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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)
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)
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)
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)
St Anthony & the Infant Jesus.
Morillio Pinxit. John Dean Fecit.
Published Aug.t the 7th 1776, by John Dean, No 13, Church Street, Soho.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Thread margins.
St Anthony (1195-1231), the patron saint of Lost Things, wearing a habit, on one knee in a landscape, holding a lily and a large open book on which the infant Jesus stands. After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67515] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Morillio Pinxit. John Dean Fecit.
Published Aug.t the 7th 1776, by John Dean, No 13, Church Street, Soho.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Thread margins.
St Anthony (1195-1231), the patron saint of Lost Things, wearing a habit, on one knee in a landscape, holding a lily and a large open book on which the infant Jesus stands. After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67515] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Tho.s Armstrong. Exec.d 20th of June 1684.
Pub.d Oct.r 15th 1801, by W.Richardson, York House, 31, Strand.
Engraving. 155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Some very faint foxing outside of image but within platemark.
Portrait of Thomas Armstrong (c.1633 - 1684), English Army officer and politician who was executed for treason. Following his alleged involvement in the Rye House Plot in 1683, Armstrong was convicted of high treason and executed by being hanged, drawn, and quartered.
[Ref: 67634] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d Oct.r 15th 1801, by W.Richardson, York House, 31, Strand.
Engraving. 155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Some very faint foxing outside of image but within platemark.
Portrait of Thomas Armstrong (c.1633 - 1684), English Army officer and politician who was executed for treason. Following his alleged involvement in the Rye House Plot in 1683, Armstrong was convicted of high treason and executed by being hanged, drawn, and quartered.
[Ref: 67634] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
Bacchus in the Character of Cupid.
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins. Paper slightly soiled.
Bacchus, crowned with vine-leaves and holding a bow, gestures to a heart on a target hanging on a tree. To the right is a leopard. A pair to 'Cupid the the Character of Bacchus'.
CS: 406a. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67537] £320.00
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins. Paper slightly soiled.
Bacchus, crowned with vine-leaves and holding a bow, gestures to a heart on a target hanging on a tree. To the right is a leopard. A pair to 'Cupid the the Character of Bacchus'.
CS: 406a. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67537] £320.00
Bacchus in the Character of Cupid.
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), very large margins. Creased in centre
Bacchus, crowned with vine-leaves and holding a bow, gestures to a heart on a target hanging on a tree. To the right is a leopard. A pair to 'Cupid the the Character of Bacchus'.
CS: 406a. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67539] £320.00
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), very large margins. Creased in centre
Bacchus, crowned with vine-leaves and holding a bow, gestures to a heart on a target hanging on a tree. To the right is a leopard. A pair to 'Cupid the the Character of Bacchus'.
CS: 406a. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67539] £320.00
Bacchus in the Character of Cupid.
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Backed with newspaper.
Bacchus, crowned with vine-leaves and holding a bow, gestures to a heart on a target hanging on a tree. To the right is a leopard. A pair to 'Cupid the the Character of Bacchus'.
CS: 406a. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67538] £320.00
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Backed with newspaper.
Bacchus, crowned with vine-leaves and holding a bow, gestures to a heart on a target hanging on a tree. To the right is a leopard. A pair to 'Cupid the the Character of Bacchus'.
CS: 406a. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67538] £320.00
![[John Parkinson.]](jpegs/67698.jpg)
[John Parkinson.]
[Christopher Switter.]
[n.d., c.1635.]
Very rare woodcut. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of John Parkinson (1567 - 1650), the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. Notably he was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617, and was later Royal Botanist to Charles I. Frontis to 'Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris' 1635.
W2231-1.
[Ref: 67698] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Christopher Switter.]
[n.d., c.1635.]
Very rare woodcut. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of John Parkinson (1567 - 1650), the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. Notably he was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617, and was later Royal Botanist to Charles I. Frontis to 'Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris' 1635.
W2231-1.
[Ref: 67698] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Thayendaneken. The Mohawk Chief.
Wonderful Magazine. From an Original Drawing in the Posession of James Boswell Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1800.] Published by Alex.r Hogg.
Engraving. 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Some foxing. Trimmed close to plate on left-side.
Portrait of the Mohawk leader Joseph Brant (1742-1807). Brant was closely associated with Great Britain during the American Revolution and journeyed to England in 1775 for an audience with King George III.
[Ref: 67561] £380.00
Wonderful Magazine. From an Original Drawing in the Posession of James Boswell Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1800.] Published by Alex.r Hogg.
Engraving. 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Some foxing. Trimmed close to plate on left-side.
Portrait of the Mohawk leader Joseph Brant (1742-1807). Brant was closely associated with Great Britain during the American Revolution and journeyed to England in 1775 for an audience with King George III.
[Ref: 67561] £380.00
Sir Francis Burdett. Plate 2. Of Friends to a Constitutional Reform of Parliament.
Done from the life and Published by Adam Buck 17 Bentinck S.t Man. Sq. Price 1.S.
[n.d. c.1820]
Rare etching, 255 x 205mm (10 x 8"), with large margins. Foxing.
Half-length seated portrait of Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, an English reformist politician.
[Ref: 67650] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Done from the life and Published by Adam Buck 17 Bentinck S.t Man. Sq. Price 1.S.
[n.d. c.1820]
Rare etching, 255 x 205mm (10 x 8"), with large margins. Foxing.
Half-length seated portrait of Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, an English reformist politician.
[Ref: 67650] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dr Butts.]](jpegs/67642.jpg)
[Dr Butts.]
H Holbein inv. Whollar fecit 1649. Adam Alexus Bierling ex: but later.
Rare etching. Sheet: 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½"). Trimmed. Laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Henry VIII's doctor Sir William Butts (c.1486-1545), shown in a feathered cap and fur-lined robe. The portrait has also been identified as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c.1484-1545)
Pennington 1554.
[Ref: 67642] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H Holbein inv. Whollar fecit 1649. Adam Alexus Bierling ex: but later.
Rare etching. Sheet: 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½"). Trimmed. Laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Henry VIII's doctor Sir William Butts (c.1486-1545), shown in a feathered cap and fur-lined robe. The portrait has also been identified as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c.1484-1545)
Pennington 1554.
[Ref: 67642] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
George Byng Esq.r.
Downman pinx.t. Engrav'd by J. Grozer.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 31.st 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master Engraver & Print Merchant No. 195 Piccadilly near St. James's Church.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof, 18th century watermark. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with large margins.
George Byng (1735-89), MP for Wigan and later Middlesex. He inherited the estate of Wrotham Park from his unmarried and childless uncle Admiral John Byng (1704-1757), famously court-martialled and shot in 1757 following the fall of Minorca.
CS: 3, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67620] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Downman pinx.t. Engrav'd by J. Grozer.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 31.st 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master Engraver & Print Merchant No. 195 Piccadilly near St. James's Church.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof, 18th century watermark. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with large margins.
George Byng (1735-89), MP for Wigan and later Middlesex. He inherited the estate of Wrotham Park from his unmarried and childless uncle Admiral John Byng (1704-1757), famously court-martialled and shot in 1757 following the fall of Minorca.
CS: 3, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67620] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Saint Catherine.]](jpegs/67614.jpg)
[Saint Catherine.] From a Picture in the Collection of Robert Wigram Esq.r M. P. To whom this Plate is dedicated by his obedient Servant C. Turner.
Painted by Correggio. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London, Published Jan.y 18. 1810, by C. Turner No. 50, Warren Street,] Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint, 560 x 405mm (22 x 16"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with large margins. Publisher's inscription weakly inked; evidence of a printer's patch over armorial, spotting.
Saint Catherine holding a broken wheel, crowned with a wreath by a cherub. The emperor Maxentius condemned the Christian virgin to death on a spiked breaking wheel but, at her touch, it shattered. She was then beheaded and a milk-like substance flowed instead of blood.
Whiman 704, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67614] £360.00
Painted by Correggio. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London, Published Jan.y 18. 1810, by C. Turner No. 50, Warren Street,] Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint, 560 x 405mm (22 x 16"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with large margins. Publisher's inscription weakly inked; evidence of a printer's patch over armorial, spotting.
Saint Catherine holding a broken wheel, crowned with a wreath by a cherub. The emperor Maxentius condemned the Christian virgin to death on a spiked breaking wheel but, at her touch, it shattered. She was then beheaded and a milk-like substance flowed instead of blood.
Whiman 704, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67614] £360.00
![[Walter Charleton.] Gualteri Charletoni, Med. Doct, & Coll. Med. Lond. Soch. Anno Christ. M.D.C.LXXVIII.](jpegs/67753.jpg)
[Walter Charleton.] Gualteri Charletoni, Med. Doct, & Coll. Med. Lond. Soch. Anno Christ. M.D.C.LXXVIII.
D.Loggan as Vivum delin et sculp.
1679.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges
Portrait of Walter Charleton (1619 - 1707), natural philosopher and English writer. Frontis to his work 'Inquiries into Human Nature', 1680.
W587-3
[Ref: 67753] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
D.Loggan as Vivum delin et sculp.
1679.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges
Portrait of Walter Charleton (1619 - 1707), natural philosopher and English writer. Frontis to his work 'Inquiries into Human Nature', 1680.
W587-3
[Ref: 67753] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
William Cobbett Esq. Plate 3. Of Friends to a Constitutional Reform of Parliament.
Done from the life and Published by Adam Buck 17 Bentinck S.t Man. Sq. Price 2.S.
[n.d. c.1820]
Rare & scarce etching, 255 x 205mm (10 x 8"), with large margins. Foxing.
Half-length seated portrait of essayist, politician and agriculturalist, William Cobbett (1762-1835).
[Ref: 67649] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Done from the life and Published by Adam Buck 17 Bentinck S.t Man. Sq. Price 2.S.
[n.d. c.1820]
Rare & scarce etching, 255 x 205mm (10 x 8"), with large margins. Foxing.
Half-length seated portrait of essayist, politician and agriculturalist, William Cobbett (1762-1835).
[Ref: 67649] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Amos Comenius.] Iohan-Amos Comenivs, Morauvs, A' ÆTAT 50! 1642.](jpegs/67702.jpg)
[John Amos Comenius.] Iohan-Amos Comenivs, Morauvs, A' ÆTAT 50! 1642.
Exsump M:S. G.Glover Sc.
[n.d., c.1650.] Are to be Sould by T.H.and I.C.
Rare engraving. Sheet 120 x 75mm (4¾ x 3"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of John Amos Comenius (1592-1670), Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education.
[Ref: 67702] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Exsump M:S. G.Glover Sc.
[n.d., c.1650.] Are to be Sould by T.H.and I.C.
Rare engraving. Sheet 120 x 75mm (4¾ x 3"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of John Amos Comenius (1592-1670), Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education.
[Ref: 67702] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Coryate.]](jpegs/67707.jpg)
[Thomas Coryate.] Loe heere the wooden Image of our wits; Borne, in first trauaile, on the backs of Nits; O, what will he ride, when his yeares expire? the world must ride him; or he all will tire.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Very scarce engraving. Sheet 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of Thomas Coryate (c. 1577 -1617), English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age. Frontis to his work 'Letter from Asmere'. His description of how the Italians shielded themselves from the sun resulted in the word "umbrella" being introduced into English.
[Ref: 67707] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1650.]
Very scarce engraving. Sheet 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of Thomas Coryate (c. 1577 -1617), English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age. Frontis to his work 'Letter from Asmere'. His description of how the Italians shielded themselves from the sun resulted in the word "umbrella" being introduced into English.
[Ref: 67707] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Nathaniel Crew Episcopus Dunelmensis.
F. P [Francis Place] fecit.
P. Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins.
Nathaniel Crew (1633-1721), 3rd Baron Crew. This portrait was painted to celebrate him becoming Bishop of Durham in 1674, having been Bishop of Oxford from 1671. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1676.
CS: 4 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67595] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
F. P [Francis Place] fecit.
P. Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins.
Nathaniel Crew (1633-1721), 3rd Baron Crew. This portrait was painted to celebrate him becoming Bishop of Durham in 1674, having been Bishop of Oxford from 1671. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1676.
CS: 4 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67595] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[René Descartes] Renatus Des-Cartes,](jpegs/67723.jpg)
[René Descartes] Renatus Des-Cartes, Dominus De Perron, Natus Hagae Turonum, Anno. M.D.X.CVI, Ultimo Die Martii.
Franciscus à Schooten Py Mat. ad vivum delineavit et fecit anno 1644.
[c.1644.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper at edges.
Portrait of French philosopher, mathematician and scientist René Descartes (1596 - 1650), the frontispiece of Francis van Schooten's important second edition of the 'Geometria', Descartes's greatest academic work, one of the key texts in the history of mathematics. Six lines in lower margin by 'Constantini Hugenii F.ly'.
W. 795.
[Ref: 67723] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Franciscus à Schooten Py Mat. ad vivum delineavit et fecit anno 1644.
[c.1644.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper at edges.
Portrait of French philosopher, mathematician and scientist René Descartes (1596 - 1650), the frontispiece of Francis van Schooten's important second edition of the 'Geometria', Descartes's greatest academic work, one of the key texts in the history of mathematics. Six lines in lower margin by 'Constantini Hugenii F.ly'.
W. 795.
[Ref: 67723] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Dolben] Gulkielmus Dolben.](jpegs/67573.jpg)
[William Dolben] Gulkielmus Dolben. Ad Indos alterâ jam vice (heu! non fælicibus æqué auspicÿs) profecturus in Mari Atlantico febre correptus est, et suis desideratissimus Obÿt Maÿ 7ma 1709 Æt. 20.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. 1709. J. Smith fec.
[n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Partial 18th century watermark.
Half-length portrait in oval of William Dolben (1789-1709, son of John Dolben, MP for Liskeard and judge-advocate for the East India Company in Bengal. William died of fever aged twenty, on a ship bound for the East Indies.
CS 80, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67573] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Eques pinx. 1709. J. Smith fec.
[n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Partial 18th century watermark.
Half-length portrait in oval of William Dolben (1789-1709, son of John Dolben, MP for Liskeard and judge-advocate for the East India Company in Bengal. William died of fever aged twenty, on a ship bound for the East Indies.
CS 80, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67573] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Dolben] [Gulkielmus Dolben.](jpegs/67574.jpg)
[William Dolben] [Gulkielmus Dolben. Ad Indos alterâ jam vice (heu! non fælicibus æqué auspicÿs) profecturus in Mari Atlantico febre correptus est, et suis desideratissimus Obÿt Maÿ 7ma 1709 Æt. 20.]
[G. Kneller Eques pinx. 1709. J. Smith fec.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, 18th century watermark; 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of William Dolben (1789-1709), son of John Dolben, MP for Liskeard and judge-advocate for the East India Company in Bengal. William died of fever aged twenty, on a ship bound for the East Indies.
CS 80, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67574] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[G. Kneller Eques pinx. 1709. J. Smith fec.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, 18th century watermark; 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of William Dolben (1789-1709), son of John Dolben, MP for Liskeard and judge-advocate for the East India Company in Bengal. William died of fever aged twenty, on a ship bound for the East Indies.
CS 80, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67574] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[St.Dunstan.]](jpegs/67597.jpg)
[St.Dunstan.]
Engraving. 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A two part illustration: above is a portrait of St Dunstan, patron saint of jewellery, locksmiths & goldsmiths, inside a shop; below is a scene depicting metal workers.
[Ref: 67597] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Engraving. 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A two part illustration: above is a portrait of St Dunstan, patron saint of jewellery, locksmiths & goldsmiths, inside a shop; below is a scene depicting metal workers.
[Ref: 67597] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Desiderii Erasmi Rotterodam.
[after Hans Holbein.]
London Printed for H. Brome, 1680.
Etching. Sheet 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic theologian.
[Ref: 67640] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[after Hans Holbein.]
London Printed for H. Brome, 1680.
Etching. Sheet 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic theologian.
[Ref: 67640] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The R.t. Honourable Lady Sophia Fermor, Married the 14.th. of April. 1744 to John Lord Carteret Principal Secretary of State, since Earl of Granville.
Lady Anne Wentworth, since Countess Fitzwilliam Pinx.t. John Faber fec.t. 1747.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 225 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"). Thread margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745), in a frame-like border above a plinth. She married John Carteret, Earl of Granville. Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 168. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67546] £480.00
Lady Anne Wentworth, since Countess Fitzwilliam Pinx.t. John Faber fec.t. 1747.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 225 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"). Thread margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745), in a frame-like border above a plinth. She married John Carteret, Earl of Granville. Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 168. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67546] £480.00
![[Lady Sophia Fermor] The Inn-keepers handsom Daughter](jpegs/67256.jpg)
[Lady Sophia Fermor] The Inn-keepers handsom Daughter known through the Tyrolese by the name of the Fair Maid of the Inn.
Rosalba Pinxit. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins
A half-portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745) who married John Carteret, Earl of Granville (1690-1763). Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 169, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67256] £380.00
Rosalba Pinxit. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins
A half-portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745) who married John Carteret, Earl of Granville (1690-1763). Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 169, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67256] £380.00
![[Charlotte Finch]](jpegs/67249.jpg)
[Charlotte Finch]
John Robinson pinx.t. John Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 9"), large margins. Repaired tear in left margin taped. . Ink mss. on reverse.
A portrait of Lady Charlotte Fermor (1725-1813), probably painted on her betrothal to the Hon. William Finch (1691-1766), who she married in 1746. John Robinson, the painter, died in 1745. She served as governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte for over thirty years, holding the position from 1762 to 1793.
CS 129, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67249] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
John Robinson pinx.t. John Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 9"), large margins. Repaired tear in left margin taped. . Ink mss. on reverse.
A portrait of Lady Charlotte Fermor (1725-1813), probably painted on her betrothal to the Hon. William Finch (1691-1766), who she married in 1746. John Robinson, the painter, died in 1745. She served as governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte for over thirty years, holding the position from 1762 to 1793.
CS 129, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67249] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charlotte Finch] The Amorous Beauty](jpegs/67250.jpg)
[Charlotte Finch] The Amorous Beauty
John Robinson Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760]. [But later]
Engraving. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 9"), large margins.
A portrait of Lady Charlotte Fermor (1725-1813), probably painted on her betrothal to the Hon. William Finch (1691-1766), who she married in 1746. John Robinson, the painter, died in 1745. She served as governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte for over thirty years, holding the position from 1762 to 1793.
CS 129, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67250] £320.00
John Robinson Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760]. [But later]
Engraving. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 9"), large margins.
A portrait of Lady Charlotte Fermor (1725-1813), probably painted on her betrothal to the Hon. William Finch (1691-1766), who she married in 1746. John Robinson, the painter, died in 1745. She served as governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte for over thirty years, holding the position from 1762 to 1793.
CS 129, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67250] £320.00
The Most Noble Prince Charles Fitz Roy, Duke of Grafton, Earl of Euston & Arlington, Visc.t Ipswich & Baron of Sudbury, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Household, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum of the County of Suffolk, Lord Warden of Whittlebury Forest, one the Lords of his Majesties most Hon.ble Privy Council, & Knight of the most Noble Order of ye Garter.
Vanlo pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1749
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [1749, but later]
Mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), on laid paper.
A full-length portrait of Charles FitzRoy (1683-1757), grandson of Charles II and Barbara Villiers, wearing the order of the Garter, a long wig and cloak, falling to the ground.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67751] £320.00
Vanlo pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1749
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [1749, but later]
Mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), on laid paper.
A full-length portrait of Charles FitzRoy (1683-1757), grandson of Charles II and Barbara Villiers, wearing the order of the Garter, a long wig and cloak, falling to the ground.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67751] £320.00
![[Simon Fokke.]](jpegs/67617.jpg)
[Simon Fokke.]
J. Buys pinxit. J. Greenwood fecit.
[n.d., 1761-3.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with large margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Dutch engraver & etcher Simon Fokke (1712-84), seated with his own print of the plundering of the house of the wine merchant Gerrit Hagedooren in Rotterdam in 1751. John Greenwood (1727-92), the engraver of this portrait, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but learned mezzotint in Amsterdam.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67617] £360.00
J. Buys pinxit. J. Greenwood fecit.
[n.d., 1761-3.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with large margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Dutch engraver & etcher Simon Fokke (1712-84), seated with his own print of the plundering of the house of the wine merchant Gerrit Hagedooren in Rotterdam in 1751. John Greenwood (1727-92), the engraver of this portrait, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but learned mezzotint in Amsterdam.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67617] £360.00
![[Simon Fokke.]](jpegs/67618.jpg)
[Simon Fokke.]
J. Buys pinxit. J. Greenwood fecit.
[n.d., 1761-3.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with large margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Dutch engraver & etcher Simon Fokke (1712-84), seated with his own print of the plundering of the house of the wine merchant Gerrit Hagedooren in Rotterdam in 1751. John Greenwood (1727-92), the engraver of this portrait, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but learned mezzotint in Amsterdam.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67618] £420.00
J. Buys pinxit. J. Greenwood fecit.
[n.d., 1761-3.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with large margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Dutch engraver & etcher Simon Fokke (1712-84), seated with his own print of the plundering of the house of the wine merchant Gerrit Hagedooren in Rotterdam in 1751. John Greenwood (1727-92), the engraver of this portrait, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but learned mezzotint in Amsterdam.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67618] £420.00
![[Moll Cutpurse.]](jpegs/67638.jpg)
[Moll Cutpurse.] [Woman in 'man's dress'.]
[n.d., c.1660, but later.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Cut and backed onto album paper.
A portrait of the famous thief Mary Frith (c. 1584 - 1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, notorious English pickpocket and fence of the London underworld, wearing men's dress.
[Ref: 67638] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1660, but later.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Cut and backed onto album paper.
A portrait of the famous thief Mary Frith (c. 1584 - 1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, notorious English pickpocket and fence of the London underworld, wearing men's dress.
[Ref: 67638] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Gale alias Dumb Jack.
[John Faber senior]
[n.d. c.1710.]
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate. Paper toned. Damaged.
Half-length portrait of John Gale, in an oval frame, turned and facing right, smoking a long pipe with a hat tilted to one side. John Gale, a deaf and mute character living in London during the 1690s who accompanied criminals to Tyburn.
Wellcome: 2099. CS 36. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67763] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[John Faber senior]
[n.d. c.1710.]
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate. Paper toned. Damaged.
Half-length portrait of John Gale, in an oval frame, turned and facing right, smoking a long pipe with a hat tilted to one side. John Gale, a deaf and mute character living in London during the 1690s who accompanied criminals to Tyburn.
Wellcome: 2099. CS 36. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67763] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Gale alias Dumb Jack.
[John Faber senior]
[n.d. c.1710.]
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 170 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to oval.
Half-length portrait of John Gale, in an oval frame, turned and facing right, smoking a long pipe with a hat tilted to one side. John Gale, a deaf and mute character living in London during the 1690s who accompanied criminals to Tyburn.
Wellcome: 2099. CS 36. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67764] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[John Faber senior]
[n.d. c.1710.]
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 170 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to oval.
Half-length portrait of John Gale, in an oval frame, turned and facing right, smoking a long pipe with a hat tilted to one side. John Gale, a deaf and mute character living in London during the 1690s who accompanied criminals to Tyburn.
Wellcome: 2099. CS 36. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67764] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Peter Garden. Who lived in the Parish of Auchterless Aberdeen Shire. and dies 12.th Jan.ry 1775, Aged 131 Years.
Ja.s Wales Pinx.t. H. Gavin Sculp.
[n.d. c.1810] ['Publish'd by W,, RIchardson, Antient and Modern Print Warehouse 174 Strand.]
Engraving with aquatint, 18th century watermark; sheet 295 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
Portrait of centenarian Peter Garden (1644-1775) in middle age, head facing front, smiling and looking left, with curled hair on his forehead and sides, wearing a neckerchief.
David Alexander pg 373. (H. Gavin the first), Edinburgh.
[Ref: 67761] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Wales Pinx.t. H. Gavin Sculp.
[n.d. c.1810] ['Publish'd by W,, RIchardson, Antient and Modern Print Warehouse 174 Strand.]
Engraving with aquatint, 18th century watermark; sheet 295 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
Portrait of centenarian Peter Garden (1644-1775) in middle age, head facing front, smiling and looking left, with curled hair on his forehead and sides, wearing a neckerchief.
David Alexander pg 373. (H. Gavin the first), Edinburgh.
[Ref: 67761] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Josiah John Guest, Bar.t, M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil.]](jpegs/67798.jpg)
[Sir Josiah John Guest, Bar.t, M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil.] Private Plate.
Painted by Richard Buckner. Engraved by W.m Walker.
London: Published 5th April 1852, by M.r Walker, 64, Margaret St, Cavendish Sq.
Mezzotint. 530 x 410mm (20 x 16"), with large margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of Josiah John Guest (1785-1852), known as John Josiah Guest), with a smoking chimney behind. He owned the Dowlais Iron Company, the largest producer of iron in the world by the time of his death, and served as MP for both Honiton & Merthyr Tydfil.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67798] £320.00
Painted by Richard Buckner. Engraved by W.m Walker.
London: Published 5th April 1852, by M.r Walker, 64, Margaret St, Cavendish Sq.
Mezzotint. 530 x 410mm (20 x 16"), with large margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of Josiah John Guest (1785-1852), known as John Josiah Guest), with a smoking chimney behind. He owned the Dowlais Iron Company, the largest producer of iron in the world by the time of his death, and served as MP for both Honiton & Merthyr Tydfil.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67798] £320.00
![[Elizabeth Gunning] Elizabeth Dutchess of Hamilton & Brandon, &c.](jpegs/67552.jpg)
[Elizabeth Gunning] Elizabeth Dutchess of Hamilton & Brandon, &c.
Gav: Hamilton Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom.
A full-length portrait of Elizabeth Gunning (1733-90), one hand on the head of a greyhound that is jumping up on her. A noted beauty, this portrait was painted when Gunning was the wife of James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton and Argyll. After his death she married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later Duke of Argyll. She served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte for over 20 years and was created Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in her own right by George III in 1776.
CS 174, i of ii, before 'Brandon' was removed from the title. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67552] £350.00
Gav: Hamilton Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom.
A full-length portrait of Elizabeth Gunning (1733-90), one hand on the head of a greyhound that is jumping up on her. A noted beauty, this portrait was painted when Gunning was the wife of James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton and Argyll. After his death she married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later Duke of Argyll. She served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte for over 20 years and was created Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in her own right by George III in 1776.
CS 174, i of ii, before 'Brandon' was removed from the title. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67552] £350.00
![[Emma Hamilton] Lady Hamilton.](jpegs/67780.jpg)
[Emma Hamilton] Lady Hamilton.
Painted by J.J. Masquerier. Engraved by W. Say.
London Published May 20th 1806 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Slight foxing below title.
Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815), muse of Romney, husband of Sir William Hamilton, but best known as Admiral Nelson's lover. She is shown musing on a chaise longue overlooking Naples Bay, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Nelson had been killed the year before.
[Ref: 67780] £460.00
Painted by J.J. Masquerier. Engraved by W. Say.
London Published May 20th 1806 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Slight foxing below title.
Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815), muse of Romney, husband of Sir William Hamilton, but best known as Admiral Nelson's lover. She is shown musing on a chaise longue overlooking Naples Bay, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Nelson had been killed the year before.
[Ref: 67780] £460.00
William Henry, M.D. F.R.J. Vice President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester &c, &c.
Painted by James Lonsdale. Engraved by Henry Cousins.
Published by Tho.s Agnew, Repository of Arts, Exchange St, Manchester, Jan.y 1838.
Scarce mezzotint. 400 x 305mm (15¾ x 12"), with large margins.
Portrait of William Henry (1774 - 1836), English chemist. He was the son of Thomas Henry and was born in Manchester England and he developed what is known today as Henry's Law.
Wellcome 1365/1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67783] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by James Lonsdale. Engraved by Henry Cousins.
Published by Tho.s Agnew, Repository of Arts, Exchange St, Manchester, Jan.y 1838.
Scarce mezzotint. 400 x 305mm (15¾ x 12"), with large margins.
Portrait of William Henry (1774 - 1836), English chemist. He was the son of Thomas Henry and was born in Manchester England and he developed what is known today as Henry's Law.
Wellcome 1365/1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67783] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Highwayman.] The true and lively Portraictore of Captaine James Hind.](jpegs/67628.jpg)
[Highwayman.] The true and lively Portraictore of Captaine James Hind.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Very rare engraving. Sheet 90 x 60mm (3½ x 2¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of James Hind (1616-52), highwayman and Royalist rabble-rouser during the English Civil War.
[Ref: 67628] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1690.]
Very rare engraving. Sheet 90 x 60mm (3½ x 2¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of James Hind (1616-52), highwayman and Royalist rabble-rouser during the English Civil War.
[Ref: 67628] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hans Holbein.]](jpegs/67646.jpg)
[Hans Holbein.]
Holebon Pinx. Engrav'd by B.Reading.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare proof engraving. 150 x 130mm (6 x 5"). Trimmed into left of plate.
Portrait of Hans Holbein (c.1497 - 1543), German-Swiss painter and printmaker.
[Ref: 67646] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Holebon Pinx. Engrav'd by B.Reading.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare proof engraving. 150 x 130mm (6 x 5"). Trimmed into left of plate.
Portrait of Hans Holbein (c.1497 - 1543), German-Swiss painter and printmaker.
[Ref: 67646] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Hans Holbein.
[After Hollar.] R.Gaywood fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.] Sould by P.Stent.
Engraving Sheet 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Hans Holbein (c.1497 - 1543), German-Swiss painter and printmaker.
Globe 1985, 177 ii of ii.
[Ref: 67645] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[After Hollar.] R.Gaywood fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.] Sould by P.Stent.
Engraving Sheet 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Hans Holbein (c.1497 - 1543), German-Swiss painter and printmaker.
Globe 1985, 177 ii of ii.
[Ref: 67645] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Portrait of Hans Holbein within a separately-printed decorative border.]](jpegs/67517.jpg)
[Portrait of Hans Holbein within a separately-printed decorative border.]
[Edinburgh, c.1788.]
Etching on two plates. Outside plate 120 x 100mm (4¾ x 4"). Thread margins, laid on album paper.
A profile portrait of Hans Holbein within a separately-printed border featuring vignette portraits of cherubs and other scenes. A frontispiece to 'The Dance of Death, through the various stages of human life by John Holbein, painter', edited by James Bonar (1757-1821), a lawyer who served as Solicitor of Excise in Scotland and an amateur astronomer. He is best known for exposing Deacon Brodie as a burglar.
BMC 48:170.
[Ref: 67517] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Edinburgh, c.1788.]
Etching on two plates. Outside plate 120 x 100mm (4¾ x 4"). Thread margins, laid on album paper.
A profile portrait of Hans Holbein within a separately-printed border featuring vignette portraits of cherubs and other scenes. A frontispiece to 'The Dance of Death, through the various stages of human life by John Holbein, painter', edited by James Bonar (1757-1821), a lawyer who served as Solicitor of Excise in Scotland and an amateur astronomer. He is best known for exposing Deacon Brodie as a burglar.
BMC 48:170.
[Ref: 67517] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hans Holbein.] Ioannes Holbenus, Basilensis.](jpegs/67641.jpg)
[Hans Holbein.] Ioannes Holbenus, Basilensis.
[n.d., c., 1610.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5"). Timr-stained. Cut and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Hans Holbein (c.1497 - 1543), German-Swiss painter and printmaker, shown in right-facing profile. The artist is depicted holding a paintbrush, with a painter’s palette suspended in the background to the left of his head. Behind him, a street scene unfolds, featuring two figures, one personifying Death and the other a nun.
Hollstein 147.
[Ref: 67641] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c., 1610.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5"). Timr-stained. Cut and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Hans Holbein (c.1497 - 1543), German-Swiss painter and printmaker, shown in right-facing profile. The artist is depicted holding a paintbrush, with a painter’s palette suspended in the background to the left of his head. Behind him, a street scene unfolds, featuring two figures, one personifying Death and the other a nun.
Hollstein 147.
[Ref: 67641] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Honoré d'Urfé.]](jpegs/67741.jpg)
[Honoré d'Urfé.]
[n.d., c.1632.]
Fine engraving. 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of Honoré d'Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf (1568 - 1625), French novelist and miscellaneous writer. Frontis to 'L'Astrée' by Balthazar Baro, 1623.
[Ref: 67741] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1632.]
Fine engraving. 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of Honoré d'Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf (1568 - 1625), French novelist and miscellaneous writer. Frontis to 'L'Astrée' by Balthazar Baro, 1623.
[Ref: 67741] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mary Howard] The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp.](jpegs/67523.jpg)
[Mary Howard] The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp.
Gab. Mathyas pinxt. Faber fect.
London, Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10). Trimmed to plate, bottom left corner chipped.
A three-quarter length portrait of Mary Howard (1653-1735), a nun in the habit of the Poor Clares, her right hand lifted to the edge of her veil, her left hand resting on an open book next to a skull, a crucifix behind. Mary was the daughter of English playwright and politician Sir Robert Howard (1626-98)
CS 195, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67523] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Gab. Mathyas pinxt. Faber fect.
London, Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10). Trimmed to plate, bottom left corner chipped.
A three-quarter length portrait of Mary Howard (1653-1735), a nun in the habit of the Poor Clares, her right hand lifted to the edge of her veil, her left hand resting on an open book next to a skull, a crucifix behind. Mary was the daughter of English playwright and politician Sir Robert Howard (1626-98)
CS 195, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67523] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mary Howard] The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp.](jpegs/67524.jpg)
[Mary Howard] The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp.
Gab. Mathyas pinxt. Faber fect.
London, Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1760].
Fine mezzotint, 355 x 255mm (14 x 10), on 18th century watermarked paper.
A three-quarter length portrait of Mary Howard (1653-1735), a nun in the habit of the Poor Clares, her right hand lifted to the edge of her veil, her left hand resting on an open book next to a skull, a crucifix behind. Mary was the daughter of English playwright and politician Sir Robert Howard (1626-98)
CS 195, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67524] £320.00
Gab. Mathyas pinxt. Faber fect.
London, Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1760].
Fine mezzotint, 355 x 255mm (14 x 10), on 18th century watermarked paper.
A three-quarter length portrait of Mary Howard (1653-1735), a nun in the habit of the Poor Clares, her right hand lifted to the edge of her veil, her left hand resting on an open book next to a skull, a crucifix behind. Mary was the daughter of English playwright and politician Sir Robert Howard (1626-98)
CS 195, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67524] £320.00
James Howel. One of the Clerks of his Ma'ties moist Hon.ble Privy Counsel.
Will: Marshall sculp.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving. Sheet 90 x 55mm (3½ x 2¼"). Trimmed and stuck onto album paper.
A portrait of James Howel (1594-1666), Welsh writer and historian. From the Frontis for Familiar Letters Domestic & Forren.
[Ref: 67627] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Will: Marshall sculp.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving. Sheet 90 x 55mm (3½ x 2¼"). Trimmed and stuck onto album paper.
A portrait of James Howel (1594-1666), Welsh writer and historian. From the Frontis for Familiar Letters Domestic & Forren.
[Ref: 67627] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johann Rudolf Huber] Joan: Rudolph: Huberus.](jpegs/67585.jpg)
[Johann Rudolf Huber] Joan: Rudolph: Huberus.
I.R. Huber pinxit. I.I. Haid sculps. et excud. A.V.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 410 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"). Trimmed to image.
A half length self-portrait of Swiss portrait painter Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748) with palette and easel. The original oil is in the Kunstmuseum Basel (Inv. 686).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67585] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
I.R. Huber pinxit. I.I. Haid sculps. et excud. A.V.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 410 x 275mm (16 x 10¾"). Trimmed to image.
A half length self-portrait of Swiss portrait painter Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748) with palette and easel. The original oil is in the Kunstmuseum Basel (Inv. 686).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67585] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Hudson.
T. Hudson Pinx.t J. Faber Fecit.
[n.d. c.1756.]
Mezzotint, fine impression. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), 18th century watermark and large margins.
Full length portrait of Miss Hudson, presumably a relation to the artist Thomas Hudson (1701-79). She stands on a balcony against a country landscape; a classical urn on a pedestal at the end of the balustrade to right. She wears a beautiful dress, feathered cap on a slant and a miniture portrait on a chain across her body. In her folded arms she carries a fan. A pug-dog at her feet looks up at her adoringly.
CS 197, only state. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67525] £320.00
T. Hudson Pinx.t J. Faber Fecit.
[n.d. c.1756.]
Mezzotint, fine impression. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), 18th century watermark and large margins.
Full length portrait of Miss Hudson, presumably a relation to the artist Thomas Hudson (1701-79). She stands on a balcony against a country landscape; a classical urn on a pedestal at the end of the balustrade to right. She wears a beautiful dress, feathered cap on a slant and a miniture portrait on a chain across her body. In her folded arms she carries a fan. A pug-dog at her feet looks up at her adoringly.
CS 197, only state. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67525] £320.00
Hercules Humphreys. Aged 102.
Drawn by W.Wise.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by W. Wise, Oxford. [n.d. c.1800.]
Stipple and line engraving, watermark Russell & Co 1798; sheet 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Damaged at bottom, thread margins on 3 sides.
Hercules Humphreys (1699-1801), centenarian, was a victualler in the first year of the reign of George III. It is recorded that his wife, Mary Buckingham, bore his child and fled having been assaulted by him and others.
David Alexander pg 998.
[Ref: 67762] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by W.Wise.
Publish'd as the Act directs, by W. Wise, Oxford. [n.d. c.1800.]
Stipple and line engraving, watermark Russell & Co 1798; sheet 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Damaged at bottom, thread margins on 3 sides.
Hercules Humphreys (1699-1801), centenarian, was a victualler in the first year of the reign of George III. It is recorded that his wife, Mary Buckingham, bore his child and fled having been assaulted by him and others.
David Alexander pg 998.
[Ref: 67762] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)