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William Anstruther of Anstruther one of their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council & Exchequer, And one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice in the Kingdome of Scotland.
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Mezzotint, 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Small margins.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69820] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Mezzotint, 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Small margins.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69820] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
William Anstruther of Anstruther one of their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council & Exchequer, And one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice in the Kingdome of Scotland.
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Very rare mezzotint printed in red, sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed to plate on right, thread margins elsewhere. Top right small loss.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69821] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Very rare mezzotint printed in red, sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed to plate on right, thread margins elsewhere. Top right small loss.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69821] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dame Hellen Balfour, S.r George Hamilton of Binnie and Barton's Lady. Anno Dom: 1694.
J.B. de Medine pinx. J. Smith fec:
[n.d., c.1699.] [later]
Rare & fine mezzotint, 17th century watermark 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Helen Balfour, wife of Sir George Hamilton (1643-1726) of Binne & Barton, a pair to a portrait of her husband also by John Baptist de Medina (c.1659-1710)
CS 124. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 69431] for her husband.
[Ref: 69084] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. de Medine pinx. J. Smith fec:
[n.d., c.1699.] [later]
Rare & fine mezzotint, 17th century watermark 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Helen Balfour, wife of Sir George Hamilton (1643-1726) of Binne & Barton, a pair to a portrait of her husband also by John Baptist de Medina (c.1659-1710)
CS 124. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 69431] for her husband.
[Ref: 69084] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Archibald Campbell, first Duke of Argyll] Archibaldus Comes Argatheliae](jpegs/69051.jpg)
[Archibald Campbell, first Duke of Argyll] Archibaldus Comes Argatheliae Dominus Kintire Campbell et Lorne hereditarius Justitiarius Generalis S.D.N.R. Vice Cometus Argatheliae Insularum aliarumq Magnus Hereditarius Hospity Magister et Praefectrus Cohortis Peditum Regis.
I.B. de Medina pinx. P. Vanderbanck sculp.
[n.d. c.1690.]
Engraving, 445 x 310mm (17½ x 12¼"). Laid on board.
Portrait of Archibald Campbell (1658-1703), first Duke of Argyll, half length in an oval on a pedestal, wearing wig, cravat and armour; coats of arms along each side and below portrait. Campbell's father had been attained by James II for his part in Monmouth's Rebellion. After trying and failing to regain James's favour, Campbell went to to The Hague and supported William and Mary's quest for the throne, by which he regained his estates. He became a privy councillor and William's chief advisor on Scottish affairs, for which he was made a duke in 1701.
[Ref: 69051] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
I.B. de Medina pinx. P. Vanderbanck sculp.
[n.d. c.1690.]
Engraving, 445 x 310mm (17½ x 12¼"). Laid on board.
Portrait of Archibald Campbell (1658-1703), first Duke of Argyll, half length in an oval on a pedestal, wearing wig, cravat and armour; coats of arms along each side and below portrait. Campbell's father had been attained by James II for his part in Monmouth's Rebellion. After trying and failing to regain James's favour, Campbell went to to The Hague and supported William and Mary's quest for the throne, by which he regained his estates. He became a privy councillor and William's chief advisor on Scottish affairs, for which he was made a duke in 1701.
[Ref: 69051] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
S.r George Hamilton of Binnie and Barton Bar.t. Aeta Suae 51 Anno Dom: 1694.
J.B. de Medine pinx. J. Smith fec:
[n.d., c.1699.]
Fine mezzotint, 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins and laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Sir George Hamilton (1643-1726) of Binne & Barton, wearing wig, neckcloth, and armour; coat of arms with motto 'Through God revived.' A pair to a portrait of his wife also by John Baptist de Medina (c.1659-1710).
CS 123. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 69084] for his wife.
[Ref: 69431] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. de Medine pinx. J. Smith fec:
[n.d., c.1699.]
Fine mezzotint, 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins and laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Sir George Hamilton (1643-1726) of Binne & Barton, wearing wig, neckcloth, and armour; coat of arms with motto 'Through God revived.' A pair to a portrait of his wife also by John Baptist de Medina (c.1659-1710).
CS 123. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 69084] for his wife.
[Ref: 69431] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Ann Roydhouse.
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Fine mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp in image.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Charles Kemeys-Tynte (1778-1860), Lugt 2444.
[Ref: 68685] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Fine mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp in image.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Charles Kemeys-Tynte (1778-1860), Lugt 2444.
[Ref: 68685] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Ann Roydhouse.
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Old ink mss on bottom platemark.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.B. de Medina pinx. J. Smith fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1690].
Mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"), large margins. Old ink mss on bottom platemark.
A three-quarter portrait, seated in an interior with embroidered curtain. When the oil was sold at Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2024, the sitter was described as ''the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields'', whom Medina most likely painted between 1686 and 1693, when he was based in London. However it more likely to be his daughter, born 1680, who married MP Sir Thomas Morgan (c. 1685-1716), 3rd Baronet, of Kinnersley Castle, in 1709.
CS 216, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)