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The Right Honourable Charles Abbot, Speaker of the House of Commons &c. &c. &c.
Ja.s Northcote sq.r R.A. pinx.t. Cha.s Picart sculp.t.
London Published May 10 1807 by C. Picart, No. 29, Norton Street. Fitzroy Square.
Stipple. 565 x 440mm (22¼ x 17¼"), large margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Charles Abbott (1757-1829) in long wig and ornate robes, the Royal Mace lying on a table.
From the Northcote family Albums
[Ref: 70015] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Northcote sq.r R.A. pinx.t. Cha.s Picart sculp.t.
London Published May 10 1807 by C. Picart, No. 29, Norton Street. Fitzroy Square.
Stipple. 565 x 440mm (22¼ x 17¼"), large margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Charles Abbott (1757-1829) in long wig and ornate robes, the Royal Mace lying on a table.
From the Northcote family Albums
[Ref: 70015] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Hon.ble Alexander Abercromby, One of the Senators of the College of Justice, and one of the Lords Commissioners of Judiciary for Scotland. From a picture in the Possession of Lord Craig to whom this Plate, is respectfully dedicated by his Lordship's Most Ob.t Serv.t Alexander Lawrie.
Engraved by G. Dawe [after Sir Henry Raeburn].
Published Oct.r 22. 1800 by Alex.r Lawrie, Bookseller, Edinburg.
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins. Tears taped.
Alexander Abercromby (1745-1795), Lord Abercromby, younger brother of lieutenant-general Sir Ralph Abercromby. The original portrait seems to date from 1792, when Abercromby was made one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary; this mezzotint was not published until five years after his death.
CS 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69673] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by G. Dawe [after Sir Henry Raeburn].
Published Oct.r 22. 1800 by Alex.r Lawrie, Bookseller, Edinburg.
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins. Tears taped.
Alexander Abercromby (1745-1795), Lord Abercromby, younger brother of lieutenant-general Sir Ralph Abercromby. The original portrait seems to date from 1792, when Abercromby was made one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary; this mezzotint was not published until five years after his death.
CS 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69673] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mirza Abu Taleb Khan.
Painted by J. Northcote R.A. Engraved by W. Bond.
Published May 1st 1810 by Major Stewart, Hertford.
Stipple with etching. 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan (1752-1806), born in India of a Persian father, a tax-collector for the East India Company. In 1799 he travelled to England, where he was known as the 'Persian Prince'. He wrote an account of his travels in Farsi, 'Masir Talib fi Bilad Afranji', published c.1805; this portrait was the frontispiece to the first English edition, 'Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa and Europe'.
[Ref: 69906] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Northcote R.A. Engraved by W. Bond.
Published May 1st 1810 by Major Stewart, Hertford.
Stipple with etching. 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan (1752-1806), born in India of a Persian father, a tax-collector for the East India Company. In 1799 he travelled to England, where he was known as the 'Persian Prince'. He wrote an account of his travels in Farsi, 'Masir Talib fi Bilad Afranji', published c.1805; this portrait was the frontispiece to the first English edition, 'Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa and Europe'.
[Ref: 69906] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Achylles. Eece meum clypeum, mens hic est nescia vinci, Fortis, Amans recti, propositique tenax.
M. Fr. Reifstein pinx. 1756. M. Schnell fecit.
in Chalc. Gottlieb Heiissii fec. et exc. A. Vindel.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate ay bottom, laid on 18th century album paper.
A young man wearing a fur jacket and hat.
[Ref: 69968] £360.00
M. Fr. Reifstein pinx. 1756. M. Schnell fecit.
in Chalc. Gottlieb Heiissii fec. et exc. A. Vindel.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate ay bottom, laid on 18th century album paper.
A young man wearing a fur jacket and hat.
[Ref: 69968] £360.00
Magnifico smokentissimo custardissimo astrologissimo cunningmanissimo rabbinissimo viro Iacko Adams de Clarkenwell Greeno hanc lovelissiman sui picturam.
Hobbedeboody pinxit et scratchabat.
London. Pub. as the Act directs May 30, 1792 by J. Caulfield.
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins.
A caricature portrait of Jack Adams, known as "the cunning man of Clerkenwell Green", an astrologer, at a table drawing a horoscope for Joan, Queen of Sluts, a tobacco pipe tucked into his belt. In the lower right corner, a man asks "Is she a princess": this is John Carleton who married the Mary Carleton, a serial marital fraudster known as "the German princess," in 1663.
See BM Satires 1019 for the original printing.
[Ref: 69782] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Hobbedeboody pinxit et scratchabat.
London. Pub. as the Act directs May 30, 1792 by J. Caulfield.
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins.
A caricature portrait of Jack Adams, known as "the cunning man of Clerkenwell Green", an astrologer, at a table drawing a horoscope for Joan, Queen of Sluts, a tobacco pipe tucked into his belt. In the lower right corner, a man asks "Is she a princess": this is John Carleton who married the Mary Carleton, a serial marital fraudster known as "the German princess," in 1663.
See BM Satires 1019 for the original printing.
[Ref: 69782] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alexander the Great] He's truly brave that overcomes himself.](jpegs/69891.jpg)
[Alexander the Great] He's truly brave that overcomes himself.
C. le Brun pinx. P. v. Gunst sculps et excudit.
R et G Wetstein. D. Mortier excudunt. [n.d. c.1730].
Engraving printed from two plates, on two separate sheets joined together. Plate 685 x 925mm (27 x 36½), with large margins. Staining and creasing. laid on archival paper.
Alexander the Great, accompanied by Hephaestion, meets Stateira, Sisygambis and the rest of Darius's family, gathered under a tent.
[Ref: 69891] £480.00
C. le Brun pinx. P. v. Gunst sculps et excudit.
R et G Wetstein. D. Mortier excudunt. [n.d. c.1730].
Engraving printed from two plates, on two separate sheets joined together. Plate 685 x 925mm (27 x 36½), with large margins. Staining and creasing. laid on archival paper.
Alexander the Great, accompanied by Hephaestion, meets Stateira, Sisygambis and the rest of Darius's family, gathered under a tent.
[Ref: 69891] £480.00
![[The shepherdess Amaryllis] Hoe speelt Clianders beelt int bryn van Amoril [...]](jpegs/69859.jpg)
[The shepherdess Amaryllis] Hoe speelt Clianders beelt int bryn van Amoril [...]
Jacobus de Later fec: et exc:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A scene from Virgil's Eclogues: the shepherdess Amaryllis sits under a tree with a wreath of flowers in her hand, a strap with a medallion portrait on her wrist, pining for the man who does not return her love.
[Ref: 69859] £320.00
Jacobus de Later fec: et exc:
[n.d., c.1700.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A scene from Virgil's Eclogues: the shepherdess Amaryllis sits under a tree with a wreath of flowers in her hand, a strap with a medallion portrait on her wrist, pining for the man who does not return her love.
[Ref: 69859] £320.00
The Situation of His Majestys Ship Ambuscade, off the Island of Jersey, the 15th of November 1779. To the Inhabitants of the said Island This Plate is most humbly Dedicated by their obedient humble Servant W. Adlam Capt.n of Marines.
Drawn by Capt. Adlam. Engraved by W. Dickinson
London, Publish'd August 12th 1780.
Very scarce mezzotint. 445 x 550mm (17½ x 21½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, margins rebuilt, tears repaired.
HMS Ambuscade in treacherous conditions off the island of Jersey. Launched in 1773, the ship was in service in the American Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars (including nearly five years as a French ship). She was broken up in 1810. William Adlam (1750-1823) served in the American War of Independence as a Captain in the 40th Regiment (the 2nd Somersetshire) of Foot. He then served with Nelson at the battles of Copenhagen, Ushant and Nile, and was aboard the Victory at Trafalgar. A keen artist, he drew and engraved a portrait of Voltaire in 1780 as well as naval scenes such as this.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69789] £450.00
Drawn by Capt. Adlam. Engraved by W. Dickinson
London, Publish'd August 12th 1780.
Very scarce mezzotint. 445 x 550mm (17½ x 21½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, margins rebuilt, tears repaired.
HMS Ambuscade in treacherous conditions off the island of Jersey. Launched in 1773, the ship was in service in the American Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars (including nearly five years as a French ship). She was broken up in 1810. William Adlam (1750-1823) served in the American War of Independence as a Captain in the 40th Regiment (the 2nd Somersetshire) of Foot. He then served with Nelson at the battles of Copenhagen, Ushant and Nile, and was aboard the Victory at Trafalgar. A keen artist, he drew and engraved a portrait of Voltaire in 1780 as well as naval scenes such as this.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69789] £450.00
Anne by the Grace of God Queen of England Scotland, France & Ireland &c.
[after Faithorne.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing publication line(?), laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Queen Anne, in robes with George. A copy of the mezzotint by William Faithorne (CS 2.)
[Ref: 69996] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Faithorne.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing publication line(?), laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Queen Anne, in robes with George. A copy of the mezzotint by William Faithorne (CS 2.)
[Ref: 69996] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Her Royal Highness Princess Ann of Denmark.
[after Godfrey Kneller] P. Schenk Fec: et Exc: Cum Privil: Ord: Hollan: et West Frisae.
[n.d. c.1688]
Very fine mezzotint, 250 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Small margins.
Three quarter length seated portrait of Queen Anne as Princess Anne of Denmark (1665-1714).
See [Ref: 69902] for matching portrait of her husband.
[Ref: 69903] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after Godfrey Kneller] P. Schenk Fec: et Exc: Cum Privil: Ord: Hollan: et West Frisae.
[n.d. c.1688]
Very fine mezzotint, 250 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Small margins.
Three quarter length seated portrait of Queen Anne as Princess Anne of Denmark (1665-1714).
See [Ref: 69902] for matching portrait of her husband.
[Ref: 69903] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Anna D.G. Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ et Hibern_ Regina.
G.Kneller S.R.I. et Angl. Eq. aur. pin.
E.C. Heiss excudit aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1710].
Mezzotint. 320 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"), large margins.
Bust portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714) within an oval . Engraved by Elias-Christoph Heiss (1660-1731).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69927] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G.Kneller S.R.I. et Angl. Eq. aur. pin.
E.C. Heiss excudit aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1710].
Mezzotint. 320 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"), large margins.
Bust portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714) within an oval . Engraved by Elias-Christoph Heiss (1660-1731).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69927] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Anne, Princess Royal] Son Altesse Royale Anne Princesse d'Orange.](jpegs/69696.jpg)
[Anne, Princess Royal] Son Altesse Royale Anne Princesse d'Orange.
Ph: Mercier Pictor & Bibliothecarius Principis Pinxit. J Faber dfecit 1734.
Sold by J. Faber at ye Golden headm ye South side of Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Small paper crack in top edge of image..
Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Princess Royal, daughter of King George II; wife of William Henry Friso (1711-51), Prince of Orange.
CS 264. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69696] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Ph: Mercier Pictor & Bibliothecarius Principis Pinxit. J Faber dfecit 1734.
Sold by J. Faber at ye Golden headm ye South side of Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Small paper crack in top edge of image..
Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Princess Royal, daughter of King George II; wife of William Henry Friso (1711-51), Prince of Orange.
CS 264. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69696] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Anne, Princess Royal] Son Altesse Royale Anne Princesse d'Orange.](jpegs/69695.jpg)
[Anne, Princess Royal] Son Altesse Royale Anne Princesse d'Orange.
Ph: Mercier pinx.t 1734. J. Faber fecit.
[Printed for Thos. Bowles in St Pauls Church-yard, and John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil.]
Mezzotint. 310 x 220mm (12¼ x 8½"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line.
Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Princess Royal, daughter of King George II; wife of William Henry Friso (1711-51), Prince of Orange.
CS 265, state uncertain. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69695] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Ph: Mercier pinx.t 1734. J. Faber fecit.
[Printed for Thos. Bowles in St Pauls Church-yard, and John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil.]
Mezzotint. 310 x 220mm (12¼ x 8½"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line.
Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Princess Royal, daughter of King George II; wife of William Henry Friso (1711-51), Prince of Orange.
CS 265, state uncertain. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69695] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Anne, Princess Royal] Haere Koninglyke Hoogheit Anna, Princesse van Orange &c.](jpegs/69694.jpg)
[Anne, Princess Royal] Haere Koninglyke Hoogheit Anna, Princesse van Orange &c.
P. Van Dyk pinx. J. Faber Fecit Londini, 1735.
Mezzotint. 250 x 245mm (19¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins, creased.
Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Princess Royal, daughter of King George II; wife of William Henry Friso (1711-51), Prince of Orange.
CS 266, only state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69694] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P. Van Dyk pinx. J. Faber Fecit Londini, 1735.
Mezzotint. 250 x 245mm (19¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins, creased.
Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Princess Royal, daughter of King George II; wife of William Henry Friso (1711-51), Prince of Orange.
CS 266, only state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69694] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Anstruther of Anstruther one of their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council & Exchequer, And one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice in the Kingdome of Scotland.
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Very rare mezzotint printed in red, sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed to plate on right, thread margins elsewhere. Top right small loss.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69821] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Very rare mezzotint printed in red, sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed to plate on right, thread margins elsewhere. Top right small loss.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69821] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Anstruther of Anstruther one of their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council & Exchequer, And one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice in the Kingdome of Scotland.
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Mezzotint, 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Small margins.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69820] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
I.B de Medina Pinx. I. Smith fe:
[n.d. c.1694]
Mezzotint, 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Small margins.
Portrait of Sir William Anstruther, Lord Anstruther (d. 1711), almost half-length, turned to the left within an oval frame, his head facing slightly towards the viewer. He wears a long curled wig, cloak, and lace cravat. Anstruther was a Scottish judge and politician from an ancient Scottish family. He represented Fife in the Scottish Parliament and, following the Revolution of 1688, became a Lord of Session and Privy Councillor. He was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1694 and later appointed a Lord of Justiciary. A strong supporter of the Union, he also published Essays, Moral and Divine (1701).
CS 14 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69820] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Antelope & L'Atalante] To the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Chesterfield, & the R.t Hon.ble Lord Walsingham, Postmasters General,](jpegs/69864.jpg)
[The Antelope & L'Atalante] To the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Chesterfield, & the R.t Hon.ble Lord Walsingham, Postmasters General, This Plate representing the Gallant Action between his Majesty's Packet Antelope, & the French Privateer L'Atalante, Is by permission most respectfully dedicated by their Lordshipa most oblig'd & most obed.t humble Servant, Charles Rosenberg.
Painted by Tho: Yates Lieu.t R.N. Engrav'd by Cha: Rosenberg.
Publish'd as the Act directs, May 12. 1794, by Robert Wilkinson, N.º 58 Cornhill.
Scarce coloured aquatint. 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Trimmed into plate at top, paper cockled, staining.
On December 1, 1793, the British packet ship Antelope was passing by Cuba on her way home to England from Jamaica, when she was engaged by two French schooners, one of which was L'Atalante (probably an old American privateer which passed into French hands at the end of the war for American independence). L'Atalante gave chase alone after the Antelope bore up for Jamaica, and caught up the following day. The Atalante grappled the Antelope and its crew tried to board the British ship, but was repulsed and, in the ensuing battle, the Antelope took possession of its opponent.
See Edgar Stanton Maclay, 'History of American Privateers', pp.189-90.
[Ref: 69864] £490.00
Painted by Tho: Yates Lieu.t R.N. Engrav'd by Cha: Rosenberg.
Publish'd as the Act directs, May 12. 1794, by Robert Wilkinson, N.º 58 Cornhill.
Scarce coloured aquatint. 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Trimmed into plate at top, paper cockled, staining.
On December 1, 1793, the British packet ship Antelope was passing by Cuba on her way home to England from Jamaica, when she was engaged by two French schooners, one of which was L'Atalante (probably an old American privateer which passed into French hands at the end of the war for American independence). L'Atalante gave chase alone after the Antelope bore up for Jamaica, and caught up the following day. The Atalante grappled the Antelope and its crew tried to board the British ship, but was repulsed and, in the ensuing battle, the Antelope took possession of its opponent.
See Edgar Stanton Maclay, 'History of American Privateers', pp.189-90.
[Ref: 69864] £490.00
Astley's New Grand Spectacles!! First Night of the Wars of Wellington and Great French Rope Dancers! And an Entire Change in the whole Entertainments. This Evening, Monday, May 18th, 1840, and during the Week...
Rare letterpress play bill. Sheet 485 x 250mm (19 x 9¾"). Hole with loss of text, mounted in album paper.
The playbill for a show at Astley's Amphitheatre in Westminster Bridge Road. The 'Wars of Wellington' is divided into four parts: Seringapatam, Corunna, Badajos and Waterloo.
[Ref: 69798] £490.00
Rare letterpress play bill. Sheet 485 x 250mm (19 x 9¾"). Hole with loss of text, mounted in album paper.
The playbill for a show at Astley's Amphitheatre in Westminster Bridge Road. The 'Wars of Wellington' is divided into four parts: Seringapatam, Corunna, Badajos and Waterloo.
[Ref: 69798] £490.00
Bonarum Artium Cultoribus. Auroram, in Xysto Viridary Rospigliosy supra Qurinalis olim Guido Rheni miris colorum luminibus expressam; nunc mea opera, ac labore, velineatam, et incisam: aque decet, ac expedit, ut praeclarissimo Coetui Vestro comendem. Honestum quippe e'st, celcberrimi Pictoris gloriam Vobispotissimum imitand am propoere. Vtile arbitror, adversus obtrectatorum uestrum mihi proesidum quoerare. Nihil interim uereor, ne humanissime excipictus hanc Tabulam, ommuobis obsequo animioblatam. E'st enim gratissima Musis Aurora, e'tquicsuid superest Noctis mei ad huc proesefertobscuritatemingery: qua facile indies exuiposseconfido, simutuatiestri amoris et...
[after Guido Reni] [Jacob Frey]
[n.d. c.1722]
Engraving, sheet 440 x 905mm (17½ x 35½"). Trimmed within plate losing text, staining, folds, holes in text,
Aurora as the personification of dawn, leading Apollo in his horse-drawn chariot across the sky. Apollo is accompanied by the Horae, goddesses of the seasons and hours. After a fresco known as "Aurora," as painted by Guido Reni in the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi.
[Ref: 69892] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
[after Guido Reni] [Jacob Frey]
[n.d. c.1722]
Engraving, sheet 440 x 905mm (17½ x 35½"). Trimmed within plate losing text, staining, folds, holes in text,
Aurora as the personification of dawn, leading Apollo in his horse-drawn chariot across the sky. Apollo is accompanied by the Horae, goddesses of the seasons and hours. After a fresco known as "Aurora," as painted by Guido Reni in the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi.
[Ref: 69892] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Badagry. Church Missionary Station (West Africa).
[n.d. c.1845]
Very rare lithograph, sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed and laid on backing sheet.
A missionary settlement with cultivated fields, palm trees and small boats along a river. A numbered key below the title.
[Ref: 69948] £320.00
[n.d. c.1845]
Very rare lithograph, sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed and laid on backing sheet.
A missionary settlement with cultivated fields, palm trees and small boats along a river. A numbered key below the title.
[Ref: 69948] £320.00
Siege of Badajos, June 1811.
W. Heath del.t. T. Sutherland aqua.t.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Mint
A view of the siege of Badajoz, with the Allies under Wellington besieging the French army led by Armand Philippon. From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69528] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath del.t. T. Sutherland aqua.t.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Mint
A view of the siege of Badajoz, with the Allies under Wellington besieging the French army led by Armand Philippon. From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69528] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Barth. Docteur en Medecine, Proffesseur d'Anatomie &c. Conseiller et Chirurgion Oculiste de S.M.I.R. Ap.
Peint par H.F. Füger. Gravé a Viemme par N. Rhein. 1788.
Se trouve à l'Academie Imp. des beaux Arts, à St. Anne chez Mr le Professeur Jacobé, au prémiere Etage.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½"), large margins. Evidence of a hair on the printing plate, foxing bottom left.
A bust portrait in oval of Maltese-born ophthalmologist Joseph Barth (1746-1818), oculist to Emperor Joseph II at Vienna. He is regarded as the first professor of ophthalmology, at the University of Vienna.
Wellcome: 186 not in.
[Ref: 69983] £390.00
Peint par H.F. Füger. Gravé a Viemme par N. Rhein. 1788.
Se trouve à l'Academie Imp. des beaux Arts, à St. Anne chez Mr le Professeur Jacobé, au prémiere Etage.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½"), large margins. Evidence of a hair on the printing plate, foxing bottom left.
A bust portrait in oval of Maltese-born ophthalmologist Joseph Barth (1746-1818), oculist to Emperor Joseph II at Vienna. He is regarded as the first professor of ophthalmology, at the University of Vienna.
Wellcome: 186 not in.
[Ref: 69983] £390.00
![[Isabella Bennet] The Duchess of Grafton.](jpegs/69898.jpg)
[Isabella Bennet] The Duchess of Grafton.
[after Godfrey Kneller] Schenk fecit et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilego.
[n.d. c.1700]
Fine & rare mezzotint, 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with large margins. Tear repaired with acid free tape. Light staining and light foxing.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Isabella Bennet (c.1669-73), wife of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton, the son of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers. She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Mary II.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69898] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Godfrey Kneller] Schenk fecit et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilego.
[n.d. c.1700]
Fine & rare mezzotint, 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with large margins. Tear repaired with acid free tape. Light staining and light foxing.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Isabella Bennet (c.1669-73), wife of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton, the son of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers. She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Mary II.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69898] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
George Benson D.D.
[engraved by James McArdell.]
[n.d., c.1764.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), with large margins. Slight creasing. Repaired tears top right.
Head and shoulders portrait of Presbyterian theologian George Benson (1699-1762), wearing clerical robes and wig. According to Goodwin, this was the frontispiece to Benson's 'Life of Christ'.
CS 17, only state.
[Ref: 69655] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by James McArdell.]
[n.d., c.1764.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), with large margins. Slight creasing. Repaired tears top right.
Head and shoulders portrait of Presbyterian theologian George Benson (1699-1762), wearing clerical robes and wig. According to Goodwin, this was the frontispiece to Benson's 'Life of Christ'.
CS 17, only state.
[Ref: 69655] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Battle of the Bidassoa _ Oct.r 9th 1813.
W. Heath del.t. D. Havell sculp.t.
London, Pub. Nov.r 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Tear in bottom margin.
A view of the Battle of the Bisassoa (7th October), in which the Allied armies under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) crossed the lower-than-usual river into France to defeat the French under Marshal Soult. From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69530] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W. Heath del.t. D. Havell sculp.t.
London, Pub. Nov.r 1.1815 by J.Jenkins, 48 Strand.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"), large margins, with a sheet of letterpress. Tear in bottom margin.
A view of the Battle of the Bisassoa (7th October), in which the Allied armies under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) crossed the lower-than-usual river into France to defeat the French under Marshal Soult. From 'The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815', by James Jenkins.
[Ref: 69530] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d John Blachford D.D. Chancellor of S.t Patrick's and Minister of S.t Werburgh's Dublin. Died 25th of October 1748 Aged 64.
Ja.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"), with large margins. Creases bottom left.
A half-length portrait in oval of the Rev Dr John Blachford (1684-1748), who benefited from the friendship of Dean Jonathan Swift. According to family tradition, Swift was staying with the family and chanced upon Blachford's wife Elinor reading aloud to her children. Swift derisively remarked, ''Is it a woman pretending to teach?''; ''Yes, Sir'', Mrs Blachford replied, '''tis a very foolish book lately published called 'Gulliver’s Travels'''. The Blachfords were the grandparents of poet Mary Tighe (1772-1810)
CS 20. Goodwn 134. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69872] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"), with large margins. Creases bottom left.
A half-length portrait in oval of the Rev Dr John Blachford (1684-1748), who benefited from the friendship of Dean Jonathan Swift. According to family tradition, Swift was staying with the family and chanced upon Blachford's wife Elinor reading aloud to her children. Swift derisively remarked, ''Is it a woman pretending to teach?''; ''Yes, Sir'', Mrs Blachford replied, '''tis a very foolish book lately published called 'Gulliver’s Travels'''. The Blachfords were the grandparents of poet Mary Tighe (1772-1810)
CS 20. Goodwn 134. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69872] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Blackheath Preservation Trust 1938-1983.
Valerie Warren [pencil signature]
Artist's Proof [pencil]
10 soft ground etchings on one sheet, buildings identified in pencil. Limited edition 40. Total printed area 460 x 620mm (18 x 24½"). Tear in margin, reaching 'Artist's Proof'.
The exteriors of ten at-risk Blackheath buildings, bought by the BPT, restored and sold: 'Spencer Place: 1845'; 'No 19 Shooters Hill: 1840'; '6 West Grove: 1760'; 'Eastnor House: 1750'; 'The Cedars. Westcombe Park Road: 1866'; 'Montague House late C17'; 'Blackheath Railway Station: 1848'; 'Nos 47-49 Maze Hill c.1720'; 'Martin House: 1845'; 'Vanburgh Castle: 1719'; & 'Blackheath Concert Hall: 1895'. The BPT was wound up in 2016.
[Ref: 69511] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Valerie Warren [pencil signature]
Artist's Proof [pencil]
10 soft ground etchings on one sheet, buildings identified in pencil. Limited edition 40. Total printed area 460 x 620mm (18 x 24½"). Tear in margin, reaching 'Artist's Proof'.
The exteriors of ten at-risk Blackheath buildings, bought by the BPT, restored and sold: 'Spencer Place: 1845'; 'No 19 Shooters Hill: 1840'; '6 West Grove: 1760'; 'Eastnor House: 1750'; 'The Cedars. Westcombe Park Road: 1866'; 'Montague House late C17'; 'Blackheath Railway Station: 1848'; 'Nos 47-49 Maze Hill c.1720'; 'Martin House: 1845'; 'Vanburgh Castle: 1719'; & 'Blackheath Concert Hall: 1895'. The BPT was wound up in 2016.
[Ref: 69511] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Hon.ble William Blakeney Esq.r Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, Colonel of His Majesty's Iniskillin Regim.t of Foot & Lieutenant Governor of Minorca.
G. Chalmers Pinx.t Minorca 1755. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t 1756, by G Hawkins at Miltons head in Fleet street, London.
Rare mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), turned to face front, wearing uniform and short wig and holding a baton in his right hand. Lord Blakeney was an army officer and politician, born Limerick; lieutenant-general in 1747, and lieutenant-governor of Minorca; created KB and an Irish peer in 1756. MP for Kilmallock, 1725-57.
Goodwin 50.II. CS 21.II. Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69654] £360.00
G. Chalmers Pinx.t Minorca 1755. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t 1756, by G Hawkins at Miltons head in Fleet street, London.
Rare mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), turned to face front, wearing uniform and short wig and holding a baton in his right hand. Lord Blakeney was an army officer and politician, born Limerick; lieutenant-general in 1747, and lieutenant-governor of Minorca; created KB and an Irish peer in 1756. MP for Kilmallock, 1725-57.
Goodwin 50.II. CS 21.II. Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69654] £360.00
William Blakeney Esq.r Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, Commander in Chief of Fort S.t Philip, against the French, Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Minorca; Colonel of His Majesty's Iniskilling (or 27th) Reg.t of Foot.
[after Thomas Hudson.]
[n.d., c.1756].
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed, laid on album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), adapted from a portrait by Thomas Hudson, with the siege of Fort St Philip behind. Blakeney was lieutenant-governor when the Seven Years' War broke out but, as the governor has never even visited, was in charge when the French captured the island. He held out in Fort St Philip, Britain's most expensive fortification ever built, for 70 days before surrendering.
[Ref: 69778] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[after Thomas Hudson.]
[n.d., c.1756].
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed, laid on album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), adapted from a portrait by Thomas Hudson, with the siege of Fort St Philip behind. Blakeney was lieutenant-governor when the Seven Years' War broke out but, as the governor has never even visited, was in charge when the French captured the island. He held out in Fort St Philip, Britain's most expensive fortification ever built, for 70 days before surrendering.
[Ref: 69778] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Geneviève Blanchot] Ton art, Santerre, est plus qu'humain,](jpegs/69912.jpg)
[Geneviève Blanchot] Ton art, Santerre, est plus qu'humain, Ton pinceau fait briller le Beau de la Nature; Qui peut n'aimer point la Peinture. La voyant peinte de ta main.
Santerre pinxit. Catherine Duchesne scul.
A Paris chez Rochefort rue S.t JAcques au Palmier. [n.d. c. 1710]
Fine mezzotint, 290 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾"). Ink collectors stamp of the Defer-Dumesnil collection on reverse. Thread margins on all but bottom.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Geneviève Blanchot as as Allegory of Painting.
L.739.
[Ref: 69912] £360.00
Santerre pinxit. Catherine Duchesne scul.
A Paris chez Rochefort rue S.t JAcques au Palmier. [n.d. c. 1710]
Fine mezzotint, 290 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾"). Ink collectors stamp of the Defer-Dumesnil collection on reverse. Thread margins on all but bottom.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Geneviève Blanchot as as Allegory of Painting.
L.739.
[Ref: 69912] £360.00
Robert Bloomfield, Author of the Farmer's Boy, &c. "Where noble Grafton spreads his rich domains; Round Euston's water'd vale & sloping plains, There his first thoughts to Nature's charms inclin'd, That stamps devotion on th'inquiring mind.' "And as revolving Seasons chang'd the scene, From heat to cold, tempestuous to serene: Though every change still varied his employ; Yet each new duty brought it's share of joy." Farmers Boy.
Painted by P. Jn.o Rising. Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Oct. 1st. 1805, Published by R. Bloomfield, near the Shepherd & Shepherdess, City Road, & for him by the Engraver, No. 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, & Vernor & Hood, in the Poultry.
Rare mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with large margins. Light staining.
Portrait of author Robert Bloomfield (1766 - 1823), in a solid rectangular frame. Four lines of his verse to each side of title. Apprenticed at the age of eleven to a farmer, Bloomfield was too small and frail for field labour, and four years later he came to London to work for a shoemaker. The poem that made his reputation, The Farmer's Boy, was written in a garret in Bell Alley, Coleman Street.
Chaloner Smith 7 II of III.
[Ref: 69917] £320.00
Painted by P. Jn.o Rising. Engraved by Jn.o Young Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Oct. 1st. 1805, Published by R. Bloomfield, near the Shepherd & Shepherdess, City Road, & for him by the Engraver, No. 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, & Vernor & Hood, in the Poultry.
Rare mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with large margins. Light staining.
Portrait of author Robert Bloomfield (1766 - 1823), in a solid rectangular frame. Four lines of his verse to each side of title. Apprenticed at the age of eleven to a farmer, Bloomfield was too small and frail for field labour, and four years later he came to London to work for a shoemaker. The poem that made his reputation, The Farmer's Boy, was written in a garret in Bell Alley, Coleman Street.
Chaloner Smith 7 II of III.
[Ref: 69917] £320.00
G.L. von Blücher. Königl: Preuss: General=Feld=Marschall.
Geamalt im Hauptquartier zu Hoechst im Decem.b 1813, und Geschabt von P.J. Lützenkirchen von Cöln.
Mezzotint, 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"), with large margins. Foxing and creasing in margins.
A three quarter portrait of Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), taken at his headquarters after his important victory at the Battle of Liepzig.
[Ref: 69860] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Geamalt im Hauptquartier zu Hoechst im Decem.b 1813, und Geschabt von P.J. Lützenkirchen von Cöln.
Mezzotint, 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"), with large margins. Foxing and creasing in margins.
A three quarter portrait of Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), taken at his headquarters after his important victory at the Battle of Liepzig.
[Ref: 69860] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![Böhmische [Könige] [on spine]](jpegs/69604.jpg)
Böhmische [Könige] [on spine]
[engraved by Anton Birckhart.]
[Prague, n.d., 1735.]
Album, 255 x 160 (10 x 6¼"), original marbled boards with title label on spine, 56 engravings. Title label with loss, occasional spotting of plates.
An album of 56 portraits of Bohemian rulers, from the legendary Czech (c.644) to Charles II (1685-1740, who was also Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.] The plates were engraved for the second edition of Bohuslav Balbin's 'Historia de ducibus, ac regibus Bohemiæ', first published 1687.
With the bookplate of the Mary Evens Picture library on the front pastedown.
[Ref: 69604] £1,300.00 view all images for this item
[engraved by Anton Birckhart.]
[Prague, n.d., 1735.]
Album, 255 x 160 (10 x 6¼"), original marbled boards with title label on spine, 56 engravings. Title label with loss, occasional spotting of plates.
An album of 56 portraits of Bohemian rulers, from the legendary Czech (c.644) to Charles II (1685-1740, who was also Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.] The plates were engraved for the second edition of Bohuslav Balbin's 'Historia de ducibus, ac regibus Bohemiæ', first published 1687.
With the bookplate of the Mary Evens Picture library on the front pastedown.
[Ref: 69604] £1,300.00 view all images for this item
Les Modes Anglaises a Paris. Le Supreme Bon Ton, No. 22.
AG [monogram of Adrien Godefroy].
A Paris, chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq. [n.d., c.1814.]
Hand coloured etching. 210 x 295mm (8¼ x 11½"). Narrow margins.
A young officer (right) walks, right to left, with a lady on each arm. He wears cocked hat and top-boots; his sword-belt is worn over his coat, and he supports his heavy sabre in his left hand. One lady uses a tall parasol as a walking-stick, and is plainly dressed, wearing an odd straw bonnet, a frill encircling her neck and shoulders. The other has a more elaborate and longer gown, with a festooned flounce. Her hat is a small fluted plateau with ribbon or lace tied under the chin. Walking towards them (from left) are a civilian with a lady whose small bonnet is covered with a long lace scarf falling well below the waist. She wears a tunic dress, the edge vandyked, over a plain skirt. Her companion wears long gaiters. The centre figure is a very tall young man who drifts along (right to left) with his arms folded behind him. He wears trousers strapped under his boots. Both civilians wear the usual flowerpot hat, and coat with long tails. In the background is a lake. From a series of 30 plates satirizing fashions observed in Paris by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BM Satires 12358.
[Ref: 69631] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
AG [monogram of Adrien Godefroy].
A Paris, chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue du Coq. [n.d., c.1814.]
Hand coloured etching. 210 x 295mm (8¼ x 11½"). Narrow margins.
A young officer (right) walks, right to left, with a lady on each arm. He wears cocked hat and top-boots; his sword-belt is worn over his coat, and he supports his heavy sabre in his left hand. One lady uses a tall parasol as a walking-stick, and is plainly dressed, wearing an odd straw bonnet, a frill encircling her neck and shoulders. The other has a more elaborate and longer gown, with a festooned flounce. Her hat is a small fluted plateau with ribbon or lace tied under the chin. Walking towards them (from left) are a civilian with a lady whose small bonnet is covered with a long lace scarf falling well below the waist. She wears a tunic dress, the edge vandyked, over a plain skirt. Her companion wears long gaiters. The centre figure is a very tall young man who drifts along (right to left) with his arms folded behind him. He wears trousers strapped under his boots. Both civilians wear the usual flowerpot hat, and coat with long tails. In the background is a lake. From a series of 30 plates satirizing fashions observed in Paris by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841).
BM Satires 12358.
[Ref: 69631] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Portrait of a boy] N 21.](jpegs/69797.jpg)
[Portrait of a boy] N 21.
Gab.l Smith fec.
[London: John Bowles, Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer, 1765.]
Crayon-manner etching, printed in sanguine. Sheet 225 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed within plate.
A bust portrait of a boy in profileshort hair on cheeks, long hair tied at the back with a bow, wearing a vest over shirt. Originally two portraits on one plate, published in ''The School of Art; or, most compleat drawing-book extant: consisting of an extensive series of well chosen examples, selected from the designs of those eminent masters Watteau, Boucher, Bouchardon, Le Brun, Eisen, &c. &c.''.
[Ref: 69797] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Gab.l Smith fec.
[London: John Bowles, Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer, 1765.]
Crayon-manner etching, printed in sanguine. Sheet 225 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed within plate.
A bust portrait of a boy in profileshort hair on cheeks, long hair tied at the back with a bow, wearing a vest over shirt. Originally two portraits on one plate, published in ''The School of Art; or, most compleat drawing-book extant: consisting of an extensive series of well chosen examples, selected from the designs of those eminent masters Watteau, Boucher, Bouchardon, Le Brun, Eisen, &c. &c.''.
[Ref: 69797] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Jacobus Bradley, S.T.P. Regalis Societatis Socius, / Astronomus Regius et apud Oxonienses / Astronomiae Professor Savilianus.
Thom.s Hudson pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint with large margins, rare; platemark 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Repaired tear top left.
Bust portrait of James Bradley (bap. 1692- d.1762), once described by Sir Isaac Newton as the best astronomer in Europe. Bradley was Savilian professor of astronomy at the University of Oxford (from 1721) and astronomer royal (from 1742). Although he published little, Bradley's discoveries of aberration and nutation marked important astronomical advances. Engraved from a portrait by Thomas Hudson in the collection of the Royal Society.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS Faber 41 (only state). Wellcome Library no. 1341i.
[Ref: 69652] £390.00
Thom.s Hudson pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint with large margins, rare; platemark 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Repaired tear top left.
Bust portrait of James Bradley (bap. 1692- d.1762), once described by Sir Isaac Newton as the best astronomer in Europe. Bradley was Savilian professor of astronomy at the University of Oxford (from 1721) and astronomer royal (from 1742). Although he published little, Bradley's discoveries of aberration and nutation marked important astronomical advances. Engraved from a portrait by Thomas Hudson in the collection of the Royal Society.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS Faber 41 (only state). Wellcome Library no. 1341i.
[Ref: 69652] £390.00
William Briggs M.D. Physician in Ordinary to King William y.e 3.d. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, &c.
R. White delin 1697. I. Faber fecit 1738.
Sold by P. Overton in Fleet Street.
Scarce & rare mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed close to plate at bottom. Creasing top left.
Three-quarter seated portrait of English physician and oculist, William Biggs (1642–1704), he was doctor to King William III, holding a copy of his book "Ophthalmo Graphia".
Not in Wellcome. Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69653] £420.00
R. White delin 1697. I. Faber fecit 1738.
Sold by P. Overton in Fleet Street.
Scarce & rare mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed close to plate at bottom. Creasing top left.
Three-quarter seated portrait of English physician and oculist, William Biggs (1642–1704), he was doctor to King William III, holding a copy of his book "Ophthalmo Graphia".
Not in Wellcome. Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69653] £420.00
Physical Aid,-or-Britannia recover'd from a trance;-also, the patriotic courage of Sherry Andrew: & a peep thro' the Fog.
[James Gillray.]
Publd. March 14th 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Thread margins. Very light foxing and staining.
Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled sits on the ground supported by Addington (Prime Minister, succeeding Pitt, in 1801) and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. The scene is a parody of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. The figures are arranged on the coast towards which are advancing many rowing boats filled with little French soldiers. Napoleon stands with drawn sword in the foremost boat, a tiny figure with a large head and no body, to show that he is Nobody. The distant French coast (right) is covered with troops marching towards the shore. In the foreground lies a long torn scroll, headed 'Treaty of Peace'. After James Gillray (1756 - 1815).
BM Satires: 9972.
[Ref: 69954] £980.00
[James Gillray.]
Publd. March 14th 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"). Thread margins. Very light foxing and staining.
Britannia, terrified, faint, and dishevelled sits on the ground supported by Addington (Prime Minister, succeeding Pitt, in 1801) and Hawkesbury, and defended by Sheridan, a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin. The scene is a parody of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. The figures are arranged on the coast towards which are advancing many rowing boats filled with little French soldiers. Napoleon stands with drawn sword in the foremost boat, a tiny figure with a large head and no body, to show that he is Nobody. The distant French coast (right) is covered with troops marching towards the shore. In the foreground lies a long torn scroll, headed 'Treaty of Peace'. After James Gillray (1756 - 1815).
BM Satires: 9972.
[Ref: 69954] £980.00
![[The bookseller Christopher Brown]](jpegs/69873.jpg)
[The bookseller Christopher Brown] [To the free and easy Counsellors under the Cauliflower, this portrait of Mr. Brown their worthy Secretary, is respectfully dedicated by their very humble Servant, Johannes Eckstein.]
Painted and Engraved by Johannes Eckstein.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate at sides, losing dedication at bottom.
Half-length portrait of the bookseller Christopher Brown (d.1807), wearing a dark coat with high collar, white cravat and a short brown wig. Brown worked for Longmans. The 'Counsellors under the Cauliflower' were a society that met in a room at the 'Three Pigeons' in Butcher Hall Lane, which had a cauliflower painted on the ceiling.
CS 1, the only print listed.
[Ref: 69873] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted and Engraved by Johannes Eckstein.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate at sides, losing dedication at bottom.
Half-length portrait of the bookseller Christopher Brown (d.1807), wearing a dark coat with high collar, white cravat and a short brown wig. Brown worked for Longmans. The 'Counsellors under the Cauliflower' were a society that met in a room at the 'Three Pigeons' in Butcher Hall Lane, which had a cauliflower painted on the ceiling.
CS 1, the only print listed.
[Ref: 69873] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lady Dorothy Brownlow] Madam Dorothy Mason.](jpegs/69753.jpg)
[Lady Dorothy Brownlow] Madam Dorothy Mason.
W. Wissing pinxit. I Smith fecit.
E. Cooper exc. Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1687]
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). A very scarce early impression. 'E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton on album sheet. Tipped into album sheet.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Dorothy Brownlow (née Mason) (1664-1700) her hair in curls and wearing an earring, she is shown in a low-cut dress trimmed with pearls, one hand holding flowers in her lap and the other plucking a blossom from a plant at left; in the background are a fluted pillar to the right and a mansion to the left. Portrait of Dorothy before her marriage to Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1665–1701) in July 1688. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason (1633–85), a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop's Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. Wissing’s (1656-87) oil painting of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House in Lincolnshire.
CS 179 I of III. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 69753] £320.00
W. Wissing pinxit. I Smith fecit.
E. Cooper exc. Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1687]
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). A very scarce early impression. 'E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton on album sheet. Tipped into album sheet.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Dorothy Brownlow (née Mason) (1664-1700) her hair in curls and wearing an earring, she is shown in a low-cut dress trimmed with pearls, one hand holding flowers in her lap and the other plucking a blossom from a plant at left; in the background are a fluted pillar to the right and a mansion to the left. Portrait of Dorothy before her marriage to Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1665–1701) in July 1688. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason (1633–85), a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop's Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. Wissing’s (1656-87) oil painting of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House in Lincolnshire.
CS 179 I of III. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 69753] £320.00
M.r John Bunyan, Late Minister of the Gospel at Bedford, Author of the Pilgrim's Progress, Holy War, and other Celebrated Treatices. Done from an Original Painting in the Possession of Henry Stimpson, Gent.
T. Sadler Pinx.t 1685. J.Spilsbury fecit.
London Printed for Tho.s Kitchin at the Star Holborn Hill, Engraver to His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Price 1.s 6.d [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Laid on album sheet at sides.
A half-length portrtait of clergyman and author John Bunyan (1628-1688), in plain jacket with white china collar, holding a book. Thomas Stadler's portrait in now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 1311).
CS 2. ii of iii.
[Ref: 69997] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
T. Sadler Pinx.t 1685. J.Spilsbury fecit.
London Printed for Tho.s Kitchin at the Star Holborn Hill, Engraver to His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Price 1.s 6.d [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides. Laid on album sheet at sides.
A half-length portrtait of clergyman and author John Bunyan (1628-1688), in plain jacket with white china collar, holding a book. Thomas Stadler's portrait in now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 1311).
CS 2. ii of iii.
[Ref: 69997] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise.](jpegs/69813.jpg)
[Sir Francis Burdett] Peter and Paul expell'd from Paradise. The World was all before them where to choose [/] Their place of rest and Parson T_e [Tooke], their guide.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
A political satire commenting on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 69813] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
A political satire commenting on Sir Francis Burdett and James Paull's defeats at the 1806 election. William Mellish and Richard Sheridan, who won the seat of Middlesex and Westminster, brandish flaming swords from under an arch labelled 'Gate of St Stephens' while the defeated Burdett and Paull hurry away from them, an unconcerned John Horne Tooke, their mentor walks before them reading 'Diversions of Purley' towards his home in Wimbledon.
BM Satire 10622.
[Ref: 69813] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Francis Burdett Bar.t.
James Northcote R.A. pinx.t. William Sharp sculp.t.
Engraved from a Picture painted during his imprisonment in the Tower and Published by W.m Sharp, 27 London Street, Fitzroy Square, Feb. 14, 1811.
Etching with engraving. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Sir Francis Burdett (1770 - 1844), his right hand on a book, the Magna Charta. In 1810 Burdett was briefly imprisoned in the Tower of London on a charge of libelling the House of Commons. After James Northcote (1746-1831).
From the Northcote family Albums.
[Ref: 70016] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
James Northcote R.A. pinx.t. William Sharp sculp.t.
Engraved from a Picture painted during his imprisonment in the Tower and Published by W.m Sharp, 27 London Street, Fitzroy Square, Feb. 14, 1811.
Etching with engraving. 475 x 350mm (18¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Sir Francis Burdett (1770 - 1844), his right hand on a book, the Magna Charta. In 1810 Burdett was briefly imprisoned in the Tower of London on a charge of libelling the House of Commons. After James Northcote (1746-1831).
From the Northcote family Albums.
[Ref: 70016] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond &c.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp: et Angl Eques Aur: pinx: J. Smith fec.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1702.]
Fine mezzotint 420 x 265mm (16½ x 10½"). 'E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton on album sheet. Tipped into album sheet at edges.
A full-length portrait of Mary Somerset (1665-1733), daughter of the Duke of Beaufort and second wife of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde. A black page boy arranges her train. The duke was attainted in 1715 after being accused of supporting the Jacobite Rebellion and fleeing to France
CS 195 II of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69752] £360.00
G. Kneller S.R. Imp: et Angl Eques Aur: pinx: J. Smith fec.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1702.]
Fine mezzotint 420 x 265mm (16½ x 10½"). 'E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton on album sheet. Tipped into album sheet at edges.
A full-length portrait of Mary Somerset (1665-1733), daughter of the Duke of Beaufort and second wife of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde. A black page boy arranges her train. The duke was attainted in 1715 after being accused of supporting the Jacobite Rebellion and fleeing to France
CS 195 II of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69752] £360.00
A Caledonian Beauty.
C.W. sculp.t.
London pub by SW Fores 41 Piccadilly March. 20. 1828.
Etching with hand colouring, sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Left corner missing. Trimmed. Some abrasions. Nicks to edges.
A Scottish beauty walks along a sandy track through a mountainous landscape of fir trees and a distant strath, in a manner similar to the French girl. She wears a low-cut dress with long gloves, a feathered Scots cap, and a tartan kilt over a short-waisted corsage trimmed with tartan ribbons. A fringed fur sporran hangs from the waist, while she lifts the kilt gracefully to reveal her bare legs, tartan socks, and flat shoes. She carries a sunshade on a hinged stick. A thistle appears in the foreground.
BM Satires 14632.
[Ref: 69814] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C.W. sculp.t.
London pub by SW Fores 41 Piccadilly March. 20. 1828.
Etching with hand colouring, sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Left corner missing. Trimmed. Some abrasions. Nicks to edges.
A Scottish beauty walks along a sandy track through a mountainous landscape of fir trees and a distant strath, in a manner similar to the French girl. She wears a low-cut dress with long gloves, a feathered Scots cap, and a tartan kilt over a short-waisted corsage trimmed with tartan ribbons. A fringed fur sporran hangs from the waist, while she lifts the kilt gracefully to reveal her bare legs, tartan socks, and flat shoes. She carries a sunshade on a hinged stick. A thistle appears in the foreground.
BM Satires 14632.
[Ref: 69814] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![The Cambria Brig, Receiving on Board the Last Boat Load, from the Kent Indiaman on Fire...[Full description printed under title]](jpegs/69834.jpg)
The Cambria Brig, Receiving on Board the Last Boat Load, from the Kent Indiaman on Fire...[Full description printed under title]
Painted and Engraved by W.m Daniell R.A.
[London, Published by W. Daniell, 14 Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, December 6th, 1826.]
Rare & scarce aquatint, 380 x 525mm (15 x 20¾"). Trimmed losing most of the publication line.
On the 28th February 1825, during a violent storm in the Bay of Biscay, a spirit cask that had come loose in the hold ruptured over a candle and exploded. After flooding the lower decks failed to extinguish the fire they managed to attract the Cambria, which took on board 554 of the passengers & crew, most soldiers and camp followers from the 31st Regiment, returning them to England. The Kent eventually exploded, but 14 men survived, to be picked up by another ship.
[Ref: 69834] £480.00
Painted and Engraved by W.m Daniell R.A.
[London, Published by W. Daniell, 14 Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, December 6th, 1826.]
Rare & scarce aquatint, 380 x 525mm (15 x 20¾"). Trimmed losing most of the publication line.
On the 28th February 1825, during a violent storm in the Bay of Biscay, a spirit cask that had come loose in the hold ruptured over a candle and exploded. After flooding the lower decks failed to extinguish the fire they managed to attract the Cambria, which took on board 554 of the passengers & crew, most soldiers and camp followers from the 31st Regiment, returning them to England. The Kent eventually exploded, but 14 men survived, to be picked up by another ship.
[Ref: 69834] £480.00
Collegiate Sketches or Alma Mater Illustrated.
JF [John Forster]. A Ducotës lithog.y 10 S.t Martin's Lane.
Published by W. Mason, Cambridge, W.H. Mason, Brighton, and R. Ackermnnn, London.
Oblong folio, 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), disbound; lithographic title and five numbered plates, all with original hand colour. Stitch marks on left edge; all sheets chipped and stained. Very damaged.
A collection of 19 satires of university life using academic and collegiate expressions. Rare, 'apparently unrecorded' according to Abbey, who lists the title and these five plates plus another seven from another publication. Plates I, II, III mathematics; IV Menagerie and V Cant terms etc. According to Corpus Christi College's 'Shorthand Stories', the artist was an alumni, John Forster (https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/the-bedders).
Abbey 83.
[Ref: 69658] £650.00 view all images for this item
JF [John Forster]. A Ducotës lithog.y 10 S.t Martin's Lane.
Published by W. Mason, Cambridge, W.H. Mason, Brighton, and R. Ackermnnn, London.
Oblong folio, 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), disbound; lithographic title and five numbered plates, all with original hand colour. Stitch marks on left edge; all sheets chipped and stained. Very damaged.
A collection of 19 satires of university life using academic and collegiate expressions. Rare, 'apparently unrecorded' according to Abbey, who lists the title and these five plates plus another seven from another publication. Plates I, II, III mathematics; IV Menagerie and V Cant terms etc. According to Corpus Christi College's 'Shorthand Stories', the artist was an alumni, John Forster (https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/the-bedders).
Abbey 83.
[Ref: 69658] £650.00 view all images for this item
![[Chapman & André's map of Essex] Plate XXIII.](jpegs/69791.jpg)
[Chapman & André's map of Essex] Plate XXIII.
Published as the Act directs Oc.t 1.st 1777, by John Chapman and Peter André [but Chalk Meggy and Chalk, 1833].
Rare engraved map. 470 x 595mm (18½ x 23½"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 1832.
One sheet of the important large-scale map of Essex, originally published 1777 but this example from the third edition. It is centred on Canvey Island, extending to Fobbing in the west, clockwise to Pitsey, Thundersley and the tiny village of 'South End'.
[Ref: 69791] £220.00
Published as the Act directs Oc.t 1.st 1777, by John Chapman and Peter André [but Chalk Meggy and Chalk, 1833].
Rare engraved map. 470 x 595mm (18½ x 23½"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 1832.
One sheet of the important large-scale map of Essex, originally published 1777 but this example from the third edition. It is centred on Canvey Island, extending to Fobbing in the west, clockwise to Pitsey, Thundersley and the tiny village of 'South End'.
[Ref: 69791] £220.00
Les Caresses Reciproques. De Gegenliche.
J. Jac. Haid exc. a.v. [n.d., c.1760].
Fine mezzotint, 315 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A young couple embrace.
[Ref: 69909] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Jac. Haid exc. a.v. [n.d., c.1760].
Fine mezzotint, 315 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A young couple embrace.
[Ref: 69909] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Carey, 2nd Duke of Monmouth] Henricus Dom. Cary Baro. do Leppington Com. de. Monmouth.](jpegs/69785.jpg)
[Henry Carey, 2nd Duke of Monmouth] Henricus Dom. Cary Baro. do Leppington Com. de. Monmouth.
[London: W.G. for John Sims, 1671.]
Engraving. 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed close to image. Laid on album sheet at edges
A bust of Henry Carey (1595-1661), 2nd Earl of Monmouth, in a landscape, politician and translator. It was published as the frontispiece to his translation of Jean François Senault's 'The Use of Passions'.
[Ref: 69785] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[London: W.G. for John Sims, 1671.]
Engraving. 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed close to image. Laid on album sheet at edges
A bust of Henry Carey (1595-1661), 2nd Earl of Monmouth, in a landscape, politician and translator. It was published as the frontispiece to his translation of Jean François Senault's 'The Use of Passions'.
[Ref: 69785] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)