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The R.t Hon.ble S.r Rob. Clayton Kt Lord Mayor of ye City of London 1680.
The R.t Hon.ble S.r Rob. Clayton Kt Lord Mayor of ye City of London 1680.
J. Riley pinx. J. Smith fec.
[London, c.1707.]
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), merchant banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London, in an oval above ceremonial regalia. After founding a bank, Clayton & Morris Co., he amassed such a fortune that he could buy Brownsea Island and its castle in the 1650s and lend William III £30,000 to pay for the army in 1697. He became a director of the Bank of England in 1702.
CS 52 ii.
[Ref: 49957]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Freke.]
[John Freke.] Obyt Iuly 18 1717.
I. Riley pinx. Geo. Verture Sculp. 1718.
Engraving. Plate 254 x 160mm. 10 x 6¼".
John Freke (d.1717) surgeon, and father of the surgeon John Freke (1688-1756). David Alexander presumes that as a memorial portrait it probably never bore Freke's name.
Alexander: 257.
[Ref: 20032]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale.]
[John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale.]
[Painted by John Riley. Engraved by Gerard Valck.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, sheet 296 x 255mm. Trimmed inside plate.
John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Thirlestane (1616 - 1682), was a Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry. By John Riley, portrait painter (1646 - 1691), engraved by Gerard Valck (1651/1652 - 1726), engraver, mezzotinter and publisher, Amsterdam.
[Ref: 7638]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale.]
[John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale.]
[Painted by John Riley. Engraved by Gerard Valck.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Proof before all letters, 17th century watermark; Sheet: 295 x 245mm (11½ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside plate and tipped into an album sheet.
John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Thirlestane (1616 - 1682), was a Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry. By John Riley, portrait painter (1646 - 1691), engraved by Gerard Valck (1651/1652 - 1726), engraver, mezzotinter and publisher, Amsterdam.
[Ref: 43070]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Upper Gardens, with the Malay House.]
[The Upper Gardens, with the Malay House.]
T. Riley [in plate lower right.]
[London: William Clowes & Sons, 1886.]
Etching in brown ink, 150 x 205mm. 6 x 8".
Europeans promenade among pleasure gardens, East Indies or India. Plate to 'Reminiscences of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Illustrated by Thomas Riley ... Edited by F. Cundall'
British Library: 000836344.
[Ref: 11403]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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[Archibald Primrose.]
[Archibald Primrose.]
I Riley pinx: P. Vandrebanc sculp.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Engraving, 305 x 210mm. 12 x 8¼". Lightly foxed.
Portrait of Archibald Primrose, first Earl of Rosebery (1661 - 1723). He was one of the commissioners for the union of Scotland with England, and after its accomplishment was chosen a Scottish representative peer in 1707, 1708, 1710, and 1713. After portrait painter John Riley (1646 - 1691). Above oval is inscribed the motto: 'Fide Et Fiducia'.
BM: pg. 612.
[Ref: 10486]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Charles Seymour] Illustrissimus Nobilissimus Potentissimus Princeps Carolus Dux Somersetensis...
[Charles Seymour] Illustrissimus Nobilissimus Potentissimus Princeps Carolus Dux Somersetensis...
J. Riley pinx: J. Smith fec:
[Cambridge University Press, 1688.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") very large margins.
Portrait of Charles Seymour (1662-1748), 6th Duke of Somerset, best known for rebuilding Petworth House. Macaulay described him as ''a man in whom the pride of birth and rank amounted almost to a disease''.
[Ref: 52628]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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