Grosvenor Prints

[Cyrillic title] Alexander the First, Emperor and Autocrater of all the Russias. Dedicated to his Imperial Majesty, by his much obliged and most devoted Servant James Walker.
Painted by Gerard Kügulen. Engraved by Ja.s Walker Eng.r to his Imp. Maj.
Published June 1,st 1801 by Ja.s Walker, S.t Peterburg et W.m Brown Green Street, Grosvenor Square London.
Mezzotint, very fine impression. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Repairs to platemark, margin rebuilt top right, crease.
A half-length portrait of Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825), in uniform, after Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772-1820).
CS 15, unlisted early state.
[Ref: 67868] £490.00

[Cyrillic title] Alexander the First, Emperor and Autocrater of all the Russias. Dedicated to his Imperial Majesty, by his much obliged and most devoted Servant James Walker.
Painted by Gerard Kügulen. Engraved by Ja.s Walker Eng.r to his Imp. Maj.
Published May 1, 1803 by Ja.s Walker, N.º 8, Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and at Mess.rs John and Josiah Boydell, Shakspear Gallery, Pall Mall. & N.º 90. Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, very fine impression. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Damage to margins repaired.
A half-length portrait of Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825), in uniform, after Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772-1820).
CS 15. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67869] £490.00

[Edmund Antrobus.]
Painted by Thos. Lawrence Esq.r R.A. Engrav'd by George Clint.
[n.d., 1803.]
Mezzotint, Proof before title. 510 x 370mm (20 x 14½"). Top left corner cut off and replaced, a few spots, laid on album paper. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Sir Edmund Antrobus (died 1826, created 1st Baronet 1815), standing, letter in hand. Lawrence also painted his two nephews, one of whom, Edmund William, succeeded as 2nd baronet according to the special remainder.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Unidentified collector's stamp 'I F P' on album sheet
[Ref: 67838] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Philip Antrobus.]
Painted by Thos. Lawrence Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Geo. Clint, Oct.r 1.st 1803.
Untitled mezzotint, printed in colour. 480 x 355mm (19 x 14") Trimmed into plate at bottom, right platemark cracked with tear taped, paper toned.
Three-quarter portrait of Philip Antrobus (1755-1816), standing, paper in hand, inkwell on a table. Lawrence also painted his brother, Edmund (the 1st Baronet Antrobus), and Philip's two sons, one of whom, Edmund William, succeeded as 2nd baronet according to the special remainder.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67839] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Arkwright [junior].
Painted by R.R. Rienagle, R.A. 1813. Engraved by Henry Cousins. 1843.
Mezzotint, printed on chine collé. 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"). Loss of printed surface on subject's boot, tears in backing sheet taped.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Richard Arkwright (1755-1843), son of the Industrial Revolution's inventor of the same name. His income from his father's patents and his own business acumen made him one of the the richest non-aristocrats of the period. The original oil is held in Chesterfield Town Hall (PCF3).
[Ref: 67789] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

John Armstong M:D: The Suffrage of the wise, The Praise that's worth Ambition is attain'd By Sense alone, & Dignity of Mind.
S.r Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Edw.d Fisher Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with wide margins. Tear reaching plate on left taped, crease in margin
John Armstrong (1709-79), Scottish poet, physician, and essayist; friend of John Wilkes and Fuseli. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92).
Chaloner Smith: 3, ii. Wellcome: 105-2. Hamilton: p.2.
[Ref: 67960] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Edward Baines Junior.]
[Drawn by C. A. Du Val.. Engraved by J. Stevenson. Printed by Brooker & Harrison.]
[Published by Thomas Agnew, Repository of Arts Manchester, & Messrs. Ackermann & Co. London, April 21st. 1846.]
Mezzotint with stipple and engraving, proof before letters. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), with large margins.
Seated portrait of nonconformist newspaper publisher Edward Baines (1800-90). As a young journalist on the Leeds Mercury (owned by his father) he witnessed the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He became editor (1834) and proprietor (1848), and served as MP for Leeds from 1859 to 1874.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67841] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[F. Bartolozzi, R:A:]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J. Watson Fecit.]
[Publishd Sep.r 24. 1785 by T. Watson N.º 33, Strand London.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Old ink title and artists' names, paper toned, laid on card at edges.
A half-length portrait of Florentine engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), in fur-trimmed jacket. The BM's proof (Aa,9.1) has the same ink mss, suggesting it was done in the printing house.
CS 3, i of ii; Russell 3, i of iii; Goodwin 46, i of iii; Hamilton p.6, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68024] £360.00

[Benedicta.]
Frank Dicksee. Sam.l Cousins [pencil signatures.]
London, Published March 25,,th 1881 by The Fine Art Society (Limited) 148, New Bond Street.
Proof mezzotint, printed on chine collé, signed by artist and engraver, Printsellers' Association blindstamp. 445 x 320mm (17½ x 12½"), with large margins. Slight foxing.
A half-length portrait of a young woman, wearing embroidered gown and necklace. Behind is a backdrop of patterned wallpaper.
Whitman 186 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67818] £360.00

His Excellency Lieu.t General Lord Beresford, K.B. [Gran]d Cross of the Portuguese Military Order of the Tower & Sword [...]
[Heapy pinx.t.] W. Say sc. Engraver to H.R[.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[Published & Sold Jan.y 2. 1815 by Edw.d. Orme Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent Bond St.r corner of Brook Str.t. London.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 465 x 320mm (15¼ x 12½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, creased.
A full-length portrait of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, (1768 - 1854), in dress uniform, a battle behind. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First Wellington ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68191] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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[Mary Bertie] [Maria Dutchess of Ancaster].
[Engraved by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Mary Bertie (1735-c.93), Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, seated, resting her head on one hand. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
Goodwin 4, i of iii. CS 3 with no description; Hamilton 78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67981] £380.00

John Bright, Esq.re M.P.
Printed by T. Bracket.
London, Published Sep.r 1.st 1864, by W. Tebb, Pancras Lane.
Mezzotint. 555 x 400mm (21¾ x 15¾"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of Radical politician John Bright (1811-89), holding a book. A Quaker, he is regarded as one of the greatest orators of his generation. He became MP for Durham in 1843 and for Manchester in 1847. He spoke against the Corn Laws in parliament during Peel's second ministry until the laws were repealed in 1846. Bright was a member of the Peace Society and denounced the Crimean War (1854-56) as un-Christian, contrary to the principles of international free trade, and harmful to British interests.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67842] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Isaac Brodeau] M.r Brodeau of Oxford.
G. Roth Jnr Pinxit et fecit.
[n.d., c.1765.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 150 x 110mm (16 x 4¼"). Trimmed into image at right, into inscription at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length seated portrait of Isaac Brodeau (d.1768), reading a book, wearing spectacles and a short white bell-bottomed wig. ''The sitter in this portrait is thought to have been either the keeper of a coffee house in Oxford, or a silversmith'' (Christies sale of the painting, 1997). Christies and Alexander identify the painter as George Roth (c.1742-1821), the BM as William (Guillaume) Roth, died c. 1770.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67827] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Ann Campbell. Countess of Strafford.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. T. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Slightly toned.
A half length portrait of Ann Campbell (c.1715-85), daughter of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and wife of William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford. Horace Walpole called her 'a vast beauty'. The original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (accession No 99.63).
Hamilton p.135; CS 5 ii of ii; Russell 6a. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67973] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable George Canning. First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Proof
Engraved by William Brett, from a Painting by T. Stewardson Esq.re.
London, Published June 20, 1827, by W.m Sams, Royal Library, 1, St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 440 x 320mm (17¼ x 12½") very large margins. Dusty in margins.
A three quarter portrait of George Canning (1770-1827), published two months after he became Prime Minister and less than two months before his death from tuberculosis. He helped the South American countries in independence from Spain and Portugal.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67843] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Rich.d Cavendish.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R.Smith.
London, Publish'd feb.y 16.th 1781, by J.R. Smith N.º 10, Batemans Building, Soho.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tear in image on right leg, top right corner of margin rebuilt. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of politician Richard Cavendish (1752-81), son of William, 4th Duke of Devonshire, right hand resting on rock and his left on his hip, a brooding landscape behind him.
Chaloner Smith 38, ia (addenda) of ii. Hamilton p.16, ii of iii. Frankau 68, ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68034] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Charles the 1th &cc. Of whom the World was not Worthy.
I.Smith.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Charles I, kneeling before table to left on which is an open book. Crown of glory above with rays proceeding towards his eye. Right hand holding crown of thorns. Left foot on globe, beside which lies a crown. Allegorical portraits of Charles I were frequent after his death, often featuring symbolic depictions of a toppled crown or crown of thorns. This portrait derives from the frontispiece to Eikon Basilike, published shortly after his execution.
CS45.
[Ref: 68092] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Honourable Francis Charteris Esqr.
J. Reynolds pinxt. Rd. Houston fecit.
[n.d. c.1757.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 228mm (13 x 9"). Very small margins. Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A half-length portrait of Scottish landowner Francis Wemyss Charteris (1723-1808), second son of James, 5th Earl of Wemyss. His elder brother David, Lord Elcho, should have become 6th Earl in 1756, but had been attainted for his part in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. On David's death in 1787, without a legitimate heir, Francis claimed the title of 7th Earl of Wemyss, but it was not until 1826 that his grandson obtained a reversal of the attainder.
Hamilton: p.17, ii. CS: 27, ii. 'E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton, London, on reverse. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 24767] for one with large margins.
[Ref: 68182] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton.] In progress for G.P. M.cQueen 37, Marlborough Street, Regent St, London, Jan 10th, 1876.
[Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. James Faed.]
Mezzotint, progress proof. 470 x 380mm (18½ x 15"). Spotting, vertical crease through unprinted area of plate.
Full-length portrait of Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton (1727-1760) as a child, feeding chickens. She married her cousin Henry Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln in 1744; he later became the 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the subject of George Stubbs' painting, 'The Return from Shooting'. J.R. Smith's mezzotint of the same portrait was published in 1782. Faed's version was eventually published by G.P. McQueen in 1881.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68025] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas William Coke] Hannibal.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by C. Townley. Engraver to his Majesty the King of Prussia & Member of the Academies of Berlin & Florence.
Published July 31st 1792, by W. Richardson, Castle Street, Leicester Fields.
Mezzotint. 330 x 230 (13 x 9"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of a young child in Roman costume, with his right hand upon a sword and his left on his hip. Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1754-1842), painted c.1759, when he was five years old.
Ex Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Hamilton: Pg 18; Not in CS.
[Ref: 67968] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aged 42. From the Picture in the possession of George T. Barnard Esq.re.
Painted by Washington Allston. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
London: Published July 10.th 1854, by E. Moxon, 44, Dover Street.
Mezzotint. 545 x 410mm (21½ x 16"), with large margins. Slight spotting.
A half-length seated portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), painted in 1814. Along with his friend William Wordsworth, Coleridge was one of the founding members of the Romantic Movement. The original oil is in the National Gallery (NPG 184).
Whitman: 41, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67812] £360.00

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aged 42. From the Picture in the possession of George T. Barnard Esq.re.] Subscriber's Proof.
Painted by Washington Allston. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A.
[London: Published July 10.th 1854, by E. Moxon, 44, Dover Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line, printed on chine collé. 545 x 410mm (21½ x 16"), with large margins.
A half-length seated portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), painted in 1814. Along with his friend William Wordsworth, Coleridge was one of the founding members of the Romantic Movement. The original oil is in the National Gallery (NPG 184).
Whitman: 41, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67813] £390.00

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ [...] 86.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Prinseller, at N.º 53 Fleet Street London. [c. 1770 but later].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins. Rubbed.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Lesbia, despairing over her dead bird, with part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of the poet's girlfriend (in English translations Caelia or Chloe). In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. First published by the engraver.
Hamilton p.91. Goodwin 27, v of v. CS 32, after ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67980] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meæ puellæ [...]
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Prinseller, at the Golden Buck near Searjeants Inn Fleet Street [n.d., c. 1765].
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Lesbia, despairing over her dead bird, with part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of the poet's girlfriend (in English translations Caelia or Chloe). In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. First published by the engraver.
Hamilton p.91. Goodwin 27, iv of v. CS 32, after ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67978] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Cælia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London [engraved c.1765 but published c.1790].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on wove paper. Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Caelia, despairing over her dead bird, with a verse in English and Latin. The verse is part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of his girlfriend, named Lesbia rather than Caelia. In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. The engraver, George Graham, had emigrated to America by 1796 and is recorded working in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. It is likely that he put his name on a reworked plate, as John Bowles died in 1779, the year before the 16 year old Graham entered the RA School. Compare BM 1902,1011.2254 (proof before letters) and 1833,0610.19 (signed by Graham).
CS 2, ii of ii. Alexander p388-9. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67977] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Master John Crewe as Henry VIII.]
Josh.a Reynolds Eques Pinxit. J.R. Smith Fecit.
Published 10th Decem.r 1775. Published Jan.ry 23 1776 by by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title, inscription area uncleaned. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins, 18th century watermark. Ink collector's stamp 'R.B.' in inscription area.
Sir Joshua Reynolds's painting of John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (died 1835) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776 and the mezzotint at the Society of Artists that same year with the title 'Portrait of a Young Gentleman'. In an interior, with spaniels at Crewe's feet, and a view of a landscape through the window in the upper right.
D'Oench: 67. Hamilton: pg.19, ii of iv. CS: 47, ii/iv. Frankau: 100, ii/iii. D'Oench 67. Lugt 2191, 'R. Brandt'. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68051] £580.00

Renatus Descartes, Nobil. Gall. Perroni Dom. Summus Mathem.et Philos..
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650), sitting at a desk, writing in a large volume resting on a table; books on shelf in the background
[Ref: 67865] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Hon.ble Caroline Lucy Douglas.]
[Drawn by C.L.D. Engraved by W. Say. Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[London: Pub.d & Sold by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King & Royal Family, Bond St.rt corner of Brook Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 610 x 485mm (24 x 19") Blindstamp in inscription area, tear in bottom margin taped.
A self-portrait of novelist and painter Caroline Lucy Douglas (1784-1857) standing on battlements, probably Douglas Castle, holding one of her own books. The daughter of the 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas, she married Vice Admiral Sir George Scott. The original painting, sold at auction in 2017, was dated 1807.
For lettered proof see Ref 56263 and Pair 8282.
[Ref: 67835] £320.00

To His Royal highness The Prince Regent This Portrait of L.t General Sir John Doyle Bar.t G.C.B. K.C. Is humbly Dedicated by His Royal Highnesses most obedient & devoted Serv.t John P Thompson. Proof
James Ramsay Esq. pinxit. W.Say sculp Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London. Pub. Nov 1., 1817. by Thompson. 26 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Chips to edges of margins.
A three-quarter portrait of General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), in uniform, with horse and Arab groom. In the background is the French Régiment de Dromadaires, which Doyle persuaded to surrender without a fight in 1801. Doyle served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting with Abercromby in Egypt. After active service he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and lieutenant-governor of Guernsey from 1802 to 1813. A mason, he was Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Lodge No.116, and a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge and Premier Grand Lodge
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For lettered impression see Ref 66306.
[Ref: 67836] £420.00

Samuel Dyer, Esq:r F.R.S.
S:r Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. G. Marchi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.ry 20: 1773, to be had of M:r Marchi S.t Martins Lane near Long Acre.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 455 x 340mm (18 x 13¼"). Narrow margins. Repairs.
A half-length seated portrait of translator Samuel Dyer (1725-72), leaning on books, on a table with inkstand. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke.
CS 6, ii of ii; Hamilton p.25, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E.M. Hamilton (EMH ink stamp).
[Ref: 67986] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Right Hon.ble Earl Fitzwilliam.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Engrav'd by J. Grozer
Publish'd as the Act directs March 31 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master, Engraver & Print Merchant, No. 185 Piccadilly, near St. James's Church.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), very large margins. Printer's crease across image.
A half-length portrait of Whig statesman William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1748-1833), 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, one of the richest men in Britain at the time.
CS 11; Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Samuel Foote Esq.r.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav’d by T. Blackmore.]
[Publish’d June y 4.th.1771. accor.g to Act of Parliament by W.W. Ryland in Cornhill.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 450 x 330mm (17¾ x 13"), large margins. Unidentified collector's ink stamp on reverse.
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 656); three-quarter length standing, turned slightly to left, leaning on stick, with left arm resting on right hand, wearing patterned waistcoat; curtain behind. Samuel Foote (1721-1777), actor, playwright and theatre (Haymarket) manager. Native of Truro, for which his father was MP. Squandered a fortune as a student and took to acting and writing satirical pieces for the theatre, including 'The minor'. He lost a leg in 1766 as a result of a practical joke, but continued acting in spite of it.
CS: 2, i of iii. Hamilton: p.27, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68037] £380.00

[Frederick V. of Simmerin, Elector Palatine 1610, Titular King of Bohemia 1619. K.G. Obit 1632, Aet. 36.]
[Engraved by Charles Turner, from an authentic original.]
[London:Published by S.Woodburn, 112, St. Martin's Lane. 1813.]
Mezzotint proof before title, 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 10½"), with very large margins. Foxing, mostly localised to platemark and margins.
Frederick V (1596 - 1632) was Elector Palatine (1610 - 1623), and, as Frederick I, King of Bohemia (1619-20). On horseback with a battle scene behind. Engraved by Charles Turner (1773 - 1857) for a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 471. See [Ref: 13289] for lettered version. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68170] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Garrick in the character of Kitely; Every Man in his Humour. Act 2,d Scene 1,st.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. [Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crack in top platemark taped, nicks in edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, ii of iv.
[Ref: 67993] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy.]
[J. Reynolds Pinxit. E. Fisher sculpsit Londini 1762]
[Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E. Bakewell, & H. Parker, _PrintSellers in Cornhill, opposite Birchin Lane, London.]
Mezzotint, without the title printed from a separate plate, 18th century watermark. 410 x 505mm (16 x 20"). Tear entering plate at top, two tears and rubbing in margin.
A portrait of actor David Garrick (1717-1779), showing him torn between the female figures of Comedy and Tragedy. Although he looks at Tragedy he is allowing Comedy to pull him away. The scene is a parody of the Choice of Hercules, in which the hero was asked to choose between Pleasure and Virtue, choosing the more difficult but more honourable path of Virtue. Walpole notes that the idea for the painting was Garrick's. The picture was one of Garrick's favourites: in 1764 he wrote from Paris, ''I am so plagu'd here for my prints or rather prints of me - that I must desire you to send me by the first opportunity six prints from Reynolds' picture, you may apply to the engraver he lives in Leicester Fields, and his name is Fisher, he will give you good ones, if he knows they are for me''. A separate plate was used to print the title, with a Latin title (''Reddere Personæ scit convenientia cuique'').
CS 20, iii of iii. Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 67822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Garrick in the character of Kitely; Every Man in his Humour. Act 2,d Scene 1,st.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased horizontal centre, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta, Prince & Princess of Wales. Prince William Born 14 Nov.r 1743. Prince George Born 24 May 1738. Prince Edward Born 14 March 1738/9.
Du Pan Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for T. Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 505mm (14 x 20"). Trimmed into image on three sides, repairs into plate at bottom.
A decorative group portait in a garden, with: George (later George III) firing an arrow at a popinjay; Edward (Duke of York & Albany), holding a gun; William Henry (Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh), still in skirts, holding a garland of flowers; Elizabeth in a small carriage drawn by a dog; and Augusta holding the baby Henry.
CS 147, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67544] £480.00

This Portrait of the Late Celebrated Scotch Musician, Neil Gow, Is by Permission most respectfully Dedicated To His Grace John Duke of Athol, K.T. &c. &c.
[P]ainted by Henry Raeburn Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucest[er.]
London, Publish'd 12, August, 1815. by Tho.s Macdonald, Poets Gallery, 39, Fleet S.t.
Mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, inscriptions affected, repaired tears,
A rare portrait of Niel Gow (1727-1807), Scottish violinist and composer, sitting holding his violin to his chin, dressed in tartan breeches. In the autumn of 1787 Burns met him at Dunkeld, and the poet describes him as "a short, stout-built, honest Highland figure, with his greyish hair shed on his honest social brow; an interesting face, marking strong sense, kind open-heartedness, mixed with unmistrusting simplicity". As a player of Scotch dance music, especially of reels and strathspeys, Gow was in his time without superior or rival. He recieved an annuity from the Duke and Duchess of Atholl and regularly played at Dunkeld House and Blair Atholl. He composed a large number of melodies, nearly a hundred of which are included in the volumes published by his son Nathaniel. One of four portraits of Gow were painted by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68189] £320.00

[Mrs. Gwynne & Mrs. Bunbury. In the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor.]
[Painted by D. Gardner. Engraved by W. Dickinson.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 20th. 1780 by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond Street.]
Very rare mezzotint, sheet 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼".) On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate on three sides, almost to image at bottom, losing all inscriptions.
A portrait in oval of Horneck sisters: Mary Gwyn (1753-1840) and Catherine Bunbury (1754-1799) in costume, Windsor Castle behind. The theme is jokey, as the women were married to court equerries. Mary (married to General Francis Gwyn, equerry to George III) was also painted by Joshua Reynolds in Indian costume. Catherine's husband was the noted caricaturist Henry William Bunbury, appointed equerry to the Duke of York and Albany in 1787.
CS: 34, state unknown. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67899] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Harriet Hague] Harriot and Sophia, Daughters of Charles Hague, Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge. To Miss Sharp of Clare Hall, Herts, The kind friend and Patroness of the lost Harriot & her surviving Sister This Print is respectfully inscribed. Harriot Hague died Feb.y 3.th 1816 aged 23.
Engraved by W. Sayer, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester [after George Henry Harlow.]
Published Dec.r 4.th 1816 by the Proprietor and Sold by Harraden & Son, Printseller, Cambridge.
Scarce mezzotint. 610 x 460mm (24 x 18"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Repaired tear on left.
A portrait of the two daughters of Charles Hague (1769-1821), violinist and composer and Professor of Music at Cambridge. The eldest, Harriet Hague (1793-16) was a pianist and composer of great potential, publishing 'Six Songs, with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte' (1814), but died two years later, aged 23. Sophia was a talented violinist. Harriet holds sheet music, Sophia her bow, with the violin propped up behind.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67814] £490.00

Philip Howard and Catherine Howard his Sister of Corby Castle Cumberland. Proof.
Painted by James Northcote Esq.re R.A. Engraved by W.m Say.
[London Published Jan.y. 1.st 1806, by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.]
Mezzotint, sheet 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). On 19th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
A portrait of Philip Henry Howard (1801-83) and Catherine (c.1802-61), as children. Philip sits on a lepoard skin with his hand resting on a sleeping lion; Catherine stands behind in a grape vine. Philip became a Whig politician, MP for Carlisle from 1830 until 1852, apart from losing his seat in 1847, which he reclaimed the following year after the result was declared void. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland for 1860-1.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68185] £320.00

[Jane Hyde] The Right Hon.ble the Countess of Clarendon.
G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street ~ & Jnº King at the Globe in Poultrey. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A portrait of Jane Hyde (née Leveson-Gower, 1669-1725), wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on a balcony, leaning against the balustrade. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber at the court of Queen Anne. It was issued in 'The Hampton Court Beauties', a series of twelve portraits of the ladies of the court of William and Mary after Sir Godfrey Kneller, plus a frontispiece portrait of the artist. This example was published after the plates were cut down. The original 'Beauties' were eight paintings commissioned by Mary II, depicting her attendants (unlike the 'Windsors Beauties', most of whom were the mistresses of Charles II), which still hang in William III's state rooms. The engraved series was expanded to show twelve ladies, including this portrait and the queen herself.
CS 28, ii of ii (addenda). Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67904] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir James Innis of Innis Bar.t.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds K.nt. Engraved by Valentine Green, A.R.A. Mezzotinto Engraver to His Majesty.]
[London, Pub.d May 4.th 1807 by V. Green N.º 51 Upper Titchfield Street.]
Mezzotint, unfinished proof before letters. 395 x 300mm (15½ x 11¾"), large margins. Slight spotting.
A half-length portrait of James Innis (1736-1823), 5th Duke of Roxburghe, in jacket with a fur collar, within a plain rectangular border. In 1769 Innes assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Norcliffe, from his wife's family. After the death of the 4th Duke of Roxburghe in 1805, he changed his name to Innes-Ker during his lengthy battle to take the vacant title. His second wife, Harriet Charlewood, was the step-daughter of Valentine Green.
Hamilton p. 40, i of ii; CS 74, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67995] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Frances Kemble] Miss Kemble.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by John Jones.
London, Pub.d as the Act directs, Jan.y 17, 1786, by J. Jones N.º 63 Great Portland Street, Mary-le-bone.
Very fine mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Small margins.
An unlettered half-length portrait of actress Frances Kemble (1759-1822), wearing a white dress with white double frill, before a plain background. The younger sister of Sarah Siddons, Kemble married a Shakespeare scholar, Francis Twiss. From 1807 she ran a girls' school in Bath.
CS 44. Hamilton p.113, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68010] £320.00

[Frances Kemble] Miss Kemble.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London Published According to Act March 23 1784, by J. Jones, No 63 Great Portland Street.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), with large margins. Crack in bottom platemark taped.
A half-length portrait of actress Frances Kemble (1759-1822), wearing a dark dress with white frill, mountainous scenery behind. The title is on a scroll held aloft by cherubs. The younger sister of Sarah Siddons, Kemble married a Shakespeare scholar, Francis Twiss. From 1807 she ran a girls' school in Bath.
CS 42. Russell 42, ii of ii; Hamilton p.112, ii of ii.
[Ref: 68004] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Frances Kemble] Miss Kemble.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London Published According to Act March 23 1784, by J. Jones, No 63 Great Portland Street [but later].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Paper toned, small tear entering inscription area taped. Small margins.
A half-length portrait of actress Frances Kemble (1759-1822), wearing a dark dress with white frill, mountainous scenery behind. The title is on a scroll held aloft by cherubs. The younger sister of Sarah Siddons, Kemble married a Shakespeare scholar, Francis Twiss. From 1807 she ran a girls' school in Bath.
CS 42. Russell 42, ii of ii; Hamilton p.113, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68005] £320.00

[Mary Kent]
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J. Dean Fecit.
Published Feb.y 1, 1779, by J. Dean, N.º 27, Bewick Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, creasing. Bit messy.
A portrait of Mary Kent (neé Wordsworth, d.1817); sitting on the ground, her mantle is draped over a tree-trunk. In 1771 she married Charles Kent (1743?-1811), who was created a baronet in August 1782, having served as High Sheriff of Suffolk the previous year.
Hamilton p.113, ii of ii. CS 15, ii of ii. Ex: collections of Thomas Thane & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Lugt 2385 unknown.
[Ref: 68044] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Killegrew] Madam Ann Kirk. To the Right Hon.ble Anthony Earle of Kent, &ct This Plate is humbly dedicated by Your Honours most Obedient Servant, Alexander Browne.
Ant: Van Dyck Eques pinxit. I. Beckett fecit.
Sold by Alex Browne at ye blew ballcony in little Queen Street [n.d., c..1685].
Fine & rare mezzotint, 17th century watermark, pencil verso bottom 'Sykes sale'; 480 x 290mm (19 x 11½"). Thread margins.
A full length portrait of Anne Killegrew (1607-41), standing before an ornamental urn, with a small dog. She was Lady in Waiting to Queen Henrietta Maria from 1631, first wife of George Kirke (d. 1675), Groom of the Chamber to Charles I. The original painting of c.1637 is now in the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens.
Simon Turner B23 ii of iii. CS 58, ii of iii.
[Ref: 67830] £390.00

[Joseph Locke, Esq.re M.P.]Joseph Locke April 1849 [facsimile signature.]
Painted by Francis Grant, Esq. A.R.A. Engraved by Henry Cousins.
London, Published June 1st. 1849, by Henry Graves & Comp.y Printsellers in Ordinary to Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert. 6, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, Artist'ss proof, ltd to 100, printed on chine collé. 770 x 490mm (30¼ x 19¼"). Spotting.
A full-length portrait of civil engineer Joseph Locke (1805-1860). Apprenticed to the railway engineer George Stephenson, he was one of the major pioneers of railway development. He worked on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, Lancaster & Carlisle Railway, the Manchester & Sheffield Railway and the London and South Western Railway, including the designs of Richmond Railway Bridge (1848) and Barnes Bridge (1849).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67819] £480.00

[Man in turban.]
[Jo. Henric. Sperling Hamburg pinxit. Jo. Jac. Haid sculpsit et excud. A.V.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate, losing inscriptions at bottom, creased, ink spot in background.
A head and shoulders portrait of a bearded man in a turban.
[Ref: 68124] £320.00

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