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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[The Annunciation.]](jpegs/60135.jpg)
[The Annunciation.]
Warner [Joseph Werner] delin. Lens fe:
E. Cooper ex [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce Mezzotint. 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Thread margins.
The archangel Gabriel informs Mary that she would bear Jesus through a virgin birth. A dove representing the Holy Spirit is bathed in light.
See 1870,0514.2755 for a matching scene of the Holy Family in the stable.
[Ref: 60135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Warner [Joseph Werner] delin. Lens fe:
E. Cooper ex [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce Mezzotint. 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Thread margins.
The archangel Gabriel informs Mary that she would bear Jesus through a virgin birth. A dove representing the Holy Spirit is bathed in light.
See 1870,0514.2755 for a matching scene of the Holy Family in the stable.
[Ref: 60135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Bachus. [Bacchus.]
Van Dyk pinx. B.Lens fe. I.Beckett.
[n.d, c.1680.] Printed & Sold by John King at the Globe in the Poultrey London.
Scarce mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain in upper right corner.
The infant Bacchus rides on the back of a leopard which is led by a naked amoretto, another supports Bacchus and a third stands at the back drinking from a jug. Bacchus is the Roman God of agruculture, wine and festivity.
State ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Van Dyk pinx. B.Lens fe. I.Beckett.
[n.d, c.1680.] Printed & Sold by John King at the Globe in the Poultrey London.
Scarce mezzotint. 315 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Trimmed close to plate. Stain in upper right corner.
The infant Bacchus rides on the back of a leopard which is led by a naked amoretto, another supports Bacchus and a third stands at the back drinking from a jug. Bacchus is the Roman God of agruculture, wine and festivity.
State ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid and Psyches.
An: van Dyke Eques pinx. B Lens fe.
[E Cooper ex:] [n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 10") on 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate. Creases. Abrasion in Cupid's leg. Staining.
Psyche lays naked and asleep on the ground with a small open box in her hand. Cupid runs towards her with a bow in his right hand and his left arm outstretched.
State iii of iv with Cooper's excudit imperfectly erased. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
An: van Dyke Eques pinx. B Lens fe.
[E Cooper ex:] [n.d, c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 10") on 17th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate. Creases. Abrasion in Cupid's leg. Staining.
Psyche lays naked and asleep on the ground with a small open box in her hand. Cupid runs towards her with a bow in his right hand and his left arm outstretched.
State iii of iv with Cooper's excudit imperfectly erased. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[John. Lord Cutts.]](jpegs/64504.jpg)
[John. Lord Cutts.]
[Painted by T.Wall. Engraved by B.Lens.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Very rare mezzotint. Trimmed into plate and backed onto card. Creasing. Damaged.
An allegorical scene, John Lord Cutts (1661 - 1707), sits solemnly in the left corner of the image, his armour laid across from him.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS states there are two known.
[Ref: 64504] £450.00
[Painted by T.Wall. Engraved by B.Lens.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Very rare mezzotint. Trimmed into plate and backed onto card. Creasing. Damaged.
An allegorical scene, John Lord Cutts (1661 - 1707), sits solemnly in the left corner of the image, his armour laid across from him.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS states there are two known.
[Ref: 64504] £450.00
A Representation of the Royal Fire-Work perform'd by the directions of Coll. Hopkey and Coll. Borgard on the River of Thames near Whitehall, y.e 7.th of July 1713. being y.e day appointed for a publick Thanksgiving for the General Peace.
B. Lens fec. et exc.
[n.d. 1713]
Extremely rare & fine mezzotint. 520 x 410mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed to plate mark. Horizontal centre fold crease with minor creasing and scratches across the image. Small nicks to the edges. Loss to bottom left corner filled in with ink.
An architectural facade of paired columns adorned with statues and the royal crest. Fireworks burst into the sky in the background as well as on the Thames in the foreground. The statues take the allegorical form of Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Justice, Courage, Victory, Peace and Conduct. The year of peace, or Anno Pacis, refers to the Peace of Utrecht signed in April 1713 by Queen Anne, Louis XIV and Philip V of Spain.
[Ref: 56467] £950.00
B. Lens fec. et exc.
[n.d. 1713]
Extremely rare & fine mezzotint. 520 x 410mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed to plate mark. Horizontal centre fold crease with minor creasing and scratches across the image. Small nicks to the edges. Loss to bottom left corner filled in with ink.
An architectural facade of paired columns adorned with statues and the royal crest. Fireworks burst into the sky in the background as well as on the Thames in the foreground. The statues take the allegorical form of Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Justice, Courage, Victory, Peace and Conduct. The year of peace, or Anno Pacis, refers to the Peace of Utrecht signed in April 1713 by Queen Anne, Louis XIV and Philip V of Spain.
[Ref: 56467] £950.00
Hersilia in oram Deam.
B. Lens fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 145 x 175mm (5¾ x 6¾").
A scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses: Hersilia, the wife of Romulus, is taken to the Heavens to be deified as Hora Quirini (Querinus being the deified Romulus).
[Ref: 60434] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
B. Lens fe:
E Cooper ex: [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 145 x 175mm (5¾ x 6¾").
A scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses: Hersilia, the wife of Romulus, is taken to the Heavens to be deified as Hora Quirini (Querinus being the deified Romulus).
[Ref: 60434] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness the Young Prince.
B. Lens delin et Fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sould by E. Cooper at the 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street [n.d., c.1690].
Mezzotint with touches of hand colour on the lips. 250 x 195mm (13¾ x 7¾").
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) as a baby, in a cradle being rocked by his mother, Mary of Modena (1658-1718).
Sharpe 67 I of II.
[Ref: 64492] £360.00
B. Lens delin et Fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sould by E. Cooper at the 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street [n.d., c.1690].
Mezzotint with touches of hand colour on the lips. 250 x 195mm (13¾ x 7¾").
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) as a baby, in a cradle being rocked by his mother, Mary of Modena (1658-1718).
Sharpe 67 I of II.
[Ref: 64492] £360.00
The Judgement of Paris.
P Lely Eques delin: B.Lens fecit.
E. Cooper excudit Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1700]
Very rare mezzotint, 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins. Two printers' creases top left.
The shepherd Paris sits on the left beneath a tree, holding a staff and offering an apple to Venus, who stands in front of him with her infant son Cupid by her side. Behind her, Mars, clad in armor, looks over his shoulder at her rival Juno, who sits disgruntled in a chariot on the right, a peacock grazing nearby. In the left foreground, the third contender for the prize of beauty, Athena, is seated. Mercury stands behind Paris, gazing back over his shoulder while pointing at Venus, and two nymphs stand arm-in-arm behind him. From the upper right, four putti descend with garlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65527] £380.00
P Lely Eques delin: B.Lens fecit.
E. Cooper excudit Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1700]
Very rare mezzotint, 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins. Two printers' creases top left.
The shepherd Paris sits on the left beneath a tree, holding a staff and offering an apple to Venus, who stands in front of him with her infant son Cupid by her side. Behind her, Mars, clad in armor, looks over his shoulder at her rival Juno, who sits disgruntled in a chariot on the right, a peacock grazing nearby. In the left foreground, the third contender for the prize of beauty, Athena, is seated. Mercury stands behind Paris, gazing back over his shoulder while pointing at Venus, and two nymphs stand arm-in-arm behind him. From the upper right, four putti descend with garlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65527] £380.00
![[The Virgin and Child under a tree, with St John the Baptist.]](jpegs/60138.jpg)
[The Virgin and Child under a tree, with St John the Baptist.]
V. Salimbene in. B. Lens F.
E. Cooper Ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 170 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed slightly into image upper left, thread margins elsewhere.
After Ventura Salimbeni (1568-1613) of Siena, originally published by Bernard Lens II, the engraver.
[Ref: 60138] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
V. Salimbene in. B. Lens F.
E. Cooper Ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 170 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed slightly into image upper left, thread margins elsewhere.
After Ventura Salimbeni (1568-1613) of Siena, originally published by Bernard Lens II, the engraver.
[Ref: 60138] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Prudence.
Le Brun in. B. Lens fe.
[n.d. c.1740.] C. Cooper ex.
A fine mezzotint. 159 x 109mm. 6¼ x 4¼". Some foxing at corners. Laid on sheet.
Prudence. [Proverbs 8: 12]. "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion."
[Ref: 14422] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Le Brun in. B. Lens fe.
[n.d. c.1740.] C. Cooper ex.
A fine mezzotint. 159 x 109mm. 6¼ x 4¼". Some foxing at corners. Laid on sheet.
Prudence. [Proverbs 8: 12]. "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion."
[Ref: 14422] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Revellers.]](jpegs/31985.jpg)
[Revellers.]
Tinier inv: B.Lens ex.
[London: John Boydell, 1805.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A couple dancing outside a tavern, other revellers behind with a man playing bagpipes. Engraved by Bernard Lens II after David Teniers the Younger, published by John Boydell in his 'Collection of Portraits'.
BM: 2010,7081.81, Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31985] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Tinier inv: B.Lens ex.
[London: John Boydell, 1805.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A couple dancing outside a tavern, other revellers behind with a man playing bagpipes. Engraved by Bernard Lens II after David Teniers the Younger, published by John Boydell in his 'Collection of Portraits'.
BM: 2010,7081.81, Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31985] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Revellers.]](jpegs/65043.jpg)
[Revellers.]
Tinier inv: B.Lens ex.
[London: John Boydell, 1805?]
Mezzotint. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3"), on wove paper. Trimmed within plate.
A couple dancing outside a tavern, other revellers behind with a man playing bagpipes. Engraved by Bernard Lens II after David Teniers the Younger, published by John Boydell in his 'Collection of Portraits'.
BM: 2010,7081.81., Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Tinier inv: B.Lens ex.
[London: John Boydell, 1805?]
Mezzotint. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3"), on wove paper. Trimmed within plate.
A couple dancing outside a tavern, other revellers behind with a man playing bagpipes. Engraved by Bernard Lens II after David Teniers the Younger, published by John Boydell in his 'Collection of Portraits'.
BM: 2010,7081.81., Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Family. King William/ Queen Mary/ Prince George of Denmark/ Princess Anne of Denmark.
E.Cooper excudit. B.Lens Fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare & fine mezzotint. 205 x 170mm (8 x 6¾"). Trimmed close to platemark, very small margins.
Portraits of William III (1650-1702), reigned 1689-1702., Mary II (1662-1694), reigned with William III 1689-94, Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708), Consort of Queen Anne; son of King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess Anne of Denmark, later Queen Anne (1665-1714), reigned 1702-14.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 17.
[Ref: 64503] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
E.Cooper excudit. B.Lens Fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare & fine mezzotint. 205 x 170mm (8 x 6¾"). Trimmed close to platemark, very small margins.
Portraits of William III (1650-1702), reigned 1689-1702., Mary II (1662-1694), reigned with William III 1689-94, Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708), Consort of Queen Anne; son of King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess Anne of Denmark, later Queen Anne (1665-1714), reigned 1702-14.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 17.
[Ref: 64503] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
A South West Prospect of St Leonard Shore-Ditch in Middlesex.
B.Lens diliniavit & Fecit July 1735.
Etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 225 x 305mm (8¾ x 12"). Cut to image.
St Leonard's Church in Shoreditch, London, probably built in the 12th century/ This print shows the old church with a temporary tower following a partial collapse in 1716. Soon after this print was published the church was demolished and rebuilt by George Dance the Elder (1736-40) Designed and etched by Bernard Lens (1682-1740), limner to George I and George II, drawing-master to the Duke of Cumberland, the princesses Mary and Louisa, and to Walpole, who paid special testimony to his excellent method of teaching. Lens also made an etching of the church from the east.
For accompanying East prospect see ref. 3860.
[Ref: 38694] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
B.Lens diliniavit & Fecit July 1735.
Etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 225 x 305mm (8¾ x 12"). Cut to image.
St Leonard's Church in Shoreditch, London, probably built in the 12th century/ This print shows the old church with a temporary tower following a partial collapse in 1716. Soon after this print was published the church was demolished and rebuilt by George Dance the Elder (1736-40) Designed and etched by Bernard Lens (1682-1740), limner to George I and George II, drawing-master to the Duke of Cumberland, the princesses Mary and Louisa, and to Walpole, who paid special testimony to his excellent method of teaching. Lens also made an etching of the church from the east.
For accompanying East prospect see ref. 3860.
[Ref: 38694] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
An East Prospect of St Leonard Shore-Ditch in Middlesex.
B.Lens diloniavit & Fecit July 1735.
Etching. 235 x 250mm.
Showing the temporary tower following a partial collapse in 1716, just before the church was rebuilt in Palladian style in 1736-40. The third generation Bernard Lens (1682-1740), limner to George I and George II, drawing-master to the Duke of Cumberland, the princesses Mary and Louisa, and to Walpole, who paid special testimony to his excellent method of teaching.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3860] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
B.Lens diloniavit & Fecit July 1735.
Etching. 235 x 250mm.
Showing the temporary tower following a partial collapse in 1716, just before the church was rebuilt in Palladian style in 1736-40. The third generation Bernard Lens (1682-1740), limner to George I and George II, drawing-master to the Duke of Cumberland, the princesses Mary and Louisa, and to Walpole, who paid special testimony to his excellent method of teaching.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3860] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[William III] Gulielmus D: G: Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hiber. Rex &c.](jpegs/24338.jpg)
[William III] Gulielmus D: G: Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hiber. Rex &c.
B. Lens fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Square. [n.d. c.1725.]
Very rare and fine mezzotint. Plate 425 x 254mm. 16¾ x 10". Trimmed along lower edge. Damaged on left.
King William III (1650-1702) was the posthumous son of William II of Holland and Mary, daughter of Charles I. In 1688 he accepted an invitation by a group of leading statesmen to land in Britain with an armed force to expel James II and take the throne as King of England with his wife Mary, daughter of James II.
CS: 22.
[Ref: 24338] £350.00
B. Lens fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Square. [n.d. c.1725.]
Very rare and fine mezzotint. Plate 425 x 254mm. 16¾ x 10". Trimmed along lower edge. Damaged on left.
King William III (1650-1702) was the posthumous son of William II of Holland and Mary, daughter of Charles I. In 1688 he accepted an invitation by a group of leading statesmen to land in Britain with an armed force to expel James II and take the throne as King of England with his wife Mary, daughter of James II.
CS: 22.
[Ref: 24338] £350.00
Gulielmus D: G: Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hiber. Rex &c.
B. Lens fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1710.]
Mezzotint. Collector's mark: EMH. 426 x 254mm. 16¾ x 10". Some tears. Creasing. Cut.
William III (1650-1702), was a sovereign Prince of Orange by birth. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland, and as William II over Scotland.
O'Donoghue: 103. CS: 22. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14819] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
B. Lens fecit.
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street. [n.d. c.1710.]
Mezzotint. Collector's mark: EMH. 426 x 254mm. 16¾ x 10". Some tears. Creasing. Cut.
William III (1650-1702), was a sovereign Prince of Orange by birth. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland, and as William II over Scotland.
O'Donoghue: 103. CS: 22. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14819] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Portrait of a woman.]](jpegs/65041.jpg)
[Portrait of a woman.]
[Drawn by Bernard Lens?]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of a woman in a large medieval style headress made of fine material and decorated with pearls.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65041] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn by Bernard Lens?]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of a woman in a large medieval style headress made of fine material and decorated with pearls.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65041] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)