur.
Ad Vivum Pinxit D. Craft suae Svecicae Ma.tis Pictor praecipuus Anno 1701. Iohannes Smith Anglus Fecit. Anno 1701-2.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covant Garden.
Rare mezzotint, fine impression, print 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Small tear to left edge, nick to right edge.
Half-length portrait of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1682-1718), in an oval. Looking towards the viewer over right shoulder, wearing a wig with a ribbon, a lace cravat, and armour.
CS 249.
[Ref: 58870] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Chryses, Priest of Apollo, invoking his God to revenge the Injuries done him by Agamemnon. Hom. Il.d
Painted by B. West / Engrav'd by J.R. Smith
Publish'd March 1st 1774, by W.m Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.
Scarce mezzotint, platemark 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Some creasing off image; repaired breaks along platemark.
During the Trojan War, Agamemnon abducted Chryses' daughter Chryseis and refused Chryses' attempts to ransom her (the gifts which Agamemon rejected lay on the floor). As shown here, Chryses then prayed to Apollo (seen here riding through the sky in his chariot) for revenge, which came in the form of a plague which befell Agamemnon's army. He was forced to return Chryseis in order to end it. The reunion of Chryses with his daughter was perhaps a common theme for artists of this period than the anguished invocation depicted here. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith published in 1774, the year after Benjamin West's painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy. The print was later republished by John Boydell.
D'Oench 36 i/ii; Frankau 81. For Chryses reunited with his daughter, see refs. 18276 and 21858. Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38313] £650.00

His Grace John, Duke of Marlborough, Marquis of Blanford, Earl of Marlborough, Baron Churchill, of Sandridge and Baron Churchill of Aumouth; Captain General of all Her Majesty's Forces; Master General of the Ordnance; One of ye Lords of her Majestys most Honourable Privy-Council, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. Her Majestys Ambassador Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary to the States General of the United Provinces and General of the Confederate Armies.
G. Kneller S.R Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. 1705. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel-street Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1705.]
Mezzotint, print 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Slightly scuffed on right.
Half-length portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), in an oval. Looking towards the viewer, wearing a long wig, a lace cravat, a chain of the Order of the Garter and his armour. The Duke of Marlborough was one of England’s greatest generals, who led British and allied armies to important victories over Louis XIV of France.
CS 163.II. Reworked state.
[Ref: 58878] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Her Grace ye Dutchess of Marlborough.
G. Kneller Eques pinx.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1705.]
Mezzotint with very large margins; Platemark: 200 x 142mm (8 x 5½"). Fine.
A portrait of Sarah Churchill , Duchess of Marlborough (1660 - 1744), politician and courtier. Within oval frame, she holds her right hand to her breast. She wears a loose dress and ermine robe, her hair partly up. For a larger impression in reverse, see item ref: 19401.
Chaloner Smith 166.
[Ref: 35456] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble S.r Rob. Clayton Kt Lord Mayor of ye City of London 1680.
J. Riley pinx. J. Smith fec.
[London, c.1707.]
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), merchant banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London, in an oval above ceremonial regalia. After founding a bank, Clayton & Morris Co., he amassed such a fortune that he could buy Brownsea Island and its castle in the 1650s and lend William III £30,000 to pay for the army in 1697. He became a director of the Bank of England in 1702.
CS 52 ii.
[Ref: 49957] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Remissio Peccatorum.
Egbertus van Heemskirk p. J. Smith fe:
P Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), very large margins. Worming in bottom left corner of margin. Creasing.
'The remission of sins.' A friar hears the confession of a chained prisoner. Engraved c.1685, the paper of this example suggests a later printing.
BM 1874,0808.1282, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 60179] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Lady at Confession.
M. Lauron pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
Printed and Sold by Thos. Bakewell next door to the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet London.
Mezzotint. 413 x 260mm (6¼ x 10¼").
A courtesan kneeling at confession, heard by a Franciscan monk.
CS: 285: unusual state not recorded; with printed decorative borders. For the print without border see ref. 5607
[Ref: 15691] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Lady at Confession.
M.Lauron pinxit. I.Smith fecit.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾").
A courtesan kneeling at confession, heard by a Franciscan monk.
For a reissued plate with added decorative border see ref.15691
[Ref: 5607] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[A Lady at Confession]
Moroone pinx:
[n.d., c.1800]
Mezzotint, platemark 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"), on wove paper with very large margins.
A young woman (supposedly the courtesan Mrs Russell) confesses to a monk who points a finger at her with one hand while one hand disappears under his habit. Such scenes between an attractive woman and a lascivious monk were common in 18th century prints. Engraved by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652-1743) after Dutch painter Marcellus Laroon II (1649-1702). Originally published circa 1720.
State iii?/iv (Christopher Lennox-Boyd database); for a copy of this print in reverse see ref. 37690.
[Ref: 40222] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Contemplating the Picture.
J.R. Smith Delin.t.
London publish'd Nov.r 14.th 1785 - by J.R. Smith, N.o 83 - Oxford Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"). Glue stain in edge of plate top left.
A woman stares at a miniature portrait in a locket.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. BM 1880,0807.113, ''D'Oench notes that the drawing for this print is now known as 'The Locket' Ref: 268; (Huntingdon Library)"
[Ref: 60298] £420.00

[Man, woman and sheep in a landscape.]
J. Smith ex. [first issued c.1700, this a later 18th century impression.]
Mezzotint on wove paper from the republished state by John Smith. Image 160 x 210mm, 6¼ x 8¼". Trimmed into lower part of plate; plate somewhat worn.
A shepherd seated and leaning against a rock in the foreground; he wears a hat and smock and plays on a flute. His companion an attrative young woman, distracts him by offereing a garland of flowers, sheep to left and in the background. John Smith was a leading London publisher in the late 17th and early 18th century and part of his cata;ogue included mezzotint copies in reverse by the famous earlier mezzotints from engravers such as Blooteling who first engraved this scene after Govert Flinck (Dutch, 1615 - 1660), and issued by Bernard Lens.
Chaloner Smith undescribed.
[Ref: 21253] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Cowper Chyrurgus.
I. Closterman pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
[n.d., c.1698.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11").
A portrait of English surgeon and anatomist William Cowper (1666 - 1709) , half-length in an oval. This portrait was prefixed to Cowper's 'Anatomy of Humane Bodies' (Oxford, 1698).
Chaloner Smith. 64. Wellcome: 701
[Ref: 39383] £380.00

John Cranch*, Born in Kingsbridge in Devonshire, 12th of Oct.r 1751 Aged 44, Fellow of the American Society of Arts & Sciences, Painter of an unique Picture of the Death of Chatterton; & Author of the Oeconomy of Testaments; &c. Engraved from a Picture, which, with the Death of Chatterton, is in the possession of Sir James Winter Lake, Bar.t. F.S.A. *Vide, Langworthy's attempt to promote the Commercial Interests of Great Britain.
Painted and Engraved by J.T. Smith, Engraver of the Antiquities if London & Environs.
Published by W. Smith. 23 Lisle Street Leicester Square. [n.d., c.1810]
Engraving with stipple, 225 x 180mm.
A portrait of English painter John Cranch (1751-1821) holding a volume of Shakespeare. Originally born in Devon, Cranch travelled to London where he worked as a painter of portraits and historical scenes, contributing works to the Society of Artists. He died in Bath in 1821.
[Ref: 8384] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Master John Crewe as Henry VIII.]
Joshua Reynolds Eques Pinxit. J. Raphael Smith fecit.
Published. Janry. 23d. 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 510 x 355mm (20 x 14") large margins. Small repaired tears to left edge of sheet.
Sir Joshua Reynolds’s painting of John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (died 1835) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776 and the mezzotint at the Society of Artists that same year with the title 'Portrait of a Young Gentleman'. In an interior, with spaniels at Crewe’s feet, and a view of a landscape through the window in the upper right.
D'Oench: 67. Hamilton: pg.19, III of IV. CS: 47, iii/iv. Frankau: 100, iii/iii.
[Ref: 40138] £490.00

The R.t Hon.ble Elizabeth Lady Cutts Baroness of Gowran &c.
G. Kneller Eques pinxit. J. Smith fecit: 1698.
Mezzotint. 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 6¾""). Thread margins, laid on album paper at edges.
Elizabeth Pickering (1679-97), short-lived second wife of General John Cutts, Baron Cutts, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. The plate was republished, unaltered, by John Boydell.
Kneller's oil is in the collection of Chequers, the Prime Minister's country retreat.
[Ref: 61622] £360.00

Madam D'Avenant.
G. Kneller pinxit. I. Smith fecit et excudit.
[n.d. 1689.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Time stained.
Full length portrait of Frances D'Avenant, seated in an idyllic garden holding a loose bunch of flowers in her lap.
CS 76 I of II
[Ref: 56237] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Damer] The Hon.ble Mrs Damer.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
publish'd March 1st 1774, by W. Humphrey Garrard Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with large margins.
Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749 - 1828), sculptor, standing in a landscape. Damer was a writer and honorary exhibitor as an amateur sculptor at the Royal Academy 1784-1818. She executed busts of George III, Fox and Nelson and of the actress, Elizabeth Farren. She inherited Strawberry Hill from her cousin, Horace Walpole, but lived in nearby York House.
[Ref: 53354] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Erasmus Darwin, M.D. & F.R.S.
Engraved by H. Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing [by John Wright].
Published by J. Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2 March 1795.
Engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight staining and spotting.
A half-length portrait of physician and poet Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). His 'Zoonomia' (1794-6) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles (1809-82).
[Ref: 57251] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Delia in the Country. [&] Delia in Town. At length from Town the peerless Maid ... A Blessing Cities cannot give. [&] With beauteous Form and sparkling Eyes ... The Seat of Innocence and Love.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London publish'd February 12th. 1788, by J.R. Smith No 31, King Street Covent Garden..
Pair of stipples printed in brown ink, ovals, 300 x 260mm. 11¾ x 10¼". Presented in attractive gilt frames, F.B. Daniell labels to versos. Slight toning to 'Delia in Town'; overall fine impressions, platemarks visible.
A rural and urban young lady, the first seated under a tree, in a wide-brimmed hat and lace shawl, reading a book held up in her left hand; the second seated, to left, smiling towards the viewer from beneath a large-brimmed hat with tall plumes, her hands joined and resting on the round table in front of her. Eight lines of verse below titles. After George Morland (1762/3 - 1804).
Frankau 109, II & 110, II. D'Oench 294 & 295.
[Ref: 20551] £950.00 view all images for this item

The Hon.ble Mrs. Demer.
Reynolds, J Pinx.t Smith, J.R Sculp.t
Published March 1st 1774 by J. R. Smith, No. 4 Exeter Court, Strand.
Mezzotint, very fine impression; 280 x 380mm. Trimmed to image.
Anne, daughter of the Hon. Seymor Conway, the distinguished General and Field Marshall, was an amateur sculptor of considerable talent. Horace Walpole left her Strawberry Hill for her life. She died in 1828. Standing, hands together. Round the neck a black ribbon to which is attached a locket. A long plait of hair falls over each shoulder. Landscape in background. In this state (2/4) the title is mis-spelt 'Demer'. This was later corrected to 'Damer'.
Hamilton: p.94. [State 2/4]. O'Dench 34; Hamilton: 94; CS: 51; Frankau: 105; From Broadlands the Palmerston family.
[Ref: 27390] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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[Denmark] Doct. Johannes Baggerus. Sallandiae Episcopus, S.R. M. in Colleg. Consist. Consiliarius, et Facult. Theolog. in illustri Academ Havniensi Decanus et Profess. Publicus.
Saleman pinxit. I. Smith fecit Londini.
[n.d., 1698.]
Mezzotint. 285 x 170mm (11¼ x 6½").
John Bagger (1646-1693) was appointed Bishop of Zealand (Copenhagen) when aged only twenty-eight. He was the author of several works in Latin and Danish, and instigated the tradition of 'store bededag' ('prayer day'), a Danish public holiday. Rare: Chaloner Smith writes of only four known examples.
CS 16.ii of ii. Ex. Col: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14930] £360.00

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