Grosvenor Prints

William Adam Esq. 2.nd Fifty.
Painted by John Opie R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published by S.W. Reynolds, 47 Poland Street, 1804.
Mezzotint. 655 x 455mm (25¾ x 18"), with large margins. Small printer's crease on face, others in background.
William Adam (1751-1839), Scottish barrister, politician and judge. He was the son of architect John Adam and nephew of Robert and James Adam. Through his friendship with the Prince of Wales William received the posts of Solicitor General for Scotland (1802-5), Attorney General to the Prince (1805-6), Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall (1806-15), Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer (1814-9), Privy Councillor (1815) and Lord Chief Commissioner of the Scottish jury court from 1815 until his death. Adam once shot Charles James Fox in a duel, although they became friends afterwards.
Whitman 4, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 51574] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland, This Portrait of His Royal and August Consort Queen Adelaide, is by permission humbly dedicated by His Majesty's most devoted Subject and Servant, William Sams.
Painted by Sir William Beechey, R.A. Principal Portrait Painter in Ordinary to Their Majesties. Engraved by Thomas Lupton, 4 Leigh Street, Burton Crescent.
London. Published by William Sams, Royal Library, 1 st James's Street, May 1, 1834.
Mezzotint. 390 x 310mm (15½ x 12¼"). Creased at bottom corner, edges worn.
Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), queen consort of William IV, the last Hanovarian king of the United Kingdom, who gave her name to the Australian city.
[Ref: 23119] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Relief of His Royal Prince Adolphus and Field Marshall Freytag, At the Village of Rexpoede near Dunkirk; on the 6th of Sept.t 1793.
M.Brown pinx.t. S.W.Sculp.
Sold & Published by Orme, No.14 Old Bond Street, June 7. 1794.
Colour mezzotint. 480 x 605mm. Close margins.
Prince Adolphus (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge. Son of George III, he went to Hanover in 1791 to receive military training under the supervision of the Hannoverian commander Field Marshal von Freytag, fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession. The pair were briefly captured before the Battle of Hondschoote, in which 40,000 Frenchmen defeated 24,000 British and Hanoverian soldiers, capturing 6 flags and all of the Duke of York's artillery.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 990] £490.00

L'Antiquaire.
Bonnington pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds sc.t.
London, 1st April 1829 published by Moon, Boys & Graves, 6, Pall Mall. Paris, Giraldon-Bovinet & C.ie 26 Galerie Vivienne.
Mezzotint. 240 x 290mm (9½ x 11½"). Narrow margins.
An antiquarian, seated in an armchair, examining an object with a magnifying glass. A woman gazes over his shoulder, holding a tray with a tumbler, a dog at her feet. Jewish interest.
[Ref: 24704] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Ariadne. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Proof mezzotint. 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"), with large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in an oval. A mezzotint of Reynolds's painting by William Ward is titled 'Madame Ricardi Circasienne' From "Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds', a four-volume set (later nine) with over 350 small mezzotints.
See Whitman Appendix; state ii of iv.
[Ref: 59579] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Her Royal Highness The Princess Augusta Sophia. From the original Picture, by Sir W. Beechey R.A. in the possession of H.R.H. the Duke of Glocester to whom, by permission, this print is most respectfully dedicated, by his humble & obed.t Serv.t E. Harding.
Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King. & S. Cousins.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 8. 1824 by S.W Reynolds. Bayswater.
Rare mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), with large margins. Some spotting.
Three-quarter length portrait of Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), second daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, standing in a landscape, wearing a low-cut dress with lace, transparent shawl, plumed hat and necklace.
Whitman 13: ii.
[Ref: 56492] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Baccante with Young Faun.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by S.W.Reynolds.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Mezzotint, 350 x 255mm. Some cracking to margin, small crease top left.
A half-naked woman, believed to have been modelled by Emma Hamilton, carrying a faun. Rare.
WHITMAN: 437, State iv of v.
[Ref: 4829] £320.00

[Sir Frederick Augusta Barnard.]
[By Samuel William Reynolds, after John Prescott Knight.]
[n.d. c.1815.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, rare. 420 x 336mm. 16½ x 13¼".
Sir Frederck Augusta Barnard (1743-1830) was the principal librarian to George III throughout much of his reign. He sought assistance and guidance from writers and lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson. Barnard compiled and published a catalogue of the collection 'Bibliothecae Regiae Catalogus' between 1820 and 1829 in five folio volumes.
See NPG: D1296. Whitman: 17.
[Ref: 24766] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Fred. Aug. Barnard. Ord. Reg. Hanov. Guelf. Eques. Bibliothecae a Georgio III. Institutae Praefectus.
Painted by John Knight. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Mezzotint on india. Plate 424 x 337mm. 16¾ x 13¼". Some tearing around the platemark.
Sir Frederck Augusta Barnard (1743-1830) was the principal librarian to George III throughout much of his reign. He sought assistance and guidance from writers and lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson. Barnard compiled and published a catalogue of the collection 'Bibliothecae Regiae Catalogus' between 1820 and 1829 in five folio volumes.
Whitman: 17. BM: 1878,0511.1072.
[Ref: 16771] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

John Polexfen Bastard and Edmund Bastards Esq.rs.
Painted by J. Northcote R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published June 12, 1795 by S.W. Reynolds, No. 50 Poland Street.
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 410mm (16 x 16"). Small tears in margins. Small margins.
John Pollexfen Bastard (1756-1816), MP for Truro in 1783 and for the Devonshire Constituency 1784-1812, and Edmund Bastard (1758-1816), MP for Dartmouth from 1787-1812. The brothers were not the only Bastards to be elected to Parliament: when John stood down in 1812 he was replaced by his nephew Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784-1838).
[Ref: 49568] £380.00

[The Battle of Bears and Frogs]. Turmæ ranarum periunt non vulnere multo Artus si vivet, quæque salire solet.
Eckstiene pinx [John Eckstein]. Reynolds sculp.
London Pub.d April 1.st 1801.
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"), large margins. Collector's blind stamp of a bee, in lower margin. Repaired tears, central fold, month engraved in a ferrent style to the rest of the inscription.
An army of bears storm a hill defended by frogs with cannon, bayoneting and shooting some as others hop into a pond to escape. A rough translation of the Latin title is 'The host of frogs perish and their limbs, used to jumping, twitch on'. The BM has two examples, one matching this state, and another with a different title ('Im Belles Ferro Ceciderunt Igne Robusti') and joke signatures, from the Lennox-Boyd collection, as this example. The collector's stamp, a blind-stamped Napoleonic Bee, is that of William J. Latta of Philadelphia, a collector of Napolionic prints, who began his collection c.1880, sold it Anderson Galleries, New York, in four sales 1913-4. Lugt (L.2825) says of the collection that it ''was reputed to be the most beautiful of its kind in the world. The portraits were remarkable for the beauty of the prints and the rarity of the states; the series of caricatures was particularly comprehensive''.
BM 1872,0511.896 & 2010,7081.5049. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 54044] £320.00

A Bear Hunt.
Design'd by G.Morland. Engrav'd by S.W.Reynolds.
London: Published April 1st 1796, by S.W.Reynolds, No 6. Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15").
Whitman: 409. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4282] £520.00

[William H.W. Betty Engraved by S.W.Reynolds from a drawing in the possession of Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire to whom this plate is with permission respectfully inscribed by Her Grace's most humble servants S.W.Reynolds & J.s Ramsay.]
[Drawn by J.s Ramsay Sheffield Sept 1804 and published in London Feb.y 1805 by S.W.Reynolds 47 Poland Street, R.Ramsay Duke Street, Strand and sold by Ramsay Sheffield.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before all letters. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins reinforced on verso, creasing.
William Henry West Betty (1791-1874), a child actor billed as the 'Young Roscius' for his performances in adult roles like Hamlet and Romeo, 1804-6, at Covent Garden. After leaving the stage in 1808 to study at Christ's College, Cambridge, his attempts to return to the stage as an adult all failed. This plate is unusual in that the entire surface is mezzotinted. The published state also had 'The Young Roscius' written in the lower image.
Whitman: 26, state i of ii.
[Ref: 51180] £360.00

M.rs Billington as S.t Cecilia. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Proof mezzotint. 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), with large margins.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1765-1818), a British opera singer. On seeing the painting Hayden is reported to have stated, 'You have made her listening to the angels; you should have made the angels listening to her.' She was caricatured by James Gillray after the 3rd Duke of Portland paid her to sing for him at his estate at Bulstode. From "Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds', a four-volume set (later nine) with over 350 small mezzotints.
See Whitman Appendix; state ii of iv.
[Ref: 59580] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Matthew Boulton, Esq.r.
Painted by C.F. de Breda R.A. of Stockholm & Painter to the King of Sweden. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Published March 1st 1796 by S.W. Reynolds. No 6 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Slight scuffing.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) the Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur, who was called 'the first manufacturer in England' by Josiah Wedgwood. He was the founder of the Soho Works in Birmingham in 1762, known for its high quality ornamental objects. In 1775 Boulton entered into partnership with the Scottish engineer James Watt who invented the steam engine; he supplied machinery for the new Mint on Tower Hill in 1805. Boulton also designed for the commercial art market, devising ormolu (gilt brass) mounts for the English potter Josiah Wedgwood's decorative wares. Both men belonged to the Lunar Society, a group of prominent Midlands men who developed ideas and techniques in science, manufacturing and transport. The original painting, by Carl Frederik von Breda (1759-1818), is in the Birmingham Museums Trust.
Whitman 34.
[Ref: 59084] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Brougham Esq.r M.P. F.R.S.
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.e R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King
Published by the Engraver Bayswater October 1820
Mezzotint with very large margins, platemark 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Tipped into album sheet. Foxing to edges.
Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), lord chancellor. A radical Whig lawyer and MP, Brougham tirelessly campagined for the advancement of education and reform. He entered parliament in 1810 as a Whig and immediately promoted legislation against slave trading. He won popular renown as chief attorney to Queen Caroline. He was a prominent member and one of the founders of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1825, of University College London in 1828 and the London Mechanics Institutes in 1824. As Lord Chancellor Brougham's most important achievements were the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. But for all his fame in his own day, Brougham's fate was not to be remembered for any one great achievement. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time.
W 39 iii/iv; For one of many caricatures of Brougham, see ref. 25041.
[Ref: 34940] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Germany] His Excellency Count Brühl, Minister from the Elector of Saxony to the King of Great Britain.
Painted by J.Northcote R.A. Engraved by S.W.Reynolds & W.Ainnis.
London, Published by S.W.Reynolds, 1803.
A very fine mezzotint, marked "1st Fifty". 500 x 350mm.
John Maurice, Compte de Brühl (1736-1809, ambassador to England he was an amateur engraver and author of several astronomy works.
Whitman: 40. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4428] £650.00

His Excellency Count Brühl, Minister from the Elector of Saxony to the King of Great Britain
Painted by J. Northcote R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds & W. Aniss
London, Published by S.W. Reynolds, 1803
Mezzotint, platemark 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14") very large margins. Marked '1st fifty' lower left.
Count John Maurice de Brühl (1736-1809). Besides being Saxon ambassador to England he was an amateur engraver and author of several astronomy works, which elements of this portrait allude to; instruments on table. Fine engraving after a portrait by James Northcote (1746 - 1831), painter and author. A pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Northcote was known for his dignified portraits in the tradition of his master, but also produced grandiose history paintings, many for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
See 4428 for similar.
[Ref: 43761] £360.00

Lord Byron. Proof.
Painted by T. Phillips, engraved by S. W. Reynolds.
Pub.d by T. Phillips, Feb.y 1822.
Fine mezzotint. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with wide margins.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. He was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Phillips, which was undertaken as part of a commission by the publisher William Miller to paint the portraits of several poets whose works he published, the intention being to hang them together at Miller's house at 50 Albemarle Street, London. Annette Peach writes of the commission: "In 1813 Murray commissioned from Phillips a portrait of Byron (who brought the publisher more commercial success than any other of his writers), which still hangs over the drawing-room fireplace in Albemarle Street. The half-length view famously shows a pale-complexioned Byron in a white shirt with a large turned-down ‘Byronic’ collar open at the neck to reveal his throat, and wrapped in a dark cloak. The dress and pose are identical to that of Charles Mayne Young in his portrait by G. H. Harlow (1809; Garrick Club, London), where the actor is portrayed as Hamlet, and it is possible that Byron saw Young perform this role. As in his portrait of Blake, Phillips's ability to convey the Romantic (and here self-dramatizing) cast of his sitter's imagination indicates that, although his œuvre is less flamboyant than that of his contemporary Sir Thomas Lawrence, he, too, was quintessentially a Romantic painter." One of several engravings made from Phillips' portrait.
Whitman: 45
[Ref: 53855] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Byron.
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.e R.A. / Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Pub.d by T. Phillips Feb.y 1822
Mezzotint, platemark 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Fine with very large margins.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. He was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses including huge debts, numerous love affairs, rumours of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister, and self-imposed exile. He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died at 36 years old from a fever contracted while in Missolonghi, Greece.
Whitman 45
[Ref: 31882] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Charlotte. Dedicated by Permission To his Royal Highness Prince George of Wales Regent, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, by His Royal Highnesses devoted Servant, S.W. Reynolds. Proof.
Painted by H. Edridge 1814. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published by the Engraver Bayswater 1819.
Proof mezzotint with etching. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). A strong, well inked impression, with surface texture. Some staining in borders.
Queen Charlotte (1744 - 1818), queen consort of George III, mother of George IV and grandmother of Queen Victoria. She sits in an ornate chair looking at the viewer, hands held together in lap, wearing a dark dress, shawl, frilled collar, cap and earring. After Henry Edridge (1768-1821).
Whitman 53. See Ref: 12140
[Ref: 61633] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Charlotte.]
[Painted by H. Edridge 1814 . Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.]
[Published by the Engraver Bayswater 1819.]
Mezzotint with etching, proof before letters. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾").
Queen Charlotte (1744 - 1818), queen consort of George III, mother of George IV and grandmother of Queen Victoria. She sits in an ornate chair looking at the viewer, hands held together in lap, wearing a dark dress, shawl, frilled collar, cap and earring. After Henry Edridge (1768-1821).
Whitman 53. Collector's stamps of Alfred Morrison (1821 - 1897) and John Young to verso.
[Ref: 12140] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[William Hart Coleridge. D.D. Lord Bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands.]
[T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t Engraver to the King.] [n.d., c.1825]
Mezzotint, private plate, proof before all letters. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with large margins.
William Hart Coleridge (1789-1849), bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands, nephew of Samuel Taylor
Whitman 58.
[Ref: 55220] £360.00

William Hart Coleridge. D.D. Lord Bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t Engraver to the King.
[n.d., c.1825]
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with wide margins. Proof impression of private plate.
William Hart Coleridge (1789-1849), bishop of Barbados and the Leeward Islands, nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips, exhibited in 1825 and now at Christ Church, Oxford (where he studied).
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Whitman 58 iii/iv.
[Ref: 34952] £360.00

[Anne Damer] The Hon.ble Mrs Damer.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
[London 1836, Hodgson & Graves, 6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before publisher's inscription. 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Hole in inscription area, damp stains in large margins.
Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749 - 1828), sculptor, standing in a landscape. Damer was a writer and honorary exhibitor as an amateur sculptor at the Royal Academy 1784-1818. She executed busts of George III, Fox and Nelson and of the actress, Elizabeth Farren. She inherited Strawberry Hill from her cousin, Horace Walpole, but lived in nearby York House.
[Ref: 44087] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

George Dance, Esq.re A.A. From the original Picture, in the possession of Sir George Beaumont Bar.t to whom this plate is respectfully inscribed by his obliged and faithful servant, S.W. Reynolds. Proof.
Painted by John Jackson Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.
Pub.d by the Engraver, Bayswater June, 30 1820.
Rare proof mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), Small margins.
George Dance (1741-1825), artist and Palladian architect best known for Mansion House in London.
Whitman 67, iii of iii.
[Ref: 51304] £320.00

John Davies. Proof.
Painted by S.W. Reynolds, Jun.r. Engraved by S.W.Reynolds. Engraver to their Majesties.
Published by Agnew & Zanetti, Repository of Arts, 10 Exchange Street, Manchester, Feb.y 1833.
Proof mezzotint, with very large margins, scarce. 500 x 360mm (19¾ x 14¼"). Publisher's blindstamp in margin.
John Davies (c.1806-1850), a lecturer and chemist who helped found the Manchester Mechanics' Institute. He holds a specimen jar and further chemist equipment is on his desk. He also promoted the first, unsuccessful, attempt to found a university in Manchester in 1836. He died aged only 44.
[Ref: 31732] £420.00

Sir Humphrey Davy Bar.t President of the Royal Society &c &c &c
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds
Pub.d by T. Phillips March 1822
Mezzotint with large margins, proof; platemark 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Rare.
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), chemist and inventor. He is remembered mainly for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals, as well as his contributions to the discoveries of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. In 1815 he invented the Davy lamp, which allowed miners to work safely in the presence of flammable gases. Davy's reputation was soon eclipsed by that of his one-time assistant Michael Faraday, but Davy was one of the first professional men of science, with a high position and great fame in his own day. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; W 68; Wellcome: 772-15.
[Ref: 34954] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Morland's Emblematical Palette. Engraved from the original painted for the Society founded by him, called Knights of the Palette, & attached to the ceiling of their Assembly Room, under which each Candidate drank his wine to the Founder's health, & became a member. "Spite of detraction, long envied Name. "Shall grace the annels of Immortal fame." "Vide Collins's Life of G.Morland".
London Published Jan 1 1806 by J.Linnell, Streatham Street, Bloomsbury. Engraved by S.W.Reynolds.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 348 x 397mm. Trimmed to plate.
A painter's palette, with a tobacco box, two pipes and a wine glass.
Whitman: 410. Rx: collection of the the Honorable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6806] £690.00

Peter Ewart [facsimile signature]. Private Plate[lower left].
Painted by James Lonsdale. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. 151/2 Holland St. Kensington.
Published by Thomas Agnew, Repository of Arts Exchange St. Manchester, July 8th 1843. Printed by Brooker & Harrison.
Mezzotint engraving on india paper. 305 x 405mm.
Engineer who was influential in developing the technologies of turbines and theories of thermodynamics [1767 - 1842].
[Ref: 3953] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[James Ochoncar Forbes.]
Jas Nortcote R.A. Pinxt. S: W Reynolds Sculpt.
Pub. March 30th. 1795 by S:W: Reynolds N 6 Broad Street Soho.
Mezzotint. Plate 355 x 254mm. 14 x 10".
James Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes (1765-1843). He was Kt Royal Sicilian Order St Januarius; Gen, Colonel 21st Scots Fusiliers; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of Scotland. He also built Castle Forbes in 1815.
An earlier state to BM and CS.
[Ref: 15346] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble: Charles James Fox.
Drawn by I.R. Smith. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Publish'd Octr. 13. 1806, by S.W. Reynolds, 47, Poland Street.
Very fine stipple. Plate 422 x 306mm. Sheet 593 x 440mm. Some tears in the margins.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America’s cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
NPG: D18432. Whitman 93 between I & II.
[Ref: 12584] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Charles James Fox.
Painted by J.R. Smith, 1802. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Plate 1.st of a Series of Portraits. Published by S.W. Reynolds, 47 Poland Street, London, 1802.
Mezzotint, sheet 645 x 460mm (25¼ x 18"). Trimmed to platemark; four repaired tears to title area. Collector's stamp of H.E. Bunbury (1778-860) verso.
Large full-length portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), British Whig statesman, seated in his study, his left hand holding his specatacles and resting on a document about the Glorious Revolution ('Revolu [...] 1688') with a pamphlet titled 'Principles of the Whigs' nearby. This impression formerly owned by Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, seventh baronet (1778-1860), military officer and son of the prominent caricaturist Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811). In addition to a successful military career Bunbury collected fossils and old Italian manuscripts (he served in southern Italy and Sicily, 1805-9) and acquired a fine library and art collection. Bunbury's admiration for Fox was demonstrated by his decision to name one of his sons Charles James Fox Bunbury!
L.1305. Whitman: I of IV.
[Ref: 46782] £420.00

A Prince of the Blood Royal. In the Coronation Dress and Robes of Estate, attended by his Trainbearer. 19th. July 1821.
J. Stephanoff, pinxit. Reynolds, Engraver to His Majesty, Sculp.t
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1824 by Sir George Nayler, Garter.
Hand-coloured mezzotint, with large margins. Plate 451 x 350mm. 17¾ x 13¾".
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York in the coronation dress and robes of estate, attended by his trainbearer, Lieutenant Henry Frederick Cookes. From Sir G. Nayler's "The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth, solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI."
See Abbey Scenery: 260.28. Collage: p7511732.
[Ref: 23689] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Furze Cutter.
Painted by J. Barney. Engraved by W. S. Reynolds.
London, published Aug.t 21st, 1799, by S. Morgan. No.22 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint and etching with large margins. Platemark: 640 x 445mm. (25¼ x 17½").
An agricultural worker holding a bill-hook and carrying a bundle of furze on his back; after Joseph Barney (1751 - 1829). Joseph Barney studied with Angelica Kauffmann and Antonio Zucchi, assisted Matthew Boulton at Wolverhapton in finishing mechanical paintings, exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institute, and became Drawing Master at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Unusually, the engraver Samuel William Reynolds' initials have been inscribed incorrectly (as 'W.S. Reynolds')!
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection; Whitman: 327
[Ref: 28393] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Gally Knight Esq.e.
Painted by Henry Edridge. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[London, n.d., 1825.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 495 x 370mm (19½ x 14½"), with large margins.
A romantic & fine image showing Henry Gally-Knight (1786-1846), in oriental costume and turban, holding the hilt of a sword and a long pipe. He was an MP and author of several Oriental tales and books on architecture. Lord Byron, in his ''Ballad to the Tune of Salley in our Alley'', accused Gally-Knight of being a dandy.
[Ref: 49961] £550.00

[King George III] When the ear heard him, ... but his name liveth evermore. To the British Nation, this Print of the Father of his People, is most respectfully dedicated by Samuel. W. Reynolds.
Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, and Pub.d by His Majestys most gracious permission Feb.y 24, 1820.
Mezzotint with etching, with large margins, retouched plate with inscription in open letters. 410 x 300mm, 16¼ x 11¾". Closed tear into lower left corner of plate.
Portrait of George III (1738 - 1820) as a bearded, blind old man; seated in an armchair, in profile towards left, his right elbow on a table decorated with arms and his hand supporting his chin. The king is dressed in ermine-trimmed robes, and in the background on the left, a partial view of an organ. Samuel William Reynolds (1773 - 1835).
Whitman 102, II. See item Ref: 27077 for Charles Turner's portrait of the old king, published a few days later (same sitting?).
[Ref: 27221] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] The King.
Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
Published by the Engraver, Oct. 24th. 1821, Bayswater.
Mezzotint on india laid paper, inscribed 'Proof' lower left, 330 x 250mm. 13 x 9¾". A good impression.
George IV (1762 - 1830), in private dress, wearing high dark neckerchief. After Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
Whitman: 108, ii.
[Ref: 16391] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] George Prince of Wales, Regent of Great Britain.
[From a sketch by J. Wright of a painting by Thomas Phillips.]
L.C.D.S.A. [n.d., c.1815.]
Early lithograph on india with very large margins. 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾"). Slight surface soiling.
George IV (1762-1830) as Prince Regent (1811-19), shown in uniform with sash. A stipple version of the same image was engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti in 1809. After Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
[Ref: 34584] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Portrait of the late extraordinary Artist, Thomas Girtin, Natus Feb.y 18. 1775 Obiit Nov. 9. 1802. To Sir George Beaumont Bar.t, One of his earliest Patrons This Print is with Permission respectfully dedicated by his very obliged & grateful Serv.t John Girtin. J.Girtin in the recent fire in Broad Str.t having lost all his property, excepting some prints & c. which with this portrait of his late Brother, he respectfully offers to a liberal Public.
Painted by John Opie Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Pub.d May 16, 1817, by J. Girtin, Engraver, Printer &c. No 25 Old Compton Street, 3 doors from Princes Street, Soho.
Fine mezzotint. 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"0. Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), holding a porte-crayon and sketch-book. Watercolourist, friend and rival of J.M.W. Turner. , with whom he closely worked. He died aged just twenty-seven, shortly after completing his most ambitious and spectacular work, the Eidometropolis, a 360-degree panorama of London measuring over 100ft. The portrait was published by his brother John Girtin, who had just lost his stock in a fire of November 1816.
Whitman 114, i of ii, before further shading of letters of names in the inscription.
[Ref: 55670] £360.00

Alexander 4th Duke of Gordon, Marquis of Huntley, Earl of Norwich & Baron Mordaunt of Turvey, K.t. Aged 82. Keeper [of the] Great Seal of Scotland, Chancellor of King's College Aberdeen, &c. &c.
Painted by Colvin Smith. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
[n.d., 1825.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, damaged.
Alexander Gordon (1743-1827), 'the Cock o' the North' (as chief of the Gordon Clan). He raised the Gordon Highlanders in 1794, with his son, George Duncan Gordon, taking command.
[Ref: 47545] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[General Lord Lynedoch, G.C.B. From the original Picture belonging to the United Services Club.]
Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Jan.y 1st. 1831 by M. Colnaghi, Cockspur Street, Printseller to His Majesty & Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
Large mezzotint, touched proof, proof before title. Sheet 710 x 455mm (28 x 17¾"). Trimmed just within plate, laid on card, some white highlights added to background smoke and clouds.
Full length portrait of General Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), in landscape, holding a sheathed sword and wearing a fur-edged coat over military dress, his plumed hat to right, Lynedoch served as Sir John Moore's aide-de-camp in the retreat to Corunna, 1808, and with Wellington in the Peninsular campaign, defeating the French at Barossa, 1811, and commanding the left wing at the Battle of Vittoria, 1813. He led an unsuccessful expedition to Holland in 1814. After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830).
Whitman 186, I.
[Ref: 53911] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Harding Esqr. Librarian to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Charlotte.
M.A. Shee R.A. Pinx. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.
Published by G.P. Harding, Hercules, Buildings Lalbeth.
Mezzotint. Plate 228 x 166mm. 9 x 6½". Crease.
Edward Harding (1755-1840) was an engraver, publisher and librarian to Queen Charlotte from 1803 to 1818.
NPG: D2570. Whitman: 129.
[Ref: 16805] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Hearing.]
Debufe pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds sculp.t.
London 1st. May 1830. Published by Giraldon, Bovinet & Co.
Mezzotint, proof before title, printed on chine collé. 370 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾") very large margins.
A woman in a velvet dress tuning a harp.
Whitman: 360, state i of ii.
[Ref: 59335] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Rev.d Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds, Sculp.t Engraver to the King.
London, March 1827, Published by M. Colnaghi, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Wear in very large margins.
Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was the Church of England's second Bishop of Calcutta. His missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the 'Society for the Propagation of the Gospel' in Wrexham, was widely sung until recently, but lost favour when it was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi as patronising, particularly the line ''the heathen in his blindness [bowing] down to wood and stone''. Other hymns, for example ''Holy, Holy, Holy'', remain popular. First published by Reynolds in 1824.
Whitman: 137: iii of iii. Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48514] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Rev.d Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds, Sculp.t Engraver to the King.
London, March 1827, Published by M. Colnaghi, 23 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint. 510 x 350mm (20 x 13¾") very large margins.
Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was the Church of England's second Bishop of Calcutta. His missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the 'Society for the Propagation of the Gospel' in Wrexham, was widely sung until recently, but lost favour when it was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi as patronising, particularly the line ''the heathen in his blindness [bowing] down to wood and stone''. Other hymns, for example ''Holy, Holy, Holy'', remain popular. First published by Reynolds in 1824.
Whitman: 137: iii of iii. Ex: Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48515] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

William Hoare R.A.
Painted by P. Hoare. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Oct.r 1. 1794, vy S.W. Reynolds, N.o 6 Broad Street, Soho.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album paper at sides. Staining top right.
Half-length portrait, within an oval and square wooden frame, of portrait painter William Hoare of Bath (1707-92). He wears a powdered wig, dark coat and waistcoat, and light neckerchief.
[Ref: 61599] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Francis Horner Exqr M.P. Born 12August 1778, Died 8Feb 1817. From the Original Picture by Henry Raeburn Esqr. R.A. is the possession of Leonard Horner Esqr to whom this Print is respectfully dedicated by his obliged and obedient Servant. S. W. Reynolds.
Engraved & Published by S. W. Reynolds Bayswater, July 4, 1818
Mezzotint, with very large margins. Plate 407 x 299mm. 16 x 11¾". Repairs around platemark.
Francis Horner (1778-1817) was a Scottish Whig MP for St. Ives in 1806, Wendover in 1807, and St. Mawes in 1812. As a writer he translated Leonhard Euler's 'Elements of Algebra' in 1797 and published 'Short Account of a late Short Administration' in 1807. In 1802 he was one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review. Firms believed in political economy, he took part in the parliamentary debates on the Corn Laws and slavery in 1813-15.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. Whitman: 151.
[Ref: 19796] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Horrocks Esq.re, M.P.
Painted by James Lonsdale. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.
Published by J. Lonsdale 8 Berners Street, May 1820.
Mezzotint with very large margins, proof impression; platemark 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Slightly rubbed.
Samuel Horrocks (1766-1842), who took over the cotton spinning and manufacturing business founded by his father in Preston, for which he was also M.P. After a portrait by Lancaster-born painter James Lonsdale (although Lonsdale had long been resident in London by this time- in the year this print was published he painted Queen Caroline).
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34123] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Une Scène de l'Inquisition.]
C.te de Forbin pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Grav. du Roi d'Angleterre Sculp.
Déposé. A Paris chez Schroth Editeur M.d de Tabl.x et Dessin, Rue St,, Honoré No. 353, bis et à Londres chez Colnaghi fils et C.ie Pall mall East [n.d., c.1830].
Chine collé mezzotint, proof before title. 530 x 400mm (20¾ x 15¾"), with very large margins. Some spotting. Uncut.
In a tower room a monk and nun question a chained man in oriental dress. In the floor is a trapdoor with a ladder. In the background a skull and hourglass sit on an open book on a chair.
Whitman 367.
[Ref: 55216] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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