Grosvenor Prints

C.J. Abraham [facsimile signature].
George Richmond. Francis Holl. Printed by McQueen.
[n.d., 1853.]
Stipple on chine collé. 560 x 430mm (22 x 17"), with large margins. Some spotting of backing paper.
Charles John Abraham (1814-1903) was the first Anglican Bishop of Wellington, 1858. He was educated King's College, Cambridge, becoming a Fellow.
[Ref: 48494] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Lucy Aggs [facsimile signature.]
[R.J.Lane.]
[n.d. c.1841.]
Lithograph. 266 x 191mm. 10½ x 7½".
Lucy Aggs (1789?-1853) was a Quaker philanthropist.
NPG: two copies.
[Ref: 15590] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[George Alsop] This but the shade of him adorn'd in White...
W. Sherwin fecit.
[London: R. Reynolds, 1669.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 110 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed to image, notch in bottom edge.
Portrait of George Alsop, the frontispiece of his ''An Orthodox Plea for the Sanctuary of God, Common Service, and White Robe of the House''. This was a polemic in support of church worship. While he does not mention any nonconformist sects by name, he condemns 'wretches' who claim to have 'a quickening spirit within them that informs them of all things', apparently a reference to the Quaker 'inner light'. Alsop was ordained deacon by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester c.1666, then priest in 1669.
[Ref: 54812] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d Gerrard Andrewes, D.D. Rector of St James Westminster.
Painted by J.Pocock. Engraved by R.Dunkarton.
London. Published Aug.st 22.d 1807, by Rob.t Dunkarton, No. 452, Strand.
Mezzotint. 510 x 340mm, 20 x 13¼". Some spotting.
The Very Revd Gerrard Andrewes (1750-1825): educated at Westminster School then Trinity College Cambridge; entered the Church; assistant master at Westminster; preacher at Magdalen and Foundling Hospital, Dean of Canterbury 1809, rector of St. James's 1802–25.
CS 4, I of II, title in open letters.
[Ref: 16374] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Lancelot Andrewes.] Vera Effigies Reverendi in Christo Patris Dni: Lanceloti Andrewes Episcopi Wintoniensis.
W. Hollar fecit 1643.
Etching, platemark 125 x 70mm (5 x 2¾"). Unidentified collector's stamp verso.
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Under King James I he served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester and oversaw the translation of the Authorised Version of the Bible. This appears to be the 'very deceptive copy' mentioned by Pennington, which closely copies Wenceslaus Hollar's etching but with noticeable differences to the sitter's face and the writing of Hollar's name. Hollar's print was itself based on that by John Payne prefixed to Andrewes' 'XCVI Sermons' of 1632.
Pennington 1340 (copy); L.4329.
[Ref: 40479] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Lancelot Andrewes] Reverendissimus Et Doctiss: Domini. Lancel: Andrewes Episcop. Elyensis Etc. Anno 1618. These Lineaments of Art, have well set forth Some outward features (though no inward worth) But to these Lines his writings added, cann Make up the faire resemblance of a Man For as the Bodies forme is figurd here So there the beautyes of his Soule appeare; Which I had praised; but that in This place to praise Them, were to praise Him to his Face. Ge: Wi:
[by Simon de Passe.]
[n.d. c.1618.]
Engraving. 180 x 105mm (7 x 4½"), with wide margins. Crease on left.
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. Under James I he served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester and oversaw the translation of the Authorised Version of the Bible. Depicted here with an open book with words 'Verbum Dei' ('Word of God') to which he points.
[Ref: 53125] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Effigies R. P. Lanceloti Andrewes Episcopi Wintoniensis. See heer a Shadow from that setting Sunne,/ Whose glorious course through this Horizon runn/ Left the dimm face of our dull Hemisphere,/ All one great Eye all drown'd in one great Teare./ Whose rare industrious Soule led his free thought/ Through Learning's Universe, and (vainly) soughy/ Room for her spacious Self; untill at length/ She found y.e way home: with an holy strength/ Snatch't herself hence to Heav'n; fill'd a bright place/ 'Midst those immortal Fires, and on the face/ Of her Great Maker, fixt a flaming eye,/ Where still she reads true, pure Divinitie./ And now y.t grave Aspect hath deign'd to shrink/ Into this lesse appearance. If you think/ 'Tis but a dead face, Art doth heer bequeath/ Look at the following leaves & see him breath.
John Payne fecit.
Are to be sold by R. Badger dwelling at Stationers Hall 1635
Fine engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Trimmed to image. Sheet in fragile condition with two tears to the top and right edges.
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) was an English bishop and scholar. He was well respected in his community and often had royal audiences. A highlight of his career was his involvment in the translation of the king James Bible.
[Ref: 53750] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Ashton.] Insto Proepositis oblitus proeteritorum.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. J. Spilsbury fecit.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 105 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Thomas Ashton (1716-1775) rector of St Botolph's Bishopsgate. Frontis to his "Sermons on several occasions" 1770.
CS 2.
[Ref: 44422] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Revd. Charles Atkinson, late of Ipswich. 38 Years Minister at the Independent Meeting, Jacket Street.
Painted by R. Willoughby. On Stone by J. Smart Junr.
Published July 1830, by T. Jennings, Carver & Gilder, Tacket Street, Ipswich.
Lithograph on india paper, india 240 x 205mm. 9½ x 8". A little soiled; margins with chips and tears.
Portrait of Charles Atkinson (1762 - 1830), nonconformist minister at Ipswich. Seated at desk, looking towards the viewer, right hand tucked into his waistcoat; ink well and quill behind.
[Ref: 27075] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Franciscus Atterbury S.T.P. Episc: Rossensis & Decs West Mons.
J. Faber ad vivum Del.t & Fecit.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper. Damaged.
Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster 1713-21. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was imprisoned in the Tower in 1722 for communicating with the Old Pretender and banished for life the following year.
CS 4.
[Ref: 59424] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Vera Effigies Reuerendi in Christo, patris ac D. Geruasy: Babington, quondam Episcopi Wigormensis. Aetatis suae.59. Virtus dei in Infirmitate. Non melio, non integriae, non cultiae alter...Almi Deus, tales praefice ubique Gregi. MS.
Ren: Elstrack Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1615.]
Engraving. 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Foxing.
Gervase Babington (1550-1610), bishop of Llandaff (1591-4), Exeter (1594-7 )and Worcester (1597-1610).
BM: P,1.136, ''Probably intended as frontispiece to his 'Works' (1615)''. Hind: II.165.4.I.
[Ref: 16788] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Vera Effigies Reuerendi in Christo, patris ac D. Geruasy: Babington, quondam Episcopi Wigormensis. Aetatis suae.59. Virtus dei in Infirmitate. Non melio, non integriae, non cultiae alter...Almi Deus, tales praefice ubique Gregi. MS.
Ren: Elstrack Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1615.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to printed border, foxed.
Gervase Babington (1550-1610), bishop of Llandaff (1591-4), Exeter (1594-7 ) and Worcester (1597-1610).
BM: P,1.136, ''Probably intended as frontispiece to his 'Works' (1615)''. Hind: II.165.4.I.
[Ref: 62462] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Ioannes Balaeus. Haec est Balaei facies generosa Britanni, Cuius dicuntur Bibliotheca libri, Haec fraudes aperit multas, scelera impia multa Papae, quem dicit nequitiae esse Patrem.
Hh [etched in plate at top right.]
Cum privil. [n.d. c.1599, but later?.]
Engraving. 172 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
Portrait of John Bale, half length to left, long beard, wearing cap and gown; Dutch letterpress on verso. Illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies" (The Hague: 1602). John Bale, Bishop of Ossory (1495-1563) was a Protestant controversialist. From a series of fifty-one book-illustrations showing portraits by Hendrik Hondius I (Hollstein 156-208). The set was first published in 1599 by the artist and re-published between 1602 and 1604 by Nieulandt and Janssen.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25201] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[John de Balliol] Johannis Balliol pater J: Balliol Scot: Regis Fund.r Coll: Balliolensis [...]
Printed for H. Parker Print & Bookseller at No 82 in Cornhill London. D.D.D. H. Parker
Mezzotint, sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to image and pasted to album sheet with letterpress below.
John de Balliol (b. before 1208, d.1268), magnate and benefactor. As the result of a conflict with Balliol's powerful neighbour, the bishop of Durham, he submitted himself to a public whipping in front of the cathedral church door and undertook to maintain scholars studying at Oxford. Balliol made some provision for this before his death, leaving further endowments in his will, and his widow Dervorguilla formulated the statutes of what became Balliol College in 1282. One of a set of forty-five 'Founders of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, Royal Exchange, and Charterhouse' (this impression, bearing the name of H. Parker, is from the final state).
CS 34
[Ref: 44079] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Barabbas with the Condemned Thieves. St. Luke chap. XXIII.v.XVIII.
Painted by Benj.n West, Esq.r P.R.A. Drawn by Henry Corbould. Engraved by Edward Scriven, Hist.l Engraver to The Prince Regent & the Princess of Wales. London: Published by T. Clay, N.o 18 Ludgate Hill, June 4; 1814.
London, 1814.
Rare stipple and etching. 375 x 475mm (14¾ x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate top, left and right edges. Some toning.
Barabbas and two other thieves are restrained and in cuffs, and appear to be surrounded by a number of soldiers in the background. According to the Synoptic Gospels, Barabbas, imprisoned for murder and insurrection against the Roman state according to Mark and Luke, was released by Pontius Pilate according to a Passover tradition whereby a prisoner could have their death sentence communted by popular demand. The story goes that the crowd of Jewish people ask for Barabbas's release, thereby condemning Jesus to death, though the plausibility of Barabbas's release is contested by some historians.
[Ref: 53952] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Tho: Barlow. S. S. Theol: Dr. Coll: Reg: Praepositus, et pro. D. Margareta SS. Theol. Professor Publicus. Oxon. A.o 1672. Herculeus ultra quem jactat rauca columnas/ Fama (nec officio par tamen illa suo)/ En tibi BARLOUM, potuit qua Sculptor, at ipsa/ Arte licet claram vincit ut umbra manum!/ Ora venusta vides, et nobilis Atria nientis;/ Quad nitet interius nulla Tabella dabit.
D. Loggan ad vivum sculp.
[n.d., c. 1675.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning.
Thomas Barlow (1608/9-1691) was Provost of Queens College, Oxford and bishop of Lincoln under Charles II and James II.
[Ref: 53751] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Saint Barnard]
G.H. 1813 Primus Pictus...1815 [in image]
[Published by J. Dickinson, Bond Street, London, 1833]
Etching, platemark 205 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Small margins.
Portrait of Barnard Dunkley, clerk of Althorp church, from a set of twelve etchings by Sir George Hayter (1792-1781), published in 1833. Hayter (1792 – 1871) was a notable English painter and printmaker, very well known for his portraits and large works involving in some cases several hundred individual portraits. Queen Victoria appreciated his merits and appointed Hayter her Principal Painter in Ordinary and also awarded him a Knighthood 1841.
[Ref: 41715] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John Bastwick.] Dr Bastwick for writing a Booke against Popish Bishops was first fined 1000 and Committed Closs-prisoner in the Gatehouse [...]
W. Hollar fecit [1640s].
Etching, laid on album sheet; sheet 130 x 75mm (5 x 3"). Loss top right.
John Bastwick (1595?-1654), Puritan religious controversialist and pamphleteer. One of five bust portraits etched by Wenceslaus Hollar of writers punished for their opinions on the High Church policy of Laud. As recounted in the text here, in 1637 they were fined impossibly large sums, lost their ears, and sentenced to life imprisonment (although Bastwick, after a spell in Star Castle in the Isles of Scilly, was released in 1644). It was etched on the same plate as two of the other portraits; the copperplate, now cut, is in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Hollar (1607-77) was a Bohemian printmaker who spent most of his career working in England, from a Protestant background (although he later converted to Catholicism). Hollar's technical skill has ensured that his prints have always been keenly collected, and comprehensive collections of his work are institutions in London, Berlin and Prague.
Pennington 1327; Wellcome: 195-3.
[Ref: 40480] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Bateman. Episcop: Norwic: Aulæ S.S. individuæ Trinitatis Fund: Aº D.ni 1350.
[after Wilhelm Sonmans?]
Summa. cum Humil: & Observ.tia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
William Bateman (c. 1298-1355), Bishop of Norwich and founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, most after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708).
CS 34.
[Ref: 51984] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend & Learned William Bates D.D. Obijt 14. Iuly 1699. Aetat 74.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. R. White sculpsit 1700.
Engraving, with small margins. Plate 292 x 186mm. 11½ x 7¼".
Portrait of William Bates, half length in an ornamental oval frame on a pedestal, long hair, wearing skull-cap, bands and gown; coat of arms below; frontispiece to his 'Works' (1700). William Bates (1625-1699) was an English Presbyterian minister. In 1660 he acted as one of the commissioners of the Savoy Conference, which sought for reconciliaition within the Church of England. As a nonconformist he was urged to accept the deanery of Lichfield and Coventry, but like Thomas Manton and many others, he declined office. On the accession of William III and Mary, he delivered two speeches to their majesties on behalf of the dissenters, and in his last two years he was pastor of the presbyterian church in Hackney.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25394] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

George Benson D.D.
[engraved by James McArdell.]
[n.d., c.1764.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of Presbyterian theologian George Benson (1699-1762), wearing clerical robes and wig. According to Goodwin, this was the frontispiece to Benson's 'Life of Christ'.
CS 17, only state.
[Ref: 61623] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

D.r George Berkeley Bishop of Cloyne. This Plate is Inscrib'd to his Lordship as a mark of Gratitude by his Lordships most Obe.t Servant John Brooks.
J.s Lathem Pinx. J.n Brooks Fecit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Scarce mezzotint, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") with small margins. Repaired nicks and tears on margins slighlty going into image, some wormholes and creases.
Bust portrait of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne (1685-1753), in a circular frame on a balcony. He wears clerical robes, bands and a chin-length wig. The mitre, crook, Bible and two volumes labelled 'Minute Philosopher Siris' are visible in the front, while a curtain is behind on the left and palm trees on the right.
CS: 4.
[Ref: 59035] £320.00

[Portrait of a bishop] [top left 32 in reverse; 4 top right]
TW [Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression. Reworking to lower part of plate.
State iii/iii; W31; D21.
[Ref: 32774] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop] [top left 32 in reverse]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression with number '4' added in top right.
State ii/iii; W31; D21.
[Ref: 32773] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed on platemark; false margins added.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow issued new impressions in 1767 with number '4' added in top right.
State i/iii; W31; D21; Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32772] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop.]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Good impression on cream laid paper; good margins.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow issued new impressions in 1767 with number '4' added in top right.
State i/iii; W31; D21; Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32771] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Lancelot Blackburne DD Lord Archbishop of York Primate of England & Metropolitane and Almoner to his Majesty. Aged 68 Dec ye 10 AD 1726.
I Zeeman pinx. Geo: Vertue Sculp 1727.
Pritned for Rob.t Wilkinson, No 58 Cornhill.
Engraving. 385 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Thread margins. Small repaired tear bottom centre.
Lancelot Blackburne (1658-1743), Arbishop of York from 1724 until his death, although he often neglected his spiritual duties. The Dictionary of National Biography describes his ''reputation for carnality'' and ''the laxity of his moral precepts''. His character was such that a rumour that in his youth he had been a buccaneer in the West Indies was widely believed, including by Horace Walpole, who knew him well.
[Ref: 59362] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Aspicis effigiem tantum: par nulla figura Boltoni Genio, qui super astra manet. Doctior an melior fuit, haud scio. Dicere fas est, Secula vis referent, quem tulit una dies. EB.
Io: Payne Fec: 1632.
Engraving. 178 x 122mm. 7 x 4¾". Cut.
Portrait of Robert Bolton, half length in an oval in architectural frame, full beard, wearing high collar and gown. Frontispiece to his 'Last and learned work of the four last things' (1632). Robert Bolton (1572-1631) was a Puritan divine; an English clergyman and academic, noted as a preacher. On James I's visit to Oxford University in 1605, he was appointed to hold a disputation in the royal presence on natural philosophy, and his majesty was loud and frank in laudation of Bolton. He was also appointed lecturer in logic and moral and natural philosophy.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25345] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Abraham Booth.
Engraved by J. Collyer.
London, Painted and Published by J. Robinson, 5, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, 7 July 1806.
Stipple. Sheet 190 x 110mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed to printed border at sides.
Half-length portrait of Abraham Booth (1734-1806), Baptist minister and author, published shortly after his death.
[Ref: 60724] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Reverendiss: Dom. Hugo Archiepiscopus Armachanus Totius Hiberniæ Primas & Metropolitanus, Unus e primarÿs ejusdem Regni Justitiarys Anno Dom: 1728.
Mat: Ashton Pinx: Th: Beard Fecit.
[n.d., c.1728.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, old ink mss. in inscription area.
Seated portrait of Hugh Boulter (1672-1742), probably painted when he was Bishop of Bristol (1719-24), before his appointment as Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, a post he held from 1724 until his death. In that role he supported anti-Catholic measures, succeeding in depriving them of the right of voting at elections for members of parliament or magistrates, their sole remaining constitutional right. Beard was a Dublin mezzotinter.
CS 1, state i of ii, of which he notes that there is one known example.
[Ref: 61624] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Your truly affectionate Father Tho Bourdillon [facsimile signature].
G. Richmond Delt. J.H. Lynch Lith.
M. & N. Hanhart Lith Impt.
Lithograph on india paper. Sheet 310 x 450mm.
[Ref: 4890] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Archibald Bower Esq.r.
George Knapton pinx.t. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250 (14 x 10"), with wide margins. Slight crease through centre slightly showing on front.
A portrait of Scottish historian Archibald Bower (1686-1766) shown in his library. A religious controversialist and historical writer born near Dundee, Bower entered the Society of Jesus in Rome and lectured at Jesuit colleges in Italy before suddenly leaving Perugia to return to England, allegedly having been discovered in a love affair with a nun. In England Bower converted to the Church of England and wrote about bibliographic history and ancient Rome. His 'History of the Popes', a violent attack on papal supremacy, was published between 1748 and the 1760s. During the publication of the work letters emerged purporting to show that despite his protestant zeal Bower was flirting with Catholicism, shattering his reputation.
CS 27 (only state); Whitman 174 ii/ii; L.151.
[Ref: 48799] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Mr Thomas Bradbury.
Mrs. Mary Grace Pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill. Price 2. Shill.
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾'') very large margins.
Portrait of Thomas Bradbury (1677-1759), dissenting minister; seated facing front, in clerical dress without a wig, left hand on his knee, right elbow resting on a table beside a book, document and ink stand. Curtain and bookshelves behind. After Mary Grace (d. 1786).
[Ref: 48801] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Robert Bragge P.D.
Robert Bragge Pinx.t. J. Faber fe. 1738.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins, left edge with a small repair.
Rev Robert Bragge (1665-1738), an Independent minister in London, known as 'eternal Bragge' of Lime Street. A moderate Calvinist, he was a popular preacher at Salters' Hall, where he once preached for four months on Joseph's coat. Among his written works are 'A Brief Essay Concerning the Soul of Man' and 'Church Discipline according to its Ancient Standard, as it was Practis'd in Primitive Times'.
[Ref: 40509] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Rt. Hon. John Bright M.P.]
John Everett Millais. Thos Oldham Barlow [Pencil signatures.]
Published March 1st 1882, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool & Manchester, Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, Printsellers' blindstamp. Limited to 500. 420 x 570mm. Trimmed to Plate.
John Bright was born in Rochdale in 1811, the son of a Quaker cotton spinner. He was educated at a succession of Quaker schools in the north of England, where he developed a lifelong love of the Bible and of the 17th-century English Puritan poets, especially Milton. Quaker beliefs shaped his politics, which consisted mainly of demands for an end to social, political, or religious inequalities between individuals and between peoples. The Brights were benevolent employers, but their faith in self-help and independence placed Bright at the head of the manufacturers who opposed factory legislation, trade unions, and social reform. He became MP for Durham in 1843 and for Manchester in 1847. He spoke against the Corn Laws in parliament during Peel's second ministry until the laws were repealed in 1846. Bright was a member of the Peace Society and denounced the Crimean War (1854-56) as un-Christian, contrary to the principles of international free trade, and harmful to British interests. In 1868 Bright accepted the post of President of the Board of Trade in Gladstone's first ministry but retired through ill-health in 1870. He returned to political life in 1881 as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He retired in 1882 because he opposed Gladstone's Home Rule policy for Ireland. Bright announced that he was not prepared to see power given to Irish nationalists who had made a mockery of parliamentary government. Bright was influential in the Unionist group in parliament and was regarded as one of the most eloquent speakers of his time.
Printsellers: 38. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4240] £330.00

[Rt. Hon. John Bright M.P.]
John Everett Millais. Thos Oldham Barlow [Pencil signatures.]
Published March 1st 1882, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool & Manchester, Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint. Fine impression. Printsellers' blindstamp. Limited to 500. Platemark: 610 x 460mm (24 x 18"); very large margins. Mountburn.
A three-quater length portrait of Quaker John Bright (1811 - 1889), a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies.
Printsellers: 38.
[Ref: 39505] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

George Brooks Esqr.
Woodforde pinxt. Heath sculpt. Engraver to His Majesty, & H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Stipple engraving. Plate 438 x 333mm. Sheet 592 x 442mm. Fine.
George Brooks of Twickenham. He appears in a ist of the Subscribing Members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Subscribed in 1809.
In the NPG.
[Ref: 12555] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Rev. Christopher Brown] C. Brown the Younger.
[York: Thomas Gent.]
Engraving, verso in ink John French his book 1755. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, some staining.
The frontispiece portrait for Brown's 'Itinerarium totius sacræ Scripturæ: or, An abstract of the Holy Bible'.
[Ref: 57447] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Father in God, Ralph Brownrig Lord B.p of Exeter, who dyed aged 67. Dec: 7 1659. So here's a Prelate, in whom Light, & Heate / Learning & Zeale, Meeknesse, & Courage met [...]
W. Faithorne Sculp [1661]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Ralph Brownrigg (1592-1659), bishop of Exeter. A noted Calvinist, Brownrigg held positions at St Catherine's College and Cambridge University before he lost them in 1645, when he was arrested for giving a sermon in which he was reported to have instructed Christians to put obedience to their sovereign before following Christian practice. The following year Brownrigg lost his episcopal office too, limiting his activities in his final years, although he achieved a posthumous reputation following the publication of his sermons, a 1661 volume of which this print was the frontspiece to. Engraving by William Faithorne (c.1620-91), printmaker who was apprenticed to the printseller William Peake, with whom he served in the royalist army during the civil war. At the Restoration Faithorne was appointed engraver in copper to the king, doubtless as reward for his devotion to the Stuart cause. The finest native British engraver born before the eighteenth century, Faithorne was highly esteemed by Pepys (who recorded many visits to his shop) while enthusiasts such as Horace Walpole ensured his posthumous reputation, which led to fine proofs of his work fetching extraordinary prices in the late Georgian period.
Fagan p.24
[Ref: 42241] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Revd. George Burder, Secretary of the Missionary Society. Author of Village Sermons &c.
Painted by H.W. Pickersgill. Engraved by H. Meyer.
London, Published 16. Augst. 1812, by R. Cribb & Son, 288, High Holborn.
Mezzotint. 245 x 340mm.
Nonconformist divine, in early manhood an engraver, but in 1776 he began preaching [1752 - 1832]. He was one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Religious Tract Society.
[Ref: 4648] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Burkit A.M.
R. White Sculp 1703.
Engraving. Plate 250 x 159mm. 9¾ x 6¼".
Portrait of William Burkit, half length in an oval frame on a pedestal, wearing wig, bands and gown; coat of arms below; frontispiece to his 'Expository notes on the New Testament' (1703). William Burkit (1650-1703) was a biblical expositor, Anglican clergyman and author.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25397] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Burkitt. A.M.
G. Vander Gucht Sculp.
[London: D. Midwinter, 1739(?)]
Engraving, frontispiece to 'Expository Notes, with Practical Observations on the New Testament ... by William Burkitt'. 335 x 205mm, 13¼ x 8". Laid paper. Margins a little chipped and tatty. Printer's crease into upper part of image.
Portrait of William Burkitt (1650-1703), Church of England clergyman and devotional writer. Oval frame on pedestal. Gerard Van der Gucht (1695 or 1696 - 1776).
See BL L.17.c.9.
[Ref: 27562] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Johannes Calvinus. Natus X Jul: Ao 1509. Denatus XXVII May Ao 1564.
Printed for H. Parker & E. Bakewell in Cornhill London.
Mezzotint. Plate: 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½") very large margins.
Jean (John) Calvin (1509 - 1564), theologian of the French reformation, in an oval frame, with full beard and wearing cap and fur-lined coat. Calvin was a tireless polemic and apologetic writer who generated much controversy. He also exchanged cordial and supportive letters with many reformers, including Philipp Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger. In addition to the Institutes, he wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible, as well as theological treatises and confessional documents. He regularly preached sermons throughout the week in Geneva. Calvin was influenced by the Augustinian tradition, which led him to expound the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvin's writing and preachings provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. The Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as a chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world. By John Faber the Elder (c.1660 - 1721), for a set of 21 plates of Protestant reformers.
[Ref: 39802] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Robertus Camell, LL D [Noble 17 125] [in ink]
[John Theodore Heins Senior (Dietrich Heins)]
[n.d. c.1750]
Very scarce mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 380 x 255mm (15 x 10). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Rector of Bradwell, Suffolk, Robert Camell (d. 1732). He is seated at a table, turning away from a book in which he writes with right hand with his left arm resting on the edge of his chair. He wears a loose coat over dark robe with a broad waist-band, bands and a soft hat. He is lit by the candle on the table. This state is after plate reduced and artist's name removed.
CS 1 II of II. NPG D1186.
[Ref: 61586] £420.00

Georgius Carletonus [...]. Vera Effigies R.di In Christo Patris Georgii Carleton Episc.pi Cicestrien.sis.
F.H. [Friedrich von Hulsen]
[n.d. c.1627]
Rare engraving. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed and taped to album sheet.
A half portrait of George Carleton (1559-1628) commemorating his appointment as Bishop of Chichester in 1827. This portrait was the frontispiece to the third edition of his 'Thankfull Rememberance of God's Mercie' published in 1627. The verso has a short biography of Carleton written in ink and partly trimmed.
[Ref: 56911] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Viri verè Reverendi Josephi Caryl Vera Effigies.
R. White sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1676.]
Engraving, frontispiece to the sitter's 'Commentary on the Book of Job'. Sheet 295 x 185mm, 11½ x 7¼". Closed tear through lower right corner.
Joseph Caryl (1602 – 1673), nonconformist divine and commentator. A rare portrait. Engraved by Robert White (1645 - 1703).
[Ref: 13706] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Viri vere Reverendi Josephi Caryl Vera Effigies.
R. White sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1676.]
Engraving. 292 x 190mm. 11½ x 7½". Trimmed.
Joseph Caryl (1602-1673) was an English nonconformist divine who frequently preached before Long Parliament, and was a member of the Westminster Assembly in 1643. In 1650 he was sent to accompany Cromwell to Scotland, however in 1662, following the Restoration, he was ejected from the Church of St Magnus near London Bridge. Portrait of Joseph Caryl, bust in an ornamental oval frame on a pedestal, long hair, wearing skull-cap and bands; curtain in the background with bookshelves to the right. Frontispiece to his 'Commentary on Job' (1676).
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25395] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Nine Catholic martyrs.] Pro Lege Dei Certaverunt Usque Ad Mortem.
C. Carbonnier del: Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Pubd. 15. Sepr. 1823 by Keating & Brown 38 Duke Stt. Grosvenor Sqr and 9, Ivy Lane Pater noster Row.
Lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 275 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½". Margins trimmed.
The bust portraits of nine Catholic martyrs of England, who were all executed in 1679. Their heads are surrounded by clouds and are identified below the image. Catholic Emancipation was a live political issue at the time of publication. A rare print.
[Ref: 14710] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine] Carolus Cardinalis A Lotharingia [...]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark, each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524-74), French Cardinal who as Archbishop of Reims crowned, in succession, Henry II, Francis II and Charles IX. He was the protector of the great writer Rabelais, and established Reims University, although he is often considered to be responsible for the outbreak of the French Wars of Religion (1562-98). From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 39895] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Effigies Of the late Learned Divine Stephen Charnock. B.D.
R. White Sculp.
Sold by Tho. Cockerill att the 3 Leggs in ye Poultry. [n.d. c.1690.]
Engraving. Plate 292 x 184mm. 11½ x 7¼". Trimmed.
Portrait of Stephen Charnock, bust in an ornamental oval frame on a pedestal, long hair, wearing bands and gown; frontispiece to his 'Discourses' (1684). Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) was a Puritan divine, and English Puritan Presbytarian clergyman and theologian. In 1656 he left Southwark, where he served as a minister of the faith, converting individuals to Christianity, to Ireland, where he became a chaplain to Henry Cromwell. At the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Charnock was legally prevented from practicing public ministry. He retuned to England where hs continued to study and minister in non-public ways.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25393] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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