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The Sleeping Girl.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs, April 1st. 1790, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street.
Stipple engraving and etching, 375 x 275mm. Light soiling.
A young woman seated in a landscape, lying against a large rock, her head resting on her right arm. A strong impression.
Hamilton: 149, II.
[Ref: 8078] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs, April 1st. 1790, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street.
Stipple engraving and etching, 375 x 275mm. Light soiling.
A young woman seated in a landscape, lying against a large rock, her head resting on her right arm. A strong impression.
Hamilton: 149, II.
[Ref: 8078] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman asleep beside a candle.]](jpegs/32353.jpg)
[Woman asleep beside a candle.]
Godf. Schalken pinx.t. Cha/s Spooner fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Glue stains lower left.
Interior after Dutch painter Godfried Schalken (1643-1706), known for his candlelight scenes. This print is a mid-18th century copy of an image that had already been copied three times previously (by John Smith, Schenk and Gole). Charles Spooner prints were usually (if not always) copied from earlier prints.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32353] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Godf. Schalken pinx.t. Cha/s Spooner fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Glue stains lower left.
Interior after Dutch painter Godfried Schalken (1643-1706), known for his candlelight scenes. This print is a mid-18th century copy of an image that had already been copied three times previously (by John Smith, Schenk and Gole). Charles Spooner prints were usually (if not always) copied from earlier prints.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32353] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Sleepy Eye that spoke the Melting Soul. Pope
Richard Wilson Pinx.t [...] J. Faber Fecit [c.1770]
Mezzotint, scarce, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repaired tears to lower edge faint; creases.
Young seductive lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of these images, some of which include it as one of a set of the four 'Times of Day'. A wall clock in background.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 418
[Ref: 47652] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Richard Wilson Pinx.t [...] J. Faber Fecit [c.1770]
Mezzotint, scarce, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repaired tears to lower edge faint; creases.
Young seductive lady in cap and shawl sitting with books on table. The title is a quotation from Alexander Pope's 'Imitations of Horace'. This print is one of at leasts four versions of these images, some of which include it as one of a set of the four 'Times of Day'. A wall clock in background.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 418
[Ref: 47652] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Flirtilla.
Designed and Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London. Publish'd May 12th 1787 = by J.R.Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Stipple. 300 x 230mm.
'The Nymph whose Charms (a numerous train) / Have wounded some poor luckless swain.'
D'Oench: fig. 130.
[Ref: 5593] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Designed and Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London. Publish'd May 12th 1787 = by J.R.Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Stipple. 300 x 230mm.
'The Nymph whose Charms (a numerous train) / Have wounded some poor luckless swain.'
D'Oench: fig. 130.
[Ref: 5593] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
!['Nabob' [in pencil.]](jpegs/3286.jpg)
'Nabob' [in pencil.]
'Painted by J. Hoppner Esqr. R.A. [Portrait Painter to the His R.H. the Prince of Wales]' 'Engraved by Wm Ward, Mezzotinto Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York' in pencil.
[Published Jany 1st 1805 by the Engraver 24 Buckingham Place Fitzroy Square.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 480 x 330mm. Trimmed to plate, laid on board.
Portrait of Master Smith, son of Charles Smith (1749-1824) painter to the Great Mogul and celebrated for his portraits of Indian Women.
Frankau:263. CS:74.Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3286] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
'Painted by J. Hoppner Esqr. R.A. [Portrait Painter to the His R.H. the Prince of Wales]' 'Engraved by Wm Ward, Mezzotinto Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York' in pencil.
[Published Jany 1st 1805 by the Engraver 24 Buckingham Place Fitzroy Square.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 480 x 330mm. Trimmed to plate, laid on board.
Portrait of Master Smith, son of Charles Smith (1749-1824) painter to the Great Mogul and celebrated for his portraits of Indian Women.
Frankau:263. CS:74.Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3286] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Der Tabackraucher (The Smoker).]](jpegs/26895.jpg)
[Der Tabackraucher (The Smoker).]
Simon von der Does pinx N: Strixner fecit.
[Munich, Germany, n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare lithograph, heightened in white, proof? before title. Image 220 x 175mm. 8¾ x 7". Printed border. A little age-toned; horizontal crease through upper and lower margin.
A bearded man seated at a table, smoking a pipe; despite the printed attribution to Simon van der Does, the painting is by Ariy de Vois. From a folio of fine prints after paintings and drawings by German masters, by Johann Nepomuk Strixner (1782 - 1855), lithographer in Munich.
See 'Curator's comments', BM 1973,U.1171.
[Ref: 26895] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Simon von der Does pinx N: Strixner fecit.
[Munich, Germany, n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare lithograph, heightened in white, proof? before title. Image 220 x 175mm. 8¾ x 7". Printed border. A little age-toned; horizontal crease through upper and lower margin.
A bearded man seated at a table, smoking a pipe; despite the printed attribution to Simon van der Does, the painting is by Ariy de Vois. From a folio of fine prints after paintings and drawings by German masters, by Johann Nepomuk Strixner (1782 - 1855), lithographer in Munich.
See 'Curator's comments', BM 1973,U.1171.
[Ref: 26895] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Le Soir. Quand une fille bien aprise / Veut faire a Dieu son oraison. / Le matin elle va a l'Eglise / Et prie le Soir en sa maison.
La Rosalba pinx. C. Duflos sculp.
A Paris chez Chereau le Jeune rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.1770.]
Copper engraving. Plate 109 x 85mm. 4¼ x 3¼". Uncut.
A young girl holding open and empty box and preparing to pray before she sleeps and then with the intention of attending church the following morning.
[Ref: 14994] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
La Rosalba pinx. C. Duflos sculp.
A Paris chez Chereau le Jeune rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.1770.]
Copper engraving. Plate 109 x 85mm. 4¼ x 3¼". Uncut.
A young girl holding open and empty box and preparing to pray before she sleeps and then with the intention of attending church the following morning.
[Ref: 14994] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Newly discovered Star of the Greatest Magnitude.
Painted in Enamel by J. Barrow. Engraved by G. Maile 34 Fred.k Place Hampstead R.d.
London Published Feb.y 14.th 1822 by J. Barrow Weston Place S.t Pancras.
Extremely fine coloured mezzotint. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8") very large margins. Top margin trimmed to plate mark.
A star depicted as young woman with plumes in her hair, shining amid dark clouds and an inky blue night sky.
[Ref: 56910] £360.00
Painted in Enamel by J. Barrow. Engraved by G. Maile 34 Fred.k Place Hampstead R.d.
London Published Feb.y 14.th 1822 by J. Barrow Weston Place S.t Pancras.
Extremely fine coloured mezzotint. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8") very large margins. Top margin trimmed to plate mark.
A star depicted as young woman with plumes in her hair, shining amid dark clouds and an inky blue night sky.
[Ref: 56910] £360.00
A Newly discovered Star of the Greatest Magnitude. Proof.
Painted in Enamel by J. Barrow. Engraved by G. Maile 34 Fred.k Pl. Hampstead R.d.
London Published Nov.r 30th 1821 by J. Barrow, Weston Place, St Pancras.
Mezzotint. Sheet 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A star depicted as young woman with plumes in her hair. A rare print: the British Museum's example, bought from the Lennox-Boyd collection, is trimmed and lacking the title and publication line. According to their entry Christopher had never seen one with a publication line, which ours has.
BM 2010,7081.4593.
[Ref: 38819] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted in Enamel by J. Barrow. Engraved by G. Maile 34 Fred.k Pl. Hampstead R.d.
London Published Nov.r 30th 1821 by J. Barrow, Weston Place, St Pancras.
Mezzotint. Sheet 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A star depicted as young woman with plumes in her hair. A rare print: the British Museum's example, bought from the Lennox-Boyd collection, is trimmed and lacking the title and publication line. According to their entry Christopher had never seen one with a publication line, which ours has.
BM 2010,7081.4593.
[Ref: 38819] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Comet.
Drawn by T. Harper Esq.r. Engraved by G. Maile.
London, Published Sep.r 1st. 1820, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row, Russell Square.
Mezzotint. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Large margins.
A comet shown as a young woman's head rising from clouds, with light shining as the tail.
See BM 2010,7081.7217 for a proof from the Lennox-Boyd collection. See Ref: 56974 for another version.
[Ref: 38818] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by T. Harper Esq.r. Engraved by G. Maile.
London, Published Sep.r 1st. 1820, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row, Russell Square.
Mezzotint. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Large margins.
A comet shown as a young woman's head rising from clouds, with light shining as the tail.
See BM 2010,7081.7217 for a proof from the Lennox-Boyd collection. See Ref: 56974 for another version.
[Ref: 38818] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Moon?]](jpegs/58061.jpg)
[The Moon?]
[Engraved by George Maile?]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed into image.
A woman's head in a sphere in the night sky. George Maile engraved several similar portraits, some after John Barrow & Thomas Harper.
[Ref: 58061] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by George Maile?]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed into image.
A woman's head in a sphere in the night sky. George Maile engraved several similar portraits, some after John Barrow & Thomas Harper.
[Ref: 58061] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Un Musicien Espagnol. Gravé d'après le Tableau de Rombouts, peint sur toile de 30 pouces de hauteur sur 24 pouces de largeur. Tiré du Cabinet du Citoyen Le Brun, Peintre et M.d de Tableaux.
Theod. Rombouts. J.A. Piérron Sculp. 1790.
A Paris chez l'Auteur rue du Gros Chenet No.47 et chez Poignant rue Serpente No.14.
Etching. Sheet 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper in corners.
A seated man reading a music book. From 'Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun', a set reproducing paintings by Dutch, Flemish and German masters from the collection of J. B. Lebrun, engraved by various artists from 1777 to 1790-1), and published in 3 volumes, in 1792 and 1794.
[Ref: 53375] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Theod. Rombouts. J.A. Piérron Sculp. 1790.
A Paris chez l'Auteur rue du Gros Chenet No.47 et chez Poignant rue Serpente No.14.
Etching. Sheet 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper in corners.
A seated man reading a music book. From 'Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun', a set reproducing paintings by Dutch, Flemish and German masters from the collection of J. B. Lebrun, engraved by various artists from 1777 to 1790-1), and published in 3 volumes, in 1792 and 1794.
[Ref: 53375] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Domestick Amusement. The Lovely Spinner.
Heillmann pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint with etching. Fine impression. Platemark: 355 x 255mm (14 x 10").
A young woman spinning thread, sitting directed to right, looking toward the viewer, wearing a frilled cap, and dark apron with long sleeves and ruffles at the elbow. A fireplace with a work-bag hanging from a chair in front of it is seen on the right.
Chaloner Smith: 160; Goodwin:191. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40337] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Heillmann pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint with etching. Fine impression. Platemark: 355 x 255mm (14 x 10").
A young woman spinning thread, sitting directed to right, looking toward the viewer, wearing a frilled cap, and dark apron with long sleeves and ruffles at the elbow. A fireplace with a work-bag hanging from a chair in front of it is seen on the right.
Chaloner Smith: 160; Goodwin:191. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40337] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A St. James's Beauty.] [&] [A St. Giles's Beauty.]](jpegs/625.jpg)
[A St. James's Beauty.] [&] [A St. Giles's Beauty.]
J.H.Benwell Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd 8th Sept. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Pair of stipples, proofs before titles, printed in sepia. Ea. 270 x 220mm. "St. James" trimmed just outside plate mark, small rubbed area in unprinted area, corner repaired. "St Giles trimmed to plate on right.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 625] £450.00 view all images for this item
J.H.Benwell Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd 8th Sept. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Pair of stipples, proofs before titles, printed in sepia. Ea. 270 x 220mm. "St. James" trimmed just outside plate mark, small rubbed area in unprinted area, corner repaired. "St Giles trimmed to plate on right.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 625] £450.00 view all images for this item
A St. Giles's Beauty.
J.H.Benwell Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd 8th Septr. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Stipple with etching, printed in brown. 265 x 215mm. (10½ x 8½". Trimmed to plate; a strong early printing. Extreme bottom left corner made up.
Portrait in oval of Elizabeth Burrough, in profile wearing white lace cap with satin ribbon and shawl over low dress with fichu. Burrough would have been a prostitute in the notorious St. Giles slum, the so-called 'Rookery'. After John Hodges Benwell (1762 - 1785); a companion to his 'St. James's Beauty'.
[Ref: 52708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.H.Benwell Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd 8th Septr. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Stipple with etching, printed in brown. 265 x 215mm. (10½ x 8½". Trimmed to plate; a strong early printing. Extreme bottom left corner made up.
Portrait in oval of Elizabeth Burrough, in profile wearing white lace cap with satin ribbon and shawl over low dress with fichu. Burrough would have been a prostitute in the notorious St. Giles slum, the so-called 'Rookery'. After John Hodges Benwell (1762 - 1785); a companion to his 'St. James's Beauty'.
[Ref: 52708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop)]](jpegs/46868.jpg)
[The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop)]
Rembrandt Pinx.t W.m Pether fecit
R. Sayer Exc.t [c.1770]
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed to platemark; fine impression.
Engraving after Rembrandt's 1654 painting 'The Standard Bearer', believed to be a portrait of the collector Floris Soop (1604-1657). The painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is one of numerous engravings made after Rembrandt by William Pether (c.1738-1821), mezzotint engraver and painter, best remembered as the engraver of prints after Rembrandt and Joseph Wright of Derby. These prints stand amongst the finest mezzotints ever produced in Britain, demonstrating how mezzotint was the printed medium which most effectively reproduced the chiaroscuro effects of these painters.
CS 42 i/ii; Charrington 127 ii/ii.
[Ref: 46868] £450.00
Rembrandt Pinx.t W.m Pether fecit
R. Sayer Exc.t [c.1770]
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed to platemark; fine impression.
Engraving after Rembrandt's 1654 painting 'The Standard Bearer', believed to be a portrait of the collector Floris Soop (1604-1657). The painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is one of numerous engravings made after Rembrandt by William Pether (c.1738-1821), mezzotint engraver and painter, best remembered as the engraver of prints after Rembrandt and Joseph Wright of Derby. These prints stand amongst the finest mezzotints ever produced in Britain, demonstrating how mezzotint was the printed medium which most effectively reproduced the chiaroscuro effects of these painters.
CS 42 i/ii; Charrington 127 ii/ii.
[Ref: 46868] £450.00
![[In Memory of General Stanwix's Daughter who was lost in her passage from Ireland.]](jpegs/58084.jpg)
[In Memory of General Stanwix's Daughter who was lost in her passage from Ireland.]
Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. W.W. Ryland (Engraver to his Majesty) sculp.
Sold at No. 159 near Somerset House Strand May 10th 1774.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. Sheet 310 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed in oval, losing title and verse.
A young woman in classical dress, resting her forehead on an urn. Lieutenant-general John Stanwix (1690-1766), his daughter from his first marriage and his second wife were all drowned on the packet boat 'The Eagle' on a voyage from Dublin (where he had been inspecting the troops in Ireland) to Holyhead. The British Museum has a reversed print of the same image, engraved by Jean Baptiste Lucien, which has a note stating this is a self-portrait of Kauffman.
BM 1873,0809.306, and 1917,1208.1169 for the copy.
[Ref: 58084] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. W.W. Ryland (Engraver to his Majesty) sculp.
Sold at No. 159 near Somerset House Strand May 10th 1774.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. Sheet 310 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed in oval, losing title and verse.
A young woman in classical dress, resting her forehead on an urn. Lieutenant-general John Stanwix (1690-1766), his daughter from his first marriage and his second wife were all drowned on the packet boat 'The Eagle' on a voyage from Dublin (where he had been inspecting the troops in Ireland) to Holyhead. The British Museum has a reversed print of the same image, engraved by Jean Baptiste Lucien, which has a note stating this is a self-portrait of Kauffman.
BM 1873,0809.306, and 1917,1208.1169 for the copy.
[Ref: 58084] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Strawberry Girl.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Nov 1st 1774 for W.Shropshire, No. 158 & T.Watson, No 142, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), very large margins.
Possibly Theophilia Palmer, niece of Reynolds known as 'Offie'.
Goodwin, 52, iii of iv. CS 43, ii of iii.
[Ref: 61380] £370.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Nov 1st 1774 for W.Shropshire, No. 158 & T.Watson, No 142, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), very large margins.
Possibly Theophilia Palmer, niece of Reynolds known as 'Offie'.
Goodwin, 52, iii of iv. CS 43, ii of iii.
[Ref: 61380] £370.00
![[Miss Stuart.]](jpegs/10567.jpg)
[Miss Stuart.]
G. Willson pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
[1770.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title from uncleaned plate, 405 x 280mm. 16 x 11". Faint glue stains and creasing to corners.
After George Willson (1741 - 1797), Scottish portrait painter and publisher of prints after his paintings; born Edinburgh.
Chaloner Smith: 125, I. Whitman: 12, I. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10567] £380.00
G. Willson pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
[1770.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title from uncleaned plate, 405 x 280mm. 16 x 11". Faint glue stains and creasing to corners.
After George Willson (1741 - 1797), Scottish portrait painter and publisher of prints after his paintings; born Edinburgh.
Chaloner Smith: 125, I. Whitman: 12, I. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10567] £380.00
![[Miss Stuart]](jpegs/14863.jpg)
[Miss Stuart]
G. Willison pinx.t Val. Green fecit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 9 July 1770.
Proof mezzotint, 485 x 285mm. 19 x 11¼".
A provocative portrait of a woman in an oval border engraved by Valentine Green (1739-1813) after the Scottish artist George Willison (1741-1797).
CS 125. W: 12: ii of iii. Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 14863] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Willison pinx.t Val. Green fecit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 9 July 1770.
Proof mezzotint, 485 x 285mm. 19 x 11¼".
A provocative portrait of a woman in an oval border engraved by Valentine Green (1739-1813) after the Scottish artist George Willison (1741-1797).
CS 125. W: 12: ii of iii. Ex: the Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 14863] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Lord Iohn and ye Lord Bernard Stuart ye youngest sons of Esme Duke of Lenox.
Ant Van Dyck Eques pinxit. Collection Earle of Kent. R. Tomspon exc.t
[n.d. c.1688.]
Mezzotint. 450 x 267mm (17¾ x 10½"). Creases.
Portrait of the two sons of Esmé Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, who both fought for the Royalist cause in the Civil War; the elder, Lord John Stuart (1621-1644), was killed at the Battle of Cheriton; the younger, Lord Bernard Stuart, Earl of Lichfield (1622-1645), died at the Battle of Rowton Heath. The original painting by Van Dyck in the National Gallery.
Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 46.
[Ref: 29026] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Ant Van Dyck Eques pinxit. Collection Earle of Kent. R. Tomspon exc.t
[n.d. c.1688.]
Mezzotint. 450 x 267mm (17¾ x 10½"). Creases.
Portrait of the two sons of Esmé Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, who both fought for the Royalist cause in the Civil War; the elder, Lord John Stuart (1621-1644), was killed at the Battle of Cheriton; the younger, Lord Bernard Stuart, Earl of Lichfield (1622-1645), died at the Battle of Rowton Heath. The original painting by Van Dyck in the National Gallery.
Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 46.
[Ref: 29026] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lord John & Lord Bernard Stuart Sons of Esme Duke of Lenox. Done from the Original in the Collection of the Right Hon.ble Lord Royston and the Marchioness Grey.
Vandyke pinx.t. J.s McArdell fecit.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Thread margins, crease, laid on board.
Portrait of the two sons of Esmé Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, who both fought for the Royalist cause in the Civil War; the elder, Lord John Stuart (1621-1644), was killed at the Battle of Cheriton; the younger, Lord Bernard Stuart, Earl of Lichfield (1622-1645), died at the Battle of Rowton Heath. The original painting by Van Dyck in the National Gallery.
CS: 174. Goodwin: 122. Russell: 174. See Ref: 29026 for an earlier reversed version published by Tompson.
[Ref: 30888] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Vandyke pinx.t. J.s McArdell fecit.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Thread margins, crease, laid on board.
Portrait of the two sons of Esmé Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, who both fought for the Royalist cause in the Civil War; the elder, Lord John Stuart (1621-1644), was killed at the Battle of Cheriton; the younger, Lord Bernard Stuart, Earl of Lichfield (1622-1645), died at the Battle of Rowton Heath. The original painting by Van Dyck in the National Gallery.
CS: 174. Goodwin: 122. Russell: 174. See Ref: 29026 for an earlier reversed version published by Tompson.
[Ref: 30888] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Studious Fair.
T. Goddard pinx. W. Nutter Sculp.
Published as the Act directs, 23 July 1787.
Stipple, printed in colours. 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½"), with wide margins.
An oval portrait of a woman in a coiffured wig, resting her elbow on a book on a table.
[Ref: 53934] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
T. Goddard pinx. W. Nutter Sculp.
Published as the Act directs, 23 July 1787.
Stipple, printed in colours. 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½"), with wide margins.
An oval portrait of a woman in a coiffured wig, resting her elbow on a book on a table.
[Ref: 53934] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Study.
R. Cosway Esq.r R.A. Del.t.
London publish'd Aug.t 12th 1785 by J.R. Smith, No. 83 - Oxford Street.
Rare stipple and soft ground etching, printed in black and red, sheet 235 x 130mm (9¼ x 5"), within separately printed border, as issued, sheet 350 x 250 (13¾ x 9¾). Pin holes in edges, some slight staining.
A woman reading (probably Maria Cosway, the artist's wife), a spaniel by her side. Her skin tones are printed in red.
[Ref: 57552] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
R. Cosway Esq.r R.A. Del.t.
London publish'd Aug.t 12th 1785 by J.R. Smith, No. 83 - Oxford Street.
Rare stipple and soft ground etching, printed in black and red, sheet 235 x 130mm (9¼ x 5"), within separately printed border, as issued, sheet 350 x 250 (13¾ x 9¾). Pin holes in edges, some slight staining.
A woman reading (probably Maria Cosway, the artist's wife), a spaniel by her side. Her skin tones are printed in red.
[Ref: 57552] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Study in Grey and Pink.]](jpegs/43878.jpg)
[Study in Grey and Pink.]
[Thomas Robert Way after James McNeill Whistler.]
[n.d., c.1903.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾").
A portrait of a woman wearing a white and pink dress. A lithograph after Whistler's pastel 'Study in Grey and Pink', now in the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington DC. This lithograph was an illustration to 'The Art of James McNeill Whistler' published in 1903 by Thomas Robert Way. Way was an English artist and lithographer who encouraged Whistler to take up lithography, he later catalogued 130 of Whistler's lithographs.
[Ref: 43878] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Robert Way after James McNeill Whistler.]
[n.d., c.1903.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾").
A portrait of a woman wearing a white and pink dress. A lithograph after Whistler's pastel 'Study in Grey and Pink', now in the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington DC. This lithograph was an illustration to 'The Art of James McNeill Whistler' published in 1903 by Thomas Robert Way. Way was an English artist and lithographer who encouraged Whistler to take up lithography, he later catalogued 130 of Whistler's lithographs.
[Ref: 43878] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Nos succés sont certains. (Success is Certain)
Peint par Teichel. Lith par Bettannier Frères.
Imp Lemericer r. de Seine 57, Paris. Paris, chez Bulla Frères et Jouy Editeurs. Berlin, Emile Seitz, 196 Friedrichstrasse. London, E. Gambart & C.o. 25 Berners S.t. Oxf. S.t. New- York, Emiles Seitz.
Hand-coloured lithograph with large margins. Sheet: 350 x 450mm (12¾ x 17¾"). Some very slight foxing. Some small tears in edges.
Interior scene in which two women get ready to leave the house; one woman checks her reflection in a dressing mirror while the other ties her boot, her foot resting on a stool.
[Ref: 35125] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Teichel. Lith par Bettannier Frères.
Imp Lemericer r. de Seine 57, Paris. Paris, chez Bulla Frères et Jouy Editeurs. Berlin, Emile Seitz, 196 Friedrichstrasse. London, E. Gambart & C.o. 25 Berners S.t. Oxf. S.t. New- York, Emiles Seitz.
Hand-coloured lithograph with large margins. Sheet: 350 x 450mm (12¾ x 17¾"). Some very slight foxing. Some small tears in edges.
Interior scene in which two women get ready to leave the house; one woman checks her reflection in a dressing mirror while the other ties her boot, her foot resting on a stool.
[Ref: 35125] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
La Grande Sultane. Liefhebbers van iets raars, beschouwd eens dees Sultane...
I. Cole Fc: et ex: Amstelo dami. Cum Privil: Ord: Holl: et West-frisice. [n.d., c.1700.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. Plate: 255 x 180mm (9 x 7''). Small margins.
A portrait of an Eastern sultana in ornate robes and holding a flower.
[Ref: 48890] £320.00
I. Cole Fc: et ex: Amstelo dami. Cum Privil: Ord: Holl: et West-frisice. [n.d., c.1700.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. Plate: 255 x 180mm (9 x 7''). Small margins.
A portrait of an Eastern sultana in ornate robes and holding a flower.
[Ref: 48890] £320.00
Sommer. L'Eté. Aestas.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J.S. Negges sc. et ex.
[n.d., c.1740.]
A scarce mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with very large margins. Creasing.
A portrait of the allegorical figure of Summer, copy of an English print, shown standing behind several bales of corn and a scythe.
[Ref: 46678] £320.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J.S. Negges sc. et ex.
[n.d., c.1740.]
A scarce mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with very large margins. Creasing.
A portrait of the allegorical figure of Summer, copy of an English print, shown standing behind several bales of corn and a scythe.
[Ref: 46678] £320.00
Sweet Echo 178 Sweet Echo, Sweet Nymph, That liv'st unseen, Within they Airy Cell. Vide, Mask of Comms.
London, Printed for Robert Sayer Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 15, Jan 1788.
Rare coloured mezzotint sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾). Thread margins on three sides and trimmed to plate on bottom. Repairs.
A young woman with hair dressed high and a large hat, sitting in a garden holding up a sheet of music; with a waterfall on the right flowing into a stream running past her. The inscription has four lines of verse from Milton's 'Comus' in two columns.
[Ref: 55022] £350.00
London, Printed for Robert Sayer Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 15, Jan 1788.
Rare coloured mezzotint sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾). Thread margins on three sides and trimmed to plate on bottom. Repairs.
A young woman with hair dressed high and a large hat, sitting in a garden holding up a sheet of music; with a waterfall on the right flowing into a stream running past her. The inscription has four lines of verse from Milton's 'Comus' in two columns.
[Ref: 55022] £350.00
From a Drawing of Haeslen in 1701.
Engraved by Basan.
Gent. Mag. July, 1767.
Engraving. Plate 191 x 115mm. 7½ x 4½". Trimmed to the plate along the top and right-hand edge.
A Swiss couple from Haslen, standing in an archway with a stable door and vines growing over the top. He stands holding a small glass of wine looking towards the viewer, whilst his wife leans in looking at him tenderly, holding the bottle of wine (empty!).
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18818] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Basan.
Gent. Mag. July, 1767.
Engraving. Plate 191 x 115mm. 7½ x 4½". Trimmed to the plate along the top and right-hand edge.
A Swiss couple from Haslen, standing in an archway with a stable door and vines growing over the top. He stands holding a small glass of wine looking towards the viewer, whilst his wife leans in looking at him tenderly, holding the bottle of wine (empty!).
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18818] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Isaac Taverner and Mother Newton.
W. J. White. delt. et sc.
Published, March 20th. 1819. by W. J. White.
Etching on india laid paper, 130 x 100mm. 5 x 4".
A rustic couple conversing beside a leafless tree in a rural landscape; cottages in the distance behind a fence to left. From "Sketches of characters consisting of whole length portraits with picturesque or topographical back-grounds, and distinct plates illustrative of the counties of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Middlesex to which are added, biographical and historical notices" by William Johnstone White (1804 - 1829; fl.), engraver, painter, print publisher and printseller.
[Ref: 19216] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
W. J. White. delt. et sc.
Published, March 20th. 1819. by W. J. White.
Etching on india laid paper, 130 x 100mm. 5 x 4".
A rustic couple conversing beside a leafless tree in a rural landscape; cottages in the distance behind a fence to left. From "Sketches of characters consisting of whole length portraits with picturesque or topographical back-grounds, and distinct plates illustrative of the counties of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Middlesex to which are added, biographical and historical notices" by William Johnstone White (1804 - 1829; fl.), engraver, painter, print publisher and printseller.
[Ref: 19216] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Te Deum Laudamus. From the painting of Carlo Maratt, 2 feet 4 inches high, by 1 foot 11 inches wide, in the Collection of the Right Honble,, the Earl of Orford
Carolus Maratt pinxit. Robs. Strange delint. et sculpsit Londini.
In french and English underneath. engraving 418 x 309mm. Very large margins. Uncut
The Virgin holding in her hand a prayerbook, attended by angels.
[Ref: 11334] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus Maratt pinxit. Robs. Strange delint. et sculpsit Londini.
In french and English underneath. engraving 418 x 309mm. Very large margins. Uncut
The Virgin holding in her hand a prayerbook, attended by angels.
[Ref: 11334] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sanguinea. An fortuna ridens, an sint mihi tempora acerba, / Semper ero constans, semper ero imobilis.
Gabriel Spizel inv. et excud. a.v.
[n.d., c.1750].
Scarce mezzotint, printed in greenish blue. 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼") very large margins. Crease, tears in edges of margin. Stain bottom right margin.
A smiling woman holds up scales marked 'Lucky' and 'Unlucky' in her right hand, her left hand on a pack of cards. The Latin text translates as 'Whether fortune laughs, whether times are bitter for me, I will always be steadfast, I will always be immovable'. One of a set of four Temperaments by Spizel (or Spitzel, 1698-1760).
[Ref: 60488] £390.00
Gabriel Spizel inv. et excud. a.v.
[n.d., c.1750].
Scarce mezzotint, printed in greenish blue. 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼") very large margins. Crease, tears in edges of margin. Stain bottom right margin.
A smiling woman holds up scales marked 'Lucky' and 'Unlucky' in her right hand, her left hand on a pack of cards. The Latin text translates as 'Whether fortune laughs, whether times are bitter for me, I will always be steadfast, I will always be immovable'. One of a set of four Temperaments by Spizel (or Spitzel, 1698-1760).
[Ref: 60488] £390.00
![[Lady and a Gentleman.]](jpegs/37618.jpg)
[Lady and a Gentleman.]
P. Tempest Ex. IB. fec.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Very fine impression. Sheet size: 225 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed to image.
An interior scene depicting a lady and a gentleman. The lady is seated and leaning her elbow on a table. She has short curled hair and wears a veil. The gentleman, standing, is seen wearing a long wig and cravat. On the table lie a hat, sash and sword, a glass and a decanter. Printed by Pierce Tempest (1653 - 1717) publisher of Marcellus Laroon's Cries Of London as well as a great range of other material. In his later years he spent more time dealing than publishing.
CS 105. See also 30452.
[Ref: 37618] £360.00
P. Tempest Ex. IB. fec.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Very fine impression. Sheet size: 225 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed to image.
An interior scene depicting a lady and a gentleman. The lady is seated and leaning her elbow on a table. She has short curled hair and wears a veil. The gentleman, standing, is seen wearing a long wig and cravat. On the table lie a hat, sash and sword, a glass and a decanter. Printed by Pierce Tempest (1653 - 1717) publisher of Marcellus Laroon's Cries Of London as well as a great range of other material. In his later years he spent more time dealing than publishing.
CS 105. See also 30452.
[Ref: 37618] £360.00
Temptation. ~Had I a heart for Falshood fram'd I ne'er could injure you; For tho' your Tongue no promise claim'd, Your charms would make me true.
H. Ramberg invt delt. W.Ward Sculpsit.
Published 25th July 1794 by R.Laurie & J.Whittle, No 53, Fleet Street, London.
Stipple with roulette. 255 x 280mm.
The verse comes from Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comic opera 'The Duenna' (1777), considered one of the most successful operas ever staged in England and described by Byron as 'the best opera ever written'.
[Ref: 4767] £380.00
H. Ramberg invt delt. W.Ward Sculpsit.
Published 25th July 1794 by R.Laurie & J.Whittle, No 53, Fleet Street, London.
Stipple with roulette. 255 x 280mm.
The verse comes from Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comic opera 'The Duenna' (1777), considered one of the most successful operas ever staged in England and described by Byron as 'the best opera ever written'.
[Ref: 4767] £380.00
Terpsichore.
J.P. Simon Sculp.
A Paris chez Ostervald l’Ainé Rue Pelletier No.3. Déposé à la Bibliotheque Nationale. [n.d. c.1820.]
Colour-printed stipple. Plate 412 x 285mm. 16¼ x 11¼". Horizontal crease through the middle.
Terpsichore, one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She ruled over dance and dramatic chorus. As seen her she iepicted, as is normally seen, holding a lyre for musical accompaniment to dancers.
[Ref: 16312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J.P. Simon Sculp.
A Paris chez Ostervald l’Ainé Rue Pelletier No.3. Déposé à la Bibliotheque Nationale. [n.d. c.1820.]
Colour-printed stipple. Plate 412 x 285mm. 16¼ x 11¼". Horizontal crease through the middle.
Terpsichore, one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She ruled over dance and dramatic chorus. As seen her she iepicted, as is normally seen, holding a lyre for musical accompaniment to dancers.
[Ref: 16312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Testa d'una Cameriera d'Elena, di Guido Reni nella Galleria del Palazzo Spada.
[Paul Fidanza after Guido Reni]
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Fleur de lis watermark. Plate 380 x 254mm. 15 x 10".
Head study of a young waitress, after Guido Reni, from 'Recueil de tetes choisies de personnages...d'apres les peintures de Raphael d'Urbin et autres grands maitres existantes au Vatican et dans plusieurs galeries de Rome' .
[Ref: 19738] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Fidanza after Guido Reni]
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Fleur de lis watermark. Plate 380 x 254mm. 15 x 10".
Head study of a young waitress, after Guido Reni, from 'Recueil de tetes choisies de personnages...d'apres les peintures de Raphael d'Urbin et autres grands maitres existantes au Vatican et dans plusieurs galeries de Rome' .
[Ref: 19738] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thais.
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
London, publish'd March 10th, 1779, by Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint with small margins. Platemark: 255 x 195mm. (10 x 7¾").
Thais, a prostitute of Athens; fictional character from the 'Eunuchus' by Terence. 'A subject which appealed equally to the moral and to the dissolute' (Webster). One of two mezzotints for which Francis Wheatley produced designs before his Irish period, the other being 'Sidgismonda'. Said to be a portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton (see British Museum cataloguing ref: AN902405001), although she did not come to London until the early 1780s.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Webster: E9; Goodwin II of II. For 'Sidgismonda', see ref. 28424.
[Ref: 28425] £330.00
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
London, publish'd March 10th, 1779, by Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint with small margins. Platemark: 255 x 195mm. (10 x 7¾").
Thais, a prostitute of Athens; fictional character from the 'Eunuchus' by Terence. 'A subject which appealed equally to the moral and to the dissolute' (Webster). One of two mezzotints for which Francis Wheatley produced designs before his Irish period, the other being 'Sidgismonda'. Said to be a portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton (see British Museum cataloguing ref: AN902405001), although she did not come to London until the early 1780s.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Webster: E9; Goodwin II of II. For 'Sidgismonda', see ref. 28424.
[Ref: 28425] £330.00
![[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]](jpegs/54071.jpg)
[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Three Levantine Heads] To Joseph Banks Esq.r President of the Royal Society.](jpegs/53965.jpg)
[Three Levantine Heads] To Joseph Banks Esq.r President of the Royal Society. this Print is humbly Inscribed, by His much obliged and most obedient servant, R. Blyth.
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 6th 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Etching. 355 x 330mm (14 x 13"), with wide margins. Repaired tear and crease in left margin.
Three heads in a roundel; the first man wears a turban and elaborately tassled garb, the woman also looks richly dressed in a headband and jewellery. The man in the middle looks to be wearing a helmet. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53965] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, March 6th 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Etching. 355 x 330mm (14 x 13"), with wide margins. Repaired tear and crease in left margin.
Three heads in a roundel; the first man wears a turban and elaborately tassled garb, the woman also looks richly dressed in a headband and jewellery. The man in the middle looks to be wearing a helmet. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53965] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
To Joseph Banks Esq.r, President to the Royal Society. this Print is humbly Inscribed, by His much obliged and most obedient servant, R. Blyth.
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, May 1st 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Fine etching. 350 x 330mm (13¾ x 13"), with wide, uncut margins.
A round design of three heads, one woman extravagantly dressed in jewellery and a headdress and two men, one with his long hair loose and the other carrying a spear. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53964] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, May 1st 1780 by R. Blyth N.o 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Fine etching. 350 x 330mm (13¾ x 13"), with wide, uncut margins.
A round design of three heads, one woman extravagantly dressed in jewellery and a headdress and two men, one with his long hair loose and the other carrying a spear. Joseph Banks was a notable patron of natural sciences and was a leading member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to found the Royal Academy. He was elected president of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for forty one years.
[Ref: 53964] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)
A Timely Caution. Arm yourself sweet Maid; with jealous caution...through the Fence of Decency, & triumph in the Plunder of Innocence.
Published 12th. May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Stipple. Plate 272 x 228mm (10¾ x 9"), large margins.
A decorative young woman contemplating the amorous advances of suitors, five lines of advice in verse below portrait; she holds a love poem.
See Ref 11486 for Pair [different publication].
[Ref: 52412] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Published 12th. May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Stipple. Plate 272 x 228mm (10¾ x 9"), large margins.
A decorative young woman contemplating the amorous advances of suitors, five lines of advice in verse below portrait; she holds a love poem.
See Ref 11486 for Pair [different publication].
[Ref: 52412] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Topers]](jpegs/31378.jpg)
[The Topers]
Teniers [bottom left of image] R E [Richard Earlom]
J Boydell ex
Mezzotint, rich impression, small margins; 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Scratched letter proof.
Two peasants, one of whom holds a very large jug. Genre scene by Richard Earlom after Flemish painter David Teniers and published as the companion to 'The Smokers' in 1768.
Not in CS
[Ref: 31378] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Teniers [bottom left of image] R E [Richard Earlom]
J Boydell ex
Mezzotint, rich impression, small margins; 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Scratched letter proof.
Two peasants, one of whom holds a very large jug. Genre scene by Richard Earlom after Flemish painter David Teniers and published as the companion to 'The Smokers' in 1768.
Not in CS
[Ref: 31378] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Trimmer.
C. Read pinx.t. J. Watson.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers & Printsellers, at the King's Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 515 x 355mm (20½ x 14"). Rust marks from stretcher nails in left margin, repaired tear in inscription area. Some damage.
A young girl holding a cat. Although the DNB calls this a portrait of Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), evangelist and children's writer, the NPG notes that it ''is in fact one of Mrs Trimmer's six daughters'', one of whom was Selina (1764-1829), who became governess to the family of the Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
[Ref: 59674] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
C. Read pinx.t. J. Watson.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers & Printsellers, at the King's Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 515 x 355mm (20½ x 14"). Rust marks from stretcher nails in left margin, repaired tear in inscription area. Some damage.
A young girl holding a cat. Although the DNB calls this a portrait of Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), evangelist and children's writer, the NPG notes that it ''is in fact one of Mrs Trimmer's six daughters'', one of whom was Selina (1764-1829), who became governess to the family of the Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
[Ref: 59674] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Turc Debout] Pl.18.](jpegs/22400.jpg)
[Turc Debout] Pl.18.
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No.5 [Paris, n.d., c.1828].
Fine lithograph on india paper, india 260 x 190mm. 10¼ x 7½". Margins a little foxed.
Full-length standing Turk wearing a turban and opulent costume; behind him a landscape and numerous figures; a figure on horseback in the mid-ground. Print made by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), from a series of lithographs 'Croquis et pochades à l'encre par Charlet' (1828), and printed by Villain on behalf of the publisherAntoine François Gihaut from Normandy.
[Ref: 22400] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No.5 [Paris, n.d., c.1828].
Fine lithograph on india paper, india 260 x 190mm. 10¼ x 7½". Margins a little foxed.
Full-length standing Turk wearing a turban and opulent costume; behind him a landscape and numerous figures; a figure on horseback in the mid-ground. Print made by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), from a series of lithographs 'Croquis et pochades à l'encre par Charlet' (1828), and printed by Villain on behalf of the publisherAntoine François Gihaut from Normandy.
[Ref: 22400] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Grec contemplant ses riches] Pl.4.](jpegs/22401.jpg)
[Grec contemplant ses riches] Pl.4.
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No.5 [Paris, n.d., c.1828].
Fine lithograph on india paper, india 215 x 180mm. 8½ x 7". Margins a little foxed.
A "Greek" wearing a turban and cloak is seated at a table with coins and a box of jewels around him; a supernatural figure and a skeleton holding a scythe are represented with white outlines on a dark background. Print made by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), from a series of lithographs 'Croquis et pochades à l'encre par Charlet' (1828), and printed by Villain on behalf of the publisherAntoine François Gihaut from Normandy.
[Ref: 22401] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No.5 [Paris, n.d., c.1828].
Fine lithograph on india paper, india 215 x 180mm. 8½ x 7". Margins a little foxed.
A "Greek" wearing a turban and cloak is seated at a table with coins and a box of jewels around him; a supernatural figure and a skeleton holding a scythe are represented with white outlines on a dark background. Print made by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), from a series of lithographs 'Croquis et pochades à l'encre par Charlet' (1828), and printed by Villain on behalf of the publisherAntoine François Gihaut from Normandy.
[Ref: 22401] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Turk Assis.] Pl. 1.](jpegs/22403.jpg)
[Turk Assis.] Pl. 1.
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No.5 [Paris, n.d., c.1828].
Lithograph on india paper, india 235 x 190mm. 9¼ x 7½". Margins a little foxed.
A seated 'Turk' wearing a turban and embroidered coat; a devil wearing a wig and frock-coat and a bearded figure seen from behind are represented with white outlines on a dark background. Print made by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), from a series of lithographs 'Croquis et pochades à l'encre par Charlet' (1828), and printed by Villain on behalf of the publisherAntoine François Gihaut from Normandy.
[Ref: 22403] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Charlet [signed in plate.] Lith de Villain.
Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No.5 [Paris, n.d., c.1828].
Lithograph on india paper, india 235 x 190mm. 9¼ x 7½". Margins a little foxed.
A seated 'Turk' wearing a turban and embroidered coat; a devil wearing a wig and frock-coat and a bearded figure seen from behind are represented with white outlines on a dark background. Print made by Parisian illustrator Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845), from a series of lithographs 'Croquis et pochades à l'encre par Charlet' (1828), and printed by Villain on behalf of the publisherAntoine François Gihaut from Normandy.
[Ref: 22403] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Study of a Turk in profile.]](jpegs/33078.jpg)
[Study of a Turk in profile.]
JG Spurgeon A.F.
[n.d., c.1800]
Etching, platemark 130 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Very large margins; on wove paper.
Bust of an oriental man with beard, wearing a large turban and fur-trimmed robe. By amateur printmaker John Grove Spurgeon (1747-1829) after Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), whose prints Spurgeon often imitated.
For a version of this image in mezzotint see ref. 20220
[Ref: 33078] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
JG Spurgeon A.F.
[n.d., c.1800]
Etching, platemark 130 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Very large margins; on wove paper.
Bust of an oriental man with beard, wearing a large turban and fur-trimmed robe. By amateur printmaker John Grove Spurgeon (1747-1829) after Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), whose prints Spurgeon often imitated.
For a version of this image in mezzotint see ref. 20220
[Ref: 33078] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
A Turk. From a Sketch by the late R.P. Bonington (In the Possession of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. &c. &c.). Proof.
Plate 13 of Lithographic Imitations of Sketches by Modern Artist by Rich.d J. Lane A.R.A.
Printed by Engelmann & Co. London Published by J. Dickinson. 1839.
Lithograph on chine collé. Collectors stamp Sir Thomas Lawrence; Printed area: 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"), with large margins.
A portrait of a man in Turkish costume shown sitting in a corner with a long pipe. The original work was painted in the studio of Bonington's friend Eugène Delacroix, the props were taken from the studio and the setting imaginary. The oil painting was hung in an exhibition held for the benefit of the Greeks who were fighting for independence from Turkey.
[Ref: 47357] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Plate 13 of Lithographic Imitations of Sketches by Modern Artist by Rich.d J. Lane A.R.A.
Printed by Engelmann & Co. London Published by J. Dickinson. 1839.
Lithograph on chine collé. Collectors stamp Sir Thomas Lawrence; Printed area: 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"), with large margins.
A portrait of a man in Turkish costume shown sitting in a corner with a long pipe. The original work was painted in the studio of Bonington's friend Eugène Delacroix, the props were taken from the studio and the setting imaginary. The oil painting was hung in an exhibition held for the benefit of the Greeks who were fighting for independence from Turkey.
[Ref: 47357] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Turks Head with a Veil]](jpegs/32578.jpg)
[Turks Head with a Veil]
Tho. Worlidge Fecit 1751
Etching, platemark 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Slight staining; good impression.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow issued his plates in 1766 and 1767 afater his death with added numbers in the top right corner to correspond with the numbers in the catalogue of his prints which she produced. This is a lifetime impression before the number '62' was added in top right.
W62; D219. Ex: Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32578] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Tho. Worlidge Fecit 1751
Etching, platemark 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Slight staining; good impression.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow issued his plates in 1766 and 1767 afater his death with added numbers in the top right corner to correspond with the numbers in the catalogue of his prints which she produced. This is a lifetime impression before the number '62' was added in top right.
W62; D219. Ex: Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32578] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)