Grosvenor Prints

[Frances Abington] Roxalana.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Fine stipple with etching, title in open letters. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), very large margins.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737-1815) in character as Roxalana, an English slave in Isaac Bickstaffe's play 'The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio' She is, as a contemporary newspaper reported, 'in the act of drawing the Curtain when she surprises the sultan in his retirement'. Mrs Abington was rumoured to have spent her teenage years working as a prostitute. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67906] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

St. Agnes.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs June 25, 1787 by Torre & Co No.132 Pall Mall [but 19th century impression].
Engraving. 280 x 400mm (11 x 15¾"), with large margins. Stains in margins.
A portrait of a 'Mrs Quarrington' as St Agnes. Although she is described in contemporary accounts of the painting as an actress, she is otherwise unknown.
Hamilton 127. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67989] £130.00 (£156.00 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)

[Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti] Joseph Baretti. Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy.
Sir J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Hardy sculp.t.
Pub.d March 6th 1794 by W. Richardson Castle S.t Leicester Square.
Stipple. 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Narrow margins, top left corner lost.
A half-length seated portait of Turinese writer Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (1719-89), reading a book held close to his face. After leaving Italy after facing censorship, he moved to London where he was welcomed by the literati: when he was tried for murder in 1769, character witnesses included Joshua Reynolds, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke and David Garrick. He was acquitted and soon after became Secretary to the Royal Academy of Arts, as referenced here.
Hamilton p.5. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67964] £180.00 (£216.00 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

La Beauté Sacrifiant aux Graces.
Joshua Reynolds Pinx. J.B. Lucien fecit.
Cheau Excudit, Parisiis [n.d, c.1790.]
Stipple printed in brown. 520 x 325mm (20½ x 12¾"), very large margins Some wear to margins, damp stain in top corner.
The personification of Beauty burns incense under a statue of the Three Graces.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67957] £460.00

[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

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)

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)

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)

[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)

[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] 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)

[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

Stephen Croft Esq.r F.AS.
J. Reynolds Equa Pinx.t. C. Carter fecit.
Published Oct.r 1.st 1787 and old by Robert Wikinson, N.º 58 Cornhill.
Scarce etching. 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Printer's creases in margins.
Portrait of Stephen Croft (1712-98) of Stillington, Yorkshire. His father, also Stephen, had founded a company importing wine from Portugal and helped to found the York Assembly Rooms. The younger Stephen was elected a director of the Rooms in 1752. Lawrence Sterne was vicar at Stillington (1745-68), becoming a friend of the family.
Hamilton p19, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67974] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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

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)

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)

[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 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

[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

[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)

Lady Catherine Manners. Daughter to his Grace the Duke of Rutland.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx. T. Gaugain sculp.
Publish'd Jan.y 1785 by T. Gaugain, No. 4 Little Compton Street, St. Ann's, London.
Fine stipple and etching printed in brown, title in open letters. 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins
Portrait of Catherine Manners (1779-1829), as a young child, wearing a frilled cap, after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). She married Cecil Forester, 1st Baron Forester.
Hamilton p.116, II of II.
[Ref: 67905] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Charles, William, Henry. Earl of Dalkeith. Eldest son of His Grace Henry, Duke of Buccleugh.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by V Green. Engraver to his Majesty and the Elector Palatine.
Published Jan.y 1st 1778 by W Shropshire No 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 505 x 350mm (19¼ x 13¾"). With blindstamp of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle
Portrait of Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott (1772-1819), fourth Duke of Buccleugh and sixth Duke of Queensberry, K.T., as a young boy, stroking an owl. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he served as MP for Marlborough, Ludgershall and Mitchell before entering the House of Lords as Baron Scott of Tyndale in 1807. A member of Marylebone Cricket Club, he made four known appearances in first-class cricket matches in 1797.
CS: 33, state ii of ii; Whitman 68, iii of iii. Hamilton p.20 iii of iii. Ex: collections of Queen Victoria and The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Lugt 2535.
[Ref: 68032] £390.00

[The Right Hon.ble Charles William, Henry Earl of Dalkeith. Eldest son of His Grace Henry, Duke of Buccleugh.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by V Green. Engraver to his Majesty and the Elector Palatine.
Published Jan 1 1778 by W Shropshire No 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 18th century watermark; Sheet 505 x 350mm (19¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed to image at sides, short tear in platemark at top taped.
Portrait of Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott (1772-1819), fourth Duke of Buccleugh and sixth Duke of Queensberry, K.T., as a young boy, stroking an owl. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he served as MP for Marlborough, Ludgershall and Mitchell before entering the House of Lords as Baron Scott of Tyndale in 1807. A member of Marylebone Cricket Club, he made four known appearances in first-class cricket matches in 1797.
CS: 33, state i of ii; Whitman 68, ii of iii. Hamilton p.20 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68030] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d M.r Zachariah Mudge, Prebend of Exeter &c. &c.
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms Cornhill [engraved c.1766 but later].
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), on wove paper. Spotting.
Reverend Zachariah Mudge (1694-1769), a clergyman known for his sermons, painted by Reynolds three times, in 1761, 1762 & 1766. When his friend John Smeaton finished the Eddystone Lighthouse in 1759, the pair sang the Old Hundredth Psalm as a thanksgiving from the top of the lighthouse.
CS 106, iii of iii. Goodwin 46, iii of ii. Hamilton p.52, iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68012] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Published June 24th 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Fine mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper at edges.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, iii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, iii of iii. Frankau 266, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68020] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Published the 11th June 1777 by J.R. Smith N.º 10 Batemans Soho Square & W.m Humphrey Gerrard St.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), 18th century watermark. Thread margins, slight central crease.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'.
CS 128, i of iii. Hamilton pg 125, i of iii. Frankau 266, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68022] £320.00

John Paterson Esquire. MDCCCLXXVII. His Life was gentle, and the Elements so mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the World, ''This was a Man!''.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
[n.d., c.1789.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''). Small margins.
A portrait of John Paterson (1705-89), painted by Joshua Reynolds in 1777 on a commission from architect Robert Mylne. As Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 1765-8, Paterson played a key role in securing the finance for Mylne's Blackfriar's Bridge. The bridge is referenced by the paper Paterson holds: 'A plan to raise 300,000 £ for the purpose of completing the bridge at Blackfriars and redeeming the toll thereon, and embanking the north side of the Thames'. Paterson was the first Clerk of the Barbers' Comany after a break from the Surgeons in 1745, becoming Master in 1776. The company acquired the original painting in 1890.
CS: 29. ii of ii. Goodwin 30, ii of ii. Hamilton p.54, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii.
[Ref: 68049] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Paterson Esquire. MDCCCLXXVII. His Life was gentle, and the Elements so mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the World, ''This was a Man!''.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
[n.d., c.1789.]
Mezzotint, proof before title. 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''), large margins Title added in old ink mss. Repaired tear through inscription into image, two worm holes in margin, spotting. Damaged.
A portrait of John Paterson (1705-89), painted by Joshua Reynolds in 1777 on a commission from architect Robert Mylne. As Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 1765-8, Paterson played a key role in securing the finance for Mylne's Blackfriar's Bridge. The bridge is referenced by the paper Paterson holds: 'A plan to raise 300,000 £ for the purpose of completing the bridge at Blackfriars and redeeming the toll thereon, and embanking the north side of the Thames'. Paterson was the first Clerk of the Barbers' Comany after a break from the Surgeons in 1745, becoming Master in 1776. The company acquired the original painting in 1890.
CS: 29. i of ii. Goodwin 30, i of ii. Hamilton p.54, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii.
[Ref: 68048] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John Paterson Esquire. MDCCCLXXVII. His Life was gentle, and the Elements so mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up and say to all the World, ''This was a Man!''.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
[n.d., c.1789.]
Mezzotint, unfinished proof before all letters, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 11''), with large margins Creasing centre.
A portrait of John Paterson (1705-89), painted by Joshua Reynolds in 1777 on a commission from architect Robert Mylne. As Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 1765-8, Paterson played a key role in securing the finance for Mylne's Blackfriar's Bridge. The bridge is referenced by the paper Paterson holds in the completed plate (but not present here): 'A plan to raise 300,000 £ for the purpose of completing the bridge at Blackfriars and redeeming the toll thereon, and embanking the north side of the Thames'. Paterson was the first Clerk of the Barbers' Comany after a break from the Surgeons in 1745, becoming Master in 1776. The company acquired the original painting in 1890. In
CS: 29. before i of ii. Goodwin 30, before i of ii. Hamilton p.54, before i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of iii.
[Ref: 68050] £360.00

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight, President of the Royal Academy, Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence, Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Painted by himself, for the Royal Academy, 1780. Engrav'd by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by V. Green, Dec.r 1.st 1780. N.º 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Coloured mezzotint. 480 x 380mm (19 x 15"), large margins. Laid on board, spots and damp stains in margins.
A three-quarter self-portrait of Reynolds wearing his robes as President of the Royal Academy, one hand holding a scroll, resting on a table with a bust of Michelangelo.
CS 110, i of ii; Russell ii of vi; ; Hamilton p.57, ii of v; Whitman 105, ii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68075] £490.00

[Untitled self-portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[Sir J. Reynolds pinx.t. Caroline Kirkley sculp.t.]
[London Pub.d as the Act Directs, March 15. 1795. by A. Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No. 76, St James's Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Collector's stamp on reverse, large margins.
A half-length self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), in a jacket with a high colour, depicted in a plain frame. The engraver was the daughter of Ralph Kirkley, Reynolds' man-servant for over 30 years, and was brought up in Reynolds' house in Leicester Square. In 1789 she was apprenticed to J.R. Smith for 5 years for £50 premium, probably as a print colourist as this is the only known mezzotint by her. She also exhibited as the RA in 1796 and 1797; an engraving after her portrait of Thomas Bewick was publishd in 1798 (see ref 33972).
Hamilton p.57, i of iii; CS 123, before i of ii; Russell i of iii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Alfred Morrison (1821-1897),.
[Ref: 67990] £380.00

Sir Joshua Reynolds, ~ Painted by Himself. Drawn and Engraved by Charles Townley Member of the Royal Academy of Painting in Florence, From the Original Portrait in the Medici Collection.
Published as the Act directs June 30th 1777 [but 1786-1790, by Jean Marc Pascal Berlin.
Proof mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 420 x 280mm (16½ x 11"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of Joshua Reynolds, in the robes of an Oxford Doctor of Civil Law, holding a roll. The publisher, Johann Marc Pascal, founded the 'Königlich Hofkupferstichofficin' in Berlin in 1786 but published nothing after 1790. He purchased a number of the plates for Townley's mezzotint portraits.
Hamilton p.57, i of ii. CS 24, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67984] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Joshua Reynolds.
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), hatless, holding a portfolio.
Hamilton p.57, ii of ii; CS 123, ii of ii; Goodwin 71, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67987] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[S.r Joshua Reynolds.]
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
[London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A half-length self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), hatless, holding a portfolio.
Hamilton p.57, i of ii; CS 123, i of ii; Goodwin 71, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67988] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace The Duke of Bedford with his Brothers Lord John Russell, Lord Will.m Russell, & Miss Vernon.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & the Elector Palatine.
Published May. 1st 1778 by W.Shropshire No 158 New Bond Street [but later].
Mezzotint. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"), on wove paper. Tear in right margin touching plate. Stain top right.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), dressed as St. George, standing above the dead dragon, with his brothers John (1766-1839, 7th duke) and William (1767-1840), with Henrietta Vernon (1745-1828, Countess Grosvenor) as Sabrina.
CS: 8, ii of ii. Goodwin 69, ii of ii. Hamilton p.8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68052] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[His Grace The Duke of Bedford with his Brothers Lord John Russell, Lord Will.m Russell, & Miss Vernon.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by Walter Shropshire May 1.st 1778 N.º 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"), large margins. Creasing.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), dressed as St. George, standing above the dead dragon, with his brothers John (1766-1839, 7th duke) and William (1767-1840), with Henrietta Vernon (1745-1828, Countess Grosvenor) as Sabrina.
CS: 8, i of ii. Goodwin 69, i of ii. Hamilton p.8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68054] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[His Grace The Duke of Bedford with his Brothers Lord John Russell, Lord Will.m Russell, & Miss Vernon.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by Walter Shropshire May 1.st 1778 N.º 158 New Bond Street.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"), large margins. With the 'K' collector's stamp of Thomas Kirk. Narrow margins, crease
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), dressed as St. George, standing above the dead dragon, with his brothers John (1766-1839, 7th duke) and William (1767-1840), with Henrietta Vernon (1745-1828, Countess Grosvenor) as Sabrina.
CS: 8, i of ii. Goodwin 69, i of ii. Hamilton p.8. Lugt 1623, Thomas Kirk (c.1765 97), painter and engraver. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68053] £580.00

[Catherine Schindlerin.] The Schindlerin.
Painted by S,,r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Published Jan.y 20.th 1777, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Slightly rubbed, small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of the German singer Catherine Schindlerin. A pupil of Venanzio Rauzzini, she first appeared in London in 1775.
D'Oench 88; Hamilton p. 130, iii of iii, Frankau 306, iii of iii; CS 147, iii of iii.
[Ref: 67970] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Student.
Painted by S,,r Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R.Smith.
London, Publish'd Dec.r 1: 1786 by W. Dickinson, Engraver, Bond Street.
Coloured mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Tears in top margin taped, staining in left edge.
A seated young man looks at his drawing of the classical sculpture on the table behind. A landscape is seen through the window beyond.
D'Oench: 107. Hamilton: 158, iii of iii. Chaloner Smith: 189, iii of iv. Frankau: 337, iv of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv of iv.
[Ref: 67954] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Tomkins] Mr. Tomkins. From the original Picture, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The last Portrait Sir J. Reynolds Exhibited 1789. Engraved by Charles Turner.
Published by the Proprietor, Foster Lane, London, May 6 1805.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Slight mount stain. Unidentified collector's stamp 'I F P' on reverse.
Portrait of Thomas Tomkins (1743 - 1816), calligrapher and author of ‘Rays of Genius' and other works on penmanship. He sits to left at a small table with inkstand, eyes to front, holding paper in his left hand and a quill pen in his right; curtain behind.
Whitman 561, ii. Hamilton p.69, iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68017] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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