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Mr.Bankes. [Sir Joseph Banks.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 100 x 100mm (4 x 4").
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820), botanist and explorer. Banks was a patron of the natural sciences and made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768 - 1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. Banks actively promoted British settlement in New South Wales and supported the broader colonisation of Australia. He also endorsed the establishment of Botany Bay as a penal settlement for the transportation of convicts and served as a principal adviser to the British government on matters relating to Australia. He is credited with introducing eucalyptus, acacia, and the genus later named in his honour, Banksia, to the Western world. Approximately eighty plant species bear his name in recognition of his contributions to botany. In addition, he was a principal founder of the African Association and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which played a significant role in the establishment of the Royal Academy. Author of 'Modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated. Navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and des', 1790.
W164-6. Kivell & Spence page 20.
[Ref: 68300] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 100 x 100mm (4 x 4").
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820), botanist and explorer. Banks was a patron of the natural sciences and made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768 - 1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. Banks actively promoted British settlement in New South Wales and supported the broader colonisation of Australia. He also endorsed the establishment of Botany Bay as a penal settlement for the transportation of convicts and served as a principal adviser to the British government on matters relating to Australia. He is credited with introducing eucalyptus, acacia, and the genus later named in his honour, Banksia, to the Western world. Approximately eighty plant species bear his name in recognition of his contributions to botany. In addition, he was a principal founder of the African Association and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which played a significant role in the establishment of the Royal Academy. Author of 'Modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated. Navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and des', 1790.
W164-6. Kivell & Spence page 20.
[Ref: 68300] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
General John Hale. Colonel 47.th Regiment (1759) Colonel 17.th L.t Dragoons (1790) Governor of Londonderry. Born 1728 Died 1806. Private Plate.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Thomas Lupton. 4 Keppel Street Russell Squ.re.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Scarce mezzotint on chine collé. 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"), with large margins. Nicks, abrasions and mountburn to margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of John Hale in uniform, before a Temple of Janus with four figures struggling. Reynolds's Pocket-Book records three sittings with Colonel John Hale in 1760, shortly after he commanded the 47th Regiment of Foot during the Siege the Louisbourg (1758) and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) and was appointed by the dying General Wolfe to carry the news of victory to England. The painting remained in the Hale family, overlooked by scholars of Reynolds, until 1963, when it was bequeathed to the McIntosh Gallery by Dr. George Hale. This private plate was commissioned by a descendent after Lupton moved to Keppel Street c.1840.
Not in Hamilton. BM 1845,1011.15, ''there is no record of the painting''. See McIntosh Gallery ref R11043-0-6-E for the painting.
[Ref: 68047] £380.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Thomas Lupton. 4 Keppel Street Russell Squ.re.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Scarce mezzotint on chine collé. 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"), with large margins. Nicks, abrasions and mountburn to margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of John Hale in uniform, before a Temple of Janus with four figures struggling. Reynolds's Pocket-Book records three sittings with Colonel John Hale in 1760, shortly after he commanded the 47th Regiment of Foot during the Siege the Louisbourg (1758) and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) and was appointed by the dying General Wolfe to carry the news of victory to England. The painting remained in the Hale family, overlooked by scholars of Reynolds, until 1963, when it was bequeathed to the McIntosh Gallery by Dr. George Hale. This private plate was commissioned by a descendent after Lupton moved to Keppel Street c.1840.
Not in Hamilton. BM 1845,1011.15, ''there is no record of the painting''. See McIntosh Gallery ref R11043-0-6-E for the painting.
[Ref: 68047] £380.00
Representation of a Scene of the County Naval Free School on Waste Land.
S.H. Grimm Pinxit. Fran.s Chesham Sculp.t.
[London: Marine Society, 1783.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, rich & rare impression. 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"), with large margins. Margins chipped and age-toned. Abrasion and hole in right, within the tree. Left corner repaired crease.
A scene of a proposed free school for poor boys, preparing them for naval life. It shows the boys using apparatus for training for loading canon and winching an anchor, drilling and using navigation instruments, as well as ploughing and other agricultural activity. This plate was published in 'Proposal for County Naval Free Schools, to be Built on Waste Lands', by Jonas Hanway, written for humanitarian as well as patriotic reasons, the year that the American Revolutionary War ended in failure. After spending more than the year's income on the society on preparing the book (for which Hanway was censured), it was issued to privy councillors, lord lieutenants, influential MPs and admiralty and naval boards. However the plan was downsized by the society, and a single training ship was commissioned, anchored at Greenwich. As well as founding the Marine Society in 1756 (to procure seamen for the Seven Years' War), Hanway (1712-86) was a vice president of the Foundling Hospital, instrumental in the establishment of the Magdalen Hospital and a commissioner for victualling the navy (experimenting with ways to alleviate scurvy amongst seamen). He is said to be the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella, facing down heckling hackney coachmen.
[Ref: 68274] £480.00
S.H. Grimm Pinxit. Fran.s Chesham Sculp.t.
[London: Marine Society, 1783.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, rich & rare impression. 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"), with large margins. Margins chipped and age-toned. Abrasion and hole in right, within the tree. Left corner repaired crease.
A scene of a proposed free school for poor boys, preparing them for naval life. It shows the boys using apparatus for training for loading canon and winching an anchor, drilling and using navigation instruments, as well as ploughing and other agricultural activity. This plate was published in 'Proposal for County Naval Free Schools, to be Built on Waste Lands', by Jonas Hanway, written for humanitarian as well as patriotic reasons, the year that the American Revolutionary War ended in failure. After spending more than the year's income on the society on preparing the book (for which Hanway was censured), it was issued to privy councillors, lord lieutenants, influential MPs and admiralty and naval boards. However the plan was downsized by the society, and a single training ship was commissioned, anchored at Greenwich. As well as founding the Marine Society in 1756 (to procure seamen for the Seven Years' War), Hanway (1712-86) was a vice president of the Foundling Hospital, instrumental in the establishment of the Magdalen Hospital and a commissioner for victualling the navy (experimenting with ways to alleviate scurvy amongst seamen). He is said to be the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella, facing down heckling hackney coachmen.
[Ref: 68274] £480.00
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[Sir Sidney Smith.]
[Robert Ker Porter pinxt. W. Say sculpt.]
[London Published as the Act directs, June 19, 1802, John P. Thompson, Printseller to his Majesty and their Royal Highness's the Duke & Duchess of York. Gt.Newport Street, and No.51 Dean Street, Soho.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before letters. 630 x 440mm (24¾ x 17¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, repaired tears in margins. Top margin messy.
A full-length portrait of Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840), in uniform, with a turk, flag and broken sword behind. A naval officer, Smith fought in the American Revolutionary War, where he saw action in 1778 against the American frigate Raleigh. He also distinguished himself in the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1780), Battle of the Chesapeake (1781) and the Battle of the Saintes (1782). His subsequent career included important service during the Napoleonic Wars, notably in the defence and relief of Acre. Napoleon said of him "That man made me miss my destiny", concerning his defence of Acre.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68216] £850.00
[Robert Ker Porter pinxt. W. Say sculpt.]
[London Published as the Act directs, June 19, 1802, John P. Thompson, Printseller to his Majesty and their Royal Highness's the Duke & Duchess of York. Gt.Newport Street, and No.51 Dean Street, Soho.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before letters. 630 x 440mm (24¾ x 17¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, repaired tears in margins. Top margin messy.
A full-length portrait of Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840), in uniform, with a turk, flag and broken sword behind. A naval officer, Smith fought in the American Revolutionary War, where he saw action in 1778 against the American frigate Raleigh. He also distinguished himself in the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1780), Battle of the Chesapeake (1781) and the Battle of the Saintes (1782). His subsequent career included important service during the Napoleonic Wars, notably in the defence and relief of Acre. Napoleon said of him "That man made me miss my destiny", concerning his defence of Acre.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68216] £850.00
Henry Yorke Esq.r. Of High Determin'd Spirit -, By Ancient Learning to th'enlightened Love, Of Ancient Freedom warm'd.
Painted by W Hay. Engrav.d by J Ward. Engraver in Mezzotinto to the Prince of Wales.
London Pub.d July 21. 1796 by W. Hay No. 68 Margaret S.t Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint, sheet 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of the English writer and radical publicist Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), depicted almost half-length, turned slightly to the right within a rectangular frame. He faces the viewer directly and wears a coat with a high collar and epaulettes, a frilled shirt, and a wig. Yorke was raised in Barbuda and later England, the son of a freed Barbadian woman (Sarah Bullock (c.1745–1801)) and a father (Samuel Redhead (1704-1785)) whose wealth derived from Caribbean slaveholding. Educated at Cambridge and trained at the Inner Temple, he became involved in radical politics in the early 1790s, witnessing the French Revolution firsthand before breaking with revolutionary extremists and returning to Britain. His outspoken activism led to arrest and imprisonment for sedition in 1795, after which his views moderated and he later supported the Pitt government’s war policy.
CS 37 III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68408] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W Hay. Engrav.d by J Ward. Engraver in Mezzotinto to the Prince of Wales.
London Pub.d July 21. 1796 by W. Hay No. 68 Margaret S.t Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint, sheet 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of the English writer and radical publicist Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), depicted almost half-length, turned slightly to the right within a rectangular frame. He faces the viewer directly and wears a coat with a high collar and epaulettes, a frilled shirt, and a wig. Yorke was raised in Barbuda and later England, the son of a freed Barbadian woman (Sarah Bullock (c.1745–1801)) and a father (Samuel Redhead (1704-1785)) whose wealth derived from Caribbean slaveholding. Educated at Cambridge and trained at the Inner Temple, he became involved in radical politics in the early 1790s, witnessing the French Revolution firsthand before breaking with revolutionary extremists and returning to Britain. His outspoken activism led to arrest and imprisonment for sedition in 1795, after which his views moderated and he later supported the Pitt government’s war policy.
CS 37 III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68408] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Yorke Esq.r. Of High Determin'd Spirit -, By Ancient Learning to th'enlightened Love, Of Ancient Freedom warm'd.
Painted by W Hay. Engrav.d by J Ward. Engraver in Mezzotinto to the Prince of Wales.
London Pub.d July 21. 1796 by W. Hay No. 68 Margaret S.t Cavendish Square.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"), with large margins.
Portrait of the English writer and radical publicist Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), depicted almost half-length, turned slightly to the right within a rectangular frame. He faces the viewer directly and wears a coat with a high collar and epaulettes, a frilled shirt, and a wig. Yorke was was raised in Barbuda and later England, the son of a freed Barbadian woman (Sarah Bullock (c.1745–1801)) and a father (Samuel Redhead (1704-1785)) whose wealth derived from Caribbean slaveholding. Educated at Cambridge and trained at the Inner Temple, he became involved in radical politics in the early 1790s, witnessing the French Revolution firsthand before breaking with revolutionary extremists and returning to Britain. His outspoken activism led to arrest and imprisonment for sedition in 1795, after which his views moderated and he later supported the Pitt government’s war policy.
CS 37 III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68409] £360.00
Painted by W Hay. Engrav.d by J Ward. Engraver in Mezzotinto to the Prince of Wales.
London Pub.d July 21. 1796 by W. Hay No. 68 Margaret S.t Cavendish Square.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"), with large margins.
Portrait of the English writer and radical publicist Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), depicted almost half-length, turned slightly to the right within a rectangular frame. He faces the viewer directly and wears a coat with a high collar and epaulettes, a frilled shirt, and a wig. Yorke was was raised in Barbuda and later England, the son of a freed Barbadian woman (Sarah Bullock (c.1745–1801)) and a father (Samuel Redhead (1704-1785)) whose wealth derived from Caribbean slaveholding. Educated at Cambridge and trained at the Inner Temple, he became involved in radical politics in the early 1790s, witnessing the French Revolution firsthand before breaking with revolutionary extremists and returning to Britain. His outspoken activism led to arrest and imprisonment for sedition in 1795, after which his views moderated and he later supported the Pitt government’s war policy.
CS 37 III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68409] £360.00
Henry Yorke Esq.r. Of High Determin'd Spirit -, By Ancient Learning to th'enlightened Love, Of Ancient Freedom warm'd.
Painted by W Hay. Engrav.d by J Ward. Engraver in Mezzotinto to the Prince of Wales.
London Pub.d July 21. 1796 by W. Hay No. 68 Margaret S.t Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint published state, 18th century watermark, 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"), with very large margins. Creasing.
Portrait of the English writer and radical publicist Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), depicted almost half-length, turned slightly to the right within a rectangular frame. He faces the viewer directly and wears a coat with a high collar and epaulettes, a frilled shirt, and a wig. Yorke was was raised in Barbuda and later England, the son of a freed Barbadian woman (Sarah Bullock (c.1745–1801)) and a father (Samuel Redhead (1704-1785)) whose wealth derived from Caribbean slaveholding. Educated at Cambridge and trained at the Inner Temple, he became involved in radical politics in the early 1790s, witnessing the French Revolution firsthand before breaking with revolutionary extremists and returning to Britain. His outspoken activism led to arrest and imprisonment for sedition in 1795, after which his views moderated and he later supported the Pitt government’s war policy.
CS 37 III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68410] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W Hay. Engrav.d by J Ward. Engraver in Mezzotinto to the Prince of Wales.
London Pub.d July 21. 1796 by W. Hay No. 68 Margaret S.t Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint published state, 18th century watermark, 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"), with very large margins. Creasing.
Portrait of the English writer and radical publicist Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), depicted almost half-length, turned slightly to the right within a rectangular frame. He faces the viewer directly and wears a coat with a high collar and epaulettes, a frilled shirt, and a wig. Yorke was was raised in Barbuda and later England, the son of a freed Barbadian woman (Sarah Bullock (c.1745–1801)) and a father (Samuel Redhead (1704-1785)) whose wealth derived from Caribbean slaveholding. Educated at Cambridge and trained at the Inner Temple, he became involved in radical politics in the early 1790s, witnessing the French Revolution firsthand before breaking with revolutionary extremists and returning to Britain. His outspoken activism led to arrest and imprisonment for sedition in 1795, after which his views moderated and he later supported the Pitt government’s war policy.
CS 37 III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68410] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)