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![[Madame la Comtesse du Barry.]](jpegs/68621.jpg)
[Madame la Comtesse du Barry.]
B Wilson delin. W.m Humphrey fecit. R Sayer Ecudit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.o 53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act Directs 1.st Dec.r 1779.
Fine & rare mezzotint proof before title, 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11"), with very large margins.
Three-quarter-length standing portrait of Madame du Barry, turned to the right and glancing at the viewer, leaning her left elbow on a table, or windowsill, while holding a cameo, her right hand resting on her wrist, dressed in a low-neck gown with a pearl choker and pearls in her hair, with a curtain to the left and a landscape seen through a window on the right. Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93) was the last mistress of King Louis XV of France, she was renowned for her influence in the court of Versailles. During the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, Jeanne was imprisoned over accusations of treason by her servant Zamor; particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution. She was executed by guillotine on 8th December 1793.
CS 8 I of III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68621] £480.00
B Wilson delin. W.m Humphrey fecit. R Sayer Ecudit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.o 53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act Directs 1.st Dec.r 1779.
Fine & rare mezzotint proof before title, 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11"), with very large margins.
Three-quarter-length standing portrait of Madame du Barry, turned to the right and glancing at the viewer, leaning her left elbow on a table, or windowsill, while holding a cameo, her right hand resting on her wrist, dressed in a low-neck gown with a pearl choker and pearls in her hair, with a curtain to the left and a landscape seen through a window on the right. Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93) was the last mistress of King Louis XV of France, she was renowned for her influence in the court of Versailles. During the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, Jeanne was imprisoned over accusations of treason by her servant Zamor; particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution. She was executed by guillotine on 8th December 1793.
CS 8 I of III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68621] £480.00
Carolus III Hispaniarum et Indiarum Rex Catholicus &c. Natus Oct. 1 1685. Proclamatus Rex Hispaniae Sep.t 1 1703.
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image and laid on backing sheet at edges. Slight cockling.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69337] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image and laid on backing sheet at edges. Slight cockling.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69337] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus III Hispaniarum et Indiarum Rex Catholicus &c. Natus Oct. 1 1685. Proclamatus Rex Hispaniae Sep.t 1 1703.
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, plate 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"), with small margins. Laid on backing sheet at edges.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69338] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, plate 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"), with small margins. Laid on backing sheet at edges.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69338] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus III Hispaniarum et Indiarum Rex Catholicus &c. Natus Oct. 1 1685. Proclamatus Rex Hispaniae Sep.t 1 1703.
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image and laid on backing sheet at edges. Stain just outside of oval on left.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69339] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image and laid on backing sheet at edges. Stain just outside of oval on left.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69339] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus III Hispaniarum et Indiarum Rex Catholicus &c. Natus Oct. 1 1685. Proclamatus Rex Hispaniae Sep.t 1 1703.
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, plate 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins on three sides and trimmed to plate at bottom.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69340] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur Pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at y.e Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710].
Mezzotint, plate 345 x 250 (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins on three sides and trimmed to plate at bottom.
Half-length portrait of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740) wearing long wig, neckcloth, ermine cloak fastened by jewelled brooch, armour, chain and order of the Golden Fleece; set within an oval.
CS 241 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69340] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus XII. D.G. Suecorum, Gothorum, et Vandalorum Rex Augustissimus, &c. Qui, stratis ad Narvam Moschis, die XX.o Novembris, Anno 1700; Aetatis suae paulo plus XVIII.o, Justas et Graves a Faedifrago Hoste sumpsit Paenas: et et Que Progressus Admirabiles, contra Ipsos et Polonos, violento Marte ad huc Prosequitur.
Ad Vivum Pinxit D. Craft suae Svecicae Ma.tis Pictor praecipuus Anno 1701. Iohannes Smith Anglus Fecit. Anno 1701-2.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covant Garden.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to image.
Half-length portrait of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1682-1718), in an oval. Looking towards the viewer over right shoulder, wearing a wig with a ribbon, a lace cravat, and armour.
CS 249. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69336] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ad Vivum Pinxit D. Craft suae Svecicae Ma.tis Pictor praecipuus Anno 1701. Iohannes Smith Anglus Fecit. Anno 1701-2.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covant Garden.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to image.
Half-length portrait of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1682-1718), in an oval. Looking towards the viewer over right shoulder, wearing a wig with a ribbon, a lace cravat, and armour.
CS 249. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69336] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Imagines veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphael Sanctio Urbinate in Vaticani Palatii Xystis Mirà Picturae Elegantia Expressae.
Petrus Aquila Inv. delin Sculp.
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1675.]
Etched titlepage. 315 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Narrow margins, creases and stains.
The titlepage of a series of 55 plates reproducing the frescos painted by Raphael in the Vatican Logge. It features a medallion portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden, surrounded by a decorative design feturing military trophies, cornucopiae and a pari of lions. Christina (1626-1689) became Queen of Sweden in 1632, but in 1654 she converted to Catholicism and abdicated, moving to Rome where she became a patron of the arts. She is one of only three women buried in the Vatican Grottoes under St Peter's Basilica.
[Ref: 69394] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus Aquila Inv. delin Sculp.
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1675.]
Etched titlepage. 315 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Narrow margins, creases and stains.
The titlepage of a series of 55 plates reproducing the frescos painted by Raphael in the Vatican Logge. It features a medallion portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden, surrounded by a decorative design feturing military trophies, cornucopiae and a pari of lions. Christina (1626-1689) became Queen of Sweden in 1632, but in 1654 she converted to Catholicism and abdicated, moving to Rome where she became a patron of the arts. She is one of only three women buried in the Vatican Grottoes under St Peter's Basilica.
[Ref: 69394] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
M. Bar Van Coehoorn, Gen. van de Artell. Lieut Gen. van de Inf, Directeur Gen. van der Fortif. van der Staat der Vereen, Nederl. Gouvern. en Lieut. Gen. van Vlaenderen, mitsgaders van der Sterkten, gelegen, op de Scheldre, in Brab. &c.
Pet Schenk fec: et exc: Amst: cum Privileg [n.d., c.1700].
Scarce mezzotint. 275 x 175mm (10¾ x 7"). Thread margin at bottom, spotting.
A half-length portrait in oval of Dutch general Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1704), wearing wig, cravat and armour, a city under bombardment behind. He was an expert in designing, taking and defending fortifications, most famously the Second Siege of Namur (1695), a key event of the Nine Years War in Flanders.
[Ref: 69427] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pet Schenk fec: et exc: Amst: cum Privileg [n.d., c.1700].
Scarce mezzotint. 275 x 175mm (10¾ x 7"). Thread margin at bottom, spotting.
A half-length portrait in oval of Dutch general Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1704), wearing wig, cravat and armour, a city under bombardment behind. He was an expert in designing, taking and defending fortifications, most famously the Second Siege of Namur (1695), a key event of the Nine Years War in Flanders.
[Ref: 69427] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Frederic William King of Prussia.
F.W. Weidemann.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street. [n.d. c.1715.]
Mezzotint, plate 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"), with large margins. Paper slightly toned verso.
A half-length portrait of Frederic William I of Prussia.
CS 205 I of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69334] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
F.W. Weidemann.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street. [n.d. c.1715.]
Mezzotint, plate 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"), with large margins. Paper slightly toned verso.
A half-length portrait of Frederic William I of Prussia.
CS 205 I of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69334] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Frederic William King of Prussia.
F.W. Weidemann.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street. [n.d. c.1715.]
Mezzotint, plate 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Thread margins, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of Frederic William I of Prussia.
CS 205 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69335] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
F.W. Weidemann.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street. [n.d. c.1715.]
Mezzotint, plate 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Thread margins, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of Frederic William I of Prussia.
CS 205 III of III. Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69335] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Henricus III. D. G. Galliæ et Poloniæ Rex Christianiss.
H. Iacobsen. exc. [n.d., c.1615.]
Engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper at edges.
Henri III (1551-89), son of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, was elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1573, before unexpectedly becoming King of France the following year, after which he renounced the Polish throne. His childless marriage sparked the last of the French Wars of Religion. He was assassinated by Dominican monk Jacques Clément.
[Ref: 69395] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
H. Iacobsen. exc. [n.d., c.1615.]
Engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper at edges.
Henri III (1551-89), son of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, was elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1573, before unexpectedly becoming King of France the following year, after which he renounced the Polish throne. His childless marriage sparked the last of the French Wars of Religion. He was assassinated by Dominican monk Jacques Clément.
[Ref: 69395] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Stanislaus Joannes Jablonowski Supremus Exercituum Regni Poloniae Dux.
[J. Mariette fecit.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving, unfinished proof. Sheet 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed to image, mounted in album paper at edges. Slight pinhole in centre.
A medallion portrait of Prince Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski (1634-1702) within a military-themed decorative border. A military leader, he led the right wing of Polish cavalry forces at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. He was a candidate for the Polish throne after the death of King John III Sobieski in 1693. This state lacks Mariette's name and the bottom right of the plinth and the shield are unfinished.
[Ref: 69397] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Mariette fecit.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving, unfinished proof. Sheet 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed to image, mounted in album paper at edges. Slight pinhole in centre.
A medallion portrait of Prince Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski (1634-1702) within a military-themed decorative border. A military leader, he led the right wing of Polish cavalry forces at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. He was a candidate for the Polish throne after the death of King John III Sobieski in 1693. This state lacks Mariette's name and the bottom right of the plinth and the shield are unfinished.
[Ref: 69397] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Stanislas Leszinski. Elu Roy de Pologne à Varsovie le 12 juillet 1705. Couronné le 4 Octobre 1705.
A Paris chez E. Desrochers rue de soin prés la rue St. Jacq [n.d., c.1710].
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed to image, mounted in album paper at edges.
Stanislas Leszczynski (1677–1766), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, forced to abdicate twice. From a series of small portraits by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741).
[Ref: 69399] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris chez E. Desrochers rue de soin prés la rue St. Jacq [n.d., c.1710].
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed to image, mounted in album paper at edges.
Stanislas Leszczynski (1677–1766), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, forced to abdicate twice. From a series of small portraits by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741).
[Ref: 69399] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Marie Antoinette D'Autriche, reine de France, Vous qui fixez ces traits et du coeur et des yeaux, Ozez en les voyant vous trouver malheureux.
M.da La M.ise de Brehan Pinxt. I. Murphy Sculp.t.
Published for the Proprietor by John & Josiah Boydell Shakespeare Gallert Pall Mall; April 1. 1795.
Mezzotint, 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins. Creasing.
Three-quarter-length seated portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) in her cell at the Conciergerie, awaiting trial by the Revolutionary Tribunal, turned to the right while facing forward, dressed in a black gown with a long veil over her cap, a medallion of the Dauphin at her neck, her right hand resting on a book in her lap, 'a life of Mary, Queen of Scots,' beside her sits a bust of Louis XVI and a paper bearing parts of his will, with a barred prison window behind her to the upper left. The original oil painting by Anne Flore Millet, marquise de Bréhan (1749-1826) is in the collection of Musée Carnavalet.
CS 8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68626] £390.00
M.da La M.ise de Brehan Pinxt. I. Murphy Sculp.t.
Published for the Proprietor by John & Josiah Boydell Shakespeare Gallert Pall Mall; April 1. 1795.
Mezzotint, 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins. Creasing.
Three-quarter-length seated portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) in her cell at the Conciergerie, awaiting trial by the Revolutionary Tribunal, turned to the right while facing forward, dressed in a black gown with a long veil over her cap, a medallion of the Dauphin at her neck, her right hand resting on a book in her lap, 'a life of Mary, Queen of Scots,' beside her sits a bust of Louis XVI and a paper bearing parts of his will, with a barred prison window behind her to the upper left. The original oil painting by Anne Flore Millet, marquise de Bréhan (1749-1826) is in the collection of Musée Carnavalet.
CS 8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68626] £390.00
Stanislaus Augustus, King of Poland. [Engraved for the Register of the Times.]
W. Ridley, Sculp.
[Publish'd as the Act directs August 11, 1794 by B. Crosby, 4 Stationers Court.]
Stipple. Sheet 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate, losing sur-title and publication line. Offset.
A half-length portrait in oval of Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1732-98), last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764-95). Published in ''The Register of the Times'', a short-lived (1794-6) but influencial political newspaper.
[Ref: 69398] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
W. Ridley, Sculp.
[Publish'd as the Act directs August 11, 1794 by B. Crosby, 4 Stationers Court.]
Stipple. Sheet 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate, losing sur-title and publication line. Offset.
A half-length portrait in oval of Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1732-98), last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764-95). Published in ''The Register of the Times'', a short-lived (1794-6) but influencial political newspaper.
[Ref: 69398] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Prospectus Colossæi cum Ædibus Variis Ruinis illi Contiguius.
[Etched by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau afer Hieronymus Cock.]
[n.d., c.1580.]
Etching. Sheet 145 x 180mm (5¾ x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
'A view of the Colosseum with nearby buildings and various ruins', a close copy of the etching by Hieronymus Cock, published c. 1551.
[Ref: 69409] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau afer Hieronymus Cock.]
[n.d., c.1580.]
Etching. Sheet 145 x 180mm (5¾ x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
'A view of the Colosseum with nearby buildings and various ruins', a close copy of the etching by Hieronymus Cock, published c. 1551.
[Ref: 69409] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Ruinarum Palatii Maioris cum parte Septizoni Prospectus.
[Etched by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau afer Hieronymus Cock.]
[n.d., c.1580.]
Etching. Sheet 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A view of Rome, with the Septizonium, Arcade and Thermae of Maxentius, a close copy of the etching by Hieronymus Cock, published c. 1551.
[Ref: 69410] £320.00
[Etched by Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau afer Hieronymus Cock.]
[n.d., c.1580.]
Etching. Sheet 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A view of Rome, with the Septizonium, Arcade and Thermae of Maxentius, a close copy of the etching by Hieronymus Cock, published c. 1551.
[Ref: 69410] £320.00
A Sclavonian Lady.
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69356] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69356] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Sclavonian Lady.
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Scatched letter proof mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 I of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69355] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Scatched letter proof mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 I of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69355] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Sclavonian Lady.
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69354] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69354] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Sclavonian Lady.
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69353] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. CS 188. Frankau 309 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69353] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)