Grosvenor Prints

Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercrombie K.B.
Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
Published Feb. 1. 1799, by S.W. Reynolds, N.º 46, Poland Street, London.
Mezzotint, proof with uncleaned inscription area. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Ralph Abercrombie (1734-1801), in uniform), published two years before his death following the Battle of Alexandria. The plate was reissued to commemorate his death.
Whitman 2.
[Ref: 64380] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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

[Georgiana Agar-Ellis, Lady Dover]
J. Jackson pinx. R.A. S.W. Reynolds sculp.
Published by Colnagho P. Feb 13 1824.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 380 x 255mm (15 x 10mm), with large margins. Repairs in edges of margins. Uncut.
Georgiana Agar Ellis (1804-1860), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle; in 1822 she married George Agar-Ellis, who became Baron Dover in 1831.
Whitman 8.
[Ref: 63538] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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

[Lewis Bagot, L.L.D. Bishop of S.t Asaph.]
[Painted by J. Hoppner Esq. R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.]
[Published by S.W. Reynolds Bayswaster 1819.]
Mezzotint, working proof before letters. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Some slight foxing.
A three-quarter length portrait of Lewis Bagot (1740-1802) in clerical robes seated inside the cathedral with an open Bible in front of him. He had previously been bishop of Bristol (1782-3) and Norwich (1783-90). The painting is in the collection of Christ Church, Oxford, where Bagot studied.
Whitman 14, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66628] £280.00 (£336.00 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)

[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)

[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

[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)

Henry R. Bishop.
Painted by T. Foster. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.
London Published July 1822 by J. Power 34 Strand and Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street. To be had of C. Lonsdale, 26, Old Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 510 x 345mm (20 x 13½"). Trimmed into image at sides, to plate at bottom.
Seated portrait of early Romantic composer Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1787-1856), holding a score and a document granting the Freedom of the City of Dublin on a table. Despite his success he died in poverty. He is the only 19th century British composer represented on the Albert Memorial's 'Frieze of Parnassus'.
Whitman 29 iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64909] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry R. Bishop.]
[Painted by T. Foster. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.]
[London Published July 1822 by J. Power 34 Strand and Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters 510 x 355mm (20 x 4"), large margins.
Seated portrait of early Romantic composer Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1787-1856), holding a score and a document granting the Freedom of the City of Dublin on a table. Despite his success he died in poverty. He is the only 19th century British composer represented on the Albert Memorial's 'Frieze of Parnassus'.
Whitman 29 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64911] £320.00

[Napoleon Bonaparte.]
Charlet Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Grav. du Roi d'Ang.re sculp.t.
à Paris chez Schroth Editeur rue St Honoré No 353 bis London published february 1829 by Rittner, 8 Surrey St., Strand.
Rare mezzotint. 385 x 290mm (15 x 11½") very large margins. Publisher's blindstamp below image, some surface soiling.
Full-length portrait of Napoleon, standing, one hand inside his waistcoat, in a landscape, probably St Helena. The artist, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845), was originally a soldier (he distinguished himself in the defence of Clichy in 1814) before losing his commission upon the restoration of the monarchy and turning to painting. He specialised in Napoleonic scenes, which made him popular with the opposition under the Restoration and influential in the propagation of a mythic view of the Napoleonic era. Engraved by the leading British printmaker S.W. Reynolds, who also worked in Paris.
Whitman 204, unrecorded state between i and ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64747] £280.00 (£336.00 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. N.º 6 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Faint foxing.
A seated portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), a Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur (called 'the first manufacturer in England' by Josiah Wedgwood), holding a miniature and magnifying glass. Behind is his 'Soho Manufactory', where Boulton installed the first Watt steam engine with the sun and planet gear in a factory. It was also the first steam-powered mint. The original painting, by Carl Frederik von Breda (1759-1818), is in the Birmingham Museums Trust.
Whitman 34, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64750] £280.00 (£336.00 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)

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. N.º 6 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10").
A seated portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), a Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur (called 'the first manufacturer in England' by Josiah Wedgwood), holding a miniature and magnifying glass. Behind is his 'Soho Manufactory', where Boulton installed the first Watt steam engine with the sun and planet gear in a factory. It was also the first steam-powered mint. The original painting, by Carl Frederik von Breda (1759-1818), is in the Birmingham Museums Trust.
Whitman 34, ii of ii, before etching in the hair and glass. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64751] £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)

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"), with very large margins. Marked '1st fifty' lower left.
Hans Moritz Graf von Brühl (1736-1809), the German diplomat and astronomer, and resident for much of his life in London. In 1764 he was appointed ambassador extraordinary to the court of St James's. During his time in London he promoted astronomy and was intimate with William Herschel, and transmitted news of discoveries abroad through Johann Elert Bode's "Jahrbuch". From 1788 he belonged to the Saxon privy council, and was a knight of the White Eagle. 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 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. 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)

[Thomas Campbell, Esq.re.]
[Painted by Thomas Lonsdale. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.]
[London. Published April 14.th 1826, by W. Sams, Book & Printseller to the Royal Family, opposite S.t James's Palace.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Some creasing, small tear in the bottom margin,
Half-length portrait of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), seated at a desk, quill in hand. He helped found London University (now University College London).
Whitman 46, state i of iii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64766] £320.00

Thomas Campbell, Esq.re. Proof.
Painted by Thomas Lonsdale. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
London. Published Jan.y 1. 1827, by W. Sams, Book & Printseller to the Royal Family, opposite S.t James's Palace.
Proof mezzotint. 400 x 320mm (15¾ x 12½"). Some creasing, mainly to margins, small tear in margin taped. Small margins, bit dusty.
Half-length portrait of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), seated at a desk, quill in hand. He helped found London University (now University College London). In this third state, the plate has been cut down, publication line altered, window replaced by a bookcase and the column fluted.
Whitman 46, state iii of iii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64764] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Campbell, Esq.re. Proof.
Painted by Thomas Lonsdale. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
London. Published April 14.th 1826, by W. Sams, Book & Printseller to the Royal Family, opposite S.t James's Palace.
Proof mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Trimmed to plate, tear touching image at top repaired, bottom corner reinforced, some spotting.
Half-length portrait of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), seated at a desk, quill in hand. He helped found London University (now University College London). An example of the first lettered state, before the plate was cut down.
Whitman 46, state ii of iii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64765] £260.00 (£312.00 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)

[Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales and the Princess Charlotte.]
Maria Cosway pinx.t. S.W.Reynolds sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Very rare, fine and printed in colour mezzotint. Sheet 585 x 475mm (23 x 18¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into lower plate.
Portrait of Caroline of Brunswick (1768 - 1821), and Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796 - 1817). Fine & decorative view of London in background. Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until her death in 1821 as the estranged wife of King George IV. Princess Charlotte of Wales, was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV), and Caroline of Brunswick. She was expected to ascend the British throne after the deaths of her grandfather, George III, and her father, but died in childbirth at the age of 21, predeceasing them both.
Whitman 49.
[Ref: 67108] £580.00

[A Game at Chess.]
[Painted by T. Phillips, A. Engraved by S. W. Reynolds.]
[London, Published by T. Phillips, George Street, Hanover Square, March 1st. 1808, and Sold by A. Molteno, Pall Mall.]
Extremely rare mezzotint, unfinished proof before letters. 380 x 440mm (15 x 17¼"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
An interior scene with an elderly couple, the Rev. and Mrs. Debary, seated in a room at a table, playing chess. After Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
Whitman 424.
[Ref: 66073] £680.00

[A Game at Chess.]
[Painted by T. Phillips, A. Engraved by S. W. Reynolds.]
[London, Published by T. Phillips, George Street, Hanover Square, March 1st. 1808, and Sold by A. Molteno, Pall Mall.]
Extremely rare mezzotint, unfinished proof before letters. 380 x 440mm (15 x 17¼"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, some scuffing in borders.
An interior scene with an elderly couple, the Rev. and Mrs. Debary, seated in a room at a table, playing chess. After Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845).
Whitman 424.
[Ref: 66072] £580.00

[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, 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

Cupid, from a Portrait in the possession of Sir Tho.s Heathcote, Bart. To whom this Print is respectfully dedicated by his most Obliges and Faithful Servant, S.W. Reynolds.
Painted by W. Owen, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 380mm (13 x 15"), with large margins. Slight surface soiling.
Cupid sits on a cloud, an arrow in his crossed arms.
Whitman 423, after state iii of iii, with title and verse from Midsummer Night's Dream rather than Ovid's Metamorphoses. W: 423 iii of iii.
[Ref: 66078] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

John Christian Curwen Esq.r M.P. N.º First Fifty ~ Price £1,, 1,,
Painted by J.J. Halls. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[London, Published by the Engraver, 47 Poland Street, April 12. 1802.]
Mezzotint, fine impression with 18th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plan, losing publication line at bottom, paper remnants on right edge with slight scrape of print.
Half-length portrait of John Christian Curwen (1756-1828), Whig M.P. for Carlisle.
[Ref: 64394] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[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. Proof.
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds
Pub.d by T. Phillips March 1822.
Rare proof mezzotint. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with large margins.
Sir Humphry Davy, Bt (1778-1829), inventor best known for his miner's safety lamp of 1815. He was Presidency of the Royal Society in 1820.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; W 69 ii of ii; Wellcome: 772-15.
[Ref: 64749] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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)

To the Independent Electors of the Borough of Hertford, this Portrait of Tho.s Slingsby Duncombe, Esq.r M.P. [Is Respectfully Dedicated by the Engraver.]
Painted by S.W. Reynolds, Jun.r. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.
[Published May, 1831, by S.W. Reynolds, Bayswater.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, losing end of dedication and publication line.
A portrait of politician Thomas Slingsby Duncombe (1796-1861), considered one of the most stylish politicians of the time. A chartist and helped with Jewish interests.
Whitman 79, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66964] £320.00

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)

[John Fitzgibbon] The Right Hon.ble The Earl of Clare, K.P. G.C.H. P.C.
Painted by John Lucas. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds junior.
London Published March 4th 1852, by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & C.º 13 & 14 Pall Mall East _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Mezzotint. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15"). Tears in margin taped.
A three-quarter portrait of John FitzGibbon (1792-1851), 2nd Earl of Clare, in an armchair, wearing a long, fur-lined coat, published the year after his death. In 1830 he became a Privy Councillor and, later the same year, was appointed Governor of Bombay, serving until 1835.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman 480.
[Ref: 66331] £380.00

[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 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

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)

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