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The Right Hon.ble Lady Charlotte Bertie.
Painted by W.Peters R.A. Engrav'd by W.Dickinson
London Publish'd March 1st 1778 by W.Dickinson, No.20 Henrietta Street Covent Garden & T.Watson, No.142 New Bond Street
Very fine and rare mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Framed, total size 615 x 480mm (24¼ x 19"). Unexamined outside of frame.
Half length portrait in oval of Georgiana Charlotte Bertie (1764-1838), playing a lyre amongst the clouds. The daughter of Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster, she married George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl (from 1815 Marquess) of Cholmondeley in 1791.
CS: 8 state ii.
[Ref: 62575] £480.00
Painted by W.Peters R.A. Engrav'd by W.Dickinson
London Publish'd March 1st 1778 by W.Dickinson, No.20 Henrietta Street Covent Garden & T.Watson, No.142 New Bond Street
Very fine and rare mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Framed, total size 615 x 480mm (24¼ x 19"). Unexamined outside of frame.
Half length portrait in oval of Georgiana Charlotte Bertie (1764-1838), playing a lyre amongst the clouds. The daughter of Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster, she married George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl (from 1815 Marquess) of Cholmondeley in 1791.
CS: 8 state ii.
[Ref: 62575] £480.00
Miss Salethea Dawkens.
J. Toer pinx. P. Stee fecit.
[n.d. c.1778]
Framed mezzotint, sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Frame 505 x 390mm (20 x 15½"). Trimmed to plate. Unexamined outside of frame.
Miss Salethea (Salathea) Dawkens, leaning over a low wall, wearing a hat and ribbon around her neck and looking at viewer. According to 'Musgrave's Obituary' (The Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol LXV, 1900) Dawkens was a courtesan. The artist, engraver and sitter are unknown.
CS: 1. Le Blanc 388; Russell II of II.
[Ref: 62574] £360.00
J. Toer pinx. P. Stee fecit.
[n.d. c.1778]
Framed mezzotint, sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Frame 505 x 390mm (20 x 15½"). Trimmed to plate. Unexamined outside of frame.
Miss Salethea (Salathea) Dawkens, leaning over a low wall, wearing a hat and ribbon around her neck and looking at viewer. According to 'Musgrave's Obituary' (The Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol LXV, 1900) Dawkens was a courtesan. The artist, engraver and sitter are unknown.
CS: 1. Le Blanc 388; Russell II of II.
[Ref: 62574] £360.00
Sir John Fielding, Kn.t.
Painted by N. Hone. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pub.d 1st Jan.ry 1777, by W.m Humphrey Gerrard Street, Soho.
Framed rare mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Frame size 405 x 510mm (15 x 20"). Trimmed to plate.
Sir John Fielding (1721-1780), English magistrate and social reformer, leaning on a book titled 'The Law' on the spine crushing a serpent. Despite being blinded in a navy accident aged 19, Fielding set up his own business and, in his spare time, studied law. He worked very closely with his half-brother Henry Fielding (a chief magistrate as well as a novelist), creating the first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners. Known as the "Blind Beak", he could allegedly recognise three thousand criminals by the sounds of their voices.
CS: 61. Frankau: 138.
[Ref: 62573] £360.00
Painted by N. Hone. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pub.d 1st Jan.ry 1777, by W.m Humphrey Gerrard Street, Soho.
Framed rare mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Frame size 405 x 510mm (15 x 20"). Trimmed to plate.
Sir John Fielding (1721-1780), English magistrate and social reformer, leaning on a book titled 'The Law' on the spine crushing a serpent. Despite being blinded in a navy accident aged 19, Fielding set up his own business and, in his spare time, studied law. He worked very closely with his half-brother Henry Fielding (a chief magistrate as well as a novelist), creating the first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners. Known as the "Blind Beak", he could allegedly recognise three thousand criminals by the sounds of their voices.
CS: 61. Frankau: 138.
[Ref: 62573] £360.00
Mr. Grinlin Gibbons.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: & exc:
[c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate; repairs left margin.
Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) holding a marble head and a pair of compasses. He was a wood carver and sculptor whose work can be seen at St. Paul's Cathedral, Hampton Court Palace and Blenheim Palace.
CS: 105, i of ii.
[Ref: 62484] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: & exc:
[c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate; repairs left margin.
Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) holding a marble head and a pair of compasses. He was a wood carver and sculptor whose work can be seen at St. Paul's Cathedral, Hampton Court Palace and Blenheim Palace.
CS: 105, i of ii.
[Ref: 62484] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Rev.d James Hackman, From the Original Drawing by M,,r Dighton.]](jpegs/62533.jpg)
[The Rev.d James Hackman, From the Original Drawing by M,,r Dighton.]
[Dighton del. Laurie Sc.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs May 17th 1779.
Mezzotint, proof state with scratched publication line only. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Small crease top left margin.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Robert Dighton.
CS 26.
[Ref: 62533] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Dighton del. Laurie Sc.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs May 17th 1779.
Mezzotint, proof state with scratched publication line only. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Small crease top left margin.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Robert Dighton.
CS 26.
[Ref: 62533] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. &c. &c. &c. To the Members of the United Service Club. This Engraving from the original picture in Her Majesty's Collection at St. James's Palace is most respectfully dedicated by their humble & obed.t Servants, Welch & Gwynn.
J. Hoppner, Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. W.O. Burgess, Sculp.t.
London, Nov.r 12th. 1839, Published by H.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 380 x 305mm (15 x 12"). Trimmed within plate, slight crease bottom left, top right corner missing and paper toning round the edges.
Half-length portrait of Horatio Nelson, wearing naval uniform with sash, stars and medals, his right sleeve pinned to his breast.
Not in Parker.
[Ref: 62486] £480.00
J. Hoppner, Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. W.O. Burgess, Sculp.t.
London, Nov.r 12th. 1839, Published by H.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 380 x 305mm (15 x 12"). Trimmed within plate, slight crease bottom left, top right corner missing and paper toning round the edges.
Half-length portrait of Horatio Nelson, wearing naval uniform with sash, stars and medals, his right sleeve pinned to his breast.
Not in Parker.
[Ref: 62486] £480.00
![The Night Wind. [in pencil]](jpegs/62580.jpg)
The Night Wind. [in pencil]
R. C. Peter [in image and in pencil]
[n.d., c.1925.]
Mezzotint signed by the artist, 450 x 340mm (17.7 x 13.3”), with very large margins. Inscribed with 'To Jack Blamfied New Year 1927' in bottom left. Foxing in margins.
A woman with flowing hair leaps on her right leg into the night. The sea ripples in the background and four sleeping babies lie, entangled in her cloak, against a starry sky. Robert Charles Peter (1888-1980), member of the Royal Society of Painters.
Ex: Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62580] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R. C. Peter [in image and in pencil]
[n.d., c.1925.]
Mezzotint signed by the artist, 450 x 340mm (17.7 x 13.3”), with very large margins. Inscribed with 'To Jack Blamfied New Year 1927' in bottom left. Foxing in margins.
A woman with flowing hair leaps on her right leg into the night. The sea ripples in the background and four sleeping babies lie, entangled in her cloak, against a starry sky. Robert Charles Peter (1888-1980), member of the Royal Society of Painters.
Ex: Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62580] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hugh Percy] The Right Honourable Hugh Lord Warkworth,](jpegs/62485.jpg)
[Hugh Percy] The Right Honourable Hugh Lord Warkworth, Aid de Camp to His Majesty. Member of Parliament for the City & Liberty of Westminster.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t. J. Finlayson delin.t et fec.t.
publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 2.d 1765. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street. Price 5s:
Mezzotint, very fine & rare impression. Sheet 360 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, horizontal fold flattened.
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817), British army officer and British peer. He participated in the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War, but resigned his command in 1777 due to disagreements with his superior, General Howe. He was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 to 1766, and subsequently Earl Percy. He was later promoted to full colonel and appointed an aide-de-camp to the King in 1764. He was half brother to James Smithson, founding donor to the Smithsonian.
CS: 18.
[Ref: 62485] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t. J. Finlayson delin.t et fec.t.
publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 2.d 1765. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street. Price 5s:
Mezzotint, very fine & rare impression. Sheet 360 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, horizontal fold flattened.
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817), British army officer and British peer. He participated in the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War, but resigned his command in 1777 due to disagreements with his superior, General Howe. He was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 to 1766, and subsequently Earl Percy. He was later promoted to full colonel and appointed an aide-de-camp to the King in 1764. He was half brother to James Smithson, founding donor to the Smithsonian.
CS: 18.
[Ref: 62485] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Pretty Milleners.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printsellers, N.º 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 7 Nov.r 1781.
Mezzotint and etching, with hand colour. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Framed, showing platemark. Unexamined out of frame.
Two young women sitting sewing, one working on a bonnet, the other on a piece of gauzy striped material, On a table are ribbons, threads and flowers.
[Ref: 62578] £360.00
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printsellers, N.º 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 7 Nov.r 1781.
Mezzotint and etching, with hand colour. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Framed, showing platemark. Unexamined out of frame.
Two young women sitting sewing, one working on a bonnet, the other on a piece of gauzy striped material, On a table are ribbons, threads and flowers.
[Ref: 62578] £360.00
Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors. 402.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised, c.1769]
Mezzotint and etching, with fine hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders.
[Ref: 62579] £390.00
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised, c.1769]
Mezzotint and etching, with fine hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders.
[Ref: 62579] £390.00
![[Ploughing on the South Downs]](jpegs/62592.jpg)
[Ploughing on the South Downs]
N.H [in image] Norman Hirst pinx. et sculp [in pencil].
Copyright. Published August 1.st 1924 by Vicars Brothers.12. Old Bond St. London
Mezzotint, 200 x 275mm (8 x10¾"). Taped into original mount at one corner.
A rural landscape; a farmer ploughs a field with a team of oxen. Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
Ex Collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62592] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
N.H [in image] Norman Hirst pinx. et sculp [in pencil].
Copyright. Published August 1.st 1924 by Vicars Brothers.12. Old Bond St. London
Mezzotint, 200 x 275mm (8 x10¾"). Taped into original mount at one corner.
A rural landscape; a farmer ploughs a field with a team of oxen. Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
Ex Collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62592] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Anne Warren.]](jpegs/21925.jpg)
[Anne Warren.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C. Hodges.
[n.d. c.1790.]
A scarce mezzotint. 500 x 340mm (19¾ x 13½"), with large margins. Time stained.
Portrait of Anne Warren, who was one of two daughters to William Powell the actor and theatre manager (1735/6-1769). According to Chaloner Smith, this was the only state from a private plate and that it was never published.
CS: 32, ii; Horne: 126.
[Ref: 21925] £850.00
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C. Hodges.
[n.d. c.1790.]
A scarce mezzotint. 500 x 340mm (19¾ x 13½"), with large margins. Time stained.
Portrait of Anne Warren, who was one of two daughters to William Powell the actor and theatre manager (1735/6-1769). According to Chaloner Smith, this was the only state from a private plate and that it was never published.
CS: 32, ii; Horne: 126.
[Ref: 21925] £850.00
![[A young boy with spaniel.]](jpegs/62577.jpg)
[A young boy with spaniel.]
W Vaillant fec: et Exc.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint. 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½"). Framed. Small margins, small chip in bottom edge, slight crease. Unexamined out of frame.
A full length portrait of a young boy in the long skirts fashionable at the time, holding a stick, a dog on the table beside him. A pencil annotation on the frame suggests this is Charles II.
BM 1868,0612.1133, "young boy"; Hollstein 212.
[Ref: 62577] £360.00
W Vaillant fec: et Exc.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint. 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½"). Framed. Small margins, small chip in bottom edge, slight crease. Unexamined out of frame.
A full length portrait of a young boy in the long skirts fashionable at the time, holding a stick, a dog on the table beside him. A pencil annotation on the frame suggests this is Charles II.
BM 1868,0612.1133, "young boy"; Hollstein 212.
[Ref: 62577] £360.00