Grosvenor Prints

[A poor family outside their cottage.]
On Stone by F. Sexton
Drawn, Printed & Published at Friedel's Litho. Estabt. 252, Tottenham Court Road, and at the Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent Street
Rare and fine hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, mint colour. Image 350 x 265mm. 13¼ x 10½". Margin partially missing; tatty extremities with some tears. Crease close to left edge of image.
A copy of an engraving by Adam Friedel, Danish-born painter and lithographic printer, publisher of a series of coloured lithographs of the Greek Revolution under the title 'Twenty-Four Portraits of the principal leaders and personages who have made themselves most conspicuous in the Greek Revolution'.
[Ref: 21586] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Felicity. Behold the blest couple return from their toil ... With stories soft stories of love.
H. Corbould del.t Rob.t Cooper sculp.t
London. Published March 1.1814, by S & J. Fuller at the Temple of Fancy Rathbone Place.
Rare stipple. Plate 303 x 229mm (12 x 9"), very large margins.
A couple in rustic dress walking through a hayfield to the right, the youth carrying a cask and staff, his arm around the girl's waist, while she carries a sheaf of hay tied in a cloth on her head, holding her straw hat in her other hand.
[Ref: 31312] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Happiness, Health, Felicity & Contentment.
Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard London. Publish'd 29 May 1773. 253
Mezzotint with hand-colouring, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Faint crease through centre.
Rural family with three children and dog.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CLB i/ii
[Ref: 32373] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Rural Idyll]
[Anon., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 190 x 240mm (7½ x 9½"). Large margins.
Fascinating and rare pastoral scene showing a dozen figures (and a dog) playing on swings, singing, and taking part in other activities. The scene echoes the landscapes of Gaspar Poussin and the fêtes champêtres painted by Watteau and his contemporaries. The classical vase on a plinth on the right, for instance, is an explicit act of homage to painters of Italian landscape. The bizarre mask in the lower right corner, however, suggests something more than straightforward pastiche.
[Ref: 37668] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Innocence
S. Harding delt. F: Bartolozzi sculpt 1785.
London Published Octr. 1st,, 1785, by Thos,, Macklin, No,, 39, Fleet Street.
Stipple with etching printed in brown ink, sheet 245 x 180mm. 9½ x 7". Trimmed within plate, and very close to publication line.
Girl with a hat standing in a rural landscape, holding a lamb with both hands; another lamb standing to left and looking up to her. It has been suggested she might be Maria Macklin, daughter of the publisher Thomas Macklin. After Sylvester Harding (1745 - 1809).
See 19213.
[Ref: 19210] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Innocence
S. Harding delt. F: Bartolozzi sculpt 1785.
London Published Octr. 1st. 1785, by Thos. Macklin, No,, 39, Fleet Street. [A later impression?]
Stipple with etching printed in red ink on thick wove paper, sheet 255 x 205mm. 10 x 8". Trimmed within plate; closed tear into upper part of image.
Girl with a hat standing in a rural landscape, holding a lamb with both hands; another lamb standing to left and looking up to her. It has been suggested she might be Maria Macklin, daughter of the publisher Thomas Macklin. After Sylvester Harding (1745 - 1809).
See 19210.
[Ref: 19213] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

To the Right Honourable George Earl of Cardigan, &c, &c, This Print is humbley Inscribed by his Lordship's most Obedient and Dutiful Servant, Tho.s Major. {In the Collection of John Barnard Esq.r.}
J. Asselyn, &c, Bercham Pinx.t. Thi,s Major Sculp.t.
London Sold by T. Major Engraver on the Paved Stones St. Martin's Lane.
Very fine & rare engraving. Platemark: 510 x 600mm (20 x 23½") very large margins. Central vertical fold. Small area of surface damage in centre of sheet.
A pastoral landscape with peasants watering their horse and donkeys in a shallow river in the foreground, with one donkey kicking his legs to the right. Ruins can be seen behind, with a stone bridge in the background. A coat of arms and motto are inscribed below the image. After Dutch painter Jan Asselyn (c.1610 - 1652).
[Ref: 40050] £480.00

[Rural landscape with castle.]
P. Sandby R.A. del. F. Jukes fec.t.
London Pub.d May 1 1788 by F Jukes Howland Street.
Etching and aquatint, 255 x 290mm (10 x 11½"). Some small creases. Repaired tears and small margins.
Rural landscape with a castle on the right which has a square gate-tower, seen across a bridge over a river which falls steeply on the right. A woman in the foreground speaks to a man who sits at the roadside on a rock, with a basket and stick.
[Ref: 60616] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Life.
Ph. Mercier: Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Withy at the Dunciad the 3.d Door from the East end of the Royal Exchange in Cornhil [n.d., c.1762].
Mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at corners.
A girl in a coned hat standing with a distaff propped on her left hip drawing thread down. One of a set of six with the same title.
CS 405 for set, this state not listed. of Ex Collection of the late Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67350] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Life.
Ph. Mercier: Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Laid on album paper. Small margins. Papaer toned. Left margin damaged.
A boy resting on a bale, scythe on his lap, holding a tankard. One of a set of six with the same title.
CS 405 for set. of Ex Collection of the late Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67353] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Life.
Ph. Mercier: Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Repairs at bottom. Small margins.
A boy playing bagpipes. One of a set of six with the same title. Musical interest.
CS 405 for set. Ex Collection of the late Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67354] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Life.
Ph, Mercier: Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Large margins on right and upper sides. Stains in title area. Large repaired tear in left edge. Pin holes in upper edge.
Exterior scene in which a young man holds a tankard in his right hand while a scythe rests across his lap.
For reduced copy titled 'The Scythe, Man's Refreshment' see ref: 32343. Ex Collection of the late Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36043] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Life. Plate II.
P. Mercier pinx.t C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1760.]
Coloured mezzotint with large margins. Plate 152 x 114mm (6 x 4½").
A girl spinning, standing a landscape, holding a spindle and drawing thread down to right; wearing a coned hat. The engraver was Richard Purcell, who often used the alias of 'Corbutt', generally with the prefix of 'Charles', but sometimes 'Philip' or initials, when pirating other plates
[Ref: 30889] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Life.
Ph, Mercier: Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles, at No 13 in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), wide margins, 18th century watermark. Creased.
Exterior scene, with a boy shearing a sheep.
Ex Collection of the late Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37587] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Life. The Operas, Masquerades, and Plays, This Cottage Maid's a Stranger; The feathered Care, her little Farm. By Poverty secured from harm, With careless ease she spends her Days, Secure from any danger.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Very fine coloured mezzotint. Fantastically bright 18th century colour. 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Trimmed to the image top and sides, and to just below the title at bottom. Some creasing and glue stains to the title area. Small tears into the left-hand side.
A young girl on the porch of her farm, blissfully unaware of urban life and the perils and dangers. She hold a basketful of feed, which she scatters for the hens and chicks.
[Ref: 16345] £320.00

Rural Retirement. Pl2.
Designed & Etched by R. Seymour.
London. Published by Tho.s M.cLean 26 Haymarket July 1.st 1829.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), On paper watermarked, 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.' Trimmed to plate top and left. Light creasing an surface dirt. Staining.
Nine vignettes: ''Lodging at a Farm House'', Pickle, morose, leans on a table as the farmer’s wife in mid-18th-century dress holds a tattered book, saying, ''I ha gotten a Book Sir her es half the whole duty of man— and we shant be so dull presently as they be going to toll the bell for the Tailor as is just dead.'' ''Weeds''—walking through fields, Pickle gives a coin to one of two rural children. ''Village Gossip'', a barber shaves Pickle while holding his nose, as the farmer’s wife peeps round a folding screen; the barber recounts, ''Yes Sir, one Thought you Mad another you was a fraudulent Bankrupt… Mrs Maggot said you might be a Papist Conspirator & the Beadles wife feared you might hang yourself & cause Trouble to the Parish.'' ''Thorns'', his coat-tail is torn by a briar on a country walk. ''Crossing the Farmyard'',approaching a stile, his coat is seized by a chained watchdog, with hostile turkeys, geese, a boar, scampering pigs, and a bull beyond; a grinning yokel watches from the paling. ''Patience'', he sits on a tomb in the churchyard. ''Rural Evening Walk'', Pickle perches on a bank with feet in a swamp while two yokels watch and whistle; he exclaims, ''A Plague upon those rascally clowns sending one round about down the Bank, over the Moor—through Deadmans Lane & the Halfpenny Hatch—and now up to my knees in this swamp and—good Lord theres a thieves whistle.'' ''A Morning Walk'', reading as he walks, he nearly steps into a stream. ''Blue Devils'', in his farmhouse, Pickle sits beset by tiny demons: one holds a noose, another points to an imp under a book labeled Faux Pas, a bill-sticker demon hovers with ''Bank Stopt Payment'', and others manipulate a watch; he laments, ''Was ever any poor wretch so beset by the blue Devils as I am—not ten o'clock yet, not so much as a mouse stirring through the Village, not a soul to speak to.''
[Ref: 68111] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Field with horse and cottage]
J.M. in. & ft 1771
Etching, platemark 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6"), with large margins.
[Ref: 47661] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Le Repos champetre. [Rustic relaxation.]
F. Boucher Del. Ryland Sculp.
A Paris chez Buldet, rue de Gesvres, au Grand Coeur. [n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Full margins.
Peasant women and children resting with their sheep in a makeshift shelter; a thatched cottage in the background. After François Boucher (1703 - 1770).
[Ref: 13365] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Sports. - Cat in a Bowl. No 1.
Rowlandson Del.
Pub.d April
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''), Glue stains going within the platemark but not the image. Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A comic scene showing a group of figures by a pond near a tavern; in the middle of a pond a cat is trapped in a basket, on the far side of the pond an angry woman rushes into the pond to rescue the animal.
BM Satire: 11785.
[Ref: 66246] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Benjamin Rush M.D.
Painted by Sully. Engraved by Edwin.
Published by Joseph Delaplaine S.W.Corner of Chesnut & Seventh S.ts. Philad.a. 1813.
Stipple engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Benjamin Rush Dr. Benjamin Rush (1746 -1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress. He later described his efforts in support of the American Revolution, saying: "He aimed right." He served as surgeon general of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Benjamin Rush was a leader of the American Enlightenment and an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. He was a leader in Pennsylvania's ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788. He was prominent in many reforms, especially in the areas of medicine and education. He opposed slavery, advocated free public schools, and sought improved, but patriarchal, education for women, and a more enlightened penal system. As a leading physician, Rush had a major impact on the emerging medical profession.
W2565.
[Ref: 64112] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

J: B. Rush [facsimile signature]
Browne [written inside the image.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Soft-ground etching. 243 x 186mm. Trimmed.
James Bloomfield Rush (1800-1849) murdered Isaac Jermy (his landlord), Mrs Jermy and the maid at Stanfield Hall, Norfolk, England, on 28 November 1848. Rush became known as the ‘Killer in the Fog' and was hanged for his crime on 21 April 1849. Following the mysterious deaths of his father and mother, he soon discovered that he was not left any inheritance, and thus supposedly forged a codicil to state that the youngest child would have to turn 18 before any of them could inherit. It is clear that Rush essentially stole the inheritence of his step-father, and his wife, in order to help bail himself out from imminent bankruptcy. All the loans owed to Isaac Jermy fell due on 30 November 1848, two days after the murders took place.
[Ref: 12546] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Murders at Stanfield Hall] Rush on Trial.
Robert Kerr.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph on chine collé, rare locally published item. 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Laid on new backing board, some surface wear and creasing.
Portrait of James Blomfield Rush (1800-49) in the dock, during his trial for double murder. A tenant farmer of Potash Farm, Rush shot and killed his landlord Isaac Jermy and his son Isaac Jermy Jermy, hoping to blame the crime on rival claimants to the Jermy's estate. However he failed to kill the younger Jermy's widow, who escaped and was able to identify him at his trial. He was hanged and buried in the grounds of Norwich Castle. A life-size waxwork representation of Rush was displayed in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds in London, from 1849 until 1971.
[Ref: 56596] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Rebecca Rushout] [A Lady and her Children.]
Painted by D. Gardiner. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1778. for T. Watson no.142 New Bond Street, & W. Dickinson, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 485 x 525mm (19 x 20¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A superb impression of this group portrait of Lady Rebecca Rushout and her three eldest children by John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick: Anne, Harriet, and John. Anne, Harriet and a third sister, Elizabeth, were dubbed 'The Charming Sisters' by the artist Andrew Plimer (1763-1837).
CS: 31. Goodwin 32, state ii of iv.
[Ref: 59437] £1,250.00

The East Prospect of Rushton in Northampton Shire. The Seat of the Right Hon:ble Charles Lord Viscount Cullen. To whom this Plate is most humbly inscribed, by his Lordship's most Obedient Serv.t William Winstanley. 80.
Will.m Winstanley Delin. 1741. WH Toms sculp.
Publish'd July 30th. 1750, by the Proprietor WH Toms Engraver at the Golden Head over ag.st Surgeons Hall, near Ludgate Hill.
Engraving with very large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 450 x 640mm (17¾ x 25¼"). Centre fold as normal, large repaired tear at bottom. Other nicks and repairs to margins.
Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, seat of Sir William Cockayne, Lord Mary of London. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
[Ref: 29406] £420.00

Edward Rushton [facsimile signature].
Vincent Brooks, lith.
[n.d. c.1850].
Lithograph. Sheet 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13¼").
Printer and stationer, and a leading member of the reform party in Liverpool [1796 - 1851].
[Ref: 980] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

J. Ruskin [facsimile signature]
[Anon., c.1880]
Chromolithograph, sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8").
John Ruskin (1819-1900), art critic and social critic. Ruskin remains one of the most admired and influential of all writers on art, particularly because of his association with the Pre-Raphaelites.
[Ref: 45891] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[John Ruskin.] No. 172. Men of the Day, No. 40. '. "The realization of the Ideal."
[Adriano Cecioni]
Vanity Fair. Feb. 17, 1872.
Chromolithograph. Sheet 365 x 245mm (14½" x 9½"). Some tears to images and some time staining.
A full length portrait of John Ruskin (1819-1900) the English writer, philosopher, art critic and first Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford University. Published in the British weekly magazine, Vanity Fair, that ran from from 1868 to 1914.
[Ref: 56476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Village de Kororaréka. (Nouvelle Zélande). Voyage de la frigate Vénus. Atlas Pittoresque.
Ménard del.t. Lith. Thierry frères. Lith. par Bichebois fig. par Blanchard.
[n.d., c.1841.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 11''), with very large margins.
A view of Russell, formally Kororareka, in the north of New Zealand, in the foreground three European soldier rolls barrells along the beach. A plate from 'Atlas Pittoresque of du Petit-Thouars' Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Fregate La Venus'.
[Ref: 50937] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Cases du Paha (Village) de Kororareka (Nouvelle Zélande). Voyage de la frigate Vénus. Atlas Pittoresque.
Ménard del.t. Lith. Thierry frères, Paris. Lith. par Bichebois fig. par Blanchard.
[n.d., c.1841.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 11''), with very large margins. Foxing off image.
A view of Russell, formally Kororareka, in the north of New Zealand, showing maori houses and three maori figures in the foreground. A plate from 'Atlas Pittoresque of du Petit-Thouars' Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Fregate La Venus'.
[Ref: 50938] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Andalusian women.] Paper: English, 1800.[in brown ink]
W. Russell Flint.
4: 2. 12. 35 WRF [pencil, 'F' reversed].
Etching on laid paper watermarked with initials and date 1800, initialled by the artist? 120 x 215mm (4¾ x 8½"). Faint mount burn around image.
An etching by William Russell Flint (1880-1969), printed on old paper.
[Ref: 38920] £480.00

Tom and his Pidgeons. [&] The Favorite Rabbit.
J.Russell Esq.r pinx.t. C.Knight sculp.t.
Published June 1. 1792 by C.Knight, Stoke Bucks & Random, Stainbank & Sayer, 17 Old Bond Street, London.
Pair of oval stipples. Each 160 x 170mm. Trimmed to platemarks.
Tom protecting his pigeons from a cat, and a girl feeding her rabbit.
[Ref: 5309] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Lord Alexander George Russell. (Dedicated by Permission) To Her Grace The Duchess of Bedford.
Drawn on Stone by Rich.d J. Lane from a Picture by Geo: Hayter M.A.S.L. Printed by C. Hullmandel
Lithograph on india, india 205 x 215mm (8 x 8½"); large margins. Foxing to edges. Proof.
Lord Alexander George Russell (1821-1907), army general. and son of John Russell, sixth earl of Bedford, as a boy. Lithograph after a painting by Sir George Hayter (1792-1871), painter and engraver who was a friend of the sixth duke of Bedford and was a frequent guest at his home.
[Ref: 41093] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Caroline Spencer Duchess of Marlborough.
Painted by Geo. Romney . Engraved by J. Jones Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales and Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York
Publish'd as the Act directs July 30 1792 by J. Jones No.75 Great Portland Street. [all text in image lower right].
Mezzotint. 610 x 380mm (24 x 15"), with large margins. Platemark cracked lower left.
Lady Caroline Russell (1743-1811), wife of politician George Spencer, fourth duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), resting against a pedestal. They had three sons and five daughters together.
After the portrait by George Romney. She was also portrayed by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
CS: 53 [state not listed but post 1791 state listed]; Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 38367] £850.00

The Right Honoble. Admiral Russell.
Printed & Sold by Tho: Bakewell Next ye Horn Tavern in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 205 x 155mm. Trimmed to plate and glued at left corners to an album page.
Edward Russell, Earl of Orford [1653-1727], Admiral. Probably a mid-18th century reissue by Bakewell of an earlier plate. After the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
[Ref: 490] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble: Edward Earl of Orford First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty &c. Anno 1715.
Cum privelegio Regis.
Sold by Tim: Jordan & Tho: Bakewell at the Golden Lyon in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed to the platemark. Repaired hole to the top part of the image. Small stain to the bottome left-hand corner.
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653-1727) was the First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III. He was one of the first gentleman officers of the Royal Navy regularly bred to the sea. In 1671, he was named Lieutenant at the age of eighteen and was promoted to Captain in the following year. In the Third Anglo-Dutch War he saw active service in the North Sea in 1672 and 1673. Russell later served in the Mediterranean in the operations against the Barbary Pirates with Sir John Narborough and Arthur Herbert from 1676 to 1682. In 1683 he ceased to be employed, as all of the members of the Russell family had fallen into disfavour with the King after the discovery of Lord Russell's connection with the Rye House Plot. In 1688, Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English nobleman who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking William of Orange to depose King James II. In the subsequent War of the Grand Alliance, Russell served at sea, commanding a fleet after 1690. In 1692, Russell was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at Barfleur, and destroyed much of it at La Hogue, his victory there being the decisive naval battle of the war. Russell became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699. He served in the Mediterranean from 1694 to 1695 and was created Baron Shingey, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford in 1697.
C.S. 77 18th Century. Not in Parker. In the NMM. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12470] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Russell Esqr. One of their Maties. most Honoble. Privy Council, Admiral of their Maties. Fleet & Treasurer of their Maties. Navy. &c.
I. Gole F: et Exc: Cum Privit: Amstelodami.
[n.d. c.1720.]
A very fine and rare mezzotint. Plate 291 x 211mm. Trimmed to just outside of the platemark.
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653-1727) was the First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III. He was one of the first gentleman officers of the Royal Navy regularly bred to the sea. In 1671, he was named Lieutenant at the age of eighteen and was promoted to Captain in the following year. In the Third Anglo-Dutch War he saw active service in the North Sea in 1672 and 1673. Russell later served in the Mediterranean in the operations against the Barbary Pirates with Sir John Narborough and Arthur Herbert from 1676 to 1682. In 1683 he ceased to be employed, as all of the members of the Russell family had fallen into disfavour with the King after the discovery of Lord Russell's connection with the Rye House Plot. In 1688, Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English nobleman who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking William of Orange to depose King James II. In the subsequent War of the Grand Alliance, Russell served at sea, commanding a fleet after 1690. In 1692, Russell was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at Barfleur, and destroyed much of it at La Hogue, his victory there being the decisive naval battle of the war. Russell became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699. He served in the Mediterranean from 1694 to 1695 and was created Baron Shingey, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford in 1697.
Not in Parker. In the NMM. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12471] £320.00

The Rt. Hon.ble Edward Earl of Orford Viscount Barfleur & Baron of Shingey &c. He was Admiral of the English Fleet at the fight with the French in the Bay of La Hogue in the Year 1693.
Tho: Gibson pinxit Geo: Vertue Sculpsit 1716
Engraving, platemark 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), with very large margins.
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653-1727), First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III. Russell was named Lieutenant at the age of eighteen and saw active service in the North Sea before serving in the Mediterranean in the operations against the Barbary Pirates with Sir John Narborough and Arthur Herbert (1676-82). In 1683 he fell into disfavour with Charles II after the discovery of his connection with the Rye House Plot. In 1688, Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English nobleman who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking William of Orange to depose King James II. In the subsequent War of the Grand Alliance, Russell served at sea, commanding a fleet after 1690. In 1692, Russell was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at Barfleur, and destroyed much of it at La Hogue, his victory there being the decisive naval battle of the war. Russell became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699. He served in the Mediterranean from 1694 to 1695 and was created Baron Shingey, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford in 1697.
O'D 1; Alexander 214. Provenance: Rokeby Park Durham.
[Ref: 46514] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Edward Russell Admiraal van Engeland] in ink
[Jacob Gole, c.1695]
Mezzotint, fine, proof before all letters; platemark 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet on left edge.
Edward Russell, earl of Orford (1652-1727), naval officer. In 1671, Russell was made lieutenant at the age of eighteen. He was promoted to captain in the following year. In the third Anglo-Dutch War he saw active service in the North Sea, before serving in the Mediterranean with Sir John Narborough and Arthur Herbert from 1676 to 1682. He served on the Tangier station in 1680 (it was then a British possession) and acquired a substantial fortune through illicit trading. This fortune was believed by Pepys to have been the reason why Russell resigned his command in 1683 after the discovery of the Rye House Plot. In 1688, Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English noblemen who issued the invitation to William of Orange to depose King James II. In the subsequent War of the Grand Alliance, Russell served at sea, commanding a fleet after 1690. In 1692, Russell was Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Dutch force that fought the French fleet at Barfleur, and destroyed much of it at La Hogue, his victory there being the decisive naval battle of the war. Russell became first Lord of the Admiralty in 1694, remaining in that post until 1699. He was created Baron Shingey, Viscount Barfleur, and Earl of Orford in 1697.
For different state see ref. 12471.
[Ref: 42896] £420.00

Elizabeth Laura Henrietta, Youngest Daughter of Lord William Russell.
Painted by Will.m Owen Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer.
London. Published Oct.r 24 1808 by W.m Holland, No.11, Cockspur Street.
Mezzotint, printed in colour and hand finished. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Slight mount burn to lower edge with small stain in lower margin.
A portrait of Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell (1803-66), as a child. She is seated outdoors, directed to front with legs to the left side, holding a tambourine under her left arm, with her right arm behind her knee. She is wearing a shoulderless dress and laced shoes. She married her first cousin, Lord Wriothesley Russell (1804-1886).
[Ref: 32411] £320.00

Elizabeth Laura Henrietta, Youngest Daughter of Lord William Russell.
Painted by Will.m Owen Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer.
London. Published Oct.r 24 1808 by W.m Holland, No.11, Cockspur Street.
Mezzotint. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed into plate at bottom. Large margins on 3 sides.
A portrait of Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell (1803-66), as a child. She is seated outdoors, directed to front with legs to the left side, holding a tambourine under her left arm, with her right arm behind her knee. She is wearing a shoulderless dress and laced shoes. She married her first cousin, Lord Wriothesley Russell (1804-1886).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66270] £320.00

[Elizabeth Laura Henrietta, Youngest Daughter of Lord William Russell.]
[Painted by Will.m Owen Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer.]
[London. Published Oct.r 24 1808 by W.m Holland, No.11, Cockspur Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Small margins.
A portrait of Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell (1803-66), as a child. She is seated outdoors, directed to front with legs to the left side, holding a tambourine under her left arm, with her right arm behind her knee. She is wearing a shoulderless dress and laced shoes. She married her first cousin, Lord Wriothesley Russell (1804-1886).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66272] £320.00

His Grace The Duke of Bedford with his Brothers Lord John Russell, Lord Will.m Russell, & Miss Vernon.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & the Elector Palatine.
Published May. 1st 1778 by W.Shropshire No 158 New Bond Street [but later].
Mezzotint. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"), on wove paper. Tear in right margin touching plate. Stain top right.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), dressed as St. George, standing above the dead dragon, with his brothers John (1766-1839, 7th duke) and William (1767-1840), with Henrietta Vernon (1745-1828, Countess Grosvenor) as Sabrina.
CS: 8, ii of ii. Goodwin 69, ii of ii. Hamilton p.8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68052] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[His Grace The Duke of Bedford with his Brothers Lord John Russell, Lord Will.m Russell, & Miss Vernon.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by Walter Shropshire May 1.st 1778 N.º 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"), large margins. Creasing.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), dressed as St. George, standing above the dead dragon, with his brothers John (1766-1839, 7th duke) and William (1767-1840), with Henrietta Vernon (1745-1828, Countess Grosvenor) as Sabrina.
CS: 8, i of ii. Goodwin 69, i of ii. Hamilton p.8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68054] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Francis Duke of Bedford
Drawn by J. Lonsdale from the Original Bust by J. Nollekens Esq.r R.A. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1802, Engraved by L. Sailliar.
Published Jan.y 12 1802 by Charlotte Brydon No 4 Charing Cross
Very rare stipple, platemark 285 x 240mm (11¼ x 9½"). Small margins. Glued to backing sheet.
Francis Russell, fifth duke of Bedford (1765-1802), agriculturalist and politician. Bedford became known as a leading promoter of agricultural development. He was an original member of the board of agriculture set up in 1793, and the first president of the Smithfield Club in 1798, while he also instituted the annual agricultural fair at Woburn. Russell was also an ambitious urban developer, and used his 119 acres of land around London's West End to develop much of the Bloomsbury estate (including Bedford Square, Russell Square, and Bloomsbury Square). After Russell's death a statue was erected in Russell Square, showing Russell with one hand resting on a plough and the other holding ears of corn. Stipple after one of the three busts of Russell sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823), whose many portrait busts make up a visual record of the personalities of late Georgian Britain.
[Ref: 40800] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Generae of Patriotism, _ or _ The Bloomsbury Farmer, planting Bedfordshire Wheat.
J.s G.y des et fec.r.
Pub.d Feb.y 3.d 1796 by H Humphrey New Bond Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14") Trimmed within plate/to plate on three sides.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765 – 1802), as a farmer, scatters guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder. As he sows the tips of bonnets-rouges and spikes sprout up; behind him they progressively emerge more completely, and appear as little Jacobins, a raised dagger in each hand, crowding in close ranks towards the horizon, where they hail (or are smitten by) thunderbolts which dart from clouds in the upper left corner of the design and explode on reaching the ground. The soil is prepared by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) and James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839): a bull (John Bull) is harnessed to a plough which is guided by Sheridan wearing a bonnet-rouge and Lauderdale raises a whip to flog the weary bull.. Fox's smiling face is the centre of a sun which issues from clouds and shines on Bedford. Bedford was an ardent supporter of Fox and a friend of Lauderdale; for his lavish expenditure for party purposes. Bedford was a great agriculturist and an original member of the Board of Agriculture
BM Satires 8783.
[Ref: 58780] £650.00

[Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford.]
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.
London, Published Dec.r 18.th 1863, by Henry Graves & Co. the Proprietors, Publishers to the Queen_ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 550 x 420mm. 21½ x 16½". Limited to 100 proofs. Slight paper discoloration.
Very scarce portrait of Francis Russell seated, reading at his desk. Russell (1788-1861) was an MP for Peterborough, then Bedfordshire, and from 1833 served in the House of Lords as Baron Howland of Streatham.
[Ref: 12327] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford] French Habits. No 4. Membre du Directoire Exécutif.
J.S G.y [James Gillray] d. & f.t.
Pub.d April 18.th 1798. by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Narrow margins.
Francis Russell wearing the uniform of a Director, as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). His head has ostrich feathers and he wears a cloak over a tunic, with a sabre. Behind a curtain marked 'Egalite' half-covers the Bedfors arms and motto of 'Che sara sara'. One of a set of twelve.
BM Satires 9199.
[Ref: 59144] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace The Duke of Bedford with his Brothers Lord John Russell, Lord Will.m Russell, & Miss Vernon.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & the Elector Palatine.
Published May. 1st 1778 by W.Shropshire No 158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"). Trimmed to image on three sides, and through publication line at bottom.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), dressed as St. George, standing above the dead dragon, with his brothers John (1766-1839, 7th duke) and William (1767-1840), with Henrietta Vernon (1745-1828, Countess Grosvenor) as Sabrina.
CS: Green 8.
[Ref: 4831] £450.00

[His Grace The Duke of Bedford with his Brothers Lord John Russell, Lord Will.m Russell, & Miss Vernon.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by V.Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by Walter Shropshire May 1.st 1778 N.º 158 New Bond Street.
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"), large margins. With the 'K' collector's stamp of Thomas Kirk. Narrow margins, crease
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802), dressed as St. George, standing above the dead dragon, with his brothers John (1766-1839, 7th duke) and William (1767-1840), with Henrietta Vernon (1745-1828, Countess Grosvenor) as Sabrina.
CS: 8, i of ii. Goodwin 69, i of ii. Hamilton p.8. Lugt 1623, Thomas Kirk (c.1765 97), painter and engraver. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68053] £580.00

[John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford] The Duke of B_d's Reception at Exeter.
Murgo-resky Fuergrock inv. delin sc. [Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.]
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Plate: 120 x 180mm (4¾ x 7''). Damage along lower edge.
A satirical scene showing the Duke of Bedford passing the doors of St Peter's Church, Exeter, followed by a shouting mob of inhabitants of the city. Some of crowd seem to be holding cricket bats (Bedford was a cricket fan). On a ceremonial visit to Exeter, Bedford was followed by a pro-Wilkes mob, who heckled him constantly.
BM Satire 4302.
[Ref: 48428] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Quick Search

Search by Ref. Number

Browse by Subject

Browse by Artist

Browse by Engraver

New - Catalogue 152

Catalogue 151

Catalogue 150

Advanced Search