Grosvenor Prints

[John Bradshaw]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1813]
Watercolour and wash, 18th century paper; 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). False margins added.
John Bradshaw (bap. 1602-d.1659), lawyer, politician, and regicide. Throughout his career Bradshaw was aligned with more radical elements in English politics, and he was appointed lord president of the high court of justice to try Charles I, and subsequently to chair the high court of justice to try and condemn royalist delinquents. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter, probably after an anonymous etching published in 1813. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42337] £420.00

[John Carteret, second Earl Granville]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1801]
Watercolour and wash oval, verso in ink 'From a Portrait in the possession of Ld Carteret'; 165 x 140mm (6½ x 5½"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border.
John Carteret, second Earl Granville (1690-1763), politician. Carteret was appointed ambassador-extraordinary to Sweden in 1719, a position in which he triumphed by rescuing the Swedes (facing disaster following the death of Charles XII) from domination by Russia. During his absence, however, the rise of Robert Walpole resulted in Carteret's being sidelined through a transfer to the lord lieutenancy of Ireland. Carteret's opposition to Walpole was a leitmotif of his career. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42328] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord Falkland.]
[George Perfect Harding, after Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen]
Watercolour and wash, on 18th century paper; 245 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½").
A portrait of Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (1610-1643), author and politician who fought for the Royalists during the Civil War and died at the Battle of Newbury. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter, probably after an anonymous etching published in 1813. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42343] £360.00

The Most Noble Charles Marquess of Northampton, Dedicated by Permission to the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton by her Ladyships obedient Servant George Perfect Harding.
G.P. Harding pinx.t. T.A. Dean sculp.
Published June 1st 1830 by G.P. Harding, 18 Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Engraving on india. 305 x 240mm, 12 x 9½". Collector's blindstamp.
Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton (1760-1828), MP for Northampton from 1784 until he inherited the earldom of Northampton in 1796. He was made Marquess of Northampton. in 1812.
[Ref: 13978] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir John Cotton, third baronet]
[George Perfect Harding after Godfrey Kneller, c.1802]
Watercolour and wash, border 135 x 115 (5¼ x 4½"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border added.
Sir John Cotton, third baronet (1621-1702), MP for Huntingdon and later Huntingdonshire. He saw that the Cotton library was bought for the nation by act of parliament, possibly avoiding the possibility of it falling into the hands of his 'two illiterate grandsons' and being broken up. Watercolour after a portrait by Kneller, by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42312] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Cromwell & his Wife from a Drawing in the possession of the E. of Essex at Cashiobury copied by Harriet C.ss of Essex [ms]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1802.]
Watercolour and wash, sheet 245 x 360mm (9¾ x 14").
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with his wife Elizabeth [née Elizabeth Bourchier] (1598-1665). Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

O Cromwell & his Wife copied from a drawing at Cashiobury [ms]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1802]
Watercolour and wash, sheet 260 x 315mm (10¼ x 12½").
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with his wife Elizabeth [née Elizabeth Bourchier] (1598-1665). Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42317] £320.00

[John Drummond, styled first earl of Melfort and Jacobite first duke of Melfort]
[George Perfect Harding after Godfrey Kneller, c.1802]
Watercolour and wash, 135 x 115mm (5¼ x 4½"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border.
John Drummond, styled first earl of Melfort and Jacobite first duke of Melfort (1649-1714), politician. Appointed a secretary for Scotland (where he was given estates) in 1684, Melfort's close association with James II led to him becoming the king's principal secretary of state and accompanying him to Ireland following the invasion of William of Orange in 1688. He was then sent to Rome as an ambassador to try and secure the support of the papacy for a Jacobite invasion, although his position was undermined by the Abbé Renaudot, an agent used by the French, whose intrigues led to Louis XIV asking James II to dismiss Melfort. Watercolour after a portrait by Kneller, by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42315] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Robert Eyre]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1802.]
Watercolour and wash, on verso in ink: 'From a drawing by Mr. Balls'; 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border added. Inscriptions identifying sitter recto and verso.
Sir Robert Eyre (1666-1735), solicitor-general (the title by which he is referred on this watercolour), judge, and ultimately as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Eyre served as Solicitor-General from 1708 to 1710. In 1710, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Court of Queen's Bench. In 1718, he gave an opinion favouring the view of the prince of Wales rather than that of the king over the education of the prince's children, and was therefore passed over for promotion to be Lord Chief Justice of King's Bench. However, he was appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1723 and then appointed as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1725, a post in which he served until his death. He also served as Member of Parliament for Southampton from 1727 until 1729. Watercolour, probably after a portrait by Jonathan Richardson, by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
For a mezzotint of Eyre see ref. 12901.
[Ref: 42313] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Born Jany. 31st 1785. First ascended on the 10th July 1821, at the Coronation of King George the 4th since which he has made up to this date Jul 9th 1839, Two Hundred and Sixty-nine ascents. [Facsimile signature:] Chas Green.
G.P.Harding, F.S.A. advisam delt. et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Pubd. July 9th 1839, by G.P.Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph on india paper. India 203 x 140. Publisher's blind stamp in bottom right-hand corner. India laid.
Head and shoulders portrait, with a balloon in the background.
[Ref: 19435] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a Man.]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1810.]
Watercolour and wash, 170 x 145mm (6¾ x 5¾"). Laid on album sheet.
A portrait of a man in an oval. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42346] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Humphry Henchman, Bishop of London.
[n.d. c.1820s]
Watercolour. 155 x 190mm.
[1592 - 1675]. By George Perfect Harding [1781 - 1853], portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 2969] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Herbert Earl of Pembroke.]
[Cor. Jansen. Harding del.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Watercolour and wash, 130 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"). Tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (1538-1601) a Welsh peer during the reign of Elizabeth I. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853) miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42364] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Herbert Earl of Pembroke.]
[After Cornelius Jensen and G.P. Harding.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple, proof before all letters. Sheet: 170 x 245mm (6¾ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (1538-1601) a Welsh peer during the reign of Elizabeth I. After a watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42366] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Philip Herbert, first earl of Montgomery and fourth earl of Pembroke]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1801]
Watercolour and wash, oval, 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border.
Philip Herbert, first earl of Montgomery and fourth earl of Pembroke (1584-1650), courtier and politician. As a young man Pembroke was a favourite of James I. He fared less well under Charles I (whose queen Henrietta Maria disliked him), and this was no doubt a factor (along with his attachment to protestantism) in Pembroke's allegiance to parliament during the civil war. Pembroke was a great patron of the arts, who first commissioned the De Caus brothers to design a new palace for him at Wilton, and then (after that burnt down in 1647) enlisted Inigo Jones and John Webb to design a new house in the Palladian style. He was also a great patron of Van Dyck, whose portrait this watercolour is derived from, via Wenceslaus Hollar's etching. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
For Hollar's etching after van Dyck see ref. 40153.
[Ref: 42332] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

R. Hunt my Servant.
G.P.H. delr.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Watercolour. 130 x 100mm.
The sitter may be Richard Hoare, according to Pepys 'an incomparable writer of severall hands' and librarian to John Evelyn, who was prone to mis-spelling names. By George Perfect Harding [1781 - 1853], portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 2972] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Hobbes]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1802]
Watercolour and wash, 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), philosopher. Hobbes wrote extensively on history, geometry and politics. His major work, 'Leviathan' (1651), was an important influence on the tradition of utilitarian political thinking. He was the friend of Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson and William Harvey, and tutor of Charles II, who later granted him a pension, but his reputation as an atheist gained him many opponents within the church and government. Watercolour probably based on the portrait by Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
For Pierre's portrait of Hobbes see ref. 22212.
[Ref: 42316] £480.00

William Hogarth. From the Original by himself in the Collection of the Duke of Bedford. / Inscription on the back of the Picture. / This Portrait of M.r Hogarth was made me a present of by him in friendly return for a Tobacco Box I gave him. S.m Graves, Chiswick, 29th Dec.r 1761.
G.P. Harding del.t et fecit. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Publ.d June 1828 by G.. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph on chine collé. 195 x 130mm (7¾ x 5¼"), with very large margins. Slight spotting in margins.
After the portrait still at Woburn Abbey.
[Ref: 47447] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Howard of Escrick. From a Picture in the Collection of Sir Billingham Graham.
GPHarding del 1801.
Watercolour and wash, 170 x 130mm (6¾ x 5¼"). False margins added.
A portrait in an oval of Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (d. 1675) son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1561-1626). Howard was a member of Parliament for Winchelsea and became an informer during state trials making him very unpopular. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42339] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Lacy, the Comedian in three Characters.
G.P.H. delr.
[n.d. c.1820s]
Pen and ink with grey wash. 160 x 190mm.
John Lacy 'the Famous Roscius', playwright and actor [1615 - 1681]. After the painting by J.M.Wright showing him in 3 costumes as 'gallant', presbyterian minister and Scottish Highlander. By George Perfect Harding [1781 - 1853], portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 2973] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Earl of Lauderdale.
Drawn from a Bust by J.Nollekins Esqr. R.A. G.P. Harding del.t.
1819.
Wash drawing. 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5").
Portrait of a bust of James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale, KT, PC (1759 - 1839) was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland and a Scottish representative peer in the House of Lords by George Perfect Harding.
[Ref: 64233] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Henry Marten]
[Silvester Harding]
Watercolour and wash, oval, 125 x 105mm (5 x 4"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border.
Sir Henry Marten (c.1561-1641), civil lawyer and judge. Despite growing concerns about the government of Charles I, Marten seems to have remained in good standing with the king. Watercolour, probably after a 1799 stipple by Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe, Watercolour by Silvester Harding (1745/51-1809), artist and publisher. After setting up a shop in Fleet Street with his brother Edward in 1786, Harding was chiefly employed in drawing portraits of theatrical celebrities, and in copying ancient portraits in watercolours, as here. The partnership was dissolved by 1798 (before this watercolour was made). Harding was known to, and esteemed by the collectors of his day, and many examples of his work are in the British Museum. His son George Perfect Harding also specialised in watercolour copies of early portraits.
[Ref: 42331] £320.00

Mary Princess of Orange Countess of Nassow &acc.
[George Perfect Harding, c.1801].
Watercolour and wash, 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border.
Mary II (1662-94), queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as Princess of Orange. She married William of Orange in 1677 in England before the couple departed for the Netherlands. After the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 she returned to England to rule jointly with her husband as Mary II and William III. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42334] £340.00

John Joseph Merlin, The Celebrated Mechanic.
G.P.H. delt. et Sculp.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple with etching. 140 x 215mm (5½ x 8½"). Trimmed into lower edge of plate.
John-Joseph Merlin was born in 1735 in the city of Huy, Belgium, and died in 1803 in London. He was an inventor, noted for the invention of roller skates. He also improved musical instruments and manufactured automats, such as Cox's timepiece. He created Merlin's Mechanical Museum to display his machines. Probably by George Perfect Harding (1781 - 1853), portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 7523] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The true Effigies of Nathaniell Nye, Mathematician.
GP Harding 1801 [after Wenceslaus Hollar[
Pen and ink and grey wash, sheet 130 x 100mm (5 x 4").
Portrait in oval of Nathaniel Nye (baptised 1624, Birmingham - after 1647), English mathematician, astronomer, cartographer and gunner. Nye developed an interest in guns (Birmingham's principal trade during the English Civil War) and he is recorded as testing a Birmingham cannon in 1643 and experimenting with a saker cannon in the Deritend area in 1645. From 1645 he was the master gunner to the Parliamentarian garrison at Evesham and in 1646 he successfully directed the artillery at the Siege of Worcester, detailing his experiences and in his 1647 book The Art of Gunnery. Inscribed 'Aetatis suae 20 Ao. 1644' in image; ink-ruled rectangular outer border. A copy of the etching by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677), by George Perfect Harding (1781 - 1853), portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
See NPG D27916.
[Ref: 22220] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

John Overton [ink].
GPH [Monogramme of George Perfect Harding] 1800.
Indian ink on paper, oval, 9 x 8cm (3½ x 3¼"). with GPH frame label on reverse In distressed oval frame.
John Overton (1640 - 1708), a leading London printseller and publisher at 'the White Horse without Newgate'. His sons Henry and Philip continued the business into the mid-18th century. This portrait, showing him in wig and tab collar, is taken from a scarce mezzotint from c.1700. George Perfect Harding (died 1853) was a portrait-painter specialising in miniatures, often copying old prints as here. The date of 1800 suggests this is an early work: he first exhibited at the Royal academy in 1802.
From Wellesley Collection
[Ref: 35770] £350.00

Hy Ld Percy of Alnwick [ms]
[Silvester Harding, c. 1801]
Watercolour and wash, 130 x 115mm (5 x 4½"). Tipped into album sheet with hand-drawn border.
Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick (c.1604-59), royalist army officer. Percy established himself within the circle of courtiers surrounding Charles I's queen, Henrietta Maria, and in 1639 was named as a colonel in the bishops' war against the Scots. He was a chief conspirator in a scheme to bring Charles I's army down from the north to intimidate parliament in 1641 but escaped punishment by providing a detailed account of conspiracy which gained him a reputation for treachery amongst royalists. Percy now retired to France where he remained a favourite of the exiled queen. Watercolour, probably after a detail of the half-length portrait by a follower of van Dyck (Petworth House) by Silvester Harding (1745/51-1809), artist and publisher. After setting up a shop in Fleet Street with his brother Edward in 1786, Harding was chiefly employed in drawing portraits of theatrical celebrities, and in copying ancient portraits in watercolours, as here. The partnership was dissolved by 1798 (before this watercolour was made). Harding was known to, and esteemed by the collectors of his day, and many examples of his work are in the British Museum. His son George Perfect Harding also specialised in watercolour copies of early portraits.
[Ref: 42330] £320.00

[Mrs Jane Roberts from a rare Print of Her.]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1810.]
Watercolour and wash, 150 x 130mm (6 x 5"). Cut into an oval and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of a woman wearing pearls. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42342] £360.00

Sir Charles Scarborough.
[n.d. c.1820s]
Watercolour. 125 x 100mm.
[1616 - 1694]. Physician to Charles II, James II, and Mary II. By George Perfect Harding [1781 - 1853], portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 2986] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Adrian Scrope.
[George Perfect Harding after William Platt.]
Watercolour and wash, border 165 x 145mm (6½ x 5¾"), source stipple engraving, trimmed, pasted on left corners over watercolour.
Colonel Adrian Scrope (1601-60), army officer and regicide (he was the 27th of the 59 Commissioners who signed the Death Warrant of King Charles I). After the Civil War Scrope's regiment was due to be sent to Ireland but mutinied, rejecting their selection to join Cromwell's army in Ireland; the ringleaders were shot and the regiment was disbanded. Scrope was appointed governor of Bristol Castle until, in 1655, he was made a member of the council that governed Scotland. He did not oppose the Restoration but, despite paying a fine of a year's rent of his estates for an indemnity, he was arrested as a regicide and hanged, drawn and quartered. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter, presented with the engraving it was derived from. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42336] £420.00

Sir Anthony Shirley, Ambassador from the Schah of Persia. From a miniature by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill Collection, now in the possession of William Blamire Esq.re.
G.P. Hardining F.S.A. del. Joseph Brown sculp.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple on steel. 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"), Trimmed to plate, surface crack in unprinted area.
A head and shoulders portrait of Sir Anthony Shirley (or Sherley, 1565-c.1636), an English adventurer and opportunist, in Persian dress. He had become the Shah Abbas the Great's representative in Europe in 1598, visiting Moscow, Prague and Rome in his behalf, but ran up huge debts and alienated his Persian associates. He abandoned the embassy and from 1601-4 he was living in Venice, working as a spy for Spain and Scotland, for which he was ejected from the city. Subsequently he entered the services of the Holy Roman Emperor then the king of Spain, but always offending his paymasters and running up debts. He died in obscurity c.1636.
[Ref: 60375] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Edward Spencer. Born May 8th. 1799. Who accompanied Mr. Charles Green, in that fatal Parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking's July 24th. 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens.__ And has made Twenty seven ascents with Mr. Green, up to this date, August 24th. 1839.
G. P. Harding F.S.A. del et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published Aug 31st. 1839, by G.P. Harding, 69, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph, printed area 180 x 115mm. White marks on Spencer's coat.
Robert Cocking, aged 61 at the time, was killed on July 24th 1837, although Spencer and Green survived.
for the ascent with Cocking see ref. 12657
[Ref: 8194] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Richardus Sterne Archiepiscopus Eboracensis.
GP Harding delt 1802.
Watercolour and wash, 320 x 250mm (12½ x 6"). Glued to backing sheet.
Richard Sterne (1595/6-1683), archbishop of York. An active royalist, Sterne was arrested in 1642 and imprisoned in the Tower of London after being placed under house arrest and placed on a coal ship in the Thames (one MP allegedly argued for his transportation to Algiers or America as a slave). In 1645 he regained his liberty and kept a school in Stevenage for fitfteen years before he was singled out for preferment at the Restoration. He became archbishop of York in 1664. Watercolour after a mezzotint by Francis Place, by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
For another watercolour of Sterne see ref. 14415.
[Ref: 42314] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Sr Thomas Tilderley from a drawing in Sr John Sebrights Clarendon.]
[George Perfect Harding, c.1810.]
Watercolour and wash, 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Laid on album page.
A portrait of Thomas Tyldesley (1612-1651) who served as a Royalist commander during the Civil War. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42348] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Menagerie, Woburn Abbey.
G.P. Harding delt F. Ross delt
Lithograph with very fine hand colouring, printed area 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"), with very large margins.
The menagerie at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, showing buildings constructed accoding to designs by the great landscape gardener Humphry Repton as part of his improvements to the grounds. The octagonal aviary on the right was divided into a lower section (for canaries) and an upper section (for pigeons). On either side of the octagonal structure are the keepers' apartments, next to which are antelope enclosures. Plate from the 'Hortus Woburnensis' (1833), a volume about the grounds at Woburn Abbey. The aviary was recently reconstructed at Woburn, modelled upon prints such as this.
[Ref: 41175] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Captain Wogan.
[George Perfect Harding, c.1801]
Watercolour and wash, 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½").
Probably Charles Wogan [Jacobite Sir Charles Wogan, first baronet] (c.1685-1754), Jacobite soldier and agent. Wogan left his native Ireland in around 1712, moving to England (he was a friend of the poet Alexander Pope and later corresponded with Jonathan Swift), where he dedicated himself to Jacobite restoration. Charged with treason in 1715, he escaped from Newgate prison prior to his trial and made his way to the continent. There he met the Pretender, James Francis Edward Stuart [James III] and was involved with the selection of Maria Sobieska as a suitable bride for him. Frustrated by the exiled Jacobite court, Wogan made his way to Spain where he acted as an unofficial Jacobite ambassador and acquired some influence at the Spanish court. In 1733 he won distinction for his defence of the fortress of Santa Cruz near Oran in Algeria, and the following year he was appointed governor of La Mancha. Watercolour by George Perfect Harding (1779/80-1853), miniature painter. Harding devoted himself to producing minute copies in watercolour of works of historical and antiquarian interest. Examples of his work are in several major British institutions.
[Ref: 42327] £380.00

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