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Abelard.
D. Gardner Pinx.t. Tho.s Watson fecit.
London Publish'd May 28th 1782 by Tho.s Watson, 33 Strand.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Small margins.
Imaginary portrait of medieval philosopher Pierre Abelard (1079-1142). This print was published as a pair with an image of Héloïse d'Argenteuil, his lover with whom he corresponded after they were separated (hence the paper and quill). Alexander Popes' poem about the couple ensured their popularity as a subject for artists in the 18th century.
Whitman 27.
[Ref: 60124] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
D. Gardner Pinx.t. Tho.s Watson fecit.
London Publish'd May 28th 1782 by Tho.s Watson, 33 Strand.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Small margins.
Imaginary portrait of medieval philosopher Pierre Abelard (1079-1142). This print was published as a pair with an image of Héloïse d'Argenteuil, his lover with whom he corresponded after they were separated (hence the paper and quill). Alexander Popes' poem about the couple ensured their popularity as a subject for artists in the 18th century.
Whitman 27.
[Ref: 60124] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Sir Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the Most honorable Order of the Bath, Governor of Virginia...]
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit. 1766.
[Sold by Ryland and Bryer, at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill.] [n.d., 1766.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line, inscription area uncleaned. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with good margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal, wearing star and sash over armour in a landscape; his helmet on plan of Montreal before him. Arms below image. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada. Commander-in-Chief and Governor of North America, 1761. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92).
Chaloner Smith: 2. Goodwin: 38 i of v. Hamilton: pg.1.
[Ref: 61619] £780.00
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit. 1766.
[Sold by Ryland and Bryer, at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill.] [n.d., 1766.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line, inscription area uncleaned. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with good margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal, wearing star and sash over armour in a landscape; his helmet on plan of Montreal before him. Arms below image. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada. Commander-in-Chief and Governor of North America, 1761. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92).
Chaloner Smith: 2. Goodwin: 38 i of v. Hamilton: pg.1.
[Ref: 61619] £780.00
Lord Apsley and his Brother.
Painted by N. Dance R.A. 1775. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London, publish'd June 28th 1776, by Tho.s Watson, No 142, New Bond Street, & W.Dickinson, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼") very large margins. Repairs to plate mark and margins.
The two sons of Henry, 2nd Earl Bathurst (who had Robert Adam build Apsley House in London for him). The elder is Henry (1762-1834), lord of the admiralty from 1783 to 1789; 3rd Earl Bathurst from 1794; Foreign Secretary for two months in 1809; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1812-27. Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia, is named after him.
CS: 1. Goodwin: 28, iii of iii.
[Ref: 56669] £420.00
Painted by N. Dance R.A. 1775. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London, publish'd June 28th 1776, by Tho.s Watson, No 142, New Bond Street, & W.Dickinson, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼") very large margins. Repairs to plate mark and margins.
The two sons of Henry, 2nd Earl Bathurst (who had Robert Adam build Apsley House in London for him). The elder is Henry (1762-1834), lord of the admiralty from 1783 to 1789; 3rd Earl Bathurst from 1794; Foreign Secretary for two months in 1809; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1812-27. Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia, is named after him.
CS: 1. Goodwin: 28, iii of iii.
[Ref: 56669] £420.00
The Children in the Wood.
S.r Jos.ua Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson Fecit.
publish'd according to Act of parliament June 2.d 1772, by James Watson Queen Ann Street.
Rare mezzotint, rare scratched letter proof before title. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, repaired crack in image. Crease
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, taken to the woods by men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins. Behind, one of the men has killed the other.
[Ref: 58736] £320.00
S.r Jos.ua Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson Fecit.
publish'd according to Act of parliament June 2.d 1772, by James Watson Queen Ann Street.
Rare mezzotint, rare scratched letter proof before title. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, repaired crack in image. Crease
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, taken to the woods by men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins. Behind, one of the men has killed the other.
[Ref: 58736] £320.00
Lady Beauchamp Procter.
Painted by Ben. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by James Watson.
Published March 25.th, 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Thread margins. Repairs.
Three quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Beauchamp Proctor (d.1847), wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet, (1756-1827). She is seen placing wreath of flowers on statue of Hymen, which a putto is clinging to. She wears a loose, flowing gown and her hair dressed high. In the background are pillars and curtains.
CS 121.II
[Ref: 61690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Ben. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by James Watson.
Published March 25.th, 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Thread margins. Repairs.
Three quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Beauchamp Proctor (d.1847), wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet, (1756-1827). She is seen placing wreath of flowers on statue of Hymen, which a putto is clinging to. She wears a loose, flowing gown and her hair dressed high. In the background are pillars and curtains.
CS 121.II
[Ref: 61690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Billiards.
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street.]
Stipple. Sheet 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with an 18th century watermark. Trimmed into plate top and bottom, losing publication line.
The famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), probably inspired by the introduction of leather-tipped cues, as used here.
BM: 5803; see F.L. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.190-1.
[Ref: 58476] £420.00
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street.]
Stipple. Sheet 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with an 18th century watermark. Trimmed into plate top and bottom, losing publication line.
The famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), probably inspired by the introduction of leather-tipped cues, as used here.
BM: 5803; see F.L. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.190-1.
[Ref: 58476] £420.00
![[Lady Bingham.]](jpegs/27752.jpg)
[Lady Bingham.]
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t James Watson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 25.th 1775, by James Watson No.64 Little Queen Ann Street & B: Clowes Engraver Gutter Lane Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before title. 502 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Margins on left frayed.
Full-length portrait of painter of miniatures Margaret Bingham (née Smith, c.1740-1814), seated, leafing through a print portfolio on a table. The daughter of Sir James Smith, she married Charles Bingham (1735-1799), 1st Earl of Lucan in 1760.
CS: 10. Goodwin: 101. Alexander: 22.
[Ref: 27752] £490.00
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t James Watson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 25.th 1775, by James Watson No.64 Little Queen Ann Street & B: Clowes Engraver Gutter Lane Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before title. 502 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Margins on left frayed.
Full-length portrait of painter of miniatures Margaret Bingham (née Smith, c.1740-1814), seated, leafing through a print portfolio on a table. The daughter of Sir James Smith, she married Charles Bingham (1735-1799), 1st Earl of Lucan in 1760.
CS: 10. Goodwin: 101. Alexander: 22.
[Ref: 27752] £490.00
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Lady Bingham.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Printed and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st April 1776, by James Bretherton, No 134 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Small repaired tear top left & very few repaired wormholes, small margins.
Full-length portrait of painter of miniatures Margaret Bingham (née Smith, c.1740-1814), seated, leafing through a print portfolio on a table. The daughter of Sir James Smith, she married Charles Bingham (1735-1799), 1st Earl of Lucan in 1760. This portrait was first published by James Watson in 1775.
CS: 10. Goodwin: 101. Alexander: 22. See 27752 for a proof.
[Ref: 43487] £480.00
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Printed and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st April 1776, by James Bretherton, No 134 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Small repaired tear top left & very few repaired wormholes, small margins.
Full-length portrait of painter of miniatures Margaret Bingham (née Smith, c.1740-1814), seated, leafing through a print portfolio on a table. The daughter of Sir James Smith, she married Charles Bingham (1735-1799), 1st Earl of Lucan in 1760. This portrait was first published by James Watson in 1775.
CS: 10. Goodwin: 101. Alexander: 22. See 27752 for a proof.
[Ref: 43487] £480.00
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Boy & Dog. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
B. Murillo Pinxit. Caroline Watson Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple with very large margins. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Uncut.
An oval portrait of a boy feeding his dog, after Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-82). The engraver, Caroline Watson (1760-1814), was the daughter of James Watson: she was one of the few female print engravers and publishers of the period.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36468] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
B. Murillo Pinxit. Caroline Watson Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple with very large margins. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Uncut.
An oval portrait of a boy feeding his dog, after Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-82). The engraver, Caroline Watson (1760-1814), was the daughter of James Watson: she was one of the few female print engravers and publishers of the period.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36468] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Boy and Birds Nest. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
B. Murillo Pinxit. Caroline Watson Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple. 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"), on wove paper with very large margins.
A boy stroking a bird in a nest, after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-82).
[Ref: 55604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
B. Murillo Pinxit. Caroline Watson Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple. 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"), on wove paper with very large margins.
A boy stroking a bird in a nest, after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-82).
[Ref: 55604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Boy & Dog. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk. Size of the Picture F.1. 1.6 ½ by F.1 2.1 high.
B. Marillo Pinxit. Caroline Watson Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1.st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. Plate: 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"), with very good margins.
A scene showing a young boy feeding his small dog.
[Ref: 47271] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
B. Marillo Pinxit. Caroline Watson Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1.st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. Plate: 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"), with very good margins.
A scene showing a young boy feeding his small dog.
[Ref: 47271] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Hugh Boyd, Esq.r
Engraved by Caroline Watson from a crayon drawing In the possession of Mrs. Boyd.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple. 132 x 95mm. 5¼ x 3¾". Small paper damage into upper edge. Trimmed.
Hugh Boyd (1746-1794) was educated at Trinity College Dublin and went on to become editor for the political paper, the Freeholder in Dublin, before moving to London where he joing the club attended by Johnson, Goldsmith and Burke. He accompanied Lord Macartney to India as his secretary and was captured and imprisoned by the French. He became Master-Attendant in Madras where he edited the Madras Courier and other Anglo-Indian journals. His miscellaneous works were published between 1798 and 1800, and there were many who believed him,(rather than Sir Philip Francis), to be the author of the 'Junius Letters', which had appeared in the Public Advertiser, London, from 1769 to 1772, attacking George III and his ministers.
[Ref: 17884] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson from a crayon drawing In the possession of Mrs. Boyd.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple. 132 x 95mm. 5¼ x 3¾". Small paper damage into upper edge. Trimmed.
Hugh Boyd (1746-1794) was educated at Trinity College Dublin and went on to become editor for the political paper, the Freeholder in Dublin, before moving to London where he joing the club attended by Johnson, Goldsmith and Burke. He accompanied Lord Macartney to India as his secretary and was captured and imprisoned by the French. He became Master-Attendant in Madras where he edited the Madras Courier and other Anglo-Indian journals. His miscellaneous works were published between 1798 and 1800, and there were many who believed him,(rather than Sir Philip Francis), to be the author of the 'Junius Letters', which had appeared in the Public Advertiser, London, from 1769 to 1772, attacking George III and his ministers.
[Ref: 17884] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd.]](jpegs/53056.jpg)
[Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd.]
J. Smart pinxit. John Boydell, excudit, 1785. Caroline Watson sculpsit.
Publish'd May 1st. 1785, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Stipple., proof before title 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"). Trimmed to plate, slight surface soiling.
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Boyd (c.1710-1794), army officer during the Seven Years' War, including the Siege of Minorca of 1756. He served as governor of Gibraltar three times (1776-7, 1790 and 1790-4) and was buried there.
[Ref: 53056] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Smart pinxit. John Boydell, excudit, 1785. Caroline Watson sculpsit.
Publish'd May 1st. 1785, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Stipple., proof before title 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"). Trimmed to plate, slight surface soiling.
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Boyd (c.1710-1794), army officer during the Seven Years' War, including the Siege of Minorca of 1756. He served as governor of Gibraltar three times (1776-7, 1790 and 1790-4) and was buried there.
[Ref: 53056] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Countess of Cork.]](jpegs/47267.jpg)
[Countess of Cork.]
H.D. Hamilton delin. R. Sayer Excudit. Jas. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs 4. Dec.r 1771.
A rare mezzotint. Proof. Plate: 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Slight creasing. Title in manuscript. Small margins.
A profile portrait of Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery (1746-1840).
Ex: Collection the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47267] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H.D. Hamilton delin. R. Sayer Excudit. Jas. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs 4. Dec.r 1771.
A rare mezzotint. Proof. Plate: 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Slight creasing. Title in manuscript. Small margins.
A profile portrait of Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery (1746-1840).
Ex: Collection the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47267] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Edmund Burke, Esq.r.
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by James Watson.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 3d Oct.r 1771.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), an Anglo-Irish statesman known as 'The British Cicero', described by Churchill as 'perhaps the greatest man that Ireland has produced'.
Hamilton: p.13, in between ii and iii. See CS: 20, in between ii and iii.
[Ref: 7490] £320.00
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by James Watson.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 3d Oct.r 1771.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), an Anglo-Irish statesman known as 'The British Cicero', described by Churchill as 'perhaps the greatest man that Ireland has produced'.
Hamilton: p.13, in between ii and iii. See CS: 20, in between ii and iii.
[Ref: 7490] £320.00
[John Duke of Argyll. Hereditary Great Master of the Household in Scotland, Colonel of His Majesty's Grey Dragoons, Governor of Limerick, General of Horse & Kn.t of the most Antient Order of the Thistle.]
Tho.s Gainsborough Pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
J. Boydell excudit Jan.ry 12th 1769.
Fine mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 620 x 390mm (12½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere, mounted on album sheet, some creasing.
Full length portrait of John Campbell (General John Campbell (c.1693-1770), 4th Duke of Argyll, wearing peer's robes, the chain of the Order of the Thistle, one hand on his coronet, the other holding the baton of Hereditary Master of the King's Household. Gainsborough's original oil is part of the National Galleries of Scotland's collection at Duff House.
CS 4 i of ii.
[Ref: 43495] £450.00
Tho.s Gainsborough Pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
J. Boydell excudit Jan.ry 12th 1769.
Fine mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 620 x 390mm (12½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere, mounted on album sheet, some creasing.
Full length portrait of John Campbell (General John Campbell (c.1693-1770), 4th Duke of Argyll, wearing peer's robes, the chain of the Order of the Thistle, one hand on his coronet, the other holding the baton of Hereditary Master of the King's Household. Gainsborough's original oil is part of the National Galleries of Scotland's collection at Duff House.
CS 4 i of ii.
[Ref: 43495] £450.00
![[Lady Carpenter.]](jpegs/56273.jpg)
[Lady Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), hair dressed high. A noted beauty, she was painted by Joshua Reynolds, Richard Cosway and Angelica Kauffman.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 56273] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), hair dressed high. A noted beauty, she was painted by Joshua Reynolds, Richard Cosway and Angelica Kauffman.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 56273] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lady Almeria Carpenter.]](jpegs/46175.jpg)
[Lady Almeria Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Collector's stamp of Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) an associate of Richard Cosway and EMH.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 46175] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Collector's stamp of Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) an associate of Richard Cosway and EMH.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 46175] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cassandra.
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty,) from the original Picture.
Published April 14th. 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple, roundel, 330 x 265mm. 13 x 10½". Uncut sheet.
Detail from a scene from William Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'.
Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13696] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty,) from the original Picture.
Published April 14th. 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple, roundel, 330 x 265mm. 13 x 10½". Uncut sheet.
Detail from a scene from William Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'.
Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13696] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Chauncy M.D. F.R.S. Obiit 25.to Dec.ri 1777 Aetatis 68.
Francis Coates pinx.t 1750. Caroline Watson sculp.t Engraver to her Majesty.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Mixed method engraving. 202 x 157mm. 8 x 6¼".
Dr Charles Chauncy (1709-1777) was a physician and antiquary. He formed a valuable collection of books, nearly all in choice condition and in handsome bindings. He was one of the earliest bibliophiles to pay attention to literary manuscripts or presentation copies.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 20031] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Francis Coates pinx.t 1750. Caroline Watson sculp.t Engraver to her Majesty.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Mixed method engraving. 202 x 157mm. 8 x 6¼".
Dr Charles Chauncy (1709-1777) was a physician and antiquary. He formed a valuable collection of books, nearly all in choice condition and in handsome bindings. He was one of the earliest bibliophiles to pay attention to literary manuscripts or presentation copies.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 20031] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Circe]](jpegs/55997.jpg)
[Circe]
Painted by D Gardner. Engrav'd by T Watson.
London, Publish'd Nov.r 1st. 1778, for T Watson.
Scratched letter proof mezzotint, plate 250 x 195mm (9¼ x 7¾"), with small margins. Bit messy.
Imaginary portrait of the Greek mythological entrantress Circe. A half length front facing portrait of a young woman within an oval frame. She holds a cup in her left hand and a wand in the other, wearing a pale gown and dark cloak, her hair dressed half up with a circlet.
[Ref: 55997] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by D Gardner. Engrav'd by T Watson.
London, Publish'd Nov.r 1st. 1778, for T Watson.
Scratched letter proof mezzotint, plate 250 x 195mm (9¼ x 7¾"), with small margins. Bit messy.
Imaginary portrait of the Greek mythological entrantress Circe. A half length front facing portrait of a young woman within an oval frame. She holds a cup in her left hand and a wand in the other, wearing a pale gown and dark cloak, her hair dressed half up with a circlet.
[Ref: 55997] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Circe]](jpegs/61585.jpg)
[Circe]
Painted by D Gardner. Engrav'd by T Watson.
Publish'd Nov.r 1st. 1778, for T Watson.
Scratched letter proof mezzotint before title, plate 250 x 195mm (9¼ x 7¾"), with large margins.
Imaginary portrait of the Greek mythological entrantress Circe. A half length front facing portrait of a young woman within an oval frame. She holds a cup in her left hand and a wand in the other, wearing a pale gown and dark cloak, her hair dressed half up with a circlet.
CS 39 page 1565.
[Ref: 61585] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by D Gardner. Engrav'd by T Watson.
Publish'd Nov.r 1st. 1778, for T Watson.
Scratched letter proof mezzotint before title, plate 250 x 195mm (9¼ x 7¾"), with large margins.
Imaginary portrait of the Greek mythological entrantress Circe. A half length front facing portrait of a young woman within an oval frame. She holds a cup in her left hand and a wand in the other, wearing a pale gown and dark cloak, her hair dressed half up with a circlet.
CS 39 page 1565.
[Ref: 61585] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A College Gate. Divines going upon Duty.
H Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
London Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780, by Watson & Dickinson No.158 New Bond Street. & No 33, Strand.
Coloured stipple, printed on 18th century watermarked paper; 300 x 395mm (11¾ x 15½").
Social satire, on Cambridge 'types': three men riding in different directions, having come through a large gateway. The rider in the centre on a clumsy horse wears a clerical wig, broad-brimmed hat, and gaiters. On the right is a man on a stout cob, wearing boots and a bob-wig. Behind him is a fat old woman with outstretched arms shouting in alarm. On the left a thin man is riding a more spirited horse, and dressed like a layman. Behind him walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap, bands, and a long gown. Through the gateway in the distance a short fat man in a clerical wig stands on a mounting block, a groom beside him holding his horse. With him are two men wearing mortar-boards and long gowns. Behind a large rectangular building is indicated and behind it a church steeple. Numbered '5' upper left, from a series of Cambridge caricatures by Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 5804.
[Ref: 40626] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
H Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
London Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780, by Watson & Dickinson No.158 New Bond Street. & No 33, Strand.
Coloured stipple, printed on 18th century watermarked paper; 300 x 395mm (11¾ x 15½").
Social satire, on Cambridge 'types': three men riding in different directions, having come through a large gateway. The rider in the centre on a clumsy horse wears a clerical wig, broad-brimmed hat, and gaiters. On the right is a man on a stout cob, wearing boots and a bob-wig. Behind him is a fat old woman with outstretched arms shouting in alarm. On the left a thin man is riding a more spirited horse, and dressed like a layman. Behind him walks a fat divine wearing an academic cap, bands, and a long gown. Through the gateway in the distance a short fat man in a clerical wig stands on a mounting block, a groom beside him holding his horse. With him are two men wearing mortar-boards and long gowns. Behind a large rectangular building is indicated and behind it a church steeple. Numbered '5' upper left, from a series of Cambridge caricatures by Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 5804.
[Ref: 40626] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Most Noble Richard Cowley Wellesley Marquis Wellesley.
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to her Majesty) from the original picture painted by S: Andrews, 1802.
Published 14th June 1804 by Mary Parr 52 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching, small margins. Platemark: 190 x 165mm (7½ x 6½").
Richard Colley, Marquess Wellesley (1760 - 1842), was the Duke of Wellington's eldest brother. He was Governor-general of Bengal (1797 - 1805), and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1821-28 and 1833-34. His executors transferred to the BM his official papers (now in the British Library). Engraved by Caroline Watson (1760 - 1814).
[Ref: 33133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to her Majesty) from the original picture painted by S: Andrews, 1802.
Published 14th June 1804 by Mary Parr 52 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching, small margins. Platemark: 190 x 165mm (7½ x 6½").
Richard Colley, Marquess Wellesley (1760 - 1842), was the Duke of Wellington's eldest brother. He was Governor-general of Bengal (1797 - 1805), and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1821-28 and 1833-34. His executors transferred to the BM his official papers (now in the British Library). Engraved by Caroline Watson (1760 - 1814).
[Ref: 33133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lady Christiana Collier]](jpegs/61583.jpg)
[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meae puellae...
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1780]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. The portrait is also known by the title 'Celia Lamenting her Dead Sparrow' or 'Chloe Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.'
CS 32 II of II. See also reference 61600.
[Ref: 61583] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1780]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. The portrait is also known by the title 'Celia Lamenting her Dead Sparrow' or 'Chloe Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.'
CS 32 II of II. See also reference 61600.
[Ref: 61583] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Caelia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow. Ah! stretch'd in Death my Coelias' Sparrow lies...
J. Reynolds pinxt. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d. c.1800]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Two brown spots in publication area.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. Lettered with title and three lines from Catullus in English and Latin.
See also reference 61583.
[Ref: 61600] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinxt. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d. c.1800]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Two brown spots in publication area.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. Lettered with title and three lines from Catullus in English and Latin.
See also reference 61583.
[Ref: 61600] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Confidants or Le Billet Doux.
E.Martin pinx. T.Watson Excudit.
London, Publish'd May 20th 1780 for Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Sepia mezzotint. 255 x 180mm. Crease in title area.
[Ref: 4112] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
E.Martin pinx. T.Watson Excudit.
London, Publish'd May 20th 1780 for Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Sepia mezzotint. 255 x 180mm. Crease in title area.
[Ref: 4112] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[County Hall and Westminster Bridge.]](jpegs/22144.jpg)
[County Hall and Westminster Bridge.]
A Watson Turnbull [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1920s.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 175 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾".
Tugboats and other shipping on the River Thames in foreground. Andrew Watson Turnbull (British, b.1874) was a painter, etcher and stained glass artist who exhibited at the R.A. and elsewhere.
[Ref: 22144] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Watson Turnbull [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1920s.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 175 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾".
Tugboats and other shipping on the River Thames in foreground. Andrew Watson Turnbull (British, b.1874) was a painter, etcher and stained glass artist who exhibited at the R.A. and elsewhere.
[Ref: 22144] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frances Anne Crewe.]](jpegs/48487.jpg)
[Frances Anne Crewe.]
Painted by D. Gardner. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London. Publish'd April 20th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No. 158. New Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title. Sheet: 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼''). Trimmed.
A very pretty portrait, set in a roundal, of Mrs Crewe (1744-1818) shown in a landscape. Wife of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe.
Goodwin 40. See ref: 48250 for coloured example.
[Ref: 48487] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by D. Gardner. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London. Publish'd April 20th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No. 158. New Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title. Sheet: 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼''). Trimmed.
A very pretty portrait, set in a roundal, of Mrs Crewe (1744-1818) shown in a landscape. Wife of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe.
Goodwin 40. See ref: 48250 for coloured example.
[Ref: 48487] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland.]](jpegs/52951.jpg)
[Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland.] [&] Her Royal Highness Anne Dutchess of Cumberland.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Tho.s Watson. [&] S.r Johua Reynolds Pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Published May 20th 1774 for W.r Shropshire, No. 158, and T. Watson, No. 142, New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Decem.r 1st 1773 by James Watson, No 34 in Little Queen Street near Portland Chapel.
Pair of mezzotints. 620 x 390mm (24½ x 15¼") & 680 x 380mm (26¾ x 15") including separately-printed title. Some toning; Henry with small tears just entering plate, som repaired, and wear to the bottom margin; Anne laid on archival paper.
Prince Henry (1745-90), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and his wife Anne Horton (1743-1808), a commoner. Their marriage led to the Royal Marriages Act 1772, which forbade any descendant of George II to marry without the monarch's permission. There is no sign of the usual title plate on Henry.
CS T. Watson 11 & J. Watson 37, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 52951] £480.00 view all images for this item
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Tho.s Watson. [&] S.r Johua Reynolds Pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Published May 20th 1774 for W.r Shropshire, No. 158, and T. Watson, No. 142, New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Decem.r 1st 1773 by James Watson, No 34 in Little Queen Street near Portland Chapel.
Pair of mezzotints. 620 x 390mm (24½ x 15¼") & 680 x 380mm (26¾ x 15") including separately-printed title. Some toning; Henry with small tears just entering plate, som repaired, and wear to the bottom margin; Anne laid on archival paper.
Prince Henry (1745-90), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and his wife Anne Horton (1743-1808), a commoner. Their marriage led to the Royal Marriages Act 1772, which forbade any descendant of George II to marry without the monarch's permission. There is no sign of the usual title plate on Henry.
CS T. Watson 11 & J. Watson 37, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 52951] £480.00 view all images for this item
His Royal Highness Will.m, Duke of Cumberland.
J. Reynolds. T. Watson fec.t.
London Printed for H. Parker opposite Birchin Lane Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") large margins
Half-length portrait of Prince William (1721-65), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, wearing uniform and sash.
[Ref: 57240] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds. T. Watson fec.t.
London Printed for H. Parker opposite Birchin Lane Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") large margins
Half-length portrait of Prince William (1721-65), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, wearing uniform and sash.
[Ref: 57240] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
David, a Portrait. -and there came a Lion, and took a Lamb out of the flock: & I went out after him and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard and smote him & slew him.
Nath.l Hone pinxit James Watson fecit
Printed & Published March 20th 1778 by Ja.s Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Very scarce mezzotint, platemark 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Very slight creasing and time stained.
Fine mezzotint of the Irish artist Nathaniel Hone's (1718-84) portrait of his son Horace, as the shepherd David, which was first exhibited to acclaim at the Royal Academy in 1771. Horace Hone himself became a notable miniaturist, who found employment at the court of George IV.
[Ref: 40861] £420.00
Nath.l Hone pinxit James Watson fecit
Printed & Published March 20th 1778 by Ja.s Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Very scarce mezzotint, platemark 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Very slight creasing and time stained.
Fine mezzotint of the Irish artist Nathaniel Hone's (1718-84) portrait of his son Horace, as the shepherd David, which was first exhibited to acclaim at the Royal Academy in 1771. Horace Hone himself became a notable miniaturist, who found employment at the court of George IV.
[Ref: 40861] £420.00
Nancy Dawson.
James Watson fecit.
London, Printed for John Bowles, at N,,º 13 ~ Cornhill.
Very rare mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins. Mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait of Nancy Dawson, stage name of Ann Newton (1730-67), an actress and dancer at Sadler's Wells, the Covent Garden Theatre and Drury Lane. She found fame in 1759 during a performance of the Beggar's Opera: the man who danced the hornpipe among the thieves fell ill and she replaced him, to the audience's delight. A song called 'The Ballad of Nancy Dawson', attributed to George Alexander Stevens, contains the lines, 'Her easy mien, her shape so neat, / She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet; / Her every motion's so complete, I die for Nancy Dawson'.
CS: 45., state ii.
[Ref: 61955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
James Watson fecit.
London, Printed for John Bowles, at N,,º 13 ~ Cornhill.
Very rare mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins. Mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait of Nancy Dawson, stage name of Ann Newton (1730-67), an actress and dancer at Sadler's Wells, the Covent Garden Theatre and Drury Lane. She found fame in 1759 during a performance of the Beggar's Opera: the man who danced the hornpipe among the thieves fell ill and she replaced him, to the audience's delight. A song called 'The Ballad of Nancy Dawson', attributed to George Alexander Stevens, contains the lines, 'Her easy mien, her shape so neat, / She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet; / Her every motion's so complete, I die for Nancy Dawson'.
CS: 45., state ii.
[Ref: 61955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Madame de Genlis.
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture.
Published April 14.th 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple with very large margins and collector's mark. Plate 281 x 222mm (11 x 8¾"). Uncut.
Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830), known as Madame de Genlis, the French writer, harpist and educator. From Hayley's Life of Romney 1809.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 32.
[Ref: 29134] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture.
Published April 14.th 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple with very large margins and collector's mark. Plate 281 x 222mm (11 x 8¾"). Uncut.
Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830), known as Madame de Genlis, the French writer, harpist and educator. From Hayley's Life of Romney 1809.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 32.
[Ref: 29134] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Miss Dempster.]](jpegs/28895.jpg)
[Miss Dempster.]
G. Willison. T. Watson.
Publishd as the Act directs Oct.r 1.st 1771.
Mezzotint with small margins, proof before title, rare. Plate 501 x 355mm (19¾ x 14").
Portrait standing three-quarter length to right leaning on rock, her right hand to her cheek, head turned to face left over her shoulder, with basket of flowers to right; with robe draped over her right shoulder, and scarf in her hair; landscape seen behind. Portrait after George Willson (1741-97), a Scottish artist whose career owed much to his uncle George Dempster, director of the East India Company and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Dempster sponsored Willison's artistic training in London and Rome, and subsequently secured him a position at the court of Mohamed Ali Khan Walejah, Nawab of the Carnatic. The sitter in this portrait is probably Dempster's daughter.
CS 12: i. Goodwin 11: i.
[Ref: 28895] £550.00
G. Willison. T. Watson.
Publishd as the Act directs Oct.r 1.st 1771.
Mezzotint with small margins, proof before title, rare. Plate 501 x 355mm (19¾ x 14").
Portrait standing three-quarter length to right leaning on rock, her right hand to her cheek, head turned to face left over her shoulder, with basket of flowers to right; with robe draped over her right shoulder, and scarf in her hair; landscape seen behind. Portrait after George Willson (1741-97), a Scottish artist whose career owed much to his uncle George Dempster, director of the East India Company and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Dempster sponsored Willison's artistic training in London and Rome, and subsequently secured him a position at the court of Mohamed Ali Khan Walejah, Nawab of the Carnatic. The sitter in this portrait is probably Dempster's daughter.
CS 12: i. Goodwin 11: i.
[Ref: 28895] £550.00
![[Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark.]](jpegs/34660.jpg)
[Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark.]
F. Cotes P. Watson Sc: [ms]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very fine proof before letters; slight creasing.
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark (1751-1775). The youngest child of Frederick, Prince of Wales, she married her cousin, Christian VII of Denmark, at the age of fifteen. After the birth of their first child, produced for the sake of the succession, Christian turned his attentions to a young courtesan, leaving Caroline unhappy and lonely. By 1770 she had taken Johann Friedrich Struensee, the new royal physician, as a lover, and as the king's health declined, their influence increased. However, in 1772, both were arrested, Struensee was executed soon after, and the marriage of Caroline and Christian was dissolved by divorce. She was deported on board a British Frigate and resided in Celle Castle (in Hanover, the territory of her brother, George III). her brother's territory of Hanover. She hoped to return to Denmark, but died suddenly of scarlet fever in 1775 at the age of 23. After the 1766 pastel by Francis Cotes (versions in Schloßmuseum Marienburg bei Nordstemmen and Nationalhistoriske Museum, Frederiksborg), probably executed shortly before Caroline Matilda's marriage to Christian VII.
Goodwin 107.i; CS 24.i; Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800.
[Ref: 34660] £390.00
F. Cotes P. Watson Sc: [ms]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very fine proof before letters; slight creasing.
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark (1751-1775). The youngest child of Frederick, Prince of Wales, she married her cousin, Christian VII of Denmark, at the age of fifteen. After the birth of their first child, produced for the sake of the succession, Christian turned his attentions to a young courtesan, leaving Caroline unhappy and lonely. By 1770 she had taken Johann Friedrich Struensee, the new royal physician, as a lover, and as the king's health declined, their influence increased. However, in 1772, both were arrested, Struensee was executed soon after, and the marriage of Caroline and Christian was dissolved by divorce. She was deported on board a British Frigate and resided in Celle Castle (in Hanover, the territory of her brother, George III). her brother's territory of Hanover. She hoped to return to Denmark, but died suddenly of scarlet fever in 1775 at the age of 23. After the 1766 pastel by Francis Cotes (versions in Schloßmuseum Marienburg bei Nordstemmen and Nationalhistoriske Museum, Frederiksborg), probably executed shortly before Caroline Matilda's marriage to Christian VII.
Goodwin 107.i; CS 24.i; Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800.
[Ref: 34660] £390.00
Diana
Painted by J. Nixon Member of the Royal Academy. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London, Published Feb.y 1st 1780 for Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street
Rare stipple, platemark 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7") very large margins.
Diana, goddess of the hunt, holding a javelin. Engraved after a miniature by James Nixon (bap.1741-1812), miniature painter who painted theatrical celebrities and scenes from literature. He was miniature painter to the duchess of York from 1792 and limner to the prince of Wales from 1803.
Goodwin 64
[Ref: 40470] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Nixon Member of the Royal Academy. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London, Published Feb.y 1st 1780 for Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street
Rare stipple, platemark 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7") very large margins.
Diana, goddess of the hunt, holding a javelin. Engraved after a miniature by James Nixon (bap.1741-1812), miniature painter who painted theatrical celebrities and scenes from literature. He was miniature painter to the duchess of York from 1792 and limner to the prince of Wales from 1803.
Goodwin 64
[Ref: 40470] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Dishabille.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1776.]
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A woman in plain 17th century dress, including white cloth bonnet, fichu and apron, sitting before a mirror on her dressing table. The original painting by Gabriel Metsu, c.1665, is in the Harold Samuel collection of the Guildhall.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM 1861,1109.149, dated 'June 21 1776' in pencil. Goodwin: 179 iii of iii.
[Ref: 43548] £300.00
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1776.]
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A woman in plain 17th century dress, including white cloth bonnet, fichu and apron, sitting before a mirror on her dressing table. The original painting by Gabriel Metsu, c.1665, is in the Harold Samuel collection of the Guildhall.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM 1861,1109.149, dated 'June 21 1776' in pencil. Goodwin: 179 iii of iii.
[Ref: 43548] £300.00
![Lough Belshade (Donegal) [pencil].](jpegs/49234.jpg)
Lough Belshade (Donegal) [pencil]. Just Published. Original Etching by A. Watson Turnbull. (Linited Editon).
A. Watson Turnbull [pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Drypoint, signed by the artist, Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamps. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾") very large margins. In original mount with printed gallery label. Mint.
A lake in the Blue Stack Mountains of County Donegal in Ulster.
[Ref: 49234] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A. Watson Turnbull [pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Drypoint, signed by the artist, Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamps. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾") very large margins. In original mount with printed gallery label. Mint.
A lake in the Blue Stack Mountains of County Donegal in Ulster.
[Ref: 49234] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Andrew Drummond Esq.r.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 540 x 385mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Cut to image on 3 sides, old ink mss. in title area.
Andrew Drummond (1688-1769), seated on a rustic bench, holding walking stick and snuff box, dog beside him. He founded Drummonds Bank in Charing Cross in 1711, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
CS 48. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38195] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Zoffany pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 540 x 385mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Cut to image on 3 sides, old ink mss. in title area.
Andrew Drummond (1688-1769), seated on a rustic bench, holding walking stick and snuff box, dog beside him. He founded Drummonds Bank in Charing Cross in 1711, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
CS 48. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38195] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[Boydell, n.d., c.1778.]
Mezzotint, proof before publication line. 320 x 225mm.
[Ref: 8127] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[Boydell, n.d., c.1778.]
Mezzotint, proof before publication line. 320 x 225mm.
[Ref: 8127] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Gideon.
S.r Jos. Reynolds. Pinx.t. Watson Fecit.
R. Sayer Excudit. Published as the Act directs 1st Jan.y 1771.
Mezzotint, scarce. Plate: 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Small margins
A profile portrait, set in an oval of Maria Baroness Eardley (1743-1794).
CS 17; Hamilton page: 101; Goodwin 7
[Ref: 47588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Jos. Reynolds. Pinx.t. Watson Fecit.
R. Sayer Excudit. Published as the Act directs 1st Jan.y 1771.
Mezzotint, scarce. Plate: 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Small margins
A profile portrait, set in an oval of Maria Baroness Eardley (1743-1794).
CS 17; Hamilton page: 101; Goodwin 7
[Ref: 47588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Reverend Mr. John Edwards, Minister of the Gospel, at Leeds in York-shire.
J. Russell pinxit. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Binns Leeds. Published as the Act directs July 2d. 1772.
Mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''). Surface dirt.
A portrait, in an oval of John Edwards (1714-1785) who was a dissenting minister who had been a Methodist minister but broke with the Wesleyans and ministered at White Chapel in Hunslet Lane, Leeds.
[Ref: 49036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Russell pinxit. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Binns Leeds. Published as the Act directs July 2d. 1772.
Mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''). Surface dirt.
A portrait, in an oval of John Edwards (1714-1785) who was a dissenting minister who had been a Methodist minister but broke with the Wesleyans and ministered at White Chapel in Hunslet Lane, Leeds.
[Ref: 49036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Erskine.
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Collector's stamp on verso, 'E.M.H.' Mrs. E. M. Hamilton; Sheet size: 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate. Slight creasing top right.
A portrait of Janet, Lady Erskine, wife of Sir Henry Erskine, standing half-length in profile to the left, her head turned to face front, wearing a gown with ruffled sleeves, lace cape and small lace ruff. She has flowers in her simply dressed hair and at her breast.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 52. Goodwin: 143.
[Ref: 36979] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Collector's stamp on verso, 'E.M.H.' Mrs. E. M. Hamilton; Sheet size: 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate. Slight creasing top right.
A portrait of Janet, Lady Erskine, wife of Sir Henry Erskine, standing half-length in profile to the left, her head turned to face front, wearing a gown with ruffled sleeves, lace cape and small lace ruff. She has flowers in her simply dressed hair and at her breast.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 52. Goodwin: 143.
[Ref: 36979] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Les Oyes de Frere-Philippe. Friar-Phillip's Geese, A Tale from La Fontaine. O l'agréable Oiseau...
H. Bunbury Esq.r. delin.t. Engrav'd by Tho.s. Watson.
London Publish'd Oct.r. 3.d. 1782, by T. Watson, No 33 Strand.
Stipple. Sheet: 370 x 415mm (14½ x 16¼"). Trimmed within plate, repairs. Damaged.
Two pretty young women stand playing lutes. Behind a friar restrains a young man who is desperate to approach them. A scene from Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-1695) fable 'Friar Phillipes Geese'. a tale in which a friar takes a boy into the wilderness and brings him up free from temptation. However, at the age of twenty the young man meets the young women and becomes besotted: when he asks his father what they are the friar replies that they are geese, a slang name for prostitutes.
[Ref: 55705] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
H. Bunbury Esq.r. delin.t. Engrav'd by Tho.s. Watson.
London Publish'd Oct.r. 3.d. 1782, by T. Watson, No 33 Strand.
Stipple. Sheet: 370 x 415mm (14½ x 16¼"). Trimmed within plate, repairs. Damaged.
Two pretty young women stand playing lutes. Behind a friar restrains a young man who is desperate to approach them. A scene from Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-1695) fable 'Friar Phillipes Geese'. a tale in which a friar takes a boy into the wilderness and brings him up free from temptation. However, at the age of twenty the young man meets the young women and becomes besotted: when he asks his father what they are the friar replies that they are geese, a slang name for prostitutes.
[Ref: 55705] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Kitty Fischer.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom.
Half-length oval portrait of politician and Prime minister (1768-70) Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811) against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a long bar.
CS 63 only state.
[Ref: 61582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom.
Half-length oval portrait of politician and Prime minister (1768-70) Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811) against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a long bar.
CS 63 only state.
[Ref: 61582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Elizabeth Foster.
Engraved by Miss Caroline Watson, Engraver to Her Majesty after an original drawing made by Mr Downman for the Scenery at Richmond House Theatre.
London. Pub.d by R. Cribb, 288, Holborn, Jan.y 1 1797.
Stipple, very fine impression. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"), with very large margins.
Lady Elizabeth Foster (1757-1824), novelist and friend of Georgina Cavendish who lived with her and the Duke of Devonshire in a ménage à trois for 25 years, becoming duchess when Georgina died in 1806. Downman executed a series of portraits of women who had acted in the Richmond House Theatre, the 3rd Duke of Richmond's private theatre in Richmond House, Whitehall. Regarded as one of the grandest houses of the period, it burned down in 1791, after which the Duke concentrated on his country estate, Goodwood. First published by M. Lawson in 1788.
[Ref: 51313] £330.00
Engraved by Miss Caroline Watson, Engraver to Her Majesty after an original drawing made by Mr Downman for the Scenery at Richmond House Theatre.
London. Pub.d by R. Cribb, 288, Holborn, Jan.y 1 1797.
Stipple, very fine impression. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"), with very large margins.
Lady Elizabeth Foster (1757-1824), novelist and friend of Georgina Cavendish who lived with her and the Duke of Devonshire in a ménage à trois for 25 years, becoming duchess when Georgina died in 1806. Downman executed a series of portraits of women who had acted in the Richmond House Theatre, the 3rd Duke of Richmond's private theatre in Richmond House, Whitehall. Regarded as one of the grandest houses of the period, it burned down in 1791, after which the Duke concentrated on his country estate, Goodwood. First published by M. Lawson in 1788.
[Ref: 51313] £330.00
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[Group of Men and Animals.]
W.H. Watson Del. W.H.W. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1805.]
Etching. Sheet: 150 x 215mm (6 x 8½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Staining.
A scene in a tavern in which an odd group of men sit drinking and smoking around a table in the group a cat reads a paper and a monkey plays a fiddle.
[Ref: 48356] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
W.H. Watson Del. W.H.W. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1805.]
Etching. Sheet: 150 x 215mm (6 x 8½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Staining.
A scene in a tavern in which an odd group of men sit drinking and smoking around a table in the group a cat reads a paper and a monkey plays a fiddle.
[Ref: 48356] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Gloster VI. Calshot 1929.
Geoffrey Watson 1931 [signed in pencil and etched in plate.]
Etching with pencil signature, limited edition 18/25. Plate 240 x 299mm. 9½ x 11¾".
The Gloster IV was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for the 1929 Schneider Trophy. By Geoffrey Watson (d.1937), known for his images of plans and aircraft.
Original oil held in the Royal Air Force Museum.
[Ref: 26664] £460.00
Geoffrey Watson 1931 [signed in pencil and etched in plate.]
Etching with pencil signature, limited edition 18/25. Plate 240 x 299mm. 9½ x 11¾".
The Gloster IV was a racing seaplane developed as a contestant for the 1929 Schneider Trophy. By Geoffrey Watson (d.1937), known for his images of plans and aircraft.
Original oil held in the Royal Air Force Museum.
[Ref: 26664] £460.00