Grosvenor Prints

The Adoration of the Shepherds. In the Salon at Houghton.
Morellio Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. Val. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published Nov.r. 1.st 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins.
The Virgin on the left, holding open the blanket covering the infant Jesus, the shepherds, one a woman, standing and kneeling each behind the other, adoring Him, St Joseph standing in the background; Plate 24 of the first volume of the 'Houghton Gallery', a set of 129 prints after paintings in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Many of the paintings were bought by Catherine the Great of Russia, including this one, and are now in the Hermitage Museum.
Whitman 191, state ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
B. West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
John Boydell excudit 1772. Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head and raising a goblet to his mouth, with his doctor reading from a scroll. Outside the tent is Alexander's cavalry.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 171.
[Ref: 67512] £490.00

Chaste Arethusa, from Alpheus flies; / Resolv'd to die, rather than be his Prize. / The Moral is: - Take heed, ye flatter'd Fair: / Swains oft dissemble, & Words are but Air. / Lockman.
J Van Neck pinxit, J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Chipped to plate top left, creasing top right corner, small tears in small margins. Bit messy.
The nymph Alpheus is pursued through Arcadia by the river-god Arethusa.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67369] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Choice] By Pray'r but more by Gold, the Miser Swain / would tempt ye Nymph to Love, but rempts in vain...
P. Mercier Pictor Principis pinx 1739. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsury Square.
Fine mezzotint, 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
A young woman pushes away a rich old man who points at coins on the table as a younger man shows off his muscles.
CS 412. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67363] £320.00

[The Death of Epaminondas.]
B West pinxit. V. Green Metzotinto Engraver to his Majesty fecit [in plate].
Publish'd by J. Boydell Cheapside Feb. 21. 1774 [in plate].
Fine & rare mezzotint. 625 x 510mm (24½ x 20"). Trimmed to image; some creasing to image.
The Theban general Epaminondas (c.410 - 362 BC) slumped in the arms of his officers, as a doctor examines the spear-point which pierces his side. Epaminondas's victory at The Battle of Mantinea in 362 BC ended the military supremecy of the Spartans, but the general's death enabled Phillip II of Macedon to take control of Greece.
Whitman: 178, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67514] £480.00

[Gulliver's Travels] [Gulliver addressing the Houyhnhnms, supposing them to be Conjurors. from the Original Picture, in the Possession of John Wesson. See Gullivers Voys. p.220.]
S. Gilpin pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
[J. Wesson excudit Litchfield Street, Soho.] [n.d., c.1775.]
Fine mezzotint, scarce scratched letter proof before title and scratched publication line, inscription area uncleaned. 450 x 530mm (17¾ x 21"). Trimmed to plate.
After his crew mutiny and maroon him, Lemuel Gulliver stands on a beach before a pair of Houyhnhnms, talking horses who discuss his arrival.
Whitman 213, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67793] £650.00

[Jerusalem Delivered] [Renaldo arresting the arm of Almida to prevent her purpose of Suicide.]
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Val. Green Engraver in Metzotinto to his Majesty fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer, and J. Bennett, N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 April 1775.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with large margins on 3 sides.
A scene from 'Jerusalem Delivered', an epic poem by Italian poet Torquato Tasso, 1571. The Christian knight Rinaldo stops the defeated Saracen sorceress Armida from commiting suicide. She converts to Christianity and becomes his hand maiden. Published as a pair to 'Paris and Helen directing Cupid to Inflame each other's hearts with love'.
Whitman 186, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67507] £320.00

[Jerusalem Delivered] Renaldo arresting the arm of Almida to prevent her purpose of Suicide.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Val. Green Engraver in Metzotinto to his Majesty fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer, and J. Bennett, N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 April 1775.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins on 3 sides. Paper toned.
A scene from 'Jerusalem Delivered', an epic poem by Italian poet Torquato Tasso, 1571. The Christian knight Rinaldo stops the defeated Saracen sorceress Armida from commiting suicide. She converts to Christianity and becomes his hand maiden. Published as a pair to 'Paris and Helen directing Cupid to Inflame each other's hearts with love'.
Whitman 186, state ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67506] £320.00

[The Jeweller] The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do! / He Came, he lov'd, enjoy'd the Nymph 'tis true, / All that he wish'd, he had,, but thinks at last, Tis mighty hard to pay for Pleasures past...
P. Mercier pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Jn.º and Rob.t Withy in Fleet Street, 1756.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins, repaired tears.
A young woman encourages her older admirer to pay for a pair of earrings held by a jeweller. He reluctantly reaches into his money-bag. Behind is a maid carrying a coffee pot and cups on a tray. Jewellery interest.
CS 411c, this later state not listed. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67361] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Scene in the Careless Husband. [&] A Scene in the Recuiting Officer.
P. Mercier Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739. [&] Ph. Mercier Inv.t et Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739. [&] Printed for Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Two mezzotints, both 18th century watermarks. Husband: 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾"); Officer 240 x 325mm (9½ x 13¼"). Both with thread margins.
Two theatrical scences by Philippe Mercier, both originally published in 1736. The first shows Act V, Scene IV of the play 'The Careless Husband' by Colley Cibber, depicting the characters Mrs Edging, Sir Charles Easy and Lady Easy; the last is supposed to be a portrait of Kitty Clive (1711-85). The second is a scene from George Farquhar's 1706 play 'The Recruiting Officer', which follows the social and sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, recruiting soldiers in Shrewsbury.
CS 414 & 415, officer an unlisted later state with the upper part of plate cut down. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection & that of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67521] £750.00 view all images for this item

[Paris and Helen Directing Cupid to inflame each others Heart with Love. Done from an Original Picture Painted by Mrs. Angel.a Kauffman.]
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Val. Green Engraver in Metzotinto to his Majesty fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st Octo.r 1774.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Paper toned, small tear in right margin.
Eros prepares to stab Helen with an arrow, with Paris standing at her side. Published as a pair to 'Renaldo arresting the arm of Almida to prevent her purpose of Suicide'.
Whitman 214, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67508] £320.00

Through Pangs fled to Felicity, / For within the Bosom bright / Of blazing Majesty and Light. / Milton.
Engraved by S.W. Reynolds from an original Sketch by Ja.s Northcote R.A. for the Comedy of Sighs Written by Prince Hoare.
Published by S.W. Reynolds, N.º 47 Poland Street, March 1, 1800.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins.
A woman has died in childbirth, with a skeleton touching her wrist with one hand and her urn, marked 'Emilia', with the other. An emblem from the play 'Sighs; or, The Daughter, a Comedy' (1799) by Prince Hoare (1755-1834).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in Whitman.
[Ref: 67796] £320.00

[Madona and Child. From an Original Picture painted by M.rs Angelica Kauffman.]
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. V. Green Engraver in Metzotinto to his Majesty fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 3 December 1774.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 520 x 360mm (20½ x 14¼"), with large margins. Unidentified collector's blind stamp on left bottom plate mark. Crease top right, two tears in margins repaired.
The infant Jesus reaches up to his mother, who sits on a stone bench.
Whitman 184. See Metropolitan Museum 42.119.94 for published state. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67509] £480.00

Young Foresters.
R. Livesay. John Murphy sculpt.
London: Published Oct.r 19. 1796, by John [Murphy], North-side of Paddington Green.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 515 x 660mm (20¼ x 26"), watermarked 1794. Trimmed into plate at bottom, publication line rubbed, repairs to margins. Title area messy.
Four young girls feed fawns at the edge of a wood, from which a boy bearing a bundle of sticks on his head arrives.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67513] £420.00

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