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Edward Athawes, Esq.r. from a Picture painted by Memory.
R.P. pinx. S. Smith fecit [William Dickinson].
[William Dickinson. n.d., c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet size: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Probably a portrait of Virginia tobacco trade merchant and financier Edward Athawes (d.1767), sitting three-quarter to left, with a tricorn in his lap. His right arm is curled around his cane. Edward Athawes was a prominent London merchant in the tobacco trade, which financed American plantations, (owners including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington) with sizeable loans from London. When tobacco prices dropped precipitously in the 1750s, many plantations struggled to remain financially solvent. Jefferson, on the verge of losing his own farm, aggressively espoused various conspiracy theories. Though never verified, Jefferson accused London merchants of unfairly depressing tobacco prices and forcing Virginia farmers to take on unsustainable debt loads. Chaloner Smith quotes Bromley's description of a second state with Dickinson's name added. This suggests that Dickinson engraved this when still working for Carington Bowles. He also describes another Edward Athawes, clerk for the Cordwainer's Company, who died in 1796; neither the dress nor the need for 'memory' suits that attribution,
CS: Dickinson 2. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64868] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R.P. pinx. S. Smith fecit [William Dickinson].
[William Dickinson. n.d., c.1780.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet size: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Probably a portrait of Virginia tobacco trade merchant and financier Edward Athawes (d.1767), sitting three-quarter to left, with a tricorn in his lap. His right arm is curled around his cane. Edward Athawes was a prominent London merchant in the tobacco trade, which financed American plantations, (owners including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington) with sizeable loans from London. When tobacco prices dropped precipitously in the 1750s, many plantations struggled to remain financially solvent. Jefferson, on the verge of losing his own farm, aggressively espoused various conspiracy theories. Though never verified, Jefferson accused London merchants of unfairly depressing tobacco prices and forcing Virginia farmers to take on unsustainable debt loads. Chaloner Smith quotes Bromley's description of a second state with Dickinson's name added. This suggests that Dickinson engraved this when still working for Carington Bowles. He also describes another Edward Athawes, clerk for the Cordwainer's Company, who died in 1796; neither the dress nor the need for 'memory' suits that attribution,
CS: Dickinson 2. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64868] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Charles Lord Cathcart. One of ye Sixteen Peers for Scotland, Major Gen.l of his Maj.s Forces. Colonel of ye 1st Regiment of Carabineers Governour of ye Royal Fort of Duncannon, Gen.r & Commander in cheif in ye Expedition to ye West Indies.
W.Aikman pinx. V.Werdlen fecit.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Very scarce mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with large margins. Some creasing and time-staining. Small repaired tear on lower right margin. Very small hole in centre.
Portrait of Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart (1686 - 1740), British Army officer and peer. He served under the Earl of Stair and played an important part in the victory over rebels at Sheriffmuir. Governor of Duncannon. He was appointed Commander in Chief of British forces sent against the Spanish in America, but died at sea.
CS 2. O'Donoghue 361/1. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65177] £320.00
W.Aikman pinx. V.Werdlen fecit.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Very scarce mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with large margins. Some creasing and time-staining. Small repaired tear on lower right margin. Very small hole in centre.
Portrait of Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart (1686 - 1740), British Army officer and peer. He served under the Earl of Stair and played an important part in the victory over rebels at Sheriffmuir. Governor of Duncannon. He was appointed Commander in Chief of British forces sent against the Spanish in America, but died at sea.
CS 2. O'Donoghue 361/1. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65177] £320.00
![[Charles Marquis Cornwallis.]](jpegs/64873.jpg)
[Charles Marquis Cornwallis.]
Painted by D. Gardiner. Engraved by I Jones Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales and Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
Pubd. as the Act directs March 6th 1793 by I. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street Portland Place.
Mezzotint, state before title. 615 x 380mm (24 x 15"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, top left corner of margin chipped, inscriptions rubbed.
A full-length portrait of Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), 1st Marquess Cornwallis, leaning on long cane, eyes to front, wearing uniform, cocked hat and long boots, troops in landscape at right. Cornwallis is best remembered as one of the leading generals in the American War of Independence. Despite his surrender at Yorktown in 1781, Cornwallis continued his military career, becoming Governor-General of India in 1786. This portrait celebrates his victory in the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-2), for which he was made Marquis. After Daniel Gardner (c.1750-1805).
CS: 14, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iv.
[Ref: 64873] £790.00
Painted by D. Gardiner. Engraved by I Jones Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales and Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
Pubd. as the Act directs March 6th 1793 by I. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street Portland Place.
Mezzotint, state before title. 615 x 380mm (24 x 15"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, top left corner of margin chipped, inscriptions rubbed.
A full-length portrait of Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), 1st Marquess Cornwallis, leaning on long cane, eyes to front, wearing uniform, cocked hat and long boots, troops in landscape at right. Cornwallis is best remembered as one of the leading generals in the American War of Independence. Despite his surrender at Yorktown in 1781, Cornwallis continued his military career, becoming Governor-General of India in 1786. This portrait celebrates his victory in the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-2), for which he was made Marquis. After Daniel Gardner (c.1750-1805).
CS: 14, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iv.
[Ref: 64873] £790.00
Joseph Gerrald. Justem et tenacem propositi Virum Non Vultus instantis Tyranni Mente quatit solida.
Painted by C. Smith Painter to the Great Mogul. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Nov.r 25. 1795, by S.W. Reynolds, No. 6, Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Chips in margins.
A half-length portrait of Political reformer Joseph Gerrald (1763-96), born in West Indies, a member of the London Corresponding Society. In 1794 he was tried for sedition, found guilty and sentenced to 14 years transportation to Australia. However he died of tuberculosis less than six months after he arrived in Sydney.
W 110, only published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64862] £360.00
Painted by C. Smith Painter to the Great Mogul. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Nov.r 25. 1795, by S.W. Reynolds, No. 6, Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Chips in margins.
A half-length portrait of Political reformer Joseph Gerrald (1763-96), born in West Indies, a member of the London Corresponding Society. In 1794 he was tried for sedition, found guilty and sentenced to 14 years transportation to Australia. However he died of tuberculosis less than six months after he arrived in Sydney.
W 110, only published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64862] £360.00
Joseph Gerrald. Justem et tenacem propositi Virum [...]
Painted by C. Smith Painter to the Great Mogul. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[London, Published Nov.r 25. 1795, by S.W. Reynolds, No. 6, Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 305 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing two lines of Latin text and publication line.
A half-length portrait of Political reformer Joseph Gerrald (1763-96), born in West Indies, a member of the London Corresponding Society. In 1794 he was tried for sedition, found guilty and sentenced to 14 years transportation to Australia. However he died of tuberculosis less than six months after he arrived in Sydney.
W 110, only published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64863] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by C. Smith Painter to the Great Mogul. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[London, Published Nov.r 25. 1795, by S.W. Reynolds, No. 6, Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 305 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing two lines of Latin text and publication line.
A half-length portrait of Political reformer Joseph Gerrald (1763-96), born in West Indies, a member of the London Corresponding Society. In 1794 he was tried for sedition, found guilty and sentenced to 14 years transportation to Australia. However he died of tuberculosis less than six months after he arrived in Sydney.
W 110, only published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64863] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alexander von Humboldt.]](jpegs/65212.jpg)
[Alexander von Humboldt.]
[Engraved by Charles Turner after Thomas Phillips.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Some spotting.
Half-length portrait of Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander Von Humboldt (1769-1859), wearing a dark coat over light waistcoat, white neckerchief tied in a bow. The portrait was probably painting when Humboldt accompanied the allied sovereigns to London in 1814. Charles Darwin described Humboldt as 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'.
Whitman 270. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65212] £320.00
[Engraved by Charles Turner after Thomas Phillips.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Some spotting.
Half-length portrait of Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander Von Humboldt (1769-1859), wearing a dark coat over light waistcoat, white neckerchief tied in a bow. The portrait was probably painting when Humboldt accompanied the allied sovereigns to London in 1814. Charles Darwin described Humboldt as 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'.
Whitman 270. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65212] £320.00
Cottonus Matherus. S. Theologiae Doctor Regiae Societatis Londinensis Socius et Ecclesiae apud Bostonum Nov=Anglorum nuper Praepositus Aetatis Suae LXV, MDCCXXVII.
P. Pelham ad vivum pinxit ab Origin, Fecit et excud.
[Late 19th century impression.]
Mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") on cartridge paper. Some spotting.
A half-length portrait in oval of Cotton Mather (1663-1728), wearing velvet clerical robes, bands and shoulder-length wig. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, engraving this plate from life shortly afterwards. This impression was published after the plate was brought to England.
CS 26, state ii of ii, 'so far as as known, the first mezzotinto engraving executed in America'. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64859] £450.00
P. Pelham ad vivum pinxit ab Origin, Fecit et excud.
[Late 19th century impression.]
Mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") on cartridge paper. Some spotting.
A half-length portrait in oval of Cotton Mather (1663-1728), wearing velvet clerical robes, bands and shoulder-length wig. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, engraving this plate from life shortly afterwards. This impression was published after the plate was brought to England.
CS 26, state ii of ii, 'so far as as known, the first mezzotinto engraving executed in America'. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64859] £450.00
![[William Miller] General Miller.](jpegs/64767.jpg)
[William Miller] General Miller. Proof.
Sharpe pinx.t. C. Turner sculp.t.
London, Published 1829 by Londman & Co.
Scarce mezzotint on steel; sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, spotting.
A full-length portrait of William Miller (1795-1861), shown as general of the army of Peru, during the Ayacucho campaign of 1824. After serving in the Peninsular Wars, Miller joined the struggle for Chilean independence, becoming a close friend of Simón Bolívar and repeatedly distinguished himself in battle. He returned to Europe in 1826 but returned to Peru, settling in Lima. He was made British consul-general to the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1843. He died in Callao: in the 1920s his body was transferred to the Panteon de los Proceres, the final resting place for the heroes of the War of Independence. His brother John wrote a two-volume biography which was published 1828-9. This portrait replaced the original frontispiece of the 1828 first volume when it was reissued with the second volume
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 372
[Ref: 64767] £380.00
Sharpe pinx.t. C. Turner sculp.t.
London, Published 1829 by Londman & Co.
Scarce mezzotint on steel; sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, spotting.
A full-length portrait of William Miller (1795-1861), shown as general of the army of Peru, during the Ayacucho campaign of 1824. After serving in the Peninsular Wars, Miller joined the struggle for Chilean independence, becoming a close friend of Simón Bolívar and repeatedly distinguished himself in battle. He returned to Europe in 1826 but returned to Peru, settling in Lima. He was made British consul-general to the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1843. He died in Callao: in the 1920s his body was transferred to the Panteon de los Proceres, the final resting place for the heroes of the War of Independence. His brother John wrote a two-volume biography which was published 1828-9. This portrait replaced the original frontispiece of the 1828 first volume when it was reissued with the second volume
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 372
[Ref: 64767] £380.00
![[O'Higgins.]](jpegs/64965.jpg)
[O'Higgins.]
[C. Turner sculp.t.]
[London, Published 1828 by Longman & Co.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before letters. 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Large margins soiled and creased.
Half-length portrait of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (1778-1842), in dress uniform, hand under his arm. The plate was later used as the frontispiece of vol II. of John Miller's 'Memoirs of General Miller in the Service of the Republic of Peru'.
Whitman 408. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64965] £360.00
[C. Turner sculp.t.]
[London, Published 1828 by Longman & Co.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before letters. 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Large margins soiled and creased.
Half-length portrait of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (1778-1842), in dress uniform, hand under his arm. The plate was later used as the frontispiece of vol II. of John Miller's 'Memoirs of General Miller in the Service of the Republic of Peru'.
Whitman 408. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64965] £360.00
![[Thomas Penn Esq One of the first proprietors of Pennsilvania.]](jpegs/65020.jpg)
[Thomas Penn Esq One of the first proprietors of Pennsilvania.]
[Davis Pinx. 1751. Martin sc.]
[n.d., c.1766.
Mezzotint. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to image losing inscription area.
A half-length portrait of Thomas Penn (1702-75), son of William Penn, extracted from the full-length oil by Arthur Devis, painted to celebrated Penn's marriage to Lady Juliana Fermor in 1751, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2004-201-1). A proof impression in the BM has 'D Martin 1766' in scratched letters (BM 1860,0728.28).
CS 4, two known states. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65020] £220.00
[Davis Pinx. 1751. Martin sc.]
[n.d., c.1766.
Mezzotint. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to image losing inscription area.
A half-length portrait of Thomas Penn (1702-75), son of William Penn, extracted from the full-length oil by Arthur Devis, painted to celebrated Penn's marriage to Lady Juliana Fermor in 1751, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2004-201-1). A proof impression in the BM has 'D Martin 1766' in scratched letters (BM 1860,0728.28).
CS 4, two known states. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65020] £220.00
Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S.
Painted by - Fuseli, Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.
London, Published Oct.r 1836 by Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Surface cracking/ creasing.
A three-quarter length seated portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), theologian, Dissenting clergyman and scientist, renowned for his discovery of oxygen and carbon monoxide. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was an avid supporter of the American and French Revolutions, resulting in him leaving for the USA as the British government cracked down on radicals.
Whitman 484. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 65211] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by - Fuseli, Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A.
London, Published Oct.r 1836 by Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Surface cracking/ creasing.
A three-quarter length seated portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), theologian, Dissenting clergyman and scientist, renowned for his discovery of oxygen and carbon monoxide. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was an avid supporter of the American and French Revolutions, resulting in him leaving for the USA as the British government cracked down on radicals.
Whitman 484. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 65211] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Youth rescued from A Shark.] L'Heroisme du Sentiment ou le Jeune Espanol sauvé de la dent de Requin.](jpegs/64744.jpg)
[A Youth rescued from A Shark.] L'Heroisme du Sentiment ou le Jeune Espanol sauvé de la dent de Requin.
Peint par J.S. Copley. Gravé par Picquenot.
AParis chéz l'Auteur, Rue S.t Hyasinthe, N.º 61.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 270 x 330mm (10½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, pair of tiny worm holes in title.
A reduced copy of John Singleton's Copley's painting, 'Watson and the Shark' as engraved by Valentine Green and published in 1779. The scene actually depicts the shark attack on Sir Brook Watson (1735-1807), 1st Baronet, as a boy that resulted in the loss of his right leg below the knee. This happened when he was swimming alone in Havana harbour, Cuba, in 1749. Watson was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London. Watson and the artist John Singleton Copley met in 1774: some say they travelled on the same ship from Boston to England, and some that they met in London. Whatever the circumstances of their meeting, Watson commissioned Copley to produce the work, known as Watson and the Shark which was completed in 1778. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778 and caused a sensation. Upon Watson wife's death the painting was bequeathed to Christ's hospital which was accepted in 1819, however was purchased by the National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C in 1963.
See also [Ref: 61720].
[Ref: 64744] £480.00
Peint par J.S. Copley. Gravé par Picquenot.
AParis chéz l'Auteur, Rue S.t Hyasinthe, N.º 61.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 270 x 330mm (10½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, pair of tiny worm holes in title.
A reduced copy of John Singleton's Copley's painting, 'Watson and the Shark' as engraved by Valentine Green and published in 1779. The scene actually depicts the shark attack on Sir Brook Watson (1735-1807), 1st Baronet, as a boy that resulted in the loss of his right leg below the knee. This happened when he was swimming alone in Havana harbour, Cuba, in 1749. Watson was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London. Watson and the artist John Singleton Copley met in 1774: some say they travelled on the same ship from Boston to England, and some that they met in London. Whatever the circumstances of their meeting, Watson commissioned Copley to produce the work, known as Watson and the Shark which was completed in 1778. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778 and caused a sensation. Upon Watson wife's death the painting was bequeathed to Christ's hospital which was accepted in 1819, however was purchased by the National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C in 1963.
See also [Ref: 61720].
[Ref: 64744] £480.00
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