Grosvenor Prints

[Michael Costa.]
From a Photograph by Signori Caldesi. Engraved by George Zobel.
London, Published May 21st 1855, by J.Mitchell, Bookseller & Publisher to Her Majesty. 33 Old Bond S.t.
Mezzotint on steel. 510 x 340mm. Damp stain.
From Caldesi's 'Artists of the Italian Opera'. Sir Michael Costa (1808-1884) was the Musical Director. In 1855 Costa wrote the oratorio 'Eli'; Rossini's commented: 'The good Costa has sent me an oratorio score and a Stilton cheese. The cheese was very good'.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1138] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Cotillion Figure of the Lady in the Chair
Olivia F. de Roos del
[n.d., c.1840]
Pen and lithograph, very rare; sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11).
The cotillion dance, a forerunner of the quadrille, with a woman seated. Olivia F. de Roos (1808-85) is represented in collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 35240] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Cottage Beauty.
London Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Print Seller, No 53, Fleet Street as the Act directs 17th April 1788.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 8¾") very large margins. Some surface wear, tears in edges.
Exterior scene in which a young woman scatters corn for chickens and ducks. A donkey eats hay and a pig drinks water from a trough in the background.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 56391] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Court of Equity, Bell-Savage Ludgate Hill.
Rob.t Dighton Pinxit. Rob.t Laurie Fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1778, by John Smith, Cheapside, London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 430mm (14¼ x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card, extensive cracking and surface rubbing. Damaged.
The interior of a club room, with a convivial group of men drinking and smoking. The motto behind the presiding officer's chair reads 'Mirth with Justice'. Through its lifespan The Bell Savage Inn was an Elizabethan playhouse, the coaching inn where Pocahontas stayed, the home of England's first rhinoceros and John Cassell's publishing house. It was demolished in 1873. George writes: ''The persons are well-characterized portraits. The chairman is 'Hurford, the Guildhall orator' (William Hurford, Deputy of Castlebaynard Ward). On his r., and on the extreme l. are Wright, distiller in Fleet Street, and Hamilton, clerk to William Woodfall, printer, holding the 'Morning Chronicle'. Opposite the latter sits Smith the printseller. On the chairman's l. are (l. to r.), Lamb, silversmith in Fetter Lane; Clark, sausage maker; Stephenson, an attorney; Clark, a bricklayer in Shoe Lane; Russell, a broker of Harp-Alley; Good, the auctioneer; Thorn; Dighton, the artist, on the extreme r. In the foreground (r.) by a small table sits Dighton's father; between the two Dightons is a man reading the 'Morning Post'. In front of him and facing the chairman stands Towse of Vauxhall, speaking, pipe in his l. hand, r. hand thrust in his waistcoat. Pipes, glasses, pots, papers of tobacco, and a punch-bowl are on the tables. Tom Thorpe, of the Globe Tavern, advances in the middle of the room, carrying a punch-bowl''. A rare print: the British Museum has two proof examples, yet George takes the title from Chaloner Smith, 'Court of Equity or Convivial City Meeting' with a date 1779. Apparently neither had seen a titled example.
BM Satire: 5530; CS 18. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 44334] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Credulous Innocence. [&] Seduction.
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by J. Young.
London Pub.d Nov.r 5, 1788, by Ia.s Birchall No.473, Strand.
Pair of mezzotints. 506 x 355mm. (20 x 14"). Damage to upper area.
A pair of scenes set in rustic settings: a young woman sitting in a bare interior, unaware of a young man who peers slyly through the window, listening attentively to another woman in tattered clothes with a broad-brimmed hat, who reads her palm; and a young woman wearing a mob cap, shawl and apron, sitting at the door of a thatched cottage, her left arm hooked over the back of her chair, reading a letter. There is a basket upside down beside her, and a bird drinking from a plate on the ground next to it. A young man is seen bribing a second woman behind a tree next to the cottage to the right.
Chaloner Smith: p.1646 [listed]. Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection Sotheby's 13/11/97.
[Ref: 36981] £590.00 view all images for this item

Cromwell at Marston Moor, who made a desperate Charge after being wounded in his right Arm. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection of Robert Franland Esq.r M.P. to whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his oblidges Servants, A. Cooper & J. Bromley.
A Cooper Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. John Bromley Sculp.t.
Published for the Painter and Engraver by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square. Feb.y 1st 1826.
Mezzotint. Sheet 235 x 265mm (9¼ x 10½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom; small repaired hole in sky.
The original painting by Abraham Cooper (1787-1868) is now in Chequers Court, home of the Prime Minister, in one of the largest collections of art and memorabilia pertaining to Oliver Cromwell in the country.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48997] £130.00

Oliver Cromwell. [Careat successibus opto, Quisquis ab eventu facta notanda putat.]
[R. Walker pinx:]
[Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck Fleet St.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¼''). Trimmed, losing text.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. Latin text from Ovid below which can be translated as 'Let him lack success, I wish, who thinks that the deed can be censured from its outcomes'. This plate originally showed Cromwell in armour as in most likenesses, but in this later impression a coat has been substituted in its place.
O'D 65.
[Ref: 48791] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Oliver Lord Protector of the Common Wealth of England, Scotland Ireland &c.
Painted by S.r P. Lily after ye Original limning of Cooper.
Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil.
Mezzotint with very large margins. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Ink library stamp on verso.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), in armour and lace collar, within an oval frame. The engraver of this print is unknown, although it is possible that it was the original publisher, J. Sympson. The libray ink stamp is that of the Allan Library. Thomas Robinson Allan (1799-1886) created the library as a Methodist rival to Sion College Library (of the Church of England). Allan donated it to the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in 1884, which funded a purpose-built premises in London opened in 1891. However it remained open for less than a decade before the collection was put in storage in 1899. In 1920 it was sold to the London Library which dispersed the unwanted publications.

[Ref: 34272] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Oliver Cromwell. Careat successibus opto, / Quisquis ab eventu facta notanda putat. SS [on right]
R. Walker pinx:
Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck Fleet St.
Mezzotint. 305 x 225mm (12 x 8¾"), with large margins, Foxing to edges. Later impression on wove paper.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. Latin text from Ovid below which can be translated as 'Let him lack success, I wish, who thinks that the deed can be censured from its outcomes'. This plate originally showed Cromwell in armour as in most likenesses, but in this later impression a coat has been substituted in its place.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; O'D 65.
[Ref: 34122] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Scourge of Rebellion. William Duke of Cumberland.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 140 x 100mm. Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), third son of George II.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 174] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland, ~ Done from an Original Painting in the Possession of the Honourable Lieut.t. General Onslow, To whom This Plate is most Humbly Dedicated, by His Honour's most Obedient Servant T.Burford.
Murray Pinxit. T.Burford Fecit 1747.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm. Trimmed to plate, remargined. Repaired tear.
Engraved the year after Culloden, the battle that won him the name 'Butcher' Cumberland.
CS: 4. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4347] £420.00

Cupid in the Character of Bacchus. [&] Bacchus in the Character of Cupid.
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J.Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Pair of mezzotints. Each 330 x 230mm.
Bacchus with a bow and Cupid with a wine flask.
CS: 406. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4190] £880.00 view all images for this item

Cupids Education Cupid by Nature form'd a harmless Child [...] 202
N. Foucha Pinx. / J. Johnson fecit. [c.1750]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Creasing; 'CL-B' collectior's stamp verso, slight staining top.
Copy in reverse of a continental engraving by Desplaces after Nicolas Fouché. The text below explains how cupid (on the right) was brought up by nature (left) to be 'frank, sincere, humane and mild'. But after he was entrusted to Hermes (centre) he 'grew sly malignant', emulating his tutor.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36211] £350.00

John D'Oyly Esq.
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
[n.d., 1770.]
Mezzotint, 520 x 380mm (20½ x 15"). Tiny foxing hole, slight wear bottom right margin.
Sir John D'Oyly (1702-73), the 4th and last D'Oyly baronet of Chislehampton, half-length, holding a map with a vignette of a lighthouse.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 158. CS 39.
[Ref: 55631] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Danger. Ah Betsey if you did but think, / How near you are to Dangers brink; / You'd surely then leave off your play, / And strait from Billy far away 166
Printed for Bowles & Carver 69 St Paul's Church Yard London [c.1790]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Staining lower left; crease top left.
A young man ('Billy') attempts to thread a needle held by a young woman ('Betsey'), with the title and text below highlighting the action as a metaphor for Billy's intentions, and advising Betsey to evade them. Part of the genre of mezzotint drolls in which familiar activities such as sewing and eating were explicit metaphors for sex.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; state ii/ii
[Ref: 36210] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[To his Grace the Duke of Northumberland... this historical record of Female heroism inspired by humanity as exemplified in the rescue on the 7th September, 1838 on the Fern Islands of the nine survivors of the wreck of the Forfarshire Steam packet, by Grace Darling and her father...]
[Engraved by David Lucas after Henry Perlee Parker & John Wilson Carmichael.]
[Published September 7th 1839.]
Mezzotint on india, proof before all letters. 520 x 715mm (20½ x 28"). Backing card with repairs, india paper slightly bubbling
The famous scene of William and Grace Darling rowing out to rescue the survivors of a shipwreck, an action that turned Grace into a national heroine. This print, published the year after the wreck, was dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland, who had become Grace's patron. Grace died of consumption only three years later, aged only 26. The original painting, with seascape by John Wilson Carmichael and figures by Henry Perlee Parker, belongs to the RNLI Heritage Trust.]
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43489] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche V.P.R.S.] [Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. President of the Geological Society. To the Fellows of the Geological Society, this Engraving is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Humble Servant William Walker.]
[Painted by H.P. Bone in enamel from life. Engraved by W. Walker.]
[London: Jan.y 1.st 1848. W. Walker, Excudit, 64 Margaret St. Cavendish Square.]
Working proof mezzotint, before all letters. Private plate. Plate: 380 x 300mm (18 x 11¾") very large margins.
A portrait of English geologist and palaeontologist Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (1796 - 1855), half-length standing in a mountain landscape directed to right, looking away to left, his right elbow resting on an pick-axe next to his hat. De La Beche helped pioneer early geological survey methods, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819,was knighted in 1848 and in 1852, was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 46957] £650.00

The Death of the Elk, Engrav'd from the Original Picture, late in the Houghton Collection.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T.Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, shaving publication line.
A scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
See Frankau 87, this state between i and ii; CLB ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5287] £650.00

Cotton Decks of Stanfield in Suffolk Aged 75. A Noted Breaker of Pointers, has attended New Market meetings these 30 Years past is Qualified to Hawk, Hunt &c. by the Hon.ble Cha.s Bertley.
F. Sartotius pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller, N.o 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 2, March, 1772.
Coloured mezzotint. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Small margins chipped.
Mezzotint by Robert Laurie (c.1755-1836) after Francis Sartorius (1734-1804). According to Siltzer this is a companion to a print after Nathan Drake. An early example, before the printing plate was trimmed by c.20mm at top.
Siltzer 242. CS II of II. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 60130] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs Jenny Deering. In the Common Parlour at Houghton.
Peter Lilly Equess Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Charles Townley Sculpsit. Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Bottom left corner of margin torn off, touching plate mark.
Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne (d.1689).
CS 6, ivi of iv. Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34417] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Lt. Col.l Denham F.R.S. late Lt. Governor of Sierra Leone. From a picture painted on his return from Bornou in Central Africa in 1825, by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. in the possession of John Murray Esq.r
Engraved by John Bromley.
London, Published March 15, 1831, by Colnaghi Sen.r Dominic Colnaghi & Co. Printsellers to their Majesties, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 336 x 252mm (13¼ x 10"). Slight foxing around platemark.
Dixon Denham (1786-1828), English explorer in West Central Africa. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was decorated with the Waterloo Medal, before volunteering in 1821 to join one of several expeditions, sent by the British government to explore the Africa interior. After difficulties with the Pasha of Tripoli, and weakened by malaria, the expedition struggled across the Sahara to become the first Europeans to see Lake Chad in 1823. He returned to England in 1824 and two years later was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1826 he sailed to Sierra Leone as superintendent of libertated Africans and in 1828 he was appointed governor of Sierra Leone, but after administering the colony for five weeks he died of a fever at Freetown. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (London, National Portrait Gallery), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34955] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Diana The bright Diana and her Nymph were found, / Laid Side by side, & both a sleeping sound [...]
A. Watteau pinx. T. Ryley fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [c.1750]
Mezzotint, rare; platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins; 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
Diana and a nymph sleep, with a satyr looming over them. Mezzotint in reverse of an etching published in Jean de Jullienne's posthumous edition of prints after Watteau's drawings, traditionally known as the 'Recueil Jullienne'. Jullienne was one of the leading French amateurs and collectors of the eighteenth century and in assembling prints reproducing Watteau's drawings he did much to spread the artist's reputation outside France.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36208] £350.00

[Woman in enormous hat.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, 26 Feb.y 1778, as the Act directs.
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), with large margins. Uncut; glued to backing sheet along left side.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman holding quill and letter.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, and J. Smith No 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs, 1st January 1778
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 95mm (4¼ x 3½"), with large margins. Glued to backing sheet at lower left corner.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. Shows a woman holding a letter inscribed 'My Lord Duke' and seemingly contemplating what to write next. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Discovery or the angry Father.
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by Ja.s Ward, Painter & Engraver to H.R.H. the Princ[e of Wales.]
London Published Sept.r 25th 1809, by R. Lambe, 39, Fleet Street.
Large mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 745 x 545mm (29¼ x 21½") very large margins. Trimmed within plate, bottom right corner of inscription rebuilt.
A father discovers his daughter's love letters.
CS 38. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 56763] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Dishabille.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1776.]
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A woman in plain 17th century dress, including white cloth bonnet, fichu and apron, sitting before a mirror on her dressing table. The original painting by Gabriel Metsu, c.1665, is in the Harold Samuel collection of the Guildhall.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM 1861,1109.149, dated 'June 21 1776' in pencil. Goodwin: 179 iii of iii.
[Ref: 43548] £300.00

[Earl of Beaconsfield K.G.]
Professor H. Von Angeli. T. L. Atkinson.
London Published March 1st. 1878 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint on india with Printsellers' blindstamp. Platemark: 455 x 355mm (17¾ x 14"). One of 375 limited edition proofs. Very large margins.
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Viscount Hughenden of Hughenden, (1804-1881), British statesman and novelist who was twice prime minister (1868, 1874–80) and who provided the Conservative Party with a twofold policy of Tory democracy and imperialism. After Austrian painter Heinrich von Angeli, (1840-1925), engraved by Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-c.1890).
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennoz-Boyd.
[Ref: 39390] £420.00

Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Dogs Fighting. To the R.t Hon.ble Lord Charles Townshend, this Print is with permission dedicated by his lordship's most ob.t & hum.ble S.t. A. Cooper.
Painted by A. Cooper. Engraved by C. Turner. Printed by J.Lahee.
London, Published June 1, 1816, by A. Cooper No.10 Robert Street, Bedford Row. printed by J. lahee.
Mezzotint.. 380 x 410mm. Image of a stag on publication line. Margins slightly damaged. Light foxing to publication line.
Two terriers fighting over a bone.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1366] £420.00

Don Quichotte est servi par les demoiselles de la Duchesse. Tom. 3. Chap. 31.
Car Coypel Pinx.
[n.d., c.1724.]
Engraving on watermarked paper. Platemark: 320 x 350mm (12¼ x 13¾"). Very large margins. Uncut.
An elegant interior, with several young women dressing Don Quixote with a sash and cloak while, at left, Sancho Panza bows before two women, with his hat to his chest. An illustration from, 'Histoire de Don Quichotte de la Manche. Les principales aventures de l'admirable Don Quichotte.', by Louis Surugue, 1724.
Ex collection Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 39028] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Harry Dornton, The Go.___Beating the Watchmen___Pl.3
Publish'd Sept.r 26, 1803, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Late impression; trimmed inside margin lower edge; nicks in margins; 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
Scene from 'Road to Ruin', the major theatrical success of writer Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809). The play was first staged in 1792 and ran every season into the 1800s. The play satirises the reckless ways of Harry Dornton, who is shown here defending his friend against watchmen, a scene apparently set in Covent Garden Piazza.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36216] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutch Merchant.
[after Gerrit Dou.]
Printed for John Bowles and Son, at No. 13 _____ in Cornhill
Mezzotint, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins.
Engraving of Gerrit Dou's 'Herring Seller and Boy', c.1670-5 (New York, Leiden Collection). Dou (1613-75) was the most famous of the Leiden 'fine' painters (Leidse Fijnschilders), specialising in small, meticulously observed paintings. In particular he popularised the 'niche' format, incoporating window- and doorframes as framing devices in many of his works, as here.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36207] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutch Merchant.
[after Gerrit Dou]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Steet [c.1780]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Old ms in upper right margin. Creases at corners. Time stained.
Engraving in reverse of Gerrit Dou's 'Herring Seller and Boy', c.1670-5 (New York, Leiden Collection). Dou (1613-75) was the most famous of the Leiden 'fine' painters (Leidse Fijnschilders), specialising in small, meticulously observed paintings. In particular he popularised the 'niche' format, incoporating window- and doorframes as framing devices in many of his works, as here.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36206] £330.00

The Hon.ble Caroline Lucy Douglas. Proof.
Drawn by C.L.D. Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Glocester.
London: Pub.d & Sold by Edwd. Orme, Printseller to the King & Royal Family Bond Str.t Corner of Brook Street.
Proof mezzotint. 610 x 480mm (24 x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate mark at top, margins agged, tear entering plate on right,
A self-portrait of the daughter of the 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas, Caroline Lucy Douglas (1784-1857) standing on battlements. She married Vice Admiral Sir George Scott.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennoc Boyd. See Ref: 8282 for the pair.
[Ref: 56263] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Drinking Scene]
WB [William Baillie] 1765. A Ostade pinx.
Mezzotint. 305 x 250mm (12 x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
One of several prints after Dutch painter Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85), engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34677] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Too Young to Fly.
[after Hendrik Bloemaert]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Young boy holding a nest in the crook of his arm, containing three chicks. Copy of a much earlier (c.1625) etching by Cornelis Bloemaert after his brother Hendrik.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32368] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Andrew Drummond Esq.r.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 540 x 385mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Cut to image on 3 sides, old ink mss. in title area.
Andrew Drummond (1688-1769), seated on a rustic bench, holding walking stick and snuff box, dog beside him. He founded Drummonds Bank in Charing Cross in 1711, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
CS 48. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38195] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼").
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). See 14364.
Whitman: 5, II. Chaloner Smith: 41, ii of ii, published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14761] £350.00

[Portrait of François du Quesnoy] Hic ille est quondam Fratri vix dispar in arle, felix! [...]
Tabulae per A: Van Dyck ad vivum depictae R. Brookshaw fc.t
Bruxellis Annon Salutis 1779
Mezzotint, sheet 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; false margins added. Rare.
François du Quesnoy (1597-1643), sculptor and draughtsman, gesturing towards a small bust. Du Quesnoy moved to Rome in 1618 (he was a friend and housemate of Nicholas Poussin) and spent the rest of his life in Italy (earning the sobriquet 'il Fiammingo'- 'the Flemish'). Apparently after a portrait by Van Dyck, and published by the British engraver Richard Brookshaw when he was briefly resident in du Quesnoy's hometown of Brussels.
CS p.99; Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36373] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Viscount Duncan.
Painted by J.S.Copley R.A. Engraved by R.Earlom
Published & Sold March,1,1798, by J.S.Copley, George Street, Hanover Square.
Mezzotint, proof before full title. 510 x 360mm. Small hole on plate mark. Some surface abrasion.
Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1731-1804). His defeat of the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797, is considered one of the most significant in naval history. This portrait depicts Admiral Duncan on the deck of his flagship, the Venerable, during the battle.
CS 12. This proof state not listed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1385] £330.00

Lord Viscount Duncan.
D.Orme Pinx.t. Turner sculp.t.
Sold & Published March 1st 1798 by Mr. Orme 23 Holles Street Cavendish Sq.e & E.Orme, 25 Conduit Str.t Hanover Sq.e.
Mezzotint. 665 x 455mm. (26¼ x 18"), with large margins. Repaired tears to title area and on right edge of sheet in margin. Small stain to left of publication line.
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11th October 1797. This victory was considered one of the most significant actions in naval history and he is here seen on the desk of his flagship.
Whitman 164. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31528] £480.00

This Plate of The Right Hon.ble Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan when Victorious off Camperdown. Is by Permission, most humbly Dedicated to the Hon.ble Miss Jane Duncan, by her most obedient Servant. H.P. Danloux.
Painted by H.P. Danloux. Engraved by J.R. Smith, Engraver Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Published by H.P. Danloux No.11 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital, May.1.1800.
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 657 x 455mm. (25¾ x 18"). Publisher's red ink stamp in inscription area to lower right. Trimmed inside plate. Laid on backing board at edges.
A dramatic portrait of Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) in uniform on the deck of a ship, half-sitting on gun carriage. An officer is shouting upward through trumpet to the left, with billowing smoke behind. Duncan was an admiral who commanded the British North Sea fleet which achieved a resounding victory over the Dutch allies of the French Revolutionary government at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory was considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. Duncan was raised to the peerage as Viscount Duncan, of Camperdown, and Baron Duncan, and was awarded the 'Large Naval Gold Medal' and received an annual pension of £3,000, the biggest ever awared by the British government. The publisher, Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753-1809), left France during the French Revolution, but returned to Paris in 1800, the year this portrait was published.
Ex Collection: Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 57.
[Ref: 35654] £490.00

To the Worshipful Company of the Mistery of Goldsmiths in the City of London this plate is Humbly Dedicated by their most humble Servant G.Bockman. St. Dunstan was well-extracted, being related to King Athelston.
B. Pinxit & fecit 1743.
Trimmed to plate.
St. Dunstan (c.909-88), abbot of Glastonbury, bishop of Worcester, bishop of London, and archbishop of Canterbury, as well as serving as minister of state to several Saxon kings. A late C11th legend tells that the Devil tempted Dunstan disguised as a woman, but was caught by the nose with the tongs shown in this portrait.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 695] £660.00

Edward & Eliza.
Publish'd 12th. May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint with fine colour. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins.
A couple embracing in a wood, the man writing the woman's name on a tree. Originally published by Robert Sayer, 1787.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 51886] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Earl of Ulster, & Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
J.H.Schaak pinx.t. T.Burford fecit.
London, printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1765.]
Very fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm.
Edward Augustus (1739-1767), younger brother of George III, created Duke of York and Albany by George II (his grandfather) in 1760.
CS: 20. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5408] £650.00

Edwin.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds / Engraved by C.H. Hodges
Pub.d as the act directs Feb.y 18th by J. Rising No. 21 Princes St. Cav.sh Sq.re.
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Paper tone; good impression; collector's stamp of Bernard Houthakker verso. Slightly foxed.
Character study after a painting from the 1770s by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). When the painting was auctioned in 1796 it was identified as Edwin, the hero from 'The Minstrel', a poem published in 1771 by Reynolds' friend James Beattie. The poem describes the childhood of Edwin, a shepherd boy brought up in solitary, mountainous country, and his response to nature. William Wordsworth was among the many who admired the work. This impression formerly in the collection of Bernard Houthakker, 1884-1963), Amsterdam-based dealer and publisher. A particular focus of Houthakker's buying was the work of Charles Howard Hodges (1764-1837), a British portrait painter and engraver who moved to the Netherlands in 1792. Reynolds' painting was recently sold by Christie's (3 December 2013).
Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Hamilton p.147 (only state); L.1272. Ex Collection Lady Eva Dugdale, Sotheby's 27/10/1920.
[Ref: 36504] £320.00

[Elijah and the death of the widow's son.] And it came to pass after these things that the Son of the Woman the Mistress of the house fell sick, and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him. Kings Book 1st Cap 17th.
Painted by Prince Hoare. Engraved by James Walker.
Published as the act directs May 6th, 1782 by J. Walker. No. 51, Great Portland Street, Portland Place.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 400 x 355mm. (15¾ x 13¾"). Narrow margins on three sides.
While sheltering the prophet Elijah in her home Zarephath a widow grieves for her son, holding a veil to her face. Elijah appeals to God and the boy is restored to life. After Prince Hoare (1755-1834), portrait and history painter, writer on art and playwright.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 55299] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Regina Elizabetha Juris ac Libertatum Populi Sui Semper Conservatrix; et Afflictorum qua Patet Europa Vindex. Nata Grenvici 1553. Sept. 7. Sorori Successit in Regno 1558. Nov. 17. Obijt. 160? Mar. 24 Anno Aetatis 70.
F. Hillyard Pinx. m. J. Simon fecit.
Sold by E. Copper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street. cum privilego Reg.
A very fine and rare mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 361 x 256mm. 14¼ x 10". Laid on sheet.
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603); reigned 1558-1603. The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth came to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Mary I. Her long reign, beginning in 1558, saw the secure establishment of the Church of England. It was characterised by relative peace and prosperity, a great increase in foreign trade and exploration, and a flourishing literary culture. Despite receiving many proposals of marriage, Elizabeth remained single and became legendary as the 'virgin queen'.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12815] £330.00

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[John Ellis.]
[Engraved by Samuel Bellin after John Lucas.]
[n.d., c.1858.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters on chine collé. Platemark: 815 x 510mm (32 x 20"). Small tears to lower edge of sheet in margin.
John Ellis (1789-1862), Quaker, businessman and liberal reformer. He was Chairman of the Midland Railway 1849-58 and MP for Leicester between 1848-52. He attended the 1840 World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London and was included in Benjamin Robert Haydon's painting of the event, now in the NPG.
Ex collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The original painting is in the National Railway Museum
[Ref: 39247] £480.00

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