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![[Georgiana Agar-Ellis, Lady Dover]](jpegs/63538.jpg)
[Georgiana Agar-Ellis, Lady Dover]
J. Jackson pinx. R.A. S.W. Reynolds sculp.
Published by Colnagho P. Feb 13 1824.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 380 x 255mm (15 x 10mm), with large margins. Repairs in edges of margins. Uncut.
Georgiana Agar Ellis (1804-1860), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle; in 1822 she married George Agar-Ellis, who became Baron Dover in 1831.
Whitman 8.
[Ref: 63538] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
J. Jackson pinx. R.A. S.W. Reynolds sculp.
Published by Colnagho P. Feb 13 1824.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 380 x 255mm (15 x 10mm), with large margins. Repairs in edges of margins. Uncut.
Georgiana Agar Ellis (1804-1860), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle; in 1822 she married George Agar-Ellis, who became Baron Dover in 1831.
Whitman 8.
[Ref: 63538] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Marquis of Tichfield, Son of his Grace the Duke of Portland.
S.r Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. I. Jehner Fecit.
Pub.d 1.st May, 1777, by I. Jehner, Bear Street, Leicester Fields, & J. Lockington, Shug lane, Piccadilly, London.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins. Some creasing.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck (1738-1809), as a youth, dressed in Van Dyke costume in a landscape. He was later the 3rd Duke of Portland and Prime Minister twice.
CS 13, ii.
[Ref: 63537] £520.00
S.r Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. I. Jehner Fecit.
Pub.d 1.st May, 1777, by I. Jehner, Bear Street, Leicester Fields, & J. Lockington, Shug lane, Piccadilly, London.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins. Some creasing.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck (1738-1809), as a youth, dressed in Van Dyke costume in a landscape. He was later the 3rd Duke of Portland and Prime Minister twice.
CS 13, ii.
[Ref: 63537] £520.00
![[Mrs. Bonfoy.]](jpegs/63536.jpg)
[Mrs. Bonfoy.]
J. Reynolds pint. J. McArdell fecit.
Published'd according to Act of Parliament [n.d., c.1755].
Mezzotint. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, bottom left inscription area rebuilt, marks over inscription line, small crease.
The published state ot this portrait of Lady Ann Bonfoy (1729-1810), unusually still untitled. The daughter of Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Cornwall, Anne married to a captain in the Royal Navy, Hugh Bonfoy (c1720-1762) in November 1751. They had one daughter together before he died in 1762, also Ann, who married the First Earl of Ely. The elder Ann was Lady of the Bedchamber to the daughters of George III. Reynolds had painted a group portrait of the Eliot family in 1746, before his departure for Italy. This was one of the first of his portrait to be engraved in mezzotint.
CS 23, Goodwin 44, Hamilton p.84. The oil is in the Box Gallery, Plymouth.
[Ref: 63536] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pint. J. McArdell fecit.
Published'd according to Act of Parliament [n.d., c.1755].
Mezzotint. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, bottom left inscription area rebuilt, marks over inscription line, small crease.
The published state ot this portrait of Lady Ann Bonfoy (1729-1810), unusually still untitled. The daughter of Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Cornwall, Anne married to a captain in the Royal Navy, Hugh Bonfoy (c1720-1762) in November 1751. They had one daughter together before he died in 1762, also Ann, who married the First Earl of Ely. The elder Ann was Lady of the Bedchamber to the daughters of George III. Reynolds had painted a group portrait of the Eliot family in 1746, before his departure for Italy. This was one of the first of his portrait to be engraved in mezzotint.
CS 23, Goodwin 44, Hamilton p.84. The oil is in the Box Gallery, Plymouth.
[Ref: 63536] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Charles Churchill.
[after Hamett Jefferyes.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾").
Oval portrait of satirist Charles Churchill (1732-1764), thinking with a quill in his hand. Under the oval are books including 'The North Briton' and 'Prophecy of Famine', and a pole holding a cap of liberty. Churchill was an ally of John Wilkes and an adversary of William Hogarth. In response to Churchill's 'An Epistle to William Hogarth' (described by Garrick as shocking and barbarous), Hogarth published 'The Bruiser', which caricatured Churchill as a bear with a tankard of porter and a club of lies, with Hogarth's pug urinating on the 'Epistle'.
[Ref: 63365] £320.00
[after Hamett Jefferyes.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾").
Oval portrait of satirist Charles Churchill (1732-1764), thinking with a quill in his hand. Under the oval are books including 'The North Briton' and 'Prophecy of Famine', and a pole holding a cap of liberty. Churchill was an ally of John Wilkes and an adversary of William Hogarth. In response to Churchill's 'An Epistle to William Hogarth' (described by Garrick as shocking and barbarous), Hogarth published 'The Bruiser', which caricatured Churchill as a bear with a tankard of porter and a club of lies, with Hogarth's pug urinating on the 'Epistle'.
[Ref: 63365] £320.00
![[Cupid on a raft.]](jpegs/63479.jpg)
[Cupid on a raft.]
[after Fanny Corbeaux]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Two rare mezzotints, one with fine hand colour. Each 130 x 155mm (5¼ x 6"). Coloured plate with narrow bottom margin, pasted on album paper; uncoloured trimmed just within plate at bottom, loose from album paper.
Cupid on a makeshift raft, using his bow as an oar and an arrow for a mast. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. On the album paper is a quote from Tennyson's 'Recollections of the Arabian Nights' in old ink mss.: ''When the breeze of a joyful dawn blew free / In the silken sail of infancy'.
[Ref: 63479] £380.00
[after Fanny Corbeaux]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Two rare mezzotints, one with fine hand colour. Each 130 x 155mm (5¼ x 6"). Coloured plate with narrow bottom margin, pasted on album paper; uncoloured trimmed just within plate at bottom, loose from album paper.
Cupid on a makeshift raft, using his bow as an oar and an arrow for a mast. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. On the album paper is a quote from Tennyson's 'Recollections of the Arabian Nights' in old ink mss.: ''When the breeze of a joyful dawn blew free / In the silken sail of infancy'.
[Ref: 63479] £380.00
![[Gianello della Torre] Juanelo Torriano](jpegs/63366.jpg)
[Gianello della Torre] Juanelo Torriano
[n.d., c.1820.]
Chine collé mezzotint. 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"),
An illustration of the carrara marble bust of Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician Gianello della Torre (c.1500-85), attributed to Pompeo Leoni. now in the Museo de Santa Cruz.
[Ref: 63366] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Chine collé mezzotint. 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"),
An illustration of the carrara marble bust of Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician Gianello della Torre (c.1500-85), attributed to Pompeo Leoni. now in the Museo de Santa Cruz.
[Ref: 63366] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Method of High-finishing Family Pictures.
Printed for Carington Bowles, N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd 1.st August 1771.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, bottom corners rounded, edged with album paper.
A man, who is about to join a woman on a couch, reaches up to draw the cuckold's horns in chalk on a man's portrait. At that moment the same man looks around the door. The BM suggests that the couple are Lady Henrietta Grosvenor and Henry, Duke of Cumberland (brother of George III), who were discovered in flagrante delicto in 1769, leading to Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl, bringing an action against the Duke for ''criminal conversation''.
BM 2010,7081.1300.
[Ref: 63422] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd 1.st August 1771.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, bottom corners rounded, edged with album paper.
A man, who is about to join a woman on a couch, reaches up to draw the cuckold's horns in chalk on a man's portrait. At that moment the same man looks around the door. The BM suggests that the couple are Lady Henrietta Grosvenor and Henry, Duke of Cumberland (brother of George III), who were discovered in flagrante delicto in 1769, leading to Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl, bringing an action against the Duke for ''criminal conversation''.
BM 2010,7081.1300.
[Ref: 63422] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henrietta Fordyce] M,,rs Fordyce.](jpegs/63533.jpg)
[Henrietta Fordyce] M,,rs Fordyce.
[G. [ Willison Pinx.t. W. Shropshire excudit. Tho.s Watson fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 1st. 1771, for W. Shropshire in New Bond Street, London.
Mezzotint. Sheet 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, affecting inscriptions, into plate at bottom.
Three-quarter length portrait of Henrietta Fordyce (1734-1823), celebrating her 1771 marriage to clergyman James Fordyce. She holds a bouquet to her breast and carries a fringed fan.
[Ref: 63533] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[G. [ Willison Pinx.t. W. Shropshire excudit. Tho.s Watson fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 1st. 1771, for W. Shropshire in New Bond Street, London.
Mezzotint. Sheet 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, affecting inscriptions, into plate at bottom.
Three-quarter length portrait of Henrietta Fordyce (1734-1823), celebrating her 1771 marriage to clergyman James Fordyce. She holds a bouquet to her breast and carries a fringed fan.
[Ref: 63533] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
He... igh_Ho.
Ostade pinx.t. R. Houston fecit.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1800].
Mezzotint. 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait of a woman wearing a white bonnet and scarf, yawning,
[Ref: 63431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Ostade pinx.t. R. Houston fecit.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1800].
Mezzotint. 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait of a woman wearing a white bonnet and scarf, yawning,
[Ref: 63431] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I'm Ready for You. 361
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of a young woman smiling at the viewer, wearing a tall hat.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Not in BM.
[Ref: 63435] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of a young woman smiling at the viewer, wearing a tall hat.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Not in BM.
[Ref: 63435] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
I'm the Thing, A'nt I? 364
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25 April, 1791.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), large margins.
A half length portrait of a smiling dandy, a single eye-glass held to his right eye. His hair is much frizzed out at the sides and tied in a queue. He wears a coat with a high collar and a fringed cravat tied in a bow. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8053, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63432] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25 April, 1791.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), large margins.
A half length portrait of a smiling dandy, a single eye-glass held to his right eye. His hair is much frizzed out at the sides and tied in a queue. He wears a coat with a high collar and a fringed cravat tied in a bow. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8053, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63432] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Jackson] A Jack in Office.](jpegs/63439.jpg)
[William Jackson] A Jack in Office. 403.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 1 Dec.r, 1792.
Mezzotint. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4½"), large margins.
A caricature portrait of exciseman William Jackson shown with his excise book, quill and ink in his pockets. Dighton also published a full-length version of this portrait, with a poodle urinating on his legs (BM Satires 8395, see refs 50997 & 60039).
Not in BM Satires. Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 63439] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 1 Dec.r, 1792.
Mezzotint. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4½"), large margins.
A caricature portrait of exciseman William Jackson shown with his excise book, quill and ink in his pockets. Dighton also published a full-length version of this portrait, with a poodle urinating on his legs (BM Satires 8395, see refs 50997 & 60039).
Not in BM Satires. Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 63439] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Jolly Dog.
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1780].
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, paper toned and brittle, loss in bottom cornera, small worm holes. Damaged.
An oval portrait of a man seated in a chair, holds a long pipe, grinning and looking towards the viewer. His wig is sliding from his head.
BM Satires 7819, a Bowles and Carver edition.
[Ref: 63428] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1780].
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, paper toned and brittle, loss in bottom cornera, small worm holes. Damaged.
An oval portrait of a man seated in a chair, holds a long pipe, grinning and looking towards the viewer. His wig is sliding from his head.
BM Satires 7819, a Bowles and Carver edition.
[Ref: 63428] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Inigo Jones.
Painted by Vandyke. Engraved by R. Earlom.
Published Sept.r 2.d 1811, by Boydell & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"), with large margins.
Portrait of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) the British architect and designer. He left his mark on London by single buildings, such as the Banqueting House, Whitehall, and in area design for Covent Garden, which became a model for future developments in the West End.
CS: 23, only state.
[Ref: 63495] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Vandyke. Engraved by R. Earlom.
Published Sept.r 2.d 1811, by Boydell & Co. 90, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"), with large margins.
Portrait of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) the British architect and designer. He left his mark on London by single buildings, such as the Banqueting House, Whitehall, and in area design for Covent Garden, which became a model for future developments in the West End.
CS: 23, only state.
[Ref: 63495] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Leopards.
Peint par Murphy [but James Northcote]. Gravé par Renbé.
à Ausbourg dans le Negoce de l'Academie des Arts [n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½") Trimmed into image on three sides.
A reverse copy of the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds after James Northcote, 1798.
[Ref: 63344] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Murphy [but James Northcote]. Gravé par Renbé.
à Ausbourg dans le Negoce de l'Academie des Arts [n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½") Trimmed into image on three sides.
A reverse copy of the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds after James Northcote, 1798.
[Ref: 63344] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Two Views of Mars.
W. Read Sculp.t.
Pub.d by Sir Rich.d Phillips & C.º Jan.y 1821.
Mezzotint. 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Binding notches on left edge.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
[Ref: 63450] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
Pub.d by Sir Rich.d Phillips & C.º Jan.y 1821.
Mezzotint. 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Binding notches on left edge.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
[Ref: 63450] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Neck or Nothing! or Quite the Kick. 427
Dighton del.
London: Printed for Bowles & Carver, No 69 St Paul's Church Yard. Published 2 Jan 1795.
Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), large margins.
A long-haired dandy, arms crossed, smiling complacently. 'The Kick' denotes the present fashion.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 9100, state with date removed.
[Ref: 63433] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dighton del.
London: Printed for Bowles & Carver, No 69 St Paul's Church Yard. Published 2 Jan 1795.
Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), large margins.
A long-haired dandy, arms crossed, smiling complacently. 'The Kick' denotes the present fashion.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 9100, state with date removed.
[Ref: 63433] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Night Amusement.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image, small tear in top of image, backed with album paper. Messy.
A group of four men drinking by candlelight, with musical instruments and sheet music lower left. Pendant to a similar print, 'Mirth and Friendship'.
[Ref: 63421] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image, small tear in top of image, backed with album paper. Messy.
A group of four men drinking by candlelight, with musical instruments and sheet music lower left. Pendant to a similar print, 'Mirth and Friendship'.
[Ref: 63421] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Pretty Bar Maid.
From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. _ Published as the Act directs, 2.d July, 1778.
Coloured mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very small margins, laid on board.
The patrons of a public house gather around the pretty barmaid. Under the bar a dog urinates on 'The Gazette extraordinary'.
[Ref: 63425] £320.00
From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. _ Published as the Act directs, 2.d July, 1778.
Coloured mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very small margins, laid on board.
The patrons of a public house gather around the pretty barmaid. Under the bar a dog urinates on 'The Gazette extraordinary'.
[Ref: 63425] £320.00
![[Ragostski Sigismond Prince de Transilvanie.]](jpegs/63541.jpg)
[Ragostski Sigismond Prince de Transilvanie.]
[Engraved by Johann Elias Haid after a sketch by Bernard Picart after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before title. 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Damage, loss in corners bottom right & top left. Messy.
Sigismund Rákóczi (1544-1608), a Hungarian soldier who rose to prominence in the wars against the Ottomans, becoming Prince of Transylvania towards the end of his life.
[Ref: 63541] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Johann Elias Haid after a sketch by Bernard Picart after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before title. 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Damage, loss in corners bottom right & top left. Messy.
Sigismund Rákóczi (1544-1608), a Hungarian soldier who rose to prominence in the wars against the Ottomans, becoming Prince of Transylvania towards the end of his life.
[Ref: 63541] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A Flat Between Two Sharps.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1792.]
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
A solicitor and a barrister flank a countryman in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer as the countryman scratches his head.
[Ref: 63342] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1792.]
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
A solicitor and a barrister flank a countryman in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer as the countryman scratches his head.
[Ref: 63342] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Sharp Between Two Flats.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver N.o 69 St. Paul's Church Yard London. [n.d. c.1793]
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), on wove paper with large margins. Creasing in margins.
A grinning lawyer about to eat an oyster stands between two discomfited litigants, offering them half a shell each.
BM Satires 3762.
[Ref: 63341] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver N.o 69 St. Paul's Church Yard London. [n.d. c.1793]
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), on wove paper with large margins. Creasing in margins.
A grinning lawyer about to eat an oyster stands between two discomfited litigants, offering them half a shell each.
BM Satires 3762.
[Ref: 63341] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jan Six] The Burgo-Master, by Rembrandt.](jpegs/63527.jpg)
[Jan Six] The Burgo-Master, by Rembrandt.
Printed for Carington Bowles, at N.º 69 in St Pauls Church yard, London.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), very large margins. Small worm trail just entering inscription area lower right.
A copy of Rembrandt's 1647 etching of Jan Six (1618-1700), art collector, magistrate and mayor of Amsterdam in 1691. A friend of the artist, Six was also painted by Rembrandt in 1654, an oil still in the Six Collection in Amsterdam.
Not in Chaloner Smith.
[Ref: 63527] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, at N.º 69 in St Pauls Church yard, London.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), very large margins. Small worm trail just entering inscription area lower right.
A copy of Rembrandt's 1647 etching of Jan Six (1618-1700), art collector, magistrate and mayor of Amsterdam in 1691. A friend of the artist, Six was also painted by Rembrandt in 1654, an oil still in the Six Collection in Amsterdam.
Not in Chaloner Smith.
[Ref: 63527] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[This is Your Sort! - Here's to ye.]](jpegs/63449.jpg)
[This is Your Sort! - Here's to ye.]
[after Robert Dighton.]
[London: Carington Bowles or Bowles & Carver, c.1790.]
Mezzotint with fine colour. Sheet 110 x 110mm (4½ x 4½"). Trimmed to image at sides, into image at bottom, losing title and inscriptions.
A young man in rustic dress with a broad-brimmed hat grins broadly as he holds up a foaming tankard.
[Ref: 63449] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
[London: Carington Bowles or Bowles & Carver, c.1790.]
Mezzotint with fine colour. Sheet 110 x 110mm (4½ x 4½"). Trimmed to image at sides, into image at bottom, losing title and inscriptions.
A young man in rustic dress with a broad-brimmed hat grins broadly as he holds up a foaming tankard.
[Ref: 63449] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Le Tiger
Peint par Murphy [but George Stubbs]. Gravé par Renbé.
à Ausbourg dans le Negoce de l'Academie des Arts [n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½") Trimmed into image on three sides.
A reverse copy of 'The Tigress', after the mezzotint by John Murphy after George Stubbs, 1798.
Not in C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 63345] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Murphy [but George Stubbs]. Gravé par Renbé.
à Ausbourg dans le Negoce de l'Academie des Arts [n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½") Trimmed into image on three sides.
A reverse copy of 'The Tigress', after the mezzotint by John Murphy after George Stubbs, 1798.
Not in C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 63345] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Triple Plea. Let Mankind live in peace and love... 316.
[after John Collett.]
London: Publish'd as the Act directs, by Carington Bowles, N.º 69 S.t Pauls Ch. Yard [but probably Bowles & Carver, c.1800].
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
A clergyman, lawyer and doctor debate which of them has caused more harm to mankind. On the walls are pictures of the Harpies feasting on a man, and a 'Wolf in Sheeps Clothing' .
BM Satires 3761 (larger version).
[Ref: 63340] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after John Collett.]
London: Publish'd as the Act directs, by Carington Bowles, N.º 69 S.t Pauls Ch. Yard [but probably Bowles & Carver, c.1800].
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
A clergyman, lawyer and doctor debate which of them has caused more harm to mankind. On the walls are pictures of the Harpies feasting on a man, and a 'Wolf in Sheeps Clothing' .
BM Satires 3761 (larger version).
[Ref: 63340] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Well! I Can't Help It. 400
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 1 Dec.r 1792.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), large margins.
Man making a 'horns' sign with his right hand. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8918.
[Ref: 63430] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 1 Dec.r 1792.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), large margins.
Man making a 'horns' sign with his right hand. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8918.
[Ref: 63430] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
What d'ye Stare At? 398.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½") large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of a stout elderly man, scowling over the right shoulder.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 8917, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½") large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of a stout elderly man, scowling over the right shoulder.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 8917, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63436] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Who Cares for You! 377
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2, March, 1792.
Mezzotint. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4½"), large margins. Small scuff in title area.
A buxom prostitute standing hands on hips. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 8418, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63438] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2, March, 1792.
Mezzotint. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4½"), large margins. Small scuff in title area.
A buxom prostitute standing hands on hips. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 8418, Bowles & Carver edition.
[Ref: 63438] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Watkin Williams Wynn] Master Wynn in the character of St John.](jpegs/63534.jpg)
[Watkin Williams Wynn] Master Wynn in the character of St John. From an Original Picture on the Collection of Sir Watking Williams Wynn Bar.t to whom this Plate is humbly Dedicated by his most Obedient & Humble Servant, John Walker.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. Iohn Dean Fecit.
London Publish'd March 1st [1776] by John Walker No.13 Parliament Street.
Scarce mezzotint, 325 x 400 (12½ x 15¾"), with separate title plate, 45 x 400 (11¾ x 15¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, title plate trimmed to plate at bottom, year rubbed out of publication line. Slight creasing.
Portrait of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1772 - 1840) as a child, despicted as John the Baptist, holding a cup to a waterfall with a lamb beside him.
Chaloner Smith: 23, ii of ii.
[Ref: 63534] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. Iohn Dean Fecit.
London Publish'd March 1st [1776] by John Walker No.13 Parliament Street.
Scarce mezzotint, 325 x 400 (12½ x 15¾"), with separate title plate, 45 x 400 (11¾ x 15¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, title plate trimmed to plate at bottom, year rubbed out of publication line. Slight creasing.
Portrait of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1772 - 1840) as a child, despicted as John the Baptist, holding a cup to a waterfall with a lamb beside him.
Chaloner Smith: 23, ii of ii.
[Ref: 63534] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)