Grosvenor Prints

Joseph Ames F.R.S. & S.S.A.
Rob.t Laurie fecit. [c.1785]
Mezzotint, sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Joseph Ames (bap. 1687-d.1759), bibliographer and antiquary. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and member of the Royal Society, Ames wrote a history of printing in England ('Typographical antiquities', 1749) and formed a 'museum' of title-pages and stray leaves a specimens of early printing. He also had a large collection of engraved portraits, which he compiled for his 'Catalogue of English Heads', and a coin collection. This portrait, which illustrated the second edition of the 'Typographical Antiquities' in 1785, shows Ames, quill in hand, with his library behind him and a copy of 'Typographical Antiquities' open beside him.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 2; not in O'D.
[Ref: 34109] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Harper [in pencil]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36671] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Harper
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint, with very large margins; platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression; glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners; uncut.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36669] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[France] Etienne François Duc de Choiseul. Exilè le 24 Decembre 1770. La France le Regard.....
L.M. Vanloo pinxit. Rob.t Lowery fecit.
Imp: à Londres chez Rob.t Sayer, Fleet Street, No 55. Publié selon l'Acte du Parlement le Mai 1771.
Fine mezzotint. 505 x 360mm, 20 x 14¼". Trimmed close to plate.
Étienne-François, comte de Stainville, duc de Choiseul (1719-85). Until 1770 he was Foreign Minister of France, but his intent to side with Spain in the Falkland Crisis led to his dismissal by Louis XV, and exile to his estate at Chanteloup. Because of his popularity many people came out to bid him farewell as he left Paris. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Louis-Michel Van Loo.
CS: Laurie 12.
[Ref: 16986] £330.00

A Lady at Confession.
Millar inv.t et pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 May 1772.
Mezzotint. 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, laid on album paper.
A young lady at confession, holding a rosary, heard by a Jesuit monk, who looks lecherously at her. Before them are various symbols of mortality, and a paper lettered ''From fornication and all other deadly Sins Libera nos Domine! 'Tis better to Marry than burn''.
[Ref: 62359] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Jemima, Countess Cornwallis.
S.r J. Reynolds Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.o 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Oct.r 1771.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Trimmed to image.
A seated portrait of Jemima Cornwallis (1747-1779) wife of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
CS 14
[Ref: 41434] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Court of Equity, Bell-Savage Ludgate Hill.
Rob.t Dighton Pinxit. Rob.t Laurie Fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1778, by John Smith, Cheapside, London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 430mm (14¼ x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card, extensive cracking and surface rubbing. Damaged.
The interior of a club room, with a convivial group of men drinking and smoking. The motto behind the presiding officer's chair reads 'Mirth with Justice'. Through its lifespan The Bell Savage Inn was an Elizabethan playhouse, the coaching inn where Pocahontas stayed, the home of England's first rhinoceros and John Cassell's publishing house. It was demolished in 1873. George writes: ''The persons are well-characterized portraits. The chairman is 'Hurford, the Guildhall orator' (William Hurford, Deputy of Castlebaynard Ward). On his r., and on the extreme l. are Wright, distiller in Fleet Street, and Hamilton, clerk to William Woodfall, printer, holding the 'Morning Chronicle'. Opposite the latter sits Smith the printseller. On the chairman's l. are (l. to r.), Lamb, silversmith in Fetter Lane; Clark, sausage maker; Stephenson, an attorney; Clark, a bricklayer in Shoe Lane; Russell, a broker of Harp-Alley; Good, the auctioneer; Thorn; Dighton, the artist, on the extreme r. In the foreground (r.) by a small table sits Dighton's father; between the two Dightons is a man reading the 'Morning Post'. In front of him and facing the chairman stands Towse of Vauxhall, speaking, pipe in his l. hand, r. hand thrust in his waistcoat. Pipes, glasses, pots, papers of tobacco, and a punch-bowl are on the tables. Tom Thorpe, of the Globe Tavern, advances in the middle of the room, carrying a punch-bowl''. A rare print: the British Museum has two proof examples, yet George takes the title from Chaloner Smith, 'Court of Equity or Convivial City Meeting' with a date 1779. Apparently neither had seen a titled example.
BM Satire: 5530; CS 18. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 44334] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Cotton Decks of Stanfield in Suffolk Aged 75. A Noted Breaker of Pointers, has attended New Market meetings these 30 Years past is Qualified to Hawk, Hunt &c. by the Hon.ble Cha.s Bertley.
F. Sartotius pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
Published by Rob.t Sayer & Co. Fleet Street London. [n.d., c.1772]
Mezzotint. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
Mezzotint by Robert Laurie (c.1755-1836) after Francis Sartorius (1734-1804). First published by Robert Sayer alone in 1772, this is a later state, with the printing plate trimmed by c.20mm at top.
Siltzer 242.
[Ref: 54674] £320.00

Cotton Decks of Stanfield in Suffolk Aged 75. A Noted Breaker of Pointers, has attended New Market meetings these 30 Years past is Qualified to Hawk, Hunt &c. by the Hon.ble Cha.s Bertley.
F. Sartotius pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller, N.o 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 2, March, 1772.
Coloured mezzotint. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Small margins chipped.
Mezzotint by Robert Laurie (c.1755-1836) after Francis Sartorius (1734-1804). According to Siltzer this is a companion to a print after Nathan Drake. An early example, before the printing plate was trimmed by c.20mm at top.
Siltzer 242. CS II of II. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 60130] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman in enormous hat.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, 26 Feb.y 1778, as the Act directs.
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), with large margins. Uncut; glued to backing sheet along left side.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman holding quill and letter.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, and J. Smith No 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs, 1st January 1778
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 95mm (4¼ x 3½"), with large margins. Glued to backing sheet at lower left corner.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. Shows a woman holding a letter inscribed 'My Lord Duke' and seemingly contemplating what to write next. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

I view my Crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old Pleasures, and solicit new.
Millar pinx.t 1773. R.Laurie fecit.
London, Printed for R.Sayer & J.Bennett, No 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 12th June 1776.
Mezzotint. 590 x 410mm (23¼ x 16").
A mint example of a rare mezzotint depicting Pope's Eloise & Abelard.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4248] £1,250.00

Fulham, from the White Lion Putney. No.4.
J. Dillon, del. R. Laurie sculpsit.
Publish'd Feb.y 24.th 1783, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, London.
Coloured aquatint with etching. Image area 228 x 316mm (9 x 12½"). Crease in centre; paper tone.
Rare view of Fulham from the White Lion Inn, Putney. Boats and horses can be seen waiting by the shore of the River Thames in the foreground.
[Ref: 28920] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread (partly damaged) margins; water staining not showing on front.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36674] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36675] £330.00

A Green Stall. From an Original Picture by Gerrard Douw in the Possession of the Elector of Manheim.
H.W. Schweickhardt del.t Rob.t Laurie fecit
Published 12th August 1788 by Rob.t Sayer, No. 53. Fleet Street. London.
Mezzotint, 355 x 450mm. 14 x 17¾". Scarce.
A customer purchasing produce from a food stall, whilst a beggar walks past offering his hat.
[Ref: 8751] £420.00

[The Rev.d James Hackman, From the Original Drawing by M,,r Dighton.]
[Dighton del. Laurie Sc.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs May 17th 1779.
Mezzotint, proof state with scratched publication line only. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Small crease top left margin.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Robert Dighton.
CS 26.
[Ref: 62533] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Haffey
J. Foldson Pinx.t Rob.t Laurie fecit
London. Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1 May 1777.
Mezzotint, platemark 355 x 255 (14 x 10"). Small margins.
Elizabeth Haffey, daughter of John Haffey of Walthamstow and the India Office. Elizabeth and her brother John Burgess Haffey were painted by the portrait painter John Foldsone (d.1784); the portraits were engraved by Robert Laurie and sold as a pair.
CS: 27
[Ref: 43768] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Master John Burges Haffey
J. Foldson pinx.t. Rob.t Laurie fecit
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 1 May 1777
Mezzotint with very large margins, 18th century watermarked paper; platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Crease on right.
John Burges Haffey entered the army and died in Jamaica in 1814 as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment. Pendant to portrait of his sister Elizabeth.
Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 28 II of II.
[Ref: 34039] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman in profile.]
H.D. Hamilton pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.
[London, Printed for Robt Sayer No 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Octr 1771.]
Mezzotint with thread margins, very rare, sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed inside plate at bottom, losing text.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after an early work by the Irish portrait and subject painter Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808). After building up a reputation in Ireland, Hamilton moved to Italy for thirteen years in 1779, where his work was popular among Irish Grand Tourists, before reluctantly returning to Ireland due to political events on the continent. One of few engravings made from Hamilton's work.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 41.
[Ref: 36688] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman in profile.]
H.D. Hamilton pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.
London, Printed for Robt Sayer No 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Octr 1771.
Mezzotint, very rare, sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after an early work by the Irish portrait and subject painter Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808). After building up a reputation in Ireland, Hamilton moved to Italy for thirteen years in 1779, where his work was popular among Irish Grand Tourists, before reluctantly returning to Ireland due to political events on the continent. One of few engravings made from Hamilton's work.
CS 41.
[Ref: 41433] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Full of the Honey -Moon.
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engraved by R.Laurie.
Published 1st Sep.r. 1789, by Robert Sayer 53, Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 620 x 450mm (24½ x 17¾"). Glued to baking mount.
Soon after marrying, the bride discovers her groom has been unfaithful by reading a letter while he sleeps. One of a pair of large mezzotints after Francis Wheatley (1747-1801), who produced many paintings subsequently engraved to emphasise the sentimental and moralizing themes also found in the work of his French contemporary J.B. Greuze.
[Ref: 35753] £480.00

The Full of the Honey -Moon. [&] The Wane of the Honey-Moon.
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engraved by R.Laurie.
Published 1st Sep.r 1789, by Robert Sayer 53, Fleet Street, London.
Pair of mezzotints. Each c.605 x 450mm (23¾ x 17¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; repairs.
Soon after marrying, the bride discovers her groom has been unfaithful by reading a letter while he sleeps; she vows to 'punish by retaliation' and takes advantage of an opportunity at a masked ball. Pair of large mezzotints after Francis Wheatley (1747-1801), who produced many paintings subsequently engraved to emphasise the sentimental and moralizing themes also found in the work of his French contemporary J.B. Greuze.
[Ref: 34840] £490.00 view all images for this item

The Full of the Honey -Moon. [&] The Wane of the Honey-Moon.
Painted by F. Wheatley. Engraved by R.Laurie.
Published 1st Sep.r 1789, by Robert Sayer 53, Fleet Street, London.
Pair of mezzotints. Each c.605 x 450mm. Small surface crease on "Wane".
The first plate shows the wife finding out her husband's infidelity by reading his love letter. Intent on her revenge, the second plate shows her attempted assignation at a masquerade only to find she has chosen her own husband.
[Ref: 6574] £1,500.00 view all images for this item

The Jealous Maids. His Lordship loves the Amourous Game; / His gadding Lady does the same; / The Maids as their Mistress do, / The Footman apes his Master too.
John Collett pinx.t. Rob.t Lawrie fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Rare mezzotint. Plate: 255 x 335mm (10 x 13¼''). Trimmed to plate on lower edge.
A footman flirts with one maid while another looks on, sewing. A pair to 'The Rival Milleners'.
[Ref: 49319] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Jealous Maids. His Lordship loves the Amourous Game; / His gadding Lady does the same; / The Maids as their Mistress do, / The Footman apes his Master too.
John Collett pinx.t. Rob.t Lawrie fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 255 x 335mm (10 x 13¼''), large margins. Paper lightly toned.
A footman flirts with one maid while another looks on, sewing. A pair to 'The Rival Milleners'.
BM: 2010.7081.1181
[Ref: 60442] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

Earl St. Vincent. Knight of the Bath, Vice Admiral of the White, & Commander in Chief of his Majestys Ships at the Reduction of the Islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, Guadaloupe, Marie-Galante, Deseade, & the Saints: from a Capital Picture in the Possession of Francis Stephens, Esq.r To whom this Plate is most Respectfully Dedicated
T. Stuart pinxt. Rob.t Laurie fecit.
By his Obliged Humble Servants, Published 14th. August 1794 by Rob.t Laurie & Ja.s Whittle, No.53, Fleet Street, London.
Very fine and rare mezzotint. Plate 380 x 280mm. 15 x 11".
John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent (1735-1823). As commander in chief in the Mediterranean he blockaded the French at Toulon (1795) before defeating the Spanish of the Coast of St. Vincent in 1797. Jervis later served as the first Lord of the Admiralty (1801-4) where he instigated reform in the administration of the navy.
CS: 31, iii of iii.
[Ref: 19988] £320.00

Mr. Mattocks.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression with very large margins. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
George Mattocks (1734/5-1804), singer and theatre manager. Initially a singer in Covent Garden and the provinces, Mattocks leased the Portsmouth theatre in 1771 and the following year leased the newly built Theatre Royal in Liverpool alongside the Covent Garden prompter Joseph Younger. They also took a twenty-one-year lease on the Manchester theatre in 1775 and Mattocks became involved with a Birmingham theatre in 1779. Mattocks concentrated on management but began to lose singing roles in London to younger performers, and in 1784 moved with his wife, singer and actress Isabella Mattocks, to the north of England. Younger died that year, leaving Mattocks in sole charge of the Liverpool and Manchester theatres, sustaining heavy losses. Isabella returned to performing in London and George was declared bankrupt in 1788 after which he worked in administrative positions at other theatres. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallestein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. For Isabella Mattocks see refs 36671-2
[Ref: 36677] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Mr. Mattocks.]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp [m.s.]
Published as the act Directs July 1st 1779
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). A good first state impression with very large margins. Slight paper tone.
George Mattocks (1734/5-1804), singer and theatre manager. Initially a singer in Covent Garden and the provinces, Mattocks leased the Portsmouth theatre in 1771 and the following year leased the newly built Theatre Royal in Liverpool alongside the Covent Garden prompter Joseph Younger. They also took a twenty-one-year lease on the Manchester theatre in 1775 and Mattocks became involved with a Birmingham theatre in 1779. Mattocks concentrated on management but began to lose singing roles in London to younger performers, and in 1784 moved with his wife, singer and actress Isabella Mattocks, to the north of England. Younger died that year, leaving Mattocks in sole charge of the Liverpool and Manchester theatres, sustaining heavy losses. Isabella returned to performing in London and George was declared bankrupt in 1788 after which he worked in administrative positions at other theatres. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS ii/iii. For Isabella Mattocks see refs 36671-2
[Ref: 36676] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Mattocks.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn.
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners.
Isabella Mattocks (née Hallam) (1746-1826), actress and singer. Born into a theatrical family, her father Lewis moved to America in 1752, having run into financial difficulties. He took his wife and other children but left Isabella in the care of his sister and her second husband, actor John Barrington. Isabella probably made her stage debut that year, aged five, appearing intermittently on stage until she joined the Covent Garden company aged sixteen, where she spent most of her career. She married the young tenor George Mattocks, who performed alongside her, in 1765. In 1784-6 Mattocks left Covent Garden to work in Liverpool and Manchester where her husband managed theatres, but the enterprises ruined him financially and she subsequently returned to Covent Garden, although she generally returned to Liverpool in the summers. Mattocks retired in 1808. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; for George Mattocks see refs. 36676-7
[Ref: 36670] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs. Mattocks.]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Annotations in ink verso (ex Suckling).
Isabella Mattocks (née Hallam) (1746-1826), actress and singer. Born into a theatrical family, her father Lewis moved to America in 1752, having run into financial difficulties. He took his wife and other children but left Isabella in the care of his sister and her second husband, actor John Barrington. Isabella probably made her stage debut that year, aged five, appearing intermittently on stage until she joined the Covent Garden company aged sixteen, where she spent most of her career. She married the young tenor George Mattocks, who performed alongside her, in 1765. In 1784-6 Mattocks left Covent Garden to work in Liverpool and Manchester where her husband managed theatres, but the enterprises ruined him financially and she subsequently returned to Covent Garden, although she generally returned to Liverpool in the summers. Mattocks retired in 1808. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii; for George Mattocks see refs. 36676-7
[Ref: 36672] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Nymphs a Bathing. Les Nymphes Au Bain.
J. Vernet Pinx.t. Rob.t Sayer Excudit R. Laurie Sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller No. 53, Fleet Street London, Published as the Act directs, 10 May, 1770
Mezzotint 552 x 465mm (21¾ x 18¼"). Repaired tear through top plate mark and into engraved area. Watermark in paper.
An atmospheric image of this rare print.
[Ref: 20199] £590.00

Mr. Palmer
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet top left corner.
John Palmer (1744-98), actor, also known as 'Plausible Jack'. A popular and versatile actor, Palmer was believed to have performed over 375 different parts in his career. Palmer's remarkable career took him to many parts of the British Isles, including spells in Scotland and Ireland. After establishing himself as an actor, Palmer opened a new theatre, the Royalty, on Wellclose Square in East London. The theatre was open for less than two years however, and failed to offer the alternative to the West End which Palmer hoped to provide. His later career involved producing spectacles at the Royal Circus, but he was an actor to the last. Palmer had been beset by accidents throughout his career, including a near-fatal accident when a stage trap was released too quickly, and a stabbing when a spring in a dagger failed to work. He continued to work strenuously right up to his death, when taking on a lead role in Benjamin Thompson's 'The Stranger' at short notice. Clearly struggling, Palmer collapsed on stage and died during the fourth act. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; O'D 7; for the Royal Circus see ref. 8120. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36673] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Parsons.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
William Parsons (1736-95), actor. Beginning his career in York and Edinburgh, he was brought to London by the great David Garrick and eventually joined the company at the Haymarket Theatre. A popular and versatile actor, Parsons was also a keen painter of landscapes influenced by those of Richard Wilson. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. O'D 8
[Ref: 36679] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Parsons.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, sheet 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to plate.
William Parsons (1736-95), actor. Beginning his career in York and Edinburgh, he was brought to London by the great David Garrick and eventually joined the company at the Haymarket Theatre. A popular and versatile actor, Parsons was also a keen painter of landscapes influenced by those of Richard Wilson. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. O'D 8
[Ref: 36678] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Younge.
W. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left corners.
Elizabeth Pope (née Younge) (1739x45-1979), actress. She joined David Garrick's company at Drury Lane, where she made her debut in 1768 and spent most of her career (except for brief spells in Dublin, Bristol and the rival Covent Garden theatre as the result of pay disputes). She continued to act in provincial cities during the summers, however, and met her husband, the Irish artist and actor Alexander Pope (1763-1835) while acting in Ireland. While not among the greats of either tragedy or comedy, Pope was a versatile performer and Garrick seemed to have much affection for her. She died in 1797 shortly after withdrawing from a new theatrical role due to illness. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36683] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Miss Younge]
W. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with very large margins. Slight mount paper tone.
Elizabeth Pope (née Younge) (1742-1818), actress. She joined David Garrick's company at Drury Lane, where she made her debut in 1768 and spent most of her career (except for brief spells in Dublin, Bristol and the rival Covent Garden theatre as the result of pay disputes). She continued to act in provincial cities during the summers, however, and met her husband, the Irish artist and actor Alexander Pope (1763-1835) while performing in Ireland. While not among the greats of either tragedy or comedy, Pope was a versatile performer and Garrick seemed to have much affection for her. She died in 1797 shortly after withdrawing from a new theatrical role due to illness. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii.
[Ref: 36682] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Pope
W. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, good impression. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with very large margins. Uncut.
Jane Pope (1744-1818), actress. Pope's father William was barber and wigmaker for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in Covent Garden, near to which his shop was located. Pope made her adult debut alongside Kitty Clive as part of Garrick's company at Drury Lane, and inherited many of Clive's roles after the elder actress retired. Pope was a reliable comic actress, a talented dancer (until a rapid weight gain led her to abandon dancing) celebrated for the clarity of her speaking voice. Pope retired in 1808, and had amassed sufficient wealth to bequeath significant money and property to her sister Susanna at her death. Engraved after Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) as part of a series of mezzotints of actresses and singers. Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. For Kitty Clive see ref. 23120
[Ref: 36681] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Pope.
W. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins.
Jane Pope (1744-1818), actress. Pope's father William was barber and wigmaker for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in Covent Garden, near to which his shop was located. Pope made her adult debut alongside Kitty Clive as part of Garrick's company at Drury Lane, and inherited many of Clive's roles after the elder actress retired. Pope was a reliable comic actress, a talented dancer (until a rapid weight gain led her to abandon dancing) celebrated for the clarity of her speaking voice. Pope retired in 1808, and had amassed sufficient wealth to bequeath significant money and property to her sister Susanna at her death. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) as part of a series of mezzotints of actresses and singers. Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. For Kitty Clive see ref. 23120
[Ref: 36680] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Squall. Le Coup de Vent.
J. Vernet Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit. Rob.t Sayer Excudit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, No 53, Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 5 April 1773.
Mezzotint. 460 x 555mm (16 x 21¾"), with large margins. Repaired tears, some abrasion in margins.
Fishermen work in a river before a ruined tower and a classical city, under dark, threatening clouds.
[Ref: 52074] £450.00

[Mrs. Wrighten]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, good impression. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with very large margins. Slight mount paper tone.
Mary Ann Wrighten (later Pownall) (1751-96), singer and actress. Born in Hoxton, London in 1751, she married the actor James Wrighten in 1769 and was enaged by David Garrick for his Drury Lane Theatre in 1770. She was a leading singer at the theatre for the next sixteen years, and was also a favourite performer at Vauxhall Gardens. Wrighten had six children with only brief respites from the stage in between, and was seriously ill in both 1784 and 1786. In December 1786 her marriage broke down and she left her husband and children and abandoned the theatre, and went to live in Southwark with Hugh Pownall, a manufacturer of sulphuric acid. As a result her father cut her out of his will. The couple moved to America where they married, and the now Mrs Pownall sang to much acclaim in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Charleston (some considered her the best vocalist heard in America up to that point). James Wrighten having died in the meantime, her daughters joined her in America where they performed alongisde her. Mary Ann died in Charleston. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area; sitter holding manuscript.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii.
[Ref: 36685] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Wrighten.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
Mary Ann Wrighten (later Pownall) (1751-96), singer and actress. Born in Hoxton, London in 1751, she married the actor James Wrighten in 1769 and was enaged by David Garrick for his Drury Lane Theatre in 1770. She was a leading singer at the theatre for the next sixteen years, and was also a favourite performer at Vauxhall Gardens. Wrighten had six children with only brief respites from the stage in between, and was seriously ill in both 1784 and 1786. In December 1786 her marriage broke down and she left her husband and children and abandoned the theatre, and went to live in Southwark with Hugh Pownall, a manufacturer of sulphuric acid. As a result her father cut her out of his will. The couple moved to America where they married, and the now Mrs Pownall sang to much acclaim in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Charleston (some considered her the best vocalist heard in America up to that point). James Wrighten having died in the meantime, her daughters joined her in America where they performed alongisde her. Mary Ann died in Charleston. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area; sitter holding manuscript.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36684] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Wroughton.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins; glued to backing sheet; m.s. in ink verso.
Richard Wroughton (real name Richard Rotten) (1748-1822), actor and theatre manager. Wroughton made his debut at Covent Garden in 1768, staying there until an argument with management led to the familiar defection to Drury Lane. Wroughton briefly retired between 1798 and 1800 before returning to Drury Lane as an actor-manager (he had previously managed Sadlers Wells so had management experience), remaining in the position until the end of the 1814-5 season. While unpopular with critics, Wroughton was a competent actor liked by audiences. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), as part of a series of small portraits of actors published by Richardson in 1779. Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; O'D 3.
[Ref: 36695] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Wroughton.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, Richard Wroughton (1748-1822), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36696] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Ann Yates] Mrs. Yates.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn.
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression with very large margins. Slight foxing.
Mary Ann Yates (née Graham) (1728-1787), actress and theatre manager. She made her debut with Garrick's Drury Lane company in 1754 and in 1756 married another member of the company, the recently-widowed comedian Richard Yates (1706?-1796). She remained a regular member of Garrick's company until 1767, when she switched her allegiances to the rival Covent Garden Theatre, allegedly for financial reasons (although Yates denied this). She then broke with Covent Garden, less for financial reasons than the company's reluctance to retain Richard Yates, and in 1773 she took over management, with novelist and playwright Frances Brooke, of the King's Theatre, then London's home of opera. Around this time Richard Yates took over a playhouse in Birmingham, where Mary Ann sometimes performed. Having improved the fortunes of the King's Theatre, Yates returned to Drury Lane and sold her share in the King's Theatre. London's leading tragedienne of the period, Yates was admired by the public, with notable admirers including Horace Walpole and William Godwin. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii; for Yates and Garrick, see ref. 20918.
[Ref: 36687] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Ann Yates] Mrs. Yates.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), uncut. Glued to backing sheet on left corner.
Mary Ann Yates (née Graham) (1728-1787), actress and theatre manager. She made her debut with Garrick's Drury Lane company in 1754 and in 1756 married another member of the company, the recently-widowed comedian Richard Yates (1706?-1796). She remained a regular member of Garrick's company until 1767, when she switched her allegiances to the rival Covent Garden Theatre, allegedly for financial reasons (although Yates denied this). She then broke with Covent Garden, less for financial reasons than the company's reluctance to retain Richard Yates, and in 1773 she took over management, with novelist and playwright Frances Brooke, of the King's Theatre, then London's home of opera. Around this time Richard Yates took over a playhouse in Birmingham, where Mary Ann sometimes performed. Having improved the fortunes of the King's Theatre, Yates returned to Drury Lane and sold her share in the King's Theatre. London's leading tragedienne of the period, Yates was admired by the public, with notable admirers including Horace Walpole and William Godwin. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; for Yates and Garrick, see ref. 20918.
[Ref: 36686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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