Grosvenor Prints

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

Christopher Anstey Esquire. Aetat 52.
T. Lawrence R.A. del.t. W. Bond sculp.t.
Published March 1st 1807, by Cadell and Davies, Strand.
Stipple. Sheet size: 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within platemark.
A half-length seated portrait of English poet and author Christopher Anstey (1724 - 1805), at his desk, writing. He is best known for his famous rhymed letters, 'The New Bath Guide or Memoirs of the Blunderhead Family', 1766. The work had immediate success, and was enthusiastically praised for its original kind of humour by Walpole and Gray. Anstey was buried at St. Swithin's Church in Bath but has a white marble memorial tablet in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. The frontispiece portrait of 'The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher Anstey, Esq.'.
[Ref: 67852] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Edmund Antrobus.]
Painted by Thos. Lawrence Esq.r R.A. Engrav'd by George Clint.
[n.d., 1803.]
Mezzotint, Proof before title. 510 x 370mm (20 x 14½"). Top left corner cut off and replaced, a few spots, laid on album paper. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Sir Edmund Antrobus (died 1826, created 1st Baronet 1815), standing, letter in hand. Lawrence also painted his two nephews, one of whom, Edmund William, succeeded as 2nd baronet according to the special remainder.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Unidentified collector's stamp 'I F P' on album sheet
[Ref: 67838] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Philip Antrobus.]
Painted by Thos. Lawrence Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Geo. Clint, Oct.r 1.st 1803.
Untitled mezzotint, printed in colour. 480 x 355mm (19 x 14") Trimmed into plate at bottom, right platemark cracked with tear taped, paper toned.
Three-quarter portrait of Philip Antrobus (1755-1816), standing, paper in hand, inkwell on a table. Lawrence also painted his brother, Edmund (the 1st Baronet Antrobus), and Philip's two sons, one of whom, Edmund William, succeeded as 2nd baronet according to the special remainder.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67839] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Late Fred Archer, in the Colours of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. Faithfully yours F. Archer [facsimile signature]. Born, January 11th, 1857. Died, November 8th, 1886.
Riddle & Couchman, Lith. London.
Special Supplement to the ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramtic News,'' November 27th, 1886.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 515 x 375mm (20¼ x 14¾"). Tears taped right top, crease as normal
A portrait of jockey Frederick James Archer (1857-1886), known as the Tin Man, Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years. Taller than the average jockey he kept a rigorous diet: in October 1886 he fasted for three days to reach race weight and shortly after fell ill. In a high fever and hallucinating, he shot himself, aged only 29.
[Ref: 67834] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Arkwright [junior].
Painted by R.R. Rienagle, R.A. 1813. Engraved by Henry Cousins. 1843.
Mezzotint, printed on chine collé. 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"). Loss of printed surface on subject's boot, tears in backing sheet taped.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Richard Arkwright (1755-1843), son of the Industrial Revolution's inventor of the same name. His income from his father's patents and his own business acumen made him one of the the richest non-aristocrats of the period. The original oil is held in Chesterfield Town Hall (PCF3).
[Ref: 67789] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Asclepius] Esculape, Dieu de la Médecine. Taken from the Ancient Statue deposited in the Museum at Paris and brought rfom Albania by the Emperor Napoleon.
Vauthier del. Mecou sculp.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 285 x 200mm (11¼ x 8"). Trimmed witihn plate, laid on album paper. Slight scuffing bottom right.
A bust of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine. A state of this French print with an English title added.
[Ref: 67944] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Edward Baines Junior.]
[Drawn by C. A. Du Val.. Engraved by J. Stevenson. Printed by Brooker & Harrison.]
[Published by Thomas Agnew, Repository of Arts Manchester, & Messrs. Ackermann & Co. London, April 21st. 1846.]
Mezzotint with stipple and engraving, proof before letters. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), with large margins.
Seated portrait of nonconformist newspaper publisher Edward Baines (1800-90). As a young journalist on the Leeds Mercury (owned by his father) he witnessed the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He became editor (1834) and proprietor (1848), and served as MP for Leeds from 1859 to 1874.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67841] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti] Joseph Baretti. Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy.
Sir J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Hardy sculp.t.
Pub.d March 6th 1794 by W. Richardson Castle S.t Leicester Square.
Stipple. 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Narrow margins, top left corner lost.
A half-length seated portait of Turinese writer Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (1719-89), reading a book held close to his face. After leaving Italy after facing censorship, he moved to London where he was welcomed by the literati: when he was tried for murder in 1769, character witnesses included Joshua Reynolds, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke and David Garrick. He was acquitted and soon after became Secretary to the Royal Academy of Arts, as referenced here.
Hamilton p.5. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67964] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[F. Bartolozzi, R:A:]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J. Watson Fecit.]
[Publishd Sep.r 24. 1785 by T. Watson N.º 33, Strand London.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Old ink title and artists' names, paper toned, laid on card at edges.
A half-length portrait of Florentine engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), in fur-trimmed jacket. The BM's proof (Aa,9.1) has the same ink mss, suggesting it was done in the printing house.
CS 3, i of ii; Russell 3, i of iii; Goodwin 46, i of iii; Hamilton p.6, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68024] £360.00

[Benedicta.]
Frank Dicksee. Sam.l Cousins [pencil signatures.]
London, Published March 25,,th 1881 by The Fine Art Society (Limited) 148, New Bond Street.
Proof mezzotint, printed on chine collé, signed by artist and engraver, Printsellers' Association blindstamp. 445 x 320mm (17½ x 12½"), with large margins. Slight foxing.
A half-length portrait of a young woman, wearing embroidered gown and necklace. Behind is a backdrop of patterned wallpaper.
Whitman 186 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67818] £360.00

His Excellency Lieu.t General Lord Beresford, K.B. [Gran]d Cross of the Portuguese Military Order of the Tower & Sword [...]
[Heapy pinx.t.] W. Say sc. Engraver to H.R[.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[Published & Sold Jan.y 2. 1815 by Edw.d. Orme Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent Bond St.r corner of Brook Str.t. London.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 465 x 320mm (15¼ x 12½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, creased.
A full-length portrait of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, (1768 - 1854), in dress uniform, a battle behind. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First Wellington ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68191] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Bertie] [Maria Dutchess of Ancaster].
[Engraved by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Mary Bertie (1735-c.93), Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, seated, resting her head on one hand. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
Goodwin 4, i of iii. CS 3 with no description; Hamilton 78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67981] £380.00

John Bigg, the Dinton Hermit. [Wonderful Magazine.]
Wilkes Sculp.t.
[Pub.d by C. Johnson.] [n.d. c.1820]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 185mm (9¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Illustration to the Wonderful Magazine. Full-length seated portrait of John Bigg (1629-96). It has been suggested that Bigg was Charles I's executioner, given sanctuary and anonymity on one of the regicide's estates.
[Ref: 67878] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

John Bright, Esq.re M.P.
Printed by T. Bracket.
London, Published Sep.r 1.st 1864, by W. Tebb, Pancras Lane.
Mezzotint. 555 x 400mm (21¾ x 15¾"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of Radical politician John Bright (1811-89), holding a book. A Quaker, he is regarded as one of the greatest orators of his generation. He became MP for Durham in 1843 and for Manchester in 1847. He spoke against the Corn Laws in parliament during Peel's second ministry until the laws were repealed in 1846. Bright was a member of the Peace Society and denounced the Crimean War (1854-56) as un-Christian, contrary to the principles of international free trade, and harmful to British interests.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67842] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Isaac Brodeau] M.r Brodeau of Oxford.
G. Roth Jnr Pinxit et fecit.
[n.d., c.1765.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 150 x 110mm (16 x 4¼"). Trimmed into image at right, into inscription at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length seated portrait of Isaac Brodeau (d.1768), reading a book, wearing spectacles and a short white bell-bottomed wig. ''The sitter in this portrait is thought to have been either the keeper of a coffee house in Oxford, or a silversmith'' (Christies sale of the painting, 1997). Christies and Alexander identify the painter as George Roth (c.1742-1821), the BM as William (Guillaume) Roth, died c. 1770.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[William Burton.] Vera Effigies Guilielmi Burton. L.L. Baccalaurei.
W.Hollar fec:
[n.d., c.1658.]
Engraving. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of William Burton (1609-57). Frontis to his work 'A Commentary on Antoninus his Itinerary' (London: 1658).
Pennington 1368 ii of ii.
[Ref: 67999] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Jacob Butler of Barnwell.]
[Etched by Michael Tyson?]
[n.d. c.1770]
Etching, 185 x 170mm (7¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet at corners.
Etching probably by Michael Tyson (1740-1780) of Jacob Butler (1681-1765) a Cambridgeshire counsellor whose epitaph, which he wrote himself, can be found in the church of St. Andrew the Less, or Barnwell. There is a reverse of this print that is attributed to Rembrandt, Published by Nichols & Co 1815.
RCIN 651727. The oil painting is at Christ's College University of Cambridge.
[Ref: 68171] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Ann Campbell. Countess of Strafford.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. T. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Slightly toned.
A half length portrait of Ann Campbell (c.1715-85), daughter of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and wife of William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford. Horace Walpole called her 'a vast beauty'. The original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (accession No 99.63).
Hamilton p.135; CS 5 ii of ii; Russell 6a. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67973] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable George Canning. First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Proof
Engraved by William Brett, from a Painting by T. Stewardson Esq.re.
London, Published June 20, 1827, by W.m Sams, Royal Library, 1, St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 440 x 320mm (17¼ x 12½") very large margins. Dusty in margins.
A three quarter portrait of George Canning (1770-1827), published two months after he became Prime Minister and less than two months before his death from tuberculosis. He helped the South American countries in independence from Spain and Portugal.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67843] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

John Cartwright in his 77th Year. John Cartwright [facsimile signature].
Engraved by Henry Cook from an Original Drawing [by Adam Buck].
[London, c.1790.]
Steel engraving. 215 x 140mm (8½ x 5½"). Creased.
A seated profile portrait of political reformer John Cartwright (1740-1824), supporter of both the American and French revolutions, and prominent campaigner for electoral reform in Britain.
[Ref: 67890] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

John Cartwright in his 77th Year. John Cartwright [facsimile signature].
Engraved by Henry Cook from an Original Drawing [by Adam Buck].
[London, c.1790.]
Steel engraving. 215 x 140mm (8½ x 5½"). Surface soiling.
A seated profile portrait of political reformer John Cartwright (1740-1824), supporter of both the American and French revolutions, and prominent campaigner for electoral reform in Britain.
[Ref: 67888] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Right Hon.ble Lord John Cavendish.
Painted in 1768 by Sir Jos.a Reynolds, P.R.A. Engraved by J. Grozer.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 31st. 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master Engraver & Print Merchant N.º. 195 Piccadilly near St. Jamess Church.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, fine impression. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), large margins Printer's crease across image.
A half-length portrait of Lord John Cavendish (1732-96), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1782-3.
CS 5, unlisted proof. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67084] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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Lord Rich.d Cavendish.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R.Smith.
London, Publish'd feb.y 16.th 1781, by J.R. Smith N.º 10, Batemans Building, Soho.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tear in image on right leg, top right corner of margin rebuilt. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of politician Richard Cavendish (1752-81), son of William, 4th Duke of Devonshire, right hand resting on rock and his left on his hip, a brooding landscape behind him.
Chaloner Smith 38, ia (addenda) of ii. Hamilton p.16, ii of iii. Frankau 68, ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68034] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton.] In progress for G.P. M.cQueen 37, Marlborough Street, Regent St, London, Jan 10th, 1876.
[Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. James Faed.]
Mezzotint, progress proof. 470 x 380mm (18½ x 15"). Spotting, vertical crease through unprinted area of plate.
Full-length portrait of Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton (1727-1760) as a child, feeding chickens. She married her cousin Henry Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln in 1744; he later became the 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the subject of George Stubbs' painting, 'The Return from Shooting'. J.R. Smith's mezzotint of the same portrait was published in 1782. Faed's version was eventually published by G.P. McQueen in 1881.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68025] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas William Coke] Hannibal.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by C. Townley. Engraver to his Majesty the King of Prussia & Member of the Academies of Berlin & Florence.
Published July 31st 1792, by W. Richardson, Castle Street, Leicester Fields.
Mezzotint. 330 x 230 (13 x 9"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of a young child in Roman costume, with his right hand upon a sword and his left on his hip. Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1754-1842), painted c.1759, when he was five years old.
Ex Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton: Pg 18; Not in CS.
[Ref: 67968] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aged 42. From the Picture in the possession of George T. Barnard Esq.re.
Painted by Washington Allston. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
London: Published July 10.th 1854, by E. Moxon, 44, Dover Street.
Mezzotint. 545 x 410mm (21½ x 16"), with large margins. Slight spotting.
A half-length seated portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), painted in 1814. Along with his friend William Wordsworth, Coleridge was one of the founding members of the Romantic Movement. The original oil is in the National Gallery (NPG 184).
Whitman: 41, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67812] £360.00

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aged 42. From the Picture in the possession of George T. Barnard Esq.re.] Subscriber's Proof.
Painted by Washington Allston. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
[London: Published July 10.th 1854, by E. Moxon, 44, Dover Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line, printed on chine collé. 545 x 410mm (21½ x 16"), with large margins.
A half-length seated portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), painted in 1814. Along with his friend William Wordsworth, Coleridge was one of the founding members of the Romantic Movement. The original oil is in the National Gallery (NPG 184).
Whitman: 41, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67813] £390.00

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ [...] 86.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Prinseller, at N.º 53 Fleet Street London. [c. 1770 but later].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins. Rubbed.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Lesbia, despairing over her dead bird, with part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of the poet's girlfriend (in English translations Caelia or Chloe). In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. First published by the engraver.
Hamilton p.91. Goodwin 27, v of v. CS 32, after ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67980] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ [...]
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Prinseller, at the Golden Buck near Searjeants Inn Fleet Street [n.d., c. 1765].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Lesbia, despairing over her dead bird, with part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of the poet's girlfriend (in English translations Caelia or Chloe). In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. First published by the engraver.
Hamilton p.91. Goodwin 27, iv of v. CS 32, after ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67978] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Cælia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London [engraved c.1765 but published c.1790].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on wove paper. Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Caelia, despairing over her dead bird, with a verse in English and Latin. The verse is part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of his girlfriend, named Lesbia rather than Caelia. In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. The engraver, George Graham, had emigrated to America by 1796 and is recorded working in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. It is likely that he put his name on a reworked plate, as John Bowles died in 1779, the year before the 16 year old Graham entered the RA School. Compare BM 1902,1011.2254 (proof before letters) and 1833,0610.19 (signed by Graham).
CS 2, ii of ii. Alexander p388-9. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67977] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ [...]
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ja.s Watson the upper end of Great Portland Street, near Cavendish Square [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins. 'T.L' inkstamp of the collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence in inscription area.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Lesbia, despairing over her dead bird, with part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of the poet's girlfriend (in English translations Caelia or Chloe). In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. First published by the engraver.
Hamilton p.91, iii of iii. Goodwin 27, iii of v. CS 32, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Sir Thomas Lawrence.
[Ref: 67979] £320.00

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[Master John Crewe as Henry VIII.]
Josh.a Reynolds Eques Pinxit. J.R. Smith Fecit.
Published 10th Decem.r 1775. Published Jan.ry 23 1776 by by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title, 18th century watermark; inscription area uncleaned. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins. Ink collector's stamp 'R.B.' in inscription area.
Sir Joshua Reynolds's painting of John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (died 1835) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776 and the mezzotint at the Society of Artists that same year with the title 'Portrait of a Young Gentleman'. In an interior, with spaniels at Crewe's feet, and a view of a landscape through the window in the upper right.
D'Oench: 67. Hamilton: pg.19, ii of iv. CS: 47, ii/iv. Frankau: 100, ii/iii. D'Oench 67. Lugt 2191, 'R. Brandt'. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68051] £580.00

Stephen Croft Esq.r F.AS.
J. Reynolds Equa Pinx.t. C. Carter fecit.
Published Oct.r 1.st 1787 and old by Robert Wikinson, N.º 58 Cornhill.
Scarce etching. 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Printer's creases in margins.
Portrait of Stephen Croft (1712-98) of Stillington, Yorkshire. His father, also Stephen, had founded a company importing wine from Portugal and helped to found the York Assembly Rooms. The younger Stephen was elected a director of the Rooms in 1752. Lawrence Sterne was vicar at Stillington (1745-68), becoming a friend of the family.
Hamilton p19, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67974] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Damer] The Hon.ble Mrs Damer.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
publish'd March 1st 1774, by W. Humphrey Garrard Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with large margins. Ink stamp of Thomas Lawrence in the inscription area. Crease in margins
Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749 - 1828), sculptor, standing in a landscape. Damer was a writer and honorary exhibitor as an amateur sculptor at the Royal Academy 1784-1818. She executed busts of George III, Fox and Nelson and of the actress Elizabeth Farren. She inherited Strawberry Hill from her cousin, Horace Walpole, but lived in nearby York House.
Ex Collection of the artist Thomas Lawrence. D'Oench 34; CS 51, iv of iv; Frankau 105, iv of iv; Hamilton p.94.
[Ref: 67959] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

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Renatus Descartes, Nobil. Gall. Perroni Dom. Summus Mathem.et Philos..
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650), sitting at a desk, writing in a large volume resting on a table; books on shelf in the background
[Ref: 67865] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

No.XXXVII Mrs R-n. No.XXXVIII The Macaroni Parson.
[A. Hamilton Jun.r] [n.d. c.1774]
Engraving, 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"), with large margins.
Two bust portraits in ovals illustrating an account of the affair between English Anglican clergyman, William Dodd (1729-77) and Mrs R------n, the young wife of a rich merchant, whom he visits without exciting the jealousy of his wife or her husband. Dodd was known as the ''Macaroni Parson'' for his extravagant lifestyle, he turned to forgery to cover his debts. He was convicted and, despite a public campaign for a royal pardon supported by Samuel Johnson, was hanged at Tyburn. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satires 5249.
[Ref: 67896] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Gerritt Dou] Le Portrait of Gerard Dow, Célèbre Peintre Hollandois, peint par lui même.
Gerard Dow pinx. Ingouf j.or sculp. 1776.
AParis chez Basan et Poignant M.ds d'Estampes, rue et Hôtel Serpente.
Engraving. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"), large margins.
A self-portrait of Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Dou (1613-75), playing a violin in an arched window, his music resting on the sill on which is a frieze of cherubs playing with a goat. In the background an assistant grinds pigments,
[Ref: 67908] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

To His Royal highness The Prince Regent This Portrait of L.t General Sir John Doyle Bar.t G.C.B. K.C. Is humbly Dedicated by His Royal Highnesses most obedient & devoted Serv.t John P Thompson. Proof
James Ramsay Esq. pinxit. W.Say sculp Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London. Pub. Nov 1., 1817. by Thompson. 26 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Chips to edges of margins.
A three-quarter portrait of General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), in uniform, with horse and Arab groom. In the background is the French Régiment de Dromadaires, which Doyle persuaded to surrender without a fight in 1801. Doyle served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting with Abercromby in Egypt. After active service he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and lieutenant-governor of Guernsey from 1802 to 1813. A mason, he was Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Lodge No.116, and a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge and Premier Grand Lodge
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For lettered impression see Ref 66306.
[Ref: 67836] £420.00

[John Durant.] This shade's the Authors outside: but this booke his inside opens, prethee doe not looke [...]
[n.d., c.1653.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Durant (1620-89), an independant divine. Frontispiece to his 'The salvation of the saints by the appearances of Christ' (1653).
[Ref: 68162] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Dyer, Esq:r F.R.S.
S:r Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. G. Marchi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.ry 20: 1773, to be had of M:r Marchi S.t Martins Lane near Long Acre.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 455 x 340mm (18 x 13¼"). Narrow margins. Repairs.
A half-length seated portrait of translator Samuel Dyer (1725-72), leaning on books, on a table with inkstand. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke.
CS 6, ii of ii; Hamilton p.25, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E.M. Hamilton (EMH ink stamp).
[Ref: 67986] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Right Hon.ble Earl Fitzwilliam.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Engrav'd by J. Grozer
Publish'd as the Act directs March 31 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master, Engraver & Print Merchant, No. 185 Piccadilly, near St. James's Church.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), very large margins. Printer's crease across image.
A half-length portrait of Whig statesman William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1748-1833), 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, one of the richest men in Britain at the time.
CS 11; Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d M.r James Granger.
Gul.s Wynne Ryland Chalcog.s Reg.d faciem del.t et perfecit. Cha.s Bretheron sc.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Feb.y 13. 1775.
Stipple, 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins.
A profile portrait in oval of clergyman James Granger (1723-76), also an author and print collector famed for 'Grangerisation' (adding extra illustrations to books). He also went to prison for using the pulpit to preach against cruelty to animals. The frontispiece to his 'Biographical History of England'.
[Ref: 67860] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs. Gwynne & Mrs. Bunbury. In the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor.]
[Painted by D. Gardner. Engraved by W. Dickinson.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 20th. 1780 by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond Street.]
Very rare mezzotint, sheet 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼".) On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate on three sides, almost to image at bottom, losing all inscriptions.
A portrait in oval of Horneck sisters: Mary Gwyn (1753-1840) and Catherine Bunbury (1754-1799) in costume, Windsor Castle behind. The theme is jokey, as the women were married to court equerries. Mary (married to General Francis Gwyn, equerry to George III) was also painted by Joshua Reynolds in Indian costume. Catherine's husband was the noted caricaturist Henry William Bunbury, appointed equerry to the Duke of York and Albany in 1787.
CS: 34, state unknown. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67899] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mademoiselle d'Hamilton Comtesse de Grammont. p.92.
P. Lely pinx.t. G. Powle sculp:
[n.d. c.1772.]
Rare etching. Sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A head and shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton (1641-1708), 'known as 'La Belle Hamilton', a detail of one of Sir Peter Lely's 'Windsor Beauties'. After her marriage to Philibert de Gramont she entered the court of Louis XIV, becoming a lady-in-waiting to the French queen, Maria Theresa of Spain. Engraved by George Powle, a pupil of Thomas Worlidge.
[Ref: 67850] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Philip Howard and Catherine Howard his Sister of Corby Castle Cumberland. Proof.
Painted by James Northcote Esq.re R.A. Engraved by W.m Say.
[London Published Jan.y. 1.st 1806, by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.]
Mezzotint, sheet 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). On 19th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
A portrait of Philip Henry Howard (1801-83) and Catherine (c.1802-61), as children. Philip sits on a lepoard skin with his hand resting on a sleeping lion; Catherine stands behind in a grape vine. Philip became a Whig politician, MP for Carlisle from 1830 until 1852, apart from losing his seat in 1847, which he reclaimed the following year after the result was declared void. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland for 1860-1.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68185] £320.00

[Jane Hyde] The Right Hon.ble the Countess of Clarendon.
G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street ~ & Jnº King at the Globe in Poultrey. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A portrait of Jane Hyde (née Leveson-Gower, 1669-1725), wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on a balcony, leaning against the balustrade. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber at the court of Queen Anne. It was issued in 'The Hampton Court Beauties', a series of twelve portraits of the ladies of the court of William and Mary after Sir Godfrey Kneller, plus a frontispiece portrait of the artist. This example was published after the plates were cut down. The original 'Beauties' were eight paintings commissioned by Mary II, depicting her attendants (unlike the 'Windsors Beauties', most of whom were the mistresses of Charles II), which still hang in William III's state rooms. The engraved series was expanded to show twelve ladies, including this portrait and the queen herself.
CS 28, ii of ii (addenda). Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67904] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Ben Jonson.]
Ro:Vaughan fecit.
[London: Peake, 1640).]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English playwright. Frontis to "An Execration against Vulcan", 1640.
[Ref: 68002] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Kent]
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J. Dean Fecit.
Published Feb.y 1, 1779, by J. Dean, N.º 27, Bewick Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, creasing. Bit messy.
A portrait of Mary Kent (neé Wordsworth, d.1817); sitting on the ground, her mantle is draped over a tree-trunk. In 1771 she married Charles Kent (1743?-1811), who was created a baronet in August 1782, having served as High Sheriff of Suffolk the previous year.
Hamilton p.113, ii of ii. CS 15, ii of ii. Ex: collections of Thomas Thane & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Lugt 2385 unknown.
[Ref: 68044] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Killegrew] Madam Ann Kirk. To the Right Hon.ble Anthony Earle of Kent, &ct This Plate is humbly dedicated by Your Honours most Obedient Servant, Alexander Browne.
Ant: Van Dyck Eques pinxit. I. Beckett fecit.
Sold by Alex Browne at ye blew ballcony in little Queen Street [n.d., c..1685].
Fine & rare mezzotint, 17th century watermark, pencil verso bottom 'Sykes sale'; 480 x 290mm (19 x 11½"). Thread margins.
A full length portrait of Anne Killegrew (1607-41), standing before an ornamental urn, with a small dog. She was Lady in Waiting to Queen Henrietta Maria from 1631, first wife of George Kirke (d. 1675), Groom of the Chamber to Charles I. The original painting of c.1637 is now in the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens.
Simon Turner B23 ii of iii. CS 58, ii of iii.
[Ref: 67830] £390.00

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