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![[Lady Christiana Collier] Cælia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.](jpegs/67977.jpg)
[Lady Christiana Collier] Cælia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London [engraved c.1765 but published c.1790].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on wove paper. Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Caelia, despairing over her dead bird, with a verse in English and Latin. The verse is part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of his girlfriend, named Lesbia rather than Caelia. In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. The engraver, George Graham, had emigrated to America by 1796 and is recorded working in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. It is likely that he put his name on a reworked plate, as John Bowles died in 1779, the year before the 16 year old Graham entered the RA School. Compare BM 1902,1011.2254 (proof before letters) and 1833,0610.19 (signed by Graham).
CS 2, ii of ii. Alexander p388-9. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67977] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinx.t. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London [engraved c.1765 but published c.1790].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), on wove paper. Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Christiana Collier in the character of Caelia, despairing over her dead bird, with a verse in English and Latin. The verse is part of Catullus 3, a eulogy to the pet bird of his girlfriend, named Lesbia rather than Caelia. In 1763 Christiana Gwyn (b.1749) married Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1732-1795), who was best known for destroying the American fleet in Penobscot Bay in 1779, the worst naval defeat of the Americans until Pearl Harbour. They divorced in 1772. The engraver, George Graham, had emigrated to America by 1796 and is recorded working in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. It is likely that he put his name on a reworked plate, as John Bowles died in 1779, the year before the 16 year old Graham entered the RA School. Compare BM 1902,1011.2254 (proof before letters) and 1833,0610.19 (signed by Graham).
CS 2, ii of ii. Alexander p388-9. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67977] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Erasistratus the Physician discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice.
Painted by B. West, Hist.l Painter to his Majesty. Engrav'd by Geo.g Graham.
Publish'd June 24, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall London.
Stipple and etching. Plate 323 x 391mm (12¾ x 15½"). Some creasing. Backed. Repaired hole in title area.
King Seleucus sits in a melancholy pose, supporting the head of his son Antiochus who lies in bed, attended by his physician; the patient looks towards Stratonice, who stands at the foot of the bed with four female attendants; a further four onlookers stand solemnly at the right behind a table with crown and staff. Engraving after the 1772 painting by Benjamin West (Birmingham Museum of Art).
[Ref: 29954] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by B. West, Hist.l Painter to his Majesty. Engrav'd by Geo.g Graham.
Publish'd June 24, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall London.
Stipple and etching. Plate 323 x 391mm (12¾ x 15½"). Some creasing. Backed. Repaired hole in title area.
King Seleucus sits in a melancholy pose, supporting the head of his son Antiochus who lies in bed, attended by his physician; the patient looks towards Stratonice, who stands at the foot of the bed with four female attendants; a further four onlookers stand solemnly at the right behind a table with crown and staff. Engraving after the 1772 painting by Benjamin West (Birmingham Museum of Art).
[Ref: 29954] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Poverty.
Rising Pinx.t. Graham Sculp.t.
London published 1st Aug 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 390 x 330mm. (15¼ x 13"), with wide margins. Vertical mark on left.
Young boy in tattered clothes sitting against a wall, facing right, holding his hat out to beg, with a basket beside him; after John Rising (1753 - 1817). John Rising entered the Royal Academy Schools in December 1778. He was a portrait painter in his own right but he also made copies after Joshua Reynolds's work and acted as a picture restorer.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Chaloner Smith 4.
[Ref: 28390] £380.00
Rising Pinx.t. Graham Sculp.t.
London published 1st Aug 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 390 x 330mm. (15¼ x 13"), with wide margins. Vertical mark on left.
Young boy in tattered clothes sitting against a wall, facing right, holding his hat out to beg, with a basket beside him; after John Rising (1753 - 1817). John Rising entered the Royal Academy Schools in December 1778. He was a portrait painter in his own right but he also made copies after Joshua Reynolds's work and acted as a picture restorer.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection. Chaloner Smith 4.
[Ref: 28390] £380.00
The Right Hon.ble John Earl of Bute &c.
Ramsay pinx.t. Graham sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼''), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) who served and Prime Minister from 1762-3.
[Ref: 48676] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Ramsay pinx.t. Graham sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼''), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) who served and Prime Minister from 1762-3.
[Ref: 48676] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Van Tromp.
Rembrandt Pinx. G. Graham Sculp.
London Published according to Act May 25 by Colnaghi & Co No 132 Pall Mall
Mezzotint, platemark 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Rare; slight damage on right.
Sir Cornelis Martinus Tromp, 1st Baronet (1629-91), Commander in chief of the Dutch and Danish navies, purportedly after Rembrandt. Chaloner Smith queries the figure portrayed as it does not resemble other portraits of Tromp. It may be a self-portrait of Rembrandt himself.
Charrington 55
[Ref: 43016] £390.00
Rembrandt Pinx. G. Graham Sculp.
London Published according to Act May 25 by Colnaghi & Co No 132 Pall Mall
Mezzotint, platemark 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Rare; slight damage on right.
Sir Cornelis Martinus Tromp, 1st Baronet (1629-91), Commander in chief of the Dutch and Danish navies, purportedly after Rembrandt. Chaloner Smith queries the figure portrayed as it does not resemble other portraits of Tromp. It may be a self-portrait of Rembrandt himself.
Charrington 55
[Ref: 43016] £390.00
Van Tromp.
Rembrandt Pinx. G.Graham Sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.] London Published according to the Act May 25 by Colnaghi & Co. No.132 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11") very large margins. Some creasing and foxing.
Portrait of a man looking to the front, he wears a cap and a cloak over armour, fastened by a chain.
Charrington 93 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65738] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rembrandt Pinx. G.Graham Sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.] London Published according to the Act May 25 by Colnaghi & Co. No.132 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11") very large margins. Some creasing and foxing.
Portrait of a man looking to the front, he wears a cap and a cloak over armour, fastened by a chain.
Charrington 93 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65738] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![The Young Nurse & Quiet Child [&] The Angry Boy & Tired Dog.](jpegs/13946.jpg)
The Young Nurse & Quiet Child [&] The Angry Boy & Tired Dog.
[G. Moreland pinxt. G. Graham sculpt.]
[London: Thomas Palser, 1813.]
Pair of stipples, trimmed to image and title. Images each c.210 x 160mm, 8¼ x 6¼".
A young girl sitting in a nursery, rocking her doll's crib in front of a fireplace, a doll's house in the left foreground. A boy in a landscape whips his dog, which cowers on the ground in front of a toy wagon which it is supposed to pull. After George Morland (1762/3 - 1804).
[Ref: 13946] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[G. Moreland pinxt. G. Graham sculpt.]
[London: Thomas Palser, 1813.]
Pair of stipples, trimmed to image and title. Images each c.210 x 160mm, 8¼ x 6¼".
A young girl sitting in a nursery, rocking her doll's crib in front of a fireplace, a doll's house in the left foreground. A boy in a landscape whips his dog, which cowers on the ground in front of a toy wagon which it is supposed to pull. After George Morland (1762/3 - 1804).
[Ref: 13946] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item