Grosvenor Prints

Serenissima et Potentissima Anna D.G. Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et Hiberniæ Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII.o die Aprilis Anno 1702.
G. Kneller Pinx: W: Emmett fec:
Sold at his house in New Street [n.d. c.1714.]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed left and right. Cockling in corners where previously glued to backing sheet. Some staining.
Portrait of Queen Anne 1665-1714), half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels, with the 'Great George' of the Order of the Garter. In 1707 Anne signed the Act of Union, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain; here England and Scotland are still separate kingdoms.
CS: 1. O' Donoghue 26. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65778] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Honourable George Baillie Esq.r of Jerriswood - one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
G. Kneller 1718/19 Pinx. A.V. Heacken fecit.
[n.d., c.1742.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of George Baillie (1664-1738), M.P., a director of the 'Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies' and thus one of the first subscribers to the Darien Scheme, and a supporter of the Act of Union treaty that compensated the company for its losses. The accounts of his house, Mellerstain, for 1742 lists the expenses of a copper plate portrait paid for by his widow.
CS i of ii. See BM 1933,0623.52 for the accounts.
[Ref: 65839] £360.00

[Helena Beatson] Miss Beatson.
C. Read pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1768. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Half-length portrait of Helena Beatson (1762-1839) wearing a turban and necklace, drawing a portrait of a woman and child with a pen.. The British Museum's example of the larger mezzotint identifies her as Catherine Read's niece. A gifted amateur artist, taught by her aunt, she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1774 (aged twelve!) and accompanied Read to India, where she married Sir Charles Oakley, later governor of Madras.
Goodwin 55. Not in Chaloner Smith. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65867] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Master.
R. Van Bleeck pinx.t. P.V.B. 1751.
Mezzotint. 300 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Narrow margins.
An oval portrait of a young boy in van Dyck costume. A pair to 'Miss'. Engraved by Peter van Bleeck (c.1695-1764) after his father Richard (1670-c.1748).
CS 12. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Miss. [&] Master.
R. Van Bleeck pinx.t. P.V.B. 1751.
Pair of mezzotints. 300 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Narrow margins.
Oval portraits of a young girl in a fur-trimmed robe and a lace collar and a young boy in van Dyck costume. Engraved by Peter van Bleeck (c.1695-1764) after his father Richard (1670-c.1748).
CS 12 & 13. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65830] £380.00 view all images for this item

The most Rev.d Father in God his Grace Doctor Hugh Boulter Lord Archbishop of Armagh Primate & Metropolitan of all Ireland and one of the Lords Justices of the said Kingdom.
[After Michael Dahl]
Sold by I.on Brooks at S.r Isaac Newton's head on Cork Hill Dublin.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Hugh Boulter (1672-1742). Boulter wears clerical robes, bands, and a chin-length wig, he gazes at the viewer with his right elbow resting on the arm of his chair and his left hand resting on the enormous volume balanced on his knee. Irish interest and Dublin publication.
CS 15 III of IV.
[Ref: 65767] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mark Isambard Brunel Esq.r F.R.S. Author of the Block Machinery in his Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth, and of other eminent works belonging to the British Government, &c. &c. Whose public works will best attest his fame While private worth adds value to his name. Dedicated by permission to the R.t Hon.ble Lord Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty, &c. &c. &c. by his Lordship's most ob.t. & hum.ble s.t Cha.s Turner.
Painted by James Northcote Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C.Turner.
London. Pub.d. March 30th, 1815 by C.Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of civil engineer Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), seated, studying mechanical drawings, engraved from a painting now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 978).
Whitman 77, state ii of iii. See Science Museum MS/0346/09 for ticket. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65238] £620.00

Mark Isambard Brunel Esq.r F.R.S. Author of the Block Machinery in his Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth, and of other eminent works belonging to the British Government, &c. &c. Whose public works will best attest his fame While private worth adds value to his name. Dedicated by permission to the R.t Hon.ble Lord Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty, &c. &c. &c. by his Lordship's most ob.t. & hum.ble s.t Cha.s Turner.
Painted by James Northcote Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C.Turner.
London. Pub.d. March 30th, 1815 by C.Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), very large margins. Repaired tear in right margin centre edge.
Three-quarter portrait of civil engineer Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), seated, studying mechanical drawings, engraved from a painting now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 978). His most most notable achievement was the Thames Tunnel.
Whitman 77, state ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65237] £480.00

Serenissima Carolina. D.G Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hib: Regina.
Amiconi Pinx. A.Vanhaeken Fecit. 1736.
Sold by T. Jefferys in the Strand and W.Herbert on London Bridge.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark 355 x 250 (14 x 10"), large margins on 3 sides. Faint crease in upper right corner, narrow margin at bottom.
Portrait of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683 - 1737), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Electress of Hanover from 11 June 1727 until her death in 1737 as the wife of King George II.
CS 3. O'Donoghue 347/3. E
[Ref: 65836] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Carolus Rex primus.
[n.d. c.1685]
Mezzotint, sheet 105 x 75mm (4¼ x 3). Trimmed within plate.
Bust portrait of Charles I (1600-49), set within an oval, wearing a breastplate, a ribbon, and the Order of the Garter (George).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in CS or BM Cat.
[Ref: 65937] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Cooper.] [Beauty's Tribute.]
P.Lelly Eques pinx. W.Faithorne fec.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed close to plate. Some faint markings in image.
A kneeling boy, whose identity as African or Asian remains unclear, presents a girl with a bunch of grapes. This mezzotint is based on a late seventeenth-century painting by Sir Peter Lely of Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of an eminent London print publisher.
CS 7. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66066] £390.00

William III. Viscount Courtenay, 1809.
R. Cosway, Esq.r R.A. Pinxit. J. Murphy Sculpsit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark 655 x 500mm (25¾ x 19¾"). Trimmed into plate, restoration to tears and folds.
A full-length portrait of William Courtenay (c.1768-1835), standing by a balustrade and steps leading to an ornamental garden, in the masquerade dress he wore to his coming-of-age ball at Powderham Castle in 1789. In 1784 Courtenay was embroiled in a scandal when his pre-adulthood homosexual relationship with novelist William Beckford was discovered. Both men were forced to live abroad, although this did not prevent Courtenay successfuly petitioning to revive the dormant title of Earl of Devon, after which he became 9th Earl.
Whitman: 144, stating that Charles Turner engraved the plate for Murphy. CS Murphy 3.
[Ref: 65711] £490.00

Claude Champion Crespigny Esq.r.
Painted and Engraved by J.R.SMITH &.
Published by him July 1.1804, at No.4 King Street Covent Garden, London, & at R.ACKERMANN's, No. 101 Strand.
Very rare mezzotint. 655 x 455mm (25¾ x 18"). Some damage to margins.
Portrait of Claude Champion Crespigny (1734-1818) 1st Baronet Champion Crespigny. The Champion de Crespigny Baronetcy, of Champion Lodge, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, created on 31 October 1805 for Claude Champion de Crespigny.
CS 46. Fr 98. D'O 390. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66016] £420.00

In constant Industry (deserving Praise) Honest Will: Crouch has Spent his youthfull Days. He pious Bounties, undistinguish’d gave; Intomb’d the *Princess, and reliev'd the Slave. Age he undaunted bears, nor fears decay; Since Art preserves, what Time would take away. *She call’d the German Princess.
N. Tucker pinx. 1725. P. Pelham fecit.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A half-length portrait of William Crouch (d. after 1725), philanthropist, wearing a plain greatcoat with a broad collar. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS: 14, only state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65631] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

In constant Industry (deserving Praise) Honest Will: Crouch has Spent his youthfull Days. He pious Bounties, undistinguish’d gave; Intomb’d the *Princess, and reliev'd the Slave. Age he undaunted bears, nor fears decay; Since Art preserves, what Time would take away. *She call’d the German Princess.
N. Tucker pinx. 1725. P. Pelham fecit.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Thread margins, slight damage in inscription area.
A half-length portrait of William Crouch (d. after 1725), philanthropist, wearing a plain greatcoat with a broad collar. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS: 14, only state.
[Ref: 65630] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable John Earl of Stair, Viscount Dalrymple, Lord Glenluce & Stranraer, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons, Governour of Minorca, Knight of the most Ancient Order of the Thistle, one of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in South Britain.
A. Ramsay Pinx.t. I. Faber Fecit
Price 2s. Sold by Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1735]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to plate and tipped into album paper at edges.
Three-quarter portrait of Scottish diplomat and army officer, John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1673-1747), leaning on truncheon beside hat on stone tablet, his right hand on hip. He wears a breastplate and long wig. Against a landscape with foliage. Menorca interest.
CS 335 I of II.
[Ref: 65779] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Dickinson] Rich.d Dickison Behold the Governor of Scarborough Spaw / The Uglyest Fisz you ever Saw / Yet when you View the Beauty of his Mind / In him a Second Esop you may find
Sold by John Bowles [?Printseller in] Cheapside, London [n.d., c.1720.].
A very scarce mezzotint, Sheet 220 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"). Trimmed to image.
Caricature of Richard Dickinson (1669 - 1738), a shoe-cleaner and ginger-bread vendor who used the money he accumulated to build facilities for visitors to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, who came to drink the waters. Dickinson had enlarged extremities, and he may have suffered from acromegaly.
Russell: English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits", 32a.
[Ref: 64355] £340.00

[David Stuart Erskine, 11th Earl] The Earl of Buchan.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Finlayson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov. 22d 1765 [but post-1767]. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, price 5d.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), 18th century watermark. Small margins on 3 sides.
Half-length portrait of David Stuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan, in van Dyck costume. He founded the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780. The portrait was originally titled 'Lord Cardross', before Erskine replaced his father as Earl in 1767.
CS 3 state ii of ii, although the BM has an earlier proof before letters.
[Ref: 65771] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[To His Grace the Duke of Somerset This Portrait of Michael Faraday Esq.r F.R.S. M.R.I. F.G.S. Corr. Mem. Royal Acad. Sciences Paris &c. &c. is by Permission dedicated by His Graces most humble & obliged Serv.ts Colnagni, Son & Co.]
Painted by H.W. Pickersgill Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins.
London Published Feb.y 1st 1830 by Colnagi Son & Co. Printsellers to the King, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of a youthful Michael Faraday (1791-1867), a chemist & physicist whose work on electricity provided the foundation of modern electrical applications.
Whitman 59, i of iii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 948-6. See [Ref: 34329] for full titled version.
[Ref: 65634] £320.00

James Ferguson F:R:S:
John Townsend pinx.t.
Publish'd Dec.r 7th 1776. Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & modeller of portraits in wax No 15 Millman Streets, Bedford Row, Holborn.
Scarce mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, some restoration. Thread margins.
A half-length portrait of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), hand resting on a celestial globe. Apart from three months at a grammar school Ferguson was self-taught. His 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles' was first published in 1756 and was still in print in 1811.
CS: 5, Wellcome 965-3. See 6167 for proof before title. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65645] £390.00

[Fitzroy] Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
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.Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65856] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Fordyce.
Reynolds Pinx. Harris Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 110mm x 150mm. (4½" x 6").
Portrait of Miss Fordyce (later Mrs Greenwood) playing an English guitar whilst reading from a music book, a veil over her hair. The print is after a portrait which hangs in Waddesdon Manor.
Chaloner Smith: pg.622. Hamilton pg 100 - not in. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65716] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Fordyce.
Reynolds Pinx. Harris Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Fine mezzotint. 110mm x 150mm. (4½" x 6") very large margins.
Portrait of Miss Fordyce (later Mrs Greenwood) playing an English guitar whilst reading from a music book, a veil over her hair. The print is after a portrait which hangs in Waddesdon Manor.
Chaloner Smith: pg.622. Hamilton pg. 100 - not in. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65715] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

John Fothergill. M.D: F.R.S: S.A.~
Painted by G. Stuart Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 1st, 1781. by G. Stuart and V. Green No. 29_Newman Stret, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (15 x 9¾"), with large margins. Restoration in bottom right margin.
A half-length portrait of Quaker Dr John Fothergill FRS (1712-80), leafing through a botanical book. Fothergill was a physician, plant collector and philanthropist based in London. A great friend of Benjamin Franklin, he helped to advance the interests of the Pennsylvania Hospital in England. In 1762 he sent anatomical drawings and anatomical casts of a pregnant woman to the hospital, which were greatly admired by medical students and the public, in addition to donating the first book to the hospital library. Franklin said of him: 'I can hardly concieve that a better man ever existed'. After Gabriel Stuart.
Whitman 108 ii; CS 45 ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1016-1
[Ref: 65646] £390.00

[The R.t Rev.d Edward Fowler Lord Bishop of Gloucester...]
[G. Kneller Baronets pinx.]
[J. Smith fec. et ex. 1717.]
Mezzotint rare proof before letters. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image top and left, into plate right and bottom, old ink mss in inscription area. Laid on album sheet at edges.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Edward Fowler (1632-1714), Bishop of Gloucester.
CS 91, state i of ii.
[Ref: 65774] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The R:t Hon:ble Lady Susan O'Brien.
F. Cotes Pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament May 20 1772 by James Watson, N.º 45. little Queen Anne Street, and B,, Clowes, N.º Gutter Lane, Cheapside.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
A half-length portrait in oval of Susan Fox-Strangways (1743-1827), cousin of Charles James Fox, who eloped and married Irish actor and playwright William O'Brien, after which the couple lived in New York for six years.
Goodwin: 88, iii of iv; CS 108, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65848] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Johannes Gay. Life is a jest, and all things shew it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
Zinck pinx. W.m Smith del. et sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Dec.r 1.st 1775 by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho, London.
Scarce mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Gay (1685-1732), poet and playwright. A member of the Scriblerus Club in London along with Pope, Swift, and other writers, Gay is best-known for 'The Beggar's Opera', which was produced almost every year until the 1880s, and in the twentieth century supplied the plot for Brecht and Weils 'Die Dreigroschenoper' ('The Threepenny Opera'). Engraved from a portrait by Dresden-born miniaturist C.F. Zincke (1684?-1767), a favourite of George II
CS 1., state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See also Ref: 62703.
[Ref: 65801] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick.
C. Read pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engraver & Printseller, at the Kings Arms Cornhill.] [n.d., 1765].
Fine mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed into plate, laid on card at corners.
Portrait of the future George IV and Prince Frederick as young children, standing three-quarter length side by side. George holds a wand decorated with berries and leaves; Frederick strokes the ear of a large dog.
CS:61, ii of iii ; Goodwin 148, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iv.
[Ref: 65870] £350.00

M.r James Gillray.
From a miniature painted by himself & Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
London, Published April 19 1819 by G.Humphrey, 27 S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint. 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½"), with large margins. Folds in margins.
A self-portrait of caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray (1757-1815).
Whitman 224, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65688] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

M.r James Gillray.
From a miniature painted by himself & Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
London, Published April 19 1819 by G.Humphrey, 27 S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint. 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½"), with large margins. Trimmed just within plate, repaired tear on left.
A self-portrait of caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray (1757-1815).
Whitman 224, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65687] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Amy Graves.]
Painted by J.E. Collins. Engraved by Jas. Scott.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Mezzotint. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7").
A half-length portrait of a woman in a theatre box, with fan, bouquet and opera glasses on the ledge before her.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65904] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

John Gregory Esq. Treasurer of the Whig Club, Instituted 1784.
[Engraved by John Rubens Smith.] From the Original Picture by I.R.Smith.
[n.d., c.1790.] Published as the Act directs, by W.Austin, at Brighton & London.
Mezzotint. 655 x 450mm (25¾ x 17¾"). Some foxing. Faint water mark on lower right. Small margins.
Portrait of John Gregory (1745 - 1813), commissioner of taxes and treasurer of the Whig Club.
CS 79. Fr 158. D'O not in. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65960] £380.00

The Right Hon.ble the Lord Grey.
P. Lellij Eques Pinxit.
Sold by Alex: Browne at ye blew Ballcony in little Queen street. [n.d c.1695]
Scarce mezzotint, 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet. Small loss at the bottom. Foxing.
Three-quarter length portrait of a standing figure, wearing a wig, cravat, and cloak; a square pillar on the left. The portrait seems most probably to be of Ford Grey, Earl of Tankerville (1655-1701), however various individuals have been proposed, including Thomas Lord Grey (d. 1657), the parliamentarian and regicide, Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford (1653-1720), and Ralph, 2nd Lord Grey of Werke (d. 1675).
CS 11 II. Turner B.15 II.
[Ref: 65912] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble the Lady Grey.
P. Lelly Eques Pinxit.
Sold by Tho: Bakewell next y.e Horn Tavern in Fleet Street. Remov'd against Birchin Lane in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1740]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate. Taped into mount at top.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Lady Mary Grey (fl.1680-1719). She holds a shepherds crook and a lamb is positioned beside her, with rocks behind her and a distant landscape in the background. Originally published by Alexander Browne circa 1690.
CS12. Simon Turner B16 III of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64949] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Grey] [in pencil]
P. Lelly Pinx:t Phil. Corbutt fecit.
[Printed for Robt. Sayer Map and Printseller fleet street] [n.d. c.1748]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album paper.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Lady Mary Grey (fl.1680-1719). She holds a shepherd's crook and a lamb is positioned beside her, with rocks behind her and a distant landscape in the background. Since this item is trimmed before the publication line we can't tell if this is a re-issue by Sayer (ie. after 1748) of a plate originally issued in the 1680s by Alexander Browne.
CS12. Turner B16 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64940] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Maria Countess of Coventry. Humbly dedicated to her Grace, the Duchess of Argyll.
C: Read pinx.t. J: Finlayson fec:t.
Published May 15.th 1771, & Sold by M:r Finlayson, Orange Street Leicester Fields.
Mezzotint, sheet 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14). Trimmed to plate. Creasing on right at top.
Attractive image showing half-length Portrait of Maria (Gunning), Countess of Coventry (1733 -60) in an oval frame, directed to the right and looking straight ahead. Her hair falls across her left shoulder, and she wears a string of pearls across her chest. A famous beauty, she was the first wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry. She died at 27 from lead and mercury poisoning, absorbed from her makeup.
CS 4 II.
[Ref: 65198] £380.00

The Right Hon.ble Charles Hamilton Viscount Binning Eldest Son of the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Haddington and Knight Mareschal of Scotland.
Jon.n Richardson pinx.t 1722. A.V. Heacken fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Crease in edge of inscription area on right.
Half-length portrait in oval of Charles Hamilton (1697-1732), wearing pale wig and velvet suit. It was painted the year he was elected MP for St Germans in Cornwall, a seat he held until 1727. In 1731 he settled in Naples because of his health, but he died the following year. His son, Thomas Hamilton, became 7th Earl of Haddington in 1735.
CS 2.
[Ref: 65838] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Harbord Harbord Bart. Many Years one of the Representatives for the City of Norwich.
Painted by Tho.s Gainsborough Esqr. R.A. Engraved by John Raphael Smith.
London Publish'd Feb.y 2 1783 by JR.Smith N.83 Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 640 x 395mm (25¼ x 15½"). Very small margins. Slight crease across centre of image and one short repaired tear in title area.
Full-length portrait of Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield (1734 - 1810), known as Sir Harbord Harbord, Bt, between 1770 and 1786, British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Suffield.
CS 71. Fr 162. Horne 37. D'O 212. iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Sir Thomas Lawrence.
[Ref: 66018] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Henricus.VIII.D.G. Ang. Fr. & Hiberniæ Rex. FD.
H. Holbein Pinxit.
J. Faber Sen.r Fecit & Exc.d [n.d., c.1715].
Mezzotint, 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of Henry VIII, one of the set of twenty-one plates of Protestant reformers.
CS 58, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65629] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Hogarth. From an Original Portrait begun by Weltdon, And finished by Himself. Late in the Possession of the Rev.d M.r Townley.
Charles Townley fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament June 1781 and Sold by C. Townley, Arlington Street, Piccadilly.
Mezzotint. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Small margins.
A half-length self-portrait in oval of the artist William Hogarth (1697-1764 ), wearing a plain coat, a white cravat and tricorn over a shoulder-length wig. Other than this inscription, 'Weltdon' is unknown.
CS10. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65633] £380.00

Henry Duke of Norfolk, Earle Marshall of England, Earle of Arundell, Surry, Norfolk, & Norwich...
Becket fe: & ex:
[n.d., c.1685.]
Fine mezzotint 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval identified by Challoner Smith and the British Museum as Henry Howard (1655-1701), 7th Duke of Norfolk, in long wig, armour and lace cravat. However it is more likely to be his father the 6th Duke, also Henry (1628-84).
CS 77, ii of iii.
[Ref: 65834] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Right Honourable Charles, Lord Hawkesbury, Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster; one of His Majesty;s most Honourable Privy Council. President of the Committee of Council for Trade & Plantations, and Clerk of the Pells in Ireland, LLD &c &c &c.]
[G. Romney Pinxit. J. Murphy Sculpt.]
[London. Publish'd March 19th. 1788 by I. Murphy No 4, Air Street Piccadilly.]
Rare mezzotint, proof before all letters . Plate 460 x 355mm (18¼ x 14"). Repaired tears in title area.
Portrait, three-quarter length, sitting, directed to the left, facing and looking to the front, holding a snuff box in his left hand, beside him is a table with books, one lettered "Report on Commercial Intercourse with America", and papers referring to the encouragement of navigation, and Greenland whale and Newfoundland fisheries. Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729-1808), Lord Hawkesbury, was a British statesman who served as a Lord of the Admiralty, a Lord of the Treasury, a Privy Councillor, Vice Treasurer of Ireland, Master of the Mint, Secretary at War, President of the Board of Trade, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia, and Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada were named after him.
Horne: 66. CS: 6.Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65219] £480.00

[Charles Jenkinson] The Right Honourable Charles, Lord Hawkesbury, Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster; one of His Majesty;s most Honourable Privy Council. President of the Committee of Council for Trade & Plantations, and Clerk of the Pells in Ireland, LLD &c &c &c.
G. Romney Pinxit. J. Murphy Sculp.t.
London. Publish'd March 19.th 1788 by I. Murphy N.º 4, Air Street Piccadilly.
Mezzotint. 460 x 355mm (18¼ x 14"). Repaired tears in outer margins. Title printed on separate plate.
A near-full length portrait of Charles Jenkinson (1729-1808), holding a snuffbox, seated by a table with books, one lettered "Report on Commercial Intercourse with America", and papers referring to the encouragement of navigation, and Greenland whale and Newfoundland fisheries. In May 1796 he became Earl of Liverpool.
Horne: 66. CS: 6.
[Ref: 65707] £480.00

Miss Lascelles.
[F. Cotes pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.]
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins.
Frances Lascelles (1762-1817) as a child, petting a greyhound. She later married the Hon. John Douglas, son of James, 16th Earl of Morton.
CS 89, state ii of iii. Goodwin 156, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv of v.
[Ref: 65845] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Miss Lascelles.]
[F. Cotes pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before all letters, inscription area uncleaned. Sheet 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Trimmed to plate on three sides and into inscription area at bottom, laid on paper.
Frances Lascelles (1762-1817) as a child, petting a greyhound. She later married the Hon. John Douglas, son of James, 16th Earl of Morton.
CS 89, state i of iii. Goodwin 158, i of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of v.
[Ref: 65843] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Francis Le Pipre [in pencil]
[Engraved by Edward Lutterell]
[n.d. c.1690]
Rare mezzotint proof before letters, 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.Slighlty foxed.
Head and shoulders portrait of the English artist with Flemish ancestry, Francis Le Piper (1640-98), set within an oval.
CS 13. Russell: 13A. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65938] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[John Fleming, Lord de Tabley.]
[after Sir Joshua Reynolds, James Northcote and John Simpson.]
[London, Published July 1, 1829, by M. Colnaghi, 23, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.]
Mezzotint very rare proof before letters. 705 x 480mm (27¾ x 19"). Slight mount burn.
Full-length portrait of Sir John Fleming Leicester (1762-1827), 1st Lord de Tabley, in peer's robes. It was incomplete when Joshua Reynolds died in 1792, so it was finished by his pupil, James Northcote. According to the Tabley House Collection (owned by the University of Manchester) the painting was reworked in 1826 (a year before Leicester's death) by John Simpson. This mezzotint, engraved after Leicester had died, is by an unknown engraver.
Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 65901] £320.00

Be it Remembered, That by Steady Perserverance John Lewis, Brewer, at Richmond Surry, the Right to a Free Passage through Richmond Park was recovered & established by the Laws of his Country (not withstanding very strongly opposed) after being upwards of twenty Years withheld from the People.
Painted by T. Stewart. Engraved by R. Field.
Published Jan.y 18 1793 by Henry Stanley, Richmond. & M.r Bell's Bookseller. N.º 148 Oxford Street.
Rare mezzotint. 380 x 265mm (15 x 10½"), large margins.
A half-length ortrait of John Lewis (1713-1792), Richmond resident who owned a brewery near the Thames close to where Terrace Gardens now are. Seated facing the viewer, he holds a stick in his right hand, wearing a dark coat open over a pale double-breasted waistcoat, white cravat and broad-brimmed hat over a chin-length wig. In 1758 Lewis became a celebrity when he re-established the freedom for public to walk through Richmond Park, through a legal case against Princess Amelia. The Park reopened on 12th May 1758 when ladder style gates were fixed to Ham & Sheen gates in front of a vast gathering of local people. The painting by Stewart, a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds, currently hangs in the Reference Library at the Old Town Hall, Richmond; it was also the basis for the plaque of Lewis that stands at Sheen Gate. This was Field's only mezzotint.
Chaloner Smith 1, ii of ii, without a chair and new title.
[Ref: 65841] £360.00

[Little Nell. Charles Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop.]
Florence Graham. Edward Slocombe [pencil signatures].
London Published November 1..st 1888 by Buck & Reid, 173, New Bond Street London W. New York M. Knoedler & C.º
Mezzotint, proof before title, limited edition of 200 signed by the artist and engraver in pencil, Printseller's Association blindstamp, printed on parchment. 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"), with large margins. Mint.
Little Nell seated in the Old Curiosity Shop.
[Ref: 65903] £380.00

Little Nell. Charles Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop.
Painted by Florence Graham. Engraved by E. Slocombe.
London Published November 1..st 1888 by Buck & Reid, 173, New Bond Street London W. New York M. Knoedler & C.º
Mezzotint. 505 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"), with large margins. Paper toned, edges chipped.
Little Nell seated in the Old Curiosity Shop.
[Ref: 65902] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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