Grosvenor Prints

The Children in the Wood.
S.r Jos.ua Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson Fecit.
publish'd according to Act of parliament June 2.d 1772, by James Watson Queen Ann Street.
Rare mezzotint, rare scratched letter proof before title. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, repaired crack in image. Crease
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, taken to the woods by men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins. Behind, one of the men has killed the other.
[Ref: 58736] £320.00

[F. Bartolozzi, R:A:]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J. Watson Fecit.]
[Publishd Sep.r 24. 1785 by T. Watson N.º 33, Strand London.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Old ink title and artists' names, paper toned, laid on card at edges.
A half-length portrait of Florentine engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), in fur-trimmed jacket. The BM's proof (Aa,9.1) has the same ink mss, suggesting it was done in the printing house.
CS 3, i of ii; Russell 3, i of iii; Goodwin 46, i of iii; Hamilton p.6, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68024] £360.00

F. Bartolozzi, R:A:
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J. Watson Fecit.
Publishd Sep.r 24. 1785 by T. Watson N.º 33, Strand London.
Mezzotint. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Florentine engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), in fur-trimmed jacket.
CS 3, ii of ii; Russell 3, iii of iii; Goodwin 46, iii of iii; Hamilton p.6, ii of iii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E.M. Hamilton (EMH ink stamp), and other Collector'
[Ref: 67985] £320.00

[F. Bartolozzi, R:A:]
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J. Watson Fecit.
Publishd Sep.r 24. 1785 by T. Watson N.º 33, Strand London.
Fine mezzotint, proof, 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A half-length portrait of Florentine engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), in fur-trimmed jacket.
CS 3, ii of ii; Russell 3, iii of iii; Goodwin 46, iii of iii; Hamilton p.6, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68023] £420.00

[Helena Beatson] Miss Beatson.
C. Read pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1768. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Half-length portrait of Helena Beatson (1762-1839) wearing a turban and necklace, drawing a portrait of a woman and child with a pen.. The British Museum's example of the larger mezzotint identifies her as Catherine Read's niece. A gifted amateur artist, taught by her aunt, she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1774 (aged twelve!) and accompanied Read to India, where she married Sir Charles Oakley, later governor of Madras.
Goodwin 55. Not in Chaloner Smith. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65867] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Beauchamp Procter.
Painted by Ben. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by James Watson.
Published March 25.th, 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Thread margins. Repairs.
Three quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Beauchamp Proctor (1760-1848), wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet, (1756-1827). She is seen placing wreath of flowers on statue of Hymen, which a putto is clinging to. She wears a loose, flowing gown and her hair dressed high. In the background are pillars and curtains. Born Mary Palmer, she was a noted beauty who was also painted by George Romney (now in the Huntington Library).
CS 121.II
[Ref: 61690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Bertie] [Maria Dutchess of Ancaster].
[Engraved by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Mary Bertie (1735-c.93), Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, seated, resting her head on one hand. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
Goodwin 4, i of iii. CS 3 with no description; Hamilton 78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67981] £380.00

Lady Bingham.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Printed and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st April 1776, by James Bretherton, No 134 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Small repaired tear top left & very few repaired wormholes, small margins.
Full-length portrait of painter of miniatures Margaret Bingham (née Smith, c.1740-1814), seated, leafing through a print portfolio on a table. The daughter of Sir James Smith, she married Charles Bingham (1735-1799), 1st Earl of Lucan in 1760. This portrait was first published by James Watson in 1775.
CS: 10. Goodwin: 101. Alexander: 22. See 27752 for a proof.
[Ref: 43487] £480.00

[Countess of Cork.]
H.D. Hamilton delin. R. Sayer Excudit. Jas. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs 4. Dec.r 1771.
A rare mezzotint. Proof. Plate: 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Slight creasing. Title in manuscript. Small margins.
A profile portrait of Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery (1746-1840).
Ex: Collection the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47267] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Frances, Lady Bridges.]
F. Cotes R.A. pinx.t 1768. James Watson Fecit.
R. Sayer excudit. [n.d. c.1769.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins.
Lady France Bridges (d.1825), wife of Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Bt. (1733-1791), the British Whig politician. They married in 1765 at St George's, Hanover Square London.
Goodwin 63: i/iii. CS 14: i/ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66360] £480.00

[John Duke of Argyll. Hereditary Great Master of the Household in Scotland, Colonel of His Majesty's Grey Dragoons, Governor of Limerick, General of Horse & Kn.t of the most Antient Order of the Thistle.]
Tho.s Gainsborough Pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
J. Boydell excudit Jan.ry 12th 1769.
Fine mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 620 x 390mm (12½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere, mounted on album sheet, some creasing.
Full length portrait of John Campbell (General John Campbell (c.1693-1770), 4th Duke of Argyll, wearing peer's robes, the chain of the Order of the Thistle, one hand on his coronet, the other holding the baton of Hereditary Master of the King's Household. Gainsborough's original oil is part of the National Galleries of Scotland's collection at Duff House.
CS 4 i of ii.
[Ref: 43495] £450.00

[Lady Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), hair dressed high. A noted beauty, she was painted by Joshua Reynolds, Richard Cosway and Angelica Kauffman.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 56273] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Almeria Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Collector's stamp of Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) an associate of Richard Cosway and EMH.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 46175] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ [...] 86.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Prinseller, at N.º 53 Fleet Street London. [c. 1770 but later].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins. Rubbed.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Lesbia, despairing over her dead bird, with part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of the poet's girlfriend (in English translations Caelia or Chloe). In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. First published by the engraver.
Hamilton p.91. Goodwin 27, v of v. CS 32, after ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67980] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ [...]
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Prinseller, at the Golden Buck near Searjeants Inn Fleet Street [n.d., c. 1765].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Lesbia, despairing over her dead bird, with part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of the poet's girlfriend (in English translations Caelia or Chloe). In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. First published by the engraver.
Hamilton p.91. Goodwin 27, iv of v. CS 32, after ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67978] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Christiana Collier] Caelia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow. Ah! stretch'd in Death my Coelias' Sparrow lies...
J. Reynolds pinxt. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d. c.1800]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Two brown spots in publication area.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786-1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. Lettered with title and three lines from Catullus in English and Latin.
See also reference 61583.
[Ref: 61600] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meae puellae...
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1780]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. The portrait is also known by the title 'Celia Lamenting her Dead Sparrow' or 'Chloe Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.'
CS 32 II of II. See also reference 61600.
[Ref: 61583] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark.]
F. Cotes P. Watson Sc: [ms]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very fine proof before letters; slight creasing.
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark (1751-1775). The youngest child of Frederick, Prince of Wales, she married her cousin, Christian VII of Denmark, at the age of fifteen. After the birth of their first child, produced for the sake of the succession, Christian turned his attentions to a young courtesan, leaving Caroline unhappy and lonely. By 1770 she had taken Johann Friedrich Struensee, the new royal physician, as a lover, and as the king's health declined, their influence increased. However, in 1772, both were arrested, Struensee was executed soon after, and the marriage of Caroline and Christian was dissolved by divorce. She was deported on board a British Frigate and resided in Celle Castle (in Hanover, the territory of her brother, George III). her brother's territory of Hanover. She hoped to return to Denmark, but died suddenly of scarlet fever in 1775 at the age of 23. After the 1766 pastel by Francis Cotes (versions in Schloßmuseum Marienburg bei Nordstemmen and Nationalhistoriske Museum, Frederiksborg), probably executed shortly before Caroline Matilda's marriage to Christian VII.
Goodwin 107.i; CS 24.i; Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800.
[Ref: 34660] £390.00

The Dishabille.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1776.]
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A woman in plain 17th century dress, including white cloth bonnet, fichu and apron, sitting before a mirror on her dressing table. The original painting by Gabriel Metsu, c.1665, is in the Harold Samuel collection of the Guildhall.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM 1861,1109.149, dated 'June 21 1776' in pencil. Goodwin: 179 iii of iii.
[Ref: 43548] £300.00

Andrew Drummond Esq.r.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 540 x 385mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Cut to image on 3 sides, old ink mss. in title area.
Andrew Drummond (1688-1769), seated on a rustic bench, holding walking stick and snuff box, dog beside him. He founded Drummonds Bank in Charing Cross in 1711, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
CS 48. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38195] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Jas. Watson Sculp.
Se vend chez Mr. Fouquet. a Amsterdam & Mr. Boydel a Londres June 21 1778.
Mezzotint, scratched letter publication line. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾").
A woman in plain a white bonnet, broad collar and apron of 17th century style, sitting outside by the corner of a building, looking distractedly to left, holding an apple and a knife, other fruit in her lap and a bowl of peaches on the table to left. After Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu (1629-67).
Not in CS. Goodwin 187, this later state not recorded.
[Ref: 4200] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter title. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾").
A woman in plain a white bonnet, broad collar and apron of 17th century style, sitting outside by the corner of a building, looking distractedly to left, holding an apple and a knife, other fruit in her lap and a bowl of peaches on the table to left. After Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu (1629-67).
Not in CS. Goodwin 187.
[Ref: 8127] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter title. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"). Crease top right, slightly messy title area.
A woman in a plain white bonnet, broad collar and apron of 17th century style, sitting outside by the corner of a building, looking distractedly to left, holding an apple and a knife, other fruit in her lap and a bowl of peaches on the table to left. After Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu (1629-67).
Not in CS. Goodwin 187. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state of i of ii .
[Ref: 65863] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Mr. John Edwards, Minister of the Gospel, at Leeds in York-shire.
J. Russell pinxit. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Binns Leeds. Published as the Act directs July 2d. 1772.
Mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''). Surface dirt.
A portrait, in an oval of John Edwards (1714-1785) who was a dissenting minister who had been a Methodist minister but broke with the Wesleyans and ministered at White Chapel in Hunslet Lane, Leeds.
[Ref: 49036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Kitty Fischer.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Fitzroy] Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom.
Half-length oval portrait of politician Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1735-1811), 3rd Duke of Grafton, against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a staff over his shoulder. He served as Prime Minister 1768-70,
CS 63 only state.
[Ref: 61582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Fitzroy] Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Half-length oval portrait of politician Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1735-1811), 3rd Duke of Grafton, against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a staff over his shoulder. He served as Prime Minister 1768-70,
CS 63, only state.Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65856] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Miss Fordyce.]
[J. Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ja.s Watson, N.º 16 Craven Buildings, Drury Lane.] [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card.
A circular portrait of Mrs Mary Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor.
CS 54, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton pg 100
[Ref: 64886] £320.00

Miss Fordyce.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Printed for Carington Bowles near the Chapter House in S.t Paul's CHurch Yard, London [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, on 18th century watermarked paper. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with large margins.
A circular portrait Mrs Mary Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor.
CS 54, unlisted state after ii of ii. Hamilton p.100, iii of iii.
[Ref: 64888] £320.00

Miss Fordyce.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Sold by Ja.s Watson, N.º 16 Craven Buildings, Drury Lane. Pr. 2s. [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with large margins, 18th century watermark.
A circular portrait of Mrs Mary Greenwood (née Fordyce) playing a guitar from a music book, a veil over her hair, after the portrait now in Waddeston Manor.
CS 54, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton p. 100.
[Ref: 64887] £320.00

The R:t Hon:ble Lady Susan O'Brien.
F. Cotes Pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament May 20 1772 by James Watson, N.º 45. little Queen Anne Street, and B,, Clowes, N.º Gutter Lane, Cheapside.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
A half-length portrait in oval of Susan Fox-Strangways (1743-1827), cousin of Charles James Fox, who eloped and married Irish actor and playwright William O'Brien, after which the couple lived in New York for six years.
Goodwin: 88, iii of iv; CS 108, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65848] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The R:t Hon:ble Lady Susan O'Brien.
F. Cotes Pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
Printed and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1.st April 1776 by J. Brethertob. N.º 134 Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Repaired tear in narrow margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Susan Fox-Strangways (1743-1827), cousin of Charles James Fox, who eloped and married Irish actor and playwright William O'Brien, after which the couple lived in New York for six years.
Goodwin: 88, iv of iv; CS 108, iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65849] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick.]
[C. Read pinxt. J. Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engraver & Printseller, at the Kings Arms Cornhill.] [n.d., 1765].
Mezzotint, rare proof before letters. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, large margins on 3 sides.
Portrait of the future George IV and Prince Frederick as young children, standing three-quarter length side by side. George holdings a wand decorated with berries and leaves; Frederick strokes the ear of a large dog.
CS:61, proof not listed; Goodwin 149, proof before i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of iii.
[Ref: 65846] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick.
C. Read pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engraver & Printseller, at the Kings Arms Cornhill.] [n.d., 1765].
Fine mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed into plate, laid on card at corners.
Portrait of the future George IV and Prince Frederick as young children, standing three-quarter length side by side. George holds a wand decorated with berries and leaves; Frederick strokes the ear of a large dog.
CS:61, ii of iii ; Goodwin 148, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iv.
[Ref: 65870] £350.00

Phillips Glover Esqr. of Wispington in Lincolnshire. a steady disinterested Friend who never courted popularity but was ever deserving of it.
J. Russel pinxt. Crayon Painter to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. James Watson fecit. from the original Picture in the Possession of George Stacpoole Esqr. at Grosvenor Place.
[British, n.d., c.1790s.]
Mezzotint, with small margins, private plate. 430 x 280mm, 17 x 11". Slight surface damage top.
Memorial portrait of Phillips Glover (d.1796), a Quaker of Wispington Lincolnshire; the sitter in middle age, facing slightly left, in a plain oval border, his hair curled and wearing a brimmed hat.
Goodwin 150. Chaloner Smith 62.
[Ref: 26801] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

John Hawksworth, L.L.D.
Sr. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Printed and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st April 1776 [but later], by J. Bretherton No 134 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tear in image right centre margin.
John Hawkesworth (c.1720- 1773), writer, compiled ‘An Account of the Voyages undertaken by order of his present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...', 1773, which contained the official account of Captain Cook's first circumnavigation. Adverse criticism to the book affected his health and he died the year of publication. Here he is portrayed in his study. 'Ironically, the lasting popularity of ‘Hawkesworth's Voyages', as they soon came to be known, kept his name alive among general readers more successfully than anything else he wrote. But as a man of versatile talents who was widely read and a leading figure in the cultural life of eighteenth-century London, his virtual eclipse in the twentieth century seems curious' (DNB).
Goodwin 94 iv of iv; CS 73 iii of iii; Hamilton p36 iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67972] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Parting of Hector and Andromache. La Partenza di Ectore e Andromache.
Angelica Kauffman R.A. pinxt. Jas. Watson fecit.
Robt. Sayer Excudit. London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, N.º 53 in Fleet Street, London. Published as the Act directs, 1.st Jan.y 1772.
Mezzotint. 465 x 565mm (18¼ x 22¼"). Restoration to margins.
Andromache embraces Hector, who is dressed for war, with a plumed helmet and a spear, with a nurse holding their bab. In the background is the Greek camp. A scene from Homer's 'Iliad'. After the painting by Angelica Kauffman in the National Trust property at Saltram, Devon.
Goodwin: 177, state ii of ii, but also published later by Laurie & Whittle.
[Ref: 67815] £490.00

The Parting of Hector and Andromache.
E. Burney Esq.r del. R. Cooper sculp.
[Published June 21, 1814, by S & J Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.]
Fine colour-printed stipple. Sheet 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½). Trimmed, losing publication line, title pasted on.
Andromache and Hector on the walls of Troy. Hector holds his infant son Astyanax and is about to pass him to a nurse. Over the battlements the Greek fleet can be seen.
[Ref: 44237] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Horace Hone] David, a Portrait. - and there came a Lion, and took a Lamb out of the flock: & I went out after him and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard and smote him & slew him.
Nath.l Hone pinxit James Watson fecit
Printed & Published March 20th 1778 by Ja.s Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Very scarce mezzotint, platemark 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Very slight creasing and time stained.
Fine mezzotint of the Irish artist Nathaniel Hone's (1718-84) portrait of his son Horace, as the shepherd David, which was first exhibited to acclaim at the Royal Academy in 1771. Horace Hone himself became a notable miniaturist, who found employment at the court of George IV.
[Ref: 40861] £420.00

George Howard Esqr. Lieut General of his Majesty's Forces, & Colonell of the Buffs. or third Regiment of Foot.
J. Reynolds Pinxt. Js. Watson fecit.
London printed for John Bowles & Son at ye Black horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm
Sir George Howard (1718-1796), Field Marshal and politician. He participated in the American Revolution, and before attaining the rank of field marshal, he commanded various regiments, including the 3rd Regiment of Foot, the 1st Regiment of Dragoon Guards (the King's), and the 7th Regiment of Dragoons (the Queen's). He became field marshal on October 12, 1793, and was previously made a Privy Councillor and a Knight of the Bath.
CS:76.ii
[Ref: 4851] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Maria Howard] The R,,t Hon,,ble Maria Constantia Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire. AD: 1766. Æ: 23.
C. Read Pinx.t. J. Watson Fecit.
[n.d., c.1766.]
Mezzotint with engraved title plate, total 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of Maria Trevor (c.1743-67), who married Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, in 1764, dying in childbirth three years later.
CS 138, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 66373] £360.00

[Maria Howard] The R,,t Hon,,ble Maria Constantia Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire. AD: 1766. Æ: 23.
C. Read Pinx.t. J. Watson Fecit.
[n.d., c.1766.]
Mezzotint with engraved title plate. Sheet 410 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"). Trimmed to image, into title plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Maria Trevor (c.1743-67), who married Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, in 1764, dying in childbirth three years later.
CS 138, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 66374] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Edward Hulse Bar.t M.D. Æt. 75. Physician to his Majesty George II.d.
F. Cotes pinx.t 1757. J. Watson fecit.
[c.1757.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins.
Half length portrait in oval of Dr Sir Edward Hulse (1682-1759). Physician to Queen Anne and George I.
CS 78, state ii. Goodwin 3, ii.
[Ref: 59644] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Polly Kennedy] [Miss Jones.]
C. Read pinxit. J. Watson fecit.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament July 24th. 1767 & sold by J. Watson in Queen Ann Street, near Titchfield Street, Oxford Road. Price 2s.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 335 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Collector's ink stamp on reverse. Trimmed at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere.
Polly Kennedy (alias Jones) d.1781, courtesan and mistress of Sir Charles Bunbury. She reads a book and wears an elaborate dress with lace frills, shawl and cap, and a pearl necklace. After Catherine Read (1723 - 1778).
Goodwin: 49, state i of iii. Chaloner Smith: 85. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Reverend J. Burleigh James (1811-91), Lugt 1425.
[Ref: 66636] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Polly Kennedy] Miss Jones.
C. Read pinxit. J. Watson fecit.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament July 24th. 1767 & sold by J. Watson in Queen Ann Street, near Titchfield Street, Oxford Road. Price 2s.]
Mezzotint. 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line. Top right corner of margin lacking. Small margins.
Polly Kennedy (alias Jones) d.1781, courtesan and mistress of Sir Charles Bunbury. She reads a book and wears an elaborate dress with lace frills, shawl and cap, and a pearl necklace. After Catherine Read (1723 - 1778).
Goodwin: 49, state ii or iii of iii. Chaloner Smith: 85.
[Ref: 66634] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Sitting in a Chair. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Rubens Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. James Watson sculpsit. John Boydell excudit 1778.
Published Dec.r 1.st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 460 x 305mm (18 x 12"), with large margins. Stains in edges on left.
A three-quarter seated portrait of an unknown woman wearing a fur-trimmed embroidered robe, ruff and cap, a muff on her lap. It was issued as Plate 49 of Vol.1 of the 'Houghton Gallery', a set of 129 prints after paintings in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, most of which were sold to Catherine the Great in 1778, becoming part of the collection of the Hermitage.
CS 167, only state. Goodwin 182, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 66366] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Sitting in a Chair. In the Gallery at Houghton.]
[Rubens Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. James Watson sculpsit. John Boydell excudit 1778.]
[Published Dec.r 1.st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area not completely cleaned. 455 x 305mm (18 x 12"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A three-quarter seated portrait of an unknown woman wearing a fur-trimmed embroidered robe, ruff and cap, a muff on her lap. It was issued as Plate 49 of Vol.1 of the 'Houghton Gallery', a set of 129 prints after paintings in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, most of which were sold to Catherine the Great in 1778, becoming part of the collection of the Hermitage.
CS 167, only state. Goodwin 182, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of iii. Ink stamp of collector Fritz Reiss (Lugt 2178) on reverse and Benoni Whites (Lugt 2592
[Ref: 66367] £450.00

[Mrs Lascelles.]
[J. Reynolds pinxit. J. Watson fecit.]
[London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street.] [n.d. c.1780.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before all letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with wide margins.
Portrait of Mrs Anne Lascelles and her daughter Frances, after Joshua Reynolds; seated almost whole-length slightly to left, eyes to front, resting on her left arm, wearing loose robe and band in her hair, her child lying back on her lap, hands on her mother's face; curtain and pillar behind, with trees beyond at left. Lady Anne Lascelles (c.1742-1805), wife of Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood. Frances Douglas (1762-1817), wife of Hon. John Douglas, son of James, Earl of Morton.
Hamilton 114: i/ii. CS 87: i/ii. Goodwin 31: i/ii. See Ref: 29028 for portrait of Edward Lascelles. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29051] £620.00

[Miss Lascelles.]
[F. Cotes pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engrvers at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before all letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins. Sprinkling of pinprick wormholes in image.
Frances Lascelles (1762-1817) as a child, petting a greyhound. She later married the Hon. John Douglas, son of James, 16th Earl of Morton.
CS 88, state i. Goodwin 155, i.
[Ref: 59675] £390.00

Miss Lascelles.
[F. Cotes pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.]
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins.
Frances Lascelles (1762-1817) as a child, petting a greyhound. She later married the Hon. John Douglas, son of James, 16th Earl of Morton.
CS 89, state ii of iii. Goodwin 156, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv of v.
[Ref: 65845] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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