Grosvenor Prints

Thomas Viscount Anson.
Painted by T. Phillips Esqr R.A. Engraved by C. Turner, Member of the American Academy of Fine Arts.
London Published April 24, 1823 by Mr. Turner 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 546 x 386mm (21½ x 15¼"). Cut, losing part of publication line' stain lower right.
Portrait, three-quarter length, seated in an armchair in a room with pillars, shelves of books, a sculpted bust, and archway; wearing a dark double-breasted coat, light waistcoat and neckerchief; holding a plan above his knees; on left, portfolio with scraped lettering "T.P. 1819"; on right, a table with papers, books, inkstand, inkwells and pens. Engraved from a portrait by Phillips now in Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire. Thomas William Anson (1795-1854), 1st Earl of Lichfield, known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician who served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as the Master of the Buckhounds and later as Postmaster General.
Ex Collection: The Late Hon.ble Christopher Lennox-Boyd. NPG: D37327. Whitman: 18, ii.
[Ref: 28771] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Argentina] [Bernadino Rivadavia.]
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by C.Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London Published Oct.r 24 1825, by Mr Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 510 x 370mm. Slight damp stain in edge.
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia (1780-1845) was the first president of Argentina, 1826-7.
Whaitman 497: first published state.
[Ref: 4639] £450.00

[America] [Don Bernardino Rivadavia, President of the Republic of the United Provinces.]
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by C.Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London Published Oct.r 24 1825, by Mr Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 510 x 370mm (20 x 14½"). Slight foxing to margins; very scarce.
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia (1780-1845), first president of Argentina (then known as the Republic of the United Provinces), 1826-7. He sits at a desk holding a document headed 'Reforma [E]celesiastica Buenos Ayres 1822' (Rivadavia's religious reforms transferred many of the Catholic church's assets to the Republic). Another document, headed 'Systema Representative' also on the table. In 1824 Rivadavia visited London where, in association with the Hullet Brothers bank he founded the Rio de la Plata Mining Association. Rivadavia was also a correspondent and admirer of Jeremy Bentham, who he first met in London in 1820. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Whitman 497 i/ii.
[Ref: 34927] £620.00

[T. Arnold, D.D. Head Master of Rugby School &c. &c.]
Painted by Thos. Phillips, R.A. Engraved by Henry Cousins.
Published by J. Ryman, Oxford, May 29th. 1840.
Mezzotint. Plate: 500 x 375mm (19¾ x 15'') very large margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of Dr Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) who was Headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 and 1841.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48540] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Arnold.] Most sincerely & affect.ly yours, T. Arnold.
Tho.s Phillips, R.A. B. Holl.
Published May, 1844 by B. Fellowes, Ludgate Street, London.
Engraving. Plate: 230 x 150mm (9¼ x 6''), with large margins. Laid on album sheet.
A half length portrait of Dr Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) who was Headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 and 1841.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48541] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

General Sir Charles Asgill Bar.t G.C.G.O. &c. &c. &c.
Painted by T. Philips Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published April 20th 1822, by C. Turner No 55. Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 13¾"), with very large margins. Paper toned, edges brittle.
Half-length portrait of Charles Asgill (1762-1823) in his dress uniform. Asgill found fame when, having being taken prisoner at the surrender at Yorktown, he was sentenced to death by George Washington in retaliation for the death of an American captain at Loyalist hands. Asgill's mother appealed to Louis XVI, who sent an ambassador who successfully requested a reprieve. Asgill later wrote a letter to an American newspaper detailing the treatment he received in captivity, including beatings by drunken revellers who had paid money to enter his cell.
[Ref: 50091] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Rob.t Ashby [ms]
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. / Engraved by George Clint
London, Published by G. Clint 31 Foley Street, May 1st 1812
Mezzotint, very scarce, platemark 370 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾). False margins added.
Robert Ashby (-1843), engraver. Ashby and his sons inherited the business of his father, Harry Ashby (bap.1744-d.1818), which specialised in engraving maps and banknotes. The firm continued as Ashby & Co until 1886, but Robert Ashby died in obscurity in 1843. Here Ashby holds a specimen of his work inscribed 'Mr R. Ashby London'.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Not in CS
[Ref: 34937] £360.00

Francis Bailey President of the Roy: Ast: Soc: [facsimile signature].
Painted by Thomas Phillips R.A. From the Picture painted for the Royal Astronomical Society. Engraved by Thomas Lupton. 1 Keppel Street, Russell Square.
[n.d. c.1830].
Mezzotint. 405 x 530mm. Some ingrained dirt in paper.
Francis Baily [1774 - 1844] President of the Royal Astronomical Society.
[Ref: 4625] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sir J.ph Banks (Voyageur-Naturaliste,) Président de la société royale de Londres. Né à Revesby dans le Comté de Lincoln (Angleterre), en 1743. Mort à Londres, le 9 Mai 1820.
Dessiné d’après le Tableau de Th. Phillips, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed to plate top & bottom.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the naturalist, botanist and explorer who was patron of science and President of the Royal Society, 1778-1820. He sailed with Captain Cook to the Pacific on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour, 1768-71, and compiled a unique natural history collection. He held a position of great influence in the scientific world and he advised on ventures such as the Kew Botanic Gardens and the first British colonies in Australia.
W: 164 - not in. Kivell & Spence: pg.20.
[Ref: 54236] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Sir J. Banks. From a Picture by T. Phillips, in the Possession of the Royal Society. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Proof.
Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff.
London, Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street. [n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple, proof printed in chine collé. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8").
Sir Joseph Banks, shown as President of the Royal Society. The original painting, by Thomas Phillips, is now in the National Portrait Gallery. Published in the ''The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs'', 1833-7.
[Ref: 52691] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

To the King's most excellent Majesty, This Print of Sir Joseph Banks, Bar.t [...]
Painted by Tho.s Phillips, R.A. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti.
London, Published 1812, by N. Schiavonetti. N.o 12, Michael's Place, Brompton.
Etching on chine collé, 515 x 390mm (20¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed.
Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), naturalist and patron of science, sitting at a desk and holding a paper on a cushion in front of him with his right hand. The chair is decorated with a coat of arms bearing the Royal Society motto 'Nullius in Verba'. Banks took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771). He was the leading founder of the African Association, the British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy.
Provenance: G. Usslub Lugt 1221.
[Ref: 59636] £1,250.00

[Henry, Earl Bathurst.]
[Henry Meyer, after Thomas Phillips.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. Proof before letters. Sheet size: 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark. Light crease to upper right corner.
A portrait of British politician Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834), half-length, seated to the left, facing the viewer Lord Bathurst was member of the British Parliament for Cirencester from 1783 until he succeeded to the earldom in August 1794. Owing mainly to his friendship with William Pitt, he was a lord of the admiralty from 1783 to 1789, a lord of the treasury from 1789 to 1791, and commissioner of the board of control from 1793 to 1802.
[Ref: 37285] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

John Birch Esqr. late Surgeon Extraordinary to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and one of the Surgeons of St. Thomas's Hospital.
Painted by T. Phillips, Esqr. Engraved by J. Lewis.
[London, c.1815.]
Stipple with etching, sheet 435 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Trimmed to platemark; some soiling and spotting.
A rare portrait. of John Birch (1745? - 1815), surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, after Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
Wellcome: 307. Not in BM, NPG.
[Ref: 12789] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Buonaparte.
Drawn from the Life by T. Phillips Esq. R.A. in 1802. Engraved by Edwards
Rare etching. Sheet 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; tipped into album sheet.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), engraved from a sketch in profile by Thomas Phillips made in 1802, the year of the Treaty of Amiens which temporarily ceased hostilities between Britain and France. The resulting Peace of Amiens, which lasted until May 1803, was the only period of peace during the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815). During this time, Phillips was commissioned by the Duke of Northumberland to paint Napoleon, and spent three months in Paris. Due to the circumstances of their execution, Phillips' likenesses are almost unique as sympathetic British likenesses of Napoleon.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Not in Whitman; for an engraving of Phillips' portrait of Napoleon see ref. 34931
[Ref: 34932] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Buonaparte.
[Drawn from the Life by T. Phillips Esq. R.A. in 1802. Engraved by Edwards]
Etching, very rare; sheet 225 x 185mm (8¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; tipped into album sheet. Proof before names of artist and engraver added.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French military and political leader. Engraved from a sketch in profile by Thomas Phillips made in 1802, the year of the Treaty of Amiens which temporarily ceased hostilities between Britain and France. The resulting Peace of Amiens, which lasted until May 1803, was the only period of peace during the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815). During this time, Phillips was commissioned by the Duke of Northumberland to paint Napoleon, and spent three months in Paris. Due to the circumstances of their execution, Phillips' likenesses are almost unique as sympathetic British likenesses of Napoleon.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Not in Whitman; for an engraving of Phillips' portrait of Napoleon see ref. 34931
[Ref: 34933] £330.00

Henry Brougham Esq.r M.P. F.R.S.
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.e R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King
Published by the Engraver Bayswater October 1820
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Tipped into album sheet. Foxing to edges.
Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), lord chancellor. A radical Whig lawyer and MP, Brougham tirelessly campagined for the advancement of education and reform. He entered parliament in 1810 as a Whig and immediately promoted legislation against slave trading. He won popular renown as chief attorney to Queen Caroline. He was a prominent member and one of the founders of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1825, of University College London in 1828 and the London Mechanics Institutes in 1824. As Lord Chancellor Brougham's most important achievements were the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. But for all his fame in his own day, Brougham's fate was not to be remembered for any one great achievement. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time.
W 39 iii/iv; For one of many caricatures of Brougham, see ref. 25041.
[Ref: 34940] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George, Lord Byron]
T. Phillips R.A. pinxit. C. Warren sculpsit.
[c.1824]
Line engraving on india with very large margins, proof before title; 270 x 170mm (10½ x 6¾"). Tipped into album sheet.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet and archetypal Romantic figure. Byron was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Phillips, which was undertaken as part of a commission by the publisher William Miller to paint the portraits of several poets whose works he published, the intention being to hang them together at Miller's house at 50 Albemarle Street, London. Annette Peach writes of the commission: "In 1813 Murray commissioned from Phillips a portrait of Byron (who brought the publisher more commercial success than any other of his writers), which still hangs over the drawing-room fireplace in Albemarle Street. The half-length view famously shows a pale-complexioned Byron in a white shirt with a large turned-down ‘Byronic’ collar open at the neck to reveal his throat, and wrapped in a dark cloak. The dress and pose are identical to that of Charles Mayne Young in his portrait by G. H. Harlow (1809; Garrick Club, London), where the actor is portrayed as Hamlet, and it is possible that Byron saw Young perform this role. As in his portrait of Blake, Phillips's ability to convey the Romantic (and here self-dramatizing) cast of his sitter's imagination indicates that, although his œuvre is less flamboyant than that of his contemporary Sir Thomas Lawrence, he, too, was quintessentially a Romantic painter."
Not in O'D; For a larger version of the same image see ref. 34943.
[Ref: 34944] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Byron [ms]
[possibly by J.S. Agar, 1814]
Line engraving on india, proof before letters, with very large margins; platemark 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"). Tipped into album sheet.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet and archetypal Romantic figure. Byron was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Phillips, which was undertaken as part of a commission by the publisher William Miller to paint the portraits of several poets whose works he published, the intention being to hang them together at Miller's house at 50 Albemarle Street, London. Annette Peach writes of the commission: "In 1813 Murray commissioned from Phillips a portrait of Byron (who brought the publisher more commercial success than any other of his writers), which still hangs over the drawing-room fireplace in Albemarle Street. The half-length view famously shows a pale-complexioned Byron in a white shirt with a large turned-down ‘Byronic’ collar open at the neck to reveal his throat, and wrapped in a dark cloak. The dress and pose are identical to that of Charles Mayne Young in his portrait by G. H. Harlow (1809; Garrick Club, London), where the actor is portrayed as Hamlet, and it is possible that Byron saw Young perform this role. As in his portrait of Blake, Phillips's ability to convey the Romantic (and here self-dramatizing) cast of his sitter's imagination indicates that, although his œuvre is less flamboyant than that of his contemporary Sir Thomas Lawrence, he, too, was quintessentially a Romantic painter." One of several engravings made from Phillips' portrait.
O'D 27?; For a larger version of the same image see ref. 34943.
[Ref: 34946] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Byron. From the Original Picture in the Possession of John Murray, Esq.
Painted by Tho.s Phillips, R.A. Engraved by Rob.t Graves. Printed by R. Lloyd.
[London: Published March 1st 1836 by Hodgson & Graves, Printsellers to the King, 6 Pall Mall.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 395 x 300mm (15½ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line. Small repaired tear lower right border. Slight marks in title.
The famous portrait of Lord George Byron owned by his publisher.
[Ref: 57545] £260.00

Lord Byron.
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.e R.A. / Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Pub.d by T. Phillips Feb.y 1822
Mezzotint, platemark 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Fine with very large margins.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. He was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece.
Whitman 45
[Ref: 31882] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[George, Lord Byron]
Armstrong sc. [ms]
[Pub. by J. Murray, 1819]
Line engraving on india with very large margins, 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Tipped into album sheet. Manuscript in lower margin: in pencil "Unpublished print by Armstrong only 20 impressions from this plate which was then destroyed".
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet and archetypal Romantic figure. Byron was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Phillips, which was undertaken as part of a commission by the publisher William Miller to paint the portraits of several poets whose works he published, the intention being to hang them together at Miller's house at 50 Albemarle Street, London. Annette Peach writes of the commission: "In 1813 Murray commissioned from Phillips a portrait of Byron (who brought the publisher more commercial success than any other of his writers), which still hangs over the drawing-room fireplace in Albemarle Street. The half-length view famously shows a pale-complexioned Byron in a white shirt with a large turned-down ‘Byronic’ collar open at the neck to reveal his throat, and wrapped in a dark cloak. The dress and pose are identical to that of Charles Mayne Young in his portrait by G. H. Harlow (1809; Garrick Club, London), where the actor is portrayed as Hamlet, and it is possible that Byron saw Young perform this role. As in his portrait of Blake, Phillips's ability to convey the Romantic (and here self-dramatizing) cast of his sitter's imagination indicates that, although his œuvre is less flamboyant than that of his contemporary Sir Thomas Lawrence, he, too, was quintessentially a Romantic painter." One of several engravings made from Phillips' portrait.
O'D 27; For a larger version of the same image see ref. 34943.
[Ref: 34945] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Byron after Phillips, 1831 [ms in lower margin]
[possibly by R. Woodman]
Line engraving on india with very large margins, platemark 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Proof before letters; tipped into album sheet.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet and archetypal Romantic figure. Byron was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Phillips, which was undertaken as part of a commission by the publisher William Miller to paint the portraits of several poets whose works he published, the intention being to hang them together at Miller's house at 50 Albemarle Street, London. Annette Peach writes of the commission: "In 1813 Murray commissioned from Phillips a portrait of Byron (who brought the publisher more commercial success than any other of his writers), which still hangs over the drawing-room fireplace in Albemarle Street. The half-length view famously shows a pale-complexioned Byron in a white shirt with a large turned-down ‘Byronic’ collar open at the neck to reveal his throat, and wrapped in a dark cloak. The dress and pose are identical to that of Charles Mayne Young in his portrait by G. H. Harlow (1809; Garrick Club, London), where the actor is portrayed as Hamlet, and it is possible that Byron saw Young perform this role. As in his portrait of Blake, Phillips's ability to convey the Romantic (and here self-dramatizing) cast of his sitter's imagination indicates that, although his œuvre is less flamboyant than that of his contemporary Sir Thomas Lawrence, he, too, was quintessentially a Romantic painter." One of several engravings made from Phillips' portrait.
O'D 28?; For a larger version of the same image see ref. 34943.
[Ref: 34947] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Byron
Painted by T. Phillips, R.A. / Engraved by Edw.d Finden
London, Published by John Murray, 1827
Line engraving on india with very large margins, platemark 190 x 115mm (7½ x 6"). Tipped into album sheet.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet and archetypal Romantic figure. Byron was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Phillips, which was undertaken as part of a commission by the publisher William Miller to paint the portraits of several poets whose works he published, the intention being to hang them together at Miller's house at 50 Albemarle Street, London. Annette Peach writes of the commission: "In 1813 Murray commissioned from Phillips a portrait of Byron (who brought the publisher more commercial success than any other of his writers), which still hangs over the drawing-room fireplace in Albemarle Street. The half-length view famously shows a pale-complexioned Byron in a white shirt with a large turned-down ‘Byronic’ collar open at the neck to reveal his throat, and wrapped in a dark cloak. The dress and pose are identical to that of Charles Mayne Young in his portrait by G. H. Harlow (1809; Garrick Club, London), where the actor is portrayed as Hamlet, and it is possible that Byron saw Young perform this role. As in his portrait of Blake, Phillips's ability to convey the Romantic (and here self-dramatizing) cast of his sitter's imagination indicates that, although his œuvre is less flamboyant than that of his contemporary Sir Thomas Lawrence, he, too, was quintessentially a Romantic painter." One of several engravings made from Phillips' portrait.
Not in O'D; For a larger version of the same image see ref. 34943.
[Ref: 34949] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Byron.
Publie par Pourrat F. a Paris. [n.d., c.1835.]
Stipple and engraving, sheet 240 x 160mm. 9½ x 6¼". Trimmed within plate on two sides.
Portrait of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788 - 1824), poet, after Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
[Ref: 13794] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge] Dear Sir / Your obliged Serv.t / S.T. Coleridge
L. Haghe lith. / T. Phillips R.A. pinx.t
London, John Murray Albemarle St. 1835
Lithograph on india with very large margins, printed area approx 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"). Tipped into album sheet.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. Coleridge collaborated with his sometime neighbour William Wordsworth on the 'Lyrical Ballads', experimented with opium (famously resulting in 'Kubla Khan') and outlined his theory of criticism in the 'Biographia Literaria'. Lithograph from the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1819-21, private plate; copy at John Murray, London) which was commissioned by publisher William Miller, as part of a series of portraits of poets whose work he published. Others painted by Phillips included Byron and Walter Scott.
O'D 8; for Phillips' portrait of Byron see ref. 34943.
[Ref: 34951] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[William Hart Coleridge. D.D. Lord Bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands.]
[T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t Engraver to the King.] [n.d., c.1825]
Mezzotint, private plate, proof before all letters. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with large margins.
William Hart Coleridge (1789-1849), bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands, nephew of Samuel Taylor
Whitman 58.
[Ref: 55220] £360.00

William Hart Coleridge. D.D. Lord Bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t Engraver to the King.
[n.d., c.1825]
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with wide margins. Proof impression of private plate.
William Hart Coleridge (1789-1849), bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands, nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips, exhibited in 1825 and now at Christ Church, Oxford (where he studied).
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Whitman 58 iii/iv.
[Ref: 34952] £360.00

Your M.t humble servt. H.Davy Pres: RS. [facsimile signature]
Engraved on Steel by W.T. Fry, after the Original Picture by T. Phillips, Esq.r R.A.
Published July 1825 by T.Boys, 7, Ludgate Hill.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed.
Sir Humphry Davy, Bt (1778-1829), inventor best known for his miner's safety lamp of 1815. He was Presidency of the Royal Society in 1820.
W: 772.
[Ref: 59696] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Lt. Col.l Denham F.R.S. late Lt. Governor of Sierra Leone. From a picture painted on his return from Bornou in Central Africa in 1825, by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. in the possession of John Murray Esq.r
Engraved by John Bromley.
London, Published March 15, 1831, by Colnaghi Sen.r Dominic Colnaghi & Co. Printsellers to their Majesties, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint, rare. 336 x 252mm. 13¼ x 10". Some scuffs and creases, damaged.
Dixon Denham (1786-1828) was an English explorer in West Central Africa. He was a soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was decorated with the Waterloo Medal. In 1821 he volunteered to join one of several expeditions, sent be the British government to explore the Africa interior. After difficulties with the Pasha of Tripoli, and weakened by malaria, the expedition struggled across the Sahara to become the first Europeans to see Lake Chad in 1823. He returned to England in 1824 and two years later was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1826 he sailed to Sierra Leone as superintendent of libertated Africans and in 1828 he was appointed governor of Sierra Leone, but after administering the colony for five weeks he died of a fever at Freetown.
See NPG: 2441 for original oil on canvas, 1826.
[Ref: 23720] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Lt. Col.l Denham F.R.S. late Lt. Governor of Sierra Leone. From a picture painted on his return from Bornou in Central Africa in 1825, by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. in the possession of John Murray Esq.r
Engraved by John Bromley.
London, Published March 15, 1831, by Colnaghi Sen.r Dominic Colnaghi & Co. Printsellers to their Majesties, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 336 x 252mm (13¼ x 10"). Slight foxing around platemark.
Dixon Denham (1786-1828), English explorer in West Central Africa. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was decorated with the Waterloo Medal, before volunteering in 1821 to join one of several expeditions, sent by the British government to explore the Africa interior. After difficulties with the Pasha of Tripoli, and weakened by malaria, the expedition struggled across the Sahara to become the first Europeans to see Lake Chad in 1823. He returned to England in 1824 and two years later was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1826 he sailed to Sierra Leone as superintendent of libertated Africans and in 1828 he was appointed governor of Sierra Leone, but after administering the colony for five weeks he died of a fever at Freetown. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (London, National Portrait Gallery), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34955] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] The King.
Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
Published by the Engraver, Oct. 24th. 1821, Bayswater.
Mezzotint on india laid paper, inscribed 'Proof' lower left, 330 x 250mm. 13 x 9¾". A good impression.
George IV (1762 - 1830), in private dress, wearing high dark neckerchief. After Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
Whitman: 108, ii.
[Ref: 16391] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] George Prince of Wales, Regent of Great Britain.
[From a sketch by J. Wright of a painting by Thomas Phillips.]
L.C.D.S.A. [n.d., c.1815.]
Early lithograph on india with very large margins. 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾"). Slight surface soiling.
George IV (1762-1830) as Prince Regent (1811-19), shown in uniform with sash. A stipple version of the same image was engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti in 1809. After Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
[Ref: 34584] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble. Lord Grenville.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Engraved by J. Fittler A.R.A.
London Publish'd as the Act directs by J. Fittler No 62. Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square March. 1812.
Engraving. Platemark: 530 x 390mm (20¾ x 15"). Light foxing. Trimmed to plate at sides.
Portrait of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759 - 1834). He wears a long lace cravat and ruffles, and a heavy black brocaded silk Chancellor's robe with gold lace trimming on collar, facings and sleeves. His right hand clasps an upright brass bound volume standing on a table to left, on which are also a bundle of papers tied up with tape. Curtain behind to right, and to left, a view of Christ Church seen through a window. Grenville, William Pitt's first cousin, served as Speaker of the House of Commons (1789) and Foreign Secretary (1791-1801). The protégé and loyal follower of his cousin, Grenville was angered by Pitt's failure to oppose Addington and broke with him to join Fox and Grey in opposition. It was as head of the 'Ministry of All the Talents' coalition government, following Pitt's death, that Grenville was Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807. A reluctant leader, he resigned over George III's refusal to agree to Catholic emancipation. His administration nevertheless saw the abolition of British participation in the slave trade. For alternative open lettered impression, see item ref: 24080.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35136] £320.00

The Right Honble. Lord Grenville.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Engraved by J. Fittler A.R.A.
London Publish'd as the Act directs by J. Fittler No 62. Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square March. 1812.
Large engraving, title in open letters, 530 x 395mm. 20¾ x 15½", large margins.
Portrait of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759 - 1834), Prime Minister, standing to the left. Grey hair, long lace cravat and ruffles, heavy black brocaded silk Chancellor's robe with gold lace trimming on collar, facings and sleeves, over black velvet clothes; his right hand clasps an upright brass bound volume standing on a table to left, on which are also a bundle of papers tied up with tape. Curtain behind to right, to left, a view of Christ Church seen through window. Grenville, William Pitt's first cousin, served as Speaker of the House of Commons (1789) and Foreign Secretary (1791-1801). The protégé and loyal follower of his cousin, Grenville was angered by Pitt's failure to oppose Addington and broke with him to join Fox and Grey in opposition. It was as head of the 'Ministry of All the Talents' coalition government, following Pitt's death, that Grenville was Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807. A reluctant leader, he resigned over George III's refusal to agree to Catholic emancipation; his administration nevertheless saw the abolition of British participation in the slave trade.
[Ref: 24080] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Charles Earl Grey.
T. Phillips Esq R.A. Pinx.t. C.Turner sculp.t.
London Pub.d May 28, 1811 by A. Molteno, Printseller to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York 29 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm, 14 x 10". Uncut, with large margins.
Charles Grey (1764-1845), 2nd Earl Grey, Whig Prime Minister 1830-34. His political achievements included the Reform Act of 1832, and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire in 1833, but is still best known today for giving his name to the aromatic blend of tea.
[Ref: 21866] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Charles Earl Grey.
T. Phillips Esq R.A. Pinx.t. C.Turner sculp.t.
London Pub.d May 28, 1811 by A. Molteno, Printseller to H.R.H. the Dutchess of York 29 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint with large margins, very fine. Platemark: 355 x 255mm (14 x 10").
Charles Grey (1764-1845), 2nd Earl Grey, Whig Prime Minister 1830-34. His political achievements included the Reform Act of 1832, and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire in 1833, but is still best known today for giving his name to the aromatic blend of tea.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. W: 236 I of II.
[Ref: 35134] £360.00

Chas Hatchett [facsimile signature.] [Description of Hatchett's 'Experiments and Observations' attached below]
[T. Phillips. W. Drummond.]
[n.d. c.1836.]
Rare lithograph on chine collé, proof before letters. 319 x 227mm. 12½ x 9". Bit dusty.
Portrait of Charles Hatchett, head and shoulders to front, with head turned to look to left; wearing a buttoned double-breasted coat with high collar, over waistcoat with standing collar, and white neckerchief tied in a bow. Charles Hatchett (c.1765-1847) was an English chemist who discovered the element niobium. No. 15 in the series 'Athenaeum Portraits'; after Thomas Phillips. The first series of portraits of members of the Athenaeum Club appeared in 1835.
In the National Library of Medicine. Wellcome: 1318-1.
[Ref: 24637] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Rev.d Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds, Sculp.t Engraver to the King.
London, March 1827, Published by M. Colnaghi, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾") very large margins.
Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was the Church of England's second Bishop of Calcutta. His missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the 'Society for the Propagation of the Gospel' in Wrexham, was widely sung until recently, but lost favour when it was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi as patronising, particularly the line ''the heathen in his blindness [bowing] down to wood and stone''. Other hymns, for example ''Holy, Holy, Holy'', remain popular. First published by Reynolds in 1824.
Whitman: 137: iii of iii. Ex: Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48515] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Rev.d Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds, Sculp.t Engraver to the King.
London, March 1827, Published by M. Colnaghi, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Wear in very large margins.
Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was the Church of England's second Bishop of Calcutta. His missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the 'Society for the Propagation of the Gospel' in Wrexham, was widely sung until recently, but lost favour when it was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi as patronising, particularly the line ''the heathen in his blindness [bowing] down to wood and stone''. Other hymns, for example ''Holy, Holy, Holy'', remain popular. First published by Reynolds in 1824.
Whitman: 137: iii of iii. Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48514] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

___"Behold him kneeling, there, By the Child's side, in humble prayer; And hymns of joy proclaim through Heaven The triumph of a soul forgiven.......Joy, Joy for ever! my task is done; The gates are passed, and Heaven is won". (Lalla Rookh).
From a Sketch By TPhillips R.A. [facsimile] (in the Possession of T. Phillips, Esq.re) Proof. Plate 9, of Lithographic Imitations of Sketches by Moder Artists by Rich.d J. Lane, A.R.A.
Printed by Engelmann & Co. London 1828. Published by J. Dickinson.
Lithograph on chine collé. 406 x 272mm. 16 x 10¾". Slight foxing.
An illustration to 'Lalla Rookh', an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore. A man kneels on the floor praying with a child to his side, also praying, looking up to the winged angel flying overhead.
[Ref: 24896] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Peter Laurie.]
['Painted by Thos. Phillips, R.A. Engraved by James Scott.]
[London, Published Jany 1839, by Thomas Boys Printseller to the Royal Family, XI Golden Square, Regent Street.]
Mezzotint with large margins. Very rare proof impression before all letters. Platemark: 550 x 400mm (21½ x 15¾").
A portrait of a politician and social campaigner Sir Peter Laurie (1778-1861), turned to front, looking to left, holding a hat in left hand and wearing his robes and chain of office. Sir Peter Laurie was an alderman, Lord Mayor of London (1832-3), President of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell & Bethlem, and was governor of the Union Bank of London, (1839-61). Throughout his public life, Laurie promoted schemes of social advancement and more open government. It is said that The character of 'Alderman Cute' in Charles Dickens’ 'The Chimes' (1844) is a satirical representation of Laurie and his dismissive attitude towards London’s poor.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. O'D: 259/2.
[Ref: 35130] £320.00

Elizabeth Marchioness of Stafford.
T. Phillips A.R.A. pinx.t. C. Turner Sculp.t.
London, Published Feb.y 11. 1807 by C. Turner, No. 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint with large margins, very fine. Platemark: 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A portrait of Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1765 - 1839), seated to right, facing front, wearing a turban, pearl earring and necklace, and shawl with border of scrolls. A vase and flowers is to the right. At the age 20, Leveson-Gower married George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, who was known as Earl Gower from 1786 until in 1803 he succeeded to his father's title of Marquess of Stafford. In 1832, just six months before he died, he was created Duke of Sutherland and she became known as Duchess-Countess of Sutherland. (For a portrait of the Duke of Sutherland, see iem ref: 35059). Lady Sutherland instigated a notorious large scale clearance of the land she owned with her husband, known as the 'Highland Clearances'.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. W: 539 I of II.
[Ref: 35061] £320.00

Woodbine Parish Esq.r
Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. pinx.t / Isaad W. Slater lith.
Printed by C. Hullmandel
Lithograph on india with very large margins, very scarce, printed area approx 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8¾"). Slight staining to margins.
Sir Woodbine Parish (1796-1882), diplomatist. Parish's diplomatic work took him to Sicily, the Ionian Islands, Naples, and Buenos Aires. As commissioner and consul-general (and subsequently chargé d'affaires) to Buenos Aires from 1823, staying there for nearly nine years. Parish also published a book resulting from his time in Argentina ('Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata', 1839), which demonstrates his interest in historical, geographical and geological research (he surveyed parts of the Bolivian Andes with Joseph Barclay Pentland). He was also a fellow of the Royal Society, Geological Society and Geographical Society, and corresponded with Charles Darwin. After the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time.
[Ref: 34929] £360.00

To His Grace Hugh Duke of Northumberland, K.G. This portrait of his late noble father is most respectfully dedicated by his Grace's obedient & humble servant, Thomas F. Ranson.
Engraved by Thomas Ranson from a Painting by Thomas Phillips R.A.
Printed by Dixon. London, Published by T.F. Ranson. No. 31 Judd Place West, New Road. 1820.
Engraving. Proof fine impression. Laid, on India paper. Sheet: 585 x 440mm (23 x 17¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Some light foxing to backing sheet.
A portrait of Lieutenant-General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742 - 1817), dressed in robes, seated to the left, holding a paper in his left hand inscribed, 'Magna Charta'. Percy was an officer in the British army and later a British peer. He participated in the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War, but resigned his command in 1777 due to disagreements with his superior, General Howe. Born Hugh Smithson, he assumed the surname of Percy by Act of Parliament along with his father in 1750 and was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 until 1766. He was styled Earl Percy from 1766, when his father was created Duke of Northumberland.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35139] £320.00

To the Inhabitants of the Hundred of East and West Flegg, this Portrait of Rev.d B.W. Salmon, Engraved at their request, in token of their respect for his Character, & their Gratitude for his exertions as a Magistrate, is inscribed by their Humble Serv.t W.C. Edwards.
Painted by T. Phillips. Engraved by W.C. Edwards.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Line engraving on india with large margins. 355 x 305mm (14 x 12"). Edges soiled.
Benjamin Wymberley Salmon (1742-1821), the East India Company chaplain at Fort St George (Madras) 1769-1774. In 1781 he became Rector of Caistor in the diocese of Norwich; in 1805 he was appointed Domestic Chaplain to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV). He died at Caistor in 1821, aged 78.
[Ref: 34381] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[To the Inhabitants of the Hundred of East and West Flegg, this Portrait of Rev.d B.W. Salmon, Engraved at their request, in token of their respect for his Character, & their Gratitude for his exertions as a Magistrate, is inscribed by their Humble Serv.t W.C. Edwards.]
Painted by T. Phillips. Engraved by W.C. Edwards.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Line engraving on india, proof before title, very large margins. 355 x 305mm (14 x 12"). Edges soiled. Uncut.
Benjamin Wymberley Salmon (1742-1821), the East India Company chaplain at Fort St George (Madras) 1769-1774. In 1781 he became Rector of Caistor in the diocese of Norwich; in 1805 he was appointed Domestic Chaplain to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV). He died at Caistor in 1821, aged 78.
[Ref: 34382] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord Stowell.]
Painted by Thomas Phillips Esq.re. R.A. Engraved by Charles Turner. Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published June 2, 1828, by Mr. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint with very large margins. Proof before title. Platemark: 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A portrait of judge and jurist William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell (1745 - 1836), seated in an armchair, wearing a long wig, and a judge's ornate gown, with a lace tie and ruffles. Scott was educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College at Oxford University, where he gained a Durham scholarship in 1761. He graduated as doctor of civil law and commenced practice in the ecclesiastical courts. His professional success was rapid. In 1783 he became registrar of the court of faculties, and in 1788 judge of the consistory court and advocate-general, in that year too receiving the honor of knighthood. Upon the coronation of George IV in 1821 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Stowell, of Stowell Park in the County of Gloucester, taking his title from the name of his estate. After a life of judicial service Lord Stowell retired from the bench, from the consistory court in August 1821, and from the high court of admiralty in December 1827.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. W: 545.
[Ref: 35064] £320.00

Mr. William Shakspeare. 'His True Effigies.' To the Right Honorable the Earl of Essex, an Admirer of Shakspeare, of Polite Literature, and of the Fine Arts.
Engraved by W.m Ward A.R.A. from a Painting by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. after a Cast by G. Bullock, from the Monumental Bust, at Stratford-upon-Avon.
This Print is Published April 23, 1816, being the Second Centenary after the Poets Decease, by J. Britton, Tavistock Place, London.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in brown. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"), with large margins. Slight foxing.
From the commemorative bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) writing at a table, sculpted by George Bullock (1782/3 - 1818) in Stratford Church.
[Ref: 53491] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. William Shakspeare. 'His True Effigies.' To the Right Honorable the Earl of Essex, an Admirer of Shakspeare, of Polite Literature, and of the Fine Arts.
Engraved by W.m Ward A.R.A. from a Painting by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. after a Cast by G. Bullock, from the Monumental Bust, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Printed by Lahee.
This Print is Published April 23, 1816, being the Second Centenary after the Poets Decease, by J. Britton, Tavistock Place, London.
Fine mezzotint, printed in brown. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"), with large margins.
From the commemorative bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) writing at a table, sculpted by George Bullock (1782/3 - 1818) in Stratford Church. James Lahee was a printer renowned for the quality of his work.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 53490] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A sleeping child.]
[Thomas Phillips R.A.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Soft ground etching, 150 x 205mm. 6 x 8".
A charmingly intimate and rare plate, according to a pencil note below image etched by Thomas Phillips R.A (1770 - 1845), portrait painter, after his own design. Phillips was a Royal Academy student from February 1791, then briefly assistant to Benjamin West. He was elected R.A on 10th February 1808 and became Professor of Painting 1825-1832. Probably this is one of the artist's children. He had two daughters and two sons, the elder of whom, Joseph Scott Phillips, became a major in the Bengal artillery, and died at Wimbledon, Surrey, on 18 December 1884, aged 72. His younger son, Henry Wyndham Phillips 1820-1868, born in 1820, was a pupil of his father. He also adopted portrait-painting as his profession, and exhibited first at the Royal Academy in 1838.
[Ref: 12252] £450.00

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