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Puck, vide Midsummer Night's Dream.
Puck, vide Midsummer Night's Dream.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. Engraved by Charles Heath. Proof. Printed by McQueen.
London: Published March 1827, for the Proprietor by R. Jennings, Poultry.
Engraving. Plate 458 x 349mm (18 x 13¾"), very large margins, uncut.
A naked infant with faun's ears sat on a toadstool in a glade, his arms and legs outstretched and holding a sprig of flowers in his right hand; Titiana and Bottom lying amongst the trees in the background. Fagan maintains that this print was the work of two of Charles Heath's distinguished pupils, J.H. Watt and G. Doo. Engraved from a painting which Reynolds sold Boydell for his 'Shakespeare Gallery'. There is also a much smaller 1789 print of the same picture.
Hamilton: p.154. Heath: 1827.12. [p.229].
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Mrs Abington
Mrs Abington
Sr. Jos. Reynolds Pinx J. Wilson fec
[n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Frances Abington (1737-1815), actress. Born in lowly circumstances, Abington grew up in the slums around Drury Lane, and sold flowers and sang in Covent Garden as a girl. Along with other jobs she did when young (kitchenmaid, milliner's assistant), various accounts of her life hint at prostitution during her early years. After making a start as an actress in London her first professional success came while working in Dublin, rejoining Garrick's Drury Lane company where she established herself as one of the leading comedy actresses of her generation. She was also the mistress of at least two prominent figures. Engraving after the several portrait 'Mrs Abington as the Comic Muse' by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1764-8, hair and dress repainted 1772-3) now in Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. This was one of several portraits that Reynolds painted of Abington- he was an admirer and purchased twelve tickets for her benefit performance in 1772. Reynolds' portrait was a companion to his portrait of Sarah Siddons as 'the Tragic Muse'.
CS: 2. Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 42094]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Roxalana. Mrs. Abbington in that Character, in the Sultan.
Roxalana. Mrs. Abbington in that Character, in the Sultan. Sultan (alone) "She's not handsome, that is, what is call'd a beauty; get her little nose" "cock'd in the air, her laughing eyes, & the play of her features, have an". "effect altogether:_Who is it that lifts the curtain there?" Roxalana __ "Tis I". __
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
A fine stipple and etching. Plate 285 x 210mm. 11¼ x 8¼". Foxing.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character as Roxalana, an English slave in Isaac Bickstaffe's play 'The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio' She is, as a contemporary newspaper reported, 'in the act of drawing the Curtain when she surprises the sultan in his retirement'. Mrs Abington was rumoured to have spent her teenage years working as a prostitute. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, iii of iii. See 13807 for printed colour version.
[Ref: 21009]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Roxalana.
Roxalana.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple and etching, proof, title in open letters; 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"). Large margins.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character in Isaac Bickerstaffe's 'The Sultan'; appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, II of III. See Reg: 10601 for 1st state; & 10597 for 3rd state; for printed colour impression see ref. 13807 Harvard p.7: 45
[Ref: 16975]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Roxalana.
Roxalana. Mrs. Abbington in that Character, in the Sultan.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Shirwin.
London, Publish'd Feby. 1. 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours. 285 x 210mm. 11¼ x 8¼". Some mount burn. Unexamined out of frame.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character as Roxalana, an English slave in Isaac Bickstaffe's play 'The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio' She is, as a contemporary newspaper reported, 'in the act of drawing the Curtain when she surprises the sultan in his retirement'. Mrs Abington was rumoured to have spent her teenage years working as a prostitute. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, iii of iii. See 10597 & 10601.
[Ref: 13807]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Roxalana.]
[Roxalana.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.K. Sherwin.]
[London: J. Thane, 1791.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters, sheet 270 x 220mm. 10½ x 8¾". Trimmed to plate.
The famous comic actress Frances Abington (1737 - 1815) in character, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.77, I of III; for printed colour impression see ref. 13807
[Ref: 10601]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mrs Abington.]
[Mrs Abington.]
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching, sheet 182 x 135mm. Trimmed inside plate.
A rare and charming portrait of Frances Abington (1737 - 1815), famous comic actress. Etched by James Bretherton (1750 - 1799; fl.), dealer and publisher in London. Brother of Charles Bretherton, he is particularly associated with Henry William Bunbury, many of whose works he engraved and published. His stock of plates was auctioned in 1799. From the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7834]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Age of Innocence.
The Age of Innocence.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reyolds Engrv'd by J Grozer.
London, Published Feb.y 10th 1788 by W. Dickinson Engraver Bond Street.
Stipple with etching. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), very large margins.
A bare-footed young girl sitting under a tree, hands together on her chest, staring to the right, after a painting in the Tate since 1847 (N00307). The Tate records that ''it is very probably identifiable with a work exhibited by Reynolds at the Royal Academy in 1785, and entitled simply 'a little girl''' and that Sir Robert Edgcumbe, a Victorian descendant of Reynolds, identified her as the artist's great-niece Theophila Gwatkin (1782-1844).
Hamilton: pg. 141. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60317]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Allegro,
Allegro, "Come trip it as you go,/ "On the light fantastic toe. Milton.
Sir Josa. Reynolds pint. Lambertini sculpt.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple with etching in sepia. 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"), very large, uncut margins.
Female personification of 'Allegro', from the 1631 pastoral poem by John Milton,. She stands in a landscape with musicians and children in the background.
[Ref: 9566]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sir Jeffery Amherst,
[Sir Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the Most honorable Order of the Bath, Governor of Virginia...]
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit. 1766.
[Sold by Ryland and Bryer, at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill.] [n.d., 1766.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line, inscription area uncleaned. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with good margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal, wearing star and sash over armour in a landscape; his helmet on plan of Montreal before him. Arms below image. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada. Commander-in-Chief and Governor of North America, 1761. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92).
Chaloner Smith: 2. Goodwin: 38 i of v. Hamilton: pg.1.
[Ref: 61619]   £780.00  
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S.ir Jeffery Amherst,
S.ir Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most honorable Order of the Bath, Governor of Virginia, Colonel of His Majesty's 15.th & 60.th Regiments of Foot Lieutenant General, & Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America from 1758 to 1764.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. R.P [within image]
[n.d. c.1766]
Fine mezzotint, plate 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). With collectors stamp of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) below artist. Unexamined outside of frame.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797) resting his chin on his right hand, looking to left; wearing star and sash over armour, his helmet on plan of Montreal before him and landscape behind him. Amherst was an army officer and field marshal. Fought in North America 1758-61; governor of Virginia 1763.
Hamilton: Pg2.
[Ref: 58984]   £750.00  
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The R.t Hon.ble George Lord Anson.
The R.t Hon.ble George Lord Anson. Baron of Soberton, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Vice Admiral of Great Britain. Admiral of the Blue Squadron, & one of his Majesty's most Hon.ble Privy Council.
[After Sir Joshua Reynolds][Engraver James McArdell]
[Published by James McArdell] [n.d. c.1755]
Mezzotint proof before artist, engraver and publisher were added. Print 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Crease through middle.
Three-quarter length portrait of naval officer and politician George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), with his right hand on his hip and left resting on anchor, ship and foliage behind. He wears shoulder-length wig and embroidered coat and waistcoat. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. Anson went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years' War.
CS 2. Goodwin 43. Hamilton page 2.
[Ref: 58873]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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John Ash, M.D.
John Ash, M.D.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.", "Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A./Historical Engraver to his Majesty"
London Published March 1st. 1791 by E. Walker & Co. No. 7 Cornhill, and J.F. Tomkins, No. 49 New Bond Street.
Very rare stipple with etching in sepia, 640 x 400mm. 25¼ x 15¾". Crease to title area, damage to margin upper right. A fine impression.
Impressive and rare portrait of Dr John Ash FRS (1723 - 1798), physician at Birmingham, wearing robes and holding plans in his right hand; a statue of benevolence to right behind. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.2, IV. Wellcome: 112-1.
[Ref: 12897]   £360.00  
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[Thomas Ashton.] Insto Proepositis oblitus proeteritorum.
[Thomas Ashton.] Insto Proepositis oblitus proeteritorum.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. J. Spilsbury fecit.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 105 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Thomas Ashton (1716-1775) rector of St Botolph's Bishopsgate. Frontis to his "Sermons on several occasions" 1770.
CS 2.
[Ref: 44422]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Her Royal Highness Augusta, hereditary Princess of Brunswick & Lunenberg.
Her Royal Highness Augusta, hereditary Princess of Brunswick & Lunenberg.
J. Reynolds pinx. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob. Sayer. Map & Printseller near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.~
Mezzotint, 250 x 360mm.
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttell (1737-1813), daughter of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, and sister of George III. In 1764 she married Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick at St. James's Palace. During the Napoleonic Wars her husband died from wounds received in battle, and the princess returned to Britain in 1807, granted protection by George III. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
CS: p.1008.
[Ref: 4828]   £320.00  
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The Children in the Wood.
The Children in the Wood.
S.r Jos.ua Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson Fecit.
publish'd according to Act of parliament June 2.d 1772, by James Watson Queen Ann Street.
Rare mezzotint, rare scratched letter proof before title. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, repaired crack in image. Crease
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, taken to the woods by men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins. Behind, one of the men has killed the other.
[Ref: 58736]   £320.00  
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[Baccante with Young Faun.]
[Baccante with Young Faun.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by S.W.Reynolds.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Mezzotint, 350 x 255mm. Some cracking to margin, small crease top left.
A half-naked woman, believed to have been modelled by Emma Hamilton, carrying a faun. Rare.
WHITMAN: 437, State iv of v.
[Ref: 4829]   £320.00  
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Birth of Bacchus.
Birth of Bacchus.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. Salliar Sculpsit.
Publish'd June 24.th 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, N.º 90, Cheapside London.
Stipple. 355 x 280mm (14 x 11"), very large margins.
A nymph holds a bunch of grapes above the open mouth of the child Bacchus, as a goat watches. In the foreground is his thyrsus and a cup.
[Ref: 62302]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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John Barker Esqr.
John Barker Esqr.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Octr. 10th. 1786, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint, published state, image 580 x 380mm. 22¾ x 15". Trimmed to printed area; repaired tear on right; occasional pinholes.
Portrait of merchant John Barker (1707 - 1787), governor of the London Assurance Corporation. Seated at a tapestry-covered table, with his hand resting on a chart. Ramsgate harbour in the background. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton p.5, II of II.; CS: 5 (only state listed).
[Ref: 22389]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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The Honourable Samuel Barrington, Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of his Majestys Ships at the Reduction of St. Lucia.
The Honourable Samuel Barrington, Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of his Majestys Ships at the Reduction of St. Lucia.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt: Richd. Earlom fecit.
London, Printed for R.Sayer & J.Bennett, Map & Print-sellers, No.53, Fleet Street; as the Act directs, 12th. Feby. 1780.
Mezzotint. 378 x 279mm. 14" 7/8 x 11". Embossed collectors stamp for Ch. Kemeys-Tynte [Luft gives 1779-1860 as the dates although these may not be correct.] Repaired tear in lower margin.
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:6.ii. See Ref: 9325 in Addendum.
[Ref: 8465]   £250.00   (£300.00 incl.VAT)
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The Bedford Family.
The Bedford Family. From the original picture in the possession of the Dowager Countess of Jersey.
Sir Joshua Reynolds. Ja.s Scott.
London, Henry Graves & Comp.y 6 Pall Mall 1863.
Mezzotint with large margins. Plate 306 x 254mm. 12 x 10".
The Duke of Bedford as St George, with his sword drawn, killing the Dragon, Lord John standing near, Lord William crouching; and Miss Vernon, as 'Sabrina', in a white dress. Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), politician and agriculturalist, John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord William Russell (1767-1840), murdered in his sleep by his valet, and Caroline Smith (b.1762), daughter of the secretary to the 4th Duke of Bedford, and wife to Robert Percy Smith.
[Ref: 24741]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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Elizabeth Countess of Berkley.
Elizabeth Countess of Berkley.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J.s McArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to act of parliam.t 1757 & sold at Golden head in Covent Garden.
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 320 x 225m (12½ x 8¾"). Laid on tissue. Small repaired tears in margins. Top left corner chipped.
Portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) of Elizabeth, Countess of Berkeley. She is standing half-length to front and leaning on a book on a table before her, looking to left. She is wearing a fur-trimmed mantle, and a dress with wide lace cuffs and ribbon bows on the bodice. Elizabeth Craven, more commonly known as Lady Elizabeth Berkeley was an author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, perhaps best known for her travelogues. She was the third child of the 4th Earl of Berkeley, born near Trafalgar Square in the English City of Westminster.
[Ref: 33815]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Her Grace Mary Dutchess of Ancaster and Kesteven.
Her Grace Mary Dutchess of Ancaster and Kesteven.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 615 x 380mm (24¼ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board. Narrow margins.
Full-length portrait pf Mary Bertie, duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (1735-c.1793), turbulent sea with ships in the distance. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
CS: 1, ii. Hamilton: p.78, ii.
[Ref: 52977]   £490.00  
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M.rs. Billington in the character of S.t. Cecilia, Engraved by M.r. Cardon from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
M.rs. Billington in the character of S.t. Cecilia, Engraved by M.r. Cardon from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Published by John Bull, Southampton Street, Strand, May 1.st. 1812.
Stipple. Sheet: 135 x 210mm, (5¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Half portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1765-1818), a British opera singer. After a painting by Johsua Reynolds on which Hayden is reported to have stated, 'You have made her listening to the angels; you should have made the angels listening to her.'
[Ref: 35524]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Colonel John Blackwood.
Colonel John Blackwood.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to T.R.H the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
London, Published May 1st. 1821 by the Engraver. 92, Norton Street Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins,
Col. John Blackwood (19thC); sitter turned and looking to the right, wearing military uniform. A handsome portrait. After an untraced portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Mannings (cat. 188) cites several appointments Reynolds had in 1755 with sitters surnamed Blackwood, but notes 'it is not entirely certain that they are... all with the same person'.
Hamilton undescribed.
[Ref: 21782]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The R.t Hon.ble Edward Boscawen,  Admiral of the Blue.
The R.t Hon.ble Edward Boscawen, Admiral of the Blue. Æt. 49. Engraved by C. Bestland. from a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Possession of Viscount Falmouth.
Published June 1 1803 by C. Bestland, West End, Hampstead.
Stipple. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼").
A half-length detail of the portrait of Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-61) by Reynolds, with the background removed.
[Ref: 48999]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Jacob.
Jacob. Son of the Hon.ble William Bouverie by Harriot Daughter of Sir Mark Pleydell Bart. Born the 4th of March 1750.
J. Reynolds Pinxt. 1757. Js. McArdell fecit.
[British, n.d., originally c.1757; this a later impression.]
Mezzotint with large margins, lettered state from the first plate; some retouching to the sitter's face. 350 x 255mm. 13¾ x 10".
Portrait of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1750 - 1828); whole-length standing, eyes to front; in 17th century costume with forefinger of his left hand in vest. Landscape behind to right. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792). Two plates were made of the same subject, this impression being from the second, traced directly from the published state of the first, and so reversed.
Chaloner Smith 25, only state. See Hamilton p.11, First Plate, state ii of ii. See item Ref: 22358 for an impression in reverse.
[Ref: 24074]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Bowles.
Miss Bowles.
Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Samuel Cousins, R.A.
London Published by P. & D., Colnaghi & C.o. 14. Pall Mall East _ T. M.c.Lean, 7, Haymarket and Grundy & Smith Exchange Street, Manchester 18.th. March 1875.
Mezzotint, on india, Printsellers' Association blind stamp Plate: 395 x 520mm (15½ x 20½"). Light foxing. Thread margins.
Jane Palmer (1772 - 1812) as a young girl, sitting whole-length on the ground, with both arms around the neck of a spaniel. Daughter of Oldfield Bowles of Oxfordshire, she married Richard Palmer in 1791. The original painting, in the Wallace Collection, has also engraved by William Ward as 'Juvenile Amusement'.
Whitman: 23, II of II.
[Ref: 39936]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lady Sarah Bunbury.]
[Lady Sarah Bunbury.]
[J Reynolds pinxt. E Fisher Sculpt.]
[Publish'd as the Act directs Nov: 8, 1766, & Sold by E . Fisher at the Golden head in Leicester Square.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 600 x 340mm (23½ x 14½"). Small margins, old ink mss in lower margin.
Lady Sarah Napier (1745-1826), noblewoman and society beauty, offering incense to the Graces.
A great-granddaughter of Charles II and daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, she married Charles Bunbury in 1762, shortly after which he commissioned this portrait. The marriage was not successful, and she was soon involved in affairs, becoming pregnant by her cousin Lord William Gordon.

CS: 6. Hamilton: p.87. The painting is now in the Kimball Collection, Art Institute of Chicago.
[Ref: 46337]   £680.00  
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The Right Hon.ble Edmund Burke.
The Right Hon.ble Edmund Burke.
Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A. pinx.t 1775. M. Benedetti sculp.t Pupil to F. Bartolozzi RA.
Pub.d by C. Dyer Compton Str.t Soho [n.d., c.1791].
Stipple. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, stains in edges at bottom
Edmund Burke (1729-97), Anglo-Irish statesman, known as the 'The British Cicero'. Originally published by Benedetti in 1791.
[Ref: 62075]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Edmund Burke, Esq.r.
Edmund Burke, Esq.r.
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by James Watson.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 3d Oct.r 1771.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), an Anglo-Irish statesman known as 'The British Cicero', described by Churchill as 'perhaps the greatest man that Ireland has produced'.
Hamilton: p.13, in between ii and iii. See CS: 20, in between ii and iii.
[Ref: 7490]   £320.00  
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Richard Burke Obit. Aug. 2. 1794. AT. 36.
Richard Burke Obit. Aug. 2. 1794. AT. 36. As precious Gums are not for Common fire, / They but perfume the Temple and expire; / So was he soon exhaled and vanish'd hence / A short sweet Odour at a Vast expence.
Joshua Reynolds Eq.s Pinx.t. James Ward Sculp.t Painter & engraver in Mezzotinto to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Pub. July 5, 1800 by Mess.rs Wards & C.o N.º 6, Newman Street, London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Small margins. Horizontal central crease.
Half-length portrait of Richard Burke (1758-1794), son of Edmund Burke. When Edmund resigned as MP for Malton (after failing to impeach Warren Hastings), Richard took his place but died of tuberculosis soon afterwards.
CS 7. Frankau 12.
[Ref: 61372]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Lady Cadogan 1787.
Lady Cadogan 1787.
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published March 1st, by J. Dean Bentinck Street, Soho.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm. 17¾ x 13".
Lady Mary Cadogan (1750 - active 1797), eldest daughter of Charles Churchill. 2nd wife of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 3rd Baron and 1st Earl Cadogan; divorced 1796.
Chaloner Smith: 3, II of II. Hamilton: pg.87, II.
[Ref: 9563]   £320.00  
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[George Capell-Coningsby] George Viscount Malden & Lady Eliz: Capel.
[George Capell-Coningsby] George Viscount Malden & Lady Eliz: Capel.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds R.A. Engraved by C. Turner, Warren St. Fitzroy Square.
London, Pub.d July 14, 1817, by C. Turner, Warren St. Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 560 x 405mm (22 x 16"). Thread margins. Light foxing.
Full length portraits of George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex, (1757-1839) and his sister Lady Eliabeth Capel (1755 - 1834). George, standing on the left in Van Dyck dress, is directed slightly to the right, facing front, with a stick in his right hand and his left on his hip. Elizabeth seated at right, is directed and facing to left, with her arms extended across her body to the right, holding a garland of flowers. A large urn can be seen behind to the right, and landscape in the distance and Capel-Coningsby succeeded his father as 5th Earl of Essex, and served as Recorder and High Steward of Leominster in 1802, and as Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire from 1802 to 1817. He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1801, and received an honorary D.C.L. from Oxford University in 1810.
[Ref: 35399]   £320.00  
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[Lady Carpenter.]
[Lady Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), hair dressed high. A noted beauty, she was painted by Joshua Reynolds, Richard Cosway and Angelica Kauffman.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 56273]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lady Almeria Carpenter.]
[Lady Almeria Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Collector's stamp of Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) an associate of Richard Cosway and EMH.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 46175]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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His Grace the Duke of Portland.
His Grace the Duke of Portland.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Murphy.
London, Publish'd March 31st; 1785, by Wm. Austin Drawing Master & Print-Merchant at No 41 St. James's Street, & for the Engraver by W. Dickinson, No.158 Bond Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letters, 505 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Age toned; slight surface scratching.
William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland, (1738 – 1809), statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility - that of Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. Cavendish was owner of the "Portland Vase" when it was copied by Josiah Wedgwood and subsquently placed it in the British Museum on loan until the Museum purchased the vase in 1945.
Hamilton: pg.55. Chaloner Smith: 13, II.
[Ref: 17787]   £320.00  
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[His Grace the Duke of Portland.]
[His Grace the Duke of Portland.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Murphy.]
[London, published by William Austin 1785.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, 507 x 353mm. Paper generally soiled, mezzotint rubbed and scuffed, with creases in image upper and lower left.
William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland, (1738 – 1809), statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility - that of Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. Possibly an undescribed working proof, before the lettering 'India Bill' inscribed on the piece of paper held in the sitter's left hand. Artist and engraver's names faintly added in ink below portrait.
Hamilton: pg.55. Chaloner Smith: 13, unrecorded state. Provenance: John Murphy's granddaughter (according to pencil note on verso).
[Ref: 7692]   £320.00  
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[Sir William Chambers
[Sir William Chambers Engraved from the Original Picture in the Council Chamber of the Royal Academy]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx]
[published c.1796-1810]
Stipple, platemark 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Thread margins; unfinished proof. Touched proof with pencil marks to upper part of image.
Sir William Chambers (1722 - 1796), architect. Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, Chambers worked initially for the Swedish East India Company, travelling to China where he studied Chinese architecture and decoration. Returning to Europe, he studied architecture in Paris and Italy before moving to London in 1755. Chambers is best remembered for designing and building Somerset House, a project he worked on from 1775 to 1795. He was a founder member of the Royal Academy and was its first Professor of Architecture. Engraved after the portrait c.1780 by Sir Joshua Reynolds (London, Royal Academy of Arts), and cropping the composition so that the Strand facade of Somerset House, clearly visible in the painting, is unidentifiable here.
[Ref: 36924]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Anthony Chamier Esq.e M.P. F.R.S. Under Secretary of State
Anthony Chamier Esq.e M.P. F.R.S. Under Secretary of State from an Original Picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of John Chamier Esq.e.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Engraved by W.m Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York [c.1800]
Mezzotint, platemark 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Collector's stamp of Mrs E.M. Hamilton and Martin Erdmann (d. circa 1937) verso.
Anthony Chamier (1725-80), financier and government official. Chamier had no political ambitions, however, and preferred London's literary society: Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds were frequent visitors to his house in Epsom. This mezzotint is taken from one of the three portraits which Reynolds painted of him (painted 1767, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). This impression formerly in the collection of Martin Erdmann, New York-based banker and collector, particularly of British eighteenth century mezzotints, in which area he acquired 'one of the most remarkable collections known, both for quantity and quality of impressions' (Lugt).
L.885b (Erdmann) and undescribed (Hamilton). Frankau: 54.
[Ref: 46861]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Lady Smyth.]
[Lady Smyth.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A.
Publish'd Mar. 15 1789, by F. Bartolozzi & C.o.
Stipple with etching, proof before title, 18th century watermark; 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾") with small margins. Repaired nicks in margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Charlotte, Lady Smyth (1776-1823), seated wearing black broad-brimmed hat with white feathers and black transparent shawl, with her two daughters holding their brother up between them.
De Vesme 1221 iii of iv. Provenance Brussels Gentleman's Club.
[Ref: 60347]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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The Honourable Francis Charteris Esqr.
The Honourable Francis Charteris Esqr.
J. Reynolds pinxt. Rd. Houston fecit.
[n.d. c.1757.]
Mezzotint, with large margins. Plate 330 x 228mm. 13 x 9".
Francis Wemyss Charteris (1723-1808) was a Scottish landowner, 6th Earl of Wemyss. His elder brother David, Lord Elcho, was implicated in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and was attainted in 1746, and died childless in 1787, therefore Charteris inherited the title as 7th Earl of Wemyss.
Hamilton: p.17, ii. CS: 27, ii.
[Ref: 24767]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.]
[The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.]
J. Reynolds pin.t. Gio. Marchi Sc.t
[Sold by Ryland, Bryer & Co. in Cornhill, c.1780]
Mezzotint, platemark 505 x 360mm (19¾ x 14"), with large margins. Some repairs on left, but a very fine early impression.
Lady Hester Frances Bellingham (1763 - 1844), daughter of Robert Cholmondeley, carrying a shagggy toy terrier across a stream. She married Sir William Bellingham, baronet, in 1783. The plate has been re-worked.
CS 3 (undescribed state); Hamilton: p.90 ii/iii; for later states see refs. 4838 and 9619.
[Ref: 46864]   £580.00  
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[The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.]
[The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.]
[Reynolds pinx.t. Marchi fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland, Bryer & Co. in Cornhill] [n.d., c.1763].
Proof before letters. Mezzotint, 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with very large margins. Repaired tear bottom left.
Lady Hester Frances Cholmondeley (1763 - 1844) as a child, wading across a stream in bare feet, carrying a shaggy white dog. The daughter of Robert Cholmondeley and granddaughter of George, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, she married Sir William Bellingham in 1783.
Chaloner Smith I of II. Hamilton I of III.
[Ref: 61485]   £480.00  
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[The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.]
[The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.]
Reynolds pinx.t. Marchi fecit.
Sold by Ryland, Bryer & Co. in Cornhill [n.d., c.1783].
Mezzotint, 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Some foxing in title. Small margins.
Lady Hester Frances Cholmondeley (1763 - 1844) as a child, wading across a stream in bare feet, carrying a shaggy white dog. The daughter of Robert Cholmondeley and granddaughter of George, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, she married Sir William Bellingham in 1783. First published in 1768, the plate has been re-worked for this issue, which was probably to celebrate her marriage.
Chaloner Smith: 3, undescribed state. Hamilton: pg.90, undescribed state.
[Ref: 51168]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.
The Honourable Miss Cholmondeley.
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. Gi.i.Marchi sculp.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament August ye 22. 1768 by Ryland, Bryer & Co. in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 505 x 305mm (19¾ x 12"). Some toning of paper, title marked.
CS: 3.
[Ref: 4838]   £420.00  
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The Marlborough Family.
The Marlborough Family.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by C.Turner, A.R.A.
London, Published May 1st. 1838, by Mr.Turner, No.50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, proof on india paper. 445 x 390mm.
The parents, six children, two King Charles spaniels and a whippet.
CS: 55.
[Ref: 4860]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Cornelia and her Children.
Cornelia and her Children.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. Charles Wilkin Sculpt.
Published Jan: 2. 1792, by C. Wilkin, No. 12 Ranelagh Street Pimlico.
Stipple and etching, 505 x 390mm. 19¾ x 15¼". A fine impression, with full margins.
Lady Augusta Anne Cockburn (c.1749 - 1837), 2nd wife of Sir James Cockburn, Bart. (MP for Peebles), with her children. A parrot to right, pillar and curtains behind. Eight lines of tribute to left and right of title, in English and French. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Hamilton: pg.91, II of II.
[Ref: 13244]   £360.00  
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[Lady Christiana Collier]
[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meae puellae...
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1780]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. The portrait is also known by the title 'Celia Lamenting her Dead Sparrow' or 'Chloe Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.'
CS 32 II of II. See also reference 61600.
[Ref: 61583]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Caelia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.
Caelia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow. Ah! stretch'd in Death my Coelias' Sparrow lies...
J. Reynolds pinxt. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d. c.1800]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Two brown spots in publication area.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. Lettered with title and three lines from Catullus in English and Latin.
See also reference 61583.
[Ref: 61600]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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