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The Efiges of the right Honnorable Mildmay Earl of Westmorland Baron LeDespencer & Burghersh and Knight of the Bath etc.
The Efiges of the right Honnorable Mildmay Earl of Westmorland Baron LeDespencer & Burghersh and Knight of the Bath etc.
JBN Invent [intials in the form of a monogram]. P. Williamson Sculp. 1662.
Engraving. Sheet: 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at edges.
Portrait of Mildmay Fane, half length in an oval wreath, short beard and moustache, wearing cap, collar and sash; curtain to the left, and map of part of Lincolnshire on the right, below a monogram; at top, banderol with motto 'Patriæ causa principis iussu semper in utrumq[ue] paratus'; in lower left spandrel, troops being led by men on horseback; in lower right spandrel, a town with breached walls against which rest ladders; coat of arms in lower margin, with motto 'Neville Fano'. Milmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, (1602-1665) was an English nobleman, politician and writer.
[Ref: 43069]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Anton Florianus, S.R.J. Princeps de Liechtenstein,
Anton Florianus, S.R.J. Princeps de Liechtenstein, Nicolspurgii in Silesia, Troppavia, et Jagerndorffy Dux. Comes a Ritberg [...]
Pet: Schenck ad vivum delin Hagae Com: Sculp: Amsteloed: Cum Privil
Lud Smids M. Dr.
Mezzotint, sheet 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet. Fine.
Anton Florian, prince of Liechtenstein (1656-1721). During the War of the Spanish Succession Anton Florian served as Chief Intendant and Prime Minister to Archduke Karl, who subsequently became Emperor Charles VI. Charles created the new principality of Liechtenstein, and made Anton Florian its first prince.
[Ref: 42996]   £380.00  
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[Claude de Forbin] Le Comte de Forbin.
[Claude de Forbin] Le Comte de Forbin. Amiral de Siam du num d'Opra Sac Disom Cram, Chef d'Escadre des Armées Navalles de sa Majesté, Chevalier de l'ordre Militaire de Saint Louis.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A portrait of Claude de Forbin-Gardanne (1656-1733) while in the service of the king of Siam, when he was grand admiral, general of all the king's armies and governor of Bangkok. Although the story sounds like a novel inspired by 'Baron Munchausen', Forbin did indeed hold these titles: he stayed on for two years after the first French embassy to Siam, 1685. This portrait was a frontispiece to his memoirs. That was not the only remarkable event in his life. He had been a musketeer but had been sentenced to death after a duel; reprieved he joined the Navy under his brother's identity. After his return from Siam he fought in the Nine Years' War, escaping from custody in Plymouth (1689) to fight at the Battle of Beachy Head (1690), Barfleur (1692) where he was wounded, the Battle of Lagos (1693), and the Siege of Barcelona (1697). During the War of the Spanish Succession his successes included fighting in the Battle of the Lizard (1707) in which the French destroyed an English convoy, capturing 60 merchantman and four ships of the line out of 80 ships. His final claim-to-fame was transporting Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, the 'Old Pretender', to Scotland for his ill-fated attempt to regain the throne, only to be thwarted by Admiral Sir George Byng's fleet.
[Ref: 43214]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]
[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange] Henricus Fredericus origin Princepts Auraic Comes Nassauiae, Catzonellibogia [...]
AV Venne pn. W Delphus sc. [in image lower right]
Cum Privilegiosexennio Ord. Conf. Prov. J.P. vande Venne exc. Middelburgens. 1619
Engraving, very fine impression; 17th century watermark, sheet 420 x 305mm (6½ x 12"). Repaired tear on right centre border and on left. Trimmed inside platemark; vertical crease.
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584 - 1647). Frederick Henry was son of William the Silent, the principal leader of the Dutch struggle for independence against Spain. When his half-brother, Maurice Prince of Orange, died in 1625, Frederick became the third hereditary stadholder of the United Dutch Provinces. He married a lady-in-waiting to the exiled Queen of Bohemia. In 1641 their son, William II, married Mary, the daughter of Charles I of Great Britain. The Dutch Wars against the Spanish continued until the end of his reign. Shortly following his death in January 1648, peace was formally declared between the two countries. Engraving after Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662), Dutch artist and writer based in Middelburg, Zeeland at this time. Impressions of the print were purchased by the States General, the ruling executive of the United Dutch Provinces.
[Ref: 42385]   £450.00  
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[Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, on horseback]
[Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, on horseback] Discessus Hispanici Praesidi Traiecti ad Mosam Ao. 1632. Die 23 Augusti.
JM D. Jonge invent J. V. Velde fecit
C. Visscher excudebat
Etching and engraving, 17th century watermark; sheet 215 x 235mm (8½ x 9¼"). Trimmed from larger print and tipped into album sheet.
Left sheet of a six-sheet print of the Spanish garrison withdrawing from Maastricht in 1632. Maastricht was deep in Spanish-held territory when the Dutch commander Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, attempted to capture it, but after a siege lasting more than two months, the Spanish withdrew, allowing the Dutch Republic to gain an important victory in the Dutch War of Independence against the Spanish.
[Ref: 42610]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Frederick, King of Bohemia Elector Palat: [&] Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia Daughter to K. James Ist and Grandmother to his present Maj.ty.
Frederick, King of Bohemia Elector Palat: [&] Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia Daughter to K. James Ist and Grandmother to his present Maj.ty.
[John Faber the Elder after Michiel Mierevelt]
[Published by Thomas Bakewell, c.1710]
Pair of engravings, each sheet approx 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed, losing text; tipped into album sheets.
Frederick V, king of Bohemia and count Palatine of the Rhine (1596-1632), and his wife Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662). They married in London in 1613, and Frederick accepted the crown of Bohemia in 1619, but just after a year later his reign as king ended following the Battle of White Mountain, and they spent the rest of their lives in exile (mostly at the Hague). For this reason they are nicknamed 'The Winter King' and 'The Winter Queen'. Pair of British mezzotints after portraits by Michiel van Mierevelt (1567-1641), Dutch artist who became official painter to the stadholder court and painted many portraits of members of the House of Orange Nassau, as well as foreign sitters such as Sir Dudley Carleton and Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon.
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[John Nalson Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State]
[John Nalson Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State]
R.W. Sculp
Printed for A. Mearne, T. Dring, B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, & C. Mearne [c.1700]
Engraving, rare; sheet 295 x 180mm (11½ x 7"). Tipped into album sheet; letterpress explanation verso.
The frontispiece to Vol 2 of John Nalson Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State 1685. The verse explanation verso suggests that the scene depicted is the occupation the Royal Sovereign (previously named 'Sovereign of the Seas'), a ship ordered by Charles I in 1634 which was in regular service during the three Anglo-Dutch Wars, before finally being lost to fire at Chatham in 1697. It was repeatedly taken by the Dutch, but retaken each time.
BM copy, see 1870 0709 7 BM Satires 748
[Ref: 42843]   £480.00  
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[George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]
[George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg] Georgius Wilhelmus. Dei Gratia Dux Brunsuicensis et Lunaeburgensis etc.
Anselmus van Hulle pinxit Petr. de Jode sculpsit
Accessit Privilegium Caesareum Cum privilegio Regum et Hollandiae ordinum [1652]
Engraving, sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Small margins.
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624-1705). After the death of Julius Francis, duke of Saxe-Lauenberg in 1689, George William invaded the duchy, which Julius Francis had decided to leave to one of his daughters rather than a close male claimant such as George William. Eventually the occupation was legitimised by Emperor Charles VI, when George William's second successor, George II, king of Great Britain, was formally given Saxe-Lauenberg. George William was the father of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, wife of George I of Great Britain.
[Ref: 42998]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Great Seal of King George I
The Great Seal of King George I
J. Mynde sc. [c.1730]
Engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 8"). Paper tone.
The seal of George I (1660-1727), who became king of Great Britain in 1714 following the death of Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement which was designed to ensure a Protestant succession. His coronation was followed by the ill-prepared 1715 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. A distinguished soldier and Elector of Hanover from 1698, George I continued to spend much of his time at Hanover after his accession to the British throne, with a good view of London in background.
[Ref: 43091]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Het Hoog-en Lager-Huys van Engelandt/Hinc Gloria Regni Hinc Felicitas Publica.
Het Hoog-en Lager-Huys van Engelandt/Hinc Gloria Regni Hinc Felicitas Publica.
R. De. Hooge Fecit. [Romeyn de Hooghe.]
Edit a J. Covens et C. Mortier c.1730.
Etching. 433 x 582mm. 17 x 23inches, with large margins. A fairly good impression with margins, fold marks visible on verso where once folded.
Session of House of Commons, session of Lords inset. This plate is a later reissue of the portrait of William III printed in 1689, it was later changed in 1702 showing Queen Anne and third in 1728, as here, showing George II. In this state it was published in De Larrey, Geschiedenis van Engelandt, Amsterdam 1728-30.
FM 2738b (a later variant) showing George II but otherwise with the characteristics of (b); Landwehr p. 159, third state.
[Ref: 43076]   £600.00  
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His Royal Highness George Prince of Denmark. Lord High Admiral of England, General of Her Majesties Forces & Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports &c.
His Royal Highness George Prince of Denmark. Lord High Admiral of England, General of Her Majesties Forces & Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports &c. Juvat ora tueri Mixta notis belli, placidam que gerentia pacem. Stat. Syl. 1.1
P. Schenck fec: Amst: Cum privil: 1705
Fine mezzotint, sheet 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Trimmed to platemark.
George, prince of Denmark and duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), consort of Queen Anne. The second son of Frederick III, King of Denmark, George married Princess Anne in 1683 with a view to developing an Anglo-Danish alliance and thereby containing Dutch maritime power. He was therefore unpopular with the (Dutch-born) king after 1688, William III, and neither he nor Anne had much influence until Anne became Queen of England in 1702, but George was not made King. He was given the largely honorary appointment of Lord High Admiral in 1702 but played little active role. His DNB entry conclude: 'Prince George is usually dismissed as a boneheaded nonentity' but that 'his influence behind the scenes has been underestimated'. Dutch mezzotint after the portrait by Kneller.
[Ref: 42252]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar.]
[Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar.] Gibraltar ist eine auf des Berg Calpe...
Paulus Decker invent: et delin: Iohann August. Corvinus Sculpsit.
Cum Grat. et Priveleg: Sac. Caes: Maÿ: Ieremias Wolff. excudit Aug: Vind:. [n.d., c.1720..]
Engraving. Sheet: 425 x 390mm (16¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed, a central crease.
A view of Gibraltar from the sea during the Siege of Gibraltar between 1704 and 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession. The scene is decorated with a ornate border. A plate from 'Repraesentatio belli ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...' published by Wolff.
[Ref: 42955]   £380.00  
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[Siege of Gibraltar.]
[Siege of Gibraltar.] Die Glückliche Entsezung der Haupt Vestung Gibraltar.
P. Decker Iunior Histori del. I.I.R Sculpsit.
Cum Privileg. Sac. Caes. Majest. Ieremias Wolff excudit Aug. Vindelicorum. [n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 430 x 395mm (17 x 15½"). Trimmed, vertical crease.
A view of Gibraltar from the sea during the Siege of Gibraltar between 1704 and 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession. The Spanish and Bourbon forces laid siege to the town in 1704 however they abandoned attempts to seize it after month of siege and the arrival of Sir John Leake with re-enforcements. The scene is decorated with a ornate border. A plate from 'Repraesentatio belli ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...' published by Wolff.
[Ref: 42957]   £380.00  
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[William of Orange on horseback, pursued on foot by James II]
[William of Orange on horseback, pursued on foot by James II] De geveynsde Betuyging van Jacobus Stuwaart, gewesen Koningh van Engelandt [...]
Na de Copyse te Londen gedrukt [1688]
Etching with letterpress, rare, sheet 240 x 260mm (9½ x 10¼"). Trimmed, losing additional letterpress; tipped into backing sheet.
One of many Dutch broadsides published following the Glorious Revolution in which William of Orange became king of Britain. Here James II pursues William, waving documents in an attempt to dissuade William from invading. Copied from an etching by the leading Dutch exponent of pro-William propaganda, Romeyn de Hooghe.
BM Satires 1055
[Ref: 42557]   £420.00  
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[James II fleeing London; stranded at Faversham; and leaving Rochester]
[James II fleeing London; stranded at Faversham; and leaving Rochester] de k: wert by feversham in kent ongeworpen, gensundert en mishandelt [...]
[Anon., c.1688]
Three etchings dimensions between 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼") and 105 x 225mm (4 x 8¾"). All glued to one backing sheet.
Three etchings depicting James II's departure from England in 1688. After William of Orange landed in England in November 1688, James decided to flee. Leaving London, he got as far as Faversham in Kent before his boat was intercepted and he needed a company of guards to rescue him. James then briefly attempted resume government before receiving a request from William to remove himself. This he did, travelling to Rochester in Kent and from there on to France. These etchings are all copied from prints in a set of twenty-five by Adriaan Schoonebeek depicting events in the struggle for the British crown from the civil war to the coronation of William III and Mary II.
[Ref: 42556]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Louis XIV welcomes James to his Paris at St Germain-en-Laye]
[Louis XIV welcomes James to his Paris at St Germain-en-Laye] De ko: van vrankryk, louis de XIIII, ontfangt de ko: van engelant Jacob de II [...]
[Anon., c.1688]
Etching, sheet 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11"). Trimmed. Tipped into backing sheet.
After William of Orange landed in England in November 1688, James decided to flee to France, where Louis XIV gave him the chateau of St Germain-en-Laye. Louis XIV had handsomely refurbished the chateau for James and his court. Copied from one of a set of twenty-five prints by Adriaan Schoonebeek depicting events in the struggle for the British crown from the civil war to the coronation of William III and Mary II.
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[Arrival in England of the Princess of Orange, 12 February 1689]
[Arrival in England of the Princess of Orange, 12 February 1689] Aankomst van Haar Koninglyke Hooghesse in Engeland den 22 Februar 1689.
J. van den Avele fecit.
Carolus Allard Excudit Cum Privilegio [1691]
Etching, sheet 250 x 295mm 9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed. Tipped into backing sheet; hole top left.
Mary. princess of Orange, arrives in England, some three months after her husband William. In April 1689 their coronation took place at Westminster Abbey. Etched by Johannes van den Avelen (1655-1727), designer of historical and satirical subjects who also worked for several years in Stockholm.
[Ref: 42561]   £380.00  
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[The arrival of William of Orange in London, 28 January 1689]
[The arrival of William of Orange in London, 28 January 1689] Intreede van Zyn Koninglyke Hoogheid, Willem de Derde, binnen Londen, den 28 January, 1689
Hugo Allard f.
Etching, sheet 255 x 295mm (10 x 11½"). Trimmed. Tipped into album sheet.
Good view of London showing William of Orange (soon to become William III) arriving in London in January 1689, having landed on the south coast of England in November 1688. James II had already left England for France by this time, leaving the way clear for William's wife Mary to join him in February. They were crowned king and queen at Westminster Abbey in April 1689.
[Ref: 42564]   £520.00  
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[James II visits Louis XIV at Versailles]
[James II visits Louis XIV at Versailles] Kon. Jacob word, met alle de zyne, te Versailles, van Kon. Ludewyk de Groote [...]
[Anon., c.1690]
Etching, sheet 250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed. Tipped into album sheet; tear from top.
After William of Orange landed in England in November 1688, James II decided to flee to France, where Louis XIV gave him the chateau of St Germain-en-Laye. Louis XIV had handsomely refurbished the chateau for James and his court. Here he visits Louis XIV at nearby Versailles.
[Ref: 42562]   £360.00  
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[Assembly presided over by William III, with vignette of the House of Lords top centre]
[Assembly presided over by William III, with vignette of the House of Lords top centre] Het plechtig zitten van het 1 Laager-Huys en des Konings in de zelve zo 2 Publiyk als [...]
Carolus Allard Excudit cum Privilegie
Etching, sheet 245 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Tipped into album sheet; fold through centre. Trimmed to border especially at top.
Plate from a Dutch publication comprising twenty plates depicting key episodes from the Glorious Revolution.
[Ref: 42800]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[William of Orange embarking for England]
[William of Orange embarking for England] Vertreck van syn K. Hoogheyt nae Engelant.
[Bastiaen] Stoopenda[el] [in image]
Etching, sheet 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Glued to backing sheet.
William of Orange and his fleet at Hellevoetsluis, embarking for England in 1688, in what would become known as the Glorious Revolution of 1688. William became king, deposing James II. Illustration to 'Engelands gods-dienst en vryheid hersteldt' (Amsterdam: Marcus Willemsz. Doornik, 1689).
[Ref: 42552]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[William of Orange landing at Torbay]
[William of Orange landing at Torbay] Het Lande van syn K Hoogh in Engelant
[Bastiaen] Stoopendal [in image]
Etching, sheet 180 x 260mm (7 x 10"). Glued to backing sheet.
William of Orange after landing at Torbay on the south coast of England. After landing unopposed on 15 November 1688, William quickly travelled to Exeter where he set up a command centre and a printing press. This was the beginning of the Glorious Revolution which led to William becoming William III of England, Scotland and Ireland, deposing James II. Illustration to 'Engelands gods-dienst en vryheid hersteldt' (Amsterdam: Marcus Willemsz. Doornik, 1689).
[Ref: 42554]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[William of Orange landing at Torbay]
[William of Orange landing at Torbay] Landing des Prinzen von Oranien bei Dartmouth in Engeland den 5 Novembe A.o 1688
[Anon., c.1688]
Etching, sheet 220 x 345mm (8½ x 13½"). Tear and creases; glued to backing sheet.
William of Orange after landing at Torbay on the south coast of England. After landing unopposed on 15 November (5 November old style) 1688, William quickly travelled to Exeter where he set up a command centre and a printing press. This was the beginning of the Glorious Revolution which led to William becoming William III of England, Scotland and Ireland, deposing James II.
[Ref: 42555]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[William of Orange's Invasion of England.]
[William of Orange's Invasion of England.]
[n.d., c.1688.]
Engraving. Sheet: 335 x 380mm (13¼ x 15"). Trimmed, creases; not visible from front.
A naval scene depicting William of Orange's fleet which invaded England in November 1688, the fleet was twice the size of the Spanish Armada and consisted of about 463 ships. The portraits of William of Orange's military and naval leaders Count von Schomberg and Lord Herbert flank his own at the top of the print.
[Ref: 42976]   £680.00  
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[Medallion depicting Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey and his murder]
[Medallion depicting Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey and his murder] Effigies Dn. Edmund-Bury Godfrey Equitis Aurati justiciary pacis [...]
[Anon., c.1680]
Etching, sheet 115 x 165mm (4½ x 6½"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at edges.
Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621-78), magistrate, died in mysterious circumstances soon after becoming involved in the scandal of the Popish Plot in September 1678. He took depositions from Titus Oates, later to be revealed as having invented the 'plot' to kill Charles II and his brother James, duke of York, but was uncertain whether he should have done so. Godfrey's body was found lying in a ditch near Primrose Hill in London, with a sword run through him, while strangulation marks were also found. A verdict of murder was brought in, and almost inevitably blame was laid on the Catholic community once the revelations about Oates' deposition emerged. This print, with its assertion Godfrey was 'Murthered by the Papists', typifies this response, although in fact his murder was never satisfactorily solved.
[Ref: 42605]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey]
[Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey] Veritas Ex Cineribus Reviviscit Aetatis Suae 57 [...]
P. Vandrebanc Sculp.
Are to be Sold at Thomas Cherets in James Street Covent Garden.
Engraving, sheet 340 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at edges.
Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621-78), magistrate, died in mysterious circumstances soon after becoming involved in the scandal of the Popish Plot in September 1678. He took depositions from Titus Oates, later to be revealed as having invented the 'plot' to kill Charles II and his brother James, duke of York, despite being uncertain whether he should have done so. Soon after, Godfrey's body was found lying in a ditch near Primrose Hill in London, with a sword run through him (strangulation marks were also found). A verdict of murder was brought in, and almost inevitably blame was laid on the Catholic community once the revelations about Oates' deposition emerged. This print, with its assertion Godfrey was 'Murthered by Papists', typifies this response, although in fact his murder was never satisfactorily solved.
[Ref: 42608]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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The North Prospect of Gravesend, in the County of Kent.
The North Prospect of Gravesend, in the County of Kent.
Sam.l and Nath.l Buck delin. et Sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. March 26th 1739 Carden Co. No 1 Middle Temple London.
Engraving. Plate: 310 x 790mm (12¼ x 31"). Central fold as normal, slight offsetting in title.
A view of the port at Gravesend, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right, indicating various landmarks and buildings. From the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales', before the addition of a plate number top right.
[Ref: 43062]   £480.00  
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La Grand Retraite du Duc de Parme.
La Grand Retraite du Duc de Parme.
R. de Hooghe fec. El Cap.n Ing.o Ledesma Disp.
[n.d., c.1670-1699.]
Engraving, rare. Plate: 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Trimmed at top, repairs, bit messy.
A large battle scene showing the army of Alessandro Duke of Parma and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands retreating across the Seine during the Eighty Years War, the city of Rouen in the background. An illustration from 'Histoire de la Guerre de Flandre' by Famianus Strada, written with the help of Farnese which discussed the beginning of the Eighty Years War which led up to the Dutch Revolt.
Rijksmuseum: BI-1929-10-31.
[Ref: 43024]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Nell Gwyn]
[Nell Gwyn] The Sculpters part is done the features hitt / of Madam Gwin, No Arte can shew her Witt,
P Lely Pinxit G Valck Sculp et ex
Cum Privilegio ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae [1673]
Very fine and rare engraving. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II, in a landscape as a shepherdess. Gwyn arrived in London as an orange-seller and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day. The playwright Dryden supplied her with a series of saucy, bustling parts, ideally suited to her talents. She had two sons by the King, the elder of whom was created duke of St Albans, and she was said to have been remembered by Charles on his deathbed with the words "Let not poor Nelly starve".
For another engraving after the same painting by Lely see ref. 19681.
[Ref: 42904]   £490.00  
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M.rs Ellen Gwynn.
M.rs Ellen Gwynn. A celebrated Actress and distinguish'd Favourite of King Charles the 2.d.
P. Lely Eques pinx.t. P.V.B. F.t 1751.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A three quarter length portrait of Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, an actress and long-term mistress of Charles II following the Restoration. In manuscript below image: 'K. Cha.s 2.d nat. children by her were, Charles Beauclere, created Duke of St Albans//. and another son named James who died young.'
[Ref: 43054]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Henrietta Maria.]
[Henrietta Maria.] Les uns admirent sa Conduite. [/] Les autres sa Constance en sa juste douleur, [/] Mais pour exprimer son Merite; [/] On le Compare a son Malheur.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving. Sheet: 130 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of Charles I's queen consort Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), a French princess who became queen of England on her marriage to Charles I in 1625, shown here in her mourning attire. After the execution of Charles I, Henrietta Maria escaped to Paris and returned briefly on the Restoration of her son Charles II. The poem below is by Francois Matthieu Chatelet de Beauchateau, a child poet, born in 1645, who entertained the French Court and the Parliament of Oliver Cromwell with his poetry.
[Ref: 42031]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Henrietta Maria of France and her daughters.]
[Henrietta Maria of France and her daughters.]
[Anon., c.1640.]
Engraving, sheet 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Tipped into album sheet; small hole upper left.
Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and consort of Charles I, with her daughters Mary (1631-60), Anne (1637-40), and Elizabeth (1635-50). Henrietta Maria was the daughter of Henri IV, King of France and Marie de Medici. In 1625 she married Charles I, but the Civil War forced her to flee to France in 1644; she returned to England following the restoration (1660) and spent a few years at Somerset House as Dowager Queen until she returned to France in 1665.
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Thomas Comte de Pembroke et Montgomery &c Grand Amiral d'Angleterre &c et de toutes les Collonies Angloises &c
Thomas Comte de Pembroke et Montgomery &c Grand Amiral d'Angleterre &c et de toutes les Collonies Angloises &c
Paris Chez Mons Trolaria
Engraving, very rare; sheet 295 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet at edges; creases.
Thomas Herbert, eighth earl of Pembroke and fifth earl of Montgomery (1656/7-1733), politician and government official. Pembroke became first lord of the Admiralty in 1690, and lord high admiral in 1702, in which was an active administrator. At the accession of Queen Anne he was replaced by Prince George, but resumed it after the death of the prince's death in 1708. Scene shows the fleet in background including Royal Sovereign Britannia & Royal William. Pembroke was also a noted virtuoso, patron and collector. He was the patron of John Locke, who dedicated his 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding' to him. He purchased most of the collection for his home at Wilton, including the Arundel marbles.
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[Three images relating to plots against James I]
[Three images relating to plots against James I] Watson seducing Noblemen [&] The Powder Plot [&] Execution of the Conspirators In the Gunpowder Plot in the Year 1606
F.H. [F. Hulsius sc., first two only]
[From 'A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercie' London: Printed by Aug. Math[ewes] for Robert Mylbourne and Humphrey Robinson, 1630, first two] Published May 1 1795 by J. Caulfield [third]
Three engravings, rare, dimensions approx 70 x 105mm (2¾ x 4") [first two] and 160 x 195mm (6¼ x 7¾") [third] All trimmed and glued to same backing sheet.
'Watson seducing Noblemen': William Watson, a Catholic priest, blessing a group of gentlemen involved in a plot against James I; in the background, one of them, Sir Griffin Markham, is pardoned at the point of execution. With Guy Fawkes planning the Gunpowder Plot and the execution of the conspirators. The first two, earlier images were engraved by German printmaker Hulsius or Friedrich von Hulsen (1580 - 1665). In 1627, he was briefly in London, where most of his work was connected with Protestant propaganda, and included these illustrations for the bishop of Chichester George Carleton's 'A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercy'. This book was first published in 1624 and ran to several editions, and celebrated the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot.
For 'Watson seducing nobleman' offered separately see ref. 12298; for 'Execution of the Conspirators' offered separately see ref. 42034; for another illustration from 'A Thankfull Remembrance' see ref
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The R.t Hono.ble Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford Anno Dom. 1667
The R.t Hono.ble Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford Anno Dom. 1667
Zoust pinx T. Johnson fc.
cum privilegio Regis. Sold by H. Overton & J. Hool at the White horse without Newgate Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pidgeons in Bedford Street.
Rare mezzotint; sheet 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon (1609-74), politician and historian. As a politician, Clarendon dominated royalist counsels during the 1650s and 1660s, helping the cause to survive throughout the interregnum. He was made lord chancellor in 1658 , and elected chancellor of Oxford University in 1660. He is chiefly remembered, however, for writing what has been described (DNB) as 'the most sophisticated and finely balanced history yet written in English'. His account of the Civil War, 'History of the Rebellion' (published posthumously, 1702-4) is 'a distinctive work of art based on a highly wrought style, a forensic dissection of character and issue, and a sense of the individuals' moral responsibility for their actions'. Mezzotint after a portrait by Gilbert Soest (c.1605-81), little-known portrait painter probably born in the Netherlands but active only in London.
CS: 3 III
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An Account of the many Revolutions in the Eleven Years From the Murder of The Royal Martyr to The Restoration of The Right Heir [...]
An Account of the many Revolutions in the Eleven Years From the Murder of The Royal Martyr to The Restoration of The Right Heir [...]
[Anon., c.1700]
Etching, scarce; platemark 255 x 155mm (10 x 6"). Glued to album sheet at corners.
Seventeen-point timeline of events in the interregnum between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. The first fifteen points are framed by a serpent eating its own tale, 'The Old Serpent or Spirit of Resistance', while the final two ('The Restoring Parliament' and 'The Restoration') are outside of the serpent's reach.
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Isabelle Infante de Portugal,
Isabelle Infante de Portugal, decedée a Lisbonne le 21 Octobre 1690, agée de 22 ans.
Gravé par Bazin.
Engraving, sheet 265 x 175mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Infanta Isabel Luísa of Portugal (1669-90), only daughter of Pedro II of Portugal and his first wife. Isabel died of smallpox at the age of twenty-one, having never married any of the various candidates suggested for her. Her half-brother Joao succeeded her father as king in 1706. Allegorical representation published after Isabel's death.
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The pourtraicture of the most Illustrious Isabella Clara Eugenia Infanta of Spain, Duchesse of Austria and Burgundie: And Princesse of Belgia &c.
The pourtraicture of the most Illustrious Isabella Clara Eugenia Infanta of Spain, Duchesse of Austria and Burgundie: And Princesse of Belgia &c.
R.E. sculpsit
Are to be sold by Compton Hollande over against the Exchange
Engraving, sheet 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet; 'dec. 1633 aet. 67' in mss. at top.
Isabella, ruler of the Spanish Netherlands (1566-1633). In 1599 Isabella married Albert, former viceroy of Portugal. They ruled the Spanish Netherlands together during what is considered the Golden Age of the territory, in which peace and stability were achieved after several decades of war. Engraving after a portrait by Rubens, court painter of Albert and Isabella.
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[Title-Page to Thomas Scott, 'Vox Dei']
[Title-Page to Thomas Scott, 'Vox Dei'] O Death where is thy sting? O Hel where is thy victory [...]
[Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1623]
Engraving, sheet 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet.
Christ standing on Satan, Sin and Death, and holding a triangle including full-length portraits of James I in the centre and Charles, prince of Wales (trampling on the heads of the Pope and two kings) above him. Frontispiece to 'Vox Dei' by the protestant polemicist Thomas Scott (d.1626), who at this time of publication was living on the continent and writing consistently in defence of the protestant cause. He was murdered while on his way to church in Utrecht in 1626.
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James 1st King of England.
James 1st King of England.
Engraved by Charles Turner from Delaram [ms].
Fine mezzotint, proof before all letters. 260 x 340mm (10 x 13½").
An equestrian portrait of James I of England and VI of Scotland, the City of London depicted behind him. Following the death of his aunt Queen Elizabeth I, James became the first king of Great Britain and Ireland uniting the three kingdoms. Proof of a plate published in Samuel Woodburn's series of mezzotints after early engravings titled 'Portraits of Royal Personages'.
Whitman: 468
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[Great Seal of James I]
[Great Seal of James I]
W. Hollar fecit [c.1670]
Etching, sheet 300 x 150mm (11¾ x 6"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
The great seal of King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), published in volume of the history of Britain and dedicated to Sir Thomas Davies (1631/2-80), bookseller and lord mayor of London Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77), Bohemian printmaker who spent most of his career working in England. Hollar's technical skill has ensured that his prints have always been keenly collected, and comprehensive collections of his work are at institutions in London, Berlin and Prague.
Not in Pennington
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The Death of King James the First.
The Death of King James the First. From a most rare and curious Print by Hollar, in the Collection of William Beckford, Esquire.
[After Wenceslaus Hollar.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet: 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Crease in centre. Trimmed within plate and tipped into an album sheet.
A curious plate showing the death of James I (1625-1625), the text below alludes to the alleged poisoning of the King on the orders of the Duke of Buckingham, the king's favourite. The rumours were false, James had been seriously ill in 1625, but were often used in the downfall of Charles I as evidence of the scandal of the Stuart family.
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[Portrait of James II surrounded by scenes from his life]
[Portrait of James II surrounded by scenes from his life] Coninck Jacobus de ii wart geboren [...]
[Anon. Dutch, c.1700]
Etching, platemark 265 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"). Trimmed into image.
Portrait of James II with ten vignettes of events from his life surrounding, from his birth and naval exploits to his rule as king and exile in France following the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
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[James II Escaping.] De geweesene Koning Jacobus vlucht, na zyn nederlaag by de Revier Boyne te Waterford uyt Ierland. Ao. 1690.
[James II Escaping.] De geweesene Koning Jacobus vlucht, na zyn nederlaag by de Revier Boyne te Waterford uyt Ierland. Ao. 1690.
Hugo Allard fecit.
Carolus Allard Excudit Cum Privilegio Ord: Holl: et Westsrisse. [n.d., c. 1690.]
Engraving. Sheet: 245 x 295mm (9½ x 11½"). Trimmed to image at top and tipped into album sheet.
A scene showing James II fleeing Ireland after his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. A crowd hurriedly clamber onto a ship waiting, a crowd push a boat containing Father Petre out into the sea.
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[Allegory of James II fleeing England and arriving in Ireland]
[Allegory of James II fleeing England and arriving in Ireland] Engelants schoulwtoneel, verbeeldende het vlugte van Jacobus II. Koning van Groot Brittanyen [...] [parallel text in French]
A. Schoonbeek del et fec [in image lower right]
in Amsterdam by Adr: Schoonebeek in de kalverstraat [c.1691]
Etching, sheet 150 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
After William of Orange landed at Torbay in November 1688, James II left London at the second time of asking (the first time his boat was intercepted at Faversham and a body of guards had to come and return him to London) and fled to France. Louis XIV had lavishly refurbished the chateau of St Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, for James and his family. It was the perfect environment for James and his exiled court, and if he had his own way he probably never would have left. Louis XIV, however, wanted James to travel to Ireland, and from there attempt to recover his crown from the insurgent William. Etching from a set of scenes from the Glorious Revolution and related events published by Adriaan Schoonebeek (1661-1705), Dutch printmaker who studied under Romeyn de Hooghe and later moved to Moscow to set up a printmaking workshop for Peter the Great.
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[Profile portrait of James II, with scenes showing (l-r) Mary Modena leaving Whitehall Palace in a barge; the queen transferring to the French ship the Assurance; and arriving at Calais]
[Profile portrait of James II, with scenes showing (l-r) Mary Modena leaving Whitehall Palace in a barge; the queen transferring to the French ship the Assurance; and arriving at Calais] Herstelling der Waere Godsdienst en Grondwetten in G: Brittanien. Door S.K.H. [...]
[by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1689]
Etching sheet 195 x 555mm (7½ x 21¾"). Tipped into backing sheet; fold through centre. Section of larger print.
Top section of a large satire comprising eleven scenes from the flight of James II and Mary of Modena which precipitated the Glorious Revolution in which William III came to the throne. Etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
Landwehr p.152
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[James II when duke of York]
[James II when duke of York] Altissimo Potentissimo et Illustrissimo Principi Jacobo Duci Eboraci et Albaniae [...]
[By Robert White]
Sold by John Overton att ye white horse without newgate
Rare engraving, sheet 440 x 310mm (17¼ x 12¼"). Trimmed; crease on left and centre; inscribed 'P. Mariette 1682' verso.
James II (1633-1701) when duke of York. During the interregnum, James (like his brother Charles II) sought refuge in France, serving in the French, and then Spanish, armies.
Excellent provenance.
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[James II when duke of York, and Mary of Modena]
[James II when duke of York, and Mary of Modena] Serenissimus Princeps Jacobus Dux Eboracensis [&] Serenissima Princeps Maria [...]
D. Loggan sculp [James] P. Vandrebanc sculp [Mary]
Sold by Moses Pitt at ye Angel in St Pauls Churchyard [c.1673]
Pair of engravings, each sheet approx. 445 x 260mm (17½ x 10¼"). Trimmed. False margins on left of James.
James II (1633-1701) when duke of York and his second wife Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anne Margaret Isabella d'Este (Mary of Modena, 1658-1718). James was the second son of Charles I. He married Anne Hyde, by whom he was the father of Mary II and Queen Anne. He remarried in 1673 to Mary, by whom he was the father of James Francis Edward, the 'Old Pretender'. James reigned from 1685, following the death of his brother Charles II, until 1688, when the invasion of William of Orange caused James to flee to the continent, where he established a court in exile at Saint Germain-en-Laye. Pair of full-length portraits after Sir Peter Lely, engraved by Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc) and David Loggan.
For portrait of Mary of Modena sold separately see ref. 34227.
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A Ground Plott of Westminster Hall,
A Ground Plott of Westminster Hall, shewing the Position and Dimensions of the severall Tables, Seats, Cupboards, Galleries &c on the day of their Majesties Coronation 23 Apr. 1685.
[1687]
Engraving, sheet 445 x 505mm (17½ x 19¾").
Plan of Westminster Hall showing seating arrangements for the coronation of James II, with arrangements of plates on different tables. Illustration to Francis Sandford, 'The history of the coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. And of his royal consort, Queen Mary' (London, 1687). Sandford worked for two years with his fellow herald Gregory King to produce this record of the coronation rituals, which included twenty-seven lavish engravings of the sumptuous feasts, processions and fireworks in a style previously unseen in the British Isles. Unfortunately for Sandford, the book appeared shortly before the Glorious Revolution which saw James II flee the country, and the authors barely cleared their expenses.
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[Westminster Abbey before the coronation of James II]
[Westminster Abbey before the coronation of James II] A Prospect of the Inside of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster, from the Quire to the East End, With the Furniture thereof [...]
S Moore delin et sculp [1687]
Engraving, sheet 390 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). False margins top and bottom.
Westminster Abbey (formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster) as arranged for the coronation of James II and Mary of Modena on 23 April 1685. Illustration to Francis Sandford, 'The history of the coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. And of his royal consort, Queen Mary' (London, 1687). Sandford worked for two years with his fellow herald Gregory King to produce this record of the coronation rituals, which included twenty-seven lavish engravings of the sumptuous feasts, processions and fireworks in a style previously unseen in the British Isles. Unfortunately for Sandford, the book appeared shortly before the Glorious Revolution which saw James II flee the country, and the authors barely cleared their expenses.
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