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[David Garrow.]
[David Garrow.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C.H.Hodges.
[n.d. c.1787.]
Mezzotint, very rare, with small margins; proof before title with collector's mark. Plate 380 x 279mm (15 x 77").
Portrait of David Garrow in clerical dress holding a book, in a square frame. David Garrow (1716-1805), Schoolmaster at Hadley, Middlesex. According to the British Museum, the plate was never published; it was most probably made for presentation to his pupils. Father of the Barrister Mr. Garrow
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 31. CS: 16.
[Ref: 29128]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Henry Hope, Esq.r of Amsterdam.
Henry Hope, Esq.r of Amsterdam.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Hodges.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside London.

Portrait of Boston-born Henry Hope (1735-1811), merchant and partner in the Amsterdam-based Hope & Co. He settled in England in 1794 and then lived in Harley Street. Text from 'Gainsborough and Reynolds in the BM', BM 1984 cat.154: "The Hopes, descended from a Scotch family which settled in Holland in the seventeenth century, were bankers in Amsterdam. By the middle of the eighteenth century, they had become the greatest financiers in Europe. Henry Hope (1736-1811) was the head of the family. In the notes that he made of a journey to Holland in 1781 Reynolds records frequent visits to his collection "acknowledged to be the first in Amsterdam". The portrait by Reynolds from which this is taken, with a prominent Turkish rug symbolising Hope's riches and the reach of his business, is now lost.
CS 17. Hamilton p.38. NPG: D35972.
[Ref: 28505]   £220.00  
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James Mingay Esqr.
James Mingay Esqr.
G. Romney pinxt. C.H. Hodges sculpt.
London, Published Octr. 10th. 1791, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Closed chip to left margin.
James Mingay (1752 - 1812), barrister, sitting in wig and robes, right elbow resting on the arm of the chair, left hand on a table to the right; inkwell and papers to right. As the result of a childhood accident he lost his right hand, and wore a hook in its place. His obituary in the Gentelman's Magaaine states that as an advocate he possess'd a 'persuasvie oratory, infinite wit, and most excellent fancy'. After George Romney (1734 - 1802).
Chaloner Smith 24 . NPG: D38842. Horne 82.
[Ref: 19495]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Netherlands] Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Raad Pensionaris der Bataafsche Republiek.  Opgedragen aan Hoogstdeszelfs Echtgenote Vrouwe Catharina Eschimmelpenninck geln. Nahuys. Door Haar Excellenties, zeer verplichten en gehoorzame Dienaar, C.H.Hodges.
[Netherlands] Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Raad Pensionaris der Bataafsche Republiek. Opgedragen aan Hoogstdeszelfs Echtgenote Vrouwe Catharina Eschimmelpenninck geln. Nahuys. Door Haar Excellenties, zeer verplichten en gehoorzame Dienaar, C.H.Hodges.
Naar het leven geschilderd door C.H.Hodges.1805. en door denzelven gegravd. en Vitgegeven.1806.
Amsterdam, op de Prinsegracht, over het Aalmoesniers Weeshuis, No.205.
Mezzotint in frame. 718 x 456mm. Chaloner Smith on Hodges above "His Manipulation also was very able, the portrait of Schimmmelpennick being generally quoted as one of the most excellent examples of workmanship in mezzotinto of feathers, lace, satins, and other textures."
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (Deventer, 31 October 1761 - Amsterdam, 15 February 1825) was a Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic. He studied law at Leiden University between 1781 and 1784. He became a lawyer in Amsterdam in 1784. He was one of the leaders of the revolution against Prince William V of Orange, when the French army defeated the Dutch in January 1795. He was a member of the National Assembly (1796 - 1798) and belonged to the moderate unitarians, who were advocates of a central government. He was president of the National Assembly and acting head of state of the Batavian Republic between 17 May 1796 and 30 May 1796 and between 15 May 1797 and 29 May 1797. He was the Batavian (Dutch) ambassador to France between 1798 and 1801 and from 1803 to 1805 and the Batavian ambassador to Great Britain in 1802 and 1803. Napoleon made him the sole ruler of the Batavian Republic with the title of Raadspensionaris ('Grand Pensionary') and he ruled for one year from 1805. He had no employment between 1806 and 1811. The Netherlands became a part of France in 1810 and Schimmelpenninck was a member of the French senate between 1811 and 1813. He was a member of the senate of the Kingdom of the United Netherlands between 1815 and 1820.
CS: pg. 625.
[Ref: 3209]   £650.00  
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[Anne Warren.]
[Anne Warren.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C. Hodges.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Time stained.
Portrait of Anne Warren, who was one of two daughters to William Powell the actor and theatre manager (1735/6-1769). According to Chaloner Smith, this was the only state from a private plate and that it was never published.
CS: 32, ii; Horne: 126.
[Ref: 21925]   £850.00  
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The Rev.d Mr Thomas Warton.
The Rev.d Mr Thomas Warton.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit. C. Hodges fecit.
London Publish'd July 10th. 1784, by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand.
Indentation to paper in centre, and repair above title.
Thomas Warton the Younger (1728 - 1790), historian of English poetry and Poet Laureate. The portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) is in the common room of Trinity College, Oxford. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1784.
Chaloner Smith 33: ii/iii. Hamilton p.71, ii/iii. DNB.
[Ref: 21623]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The Rev.d Mr Thomas Warton.
The Rev.d Mr Thomas Warton.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit. C. Hodges fecit.
London Publish'd Dec.r 1: 1786, by W. Dickinson No. 158 Bond Street.
Repairs to margins.
Thomas Warton the Younger (1728-90), historian of English poetry and Poet Laureate. The portrait, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1784. It is now in the Common Room of Trinity College, Oxford.
Chaloner Smith 33: iii/iii. Hamilton p.71, iii/iii.
[Ref: 55688]   £360.00   (£432.00 incl.VAT)
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