Grosvenor Prints

[Sarah Amherst and her older brother Jeffrey.]
Painted at Palermo by Robert Fagan Esq.r His Majesty's Consul General for Sicily and Malta. Engraved by Rob.t Dunkarton, 452, Strand.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Scarce mezzotint with engraved border. 320 x 345mm (12½ x 13½"). Tear touching plate at top, printers crease.
Two of the children of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, with a dog: the eldest son Jeffrey (1802-26) and Sarah Elizabeth (1801-76). Jeffrey died suddenly in Barrackpore, while his father was leading the Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6); Sarah also travelled to India with her parents, being a painter and botanical illustrator, known under her married name of Hay-Williams. This portrait was painted while Amherst was ambassador-extraordinary to the court of the Two Sicilies, 1809-11. Challoner Smith suggests this plate was never published.
CS: 3.
[Ref: 60210] £450.00

The Rev.d Gerrard Andrewes, D.D. Rector of St James Westminster.
Painted by J.Pocock. Engraved by R.Dunkarton.
London. Published Aug.st 22.d 1807, by Rob.t Dunkarton, No. 452, Strand.
Mezzotint. 510 x 340mm, 20 x 13¼". Some spotting.
The Very Revd Gerrard Andrewes (1750-1825): educated at Westminster School then Trinity College Cambridge; entered the Church; assistant master at Westminster; preacher at Magdalen and Foundling Hospital, Dean of Canterbury 1809, rector of St. James's 1802–25.
CS 4, I of II, title in open letters.
[Ref: 16374] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr James Brindley Engineer to his Grace the Duke of Bridgewater and to the Canal Navigations now Carrying on in different parts of the Kingdom.
F. Parsons Pinxt. R. Dunkarton fecit 1773.
[c.1820.]
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm. 18 x 13".
James Brindley (1716 - 1772), early civil engineer and canal builder, famous for the Bridgwater Canal and the viaduct where the canal went above a river (background to left). His right arm rests on a telescope. A later impression from the plate first published 1770, on wove paper, probably from the two volume folio 'Woodburn’s Gallery of rare Portraits, consisting of original plates, by Cecil, Deloram, Droeshout, Elstracke, Faithorne, ... &c' 1816. After Francis Parsons (1763 - 1804).
British Library: 003970702.
[Ref: 11734] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mr James Brindley Engineer to his Grace the Duke of Bridgewater and to the Canal Navigations now Carrying on in different parts of the Kingdom.
F. Parsons Pinxt. R. Dunkarton fecit 1773.
Publish'd Augst: 2d. by W. Shropshire, No: 158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm. 18 x 13". Vertical crease through image; closed marginal tears.
James Brindley (1716 - 1772), early civil engineer and canal builder, famous for the Bridgwater Canal and the viaduct where the canal went above a river (background to left). His right arm rests on a telescope; large urn over his left shoulder.
First published 1770 for the two volume folio 'Woodburn’s Gallery of rare Portraits, consisting of original plates, by Cecil, Deloram, Droeshout, Elstracke, Faithorne, ... &c'.
After Francis Parsons (1763 - 1804).
British Library: 003970702.
[Ref: 16221] £260.00

[Catherine Queen of Charles 2d.]
[Engraved by Dunkerton from a rare print by Faithorne.]
n.d., c.1815.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. Sheet: 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705) after Dirk Stoop's 1661 portrait of her before her wedding to Charles II in 1662.
[Ref: 43162] £450.00

P. Colquhoun Esq.r. L.L.D. &c. &c. &c.
Painted by S. Medley. Engraved by R. Dunkarton.
Published Feb.y 13. 1802 by R. Wilkinson No. 58, Cornhill.
Fine colour-printed mezzotint. Plate: 460 x 330mm (18 x 13''). Creasing. Small margins. Repair bottom right near margin.
A portrait of Patrick Colquhoun (1745-1820) who was a merchant in Glasgow and the founder of the Thames police.
[Ref: 48903] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rt. Rev.d John Fisher D.D. Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of the most Noble Orde of the Garter.
Painted by J. Northcote Esq.r R.A. Engraved by R. Dunkarton.
London, Published March 19-1811, by Wm. Cribb, 13 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, fine. Plate 502 x 351mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate. Laid on album sheet. Iron spot upper left.
John Fisher (1748-1825) was a Church of England bishop, serving as Bishop of Exeter then Bishop of Salisbury. Salisbury Cathedral in background behind.
NPG: D36931.
[Ref: 29065] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Gwyn] Miss Horneck.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by R. Dunkarton.
Publish'd Feb.y 20th.1778 by W.m Shropshire No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with narrow margins.
A portrait of Mary Horneck (c.1752-1840) kneeling, wearing a turban and a long dress with a sash tied around the waist. In 1769 Oliver Goldsmith met a widow, Hannah Horneck, and her daughters, Catherine and Mary, nicknaming Catherine 'little Comedy' and Mary 'the Jessamy bride'. Despite the 20-year age gap, Goldsmith became infatuated with Mary and she provided the inspiration for 'She Stoops to Conquer'. She married a Colonel Gwynn after Goldsmith's death. Catherine, Mary's sister, married the artist William Henry Bunbury.
Reynolds' oil is at Cliveden. CS 25, state iii.
[Ref: 54735] £420.00

Judas returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver to the Chief Priest and Elders. From the original Picture in the possession of J, Fanshaww Esq, to whom this Plate is respectfully inscribed by his much obliged and very obedient Servant, B.B. Evans.
Painted by Rembrandt. Engrav'd by R. Dunkarton.
Publish'd Jan.y 1 1791, by B.B. Evans, Poultry London.
A fine and rare mezzotint. 480 x 590mm (19 x 23¼") very large margins. Small tears in margins.
Judas kneeling on the on the ground, his hands joined in a gesture of abjuration, having thrown the thirty pieces of silver on the floor before the throne of the High Priest.
Charrington: 46 unidentified state.
[Ref: 51974] £590.00

Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress. From an original Picture in the possession of Dr. Thornton.
Hoffman pinx.t. Dunkarton sculp.t.
London published by Dr. Thornton June 1. 1805.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾").
Carl Linnaeus the elder, (1707-1778), a plant with a label attached in one hand, a shaman's drum in the other. An inscription on the drum reads 'Carolus Linnaeus a Lapponia redux aetat 30, anno 1737 / Mart Hoffman fecit.' An illustration from Robert Thornton's 'Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'. Other states give the engraver's name as Henry Kingsbury.
Chaloner Smith 8, state iii of iii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1778-2
[Ref: 36872] £850.00

Lot And His Daughter. From the Original Picture in the Collection of the Proprietor.
Arnould de Gelder Pinxit. Dunkarton Sculpsit.
Publsihed April 25th 1787, by John & Josiah Boydell. No. 90 Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint with large margins. Fine impression. Rare.
Lot and one of his daughters, in the cave in the mountains, sitting side by side. They are leaning towards each other as the goblet in his right hand falls into her left. He holds her chin, drawing her towards him. Lot is an Old Testament figure, a son of Abraham's youngest brother. On the destruction of Sodom, he was rescued with his family by divine intervention, but against instruction, his wife turned back to look at the city, upon which she turned into a pillar of salt.
Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein collection Sotheby's Lot 736, 13/11/97. Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36641] £350.00

William Shakespeare. From an original Picture formerly in the possession of Prince Rupert, Now in the collection of His Grace Archibald Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, &c. &c. at Marylebone Park London.
R. Dunkarton sculp.t
London Published by S. Woodburn, 1811.
Mezzotint, stamped on verso: Denstone College Library. Plate 158 x 108mm. 6¼ x 4¼". Crease.
Portrait of Shakespeare, aged 46, bust directed to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing a dark doublet embroidered with silvery threads, and a stiff, pointed ruff. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) dramatist and poet. From "Woodburn's Portraits of 100 Illustrious Characters".
CS: p.236-7.
[Ref: 24548] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Sigismunda. The original Picture in Oil by the late Mr. W.m Hogarth, and the Drawing from which this Print is made of the same size are both in the Collection of Mr. Sam.l Ireland, of Norfolk Street, who purchased them of Mrs. Hogarth in 1781. The Drawing wasmade by Mr. Edw.d Edwards, Assosiate of the Royal Academy & finsihed in April 1764 under the inspection of Mr. Hogarth, from whose pencil it received its last finishing touches about six months before his death. From this Drawing Mr. Basire the Engravr, began a Print but the death of Mr. Hogarth prevented its being finished.
Hogarth Pinx.t. Dunkarton Sculp.t.
London, Published Feb 1st 1793, by T.B. Freeman & Co. Strand, & Sold by Dickenson, New Bond Street, & Walker, Cornhill.
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 395 x 375mm (15½ x 14¾").
An illustration of a dramatic scene from Giovanni Boccaccio’s celebrated medieval novel, 'The Decameron'. The heroine, Sigismunda, holds a goblet sent to her by her father, Prince Tancred. Inside, is the heart of her dead husband, Giuscardo, one of Tancred’s servants. He has murdered him, enraged by their unsuitable secret marriage. This was Hogarth’s most deliberate attempt to prove that modern English painters could handle heroic themes as convincingly as the revered Italian old masters. But the picture received such harsh criticism that he almost completely abandoned painting for the last years of his life. For an open letter proof impression, see item ref: 36640.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36639] £450.00

Sigismunda. The original Picture in Oil by the late Mr. W.m Hogarth, and the Drawing from which this Print is made of the same size are both in the Collection of Mr. Sam.l Ireland, of Norfolk Street, who purchased them of Mrs. Hogarth in 1781. The Drawing wasmade by Mr. Edw.d Edwards, Assosiate of the Royal Academy & finsihed in April 1764 under the inspection of Mr. Hogarth, from whose pencil it received its last finishing touches about six months before his death. From this Drawing Mr. Basire the Engravr, began a Print but the death of Mr. Hogarth prevented its being finished.
Hogarth Pinx.t. Dunkarton Sculp.t.
London, Published Feb 1st 1793, by T.B. Freeman & Co. Strand, & Sold by Dickenson, New Bond Street, & Walker, Cornhill.
Mezzotint. Open letter proof impression. Platemark: 395 x 375mm (15½ x 14¾"). Thread margins.
An illustration of a dramatic scene from Giovanni Boccaccio’s celebrated medieval novel, 'The Decameron'. The heroine, Sigismunda, holds a goblet sent to her by her father, Prince Tancred. Inside, is the heart of her dead husband, Giuscardo, one of Tancred’s servants. He has murdered him, enraged by their unsuitable secret marriage. This was Hogarth’s most deliberate attempt to prove that modern English painters could handle heroic themes as convincingly as the revered Italian old masters. But the picture received such harsh criticism that he almost completely abandoned painting for the last years of his life.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36640] £450.00

[Henry Prince of Wales, Eldest Son of King James 1st.]
[Engraved by R. Dunkarton.]
[London: S. Woodburn, 1813-1814.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters on india laid paper, 355 x 265mm. 14 x 10½". A fine, rich impression.
Henry Frederick Stuart (1594 - 1612), first child of King James VI of Scotland (later King James I of England) and Anne of Denmark, was born on February 19, 1594, at Stirling Castle in Scotland. The pride of his parents, the heir apparent was groomed for kingship from the beginning. Henry was created Prince of Wales at Westminster in June 1610, the paragon of a prince: he was intelligent, well read, an excellent swordsman, an avid patron of the arts, and possessed of a strict sense of morality. In November 1612 Henry suddenly took ill and died, probably of typhoid fever, though rumours circulated that the Prince was poisoned. Here he is depicted in armour during a lance drill, a jousting tournament in the background. A copy of the engraving by Willem de Passe, by Robert Dunkarton (1744 - c. 1815). From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Another edition was published in 1830.
[Ref: 18062] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Prince of Wales, Eldest Son of King James 1st. Obit Novr. 6th. 1612 Aet 18. From an extreme rare Print by S. Pass.
Dunkerton sculp.t.
London: Pub. by S.Woodburn No.112 St. Martin's Lane.
Mezzotint, a fine, proof impression. Plate: 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins.
Henry Frederick Stuart (1594 - 1612), first child of King James VI of Scotland (later King James I of England) and Anne of Denmark, was born on February 19, 1594, at Stirling Castle in Scotland. In November 1612 Henry suddenly took ill and died, probably of typhoid fever, though rumours circulated that the Prince was poisoned. Here he is depicted in armour during a lance drill, a jousting tournament in the background. A copy after the engraving by Simon de Passe. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 469.
[Ref: 39819] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Young Anglers.
Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner. Engraved by R. Dunkarton.
Published June 1811 by J.M.W. Turner Queen Ann Street West.
Etching with mezzotint. Plate: 210 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½"), with large margins.
Three boys on the bank of a stream, with fishing tackle and a watering-can; on the opposite bank another angler beside a pollard-tree and a house in the distance. It is suggested the scene is Marylebone Fields, now part of Regent's Park.
1st published state
[Ref: 47750] £320.00

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