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)

Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
B. West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint. 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20¾"), with large margins with 18th century watermark. Nicks and repaired tears in margins.
Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head, with his doctor reading from a scroll. Outside the tent is Alexander's cavalry.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 171.
[Ref: 60336] £490.00

[The Annunciation.]
Warner [Joseph Werner] delin. Lens fe:
E. Cooper ex [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce Mezzotint. 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Thread margins.
The archangel Gabriel informs Mary that she would bear Jesus through a virgin birth. A dove representing the Holy Spirit is bathed in light.
See 1870,0514.2755 for a matching scene of the Holy Family in the stable.
[Ref: 60135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Remorse of the Apostle Peter?] ALT, 21. LAT, 28. unc.
Guido Reni Pinx. v. Prenner incit.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 225mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60154] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Bacchus.] ALT, 20. LAT, 18. unc:
Van Dalen Pinx. v. Prenner inc.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper, slight creasing.
A head and shoulders portrait of Bacchus wearing a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking glass. From a painting by Jan van Dalen (fl. 1632-70), painted 1648, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Accession Number GG_1687). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60155] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Bias of Priene.] Bias weinet, indem er jemanden zum Tode verurtheilet. Bias, capitis aliquem damnans, lacrymatur. vid. Srobaeus sermone 44. Praenobilissimo Dicasterio Civitatis primariae Gedanensis.
A Stech. inv. 1685. D.D.G. humillimus Servus Matth. Deisch fec. Ged. 1769.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 420mm (9¾ x 16½"), large margins. Stain top right.
Bias weeps while condemning someone to death. Bias of Priene (6th century BC) was one of the Seven Sages of Greece, renouned for his probity. An illustration of a tapestry after Andrzej Stech (1635-97) that once belonged to the bench of judges in the Artus Court in Gdansk, Poland. The story comes from 'Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers' by Diogenes Laërtius (3rd century AD).
[Ref: 60188] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Cadwallader Lord Blayney. Baron Blayney of Monaghan, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the said County, Major General of His Majesty's Forces, and Colonel of the 38.th Regiment. Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾") with large margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Cadwallader, 9th Baron of Blayney (1720-1775), wearing heavy robes decorated with plaid, a masonic apron and collar. Cadwallader was one of the most famous and influential Freemasons, elected Grand Master of England in 1764-66.
CS 25 i; pg. 1719
[Ref: 60332] £360.00

[Tomb of Sir Henry Blount? ]
Printed & Sold by Tim: Jordan & Tho: Bakewell at y.e Golden Lion in Fleetstreet [n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"), with large margins. Slight creasing.
Effigies of a knight in armour and his wife, lying with hands clasped in prayer. The BM's example has a pencil note suggesting this is the tomb of Henry Blount (1602-82) and his wife Hester in Trinity College chapel, Oxford. However the style of tomb seems anachronistic.
BM 1851,1213.664.
[Ref: 60151] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Done From the Original Painting at Altrop, in the Collection of John Spencer Esq. To Whom this Plate is humbly Dedicated, by His Obliged & most hum.ble serv.t John Faber.
God.y Schalcken Pinx.t. W.m Shipley Delin.t. J. Faber fecit 1751.
Mezzotint, 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with large margins on three sides. Creased in title, repaired nicks and tears on top margin. Laid on archival paper. Small bottom margin.
A boy blowing a flaming stick of charcoal in his left hand, while carrying a candle in a flat holder in the right hand. A chiaroscuro of a boy lit by the charcoal he is blowing on, a candle in his other hand. Godfried Schalcken's original oil remained at Althorp until 1988, when it was purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland (NG 2495), now titled 'A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle'.
CS: II of III. Ex Collection Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60286] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Charitas.
[after Aegidius Sadeler II.]
[n.d., c.1670-1700's.]
Very scarce mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Thread margins.
A woman breastfeeding one child while two more children embrace, representing charitas, one of the seven virtues. Derived from an engraving in the same direction by Aegidius Sadeler II (1570-1629).
see Hollstein 119 for Sadeler's engraving.
[Ref: 60164] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Johannes Dux de Marlborough &c.
G. Kneller S.R.A. et Angl. Eq. Aur. pinx.
E.C. Heiss excud. aug. vind. Cum Privileg. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (13 x 8½"). Trimmed to image, tear in top left corner taped.
Portrait in oval of John Churchill (1650-1722) in wig and armour, after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).
[Ref: 60209] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Confession.]
F. Place fec: [after Marcellus Laroon?].
P. Tespest ex: [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins. Stain in bottom right corner.
A young woman wearing a lace-trimmed veil kneels as she confesses to a bearded monk who sits with his hands tucked into his sleeves. On the wall behind is a picture of the Crucifixion.
[Ref: 60184] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Remissio Peccatorum.
Egbertus van Heemskirk p. J. Smith fe:
P Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), very large margins. Worming in bottom left corner of margin. Creasing.
'The remission of sins.' A friar hears the confession of a chained prisoner. Engraved c.1685, the paper of this example suggests a later printing.
BM 1874,0808.1282, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 60179] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Triumph of David over Goliah. And When the Philistines saw their Champion was dead, they fled and the children of Israel pursued them to the gate of Ekron. 1 Sam. 17 Chap.
London, Published 11 July 1795 by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Some worming in the sky on right, nicks in small margins. Staining in title.
David stands above the body of Goliath, holding up his severed head. Behind the cavalry of the Children of Israel chase after the Philistine cavalry.
[Ref: 60172] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Cotton Decks of Stanfield in Suffolk Aged 75. A Noted Breaker of Pointers, has attended New Market meetings these 30 Years past is Qualified to Hawk, Hunt &c. by the Hon.ble Cha.s Bertley.
F. Sartotius pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller, N.o 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 2, March, 1772.
Coloured mezzotint. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Small margins chipped.
Mezzotint by Robert Laurie (c.1755-1836) after Francis Sartorius (1734-1804). According to Siltzer this is a companion to a print after Nathan Drake. An early example, before the printing plate was trimmed by c.20mm at top.
Siltzer 242. CS II of II. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 60130] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Diana The bright Diana and her Nymph were found, / Laid Side by side, & both a sleeping sound [...]
A. Watteau pinx. T. Ryley fecit.
Printed for John Bowles ~ at the Black Horse in Cornhill London [c.1750]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some staining top right and short tear in margin.
Diana and a nymph sleep, with a satyr looming over them. A mezzotint in reverse of an etching published in Jean de Jullienne's posthumous edition of prints after Watteau's drawings.
[Ref: 60187] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Dickinson] The Country Girl. How Happy is the harmless Country Maid, [...] From an Original Picture in the Collection of the Marquis of Granby.
Painted by W. Peters R.A. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
London, Publish'd Mar. 1st, 1778 by W. Dickinson, No 20 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, and T. Watson No 142, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 265 x 200mm (10½ x 8"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with margins. Repaired tears in margins.
A portrait identified by Chaloner Smith as Mary Dickinson, sister of the engraver, with a high hat with ribbons and low-cut dress, within an oval frame.
CS 17, state ii of ii. From the Halsey Collection.
[Ref: 60125] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Fortitudo.
[Jacob Gole?]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"), with very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on right, toning in top margin, old ink number bottom right of plate. Stain top left & right.
An opulently-dressed woman representing 'Courage', with high headress, seated on a fallen column, armour and a trumpet at her feet. Through a window is a triumphal columan and a palace. The blackness of the background mezzotint suggests it has been reworked.
[Ref: 60180] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[St Geneviève.]
C. Vanlo Eques Pinxt. S. Paul Sculpt.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit. [n.d. c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾") with large margins. Creased in centre.
Saint Genevieve sitting in a landscape at the edge of a stream reading a book, a tree behind her and her sheep sitting beside her to right, while two cherubs look down on her to upper right. Scratched-letter proof with artist and engraver's names only.
[Ref: 60337] £320.00

The Introduction of the Princess of Brunswick to the Prince of Wales. The Royal Stranger now mid hopes & fears, / Before he Prince & destind Lord appears;...
Publish'd June 1st 1795, by J. Coard, No 11 Lisson Street, Edgware Road.
A rare & scarce mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") Paper toned, stained.
An idealised scene of the first meeting of George and Caroline of Brunswick, shortly before their marriage on 8th April 1795. The text refers to Caroline 'In beauty perfect' and George as a 'Godlike Youth': in reality George called for a glass of brandy, obviously disappointed, and Caroline said to her escort Lord Malmesbury '[the Prince is] very fat and he's nothing like as handsome as his portrait'. The pair separated the following year.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60174] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman with a hairdresser.]
Petrus Schenck inven: Fecit et exc Amstela: Cum Privil. Ord: Holl et West-Frisi [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Thread margins, a little surface scuffing.
A hairdresser positions two mirrors so a woman with long, crimped hair can see the back of her head.
[Ref: 60129] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

To the Gentlemen of the Ad Libitum Society, this Print of E.d Heardson their Cook is (with permission) dedicated by their obd.t. Humble Serv.t J. Barry.
Painted by I. Barry (Minature Painter). Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Pub. as the Act directs by J. Barry [n.d., 1785].
Mezzotint, early state with title in open letters. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins. Some creasing and scuffing.
A boxing image. Half-length portrait of Edward Heardson in chef's hat and wearing a the medallion of Sublime Society of Beef Steaks (with a gridiron motif), carving a joint. The society was founded in 1735 by John Rich, Theatre Manager of Covent Garden, when he and his chief set designer cooked steaks on a gridiron over a fireplace becaused they were too rushed to go for a proper dinner. Others joined in and the Sublime Society began, limited to twenty-four members who would meet weekly. Heardson, a former bare-knuckle boxer became cook in 1756. George, Prince of Wales became a member in 1785, the same year this portrait was published; as he was patron to John Raphael Smith the suggestion is that he commissioned it.
Frankau 170.I. CS:78..I. D'Oench 271.
[Ref: 60224] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Jannot veut cajoler sa Margot.
J. Gole exe: cum Privil: ordin: Hollandiae &. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint, Collectors Mark verso bottom left. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with large margins.
The French title translates as 'Jannot wants to cuddle his Margot.' A man holds up an item from a pile and points at a smiling young woman who grabs his wrist in an attempt to stop him.
[Ref: 60165] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Jehoshaphat apponts judges] Einletzung der Richter. 2 Chron. 19. V.5.6.7. Praenobilissimo Dicasterio Civitatis primariae Gedanensis.
A Stech. inv. 1685. D.D.G. humillimus Servus Matth. Deisch fec. Ged. 1769.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 420mm (9¾ x 16½"), with large margins. A few spots and slight creases.
Jehoshaphat, the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, appointing judges to implement law in his kingdom, as told in 2 Chronicles, Chapter 19, verses 5-7. An illustration of a tapestry after Andrzej Stech (1635-97) that once belonged to the bench of judges in the Artus Court in Gdansk, Poland.
[Ref: 60189] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Judith with the Head of Holophernes.] ALT: 36. LAT, 30. unc.
Venetiano Pinxit. v. Prenner inci.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper.
A candlelit scene of Judith with the head of the Assyrian general Holophernes, her servant holding open a sack. From a painting by Carlo Saraceni (1579-1620), painted c.1610, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Gemäldegalerie, 41). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60161] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Godfrid Kneller Germ. À Carolo II. Monarcha Britann. ad depingendum Ludovicum Min Galliam missus; Pictor utrinqu. vere Regius. A.O.C. MDCLXXXV.
G. Kneller p. I. Beckett f.
I. Smith ex.
Mezzotint, sheet 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins. Slightly creased and repaired tears on margins, some small wormholes.
Half-length portrait of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). Kneller was the leading portrait painter in England during the later 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I.
CS 59.II. Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60233] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Six mezzotint portraits after Gérard de Lairesse.] [Two Roman soldiers] [&] [baby's head] [two Roman soldiers] [&] Pietas. [&] [child with bird and dog] [&] [crying girl.]
[Two Roman plates] AB f; [Pietas] G. lairesse pinxit. A Blooteling f et ex; [child] Lairesse in. A. Blooteling ex; [crying girl] G. Lairesse Pinx. A. Blooteling F. et Ex.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Six scarce mezzotints on one sheet, 18th century watermark. Largest 125 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Old ink mss. in margin.
A collection of plates after Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) by Abrham Blooteling (1640-1690), a Dutch mezzotinter who came to London in the 1670s, helping to introduced the technique to England.
BM 1902,1011.254; 1929,1112.2.99; 1902,1011.255; 1929,1112.2.101; 1929,1112.2.102; & 2010,7081.143.
[Ref: 60186] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius Lambert, Chorographiae Pictor.
J. Vanderbank pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber, at y.e Golden head y.e South side of Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1727.]
Very fine mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed to plate at bottom edge.
Half-length portrait of topographical painter George Lambert (1700-1765), holding a landscape print in his right hand.
CS 214.
[Ref: 60243] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Ernestus Guilielmus Londicerus. Nob. Ordin. per Esthoniam Equestris Pictor.
P. Schenck fe: et exc: Amstelo: cum Privilegio [n.d., c.1675-1719]
Mezzotint. 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼").
A three-quarter portrait of Estonian painter Ernst Wilhelm Londicer (1655-97) in lavish wig and clothes.
[Ref: 60211] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Madoonna and Child, with St John the Baptist.] Ecce Tibi Deus Hîc; et tantium non Dea, Virgo est; / Sanctíor an fingi Hac úlla Tabella potest: Bern: Bauhusius P.S.I.
P. Schenck Fe: et Excu: cum Privil: Amst. [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"), with large margins.
Mary with a sleeping Jesus, accompanied by John the Baptist, with a short text by Bernard Bauhuysen (1576-1619) a Flemish Jesuit priest and song writer.
[Ref: 60140] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin and Child under a tree, with St John the Baptist.]
V. Salimbene in. B. Lens F.
E. Cooper Ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 170 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed slightly into image upper left, thread margins elsewhere.
After Ventura Salimbeni (1568-1613) of Siena, originally published by Bernard Lens II, the engraver.
[Ref: 60138] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Virgin and Child. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Domenichino Pinxit [but Il Sassoferrato]. G. Farington delin.t. Val. Green fecit Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty.
Published Oct.r 1.st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 175mm (10 x 6¾"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of the Virgin with Jesus in her arms, both looking towards the viewer. A mezzotint by Valentine Green for 'A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk', 1773-1788. For some reason this plate was replaced by a stipple in 1782. The painting, formerly in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, had been attributed to Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino. Today it is recongnised as the work of Giovanni Battista Salvi, 'Il Sassoferrato'.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60141] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child] Ego dilecto meo, et ad me conversio ejus. cant. 7.10. Ex Musæo Sim: du Bois Londini.
Scidon pinx: J. Smith fec: 1700.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel-Street Covent-garden.
Fine mezzotint. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Small margins.
The Madonna and child, a shallow basket with bottle and cloth beside them. An example of the second state, with year added. Engraved by John Smith after Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615).
[Ref: 60139] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A young woman shielding a candle.]
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Nicks in edges of margins.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60175] £320.00

[A young woman shielding a candle.]
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60176] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Man with drawn sword.]
Joh. Baptista Piazzetta Venetus delineavit. Lorenz Haid sculpsit.
Cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacrae Casareae Majestatis. Johann Christian Leopold excudit Augustae Vindelicorum [n.d., c.1750].
Mezzotint. 390 x 270mm (15¼ x 10½"). Thread margins, some damage to image with old repairs, mounted on album paper. Damaged.
The head of a man with a moustache, wearing a feathered hat and lace collar, the hilt of his sword visible over his shoulder. After Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754), a Venetian noted for his paintings of expressive heads.
[Ref: 60192] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The penitent Mary Magdalene.]
[Engraved by Thomas Park after Gaetano Gandolfi.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. Sheet 210 x 170mm (8¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate at bottom. Small margins.
The penitent Magdalene as a woman with loose dark hair lying on a cloak, gazing down sorrowfully at a skull, scourge and wooden cross.
[Ref: 60144] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Midnight] Mitternacht. La Minuit. Septentrio.
P. Mercier pinx. J.S. Negges Sc. et exc.
Cum Gratia et Privil. S.C.M. Acad. Fr. A.A.L.L. [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins.
A very decorative image showing a young woman in a ball gown, holding a staff, lifts her mask to reveal her face. A German copy of an English print.
[Ref: 60190] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Lady Essex Mostÿn.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. 1705. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Fine mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") with large margins. Small tears in margins.
Portrait of Lady Essex Mostyn as a young woman holding flowers in her lap and wearing a plain, loose dress and robe. Lady Essex Mostyn was the daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. She married the Welsh politician Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Bt. (1673-1739), with whom she had thirteen children.
CS 184.
[Ref: 60289] £360.00

A Parmesan Lady. In the Collection of John Taylor Esq.r.
W.m Peters pinxit. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Published July 1st, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Thread margins.
A half-length profile portrait within an oval border, one of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 74. Frankau 271 II.
[Ref: 60127] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Buffeting the Bear] [&] [Playing at Leapfrog.]
[Possibly published by P. Stampa c.1800.]
Two mezzotints with engraving. Sheets c.165 x 230mm (6½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate, losing title at bottom, pasted on album sheet.
A pair of ovals depicting children at play. The London publisher P Stampa published very similar versions (BM 2010,7081.1678 & 2010,7081.2030) but, as these examples have been reworked (with line engraving around the eyes), it is impossible to tell whether they are the same plates).
[Ref: 60173] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Ploughman.
Engraved by W. Giller, from a sketch by T. Barker.
London, Published by James Bulcock, 163, Strand (11, Doors East of Somerset House) June 1, 1828.
Fine & rare mezzotint, 365 x 290mm (14½ x 11½") with large margins.
A young ploughman raising his arms and yawning broadly, carrying a lantern, followed by a dog.
[Ref: 60335] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy seated in a studio.]
W. Vaillant fecit et excudit.
[Engraved c.1670 but printed c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), on wove paper. Thread margins.
A boy seated reading in a studio, with a drawing book and a statue of a cherub.
[Ref: 60183] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Frederick Duke of Schonberg. Marquis of Harwich, Earle of Brantford, Baron of Tays, Gen.ll of all his Ma.ties Forces, Master Gen.ll of his Ma.ties Ordnance, One of his Ma.ties most hono.ble Privy Council, Knight of y.e most noble Order of the Garter, Count of y.e Holy Empire, & Mertola, Grandee of Portugal, Gen.ll of y.e Elector of Brandenburgs Forces, Stadtholder of Prussia. &c.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: et ex.
[n.d. c.1689.]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, slightly creased on right.
Full-length portrait on horseback of Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615-1690), with a black serving boy on right holding a helmet. Schomberg was a Marshal of France and a general in the English and Portuguese army. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
CS 227.II. Russell 227.I.
[Ref: 60334] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

S. Sebastianus Martyr. Virtus futile nomenm Ni decus adfuerit patiendo.
Pet: Schenck fec. cum Privil. Amstelod.
[n.d., c.1700.][Bit later]
Mezzotint. 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with large margins. Bit grey.
Two women attend the body of Saint Sebastian, one removing an arrow from his thigh. A suit of armour lies on the ground.
[Ref: 60166] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Pastoral scene with man playing a shawm.]
[after Dirk Stoop.]
J. Smith ex [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Thread margins.
A man sits under a tree, playing a shawm. Two women, one bare-breasted, holding a shepherd's crook, stand above him. A reversed copy of Stoop's design for a fan.
BM 1838,0420.74, state ii of ii, with 'J. Smith ex' rather than 'exc'.
[Ref: 60145] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Summer] Sommer. L'Etè. Aestas.
P. Mercier pinx. J.S. Negges Sc. et exc.
Cum Gratia et Privil. S.C.M. Acad. Fr. A.A.L.L. [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") large margins. Damage to margins and inscription area, laid on card.
A very decorative image showing a young woman leaning against a tree, holding a wildflower and a fan. A German copy of an English print by Purcell.
[Ref: 60191] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Susanna]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint with etching. 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Small margins. Notch in bottom margin.
A naked woman (probably Susanna) bathes in a fountain in a classical garden with a statue of a king (possibly David) playing a harp.
[Ref: 60178] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov] General Suwarrow. (from the Life)
Published 12th Dec.r 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), large margins. Some staining and spotting.
Oval half-length portrait of Alexander Vasilievich Suvoroff (c.1729-1800), in uniform. The fourth (and last) Generalissimo of Russia, Suvoroff was famed for never losing a battle when he was in command.
[Ref: 60254] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Taste.]
[Engraved by Pieter Schenck after Andries Both.]
[n.d., c.1720.][Bit Later]
Mezzotint. 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A group of hungry peasants devour pancakes made by an elderly woman outside. A reversed copy of an etching by Jan Both, one of the 'Five Senses' after his brother Andries.
BM: Sheepshanks.6683.
[Ref: 60167] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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