Grosvenor Prints

The Age of Innocence.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reyolds Engrv'd by J Grozer.
London, Published Feb.y 10th 1788 by W. Dickinson Engraver Bond Street.
Stipple with etching. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), very large margins.
A bare-footed young girl sitting under a tree, hands together on her chest, staring to the right, after a painting in the Tate since 1847 (N00307). The Tate records that ''it is very probably identifiable with a work exhibited by Reynolds at the Royal Academy in 1785, and entitled simply 'a little girl''' and that Sir Robert Edgcumbe, a Victorian descendant of Reynolds, identified her as the artist's great-niece Theophila Gwatkin (1782-1844).
Hamilton: pg. 141. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60317] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Aminta.
P. Bettelini inv. et sculp.t.
London, publish'd 8 8bre 1788 by Molteno Colnaghi & Co 132 Pall Mall. A Paris chez Tessari Zanna et Cie Quais des Augustins no.42
Stipple, printed in colours. 330 x 250mm (130 x 9¾"). Small margins.
Silvia embraces Aminta on a rocky outcrop, watched by Cupid. A scene from 'Aminta', the 1573 play by Torquato Tasso's (1544-95). Despite being a pastoral set in the time of Alexander the Great, Aminta is in contemporary dress.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60313] £360.00

[Anthony and Cleopatra] The Death of Mark Anthony. La Mort de Marc Antoine.
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. J.M. Delattre sculpsit.
Published according to Act, Feb.y 23rd, 1785, by Ann Bryer, No. 5, Poland Street, Soho.
Stipple, printed in brown. 385 x 330mm (15¼ x 13"), with large margins. Mint.
The death of Marcus Antonius according to Shakespeare: having stabbed himself he finds that Cleopatra is still alive, dying in her arms.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60310] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)

Apollo.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
Published Mar 25th. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours. 305 x 225mm (12 x 8¾") very large margins. A little faint spotting. Slight creasing.
A profile portrait of Apollo as a young man. An early example: the following year the plate appeared in "A collection of prints, after the sketches and drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by M.r Richard Earlom'', with the publicated date changed to 1789 (as per BM example.
See BM: 1861,0518.377. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60301] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Ariadne.
W. Hamitton pinx.
London, Published March 25, 1814, by J. Dunford. G.t Newport Str.t.
Coloures stipple, plate 350 x 275mm (13¾ x 11). Trimmed to plate on right, small margins on other three sides.
Ariadne having just been abandoned by Theseus at Naxos leans on rocks and watches his ship leave in turbulent waters. She looks a lot less distraught than she does in other depictions.
[Ref: 60327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Celia.
T. Cheesman inv.t et sculp.t.
published May 1, 1799, by T. Cheesman N.o 40 Oxford Street, London.
Coloured stipple, part printed in colour; sheet 275 x 195mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
Half-length portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and dress with large collar and holding a basket of flowers amongst a countryside landscape. Most likely a representation of Celia from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'. Thomas Cheesman (c.1760-1834) was a British draughtsman, painter and stipple engraver. He studied under Bartolozzi from the mid 1770s.
[Ref: 60324] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Lavinia.
Painted & Engraved by J. Dean.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1791 by J. Dean Bentinck Street Soho.
Fine & rare stipple, 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼") with large margins. Stained and slightly scuffed.
Portrait of a country girl holding a bundle of hay and a pitcher. Possibly a representation of Lavinia from Roman Mythology, however could also be Lavinia from Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus'.
[Ref: 60338] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Beauty & Time.
Published according to Act of Parliament the 1.st of January 1781[?] by [illegible] Humprey.
Fine stipple, printed in sepia. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Mint.
A bare-breasted young woman and Chronos tussle over his scythe. Ozias Humphrey (1742-1810), miniaturist and publisher, is best known for commissioning William Blake's 'A Small Book of Designs' and 'A Large Book of Designs', containing colour-printed plates from his other works.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60292] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Brown] Clara. From an Original Picture in the Collection of John Taylor, Esq.r.
Wm. Peters, R.A. pinx:t : Walker Excud:t.
Pubd. 13 Decr. 1777 by J. Walker No:13, Parliament Street
Fine stipple printed in colours, plate 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
Portrait of Anne Brown (also known as Cargill, c.1748-84) as Clara in Sheridan's 'The Duenna', seen bust-length in profile to left within oval frame, wearing lace-edged veil and cape. Reverse copy of a mezzotint by John Raphael Smith (1751-1812).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60277] £320.00

[Anne Brown] [Clara]
Peint par Guill.m Peters: R:A: Egrave' par : P : Charlay : L Ausgsbourg 15 Julliet 1778.
Fine stipple printed in sanguine, plate 200 x 160mm (7¾ x 6½"), with very large margins.
Portrait of Anne Brown (also known as Cargill, c.1748-84) as Clara in Sheridan's 'The Duenna', seen bust-length in profile to right within oval frame, wearing lace-edged veil and cape. A German reverse copy of the stipple after Rev Matthew William Peters (c.1741-1814) engraved by John Walker (fl.1776-1802).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60276] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Brown] Clara. From an Original Picture in the Collection of John Taylor, Esq.r.
[After Rev Mathew William Peters]
Pub.d March 1.st 1780 by J.Walker N.o 148 Strand.
Fine stipple printed in colours, plate 160 x 135mm (6¼ x 5¼"). Thread margins.
Portrait of Anne Brown (also known as Cargill, c.1748-84) as Clara in Sheridan's 'The Duenna', seen bust-length in profile to left within oval frame, wearing lace-edged veil and cape. Reverse copy of a mezzotint by John Raphael Smith (1751-1812).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60279] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Brown] Miss Ferard. in the Strand London.
[After Rev Mathew William Peters] J.P. Woffinik Sculp.
[n.d. c.1780]
Stipple printed in sanguine, plate 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
Portrait of Anne Brown (also known as Cargill, c.1748-84) as Clara in Sheridan's 'The Duenna', seen bust-length in profile to left within oval frame, wearing lace-edged veil and cape.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60278] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

John Bull Mus. Dcot. Cantab. Instaur. Oxon. MDXCII. from an Original Paintng in the Music School Oxford. by J.W. Childe.
Illman sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, surface soiling.
John Bull (c. 1563-1628), composer, organist, virginalist and organ builder, drawn by Childe after a portrait painted by an unknown artist in 1589, when Bull was aged 27. A favourite of Elizabeth, Bull was appointed Gresham Professors of Music, but had to flee England when incurring the displeasure of James I, settling in Antwerp. The original portrait is now in the Faculty of Music and Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Oxford.
[Ref: 59857] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The Canterbury Tales] Griselda. There, lowly seated on the dewey ground, she feeds her little charge that bleats around.
Angelica Kauffman del.t. Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London Publish'd March 35, 1784 by Sus,a Vivares, No 13 Great Newport Street.
Fine stipple with etching, printed in colours. 385 x 290mm (15¼ x 11½"). Thread margins, repair to bottom left corner of plate.
Griselda sitting in a landscape with sheep, holding a spindle under her left arm and a shuttle in her right hand. From Chaucer's 'Clerk of Oxford's Tale'.
De Vesme 1369. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60306] £480.00

[Joseph Chalier] Philipe Sidney.
peint par H.F. Tassaert. gravé par J.J. Tassaert.
A Paris et a Londres chez Tessari et Comp.ie [n.d., c.1835.]
Sripple, printed in colours. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"), large margins.
A portrait taken from a bust of Joseph Chalier (1747-93) who was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician. It is apparently a reissue of a portrait of Chalier that Jean Joseph François Tassaert engraved, originally attributed to painter Jacques Philippe Caresme. This version has the title changed, Henriette-Félicité Tassaert as painter, and the revolutionary symbols in the borders removed.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60318] £380.00

[Constancy.]
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after Giovanni Battista Cipriani.]
London, Publish'd June 1st 1782 by J. Walker Carver, Gilder & Printseller N.o 148 opposite Catherine Street Strand.
Stipple, printed in reddish-brown, proof before title. 210 x 135mm (8¼ x 5¼").
A half-length portrait of a woman in a classical robe, one breast bared. One of a set of twelve oval allegorical portraits. "I am constant as the Northern Star ...". Caesar's famous words from Shakespeare.
De Vesme: 589, between I & II.
[Ref: 60358] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Contemplating the Picture.
J.R. Smith Delin.t.
London publish'd Nov.r 14.th 1785 - by J.R. Smith, N.o 83 - Oxford Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"). Glue stain in edge of plate top left.
A woman stares at a miniature portrait in a locket.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. BM 1880,0807.113, ''D'Oench notes that the drawing for this print is now known as 'The Locket' Ref: 268; (Huntingdon Library)"
[Ref: 60298] £420.00

[Edwin & Emma]
J. [Flaxman] Delin. Rob.t Marcuard. scul.t.
Publishd as the Act Directs Feby ye 10 1780 by Geo Durand No 8 Catherine Street Strand.
Scratched letter stipple proof printed in sanguine. Plate 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8), with large margins.
A cottage interior in which Edwin dressed as a monk reaches to embrace Emma disguised as a youth, who sits in front of a fire and turns back towards him, gestures with surprise, while a cat plays with a ball by their feet; the moon visible above the half-door behind to right.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. BM 1868,0808.2947
[Ref: 60285] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Cupid and Ganymede. From Prior. From the Original Picture, in the Possession of Geo.e Bowles Esq.r.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Tho.s Burke fecit.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1784, by Tho.s Burke, Kemp's Row, Chelsea.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"), with large margins.
Cupid kneels, covering his face in his hands, compaining to his mother Venus that Ganymede has cheated him out of his arrows with false dice. Ganymede, holding the arrows, protests his innocence.
Alexander 170. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60304] £450.00

Disarming Cupid.
Zucchi del.t. J.Baldrey sculp.t.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1788 by J.Baldrey No.15 Carlisle Street Soho.
Stipple, finely printed in colours. 250 x 230mm (9¾ x 9"), with large margins. Mint.
Four nymphs surround Cupid on a terrace, stealing his bow. An oil by Antonio Zucchi in similar composition, 'Nymphs garlanding Cupid', is in Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire (NT 960273)
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60300] £360.00

A Silly Family Dispute [&] The Dispute as Sillily Made Up.
Design'd by Edw.d Penny R.A.
London, Pub.d Oct.r 1796, by G.T. Stubbs, at the Turf Gallery, Conduit Street, & No.97 High Street, Mary-le-bone.
Pair of stipples, printed in colour. 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"), with large margins. Repaired tear in inscription of The Dispute as Sillily Made Up.
In the first image a young couple fight over a meal. In the second they make up; the wife patting the husband on the cheek as a servant carries off the coffee tray.
GT Stubbs CLB 85 & 86. See reference 27310 for just 'The Dispute as Sillily Made Up.'
[Ref: 60322] £320.00 view all images for this item

Fire. From the Original Drawing in the Possession of W. Palmer.
G.B. Cipriani Inveni.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculpi.t.
Publish'd by W. Palmer N.o 163 Strand Oct:r 1784.
Very fine stipple, printed in sepia. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. A little spottting mostly in margins.
An allegorical figure of Fire as a woman in classical robe in a cloud, holding fire in her right hand and a salamander in her left. One of the two winged cherubs blows a wind.
De Vesme 611. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60295] £350.00

Euphrosine. Come thou Goddess fair & free [...]
G. Amiconi Pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London Publish'd Sep.t 1 1784 by Ja.s Birchall N473 Strand.
Fine stipple with etching, printed in colours. 350 x 265mm (13¾ x 10½"), with large margins. Mint.
Euphrosine, goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth, one of the Three Charities, dances naked at a bacchanalia, with a tamborine. A man and a sleeping baby lie on the ground. Behind is a statue of Pan.
De Vesme 411. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60307] £650.00

[Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria & Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia.] Sehr drey Monarchen hier...
Jos. Ant. Natterer inv.t et pinx.t. Carl Pfeiffer sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1813.]
Scarce stipple. 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"), with large margins.
Portraits of the monarchs of Russia, Prussia and Austria (allies in the wars against Napoleon) amalgamated into one head, sharing three noses and two noses, surrounded by sunbeams, within a garland.
[Ref: 59803] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Genius and Beauty. Genius describing Beauty and Cupid dictating Him.
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t 1782
Pub.d as the Act directs Sep.r 15th 1782 by A. Torre No 44 Market Lane London. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Very fine stipple, printed in colours. 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins. Title and publication line slightly faded. Mint.
Allegorical scene, with Genius (as an artist) drawing the female personification of Beauty, under instruction from Cupid.
De Vesme 620. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. For one printed in sanguine see 40368. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60287] £620.00

[Harmony.]
[C.B. Cipriani Delin.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1786 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 Bond Street.]
Fine proof before letters stipple, printed in sepia. Plate 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins. Foxing.
A portrait of the figure of Harmony, shown playing a harp.
De Vesme 625 II of III. See Ref. 47256 for fully lettered version.
[Ref: 60326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Hebe for this cup, This nectard cup, the sweet assurance gives, Of present, and the pledge of future bliss. Vide Miltons Comus.
F: Bartolozzi Inv.t. R.t Marcuard Pupil of W: Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Mango Excud.t. Publish'd as the Act Directs April 22, 1778, by the Propreitor N: 9 Bentinck Street near Berwick Street Soho.
Fine stipple printed in colours, plate 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"), with very large margins. Mint.
Bust portrait of a young woman representing Hebe, goddess of healing, youth and beauty, holding a cup aloft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60284] £420.00

Henry Hunt, Esq.re M.P. for Preston.
[n.d., c.1835].
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"). Trimmed to plate.
A portrait of Henry Hunt (1773-1835) a radical politician who advocated the repeal of the Corn Laws.
NPG D20838.
[Ref: 59854] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Infantile Sorrow.
G. Roth pinx.t. E. Scott sculp.t.
Publish'd Nov.r 15 1786, by W. Lewis, No 15 Great Newport Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"), with large margins.
A small girl girl leans on a library table on which is a dead bird.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60299] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida.
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1784 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane.
Very fine stipple and etching, printed in sepia. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. Mint.
Jupiter seated on a cloud, embracing his wife Juno, watched by two putti and an eagle.
De Vesme 429, state iv of iv. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60293] £350.00

Love and Affection.
London: Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1814 by Jn.o Burgis, 32, Southampton Street, Strand.
Fine stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Plate 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Narrow margins.
A vignette scene of Venus standing over a brazier with Cupid (with bird's wings) and Affection (with butterfly wings). Two doves coo at their feet. The printed colour is particularly fine.
[Ref: 60208] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Love.
Wheatly delin. Picot ex.
London, Publush'd Feb.y 20. 1788, by W.M. Picot, N.o 6 Greek Street Soho.
Hand-coloured stipple with etching, 260 x 310mm (10¼ x 12¼") with large margins. Creased, small holes on margins.
A young couple in rustic dress are discovered in a barn by an old woman, who stands in the open doorway, brandishing a broom.
Webster E49.
[Ref: 60341] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Constantia Charming.
Elias Martin ino & Sculp.t.
Published December 18.th 1778, Leicester Street, No. 8.
Fine stipple printed in colours, plate 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), with large margins. Very light foxing.
A half portrait of a woman wearing a veil, with covered shoulders, directed to the left, reading from a book. By Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. See 36350 for one printed in sanguine.
[Ref: 60281] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Ghost. L'Apparition.
Painted by R. Westall. Engrav'd by Schiavonetti.
London, Pub.d March 1. 1791, by T Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Stipple, printed in colours. Framed, sight size 230 x 255mm (9 x 10". Unexamined out of frame.
Two girls huddle, one points, in fear of a "ghost", which is in fact a young boy playing around with a sheet over his head. As the pair, 'The Mask' after Joshua Reynolds, depicted two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (who owned the painting), it is likely these are also his children.
See also reference 60316.
[Ref: 60369] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Maternal Care.
Bartolozzi invenit.
London Pub.d. as the Act Sept.r 15 1794 by Colhaghi & Co.
Stipple, with superb colour printing. 330 x 265mm (13 x 10½"), with large margins.
A mother breastfeeds a baby as an infant lies asleep in her lap.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60314] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Maternal Care. Children like the tender Osier take the Bow, / And as they first are fashion'd always grow.
C. Monnet del.t. Menager sculp.t. V.M. Picot excud.t.
London, Pub.d Dec.r 12, 1777 by V.M. Picot, N.o 471 Strand.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 380 x 290mm (15 x 11½"), with large margins. Mint.
An oval scene of a woman and her three children, attended by two servants. The verse is by poet, John Dryden (1631-1700).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60302] £320.00

The Morning Lesson. Come Sir, why don't you look on your Book.
T. Stothard del. W. Nutter sculp.t
London Published 11 Jany. 1792, by Bull & Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.
Sstipple, plate 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"), very large margins.
A woman sat on a chair with a open book points with a pencil; a young boy stands to her left looking towards viewer.
See reference 27316 for coloured version
[Ref: 60323] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Nymphs after Bathing.
G.B Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan.y 15.th 1783 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Fine stipple printed in sanguine, plate 260 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins. Some very light foxing. Mint.
In a landscape, two beautiful nymphs arrange their hair after bathing in a stream.
De Vesme 467. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60288] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Penelope awaken'd by Euryclea, with the News of Ulysses' return, and the Death of the Suitors.
Angelica Kauffman Pinx.t. W.W. Ryland & Michel sculpserunt
Publish'd May 12 1785 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London
Fine stipple with etching, printed in reddish-brown. 305 x 395mm (12 x 15½"), with very large margins. Crease.
A scene from near the end of Homer's 'Odyssey', as the hero returns to Ithaca to reclaim his throne.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60311] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Jesse Ramsden] M.r Ramsden.
Engraved by C. Knight, from an original in the possession of M.r Colnaghi.
London, Published Aug.st 31 1803 by A. Tilloch, Cary Street.
Stipple. 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate on right.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker specialising in dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments . Based on a painting by Robert Home.
[Ref: 59833] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Graces crowning the bust of Raphael Immortal Chaplets round his head.]
[G. B. Cipriani del. Fra. Bartolozzi R. A. sculpt.]
London 1787 Published 3 March by S Watts as the Act directs.
A fine & scarce stipple and etching. Proof before title and artist. Plate 152 x 209mm. 6 x 8¼", very large margins. Some light foxing. Scoring marks in margins. Uncut.
Bust on a pedestal in the centre; Three Graces decorating the bust with festoons and a crown of laurel leaves; a figure reprresenting Painting seated on the pedestal and crying; on the left, a putto also leaning over the pedestal, grieving.
De Vesme: 2225; i/iv. See 21164 & 14697 for later states.
[Ref: 60325] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Damon & Phoebe. Young Damon stepped forward: he sung is her praise...
D. Harding delin.t. Delatree sculp.t.
London Pub.d August 24, 1783 by T. Macklin No 39 Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in reddish-brown. 385 x 335mm (15¼ x 13¼"), with large margins. Mint.
The shepherdess Phoebe places a garland on Damon's head. He holds a recorder. An illustration to 'The Seasons', a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson (1700-48).
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60303] £320.00

Semiramis.
C. Monnet, del.t. Picot, Excud.t.
London. Pub.d Oct.r 10. 1777, by V.M. Picot. N.o 471, Strand.
Fine stipple in sanguine, plate 250 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Small margins.
A representation of the semi-legendary Semiramis; head and shoulders portrait looking down wearing a headress.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60275] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Smyth.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A.
Publish'd Mar. 15 1789, by F. Bartolozzi & C.o.
Stipple with etching, proof before title, 18th century watermark; 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾") with small margins. Repaired nicks in margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Charlotte, Lady Smyth (1776-1823), seated wearing black broad-brimmed hat with white feathers and black transparent shawl, with her two daughters holding their brother up between them.
De Vesme 1221 iii of iv. Provenance Brussels Gentleman's Club.
[Ref: 60347] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte & Anne Spencer] The Mask. From the Original Picture in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit L. Schiavonetti sculp.t.
London, Pub.d April 21 1790 by T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple. 230 x 265mm (9 x 10½"), very large margins. Repaired tear in margin, faint crease.
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865). It was engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti after an intermediary drawing by Francesco Bartolozzi (a different state of the print indicates 'F. Bartolozzi delineavit').
See Ref: 60369; Hamilton: pg. 133. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60316] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A S.t James's Beauty. [&] A St. Giles's Beauty.
J.H.Benwell Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Publish'd 8th Sept. 1783. by E.M. Diemar, No.377. Strand. London.
Pair of very fine stipples. Each 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), with large margins.
Two bust portraits in ovals: Priscilla Burrough dressed in the height of late eighteenth century fashion; and Elizabeth Burrough wearing white lace cap with satin ribbon and shawl over low dress with fichu. Elizabeth Burrough would have been a prostitute in the notorious St. Giles slum, the so-called 'Rookery'. After John Hodges Benwell (1762 - 1785).
De Vesme 1291. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997. See reference 625 for proof impressions.
[Ref: 60290] £520.00 view all images for this item

[Jane, Countess of Harrington, with her children Lord Petersham and the Hon. Lincoln Stanhope.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A.
Publish'd Mar. 15. 1789, by F. Bartolozzi & Co.
Stipple and etching printed in brown ink, proof before title, 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"). Collector's mark in ink on verso of M. Bovi, the famous engraver. Very small & thread margins.
Jane, Countess of Harrington (1755 - 1824), wife of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, with her children. Seated to right, she looks up at Lord Petersham who stands on a stone ledge, wearing a large feathered hat. Her other son stands behind her at left, with his right hand on her shoulder; curtain behind and landscape beyond at right.
Hamilton: pg.106, I. De Vesme 1216 iii of iv. Provenance Brussels Gentleman's Club.
[Ref: 60349] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Venus Instructing Cupid and Psyche.
London: Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1814 by Jn.o Burgis, 32, Southampton Street, Strand.
Fine stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Plate 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"). Narrow margins.
A vignette scene of Venus with Cupid (with bird's wings) and Psyche (with butterfly wings). Two doves coo bottom right. The printed colour is particularly fine.
[Ref: 60207] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Venus.
Elias Martin pinx.t J. Fried.k Martin Aculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs 1778. N.o 8 Leicester Street Leicester Square.
Very fine stipple printed in colours, Collector's mark verso; plate 180 x 215mm (7 x 8½"), with large margins. Mint.
Very decorative image showing Venus seated in her chariot on clouds, surrounded by cupids and with two doves at her feet. By Elias Martin, A.R.A. Swedish, born Stockholm in 1739, died Stockholm 1818. He came to London in 1768, becoming a Royal Academy student the next year and was elected A.R.A in 1770.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60282] £680.00

Venus. Engraved from the Original Picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds [...] Peintre de sa Majesté Britannique.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Joseph Collyer sculp.t.
London: Published 9 Oct.r 1786, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street, W. Darling, Newport Street, J.Cary Strand, & J. Collyer No. 7 White Lion Row Islington. "Price 7s.6d."
Stipple with etching, 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), very large margins. Mint.
Venus reclines naked beneath a canopy, looking at Cupid who peers through the bushes at the right.
Hamilton: pg.159, II. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60315] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

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