Grosvenor Prints

To the Officers of the The 31.st Regiment, Erected in Canterbury Cathedral.
Designed, Executed in Marble & Etched by Edward Richardson, Sculptor, 7 Melbury Terrace, London. 1848
Etching. 305 x 265mm (12 x 10½"). Tear entering plate at top taped.
The memorial to the soldiers of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment killed at the Battle of Sobraon in 1846, during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Etched by Edward Richardson 1812-1869), a sculptor of church monuments and archaeologist who specialised in the restoration of medieval tombs. In 1842 Richardson was commissioned to restore the effigies of the Knights Templar in the Temple church.
[Ref: 65756] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The 31.st Reg.t [Sutlej] Testimonial. Erected in Canterbury Cathedral.
Edward Richardson, Sculptor, Melbury Terrace, London. 1848.
Etching. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), large margins.
The memorial to the soldiers of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment killed at the Battle of Sobraon in 1846, during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Etched by Edward Richardson 1812-1869), a sculptor of church monuments and archaeologist who specialised in the restoration of medieval tombs. In 1842 Richardson was commissioned to restore the effigies of the Knights Templar in the Temple church.
[Ref: 65752] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The 31.st Reg.t [Sutlej] Testimonial. Erected in Canterbury Cathedral.
Edward Richardson, Sculptor, Melbury Terrace, London. 1848.
Etching. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins. Foxing in title.
The memorial to the soldiers of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment killed at the Battle of Sobraon in 1846, during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Etched by Edward Richardson 1812-1869), a sculptor of church monuments and archaeologist who specialised in the restoration of medieval tombs. In 1842 Richardson was commissioned to restore the effigies of the Knights Templar in the Temple church.
[Ref: 65751] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The 31.st Reg.t [Sutlej] Testimonial. Erected in Canterbury Cathedral.
Edward Richardson, Sculptor, Melbury Terrace, London. 1848.
Etching. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
The memorial to the soldiers of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment killed at the Battle of Sobraon in 1846, during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Etched by Edward Richardson 1812-1869), a sculptor of church monuments and archaeologist who specialised in the restoration of medieval tombs. In 1842 Richardson was commissioned to restore the effigies of the Knights Templar in the Temple church.
[Ref: 65750] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[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. 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. From one of the most Capital Pictures ever Painted by Rembrandt: In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.
Rembrandt Pinxit. Wm Pether Sculpsit. John Boydell excudit 1778.
Published Feb.y 2d 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), very large margins, large 18th century watermark.
Portrait of Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (1437 - 1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel, a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier.
Charrington 119. iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65577] £480.00

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[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

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[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

[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

Wedgwood & Byerley. York Street, St James's Square.
[Pugin & Rowlandson delt.]
For No.2 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published Feb.y 1809 at 101, Strand London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Some damage in publication area. Trimmed.
An interior view of Wedgwood & Byerley showroom in London. Thomas Byerley (1747 - 1810) was an English businessman, a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm. Thomas and his wife had successfully run the showroom but Josiah Wedgwood had managed the money. When their uncle Josiah died in 1795 the business ceased to thrive.
[Ref: 65972] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mess.rs Harding Howell & Co. 89 Pall Mall.
[Pugin & Rowlandson delt.]
For No.3 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub March 1809, 101, Strand London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Trimmed close to publication line.
An interior view of Harding Howell & Co, a drapers. Women are surrounded by draped fabric whilst they shop, in the centre of the image a woman looks at fabric whilst her dog waits behind her.
[Ref: 65970] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Pugin & Rowlandson delt.
[Ackermann.] Jan.y 1809.
Coloured etching. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Trimmed close to plate. Slight damage to bottom of plate.
View of Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts at 101 Strand, London. Several customers are viewing the prints and other objects, the counter can be seen on the right.
[Ref: 65968] £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. 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)

To the Officers of the 16th Queen's Lancers Erected in the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral. Aliwal. To the Memory of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates above Inscribed, of the 16th Queens's Lancers, who fell in the Discharge of the their Duty, During the Campaign of the Sutlej, in the Years 1845, 1846.
Designed and Executed in Marble & Etched by Edward Richardson, Sculptor, Melbury Terrace, Blandford Square London. 1848. Leighton & Taylor, 19 Lamb's Conduit Street.
Tinted lithograph. Hole in unprinted area on right.
Edward Richardson 1812-1869), a sculptor of church monuments and archaeologist who specialised in the restoration of medieval tombs. In 1842 he was commissioned to restore the effigies of the Knights Templar in the Temple church.
[Ref: 65759] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

To the Officers of the 16th Queen's Lancers Erected in the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral. Aliwal. To the Memory of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates above Inscribed, of the 16th Queens's Lancers, who fell in the Discharge of the their Duty, During the Campaign of the Sutlej, in the Years 1845, 1846.
Designed and Executed in Marble & Etched by Edward Richardson, Sculptor, Melbury Terrace, Blandford Square London. 1848. Leighton & Taylor, 19 Lamb's Conduit Street.
Tinted lithograph. Tear entering plate at top taped, some foxing.
Edward Richardson 1812-1869), a sculptor of church monuments and archaeologist who specialised in the restoration of medieval tombs. In 1842 he was commissioned to restore the effigies of the Knights Templar in the Temple church.
[Ref: 65757] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] The Man who conceived C S A.
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with red-printed wood engraving on cover, 80 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼")
An unused envelope satirising the Conferate States of America conceiver as a fop, with monocle hanging aroumd his neck.
[Ref: 65744] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)

[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] ''Him fader's hope, / Him moder's joy, / Him darling little / Contraband Boy.''
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with a red-printed wood engraving with letterpress, 75 x 135mm (3 x 5¼")
An unused envelope with a white man holding up a Black baby. It refers to the policy of not returning escaped slaves, classifying them as 'contraband'.
[Ref: 65747] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

[American Civil War Patriotic Cover - Benjamin Frankin Butler] Contraband of War; or, Volunteer Sappers and Miners from the ''F.F.V.''
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with a colour-printed wood engraving with letterpress, 80 x 140mm (3¼ x 5½")
An unused envelope with a scene of a group of slaves escaping from the 'First Families of Virginia', offering to help Major Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-93) as workers. Butler gained fame for refusing to return escaped slaves, designating them as contraband of war. After the war, in the House of Representatives, he wrote the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and co-authored the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1875.
[Ref: 65746] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] Come, patriots, all that hate oppressio, / Assist in putting down Secession.
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with wood engraving on cover, 80 x 140mm (3¼ x 5½")
An unused envelope with a female allegorical figure of America, with one hand on the Constitution, the other around the throat of a man with 'Treason' and 'Secession' on his trousers. A paper marked 'Sumpter' lies on the ground.
[Ref: 65745] £30.00 (£36.00 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)

[The Annunciation.]
Walter W. Burgess R.E. [signed in pencil].
[n.d., c.1890.]
Etching, very scarce 285 x 640mm (11¼ x 25¼"), with large margins. Mount burn.
A depiction of the Annunciation in the Pre-Raphaelite manner. On the reverse of the frame were labels translating the latin text and stating that the work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of Painter-Etchers. William Walter Burgess (1844 - 1908) annually exhibited his etchings at the Royal Academy from 1874 to 1903. Burgess was a full member of the Royal Engravers and such major museums as The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, include his etchings in their permanent collections.
[Ref: 17391] £360.00

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
Charrington 33 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65610] £490.00

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, with unknown Collector's Mark. 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), large margins. Crease across upper right corner.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
CS 3. Charrington 33 iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65620] £420.00

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"). Trimmed to plate lower bottom. Small margins on 3 sides.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
CS 1 Uncleaned inbetween i & ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65618] £520.00

Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife. From the Original Picture in the Collection of Sir Lawrence Dundas Bart.
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Very fine mezzotint, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), on 18th century watermarked paper.. Small margins. Some minor foxing.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
CS3 vii of viii. Charrington 33 iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 65608] £420.00

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper. Some faint foxing. Two small tears in margins.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
CS 3. Charrington 33 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65616] £480.00

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper. Some faint foxing. Repaired tear at bottom centre going into image.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
Charrington 33 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65617] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife. From the Original Picture in the Collection of Sir Lawrence Dundas Bart.
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 525 x 440mm (20¾ x 17¼"). Trimmed close to iamge.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
Charrington 33 iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65612] £320.00

Lord George Anson Admiraal Van Groot Brittanje.
J. Wandelaar effig ad viv. J. Houbraken Sculp.
te Amsterdam bu P. Fouquet Junior. [n.d c.1751]
Rare engraving, 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Thread margins. Some very light foxing.
Half length portrait of Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), wearing admiral's jacket, short wig and set within an oval. A naval reformer, distinguished Royal Navy officer and politician. He sailed around the world (1740-44) ) during the War of Jenkins' Ear attacking the Spanish in the Pacific, burning Payta in Peru, and capturing a treasure galleon full of silver. Worth half a million pounds, 32 wagons were needed to take the silver to the Tower of London. After Dutch draughtsman and etcher Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759) and engraved by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780) a Dutch engraver who specialised in portraits, he also collected and dealt in Rembrandt etchings.
[Ref: 65939] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Diversion of the Bow.
Teniers inv. Vivaret Sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 150 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
Rustics aim at a makeshift target. An archery image.
See [Ref: 63910] for a reverse image of this print.
[Ref: 65821] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

M. Tullius Cicero. Ex marmore antiquo. II.
F. Faber fecit et Excud.
Sold by Tho: Bowles next the Chapter House in S.t Pauls Church Yard [n.d., c.1710].
Mezzotint. 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), with very large margins. Creasing at edges.
A portrait of Octavian (63BC-14), taken from a marble bust, sitting in a niche. The adopted son of Julius Caesar, he became the first Roman Emperor as Augustus Caesar. From a series of twelve busts of the Twelve Caesars.
CS 19 II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65017] £320.00

Austrian Hussars Charging the Enemy though a Town.
C. Gessner Delin. J. Bluck sculp.
London Pub 15 Oct by R. Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts 101 Strand.
Rare & fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 455 x 585mm (18 x 23"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, loss in bottom left of inscription area, not affecting text, chips in edges. Paper slightly cockled.
Cavalry riding through a gateway towards French soldiers obscured in gun smoke. A plate from Gessner's 'Military Evolutions', which contained 20 pates by John Bluck and Conrad Ziegler
[Ref: 54047] £320.00

The Honourable George Baillie Esq.r of Jerriswood - one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
G. Kneller 1718/19 Pinx. A.V. Heacken fecit.
[n.d., c.1742.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of George Baillie (1664-1738), M.P., a director of the 'Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies' and thus one of the first subscribers to the Darien Scheme, and a supporter of the Act of Union treaty that compensated the company for its losses. The accounts of his house, Mellerstain, for 1742 lists the expenses of a copper plate portrait paid for by his widow.
CS i of ii. See BM 1933,0623.52 for the accounts.
[Ref: 65839] £360.00

[Baucis and Philemon Entertaining Jupiter and Mercury.]
Rembrandt pinxt. Tho.Watson fecit.
Publish'd March 1st 1772 for S.Hooper, at No. 25 Ludgate Hill, W.Shropshire, New Bond Street, & T.Watson, No.8 Broad Street.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Slight time-staining. Backed on album paper at edges. Thread margins.
Interior of a cottage, behind the table sits Jupiter and on his left sits Mercury. In the left of the image are Baucis and Philemon, the former with a live goose.
Charrington 182 ii of iii. Le Blanc 45. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65766] £380.00

[Helena Beatson] Miss Beatson.
C. Read pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1768. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Half-length portrait of Helena Beatson (1762-1839) wearing a turban and necklace, drawing a portrait of a woman and child with a pen.. The British Museum's example of the larger mezzotint identifies her as Catherine Read's niece. A gifted amateur artist, taught by her aunt, she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1774 (aged twelve!) and accompanied Read to India, where she married Sir Charles Oakley, later governor of Madras.
Goodwin 55. Not in Chaloner Smith. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65867] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

S. Thomas Cantvariensis. Sol, 279.
[n.d. c.1800's]
Engraving, Trimmed and laid onto album paper.
Full lenth portrait of Thomas Becket (1118-70) as Saint Thomas of Canterbury set against a barren landscape. He wears his robes of office. He holds his right hand in a sign of blessing and holds a cross shaped staff in the other.
[Ref: 65755] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Belcher. Fought 12 Prize Battles in England & One in Ireland. Proof.
Painted by G. Sharples. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published Dec.r 24. 1814, by T. Belcher, N.º 25 High Holborn.
Mezzotint. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate, repaired damage in inscription area on right.
A self-published half-length portrait of boxer Thomas Belcher (1783-1854), arms crossed; wearing a dark double-breasted coat over a light waistcoat with high collar, neckerchief tied in a bow and frill. The younger brother of Jem Belcher (1781-1811, Champion of All England 1800-5), Thomas was an accomplished boxer and sparrer at the Tennis Court during Tom Cribb's proprietorship: he bested Shaw the lifeguardsman, John Gully and the African-American Tom Molineaux.
Whitman 34.
[Ref: 65606] £650.00

King Belshazzar beholding the Handwriting on the Wall. From the original Picture in the Collection of Thomas Fullwood Esquire To who this Paint is most respectfully inscribed. By his obliged & obedt. Serv.
Painted by Rembrandt. Engraved by H.Hudson.
Published as the Act directs, 14 Feb. 1785, by H.Hudson, No.28 Newman Street Oxford Street, London.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Repaired tear in upper right image and lower centre of publication space. Mark in publication space. Very small margins. Slight time staining.
Belshazzar stands by a table bearing fruit, he looks to his left his hand raised in astonishment. To his right a man and woman are behind him looking fearful. The hand coming out of a cloud in the top right of the image writes Hebrew letters on the wall.
Charrington 92 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65736] £620.00

Entrance to the Caves of Beni Hassan.
David Roberts R. A. L. Haghe lith.
[n.d. c, 1840]
Lithograph with letterpress. Printed area: 300 x 540mm (12 x 21"). Light foxing. Left edge frayed where previously bound in a book. Small tear in right margin.
View of the entrance to the Ancient Egyptian cemetery of Beni Hasan in front of which two goat herds and their flock are resting. Beni Hasan, as the letterpress describes, contained detailed depictions of everyday life in Ancient Egypt.
[Ref: 35080] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbill] Theatre, Beverley, For the Benefit of Mr. Piercy, Treasurer. On Friday Evening, July 6th, 1827, Will be performed Lewis's Romantic Drame, of The Castle Spectre...
W.B. Johnson, Printer, Sow-Hill, Market-Place, Beverley.
Rare letterpress, sheet 335 x 210mm (13 x 8¼"). Creasing. Surface dirt. Nicks to edges.
Playbill for the Beverley Theatre featuring, 'Fun, Frolic, Fashion, and Flash,' & 'Tom & Jerry; Or, Life In London.'
[Ref: 65955] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbill.] Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Last night but three of Mr.Blanchard, Mr.Simpson and his Wonderful Dog. On Monday, August 6, 1827, His Majesty's Servants will perform the admired Play of the Mountaineers [...]
Letterpress, sheet 325 x 215mm (12¾ x 8½"). Trimmed, some creasing.
Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Birmingham for the showing of 'Mountaineers' and 'Woofman and His Dog; or The Castle of Roscella'.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65946] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry R. Bishop.]
[Painted by T. Foster. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.]
[London Published July 1822 by J. Power 34 Strand and Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters 510 x 355mm (20 x 4"), large margins.
Seated portrait of early Romantic composer Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1787-1856), holding a score and a document granting the Freedom of the City of Dublin on a table. Despite his success he died in poverty. He is the only 19th century British composer represented on the Albert Memorial's 'Frieze of Parnassus'.
Whitman 29 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64911] £320.00

Blank, the Property of His Grace, the Duke of Ancaster. [...] by the Earl of Godolphin's Arabia, his Dam the little Hartley Mare...
[Engraved by Richard Houston after William Shaw.]
[Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles] N.º 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription at bottom, losing publisher's name, repair lower left with loss of text.
Blank, the horse of General Peregrine Bertie (1714-1778), 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. He was Master of the Horse from 1766 to 1778 and from 1765 for a year he held the position of Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte. All matters connected with the horses of the sovereign, the stables, the coach houses, the stud, mews were all within his jurisdiction. This plate was originally published in 1757; in this state the plate was cut down and the inscriptions re-engraved.
[Ref: 65675] £320.00

Miss. [&] Master.
R. Van Bleeck pinx.t. P.V.B. 1751.
Pair of mezzotints. 300 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Narrow margins.
Oval portraits of a young girl in a fur-trimmed robe and a lace collar and a young boy in van Dyck costume. Engraved by Peter van Bleeck (c.1695-1764) after his father Richard (1670-c.1748).
CS 12 & 13. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65830] £380.00 view all images for this item

Master.
R. Van Bleeck pinx.t. P.V.B. 1751.
Mezzotint. 300 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Narrow margins.
An oval portrait of a young boy in van Dyck costume. A pair to 'Miss'. Engraved by Peter van Bleeck (c.1695-1764) after his father Richard (1670-c.1748).
CS 12. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Henry Blosset K.t. Chief Justice of Bengal.
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, ii of ii. Russell 10, iii of iii. Frankau 32, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Henry Blosset K.t. Chief Justice of Bengal. Proof.
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins on 3 sides. Narrow bottom margin.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, i of ii. Russell 10, ii of iii. Frankau 32, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65988] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon.
Painted by Count D'Orsay. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff. Printed by M.cQueen.
London Published June 10, 1847, for the Proprietor, by Robert Jennings, 62, Cheapside.
Scarce mixed-method engraving. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, marks in borders.
Three-quarter length portrait of Napoleon, wearing dress uniform with sash and decorations, his right hand tucked into his jacket, his left holding his hat against his hip.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65696] £320.00

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