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The Storming and taking the Bastile by the Citizens of Paris, 14.th July 1789.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles N.º 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [***] April 1790.
Rare engraving. Sheet 170 x 250mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, publication line indistinct, creasing
Troops bombard the Bastille, with flags of 'La Liberté ou le Mort'.
[Ref: 66761] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles N.º 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [***] April 1790.
Rare engraving. Sheet 170 x 250mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, publication line indistinct, creasing
Troops bombard the Bastille, with flags of 'La Liberté ou le Mort'.
[Ref: 66761] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Caractacus, King of the Silures, deliver'd up to Ostorius, the Roman General, by Cartismandua Queen of the Brigantes.
A. Mac Donald, sculp. [after William Hamilton.]
Dublin Publish'd by W.m Allen 32 Dame Street.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 305 x 330mm (12 x 13"), with very large margins.
Having failed to repell the Roman invasion of Britain, Caratacus, the chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, is handed over to the Romans by Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes. An oval scene, a detail of the stipple engraved by Bartolozzi.
[Ref: 66125] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A. Mac Donald, sculp. [after William Hamilton.]
Dublin Publish'd by W.m Allen 32 Dame Street.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 305 x 330mm (12 x 13"), with very large margins.
Having failed to repell the Roman invasion of Britain, Caratacus, the chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, is handed over to the Romans by Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes. An oval scene, a detail of the stipple engraved by Bartolozzi.
[Ref: 66125] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cattle fording a stream]](jpegs/67019.jpg)
[Cattle fording a stream]
[After Nicolaes Berchem] [Print made by Robert Robinson after the mezzotint made by Cornelis Visscher]
[n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 180 x 220mm (7¼ x 9). On laid watermarked paper, large margins on 3 sides. Very small top margin.
A woman holding a staff crosses a stream, followed by cattle, a goat, and sheep. She faces the viewer while glancing upward to the left toward a man watering his horse in the left foreground. Behind them are rocks, trees, and a hillside, with a tree in the left foreground curving inward.
Provenance: Cornwell House.
[Ref: 67019] £320.00
[After Nicolaes Berchem] [Print made by Robert Robinson after the mezzotint made by Cornelis Visscher]
[n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 180 x 220mm (7¼ x 9). On laid watermarked paper, large margins on 3 sides. Very small top margin.
A woman holding a staff crosses a stream, followed by cattle, a goat, and sheep. She faces the viewer while glancing upward to the left toward a man watering his horse in the left foreground. Behind them are rocks, trees, and a hillside, with a tree in the left foreground curving inward.
Provenance: Cornwell House.
[Ref: 67019] £320.00
![[Excise Bill 1733] A Banner displayed To the Immortal Honour of those Worthy Patriots in the House of Commons who opposed and voted against the Excise Scheme April. 11. 1733.](jpegs/66603.jpg)
[Excise Bill 1733] A Banner displayed To the Immortal Honour of those Worthy Patriots in the House of Commons who opposed and voted against the Excise Scheme April. 11. 1733. Exhibiting Each of their Coast-Armour with their Names and Places they Represent in Parliament.
[London, John Barber?, c.1733.]
Engraving. Sheet 650 x 590mm (25½ x 23¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides, small tears.
A broadside illustrating 205 coats of arms in a panel, plus the larger arms of the City of London and of John Barber, Lord Mayor of London 1732-3. The sheet celebrates the defeat of the 1733 Excise Bill, in which Robert Walpole's Whig government attempted to impose excise taxes on a variety of goods (including wine and tobacco) and give excise officers the right to search private dwellings to look for contraband. Despite being at his most powerful, Robert Walpole realised the bill was not going to pass and withdrew it. His reprisals against the rebels in his party led to a number of defections to the opposition.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 66603] £520.00
[London, John Barber?, c.1733.]
Engraving. Sheet 650 x 590mm (25½ x 23¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides, small tears.
A broadside illustrating 205 coats of arms in a panel, plus the larger arms of the City of London and of John Barber, Lord Mayor of London 1732-3. The sheet celebrates the defeat of the 1733 Excise Bill, in which Robert Walpole's Whig government attempted to impose excise taxes on a variety of goods (including wine and tobacco) and give excise officers the right to search private dwellings to look for contraband. Despite being at his most powerful, Robert Walpole realised the bill was not going to pass and withdrew it. His reprisals against the rebels in his party led to a number of defections to the opposition.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 66603] £520.00
The Clean Face Rewarded. L'Enfant Recompensé.
Painted and Engraved by Ja.s. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales.
London Published Oct.r 10. 1818, by T. griffiths, Printseller, 230, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint with later hand colour. 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"), with large margins. Margins stained.
The second of a pair of mezzotints depicting a mother's attempts to wash her child, a sequel to 'The Mother's Bribe. L'Enfant Tempté''. After been coaxed with a promise of a doll, the cleaned child stands happily on a table holding it in her arms, surrounded by her contented mother, maid and sisters. Behind them the boy tickles a sleeping infant with the tail of the cat. Originally published 1801.
Frabkau 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Ref: 35763 for the original issue of the pair.
[Ref: 66642] £320.00
Painted and Engraved by Ja.s. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales.
London Published Oct.r 10. 1818, by T. griffiths, Printseller, 230, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint with later hand colour. 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"), with large margins. Margins stained.
The second of a pair of mezzotints depicting a mother's attempts to wash her child, a sequel to 'The Mother's Bribe. L'Enfant Tempté''. After been coaxed with a promise of a doll, the cleaned child stands happily on a table holding it in her arms, surrounded by her contented mother, maid and sisters. Behind them the boy tickles a sleeping infant with the tail of the cat. Originally published 1801.
Frabkau 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Ref: 35763 for the original issue of the pair.
[Ref: 66642] £320.00
The Clean Face Rewarded. L'Enfant Recompensé.
Painted and Engraved by Ja.s. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales.
Pub.d. April 2. 1801, by Mess.rs. Wards & C.o. N.o.6, Newman Street London.
Mezzotint, 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"). Trimmed into plate, time stained.
The second of a pair of mezzotints depicting a mother's attempts to wash her child, a sequel to 'The Mother's Bribe. L'Enfant Tempté''. After been coaxed with a promise of a doll, the cleaned child stands happily on a table holding it in her arms, surrounded by her contented mother, maid and sisters. Behind them the boy tickles a sleeping infant with the tail of the cat.
See Ref: 35763 for the pair.
[Ref: 66641] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted and Engraved by Ja.s. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales.
Pub.d. April 2. 1801, by Mess.rs. Wards & C.o. N.o.6, Newman Street London.
Mezzotint, 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"). Trimmed into plate, time stained.
The second of a pair of mezzotints depicting a mother's attempts to wash her child, a sequel to 'The Mother's Bribe. L'Enfant Tempté''. After been coaxed with a promise of a doll, the cleaned child stands happily on a table holding it in her arms, surrounded by her contented mother, maid and sisters. Behind them the boy tickles a sleeping infant with the tail of the cat.
See Ref: 35763 for the pair.
[Ref: 66641] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Faerie Queene] Astrea Instructing Arthegal.](jpegs/66990.jpg)
[The Faerie Queene] Astrea Instructing Arthegal.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engrav'd by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd March 1st. 1785, by V. Green & Son, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 555 x 430mm (21¾ x 17"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, repaired tears, margins added. Damaged.
A scene from Edmund Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene'': Astraea, the virgin goddess of Justice, helps her adopted son Artegall become the 'Knight of Justice', holding up her scales containing little figures of justice and evil. On the ground is the sword Chrysaor, which she presents to him when he reaches adulthood.
Whitman 241.
[Ref: 66990] £420.00
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engrav'd by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd March 1st. 1785, by V. Green & Son, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 555 x 430mm (21¾ x 17"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, repaired tears, margins added. Damaged.
A scene from Edmund Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene'': Astraea, the virgin goddess of Justice, helps her adopted son Artegall become the 'Knight of Justice', holding up her scales containing little figures of justice and evil. On the ground is the sword Chrysaor, which she presents to him when he reaches adulthood.
Whitman 241.
[Ref: 66990] £420.00
Les Oyes de Frere Philippe. Sur ces jeunes Beautez...
N. Lancret pinxit. De Larmessin Sculp.
A Paris chez de Larmessin graveur du Roy rüe des Noyers a la 4.e porte cocher adroite entrant par la rüe S.t Jacques A.P.D.R. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 320 x 365mm (12½ x 14½"). Thread margins, tear taped, paper toned and stained, creased.
Two pretty young women stand stand under a parasol held by a turned paged boy. A friar restrains a young man who is desperate to approach them. A scene from Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-1695) fable 'Friar Phillipes Geese'. a tale in which a friar takes a boy into the wilderness and brings him up free from temptation. However, at the age of twenty the young man meets the young women and becomes besotted: when he asks his father what they are the friar replies that they are geese, a slang name for prostitutes.
[Ref: 66743] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
N. Lancret pinxit. De Larmessin Sculp.
A Paris chez de Larmessin graveur du Roy rüe des Noyers a la 4.e porte cocher adroite entrant par la rüe S.t Jacques A.P.D.R. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 320 x 365mm (12½ x 14½"). Thread margins, tear taped, paper toned and stained, creased.
Two pretty young women stand stand under a parasol held by a turned paged boy. A friar restrains a young man who is desperate to approach them. A scene from Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-1695) fable 'Friar Phillipes Geese'. a tale in which a friar takes a boy into the wilderness and brings him up free from temptation. However, at the age of twenty the young man meets the young women and becomes besotted: when he asks his father what they are the friar replies that they are geese, a slang name for prostitutes.
[Ref: 66743] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Nuptial Blessing.
J.B. Greuze Pinx.t. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde] Fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 June 1777.
Scarce mezzotint. 485 x 615mm (17¾ x 24¼"). Narrow margin at bottom, paper toned. Small paper loss at bottom.
An old man opens his arms to bless his new son-in-law, who holds a purse in right hand. A pair to 'Nuptial Felicity'.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66663] £460.00
J.B. Greuze Pinx.t. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde] Fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 June 1777.
Scarce mezzotint. 485 x 615mm (17¾ x 24¼"). Narrow margin at bottom, paper toned. Small paper loss at bottom.
An old man opens his arms to bless his new son-in-law, who holds a purse in right hand. A pair to 'Nuptial Felicity'.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66663] £460.00
Nuptial Felicity.
J.B. Greuze Pinx.t. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde] Fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 June 1777.
Scarce mezzotint. 485 x 615mm (17¾ x 24¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom, paper toned, laid on card.
Children mob an exhausted woman who has just finished breastfeeding a baby. Her husband walks through the door, returnng from hunting with his gun and dogs. A pair to 'Nuptial Blessing'. A guitar on wall at back.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66662] £490.00
J.B. Greuze Pinx.t. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde] Fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 June 1777.
Scarce mezzotint. 485 x 615mm (17¾ x 24¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom, paper toned, laid on card.
Children mob an exhausted woman who has just finished breastfeeding a baby. Her husband walks through the door, returnng from hunting with his gun and dogs. A pair to 'Nuptial Blessing'. A guitar on wall at back.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66662] £490.00
Lion and Horse.
[J. Collett Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer & John Bennett, Print & Mapsellers, Nº 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st July 1774.
Mezzotint, fine impression; 455 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"). Thread margins, chipped to plate in places, repaired tears into image at top, repaired damage in inscription area.
Pastiche of Stubbs' horse and lion subjects, issued as a companion to Robert Sayers' reprint of Stubbs' 'Lioness and Lion' by George Townley Stubbs. Lennox-Boyd (p.123) supposes that Collett's painting was commissioned by the publisher specifically with a view to being engraved as a pair for the Stubbs print. John Collet (c.1725-80) was a painter and prolific designer of predominantly humorous scenes for publishers to make prints from.
See Lennox-Boyd p.23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66413] £680.00
[J. Collett Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer & John Bennett, Print & Mapsellers, Nº 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st July 1774.
Mezzotint, fine impression; 455 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"). Thread margins, chipped to plate in places, repaired tears into image at top, repaired damage in inscription area.
Pastiche of Stubbs' horse and lion subjects, issued as a companion to Robert Sayers' reprint of Stubbs' 'Lioness and Lion' by George Townley Stubbs. Lennox-Boyd (p.123) supposes that Collett's painting was commissioned by the publisher specifically with a view to being engraved as a pair for the Stubbs print. John Collet (c.1725-80) was a painter and prolific designer of predominantly humorous scenes for publishers to make prints from.
See Lennox-Boyd p.23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66413] £680.00
Mausoleum.
[M.D. Vos Invent.]
[Crispianus Passaeus Sculp: ex excudit.] [n.d., c1614.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 265mm (8 x 10½"). Trimmed into plate, losing half of verse and inscriptions at bottom, laid on album paper. Damaged.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, with masons in the foreground. To the right is Artemisia, the sister-wife of Mausolus, who continued his grand plan of the building. From a series of the 'Seven Wonders of the World'.
[Ref: 66741] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[M.D. Vos Invent.]
[Crispianus Passaeus Sculp: ex excudit.] [n.d., c1614.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 265mm (8 x 10½"). Trimmed into plate, losing half of verse and inscriptions at bottom, laid on album paper. Damaged.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, with masons in the foreground. To the right is Artemisia, the sister-wife of Mausolus, who continued his grand plan of the building. From a series of the 'Seven Wonders of the World'.
[Ref: 66741] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Monkey and spaniels.]](jpegs/66760.jpg)
[Monkey and spaniels.]
P. Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1690.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint. 135 x 175mm (5¼ c 7"). Torn to plate lower right, small tear entering plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A spaniel barks at a monkey that has taken one of her litter. A parrot looks on.
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66760] £420.00
P. Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1690.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint. 135 x 175mm (5¼ c 7"). Torn to plate lower right, small tear entering plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A spaniel barks at a monkey that has taken one of her litter. A parrot looks on.
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66760] £420.00
![[Catching moths at night] Melliferis infesti Apibus sunt Papiliones...](jpegs/66800.jpg)
[Catching moths at night] Melliferis infesti Apibus sunt Papiliones...
I. Stradan. inv. C. Galle sculp.
Phls Galle excu. [n.d., c.1596].
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed, losing title, tipped onto album paper at top corners
Farmers use lamps to lure moths at night. From the series ''Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium...'', with inscriptions in the image.
[Ref: 66800] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
I. Stradan. inv. C. Galle sculp.
Phls Galle excu. [n.d., c.1596].
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed, losing title, tipped onto album paper at top corners
Farmers use lamps to lure moths at night. From the series ''Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium...'', with inscriptions in the image.
[Ref: 66800] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Nymphs a Bathing. Les Nymphes Au Bain.
J. Vernet Pinx.t. Rob.t Sayer Excudit. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel de Wilde] Sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller No. 53, Fleet Street London, Published as the Act directs, 10 May, 1770.
Rare mezzotint. 550 x 465mm (21¾ x 18¼"), with large margins Creased, tear entering image from top, margins chipped and soiled. Uncut.
Women wash in the shallows of a harbour, in the shelter of a cave. Further out in the bay are fortifications and an 18th century ship.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66653] £480.00
J. Vernet Pinx.t. Rob.t Sayer Excudit. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel de Wilde] Sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller No. 53, Fleet Street London, Published as the Act directs, 10 May, 1770.
Rare mezzotint. 550 x 465mm (21¾ x 18¼"), with large margins Creased, tear entering image from top, margins chipped and soiled. Uncut.
Women wash in the shallows of a harbour, in the shelter of a cave. Further out in the bay are fortifications and an 18th century ship.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66653] £480.00
![[Pamela, Plate 7].](jpegs/66686.jpg)
[Pamela, Plate 7]. Pamela undressing herself (Mrs Jewkes being first got to bed) while M.r B. disguised in the maids clothes, with the apron thrown over his face, is impatiently waiting for the execution of his plot.
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving, 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Small tears.
As the virtuous Pamela undresses, her employer prepares to sexually assault her. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving, 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Small tears.
As the virtuous Pamela undresses, her employer prepares to sexually assault her. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pamela, Plate 7].](jpegs/66687.jpg)
[Pamela, Plate 7]. Pamela on her knees before her Father, whom she has discovered behind the door, having overturned the card table on her way. S.r Simon Darnford, his Lady &c. observing her with eagerness and admiration. M.r B. struck with this scene is waiting the issue.
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving. 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Binding marks on left edge.
At a gathering on the local gentry Pamela rushes to her father to reassure him that she has not been forced into the relationship with Mr B. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66687] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx. L. Truchy sculp.
Published, acording to Act of Parliament, July 1.st. 1762. [But later]
Engraving. 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). Binding marks on left edge.
At a gathering on the local gentry Pamela rushes to her father to reassure him that she has not been forced into the relationship with Mr B. One of twelve plates illustrating Samuel Richardson's hugely popular novel, 'Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded', 1740. First published 1745.
[Ref: 66687] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mungo Park.]](jpegs/66678.jpg)
[Mungo Park.]
[Drawn & Engraved by H. Dawe.]
[n.d., 1831.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 125mm (5¾ x 5"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions.
A fanciful scene of the Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) lying barefoot, under an awning, being tended by a native woman, during his expedition in search of the source of the Niger in 1795-7. Georgian Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, composed a song around this act of charity, for which this is an illustration.
[Ref: 66678] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & Engraved by H. Dawe.]
[n.d., 1831.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 125mm (5¾ x 5"). Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions.
A fanciful scene of the Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) lying barefoot, under an awning, being tended by a native woman, during his expedition in search of the source of the Niger in 1795-7. Georgian Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, composed a song around this act of charity, for which this is an illustration.
[Ref: 66678] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Peasant's Integrity, or, Lost Lamb Restored.
Painted by W.R. Bigg A. Engrav'd by W. Barnard.
London: Published March 28.th 1802. by W. Barnard, No.1 Fitzroy Str. Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 480 x 605mm (19 x 23¾"). Repairs to platemark and margins. Time staining.
Three peasant children return a lost lamb to a shepherdess. After William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828), a pair to 'The Plundering Vagrants, or, Gipsies Detected'.
See Ref: 29031 for the pair printed in colour. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66658] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W.R. Bigg A. Engrav'd by W. Barnard.
London: Published March 28.th 1802. by W. Barnard, No.1 Fitzroy Str. Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 480 x 605mm (19 x 23¾"). Repairs to platemark and margins. Time staining.
Three peasant children return a lost lamb to a shepherdess. After William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828), a pair to 'The Plundering Vagrants, or, Gipsies Detected'.
See Ref: 29031 for the pair printed in colour. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66658] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
William Pendrill of Boscobell in the County of Salop Aetis Suae 84 The Royall Oake. His face you see. Now breifly heare the Rest.; How well he serv'd his Prince in flight destrest. Twas , He whose little Household did Combine In Piois Care to save : the Royall Line. An Oake was thought most safe:for what could prove More Luckie tthen the sacred tree to Love. See where the Hen=roost Ladder stands; by that, The Might Monarch climb'd the Boughs of Statem Where Noble Carlos lent his Manlike Knee, The last support of Fainting Majestie, and Natures Tapistrie was the onely Shroud To shelter that Great Prince was Rage pursu'd. The Nutthook reaching up his Honely fare supply'd the want of Waiters standing Bare; Shile busie Wife and Children gather Wood To dress the Sheep prepar'd for Better food Thus, Many Oakes defend the British Maine but one Preferr'd the Brittish Soveraigne. "Pendrill thy name will shine in History /Brighter then their's whose Hospittallity / Disguised Deitys hath entertayn'd / for thine was reall t'other Poets saynd."
From the very rare print in the possession of A H Sutherland Eq.r. Are to be sold by S. Woodburn, St. Martin's Lane, London.
Engraving, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 10"), large margins. Faint brown stain bottom left.
A portrait of William Pendrill set in an oak. Pendrill was one of five brothers: George; Richard; Humphrey; John and William who helped Charles II escape from England after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 during his failed attempt to regain control of England from Cromwell. The Pendrills were a Royalist family who lived and worked on the estate of Boscobel House where the King sought refuge after his defeat. Having been forced to hide in an oak tree in order to escape Cromwell's troops Charles and the Royalist Colonel Carlos finally managed to escape disguised as land workers and escorted by the Pendrills. The Pendrill brothers were richly rewarded when Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660.
[Ref: 66939] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
From the very rare print in the possession of A H Sutherland Eq.r. Are to be sold by S. Woodburn, St. Martin's Lane, London.
Engraving, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 10"), large margins. Faint brown stain bottom left.
A portrait of William Pendrill set in an oak. Pendrill was one of five brothers: George; Richard; Humphrey; John and William who helped Charles II escape from England after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 during his failed attempt to regain control of England from Cromwell. The Pendrills were a Royalist family who lived and worked on the estate of Boscobel House where the King sought refuge after his defeat. Having been forced to hide in an oak tree in order to escape Cromwell's troops Charles and the Royalist Colonel Carlos finally managed to escape disguised as land workers and escorted by the Pendrills. The Pendrill brothers were richly rewarded when Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660.
[Ref: 66939] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rustic Scene]](jpegs/67020.jpg)
[Rustic Scene]
[Print possibly made by Robert Robinson]
[n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 180 x 220mm (7¼ x 9). On laid watermarked paper, large margins.
A rural landscape with what seems to be an inn on the left and a watermill central right. In the foreground a peasant farmer with a cow, sheep and a goat.
Provenance: Cornwell House.
[Ref: 67020] £390.00
[Print possibly made by Robert Robinson]
[n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, 180 x 220mm (7¼ x 9). On laid watermarked paper, large margins.
A rural landscape with what seems to be an inn on the left and a watermill central right. In the foreground a peasant farmer with a cow, sheep and a goat.
Provenance: Cornwell House.
[Ref: 67020] £390.00
![Winter's Morning. [&] Summer's Evening.](jpegs/66659.jpg)
Winter's Morning. [&] Summer's Evening.
C. Cranmer pinx.t. W. Barnard sculp.t.
London: Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1803, by W. Barnard, N.º 1 Fitzroy Square.
Pair of very fine coloured mezzotints, printed in colours. 480 x 615mm (19 x 23¾"), with large margins Some restoration, spotting and staining.
In 'Winter' a large family have breakfast in a cottage; in 'Summer' the family sit outside enjoying the weather, the children eating as the man smokes a pipe.
[Ref: 66659] £680.00 view all images for this item
C. Cranmer pinx.t. W. Barnard sculp.t.
London: Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1803, by W. Barnard, N.º 1 Fitzroy Square.
Pair of very fine coloured mezzotints, printed in colours. 480 x 615mm (19 x 23¾"), with large margins Some restoration, spotting and staining.
In 'Winter' a large family have breakfast in a cottage; in 'Summer' the family sit outside enjoying the weather, the children eating as the man smokes a pipe.
[Ref: 66659] £680.00 view all images for this item
[Tobias with the Angel. From the Original in the Collection of M.r Reynolds.]
Rembrandt f. [Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Thread margins, tears, tipped onto card at corners. Right corner tear.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, i of iii. Charrington 109, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66633] £480.00
Rembrandt f. [Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Thread margins, tears, tipped onto card at corners. Right corner tear.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, i of iii. Charrington 109, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66633] £480.00
Tobias with the Angel. From the Original in the Collection of M.r Reynolds.
Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Tears in margins taped.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, ii of iii. Charrington 109, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66629] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Tears in margins taped.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, ii of iii. Charrington 109, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66629] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Tobias with the Angel. From the Original in the Collection of M.r Reynolds.]
Rembrandt f. [Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Tears in edges repaired, some scuffing.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, i of ii. Charrington 109, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66631] £320.00
Rembrandt f. [Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Tears in edges repaired, some scuffing.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, i of ii. Charrington 109, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66631] £320.00
Tobias with the Angel. From the Original in the Collection of M.r Reynolds.
Rembrandt f. Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, ii of ii. Charrington 109, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66630] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Rembrandt f. Rembrandt pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Raphael comforts Tobias who recoils in terror from the grotesque fish emerging from the Tigris. A scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha included in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who presents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Goodwin 214, ii of ii. Charrington 109, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66630] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Greeks fighting the Amazons.]](jpegs/66617.jpg)
[The Greeks fighting the Amazons.]
[Engraved by Robert Mitchell Meadows after Rubens & van Dyke.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Very fine stipple, possibly a working proof. Sheet 530 x 640mm (21 x 25¼"). Tear entering plate in left taped, top edge chipped.
The Greek army, led by Achilles, drive back the Amazons over a narrow bridge, with women and horses falling into the river below. Troy, in flames, can be seen through the arch of the bridge. The original painting is in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
[Ref: 66617] £480.00
[Engraved by Robert Mitchell Meadows after Rubens & van Dyke.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Very fine stipple, possibly a working proof. Sheet 530 x 640mm (21 x 25¼"). Tear entering plate in left taped, top edge chipped.
The Greek army, led by Achilles, drive back the Amazons over a narrow bridge, with women and horses falling into the river below. Troy, in flames, can be seen through the arch of the bridge. The original painting is in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
[Ref: 66617] £480.00
Venus and Her Doves.
Painted by R. Westall. Engraved by E. Scriven, Historical Engraver to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.
Published January 2.d 1804 by Clay & Scriven, No. 18 Ludgate Hill London.
Coloured aquatint, printed in colours. 420 x 490mm (16½ x 19¼").
A very decorative image. Venus reclining in a bower, with doves at her feet. Cupid flying towards her, firing an arrow behind him.
[Ref: 66136] £390.00
Painted by R. Westall. Engraved by E. Scriven, Historical Engraver to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.
Published January 2.d 1804 by Clay & Scriven, No. 18 Ludgate Hill London.
Coloured aquatint, printed in colours. 420 x 490mm (16½ x 19¼").
A very decorative image. Venus reclining in a bower, with doves at her feet. Cupid flying towards her, firing an arrow behind him.
[Ref: 66136] £390.00
[The Younger Pliny Reproved. We went out into a small court belonging to the house which separated the sea from the buildings. As I was at that time But eighteen years of age, I know not whether I should call my behaviour in this dangerous juncture courage or rashness]
Ange[lica Kauffman pinx.t. Burke sculp.t.]
[London. Published Jan.y, 20th 1791 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Rare stipple, printed in colour. Sheet 395 x 490mm (15½ x 19¼"). Trimmed to printed border top and bottom, losing all inscriptions, margins rebuilt, trimmed within plate at sides. Damaged.
Pliny the Younger (61 - c. 113), sits by his mother, writing his account of the eruption of Versuvius, which can be seen through the arch in the distance to the left. The elder Pliny berates his son for writing instead of helping, before dying leading a relief fleet across the Bay of Naples.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66967] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Ange[lica Kauffman pinx.t. Burke sculp.t.]
[London. Published Jan.y, 20th 1791 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Rare stipple, printed in colour. Sheet 395 x 490mm (15½ x 19¼"). Trimmed to printed border top and bottom, losing all inscriptions, margins rebuilt, trimmed within plate at sides. Damaged.
Pliny the Younger (61 - c. 113), sits by his mother, writing his account of the eruption of Versuvius, which can be seen through the arch in the distance to the left. The elder Pliny berates his son for writing instead of helping, before dying leading a relief fleet across the Bay of Naples.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66967] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)