The Angler's Repast.
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by W.Ward.
[c.1789.]
Mezzotint. 450 x 570mm. Publication line trimmed.
[Ref: 4280] £330.00
A Bear Hunt.
Design'd by G.Morland. Engrav'd by S.W.Reynolds.
London: Published April 1st 1796, by S.W.Reynolds, No 6. Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 325 x 380mm.
Whitman: 409. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4282] £520.00
The Idle Laundress [&] Industrious Cottager.
Painted by G Morland. Engraved by W. Blake.
[n.d., c.1803]
A pair of coloured stipples. Images 210 x 260mm. In fine French frames. Publication line trimmed.
The first print depicts a scene outside a cottage, with a sleeping female figure (the laundress), a boy stealing laundry, and a pig stealing potatoes. The second, depicts a rural scene by a stile. A female figure and a young girl are about to cross a bridge, carrying bundles of sticks. The first and second states were published by John Raphael Smith in 1788, although it is possible these are published by H Macklin in 1803. Russell: 66 & 67.
[Ref: 7164] £1,350.00
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Bow Fell, from Langdale Westmorland.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint on Whatman paper. 330 x 400mm. Some soiling to edges.
[Ref: 139] £180.00
(£211.50 incl.VAT)
Boys Skating. Garçons Patinant.
Painted by G.Morland. Engrav'd by E Scott.
London. Publish'd Dec.r 9th by J.R.Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 365 x 425mm. Horizontal crease through title area.
[Ref: 4283] £190.00
(£223.25 incl.VAT)
Children Nutting.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by E: Dayes.
London publish'd July 1st 1788 by JR: Smith N:o 31: King Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Plate 456 x 549mm. 18" x 21?".
A scene of children collecting and picking nuts, with some sneakily being eaten.
[Ref: 9186] £480.00
[View on a Common.]
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by C. M. Prestel.
[n.d., c.1786-1794.]
Aquatint, 490 x 640mm. Trimmed to platemark. Very fine and scarce.
Horses and sheep in a meadow, a shepherd couple with baby seated in the foreground to left; horse-pulled waggon in the background to left; rural house in the distance to right
[Ref: 9805] £380.00
[The Connoisseur; sometimes called The Connoisseur and Tired Boy.]
[Henry Morland.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Hand coloured aquatint, sheet 230 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼". Trimmed to image.
A man holds up a candle to light a painted landscape in a heavy frame, which is held up for him by a yawning boy.
After Henry Morland (c.1719 - 1797, father of George), who exhibited the painting on which this is based several times at the Free Society of Artists. In 1775 he published this description of it: 'An Italian Connoisseur and tired boy. The connoisseur is an admirer of no pictures but Italian, therefore his taste is greatly affronted on being shown a Dutch picture; nevertheless his attention is engaged by some effect he sees in the landscape - has forgotten the boy, who is tired with holding the picture in a heavy frame, which he is just ready to drop.'
[Ref: 11911] £130.00
(£152.75 incl.VAT)
[The Connoisseur; sometimes called The Connoisseur and Tired Boy.]
[Henry Morland.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Hand coloured aquatint, excised and glued to album page, set into embossed gold leaf frame. Original guard leaf. Frame 245 x 200mm, 9¾ x 8". Cut around image.
A man holds up a candle to light a painted landscape in a heavy frame, which is held up for him by a yawning boy.
After Henry Morland (c.1719 - 1797, father of George), who exhibited the painting on which this is based several times at the Free Society of Artists. In 1775 he published this description of it: 'An Italian Connoisseur and tired boy. The connoisseur is an admirer of no pictures but Italian, therefore his taste is greatly affronted on being shown a Dutch picture; nevertheless his attention is engaged by some effect he sees in the landscape - has forgotten the boy, who is tired with holding the picture in a heavy frame, which he is just ready to drop.'
[Ref: 11912] £180.00
(£211.50 incl.VAT)
The Country Stable.
G. Morland Pinxt. W. Ward Sculpt.
London, Published March 1, 1792, by D. Orme & Co. No. 14, Old Bond Street, E. Walker, No. 7, Cornhill, & J.F. Tomkins, No. 49 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 480 x 605mm. Two tears to right margin. Corners missing outside plate lower left and right.
Interior of a stable, with a white cart horse wearing a halter, tethered beside the hay. Two dogs sit at its feet. A man holding a staff and a cup watches a couple sitting in the straw. Frankau: 80, III. Chaloner Smith: undescribed.
[Ref: 8357] £350.00