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The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Gavinus Hamilton pinxt. Joseph Strutt, sculpt.
London, Publish'd 1, July, 1794, by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.
Rare stipple. 352 x 251mm.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
NPG: D18741.
[Ref: 12581] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Gavinus Hamilton pinxt. Joseph Strutt, sculpt.
London, Publish'd 1, July, 1794, by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.
Rare stipple. 352 x 251mm.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America's cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
NPG: D18741.
[Ref: 12581] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.](jpegs/69657.jpg)
[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.
Ga. Hamilton Pinx.t.. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753.
Rare mezzotint first state. Sheet 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Trimmed to plate. Laid down.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Gunning (1733-60), leaning on the pedestal of a statue of Cupid. The first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Gunning was a famous beauty, dying at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup.
CS 48, i of iii, ''Five known'', state before the plate was cut down. Goodwin 29, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69657] £480.00
Ga. Hamilton Pinx.t.. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753.
Rare mezzotint first state. Sheet 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Trimmed to plate. Laid down.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Gunning (1733-60), leaning on the pedestal of a statue of Cupid. The first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Gunning was a famous beauty, dying at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup.
CS 48, i of iii, ''Five known'', state before the plate was cut down. Goodwin 29, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69657] £480.00
![[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.](jpegs/68369.jpg)
[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.
Hamilton Pinx.t.. Ja.s M.cArdel Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint, sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Thread margins, mounted on album paper.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Gunning (1733-60), leaning on the pedestal of a column. The first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Gunning was a famous beauty, dying at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup. The plate was originally larger, with a statue of Cupid rather than the column.
CS 48, ii of iii, first state after the plate was cut down. Goodwin 29, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68369] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Hamilton Pinx.t.. Ja.s M.cArdel Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint, sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Thread margins, mounted on album paper.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Gunning (1733-60), leaning on the pedestal of a column. The first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Gunning was a famous beauty, dying at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup. The plate was originally larger, with a statue of Cupid rather than the column.
CS 48, ii of iii, first state after the plate was cut down. Goodwin 29, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68369] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.](jpegs/68368.jpg)
[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.
Ga. Hamilton Pinx.t.. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1754. Sold by John Smith at Hogarth's Head, opposite Wood Street, Cheapside.
Rare mezzotint first state. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with margins. Small tear in right margin.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Gunning (1733-60), leaning on the pedestal of a statue of Cupid. The first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Gunning was a famous beauty, dying at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup.
CS 48, i of iii, ''Five known'', state before the plate was cut down. Goodwin 29, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68368] £650.00
Ga. Hamilton Pinx.t.. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1754. Sold by John Smith at Hogarth's Head, opposite Wood Street, Cheapside.
Rare mezzotint first state. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with margins. Small tear in right margin.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Gunning (1733-60), leaning on the pedestal of a statue of Cupid. The first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Gunning was a famous beauty, dying at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup.
CS 48, i of iii, ''Five known'', state before the plate was cut down. Goodwin 29, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68368] £650.00
Innocentia. Ut flos in septis secretus nascitur hortis, / Ignotus pecori, nullo contusus aratro [...]
Gavinus Hamilton pinxit 1766 Dominicus Cunego sculp.t Romae
E Tabula in Oedibus Nobilis Viri Ducis de Rochefoucault
Fine engraving. platemark 465 x 275mm (18¼ x 10¾"), with very large margins.
Fine engraving after a painting by Gavin Hamilton (1723-98), Scottish painter, archaeologist and dealer. While Hamilton's only identifiable pupil was David Allan, his encouragement assisted and influenced artists in Rome, where he worked, for over thirty years. He was instrumental, for instance, in persuading the sculptor Antonio Canova to abandon Rococo for a more restrained Neo-classical style. As the inscription states, this painting was then in the collection of the duke of Rochefoucault, French writer and explorer.
[Ref: 43151] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Gavinus Hamilton pinxit 1766 Dominicus Cunego sculp.t Romae
E Tabula in Oedibus Nobilis Viri Ducis de Rochefoucault
Fine engraving. platemark 465 x 275mm (18¼ x 10¾"), with very large margins.
Fine engraving after a painting by Gavin Hamilton (1723-98), Scottish painter, archaeologist and dealer. While Hamilton's only identifiable pupil was David Allan, his encouragement assisted and influenced artists in Rome, where he worked, for over thirty years. He was instrumental, for instance, in persuading the sculptor Antonio Canova to abandon Rococo for a more restrained Neo-classical style. As the inscription states, this painting was then in the collection of the duke of Rochefoucault, French writer and explorer.
[Ref: 43151] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)