Grosvenor Prints

Joseph Allen M.D.
G. Romney pinx.t Engrav'd by Cha.s Townley Member of the Royal Academy in Florence.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Mezzotint with collector's mark. Plate 386 x 279mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed close to the plate.
Portrait of Dr Joseph Allen (1714-1796), master of Dulwich College, half length, wearing wig and college gown. He also acted as surgeon on Anson's circumnavigation of world 1740-3.
Horne: 2. CS: 1. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 29097] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Bosanquet Esq.r of Forest House in the County of Essex.
G. Romney Esq.r pinx.t C. Turner sculp.t
London Published Dec.r 2.nd 1806, for the Proprietor, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Hay Market.
Mezzotint with open letters with collector's mark. Plate 508 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Trimmed to the plate.
Portrait, over three-quarter length; seated to left sideways on a chair in front of a curtain, with head turned towards front; wearing a dark double-breasted tailcoat over light waistcoat and white frill, dark breeches and stockings; his right arm resting on chair back, holding papers; his left fist clenched on his hip; on left, window, with treetops in distant background. Samuel Bosanquet (1744-1806), Governor of the Bank of England.
Horne: 7. Whitman: 51. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute.
[Ref: 29096] £320.00

The Right Hon.ble James Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan, &c.&c.&c. Constable & Governor of Windsor Castle & Keeper of the Privy Purse to the King. From the Original Picture in the Possession of Anthony Storer Esq.r
Painted by Romney. Engraved by J. Grozer.
Published as the Act directs Sep. 1792 by I. Grozer No.3 Castle Street Leicester Square.
Mezzotint with small margins and collector's mark. Plate 380 x 278mm (15 x 11"). Fine impression.
James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan (1725-1811), the British politician and courtier. He served as Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, Hastings, Great Bedwyn and Marlborough. He served as Deputy Cofferer of the Household, Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales, George III, Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, and Keeper of the Privy Purse.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 14.
[Ref: 29123] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Honble. Lt. Coll. Charles Cathcart.
Gulielmus Sharp Sculpsit Londini, Januarius 1. 1791. G. Romney Pinxt.
Line engraving. 275 x 217mm. 10¾" x 8½". Slight mark top left of the image.
Charles Allan Cathcart was born of 8th December 1759. He was the son of Lt. General Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart. He held the office of Member of Parliament for Clackmannanshire and died aged 28 in 1788, without issue.
Horne 18.
[Ref: 8278] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Katherine Mary & Thomas John Clavering.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by J.R. Smith,
London, Pub.d Jan y.e 29, 1779, by J.R. Smith, N.º 10 Batemans Buildings, Soho Square. & Torre, Printseller back of the Ópera House, Market Lane.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"). Narrow margins, trimmed into plate at bottom, surface scratch bottom right, foxing.
A portrait of the children of George Clavering (1719-94), of Greencroft, Durham: Catherine Mary Clavering (1769-85) and Thomas John Clavering (1771-1853), later 8th Baronet. Thomas holds two spaniels on a lead and Catherine holds a puppy. The painting is held by the The Huntington Library (78.20.35).
CS 41. Russell 41, state ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. With ink stamp of Fritz Reiss (Lugt 2178), whose collection was sold at Christie's London in 1923. O'Oench: Copper into Gold, P
[Ref: 64524] £320.00

Katherine Mary & Thomas John Clavering.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by J.R. Smith,
London, Pub.d Jan y.e 29, 1779, by J.R. Smith, N.º 10 Batemans Buildings, Soho Square. & Torre, Printseller back of the Ópera House, Market Lane.
Mezzotint. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"). Thread margins.
A portrait of the children of George Clavering (1719-94), of Greencroft, Durham: Catherine Mary Clavering (1769-85) and Thomas John Clavering (1771-1853), later 8th Baronet. Thomas holds two spaniels on a lead and Catherine holds a puppy. The painting is held by the The Huntington Library (78.20.35).
CS 41. Russell 41, state iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. O'Oench: Copper into Gold, Prints by John Raphael Smith 129
[Ref: 64523] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

William Cowper. Carmine Nobilem. Hor.
From a Portrait in Crayons Drawn from the Life by Romney in 1792. Engravd by W Blake 1802.
Publish'd Novemb.r 5. 1802 by J. Johnson St Pauls Church Yard
Engraving, sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½"). Very slight foxing.
Portrait of poet William Cowper (1731-1800), engraved by William Blake from a famous sketch by Romney (London, National Portrait Gallery) and published as the frontispiece to volume one of William Hayley's Life of Cowper (1802). Hayley was a patron of Blake and employed him to provide a series of engravings for this project. Unfortunately Cowper's cousin Lady Harriet Hesketh criticized Blake's engraving of her beloved relation, contributing to the breakdown in the relationship between Hayley and Blake.
O'D 7.
[Ref: 31333] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs. Crouch.]
[G: Romney pinxit. F. Bartolozzi R:A: sculpt.]
[n.d. c.1788.]
Very rare stipple, proof before all letters. Plate 318 x 255mm (12½ x 10"). With the collector's mark of A. Anderson Weston.
Portrait of the singer and actress Anna Maria Crouch; three-quarter length portrait, seated under a cliff, lower body facing three-quarter to right, upper body turned and looking three-quarter to left, right hand on chest, book in left hand, necklace with a miniature portrait attached hung from neck; yacht on sea in distance to extreme right. Anna Maria Crouch (1763-1805), the singer and stage actress in the London theatres; she was, briefly, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Alexander Anderdon Weston (d. 1901) inherited a fine collection of English portraits after Reynolds and other artists, formed by his uncle James Hughes Anderdon.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 21 (a). De Vesme: 1063. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29121] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Baron Brownlow.]
[Painted by George Romney. Engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti.]
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple and etching, unfinished proof before all letters. Plate 268 x 202mm (10½ x 8"). Collector's mark. Trimmed along upper edge.
Brownlow Cust (1744-1807), 1st Baron Brownlow, Tory Member of Parliament. He was elected to the House of Commons for Ilchester, and then Grantham.
Horne: 8. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute.
[Ref: 29095] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

John Dawes Esq.r Highbury Ob 31 Jan 1788 Aet. 64.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by R. Slann.
[n.d. c.1788.]
Engraving with collector's mark A. Anderson Weston. 366 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Cut, rare.
John Dawes (1724-1768) was a wealthy stockbroker who acquired the site of Jack Straw's Castle, Highbury.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 25. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29126] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Madame de Genlis.
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture.
Published April 14.th 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple with very large margins and collector's mark. Plate 281 x 222mm (11 x 8¾"). Uncut.
Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830), known as Madame de Genlis, the French writer, harpist and educator. From Hayley's Life of Romney 1809.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 32.
[Ref: 29134] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Col. Patrick Duff, of the Hon.ble East India Company's Artillery.
Painted by G. Romney Esq: Engraved by C:H:Hodges.
Publish'd by C.H. Hodges No.17, Lambeth Road_Feb.y 3.d. 1791.
Mezzotint. 405 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"), very large margins. Framed. Stain in title.
Half-length portrait of Patrick Duff (d.1803), holding a sword in military uniform, facing forward.
Horne: 27, ii/ii. CS 12.
[Ref: 63663] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Farmer, D.D. Master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge and Principal Librarian of that University.
G. Romney pinx.t jussu Collegii. J.Jones sculpsit.
London Publish'd as the Act directs June 14.th 1785, by J. Jones. No.63, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint, with engraved title area and small margins and collector's mark. Plate 502 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾").
Portrait almost half-length to right within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing short wig, robes and bands. Richard Farmer (1735-1797) was master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and canon of St. Paul's.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 29, iii/iii. CS: 27.
[Ref: 29130] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[David Garrow.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C.H.Hodges.
[n.d. c.1787.]
Mezzotint, very rare, with small margins; proof before title with collector's mark. Plate 380 x 279mm (15 x 77").
Portrait of David Garrow in clerical dress holding a book, in a square frame. David Garrow (1716-1805), Schoolmaster at Hadley, Middlesex. According to the British Museum, the plate was never published; it was most probably made for presentation to his pupils. Father of the Barrister Mr. Garrow
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 31. CS: 16.
[Ref: 29128] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Possest by sympathy's enchanting sway She reads, unconscious of the dawning day. Canto 1. Page 4.
Painted by George Romney Esq.r Eng.d by T.B. Brown.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Coloured stipple. 165 x 102mm. 6½ x 4".
A girl sat reading a book with a candle on the table next to her, through the window can be seen the first rays of sun at dawn. Engraved from George Romney's painting 'Serena reading' (Preston, Harris Museum and Art Gallery), which takes as its subject the heroine of 'the Triumphs of Temper' by Romney's friend William Hayley. With a couplet from Hayley's poem below the image.
[Ref: 21007] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Emma Hamilton] Titania, Puck, the Changeling, &c. (From Shakespear's Play of "Midsummer Night's Dream"). Engraved by Edward Scriven, Historical Engraver to the Prince of Wales from an unfinished Picture by George Romney, Esq. in the Posession of Sir John Fleming Leicesyer, Bar.t. Who by appropriating a Gallery exclusively to English Pictures has evinced a patriotic love for the Fine Arts of his Country, & to whom this plate is most respectfully inscribed.
Class 1. Painting for ''the Fine Arts of the English School''.
London: Published December 1, 1810 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row: J Taylor, High Holborn & W. Bond 87 Newman St.
Stipple. Sheet: 270 x 320mm (10¾ x 12½''). Crease in top left corner. Trimmed to platemark.
Portrait of Emma Hamilton as Titania after Romney, lying at right, leaning on her elbows and resting her hands on her chin, looking to front with a smile, Puck tying a ribbon around the ankle of baby lying at left, fairies in the sky behind. Lady Emma Hamilton (c.1765-1815), was the famous wife of Sir William Hamilton, and mistress of Nelson.
Horne: 56. II. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute.
[Ref: 50251] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Emma Hamilton as Nature.] Lady Hamilton. From the Original Picture in the possession of T. L. Parker Esq.r.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by Henry Meyer.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Mounted in album paper, slight mount burn.
A half-length portrait of Emma Hart (1765-1815), later Emma Hamilton, dog under her arm. Before her marriage to Sir William Hamilton, Emma was George Romney's favourite muse. She is now remembered as Admiral Nelson's mistress.
Horne 42. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64756] £320.00

Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante, after Romney, 1786.
H.A.O. Mackenzie, fecit.
[n.d., c.1890.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"), large margins. Cracks in platemark, creases.
Portrait of Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) posing as a baccante.
BM 2010,7081.4625. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66959] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Hamilton.
Engrav'd by J. Conde from an original Painting of G. Romney Esq.r.
[Publish'd by J. Asperne, successor to Mr. Sewell, Cornhill, June 1-1803.]
Stipple printed in blue ink. Sheet size: 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed inside plate, losing publisher's inscription.
A portrait of Lady Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) half-length, directed to the right, wearing a gown and a floral wreath with a veil over her head which falls over her shoulders. An illustrtation to the 'European Magazine'. Hamilton achieved celebrity through her beauty, personal vitality and skills as a performer. She is principally remembered as the artist George Romney's 'muse' and for her love affair with Nelson.
[Ref: 37281] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

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Frontispiece to the Second Volume of Hayley's Memoirs. Vide page 233.
Engraved by Caroline Watson, From a painting by Romney.
London Published by Henry Colburn & Co. and Simpkin & Marshall April, 10, 1823.
Stipple engraving 257 x 315mm. 10 x 12 inches. Collectors mark for Madam Anderson Weston.
William Hayley (1745-1820), an English writer best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper.
Horne: 65b.
[Ref: 13720] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Henderson in the Character of Macbeth.
Painted by George Romney. Engraved by John Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs Decr. 1st. 1787, by J. Jones, Engraver No. 75, Great Portland Street.
Mezzotint, 455 x 540mm. Trimmed to platemark lower left.
Portrait of John Henderson (1747 - 1785) as Macbeth, looking over his left shoulder at the Three Witches. A procession passes across the landscape in the distance.
Chaloner Smith: 37, II.
[Ref: 8339] £420.00

[John Henniker.]
G. Romney p.t H. Hudson f.
[n.d. c.1786.]
Rare mezzotint, with collector's mark, proof before title. Plate 330 x 252mm (13 x 10"). Fine impression. Large margins.
John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (1752-1821), the British peer and Member of Parliament for New Romney, Steyning, Rutland and Stamford. In 1792 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Major.
Horne: 68. CS: 3. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute.
[Ref: 29089] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[John Henniker]
G. Romney p.t. H. Hudson f.t.
[n.d. c.1786]
Fine mezzotint proof before title, 18th century watermarked paper; 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some light foxing in margins.
Half-length portrait of British peer and Member of Parliament, John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (1752-1821). He wears a powdered wig, dark coat and cravat.
CS 3. Horne 68 I.
[Ref: 61601] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

General Studholme Hodgson.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by W. Bond.
London Published May 27. 1796.
Engraving, 9.1/8 x 7".
Commodore Keppel convoyed a strong land force of eight thousand troops, under General Hodgson, from Spithead, and arrived off Belleisle on April 7th [1761] to attack the island.
Parker, p68.
[Ref: 5071] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Eyles Irwin.
Painted by George Romney. Engrav'd by James Walker.
London Publish'd as the Act directs July 2.d 1780; by James Walker No.50 Frith Street, Soho, and sold also, by I. Dodsley, in Pall Mall.
Mezzotint very rare with small margins and collector's mark. Plate 249 x 186mm (9¾ x 7¼").
Portrait, half length facing foward but looking to left, holding a rolled paper, wearing cloak and curled hair. Eyles Irwin (c.1751-1817), the Irish poet and writer. He rose in the East India Company from a servant in civil capacity to superintendent of the company's affairs in China.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 71, ii/ii. CS: 8.
[Ref: 29154] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Jenkinson] The Right Honourable Charles, Lord Hawkesbury, Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster; one of His Majesty;s most Honourable Privy Council. President of the Committee of Council for Trade & Plantations, and Clerk of the Pells in Ireland, LLD &c &c &c.
G. Romney Pinxit. J. Murphy Sculp.t.
London. Publish'd March 19.th 1788 by I. Murphy N.º 4, Air Street Piccadilly.
Mezzotint. 460 x 355mm (18¼ x 14"). Repaired tears in outer margins. Title printed on separate plate.
A near-full length portrait of Charles Jenkinson (1729-1808), holding a snuffbox, seated by a table with books, one lettered "Report on Commercial Intercourse with America", and papers referring to the encouragement of navigation, and Greenland whale and Newfoundland fisheries. In May 1796 he became Earl of Liverpool.
Horne: 66. CS: 6.
[Ref: 65707] £480.00

[The Right Honourable Charles, Lord Hawkesbury, Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster; one of His Majesty;s most Honourable Privy Council. President of the Committee of Council for Trade & Plantations, and Clerk of the Pells in Ireland, LLD &c &c &c.]
[G. Romney Pinxit. J. Murphy Sculpt.]
[London. Publish'd March 19th. 1788 by I. Murphy No 4, Air Street Piccadilly.]
Rare mezzotint, proof before all letters . Plate 460 x 355mm (18¼ x 14"). Repaired tears in title area.
Portrait, three-quarter length, sitting, directed to the left, facing and looking to the front, holding a snuff box in his left hand, beside him is a table with books, one lettered "Report on Commercial Intercourse with America", and papers referring to the encouragement of navigation, and Greenland whale and Newfoundland fisheries. Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729-1808), Lord Hawkesbury, was a British statesman who served as a Lord of the Admiralty, a Lord of the Treasury, a Privy Councillor, Vice Treasurer of Ireland, Master of the Mint, Secretary at War, President of the Board of Trade, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia, and Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada were named after him.
Horne: 66. CS: 6.Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65219] £480.00

Milton and his two Daughters. vide Life of Milton page 112.
G. Romney pinxit. Benj. Smith sculp.
Publish'd June 4. 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, & G. Nicol, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No.90 Cheapside, London.
Stipple, sheet 355 x 440mm (14 x 17¼"). Trimmed on left and right. Slight creasing on left title.
Milton dictating 'Paradise Lost' to his two daughters, who sit at a desk at left, their father sick and wrapped in blankets in a chair at right. John Milton (1608-1674), the poet.
Horne: 141.
[Ref: 56628] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

James Mingay Esqr.
G. Romney pinxt. C.H. Hodges sculpt.
London, Published Octr. 10th. 1791, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
A fine mezzotint, title in closed capitals, 505 x 350mm. 19¾ x 13¾". Closed chip to left margin.
James Mingay (1752 - 1812), barrister, sitting in wig and robes, right elbow resting on the arm of the chair, left hand on a table to the right; inkwell and papers to right. As the result of a childhood accident he lost his right hand, and wore a hook in its place. His obituary in the Gentelman's Magaaine states that as an advocate he possess'd a 'persuasvie oratory, infinite wit, and most excellent fancy'. After George Romney (1734 - 1802).
Chaloner Smith 24 . NPG: D38842. Horne 82.
[Ref: 19495] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Mirth.]
G.Romney Pinx.t. Rob.t Dunkarton fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.º53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st Oct.r. 1772.
Mezzotint. 605 x 380mm (23¾ x 15"). Some creasing and time-staining. Repaired tears. Small margins.
Full-length portrait of a woman dressed in a classical robe, holding a tambourine and dancing, women and girls play instruments behind her. Possibly of Dorothea Jordan (1761 - 1816), Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence.
Horne 138 II of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64663] £420.00

The Most Rev.d John Moore, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England.
Painted by George Romney. Engraved by J. Jones, Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales & Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 1. 1792, by J. Jones, No.75 Great Portland Street.
Stipple with Collector's mark and very large margins. Plate 515 x 392mm (20¼ x 15½").
Portrait of John Moore, Archibishop of Canterbury, seated three-quarter length, directed to left, left hand on the arm of his chair, right hand on knee, looking towards the viewer, wearing clerical vestments with large white sleeves, bands and chin-length wig. John Moore (c.1729-1805), son of Thomas Moore, was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1783.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 84, iii/iii.
[Ref: 29160] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Musters.
Painted by George Romney. Engrav'd by James Walker.
Publish'd as the Act directs Novr. 1st. 1780 by J. Walker No.51 Great Portland Street.
Mezzotint. 330 x 270mm (13 x 10¾") with title from separate plate 50 x 275mm (2 x 11"). Framed. Trimmed to just outside title plate at bottom. Unexamined out of frame.
Sophia Catherine Musters (née Heywood) (1758-1819). The wife of John Musters of Colwick Hall, near Nottingham, Sophia was a noted beauty and was the subject of a portrait by Reynolds, now at Petworth.
Chaloner Smith: 10, ii of ii. Cross: 3. Horne: 85.ii.
[Ref: 51843] £450.00

Abraham Newland Esq.r Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. To the Deputy Governor and Directors of the Bank of England. This Plate is with Permission dedicated by their most Obedient Humble Servant J. Grozer.
Painted by Geo. Romney. Engraved by J. Grozer.
Pub. as the Act directs Aug.t 20.1795 by I. Grozer, No.40 Gerrard Street, Soho: London.
Mezzotint, with Collector's mark, printed in colour. 477 x 356mm (18¾ x 14"). Trimmed. Slightly foxed.
Portrait, three-quarter length standing directed to right, wearing a dark suit and short powdered wig, ooking towards the viewer, right hand in his pocket, left hand at his side, touching a ten pound note on a table, with an inkpot and letter addressed to 'Abraham Newland Esqr. Chief Cashier of the Bank of England'. Abraham Newland (1730-1807), chief cashier at the Bank of England.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 86, ii/ii. CS: 18.
[Ref: 29162] £320.00

Abraham Newland Esq.r Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. To the Governor Deputy Governor and Directors of the Bank of England. This Plate is with Permission dedicated by their most Obedient Humble Servant J. Grozer.
Painted by Geo. Romney. Engraved by J. Grozer.
Pub. as the Act directs Aug.t 20.1795 by I. Grozer, No.40 Gerrard Street, Soho London.
Coloured mezzotint partly printed in colour, small margins. Plate 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14").
Abraham Newland (1730-1807), the chief cashier at the Bank of England from 1782 to 1807. No bank note could be issued or could be claimed as genuine without his signature. He slept in the Bank itself for 25 years, so was largely a stranger to his own home adjoining Highbury Fields.
CS: 18. Horne: 86.
[Ref: 31109] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Newton with the Prism.
Romney Pinx. Meadows Sculp.
[Published April 14th 1809 by Thomas Payne Pall Mall]
Stipple engraving, sheet 200 x 270mm (8 x 10½"). Trimmed to plate losing publication line, glued on album sheet at edges.
A reconstruction of Isaac Newton's prism experiment in which Newton holds a prism in a beam of sunlight to cast a spectrum on the wall behind. Two women look, one carrying a tray on which is a carafe of water.
[Ref: 59388] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[James Thomas Paine.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published Jan.y the 1.st 1780 by J. Dean. Berwick Street Soho.
Very fine mezzotint, proof before title. 461 x 330mm (18¼ x 13"), with collector's mark.
Whole-length, as a child, standing, naked except for a sash that comes around his chest, he holds it around the neck of a Pomeranian dog to the right, whose head is turned towards the boy. James Paine II (1745-1829), architect and sculptor, the son of James Paine I.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 91, i/ii. CS: 19.
[Ref: 29163] £850.00

Thomas Paine.
Romney Pinx.t. W.Sharp Sculp.t.
London Published by W.Sharp No.8 Charles Street Middx. Hosp.l. April 20, 1793.
Rare and fine engraving. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Small crease on bottom centre.
Portrait of Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, and political philosopher. He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776-1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he helped to inspire the colonial era patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.
[Ref: 64206] £420.00

Thomas Paine.
Romney pinx. Sharp sc.
Published & Sold by E. Truelove, 240, Strand, three doors from Temple Bar.
Engraving. Plate: 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9''). Trimmed within plate on lower edge. Messy in edges.
A portrait of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) who was an American political activist and Founding Father of the USA, at the start of the American Revolution he published two pamphlets which inspired the patriots to declare independence.
[Ref: 50031] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

William Paley M.A. Archdeacon of Carlisle.
Painted by George Romney. Engraved by J. Jones Engraver Extraordinary, to his R.H. the Prince of Wales, & Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 11. 1792, by J. Jones, No.75 Great Portland Street, Portland Place.
Mezzotint with very large margins and Collector's mark. Plate 559 x 407mm (22 x 16"). Fine.
Portrait standing three-quarter length to right holding fishing rod and line, eyes to front, wearing black suit and hat, landscape behind. William Paley (1743-1805), the theologian and moralist. In 1782 he was appointed archdeacon of Carlisle and rector of Bishop-Wearmouth. He also wrote 'Evidences of Christianity'.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 92, ii/ii.
[Ref: 29164] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Hyde Parker Bar.t Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet; Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships at St. Lucia [...]
G. Romney pinx.t Engrav'd by C. Townley Member of the Imperial Academy in Florence
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1 1785, by C. Townley No.15 Duke Street, St James's
Mezzotint, platemark 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins. Repaired tear on right; fold through title area; collector's stamp of Mrs E.M. Hamilton verso.
Sir Hyde Parker, fifth baronet (1714-1782/3), naval officer. Parker spent his career in the navy and was promoted to rear-admiral in 1778, travelling as second in command in the squadron going out to North America with Vice-Admiral John Byron during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). After naval victories against the French in the Caribbean, Parker was promoted vice-admiral and commanded a squadron in the North Sea, engaging the Dutch fleet near the Dogger Bank in 1781. After the battle he resigned, blaming himself for the squadrons failure to secure a decisive victory despite the attempts of George III to persuade him otherwise (Parker told the king the navy needed younger commanders and newer ships). Fine mezzotint after the portrait by Romney (in or before 1782/3) in Melford Hall, Suffolk, a version of which is in the National Maritime Museum, London, which shows Parker gesturing to the Dogger Bank action behind him.
CS 17; stamp not in Lugt.
[Ref: 46780] £380.00

The Revd. Samuel Parr L.L.D.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by J. Jones.
London Published as the Act directs Nov.r 29.th 1788 by I. Jones No.75 Great Portland Street Portland Place, Marylebone.
Mezzotint. 503 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Two wormholes in title area. Collector's stamp.
A very fine impression of this half-length portrait of Rev. Samuel Parr (1747-1825), scholar, critic, schoolmaster, writer, minister, Doctor of Law and Whig politician.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 95, iii/iii. CS: 60.
[Ref: 29165] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Harry Peckham 1778.
Romney Pinxit. J.K. Sherwin Sculp.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Fine & rare engraving. On verso in ink "given me by penson earls"; Sheet 300 x 230 (11¾ x 9"). Trimmed to printed border.
Harry Peckham (1740-87), King's Counsel, travel author and influential early cricketer, half-length, holding a volume, 'Sidney on Government'. In 1774 Peckham sat on a committee to regularise the laws of cricket, introducing the 'Leg before wicket' rule. He died aged 46, having broken his neck while hunting, and was buried in Temple Church. Romney's portrait of Peckham hangs in the Council House, Chichester, where he was Recorder.
[Ref: 54653] £320.00

The Late Lord Petre.
G. Romney Esq.r R.A. pinx. A. Freschi sculp.
Published & Sold May 1. 1803, by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to His Majesty, 59, New Bond Street, London.
Stipple with very large margins. Plate 531 x 410mm (21 x 16¼"). Some creasing and small tears.
Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre (1742-1801), the British peer. He was a member of the English Roman Catholic nobility, a philanthropist and responsible for employing James Paine to design a new Thorndon Hall and a house in Mayfair. Finger points to plan of Thorndon.
Horne: 94 (b). NPG: D40175.
[Ref: 29168] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble William Pitt, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1789.
[Engraved by J. Jones.]
Pub.d as the Act directs [May ye 20th 1789 by J. Jones N. 75 Great Portland] Street.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Thread margins, title area (only) rubbed, most of engraver's and publisher's inscription illegible.
A portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) dressed in his Chancellor's robes, after George Romney. Pitt served as Chancellor three times (1782-83, 1783-1801 & 1804-06), the last two terms while he was also Prime Minister.
CS 63, i of ii.
[Ref: 43445] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Miss Benedetta Ramus.]
Painted by G: Romney, Engraved by W. Dickinson.
Publish'd Jan. 20th, 1779 by Will.m Dickinson & Tho.s Watson, No.158 New Bond Street, London.
Mezzotint. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Framed. Trimmed to plate, old ink mss 'Miss Ramus' in title area
Portrait of Benedetta Ramus; half-length standing leaning forward to right, her hands joined on a book labelled 'Johnson, Shakespeare, 4' propped on a folding table in front of her, her chin on her hands, dark hair dressed up with a jewelled scarf, wearing a gown with lacy sleeves. Lady Benedetta Day (c.1811), wife of Sir John Day of Middle Temple, Advocate General in the East Indies. Her father was housekeeper at St James's Palace. She was buried at Kew, where there is also a monument to her husband.
Horne: 102, B, ii/ii. CS: 66, ii/ii.
[Ref: 51842] £360.00

Caroline Spencer Duchess of Marlborough.
Painted by Geo. Romney . Engraved by J. Jones Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales and Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York
Publish'd as the Act directs July 30 1792 by J. Jones No.75 Great Portland Street. [all text in image lower right].
Mezzotint. 610 x 380mm (24 x 15"), with large margins. Platemark cracked lower left.
Lady Caroline Russell (1743-1811), wife of politician George Spencer, fourth duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), resting against a pedestal. They had three sons and five daughters together.
After the portrait by George Romney. She was also portrayed by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
CS: 53 [state not listed but post 1791 state listed]; Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 38367] £850.00

David Scott Esq.r M.P.
Painted by Geo. Romney Esq.r. Engraved by Jn.o Young, Engraver in Mezzotinto to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London, July 16.th 1798, Published by Jn.o Young, No.58, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 616 x 410mm (24¼ x 16¼") large margins. Repaired tear through inscription area, other small nicks, creases.
David Scott (1746-1805) of Dunninald, a very successful Scottish merchant in Bombay, director of the East India Company and a Member of Parliament. The original oil, painted 1780, is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
CS: 61. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43497] £320.00

[Serena.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by J. Jones.
Pub.d as the Act directs March 1. 1790, by J. Jones, No.75, Great Portland Street.
Stipple, proof before title with large margins and collector's mark. Plate 381 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Foxing.
A young woman, sitting whole-length to front reading, candle on table at left, wearing plain white dress and cap with large blue ribbon. Illustration for Hayley's 'Triumphs of Temper'. After Romney's painting illustrating Hayley's 'Triumphs of Temper'. It has sometimes mistakenly been called a portrait of Honora Sneyd (later Mrs Edgeworth), because of a striking but accidental similarity which is mentioned several times by Anna Seward, a friend both of Mrs Edgeworth and Romney (see Arthur Chamberlain, 'George Romney', 1910, Appendix II).
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 111, i/ii.
[Ref: 29135] £320.00

Serena. Sweet Evalina's fascinating power...
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by J. Jones.
Pub.d as the Act directs, March 1. 1790, by J. Jones, No.75, Great Potland Street.
Stipple. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), very large margins
A young woman, sitting whole-length to front reading, candle on table at left, wearing plain white dress and cap with large blue ribbon. Illustration for Hayley's 'Triumphs of Temper'. After Romney's painting illustrating Hayley's 'Triumphs of Temper'. It has sometimes mistakenly been called a portrait of Honora Sneyd (later Mrs Edgeworth), because of a striking but accidental similarity which is mentioned several times by Anna Seward, a friend both of Mrs Edgeworth and Romney (see Arthur Chamberlain, 'George Romney', 1910, Appendix II).
Horne: 111
[Ref: 48690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy and Comedy. Engraved from the Original Picture Painted by Geo. Romney Esq.r In the Possession of Francis Newbery, Esq.r.
Painted by G. Romney Esq.r. Engraved by B. Smith.
London Pub Dec.r 1st 1803 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mallm & No 90 Cheapside.
Stipple. 320 x 420mm (12½ x 16½"). Trimmed to plate, top right corner torn, bit messy in margins.
The infant Shakespeare sitting on a basket covered by a sheet beneath a tree, Tragedy holding a pipe which he plays. The smiling Comedy is Emma Hamilton, Romney's muse, wife of Sir William Hamilton and lover of Horatio Nelson.
[Ref: 44285] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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