Grosvenor Prints

To His Excellency the Marquis of Circello, His Sicilian Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to his Britanic Majesty. This Portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson, Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, & K.B. is by Permission Dedicated.
Gahagon Model.r. Barnard Sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs 21t. Octr. 1805 being the day for commemorating his Lordship's ever memorable & Glorious Victory over the French, &c. &c. &c.
A rare mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Trimmed to within the platemark. Some light scuffing.
The bust of Horatio Nelson by Lawrence Gahagan (fl.1756-1820), engraved by William Barnard.
Parker: 687. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12414] £380.00

The most noble Lord Horatio Nelson. Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile.
Sir Wm. Beechey R.A. Richard Earlom 1805.
Published as the Act directs 17 June 1806.
Coloured stipple. 158 x 108mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Mount burn.
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (1758-1805), the British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He won several victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed.
[Ref: 30028] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Nelson.
Published by G. Smeeton, 17, St. Martin's Lane. [n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 114 x 76mm (4½ x 3") Cut and laid on card as normal.
Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), the celebrated Admiral of the Royal Navy, known for his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was shot and killed.
[Ref: 31181] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Admiral, Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. From the original Picture by Sir William Beechey, R.A. in the Possession of the Earl of St. Vincent.
Drawn by W. Evans. Engraved by R. Cooper.
Published June 21. 1815, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple, fine impression. Sheet: 275 x 385mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed within plate, some staining in bottom right corner and along top edge.
A half-length portrait of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (1758-1805), the British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He won several victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed.
[Ref: 42133] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Nelson.
[after Lemuel Francis Abbott.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
An oval portait of Admiral Lord Nelson.
[Ref: 42165] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Nelson.
Lith de. C. Motte. G. Grevedon 1826.
Lithograph, on chine collé. Sheet: 470 x 325mm (18½ x 12¾''). Slight stain at top.
A portrait of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805).
[Ref: 48626] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson. The Original Bust was executed in Marble from the Life, and presented to the City of London, by the Hon.ble Anne Seymour Bamer and is now placed in the Council Chamber of Guild Hall.
Engraved by Ja.s Godby.
Published July 10.th 1806 by Edw.d Orme Bond Street London.
Stipple. Plate: 350 x 235mm (13¾ x 9¼''). Diagonal creasing in bottom left corner
A print of a bust of Horation Nelson (1758-1805) who served as a naval commander during the Napoleonic Wars, famously defeating the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. A plate from 'Orme's Graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson...' 1806.
Abbey Life 327.
[Ref: 50894] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Tribute to the Memory of Horatio Nelson, Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile... The Nation's Fav'rite and his Sov.reign's Pride.
D. Orme Pinx & Sculp. Historical Engraver to His Majesty & the Prince of Wales.
Pub. Feb.y 14 1798 by D. Orme & E. Orme [but c.1805].
Letterpress broadside with stipple portrait by Orme. Framed, visible sheet 370 x 230mm (14½ x 9"). Some spotting.
A tribute to Admiral Nelson after his death at Trafalgar, illustrated with a portrait issued to celebrate his victory at the Battle of the Nile and verse written by William Thomas Fitzgerald (1759-1829), a writer of patriotic poetry.
[Ref: 55772] £350.00

[A marble bust of Admiral Lord Nelson carved by The Hon. Anne Seymour Damer, at the Guildhall, London.] PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT. THIS BUST OF LORD NELSON EXECUTED IN MARBLE BY THE HON.BLE ANNE SEYMOUR DAMER ON HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE NILE 1801 WAS PRESENTED BY HER TO THE CITY OF LONDON AND IS NOW PLACED IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER GUILDHALL.
Stipple engraving, sheet 740 x 555mm (29 x 21¾"). Trimmed inside platemark at top and bottom; slight creasing. Rare.
A marble bust of Admiral Lord Nelson after Anne Seymour Damer (1749-1828), sculptor and artist. Engraved by Charles Knight (1742 or 1743-in or after 1826). Full Face, in a niche, dressed in military uniform with medals, one of which reads: 'NILE AUGUST 1'.
O' Donoghue. Vol.3 p.316
[Ref: 27497] £460.00

Sr: Michl: Newton.
Humphrey Fect.
Published May 26 1774 by W. Humphrey.
Mezzotint. 110 x 150mm. Glued to scrap sheet top and bottom.
Sir Michael Newton, 4th Bt. [1695? - 1743].
CS: 14. II of II.
[Ref: 3381] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble. Sr. John Norris_Vice Admiral of England, Admiral and Commander in Chief of His Majesties Fleets &c_. and one of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council.
T. Burford ad vivum delin. et fecit.
Sold by T. Burford at the Golden Eagle in Villiers Street York Buildings. [n.d. c.1741.]
Mezzotint. 362 x 255mm. 14¼ x 10". Cut and laid. Some loss and damage to title area.
Sir John Norris (1660-1749), Admiral of the Fleet, was a British naval officer of the 17th and 18th centuries, serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy under George II.
CS: 11.
[Ref: 15371] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble. Sr. John Norris_Vice Admiral of England, Admiral and Commander in Chief of His Majesties Fleets &c_. and one of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council.
T. Burford ad vivum delin. et fecit.
Sold by T. Burford at the Golden Eagle in Villiers Street York Buildings. [n.d. c.1741.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed.
Sir John Norris (1660-1749), Admiral of the Fleet, was a British naval officer of the 17th and 18th centuries, serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy under George II.
CS: 11.
[Ref: 48803] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Honble: Sr: Chaloner Ogle Rear Admiral of the Bleu, He commanded the division which Attackt & took the Forts Chamba St. Iago, & St. Phillip, at Carthagena.
G. Hicks Pinx. Rob. Tims Fecet, But J. Faber.
[n.d. c.1740]
Altered plate. A rare and fine mezzotint. 351 x 249mm. Cut to the platemark.
Sir Chaloner Ogle (1681-1750) was an Admiral of the Fleet in the British navy. He was of the Kirkley Hall branch of the prominent Northumbrian Ogle family of Northumberland. In 1721 he commanded HMS Swallow leading the fleet in action off the West African coast. In 1722 he defeated the pirate fleet of Bartholomew Roberts, for which success he was awarded a knighthood. He was the only British naval officer to be honoured specifically for his actions against pirates. He also profited financially, taking gold dust from two of Roberts' ships, the Royal Fortune and Ranger. His crew did not receive their share until Ogle was reluctantly forced to give it to them by the legal system, three years later. Captain Chaloner Ogle claimed to have missed out on the treasure which the pirates had left on their third ship, the Little Ranger, when they sailed to their last engagement with the Swallow. By the time Ogle and his men arrived to take the treasure in the Little Ranger it had gone, with Captain Hill of the merchant ship Neptune, who had been trading with the pirates. Several weeks after the defeat of Bartholomew Roberts, however, Captain Ogle and Captain Hill had both sailed across the Atlantic and were in Port Royal at the same time. Even if this is assumed to be a coincidence, it seems nearly inconceivable that Captain Ogle, who was already swindling his own crew, would not have then confronted Captain Hill, who in theory Ogle could easily have had hanged for trading with pirates. It therefore seems likely that the larger part of Bartholomew Robert's treasure ended up in the hands of Captain Ogle, and some part in the hands of Captain Hill. In 1741 as Rear Admiral of the Blue he led the British attack on three forts at Cartagena, Colombia during a disastrous campaign in the War of Jenkins' Ear. In 1742 he was accused of an alleged assault upon Edward Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica but his career survived and he was appointed Admiral of the White and in 1747 Admiral of the Fleet.
C.S. 216 III of III. Not in Parker. In the NMM. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12438] £320.00

[Hyde Parker Esq, Vice Admiral of the Blue, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships in the North Sea, on the 5th of August 1781]
[Engraved from an original painting of J. Northcote in the possession of John Parker Esqr. by J.R. Smith, & publishd by him Septemr 27th 1781 at No. 83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street, London]
Mezzotint 285 x 355mm, Trimmed at bottom, removing the uncleaned title plate.
Sir Hyde Parker I was promoted to rear-admiral in 1778. After naval victories against the French in the Caribbean, he returned home and engaged the Dutch fleet near the Dogger Bank in 1781. In December 1782, he set sail in HMS Cato to take up a posting in Bombay. The Cato was never heard of again. It is thought to have sunk off the Maldives. Among those lost were Sir Harry and his young son, who was also serving on board as a midshipman.
CS:132.i
[Ref: 14787] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Hyde Parker Bar.t Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet; Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships at St. Lucia [...]
G. Romney pinx.t Engrav'd by C. Townley Member of the Imperial Academy in Florence
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1 1785, by C. Townley No.15 Duke Street, St James's
Mezzotint, platemark 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins. Repaired tear on right; fold through title area; collector's stamp of Mrs E.M. Hamilton verso.
Sir Hyde Parker, fifth baronet (1714-1782/3), naval officer. Parker spent his career in the navy and was promoted to rear-admiral in 1778, travelling as second in command in the squadron going out to North America with Vice-Admiral John Byron during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). After naval victories against the French in the Caribbean, Parker was promoted vice-admiral and commanded a squadron in the North Sea, engaging the Dutch fleet near the Dogger Bank in 1781. After the battle he resigned, blaming himself for the squadrons failure to secure a decisive victory despite the attempts of George III to persuade him otherwise (Parker told the king the navy needed younger commanders and newer ships). Fine mezzotint after the portrait by Romney (in or before 1782/3) in Melford Hall, Suffolk, a version of which is in the National Maritime Museum, London, which shows Parker gesturing to the Dogger Bank action behind him.
CS 17; stamp not in Lugt.
[Ref: 46780] £380.00

Sir Hyde Parker, Captain of the Phoenix.
Painted by George Romney. Engraved by James Walker.
[London: James Walker, 1780.]
Mezzotint with separate title plate, total 660 x 390mm (26 x 15½"). Trimmed into title plate, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
Full length portrait of Sir Hyde Parker (1714-1782/3), in uniform, unsheathed sword in right hand, his ship in the background firing its guns. As captain of HMS Phoenix Parker broke the defences of the North River at New York in 1776, during the American Revolution, earning him a knighthood in 1779.
CS 12. II of II. Horne 94. Ex: collection of Minto Wilson.
[Ref: 57389] £500.00

[Mutineer] Richard Parker. Engraved from an original Drawing, taken on board the Neptune, during his Trial.
I. Cruickshank del. G. Murray sculp.
London. Published July 14.th 1797 _by W. Nichol, No. 51, St. Pauls Church Yard.
Fine engraving. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"), with large margins.
Richard Parker (1767-97), a sailor executed for his role as president of the so-called 'Floating Republic', during the Spithead and Nore mutinies of May June 1797. He was hanged from the yardarm of HMS Sandwich, his ship.
[Ref: 62106] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Parker, mutineer.]
[after Samuel Drummond.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters, printed on chine collé. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6") Small margins.
Richard Parker (1767-97), a sailor executed for his role as president of the so-called 'Floating Republic', during the Spithead and Nore mutinies of May June 1797. He was hanged from the yardarm of HMS Sandwich, his ship. After a portrait by Samuel Drummond, engraved by William Bromley in 1797.
[Ref: 62108] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Commodore Payne.
Orme Jun.r Sculp. 1795.
Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1. 1795.
Stipple, 4¼ x 3¼"[image size].
John Willett Payne (1752-1803): Saw much service during the war of the American revolution, and at peace became a boon companion and private secretary to George Prince of Wales.
Ref: Parker, p36.
[Ref: 4490] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Commodore Payne.
Orme Jun.r Sculp. 1795
Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1 1795
Stipple, 185 x 120mm. 7¼ x 4¾". Foxing around image and in title area.
Rear-Admiral John Willett Payne (1752-1803). A senior member of the British navy who was also a close friend to Prince George during his first regency. He was noted for his bravery in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars and was made Rear-Admiral in 1799.
[Ref: 8732] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The Right Honourable Edward Pellew.]
[Painted by Thos. Lawrence Esqr. R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.]
[London, Published Octr.12, 1815 by Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. Cockspure Street, Haymarket.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. Collector's mark on verso. 350 x 252mm. 13¾ x 10". Cut, damaged lower right.
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833) was a British naval officer who fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary, and the Napoleonic Wars. In 1804 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, and in 1809 when he returned from the East he was appointed to the position of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1811 to 1814 and again from 1815 to 1816. On returning to England he became Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1817 to 1821, when he effectively retired from active service. In 1814 he was made Baron Exmouth and led an Anglo-Dutch fleet against the Barbary states was victor of the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816, which secured the release of the 1,200 Christian slaves in the city. For this action he was created 1st Viscount Exmount on 10 December 1816. In 1832 he was appointed Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom.
Lugt: 1425: Revd. J. Burleigh James (19th Century), English Protestant Minister. See NPG: D1893. Whitman: 190 [proof, undescribed state].
[Ref: 24755] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Admiral Penn. One of Cromwell's Admiral's who took Jamaica from the Spaniards from the Original Picture.
Sr. P. Lely pinxt. R. Earlom sculpt.
London Published by S. Woodburn, 1811.
A fine mezzotint impression. Image 158 x 108mm. Cut to the image and surrounded by an extra paper sheet.
Sir William Penn (1621-1670) was an English admiral, and the father of William Penn, founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. He served his apprenticeship at sea with his father. In the first Civil War he fought on the side of the parliament, and was in command of a ship in the squadron maintained against the king in the Irish seas. The service was arduous and called for both energy and good seamanship. In 1648 he was arrested and sent to London, but was soon released, and sent back as rear admiral in the Assurance. The exact cause of the arrest is unknown, but it may be presumed to have been that he was suspected of being in correspondence with the king's supporters. In the First Anglo-Dutch War, he served in the navy of the Commonwealth of England, commanding squadrons at the battles of the Kentish Knock (1652), Portland, the Gabbard and Scheveningen (1653). In 1654 he accepted the naval command in the expedition to the West Indies sent out by Cromwell. In 1655 he commanded the fleet that launched a bungled attack on La Hispaniola. Afterwards the less desirable island of Jamaica was seized for the Commonwealth regime. On their return he and his military colleague Venables were sent to the Tower. He made humble submission, and when released retired to the estate he had received from confiscated land in Ireland. In the Second Anglo-Dutch War he was captain of the fleet at the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665 under James Stuart, Duke of York.
[Ref: 12693] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Arthur Phillip Esq. Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron.
Page sc.
Pub. Jan 31 1812 by Joyce Gold, 103, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London.
Stipple. On watermarked paper, 'H. Smith 1810.' Sheet size: 220 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"). Trimmed inside plate. Nick to right edge of sheet.
A portrait of Arthur Phillip (1738 -1814), half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, with his hair curled and powdered, in gold-laced naval uniform buttoned to the chest with the lapels turned back, and an epaulette on his shoulder. An illustration to the Naval Chronicle. Phillip was a Royal Navy officer, the first Governor of New South Wales and founder of the British penal colony that later became the city of Sydney, Australia.
Kivell & Spence: Pg 250
[Ref: 37154] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sr. Piercy Brett K.t
Miller sculp.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 114 x 77mm. 4½ x 3".
Sir Peircy Brett (1709-1781) of Beckenham, Kent, was master attendant of Sheerness and Chatham Docks. In 1745 as Rear Admiral, he fell in with the French ship 'Elisabeth', which was convoying the frigate on board which Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, was taking passage to Scotland. In 1766 he was made Lord of the Admiralty, a post which he held until 1770 when he became a vice-admiral. Brett became an admiral in 1778 and was buried in a church vault in Beckenham, Kent.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25382] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Charles Morice Pole, Bar.t K.G.C.B. Admiral of the Red.
Painted by Sir. Will.m Beechey R.A. Portrait Painter to Her late Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Duke andDuchess of Gloucester. Engraved by Will.m Say. Engraver to their Royal Highness the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester.
92 Norton Street, Fitzroy Square, 1820.
Mezzotint with very large margins. Platemark: 395 x 285mm (15½ x 11¼"). Fine impression. Very light spotting in margins.
A portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morice Pole, 1st Baronet (1757 - 1830), half-length, standing, in naval uniform, directed to the left, facing and looking to the left. Pole entered the Royal Academy in 1770 and served in the East Indies. He had also participated in the siege of Pondicherry and at the occupation of Toulon in 1793. Pole was promoted rear-admiral in 1795 and served in the West Indies. He was promoted Admiral of the Fleet in 1830. Pole was appointed governor of Newfoundland on 3 June 1800. His term ended in 1801.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36552] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Home Popham, R.M. & F.R.S.
Painted by Mather Brown. Engraved by Anthy. Cardon.
London: Published 1807, by Anthy. Cardon, 37 London Street, Fitzroy Square.
A rare and fine stipple engraving. 455 x 365mm (18 x 14¼"). Cut to the platemark.
Sir Home Riggs Popham (1762-1820), who served in the Royal Navy at the Battle of Copenhagen, Trafalgar and the British invasion of the Río de la Plata in 1806. He wrote the signal flag code the Navy adopted in 1803, most famously used by Nelson to send the signal "England expects that every man will do his duty". He retired with the rank of Rear-Admiral.
Not in Parker. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12391] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Home Popham, R.M. & F.R.S.
Painted by Mather Brown. Engraved by Anthy. Cardon.
London: Published 1807, by Anthy. Cardon, 37 London Street, Fitzroy Square.
A rare and fine stipple engraving. 455 x 365mm (18 x 14¼"), with large margins. Margins messy.
Sir Home Riggs Popham (1762-1820), who served in the Royal Navy at the Battle of Copenhagen, Trafalgar and the British invasion of the Río de la Plata in 1806. He wrote the signal flag code the Navy adopted in 1803, most famously used by Nelson to send the signal "England expects that every man will do his duty". He retired with the rank of Rear-Admiral.
[Ref: 52682] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Rear Adm.l Pringle. From the original Picture in the Possession of Francis Stephen Esq.r.
Stuart pinx.t. Orme Jun.r sculp.
Sold & Published March 25, 1797, by Orme Jun.r, 25 Conduit Street, London.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Uncut. 180 x 125m (7 x 5"). Crease in very large margins.
Head & shoulders portrait of Thomas Pringle, a Royal Navy officer who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars, once described by Nelson as 'my particular friend, and a man of great honour'. He died in Edinburgh in 1803.
Pringle is amongst those portrayed in the large print commemorating the Glorious 1st of June [1794], for which see ref. 5572
[Ref: 31989] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Walter Rawleigh. Rawleigh, alike eminent in the field, and in the closet, presents a life the most fertile of incidents, of all our illustrious men. He was descended from an ancient family in Devonshire; and, while at Oxford, displayed uncommon talents, and a passion for academical studies; but the activity of his temper led him to more enterprizing schemes of life...This illustrious man was, at once, a scholar, a statesman, a navigator, and a soldier. We know not in which to admire him most-such was the felicity and rarity of his genius!
From Houbraken. Audinot sc.
Pub.d Harrison & Co. April 1.1794.
Engraving. Plate of image 64 x 58mm (2½ x 2¼"). Printed area 190 x 89mm (7½ x 3½"). Cut.
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh, 1552? - 1618), famed naval commander, explorer and author.
[Ref: 28931] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The true Effigies of ye Hon.ble Sr. Walter Rawlegh Knig['ht' missing].
[n.d., c. 1670.]
Etching, sheet 132 x 81mm. Trimmed to image and into lettering.
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh), famed naval commander, explorer and author (1552? - 1618). By Frederick Hendrick Van Hove (1628/1630 - 1698), after Simon De Passe.
[Ref: 7789] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Tam Marti, Quam Mercurio. The Hoble. and Learned Knight Sr. Walter Raleigh.
[Ro: Vaughan sculp.]
[n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving. Image 95 x 58mm. 3¾x 2¼".
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh), famed naval commander, explorer and author (1552? - 1618). By Robert Vaughan (c.1600 - c.1663), copied from a 1614 engraving by Simon De Passe.
See: Hind III.61.48.
[Ref: 16189] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The true Effigies of ye Hon.ble S.r Walter Rawlegh Knight.
F.H.Van.Hove. Sculp:
[n.d. c.1680].
Etching. Plate 140 x 88mm. 5½ x 3½".
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh), famed naval commander, explorer and author (1552? - 1618).
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18496] £125.00 (£150.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Walter Ralegh.
J. Houbraken sculpsit Amst.
Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1739.
Copper engraving. 380 x 240mm (9½ x 14½"), with wide margins.
Sir Walter Ralegh (or Raleigh, 1554? - 1618], explorer, published in the 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. He sponsored one of the first English attempts to colonise North America, the ill-fated Roanoke colony, and led two expeditions to discover El Dorado, the City of Gold, in South America. Ralegh was also 'a soldier in Ireland; a sailor [...] celebrant of colonialism (in his 'Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana' of 1596); a poet; a dancer; a royal favourite who brilliantly mastered the Elizabethan court rhetoric of chaste love only to plummet into disfavour after a marriage the Queen didn't like; an enthusiastic brawler who laughed throughout the Earl of Essex's execution; and atheist; and an associate of what Nicholas Popper calls "poet-ruffians". He was also [...] a prisoner, condemned to the Tower of London for his part in a plot to promote Arabella Stuart to the throne.' (Adam Smyth, 'Wrong Rivers' in TLS June 14 2013).
Ver Huell 13. Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 53631] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Robert, Earle of Warwicke, and Lord Rich of Leeze, etc.
[engraved by William Faithorne, c.1640-5]
Engraving, 96 x 73mm (3¾ x 2¾"). Laid on backing sheet with surrounding frame added in watercolour.
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658), naval officer and colonial promoter mostly associated with the island of Catalina (Providencia) off Nicaragua, where he arrived in 1629 to set up plantations. He was a supporter of Puritan and Parliamentarian causes. Engraved by William Faithorne (c.1620-91), one of the most significant and prolific printmakers in seventeenth-century Britain. This print was originally engraved on the same plate as a portrait of Henry Rich, Earl of Holland
see Fagan p.66, state ii/ii (the plate divided). Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25475] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Capt. Edw.d Riou.
From the Miniature by Shelley. Engraved by Ja.s Heath A.R.A.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, open letter proof. Sheet: 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6''). Trimmed. Crease in bottom left border.
A portrait of naval officer Edward Riou (1762-1801) who served as midshipman of Capt. James Cook's Third Voyage to Australia and received his command of the former frigate HMS Guardian transporting convicts to Australia. Attempting to replenish their fresh water supplies the ship Riou ordered the Guardian be sailed close to an iceberg, boats were sent out to gather the ice but when all had returned a fog descended hiding the iceberg from view. After careful sailing, using lookouts it seemed the ship had managed to avoid hitting the iceberg, however the ship was caught in a gust of wind and was driven into the wall of ice nearly sinking outright. After several attempts to stop the flooding into the damaged hull, most of the crew abandoned ship. Despite fully anticipating his death, Riou refused to leave his ship, and he and a few others were left to attempt the nearly impossible task of navigating the sinking ship several hundred leagues towards the Cape of Good Hope. After nine weeks at sea, and with continued labour and endurance, Riou successfully navigated his half-sunk ship back to port, saving the lives of those who had elected to remain with him. Riou negotiated the pardon of the few remaining convicts left on board.
[Ref: 48730] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Admiral Robert Roddam.]
[L.F. Abbot Pinxt. Henry Hudson Fecit.]
[Published June 1st 1789.]
Mezzotint. Plate 335 x 274mm. 13¼ x 10¾". Trimmed to plate. Some staining and creasing. Surface rubbing.
Admiral Robert Roddam (1719-1808) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He survived to see the French Revolutionary and Napleonic Wars.
CS: 8 [undescribed].
[Ref: 17950] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord George Brydges Rodney].
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. P.W. Tomkins pupil of F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
Publish'd according to Act of Parlt. April 26th 1781 by I. Walker Strand.
Stipple engraving printed in sanguine, with very large margins. 125 x 175mm. 5 x 7". Light paper discolouration.
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney [1719 - 1792] became a national hero when in 1780 he defeated a Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, thus relieving Gibraltar. His crowning victory was at the Battle of the Saintes off Dominica, when on 12 April with thirty-five sail of the line he defeated the Comte de Grasse, who had thirty-three sail. The French inferiority in numbers was more than counterbalanced by the greater size and superior sailing qualities of their ships, yet five were taken and one sunk, after eleven hours' fighting. This important battle saved Jamaica and ruined French naval prestige.
See Hamilton: p.61 "Others, small, by Robinson, Scrivem &c., when Lord Rodney.
[Ref: 6158] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The Right Hon.ble Lord Rodney K.B. Vice Adm.l of Great Britain & Adm.l of the White &c &c &c]
[Painted by Thomas Gainsborough R.A. Engraved by G. Dupont]
[Published 12th. April, 1788. by B. Beale Evans in the Poultry, London.]
Mezzotint, a very fine proof before letters. 610 x 390mm (24 x 15¼"), with large margins. Slight paper tone.
A full-length portrait of George Bridges Rodney (1719 - 1792), first Baron Rodney, naval officer and politician, famous for his victories against the Spanish off Cape St. Vincent in 1780, relieving Gibraltar, and against the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the Caribbean in 1782. The Hon. Thomas Harley commissioned Gainsborough to paint this portrait (now Earl of Rosebery collection, Dalmeny) to commemmorate the Battle of the Saintes. It was engraved by the artist's nephew Gainsborough Dupont.
Horne 57 ii; CS 9 (undescribed state); Russell 9 i.
[Ref: 36624] £950.00

Sir George Brydges Rodney, Bar.t Admiral of the White; Who sailed fro England Dec.r 27th 1779 with Prince William Henry, on board his Squadron: Defeated the Sapnish Fleet of Cape St Vincent, near the Straits Mouth 16th Jan 1780; relieved Gibraltar, & then proceeded to the protection of the West Indian Islands.
[after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1782].
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") very large margins Mint.
Three-quarter length portrait of George Brydges Rodney (1718-92), 1st Baron Rodney, in uniform, leaning on an anchor. Joshua Reynolds painted with portrait in 1759, celebrating Rodney being appointed a rear admiral. Later Carington Bowles published a version of the portrait altered to show Rodney as an older man, wearing his order of the Bath.
[Ref: 56435] £360.00

The Right Hon.ble Lord Rodney K.B. Vice Adm.l of Great Britain & Adm.l of the White &c &c &c.
Painted by Thomas Gainsborough R.A. Engraved by G. Dupont.
Published 12th. April, 1788. by B. Beale Evans in the Poultry, London.
Mezzotint. 610 x 390mm (24 x 15¼"). Trimmed close to plate at bottom, stitch holes through inscription area. Small margins.
A full-length portrait of George Bridges Rodney (1719 - 1792), first Baron Rodney, naval officer and politician, famous for his victories against the Spanish off Cape St. Vincent in 1780, relieving Gibraltar, and against the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the Caribbean in 1782. The Hon. Thomas Harley commissioned Gainsborough to paint this portrait (now Earl of Rosebery collection, Dalmeny) to commemmorate the Battle of the Saintes. It was engraved by the artist's nephew Gainsborough Dupont.
CS 9; Russell 9 ii
[Ref: 48868] £450.00

The Right Hon.ble Lord Rodney &c &c &c.
Painted by Tho.s Gainsborough. Engraved by G. Dupont.
Published 12th. April, 1788. by B. Beale Evans in the Poultry, London.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 610 x 390mm (24 x 15¼"). Some spotting.
A full-length portrait of George Bridges Rodney (1719 - 1792), first Baron Rodney, naval officer and politician, famous for his victories against the Spanish off Cape St. Vincent in 1780, relieving Gibraltar, and against the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the Caribbean in 1782. The Hon. Thomas Harley commissioned Gainsborough to paint this portrait (now Earl of Rosebery collection, Dalmeny) to commemmorate the Battle of the Saintes. It was engraved by the artist's nephew Gainsborough Dupont.
CS 9; Russell 9. Horne 57 II of IV. Ex: collection of Minto Wilson.
[Ref: 57390] £750.00

The Right Honble. Sr. George Rooke Vice Admiral of England, &c. Admiral and Commander in Cheife of Her Majesties Fleet, &c. And one of Her majesties most Honourable Prive Council.
M. Dahll pinx. 1704. R. Williams fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Plate 343 x 260mm. 13½ x 10¼". Trimmed to just outside the plate. Paper tone and some spotting.
Sir George Rooke [1650 - 1709], admiral of the fleet.
[Ref: 14262] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir George Rooke, From an Original Drawing the Property of Vice Admiral Kingsmill.]
J. Faber del. 1703. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1794.
[London, Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1794. by R. Faulder Bond Street.]
Stipple with engraving, proof before title and publisher's inscription. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed just inside plate, slight creasing.
Portrait of Admiral Sir George Rooke [1650 - 1709], with a long periwig, in plate armour with a sash over his shoulder gathered with a brooch, a steinkirk tied at his throat. Published in John Charnock's 'Biographia Navalis'.
De V: 898 I of II.
[Ref: 44162] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Captain Ross.
Drawn & Engraved by Page & Son.
[n.d., c1810.]
Engraving. Plate: 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed to plate.
A half-length portrait of Admiral Sir John Ross (1777-1856) a British naval officer and arctic explorer. Behind him is a scene showing a man in a canoe within an arctic scene.
[Ref: 45956] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

H.J. Rous [facsimile signature.]
A d'Orsay fecit 5 March 1842 - [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street. C. Graf, Lith. to Her Majesty.
Lithograph, india paper. 210 x 165mm. (8¼ x 6½"). Fales margins added.
Portrait of Henry John Rous (1795 - 1877), admiral and sportsman. He served in the Indian and New Holland stations from 1823 to 1829. In April 1827, he organised Sydney's first regatta. In August 1828, he explored the Tweed and Richmond Rivers in northeastern New South Wales. While in Moreton Bay he named Rous Channel, Dunwich, Queensland, Stradbroke Island after his family titles and influenced the naming of Ipswich, Queensland. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
O'Donoghue p.618.
[Ref: 21870] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Honble: William Rowley Esqr: Vice Admiral of the White and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean 1745.
J. Brooks Fecit
Sod by T. Jefferys at the Corner of St. Martins Lane Charing Cross and W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge.
Mezzotint with small margins, fine; platemark 355 x 255mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Slight foxing; ms lower right 'Capt. 26 June 1716'
William Rowley (c.1690-1768), K.B., naval officer, beside a cannon. He greatly distinguished himself in the lost Battle of Toulon (1744) on HMS Stirling Castle. He became Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean in 1745 for the rest of the War of Austrian Succession. He successfully kept the Spanish and French fleets in their harbours. He became Rear-Admiral in 1749, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1751 and Admiral of the Fleet on December 17, 1762. He was also a Knight in the Order of the Bath. He entered Parliament in 1750 as member for Taunton, and represented that town until 1754. in that year he was chosen to represent Portsmouth until 1761.
Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 29 ii/ii
[Ref: 36510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Honble: William Rowley Esqr: Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean 1745.
Arnulphy Pinxt. 1743. J. Faber fecit 1745.
Sold by J. Faber in Bloomsbury Square, T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & J. Bowles in Cornhill.
A fine mezzotint. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
William Rowley (c.1690-1768), K.B., was Admiral of the Fleet in the British Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament. He was a Knight in the Order of the Bath and entered Parliament in 1750 as member for Taunton, and represented that town until 1754 when he was chosen to represent Portsmouth until 1761.
C.S. 308 only state. Not in Parker.
[Ref: 48689] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honoble. Admiral Russell.
Printed & Sold by Tho: Bakewell Next ye Horn Tavern in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 205 x 155mm. Trimmed to plate and glued at left corners to an album page.
Edward Russell, Earl of Orford [1653-1727], Admiral. Probably a mid-18th century reissue by Bakewell of an earlier plate. After the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
[Ref: 490] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble: Edward Earl of Orford First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty &c. Anno 1715.
Cum privelegio Regis.
Sold by Tim: Jordan & Tho: Bakewell at the Golden Lyon in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to the platemark. Repaired hole to the top part of the image. Small stain to the bottome left-hand corner.
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653-1727) was the First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III. He was one of the first gentleman officers of the Royal Navy regularly bred to the sea. In 1671, he was named Lieutenant at the age of eighteen and was promoted to Captain in the following year. In the Third Anglo-Dutch War he saw active service in the North Sea in 1672 and 1673. Russell later served in the Mediterranean in the operations against the Barbary Pirates with Sir John Narborough and Arthur Herbert from 1676 to 1682. In 1683 he ceased to be employed, as all of the members of the Russell family had fallen into disfavour with the King after the discovery of Lord Russell's connection with the Rye House Plot. In 1688, Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English nobleman who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking William of Orange to depose King James II. In the subsequent War of the Grand Alliance, Russell served at sea, commanding a fleet after 1690. In 1692, Russell was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at Barfleur, and destroyed much of it at La Hogue, his victory there being the decisive naval battle of the war. Russell became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699. He served in the Mediterranean from 1694 to 1695 and was created Baron Shingey, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford in 1697.
C.S. 77 18th Century. Not in Parker. In the NMM. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12470] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Russell Esqr. One of their Maties. most Honoble. Privy Council, Admiral of their Maties. Fleet & Treasurer of their Maties. Navy. &c.
I. Gole F: et Exc: Cum Privit: Amstelodami.
[n.d. c.1720.]
A very fine and rare mezzotint. Plate 291 x 211mm. Trimmed to just outside of the platemark.
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653-1727) was the First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III. He was one of the first gentleman officers of the Royal Navy regularly bred to the sea. In 1671, he was named Lieutenant at the age of eighteen and was promoted to Captain in the following year. In the Third Anglo-Dutch War he saw active service in the North Sea in 1672 and 1673. Russell later served in the Mediterranean in the operations against the Barbary Pirates with Sir John Narborough and Arthur Herbert from 1676 to 1682. In 1683 he ceased to be employed, as all of the members of the Russell family had fallen into disfavour with the King after the discovery of Lord Russell's connection with the Rye House Plot. In 1688, Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English nobleman who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking William of Orange to depose King James II. In the subsequent War of the Grand Alliance, Russell served at sea, commanding a fleet after 1690. In 1692, Russell was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at Barfleur, and destroyed much of it at La Hogue, his victory there being the decisive naval battle of the war. Russell became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699. He served in the Mediterranean from 1694 to 1695 and was created Baron Shingey, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford in 1697.
Not in Parker. In the NMM. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12471] £320.00

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