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![[Johan Witt]](jpegs/33964.jpg)
[Johan Witt] Johannes Witt Mercat Francof. Natus Hamburgi Anno MDCXLIII [...]
Warner Hassells Pinx. Johannes Smith Fecit Londini 1707.
Mezzotint, scarce; platemark 285 x 200mm (11¼ x 8"). Rubbed. Slightly broken platemark on left.
Portrait of Frankfurt merchant Johan Witt (1643-1703) with verses in German below, engraved by the celebrated mezzotinter John Smith after a portrait by the little-known Werner Hassel (1674-1710, fl.) who worked in London but probably came from Germany, where he also worked. Vertue recorded that the British artist George Lambert 'learnt of...Hassel', but whether he was Hassells' pupil is not proven.
CS 279 ii/ii; Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33964] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Warner Hassells Pinx. Johannes Smith Fecit Londini 1707.
Mezzotint, scarce; platemark 285 x 200mm (11¼ x 8"). Rubbed. Slightly broken platemark on left.
Portrait of Frankfurt merchant Johan Witt (1643-1703) with verses in German below, engraved by the celebrated mezzotinter John Smith after a portrait by the little-known Werner Hassel (1674-1710, fl.) who worked in London but probably came from Germany, where he also worked. Vertue recorded that the British artist George Lambert 'learnt of...Hassel', but whether he was Hassells' pupil is not proven.
CS 279 ii/ii; Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33964] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman holding a basket of Flowers, handing a garland to a small girl.]](jpegs/5634.jpg)
[Woman holding a basket of Flowers, handing a garland to a small girl.]
I.Smith ex:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 190mm. Trimmed to edge of plate.
Behind is a fountain with a peeing cherub.
Wessely calls this "Die beiden Schwestern". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5634] £350.00
I.Smith ex:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 190mm. Trimmed to edge of plate.
Behind is a fountain with a peeing cherub.
Wessely calls this "Die beiden Schwestern". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5634] £350.00
![[The Honble Dudley Woodbridg Esq: Director Genll of ye Royal Assiento Company of England in Barbados]](jpegs/40239.jpg)
[The Honble Dudley Woodbridg Esq: Director Genll of ye Royal Assiento Company of England in Barbados]
[G. Kneller Baronets pinx. 1718. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1718]
Rare mezzotint, platemark 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Thread margins; fine proof before letters; some marking in centre. Collector's stamp of the Royal Library, Windsor lower right.
Dudley Woodbridge (d.1721), director general of the South Sea Company (referred to on the lettered state of this print as the Royal Assiento Company), judge-advocate, and member of the 'Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts'. Woodbridge sat for Godfrey Kneller in London, holding his South Sea Company commission in his hand, testifying to the importance he attached to the post and Britain's grand vision of the riches that Spanish American trade would bring. At this time Barbados rather than Jamaica was the primary hub of the South Sea Company. Imagined view of ships on the Atlantic through window.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 280 (proof state not listed); L.2535. See Gregory E. O'Malley, 'Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807', p.231.
[Ref: 40239] £420.00
[G. Kneller Baronets pinx. 1718. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1718]
Rare mezzotint, platemark 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Thread margins; fine proof before letters; some marking in centre. Collector's stamp of the Royal Library, Windsor lower right.
Dudley Woodbridge (d.1721), director general of the South Sea Company (referred to on the lettered state of this print as the Royal Assiento Company), judge-advocate, and member of the 'Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts'. Woodbridge sat for Godfrey Kneller in London, holding his South Sea Company commission in his hand, testifying to the importance he attached to the post and Britain's grand vision of the riches that Spanish American trade would bring. At this time Barbados rather than Jamaica was the primary hub of the South Sea Company. Imagined view of ships on the Atlantic through window.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 280 (proof state not listed); L.2535. See Gregory E. O'Malley, 'Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807', p.231.
[Ref: 40239] £420.00
Henry Worster
T Murrey pinx: J. Smith fc: & ex: [c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 325 x 235mm (12¾ x 8¾") small margins.
Portrait after Thomas Murray (1663-1735), a popular portrait painter whose sitters included Queen Ann. Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 282
[Ref: 40238] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T Murrey pinx: J. Smith fc: & ex: [c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 325 x 235mm (12¾ x 8¾") small margins.
Portrait after Thomas Murray (1663-1735), a popular portrait painter whose sitters included Queen Ann. Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 282
[Ref: 40238] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Wycherley. AEtatis Suae 28. Quantum mutatus ab illo. Virg.
P. Lely Eques pinx. I. Smith fec. 1703.
Fine mezzotint, with small margins. Plate 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Laid on thin archival paper. Discolouring around corners of the plate.
Portrait of William Wycherley seen almost half-length to right within oval frame, head turned to face front, wearing loose gown, lace cravat and full wig. William Wycherley (1640-1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known are the plays 'The Country Wife' and 'The Plain Dealer'.
CS: 284.
[Ref: 53820] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lely Eques pinx. I. Smith fec. 1703.
Fine mezzotint, with small margins. Plate 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Laid on thin archival paper. Discolouring around corners of the plate.
Portrait of William Wycherley seen almost half-length to right within oval frame, head turned to face front, wearing loose gown, lace cravat and full wig. William Wycherley (1640-1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known are the plays 'The Country Wife' and 'The Plain Dealer'.
CS: 284.
[Ref: 53820] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
W. Wycherley. Ætatis Suæ 28. Quantus mutatus ab illo. Virg.
P. Lely Eques pinx. I. Smith fec. 1703.
Mezzotint. Plate: 265 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½").
Thread margins.
A portrait of poet and writer William Wycherley (1640-1716).
CS, 284. Ex: Collection of Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Lugt: I.F.P.
[Ref: 47622] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lely Eques pinx. I. Smith fec. 1703.
Mezzotint. Plate: 265 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½").
Thread margins.
A portrait of poet and writer William Wycherley (1640-1716).
CS, 284. Ex: Collection of Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Lugt: I.F.P.
[Ref: 47622] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Astarte & Zadig, vide Voltaires Book of Fate.
Painted by R.Home. (Richard Hone) Engrav'd by J.R.Smith.
London Published July 1st 1782 by J.R. Smith.
Mezzotint. 460 x 550mm. Printer's crease in sky area.
Lady reclining on ground, veil over head, writing on sand, behind youg man in eastern costume bending over her. 'Zadig, or The Book of Fate' (1747) is a famous novel written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.Lugt:2715a; Frankau:16 D'Oench:195 CS:181
[Ref: 5577] £550.00
Painted by R.Home. (Richard Hone) Engrav'd by J.R.Smith.
London Published July 1st 1782 by J.R. Smith.
Mezzotint. 460 x 550mm. Printer's crease in sky area.
Lady reclining on ground, veil over head, writing on sand, behind youg man in eastern costume bending over her. 'Zadig, or The Book of Fate' (1747) is a famous novel written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.Lugt:2715a; Frankau:16 D'Oench:195 CS:181
[Ref: 5577] £550.00