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Agrippina, surrounded by her Children, weeping over the Ashes of Germannicus.
B. West R.A. pinxit, 1773, London. V. Green, Engraver in Mezzotinto to his Majesty Fecit. From the Original Picture in the Possession of A. Vesey.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Cheapside July 23. 1774.
Mezzotint, very rare open letter title, 610 x 430mm. 24 x 17". Margin with tears, one just into plate at right.
The widow Agrippina, seated, mourns with her head resting against an urn inscribed with her husband Germanicus's name, comforted by one of her daughters, who touches her neck. A naked boy stands at her feet, leaning back with his hand on his brother's head; behind two young women stand, their arms around each other. A young man beside them buries his head in his hands, another son at the left bows his head; a crown, laurels and a statue of an eagle in the right foreground. In 5 AD Agrippina married Germanicus, her second cousin and step-grandson of the Emperor Augustus. Agrippina had nine children by Germanicus, including the future emperor Gaius (Caligula). Agrippina was very popular among the Roman people, not least because of her marriage to the much-loved Germanicus, whose ashes she brought back to Rome after his death in the east in AD 21. Her strength and popularity aroused the suspicions of the emperor Tiberius and his right-hand man Sejanus, head of the Praetorian guards and she and her eldest son were banished to the Pontian islands on the Bay of Naples in AD 29. Four years later, following a beating so severe that she was blinded in one eye, Agrippina starved herself to death. Her popularity, however, ensured a decent burial, and she was laid to rest at Rome in the Mausoleum of Augustus After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 180, II of II. Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14844] £360.00
B. West R.A. pinxit, 1773, London. V. Green, Engraver in Mezzotinto to his Majesty Fecit. From the Original Picture in the Possession of A. Vesey.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Cheapside July 23. 1774.
Mezzotint, very rare open letter title, 610 x 430mm. 24 x 17". Margin with tears, one just into plate at right.
The widow Agrippina, seated, mourns with her head resting against an urn inscribed with her husband Germanicus's name, comforted by one of her daughters, who touches her neck. A naked boy stands at her feet, leaning back with his hand on his brother's head; behind two young women stand, their arms around each other. A young man beside them buries his head in his hands, another son at the left bows his head; a crown, laurels and a statue of an eagle in the right foreground. In 5 AD Agrippina married Germanicus, her second cousin and step-grandson of the Emperor Augustus. Agrippina had nine children by Germanicus, including the future emperor Gaius (Caligula). Agrippina was very popular among the Roman people, not least because of her marriage to the much-loved Germanicus, whose ashes she brought back to Rome after his death in the east in AD 21. Her strength and popularity aroused the suspicions of the emperor Tiberius and his right-hand man Sejanus, head of the Praetorian guards and she and her eldest son were banished to the Pontian islands on the Bay of Naples in AD 29. Four years later, following a beating so severe that she was blinded in one eye, Agrippina starved herself to death. Her popularity, however, ensured a decent burial, and she was laid to rest at Rome in the Mausoleum of Augustus After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 180, II of II. Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14844] £360.00
Alexander and Philip His Physician. From the Original Picture Painted by Mr Benjamin West; In the Collection of G.Stibbert Esq.r.
B.West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint, 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20½"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Nicks and repaired tears on large margins.
Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd Whitman: 171
[Ref: 60336] £490.00
B.West pinxit. Val: Green fecit.
Published Jan.y 1st 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Scarce mezzotint, 440 x 525mm (17¼ x 20½"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Nicks and repaired tears on large margins.
Alexander the Great in his tent, nursing his head.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd Whitman: 171
[Ref: 60336] £490.00
Antiope, Sleeping, Suprized by Jupiter in the Form of a Satyr. Jupiter sous la Forme d'un Satyre, Suprenant Antiope Endormie. To The Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine Reigning Duke of Bavaria, &c. &c. &c. This Plate Engraved by His Gracious Permission from the Original Picture in the Electoral Gallery in Dusseldorf, is dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants. Valentine Gree. Rupert Green.
Painted by Anthony Vandyke. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector General.
In Mons.r. Pigage's Catalogue of the Dusseldorf Gallery this Subject is N.o.22. Published Jan.y. 2.d.1792, by V. & R. Green Newman Street, London.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 610mm (20 x 24"), with wide margins. Some light foxing. Repaired damage in margins. Stain on right.
A sleeping Antiope, daughter of the river god Asopus, is approached by the god Zeus in the form of a satyr. Several cherubs play amongst the tree tops while an eagle, the symbol of Zeus, holds thunderbolts in its mouth behind the couple. No. 113 in Green's Catalogue of his Dusseldorf Gallery Exhibition.
Goodwin: 278
[Ref: 36537] £520.00
Painted by Anthony Vandyke. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector General.
In Mons.r. Pigage's Catalogue of the Dusseldorf Gallery this Subject is N.o.22. Published Jan.y. 2.d.1792, by V. & R. Green Newman Street, London.
Rare mezzotint. 510 x 610mm (20 x 24"), with wide margins. Some light foxing. Repaired damage in margins. Stain on right.
A sleeping Antiope, daughter of the river god Asopus, is approached by the god Zeus in the form of a satyr. Several cherubs play amongst the tree tops while an eagle, the symbol of Zeus, holds thunderbolts in its mouth behind the couple. No. 113 in Green's Catalogue of his Dusseldorf Gallery Exhibition.
Goodwin: 278
[Ref: 36537] £520.00
![[The Children of Joseph Baggaley Bradshaw.]](jpegs/42502.jpg)
[The Children of Joseph Baggaley Bradshaw.]
Jos. Wright pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. Scratched proof. Plate: 375 x 475mm (14¾ x 18¾"). Slight repair in lower title on right. Trimmed to plate and laid on card.
A group portrait of three children of Joseph Baggale Bradshaw shown holding a lamb in a rural landscape. After a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797).
CS: 141.
[Ref: 42502] £650.00
Jos. Wright pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. Scratched proof. Plate: 375 x 475mm (14¾ x 18¾"). Slight repair in lower title on right. Trimmed to plate and laid on card.
A group portrait of three children of Joseph Baggale Bradshaw shown holding a lamb in a rural landscape. After a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797).
CS: 141.
[Ref: 42502] £650.00
A Catechism.
Painted by J. Rising. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare mezzotint, open letter proof, inscription area partially uncleaned. Sheet 485 x 605mm (19 z 23¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Four children in a cottage interior, listening intently to a boy reading from a catechism.
Whitman: 286. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 54255] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Rising. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare mezzotint, open letter proof, inscription area partially uncleaned. Sheet 485 x 605mm (19 z 23¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Four children in a cottage interior, listening intently to a boy reading from a catechism.
Whitman: 286. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 54255] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Cave of Despair. From Spenser.
B. West, R.A. pinxit. Val. Green Engraver to his Mayesty, fecit.
Published, June 1st. 1775, by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint, uncleaned title area, 445 x 530mm. 17½ x 20¾". Few stains.
Illustrates Edmund Spenser's (1552? - 1599) epic poem 'The Faerie Queene': Despair, an old man, sits in ragged clothing on the ground with instruments of suicide at his left hand, the corpse of Sir Terwin beside him and a skeleton on the rocks behind. To left the Red Cross Knight holds a dagger to his own neck as Una rushes to stop him, a donkey beside her. After the painting by Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 190. Chaloner Smith undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14841] £450.00
B. West, R.A. pinxit. Val. Green Engraver to his Mayesty, fecit.
Published, June 1st. 1775, by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint, uncleaned title area, 445 x 530mm. 17½ x 20¾". Few stains.
Illustrates Edmund Spenser's (1552? - 1599) epic poem 'The Faerie Queene': Despair, an old man, sits in ragged clothing on the ground with instruments of suicide at his left hand, the corpse of Sir Terwin beside him and a skeleton on the rocks behind. To left the Red Cross Knight holds a dagger to his own neck as Una rushes to stop him, a donkey beside her. After the painting by Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 190. Chaloner Smith undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14841] £450.00
![[The Placing of Christ in the Sepulchre.]](jpegs/31115.jpg)
[The Placing of Christ in the Sepulchre.]
L. Caracci pinxit. Va. Green fecit.
Published March 25.th 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with large margins. Plate 508 x 369mm (20 x 14½") Damaged; repaired tear to lower left of image.
The dead Christ, propped in a sitting position in a landscape, with St John leaning inwards on the left holding a torch, the Magdalen crouching on the right, dipping one hand into a pot of ointment to anoint the body, the Virgin behind, clasping her hands together in sorrow, and Joseph of Arimathea standing beside a cherub on the right.
From Houghton Gallery. Ref: Whitman 188.
[Ref: 31115] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
L. Caracci pinxit. Va. Green fecit.
Published March 25.th 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with large margins. Plate 508 x 369mm (20 x 14½") Damaged; repaired tear to lower left of image.
The dead Christ, propped in a sitting position in a landscape, with St John leaning inwards on the left holding a torch, the Magdalen crouching on the right, dipping one hand into a pot of ointment to anoint the body, the Virgin behind, clasping her hands together in sorrow, and Joseph of Arimathea standing beside a cherub on the right.
From Houghton Gallery. Ref: Whitman 188.
[Ref: 31115] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Christ Tempted in the Desert. To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria, &c. &c. &c., This Plate Engraved by His Gracious Permission from the Original Picture in the Electoral Gallery of Dusseldorf, is Dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, Rupert Green. In Mons.r Pigage's Catalogue of the Dusseldorf Gallery this Subject is no 153.
Painted by Luca Giordano. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Published July 1st, 1797 by V. & R. Green, No 14, Percy-Street London.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished, scarce. 640 x 425mm (25¼ x 15¾"), watermarked 'HS & S 1822' very large margins. Nicks in edges of wide margins.
The devil, dressed as a Franciscan monk with bare, clawed feet, holds out bread to Jesus Christ. Valentine Green (1739-1813) was granted exclusive rights to publish engravings of the pictures in the Duke of Bavaria's Düsseldorf gallery in 1789. After publishing more than twenty plates the siege of Düsseldorf by the French put an end to the project and caused him losses that contributed to his bankruptcy in 1798. His son Rupert (c.1767-1804) worked with him between 1785 and 1798.
[Ref: 47706] £420.00
Painted by Luca Giordano. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Published July 1st, 1797 by V. & R. Green, No 14, Percy-Street London.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished, scarce. 640 x 425mm (25¼ x 15¾"), watermarked 'HS & S 1822' very large margins. Nicks in edges of wide margins.
The devil, dressed as a Franciscan monk with bare, clawed feet, holds out bread to Jesus Christ. Valentine Green (1739-1813) was granted exclusive rights to publish engravings of the pictures in the Duke of Bavaria's Düsseldorf gallery in 1789. After publishing more than twenty plates the siege of Düsseldorf by the French put an end to the project and caused him losses that contributed to his bankruptcy in 1798. His son Rupert (c.1767-1804) worked with him between 1785 and 1798.
[Ref: 47706] £420.00
![[Elizabeth Catherine ('Kitty') Clarke.]](jpegs/62755.jpg)
[Elizabeth Catherine ('Kitty') Clarke.]
E.F. Calze pinxit. Val.e Green fecit.
Published July 22 1771 [by John Boydell].
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, very fine impression, 18th century watermark; 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Thread margins; small hole near left edge & bottom centre repaired.
Elizabeth Catherine Hunter (died 1795), wife of Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke, commander of the British army in Georgia (1780), Governor of Jamaica (1784), Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army (1796), acting Governor-General of India (1798) and finally Commander-in-Chief of India (also 1798). They married in 1770, eight years after 'Kitty' had eloped with the married 10th Earl of Pembroke, with whom she had a son, Augustus Retnuh (Hunter backwards) Reebkomp (an anagram of Pembroke). Calse was a pseudonym for Edward Francis Cunningham.
CS 71, state i of ii. Whitman: 29 i of iii, before Boydell's name scratched on.
[Ref: 62755] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
E.F. Calze pinxit. Val.e Green fecit.
Published July 22 1771 [by John Boydell].
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, very fine impression, 18th century watermark; 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Thread margins; small hole near left edge & bottom centre repaired.
Elizabeth Catherine Hunter (died 1795), wife of Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke, commander of the British army in Georgia (1780), Governor of Jamaica (1784), Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army (1796), acting Governor-General of India (1798) and finally Commander-in-Chief of India (also 1798). They married in 1770, eight years after 'Kitty' had eloped with the married 10th Earl of Pembroke, with whom she had a son, Augustus Retnuh (Hunter backwards) Reebkomp (an anagram of Pembroke). Calse was a pseudonym for Edward Francis Cunningham.
CS 71, state i of ii. Whitman: 29 i of iii, before Boydell's name scratched on.
[Ref: 62755] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs Cosway.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Published by V. and R. Green, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, Sep.r 1st. 1787.
Very fine scratched letter proof mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with very large margins. Some foxing in margins. Slight repaired tear lower left.
A self-portrait of Maria Cosway (1759 - 1838), painter, miniaturist, draughtswoman, etcher, musician and educationalist.
CS 29. Whitman 130 I of III. Russell 1926 I of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65220] £380.00
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Published by V. and R. Green, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, Sep.r 1st. 1787.
Very fine scratched letter proof mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with very large margins. Some foxing in margins. Slight repaired tear lower left.
A self-portrait of Maria Cosway (1759 - 1838), painter, miniaturist, draughtswoman, etcher, musician and educationalist.
CS 29. Whitman 130 I of III. Russell 1926 I of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65220] £380.00
Scene in a Country Town at the Time of a Race.
Drawn by W. Mason Esq.r. Engrav'd by V Green.
Publish'd March 27th 1789 by F. Brydon, Printseller & Framemaker, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London.
A very large & rare etching, with hand colour. Sheet 445 x 600mm (17½ x 23¾"). Trimmed to plate; worm holes filled, mainly in title area.
A chaotic scene in a High Street, probably York as the artist William Mason was Canon Residentiary of York and Rector of Aston. A stagecoach and personal carriages crash into each other, much to the amusement of spectators looking from the windows of the Red Lion coaching inn. Adding to the noise are coach passengers beating a drum and blowing a trumpet, a fiddler and a ballad singer. Other figures include a gipsy woman sitting on the pavement, a Jewish pedlar clutching his box on the roof of the stagecoach and a man riding a racehorse through the melée. The BM's example is trimmed to the image, but has a 1908 report that gives the title and describes an earlier state, ''Publish'd July 26th 1783 by V. Green, N°29 Newman Street, Oxford Street & Sold by F Brydon, Printseller, N° 7, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London''. See Ref: 31344 for Frank Paton's Christmas Card design.
BM Satires 8243; Siltzer p.360; Not in Whitman list of Green's non-mezzotints.
[Ref: 54616] £950.00
Drawn by W. Mason Esq.r. Engrav'd by V Green.
Publish'd March 27th 1789 by F. Brydon, Printseller & Framemaker, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London.
A very large & rare etching, with hand colour. Sheet 445 x 600mm (17½ x 23¾"). Trimmed to plate; worm holes filled, mainly in title area.
A chaotic scene in a High Street, probably York as the artist William Mason was Canon Residentiary of York and Rector of Aston. A stagecoach and personal carriages crash into each other, much to the amusement of spectators looking from the windows of the Red Lion coaching inn. Adding to the noise are coach passengers beating a drum and blowing a trumpet, a fiddler and a ballad singer. Other figures include a gipsy woman sitting on the pavement, a Jewish pedlar clutching his box on the roof of the stagecoach and a man riding a racehorse through the melée. The BM's example is trimmed to the image, but has a 1908 report that gives the title and describes an earlier state, ''Publish'd July 26th 1783 by V. Green, N°29 Newman Street, Oxford Street & Sold by F Brydon, Printseller, N° 7, opposite Northumberland House, Charing Cross, London''. See Ref: 31344 for Frank Paton's Christmas Card design.
BM Satires 8243; Siltzer p.360; Not in Whitman list of Green's non-mezzotints.
[Ref: 54616] £950.00
Creusa appearing to Aeneas.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
[London Publysh'd Jan.y, 7, 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Scarce mezzotint, card 635 x 520mm (25 x 20½"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line and laid on card.
Aeneas, clad in armor, gazes upwards to the right as he steps forward, arms outstretched in an attempt to embrace Creusa. She hovers in mid-air, her body bare, a veil swirling around her as she looks down at him from the right. In the distance, the flames of Troy rage. A crudely reworked version published by Hannah Macklin.
Whitman 226. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65223] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
[London Publysh'd Jan.y, 7, 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Scarce mezzotint, card 635 x 520mm (25 x 20½"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line and laid on card.
Aeneas, clad in armor, gazes upwards to the right as he steps forward, arms outstretched in an attempt to embrace Creusa. She hovers in mid-air, her body bare, a veil swirling around her as she looks down at him from the right. In the distance, the flames of Troy rage. A crudely reworked version published by Hannah Macklin.
Whitman 226. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65223] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Creusa appearing to Aeneas.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
London Publysh'd Jan.y, 7, 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Scarce mezzotint, 550 x 430mm (22 x 17"), with large margins. Creasing and surface dirt. Tears in margins repaired with acid free tape.
Aeneas, clad in armor, gazes upwards to the right as he steps forward, arms outstretched in an attempt to embrace Creusa. She hovers in mid-air, her body bare, a veil swirling around her as she looks down at him from the right. In the distance, the flames of Troy rage. A crudely reworked version published by Hannah Macklin.
Whitman 226. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65221] £320.00
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
London Publysh'd Jan.y, 7, 1803, by H. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Scarce mezzotint, 550 x 430mm (22 x 17"), with large margins. Creasing and surface dirt. Tears in margins repaired with acid free tape.
Aeneas, clad in armor, gazes upwards to the right as he steps forward, arms outstretched in an attempt to embrace Creusa. She hovers in mid-air, her body bare, a veil swirling around her as she looks down at him from the right. In the distance, the flames of Troy rage. A crudely reworked version published by Hannah Macklin.
Whitman 226. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65221] £320.00
John D'Oyly Esq.
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
[n.d., 1770.]
Mezzotint, 520 x 380mm (20½ x 15"). Tiny foxing hole, slight wear bottom right margin.
Sir John D'Oyly (1702-73), the 4th and last D'Oyly baronet of Chislehampton, half-length, holding a map with a vignette of a lighthouse.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 158. CS 39.
[Ref: 55631] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
[n.d., 1770.]
Mezzotint, 520 x 380mm (20½ x 15"). Tiny foxing hole, slight wear bottom right margin.
Sir John D'Oyly (1702-73), the 4th and last D'Oyly baronet of Chislehampton, half-length, holding a map with a vignette of a lighthouse.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 158. CS 39.
[Ref: 55631] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Honble. Arch.d Douglas.]](jpegs/15814.jpg)
[The Honble. Arch.d Douglas.]
G. Willison pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
Publish'd Octr. 22nd 1770, by G. Willison Greek Street, Soho, London.
Proof mezzotint, scratched letters and publication line, 422 x 605mm 16½ x 23¾ inches. Minor rubbing, minor printing imperfection in the plate in Justice's robes, stains lower left. In the final state the engraving carries a dedication, "To his Grace Charles Duke of Queensberry and Dover, This plate is most humbly Dedicated by His Grace's most obedient and obliged humble Servant. George Willison".
Allegorical portrait, bust-length to front within oval, held by figure of Justice, resting the image on carved pedestal and trampling Calumny beneath her feet; proof. Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas [1748–1827] litigant and politician. The relief medallions of Camden and Mansfield are references to the final decision in one of the eighteenth century's most famous legal battles. The Douglas Cause, was the challenge to Archibald's inheritance by the Hamiltons, who argued that he and his brother were supposititious. The Hamilton lawyers put together a plausible circumstantial argument that Archibald was actually Jacques Louis Mignon, the son of a Parisian glassworker, who had disappeared in July 1748. The case was litigated at great length and expense (the two sides spent £54,000 between them). It attracted tremendous interest, especially in Scotland. Not only was a large estate at stake, but many felt that requiring Archibald Douglas to in effect prove his identity raised a question that could endanger the security of inheritance in general. In Scotland the Douglas side enjoyed broad popular support, with James Boswell an especially eager partisan, though many of the literati favoured the Hamilton side. In 1767 the court of session decided by the casting vote of the lord president against Douglas. Douglas appealed to the House of Lords which, following the opinions of law lords Mansfield and Camden, reversed the decision without a division.
Whitman 20.i. CS:39.i Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 15814] £480.00
G. Willison pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
Publish'd Octr. 22nd 1770, by G. Willison Greek Street, Soho, London.
Proof mezzotint, scratched letters and publication line, 422 x 605mm 16½ x 23¾ inches. Minor rubbing, minor printing imperfection in the plate in Justice's robes, stains lower left. In the final state the engraving carries a dedication, "To his Grace Charles Duke of Queensberry and Dover, This plate is most humbly Dedicated by His Grace's most obedient and obliged humble Servant. George Willison".
Allegorical portrait, bust-length to front within oval, held by figure of Justice, resting the image on carved pedestal and trampling Calumny beneath her feet; proof. Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas [1748–1827] litigant and politician. The relief medallions of Camden and Mansfield are references to the final decision in one of the eighteenth century's most famous legal battles. The Douglas Cause, was the challenge to Archibald's inheritance by the Hamiltons, who argued that he and his brother were supposititious. The Hamilton lawyers put together a plausible circumstantial argument that Archibald was actually Jacques Louis Mignon, the son of a Parisian glassworker, who had disappeared in July 1748. The case was litigated at great length and expense (the two sides spent £54,000 between them). It attracted tremendous interest, especially in Scotland. Not only was a large estate at stake, but many felt that requiring Archibald Douglas to in effect prove his identity raised a question that could endanger the security of inheritance in general. In Scotland the Douglas side enjoyed broad popular support, with James Boswell an especially eager partisan, though many of the literati favoured the Hamilton side. In 1767 the court of session decided by the casting vote of the lord president against Douglas. Douglas appealed to the House of Lords which, following the opinions of law lords Mansfield and Camden, reversed the decision without a division.
Whitman 20.i. CS:39.i Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 15814] £480.00
Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at edges. Creases at bottom
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating a temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 5, II. Chaloner Smith: 41, ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 46188] £420.00
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at edges. Creases at bottom
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating a temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 5, II. Chaloner Smith: 41, ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 46188] £420.00
Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼").
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). See 14364.
Whitman: 5, II. Chaloner Smith: 41, ii of ii, published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14761] £350.00
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼").
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). See 14364.
Whitman: 5, II. Chaloner Smith: 41, ii of ii, published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14761] £350.00
![[Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.]](jpegs/14764.jpg)
[Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.]
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint, proof before title. 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼"). A fine impression, few creases. Unknown Collector's mark bottom right,
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). See 14761.
Whitman: 5, I. Chaloner Smith: 41, I. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14764] £580.00
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint, proof before title. 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼"). A fine impression, few creases. Unknown Collector's mark bottom right,
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). See 14761.
Whitman: 5, I. Chaloner Smith: 41, I. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14764] £580.00
Queen Eleonora, delivered of Edward, first Prince of Wales, at Caernarvon Castle. A.D. 1284. Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae. Plate II. Engraved from the Original Drawing, of the same dimensions in the Possession of Mr. V. Green. To Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, This Plate is, by Permission, Most humbly Dedicated, by Her Royal Highness's Most Devoted and Obedient Servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd January 18th, 1788, by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Slight creasing on left. Uncut, large margins.
Eleanor of Castile, first queen consort of Edward I, with the future Edward II, whom she famously gave birth to in a temporary dwelling amid the construction of Caernarfon Castle. Plate two of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 249 II of II; CS: 153.2 Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23045] £320.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd January 18th, 1788, by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Slight creasing on left. Uncut, large margins.
Eleanor of Castile, first queen consort of Edward I, with the future Edward II, whom she famously gave birth to in a temporary dwelling amid the construction of Caernarfon Castle. Plate two of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 249 II of II; CS: 153.2 Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23045] £320.00
Queen Elizabeth at the Head of her Army at Tilbury-Fort, A.D. 1588. Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae. Plate X. Engraved from the Original Drawing, of the same dimensions in the Possession of Mr. V. Green. To Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the 2:d Empress and Autocratix of All the Russias. This plate is Most Humbly Dedicated by Her Imperial Majesty's Most Devoted and Obedient Servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd September 3rd 1792 by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, very rare, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Creasing; stain top right, uncut, large margins
Queen Elizabeth I delivering her speech to the troops at Tilbury in August 1588 in preparation of the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada. Plate ten of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 257 II of II; CS: 153.10. Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23085] £450.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd September 3rd 1792 by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, very rare, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Creasing; stain top right, uncut, large margins
Queen Elizabeth I delivering her speech to the troops at Tilbury in August 1588 in preparation of the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada. Plate ten of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 257 II of II; CS: 153.10. Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23085] £450.00
![[Fidelia and Spiranza.]](jpegs/14754.jpg)
[Fidelia and Spiranza.]
[Painted by B. West. Engraved by V. Green.]
[London: J. Boydell, 1778.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, uncleaned title area, 610 x 435mm. 24 x 17". Tatty and chipped margins. One tear into image at left.
Illustration of Edmund Spenser's (1552? - 1599) epic poem 'The Faerie Queene'. Two sisters descending steps, Fidelia at left in a white dress, a chalice from which a serpent emerges in her left hand and a large volume under her right arm. Through the arch at left Una, wife of Finnbheara, king of the Irish fairies, approaches on a donkey; a knight in armour on horseback rides alongside her. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Chaloner Smith 160. Whitman: 207, unrecorded proof state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14754] £460.00
[Painted by B. West. Engraved by V. Green.]
[London: J. Boydell, 1778.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, uncleaned title area, 610 x 435mm. 24 x 17". Tatty and chipped margins. One tear into image at left.
Illustration of Edmund Spenser's (1552? - 1599) epic poem 'The Faerie Queene'. Two sisters descending steps, Fidelia at left in a white dress, a chalice from which a serpent emerges in her left hand and a large volume under her right arm. Through the arch at left Una, wife of Finnbheara, king of the Irish fairies, approaches on a donkey; a knight in armour on horseback rides alongside her. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Chaloner Smith 160. Whitman: 207, unrecorded proof state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14754] £460.00
Thos. Fielder, Fruit-Broker, Aged 66. Done, at the Request of the Merchants, from a Picture w.ch was given by the Grocers as a mark of their Approbation of his Conduct. for a Series of Forty Years.
M. Chamberlin Pinx.t. V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, fecit.
Published March 28th 1774, by V. Green, Salisbury Street, Strand.
A rare mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 13¾"), with large margins. Extensive restoration.
A three-quarter length portrait, wearing a plain, dark tail-coat and a white wig with rolls at the sides, pointing at a full basket on the left, his left hand on a cane, resting the elbow on a barrel, his tricorn hat behind him on a third barrel. Behind are riverside buildings.
Not in NPG; the BM has three examples, all trimmed.
[Ref: 49574] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M. Chamberlin Pinx.t. V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, fecit.
Published March 28th 1774, by V. Green, Salisbury Street, Strand.
A rare mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 13¾"), with large margins. Extensive restoration.
A three-quarter length portrait, wearing a plain, dark tail-coat and a white wig with rolls at the sides, pointing at a full basket on the left, his left hand on a cane, resting the elbow on a barrel, his tricorn hat behind him on a third barrel. Behind are riverside buildings.
Not in NPG; the BM has three examples, all trimmed.
[Ref: 49574] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Fothergill. M.D: F.R.S: S.A.~
Painted by G. Stuart Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 1st, 1781. by G. Stuart and V. Green No. 29_Newman Stret, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (15 x 9¾"), with large margins. Restoration in bottom right margin.
A half-length portrait of Quaker Dr John Fothergill FRS (1712-80), leafing through a botanical book. Fothergill was a physician, plant collector and philanthropist based in London. A great friend of Benjamin Franklin, he helped to advance the interests of the Pennsylvania Hospital in England. In 1762 he sent anatomical drawings and anatomical casts of a pregnant woman to the hospital, which were greatly admired by medical students and the public, in addition to donating the first book to the hospital library. Franklin said of him: 'I can hardly concieve that a better man ever existed'. After Gabriel Stuart.
Whitman 108 ii; CS 45 ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1016-1
[Ref: 65646] £390.00
Painted by G. Stuart Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 1st, 1781. by G. Stuart and V. Green No. 29_Newman Stret, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (15 x 9¾"), with large margins. Restoration in bottom right margin.
A half-length portrait of Quaker Dr John Fothergill FRS (1712-80), leafing through a botanical book. Fothergill was a physician, plant collector and philanthropist based in London. A great friend of Benjamin Franklin, he helped to advance the interests of the Pennsylvania Hospital in England. In 1762 he sent anatomical drawings and anatomical casts of a pregnant woman to the hospital, which were greatly admired by medical students and the public, in addition to donating the first book to the hospital library. Franklin said of him: 'I can hardly concieve that a better man ever existed'. After Gabriel Stuart.
Whitman 108 ii; CS 45 ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1016-1
[Ref: 65646] £390.00
![[Wilhelmina of Prussia] Frederique: Sophie: Guilhelmine: de Prusse. Princess d'Orange.](jpegs/62761.jpg)
[Wilhelmina of Prussia] Frederique: Sophie: Guilhelmine: de Prusse. Princess d'Orange.
Done by V. Green, Engraver in Mezzotinto to his Majesty, London, 1773.
Mezzotint, very fine impression with 18th century watermark. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina (1751-1820), who married William V of Orange in 1767. Her brother, Frederick William II of Prussia, helped her suppress the Batavia Revolution of 1787.
CS 94, state ii.
[Ref: 62761] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Done by V. Green, Engraver in Mezzotinto to his Majesty, London, 1773.
Mezzotint, very fine impression with 18th century watermark. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina (1751-1820), who married William V of Orange in 1767. Her brother, Frederick William II of Prussia, helped her suppress the Batavia Revolution of 1787.
CS 94, state ii.
[Ref: 62761] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick and Mrs Pritchard in the Tragedy of Macbeth. Act II Scene III. From the Original Picture painted by J. Zoffany, in the possession of George Keate Esq.r. To Whom this Plate is Inscribed, by his Most Humble Servant, John Boydell.
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
The Golden Age.
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, June 4.th 1777.
Mezzotint with large margins; Platemark: 475 x 570mm (18¾ x 22¼"). Light foxing and rubbing to surface.
A domestic scene in a stylised Eastern setting. A mother is seen sitting to the front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her. A cat sits in a besket below. An elderly couple, the man seated, are in the doorway to the right with a dog. A rural landscape can be seen beyond. Within an oval. For an open letter proof impression, see item ref: 36646. For a pair, 'The Golden Age [&] The Silver Age', see item ref: 29074.
CS: 159. Whitman: 203. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein collection Sotheby's Lot 736, 13/11/97.
[Ref: 36645] £420.00
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, June 4.th 1777.
Mezzotint with large margins; Platemark: 475 x 570mm (18¾ x 22¼"). Light foxing and rubbing to surface.
A domestic scene in a stylised Eastern setting. A mother is seen sitting to the front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her. A cat sits in a besket below. An elderly couple, the man seated, are in the doorway to the right with a dog. A rural landscape can be seen beyond. Within an oval. For an open letter proof impression, see item ref: 36646. For a pair, 'The Golden Age [&] The Silver Age', see item ref: 29074.
CS: 159. Whitman: 203. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein collection Sotheby's Lot 736, 13/11/97.
[Ref: 36645] £420.00
![The Golden Age. [&] The Silver Age.](jpegs/29074.jpg)
The Golden Age. [&] The Silver Age.
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver Cheapside, June 4.th 1777. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
[&] Painted by H. Walton. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver. Cheapside Jan.y 30.th 1778. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pair of framed mezzotints, extremely rare in matching contemporary frames. Visible area 470 x 559mm (18½ x 22").
Domestic scene in stylised Eastern setting; mother sitting to front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her, old couple in doorway at right; oval format. [&] A circular frame with a little girl in a plain bonnet and cape, sitting in profile to left on a path with a basket of chickens beside her, a tree and high ground behind to the right, a town in a landscape below to the left.
CS: 159. Whitman: 203. [&] CS: 198. Frankau: 320. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29074] £950.00 view all images for this item
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver Cheapside, June 4.th 1777. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
[&] Painted by H. Walton. Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver. Cheapside Jan.y 30.th 1778. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pair of framed mezzotints, extremely rare in matching contemporary frames. Visible area 470 x 559mm (18½ x 22").
Domestic scene in stylised Eastern setting; mother sitting to front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her, old couple in doorway at right; oval format. [&] A circular frame with a little girl in a plain bonnet and cape, sitting in profile to left on a path with a basket of chickens beside her, a tree and high ground behind to the right, a town in a landscape below to the left.
CS: 159. Whitman: 203. [&] CS: 198. Frankau: 320. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29074] £950.00 view all images for this item
The Golden Age.
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, June 4.th 1777.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 475 x 570mm (18¾ x 22¼"). Thread margins. Light creasing and rubbing to surface.
A domestic scene in a stylised Eastern setting. A mother is seen sitting to the front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her. A cat sits in a basket below. An elderly couple, the man seated, are in the doorway to the right with a dog. A rural landscape can be seen beyond. Within an oval. For a pair, 'The Golden Age [&] The Silver Age', see item ref: 29074.
CS 159. Whitman: 203. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36646] £450.00
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, June 4.th 1777.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 475 x 570mm (18¾ x 22¼"). Thread margins. Light creasing and rubbing to surface.
A domestic scene in a stylised Eastern setting. A mother is seen sitting to the front and sewing, watching her sleeping young child beside her. A cat sits in a basket below. An elderly couple, the man seated, are in the doorway to the right with a dog. A rural landscape can be seen beyond. Within an oval. For a pair, 'The Golden Age [&] The Silver Age', see item ref: 29074.
CS 159. Whitman: 203. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36646] £450.00
George Gordon Second Marquis of Huntly. From the Original Picture, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Montague.
Van Dyke Pinxit. Val. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published April 15th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 550 x 350mm (21¾ x 13¾"). Tear and scuffing in large margins, corner taped. Messy.
Full length portrait of George Gordon, Marquis of Huntly (1592-1649), Scottish Royalist. After the capture of Charles I he continued to resist and so was excepted from the general pardon of 1647. In 1649 he was captured, taken to Edinburgh and beheaded.
Whitman 51 ii; CS 72 ii.
[Ref: 54249] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Van Dyke Pinxit. Val. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published April 15th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 550 x 350mm (21¾ x 13¾"). Tear and scuffing in large margins, corner taped. Messy.
Full length portrait of George Gordon, Marquis of Huntly (1592-1649), Scottish Royalist. After the capture of Charles I he continued to resist and so was excepted from the general pardon of 1647. In 1649 he was captured, taken to Edinburgh and beheaded.
Whitman 51 ii; CS 72 ii.
[Ref: 54249] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Morgan Graves Esq.r of Mickleton, in the County of Gloucester. Ob: 1770. Aet: 63.
V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), with very large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of lawyer Morgan Graves (1708-71), a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He was the son of Rev. Richard Graves, Rector of Claverton (see item 65262).
Whitman 85, ii of ii. CS 53, ii of ii.
[Ref: 65263] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), with very large margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of lawyer Morgan Graves (1708-71), a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He was the son of Rev. Richard Graves, Rector of Claverton (see item 65262).
Whitman 85, ii of ii. CS 53, ii of ii.
[Ref: 65263] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Death of Lady Jane Gray, A.D. 1554. To Her Royal Highness Charlotte Augusta Matillda, Princess Royal of Great Britain, This Plate is by permission, Most Humbly Dedicated by Her Royal Highness's most Devoted and Obedient Servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck of Dusseldorff. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palantine.
Published June 1, 1801, by the Sisters Charlotte & Lucy Haines, No.3 opposite the Paragon, Southwark.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 490 x 620mm. Faint damp stain, a few small worm holes in title area.
A fine colour mezzotint of Lady Jane Gray on the way to her execution, a private beheading. From "Acta Historica Reginarum Angliæ", a series of twelve plates engraved by Green after Huck, depicting scenes from the lives of English queens. Originally published in 1792 by Green.
[Ref: 13308] £320.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck of Dusseldorff. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palantine.
Published June 1, 1801, by the Sisters Charlotte & Lucy Haines, No.3 opposite the Paragon, Southwark.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 490 x 620mm. Faint damp stain, a few small worm holes in title area.
A fine colour mezzotint of Lady Jane Gray on the way to her execution, a private beheading. From "Acta Historica Reginarum Angliæ", a series of twelve plates engraved by Green after Huck, depicting scenes from the lives of English queens. Originally published in 1792 by Green.
[Ref: 13308] £320.00
![[Mrs Green and Child.]](jpegs/34422.jpg)
[Mrs Green and Child.]
P. Falconet pinxit. Val. Greet Fecit.
Publish'd Oct.r 16th 1770.
Mezzotint, scratch letter proof before title with very large margins. 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Small repaired holes on left and in margin.
Mary Valentine and Rupert, wife and son of Valentine Green the engraver.
CS: 54. Whitman: 19 I of II. Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34422] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P. Falconet pinxit. Val. Greet Fecit.
Publish'd Oct.r 16th 1770.
Mezzotint, scratch letter proof before title with very large margins. 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Small repaired holes on left and in margin.
Mary Valentine and Rupert, wife and son of Valentine Green the engraver.
CS: 54. Whitman: 19 I of II. Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34422] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Elizabeth Grey, at the feet of Edward the Fourth, soliciting the restoration of her late Husband's forfeited lands, A.D. 1465. Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae. Plate V. Engraved from the Original Drawing, of the same dimensions in the Possession of Mr. V. Green. To Her Most Catholic Majesty Louisa Queen of Spain &c. &c. &c. This plate is Most Humbly Dedicated By Her Majesty's Most Devoted and Obedient humble Servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Oct.r 18.th 1791 by V. & R. Green Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Creasing; uncut, large margins.
Elizabeth Woodville solicits the restoration of the lands of her first husband, Sir John Grey, who was killed at the Second Battle of St. Albans. After Grey's death his lands appear to have been forfeited, and in her poverty Woodville made personal suit to the king for their return. After she refused offers from Edward IV to be his paramour, the king determined to marry her. The scene depicted would have taken place in 1461, rather than 1465 as stated here. Plate five of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 252 II of II; CS: 153.5 Ex Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23054] £320.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Oct.r 18.th 1791 by V. & R. Green Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Creasing; uncut, large margins.
Elizabeth Woodville solicits the restoration of the lands of her first husband, Sir John Grey, who was killed at the Second Battle of St. Albans. After Grey's death his lands appear to have been forfeited, and in her poverty Woodville made personal suit to the king for their return. After she refused offers from Edward IV to be his paramour, the king determined to marry her. The scene depicted would have taken place in 1461, rather than 1465 as stated here. Plate five of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 252 II of II; CS: 153.5 Ex Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23054] £320.00
Eleanor Gwynn. From an Original Picture in the Collect.n of the late Duke Buckingham.
Sir P. Lely pinx.t. Engraved by V. Green Engraver to his Majesty& to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17th 1777 by W. Shropshire, No 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to image.
A bare-breasted portrait of Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II.
CS: 60, ii/ii. Whitman: 66, iii/iii.
[Ref: 41884] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sir P. Lely pinx.t. Engraved by V. Green Engraver to his Majesty& to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17th 1777 by W. Shropshire, No 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to image.
A bare-breasted portrait of Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II.
CS: 60, ii/ii. Whitman: 66, iii/iii.
[Ref: 41884] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Eleanor Gwynn. From an Original Picture in the Collect.n of the late Duke of Buckingham.
Sir P. Lely pinx.t Engrav'ed by V. Green Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17.th 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.458, New Bond Street. [c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 251 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Fine, uncut; late.
Nell Gwyn seated, her breast bare and wearing loose robes. Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II. She arrived in London as an orange-seller and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day, and mistress to King Charles II. The playwright Dryden supplied her with a series of saucy, bustling parts, ideally suited to her talents. She had two sons by the King, the elder of whom was created Duke of St Albans, and she was said to have been remembered by Charles on his deathbed with the words "Let not poor Nelly starve".
CS: 60, ii/ii. Whitman: 66, iii/iii.
[Ref: 30908] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Sir P. Lely pinx.t Engrav'ed by V. Green Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd Nov.r 17.th 1777, by W. Shropshire, No.458, New Bond Street. [c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 251 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Fine, uncut; late.
Nell Gwyn seated, her breast bare and wearing loose robes. Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), actress and mistress of Charles II. She arrived in London as an orange-seller and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day, and mistress to King Charles II. The playwright Dryden supplied her with a series of saucy, bustling parts, ideally suited to her talents. She had two sons by the King, the elder of whom was created Duke of St Albans, and she was said to have been remembered by Charles on his deathbed with the words "Let not poor Nelly starve".
CS: 60, ii/ii. Whitman: 66, iii/iii.
[Ref: 30908] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![Hannibal [in image].](jpegs/14831.jpg)
Hannibal [in image]. Done from the Original Picture in the Possession of his Majesty.
B. West Pinxit, 1770. V. Green Fecit 1773.
Published Novr. 1st 1773 by Boydell Cheapside. J Boydell excudit. [All inscriptions to foreground steps.]
Mezzotint with hand colouring, sheet 625 x 870mm. 24½ x 34¼". Trimmed to image and laid to card. Surface scuffs and scratches.
The boy Hannibal (248 - 183 or 182 BC), Carthaginian military commander, lays his hands on a horse prepared for sacrifice, encouraged by his father who stands behind him pointing up at a statue of a god behind the altar. A Roman standard is trodden under the boy's feet; in a palace surrounded by soldiers, women and children. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 176, II of II. Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14831] £480.00
B. West Pinxit, 1770. V. Green Fecit 1773.
Published Novr. 1st 1773 by Boydell Cheapside. J Boydell excudit. [All inscriptions to foreground steps.]
Mezzotint with hand colouring, sheet 625 x 870mm. 24½ x 34¼". Trimmed to image and laid to card. Surface scuffs and scratches.
The boy Hannibal (248 - 183 or 182 BC), Carthaginian military commander, lays his hands on a horse prepared for sacrifice, encouraged by his father who stands behind him pointing up at a statue of a god behind the altar. A Roman standard is trodden under the boy's feet; in a palace surrounded by soldiers, women and children. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 176, II of II. Chaloner Smith: undescribed. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14831] £480.00
![[Miss Polly Harrison.]](jpegs/35732.jpg)
[Miss Polly Harrison.]
T. Kettle pinx.t. V. Green fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer Engraver & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Framed. Platemark: 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame. Trimmed to image on 3 sides.
A portrait of Miss Polly Harrison, standing whole-length, walking to the right, looking to the left. She holds a dove on her right hand. She is wearing a simple dress with sash around her waist. Architecture can be seen behind at the right, with woodland to the left; proof before letters. Polly Harrison sat for portrait painter Tilly Kettle (1734/5 - 1786) on a number of occasions.
Whitman: 86 II of II. CS: 63 II of II.
[Ref: 35732] £380.00
T. Kettle pinx.t. V. Green fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer Engraver & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Framed. Platemark: 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Unexamined out of frame. Trimmed to image on 3 sides.
A portrait of Miss Polly Harrison, standing whole-length, walking to the right, looking to the left. She holds a dove on her right hand. She is wearing a simple dress with sash around her waist. Architecture can be seen behind at the right, with woodland to the left; proof before letters. Polly Harrison sat for portrait painter Tilly Kettle (1734/5 - 1786) on a number of occasions.
Whitman: 86 II of II. CS: 63 II of II.
[Ref: 35732] £380.00
The Marriage of King Henry the VIII with Ann Bullen, A.D. 1533. Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae. Plate VII. Engraved from the Original Drawing, of the same dimensions in the Possession of Mr. V. Green. To Her Majesty Sophia Magdelene Queen Dowager of Sweden. This plate is Most humbly Dedicated by Her Majesty's Most Devoted and Obedient humble Servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd September 3rd 1792 by V. & R. Green Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Slight creasing, uncut, large margins.
The marriage, in secret, of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in January 1533. Plate seven of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 254 II of II; CS: 153.7 Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23082] £420.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd September 3rd 1792 by V. & R. Green Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Slight creasing, uncut, large margins.
The marriage, in secret, of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in January 1533. Plate seven of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 254 II of II; CS: 153.7 Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23082] £420.00
![[Henrietta Herbert.]](jpegs/59522.jpg)
[Henrietta Herbert.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by V: Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by V: Green, N.o 29, Newman Street, & at N.o 59, Strand, Jan.y 1st, 1779. Se vend à Londres, chez les Freres Torre, Marchands d'Estampes.
Fine mezzotint. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Framed in a good 'Daniel' type frame. Small margins. Unexamined out of frame.
A three-quarter portrait of Henrietta Herbert (1758-1830), daughter of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, painted by Reynolds in 1777, seven years before she married Edward Clive, son of Clive of India, in 1784. In 1798 she accompanied her husband to India when he was made Governor of Madras, where she built collections of minerals and curiosities and created a botanic garden; her journals are one of the first written accounts of India by a British woman. The painting remains at her family estate, Powis Castle: at some point after this engraving was made her hair was overpainted with a hat and silk scarf.
CS 41; Whitman 71, ii. Provenance Brussels Gentleman's Club.
[Ref: 59522] £520.00
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by V: Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by V: Green, N.o 29, Newman Street, & at N.o 59, Strand, Jan.y 1st, 1779. Se vend à Londres, chez les Freres Torre, Marchands d'Estampes.
Fine mezzotint. 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Framed in a good 'Daniel' type frame. Small margins. Unexamined out of frame.
A three-quarter portrait of Henrietta Herbert (1758-1830), daughter of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, painted by Reynolds in 1777, seven years before she married Edward Clive, son of Clive of India, in 1784. In 1798 she accompanied her husband to India when he was made Governor of Madras, where she built collections of minerals and curiosities and created a botanic garden; her journals are one of the first written accounts of India by a British woman. The painting remains at her family estate, Powis Castle: at some point after this engraving was made her hair was overpainted with a hat and silk scarf.
CS 41; Whitman 71, ii. Provenance Brussels Gentleman's Club.
[Ref: 59522] £520.00
![[General William Hervey]](jpegs/65029.jpg)
[General William Hervey]
[Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint, proof before inscriptions. 490 x 360mm (19¼ x 14¼"). Narrow margins with nicks and notches.
An untitled half-length portrait of William Hervey (1732-1815), in uniform, hand in his vest, probably painted to commemorate his promotion to general in 1798. The oil, by Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803), is now in Audley End House (English Heritage).
CS 65, unlisted proof state. Whitman 159. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65029] £360.00
[Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint, proof before inscriptions. 490 x 360mm (19¼ x 14¼"). Narrow margins with nicks and notches.
An untitled half-length portrait of William Hervey (1732-1815), in uniform, hand in his vest, probably painted to commemorate his promotion to general in 1798. The oil, by Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803), is now in Audley End House (English Heritage).
CS 65, unlisted proof state. Whitman 159. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65029] £360.00
![[General William Hervey]](jpegs/65032.jpg)
[General William Hervey]
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 490 x 360mm (19¼ x 14¼"), with wide margins. Some spotting.
An untitled half-length portrait of William Hervey (1732-1815), in uniform, hand in his vest, probably painted to commemorate his promotion to general in 1798. The oil, by Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803), is now in Audley End House (English Heritage).
CS 65, Whitman 159. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65032] £320.00
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 490 x 360mm (19¼ x 14¼"), with wide margins. Some spotting.
An untitled half-length portrait of William Hervey (1732-1815), in uniform, hand in his vest, probably painted to commemorate his promotion to general in 1798. The oil, by Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803), is now in Audley End House (English Heritage).
CS 65, Whitman 159. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65032] £320.00
![[William Lord Newbattle and his Sister.]](jpegs/65027.jpg)
[William Lord Newbattle and his Sister.]
[Cath. Reid pinxit. Val. Green fecit.]
[Ryland, Bryer & Co excud.nt] [n.d. c.1768.]
Mezzotint, very rare proof before letters. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with large margins. Small scrape in blank inscription area, some foxing.
Double portrait of children William Kerr (1764-1824), later 6th Marquess of Lothian, and his younger sister Elizabeth (1765-1822), later Lady Dormer. William is shown aged about five. wearing a lace collar, looking towards the viewer and holding his hands out to receive a dove which his sister holds.
CS: 90, unlisted state before i/ii. Whitman: 4, unlisted state before i/ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65027] £360.00
[Cath. Reid pinxit. Val. Green fecit.]
[Ryland, Bryer & Co excud.nt] [n.d. c.1768.]
Mezzotint, very rare proof before letters. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with large margins. Small scrape in blank inscription area, some foxing.
Double portrait of children William Kerr (1764-1824), later 6th Marquess of Lothian, and his younger sister Elizabeth (1765-1822), later Lady Dormer. William is shown aged about five. wearing a lace collar, looking towards the viewer and holding his hands out to receive a dove which his sister holds.
CS: 90, unlisted state before i/ii. Whitman: 4, unlisted state before i/ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65027] £360.00
![[William Lord Newbattle and his Sister.]](jpegs/25242.jpg)
[William Lord Newbattle and his Sister.]
Cath. Reid pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
Reyland, Bryer & Co excud.ut [n.d. c.1768.]
Rare mezzotint. 508 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Trimmed and laid on board.
Double portrait of children William Kerr (1764-1824), later 6th Marquess of Lothian, and his younger sister Elizabeth (1765-1822), later Lady Dormer. William is shown aged about five. wearing a lace collar, looking towards the viewer and holding his hands out to the right, the one laid on top of the other, to receive a dove which his sister holds.
Ex Collection: E. M. Hallenstein. CS: 90, i/ii. Whitman: 4, i/ii.
[Ref: 25242] £380.00
Cath. Reid pinxit. Val. Green fecit.
Reyland, Bryer & Co excud.ut [n.d. c.1768.]
Rare mezzotint. 508 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Trimmed and laid on board.
Double portrait of children William Kerr (1764-1824), later 6th Marquess of Lothian, and his younger sister Elizabeth (1765-1822), later Lady Dormer. William is shown aged about five. wearing a lace collar, looking towards the viewer and holding his hands out to the right, the one laid on top of the other, to receive a dove which his sister holds.
Ex Collection: E. M. Hallenstein. CS: 90, i/ii. Whitman: 4, i/ii.
[Ref: 25242] £380.00
Youth.
T. Kettle pinxt. Val. Green Sculpt.
Sold by Ryland and Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 350 x 500cm. Overall impression a little rubbed and mild time staining in paper.
Gerard Noel Edwards with his Dalmatian dog.
[Ref: 3575] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
T. Kettle pinxt. Val. Green Sculpt.
Sold by Ryland and Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 350 x 500cm. Overall impression a little rubbed and mild time staining in paper.
Gerard Noel Edwards with his Dalmatian dog.
[Ref: 3575] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Entrance of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire. Antiquities No.1.
Painted by W. Hodges. Engraved by V. Green and F. Jukes.
[n.d., c.1778.]
Very rare aquatint. Printed in sepia. Open letter proof impression. Rare. Sheet size: 490 x 340mm (19¼ x 13¼") Trimmed inside plate. Creases to sheet.
A proof impression of plate 1 from Valentine Green's 'Antiquities', published 1778. The ruins of the castle gate of Ludlow Castle, with rustic figures and a horse-drawn cart at the entrance. After landscape painter William Hodges (1744-1797), who had sailed with Captain James Cook and recorded his discoveries, returning to Britain in 1775.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christoper Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37813] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W. Hodges. Engraved by V. Green and F. Jukes.
[n.d., c.1778.]
Very rare aquatint. Printed in sepia. Open letter proof impression. Rare. Sheet size: 490 x 340mm (19¼ x 13¼") Trimmed inside plate. Creases to sheet.
A proof impression of plate 1 from Valentine Green's 'Antiquities', published 1778. The ruins of the castle gate of Ludlow Castle, with rustic figures and a horse-drawn cart at the entrance. After landscape painter William Hodges (1744-1797), who had sailed with Captain James Cook and recorded his discoveries, returning to Britain in 1775.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christoper Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37813] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Virgin and Child. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Domenichino Pinxit [but Il Sassoferrato]. G. Farington delin.t. Val. Green fecit Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty.
Published Oct.r 1.st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 175mm (10 x 6¾"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of the Virgin with Jesus in her arms, both looking towards the viewer. A mezzotint by Valentine Green for 'A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk', 1773-1788. For some reason this plate was replaced by a stipple in 1782. The painting, formerly in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, had been attributed to Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino. Today it is recongnised as the work of Giovanni Battista Salvi, 'Il Sassoferrato'.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60141] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Domenichino Pinxit [but Il Sassoferrato]. G. Farington delin.t. Val. Green fecit Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty.
Published Oct.r 1.st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 175mm (10 x 6¾"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of the Virgin with Jesus in her arms, both looking towards the viewer. A mezzotint by Valentine Green for 'A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk', 1773-1788. For some reason this plate was replaced by a stipple in 1782. The painting, formerly in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, had been attributed to Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino. Today it is recongnised as the work of Giovanni Battista Salvi, 'Il Sassoferrato'.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60141] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Margaret, Queen of King Henry VI, with her Son Prince Edward, attacked by a Robber. A.D. 1463. Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae. Plate IV. Engraved from the Original Drawing, of the same dimensions in the Possession of Mr. V. Green. To Her Serene Highness Louisa, Carolina, Henrietta, Hereditary Princess of Hesse Darmstadt, &c. This Plate is (by permission) Most humbly Dedicated, by Her Serene Highness's Most Devoted and Obedient humble Servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 4.th 1790, by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Slight creasing on left. Large margins, uncut.
Margaret of Anjou with her son Edward of Westminster (also known as Edward of Lancaster). This scene may depict a scene whereby Margaret, fleeing the Yorkists, is supposed to have encountered an outlaw who aided the queen and her son upon discovering their identities. Plate four of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 251 II of II; CS: 153.4 Ex Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23050] £330.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 4.th 1790, by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Slight creasing on left. Large margins, uncut.
Margaret of Anjou with her son Edward of Westminster (also known as Edward of Lancaster). This scene may depict a scene whereby Margaret, fleeing the Yorkists, is supposed to have encountered an outlaw who aided the queen and her son upon discovering their identities. Plate four of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 251 II of II; CS: 153.4 Ex Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23050] £330.00
Princess Maria Charlotte Theresa, Daughter of Lewis XVI Born Oct.r 19th 1778. From a Miniature Painting taken at her Arrival at Basle Dec.r 26, 1795. to be exchanged for the Deputies and French Ministers Prisoners in Germany, To Her Royal Highness Charlotte Augusta Matilda Princess Royal of Great Britain, This Plate is with permission humbly Dedicated by her Royal Highnesses most Obed.t and devoted Servant, Chr. de Mechel.
Painted by Charles Dabos. Engraved by Valentine Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and the Elector Palatine.
London Pub.d March 29th 1796 by Chr. de Mechel of Basle in Switzerland to be had of his Agent C. Geisweiler No 97 Jermyn Street, St James's.
Coloured mezzotint, partially colour-printed, with small margins, very scarce; 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 5"). Small repaired tear.
Marie Thérèse Charlotte (1778-1851), eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Imprisoned in the Temple Tower, she survived as the rest of her family were executed or died of illness, and was released on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, exchanged for Nicolas Marie Quinette, who had been captured by the Austrians. After exile in England she returned to France with the fall of Napoleon, and during the Hundred Days she remained at Bordeaux until Napoleon's troops came to arrest her. When she agreed to leave to save the city from civil war Napoléon remarked that she was the 'only man in her family'.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in CS; or Whitman.
[Ref: 34418] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Charles Dabos. Engraved by Valentine Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and the Elector Palatine.
London Pub.d March 29th 1796 by Chr. de Mechel of Basle in Switzerland to be had of his Agent C. Geisweiler No 97 Jermyn Street, St James's.
Coloured mezzotint, partially colour-printed, with small margins, very scarce; 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 5"). Small repaired tear.
Marie Thérèse Charlotte (1778-1851), eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Imprisoned in the Temple Tower, she survived as the rest of her family were executed or died of illness, and was released on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, exchanged for Nicolas Marie Quinette, who had been captured by the Austrians. After exile in England she returned to France with the fall of Napoleon, and during the Hundred Days she remained at Bordeaux until Napoleon's troops came to arrest her. When she agreed to leave to save the city from civil war Napoléon remarked that she was the 'only man in her family'.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in CS; or Whitman.
[Ref: 34418] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Queen Mary, reviewing the Militia of London and Westminster, in Hyde-Park, A.D. 1692. Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae. Plate XI. Engraved from the Original Drawing, of the same dimensions in the Possession of Mr. V. Green. To Her Royal Highness Frederica, Sophia, Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange, This plate is (by Permission) Most Humbly Dedicated By Her Royal Highnesses Most Devoted and Obedient humble servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd October 18th 1791 by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, rare, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Creasing; large margins, uncut.
Mary II surveying troops in Hyde Park. The main event of 1692 was the War of the Grand Alliance between the allied forces of England and the Dutch Republic, and the French. Plate eleven of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 258 II of II; CS: 153.11. Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23086] £420.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd October 18th 1791 by V. & R. Green No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Fine mezzotint, rare, platemark 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Creasing; large margins, uncut.
Mary II surveying troops in Hyde Park. The main event of 1692 was the War of the Grand Alliance between the allied forces of England and the Dutch Republic, and the French. Plate eleven of 'Acta Historicae Reginarum Angliae' by the celebrated mezzotinter Valentine Green (1739-183) from drawings by his former student Johann Gerhard Huck (c.1759-1811), with parallel text in French.
Whitman: 258 II of II; CS: 153.11. Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23086] £420.00
Queen Mary II, reviewing the Militia of London and Westminster, in Hyde-Park, A.D. 1692. La Reine Marie II, Passant en revue la Milice de Londres et de Westminster, a Hyde-Park. A.D. 1692. To Her Royal Highness Frederica, Sophia Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange, This Plate is (by Permission) Most Humbly Dedicated by Her Royal Highness, Most Devoted and Obedient humble Servant Valentine Green.
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotint Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palantine. Engraved from the original drawing of the same dimensions in the possession of Mr. V. Green.
Publish'd Oct.r 18th, 1791. by V. & R. Green, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Mezzotint. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½") Diagonal crease top right, top and bottom margins creased and chipped, tear entering inscription area.
Plate XI of 'Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae'.
[Ref: 3340] £480.00
Drawn by J. Gerhard Huck. Engraved by V. Green Mezzotint Engraver to his Majesty & the Elector Palantine. Engraved from the original drawing of the same dimensions in the possession of Mr. V. Green.
Publish'd Oct.r 18th, 1791. by V. & R. Green, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Mezzotint. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½") Diagonal crease top right, top and bottom margins creased and chipped, tear entering inscription area.
Plate XI of 'Acta Historica Reginarum Angliae'.
[Ref: 3340] £480.00