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![[Henry Cort] To the Iron Trade of Great Britain, This Portrait of the late Henry Cort,](jpegs/60742.jpg)
[Henry Cort] To the Iron Trade of Great Britain, This Portrait of the late Henry Cort, The Tubal Cain of our Century & of our Country The Father of the British Iron Trade, Times July 29th 1856, is respectfully dedicated by their obedient Ser.t Sydney Marks. Proof.
Engraved and Published by Sydney Marks [n.d., c.1860].
Rare mezzotint. 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Some soiling.
Profile portrait of Henry Cort (c. 1740-1800), an English ironware producer who developed innovative systems for the production of wrought iron from pig iron In 1784 he patented an improved version of the puddling process for refining cast iron, although it was only made economically viable by innovations by ironmasters Crawshay and Homfray, who paid him royalties. This plate was first published by his son, Richard Cort, quoting The Times newspaper's description of his father.
See BM 1931,1211.15 for the original issue.
[Ref: 60742] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved and Published by Sydney Marks [n.d., c.1860].
Rare mezzotint. 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Some soiling.
Profile portrait of Henry Cort (c. 1740-1800), an English ironware producer who developed innovative systems for the production of wrought iron from pig iron In 1784 he patented an improved version of the puddling process for refining cast iron, although it was only made economically viable by innovations by ironmasters Crawshay and Homfray, who paid him royalties. This plate was first published by his son, Richard Cort, quoting The Times newspaper's description of his father.
See BM 1931,1211.15 for the original issue.
[Ref: 60742] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 1.st 1789, by J. Jones, No. 63, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm (20¼ x 14¼"). Margin restored on right. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. From the second of two very similar plates by Jones.
CS: 29. Hamilton p.29, one state only.
[Ref: 60737] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 1.st 1789, by J. Jones, No. 63, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm (20¼ x 14¼"). Margin restored on right. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. From the second of two very similar plates by Jones.
CS: 29. Hamilton p.29, one state only.
[Ref: 60737] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to Engross a Garrick, who to Your Noblest Characters does Equal Honour. Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure. Industry Produceth Wealth. [&] Keep Within Compass And You Shall be Sure, To Avoid Many Troubles Which Others Endure. Prudence Produceth Esteem.
[After Robert Dighton] Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.o 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard, London.
Published as the Act directs 9 Nov.r 1784 [& 16 Aug. 1785].
Scarce pair of mezzotints with hand colour. Each 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Framed. Time stained, faded colour, some damage, Unexamined out of matching 19th century frames.
Portraits of two righteous people, standing underneath the arc of an extended pair of compasses with 'Fear God' on the cross bar, with moneybags at the feet of the man and 'Rewards of Virtue' at the feet of the woman. In the corners are scenes of wantonness and its just rewards. The compass is one of the great symbols of freemasonary.
BM Satires 6903 & 6907.
[Ref: 60771] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[After Robert Dighton] Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, N.o 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard, London.
Published as the Act directs 9 Nov.r 1784 [& 16 Aug. 1785].
Scarce pair of mezzotints with hand colour. Each 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Framed. Time stained, faded colour, some damage, Unexamined out of matching 19th century frames.
Portraits of two righteous people, standing underneath the arc of an extended pair of compasses with 'Fear God' on the cross bar, with moneybags at the feet of the man and 'Rewards of Virtue' at the feet of the woman. In the corners are scenes of wantonness and its just rewards. The compass is one of the great symbols of freemasonary.
BM Satires 6903 & 6907.
[Ref: 60771] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
![[James Paine, Architect, and James Paine Jun.r.]](jpegs/60736.jpg)
[James Paine, Architect, and James Paine Jun.r.]
[Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1767.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 415 x 335mm (16¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed at bottom, losing inscriptions.
James Paine (1717-89), the British architect, with his son James Paine (1745-1829) the British sculptor and architect. James Paine Senior was an architect of considerable practice and published plates of Mansion House at Doncaster, 1751. He edited volumes of "Vitruvius Britannicus," and published two large volumes on "Mansions" in 1783. In 1785 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey. The younger James bequeathed the original oil to the Bodleian Library.
CS: 111, ii of iii. Goodwin: 52, iii of iv. See also references 46990 & 19663.
[Ref: 60736] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1767.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 415 x 335mm (16¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed at bottom, losing inscriptions.
James Paine (1717-89), the British architect, with his son James Paine (1745-1829) the British sculptor and architect. James Paine Senior was an architect of considerable practice and published plates of Mansion House at Doncaster, 1751. He edited volumes of "Vitruvius Britannicus," and published two large volumes on "Mansions" in 1783. In 1785 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey. The younger James bequeathed the original oil to the Bodleian Library.
CS: 111, ii of iii. Goodwin: 52, iii of iv. See also references 46990 & 19663.
[Ref: 60736] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
L'Histoire touchante. Gravé fun Dessin de Rembrandt dans le Cabinet de Mons.r Dan: Neyman a Amsterdam.
WB [William Baillie] 1767.
Mezzotint. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Small margins.
A young man by an unlit hearth uses a lamp to read from a small volume to an old man, who shielding his eyes with one hand. Behind a woman occupies herself with household work. Rembrandt's drawing, which probably depicts Tobias' son reading to his father, was sold from the collection of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927) at Sotheby's, London, 25 March 1920, lot 57. The catalogue acknowledged Baillie's mezzotint. Captain William Baillie (1723 - 1810) retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
BM 1870,1008.918.
[Ref: 60801] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
WB [William Baillie] 1767.
Mezzotint. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Small margins.
A young man by an unlit hearth uses a lamp to read from a small volume to an old man, who shielding his eyes with one hand. Behind a woman occupies herself with household work. Rembrandt's drawing, which probably depicts Tobias' son reading to his father, was sold from the collection of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927) at Sotheby's, London, 25 March 1920, lot 57. The catalogue acknowledged Baillie's mezzotint. Captain William Baillie (1723 - 1810) retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
BM 1870,1008.918.
[Ref: 60801] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Reverend George Whitefield,
John Russell Pinx.t 1768. W. Faden excudit. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Published by James Wyld 5 Charing Cross. [n.d. c.1823.]
Very scarce mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, extra margin added at top. Damaged. Repairs top right.
Full length portrait of George Whitefield (1714-70) preaching in a field with St Paul's on the sky-line to right. James Wyld was apprenticed to William Faden in 1804, taking over his business in 1823. He left his premises at 5 Charing Cross in 1832.
CS: 154, iv/iv; Godwin 90, iv/iv.
[Ref: 60798] £380.00
John Russell Pinx.t 1768. W. Faden excudit. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Published by James Wyld 5 Charing Cross. [n.d. c.1823.]
Very scarce mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, extra margin added at top. Damaged. Repairs top right.
Full length portrait of George Whitefield (1714-70) preaching in a field with St Paul's on the sky-line to right. James Wyld was apprenticed to William Faden in 1804, taking over his business in 1823. He left his premises at 5 Charing Cross in 1832.
CS: 154, iv/iv; Godwin 90, iv/iv.
[Ref: 60798] £380.00