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The Countess of Ossory.
W: Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d. c. 1680-7.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins. Slightly time stained.
An almost full length portrait of Emilie de Nassau (c.1635-88), Countess of Ossory, seated by a tree petting a little dog with a castle in the distance. She moved to England after her marriage to Lord Thurles, who became the earl of Ossory in 1662. Emilie served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Braganza soon after she arrived in England until the death of the queen's husband Charles II. She was renowned for her beauty and sat for her portrait by Wissing, who painted numerous portraits of British Royals.
CS 83 only state.
[Ref: 56238] £490.00
W: Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d. c. 1680-7.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins. Slightly time stained.
An almost full length portrait of Emilie de Nassau (c.1635-88), Countess of Ossory, seated by a tree petting a little dog with a castle in the distance. She moved to England after her marriage to Lord Thurles, who became the earl of Ossory in 1662. Emilie served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Braganza soon after she arrived in England until the death of the queen's husband Charles II. She was renowned for her beauty and sat for her portrait by Wissing, who painted numerous portraits of British Royals.
CS 83 only state.
[Ref: 56238] £490.00
His Highness Prince George.
W.Wissing Pinxit. I.Beckett fecit.
E.Cooper ex.: [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10").
Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), prince consort of Queen Anne. The plate was later re-engraved to make the sitter Anne-Jules, duc de Noailles (1650-1708).
CS: 42, state i of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6665] £350.00
W.Wissing Pinxit. I.Beckett fecit.
E.Cooper ex.: [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10").
Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), prince consort of Queen Anne. The plate was later re-engraved to make the sitter Anne-Jules, duc de Noailles (1650-1708).
CS: 42, state i of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6665] £350.00
Maria Beatrix Magnae Britanniae Occ. Regina Ser.ma Laurae Mutinen et Rhegy Ducissae In obsequy pignus Humillimus & addictissimus Servus Jo. Jacobus de Rubeis
Jo. Blondeau Sculp. Antwerp [after William Wissing]
Romae ex Officina Jo. Jacobi de Rubeis ad Templus S.M. de Pace cu Pri. S.P. [n.d., c.1786]
Engraving with large margins, platemark 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"). Fine.
Portrait of Mary of Modena (1658-1718), half length in an oval, hair in curls, wearing necklace. Mary of Modena, Queen of James II, was daughter of Alfonso IV, and she was mother of James Francis Edward, the 'Old Pretender'. Her support of James II's Catholicism, and the birth of Jame Francis Edward, led to the invitation to William of Orange to assume the British throne.
O'D: 22
[Ref: 27288] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Jo. Blondeau Sculp. Antwerp [after William Wissing]
Romae ex Officina Jo. Jacobi de Rubeis ad Templus S.M. de Pace cu Pri. S.P. [n.d., c.1786]
Engraving with large margins, platemark 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"). Fine.
Portrait of Mary of Modena (1658-1718), half length in an oval, hair in curls, wearing necklace. Mary of Modena, Queen of James II, was daughter of Alfonso IV, and she was mother of James Francis Edward, the 'Old Pretender'. Her support of James II's Catholicism, and the birth of Jame Francis Edward, led to the invitation to William of Orange to assume the British throne.
O'D: 22
[Ref: 27288] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[James Scott, Duke of Monmouth] Jacobus D.G. Monumethensium et Buccluchen [...]
WW [after William Wissing]
Ex Formis Ludovici Renard Cum Privil: Praepotensis: Ord: General
Engraving, sheet 365 x 270mm (14¼ x 10½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to album sheet with hand-drawn border. Rare.
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), English nobleman and the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter. Scott was executed after making an unsuccessful attempt to depose his uncle, King James II, commonly called the Monmouth Rebellion.
[Ref: 37363] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
WW [after William Wissing]
Ex Formis Ludovici Renard Cum Privil: Praepotensis: Ord: General
Engraving, sheet 365 x 270mm (14¼ x 10½"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to album sheet with hand-drawn border. Rare.
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), English nobleman and the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter. Scott was executed after making an unsuccessful attempt to depose his uncle, King James II, commonly called the Monmouth Rebellion.
[Ref: 37363] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Catherine Sedley] Madam Sidley.
W Wissing pinx: cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
Sold by E Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford str.t [n.d. c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 177mm (9½ x 7"), with wide margins. Staining in margin.
Catharine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657-1717) was the mistress of James II and in 1686 was created Baroness Darlington and Countess of Dorchester. In 1696 she married Sir David Colyear, later Earl of Portmore. First published c.1680.
CS: 52: iii/iii.
[Ref: 30917] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W Wissing pinx: cum Privilegio Regis. R Williams fe:
Sold by E Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford str.t [n.d. c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 177mm (9½ x 7"), with wide margins. Staining in margin.
Catharine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657-1717) was the mistress of James II and in 1686 was created Baroness Darlington and Countess of Dorchester. In 1696 she married Sir David Colyear, later Earl of Portmore. First published c.1680.
CS: 52: iii/iii.
[Ref: 30917] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Gulielmus D.G. Angliae Rex & ct.
W. Wissing and I. Vandervaart pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 413 x 248mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate.
Full-length portrait of William III (1650-1702), dressed in breastplate, sash, kilt and long boots.
CS: 274. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14812] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Wissing and I. Vandervaart pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 413 x 248mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate.
Full-length portrait of William III (1650-1702), dressed in breastplate, sash, kilt and long boots.
CS: 274. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14812] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Wilhelmus Henricus D.G. Prins van Orange.
Wissing Pinxit.
et excu[dit] J. Gole fecit.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼''). Trimmed, some text missing.
A portrait of William of Orange (1650-1702) who later reigned as William III alongside his wife Mary II of England following the Glorious Revolution in 1689.
[Ref: 48311] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Wissing Pinxit.
et excu[dit] J. Gole fecit.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼''). Trimmed, some text missing.
A portrait of William of Orange (1650-1702) who later reigned as William III alongside his wife Mary II of England following the Glorious Revolution in 1689.
[Ref: 48311] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Lady Williams.
W. Wissing pinx. I Beckett fe: E. Cooper Ex.
[n.d. c.1688.]
Scarce mezzotint. 406 x 249mm (16 x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate, edges scarred.
Lady Williams was a mistress of James II when Duke of York. Here she stands in front of a column and velvet curtain with one breast bared. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS 97: ii.
[Ref: 17351] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W. Wissing pinx. I Beckett fe: E. Cooper Ex.
[n.d. c.1688.]
Scarce mezzotint. 406 x 249mm (16 x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate, edges scarred.
Lady Williams was a mistress of James II when Duke of York. Here she stands in front of a column and velvet curtain with one breast bared. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS 97: ii.
[Ref: 17351] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Lady Williams.
W.Wissing pinx. I.Becket fecit.
Sold by John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside, London. [n.d., 1688.]
Mezzotint. Plate 330 x 251mm. 13 x 10". Trimmed to the plate. Wormhole in curtain tassels to left, horizontal crease, rubbed.
Mistress of the Duke of York. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS: 97: iv of iv.
[Ref: 19061] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W.Wissing pinx. I.Becket fecit.
Sold by John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside, London. [n.d., 1688.]
Mezzotint. Plate 330 x 251mm. 13 x 10". Trimmed to the plate. Wormhole in curtain tassels to left, horizontal crease, rubbed.
Mistress of the Duke of York. Walpole supposes her to be Margaret Kyffin, wife of Sir William Williams, Solicitor-General at the trial of the Seven Bishops in 1688.
CS: 97: iv of iv.
[Ref: 19061] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Guilielmus Wissing. Inter Pictores sui Soeculi celeberrimos nulli secundus, Artis suae non exiguum Deeus & Ornamentum, Obijt Sept: 10. An Aet: 31 D.ni 1687. Immodicis brevis est Aetas.
W Wissing pinx: J Smith fe. [1687]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Nick and stain in top right corner.
William Wissing (1656-87), portrait painter. Apprenticed to Sir Peter Lely, Wissing became one of the leading portraitists of the 1680s, in the period between the death of Lely and rise of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Wissing's career coincided with the vogue for mezzotint publishing, in which next to Kneller's, Wissing's works were the most widely reproduced (as in this self-portrait). Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work. In 1688 Smith became the regular engraver of Kneller's portraits.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 278 i/ii.
[Ref: 60247] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W Wissing pinx: J Smith fe. [1687]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Nick and stain in top right corner.
William Wissing (1656-87), portrait painter. Apprenticed to Sir Peter Lely, Wissing became one of the leading portraitists of the 1680s, in the period between the death of Lely and rise of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Wissing's career coincided with the vogue for mezzotint publishing, in which next to Kneller's, Wissing's works were the most widely reproduced (as in this self-portrait). Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work. In 1688 Smith became the regular engraver of Kneller's portraits.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 278 i/ii.
[Ref: 60247] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Guilielmus Wissing. Inter Pictores sui Soeculi celeberrimos nulli secundus, Artis suae non exiguum Deeus & Ornamentum, Obijt Sept: 10. An Aet: 31 D.ni 1687. Immodicis brevis est Aetas.
W Wissing pinx: J Smith fe. [1687]
Mezzotint, 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾") with small margins. Slightly foxed.
William Wissing (1656-87), portrait painter. Apprenticed to Sir Peter Lely, Wissing became one of the leading portraitists of the 1680s, in the period between the death of Lely and rise of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Wissing's career coincided with the vogue for mezzotint publishing, in which next to Kneller's, Wissing's works were the most widely reproduced (as in this self-portrait). Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work. In 1688 Smith became the regular engraver of Kneller's portraits.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 278 i/ii.
[Ref: 60249] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
W Wissing pinx: J Smith fe. [1687]
Mezzotint, 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾") with small margins. Slightly foxed.
William Wissing (1656-87), portrait painter. Apprenticed to Sir Peter Lely, Wissing became one of the leading portraitists of the 1680s, in the period between the death of Lely and rise of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Wissing's career coincided with the vogue for mezzotint publishing, in which next to Kneller's, Wissing's works were the most widely reproduced (as in this self-portrait). Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work. In 1688 Smith became the regular engraver of Kneller's portraits.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 278 i/ii.
[Ref: 60249] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)