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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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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)
![[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)
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)