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![[Samuel Barrington.]](jpegs/9325.jpg)
[Samuel Barrington.]
Benj.n Wilson Pinxit R. Earlom Sculp.
London, printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs, 20th Sept. 1779.
Mezzotint. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Very fine.
Rear Admiral Samuel Barrington RN (1729 — 1800) British Admiral whose career spanned 50 years served in the Mediterranean against North African Corsairs, off the West African coast, off France and in the Channel. He accompanied Commordore Keppel to North America in 1755 and again served with Keppel in 1761 at Belle-Isle. He served as a Captain in the Channel for many years when in 1778 was advanced to Rear Admiral of the White and sent as Commander in Chief in the West Indies. Having been succesful in taking St. Lucia from the French he served in the West Indies for another couple of years after which in 1782 he returned to the Channel Fleet and served under Howe at the relief of Gibraltar.
CS 7. i. See Ref: 8465.
[Ref: 9325] £350.00
Benj.n Wilson Pinxit R. Earlom Sculp.
London, printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs, 20th Sept. 1779.
Mezzotint. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Very fine.
Rear Admiral Samuel Barrington RN (1729 — 1800) British Admiral whose career spanned 50 years served in the Mediterranean against North African Corsairs, off the West African coast, off France and in the Channel. He accompanied Commordore Keppel to North America in 1755 and again served with Keppel in 1761 at Belle-Isle. He served as a Captain in the Channel for many years when in 1778 was advanced to Rear Admiral of the White and sent as Commander in Chief in the West Indies. Having been succesful in taking St. Lucia from the French he served in the West Indies for another couple of years after which in 1782 he returned to the Channel Fleet and served under Howe at the relief of Gibraltar.
CS 7. i. See Ref: 8465.
[Ref: 9325] £350.00
B. Franklin of Philadelphia.
[After James McArdell engraved Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1800's.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, losing part of title.
A three-quarter length portrait of Benjamin Franklin, holding his book on electricity, a lighting bolt hitting a village behind. We believe this is a 19th century later state of McArdell's mezzotint, without artist's and engraver's signatures and without the wart on Franklin's cheek. Possibly French. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
[Ref: 54806] £850.00
[After James McArdell engraved Benjamin Wilson.]
[n.d., c.1800's.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, losing part of title.
A three-quarter length portrait of Benjamin Franklin, holding his book on electricity, a lighting bolt hitting a village behind. We believe this is a 19th century later state of McArdell's mezzotint, without artist's and engraver's signatures and without the wart on Franklin's cheek. Possibly French. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
[Ref: 54806] £850.00
D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricatis periculis clarus.
J.E. Haid sculp. [after Benjamin Wilson].
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00
J.E. Haid sculp. [after Benjamin Wilson].
A.V. 1778.
Scarce mezzotint. 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), wearing a wig, without spectacles. This is the scarce first version: two years later Haid re-engraved the plate, retaining the title but replacing the image with the portrait by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils, the more famous image of Franklin wearing spectacles and fur hat.
[Ref: 56455] £850.00
Mr Garrick in Hamlet. Act 1 Scene 4
B. Wilson Pinx.t J. McArdell Fecit
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, platemark 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. This print illustrates the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22 iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
B. Wilson Pinx.t J. McArdell Fecit
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, platemark 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. This print illustrates the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22 iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
Rogerus Long S.T.P. Aulae Pemb. Cantab. Custos. Astronomiae et Geometriae Professor Lowndesianus. R.S.S. A.D. 1769. Aetat. 89.
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet at top two corners. Crease through lower part of image.
Roger Long (1680 - 1770), divine and astronomer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, between 1733 and 1770. He constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people, showing the movements of the planets and constellations; it remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
[Ref: 6652] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet at top two corners. Crease through lower part of image.
Roger Long (1680 - 1770), divine and astronomer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, between 1733 and 1770. He constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people, showing the movements of the planets and constellations; it remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
[Ref: 6652] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Roger Long, D.D. F.R.S.
B. Wilson, pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving, plate 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Good margins top and bottom. Small margins left and right. Foxing in margins and holes in right margin where previously bound.
Half length portrait of Roger Long, in an oval dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and a powdered bobwig on his head. Roger Long (1680 -1770) was an English astronomer, and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge between 1733 and 1770. A bit of a character he built a "water-work" in his garden and paddled round it on a water-cycle. He also constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people showing the movements of the planets and constellations which remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871
Wellcome: 1811.
[Ref: 57157] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson, pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving, plate 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Good margins top and bottom. Small margins left and right. Foxing in margins and holes in right margin where previously bound.
Half length portrait of Roger Long, in an oval dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and a powdered bobwig on his head. Roger Long (1680 -1770) was an English astronomer, and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge between 1733 and 1770. A bit of a character he built a "water-work" in his garden and paddled round it on a water-cycle. He also constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people showing the movements of the planets and constellations which remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871
Wellcome: 1811.
[Ref: 57157] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Rogerus Long S.T.P. Aulae Pemb. Cantab. Custos. Astronomiae et Geometriae Professor Lowndesianus. R.S.S. A.D. 1769. Aetat. 89.
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
[Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom
Roger Long (1680 - 1770), divine and astronomer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, between 1733 and 1770. He constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people, showing the movements of the planets and constellations; it remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
CS 39, unlisted state with publication line removed.
[Ref: 62767] £380.00
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
[Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom
Roger Long (1680 - 1770), divine and astronomer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, between 1733 and 1770. He constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people, showing the movements of the planets and constellations; it remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
CS 39, unlisted state with publication line removed.
[Ref: 62767] £380.00
Roger Long, D.D. F.R.S.
B. Wilson pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving. 171 x 107mm. 6¾ x 4¼".
Roger Long (1680-1770) was a Divine and astronomer. He was a versatile person, serving as an astronomer, country vicar and teacher. He was master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1734 to 1770, and was first Professor of Astronomy and Geometry from 1750. He arranged for a planetarium to be built in the grounds of Pembroke College. fter Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist.
W: 1811.
[Ref: 24606] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson pinx. T. Cook, sculp.
Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Engraving. 171 x 107mm. 6¾ x 4¼".
Roger Long (1680-1770) was a Divine and astronomer. He was a versatile person, serving as an astronomer, country vicar and teacher. He was master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1734 to 1770, and was first Professor of Astronomy and Geometry from 1750. He arranged for a planetarium to be built in the grounds of Pembroke College. fter Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist.
W: 1811.
[Ref: 24606] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene IV.
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir George Savile Bar.t.]](jpegs/50433.jpg)
[Sir George Savile Bar.t.]
[Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.]
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.]
Etching and engraving, scarce proof before all letters. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 50433] £380.00
[Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.]
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.]
Etching and engraving, scarce proof before all letters. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 50433] £380.00
Sir George Savile Bar.t
Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.
Etching and engraving. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight creasing in title area.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. He entered the House of Commons for Yorkshire in 1759 and was a liberal. He backed moves to relieve the restriction on Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters. He also defended the action of the American colonists. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 53677] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.
Etching and engraving. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight creasing in title area.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. He entered the House of Commons for Yorkshire in 1759 and was a liberal. He backed moves to relieve the restriction on Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters. He also defended the action of the American colonists. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 53677] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![Lady Stanhope [Lady Ann de Delaval Stanhope].](jpegs/53721.jpg)
Lady Stanhope [Lady Ann de Delaval Stanhope].
Painted by Benjamin Wilson. Engraved by James Basire, 1771.
Published According to Act of Parliament, May, yr.1st.1772.
Proof engraving. Plate 515 x 350mm (20¼ x 16"), with large margins. Creases and tears to margins. Small hole in the edge of the platemark on the left bottom. Title and publication line slightly faded. Slightly foxed.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope. Skull on table.
[Ref: 53721] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Benjamin Wilson. Engraved by James Basire, 1771.
Published According to Act of Parliament, May, yr.1st.1772.
Proof engraving. Plate 515 x 350mm (20¼ x 16"), with large margins. Creases and tears to margins. Small hole in the edge of the platemark on the left bottom. Title and publication line slightly faded. Slightly foxed.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope. Skull on table.
[Ref: 53721] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Swift. Cives aliquos virtutibus pares, & habemus & habebimus, gloria neminem. Plin. Epist..
B. Wilson Fecit 1751.
Etching, sheet 165 x 95mm (6½ x 3¾"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Chiefly remembered as author of 'Gulliver's Travels' (first published 1726 and now perhaps the most-read of all eighteenth-century literary works) and as a satirist has few rivals in the English language. Epigram from Pliny's 'Epistles' below. Original etching by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 42099] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson Fecit 1751.
Etching, sheet 165 x 95mm (6½ x 3¾"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Chiefly remembered as author of 'Gulliver's Travels' (first published 1726 and now perhaps the most-read of all eighteenth-century literary works) and as a satirist has few rivals in the English language. Epigram from Pliny's 'Epistles' below. Original etching by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 42099] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
William Tempest. F.R.S. Aet. 70.
Painted & etched by B.Wilson.
[n.d. c.1752].
Etching. 190 x 100mm.
[1682 - 1761]. Very fine copy of the frontispiece to 'Chronology' 1752. Etched by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 6655] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted & etched by B.Wilson.
[n.d. c.1752].
Etching. 190 x 100mm.
[1682 - 1761]. Very fine copy of the frontispiece to 'Chronology' 1752. Etched by Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. His printmaking technique has been described as showing 'great skill at Rembrandtesque cross-hatching' (Graciano 169).
Andrew Graciano ed. 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society 2012).
[Ref: 6655] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Vestal Virgin.]](jpegs/62773.jpg)
[A Vestal Virgin.]
B. Wilson delin. W.m Humphrey fecit.
[London: Robert Sayer, c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, fine impression. 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line. Very slight crease on right.
A young woman wearing a cloak and veil, holding a pitcher and looking back over her shoulder at an incense brazier;
[Ref: 62773] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson delin. W.m Humphrey fecit.
[London: Robert Sayer, c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, fine impression. 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line. Very slight crease on right.
A young woman wearing a cloak and veil, holding a pitcher and looking back over her shoulder at an incense brazier;
[Ref: 62773] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Watson-Wentworth] The Right Noble Charles Marquis of Rockingham, &c. &c.](jpegs/62704.jpg)
[Charles Watson-Wentworth] The Right Noble Charles Marquis of Rockingham, &c. &c. 1.
[engraved by Richard Houston after Benjamin Wilson.]
Printed for R. Sayer, Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck, near Sergeants Inn Fleet Street, London [n.d., c.1760].
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, some creasing in bottom left corner.
Three quarter length portrait of Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-82), 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, standing in profile to the left. Rockingham was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister, in 1765-6 and 1782. For this third state a Garter star has been added to his jacket.
CS 104, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 62704] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by Richard Houston after Benjamin Wilson.]
Printed for R. Sayer, Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck, near Sergeants Inn Fleet Street, London [n.d., c.1760].
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, some creasing in bottom left corner.
Three quarter length portrait of Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-82), 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, standing in profile to the left. Rockingham was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister, in 1765-6 and 1782. For this third state a Garter star has been added to his jacket.
CS 104, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 62704] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Revd: Mr: William Whiston Born 9 Decemr. 1667. Died Augt. 22d. 1752.
B. Wilson Fecit 1753.
Etching, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Occasional spotting; a fine impression with full margins.
William Whiston (1667 - 1752), mathematician and divine. By Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, also etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt. He was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Not in BM. NPG: D8302. From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9638] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson Fecit 1753.
Etching, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Occasional spotting; a fine impression with full margins.
William Whiston (1667 - 1752), mathematician and divine. By Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, also etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt. He was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Not in BM. NPG: D8302. From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9638] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)