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King Belshazzar beholding the Handwriting on the Wall.
King Belshazzar beholding the Handwriting on the Wall. From the original Picture in the Collection of Thomas Fullwood Esquire To who this Paint is most respectfully inscribed. By his obliged & obedt. Serv.
Painted by Rembrandt. Engraved by H.Hudson.
Published as the Act directs, 14 Feb. 1785, by H.Hudson, No.28 Newman Street Oxford Street, London.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Repaired tear in upper right image and lower centre of publication space. Mark in publication space. Very small margins. Slight time staining.
Belshazzar stands by a table bearing fruit, he looks to his left his hand raised in astonishment. To his right a man and woman are behind him looking fearful. The hand coming out of a cloud in the top right of the image writes Hebrew letters on the wall.
Charrington 92 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65736]   £620.00  
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The Disobedient Prophet.
The Disobedient Prophet.
I. Graham Pinxt. H. Hudson Sculpt.
London Publish'd 1st Jany. 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill.
Mezzotint, open letter proof, 480 x 605mm. Tear c.2cm into central upper edge of image.
An old man in a travelling cloak stopping at the side of a road through a wooded, rocky landscape, gesturing with surprised dismay as he sees the body of the disobedient prophet lying in the path. The lion which has slain him prowls on the other side. An early state, before the relevant quotation from the Bible inscribed below title.
[Ref: 8020]   £360.00  
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[John Henniker.]
[John Henniker.]
G. Romney p.t H. Hudson f.
[n.d. c.1786.]
Rare mezzotint, with collector's mark, proof before title. Plate 330 x 252mm (13 x 10"). Fine impression. Large margins.
John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (1752-1821), the British peer and Member of Parliament for New Romney, Steyning, Rutland and Stamford. In 1792 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Major.
Horne: 68. CS: 3. Ex Collection: Earl of Bute.
[Ref: 29089]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[John Henniker]
[John Henniker]
G. Romney p.t. H. Hudson f.t.
[n.d. c.1786]
Some light foxing in margins.
Half-length portrait of British peer and Member of Parliament, John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (1752-1821). He wears a powdered wig, dark coat and cravat.
CS 3. Horne 68 I.
[Ref: 61601]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Miseries of Idleness. [&] The Comforts of Industry.
The Miseries of Idleness. [&] The Comforts of Industry.
[Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by H. Hudson.] [&]
[London Publish'd Jany 20, 1790 by J.R. Smith No. 31 King Street Covent Garden.]
Cut to image and around title; 'comforts' lad on album sheet. Some creasing.
A bare interior with a man sitting smoking at a table with a tankard at his elbow, his wife sitting listlessly with bowed head beside him, a little girl pawing at her skirts, a baby turning on a straw bed, its clothes in disarray, and a little boy gnawing on a bone in front of the table, next to a barrel, a dog jumping up at him, with tattered clothes forming curtains around a bed behind them; [&] Cottage interior with a man wearing a round-brimmed hat decorated with straw, returning home, holding his son's hand, and dropping some coins into his wife's apron, as she sits to right holding a sleeping baby, while a little girl sits on the floor with a doll, raising her arms to greet her brother.
CS: 11.
[Ref: 26522]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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The Miseries of Idleness. [&] The Comforts of Industry.
The Miseries of Idleness. [&] The Comforts of Industry.
Painted by G. Morland. Engrav'd by H. Hudson.
London Publish'd Jany 20, 1790 by J.R. Smith No. 31 King Street Covent Garden.

A bare interior with a man sitting smoking at a table with a tankard at his elbow, his wife sitting with her head bowed beside him, a little girl pawing at her skirts, a baby turning on a straw bed, its clothes in disarray, and a little boy gnawing on a bone in front of the table, next to a barrel, with a dog jumping up at him. Tattered clothes form curtains around a bed behind them. [&] A cottage interior with a man wearing a round-brimmed hat decorated with straw, returning home, holding his son's hand, and dropping some coins into his wife's apron, as she sits to right holding a sleeping baby, while a little girl sits on the floor with a doll, raising her arms to greet her brother.
Chaloner Smith: 11. Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's 13/11/97.
[Ref: 36980]   £620.00   view all images for this item
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[Admiral Robert Roddam.]
[Admiral Robert Roddam.]
[L.F. Abbot Pinxt. Henry Hudson Fecit.]
[Published June 1st 1789.]
Trimmed to plate. Some staining and creasing. Surface rubbing.
Admiral Robert Roddam (1719-1808) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He survived to see the French Revolutionary and Napleonic Wars.
CS: 8 [undescribed].
[Ref: 17950]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Andrew Wilkinson, Esqr: late Captain of his Majesty's Ship the Grafton,
Andrew Wilkinson, Esqr: late Captain of his Majesty's Ship the Grafton, Done from an Original Picture in the possession of Thos. Thornton Esqr. Of Thornville, and Dedicated by permission to the Members of the Hammerton Hunt by their most obliged and obedient Servt. Henry Hudson.
Painted by W. Tate. Engraved by H. Hudson.
Publish'd Octr.26, 1787, by H. Hudson, Petersham, Surrey; and Sold by J. Young No.28 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm. One prominent rust spot in title area, others outside platemark.
Andrew Wilkinson (died 1784), captain and sportsman.
[Ref: 5868]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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