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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[The Temptation of St. Anthony]](jpegs/70018.jpg)
[The Temptation of St. Anthony]
[after David Teniers the younger.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 360 x 295mm (18 x 11¾"). Trimmed into image, losing all inscriptions. Repaired tears. Slight marks on saint's head.
St Anthony praying in a cave while a demon is trying to tempt him with a glass of wine, monstrous creatures all around. An adapted copy of the engaving by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (BM 1850,0713.32).
[Ref: 70018] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after David Teniers the younger.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 360 x 295mm (18 x 11¾"). Trimmed into image, losing all inscriptions. Repaired tears. Slight marks on saint's head.
St Anthony praying in a cave while a demon is trying to tempt him with a glass of wine, monstrous creatures all around. An adapted copy of the engaving by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (BM 1850,0713.32).
[Ref: 70018] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
James Beattie L.L.D.
Joshua Reynolds eques Pinxit. James Watson fecit.
Published, Aug.st 24th 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 355 x 410mm (14 x 16"). With the ink stamp of Queen Victoria's library at Windsor Castle. Thread margins, spotting, laid on card.
James Beattie (1735-1803), Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher, one of 16 writers depicted on Edinburgh's Scott Memorial. His 'Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth' (1770) argued against slavery. Behind him is an allegorical figure of Justice 'overcoming Sophistry, Scepticism, and Infidelity' (CS), one of whom, according to Reynolds himself, has the likeness of Voltaire.
CS 9, state ii of ii, published state. Goodwin 103, iii of iii.
[Ref: 70162] £580.00
Joshua Reynolds eques Pinxit. James Watson fecit.
Published, Aug.st 24th 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 355 x 410mm (14 x 16"). With the ink stamp of Queen Victoria's library at Windsor Castle. Thread margins, spotting, laid on card.
James Beattie (1735-1803), Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher, one of 16 writers depicted on Edinburgh's Scott Memorial. His 'Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth' (1770) argued against slavery. Behind him is an allegorical figure of Justice 'overcoming Sophistry, Scepticism, and Infidelity' (CS), one of whom, according to Reynolds himself, has the likeness of Voltaire.
CS 9, state ii of ii, published state. Goodwin 103, iii of iii.
[Ref: 70162] £580.00
![[Mary Frith.] Moll Cut-Purse.](jpegs/70160.jpg)
[Mary Frith.] Moll Cut-Purse.
Pub.d by. W. Richardson, Castle Street, Leicester Fields [n.d., c.1790].
Etching. Sheet 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper at sides.
A half-length portrait of notorious thief Mary Frith (c.1584-1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, pickpocket, pimp and fence. Her custom of dressing like a man won her fame and an arrest for being dressed indecently in 1611. A copy of a print from 1662.
[Ref: 70160] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d by. W. Richardson, Castle Street, Leicester Fields [n.d., c.1790].
Etching. Sheet 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper at sides.
A half-length portrait of notorious thief Mary Frith (c.1584-1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, pickpocket, pimp and fence. Her custom of dressing like a man won her fame and an arrest for being dressed indecently in 1611. A copy of a print from 1662.
[Ref: 70160] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[St Jerome]](jpegs/70168.jpg)
[St Jerome] Taken from a very rare print by Marc Antonio.
Raphael inv.t. Strutt sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple with etching, printed in colours. Sheet 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper. Top left corner crease.
St Jerome kneeling before a crucifix planted in a tree trunk; holding a skull in his left hand. In the bottom left corner is a lion smiling at the viewer.
[Ref: 70168] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Raphael inv.t. Strutt sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple with etching, printed in colours. Sheet 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper. Top left corner crease.
St Jerome kneeling before a crucifix planted in a tree trunk; holding a skull in his left hand. In the bottom left corner is a lion smiling at the viewer.
[Ref: 70168] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[St Jerome?]](jpegs/70169.jpg)
[St Jerome?] [Seretur Exemplar in Ædib. Prænobilis Jacobi Comitis Derbiensis &c.]
[Rembrandt pinx.t. H. Winstanley fecit Knowsley 1728.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 160mm (6¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A bearded saint sitting at a table, reading a book, one hand resting on a skull. From a painting in the Earl of Derby's collection at Knowsley Hall, either by or attributed to Rembrandt, now lost.
BM 1851,0208.289.
[Ref: 70169] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Rembrandt pinx.t. H. Winstanley fecit Knowsley 1728.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 160mm (6¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A bearded saint sitting at a table, reading a book, one hand resting on a skull. From a painting in the Earl of Derby's collection at Knowsley Hall, either by or attributed to Rembrandt, now lost.
BM 1851,0208.289.
[Ref: 70169] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Joan of Arc, After rendering the most signal services to her Prince & People, is suffered to die a martyr in their cause.
Painted by W. Etty, R.A. Engraved by C.W. Wass, Engraver to H.R.H. The Duchess of Cambridge.
London: Published Aug.t 20.th 1866, by A.J. Isaacs, 56, Bishopsgate St. Within. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1851, by W. Schaus, in the Clerk's Office of the Disctrivct Court of the United States for the Sothern District of New York.
Scarce mixed method engraving. Sheet 695 x 480mm (27¼ x 19"). Trimmed within plate, slight staining.
Having been convicted of herecy, Joan of Arc is shown on the pyre, in front of half-timbered town houses, clasping a cross, looking up to the right where a dove flies upwards, with a Franciscan monk standing on the right holding up a crucifix. First published in 1851.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70163] £320.00
Painted by W. Etty, R.A. Engraved by C.W. Wass, Engraver to H.R.H. The Duchess of Cambridge.
London: Published Aug.t 20.th 1866, by A.J. Isaacs, 56, Bishopsgate St. Within. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1851, by W. Schaus, in the Clerk's Office of the Disctrivct Court of the United States for the Sothern District of New York.
Scarce mixed method engraving. Sheet 695 x 480mm (27¼ x 19"). Trimmed within plate, slight staining.
Having been convicted of herecy, Joan of Arc is shown on the pyre, in front of half-timbered town houses, clasping a cross, looking up to the right where a dove flies upwards, with a Franciscan monk standing on the right holding up a crucifix. First published in 1851.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70163] £320.00
![[St Jude] S.t Thadaeus.](jpegs/70167.jpg)
[St Jude] S.t Thadaeus.
[William Faithhorne & James Collins?]
[London, n.d., c.1693.]
Engraving, with terracotta wash. Sheet 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Trimmed to image, title excised and pasted below, laid on album paper.
A profile portrait of St Jude (Thaddeus in Latin), cousin of Christ, holding a book and set square. The panel top right, showing his martyrdom, is signed 'JC', possibly James Collins. Top right corner devils in the sky. From 'The Life of our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ: An Heroic Poem'.
[Ref: 70167] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[William Faithhorne & James Collins?]
[London, n.d., c.1693.]
Engraving, with terracotta wash. Sheet 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Trimmed to image, title excised and pasted below, laid on album paper.
A profile portrait of St Jude (Thaddeus in Latin), cousin of Christ, holding a book and set square. The panel top right, showing his martyrdom, is signed 'JC', possibly James Collins. Top right corner devils in the sky. From 'The Life of our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ: An Heroic Poem'.
[Ref: 70167] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Sancta Maria Magdalena.
G. Kneller Eques, pinx. J. Faber fecit, 1755.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Rare mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Nicks to margins. Creasing and abrasions.
A portrait of singer Mary Knight, a well known singer and mistress of Charles II, shown kneeling before a crucifix.
CS 210.
[Ref: 70080] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Eques, pinx. J. Faber fecit, 1755.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Rare mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Nicks to margins. Creasing and abrasions.
A portrait of singer Mary Knight, a well known singer and mistress of Charles II, shown kneeling before a crucifix.
CS 210.
[Ref: 70080] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
M.rs Knight a famous Singer & Favourite of King Charles the 2d. L'Collectione J. Ellys. Price 2 Shill.
G. Kneller Eques, pinx. J. Faber fecit, 1749.
Rare mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins. Nicks to bottom margin. Light staining.
A portrait of singer Mary Knight, a well known singer and mistress of Charles II, shown kneeling before a crucifix.
CS 210 i of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70079] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Eques, pinx. J. Faber fecit, 1749.
Rare mezzotint 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins. Nicks to bottom margin. Light staining.
A portrait of singer Mary Knight, a well known singer and mistress of Charles II, shown kneeling before a crucifix.
CS 210 i of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70079] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Sancta Maria Magdalena.
C. Smith pinx: J Smith fec: & excud:
[n.d., c.1691.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"), large margins. Creasing in centre. Light time staining.
Mary Magdalene resting on a rock, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, a halo above her head. Under her elbow is a rock; a skull lies beside her. Challoner Smith suggests it is a portrait of Mrs. Voss, Godfrey Kneller's mistress.
CS 287. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70081] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
C. Smith pinx: J Smith fec: & excud:
[n.d., c.1691.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"), large margins. Creasing in centre. Light time staining.
Mary Magdalene resting on a rock, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, a halo above her head. Under her elbow is a rock; a skull lies beside her. Challoner Smith suggests it is a portrait of Mrs. Voss, Godfrey Kneller's mistress.
CS 287. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70081] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sancta Maria Magdalena.
C. Smith pinx: J Smith fec: & excud:
[n.d., c.1691.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Small margins. tear going into plate on plate.
Mary Magdalene resting on a rock, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, a halo above her head. Under her elbow is a rock; a skull lies beside her. Challoner Smith suggests it is a portrait of Mrs. Voss, Godfrey Kneller's mistress.
CS 287. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70082] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
C. Smith pinx: J Smith fec: & excud:
[n.d., c.1691.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark; 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Small margins. tear going into plate on plate.
Mary Magdalene resting on a rock, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, a halo above her head. Under her elbow is a rock; a skull lies beside her. Challoner Smith suggests it is a portrait of Mrs. Voss, Godfrey Kneller's mistress.
CS 287. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70082] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sancta Maria Magdalena.
C. Smith pinx: J Smith fec: & excud:
[n.d., c.1691.]
Mezzotint, sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere; small hole top left margin.
Mary Magdalene resting on a rock, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, a halo above her head. Under her elbow is a rock; a skull lies beside her. Challoner Smith suggests it is a portrait of Mrs. Voss, Godfrey Kneller's mistress.
CS 287. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70083] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C. Smith pinx: J Smith fec: & excud:
[n.d., c.1691.]
Mezzotint, sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere; small hole top left margin.
Mary Magdalene resting on a rock, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, a halo above her head. Under her elbow is a rock; a skull lies beside her. Challoner Smith suggests it is a portrait of Mrs. Voss, Godfrey Kneller's mistress.
CS 287. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 70083] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Self-portrait of Michiel van Musscher]](jpegs/69863.jpg)
[Self-portrait of Michiel van Musscher] Dus heeft hier Musschers hand, dees omtrek zelfs gegeven / Tot een geheugenis, hoe zijn gedaante was / Den Tijd ontdekt hem wel, maar thoont ook dat zijn glas / Al veel verloopen is, en keerd ons t brosze leven.
M. v. Musscher fecit. A.º 1685 7/26.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 310 x 275mm (12¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image, laid on card.
A self portrait of painter Michiel van Musscher (1645-1705), in a window with drapes, a figure of Time with an hourglass and scythe on the right, a 'homo bulla' (a cherub blowing bubbles representing the transience of life) on the left.
[Ref: 69863] £680.00
M. v. Musscher fecit. A.º 1685 7/26.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 310 x 275mm (12¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into image, laid on card.
A self portrait of painter Michiel van Musscher (1645-1705), in a window with drapes, a figure of Time with an hourglass and scythe on the right, a 'homo bulla' (a cherub blowing bubbles representing the transience of life) on the left.
[Ref: 69863] £680.00