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Gulielmus Drummond de Hathornden Scotus, Historiographus et Poeta. Dedicated to the Right Honourable David Steuart Erskine, Lord Cardross L.L.D. F.R.S. F.S.A. by his much oblig'd, and most obedient Serv.t J. Finlayson.
Cornelius Johnson pinx.t J. Finlayson del.t. et fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliamet, 1766 Juny 1.st = Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Soho. [c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 381 x 280mm (15 x 11").
Portrait of William Drummond (1585-1649), Scottish poet & historian.
CS: 5, iii/iii.
[Ref: 30910] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Cornelius Johnson pinx.t J. Finlayson del.t. et fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliamet, 1766 Juny 1.st = Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Soho. [c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 381 x 280mm (15 x 11").
Portrait of William Drummond (1585-1649), Scottish poet & historian.
CS: 5, iii/iii.
[Ref: 30910] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lord Cardross.
J.Reynolds Pinx.t. J.Finlayson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 22.d 1765. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Price 5s.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm. Collector's stamp in inscription area.
David Steuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan when Viscount Cardross. A notable Scottish eccentric: his pertinacity helped in effecting a change in the method of electing Scottish representative peers, and in 1780 he succeeded in founding the Scottish Society of Antiquaries.
CS: 3, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
J.Reynolds Pinx.t. J.Finlayson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 22.d 1765. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Price 5s.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm. Collector's stamp in inscription area.
David Steuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan when Viscount Cardross. A notable Scottish eccentric: his pertinacity helped in effecting a change in the method of electing Scottish representative peers, and in 1780 he succeeded in founding the Scottish Society of Antiquaries.
CS: 3, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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J Donaldson delint. J Finlayson fect.
Publish'd May 1st. 1769.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 355 x 450mm. 14 x 17¾". Very scarce and fine.
Two smiths and a tailor gossiping, one leaning on his hammer, open-mouthed, the second pausing hammer in hand, agog to hear the news the tailor has rushed in to tell them. All three figures are caricatured. Illustrates Act 4 Scene 2 of The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare. After John Donaldson (1737 - 1801), a good impression with margins.
Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10565] £750.00
J Donaldson delint. J Finlayson fect.
Publish'd May 1st. 1769.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 355 x 450mm. 14 x 17¾". Very scarce and fine.
Two smiths and a tailor gossiping, one leaning on his hammer, open-mouthed, the second pausing hammer in hand, agog to hear the news the tailor has rushed in to tell them. All three figures are caricatured. Illustrates Act 4 Scene 2 of The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare. After John Donaldson (1737 - 1801), a good impression with margins.
Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10565] £750.00
Mr. Shuter, Mr. Beard & Mr. Dunstall, in the characters of Justice Woodcock, Hawthorn & Hodge. Love in a Village_Act 1st. Scene, 6.th.
J. Zoffany pinx.t J. Finlayson fec.t
Publish'd March 1:st 1768. Sold by Mr. Zoffany in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mr. Finlayson in Berwick Street, Soho, and Mr. Parker at No. 82, in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 457 x 554mm. 18 x 21¾". Trimmed inside the platemark on 3 sides. Slight creasing below Zoffany pinx.t
Whole-lengths, standing, Shuter, on the left, beats time to Beard, singing, with his right arm raised, at his feet is a dog; to the right is Dunstall, holding his hat in his hand, listening. Behind them on a table is a rifle, and on the wall is a painting of the 'Judgement of Solomon'. Edward Shuter (c.1728-1776), John Dunstall (d.1778), John Beard (c.1716-1791) in Love in a Village, the ballad opera composed and arranged by Thomas Arne. The English libretto, by Isaac Bickerstaffe, is based on Charles Johnson's 1729 play 'The Village Opera'. Arne's version was premiered at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden on 8 December 1762.
CS: 14. From Broadlands the Palmerston family.
[Ref: 27516] £480.00
J. Zoffany pinx.t J. Finlayson fec.t
Publish'd March 1:st 1768. Sold by Mr. Zoffany in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mr. Finlayson in Berwick Street, Soho, and Mr. Parker at No. 82, in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 457 x 554mm. 18 x 21¾". Trimmed inside the platemark on 3 sides. Slight creasing below Zoffany pinx.t
Whole-lengths, standing, Shuter, on the left, beats time to Beard, singing, with his right arm raised, at his feet is a dog; to the right is Dunstall, holding his hat in his hand, listening. Behind them on a table is a rifle, and on the wall is a painting of the 'Judgement of Solomon'. Edward Shuter (c.1728-1776), John Dunstall (d.1778), John Beard (c.1716-1791) in Love in a Village, the ballad opera composed and arranged by Thomas Arne. The English libretto, by Isaac Bickerstaffe, is based on Charles Johnson's 1729 play 'The Village Opera'. Arne's version was premiered at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden on 8 December 1762.
CS: 14. From Broadlands the Palmerston family.
[Ref: 27516] £480.00