Grosvenor Prints

Abelard.
D. Gardner Pinx.t. Tho.s Watson fecit.
London Publish'd May 28th 1782 by Tho.s Watson, 33 Strand.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Small margins.
Imaginary portrait of medieval philosopher Pierre Abelard (1079-1142). This print was published as a pair with an image of Héloïse d'Argenteuil, his lover with whom he corresponded after they were separated (hence the paper and quill). Alexander Popes' poem about the couple ensured their popularity as a subject for artists in the 18th century.
Whitman 27.
[Ref: 60124] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Apsley and his Brother.
Painted by N. Dance R.A. 1775. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London, publish'd June 28th 1776, by Tho.s Watson, No 142, New Bond Street, & W.Dickinson, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼") very large margins. Repairs to plate mark and margins.
The two sons of Henry, 2nd Earl Bathurst (who had Robert Adam build Apsley House in London for him). The elder is Henry (1762-1834), lord of the admiralty from 1783 to 1789; 3rd Earl Bathurst from 1794; Foreign Secretary for two months in 1809; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1812-27. Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia, is named after him.
CS: 1. Goodwin: 28, iii of iii.
[Ref: 56669] £420.00

[Baucis and Philemon Entertaining Jupiter and Mercury.]
Rembrandt pinxt. Tho.Watson fecit.
Publish'd March 1st 1772 for S.Hooper, at No. 25 Ludgate Hill, W.Shropshire, New Bond Street, & T.Watson, No.8 Broad Street.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Slight time-staining. Backed on album paper at edges. Thread margins.
Interior of a cottage, behind the table sits Jupiter and on his left sits Mercury. In the left of the image are Baucis and Philemon, the former with a live goose.
Charrington 182 ii of iii. Le Blanc 45. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65766] £380.00

Billiards.
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street.]
Stipple. Sheet 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with an 18th century watermark. Trimmed into plate top and bottom, losing publication line.
The famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), probably inspired by the introduction of leather-tipped cues, as used here.
BM: 5803; see F.L. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.190-1.
[Ref: 58476] £420.00

Amelia Countess of Ossory. From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1779, for W: Shropshire, No.158, & T. Watson, No.142, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Backed onto album paper at corners. Crease in lower left and faint time-staining. Small margins.
Portrait of Emilia Butler, Countess of Ossory (1635 - 1688 (buried), born Æmilia van Nassau-Beverweerd, was an Anglo-Dutch courtier. Emilia was married in Den Bosch in the Netherlands on 14 November 1659 to Thomas Butler, viscount Thurles (1633 - 1680). Lady Ossory served Queen Catherine for over twenty years, retiring from service after the death of Charles II (1685). From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 iii/iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64929] £360.00

[Circe]
Painted by D Gardner. Engrav'd by T Watson.
London, Publish'd Nov.r 1st. 1778, for T Watson.
Scratched letter proof mezzotint, plate 250 x 195mm (9¼ x 7¾"), with small margins. Bit messy.
Imaginary portrait of the Greek mythological entrantress Circe. A half length front facing portrait of a young woman within an oval frame. She holds a cup in her left hand and a wand in the other, wearing a pale gown and dark cloak, her hair dressed half up with a circlet.
[Ref: 55997] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Circe]
Painted by D Gardner. Engrav'd by T Watson.
Publish'd Nov.r 1st. 1778, for T Watson.
Scratched letter proof mezzotint before title, plate 250 x 195mm (9¼ x 7¾"), with large margins.
Imaginary portrait of the Greek mythological entrantress Circe. A half length front facing portrait of a young woman within an oval frame. She holds a cup in her left hand and a wand in the other, wearing a pale gown and dark cloak, her hair dressed half up with a circlet.
CS 39 page 1565.
[Ref: 61585] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Confidants or Le Billet Doux.
E.Martin pinx. T.Watson Excudit.
London, Publish'd May 20th 1780 for Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Sepia mezzotint. 255 x 180mm. Crease in title area.
[Ref: 4112] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Frances Anne Crewe.]
Painted by D. Gardner. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London. Publish'd April 20th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No. 158. New Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title. Sheet: 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼''). Trimmed.
A very pretty portrait, set in a roundal, of Mrs Crewe (1744-1818) shown in a landscape. Wife of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe.
Goodwin 40. See ref: 48250 for coloured example.
[Ref: 48487] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland.] [&] Her Royal Highness Anne Dutchess of Cumberland.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Tho.s Watson. [&] S.r Johua Reynolds Pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Published May 20th 1774 for W.r Shropshire, No. 158, and T. Watson, No. 142, New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Decem.r 1st 1773 by James Watson, No 34 in Little Queen Street near Portland Chapel.
Pair of mezzotints. 620 x 390mm (24½ x 15¼") & 680 x 380mm (26¾ x 15") including separately-printed title. Some toning; Henry with small tears just entering plate, som repaired, and wear to the bottom margin; Anne laid on archival paper.
Prince Henry (1745-90), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and his wife Anne Horton (1743-1808), a commoner. Their marriage led to the Royal Marriages Act 1772, which forbade any descendant of George II to marry without the monarch's permission. There is no sign of the usual title plate on Henry.
CS T. Watson 11 & J. Watson 37, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 52951] £480.00 view all images for this item

Sidgismonda.
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
London, publish'd March 10th, 1779 by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond - Street.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 260 x 195mm. (10¼ x 7¾"). Small piece missing from bottom left corner, and top left corner, outside platemark.
Sigismunda, a character from Boccaccio's 'Decameron', holding a chalice with the heart of her lover Guiscardo. Her father had Guiscardo murdered and sent his heart to Sigismunda, as a result of which she poisoned herself. One of two mezzotints for which Francis Wheatley produced designs before his Irish period, the other being 'Thais'. 'Amongst the most popular subjects of the early 1770s were single figures, usually allegorical, the allegory generally being either mythological [...] or literary' (Webster).
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Webster: E8. For earlier state see ref. 7890; For 'Thais' see ref. 28425.
[Ref: 28424] £330.00

[Miss Dempster.]
G. Willison. T. Watson.
Publishd as the Act directs Oct.r 1.st 1771.
Mezzotint with small margins, proof before title, rare. Plate 501 x 355mm (19¾ x 14").
Portrait standing three-quarter length to right leaning on rock, her right hand to her cheek, head turned to face left over her shoulder, with basket of flowers to right; with robe draped over her right shoulder, and scarf in her hair; landscape seen behind. Portrait after George Willson (1741-97), a Scottish artist whose career owed much to his uncle George Dempster, director of the East India Company and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. Dempster sponsored Willison's artistic training in London and Rome, and subsequently secured him a position at the court of Mohamed Ali Khan Walejah, Nawab of the Carnatic. The sitter in this portrait is probably Dempster's daughter.
CS 12: i. Goodwin 11: i.
[Ref: 28895] £550.00

Diana
Painted by J. Nixon Member of the Royal Academy. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London, Published Feb.y 1st 1780 for Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street
Rare stipple, platemark 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with very large margins.
Diana, goddess of the hunt, holding a javelin. Engraved after a miniature by James Nixon (bap.1741-1812), miniature painter who painted theatrical celebrities and scenes from literature. He was miniature painter to the duchess of York from 1792 and limner to the prince of Wales from 1803.
Goodwin 64
[Ref: 40470] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Gideon.
S.r Jos. Reynolds. Pinx.t. Watson Fecit.
R. Sayer Excudit. Published as the Act directs 1st Jan.y 1771.
Mezzotint, scarce. Plate: 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Small margins
A profile portrait, set in an oval of Maria Baroness Eardley (1743-1794).
CS 17; Hamilton page: 101; Goodwin 7
[Ref: 47588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Les Oyes de Frere-Philippe. Friar-Phillip's Geese, A Tale from La Fontaine. O l'agréable Oiseau...
H. Bunbury Esq.r. delin.t. Engrav'd by Tho.s. Watson.
London Publish'd Oct.r. 3.d. 1782, by T. Watson, No 33 Strand.
Stipple. Sheet: 370 x 415mm (14½ x 16¼"). Trimmed within plate, repairs. Damaged.
Two pretty young women stand playing lutes. Behind a friar restrains a young man who is desperate to approach them. A scene from Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-1695) fable 'Friar Phillipes Geese'. a tale in which a friar takes a boy into the wilderness and brings him up free from temptation. However, at the age of twenty the young man meets the young women and becomes besotted: when he asks his father what they are the friar replies that they are geese, a slang name for prostitutes.
[Ref: 55705] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Henrietta Fordyce] M,,rs Fordyce.
[G. [ Willison Pinx.t. W. Shropshire excudit. Tho.s Watson fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 1st. 1771, for W. Shropshire in New Bond Street, London.
Mezzotint. Sheet 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, affecting inscriptions, into plate at bottom.
Three-quarter length portrait of Henrietta Fordyce (1734-1823), celebrating her 1771 marriage to clergyman James Fordyce. She holds a bouquet to her breast and carries a fringed fan.
[Ref: 63533] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
[Publish'd Jan.y 10 1779 for W. Shropshire No 158, & T. Watson, No. 112, New Bond Street, London.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Proof before title. 450 x 335mm (17¾ x 13¼"). Small margins and trimmed into lower plate. Some creasing lower right and centre of image. Slight loss left centre margin.
Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland (1646-90), courtier. A daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, fourth earl of Southampton (1607-77), Elizabeth married twice: firstly to Joceline Percy, eleventh earl of Northumberland; and secondly, after his death in 1670, to Ralph Montagu, first duke of Montagu. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
CS 5 II of III; Goodwins 34 (4) ii/iii. O'Donoghue 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64922] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 10 1779 for W. Shropshire No 158, & T. Watson, No. 112, New Bond Street, London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Proof before title. 450 x 335mm (17¾ x 13¼"). Trimmed to plate. Creasing in image and lower left of plate. Slight loss lower right.
Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland (1646-90), courtier. A daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, fourth earl of Southampton (1607-77), Elizabeth married twice: firstly to Joceline Percy, eleventh earl of Northumberland; and secondly, after his death in 1670, to Ralph Montagu, first duke of Montagu. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
CS 5 II of III; Goodwin 34 (4), O'Donoghue 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64923] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 10 1779 for W. Shropshire No 158, & T. Watson, No. 112, New Bond Street, London.
Fine mezzotint. 460 x 335mm (18 x 13¼"), with large margins. Paper tone. Stain top left margin.
Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland (1646-90), courtier. A daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, fourth earl of Southampton (1607-77), Elizabeth married twice: firstly to Joceline Percy, eleventh earl of Northumberland; and secondly, after his death in 1670, to Ralph Montagu, first duke of Montagu. From a set of prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
CS 5 II of III; Goodwin 34 (4.) ii/iii. For others in the set see refs. 24903, 46988 & 43746
[Ref: 46880] £380.00

[Henrietta Countess of Rochester.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778, for W: Shropshire, No.158, & T. Watson, No.142, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. Proof before title, 18th century watermark. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with large margins. Some foxing and time-staining.
Portrait of Henrietta Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester (née Boyle; 1646 - 1687), Anglo-Irish noblewoman. In 1665, she married Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 ii/iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64932] £380.00

Henrietta Countess of Rochester. From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1779, for W: Shropshire, No.158, & T. Watson, No.142, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Trimmed and laid onto board. Some faint creasing and time-staining.
Portrait of Henrietta Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester (née Boyle; 1646 - 1687), Anglo-Irish noblewoman. In 1665, she married Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 iii/iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64934] £320.00

[The Right Reverend Thomas Newton D.D. Lord Bishop of Bristol, and Dean of St Pauls.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thos: Watson.
Publish'd May 1st 1775 for Thos: Watson No 142 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 455 x 330mm. 18 x 13". Small margins.
Portrait of Thomas Newton (1704 - 1782), Bishop of Bristol from 1761; standing holding mortar board cap in left hand, wearing bishop's robes and short wig; curtain behind partially drawn to reveal St Paul's Cathedral at left. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Chaloner Smith 27, ii. Hamilton p.53, ii. Whitman: 23, ii/iii.
[Ref: 22370] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1779, for W: Shropshire, No.158, & T. Watson, No.142, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. Proof before title. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Trimmed to plate and backed onto album paper at corners. Vertical creases across image. Tear lower left title.
Portrait of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (1640 - 1709) as Minerva standing three-quarter length to left holding shield in right hand, spear in left. She was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
Goodwin: 34; CS 5. O'Donoghue 15. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64931] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble M.rs Parker.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Oct.r 25.th 1773 for S. Hooper N.o 25 Ludgate Street, W: Shropshire N.o 158 & T.Watson N.o New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 615 x 380mm (24¼ x 15"). Ink collector's stamp 'E.M.H.' on reverse. Thread margins. Laid on card. Light creasing.
Full-length portrait of Theresa Parker (née Robinson) (1745 –75). She stands facing forward, her head turned in profile to the right, leaning her right elbow on a pedestal topped with a large urn while her left hand rests on her right arm. Her hair is styled high and curled, and she wears a robe draped over her dress. A wooded landscape forms the background, with a stream visible to the right. Parker was an English noblewoman, art patron, and the second wife of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (c.1734-88). She purchased paintings by Joshua Reynolds and Angelica Kauffman and supervised the interior design during the golden age of Saltram House.
CS 28 II of II. Hamilton: pg 125 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E. M. Hamilton.
[Ref: 68485] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Paterson Esquire. MDCCCLXXVII. His Life was gentle, and the Elements so mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the World, ''This was a Man!''.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
[n.d., c.1789.]
Mezzotint, unfinished proof before all letters, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''), with large margins Creasing centre.
A portrait of John Paterson (1705-89), painted by Joshua Reynolds in 1777 on a commission from architect Robert Mylne. As Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 1765-8, Paterson played a key role in securing the finance for Mylne's Blackfriar's Bridge. The bridge is referenced by the paper Paterson holds in the completed plate (but not present here): 'A plan to raise 300,000 £ for the purpose of completing the bridge at Blackfriars and redeeming the toll thereon, and embanking the north side of the Thames'. Paterson was the first Clerk of the Barbers' Comany after a break from the Surgeons in 1745, becoming Master in 1776. The company acquired the original painting in 1890. In
CS: 29. before i of ii. Goodwin 30, before i of ii. Hamilton p.54, before i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of iii.
[Ref: 68050] £360.00

John Paterson Esquire. MDCCCLXXVII. His Life was gentle, and the Elements so mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the World, ''This was a Man!''.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
[n.d., c.1789.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''). Small margins.
A portrait of John Paterson (1705-89), painted by Joshua Reynolds in 1777 on a commission from architect Robert Mylne. As Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 1765-8, Paterson played a key role in securing the finance for Mylne's Blackfriar's Bridge. The bridge is referenced by the paper Paterson holds: 'A plan to raise 300,000 £ for the purpose of completing the bridge at Blackfriars and redeeming the toll thereon, and embanking the north side of the Thames'. Paterson was the first Clerk of the Barbers' Comany after a break from the Surgeons in 1745, becoming Master in 1776. The company acquired the original painting in 1890.
CS: 29. ii of ii. Goodwin 30, ii of ii. Hamilton p.54, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii.
[Ref: 68049] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

John Paterson Esquire. MDCCCLXXVII. His Life was gentle, and the Elements so mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the World, ''This was a Man!''.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
[n.d., c.1789.]
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''). Thread margins.
A portrait of John Paterson (1705-89), painted by Joshua Reynolds in 1777 on a commission from architect Robert Mylne. As Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 1765-8, Paterson played a key role in securing the finance for Mylne's Blackfriar's Bridge. The bridge is referenced by the paper Paterson holds: 'A plan to raise 300,000 £ for the purpose of completing the bridge at Blackfriars and redeeming the toll thereon, and embanking the north side of the Thames'. Paterson was the first Clerk of the Barbers' Comany after a break from the Surgeons in 1745, becoming Master in 1776. The company acquired the original painting in 1890.
CS: 29. ii of ii.
[Ref: 64579] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Paterson Esquire. MDCCCLXXVII. His Life was gentle, and the Elements so mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the World, ''This was a Man!''.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
[n.d., c.1789.]
Mezzotint, proof before title. 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''), large margins Title added in old ink mss. Repaired tear through inscription into image, two worm holes in margin, spotting. Damaged.
A portrait of John Paterson (1705-89), painted by Joshua Reynolds in 1777 on a commission from architect Robert Mylne. As Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 1765-8, Paterson played a key role in securing the finance for Mylne's Blackfriar's Bridge. The bridge is referenced by the paper Paterson holds: 'A plan to raise 300,000 £ for the purpose of completing the bridge at Blackfriars and redeeming the toll thereon, and embanking the north side of the Thames'. Paterson was the first Clerk of the Barbers' Comany after a break from the Surgeons in 1745, becoming Master in 1776. The company acquired the original painting in 1890.
CS: 29. i of ii. Goodwin 30, i of ii. Hamilton p.54, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii.
[Ref: 68048] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Recruits.]
[W. H. Bunbury delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street.]
Scarce etching, unfinished proof before stippling and lettering. Sheet 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within platemark on three sides.
A motley group of recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune'. The inn sign depicts a old soldier with one eye, arm and leg, begging. The second of a series by Bunbury, with 'A Visit to thje Camp' and 'Nancy', published during the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 56436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Rebecca Rushout] [A Lady and her Children.]
Painted by D. Gardiner. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1778. for T. Watson no.142 New Bond Street, & W. Dickinson, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 485 x 525mm (19 x 20¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A superb impression of this group portrait of Lady Rebecca Rushout and her three eldest children by John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick: Anne, Harriet, and John. Anne, Harriet and a third sister, Elizabeth, were dubbed 'The Charming Sisters' by the artist Andrew Plimer (1763-1837).
CS: 31. Goodwin 32, state ii of iv.
[Ref: 59437] £1,250.00

[Mrs. Elizabeth Sheridan] St. Caecilia.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Thos. Watson.
London, Published July 20th. 1779 for Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Stipple engraving. 295 x 385mm. Trimmed to plate.
Elizabeth Sheridan, shown here in the guise of the patron saint of music, was a beautiful and talented singer. She was also the wife of the playwright and politician, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. After their marriage Sheridan prevented her from singing in public, even in Joshua Reynolds's house. [Tate]
Goodwin 37, i of iii.. Hamilton i of iii.
[Ref: 7041] £350.00

[Sidgismonda.]
Painted by F: Wheatley. Engrav'd by Thos: Watson.
London, Publish'd March 10th. 1779, by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 265 x 200mm. Some age toning.
Sigismunda, a character in Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Decameron'. She was the daughter of Tancredi, Prince of Salerno, married to the Duke of Capua, and falls in love with her father's page, Guiscardo. She poisons herself, drinking from the cup in which her father sends her Guiscardo's heart, having murdered him. A strong impression.
Chaloner Smith 44, I of II. Goodwin 55, between I & II; for lettered state see ref. 28424
[Ref: 7890] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Frances Dutchess of Richmond.] [From an Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1779 for W. Shropshire, No 158, & T. Watson, No. 112, New Bond Street, London.
Fine mezzotint. Proof before title, 18th century watermark. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Some faint foxing and very small pinhole in upper left of image.
Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1647 - 1702) was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
CS 5 II of III; Goodwin 34 ii/iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64924] £380.00

Frances Dutchess of Richmond. From an Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1779 for W. Shropshire, No 158, & T. Watson, No. 112, New Bond Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 450 x 330mm (17¾ x 13"). Laid onto album paper at corners. Some creasing at corners. Small stain in lower right of plate.
Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1647 - 1702) was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'.
CS 5 III of III; Goodwin 34 (4.)iii/iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64925] £320.00

[A Storm with Lightening.]
H.Kobell P. Thomas Watson S.
Publish'd as the Act Directs Feb.y 7, 1771 for S. Hooper
Mezzotint, Sheet 455 x 555mm. Trimmed within plate, top edge chipped.
Two sailing ships on a storm-riven sea, the nearer seen from its stern as lightning strikes from a gap between the clouds in upper l, breaking the main-mast, two dolphins leaping to right, towards a plank of driftwood, and a fort on the cliffs to l; after Kobell; S. Hooper published state. 1771, this state published 1783.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3631] £350.00

The Strawberry Girl.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Nov 1st 1774 for W.Shropshire, No. 158 & T.Watson, No 142, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), very large margins.
Portrait of Theophilia Gwatkin (1782-1844). Her mother, also Theophilia (neé Palmer 1757-1848), was the niece of Reynolds and also modelled for him.
Goodwin, 52, iii of iv. CS 43, ii of iii. See [Ref: 66380]. See also [Ref: 68019], [Ref: 68022] & [Ref: 68020] for Theophilia Palmer.
[Ref: 61380] £370.00

Thais.
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
London, publish'd March 10th, 1779, by Watson & Dickinson No. 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint with small margins. Platemark: 255 x 195mm. (10 x 7¾").
Thais, a prostitute of Athens; fictional character from the 'Eunuchus' by Terence. 'A subject which appealed equally to the moral and to the dissolute' (Webster). One of two mezzotints for which Francis Wheatley produced designs before his Irish period, the other being 'Sidgismonda'. Said to be a portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton (see British Museum cataloguing ref: AN902405001), although she did not come to London until the early 1780s.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Webster: E9; Goodwin II of II. For 'Sidgismonda', see ref. 28424.
[Ref: 28425] £330.00

[Frances Countess of Jersey.]
D. Gardner Pinx.t. Tho.s Watson fecit.
Publish'd Feb.y 14.th 1774, for W. Shropshire, No. 158, & T. Watson, No. 142, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Surface scratch, small margins, tipped onto album sheet.
A portrait of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1753-1821) who was the mistress of George IV while Prince of Wales.
[Ref: 47259] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[William Wallace.]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, sheet 355 x 250mm. 14 x 9¾". Trimmed to plate. Tatty and chipped extremities.
Sir William Wallace (1272?-1305), Scottish patriot and hero of romance. Engraved by Thomas Watson (1743 - 1781), after an unknown artist.
NPG: D18738. Chaloner Smith: 36, undescribed state.
[Ref: 10015] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Sir William Wallace.
[n.d., c.1775.]
Mezzotint, proof before artist, sheet 355 x 250mm. 14 x 9¾". Repaired crack in platemark in right edge.
Sir William Wallace (1272?-1305), Scottish patriot and hero of romance. Engraved by Thomas Watson (1743 - 1781), after an unknown artist.
Chaloner Smith: 36, undescribed state.
[Ref: 39856] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Whitmore, From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778, for T. Watson, No.142., & W: Shropshire, No.158, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. Proof before title, 18th century watermark. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Damage to inscription area. Multiple repairs to edge of plate. Some faint creasing.
Lady Frances Whitmore (c.1643-1690), daughter of Sir William Brooke and wife of Sir Thomas Whitmore. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. The portraits were commissioned by Anne Hyde, first wife of James II (then Duke of York).
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 ii/iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64927] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Whitmore, From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778, for T. Watson, No.142., & W: Shropshire, No.158, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. Proof before title, 18th century watermark. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Faint water-stain upper left corner. Crease on lower left of image and very faint foxing. Very small repaired tear by right arm.
Lady Frances Whitmore (c.1643-1690), daughter of Sir William Brooke and wife of Sir Thomas Whitmore. From a set of six prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. The portraits were commissioned by Anne Hyde, first wife of James II (then Duke of York).
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 ii/iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64926] £380.00

[Lady Whitmore, From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778, for T. Watson, No.142., & W: Shropshire, No.158, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 457 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with very large margins. Crease lower left. Good impression.
Lady Frances Whitmore (c.1643-1690), daughter of Sir William Brooke and wife of Sir Thomas Whitmore. From a set of prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. The portraits were commissioned by Anne Hyde, first wife of James II (then Duke of York).
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 ii/iii;
[Ref: 43746] £320.00

[Lady Whitmore, From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778, for T. Watson, No.142., & W: Shropshire, No.158, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Thread margins. Slight loss in margin bottom left.
Lady Frances Whitmore (c.1643-1690), daughter of Sir William Brooke and wife of Sir Thomas Whitmore. From a set of prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. The portraits were commissioned by Anne Hyde, first wife of James II (then Duke of York).
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 ii/iii.
[Ref: 46988] £320.00

His Royal Highness Will.m, Duke of Cumberland.
J. Reynolds. T. Watson fec.t.
London Printed for H. Parker opposite Birchin Lane Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") large margins
Half-length portrait of Prince William (1721-65), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, wearing uniform and sash.
[Ref: 57240] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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