Grosvenor Prints

Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice' Di cui Van Dyk elle a dire, avere avere ricevuto piu Lume nella pittura da una Cieca, che dal sui Maestro,_ Vide Vasari.
Ipsa pinxit. WB [Captain William Baillie].
[n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Tear top right in margin, crease not visible from front.
A self portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535-1625), seated as she works on a portrait of the Virgin and Child. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
CS 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1 of 3.
[Ref: 68869] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice' Di cui Van Dyk elle a dire, avere avere ricevuto piu Lume nella pittura da una Cieca, che dal sui Maestro,_ Vide Vasari.
Ipsa pinxit. WB [Captain William Baillie].
[n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Paper lightly toned. Small margins.
A self portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535-1625), seated as she works on a portrait of the Virgin and Child. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
CS 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1 of 3.
[Ref: 68870] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice' Di cui Van Dyk elle a dire, avere avere ricevuto piu Lume nella pittura da una Cieca, che dal sui Maestro,_ Vide Vasari.
Ipsa pinxit. WB [Captain William Baillie].
[n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours, 18th century watermark. 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins.
A self portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535-1625), seated as she works on a portrait of the Virgin and Child. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
CS 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 3 of 3, face strengthened.
[Ref: 68873] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice' Di cui Van Dyk elle a dire, avere avere ricevuto piu Lume nella pittura da una Cieca, che dal sui Maestro,_ Vide Vasari.
Ipsa pinxit. WB [Captain William Baillie].
[n.d., c.1765.]
Scarce mezzotint, printed in colours. 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins, creasing.
A self portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535-1625), seated as she works on a portrait of the Virgin and Child. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
CS 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 3, with reworking to cuffs and hair.
[Ref: 68872] £360.00

Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice' Di cui Van Dyk elle a dire, avere avere ricevuto piu Lume nella pittura da una Cieca, che dal sui Maestro,_ Vide Vasari.
Ipsa pinxit. WB [Captain William Baillie].
[n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins, creasing.
A self portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535-1625), seated as she works on a portrait of the Virgin and Child. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
CS 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 3, with reworking to cuffs and hair.
[Ref: 68871] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Her Highness Ann Princess of Orange. Done from the Painting w.ch Her Royal High.ss presented to the late Countess of Sussex, & now Inscrib'd to the Right Hon.ble Earl of Sussex Knight of ye most Hon.ble Order of the Bath by his most obedient Servant John Faber.
H. Hysing ad vivum pinx.
[n.d. c.1735.]
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 430mm (14 x 17"). Creases. Small margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Anne, Princess Royal (1709-59), daughter of George II of England), one hand resting on a crown. It was probably published to commemorate her marriage to William IV of Orrange in 1734.
CS 263. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68781] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Her Royal Highness Augusta Princess of Wales, &c.
C. Philips pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by J Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Mounted in album paper. Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719-72), wearing a low dress with frilled sleeves. Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, married Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1736. She was mother of George III. National Golf country club Augusta, named after her.
CS 18, i of ii. Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68529] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Master John Prideaux Basset.
A. Ramsay Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
[n.d., c.1756.]
Fine mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
A full length portrait of John Prideaux Basset (1740-56), dressed in Van Dyke costume, with a greyhound. He was the son of John Pendarves Basset (1713-39) of Tehidy Park, one of the richest men in Cornwall, who died before his birth. He too died young, aged sixteen while at Eton College. An elaborate funeral procession took him by foot from Slough to his family's vault at Illogan, Cornwall.
CS 26. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection and that of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68530] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Diana Beauclerk] The Dutchess of S.t Albans.
G. Kneller Eques pinxit. J. Smith fecit et excudit.
[engraved c.1694, but later.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A full length portrait of Diana Beauclerk (nee de Vere) (c.1679-1742), wife of Charles Beauclerk, First Duke of St Albans (son of Charles II and Nell Gwyn).
CS 220, ii or iii of iii. Russell iii or iv of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68681] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rt. Honble. Willm. Beckford Esqr. Lord Mayor & Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the second Time of his Mayoralty, & the third Time of Representing that City in Parliament.
London, Printed for R. Sayer at No. 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith at N.o 35 in Cheapside. [n.d. c.1770].
Mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of William Beckford (1709-70), shown standing full-length and turned to the left. With his left hand he lifts the fur-trimmed edge of his long cloak, while wearing the mayoral chain of office and a powdered wig. He looks out towards the viewer and gestures with his right hand towards a document inscribed “The Humble Address, Remonstrance & Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Livery of the City of London in Common Hall Assembled”, which rests upon the mace on a table beside him. Behind are the sword and, set within a niche, a statue of Justice. Beckford began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769.
CS 23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68792] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rt. Honble. Willm. Beckford Esqr. Lord Mayor & Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the second Time of his Mayoralty, & the third Time of Representing that City in Parliament.
London, Printed for R. Sayer at No. 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith at N.o 35 in Cheapside. [n.d. c.1770].
Mezzotint, plate 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Paper lightly toned small margins.
Portrait of William Beckford (1709-70), shown standing full-length and turned to the left. With his left hand he lifts the fur-trimmed edge of his long cloak, while wearing the mayoral chain of office and a powdered wig. He looks out towards the viewer and gestures with his right hand towards a document inscribed “The Humble Address, Remonstrance & Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Livery of the City of London in Common Hall Assembled”, which rests upon the mace on a table beside him. Behind are the sword and, set within a niche, a statue of Justice. Beckford began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769.
CS 23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68794] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rt. Honble. Willm. Beckford Esqr. Lord Mayor & Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the second Time of his Mayoralty, & the third Time of Representing that City in Parliament.
[London, Printed for R. Sayer at No. 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith at N.o 35 in Cheapside.] [n.d. c.1770]. [But later]
Mezzotint, sheet 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed losing publication line, inlaid at edges.
Portrait of William Beckford (1709-70), shown standing full-length and turned to the left. With his left hand he lifts the fur-trimmed edge of his long cloak, while wearing the mayoral chain of office and a powdered wig. He looks out towards the viewer and gestures with his right hand towards a document inscribed “The Humble Address, Remonstrance & Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Livery of the City of London in Common Hall Assembled”, which rests upon the mace on a table beside him. Behind are the sword and, set within a niche, a statue of Justice. Beckford began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769.
CS 23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68795] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Colonel John Blackwood.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by W.Say. Engraver to
London, Published May 1st 1827 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Proof. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Faint crease down right side of image.
Portrait of Colonel John Blackwood, wearing a military uniform with his head turned to his right.
Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 68640] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Jack Bristowe.
J. Shackleton pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1746.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins. Crack in plate mark repaired. Bit messy.
A half-length portrait of a portly man in a plain jacket and tricorn hat. The British Museum suggests he is Robert Bristowe, a clerk comptroller in the royal household whose sister married John 1st Earl of Buckingham, and also keeper of the Punch House on London Bridge. However the will of the artist, John Shackleton (d. 1767) included a bequest of two paintings ''to John Bristow Esqr Keeper of His Majesties Lions in the Tower'', who was also steward to the Duke of Newcastle.
CS:46:ii
[Ref: 68533] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Dorothy Brownlow] Madam Dorothy Mason.
W. Wissing pinxit. I Smith fecit.
E. Cooper exc. Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1687]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 335 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. False margins added.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Dorothy Brownlow (née Mason) (1664-1700) her hair in curls and wearing an earring, she is shown in a low-cut dress trimmed with pearls, one hand holding flowers in her lap and the other plucking a blossom from a plant at left; in the background are a fluted pillar to the right and a mansion to the left. Portrait of Dorothy before her marriage to Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1665–1701) in July 1688. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason (1633–85), a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop's Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. Wissing’s (1656-87) oil painting of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House in Lincolnshire.
CS 179 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68751] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Dorothy Brownlow] Madam Dorothy Mason.
W. Wissing pinxit. I Smith fecit.
E. Cooper exc. Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1687]
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins. Cockling in corners where previously laid down.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Dorothy Brownlow (née Mason) (1664-1700) her hair in curls and wearing an earring, she is shown in a low-cut dress trimmed with pearls, one hand holding flowers in her lap and the other plucking a blossom from a plant at left; in the background are a fluted pillar to the right and a mansion to the left. Portrait of Dorothy before her marriage to Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1665–1701) in July 1688. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason (1633–85), a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop's Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. Wissing’s (1656-87) oil painting of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House in Lincolnshire.
CS 179 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68754] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble John Brownlow Lord Viscount Tyrconnel, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. F.R.S.
J. Faber ad Vivum fect. 1740.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins.
John Brownlow (1690-1754), Lord Viscount Tyrconnel, wearing chain and and badge of the Bath. He was an MP for Lincolnshire, and succeeded his father as 5th Baronet.
Chaloner Smith: 356. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68769] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble John Brownlow Lord Viscount Tyrconnel, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. F.R.S.
J. Faber ad Vivum fect. 1740.
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Small margins.
John Brownlow (1690-1754), Lord Viscount Tyrconnel, wearing chain and and badge of the Bath. He was an MP for Lincolnshire, and succeeded his father as 5th Baronet. In 1718 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Charleville in the County of Cork, and as Viscount Tyrconnel. He was re-elected as MP for Grantham in 1722 and was returned there unopposed in 1727 and 1734. He did not stand in 1741
Chaloner Smith: 356. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68768] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Frances Lady Byron.
W. Hogarth pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1736.
Printed for Tho,, Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & Jn.o Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1750].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Cockled in corners where laid down in corners.
A three-quarter portrait of Lady Frances Byron (née Berkeley, 1703-57), married at 17 to the 51-year-old William, 4th Baron Byron, with whom she bore six children. She was one of 21 women of influence who signed Thomas Coram's petition of 1729, which led to the foundation of the Foundling Hospital. Her great-grandson was Lord Byron, the poet.
CS 54, unlisted state after ii of ii, Not listed in Paulson. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68549] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Frances Lady Byron.
W. Hogarth pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1736.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint, printed in brown. Sheet 480 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper. Creasing.
A full length portrait of Lady Frances Byron (née Berkeley, 1703-57), married at 17 to the 51-year-old William, 4th Baron Byron, with whom she bore six children. She was one of 21 women of influence who signed Thomas Coram's petition of 1729, which led to the foundation of the Foundling Hospital. Her great-grandson was Lord Byron, the poet.
CS 54, i of ii. Not listed in Paulson.
[Ref: 68547] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Frances Lady Byron.
W. Hogarth pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1736.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 480 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Thread margins, crease, mounted on album paper at corners.
A full length portrait of Lady Frances Byron (née Berkeley, 1703-57), married at 17 to the 51-year-old William, 4th Baron Byron, with whom she bore six children. She was one of 21 women of influence who signed Thomas Coram's petition of 1729, which led to the foundation of the Foundling Hospital. Her great-grandson was Lord Byron, the poet.
CS 54, i of ii. Not listed in Paulson. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68546] £360.00

The Right Hon.ble Frances Lady Byron.
W. Hogarth pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1736.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Holes and old ink mss in large margins. Bit messy.
A three-quarter portrait of Lady Frances Byron (née Berkeley, 1703-57), married at 17 to the 51-year-old William, 4th Baron Byron, with whom she bore six children. She was one of 21 women of influence who signed Thomas Coram's petition of 1729, which led to the foundation of the Foundling Hospital. Her great-grandson was Lord Byron, the poet.
CS 54, ii of ii, plate cut down and swans reworked. Not listed in Paulson. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68548] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll] Archibaldus D. Afgatheliæ.
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
1749
Fine mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾''). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Campbell (1680-1743), 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich, in dark coat and white wig.
CS 15, i of iii. Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68528] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll] Archibaldus D. Afgatheliæ.
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
1748.
Mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾''). On 18th century watermarked paper. Collector's stamp of Alfred Morrison (1821-97) on reverse. Scrape in background upper left. Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Campbell (1680-1743), 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich, in dark coat and white wig. This example is dated 1748, the year before state i of Chaloner Smith, of which he records ''Two known''; Russell writes 'I have a reliable note of an impression with the date 1748'.
CS 15, before i of iii. Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Lugt 151.
[Ref: 68527] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll] Archibaldus D. Afgatheliæ.
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
1744.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10").
A three-quarter portrait of John Campbell (1680-1743), 2nd Duke of Argyll and 1st Duke of Greenwich, in dark coat and white wig, standing in a library. Chaloner Smith writes that there were only 'Two known' of this state; the second state has an 'x' scored across the face, apparently deliberately.
CS 13, i of ii. Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68526] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Capel] The Countess of Essex.
G. Kneller Eques pinx:
I. Smith fec et exc. [n.d. c.1695]
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"), with very large margins
Portrait of Mary Capel (nee Bentinck) (1679-1726), shown three-quarter length, standing before a rock and wearing a loose gown, with trees and water in the background. She was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649–1709), a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange (the future King of England) and his wife Anne Villiers. On 28 February 1692, she married Lt.-Gen. Algernon Capel (1670–1710), 2nd Earl of Essex. One of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen Mary II.
CS 84. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Capel] The Countess of Essex.
G. Kneller Eques pinx:
I. Smith fec et exc. [n.d. c.1695]
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Laid on album sheet at edges. Small margins.
Portrait of Mary Capel (nee Bentinck) (1679-1726), shown three-quarter length, standing before a rock and wearing a loose gown, with trees and water in the background. She was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649–1709), a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange (the future King of England) and his wife Anne Villiers. On 28 February 1692, she married Lt.-Gen. Algernon Capel (1670–1710), 2nd Earl of Essex. One of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen Mary II.
CS 84. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68759] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Her Royal Highness the Princess Carolina. Third Daughter to his Majesty George 2.d. Done from the Painting which Her Highness Presented to ye late Countess of Sussex, & now Inscribed to the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Sussex Knight of the most Hon.ble Order of the Bath by his Lordships most obedient Serv.t john Faber.
H. Husing ad vivum pinx.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), Some soiling in inscription area. Small margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713-57), fourth child of George II. She died, unmarried and childless, on 28 December 1757, aged 44, at St James's Palace.
CS 66. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68565] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Her Royal Highness the Princess Carolina. Third Daughter to his Majesty George 2.d. Done from the Painting which Her Highness Presented to ye late Countess of Sussex, & now Inscribed to the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Sussex Knight of the most Hon.ble Order of the Bath by his Lordships most obedient Serv.t john Faber.
H. Husing ad vivum pinx.
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), Trimmed to plate, to image lower left. Laid on album sheet at edges.
A three-quarter portrait of Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713-57), fourth child of George II. She died, unmarried and childless, on 28 December 1757, aged 44, at St James's Palace.
CS 66.
[Ref: 68562] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Queen Caroline] Serenissima Carolina D.G Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hib. Regina.
J. Highmore Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square [n.d., c.1734].
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on left, into plate at bottom and to plate top and left, laid on album paper.
Three quarter length portrait of Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen of George II, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with strings of pearls tied in bows at the shoulders, her left hand resting on a crown on a table beside her.
CS 59, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68561] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Queen Caroline] Serenissima Carolina D.G Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hib: Regina.
S.r Godfrey Kneller Pinxit. J. Faber jun.r. Fecit.
Printed for & Sold by Tho. Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard. And John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside. [n.d. c.1727]
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper at edges.
Three quarter length portrait of Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen of George II, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with strings of pearls tied in bows at the shoulders, her left hand resting on a crown on a table beside her. The remains of the original title, 'Her Royal Highness Wilhelmina Charlotte Princess of Wales', partially visible.
CS 60, unlisted later state. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68558] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Queen Caroline] Serenissima et Potentissima Carolina Dei Gra: Mag: Brit: Fran. et Hiber: Regina. Crown'd Octr: 11. 1727.
G. Kneller pinxit.
Sold by H. Overton and J. Hoole at the White Horse without Newgate [n.d., c.1727].
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom
Three quarter length portrait of Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen of George II, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with strings of pearls tied in bows at the shoulders, her left hand resting on a crown on a table beside her.
Not in CS. BM 1851,0208.177. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68566] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Queen Caroline] Her Royal Highness Wilhelmina Charlotta Princess of Wales.
G. Kneller Baronetus Pinxit. J. Faber fec. 1726.
Very rare mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait of Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen of George II, hand raised to touch a curl of hair. An unrecorded early state with her title of Princess of Wales rather than queen, the year before George II took the throne. Chaloner Smith records it with a Latin title ('Serenissima et Potentissima Carolina...'], reworked with a crown and pearls around her neck and on her shoulder.
CS 62, unlisted state before i of ii. Russell unlisted state before i of iii.
[Ref: 68567] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Queen Caroline] Serenissima Carolina D.G Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hib: Regina.
S.r Godfrey Kneller Pinxit. J. Faber jun.r. Fecit.
Printed for & Sold by Tho. Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard. And John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside. [n.d. c.1727]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Old ink mss. in bottom margin. Small margins.
Three quarter length portrait of Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen of George II, wearing ermine-trimmed robes with strings of pearls tied in bows at the shoulders, her left hand resting on a crown on a table beside her. An earlier state of this print names her as 'Her Royal Highness Wilhelmina Charlotte Princess of Wales'.
CS 60, unlisted later state. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68557] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[3rd Duke] His Grace William Duke of Devonshire. 1755.
J. Reynolds pinx. J. Faber fecit.
47. Printed for by Bowles & Carver, N.º 69 in S.t Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d.1790].
Mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on right, thread margins elsewhere. central fold for binding.
A three quarter standing portrait of William Cavendish (1698-1755), wearing star and sash, hand resting on his sword. The original oil is in Chatsworth House.
CS 114, iii of iii. Russell iv of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68594] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[3rd Duke] His Grace William Duke of Devonshire. 1755.
J. Reynolds pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Price 2 Shill. Sold at the Golden Head next the Church Bloomsbury.
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, edged with album paper.
A three quarter standing portrait of William Cavendish (1698-1755), wearing star and sash, hand resting on his sword. The original oil is in Chatsworth House.
CS 114, i of iii. Russell ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68593] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Frances Cecil] The Countess of Salisbury.
G. Kneller Eques pinx:
J. Smith fe: & ex: [n.d., c.1696.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Frances Cecil (née Bennett, 1670-1713) in a landscape, wearing a widow's black high dress with a veil on her head. Her husband, James Cecil (1666-94), the 4th Earl of Salisbury, died on the 24th October 1694, aged only 28; only a month earlier Frances's mother had been murdered by a butcher who broke into her house.
CS 221, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68677] £320.00

[Frances Cecil] The Countess of Salisbury.
G. Kneller Eques pinx:
J. Smith fe: & ex: [n.d., c.1696.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Frances Cecil (née Bennett, 1670-1713) in a landscape, wearing a widow's black high dress with a veil on her head. Her husband, James Cecil (1666-94), the 4th Earl of Salisbury, died on the 24th October 1694, aged only 28; only a month earlier Frances's mother had been murdered by a butcher who broke into her house.
CS 221, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68678] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[James Cecil] [The R.t Hono.ble James Earl of Salisbury &c.]
[Kneller Eques pinx. I: Smith fe: et exc.]
[n.d., c.1696.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere.
A full length portait of James Cecil (1691-1728), as a small child, dressed in Roman costume. He inherited the title of 5th Earl of Salisbury aged three and served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire between 1712-14.
CS 222, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68679] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[James Cecil] [The R.t Hono.ble James Earl of Salisbury &c.]
[Kneller Eques pinx. I: Smith fe: et exc.]
[n.d., c.1696.]
Mezzotint, printed in brown 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), large margins.
A full length portait of James Cecil (1691-1728), as a small child, dressed in Roman costume. He inherited the title of 5th Earl of Salisbury aged three and served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire between 1712-14.
CS 222, ii or iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68680] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Margaret Cecil] The Countess of Ranelagh.
G. Kneller Bar.t pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russell Street, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1706].
Fine mezzotint. 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), large margins. Holes in left margin, old ink mss in bottom margin.
A three-quarter portrait of Margaret Cecil (c.1672-1728), one of the Hampton Court Beauties, in a landscape. The daughter of the 3rd Earl of Salisbury, her second marriage was to Irish peer Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, who was expelled from the House of Commons for embezzlement in 1703.
CS 209. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68692] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Happy Youth whom Strength of Genius fires; / Who, smit with Science, to fair Fame aspires, / Thro' all her Windings, Nature must persue; Not quit the Nymph till he obtain the Clue. Lockman.
Chardin pinx.t. 1737. J. Faber fecit 1740.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), with large margins. Slight staining top right.
A portrait of young man (said by Chaloner Smith to be 'Master Chardin') sitting at a table sharpening a crayon as he draws a head on a portfolio. The original oil, by Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), is in the Louvre, titled 'Le Jeune dessinateur'.
CS 75. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68998] £450.00

The Happy Youth whom Strength of Genius fires; / Who, smit with Science, to fair Fame aspires, / Thro' all her Windings, Nature must persue; Not quit the Nymph till he obtain the Clue. Lockman.
Chardin pinx.t. 1737. J. Faber fecit 1740.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins Horizontal crease in centre, collector's ink stamp in inscription area.
A portrait of young man (said by Chaloner Smith to be 'Master Chardin') sitting at a table sharpening a crayon as he draws a head on a portfolio. The original oil, by Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), is in the Louvre, titled 'Le Jeune dessinateur'.
CS 75. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Thomas Clutterbuck (1775-1837), Lugt 2424.
[Ref: 69000] £480.00

King Charles II. Queen Catherine. King James II. Queen Mary.
[John Faber jr.]
[n.d., c.1731.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Damaged top right.
Bust portraits in niches of Charles II, Catherine of Braganza, James II and Mary of Modena, from a series of ten plates of the Kings and Queens of England.
CS 124. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68587] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Henry Clarke.
T. Hudson Pinx.t 1739. J. Faber fecit.
London Printed for John Ryall & Rob.t Withy, at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
A half-length portrait of a man standing in a rectangular stone window-frame with a curtain on the left, wearing a jacket with large cuffs, gesturing through the frame. According to Chaloner Smith he was a 'jerker' (jerquer), a customs officer responsible for examining a ship's papers and identifying undeclared or incorrectly declared cargo.
CS: 84, unlisted later state; Russell ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68572] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

To the Friends of the Liberty of the Press, This Portait of William Cobbett Esq.re Taken while he was in Newgate in 1812 under a sentence of two years imprisonment, seven years sureties, and a thousand pounds fine to the King, for having written and published respecting the flogging of English Militia Men and the emplyment of German Troops upon that occasion, is respectfully dedicated by their humble servant J.L. Cartwright.
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by Will.m Ward Engraver extraordinary to their R.H. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
London, Pub.d July 9 1812 by Ja.s Daniel 480 Strand.
Mezzotint. 655 x 455mm (25¾ x 18"). Thread margins, laid on card at edges.
A full-length seated portrait of essayist, politician and agriculturalist William Cobbett (1762-1835), in an apparently comfortable room, with writing desk and portrait of William Hampden. Cobett was an influential English radical journalist, pamphleteer, and farmer who championed the rights of the rural poor and advocated for parliamentary reform. Best known for his work Rural Rides, he opposed industrialization, high taxes, and corruption, becoming a voice for the working class and serving as a Member of Parliament for Oldham.
Frankau 66, ii of ii. CS 28. Russell 28, ii of ii.
[Ref: 68744] £320.00

[Jane Collier]
J. Highmore Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury [n.d. c.1750].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), with large margins. Staining in edges.
Three-quarter length of a woman leaning on the rim of a fountain. She wears a dress and her cloak is hung across her with a string of pearls. John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) also produced a larger, more detailed engraving after the painting, in reverse: see CS 87. Chaloner Smith suggests Jane Collier could be the sitter, adding that Bromley's identification of the lady as a courtesan, also known as Miss Stewart, has not been corroborated. Jane Collier (1714 - March 1755) was an English novelist best known for her book 'An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting' (1753). She also collaborated with Sarah Fielding on her only other surviving work The Cry (1754). Or as identified by the British Museum the first wife of the Honble James Murray, son of the 4th Lord Elibank (q.v.) who died at Beauport (1779).
CS 88, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68573] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Jane Collier]
J. Highmore Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury [n.d. c.1750].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Small margins.
Three-quarter length of a woman leaning on the rim of a fountain. She wears a dress and her cloak is hung across her with a string of pearls. John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) also produced a larger, more detailed engraving after the painting, in reverse: see CS 87. Chaloner Smith suggests Jane Collier could be the sitter, adding that Bromley's identification of the lady as a courtesan, also known as Miss Stewart, has not been corroborated. Jane Collier (1714 - March 1755) was an English novelist best known for her book 'An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting' (1753). She also collaborated with Sarah Fielding on her only other surviving work The Cry (1754). Or as identified by the British Museum the first wife of the Honble James Murray, son of the 4th Lord Elibank (q.v.) who died at Beauport (1779).
CS 88, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68574] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Priscilla Cooper.
Tho.Gibson pinx. J.Smith fecit et ex.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed close to plate.
Portrait of Priscilla Cooper, a young girl, to her left she holds a small jar in her right hand, opening the lid with her left hand. Possibly the printseller's daughter. The first state was lettered 'J. Simon fec.' and had the address of Edward Cooper.
CS 43 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68559] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Country Maid. How happy is the Maid. Who lives a rural life. By no false Views betray'd. To know domestic Strife. No Passion sways her Mind. Nor wishes to be Great. By humbler Hopes confind. She shuns the flatt'ring Bait.
Sold by J. McArdell at teh Golden Head the Corner of Southampton Street Cov.t Gard.n [n.d., c.1760].
Fine and rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Repairs.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman wearing a silk gown and carrying a basket of flowers. This plate was originally an untitled portrait of Lucy Ebberton (or Everton) after George Knapton (see Ref: 68219), but the face has been reworked beyound recognition.
CS 58, unlisted state after ii of ii; Russell 58, unlisted state after iii of iii; Goodwin 130. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68834] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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