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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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A Lady at Confession.
Millar inv.t et pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 May 1772.
Mezzotint. 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, laid on album paper.
A young lady at confession, holding a rosary, heard by a Jesuit monk, who looks lecherously at her. Before them are various symbols of mortality, and a paper lettered ''From fornication and all other deadly Sins Libera nos Domine! 'Tis better to Marry than burn''.
[Ref: 62359] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Millar inv.t et pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 May 1772.
Mezzotint. 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, laid on album paper.
A young lady at confession, holding a rosary, heard by a Jesuit monk, who looks lecherously at her. Before them are various symbols of mortality, and a paper lettered ''From fornication and all other deadly Sins Libera nos Domine! 'Tis better to Marry than burn''.
[Ref: 62359] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The R.t Honb.le Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp, &c, &c, &c, L.d Lieu.t & Custos Rot.m of the County of Warwicj, One of the Lords of His Majestys most Hon.ble Privy Council & Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. John Watts Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 28, 1786, by Jn.o Watts No 34 Red Lyon Street Holborn & W.m Dickenson, No 158, New Bond Street.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Crease in inscription area, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), 2nd Marquess of Hertford, wear a jacket with a fur collar.
CS: 4; Hamilton: pg 37 iii of iii.
[Ref: 62087] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. John Watts Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 28, 1786, by Jn.o Watts No 34 Red Lyon Street Holborn & W.m Dickenson, No 158, New Bond Street.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Crease in inscription area, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), 2nd Marquess of Hertford, wear a jacket with a fur collar.
CS: 4; Hamilton: pg 37 iii of iii.
[Ref: 62087] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius II.us D.G. Mag. Brit. Fra. & Hib. Rex &c.
Jos. Highmore pinxit. J. Tinney fecit.
Printed & Sold by J. Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street London [n.d. c.1740].
Fine mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, tipped onto album paper on left side.
A profile portrait of George II, wearing wig and armour with lion-head epaulette, medal on a ribbon around his neck.
CS 3.
[Ref: 62086] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Jos. Highmore pinxit. J. Tinney fecit.
Printed & Sold by J. Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street London [n.d. c.1740].
Fine mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, tipped onto album paper on left side.
A profile portrait of George II, wearing wig and armour with lion-head epaulette, medal on a ribbon around his neck.
CS 3.
[Ref: 62086] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Great Meteor, which appeared November 6, 1803. As Seen at Greenwich. Copied from the Philisophical Magazine by permission. As Seen Near Soho Square. Copied from Mr Nicholson's Journal by Permission.
Published Feb.y 1 1804 by Richard Phillips, N.º 71, S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 195mm (6½ x 7¾"). Binding folds.
Four depictions of the meteor.
[Ref: 62207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Published Feb.y 1 1804 by Richard Phillips, N.º 71, S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 195mm (6½ x 7¾"). Binding folds.
Four depictions of the meteor.
[Ref: 62207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Margherita Luti] Fornarina.](jpegs/62201.jpg)
[Margherita Luti] Fornarina. N.º 79.
T.A. Ingres. Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculp.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait of a woman in Renaissance costume, one hand touching a plant growing in an urn. This is an adapted detail of the painting 'Raphael and La Fornarina' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1813), which originally depicted the artist with his mistress (Margherita Luti, 'The Baker') on his knee.
[Ref: 62201] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T.A. Ingres. Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculp.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait of a woman in Renaissance costume, one hand touching a plant growing in an urn. This is an adapted detail of the painting 'Raphael and La Fornarina' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1813), which originally depicted the artist with his mistress (Margherita Luti, 'The Baker') on his knee.
[Ref: 62201] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Titus Oates.
[Engraved c.1680, this impression later.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼") Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A portrait Titus Oates (1649-1705), wearing square cap, coat and holding gloves. Oates fabricated the 'Popish Plot', a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II.
See BM for proof impression. 1902,1011.6905.
[Ref: 62412] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved c.1680, this impression later.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼") Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A portrait Titus Oates (1649-1705), wearing square cap, coat and holding gloves. Oates fabricated the 'Popish Plot', a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II.
See BM for proof impression. 1902,1011.6905.
[Ref: 62412] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dancing peasants.]](jpegs/62202.jpg)
[Dancing peasants.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½"). Laid on album paper.
A drunken peasant couple dance, drinks in hand. Behind a man plays the cello.
[Ref: 62202] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½"). Laid on album paper.
A drunken peasant couple dance, drinks in hand. Behind a man plays the cello.
[Ref: 62202] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ireland
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12, 1800, by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint, J. Whatman watermark. 440 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"), with large margins.
A figure representing Ireland as a barefoot young boy, sitting on a boulder outside a cottage with thick walls and thatched roof, hugging a sheepdog. One of four plates representing the four nations about to be joined by the Act of Union.
See ref: 62149 & 49978
[Ref: 62150] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12, 1800, by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint, J. Whatman watermark. 440 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"), with large margins.
A figure representing Ireland as a barefoot young boy, sitting on a boulder outside a cottage with thick walls and thatched roof, hugging a sheepdog. One of four plates representing the four nations about to be joined by the Act of Union.
See ref: 62149 & 49978
[Ref: 62150] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Scotland.
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12, 1800, by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint, J. Whatman watermark 1800. 440 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Crack in platemark.
A figure representing Scotland as a young boy in a kilt, walking up a hill in the wind, holding down his tam o' shanter. One of four plates representing the four nations about to be joined by the Act of Union.
See ref: 62150 & 49978
[Ref: 62149] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12, 1800, by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint, J. Whatman watermark 1800. 440 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Crack in platemark.
A figure representing Scotland as a young boy in a kilt, walking up a hill in the wind, holding down his tam o' shanter. One of four plates representing the four nations about to be joined by the Act of Union.
See ref: 62150 & 49978
[Ref: 62149] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilson, Esq.r Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.]](jpegs/62288.jpg)
[John Wilson, Esq.r Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.]
J. Watson Gordon Pinx.t Edinburgh 1829. Engraved by H. Dawe 7 Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town.
Published March 1.st 1833 by M.r A.W. Maclean Edinburgh.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Mounted in album paper at sides, some spotting.
Seated portrait of John Watson (1785-1854), a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, who used the pseudonym Christopher North to write for Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
[Ref: 62288] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J. Watson Gordon Pinx.t Edinburgh 1829. Engraved by H. Dawe 7 Bartholomew Place, Kentish Town.
Published March 1.st 1833 by M.r A.W. Maclean Edinburgh.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Mounted in album paper at sides, some spotting.
Seated portrait of John Watson (1785-1854), a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, who used the pseudonym Christopher North to write for Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
[Ref: 62288] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman with an oil lamp.]](jpegs/62182.jpg)
[Woman with an oil lamp.] From a Painting of Ger.d Dou, belonging to Cap.t Baillie.
W. Baillie sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.1st. 1771.
Mezzotint. 155 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with narrow margins. Mounted in album paper at sides.
A night scene showing a woman leaning through a window, shielding the flame of a lamp with her hand. Engraved after a painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-75) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 62182] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Baillie sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.1st. 1771.
Mezzotint. 155 x 230mm (6 x 9"), with narrow margins. Mounted in album paper at sides.
A night scene showing a woman leaning through a window, shielding the flame of a lamp with her hand. Engraved after a painting by Gerrit Dou (1613-75) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 62182] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)