Grosvenor Prints

[A Midsummer Night's Dream] Titania. Puck. What Hempen Home-Spuns Have We Swaggering Here... From the original picture in the possession of William Chamberlayne Esq.r to whom this print is respectfully inscribed by His most obliged & obedient humble Servant, Henry Thompson.
Painted by Henry Thomson R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London Published March 21, 1814 by T. MacDonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 620 x 415mm. Framed. Trimmed within platemark at bottom.
A scene from 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', with Titania asleep, watched by Puck. In the background is Bottom with an ass's head.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7112] £520.00

[Isaac Abrabanel.] [A Jew Rabbi. From one of the most Capital Pictures ever Painted by Rembrandt: In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.]
[Engraved by William Pether after Rembrandt van Rijn.]
[Published by John Boydell, n.d., c.1764.]
Mezzotint proof before letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Some foxing and time-staining. Thread margins. Margins reinforced
First plate portrait of Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (1437 - 1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel, a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier. He wears a white turban and a mantle attached on breast by rich gold clasps, his hands held in front.
CS 39. Charrington 118 iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Oettingen-Wallerstein.
[Ref: 65586] £480.00

[Isaac Abrabanel.] [A Jew Rabbi.]
[Engraved by William Pether after Rembrandt van Rijn.]
[Published by John Boydell, n.d., c.1764.]
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Trimmed close to plate at sides.
First plate portrait of Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (1437 - 1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel, a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier. He wears a white turban and a mantle attached on breast by rich gold clasps, his hands held in front.
CS 39. Charrington 118 iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & collectors mark.
[Ref: 65587] £480.00

[Isaac Abrabanel.] [A Jew Rabbi. From one of the most Capital Pictures ever Painted by Rembrandt: In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.]
[Rembrandt Pinxt. J.Boydell Exc.t. W.m Pether Sculp.t. 1778.]
[Publishd Feb.y 2d 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters; 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Very small margins.
Portrait of Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (1437 - 1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel, a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier.
Charrington 119. ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65578] £480.00

[Isaac Abrabanel.] [A Jew Rabbi.]
[Engraved by William Pether after Rembrandt van Rijn.]
[Published by John Boydell, n.d., c.1764.]
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins.
First plate portrait of Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (1437 - 1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel, a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier. He wears a white turban and a mantle attached on breast by rich gold clasps, his hands held in front.
CS 39. Charrington 118 iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65588] £480.00

Abraham Offering Up His Son. [And the angel of the Lord called unto him...]
Painted by J.S. Copley R.A. Engraved by R. Dunkarton.
[London Published Nov.r 1. 1797, by J.S. Copley, George Street, Hanover Square.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. 670 x 495mm (26½ x 19½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing contination of title and publication line, margin chipped upper right. Few repairs.
Abraham, about to sacrifice his son Isaac, throws his knife away when the angel appears to tell him to kill the ram instead.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64607] £520.00

[The Accountant.]
[Rembrandt Pinxt. Humphrey fecit.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Rare proof mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Some time-staining and creasing.
Portrait of a man, standing behind a table on which there are books. He wears a jewelled cap and in his left hand he holds a pen.
Charrington 93 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex: Collection Sir Joshua Reynolds (stamp)
[Ref: 65737] £520.00

Archibald Earl of Gosford.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. 1826. Drawn on Stone by R.J. Lane A.R.A 1828.
Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. Private plate. Printed area: 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). On large album sheet.
A portrait of Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (1776 - 1849). Acheson was a British politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America in the 19th century. In 1835, he became Governor General of British North America and instructed to appease the reformists, led by Louis-Joseph Papineau, without giving them any real power. The following year Lord Gosford learned of the planned Lower Canada Rebellion and had many of Papineau's followers arrested, although Papineau himself escaped to the United States. The next month, he issued a reward for the capture of Papineau, and declared martial law in Lower Canada.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35138] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Achilles.]
Rembrandt Pinxt. J.G.Haid fecit.
John Boydell excudit 1764.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Some time-staining and foxing. Small margins.
A half-length portrait of a young man in armour. Profile to the left, a sheild on his left arm and holding a lance in his right hand.
Charrington 67 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65735] £480.00

[John Adam] John Adams Esq.re Late Member of the Supreme Council in Bengal. Proof.
Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Principal Painter in Ordinary to His Majesty, P.R.A. &c. &c. &c. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty, &c. &c.
London, Published March 2, 1829, by Mr Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 660 x 410mm (26 x 16"), with large margins. Vertical crease outside image.
A seated portrait of John Adam (1779-1825), administrator of the East India Comapny in India. He became a member of the Supreme Council of India in 1819 and was Acting Governor General of India for seven months in 1823 between the depature of Hastings and the arrival of Amherst. During that time he moved to suppress the freedom of the Press, cancelling James Silk Buckingham's license for residence in India and passing regulations restricting newspaper criticism.
Whitman iii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66169] £380.00

[John Couch Adams] I.C. Adams, A.M. Coll. Divi Johannis apud Cantabrigienses Socius. Neptunus calculo monstratus, A.D. 1845.
Painted by Thomas Mogford. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
London, July 10, 1851, Published for the Proprietor Thomas Mogford, by J. Hogarth No. 5 Haymarket.
Scarce mezzotint. 450 x 335mm (17¾ x 13¼"), with very large margins. Backboard stains.
John Couch Adams (1819-92), mathematician and astronomer. famed for predicting the existence and position of Neptune, using only mathematics, explaining the discrepancies of Uranus's orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton.
Whitman 5, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67777] £420.00

[J.P. Addenbrook] To General Sir W.m Augustus Pitt, K.B. This Portrait of J.P. Addenbrook, Esq.r is, with Permission, dedicated by his most obedient Servant W.W. Barney.
Katherine Bell pinxit. W. Barney sculp.t.
Published, Jan.y 1 1805, by W. Barney, No. 3, Little George St. Westm.r.
Scarce mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins.
A half length portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat. The BM describes him as 'Major of the 54th Foot; MP for Berwick; Director of the East India Company', with dates 1764/5-1820. However his name does not appear in any list of Berwick-on-Tweed MPs or E.I.C. directors. A 'John Paul Addenbrooke' was a major in the 54th: his dates are 1753-1821) and his career included being Gentleman Usher to Queen Charlotte & Equerry to Princess Charlotte.
Not in CS. BM 2010,7081.2241. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66957] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [J.P. Addenbrook] To General Sir W.m Augustus Pitt, K.B. This Portrait of J.P. Addenbrook, Esq.r is, with Permission, dedicated by his most obedient Servant W.W. Barney.
Katherine Bell pinxit. W. Barney sculp.t.
Published, Jan.y 1 1805, by W. Barney, No. 3, Little George St. Westm.r.
Mezzotint. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate, creased.
A half length portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat. The BM describes him as 'Major of the 54th Foot; MP for Berwick; Director of the East India Company', with dates 1764/5-1820. However his name does not appear in any list of Berwick-on-Tweed MPs or E.I.C. directors. A 'John Paul Addenbrooke' was a major in the 54th: his dates are 1753-1821) and his career included being Gentleman Usher to Queen Charlotte & Equerry to Princess Charlotte.
Not in CS. BM 2010,7081.2241. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67153] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Relief of His Royal Prince Adolphus and Field Marshall Freytag, At the Village of Rexpoede near Dunkirk; on the 6th of Sept.t 1793.
M.Brown pinx.t. S.W.Sculp.
Sold & Published by Orme, No.14 Old Bond Street, June 7. 1794.
Colour mezzotint. 480 x 605mm. Close margins.
Prince Adolphus (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge. Son of George III, he went to Hanover in 1791 to receive military training under the supervision of the Hannoverian commander Field Marshal von Freytag, fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession. The pair were briefly captured before the Battle of Hondschoote, in which 40,000 Frenchmen defeated 24,000 British and Hanoverian soldiers, capturing 6 flags and all of the Duke of York's artillery.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 990] £490.00

The Adoration of the Shepherds. In the Salon at Houghton.
Morellio Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. Val. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published Nov.r. 1.st 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins.
The Virgin on the left, holding open the blanket covering the infant Jesus, the shepherds, one a woman, standing and kneeling each behind the other, adoring Him, St Joseph standing in the background; Plate 24 of the first volume of the 'Houghton Gallery', a set of 129 prints after paintings in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Many of the paintings were bought by Catherine the Great of Russia, including this one, and are now in the Hermitage Museum.
Whitman 191, state ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Age & Dress. The Ruling Passion be it what it will, / The Ruling Passion conquers Reason still.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Rare & fine mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
An elderly lady in the fashionable dress of a young woman, seated at her dressing table looking in her mirror holding a cosmetic box. Appears to be after Charles Antoine Coypel's (1694-1752) pastel 'Folly embellishing Old Age with the adornments of Youth.'
Not in BM. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 51885] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Age & Dress. The Ruling Passion be it what it will, / The Ruling Passion conquers Reason still.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at No 53 in Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Rare & fine mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins.
An elderly lady in the fashionable dress of a young woman, seated at her dressing table looking in her mirror holding a cosmetic box. Appears to be after Charles Antoine Coypel's (1694-1752) pastel 'Folly embellishing Old Age with the adornments of Youth.'
BM Satires 4593. Ex Lennox-Boyd & Oettingen-Wallerstein collections.
[Ref: 51884] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

St. Agnes.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 25, 1787 by Torre & Co No.132 Pall Mall [but 19th century impression].
Engraving. 280 x 400mm (11 x 15¾"), with large margins. Stains in margins.
A portrait of a 'Mrs Quarrington' as St Agnes. Although she is described in contemporary accounts of the painting as an actress, she is otherwise unknown.
Hamilton 127. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67989] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Agrippina, surrounded by her Children, weeping over the Ashes of Germannicus.
B. West R.A. pinxit, 1773, London. V. Green, Engraver in Mezzotinto to his Majesty Fecit. From the Original Picture in the Possession of A. Vesey.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Cheapside July 23. 1774.
Mezzotint, very rare open letter title, 610 x 430mm. 24 x 17". Margin with tears, one just into plate at right.
The widow Agrippina, seated, mourns with her head resting against an urn inscribed with her husband Germanicus's name, comforted by one of her daughters, who touches her neck. A naked boy stands at her feet, leaning back with his hand on his brother's head; behind two young women stand, their arms around each other. A young man beside them buries his head in his hands, another son at the left bows his head; a crown, laurels and a statue of an eagle in the right foreground. In 5 AD Agrippina married Germanicus, her second cousin and step-grandson of the Emperor Augustus. Agrippina had nine children by Germanicus, including the future emperor Gaius (Caligula). Agrippina was very popular among the Roman people, not least because of her marriage to the much-loved Germanicus, whose ashes she brought back to Rome after his death in the east in AD 21. Her strength and popularity aroused the suspicions of the emperor Tiberius and his right-hand man Sejanus, head of the Praetorian guards and she and her eldest son were banished to the Pontian islands on the Bay of Naples in AD 29. Four years later, following a beating so severe that she was blinded in one eye, Agrippina starved herself to death. Her popularity, however, ensured a decent burial, and she was laid to rest at Rome in the Mausoleum of Augustus After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 180, II of II. Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14844] £360.00

Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r. Dedicated to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club by their obedient Servant W.H. Mason.
Painted and engraved by H.E. Dawe.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 285mm (14¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, top left corner chipped.
A half-length portrait of Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), placing a book, ''M.C.C. Subscribers to Matches'', on a table, engraved by Dawe from his own painting of 1838 (still in the collection of the M.C.C.). A wine merchant and cricket administrator, Aislabie joined the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1802, becoming President in 1823 & acting as secretary from 1822 until his death. A large man, he averaged 3.15 runs in over 100 innings, taking only eight wickets, 1808-41. Towards the end of his careet he needed a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field. Despite his lack of skill he was very popular. In 1841, he took the MCC team to Rugby for the match celebrated in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.
O'D 19. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 64346] for proof impression.
[Ref: 65632] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r. Dedicated to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club by their obedient Servant W.H. Mason.]
[Painted and engraved by H.E. Dawe.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before letters. Sheet 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tear entering image taped.
A half-length portrait of Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), placing a book, ''M.C.C. Subscribers to Matches'', on a table, engraved by Dawe from his own painting of 1838 (still in the collection of the M.C.C.). A wine merchant and cricket administrator, Aislabie joined the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1802, becoming President in 1823 & acting as secretary from 1822 until his death. A large man, he averaged 3.15 runs in over 100 innings, taking only eight wickets, 1808-41. Towards the end of his careet he needed a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field. Despite his lack of skill he was very popular. In 1841, he took the MCC team to Rugby for the match celebrated in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.
O'D 19. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 65632] for lettered version.
[Ref: 64346] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Vittoria d'Albano. From the original Portrait of Vittoria d'Albano, in the possession of J.B. Heath Esq.r to whom this print is with permission, respectfully dedicated by his Obliged Servant M.M. Holloway.
Painted by Horace Vernet. Engraved by Henry Cousins.
London, Published July 16th 1835, by M.M. Holloway, 22, King William Street, Strand. Publié a Paris chez Veith et Hauser, Boulevard des Italiens N.º 11.
Mezzotint. 465 x 265mm (18¼ x 10½"). Paper cockled with slight rubbing.
A three-quarter portrait of popular artist model Vittoria Candida Rosa Caldoni (1805-c.1890) looking towards viewer, wearing veil, shawl, white dress, and holding a rosary in her hands. The British Museum's example is titled 'The Roman Girl', with the rest of the text identical.
BM: 1892,0714.714. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67808] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Old Aldridge of Eddington. Twice tried before F. Burton Esq. at Oxford for assaulting a Young Lady of that City.
Publish'd May 7, 1787. by I.F. Bryant, No. 35, Long Acre.
Etching with aquatint, image 132 x 94mm. Trimmed to plate and tipped into album page.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7557] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Cyrillic title] Alexander the First, Emperor and Autocrater of all the Russias. Dedicated to his Imperial Majesty, by his much obliged and most devoted Servant James Walker.
Painted by Gerard Kügulen. Engraved by Ja.s Walker Eng.r to his Imp. Maj.
Published May 1, 1803 by Ja.s Walker, N.º 8, Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and at Mess.rs John and Josiah Boydell, Shakspear Gallery, Pall Mall. & N.º 90. Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, very fine impression. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Damage to margins repaired.
A half-length portrait of Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825), in uniform, after Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772-1820).
CS 15. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67869] £490.00

Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
B. West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
John Boydell excudit 1772. Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head and raising a goblet to his mouth, with his doctor reading from a scroll. Outside the tent is Alexander's cavalry.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 171.
[Ref: 67512] £490.00

Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
B. West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint. 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20¾"), with large margins with 18th century watermark. Nicks and repaired tears in margins.
Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head, with his doctor reading from a scroll. Outside the tent is Alexander's cavalry.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 171.
[Ref: 60336] £490.00

Dupre Earl of Caledon, K.P.
Painted by R.Rothwell, Esq.r. Engraved by C.Turner, A.R.A.
London Published March 24th 1840, for the Proprietor by Mr.Turner, Nº50, Warren St, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed and backed onto thick paper. Some foxing.
Portrait of Colonel Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon (1777 - 1839), Irish politician, militia officer and colonial administrator who was the second child and only son of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon. In July 1806 he was appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in what is now South Africa.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 89
[Ref: 67240] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Alfredus Saxonum. Rex Coll. Universitatis Oxon Fundr. Circa A. Chr. 872. Hujus summi Regis Effigiem a Tabula in Bibl Bodleiana factam Reverendo Viro Arthuro Charlett, S.T.P. et istius Collegij Magistro & c:
Summa cum Humil & Observantia D.D.D. H.Parker. A.1712.
[n.d., c.1730.] Printed and Sold by Tho.s Bakewell next door to the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8").
Portrait of Alfred the Great (c. 84 - 899), King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 89. For many centuries it was agreed that University was founded by King Alfred, to the point that it was formally admitted as fact after a court case in 1727.
CS 34 III of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65120] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Alfredus Saxonum. Rex Coll. Universitatis Oxon Fundr. Circa A. Chr. 872. Hujus summi Regis Effigiem a Tabula in Bibl Bodleiana factam Reverendo Viro Nathan Wetherell, S.T.P. et istius Collegij Magistro & c:
Summa cum Humil & Observantia D.D.D. H.Parker.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Small margins.
Portrait of Alfred the Great (c. 84 - 899), King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 89. For many centuries it was agreed that University was founded by King Alfred, to the point that it was formally admitted as fact after a court case in 1727.
CS 34 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65112] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Yours truly R Barclay Allardice [facsimile signature.] First Proof.
Painted by James Giles Esqr. R.S.A. Engraved by R.M. Hodgetts.
Published January 1843 by Andrew Anderson 33 Queen Street Aberdeen.
Mezzotint portrait with engraved inscription area. Total 465 x 350mm (18¼ x 13¾"). Large margins on 3 sides. Cut to platemark at bottom.
Robert Barclay Allardice (1779-1854), Scottish pedestrian, generally known as Captain Barclay. He is regarded as the father of the 19th century sport of pedestrianism, a precursor to racewalking, attracting much publicity with the feat of walking of 1,000 miles in 1000 hours for 1000 guineas in 1809. This portrait, after James William Giles (1801-70), shows him with his usual paisley waistcoat and walking cane.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66133] £380.00

Yours truly R Barclay Allardice [facsimile signature.]
Painted by James Giles Esqr. R.S.A. Engraved by R.M. Hodgetts.
Published January 1843 by Andrew Anderson 33 Queen Street Aberdeen.
Mezzotint portrait with engraved iscription area. Total 465 x 350mm (18¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom. Large margins on 3 sides.
Robert Barclay Allardice (1779-1854), Scottish pedestrian, generally known as Captain Barclay. He is regarded as the father of the 19th century sport of pedestrianism, a precursor to racewalking, attracting much publicity with the feat of walking of 1,000 miles in 1000 hours for 1000 guineas in 1809. This portrait, after James William Giles (1801-70), shows him with his usual paisley waistcoat and walking cane.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66134] £380.00

Faith Hope and Charity.
[Engraved by Peter Coombes.] Rotenhamer pinxit. I.King exc.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Very rare mezzotint. 180 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed close to plate.
Three allegorical female figures in clouds. Faith is kneeling on the left and holding a Cross and Chalice; Hope is in the centre with her hands crossed over her breast, looking up into rays of light streaming from above, and Charity sits on the right with two infants.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A., in his studio]
[T.L. Atkinson after John Collyer, pencil signatures]
[Published by T.H. Lefèvre, June 1 1885]
Mezzotint on india, very large margins; platemark 550 x 420mm (21½ x 16½"). Printsellers' Association blindstamp. Very scarce.
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), London painter of Greek and Roman settings, etcher, stage designer and decorative artist was born in January 1836. Shown in his studio holding palette and brushes, an unfinished canvas behind him. After training in Antwerp, Alma-Tadema moved to London in 1870 and became a member of the Royal Academy in 1879. He was knighted in 1899. After the portrait by John Collier (1850-1934), portrait painter who received guidance and encouragement from Alma-Tadema as a young artist. The print was originally sold as a companion to a portrait of another 19th century artist, Rosa Bonheur.
PSA limited to 275 artist's proofs (plate destroyed); ex: collection of the Late Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36360] £520.00

Alphen near Leyden. From a Drawing of Van Goien, in the Collect.n of the Earl of Bute,
WBaillie f.
Soft ground etching. Sheet 260 x 325mm (10¼ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate, some soiling.
A view of Alphen aan den Rijn from the river, after Jan van Goyen (1596-1656). Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques. Baillie also acted as the Earl of Bute's art agent.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68465] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Chaste Arethusa, from Alpheus flies; / Resolv'd to die, rather than be his Prize. / The Moral is: - Take heed, ye flatter'd Fair: / Swains oft dissemble, & Words are but Air. / Lockman.
J Van Neck pinxit, J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Chipped to plate top left, creasing top right corner, small tears in small margins. Bit messy.
The nymph Alpheus is pursued through Arcadia by the river-god Arethusa.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67369] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Tower of William Tell at Altorf.
[Probably by Mary Anne Theresa Whitby, c.1828]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 140 x 140mm (5½ x 5½"). Foxing around edges.
The 13th century tower in the market place at Altdorf, Switzerland, where according to legend William Tell shot an apple from his son's head. In 1895 a memorial statue was erected in front of the tower. The printmaker, Mary Anne Theresa Whitby (1784-1850), was married to Captain John Whitby, flag captain for Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. They lived on the admiral's estate, Newlands: after John's death in 1806, Mary stayed on, spending much of her time with Cornwallis, who left his estate to her on his death in 1819. Being a keen amateur lithographer, Whitby established a private press at Newlands, but she is better remembered for the first successful sericulture (silk production) to England after three centuries of attempts, presenting twenty yards of damask to Queen Victoria in 1844. She performed genetic experiments on her silkworms for Charles Darwin, who published her results in his 'The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication' (1868).
Ex: Collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35713] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph Ames F.R.S. & S.S.A.
Rob.t Laurie fecit. [c.1785]
Mezzotint, sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Joseph Ames (bap. 1687-d.1759), bibliographer and antiquary. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and member of the Royal Society, Ames wrote a history of printing in England ('Typographical antiquities', 1749) and formed a 'museum' of title-pages and stray leaves a specimens of early printing. He also had a large collection of engraved portraits, which he compiled for his 'Catalogue of English Heads', and a coin collection. This portrait, which illustrated the second edition of the 'Typographical Antiquities' in 1785, shows Ames, quill in hand, with his library behind him and a copy of 'Typographical Antiquities' open beside him.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 2; not in O'D.
[Ref: 34109] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Ammon's great Son, who ravag'd Asia thro, Sigh'd, that more Thrones were wanting to Subdue, / Ye slaves to Glory, and an empty Name, / I envy not your Thirst of toilsome Fame; / Go, take in Worlds by Conquest as you please, / Leave me but Master of two Globes like these.
Ph. Mercier inv.t et pinx.t. I.Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to the Act of Parliament.
Mezzotint. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed to image. Slight staining on bosom.
A beauty en deshabille washing herself before a mirror.
CS 409. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67358] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Death of Ananias [parallel text in Latin] Act. Chap. V.
Raphael Urbin Pinxit. E. Kirkall Fecit.
Mezzotint printed in blue, scarce; platemark 360 x 515mm (14¼ x 20¼"). Crease through centre; several tears; glued to backing sheet.
The death of Ananias, struck down in front of the Apostles gathered on a platform at centre. Ananias and his wife Sapphira were, according to the Acts of the Apostles, members of the Early Christian church in Jerusalem. Ananias dropped dead suddenly after attempting to deceive the Holy Spirit by withholding part of the profit from the sale of a piece of land. Engraved from one of the famous cartoons executed by Raphael (1483 - 1520) for a series of tapestries for the Sistine Chapel, which were bought by Charles I. The cartoons were placed in Hampton Court Palace in 1699 and are now on permanent display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The first set of engravings of the cartoons were produced by Nicolas Dorigny between 1711-1719, after which several other sets were made. This mezzotint is by Elisha Kirkall (1681/2-1742), one of the most distinctive of British engravers. Often printed in a blue-green ink which itself was innovative at a time when almost all British prints were still printed in black, Kirkall used the mezzotint technique which in the 17th and 18th century was used predominantly for portraits and domestic subjects, and used it to render a much wider range of subjects.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; for Dorigny's engraving of the same Raphael cartoon, see. ref. 14717.
[Ref: 34668] £420.00

William Anderson Esq.re Late Provost of Stirling. Printed and Engraved at the particular request of the Principal Booksellers n Scotland, as a mark of their high esteem, on his retiring from Business, in which he had been engraved for upwards of half a Century.
Painted by A. Geddes. Engraved by W.m Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of bookseller William Anderson (1746-1830), of 12 Broad Street, Sterling. He was elected Provost five times (1793, 1794, 1813, 1814 and 1829) and also served as a Justice of the Peace.
CS 3, Frankau 9, i. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66443] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima et Potentissima Anna D.G. Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Pinx: W: Emmett fec:
Sold at his house in New Street [n.d. c.1714.]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed left and right. Cockling in corners where previously glued to backing sheet. Some staining.
Portrait of Queen Anne 1665-1714), half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels, with the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. In 1707 Anne signed the Act of Union, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain; here England and Scotland are still separate kingdoms.
CS: 1. O' Donoghue 26. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65778] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Her Highness the Lady Ann.]
[P. Lely pinxit.] [R. Tompson excudit.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Counterproof mezzotint , 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet at top.
A three-quarter length portrait of the future Queen Anne (1665-1714), seated with curled hair, wearing a low-cut dress with short sleeves and holding flowers. The left side features a curtain and a vase with carved figures, while a landscape appears on the right.
CS1. Blackett-Ord T17 I of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65062] £380.00

Her Highness the Lady Ann.
P. Lelÿ Pinxit. A. Blooteling fecit et excudit. 1678.
Mezzotint. 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Time stained.
A half-length portrait in oval of Queen Anne (1665-1714) as princess.
CS a. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64815] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Her Roÿall Highness Princes Ann of Denmark.
R.Williams fecit. C.P.R. E.Cooper ex.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Fine mezzotint, rare 1st state. 225 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Small margins.
Portrait of Anne of Denmark (1574 - 1619), wife of King James VI and I. She was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619.
CS: 1: i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65427] £320.00

Serenissima Anna D.G. Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hiber. Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fe. et ex.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint, mounted on album paper (Whatman 1804). 205 x 150mm (9¾ x 6").
Half-length portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714), in an oval, wearing the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. The second daughter of James II and successor to William III, the most important constitutional landmark of her reign was the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707, creating the Great Britain of the title.
CS: 6, state i of ii.. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34363] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Anna D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae Regina.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques. Aur. pinx. Petrus a Gunst sculps et excudit tot Amsterdam, op de binnen Amstel, op de hoek van de Kyfen graft [c.1700]
Rare engraving, sheet 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714), half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels. In 1707 Anne signed the Act of Union, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain; here England and Scotland are still separate kingdoms. Her support of the union contributed significantly to its acceptance by both kingdoms, while her staunch support of the duke of Marlborough in the face of opposition made it possible for him to use his skills to re-establish the balance of power in Europe. Engraved and published after Kneller's portrait, by the Amsterdam-based printmaker Pieter van Gunst.
Not in O'D.
[Ref: 39750] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima Anna D.G. Angl. Scot. Fran. et Hiber. Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fe. et ex.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 205 x 145mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Trimed to plate mark, mounted on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714), in an oval, wearing a crown and the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. The second daughter of James II and successor to William III, the most important constitutional landmark of her reign was the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707. The title here lists England and Scotland as separate kingdoms.
CS: 8, state i of ii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34364] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima et Potentissima Anna D.G. Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques. Aur. pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel-street Covent-Garden. [n.d. c.1740.]
Fine mezzotint, with small margins. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper.
Portrait of Queen Anne 1665-1714), half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels, with the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. In 1707 Anne signed the Act of Union, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain; here England and Scotland are still separate kingdoms.
CS: 7, state ii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34367] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Anna Stuarta, Magnæ Britanniæ Regina; Religionis veræ Clypeus. Famam extendere factus Hoc virtutis opus.
P.Schenck fec: Amst: cum privil: 1705.
Mezzotint. 275 x 190mm.
Queen Anne (1665-1714) was the first sovereign of the Kingdom of Great Britain, created by the Acts of Union, 1707.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5414] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Anna D.G. Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ et Hibern_ Regina.
G.Kneller S.R.I. et Angl. Eq. aur. pin[...]
E.C. Heiss excudit aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1710].
Mezzotint. 320 x 220mm. Two tears in margin.
Queen Anne, 1665-1714. Engraved by Elias-Christoph Heiss (1660-1731).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3589] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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