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S.ir Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most honorable Order of the Bath, Governor of Virginia, Colonel of His Majesty's 15.th & 60.th Regiments of Foot Lieutenant General, & Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America from 1758 to 1764.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. R.P [within image]
[n.d. c.1766]
Fine mezzotint, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). With collectors stamp of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) below artist. Unexamined outside of frame.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797) resting his chin on his right hand, looking to left; wearing star and sash over armour, his helmet on plan of Montreal before him and landscape behind him. Amherst was an army officer and field marshal. Fought in North America 1758-61; governor of Virginia 1763.
Hamilton: Pg2.
[Ref: 58984] £750.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. R.P [within image]
[n.d. c.1766]
Fine mezzotint, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). With collectors stamp of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) below artist. Unexamined outside of frame.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797) resting his chin on his right hand, looking to left; wearing star and sash over armour, his helmet on plan of Montreal before him and landscape behind him. Amherst was an army officer and field marshal. Fought in North America 1758-61; governor of Virginia 1763.
Hamilton: Pg2.
[Ref: 58984] £750.00
The Amorous Hollander.
Ostade Pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Collections mark of Count G. Archinto of Milan on verso. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾''). Creasing, tears in edges. Small margins.
A scene in a tavern showing a man resting against a woman, patting her stomach. After a painting by Dutch artist Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685). The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
[Ref: 48845] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Ostade Pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Collections mark of Count G. Archinto of Milan on verso. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾''). Creasing, tears in edges. Small margins.
A scene in a tavern showing a man resting against a woman, patting her stomach. After a painting by Dutch artist Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685). The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
[Ref: 48845] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Her Royal Highness Augusta, hereditary Princess of Brunswick & Lunenberg.
J. Reynolds pinx. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob. Sayer. Map & Printseller near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.~
Mezzotint, 250 x 360mm.
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttell (1737-1813), daughter of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, and sister of George III. In 1764 she married Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick at St. James's Palace. During the Napoleonic Wars her husband died from wounds received in battle, and the princess returned to Britain in 1807, granted protection by George III. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
CS: p.1008.
[Ref: 4828] £320.00
J. Reynolds pinx. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob. Sayer. Map & Printseller near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.~
Mezzotint, 250 x 360mm.
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttell (1737-1813), daughter of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, and sister of George III. In 1764 she married Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick at St. James's Palace. During the Napoleonic Wars her husband died from wounds received in battle, and the princess returned to Britain in 1807, granted protection by George III. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
CS: p.1008.
[Ref: 4828] £320.00
![[Night. Boy Blowing Charcoal.]](jpegs/68817.jpg)
[Night. Boy Blowing Charcoal.]
[Godf.y Schalken Pinx.t. Rich.d Purcell Fecit.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
[London Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1755].
A chiaroscuro of a boy lit by the charcoal he is blowing on, a candle in his other hand. Godfried Schalcken's original oil remained at Althorp until 1988, when it was purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland (NG 2495), now titled 'A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle'.
CS see pg. 460. Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See BM 2010,7081.3063 for lettered state.
[Ref: 68817] £360.00
[Godf.y Schalken Pinx.t. Rich.d Purcell Fecit.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
[London Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1755].
A chiaroscuro of a boy lit by the charcoal he is blowing on, a candle in his other hand. Godfried Schalcken's original oil remained at Althorp until 1988, when it was purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland (NG 2495), now titled 'A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle'.
CS see pg. 460. Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See BM 2010,7081.3063 for lettered state.
[Ref: 68817] £360.00
Night, Boy blowing Charcoal.
Schalcken Pinx.t. Ph. Corbut fecit.
Printed for R. Sayer Map & Printseller in Fleet Street [n.d. c.1760 but later impression].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼") Small left margin.
A boy blowing a flaming stick of charcoal in his left hand, while carrying a candle in a flat holder in the right hand. A chiaroscuro of a boy lit by the charcoal he is blowing on, a candle in his other hand. Godfried Schalcken's original oil remained at Althorp until 1988, when it was purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland (NG 2495), now titled 'A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle'.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65802] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Schalcken Pinx.t. Ph. Corbut fecit.
Printed for R. Sayer Map & Printseller in Fleet Street [n.d. c.1760 but later impression].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼") Small left margin.
A boy blowing a flaming stick of charcoal in his left hand, while carrying a candle in a flat holder in the right hand. A chiaroscuro of a boy lit by the charcoal he is blowing on, a candle in his other hand. Godfried Schalcken's original oil remained at Althorp until 1988, when it was purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland (NG 2495), now titled 'A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle'.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65802] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Prince of Wales, James Duke of York and Princes Mary Children of K. Charles the 1st.
Vandyke del. Purcell fecit.
Printed for Robert Sayer at the Golden Buck Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint with contemporary hand colour. Sheet: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed to image. Repaired tears.
The three eldest children of Charles I, standing with two spaniels. On the left is Mary (mother of William III) and on the right is Charles II, both dressed as adults. In the centre is James II, still in skirts as was fashion for infant boys. Van Dyck's first version of this painting (probably commission by their mother, Henrietta Maria) showed both boys in skirts, but Charles I thought his heir should be in more respectful adult clothing. In 1819 this version can be seen hanging in the Second Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in 'Pyne's Royal Residences'; it is now in the Queen's Gallery, Windsor Castle.
CS: 15.
[Ref: 43080] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Vandyke del. Purcell fecit.
Printed for Robert Sayer at the Golden Buck Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint with contemporary hand colour. Sheet: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed to image. Repaired tears.
The three eldest children of Charles I, standing with two spaniels. On the left is Mary (mother of William III) and on the right is Charles II, both dressed as adults. In the centre is James II, still in skirts as was fashion for infant boys. Van Dyck's first version of this painting (probably commission by their mother, Henrietta Maria) showed both boys in skirts, but Charles I thought his heir should be in more respectful adult clothing. In 1819 this version can be seen hanging in the Second Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in 'Pyne's Royal Residences'; it is now in the Queen's Gallery, Windsor Castle.
CS: 15.
[Ref: 43080] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Chinese Lady.
Ramsay pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") very large margins. Printer's crease top left corner, laid on album paper.
A young woman shown bust-length to left, wearing a blouse with large sleeves and a fichu tucked into a bodice decorated with bows at each side, with a collar, three strings of pearls and a striped veil over her hair. Engraved by Richard Purcell, using the pseudonym of Corbutt, after Allan Ramsay. According to Chaloner Smith it is a reversed copy of Macardell (197), ''Lady with turban'', ''Sometimes called Marshal Keith's Mistress''.
CS: 87.
[Ref: 60088] £360.00
Ramsay pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") very large margins. Printer's crease top left corner, laid on album paper.
A young woman shown bust-length to left, wearing a blouse with large sleeves and a fichu tucked into a bodice decorated with bows at each side, with a collar, three strings of pearls and a striped veil over her hair. Engraved by Richard Purcell, using the pseudonym of Corbutt, after Allan Ramsay. According to Chaloner Smith it is a reversed copy of Macardell (197), ''Lady with turban'', ''Sometimes called Marshal Keith's Mistress''.
CS: 87.
[Ref: 60088] £360.00
![[Dutch Boors]](jpegs/56272.jpg)
[Dutch Boors]
Brewer Pinx.t [Adriaen Brouwer?] C. Corbut fecit [Richard Purcell].
Printed for Robert Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), very large margins. Uncut. Grease stains in top margin. Central crease.
Two Dutch doors smoking pipes in a dark interior The engraver was Richard Purcell, who used the pseudonym Corbutt when pirating the works of others, in this case one by David Martin.
CS 67.
[Ref: 56272] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Brewer Pinx.t [Adriaen Brouwer?] C. Corbut fecit [Richard Purcell].
Printed for Robert Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), very large margins. Uncut. Grease stains in top margin. Central crease.
Two Dutch doors smoking pipes in a dark interior The engraver was Richard Purcell, who used the pseudonym Corbutt when pirating the works of others, in this case one by David Martin.
CS 67.
[Ref: 56272] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Fordyce.
J.Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No.53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Several very tiny pinholes, only visible when held to the light.
Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her head, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
[Ref: 4847] £320.00
J.Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No.53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Several very tiny pinholes, only visible when held to the light.
Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her head, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
[Ref: 4847] £320.00
Miss Fordyce.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state ii of iii, first published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton Pg 100.
[Ref: 64882] £320.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state ii of iii, first published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton Pg 100.
[Ref: 64882] £320.00
Miss Fordyce. 150.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Crease bottom left.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state iii of iii, with plate number. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton pg 100
[Ref: 64883] £360.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Crease bottom left.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state iii of iii, with plate number. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton pg 100
[Ref: 64883] £360.00
Miss Fordyce.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
[London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, losing publication line (& plate number?) at bottom, scrape on left edge.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state ii or iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64884] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
[London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, losing publication line (& plate number?) at bottom, scrape on left edge.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state ii or iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64884] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Miss Fordyce.]](jpegs/64885.jpg)
[Miss Fordyce.]
[J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.]
[London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins, some spotting, laid on album paper.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state i of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton pg 100
[Ref: 64885] £320.00
[J. Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.]
[London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins, some spotting, laid on album paper.
A circular portrait of Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
CS 29, state i of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton pg 100
[Ref: 64885] £320.00
Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to Engross a Garrick, who to Your Noblest Characters does Equal Honour. Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
![[Lady Mary Grey.]](jpegs/65318.jpg)
[Lady Mary Grey.]
P. Lelly Pinx.t. Phil. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"), large margins. Small hole in image near plate at top. Stained at top.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Lady Mary Grey (d.1719), as a shepherdess with a crook. The daughter of George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley, she married twice: first to Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville; secondly, Richard Rooth of Espom. The plate was first published by Alexander Browne c.1680. This example was probably retouched by Richard Purcell, who usually used the pseudonym 'Charles Corbutt' when working for Sayer.
CS: state iv of iv. Simon Turner B16 iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65318] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lelly Pinx.t. Phil. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"), large margins. Small hole in image near plate at top. Stained at top.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Lady Mary Grey (d.1719), as a shepherdess with a crook. The daughter of George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley, she married twice: first to Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville; secondly, Richard Rooth of Espom. The plate was first published by Alexander Browne c.1680. This example was probably retouched by Richard Purcell, who usually used the pseudonym 'Charles Corbutt' when working for Sayer.
CS: state iv of iv. Simon Turner B16 iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65318] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lady Grey] [in pencil]](jpegs/64940.jpg)
[Lady Grey] [in pencil]
P. Lelly Pinx:t Phil. Corbutt fecit.
[Printed for Robt. Sayer Map and Printseller fleet street] [n.d. c.1748]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album paper.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Lady Mary Grey (fl.1680-1719). She holds a shepherd's crook and a lamb is positioned beside her, with rocks behind her and a distant landscape in the background. Since this item is trimmed before the publication line we can't tell if this is a re-issue by Sayer (ie. after 1748) of a plate originally issued in the 1680s by Alexander Browne.
CS12. Turner B16 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64940] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lelly Pinx:t Phil. Corbutt fecit.
[Printed for Robt. Sayer Map and Printseller fleet street] [n.d. c.1748]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album paper.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Lady Mary Grey (fl.1680-1719). She holds a shepherd's crook and a lamb is positioned beside her, with rocks behind her and a distant landscape in the background. Since this item is trimmed before the publication line we can't tell if this is a re-issue by Sayer (ie. after 1748) of a plate originally issued in the 1680s by Alexander Browne.
CS12. Turner B16 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64940] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Richard Lord Howe. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Fleets in America.
Corbutt delin. Se vend chez J.M.Will à Augsburg.
London: Published as the Act directs, 10 May 1778, by John Morris, Rathbone Place.
Mezzotint. 365 x 240mm. Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Corbutt was a pseudonym of Richard Purcell.
Not in CS. A later state published by Laurie & Whittle, 1794, has him commander of the "Fleet in the Channel". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4742] £650.00
Corbutt delin. Se vend chez J.M.Will à Augsburg.
London: Published as the Act directs, 10 May 1778, by John Morris, Rathbone Place.
Mezzotint. 365 x 240mm. Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Corbutt was a pseudonym of Richard Purcell.
Not in CS. A later state published by Laurie & Whittle, 1794, has him commander of the "Fleet in the Channel". Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4742] £650.00
The Knitting Girl. Th'industrious Maid since such are found so scarce, / Deserves her Picture, and to live in Verse.
Gerard Douw Pinx.t. R. Purcell fecit.
Pritned for Henry Parker & Eliz.th Bakewell, opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill.
Mezzotint, very fine impression, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with good margins. Some slight foxing, slightly creased.
A young woman knitting, seen three-quarter length through a trompe-l'oeil marble arched frame, seated wearing a gown with large sleeves, lace-trimmed fichu and widow-peak cap. From a set of four domestic scenes after Dou and Metzu.
[Ref: 52967] £420.00
Gerard Douw Pinx.t. R. Purcell fecit.
Pritned for Henry Parker & Eliz.th Bakewell, opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill.
Mezzotint, very fine impression, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with good margins. Some slight foxing, slightly creased.
A young woman knitting, seen three-quarter length through a trompe-l'oeil marble arched frame, seated wearing a gown with large sleeves, lace-trimmed fichu and widow-peak cap. From a set of four domestic scenes after Dou and Metzu.
[Ref: 52967] £420.00
Laugh and grow fat. 252.
Cha.s Corbet fecit. [Richard Purcell]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1750]
Very fine coloured mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with margins Small margin on right. Repaired tears top left and right.
A three-quarters length standing portrait of a laughing stout man, with both hands resting on his stomach. Purcell (c.1746-c.1768 (fl)) produced an almost identical plate for Carington Bowles and there is also a reduced version published by Carington Bowles
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68902] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Cha.s Corbet fecit. [Richard Purcell]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1750]
Very fine coloured mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with margins Small margin on right. Repaired tears top left and right.
A three-quarters length standing portrait of a laughing stout man, with both hands resting on his stomach. Purcell (c.1746-c.1768 (fl)) produced an almost identical plate for Carington Bowles and there is also a reduced version published by Carington Bowles
CS undescribed. BM Satires undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68902] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louisa Lennox] Lady George Lenox.](jpegs/62764.jpg)
[Louisa Lennox] Lady George Lenox.
Ramsay pinx.t. Corbutt fecit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer. Printseller, near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), 18th century watermark. Small tear in inscription repaired.
Lady Louisa Lennox (1739-1830) was the wife of Lord George Henry Lennox, son of Charles, 2nd Duke of Richmond. As this plate is a pirated copy of one by James McArdell, the engraver Richard Purcell has used his pseudonym of Corbutt to avoid prosecution.
CS: 51, state before the polished round table removed.
[Ref: 62764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ramsay pinx.t. Corbutt fecit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer. Printseller, near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), 18th century watermark. Small tear in inscription repaired.
Lady Louisa Lennox (1739-1830) was the wife of Lord George Henry Lennox, son of Charles, 2nd Duke of Richmond. As this plate is a pirated copy of one by James McArdell, the engraver Richard Purcell has used his pseudonym of Corbutt to avoid prosecution.
CS: 51, state before the polished round table removed.
[Ref: 62764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Samuel Madden DD. Aetatis suae. 68: 1755.
Robert Hunter delineavit. Richard Purcell Sculpsit.
Publish'd and Sold by William Wilkinson, in Chequer Lane, Dublin [n.d. c.1780].
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed to plate, creasing in centre
A portrait of Rev. Samuel Madden (1686 - 1765), seated in his library. He was one of the co-founders of the 'Dublin Society', begun in 1731 'to promote and develop agriculture, arts, industry, and science in Ireland'. Johnson said that his was 'a name which Ireland ought to honour'.
CS: 54.
[Ref: 62763] £320.00
Robert Hunter delineavit. Richard Purcell Sculpsit.
Publish'd and Sold by William Wilkinson, in Chequer Lane, Dublin [n.d. c.1780].
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Trimmed to plate, creasing in centre
A portrait of Rev. Samuel Madden (1686 - 1765), seated in his library. He was one of the co-founders of the 'Dublin Society', begun in 1731 'to promote and develop agriculture, arts, industry, and science in Ireland'. Johnson said that his was 'a name which Ireland ought to honour'.
CS: 54.
[Ref: 62763] £320.00
![[A young woman shielding a candle.]](jpegs/60176.jpg)
[A young woman shielding a candle.]
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60176] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60176] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[A young woman shielding a candle.]](jpegs/60175.jpg)
[A young woman shielding a candle.]
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Nicks in edges of margins.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60175] £320.00
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Nicks in edges of margins.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60175] £320.00
Miss Harriot Powell. 157.
C. Read Pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 Fleet Street [n.d., 1770].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9¾") , with widemargins. Blind stamp of the Milne Cooper Collection in inscription area.
Seated portrait of Harriet Powell (or Lamb, died 1779), tuning a guitar. She became the second wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, although the marriage was secret. The daughter of an apothecary, she was described by Sir James Balfour Paul as 'a fashionable beauty of the town'. However Horace Bleackley was more explicit: 'The graceful Harriet Powell, equally frail and famous, whose winsome face was portrayed in many a mezzotint, had spent her early youth as an inmate of Mrs Hayes's disreputable establishment in King's Place, but now at last she had become faithful to one man, and was keeping house with Lord Seaforth, the creator of a famous regiment'. Engraved by Richard Purcell under pseudonym of Corbutt, after Catherine Read..
CS: 63, ii of ii.
[Ref: 60090] £390.00
C. Read Pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 Fleet Street [n.d., 1770].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9¾") , with widemargins. Blind stamp of the Milne Cooper Collection in inscription area.
Seated portrait of Harriet Powell (or Lamb, died 1779), tuning a guitar. She became the second wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, although the marriage was secret. The daughter of an apothecary, she was described by Sir James Balfour Paul as 'a fashionable beauty of the town'. However Horace Bleackley was more explicit: 'The graceful Harriet Powell, equally frail and famous, whose winsome face was portrayed in many a mezzotint, had spent her early youth as an inmate of Mrs Hayes's disreputable establishment in King's Place, but now at last she had become faithful to one man, and was keeping house with Lord Seaforth, the creator of a famous regiment'. Engraved by Richard Purcell under pseudonym of Corbutt, after Catherine Read..
CS: 63, ii of ii.
[Ref: 60090] £390.00
Jean Jacques Rousseau. Vitam Impendere Vero.
A. Ramsay Pinx.t. 1766. C. Corbutt [pseudonym of Richard Purcell] fecit.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins, 18th century watermark.
Half-length portrait of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wearing fur hat and fur-lined coat, the Armenian costume he wore when he fled his native Switzerland to settle in Paris. This portrait was painted during his stay in England (January 1766 to May 1767). The engraver was Richard Purcell, who used the pseudonym Corbutt when pirating the works of others, often for Robert Sayer, in this case one by David Martin. Chaloner Smith was not a fan of Rousseau: in his entry for the Martin plate he writes Rousseau wrote ''plays and novels'' and ''published other works of a quasi philosophical character".
CS 67, state i of ii.
[Ref: 65614] £680.00
A. Ramsay Pinx.t. 1766. C. Corbutt [pseudonym of Richard Purcell] fecit.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins, 18th century watermark.
Half-length portrait of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wearing fur hat and fur-lined coat, the Armenian costume he wore when he fled his native Switzerland to settle in Paris. This portrait was painted during his stay in England (January 1766 to May 1767). The engraver was Richard Purcell, who used the pseudonym Corbutt when pirating the works of others, often for Robert Sayer, in this case one by David Martin. Chaloner Smith was not a fan of Rousseau: in his entry for the Martin plate he writes Rousseau wrote ''plays and novels'' and ''published other works of a quasi philosophical character".
CS 67, state i of ii.
[Ref: 65614] £680.00
Rural Life. Plate II.
P. Mercier pinx.t C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1760.]
Coloured mezzotint with large margins. Plate 152 x 114mm (6 x 4½").
A girl spinning, standing a landscape, holding a spindle and drawing thread down to right; wearing a coned hat. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
[Ref: 30889] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
P. Mercier pinx.t C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1760.]
Coloured mezzotint with large margins. Plate 152 x 114mm (6 x 4½").
A girl spinning, standing a landscape, holding a spindle and drawing thread down to right; wearing a coned hat. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
[Ref: 30889] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs Sandys.
Cotes Pinxt. Corbutt Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer; Printseller, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1756]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Thread margins.
Portrait of Mrs. Sandby shown seated three-quarter length facing to the right, with bobbin and thread resting in her lap. She turns to face the viewer, adorned with pearl earrings and dressed in a satin gown featuring lace cuffs and decorative ribbons. One in the British Museum has an ink note 'Miss Trumbull wife of Col. Sandys, 2d Son of D Sandys.' This could possibly be Martin Sandys (baptised 24 November 1729, Ombersley – 26 December 1768), Colonel, Equerry to the Duke of Cumberland.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65908] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Cotes Pinxt. Corbutt Fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer; Printseller, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1756]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Thread margins.
Portrait of Mrs. Sandby shown seated three-quarter length facing to the right, with bobbin and thread resting in her lap. She turns to face the viewer, adorned with pearl earrings and dressed in a satin gown featuring lace cuffs and decorative ribbons. One in the British Museum has an ink note 'Miss Trumbull wife of Col. Sandys, 2d Son of D Sandys.' This could possibly be Martin Sandys (baptised 24 November 1729, Ombersley – 26 December 1768), Colonel, Equerry to the Duke of Cumberland.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65908] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
John Earl of Bute I.st: Lord of the Treasury. Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter & c.
Ramsay Pinxt. Richard Purcell Fecit 1763.
Fine mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Slight rubbing at top.
Three-quarter portrait of John Stuart (1713-92), 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister 1762-3) in ermine-trimmed ceremonial robes, wearing the Order of the Thistle, from which he resigned in 1762 when he joined the Order of the Garter.
CS 11.
[Ref: 63781] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Ramsay Pinxt. Richard Purcell Fecit 1763.
Fine mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Slight rubbing at top.
Three-quarter portrait of John Stuart (1713-92), 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister 1762-3) in ermine-trimmed ceremonial robes, wearing the Order of the Thistle, from which he resigned in 1762 when he joined the Order of the Garter.
CS 11.
[Ref: 63781] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Sea Storm on the Coast of Italy.
Vernet Pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1776].
Mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Narrow margins, creasing, toning, a few repairs.
A ship in trouble of a rocky shore, men working to save sailors from the water, after Joseph Vernet (1714-89, father of Carle Vernet). The engraver's name is Charles Corbutt, of whom nothing can be traced other than his prints. It is generally believed that the name is a pseudonym used by Richard Houston and probably also by Richard Purcell.
BM: 2010,7081.3227.
[Ref: 35846] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Vernet Pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1776].
Mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Narrow margins, creasing, toning, a few repairs.
A ship in trouble of a rocky shore, men working to save sailors from the water, after Joseph Vernet (1714-89, father of Carle Vernet). The engraver's name is Charles Corbutt, of whom nothing can be traced other than his prints. It is generally believed that the name is a pseudonym used by Richard Houston and probably also by Richard Purcell.
BM: 2010,7081.3227.
[Ref: 35846] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mons.r de Voltaire.
L.Sen delin.t. C.Corbutt [pseudonym of Richard Purcell] fec.t
[London, Sayer?, c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark 355 x 250mm. Trimmed to plate, vertical crease.
A portrait of philosopher François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, sitting at a table writing. Corbutt was a pseudonym used by the Irish engraver Richard Purcell when plagarising the work of others, usually for the publisher Robert Sayer. The original of this plate was engraved by Houston for John Bowles.
C.S. Purcell 73. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65611] £450.00
L.Sen delin.t. C.Corbutt [pseudonym of Richard Purcell] fec.t
[London, Sayer?, c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark 355 x 250mm. Trimmed to plate, vertical crease.
A portrait of philosopher François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, sitting at a table writing. Corbutt was a pseudonym used by the Irish engraver Richard Purcell when plagarising the work of others, usually for the publisher Robert Sayer. The original of this plate was engraved by Houston for John Bowles.
C.S. Purcell 73. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65611] £450.00
Mons.r de Voltaire. 65
L.Sen delin.t. C.Corbutt [pseudonym of Richard Purcell] fec.t
[London, Sayer?, c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm, large margins.
A portrait of philosopher François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, sitting at a table writing. Corbutt was a pseudonym used by the Irish engraver Richard Purcell when plagarising the work of others, usually for the publisher Robert Sayer. The original of this plate was engraved by Houston for John Bowles.
C.S. Purcell 73. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65609] £490.00
L.Sen delin.t. C.Corbutt [pseudonym of Richard Purcell] fec.t
[London, Sayer?, c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm, large margins.
A portrait of philosopher François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, sitting at a table writing. Corbutt was a pseudonym used by the Irish engraver Richard Purcell when plagarising the work of others, usually for the publisher Robert Sayer. The original of this plate was engraved by Houston for John Bowles.
C.S. Purcell 73. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65609] £490.00