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![[Archduke Albert VII & Isabella.]](jpegs/57399.jpg)
[Archduke Albert VII & Isabella.]
[P.P. Rubens pinxit. F. Eisen delineavit. F. Harrewÿn Sculpsit.]
[Se vend a Brusselles Chez le Dit Harrewÿn a la Monoie.] [n.d., c.1730.]
Etching, proof before letters. 535 x 390mm (21 x 15¼"). Loss in three corners of margin.
Portraits of Albert VIII and his wife Isabella (a daughter of the Spanish King Philip II) as sovereign regents of the Spanish Netherlands, as depicted in the Triptych of St. Ildefonso, with St Albert of Louvain standing above Albert and St Clare (the duchess's patron) above Isabella. Although printed on one sheet of paper, the portraits were designed to be separated and placed either side of the triptuch's central image, that of St. Ildefonso of Toledo receiving a chasuble from the Virgin Mary.
The triptych is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
[Ref: 57399] £480.00
[P.P. Rubens pinxit. F. Eisen delineavit. F. Harrewÿn Sculpsit.]
[Se vend a Brusselles Chez le Dit Harrewÿn a la Monoie.] [n.d., c.1730.]
Etching, proof before letters. 535 x 390mm (21 x 15¼"). Loss in three corners of margin.
Portraits of Albert VIII and his wife Isabella (a daughter of the Spanish King Philip II) as sovereign regents of the Spanish Netherlands, as depicted in the Triptych of St. Ildefonso, with St Albert of Louvain standing above Albert and St Clare (the duchess's patron) above Isabella. Although printed on one sheet of paper, the portraits were designed to be separated and placed either side of the triptuch's central image, that of St. Ildefonso of Toledo receiving a chasuble from the Virgin Mary.
The triptych is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
[Ref: 57399] £480.00
![[Le Cardinal Barberini]](jpegs/57423.jpg)
[Le Cardinal Barberini]
R. Nanteuil ad vivum pin. et Sculpebat 1663.
Cum privilegio Regis.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed.
A half portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1608-1671) in an oval garland of oak leaves atop a plinth decorated with a coat of arms. He wears typical clerical dress with skull cap and the isignia of the Order of the Saint-Eprit. Antonio was an influential figure of the House of Barberini, which helped shape the politics, religion art and music of 17th century Italy. His uncle was appointed Pope Urban VIII in 1623 and elevated Antonio and his brothers to Cardinal.
PW 10.
[Ref: 57423] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R. Nanteuil ad vivum pin. et Sculpebat 1663.
Cum privilegio Regis.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed.
A half portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1608-1671) in an oval garland of oak leaves atop a plinth decorated with a coat of arms. He wears typical clerical dress with skull cap and the isignia of the Order of the Saint-Eprit. Antonio was an influential figure of the House of Barberini, which helped shape the politics, religion art and music of 17th century Italy. His uncle was appointed Pope Urban VIII in 1623 and elevated Antonio and his brothers to Cardinal.
PW 10.
[Ref: 57423] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Franc. Blanchart Abbas S.t Genov Parisiensis Nec Non Praepos. General. Canon. Recvl. Congreg .Cal.
Nanteuil ad vivum ping. et sculpebat 1673.
Engraving. 405 x 325mm (16 x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate mark. Two wormholes near lower left corner. Small stain near lower corner.
A half portrait of Francois Blanchart (1606-1662) in clerical dress with a simple crucifix. Blanchart was appointed abbott of St. Genevieve in 1644.
PW 18. ii/iii
[Ref: 57422] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Nanteuil ad vivum ping. et sculpebat 1673.
Engraving. 405 x 325mm (16 x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate mark. Two wormholes near lower left corner. Small stain near lower corner.
A half portrait of Francois Blanchart (1606-1662) in clerical dress with a simple crucifix. Blanchart was appointed abbott of St. Genevieve in 1644.
PW 18. ii/iii
[Ref: 57422] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Victor le Bouthillier]](jpegs/57428.jpg)
[Victor le Bouthillier]
Champaigne pinxit. Nanteuil sculpebat. 1651.
Engraving. 325 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Small repaired tear near top of printed area. Minor creasing in small margins. Central crease not visible from front.
A half portrait of Victor le Bouthillier (1590-1670), waering clerical dress a crucifix in an octagonal frame, with coat of arms. Bouthillier was appointed Bishop of Boulogne in 1626 and became the archbishop of Tours in 1641.
PW 35. i/iii
[Ref: 57428] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Champaigne pinxit. Nanteuil sculpebat. 1651.
Engraving. 325 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Small repaired tear near top of printed area. Minor creasing in small margins. Central crease not visible from front.
A half portrait of Victor le Bouthillier (1590-1670), waering clerical dress a crucifix in an octagonal frame, with coat of arms. Bouthillier was appointed Bishop of Boulogne in 1626 and became the archbishop of Tours in 1641.
PW 35. i/iii
[Ref: 57428] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock] Miss Cameron. Miss Macdonald.](jpegs/57243.jpg)
[William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock] Miss Cameron. Miss Macdonald. How happy could I be with either / were t'other dear Charmer away. / Beg. Op.
[London Magazine, 1747.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 185mm (4 x 7¼"). A little staining, trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Three medallion portraits: an untitled one of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1709-1746), flanked by portraits of two women. He was captured at the Battle of Cullodon and executed. The lines from John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera' refer to his statement after his capture: ''for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving''.
Sharpe 699, state i of ii, misidentified as Charles Edward Stuart; BM Satires 2853.
[Ref: 57243] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[London Magazine, 1747.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 185mm (4 x 7¼"). A little staining, trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Three medallion portraits: an untitled one of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1709-1746), flanked by portraits of two women. He was captured at the Battle of Cullodon and executed. The lines from John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera' refer to his statement after his capture: ''for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving''.
Sharpe 699, state i of ii, misidentified as Charles Edward Stuart; BM Satires 2853.
[Ref: 57243] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rev. Christopher Brown] C. Brown the Younger.](jpegs/57447.jpg)
[Rev. Christopher Brown] C. Brown the Younger.
[York: Thomas Gent.]
Engraving, verso in ink John French his book 1755. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, some staining.
The frontispiece portrait for Brown's 'Itinerarium totius sacræ Scripturæ: or, An abstract of the Holy Bible'.
[Ref: 57447] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[York: Thomas Gent.]
Engraving, verso in ink John French his book 1755. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, some staining.
The frontispiece portrait for Brown's 'Itinerarium totius sacræ Scripturæ: or, An abstract of the Holy Bible'.
[Ref: 57447] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lady Charlotte Bury]](jpegs/56905.jpg)
[Lady Charlotte Bury]
Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. Engraved by C.Wilkin.
Published May 1799 by C.Wilkin, N.o 19 Eaton Str.t Pimlico.
Stipple, Proof before title. 250 x 190 (9¾ x 7½") very large margins.
A portrait of Lady Charlottle Bury (1775-1861) from the series 'Portraits of Ladies of Rank and Fashion' published between 1797-1803 by C. Wilkin. Lady Bury moved in the literary circles of the day and was rumoured to be an acquaintance of a young Walter Scott and William Blake. She published a number of her own poems and novels though is remembered chiefly for the 'Diary Illustrative of the Times of George VI', despite its contested authorship.
[Ref: 56905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. Engraved by C.Wilkin.
Published May 1799 by C.Wilkin, N.o 19 Eaton Str.t Pimlico.
Stipple, Proof before title. 250 x 190 (9¾ x 7½") very large margins.
A portrait of Lady Charlottle Bury (1775-1861) from the series 'Portraits of Ladies of Rank and Fashion' published between 1797-1803 by C. Wilkin. Lady Bury moved in the literary circles of the day and was rumoured to be an acquaintance of a young Walter Scott and William Blake. She published a number of her own poems and novels though is remembered chiefly for the 'Diary Illustrative of the Times of George VI', despite its contested authorship.
[Ref: 56905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Georgius Carletonus [...].](jpegs/56911.jpg)
Georgius Carletonus [...]. Vera Effigies R.di In Christo Patris Georgii Carleton Episc.pi Cicestrien.sis.
F.H. [Friedrich von Hulsen]
[n.d. c.1627]
Rare engraving. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed and taped to album sheet.
A half portrait of George Carleton (1559-1628) commemorating his appointment as Bishop of Chichester in 1827. This portrait was the frontispiece to the third edition of his 'Thankfull Rememberance of God's Mercie' published in 1627. The verso has a short biography of Carleton written in ink and partly trimmed.
[Ref: 56911] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.H. [Friedrich von Hulsen]
[n.d. c.1627]
Rare engraving. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed and taped to album sheet.
A half portrait of George Carleton (1559-1628) commemorating his appointment as Bishop of Chichester in 1827. This portrait was the frontispiece to the third edition of his 'Thankfull Rememberance of God's Mercie' published in 1627. The verso has a short biography of Carleton written in ink and partly trimmed.
[Ref: 56911] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Céline Céleste-Elliott] Celeste. as the Arab Boy.](jpegs/57295.jpg)
[Céline Céleste-Elliott] Celeste. as the Arab Boy. A Sketch by William Drummond.
WDrummond.
[London, Published Jan.y 12.th 1838. by Tho.s Mc.Lean, Haymarket.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Framed, visible area 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Spotting, repair in sky. Window mounted around title. Unexamined out of frame.
A full length portrait of Madame Céleste-Elliott as Hamet, playing an oud. Behind is a tent and the Spanish city of Constantina on a rocky outcrop. This is the opening scene of 'Victoire; or, The Fall of Constantina', a military drama performed at the Adelphi theatre in 1837, in which Céleste played three parts: Hamet, a dumb Arab boy, Victoire and Henri St. Almo, a French spy.. Céline Céleste-Elliott (1815-1882) was a Parisian dancer and actress who had success in London and toured America four times. About the time this portrait was published she retired from performing, becoming a theatre manager (including of London's Adelpi, Lyceum and Olympic), although she made several 'comebacks'.
[Ref: 57295] £550.00
WDrummond.
[London, Published Jan.y 12.th 1838. by Tho.s Mc.Lean, Haymarket.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Framed, visible area 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Spotting, repair in sky. Window mounted around title. Unexamined out of frame.
A full length portrait of Madame Céleste-Elliott as Hamet, playing an oud. Behind is a tent and the Spanish city of Constantina on a rocky outcrop. This is the opening scene of 'Victoire; or, The Fall of Constantina', a military drama performed at the Adelphi theatre in 1837, in which Céleste played three parts: Hamet, a dumb Arab boy, Victoire and Henri St. Almo, a French spy.. Céline Céleste-Elliott (1815-1882) was a Parisian dancer and actress who had success in London and toured America four times. About the time this portrait was published she retired from performing, becoming a theatre manager (including of London's Adelpi, Lyceum and Olympic), although she made several 'comebacks'.
[Ref: 57295] £550.00
Carolus Magna Britannia, Francia, Scotiae et Hibernia Rex Serenissimus.
Ant. Van Dÿck Pinxit. P. Soutman Effigiavit. I Suÿderhoef Sculpsit cum Privil. Sa. Cae. M.
[Haarlem, n.d. c. 1650.]
Engraving and etching. 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Trimmed. Faint creases.
A bust portrait of Charles I (1600-1649) in an oval garland surrounded by flowers and fruit. It was engraved by Jonas Suyderhoef after Pieter Claesz. Soutman's drawing of van Dyck's painting.
D 16. i/ii.
[Ref: 57442] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
Ant. Van Dÿck Pinxit. P. Soutman Effigiavit. I Suÿderhoef Sculpsit cum Privil. Sa. Cae. M.
[Haarlem, n.d. c. 1650.]
Engraving and etching. 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Trimmed. Faint creases.
A bust portrait of Charles I (1600-1649) in an oval garland surrounded by flowers and fruit. It was engraved by Jonas Suyderhoef after Pieter Claesz. Soutman's drawing of van Dyck's painting.
D 16. i/ii.
[Ref: 57442] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus II.ds Dei Gratia Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Rex Fidei Defensor &c.
P. Lelÿ Eques Pinxit.
Printed for & sold by Tho. Bowles Print and Map Sell[er] next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church Yar[d] [n.d., c1700.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 320 x 240mm (12½ x 9½") Trimmed, losing part of inscription, left edge with nicks, laid on album paper.
Three-quarter length portrait of Charles II (1630-1685), in long wig and armour, holding a baton.
CS 6, state iii of iii, originally published by Alexander Browne. Simon Turner: iv of v.
[Ref: 57308] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lelÿ Eques Pinxit.
Printed for & sold by Tho. Bowles Print and Map Sell[er] next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church Yar[d] [n.d., c1700.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 320 x 240mm (12½ x 9½") Trimmed, losing part of inscription, left edge with nicks, laid on album paper.
Three-quarter length portrait of Charles II (1630-1685), in long wig and armour, holding a baton.
CS 6, state iii of iii, originally published by Alexander Browne. Simon Turner: iv of v.
[Ref: 57308] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
King Charles the Second. Eldest Son of Cha.s 1st succeeded in Right to his Fathers Crown but ye Govern.mt after his fathers Murder being in the hands of Rebels he was kept out about 12 Years [...]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A head and shoulders portrait of Charles II in long wig and armour, strangely without a moustache. From an untraced history.
[Ref: 57303] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A head and shoulders portrait of Charles II in long wig and armour, strangely without a moustache. From an untraced history.
[Ref: 57303] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Peter Collinson. F R S. S A S. ACAD. Reg. Berol: et Suec. Soc: Æta: LXXV.
J. Miller [Johann Sebastian Müller] Sculp.t.
[n.d., 1770.]
Engraving. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of Peter Collinson (1694-1768), a Quaker cloth merchant with a pasion for gardening, importing seeds from North America. A fellow of the Royal Society, he was the patron of the artist and natural historian Mark Catesby and corresponded with Hans Sloane, Carl Linnaeus and Benjamin Franklin; it was through Collinson that the Royal Society learned about Franklin's experiments with electricity. This was the frontispiece to Fothergill's 'Some Account of the late Peter Collinson' 1770.
Wellcome 649-1.
[Ref: 57307] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Miller [Johann Sebastian Müller] Sculp.t.
[n.d., 1770.]
Engraving. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of Peter Collinson (1694-1768), a Quaker cloth merchant with a pasion for gardening, importing seeds from North America. A fellow of the Royal Society, he was the patron of the artist and natural historian Mark Catesby and corresponded with Hans Sloane, Carl Linnaeus and Benjamin Franklin; it was through Collinson that the Royal Society learned about Franklin's experiments with electricity. This was the frontispiece to Fothergill's 'Some Account of the late Peter Collinson' 1770.
Wellcome 649-1.
[Ref: 57307] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The R.t Honb.le Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp, &c, &c, &c, L.d Lieu.t & Custos Rot.m of the County of Warwicj, One of the Lords of His Majestys most Hon.ble Privy Council & Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. John Watts Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 28, 1786, by Jn.o Watts No 34 Red Lyon Street Holborn & W.m Dickenson, No 158, New Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed into printed border at top, vertical fold.
Half-length portrait of Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), 2nd Marquess of Hertford.
CS: 4; Hamilton: pg 37 iii of iii.
[Ref: 57310] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. John Watts Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 28, 1786, by Jn.o Watts No 34 Red Lyon Street Holborn & W.m Dickenson, No 158, New Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed into printed border at top, vertical fold.
Half-length portrait of Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), 2nd Marquess of Hertford.
CS: 4; Hamilton: pg 37 iii of iii.
[Ref: 57310] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Olivarius le Fevre D'Ormesson Comes Consist Libellor . Supplic. Magister.
Ant. Masson ad vivum. Pinge et sculpebat 1665.
Engraving. Sheet: 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Trimmed, light foxing.
A portrait of French magistrate Olivier le Fevre d'Ormesson (1616-1686).
[Ref: 49920] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ant. Masson ad vivum. Pinge et sculpebat 1665.
Engraving. Sheet: 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Trimmed, light foxing.
A portrait of French magistrate Olivier le Fevre d'Ormesson (1616-1686).
[Ref: 49920] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Erasmus Darwin, M.D. & F.R.S.
Engraved by H. Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing [by John Wright].
Published by J. Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2 March 1795.
Engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight staining and spotting.
A half-length portrait of physician and poet Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). His 'Zoonomia' (1794-6) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles (1809-82).
[Ref: 57251] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by H. Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing [by John Wright].
Published by J. Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2 March 1795.
Engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight staining and spotting.
A half-length portrait of physician and poet Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). His 'Zoonomia' (1794-6) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles (1809-82).
[Ref: 57251] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Melchior S.R.E. Presbyter, tituli S.tæ Mariæ de Angelis ad terminos Cardinalis de Polignac, Archiepiscopus Auscitanus, Abbas e Comes Corbeiæ, Aquiscineti, Boniportus, Mausonii et Begarü, Regiorum Ordinum Commedator, Regüs apud Sanctam Sedem negotüs Præfectus, antea Ludivici Magni Legatus in Poloniam et Bataviam, Sacræ Rotæ Auditor et Regü Sacelli Magister.
Peint par Hyacinte Rigaud, Chevalier de l'Orde de St. Michel. Gravé par Francois Chereau, Graveur du Cabinet du Roi 1729.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 470 x 340mm (18½ x 13½"). Worm holes, unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Cardinal Melchior de Polignac, Archbishop of Auch (1661-1741), also diplomat and poet. He is shown wearing the Collar of the Order of the Holy Spirit, awarded to him in 1728. After his death Frederick the Great bought his acclaimed collection of marble statues, which he had collected through his archaeological work in Rome.
[Ref: 57237] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Hyacinte Rigaud, Chevalier de l'Orde de St. Michel. Gravé par Francois Chereau, Graveur du Cabinet du Roi 1729.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 470 x 340mm (18½ x 13½"). Worm holes, unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Cardinal Melchior de Polignac, Archbishop of Auch (1661-1741), also diplomat and poet. He is shown wearing the Collar of the Order of the Holy Spirit, awarded to him in 1728. After his death Frederick the Great bought his acclaimed collection of marble statues, which he had collected through his archaeological work in Rome.
[Ref: 57237] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Elizabeth Queen of England. She dyed at Richmond the 24th March 1602, in the 44th yeare of Her Raign and 70th of Her Life.
W. Marshall sculp:
[n.d., 1648.]
Engraving. Sheet 130 x 110mm (5 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper, slight staining.
A half-length portrait of Elizabeth I, the frontispiece to the 1648 edition of Thomas Fuller's 'Holy and Profane State'.
[Ref: 57250] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
W. Marshall sculp:
[n.d., 1648.]
Engraving. Sheet 130 x 110mm (5 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper, slight staining.
A half-length portrait of Elizabeth I, the frontispiece to the 1648 edition of Thomas Fuller's 'Holy and Profane State'.
[Ref: 57250] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Anne Day, Lady Fenhoulet.]](jpegs/57322.jpg)
[Anne Day, Lady Fenhoulet.]
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. J. M,,cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait of Anne Day after Sir Joshua Reynolds, wearing a Woffington hat and an ornate dress with lace and ribbons and posy, hands in fur muff. She was the mistress of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe, and married Sir Peter Fenoulhet in 1761 after the death of Edgcumbe. James McArdell (1729-65), a Dublin-born mezzotinter, is said to have been Reynolds' favourite engraver.
CS 53, state i of iv.
[Ref: 57322] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. J. M,,cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait of Anne Day after Sir Joshua Reynolds, wearing a Woffington hat and an ornate dress with lace and ribbons and posy, hands in fur muff. She was the mistress of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe, and married Sir Peter Fenoulhet in 1761 after the death of Edgcumbe. James McArdell (1729-65), a Dublin-born mezzotinter, is said to have been Reynolds' favourite engraver.
CS 53, state i of iv.
[Ref: 57322] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley & Mrs Gibbon?] No. XXXIV. M.rs G_b_n. No. XXXV. Lord Balloon.](jpegs/56802.jpg)
[Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley & Mrs Gibbon?] No. XXXIV. M.rs G_b_n. No. XXXV. Lord Balloon.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street. Jan.y. 1; 1785.
Engraving. 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate on right.
Bust portrait of a man and woman in ovals. The right portrait is Thomas Foley (1742-93), 2nd Baron Foley, known as Lord Balloon because of his girth. In 1773 he was reported to have lost £50,000 gambling at Newport, which his father paid off on the condition he never gambled again. In 1775 he lost £70,000 more. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
[Ref: 56802] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street. Jan.y. 1; 1785.
Engraving. 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate on right.
Bust portrait of a man and woman in ovals. The right portrait is Thomas Foley (1742-93), 2nd Baron Foley, known as Lord Balloon because of his girth. In 1773 he was reported to have lost £50,000 gambling at Newport, which his father paid off on the condition he never gambled again. In 1775 he lost £70,000 more. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
[Ref: 56802] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jean Francoise Paul de Gondi]](jpegs/57415.jpg)
[Jean Francoise Paul de Gondi] Haec Domat. Illa Tuetur.
R. Nantueil Faciebat. 1650 [after Philippe de Champaigne].
Engraving. 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼").
A half portrait of Jean Francoise Paul de Gondi (1613-1679), wearing clerical dress and a crucifix in a trompe l'oeil stone window. Gondi was a politically motivated churchman, elected Cardinal de Retz in 1650, and was a key player in The Fronde, earning himself the longstanding emnity of Louis XIV. Throughout his career he was protected and supported by Pope Innocent X. Their relationship proved exceptionally forunate after Retz escaped from prison, during which he became the Archbishop of Paris, and was welcomed by the Pope in Rome. Innocent X refused to let him resign as archbishop despite immense pressure from the King. Eventually, yielding to the King's demands, he returned to Paris after the death of his nemesis Cardinal Mazarin but was compensated handsomely with income from twelve estates. Petitjean and Wickert assert that Nanteuil's engraving was after the portrait by Jean Morin after de Champaigne. Frontis "Histoire des Papes" 1653.
PW 199. ii/iii
[Ref: 57415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
R. Nantueil Faciebat. 1650 [after Philippe de Champaigne].
Engraving. 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼").
A half portrait of Jean Francoise Paul de Gondi (1613-1679), wearing clerical dress and a crucifix in a trompe l'oeil stone window. Gondi was a politically motivated churchman, elected Cardinal de Retz in 1650, and was a key player in The Fronde, earning himself the longstanding emnity of Louis XIV. Throughout his career he was protected and supported by Pope Innocent X. Their relationship proved exceptionally forunate after Retz escaped from prison, during which he became the Archbishop of Paris, and was welcomed by the Pope in Rome. Innocent X refused to let him resign as archbishop despite immense pressure from the King. Eventually, yielding to the King's demands, he returned to Paris after the death of his nemesis Cardinal Mazarin but was compensated handsomely with income from twelve estates. Petitjean and Wickert assert that Nanteuil's engraving was after the portrait by Jean Morin after de Champaigne. Frontis "Histoire des Papes" 1653.
PW 199. ii/iii
[Ref: 57415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Elisabeth Grossmann. La belle Bateliere de Brienz.
[Johann Rauch]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint with etching, with fine hand colour. Sheet 200 x 155mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate as normal and stuck down on left top & bottom.
Elisabetha Grossmann (1795-1858, 'the beautiful boatwoman of Brienz') ferried tourists across Lake Brienz, and becoming an attraction herself because of her beauty. Several portrtait prints were published.
BM 1958.0712.1014
[Ref: 57332] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Johann Rauch]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint with etching, with fine hand colour. Sheet 200 x 155mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate as normal and stuck down on left top & bottom.
Elisabetha Grossmann (1795-1858, 'the beautiful boatwoman of Brienz') ferried tourists across Lake Brienz, and becoming an attraction herself because of her beauty. Several portrtait prints were published.
BM 1958.0712.1014
[Ref: 57332] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elizabeth Gunning as Dutchess of Hamilton.]](jpegs/57244.jpg)
[Elizabeth Gunning as Dutchess of Hamilton.]
[after Francis Cotes.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Rare stipple, possible proof before letters 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5"). Slight watermark. Thread margins, stitch holes on left plate mark, some staining.
An oval portrait of Elizabeth Gunning (1733-90) when wife of James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton and Argyll. After his death she married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later Duke of Argyll. She served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte for over 20 years and was created Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in her own right by George III in 1776.
The original pastel in in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 4890).
[Ref: 57244] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Francis Cotes.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Rare stipple, possible proof before letters 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5"). Slight watermark. Thread margins, stitch holes on left plate mark, some staining.
An oval portrait of Elizabeth Gunning (1733-90) when wife of James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton and Argyll. After his death she married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later Duke of Argyll. She served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte for over 20 years and was created Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in her own right by George III in 1776.
The original pastel in in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 4890).
[Ref: 57244] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Frideric Handel] Frontispiece. Inscribed to the Genius of Musick.](jpegs/57315.jpg)
[George Frideric Handel] Frontispiece. Inscribed to the Genius of Musick. Europ. Mag., Vol. VI.
Published Aug.t 1st 1784 by J. Sewell, Cornhill.
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate on left.
Allegorical figures pay tribute under a memorial to Handel. With verse by Walpole beginning "Sweet strains along the vaulted roof decay''.
[Ref: 57315] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Published Aug.t 1st 1784 by J. Sewell, Cornhill.
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate on left.
Allegorical figures pay tribute under a memorial to Handel. With verse by Walpole beginning "Sweet strains along the vaulted roof decay''.
[Ref: 57315] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Henry ye VIIIth. King of England, France & Ireland.
H. Holbein pinx. J. Faber jun.r Fecit.
Cum privilegio Regis. Sold by John Bowles, opposite to Stocks Market & at Mercers Hall Cheapside [n.d. c.1730.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Narrow margins top and right, vertical fold.
Henry VIII (1491-1547), after Holbein by John Faber the younger, one of the leading mezzotinters of the early eighteenth century.
CS 185 ii/ii; see ref. 12797 for first state, published by Edward Cooper.
[Ref: 57302] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
H. Holbein pinx. J. Faber jun.r Fecit.
Cum privilegio Regis. Sold by John Bowles, opposite to Stocks Market & at Mercers Hall Cheapside [n.d. c.1730.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Narrow margins top and right, vertical fold.
Henry VIII (1491-1547), after Holbein by John Faber the younger, one of the leading mezzotinters of the early eighteenth century.
CS 185 ii/ii; see ref. 12797 for first state, published by Edward Cooper.
[Ref: 57302] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
King Henry the Eight. Only Son of hen.y ye 7th [...]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 160mm (9¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A head and shoulders portrait of Henry VIII, from an untraced history.
[Ref: 57304] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 160mm (9¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A head and shoulders portrait of Henry VIII, from an untraced history.
[Ref: 57304] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The High And Mightie Prince Thomas Lord Howard, Duke Of Norfolke, Earle Of Surry And Earle Marshal Of England, Lord Mowbrey, Segreve, & Brusse Of Gore, And Knight Of the most honorable order of the Garter and of St. Michael ec. He decesed 1572, ye 2. of June.
[Engraved by George Vertue after R. Elstracke.]
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1536-1572) with his arms, after the engraving by Renold Elstracke, c.1600.
See Walpole Society Vol XXVI, p.74 Not in Alexander.
[Ref: 57344] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by George Vertue after R. Elstracke.]
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1536-1572) with his arms, after the engraving by Renold Elstracke, c.1600.
See Walpole Society Vol XXVI, p.74 Not in Alexander.
[Ref: 57344] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jacobus II D.G. Britanniarum Imperator 1695. Le Roy d'Angleterre.
S. Thomassin Sculp.
Se vend a Paris Chez Thomassin rue St Jacques vis a vis la rue du Plâtre aux Armes du Roy et de la Ville avec Privil. du Roy [n.d., c.1710].
Fine engraving. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼") with large margins.
A medallion portrait of James II set on a plinth.
Sharpe 1.
[Ref: 57425] £320.00
S. Thomassin Sculp.
Se vend a Paris Chez Thomassin rue St Jacques vis a vis la rue du Plâtre aux Armes du Roy et de la Ville avec Privil. du Roy [n.d., c.1710].
Fine engraving. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼") with large margins.
A medallion portrait of James II set on a plinth.
Sharpe 1.
[Ref: 57425] £320.00
Jacobus II D.G. Britanniarum Imperator 1701. Jacques II. Roy de la Grande Bretagne.
S. Thomassin Sculptor Regius Sculp 1703.
Se vend à Paris chez Thomassin, rue St. Jacques vis a vis la rue du Platre a l'Image St. Jean C.P.R.
Rare & fine engraving. 230 x 180mm (9 x7"), very large margins.
James II and VI (1633-1701), king of England and Scotland before the invasion of William of Orange forced him to retreat to France. Published in France soon after his death.
Sharp 2 i/ii.
[Ref: 57427] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S. Thomassin Sculptor Regius Sculp 1703.
Se vend à Paris chez Thomassin, rue St. Jacques vis a vis la rue du Platre a l'Image St. Jean C.P.R.
Rare & fine engraving. 230 x 180mm (9 x7"), very large margins.
James II and VI (1633-1701), king of England and Scotland before the invasion of William of Orange forced him to retreat to France. Published in France soon after his death.
Sharp 2 i/ii.
[Ref: 57427] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable S.r Joseph Jekyll Knight Master of the Rolls, and one of his Majest-ties most Horourable Privy Council.
M.Dahl pinxit. G.Vertue sculpsit. 1730.
[London, 1730.]
Engraving. Sheet 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Seated portrait of Sir Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738), wearing judicial wig and robe. A Whig politician, he sat in the House of Commons for 40 years, 1697-1738. He became Master of the Rolls in 1717.
[Ref: 57411] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
M.Dahl pinxit. G.Vertue sculpsit. 1730.
[London, 1730.]
Engraving. Sheet 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Seated portrait of Sir Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738), wearing judicial wig and robe. A Whig politician, he sat in the House of Commons for 40 years, 1697-1738. He became Master of the Rolls in 1717.
[Ref: 57411] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
John Earl of St Vincent, Admiral of the Red & Gen.l of Marines, F.R.S. &c &c &c.
Painted by Sir W. Beechey, R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub.d Nov.r 11. 1816 by C. Turner, 50, Warren St. Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 620 x 420mm (24½ x 16½"), with very large margins. Top margin creased from where previously folded and small tear in left margin at top. Lightly cockled.
John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent (1735-1823). As commander in chief in the Mediterranean he blockaded the French at Toulon (1795) before defeating the Spanish off the Coast of St. Vincent in 1797. Jervis later served as the first Lord of the Admiralty (1801-4) where he instigated reform in the administration of the navy. A globe and volumes on the table with a painting of a sea battle on the wall behind. See 31141 for proof before letters.
Whitman: 508. See: Ref: 31141 for Proof before letters.
[Ref: 57457] £380.00
Painted by Sir W. Beechey, R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub.d Nov.r 11. 1816 by C. Turner, 50, Warren St. Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 620 x 420mm (24½ x 16½"), with very large margins. Top margin creased from where previously folded and small tear in left margin at top. Lightly cockled.
John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent (1735-1823). As commander in chief in the Mediterranean he blockaded the French at Toulon (1795) before defeating the Spanish off the Coast of St. Vincent in 1797. Jervis later served as the first Lord of the Admiralty (1801-4) where he instigated reform in the administration of the navy. A globe and volumes on the table with a painting of a sea battle on the wall behind. See 31141 for proof before letters.
Whitman: 508. See: Ref: 31141 for Proof before letters.
[Ref: 57457] £380.00
![[Lady Langham.]](jpegs/56904.jpg)
[Lady Langham.]
Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. Engraved by C.Wilkin.
Published as the Act directs June 2.d 1800 by C.Wilkin, N.o 19 Eaton Str.t Pimlico.
Stipple, Proof before title. 250 x 190 (9¾ x 7½") very large margins.
A portrait of Lady Henrietta Langham (1780-1809) from the series 'Portraits of Ladies of Rank and Fashion' published between 1797-1803 by C. Wilkin.
[Ref: 56904] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. Engraved by C.Wilkin.
Published as the Act directs June 2.d 1800 by C.Wilkin, N.o 19 Eaton Str.t Pimlico.
Stipple, Proof before title. 250 x 190 (9¾ x 7½") very large margins.
A portrait of Lady Henrietta Langham (1780-1809) from the series 'Portraits of Ladies of Rank and Fashion' published between 1797-1803 by C. Wilkin.
[Ref: 56904] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Adrienne Le Couvreur Morte a Paris le 20 Mars age de trente sept ans.
Peint par Ch. Coypel . Gravé par P. Drevet.
[French, n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving, 415 x 300mm. 16¼ x 11¾". A nice impression, with large margins. Unidentified collector's stamp verso
Portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692 - 1730), French actress, as Cornelia in Pierre Corneille's tragedy 'The Death of Pompey'. In lettered oval masonry frame, on a pedestal inscribed with tribute verse. After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694 - 1752).
BNF FRBNF41506932.
[Ref: 27212] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Ch. Coypel . Gravé par P. Drevet.
[French, n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving, 415 x 300mm. 16¼ x 11¾". A nice impression, with large margins. Unidentified collector's stamp verso
Portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692 - 1730), French actress, as Cornelia in Pierre Corneille's tragedy 'The Death of Pompey'. In lettered oval masonry frame, on a pedestal inscribed with tribute verse. After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694 - 1752).
BNF FRBNF41506932.
[Ref: 27212] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henri Auguste de Loménie, Count of Brienne]](jpegs/57468.jpg)
[Henri Auguste de Loménie, Count of Brienne]
R. Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat. 1660.
Engraving in mount. 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed. Attached to top & bottom on left.
A bust length portrait of Henri Auguste de Loménie (1594-1666) in an oval frame of oak leaves atop a pedastel decorated with a coat of arms. Loménie was a successful French diplomat responsible for many delicate maneouvres including the marriage of Henrietta Maria of France and Charles I.
PW39. i.
[Ref: 57468] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat. 1660.
Engraving in mount. 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed. Attached to top & bottom on left.
A bust length portrait of Henri Auguste de Loménie (1594-1666) in an oval frame of oak leaves atop a pedastel decorated with a coat of arms. Loménie was a successful French diplomat responsible for many delicate maneouvres including the marriage of Henrietta Maria of France and Charles I.
PW39. i.
[Ref: 57468] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis XIII on horseback with a lance.]](jpegs/57449.jpg)
[Louis XIII on horseback with a lance.] Figur. 39. 3 part.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed within image, edges chipped. Damaged and loss.
The king in profile with portraits of eleven named courtiers. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, so the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57449] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed within image, edges chipped. Damaged and loss.
The king in profile with portraits of eleven named courtiers. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, so the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57449] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Virgini Matris.]](jpegs/57443.jpg)
[Virgini Matris.]
F. Poilly ex cum privl Regis [n.d., c.1660].
Engraving. 365 x 360mm (18¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed close to plate, creasing.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of the Virgin Mary, hands joined in prayer. It is a detail of a painting by Raphael and his studio, 'Madonna del Divino Amore', now at the Museo et Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples.
[Ref: 57443] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
F. Poilly ex cum privl Regis [n.d., c.1660].
Engraving. 365 x 360mm (18¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed close to plate, creasing.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of the Virgin Mary, hands joined in prayer. It is a detail of a painting by Raphael and his studio, 'Madonna del Divino Amore', now at the Museo et Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples.
[Ref: 57443] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Maria Stuart Regina Scotiæ.
Done from the Original Painting of C. Janet in the Royal Palace of S.t James's. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for Carington Bowles next to the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church-yard, London [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins on three sides. Vertical fold, narrow left margin.
Three-quarter length portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, wearing a dark dress with a white ruff and cuffs, a rosary pinned at the waist. Originally published by Thomas Bowles.
CS 235, this state not listed.
[Ref: 57301] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Done from the Original Painting of C. Janet in the Royal Palace of S.t James's. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for Carington Bowles next to the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church-yard, London [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins on three sides. Vertical fold, narrow left margin.
Three-quarter length portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, wearing a dark dress with a white ruff and cuffs, a rosary pinned at the waist. Originally published by Thomas Bowles.
CS 235, this state not listed.
[Ref: 57301] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Marie Stuart Reye d'Ecosse Souffre de martye pour la Foy; et par la constance de sa mort, renouuelle en ces derniers temps, les exemples de l'ancienne Egliose. Augustus Thuanus lib. 86.
Vignon invent.
Mariette excud. cum Privil. Regis. [Paris, n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. Framed over image, visible area 340 x 210mm (13½ x 8¼"). Repaired holes in sky.
A French portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), depicting her as a martyr to her catholicism. As she had been Queen consort of Francis II of France, the French preferred to portray her as a victim of religious intolerance than a traitor to Elizabeth I. The quote is from the 'Historia sui temporis' by Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617).
NPG: D13129.
[Ref: 57236] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Vignon invent.
Mariette excud. cum Privil. Regis. [Paris, n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. Framed over image, visible area 340 x 210mm (13½ x 8¼"). Repaired holes in sky.
A French portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), depicting her as a martyr to her catholicism. As she had been Queen consort of Francis II of France, the French preferred to portray her as a victim of religious intolerance than a traitor to Elizabeth I. The quote is from the 'Historia sui temporis' by Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617).
NPG: D13129.
[Ref: 57236] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Patrick O'Brien, The Celebrated Irish Giant. 8 Feet 7 Inches high. Aged 38 Years.
T. Parry del. A. Van Assen Sculp.
Pub.d June 20, 1804 by R.S. Kirby, 11 London House yard, & J. Scott, 447 Strand.
Etching. 210 x 120mm (8¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate on right. Small margins on 3 sides.
The Irish giant Patrick O'Brien (1760-1806, real name Patrick Cotter), leaning on the top of a door, towering over another man. He was the first man in history with a certified height of over 8 feet (8'1", not 8'7'' as claimed), a record not broken for another century. He took the name O'Brien to claim descent from the legendarily gigantic Brian Boru. Working on the sideshow circuit he became quite wealthy, leaving £2,000 to his mother when he died. He left his clothes to his servant, who displayed them on a mannequin in the Haymarket; his boots are still on display in the Kinsale Museum. Cotter requested that his body be entombed within twelve feet of solid rock to prevent exhumation for scientific or medical research; however in 1972 his remains were examined and his height verified.
[Ref: 57247] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
T. Parry del. A. Van Assen Sculp.
Pub.d June 20, 1804 by R.S. Kirby, 11 London House yard, & J. Scott, 447 Strand.
Etching. 210 x 120mm (8¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate on right. Small margins on 3 sides.
The Irish giant Patrick O'Brien (1760-1806, real name Patrick Cotter), leaning on the top of a door, towering over another man. He was the first man in history with a certified height of over 8 feet (8'1", not 8'7'' as claimed), a record not broken for another century. He took the name O'Brien to claim descent from the legendarily gigantic Brian Boru. Working on the sideshow circuit he became quite wealthy, leaving £2,000 to his mother when he died. He left his clothes to his servant, who displayed them on a mannequin in the Haymarket; his boots are still on display in the Kinsale Museum. Cotter requested that his body be entombed within twelve feet of solid rock to prevent exhumation for scientific or medical research; however in 1972 his remains were examined and his height verified.
[Ref: 57247] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mr Patrick O'Brien, Irish Giant.]](jpegs/57248.jpg)
[Mr Patrick O'Brien, Irish Giant.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Grey wash with touches of red. Sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5").
The Irish giant Patrick O'Brien (1760-1806, real name Patrick Cotter), leaning on the top of a door, towering over a dwarf, possibly John Coan (1728-1764), the ‘Norfolk Dwarf', an imaginary meeting. O'Brien was the first man in history with a certified height of over 8 feet (8'1", not 8'7'' as claimed), a record not broken for another century. He took the name O'Brien to claim descent from the legendarily gigantic Brian Boru. Working on the sideshow circuit he became quite wealthy, leaving £2,000 to his mother when he died. He left his clothes to his servant, who displayed them on a mannequin in the Haymarket; his boots are still on display in the Kinsale Museum. Cotter requested that his body be entombed within twelve feet of solid rock to prevent exhumation for scientific or medical research; however in 1972 his remains were examined and his height verified.
[Ref: 57248] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1810.]
Grey wash with touches of red. Sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5").
The Irish giant Patrick O'Brien (1760-1806, real name Patrick Cotter), leaning on the top of a door, towering over a dwarf, possibly John Coan (1728-1764), the ‘Norfolk Dwarf', an imaginary meeting. O'Brien was the first man in history with a certified height of over 8 feet (8'1", not 8'7'' as claimed), a record not broken for another century. He took the name O'Brien to claim descent from the legendarily gigantic Brian Boru. Working on the sideshow circuit he became quite wealthy, leaving £2,000 to his mother when he died. He left his clothes to his servant, who displayed them on a mannequin in the Haymarket; his boots are still on display in the Kinsale Museum. Cotter requested that his body be entombed within twelve feet of solid rock to prevent exhumation for scientific or medical research; however in 1972 his remains were examined and his height verified.
[Ref: 57248] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pierre Payen] Pet. Payen D. Deslandes Senat. Cler. In Sup. Cal. Curia Decanus Ab. S.t Mart. Prior Et D. De Charitate](jpegs/57431.jpg)
[Pierre Payen] Pet. Payen D. Deslandes Senat. Cler. In Sup. Cal. Curia Decanus Ab. S.t Mart. Prior Et D. De Charitate
Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat 1659.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Trimmed to plate mark.
A half portrait of French magestrate Pierre Payen (d.1664) in magesterial robes in oval frame with coat of arms.
PW 190. ii.
[Ref: 57431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat 1659.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Trimmed to plate mark.
A half portrait of French magestrate Pierre Payen (d.1664) in magesterial robes in oval frame with coat of arms.
PW 190. ii.
[Ref: 57431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Jacques de Mosscher Pictor.
J: van Ravestein [Thomas de Keyser]. J: Stolker Fec & Excud.
J. Cruys. Excud: [n.d. 1739-1785.]
Mezzotint. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed with thread margins.
A half portrait that claims to be of Jacob de Mosscher Pictor (1575-1623) after Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, however Robert Gerhard argues convincingly that the head is taken from the portrait of an unidentified scholar by Thomas de Keyser in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
RG 'Print Quarterly' 189-901.
[Ref: 57490] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
J: van Ravestein [Thomas de Keyser]. J: Stolker Fec & Excud.
J. Cruys. Excud: [n.d. 1739-1785.]
Mezzotint. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed with thread margins.
A half portrait that claims to be of Jacob de Mosscher Pictor (1575-1623) after Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, however Robert Gerhard argues convincingly that the head is taken from the portrait of an unidentified scholar by Thomas de Keyser in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
RG 'Print Quarterly' 189-901.
[Ref: 57490] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Lord Rodney &c &c &c.
Painted by Tho.s Gainsborough. Engraved by G. Dupont.
Published 12th. April, 1788. by B. Beale Evans in the Poultry, London.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 610 x 390mm (24 x 15¼"). Foxing; largely in margins. Slight cockling.
A full-length portrait of George Bridges Rodney (1719 - 1792), first Baron Rodney, naval officer and politician, famous for his victories against the Spanish off Cape St. Vincent in 1780, relieving Gibraltar, and against the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the Caribbean in 1782. The Hon. Thomas Harley commissioned Gainsborough to paint this portrait (now Earl of Rosebery collection, Dalmeny) to commemmorate the Battle of the Saintes. It was engraved by the artist's nephew Gainsborough Dupont.
CS 9; Russell 9. Horne 57 II of IV. Ex: collection of Minto Wilson.
[Ref: 57390] £750.00
Painted by Tho.s Gainsborough. Engraved by G. Dupont.
Published 12th. April, 1788. by B. Beale Evans in the Poultry, London.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 610 x 390mm (24 x 15¼"). Foxing; largely in margins. Slight cockling.
A full-length portrait of George Bridges Rodney (1719 - 1792), first Baron Rodney, naval officer and politician, famous for his victories against the Spanish off Cape St. Vincent in 1780, relieving Gibraltar, and against the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the Caribbean in 1782. The Hon. Thomas Harley commissioned Gainsborough to paint this portrait (now Earl of Rosebery collection, Dalmeny) to commemmorate the Battle of the Saintes. It was engraved by the artist's nephew Gainsborough Dupont.
CS 9; Russell 9. Horne 57 II of IV. Ex: collection of Minto Wilson.
[Ref: 57390] £750.00
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Capt.n John Ross, R.N. [Engraved for Vol. XXII of the Mirror.]
Roffe sc.
[John Limbird, Publisher, 143, Strand.]
Stipple. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions.
A portrait of naval officer Sir John Ross (1777-1856), before he was knighted in 1834. He made three journeys to the Arctic, becoming the first European to cross the North Magnetic Pole in 1831 and leading an expedition to find Sir John Franklin in 1850.
[Ref: 57321] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Roffe sc.
[John Limbird, Publisher, 143, Strand.]
Stipple. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions.
A portrait of naval officer Sir John Ross (1777-1856), before he was knighted in 1834. He made three journeys to the Arctic, becoming the first European to cross the North Magnetic Pole in 1831 and leading an expedition to find Sir John Franklin in 1850.
[Ref: 57321] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Speed.]](jpegs/57475.jpg)
[John Speed.]
[after Solomon Savery.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
John Speed (1552? - 1629), historian and antiquary famous for his county atlas, the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' (1611-1612) and England's first world atlas, 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World' (1627). This is a 19th century copy of the frontispiece portrait from the combined edition of Speed's two atlases (1632), engraved by Salomon Savery.
NPG D42573.
[Ref: 57475] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Solomon Savery.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
John Speed (1552? - 1629), historian and antiquary famous for his county atlas, the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' (1611-1612) and England's first world atlas, 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World' (1627). This is a 19th century copy of the frontispiece portrait from the combined edition of Speed's two atlases (1632), engraved by Salomon Savery.
NPG D42573.
[Ref: 57475] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Standing, The Brighton Matchman, Aged 81. [&] Marg.t Standing, Aged 67, Wife of John Standing, (The well known Brighton Matchman.)
Sketch'd from the life & Etched by J. Bruce 1829. [&] Sketch'd from the life & Publish'd by J. Bruce.
[n.d., c.1829]
Pair of etchings with hand colour. Each sheet c.175 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Charming caricatures of a renowned local match-seller and his invalid wife who had one eye, one leg and one toe, from a series of Brighton characters by John Bruce (c.1815 - 1830; fl.)
[Ref: 57253] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Sketch'd from the life & Etched by J. Bruce 1829. [&] Sketch'd from the life & Publish'd by J. Bruce.
[n.d., c.1829]
Pair of etchings with hand colour. Each sheet c.175 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Charming caricatures of a renowned local match-seller and his invalid wife who had one eye, one leg and one toe, from a series of Brighton characters by John Bruce (c.1815 - 1830; fl.)
[Ref: 57253] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Bonnie Prince Charlie on horseback.]](jpegs/57239.jpg)
[Bonnie Prince Charlie on horseback.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Unrecorded engraving, extremely rare. Sheet 205 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Trimmed to edge of image on three sides, vertical fold.
An equestrian portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. A battle is vaguely depicted in the background.
Not in Sharpe.
[Ref: 57239] £550.00
[n.d., c.1750.]
Unrecorded engraving, extremely rare. Sheet 205 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Trimmed to edge of image on three sides, vertical fold.
An equestrian portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. A battle is vaguely depicted in the background.
Not in Sharpe.
[Ref: 57239] £550.00
Cha.s Edward Stuart. Literary Magazine & British Review.
Anker Smith sculp.t [after Louis Torqué].
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½) very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on left, spotting.
A half-length Charles Edward Stuart, known as the Young Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in armour.
Not in Sharpe.
[Ref: 57241] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Anker Smith sculp.t [after Louis Torqué].
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½) very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on left, spotting.
A half-length Charles Edward Stuart, known as the Young Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in armour.
Not in Sharpe.
[Ref: 57241] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
James Francis Edward Prince of Wales & Prince and Great Steward of Scotl &c.
Largillierre pinxit.
Se vend Chez Gantrel rue St Jacque a limage St. Maur.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) as a young boy, in a dress. The son of James II, he earned the nickname of the 'Old Pretender' but styling himself James III.
Sharpe: 92, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57230] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Largillierre pinxit.
Se vend Chez Gantrel rue St Jacque a limage St. Maur.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) as a young boy, in a dress. The son of James II, he earned the nickname of the 'Old Pretender' but styling himself James III.
Sharpe: 92, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57230] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Jacques Troisieme Roy d'Angleterre d'Ecosse et d'Irelande.
Vanschuppe P. Gravé par E. Desrochers.
à Paris chés Daumont rue St Martin [n.d, c.1750].
Engraving. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) in armour. The son of James II, he earned the nickname of the 'Old Pretender' but styling himself James III. The original painting was commissioned by Sir William Waldegrave c.1702.
Sharpe: 148, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57350] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Vanschuppe P. Gravé par E. Desrochers.
à Paris chés Daumont rue St Martin [n.d, c.1750].
Engraving. 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) in armour. The son of James II, he earned the nickname of the 'Old Pretender' but styling himself James III. The original painting was commissioned by Sir William Waldegrave c.1702.
Sharpe: 148, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57350] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)