Grosvenor Prints

The Duke of Queensbury & Dover presenting the Act of Union to Queen Ann.
Hamilton delin. A.W.Warren sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs September 3; 1803 by J. Stratford N.o.112 Holborn Hill.
Engraving. 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"), with wide margins. Some light creasing.
An interior scene in which Queen Anne (1665-1714), who sits on the throne, is presented with the Acts of Union, signed 1st May 1707, which united Scotland and England and formed Great Britain.
[Ref: 36828] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The Duke of Queensbury & Dover presenting the Act of Union to Queen Ann.
Hamilton delin. A.W.Warren sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs September 3; 1803 by J. Stratford N.o.112 Holborn Hill.
Engraving. 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"), with large margins. Some spotting.
An interior scene in which Queen Anne (1665-1714), who sits on the throne, is presented with the Acts of Union, signed 1st May 1707, which united Scotland and England and formed Great Britain. From Lyttleton's 'History of England'.
[Ref: 67071] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Ancient English Wake. Still dost thou ask what charm, what sacred pow'r, Upheld my frame in dangers' rudest hour?...Stiil, as the tenor of my way I kept, O'er thee, O Father, fond remembrance wept: Vide Jerninghams' Ancient English Wake.
W.Hamilton Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t J.Chapman Sculp.t
Publish'd May 10th.1794, by Tho.s Mackling, Poets Gallety, Fleet Street, London.
Stipple. Plate 432 x 503mm. 17 x 19¾". Some creasing.
A woman standing holding up a reliquary in her left hand. A man seated in a princely tent leans forward. She uses both hands to gesture towards men and women who dance and feast at a wake. A bard plays a harp in the left foreground.
See BM: 1871,0812.2816.
[Ref: 17340] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Death of Arcite No. 2 of Macklin's British Poets Vide Chaucers Palamen & Arcite moderniz'd by Dryden.
W. Hamilton R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A & Engraver to his Majesty sculpt.
London. Pubd. Feby. 20. 1790 by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Stipple engraving with etching, 430 x 500mm, very large margins. Small tears repaired with tape, one just going into the plate mark at the top. Two small holes in image.
Arcite on his deathbed, wounded in a joust he held with his sworn brother Palamon to compete for the love of Emelye. She stands beside the bed, her hand in his, removing her veil, while Palamon approaches on the right and Theseus sits watching on the left. Illustration from 'Palamon and Arcite' by John Dryden (1631 - 1700), based on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Tale of the Knight). Published by Thomas Macklin (c.1760 - 1800) for his series of 'British Poets', begun in 1787.
[Ref: 63752] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Staff of the Army, Quater Master General, or Adjutant General, (not being General Officers) Ass.t. Quarter Master or Ass.t. Adjutant General Soldiers of the Royal Staff Corps.
C. H. S. Aquatinted by J. C. Smith.
London Pub.d. Jan.y. 1813 by Colnaghi & C.o. 23 Cockspur Street.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"). Three holes in the left-hand margins from binding.
Exterior scene. A mounted Adjutant General points to his Assistant Adjutant General who stands beside him. Two soldiers walk behind and a camp is situated behind. From "Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations of 1812".
Ogilvy 870.
[Ref: 33477] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Attack on Gibraltar in 1781, by the Spanish Floating Batteries.
Hamilton R.A. del.t Wells delt.
[Bunney & Gold, 1804.]
Aquatint. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9". Slightly cut.
The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. It was the longest siege endured by the British Armed Forces. In November 1781 the British garrison filed silently out of the defence works and made a surprise sortie. They routed the whole body of the besieging infantry in the trenches, set their batteries on fire, blew up and spiked their cannon, destroyed their entrenchments, and killed or took prisoner a large number of the Spaniards.
Parker: 92, i. NMM: PAI2904; for another item demonstrating the floating batteries used to attack Gibraltar, see ref. 13789
[Ref: 25156] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

In Testimony of Esteem & Regard, for his many amiable Qualities; To William Aldersey Esq: President of the Board of Trade in Bengall, This View of the Island of Ouby, from Freshwater Bay, on Batchian; Is inscribed by his most affectionate Cousin, & humble Servt. Thos. Forrest.
W. Hamilton del: J. Caldwall sculp.
Pub.d as the Act directs Jany. 30, 1779, by Capt. T. Forrest.
Etching, 233 x 290mm. Crease through upper left corner of image.
A view on Bacan (formerly Bachan, Bachian or Batchian), an island in Indonesia, with a distant view of the Obi Islands in the background. It is one of the Molucca Islands, and is separated from the south-western peninsula of Halmahera by the Patinti Strait. Two of the indigenous inhabitants are collecting clams on the coast. Plate 5 to Thomas Forrest's 'A Voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas', published 1779 in Dublin. Inscribed 'Pl.5 P.86' above image.
From the Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 8049] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Banditti.
Drawn by I. Mortimer Etch'd by I. Haynes Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 1, 1780 by J. Mortimer Norfolk Street Strand, & J, Boydell Cheapside.
London, 1780.
Etching. 350 x 350mm (130¾ x 13¾"), with very wide margins. Stain across foreground figure.
A round design of three bandits. Possibly part of a pair with print 'Pilgrims' of a similar design and also published by Jane Mortimer and John Boydell.
[Ref: 53963] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Banditti Made Prisoners. From an Original Drawing of Mr. Mortimer's, in the Possession of Mr. Wright of Derby.
Etcht by Tho.s Hardy.
London, 1805.
Etching. 395 x 495mm (15½ x 19½"), with small margins.
Two bandits held captive, presumably by the aggressive man in the background, while two country folk stand watch. It is likely the inscription refers to Joseph Wright of Derby, which suggests this scene was drawn in 1774 when Mortimer and Wright were working together on illustrations of the Captive from Sterne's 'A Sentimental Journey'.
[Ref: 53969] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Captain of Banditti and his Family. Etch'd by Sam.l Ireland form an Original Drawing by Mortimer. To Sir George Beaumont Bar.t and admirer of Mortimer & encourager of the fine Arts this etching is inscribed by his obliged and obedient Servant S: Ireland.
Mortimer del.t Sam.l Ireland fecit.
London, 1785.
Etching. 420 x 465mm (16½ x 18¼"). Very small tears along the lower platemark, some have been repaired. Some creasing in the corners. Very small hole in top right corner margin. Small margins.
A captain, well dressed, standing before his wife and child near the shore, attended by another bandit. Sir George Beaumont (1753 - 1827) was a prominent patron of the British arts and an amatuer painter himself. He was instrumental in the creation of the National Gallery in London, being the first to make a donation of paintings.
[Ref: 53967] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Banditti Regaling To the R.t Hon.ble Earl Harcourt, this Etching from the Original Drawing by Mortimer in the possession of S. Ireland is inscribed By his Lordships much obliged & obedient Serv.t S. I.
Mortimer Del.t Sam. Ireland fecit.
1785.
Etching. 430 x 465mm (17 x 18¼"). Torn along plate edge upper right corner and lower left corner and edge. One small tear affects the title area. Small margins.
A group of bandits feasting and relaxing in a courtyard. The inscription is likely dedicated to George Harcourt (1736-1809), who was a politician and noted patron of the arts.
[Ref: 53968] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Banditti Returning. From an Original Drawing of J. Mortimer, in the Collection of Richard Payne Knight Esq.r.
Drawn by J. Mortimer 1775. Etch'd by R. Blyth. London Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1780, by R. Blyth N.o 27, Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1780.
Etching. 395 x 440mm (15½ x 17¼"), with very wide margins. Foxing in upper margin. Small tears, mostly repaired, along lower edge. Small stain bottom left.
A bandit wearing armour and a helmet, holding a female captive, who looks down to left, her clothes in disarray, another bandit to right, one hand on his hip, holding a spear in the other, beside a man wearing a plumed helmet who gazes questioningly at the woman, while other bandits approach the cave from the left, bringing captives in oriental dress.
[Ref: 53966] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Banditti with a female captive.]
Mortimer Pinxit. J.R. Smith Sculpsit.
Published Feb.14th 1780 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at corners. Good impression of a rare print.
Banditti scene after John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79), published soon after the artist's death. Influenced by the works of Salvator Rosa (immensely popular during the period), Mortimer incorporated Rosa's disturbing banditti and occult subject matter in the 1770s. This print is usually regarded as a generic banditti scene: a preparatory drawing in the collection of Richard Payne Knight (now in the British Museum) was etched by Robert Blyth and published in November 1780 with the title 'Banditti Returning'. However, a related painting by Mortimer (Newcastle, Hatton Gallery) is titled 'The Sacrifice of Polyxena'. In Euripides' plays, Polyxena was sacrificed at the end of the Trojan War to appease the gods.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Ex: Collection Christopher Mendez; D'Oench 145. Frankau: Not in.
[Ref: 36371] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Banditti at Market. From an Original Picture, in the Possession of Jos.h Fortnom Esq.r
Jn.o Mortimer pinx. Jno Hall sculp.t
London Publishd as the Act directs May 1.st 1780, by I. Hall, Berwick Street Soho, and I. Boydell Cheapside.
Mint engraving. 380 x 305mm (15 x 12"), with large margins.
Three banditti and a girl with a basket of eggs; the girl seated at left with her head bent down, on a step outside a building, one of the banditti watching her and leaning on a shield decorated with a cross.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Sunderland: 138b.
[Ref: 28410] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Capt.n of Banditti sending out a Party.
[I.H. Mortimer.]
Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778 by I Mortimer.
Etching. Plate 300 x 197mm. 11¾ x 7¾".
Captain standing at left, leaning on a stone block and pointing to right, where an armoured banditti sits, others in a line at left behind the block, only their heads seen. From a series of "Fifteen etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds".
[Ref: 28027] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Banditti going out. From an Original Drawing of J. Mortimer, in the Collection of Richard Payne Knight Esq.r [&] Banditti returning. From an Original Drawing of J. Mortimer, in the Collection of Richard Payne Knight Esq.r
Drawn by J. Mortimer, 1775. Etch'd by R. Blyth.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1780, by R. Blyth No.27, Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
Pair of etchings. 395 x 450mm (15½ x 17¾").
Two bandits wearing helmets and carrying spears, either side of a man wearing a turban who carries a cross-bow, one directing him, pointing to the left towards a caravan ascending a mountain path in the distance, while a fourth man ties his sandal behind them and other men, including one wearing a turban who looks back over his shoulder, start down the path from the cave. [&] A bandit wearing armour and a helmet, holding a female captive, who looks down to left, her clothes in disarray, another bandit to right, one hand on his hip, holding a spear in the other, beside a man wearing a plumed helmet who gazes questioningly at the woman, while other bandits approach the cave from the left, bringing captives in oriental dress.
Sunderland: 102a & 103a.
[Ref: 21708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Banditti on the look out.
[I.H. Mortimer.]
Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778 by I Mortimer.
Etching. Plate 300 x 197mm (11¾ x 7¾"). Crease.
Two banditti standing, leaning against a stone block which one figure rests his arm over beside his removed helmet, the other looking out to right with hand on hilt of sword; landscape with river beyond at lower right. From a series of "Fifteen etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds".
[Ref: 28030] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Storming a Banditti Stronghold]. From an original drawing of Mortimer in the possession of Mr. Richard Thorhold.
Drawn by Mortimer. Etch'd by Blyth.
London publish'd as the act directs. May 1st, 1782, by R. Blyth, No. 27, Great castle Street, Cavendish Square.
Etching. 345 x 280mm. (13½ x 11"), with large margins.
Four men fighting, two brandishing swords, one a club, the fourth pulling another's hair. After John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1799), painter of historical and romantic literary themes.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28420] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

M,,rs Banks.
H.D. Hamilton Pinx.t. R. Lowrie [Robert Laurie] fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 August 1772.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A profile portrait in oval of a woman with jewellery in her hair. Chaloner Smith suggests this is probably Mary Banks (1747-1817), ''the daughter of William Southouse, Esq., of Wimbledon, Surrey; married, 1768, the Rev. Mr. Banks, nephew to Sir Henry Banks, Knt., and alderman of London".
CS 6, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 62765] £460.00

[M,,rs Banks.]
H.D. Hamilton Pinx.t. R. Lowrie [Robert Laurie] fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, as the Act directs, 8 July 1772.
Fine mezzotint, scarce scratched letter proof before title. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins and 18th century watermark.
A profile portrait in oval of a woman with jewellery in her hair. Chaloner Smith suggests this is probably Mary Banks (1747-1817), ''the daughter of William Southouse, Esq., of Wimbledon, Surrey; married, 1768, the Rev. Mr. Banks, nephew to Sir Henry Banks, Knt., and alderman of London".
CS 6, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66994] £360.00

Colonel Barré.
H.D. Hamilton del. R. Sayer Excudit. R. Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs, 2 July 1771.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Large margins. Bottom left corner cut outside of platemark.
A portrait of Irish soldier and politician Isaac Barré (1726 - 1802) in profile to the right. Barré earned distinction serving with the British army during the Seven Years' War, and later became a prominent Member of Parliament where he became a vocal supporter of William Pitt. He is known for coining the term 'Sons of Liberty' in reference to American Whigs opposed to the British government's policies.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 5. II/II.
[Ref: 37709] £320.00

Boy and Fighting Cocks. [&] Girl and Favourite Cat.
W. Hamilton pinx.t. N. Colibert sculp.t.
London, Pub. Jan.y 1. 1796 by T. Simpson, S.t Paul's Church Yard, and Darling & Thomson, G.t Newport Street.
Pair of stipples. Sheets c.210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
A boy egging on a pair of fighting cockerels; and a girl carrying an evil-looking cat wrapped in her skirts.
[Ref: 53269] £380.00

[Countess of Cork.]
H.D. Hamilton delin. R. Sayer Excudit. Jas. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs 4. Dec.r 1771.
A rare mezzotint. Proof. Plate: 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Slight creasing. Title in manuscript. Small margins.
A profile portrait of Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery (1746-1840).
Ex: Collection the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47267] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Ireland] Hon.ble Charles Brodrick, D.D. Archbishop of Cashel.
Painted by H. Hamilton Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner. Member of the American Academy of Fine Arts.
London, Published Feb.y 20, 1823, by Mr. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: Small margins. Light creasing. Light spotting to right edge.
A portrait of Charles Brodrick (1761 - 1822), a reforming Irish clergyman and Archbishop of Cashel in the Church of Ireland. In 1795, Brodrick was consecrated as Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, and in 1801, following the preferment of Charles Agar to Dublin, Brodrick was appointed Archbishop of Cashel and Emly and remained in that post until his death in 1822.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman - C. Turner 71.
[Ref: 37703] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Canterbury Tales] Departure of the Canterbury Pilgrimes. Prologue, Canterbury Tale Chaucer.
Drawn by Mortimer. Engraved by J Hogg.
London Publish'd Feb.y 12.th 1787 by J. R. Smith No. 31 King Street Covent Garden.
Etching with engraving. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"), with large margins. Single spot in unprinted area of plate.
The pilgrims and their horses gather in a square outside the Tabard Inn, Southwark. One of nine plates after John Hamilton Mortimer, probably prepared for an edition of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' that was abandoned before publication.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60342] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Captive.
Drawn by Mortimer. Etch'd R. Blyth.
London, 1781.
Etching. 300 x 400mm (12 x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate, loss of inscription and publication line.
A captive sitting shackled in a cell. Subject from Laurence Sterne's 'A Sentimental Journey', published in 1768 as Sterne was close to death; the novel is partly autobiographical as it details the author's journey through France to the most southern point of Italy.
[Ref: 53973] £320.00

[A Captive Family]
Mortimer del.t. Published by W.m Richardson. York House, Strand, June 10, 1805. Blyth Fecit.
London, 1805.
Etching. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10") with wide margins, 18th century watermark. Creasing in top right corner in margin.
An arresting scene of two people in restraints while two children cry by their side. This print was originally part of the 'British School II' album, which contained 170 prints published between 1713 and 1810. The purpose of the album is prefaced by two paragraphs that describe the role that the Royal Academy and its academicians have played in the development and promotion of British art.
[Ref: 53961] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Caractacus, King of the Silures, deliver'd up to Ostorius, the Roman General, by Cartismandua Queen of the Brigantes.
A. Mac Donald, sculp. [after William Hamilton.]
Dublin Publish'd by W.m Allen 32 Dame Street.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 305 x 330mm (12 x 13"), with very large margins.
Having failed to repell the Roman invasion of Britain, Caratacus, the chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, is handed over to the Romans by Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes. An oval scene, a detail of the stipple engraved by Bartolozzi.
[Ref: 66125] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck. [A cat in the larder.]
Hamilton pinx: [Philip Ferdinand Van Hamilton] C: Auer del:
[German, Munich?, n.d., c.1823.]
Early and scarce sepia-tinted lithograph, heightened in white. Image 455 x 335mm, 18 x 13¼". Outline border. One repair and minor creasing in margins.
A large dead hare strung up by its legs dominates the centre of the composition; dead birds including tits, finches, thrush and partridge. After Philip Ferdinand Van Hamilton (Flemish, c.1664 - 1750). The engraver is Kaspar Auer (German, 1795 - 1821). This plate formed part of a series of lithographed reproductions after paintings in the royal collection in Munich. "At this early stage lithography had not been developed far enough to reproduce colours, so the artists contented themselves with the addition of one or two tint-stones, from which highlights were scraped out to reveal the white of the paper. But to a public educated on the traditional type of 'gallery' publication, where all the paintings were reproduced in engraving, even this touch of colour would have been a surprise, and would have associated these prints rather with the traditional chiaroscuro woodcut." BM:German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe'.
See BM 1854,1020.1430; for a reversed version of this image see ref. 9296
[Ref: 22738] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Resentment of Queen Catherine. The Queen was sitting at work with her Maidens, when the Cardinals Wolsey & Campeggio...
Will.m Hamilton R.A. pinx. J. Thane ex. John Ogborne sculp.
London, Publish'd Apr. 1. 1790, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple. Plate: 400 x 340mm (16 x 9½''). Small margins.
A historical scene showing Catherine of Aragon in heated discussion with Cardinal Wolsey.
[Ref: 48098] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Charity. From the Original Picture, of the same Size, painted by Carlo Cignani, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this Plate is humbly inscribed By his Grace's much obliged, and most devoted Servant. J. Boydell. No. 2.
Mortimer delin.t. S. F. Ravenet Sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament, 1.st. March. 1763, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. Plate: 510 x 405mm (20 x 16"), with wide margins. Some foxing.
An allegorical depiction of Charity in which a woman, sitting at the foot of a column, feeds and watches over her children.
[Ref: 38321] £360.00

Charity. From the Original Picture of the same size, painted by Carlo Cignani in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire: to Whom this Plate is most humnbly inscribed, By His Graces much Obliged and most devoted Servant. J.Boydell.
Mortimer delin.t. S.F. Ravenet Sculp.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament, 1st. March, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London
A very fine copper engraving. 520 x 405mm (20½ x 16").
John Hamilton Mortimer is the intermediary in this instance taking a drawing from the painting by Cignani. "The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14390] £360.00

Her Royal Highness Charlotte, Augusta, Matilda Princess Royal.
F. Hamilton Pinxit: A. Albanesi Sculpxit.
London Published Septem:e 5.1785 by A. Albanesi and Sold by J: Cary No.188: Strand.
Very rare stipple. 172 x 132mm. 6¾ x 5¼". Trimmed and glued to album sheet.
The Princess Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766-1828) who was the eldest daughter of George III. She was later Queen Consort of Frederick of Wurttemberg.
[Ref: 26946] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Chelsea Pensioners. Cavalry & Infantry.
C.H.S. Aquatinted by I.C.Stadler.
London Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1814 by Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur Street.
Aquatint with very fine hand-colour. 315 x 255mm (12½ x 10").
Exterior scene in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in which two Chelsea Pensioners stand in conversation and a third watches from a bench. The figure on the left with a barrel on his back and a stick in his hand, represents a pensioner who served in the cavalry, while the figure on the right with a wooden leg represents an ex-infantryman. From "Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1814" by Charles Hamilton Smith.
[Ref: 19211] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Chelsea Pensioners. Cavalry & Infantry.
C.H.S. Aquatinted by I.C.Stadler.
London Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1814 by Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur Street.
Very fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 317 x 254mm. (12½ x 10"), with large margins.
Exterior scene in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in which two Chelsea Pensioners stand in conversation and a third watches from a bench. The figure on the left with a barrel on his back and a stick in his hand, represents a pensioner who served in the cavalry, while the figure on the right with a wooden leg represents an ex-infantryman. The Royal Hospital Chelsea was completed in 1692 after a warrant was issued in 1681 authorising he building of a hospital for the care of those 'broken by age or war.' From "Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1814".
[Ref: 50527] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Children at Play.]
W. Hamilton R.A. Del.t P.W. Tomkins Sculp.t late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A.
Publish'd as the Act Directs Jany. 1791 by S Vivaris & Son.
Stipple printed in brown ink, proof before title. Collector's stamp. Plate 220 x 246mm (8¾ x 9¾").
Ex: Adolphe Frederich, Duke of Cambridge (1744-1850), 7th son of George III.
[Ref: 28912] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

City of London.
Claude H. Rowbotham. [signed in pencil].
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching and aquatint printed in colours. 225 x 150mm.
Claude Hamilton Rowbotham 1864-1949. Watercolour painter of landscapes and coastal scenes, both in England and on the Continent. He was related to the Rowbotham family of painters who originated in Bristol area. He used characteristically bright colours.
[Ref: 8056] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Clifton College Bristol. [in pencil.]
Claude H. Rowbotham. [signed in pencil.]
Etching. Plate: 150 x 225mm (6 x 9''), very large margins.
A view of Clifton College in Bristol with two figures walking across the lawn. An etching by Claude Hamilton Rowbotham (1864-1949) who created a new single plate coloured etching process.
[Ref: 49339] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Crazy Kate's, Clovelly.
Claude H. Rowbotham. [signed in pencil.]
Etching. Plate: 65 x 90mm (2½ x 3½''), very large margins. Mint.
A view of the old house on the shore in Clovelly known as Crazy Kate's. The house is named after Kate Lyall who died in 1736 who used to watch her husband fishing from the window, but one day she watched him drown in a storm. The sight drove her mad and one day she put on her wedding gown and walked into the sea. An etching by Claude Hamilton Rowbotham (1864-1949) who created a new single plate coloured etching process.
[Ref: 49336] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

With the Compliments of the Season.
W.M.Trood. S.Arlent Edwards.
[n.d., c.1885.]
Photogravure, mounted on card bearing Artist & engraver's signatures.
A puppy being confronted by a stag beetle.
[Ref: 6182] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles, Earl Cornwallis.] [Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &c.]
Painted by H.D. Hamilton. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
London. Publish'd March 15th. 1781, for Watson & Dickinson No. 158, New Bond Street.
Etching with stipple in red ink, fine proof before title, sheet 170 x 175mm. 6¾ x 7". Trimmed to plate at top and bottom.
Portrait in an oval of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG (1738- 1805), British Army officer and colonial administrator. In the United States and Britain, he is best remembered as one of the leading generals in the American War of Independence. His 1781 surrender to a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is often incorrectly considered the end of the war; in fact, it continued for a further two years. Despite this defeat, he retained the confidence of successive British governments and continued to enjoy an active career. In India, where he served two terms as governor general, he is remembered for promulgating the Permanent Settlement. As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he argued for Catholic emancipation and oversaw the response to the 1798 Irish Rebellion and a French invasion of Ireland. After Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1736 - 1808).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection. De Vesme: 793, iii/iv.
[Ref: 18233] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Charles, Earl Cornwallis. Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &c.
Painted by H.D. Hamilton. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
[London. Publish'd March 15th. 1781, for Watson & Dickinson No. 158, New Bond Street.]
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 130 x 115mm (5¼ x 4½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Oval portrait of Charles Cornwallis (1738- 1805), one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence.
De Vesme 793, state iii of iv. See Ref: 18233 for a proof printed in red ink.
[Ref: 62073] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Honourable Anne Countess Cowper.
W. Hamilton R.A. pixit. F. Bartolozzi R.A sculpt.
London. Pub.d Jan.y 12.th 1798, by Anth.y Molteno Printseller to her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York N.o 76. S.t James's Street.
Stipple engraving, 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"), with very large margins. Creases in margins where previously folded.
A portrait of Anna Countess Cowper (1806-1880) shown wearing a veil.
De Vesme: 1062.
[Ref: 63021] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Anna Countess Cowper.]
W. Hamilton R.A. pixit. F. Bartolozzi R.A sculpt.
Published as the Act directs August 1.st 1789 No.27 Queen Street Golden Square.
Stipple, proof before title. Plate: 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10½"), with very large margins.
A portrait of Anna Countess Cowper (1806-1880) shown wearing a veil.
De Vesme: 1062 III of V
[Ref: 47497] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Cox] Miss Cox.
[Engraved by Robert Laurie after Hugh Douglas Hamilton.]
R. Sayer Excudit. London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 August 1772.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11). Trimmed into plate at bottom, surface rubbed.
A half-length portrait of a woman, within an oval border. After Irish artist Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808). After building up a reputation at home, Hamilton moved to Italy for thirteen years in 1779, where his work was popular among Irish Grand Tourists, before reluctantly returning to Ireland due to political events on the continent.
CS 15, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66960] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Cephisa drawing an Arrow from Cupid's quiver to wound her Lover. Vide Montesquieu V.4 P.186.
Designed by W. Hamilton, R.A. Engrav'd by J. Barney,
Pub.d Sept.r 1789 by J. Walker No 7 Cornhill & No 106 Bond Street
Stipple. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Trimmed just within plate.
A scene from Montesquieu's 'Céphise et l'Amour'. Finding Cupid asleep Cephisa steals an arrow and wounds her lover. Later she clips Cupid's wings.
[Ref: 52673] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Roger Curtis.
Painted by W. Hamilton. Engrav'd by Js. Caldwell.
London Published July 7th. 1783. by James Caldwell, Angel Court, Windmill Street Piccadilly, and W. Dickinson, No.158, Bond Street.
Etching and aquatint. 405 x 306mm (16 x 12").
A fine impression of this portrait of Admiral Sir Roger Curtis (1746-1816).
[Ref: 2929] £350.00

Foxgloves & Gorge. Mouth of the Dart.
Claude H. Rowbotham. [signed in pencil.]
Etching. Plate: 60 x 95mm (2¼ x 3¾''), very large margins. Mint.
A view of mouth of the River Dart in Devon. An etching by Claude Hamilton Rowbotham (1864-1949) who created a new single plate coloured etching process.
[Ref: 49335] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Two death's heads with an hour glass.]
Mortimer del.t. Sam.l Ireland fec.
[London, 1785.] But later.
Etching, 1811 watermark. 205 x 230mm (8 x 9"), with large margins.
A pair of skeletons looking at an hour glass one holds it up. The plate was etched by Samuel Ireland after John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79), a painter of fantastical subjects. Ireland (1744-1800) is best known for his topographical books, including ''A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France'' (1790), '' Picturesque Views on the River Thames'' (1792) & ''Picturesque Views on the River Medway'' (1793).
[Ref: 58834] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Enjoying Domestic Happiness.
Drawn by J. H. Mortimer. Etched by R. Blyth. London Published as the Act directs 15.th Nov.r 1779 by R. Blyth No. 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square.
London, 1779.
Etching. 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A quiet, loving familial scene.
[Ref: 53960] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

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