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The Right Hon.ble Maria Countess of Coventry.
[After Jean Étienne Liotard.]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), very large margins. Some faint creasing.
Portrait of Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry (1732 -1760), Irish beauty and London society hostess during the reign of King George II. She died at a young age due to lead poisoning from toxins in her beauty regimen.
CS31 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67236] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[After Jean Étienne Liotard.]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), very large margins. Some faint creasing.
Portrait of Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry (1732 -1760), Irish beauty and London society hostess during the reign of King George II. She died at a young age due to lead poisoning from toxins in her beauty regimen.
CS31 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67236] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable Henry Fox Esq.r Secretary of State. From the Original in the possession of the Hon.ble Horace Walpole.
Liotard pinx.t 1754. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins. Blindstamp of Chevalier de Dornay in inscription area. Repaired tears in margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Henry Fox, 2st Baron Holland (1705-1774), a leading figure of 18th century politics. He notably held the posts of Secretary for War, Southern Secretary, Secretary of State and Paymaster of the Forces during the Seven Years' War. He was the father of Charles James Fox.
Goodwin: 41. CS: 71, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68328] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Liotard pinx.t 1754. J.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins. Blindstamp of Chevalier de Dornay in inscription area. Repaired tears in margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Henry Fox, 2st Baron Holland (1705-1774), a leading figure of 18th century politics. He notably held the posts of Secretary for War, Southern Secretary, Secretary of State and Paymaster of the Forces during the Seven Years' War. He was the father of Charles James Fox.
Goodwin: 41. CS: 71, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68328] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esq.r. Done from the Original Picture Painted at Paris.
Liotard Pinx.t. J. M'Ardell Fecit.
[n.d., c.1750] London Printed for Rob.t. Sayer Map & Printseller Nº53 in Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Slight scratch.
Portrait of David Garrick (1717–1779), English actor and playwright, shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised.
CS 76 ii of ii. Goodwin 18 ii of ii. See [Ref: 68405] for an earlier state.
[Ref: 68645] £320.00
Liotard Pinx.t. J. M'Ardell Fecit.
[n.d., c.1750] London Printed for Rob.t. Sayer Map & Printseller Nº53 in Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Slight scratch.
Portrait of David Garrick (1717–1779), English actor and playwright, shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised.
CS 76 ii of ii. Goodwin 18 ii of ii. See [Ref: 68405] for an earlier state.
[Ref: 68645] £320.00
David Garrick Esq.r. Done from the Original Picture Painted at Paris 1751.
Loitard Pinx.t. J.M.Ardell Fecit.
Sold by J.M. Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden - Price 2 -
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
Portrait of the actor David Garrick (1717–1779), shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised. State before retouching and alteration of the address.
CS 76 I of II. Goodwin 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68645] for a later state.
[Ref: 68405] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Loitard Pinx.t. J.M.Ardell Fecit.
Sold by J.M. Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden - Price 2 -
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
Portrait of the actor David Garrick (1717–1779), shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised. State before retouching and alteration of the address.
CS 76 I of II. Goodwin 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68645] for a later state.
[Ref: 68405] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Maria Gunning] The Right Hon.ble Maria Countess of Coventry.](jpegs/42089.jpg)
[Maria Gunning] The Right Hon.ble Maria Countess of Coventry.
Liotard Pinx.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street [c.1760].
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"); large margins. Tipped into album sheet.
Maria Coventry [née Gunning], countess of Coventry (bap.1732-d.1760), figure of scandal. After a childhood in Ireland, Maria and her sister Elizabeth arrived in London as teenagers and aroused considerable interest in fashionable society (they were nicknamed 'the Beauties' and admired by George II). Both quickly married well: Elizabeth to the duke of Hamilton (in secret) and Maria to George William Coventry, sixth earl of Coventry (1722-1809), the grandest landowner in Worcestershire. In London Lady Coventry's activities were documented in many private diaries and letters (Horace Walpole seems to have been particularly interested by her) and her portrait was painted by several leading artists; she also quarrelled regularly in public with her husband. Lady Coventry died at the age of twenty-eight in 1760, supposedly from lead poisoning from the fashionable white cosmetic, ceruse, which she used on her face, although tuberculosis has also been thought responsible. Mezzotint engraving of a detail from a pastel drawing by Jean-Etienne Liotard (1750-55, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
[Ref: 42089] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Liotard Pinx.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street [c.1760].
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"); large margins. Tipped into album sheet.
Maria Coventry [née Gunning], countess of Coventry (bap.1732-d.1760), figure of scandal. After a childhood in Ireland, Maria and her sister Elizabeth arrived in London as teenagers and aroused considerable interest in fashionable society (they were nicknamed 'the Beauties' and admired by George II). Both quickly married well: Elizabeth to the duke of Hamilton (in secret) and Maria to George William Coventry, sixth earl of Coventry (1722-1809), the grandest landowner in Worcestershire. In London Lady Coventry's activities were documented in many private diaries and letters (Horace Walpole seems to have been particularly interested by her) and her portrait was painted by several leading artists; she also quarrelled regularly in public with her husband. Lady Coventry died at the age of twenty-eight in 1760, supposedly from lead poisoning from the fashionable white cosmetic, ceruse, which she used on her face, although tuberculosis has also been thought responsible. Mezzotint engraving of a detail from a pastel drawing by Jean-Etienne Liotard (1750-55, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
[Ref: 42089] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.](jpegs/55923.jpg)
[Maria Gunning] Maria Countess of Coventry.
[after Jean-Etienne Liotard.]
Printed for John Bowles at No 13 _ in Cornhill, London [c.1760].
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Tipped into album sheet. Small margins.
Maria Coventry [née Gunning], countess of Coventry (bap.1732-d.1760), in a floral dress, head resting on her hand. A noted beauty, she died at 27, said to be caused by lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup. A detail from a pastel drawing by Jean-Etienne Liotard (1750-55), in the Rijksmuseum.
See Ref: 42089 for reverse image.
[Ref: 55923] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Jean-Etienne Liotard.]
Printed for John Bowles at No 13 _ in Cornhill, London [c.1760].
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Tipped into album sheet. Small margins.
Maria Coventry [née Gunning], countess of Coventry (bap.1732-d.1760), in a floral dress, head resting on her hand. A noted beauty, she died at 27, said to be caused by lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup. A detail from a pastel drawing by Jean-Etienne Liotard (1750-55), in the Rijksmuseum.
See Ref: 42089 for reverse image.
[Ref: 55923] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis Quinze.]](jpegs/68615.jpg)
[Louis Quinze.] [S'il aima bien son peuple Il en fut bien aimé]
[Peint par Liotard] [Grave par Vispré]
[A Londres chez l'Auteur dans st Martins Lane et a Paris chez Buldet Quay de Gesvres.] [n.d. c.1760]
Rare mezzotint, proof before letters, 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins. Cockling. Laid on album sheet at three corners.
Half-length portrait of Louis XV turned slightly to the right, gazing forward, dressed with a sash and the badge of the Order of the Saint-Esprit, wearing a frilled cravat and a queue wig, and holding his hat beneath his left arm; set within an oval frame. Louis XV (1710-1774) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death on 10 May 1774. Coming to the throne at the age of five, Louis initially reigned with the aid of the Régent, Philippe, duc d'Orléans, his great-uncle, taking formal personal control of government on 15 February 1723, the date of his thirteenth birthday. Most historians view his reign as damaging, arguing that poor leadership and lavish spending weakened France, drained its finances, and undermined both the monarchy and its global standing. A minority, however, contend he was popular in his lifetime and later maligned by revolutionary propaganda. By the time Louis XVI succeeded him, the kingdom faced severe financial crisis and urgent need for reform, setting the stage for the French Revolution.
CS 2 I of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68615] £320.00
[Peint par Liotard] [Grave par Vispré]
[A Londres chez l'Auteur dans st Martins Lane et a Paris chez Buldet Quay de Gesvres.] [n.d. c.1760]
Rare mezzotint, proof before letters, 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins. Cockling. Laid on album sheet at three corners.
Half-length portrait of Louis XV turned slightly to the right, gazing forward, dressed with a sash and the badge of the Order of the Saint-Esprit, wearing a frilled cravat and a queue wig, and holding his hat beneath his left arm; set within an oval frame. Louis XV (1710-1774) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death on 10 May 1774. Coming to the throne at the age of five, Louis initially reigned with the aid of the Régent, Philippe, duc d'Orléans, his great-uncle, taking formal personal control of government on 15 February 1723, the date of his thirteenth birthday. Most historians view his reign as damaging, arguing that poor leadership and lavish spending weakened France, drained its finances, and undermined both the monarchy and its global standing. A minority, however, contend he was popular in his lifetime and later maligned by revolutionary propaganda. By the time Louis XVI succeeded him, the kingdom faced severe financial crisis and urgent need for reform, setting the stage for the French Revolution.
CS 2 I of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68615] £320.00
Her Royal Highness princess Louisa Anne. Born March y.e 8,th 1749.
J. St. Liotard pinx.t. Rich.d Houston Fecit.
[Publish'd by Sam.l Okey the Corner of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length portrait of Louisa Anne (1749-68), aged about five. The daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and sister of George III, she died of tuberculosis, aged 19. Jean-Etienne Liotard's original pastel on vellum was commissioned by Augusta, Princess of Wales, in 1754. It it still in the Royal Collection (RCIN 400900).
CS 72. Ex Collection: Lawsonii
[Ref: 62760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. St. Liotard pinx.t. Rich.d Houston Fecit.
[Publish'd by Sam.l Okey the Corner of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length portrait of Louisa Anne (1749-68), aged about five. The daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and sister of George III, she died of tuberculosis, aged 19. Jean-Etienne Liotard's original pastel on vellum was commissioned by Augusta, Princess of Wales, in 1754. It it still in the Royal Collection (RCIN 400900).
CS 72. Ex Collection: Lawsonii
[Ref: 62760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)