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Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Augusta.
Johnson delin et sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs Aug.t 20. 1770 by H. Marshall No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard London.
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), sixth child and second daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, portrayed as a very young child. She was a Princess of the United Kingdom and a Princess of Hanover who remained unmarried and had a particular devotion to her brother William, Duke of Clarence, afterwards William IV.
Not in O'D or CS.
[Ref: 39190] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Johnson delin et sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs Aug.t 20. 1770 by H. Marshall No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard London.
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Small margins.
Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), sixth child and second daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, portrayed as a very young child. She was a Princess of the United Kingdom and a Princess of Hanover who remained unmarried and had a particular devotion to her brother William, Duke of Clarence, afterwards William IV.
Not in O'D or CS.
[Ref: 39190] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Four barrels; Trade Card or Billhead.]](jpegs/10828.jpg)
[Four barrels; Trade Card or Billhead.]
Johnson, fc, Bristol.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Etched vignette illustration to trade card or billhead, sheet 45 x 55mm. 1¾ x 2¼". Sheet trimmed.
Four barrels in a row, the first inscribed 'Oakhill Beer', the second 'Porter'. Pictured with their natural ingredients - wheat or barley to right and hop poles to left. Probably by George Johnson of 2 John Street, Bristol, who engraved banknotes issued by the Bristol Bullion Bank.
[Ref: 10828] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Johnson, fc, Bristol.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Etched vignette illustration to trade card or billhead, sheet 45 x 55mm. 1¾ x 2¼". Sheet trimmed.
Four barrels in a row, the first inscribed 'Oakhill Beer', the second 'Porter'. Pictured with their natural ingredients - wheat or barley to right and hop poles to left. Probably by George Johnson of 2 John Street, Bristol, who engraved banknotes issued by the Bristol Bullion Bank.
[Ref: 10828] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Jenny Cameron Of Lochiel. one of the most numerous Clans of Scotland. If to her Share, some female Errors fall, [/] Look on her Face, and you'll forget them all.
Le Clare pinx. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"), with large margins. Slight tear in centre.
Three-quarter portrait of a pretty young woman in low-cut dress, powdered wig and tartan shawl, holding a mask. The wife of Archibald Cameron of Lochiel (the last Jacobite to be executed, 1753), she came to London to try and stop his execution, gaining some sympathy, and was probably the 'Jenny Cameron' who visited the exiled Old Pretender in Rome and petitioned him for a pension in the late 1750s. She is often confused with Jenny Cameron of Glendessary (c.1700-72) who was rumoured to have raised a troop of men in support of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, fighting with them, and being the mistress of the Young Pretender.
Sharpe 358, conflating the two Jenny Camerons. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64636] £360.00
Le Clare pinx. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"), with large margins. Slight tear in centre.
Three-quarter portrait of a pretty young woman in low-cut dress, powdered wig and tartan shawl, holding a mask. The wife of Archibald Cameron of Lochiel (the last Jacobite to be executed, 1753), she came to London to try and stop his execution, gaining some sympathy, and was probably the 'Jenny Cameron' who visited the exiled Old Pretender in Rome and petitioned him for a pension in the late 1750s. She is often confused with Jenny Cameron of Glendessary (c.1700-72) who was rumoured to have raised a troop of men in support of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, fighting with them, and being the mistress of the Young Pretender.
Sharpe 358, conflating the two Jenny Camerons. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64636] £360.00
Lady Ann Campbell. Countess of Strafford.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. T. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Slightly toned.
A half length portrait of Ann Campbell (c.1715-85), daughter of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and wife of William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford. Horace Walpole called her 'a vast beauty'. The original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (accession No 99.63).
Hamilton p.135; CS 5 ii of ii; Russell 6a. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67973] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinx.t. T. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Slightly toned.
A half length portrait of Ann Campbell (c.1715-85), daughter of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and wife of William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford. Horace Walpole called her 'a vast beauty'. The original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (accession No 99.63).
Hamilton p.135; CS 5 ii of ii; Russell 6a. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67973] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cupids Education Cupid by Nature form'd a harmless Child [...] 202
N. Foucha Pinx. / J. Johnson fecit. [c.1750]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Creasing; 'CL-B' collectior's stamp verso, slight staining top.
Copy in reverse of a continental engraving by Desplaces after Nicolas Fouché. The text below explains how cupid (on the right) was brought up by nature (left) to be 'frank, sincere, humane and mild'. But after he was entrusted to Hermes (centre) he 'grew sly malignant', emulating his tutor.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36211] £350.00
N. Foucha Pinx. / J. Johnson fecit. [c.1750]
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Creasing; 'CL-B' collectior's stamp verso, slight staining top.
Copy in reverse of a continental engraving by Desplaces after Nicolas Fouché. The text below explains how cupid (on the right) was brought up by nature (left) to be 'frank, sincere, humane and mild'. But after he was entrusted to Hermes (centre) he 'grew sly malignant', emulating his tutor.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36211] £350.00
And the Woman Said the Serpent beguiled me and I did Eat. Genesis. 3.d Verse 13.th
N. Coypel Eques pinx.t I. Johnson fecit.
Very scarce mezzotint. Plate 322 x 251mm (12¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate along upper edge.
Adam and Eve clothed with vine leaves on a mountain-top. Adam standing on the left, looking up to left and gesturing outwards as he explains why he ate from the forbidden fruit; whilst Eve kneels beside him and the serpent slithers along the ground between them.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30135] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
N. Coypel Eques pinx.t I. Johnson fecit.
Very scarce mezzotint. Plate 322 x 251mm (12¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate along upper edge.
Adam and Eve clothed with vine leaves on a mountain-top. Adam standing on the left, looking up to left and gesturing outwards as he explains why he ate from the forbidden fruit; whilst Eve kneels beside him and the serpent slithers along the ground between them.
Provenance: Hermitage Hexham.
[Ref: 30135] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
N.W. View of Yarmouth Jetty.
W. Joy fec. Drawn on Stone & Litho.d by J.M. Johnson, Norwich.
Published by C. Sloman, King St. [n.d., c.1850.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 190 x 275mm (7½ x 10¾").
A view of the jetty at Great Yarmouth showing the unloading and loading of various ships, after William Joy (1803-67).
[Ref: 47384] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. Joy fec. Drawn on Stone & Litho.d by J.M. Johnson, Norwich.
Published by C. Sloman, King St. [n.d., c.1850.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 190 x 275mm (7½ x 10¾").
A view of the jetty at Great Yarmouth showing the unloading and loading of various ships, after William Joy (1803-67).
[Ref: 47384] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The R.t Hono.ble Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford Anno Dom. 1667
Zoust pinx T. Johnson fc.
cum privilegio Regis. Sold by H. Overton & J. Hool at the White horse without Newgate Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pidgeons in Bedford Street.
Rare mezzotint; sheet 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon (1609-74), politician and historian. As a politician, Clarendon dominated royalist counsels during the 1650s and 1660s, helping the cause to survive throughout the interregnum. He was made lord chancellor in 1658 , and elected chancellor of Oxford University in 1660. He is chiefly remembered, however, for writing what has been described (DNB) as 'the most sophisticated and finely balanced history yet written in English'. His account of the Civil War, 'History of the Rebellion' (published posthumously, 1702-4) is 'a distinctive work of art based on a highly wrought style, a forensic dissection of character and issue, and a sense of the individuals' moral responsibility for their actions'. Mezzotint after a portrait by Gilbert Soest (c.1605-81), little-known portrait painter probably born in the Netherlands but active only in London.
CS: 3 III
[Ref: 42899] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Zoust pinx T. Johnson fc.
cum privilegio Regis. Sold by H. Overton & J. Hool at the White horse without Newgate Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pidgeons in Bedford Street.
Rare mezzotint; sheet 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon (1609-74), politician and historian. As a politician, Clarendon dominated royalist counsels during the 1650s and 1660s, helping the cause to survive throughout the interregnum. He was made lord chancellor in 1658 , and elected chancellor of Oxford University in 1660. He is chiefly remembered, however, for writing what has been described (DNB) as 'the most sophisticated and finely balanced history yet written in English'. His account of the Civil War, 'History of the Rebellion' (published posthumously, 1702-4) is 'a distinctive work of art based on a highly wrought style, a forensic dissection of character and issue, and a sense of the individuals' moral responsibility for their actions'. Mezzotint after a portrait by Gilbert Soest (c.1605-81), little-known portrait painter probably born in the Netherlands but active only in London.
CS: 3 III
[Ref: 42899] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Konig Esq.
E.H. Eddis del 1831. Printed by J.M. Johnson, Norwich.
Lithograph. Printed area 130 x 110 (5¼ x 4¼").
Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig (1774-1851), a German naturalist who came to England in 1800 to organize the collections of Queen Charlotte. He then became assistant to Dryander, librarian to Joseph Banks, before beoming assistant keeper of natural history in the British Museum in 1807 and keeper in 1813. In 1837 the Department of Natural History was divided into three branches; Konig took charge of Geology and Mineralogy, a post he held until his death. His 'Icones fossilium sectiles' (1820-5) is a classic text in that field. 'E.H. Eddis' is likely Eden Upton Eddis.
[Ref: 43165] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
E.H. Eddis del 1831. Printed by J.M. Johnson, Norwich.
Lithograph. Printed area 130 x 110 (5¼ x 4¼").
Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig (1774-1851), a German naturalist who came to England in 1800 to organize the collections of Queen Charlotte. He then became assistant to Dryander, librarian to Joseph Banks, before beoming assistant keeper of natural history in the British Museum in 1807 and keeper in 1813. In 1837 the Department of Natural History was divided into three branches; Konig took charge of Geology and Mineralogy, a post he held until his death. His 'Icones fossilium sectiles' (1820-5) is a classic text in that field. 'E.H. Eddis' is likely Eden Upton Eddis.
[Ref: 43165] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Overture of the Right Honourable the Earl of Kelly. Adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte. By Sig.r Corri.
J. Johnson Sculp.t.
Edinburgh Printed for & Sold by Corri & Sutherland. [n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼").
A frontispiece to 'The Overture of the Right Honourable the Earl of Kelly'. The scene depicts two putti playing a violin and horn within a woodland landscape, with an open musical score on the ground below to the right. The title 'Earl of Kelly' is one of the peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Sir Thomas Erskine, who was Captain of the Guard and Groom of the Stool for James VI.. It is named after Barony of Kellie in Fife, Scotland.
[Ref: 39309] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Johnson Sculp.t.
Edinburgh Printed for & Sold by Corri & Sutherland. [n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼").
A frontispiece to 'The Overture of the Right Honourable the Earl of Kelly'. The scene depicts two putti playing a violin and horn within a woodland landscape, with an open musical score on the ground below to the right. The title 'Earl of Kelly' is one of the peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Sir Thomas Erskine, who was Captain of the Guard and Groom of the Stool for James VI.. It is named after Barony of Kellie in Fife, Scotland.
[Ref: 39309] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Reverendus Vir Henricus Sacheverell S.T.P. Collegij. Magdal: Socius Oxon: et Eccles:Sti Salvatoris Southwarkiae Cappellanus.
T. Gibson Pinx: Andr: Iohnston Fecit.
Phill:Overton exc: [British, n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 245mm. 13½ x 9¾". Trimmed to the plate.
Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724), High Church clergyman and politician; in an oval frame, head turned towards the viewer, wearing academic gown, bands and light brown wig to the shoulders. Sacheverell came to fame when preacher at St Saviour's, Southwark. His famous sermons on the church in danger from the neglect of the Whig ministry to keep guard over its interests were preached at Derby on 15 August 1709, and at St Paul's Cathedral on 5 November 1709. They were immediately reprinted, the latter being dedicated to the lord mayor and the former to the author's kinsman, George Sacheverell, who was high sheriff of Derbyshire that year. Sacheverell's arguments on behalf of the church supplied the Tories with considerable support. After Thomas Gibson (c.1680 - 1751).
Chaloner Smith 3, I of II.
[Ref: 26131] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. Gibson Pinx: Andr: Iohnston Fecit.
Phill:Overton exc: [British, n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 245mm. 13½ x 9¾". Trimmed to the plate.
Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724), High Church clergyman and politician; in an oval frame, head turned towards the viewer, wearing academic gown, bands and light brown wig to the shoulders. Sacheverell came to fame when preacher at St Saviour's, Southwark. His famous sermons on the church in danger from the neglect of the Whig ministry to keep guard over its interests were preached at Derby on 15 August 1709, and at St Paul's Cathedral on 5 November 1709. They were immediately reprinted, the latter being dedicated to the lord mayor and the former to the author's kinsman, George Sacheverell, who was high sheriff of Derbyshire that year. Sacheverell's arguments on behalf of the church supplied the Tories with considerable support. After Thomas Gibson (c.1680 - 1751).
Chaloner Smith 3, I of II.
[Ref: 26131] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Venus rebuking Cupid.]](jpegs/67876.jpg)
[Venus rebuking Cupid.]
J.M. Nattier Pinx. J. Johnson Fecit 1751.
Scarce mezzotint. 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, crease.
An oval scene of Venus using a bunch of roses to beat Cupid, holding him with the other hand as he tries to run away. Two doves and Cupid's bow and quiver are on the ground. Alexander suggests Johnson is a pseudonym used by John Faber jnr.
Alexander: Biographical Dictionary of British & Irish Engravers, p. 506.
[Ref: 67876] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J.M. Nattier Pinx. J. Johnson Fecit 1751.
Scarce mezzotint. 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, crease.
An oval scene of Venus using a bunch of roses to beat Cupid, holding him with the other hand as he tries to run away. Two doves and Cupid's bow and quiver are on the ground. Alexander suggests Johnson is a pseudonym used by John Faber jnr.
Alexander: Biographical Dictionary of British & Irish Engravers, p. 506.
[Ref: 67876] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Visitation.] When Elizabeth Heard the Salutation of Mary, the Babe leaped in her Womb; S.t Like Chap. 1.st v.41.](jpegs/60142.jpg)
[The Visitation.] When Elizabeth Heard the Salutation of Mary, the Babe leaped in her Womb; S.t Like Chap. 1.st v.41.
I. Andrews Pinx. I. Iohnson fecit.
London Printed for R. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill [n.d., c.1800].
Mezzotint, plate 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on wove paper. Small margins.
The Virgin Mary visits Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist. They are attended by St Joachim and St Joseph. Although this is a reissue of a plate from c.1750, the BM has not beeen able to trace the original publisher.
BM: 2010,7081.649.
[Ref: 60142] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I. Andrews Pinx. I. Iohnson fecit.
London Printed for R. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill [n.d., c.1800].
Mezzotint, plate 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on wove paper. Small margins.
The Virgin Mary visits Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist. They are attended by St Joachim and St Joseph. Although this is a reissue of a plate from c.1750, the BM has not beeen able to trace the original publisher.
BM: 2010,7081.649.
[Ref: 60142] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable S.r John Willes, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Comon Pleas, And one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council.
Johnson fecit [after Thomas Hudson].
[n.d., c.1746.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Sir John Willes (1685-1761), the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas since the 15th century. He was also notorious for gambling and womanising, and was said to have several illegitimate children. William Hogarth portrayed Willes unflatteringly in a pair of paintings, 'Before' and 'After' (sex). now in the Tate.
CS p.731.
[Ref: 61648] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Johnson fecit [after Thomas Hudson].
[n.d., c.1746.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Sir John Willes (1685-1761), the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas since the 15th century. He was also notorious for gambling and womanising, and was said to have several illegitimate children. William Hogarth portrayed Willes unflatteringly in a pair of paintings, 'Before' and 'After' (sex). now in the Tate.
CS p.731.
[Ref: 61648] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)