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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[The Accountant.]](jpegs/65737.jpg)
[The Accountant.]
[Rembrandt Pinxt. Humphrey fecit.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Rare proof mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Some time-staining and creasing.
Portrait of a man, standing behind a table on which there are books. He wears a jewelled cap and in his left hand he holds a pen.
Charrington 93 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex: Collection Sir Joshua Reynolds (stamp)
[Ref: 65737] £520.00
[Rembrandt Pinxt. Humphrey fecit.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Rare proof mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Some time-staining and creasing.
Portrait of a man, standing behind a table on which there are books. He wears a jewelled cap and in his left hand he holds a pen.
Charrington 93 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex: Collection Sir Joshua Reynolds (stamp)
[Ref: 65737] £520.00
D.r Arne.
Painted by R. Dunkarton. Engraved by W. Humphrey.
[London, Pub'd 19 Jan.y 1778, by W. Humphrey, No.70 S.t Martins Lane.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, losing publication line at bottom.
A half-length portrait of composer Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), holding sheet music. Famed for the patriotic song, 'Rule, Britannia!', he is buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
CS: 1, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67132] £320.00
Painted by R. Dunkarton. Engraved by W. Humphrey.
[London, Pub'd 19 Jan.y 1778, by W. Humphrey, No.70 S.t Martins Lane.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, losing publication line at bottom.
A half-length portrait of composer Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), holding sheet music. Famed for the patriotic song, 'Rule, Britannia!', he is buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
CS: 1, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67132] £320.00
Tho.s Beckwith of York, Painter & F.A.S. London.
M.F. Quadal pinx.t. W.Humphrey fec.t.
[n.d., 1777.]
Rare mezzotint. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper.
Thomas Beckwith (1731-86), painter, genealogist and antiquary, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
[Ref: 43551] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
M.F. Quadal pinx.t. W.Humphrey fec.t.
[n.d., 1777.]
Rare mezzotint. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper.
Thomas Beckwith (1731-86), painter, genealogist and antiquary, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
[Ref: 43551] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[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
![[Master Brown.]](jpegs/4658.jpg)
[Master Brown.]
[R.E. Pine pinx. W.Humphrey fecit.]
[Published according to Act of Parliament, 1765.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Mounted on album paper.
Chaloner Smith took the title from mss. on an impression at Strawberry Hill.
CS: 53, State i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4658] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[R.E. Pine pinx. W.Humphrey fecit.]
[Published according to Act of Parliament, 1765.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Mounted on album paper.
Chaloner Smith took the title from mss. on an impression at Strawberry Hill.
CS: 53, State i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4658] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
M.R. Christmas.
Se ipse pinx. Humphrey fec.t.
Sold by W.Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm. Mounted on album paper.
Apparently an artist's self-portrait.
CS: 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3379] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Se ipse pinx. Humphrey fec.t.
Sold by W.Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm. Mounted on album paper.
Apparently an artist's self-portrait.
CS: 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3379] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Col.l Rich.d King.
Kneller pinxit. W. Humphrey fecit.
Publish'd 16 Nov.r 1774, by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Rare mezzotint. Plate 152 x 113mm. 6 x 4½".
Portrait, almost half-length in an oval directed to right, right arm thrown slightly behind him, looking towards the viewer, wearing a velvet coat over a white shirt open at the throat, with a long white wig. Colonel Richard King (1681-1771).
CS: 10.
[Ref: 24758] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Kneller pinxit. W. Humphrey fecit.
Publish'd 16 Nov.r 1774, by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Rare mezzotint. Plate 152 x 113mm. 6 x 4½".
Portrait, almost half-length in an oval directed to right, right arm thrown slightly behind him, looking towards the viewer, wearing a velvet coat over a white shirt open at the throat, with a long white wig. Colonel Richard King (1681-1771).
CS: 10.
[Ref: 24758] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Then all on a sudden two people of worth / My Lady Pandora MacScurvy came forth / With Genl Sulphur arrived from the North.
Mr R.S. inv.t. [Richard Brinsley Sheridan?] W.H. fec.
Published Jan 1, 1778, by W.Humphry.
Etching. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed, creased in centre.
An elderly couple walking. The verse comes from Christopher Anstey's 'The new Bath guide: or memoirs of the B-N-R-D family in a series of political epistles', 1766.
BM Satires 4779.
[Ref: 51693] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mr R.S. inv.t. [Richard Brinsley Sheridan?] W.H. fec.
Published Jan 1, 1778, by W.Humphry.
Etching. Sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed, creased in centre.
An elderly couple walking. The verse comes from Christopher Anstey's 'The new Bath guide: or memoirs of the B-N-R-D family in a series of political epistles', 1766.
BM Satires 4779.
[Ref: 51693] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Done after a capital picture of Rembrandt, in the collection of Mr. Reynolds. This print obtained the first premium, granted by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c. Anno. 1765
Rembrandt pinx.t. Humphrey fecit.
Sold by W. Humphrey, near New Street S.t Martin's Lane.
Fine mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Creasing. Trimmed to plate and tipped into album sheet at sides.
An almost three-quarter length portrait of a moustachioed man, standing behind a table, his right hand holding a pencil and resting on a closed book, his left hand in an open one. He wears a cap over his long hair and a robe.
CS 23. Charrington 93 II of II.
[Ref: 61592] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rembrandt pinx.t. Humphrey fecit.
Sold by W. Humphrey, near New Street S.t Martin's Lane.
Fine mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Creasing. Trimmed to plate and tipped into album sheet at sides.
An almost three-quarter length portrait of a moustachioed man, standing behind a table, his right hand holding a pencil and resting on a closed book, his left hand in an open one. He wears a cap over his long hair and a robe.
CS 23. Charrington 93 II of II.
[Ref: 61592] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sr: Michl: Newton.
Humphrey Fect.
Published May 26 1774 by W. Humphrey.
Mezzotint. 110 x 150mm. Glued to scrap sheet top and bottom.
Sir Michael Newton, 4th Bt. [1695? - 1743].
CS: 14. II of II.
[Ref: 3381] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Humphrey Fect.
Published May 26 1774 by W. Humphrey.
Mezzotint. 110 x 150mm. Glued to scrap sheet top and bottom.
Sir Michael Newton, 4th Bt. [1695? - 1743].
CS: 14. II of II.
[Ref: 3381] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Vestal Virgin.]](jpegs/62773.jpg)
[A Vestal Virgin.]
B. Wilson delin. W.m Humphrey fecit.
[London: Robert Sayer, c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, fine impression. 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line. Very slight crease on right.
A young woman wearing a cloak and veil, holding a pitcher and looking back over her shoulder at an incense brazier;
[Ref: 62773] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson delin. W.m Humphrey fecit.
[London: Robert Sayer, c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, fine impression. 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line. Very slight crease on right.
A young woman wearing a cloak and veil, holding a pitcher and looking back over her shoulder at an incense brazier;
[Ref: 62773] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Woodward] D.r Woodward,](jpegs/59836.jpg)
[John Woodward] D.r Woodward, From an Original Picture in the family of his Executor, the Late Col. R..d King.
W. Humphrey Fec.t.
Pub. 2 May 1774 by W. Humphrey.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4¼"), large margins.
Portrait in oval of John Woodward (1665-1728), English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist. He was the founder by bequest of the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology at Cambridge.
CS 19.
[Ref: 59836] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
W. Humphrey Fec.t.
Pub. 2 May 1774 by W. Humphrey.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4¼"), large margins.
Portrait in oval of John Woodward (1665-1728), English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist. He was the founder by bequest of the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology at Cambridge.
CS 19.
[Ref: 59836] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dr.Woodward. From an Original Picture in the Family of his Executor, the Late Col.R.d King.
W.Humphrey Fec.t.
Pub. 2 May 1774 by W.Humphrey.
Rare Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
Portrait of Dr. John Woodward (1665 - 1728), Professor of Physic at Gresham College and endowed the Professorship of Geology at Cambridge University.
CS19 ii of iv.
[Ref: 68262] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W.Humphrey Fec.t.
Pub. 2 May 1774 by W.Humphrey.
Rare Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
Portrait of Dr. John Woodward (1665 - 1728), Professor of Physic at Gresham College and endowed the Professorship of Geology at Cambridge University.
CS19 ii of iv.
[Ref: 68262] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)