Grosvenor Prints

[Sir Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the Most honorable Order of the Bath, Governor of Virginia...]
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit. 1766.
[Sold by Ryland and Bryer, at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill.] [n.d., 1766.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line, inscription area uncleaned. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with good margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal, wearing star and sash over armour in a landscape; his helmet on plan of Montreal before him. Arms below image. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada. Commander-in-Chief and Governor of North America, 1761. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92).
Chaloner Smith: 2. Goodwin: 38 i of v. Hamilton: pg.1.
[Ref: 61619] £780.00

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[Queen Anne] Her Royal Highness Princes Ann of Denmark.
R. Williams fecit.
C.P.R. E. Cooper ex. [n.d., c.1685.]
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Thread margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Princess Anne (1665-1715, later queen of England) shortly after her marriage to Frederick, Prince of Denmark, in 1683.
CS Williams I, state i of ii.
[Ref: 61388] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Attentative Nurse]
A. Kauffman R.A. pinxit. Rob.t Lowrie fecit.
R. Sayer excudit.
Mezzotint, sheet 370 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Trimmed within plate at right and bottom possibly losing title. Glued onto backing paper. Creasing.
Three-quarter length oval portrait of a young woman swathed in fabric holding a baby.
[Ref: 61597] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sancta Barbara Der Hochgebornen Reichsgraefin Luise von Wallmoden Gimborn unterthaenigst gewidmet von J Gerh Huck. as Orginal befindet sich in der Gallerie des H Feldmarshall Reichsgrafen von Wallmoden Gimborn.
Parmegianino pinx.t J: Gerh Huck Sculp
Hannover 1803.
Rare mezzotint, 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. Paper aged. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
Depiction of Saint Barbara holding her tower and a quill.
[Ref: 61604] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Barry.
Kettle Pinxt. S Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde?] fecit.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Ann (or Anne) Barry (née Street) (baptised 1733 - 1801), actress, sitting with her hands folded in her lap, wearing a white gown with ribbons looping the sleeves and a sash around her waist. Her hair is up with pearls, she has a pearl necklace, with cloak over left shoulder and her knees. After Tilly Kettle (1735-86).
Chaloner Smith 1 ('Paul'), only state but sitter's face with some retouching, See ref: 23453.
[Ref: 61548] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Beauchamp Procter.
Painted by Ben. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by James Watson.
Published March 25.th, 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Thread margins. Repairs.
Three quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Beauchamp Proctor (1760-1848), wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet, (1756-1827). She is seen placing wreath of flowers on statue of Hymen, which a putto is clinging to. She wears a loose, flowing gown and her hair dressed high. In the background are pillars and curtains. Born Mary Palmer, she was a noted beauty who was also painted by George Romney (now in the Huntington Library).
CS 121.II
[Ref: 61690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

George Benson D.D.
[engraved by James McArdell.]
[n.d., c.1764.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of Presbyterian theologian George Benson (1699-1762), wearing clerical robes and wig. According to Goodwin, this was the frontispiece to Benson's 'Life of Christ'.
CS 17, only state.
[Ref: 61623] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

W. Redmore Bigg. R.A. [facsimile signature]. Proof.
W.m Fisk Pinxit. W.m Narnard Sculp.t.
Published by W.m Fisk, 19, Charles Street, Berniers Street, & W.m Barnard, 53, Pall Mall, June, 20th 1831.
Proof mezzotint. 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Narrow margins, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of genre painter William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828). During his lifetime he was hugely popular, with the best engravers were employed to reproduce his works in mezzotint.
CS 1, recorded as the only state. Russell 1, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 61631] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Arthur Blayney Esq.r.
Painted by W.m Beechey A.R.A Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engrav'd by T. Hardy. [n.d. c.1800]
Rare mezzotint, 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), with margins. Thread margin on right. Laid on linen. Crease through publication area. Small margins.
Half length portrait of philanthropist Arthur Blayney (1715-95). He wears a powdered wig tied at the nape, with a plain collar and the top of a brocaded waistcoat visible beneath a plain coat. He was known as the 'Father of Montgomeryshire'
CS 1 I of II.
[Ref: 61564] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Nicolas Boileau S.r Despreaux.
A. Bouys pinx. et scul.
Se vend a Paris rue Coquillere au Tems [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Mounted in album paper at edges. Small margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of French poet and critic Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711), author of 'L'Art poétique' in 1674.
[Ref: 61635] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[H. Bone Esq.r R.A.]
[G.H. Harlow pinx.t. F.C. Lewis sculp.t. ]
[London, Published by G. Lawford, Saville Place Decr. 1st. 1824.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 220 x 180mm (8½ x 7"), with large margins. Faint printer's crease in inscription area.
Henry Bone (1755-1834), enamel painter who began to exhibit miniatures at the Royal Academy in 1781.
[Ref: 61632] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Ignatius a Born Eqs.
Henr. Fuger pinx. Vin Kininger inc. Viennae. 1790.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Trimmed within plate at bottom. Small margins on 3 sides.
Oval half-length portrait of Austrian mineralogist and metallurgist, Ignaz von Born (1742-91). He is seated at desk, wearing a cloak, holding papers in his left hand, his right hand to forehead. There is a relief or painting at left featuring a four breasted woman, possibly a representation of Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus.
[Ref: 61610] £320.00

Reverendiss: Dom. Hugo Archiepiscopus Armachanus Totius Hiberniæ Primas & Metropolitanus, Unus e primarÿs ejusdem Regni Justitiarys Anno Dom: 1728.
Mat: Ashton Pinx: Th: Beard Fecit.
[n.d., c.1728.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, old ink mss. in inscription area.
Seated portrait of Hugh Boulter (1672-1742), probably painted when he was Bishop of Bristol (1719-24), before his appointment as Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, a post he held from 1724 until his death. In that role he supported anti-Catholic measures, succeeding in depriving them of the right of voting at elections for members of parliament or magistrates, their sole remaining constitutional right. Beard was a Dublin mezzotinter.
CS 1, state i of ii, of which he notes that there is one known example.
[Ref: 61624] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Burke Obit. Aug. 2. 1794. AT. 36. As precious Gums are not for Common fire, / They but perfume the Temple and expire; / So was he soon exhaled and vanish'd hence / A short sweet Odour at a Vast expence.
Joshua Reynolds Eq.s Pinx.t. James Ward Sculp.t Painter & engraver in Mezzotinto to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Pub. July 5, 1800 by Mess.rs Wards & C.o N.º 6, Newman Street, London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Small margins. Horizontal central crease.
Half-length portrait of Richard Burke (1758-1794), son of Edmund Burke. When Edmund resigned as MP for Malton (after failing to impeach Warren Hastings), Richard took his place but died of tuberculosis soon afterwards.
CS 7. Frankau 12.
[Ref: 61372] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Jedidiah Buxton.
B. Killingbeck pinx.t. J. Spilsbury fecit.
Published pursuant to an Act of Parliament May the 1.st 1773, by B. Killingbeck at Mrs. Totton's Mount Street Berkley Square, London,
Fine mezzotint. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), 18th century watermark. Title area smudged. Small margins; horizontal central crease.
A half-length portrait of Jedediah Buxton (1707-72) an illiterate farm labourer of Elmton, Derbyshire, whose ability as a mental calculator was tested by the Royal Society after he walked to London in 1754. A 1781 state of this print gave this biography: ''Jedediah Buxton, A poor Day Labourer: born at Elmton in Derbyshire: who without being able to write or cast Accounts in the Ordinary method: perform'd the longest Calculations and solv'd the most difficult Problems in Arithmetics, by the strength of his Memory; - neither Noise, nor Conversation cou'd interrupt him: he would either go on with his Calculations all the time or leave off in the midst and resume them again eventhough it should be Years afterwards''.
CS 7, state i of ii.
[Ref: 61368] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Robertus Camell, LL D [Noble 17 125] [in ink]
[Engraved by John Theodore (Dietrich) Heins Senior.]
[n.d. c.1750]
Very scarce mezzotint. Sheet 300 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾), 18th century watermark. Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Rector of Bradwell, Suffolk, Robert Camell (d. 1732). He is seated at a table, turning away from a book in which he writes with right hand with his left arm resting on the edge of his chair. He wears a loose coat over dark robe with a broad waist-band, bands and a soft hat. He is lit by the candle on the table. This state is after plate reduced and artist's name removed.
CS 1 II of II. NPG D1186.
[Ref: 61586] £420.00

Joannes Carestini.
George Knapton Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit 1735
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
Rare & fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slight printer's crease mainly in inscription area, crease top left corner.
Half-lengh portrait in oval of Giovanni Carestini (c.1704-c.1760), the leading castrato in Handel's company in 1734. Described by music historian Charles Burney as 'a powerful and clear soprano', Handel's 'Alcina' and 'Ariodante' were written to take full advantage of Carestini's talents, giving the castrato arias in Italian in otherwise English performances. The painting by artist and connoisseur George Knapton (1698-1778) is only known through this engraving.
CS 55.
[Ref: 61537] £450.00

Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Charlotte. Dedicated by Permission To his Royal Highness Prince George of Wales Regent, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, by His Royal Highnesses devoted Servant, S.W. Reynolds. Proof.
Painted by H. Edridge 1814. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published by the Engraver Bayswater 1819.
Proof mezzotint with etching. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). A strong, well inked impression, with surface texture. Some staining in borders.
Queen Charlotte (1744 - 1818), queen consort of George III, mother of George IV and grandmother of Queen Victoria. She sits in an ornate chair looking at the viewer, hands held together in lap, wearing a dark dress, shawl, frilled collar, cap and earring. After Henry Edridge (1768-1821).
Whitman 53. See Ref: 12140
[Ref: 61633] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Chelsum] Inscribed to the best of Parents by her affectionate Son, J.C.D.D. AEt: 87 A.o 1789. Me, let the tender office long engage...
S. Elmer pinxit. W.m Pether sculpsit.
Rare mezzotint; sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Mrs Chelsum with six lines of verse from Pope underneath the dedication line. She wears gloves, a dark shawl, dark sash around her waist and dark bonnet tied under her chin with a frilled white cap underneath. Mary Chelsum (née Ward, born 1702), boarding-house keeper and mother of James Chelsum (c. 1740-1801), clergyman and author.
CS4 II of II.
[Ref: 61574] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Thomas Chubb. Aetat: 68; A: D: 1747.
G: Beare Pinxit. G: Bockman fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 375 x 295mm (14¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet. Some foxing.
Half length portrait of English lay Deist writer Thomas Chubb (1679–1747). He wears a white, chin-length wig, coat and neckerchief. He is seated in front of a book, open on a stand to right, holding a quill between hands folded on his chest, an ink-pot beside the stand and two books, one labelled 'Chubbs Tracts' on the other side.
CS 2 only state.
[Ref: 61560] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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

Samuel Clarke D.D. Done after the Marble Bust in Her Majesty'd Hermitage in the Royal Garden at Richmond.
I. Faber fecit.
Printed for Tho: Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles at the black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''), with large margins.
A portrait of Rev. Dr. Samuel Clarke who was rector of St. James Westminster and metaphysician. From the series 'Philosophers of England'.
CS. 125.I.
[Ref: 50383] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Caelia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow. Ah! stretch'd in Death my Coelias' Sparrow lies...
J. Reynolds pinxt. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d. c.1800]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Two brown spots in publication area.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. Lettered with title and three lines from Catullus in English and Latin.
See also reference 61583.
[Ref: 61600] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meae puellae...
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1780]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. The portrait is also known by the title 'Celia Lamenting her Dead Sparrow' or 'Chloe Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.'
CS 32 II of II. See also reference 61600.
[Ref: 61583] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Jane Collier] [in ink below print]
J. Highmore Pinx.t J. Faber Fecit.
[Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury][n.d. c.1750]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed losing publication line. Tipped into album paper at sides. Repairs at bottom.
Three-quarter length of a woman leaning on the rim of a fountain. She wears a dress and her cloak is hung across her with a string of pearls. John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) also produced a larger, more detailed engraving after the painting, in reverse: see CS 87. Chaloner Smith suggests Jane Collier could be the sitter, adding that Bromley's identification of the lady as a courtesan, also known as Miss Stewart, has not been corroborated. Jane Collier (1714 – March 1755) was an English novelist best known for her book An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753). She also collaborated with Sarah Fielding on her only other surviving work The Cry (1754). Or as identified by the British Museum the first wife of the Honble James Murray, son of the 4th Lord Elibank (q.v.) who died at Beauport (1779).
CS 88 I of II.
[Ref: 61589] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Gioacchino Conti Gizziello.
Ch. Lucy Pinxit. Alex. VanHaeken Fe. 1736.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Gioacchino Conti (1714-61), Italian soprano castrato opera singer, nicknamed Gizziello in honour of his teacher, Domenico Gizzi. This portrait was published when he was in London (1736-7), while he was engaged by George Frideric Handel.
CS 5, only state. See reference 61535 for one with margins.
[Ref: 61684] £450.00

Cottage Children. The Original Picture in the Collection of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Gainsborough to whom this plate is most respectfully inscribed by His Lordships much obliged and obedient Servant Gainsborough Dupont.
T. Gainsborough R.A. Pinx.t. Gainsborough Dupont Delin.t. Hen.y Birche Sculp.t.
Publish'd June 4. 1791, by B.B. Evans Poultry London.
Fine Daniell framed mezzotint, sheet 580 x 390mm (22¾ x 15½"). Frame size 725 x 540mm (28½ x 21¼"). Unexamined out of frame. Trimmed to plate.
A country scene. Two girls in slightly ragged clothing go down a path away from a cottage; one holding one hand to her forehead as she is lifted by her older companion from a donkey.
Horne 78 ii of iii.
[Ref: 61488] £420.00

Nathaniel Crew Episcopus Dunelmensis.
F. P [Francis Place] fecit.
P. Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 290mm (15 x 11¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides. Some discolouration.
Half-length portrait of Bishop of Durham Nathaniel Crew (1633-1721), 3rd Baron Crew of Stene in an oval. He has shoulder length hair and wears a cap, bands and robes.
CS 4 II of II.
[Ref: 61567] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble Elizabeth Lady Cutts Baroness of Gowran &c.
G. Kneller Eques pinxit. J. Smith fecit: 1698.
Mezzotint. 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 6¾""). Thread margins, laid on album paper at edges.
Elizabeth Pickering (1679-97), short-lived second wife of General John Cutts, Baron Cutts, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. The plate was republished, unaltered, by John Boydell.
Kneller's oil is in the collection of Chequers, the Prime Minister's country retreat.
[Ref: 61622] £360.00

The Exposition of Cyrus. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Castiglione Pinxit. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 1.st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 285 x 370mm (11¼ x 14½"). Trimmed close to plate at top.
A shepherd and his wife are surprised to find a naked young boy lying on a cloth sucking on a dog. Cyrus's grandfather, alarmed by a prophecy that his grandson would dethrone him, gave orders to cast the baby into the wilderness. Rescued by a shepherd and his wife, Cyrus returns to fulfil the prophecy in 559 BC, becoming king of Persia and creating the first Persian Empire.
See Ref: 15318 in frame.
[Ref: 61629] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Eliza.]
Painted by J. Hoppner. Engraved by J. Young.
London Publish'd March 1st, 1786, by J. Young, No 28 Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, in a fine Daniell frame. 380 x 280mm (18 x 11"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of a pensive woman at a window, with a songbird in a cage hanging on the wall. Chaloner Smith believed the woman to be Hoppner's wife, Phoebe Wright, the daughter of American-born sculptor Patience Wright.
CS:74: I of II.
[Ref: 61423] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. Natus A.º 1467. Obÿt A.º 1536.
R. Houston Fecit [after Holbein].
Printed for E. Bakewell & H. Parker, in Cornhill, London [n.d., 1759].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8") large margins. Mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait in oval of Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic theologian, engraved by Richard Houston for Rolt's 'The Lives of the Principal Reformers'.
CS 58.
[Ref: 61647] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Fitzroy] Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom.
Half-length oval portrait of politician Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1735-1811), 3rd Duke of Grafton, against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a staff over his shoulder. He served as Prime Minister 1768-70,
CS 63 only state.
[Ref: 61582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Flageolet Player]
J Molenaar Pinx.t. J.s McArdell Fecit. 1758. Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark and tipped into album sheet at sides. Cut and rejoined above title, not visible from front.
Also known as 'The Humorist or Piping Girl' or just 'The Piping Girl'. Girl holding a pipe or flute. Genre picture engraved by James McArdell (1727/8-1765), Irish printmaker and favourite of Sir Joshua Reynolds, after Jan Miense Molenaar.
CS 202
[Ref: 61579] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV as Prince of Wales] From the Original Picture given by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Wilson Braddyll Esq.r 1785.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Charles Howard Hodges.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of George IV (1762-1830) as a youthful Prince of Wales, wearing garter star.
CS 30, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 61644] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[George Prince of Denmark] Georgius, Princeps Daniæ, Dux Cumbriæ, Archithalassus Angliæ.
E.C. Heiss excud. Aug. Vind. Cum Priv. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint 315 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Narrow margins, mounted in album paper at edges.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708), consort of Queen Anne, wearing wig, lace cravat and George.
[Ref: 61643] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

James Harrington Esq.r Author of the Oceana. Engraved from an Original Picture in the Possession of John Hudson Esq.r of Bessingby in Yorkshire.
Marchi fecit.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Very slight tear in margin on left centre.
Portrait of James Harrington (1611-1677), political theorist and philosopher, head and shoulders in an oval wearing a lace collar and hair in long ringlets, after on an oil in the National Portrait Gallery dated c.1635. Despite being a Parliamentarian, Harrington has a close association with Charles I, becoming a gentleman groom of the royal bedchamber in 1647, a role he played at both Hurst Castle and Carisbrooke. Parliament had him removed in 1649 for refusing to spy on the king. After Charles's execution Harrington started work on 'The Commonwealth of Oceana', a composition of Utopian political philosophy, a metaphor for interregnum England, with its beneficent lawgiver Olphaus Megaletor representing Oliver Cromwell. Despite this, the first edition (1656) was seized at the printers on the orders of Cromwell; Harrington appealed to Elizabeth Claypole, Cromwell's favourite daughter, and it was eventually issued with a new dedication to the Lord Protector.
CS: 8, ii. See Ref: 52482.
[Ref: 61550] £320.00

Guarnerus Hassell, Artium, scientiarumque incitator ac promotot acerrimus. Tis' Hassell; sie hem nu dien gy 't hans hoorde prysen... L. Smids. M.D.
[P] Schenk fec: et exc: cum Privil: Amstelod. G. Kneller. Eques Pinx. Lond.
[n.d. c.1690]
Scarce and fine mezzotint, sheet 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed losing part of the artist name. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of German portrait painter and miniaturist Werner Hassel (fl. 1674-1707). He wears a long wig and a cloak fastened on the right shoulder.
[Ref: 61606] £320.00

Sr. Walter Hawksworth of Hawksworth Barr.t
G. Lumley Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 375 x 300mm (14¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to sheet. Possible fake plate mark added to backing sheet.
Sir Walter Hawksworth (died 1735), 2nd Bt of Hawksworth. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1721, but following his death the title became extinct due to the vast number of women born at Hawksworth Hall.
CS 3.
[Ref: 61591] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Five Senses] [Hearing]
P.Staverenus.
[n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Trimmed almost to plate and glued to backing sheet. Damaged. Staining.
Hearing, from a set of the five senses represented by peasants. The title often associated with this image is 'Ha! Ha! Hah! - I've got the Chink'. A man with chin-length curly hair smiles as he counts coins in his right palm, wearing a tall hat with a bow, his shirt and coat slightly open at the cuffs and collar.
[Ref: 61607] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

John James Heidegger Esq:r.
Vanloo pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1749.
Price 1s: 6d _ Sold by Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 228mm (13 x 9"), large margins. Staining in inscription area from old ink mss. on reverse.
John James Heidegger (1666-1749) was a Swiss count and leading impresario of masquerades. From 1710, he was part of a new commercial public entertainment, which promoted masquerade balls at the Haymarket Theatre. In 1729 Handel and Heidegger were permitted to produce operas at the King's Theatre by the Royal Academy of London.
CS: 184, i of ii.
[Ref: 61536] £450.00

[John Henniker]
G. Romney p.t. H. Hudson f.t.
[n.d. c.1786]
Fine mezzotint proof before title, 18th century watermarked paper; 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some light foxing in margins.
Half-length portrait of British peer and Member of Parliament, John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (1752-1821). He wears a powdered wig, dark coat and cravat.
CS 3. Horne 68 I.
[Ref: 61601] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Countess of Pembroke, and the R.t Hon.ble George Lord Herbert.
Sr. Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. J: Dixon Sculp.t.
Publish'd According to the Act of Parliament. 5th, April 1777. London, Published by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 455 x 327mm (18 x 12¾"), with large margins. Collector's mark verso.
Elizabeth Herbert (1737-1831), Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery, with her son George Augustus Herbert (1759-1827), later 11th Earl of Pembroke, 8th Earl of Montgomery. Her marriage to the 10th Earl wasn't happy and she eventually left him to live in what is now Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park, complaining 'Husbands are dreadfull and powerful Animals'.
CS: 27: iii of iii; Hamilton P.126.
[Ref: 46992] £480.00

The Rev:d John Herries, A. M.
Martin, Pinx.t 1775. Read fecit.
Publish'd March 1.st 1776 by H. Bryer in Cornhill.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate. Bottom right corner repaired and loss.
Half-length portrait of Reverend John Herries (d.1781) clergyman and elocutionist in an oval. He wears a dark robe, bands and powdered wig and holds a scroll in his left hand. His book 'The elements of speech,' published in 1773 was became widely use and frequently cited as an important work. However often criticised by his contemporaries as he was Scottish.
CS 1 II of II.
[Ref: 61559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

William Hoare R.A.
Painted by P. Hoare. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Oct.r 1. 1794, vy S.W. Reynolds, N.o 6 Broad Street, Soho.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album paper at sides. Staining top right.
Half-length portrait, within an oval and square wooden frame, of portrait painter William Hoare of Bath (1707-92). He wears a powdered wig, dark coat and waistcoat, and light neckerchief.
[Ref: 61599] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Hudson.
T. Hudson Pinx.t J. Faber Fecit.
[n.d. c.1756.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), 18th century watermark. Creased bottom right and stained. Thread margins. Tipped into album paper.
Full length portrait of Miss Hudson, presumably a relation to the artist Thomas Hudson (1701-79). She stands on a balcony against a country landscape; a classical urn on a pedestal at the end of the balustrade to right. She wears a beautiful dress, feathered cap on a slant and a miniture portrait on a chain across her body. In her folded arms she carries a fan. A pug-dog at her feet looks up at her adoringly.
CS 197, only state.
[Ref: 61587] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Judith with the head of Holofernes] Carol. Venetianus Pinxit Alta 4 P 8 dig lata 3 palm 7 dig.
Jacob Männl. S.C.M. Chalcograph delineavit et sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1700]
Fine early 18th century watermarked mezzotint, 275 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Thread margins. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
From the series 'Pièces gravées d'après les tableaux de la gallerie impériale royale de Vienne' a series of mezzotints after paintings in the imperial collection in Vienna. Depiction of the tale from the Old Testament Book of Judith. Judith holds the head of the Assyrian General Holofernes by a maid who carries a candle and opens a sack with her other hand and teeth.
[Ref: 61612] £360.00

Michael Kelly, of the Kings Theatre & Theatre Royal Drury Lane. From an Original Picture in the Possession or Rowland Stephenson, Esq.r.
Painted by J. Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to his Majesty.
London, Pub.d June 1. 1825, by M.r Sams, Royal Library S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint, presentation copy, signed by the sitter in ink. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Mss. ink slightly smeared.
Seated half-length portrait of Irish tenor Michael Kelly (1762-1826), signed ''As a token of esteem to Miss Stephens from Michael Kelly January 24th 1825'. Miss Stephens likely refers to Catherine Stephens, Countess of Essex (1794–1882) who was an English operatic singer and actress, also known as Kitty Stephens. She sung music composed by Michael Kelly at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
Whitman: 286
[Ref: 61539] £320.00

Georg Augustin Kevenhüller Freÿher. zu Aichelberg [...] Natus 1612. Denatus 1652.
Michael Fennitzer F:
[n.d., c.1652.]
Mezzotint. 225 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Small margins.
Georg Augustin Freiherr von Khevenhüller-Aichelberg (1615-53), Austrian soldier.
[Ref: 61621] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Master Lambton.]
[Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence P.R.A. Principal Painter in Ordinary to his Majesty. Engraved by S. Cousins.]
[Published for the Proprietor, Sir T. Lawrence P.R.A. Jan.y 1827.]
Mezzotint, scarce proof before letters. 470 x 355mm (18½ x 14"), large margins.
Portrait of Charles Lambton (1818-31) as a boy, wearing a velvet suit with frilled white shirt, lying on rocks with one hand behind his head. The son of John George Lambton, Ist Earl of Durham, he did not reach adulthood. Commonly known as "The Red Boy", and the first painting on a British postage stamp "Harrison 4d" 1967. Sir Thomas Lawrence exhibited the original painting at the Royal Academy in 1825 (no.288) as 'Portrait of the Son of J.G.Lambton Esq.'
Whitman 98.1.
[Ref: 60973] £380.00

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