Grosvenor Prints

William Anderson Esq.re Late Provost of Stirling. Printed and Engraved at the particular request of the Principal Booksellers n Scotland, as a mark of their high esteem, on his retiring from Business, in which he had been engraved for upwards of half a Century.
Painted by A. Geddes. Engraved by W.m Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with large margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of bookseller William Anderson (1746-1830), of 12 Broad Street, Sterling. He was elected Provost five times (1793, 1794, 1813, 1814 and 1829) and also served as a Justice of the Peace.
CS 3, Frankau 9, i. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66443] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Benevolent Cardinal.]
[Painted by R. Westall. Engraved by W. Ward.]
[London Published Ap.r 14 1792 by J.R. Smith No 31. King Street, Covent Garden.]
An unrecorded touched proof mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 620mm (19¼ x 24½") Trimmed to image at bottom, to plate at sides.
A woman pleading her case before a cardinal. An early proof, probably touched by Westall, the artist, around the two women's hair. In the published state, the kneeling woman is changed to a nun, her hair hidden by a wimple; the standing woman's is less bushy; the cardinal's robe is darker; and one of the figures in the doorway has a turban.
Frankau 23, an unrecorded state before i of iii.
[Ref: 56257] £520.00

The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Thread margins, tears entering plate on right. Slight vertical crease.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49969] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"), with large margins. Surface abrasions in inscription area. Small tear on left.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49970] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.]
[Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.]
[London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 560 x 475mm (21¾ x 18¾"). Very fine colour. Trimmed to image on all sides, title reinstated in manuscript, laid on thick paper.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49971] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green.]
[Painted by Wm Owen.] [Engraved by Willm Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Roual Highness the Duke of York.]
[London. Pubd. April 2 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co. No.6 Newman Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. Plate 601 x 482mm. 23¾ x 19". Trimmed along lower edge; creasing.
Open landscape; the old man seated directed to left, white hair dishevelled by the wind, holds out hat in right hand. Pretty Bessie stands by him, facing front; a large hat, low bodice; her left hand on the beggar's shoulder, with the right she indicates his supplicating action; to right, corner of cottage.
Ex Collection: Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Frankau: 30. CS: 95.
[Ref: 27651] £380.00

Sir Henry Blosset K.t. Chief Justice of Bengal.
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, ii of ii. Russell 10, iii of iii. Frankau 32, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Henry Blosset K.t. Chief Justice of Bengal. Proof.
Painted by J. Jackson Esq.r R.A. _ Engraved by W.Ward A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty the Duke of York.
[n.d., c.1822.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 255 (14¼ x 10"), large margins on 3 sides. Narrow bottom margin.
A half-length portrait of Sir Robert Henry Blosset (1776-1823). He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1821, and received the customary knighthood in 1822, but died within a few months, at the age of 4 and was buried in St John's Church, Calcutta.
CS 10, i of ii. Russell 10, ii of iii. Frankau 32, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65988] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

John Bowring, L.L.D.&c.&c.
Painted by H. W. Pickersgill Esqr. R.A. Engraved by W.m Ward Engraver to His Majesty.
London Published June 4th 1832 by W.m Ward 12 Mornington Place Hampstead Road.
Mezzotint. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Good impression. Slight crease at top.
Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), linguist and traveller, diplomatist and author; seated, looking to front, his left elbow on a table and wearing a dark coat, holding spectacles in his left hand. Bowring promoted reforms to the keeping of public accounts and obtained the issue of the florin as the first step towards a decimal system of currency. A friend of John Stuart Mill and editor of the radical 'Westminster Review'; after a varied career as journalist, poet, financial and economic expert, MP, traveller and diplomat, he became consul at Canton in 1847. He was later appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor, commander-in-chief and vice -admiral of Hong Kong. Henry William Pickersgill (1782-1875).
NPG D32026.
[Ref: 55991] £450.00

John Bowring, L.L.D.&c.&c.
Painted by H. W. Pickersgill Esqr. R.A. Engraved by W.m Ward Engraver to His Majesty.
London Published June 4th 1832 by W.m Ward 12 Mornington Place Hampstead Road.
Mezzotint, 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"), wide margins. Paper a little browned, a good impression.
Portrait of Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), linguist and traveller, diplomatist and author; seated, looking to front, his left elbow on a table and wearing a dark coat, holding spectacles in his left hand. Bowring promoted reforms to the keeping of public accounts and obtained the issue of the florin as the first step towards a decimal system of currency. A friend of John Stuart Mill and editor of the radical 'Westminster Review'; after a varied career as journalist, poet, financial and economic expert, MP, traveller and diplomat, he became consul at Canton in 1847. He was later appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor, commander-in-chief and vice -admiral of Hong Kong. Henry William Pickersgill (1782-1875).
NPG D32026.
[Ref: 27218] £450.00

A View from the East-End of the Brewery Chiswell Street.
Painted by G.Garrard, painter of Horses to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Engraved by W.Ward.
London. Published Jan.y 1, 1792 by G.Garrard, No. 43 Little Brittain, & W.Ward Warren Place, Kentish Town.
Mezzotint. 460 x 560mm (18 x 22").
A fine view of the famous Whitbread Brewery, with a carthorse is being backed into a dray. The site, at 52 Chiswell Street, was the first purpose-built mass-production brewery in Britain. After two centuries brewing on the site ceased in 1976, after which the building became a conference and events venue, named 'The Brewery'.
Frankau 305.
[Ref: 2635] £1,500.00

A View from the East-End of the Brewery Chiswell Street.
Painted by G.Garrard, painter of Horses to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Engraved by W.Ward.
London. Published Jan.y 1, 1792 by G.Garrard, No. 43 Little Brittain, & W.Ward Warren Place, Kentish Town.
Fine mezzotint. Platemark: 460 x 560mm (18 x 22"). Slight mountburn. Vertical crease through centre, repaired tear along left platemark. Glued to backing sheet.
A fine view of the famous Whitbread Brewery, with a carthorse is being backed into a dray. The site, at 52 Chiswell Street, was the first purpose-built mass-production brewery in Britain. After two centuries brewing on the site ceased in 1976, after which the building became a conference and events venue, named 'The Brewery'.
Frankau 305.
[Ref: 32478] £750.00

[Bulldogs] To Henry Boynton Esq, This Plate of Wasp, Child & Billy, is respectfully dedicated (with Permission) by His most obedient humble Servants, Random & Sneath.
Painted by H.B. Chalon, Animal Painter to their R.H.s the Prince of Wales & the Duke & Duchess of York. Engraved by W. Ward Engraver (Extraordinary to his H.R.H. the Prince of Wales) & Duke of York
London Pub.d 15 May 1809 by Random & Sneath, Sporting Gallery, 5 Hart Str.t Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint with very fine printed colour. 505 x 605mm (19¾ x 23¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
A boy leans over a fence into a pen holding three bulldogs, holding out his hat.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, state with lettering strengthened. Frankau 314. Sitltzer p.93
[Ref: 64880] £680.00

Henry Callender Esq.re. To The Society of Golfers, at Blackheath, This Plate, is with just respect, Dedicated by their most humble Servant, W.m Ward. Proof.
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their H.R. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
Pub.d July 16, 1812, by W. Ward, 24, Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Square.
Scarce proof of the original mezzotint. 650 x 420mm (25½ x 16½"), with very large margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of Henry Callender, Captain General of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, wearing the ‘Field Marshal's' uniform of the club. The two golf clubs illustrated are said to be still in the possession of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club. This painting, by the famous portrait artist Lemuel Francis F Abbott (c.1760-1803) is one of the most famous golfing images.
Frankau 45.
[Ref: 58579] £2,000.00

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The Gamesters. [&] The Fortune Tellers.
Painted by the Rev.d Mr: Peters R.A. Engraved by William Ward.
London Published May 22.nd 1786 by J.R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street.
Pair of mezzotints. Plates: 420 x 440mm (16½ x 17¼''). Trimmed to margins or thread margins, marking and creasing.
A pair of scenes of cheating. The first shows two men playing cards as a third man pretends to help one player while holding up three fingers the other of his opponant's hand. The two players have been identified as Lord Courtenay (the mark) and Thomas Rowlandson (the cheat). The second scene shows an opulently-dressed young woman having her palm read while a young accomplice smiles over her shoulder. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
CS 97 & CS 186.
[Ref: 48974] £780.00 view all images for this item

Anthony Chamier Esq.e M.P. F.R.S. Under Secretary of State from an Original Picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of John Chamier Esq.e.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Engraved by W.m Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York [c.1800]
Mezzotint, platemark 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Collector's stamp of Mrs E.M. Hamilton and Martin Erdmann (d. circa 1937) verso.
Anthony Chamier (1725-80), financier and government official. Chamier had no political ambitions, however, and preferred London's literary society: Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds were frequent visitors to his house in Epsom. This mezzotint is taken from one of the three portraits which Reynolds painted of him (painted 1767, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). This impression formerly in the collection of Martin Erdmann, New York-based banker and collector, particularly of British eighteenth century mezzotints, in which area he acquired 'one of the most remarkable collections known, both for quantity and quality of impressions' (Lugt).
L.885b (Erdmann) and undescribed (Hamilton). Frankau: 54.
[Ref: 46861] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Charter of Liberties. Cardinal Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, producing to the Barons and the rest of the Assembly at S.t Edmund's Bury, the Charter granted by Henry the 1st, in which that Monarch pledged himself to abolish the arbitrary Laws of the Normans then in force... Engraved from the Original Picture in the Gallery of the University of Oxford.
Painted by W. Martin. Engraved by W. Ward.
London. Pub.d Dec.r 16, 1795 by W.Martin, Hamilton Street, Piccadilly.
Mezzotint. 580 x 650mm (22¾ x 25½"). Repaired tears, crack in platemark at bottom.
Cardinal Stephen Langton standing behind the altar in Bury St Edmund's in 1213, pointing to the charter of liberties, the barons of England raising their hands in agreement. The Charter of Liberties was issued by Henry I upon his ascension to the throne in 1100, addressing abuses of royal power, such as over-taxation of the barons, the abuse of vacant sees, and the practices of simony and pluralism. It was generally ignored by monarchs until 1213, when Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, reminded the nobles that their liberties had been guaranteed a century before. In the face of such unified opposition King John opened negotiations and the Magna Carta was signed two years later.
Frankau 55, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4110] £980.00

Charter of Liberties. [Cardinal Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, producing to the Barons and the rest of the Assembly at S.t Edmund's Bury, the Charter granted by Henry the 1st, in which that Monarch pledged himself to abolish the arbitrary Laws of the Normans then in force... Engraved from the Original Picture in the Gallery of the University of Oxford.]
Painted by W. Martin. Engraved by W. Ward.
[London. Pub.d Dec.r 16, 1795 by W.Martin, Hamilton Street, Piccadilly.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 515 x 610mm (20¼ x 24"). Trimmed within plate, losing explanatory text, multiple repaired tears.
Cardinal Stephen Langton standing behind the altar in Bury St Edmund's in 1213, pointing to the charter of liberties, the barons of England raising their hands in agreement. The Charter of Liberties was issued by Henry I upon his ascension to the throne in 1100, addressing abuses of royal power, such as over-taxation of the barons, the abuse of vacant sees, and the practices of simony and pluralism. It was generally ignored by monarchs until 1213, when Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, reminded the nobles that their liberties had been guaranteed a century before. In the face of such unified opposition King John opened negotiations and the Magna Carta was signed two years later. The quality of the colour printing is particularly good.
Frankau 55.
[Ref: 55215] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Children Reading the Inscription, on their Mothers Grave-Stone.
Painted by R.M.Paye. Engraved by W.Ward.
London published June 24th-1785 by J.R.Smith No. 83-Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 460 x 560mm.
[Ref: 4580] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

The Choice. In the choice of a Husband I'll tell you my plan...
Painted by W. Ward. Engraved by W. Ward.
London, Publish'd July 25.th 1787 by W. Dickinson Engraved Bond Street.
Stipple with hand-colour. Sheet: 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8''). Trimmed. Slight crease.
A portrait of a young woman in a large hat shown sitting at a desk and reading a letter.
[Ref: 48176] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair] Plate 1. The Contented Waterman / Plate 2. Jack in the Bilboes. [Plate 1.] From Mr. Dibdin's celebrated Song, call'd My Poll & my partner Joe. My pot was smug, well fill'd my keg, My grunter in the sty. / [Plate 2.] From Mr. Dibdin's celebrated Song, call'd My Poll & my partner Joe. Till woe is me so lubberly, The press gang came and pressed me.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W. Ward.
Published as the Act directs, Sept. 8. 1806, by James Linnell, No. 2 Streatham Str. Charlotte Str. Bloomsbury.
Pair of mezzotints, very fine colour with large margins & rare; printed in colour. Plate size: 460 x 410mm, 18 x 16" each. Unexamined out of frame.
Plate 1. Subject from Charles Dibdin's 'the Waterman'; a family outside a small house on the waterfront, with a view of the river to left, and a small boat tethered alongside, the waterman standing leaning on the back of a chair upon the seat of which his young daugther leans playing with a doll, his wife seated sewing at left with dog at feet, a young man seated to right, drinking, beside a pig in its sty. Plate 2. A pressgang seizing a waterman on the morning of his wedding day.
Frankau: 71 II of II; 169 II of II.
[Ref: 28093] £950.00 view all images for this item

Joseph Cotton Esq.r, Deputy Master of the Corporation of the Trinity House , and a Director of the East India Company &c. &c.
Painted by T.Stewardson. Engraved by W.m Ward, Engraver to his R.H. the Duke of York.
Published Jan.y 1st 1808 by Tho.s Merle No 36, Leadenhall Street.
Fine mezzotint. 480 x 355mm (19 x 14"), with large margins. Creasing across the plate.
Joseph Cotton (1745-1825). After passing his Lieutenant's exams in the Royal Navy, he joined the East India Company. After only two voyages in command of the East Indiaman 'Queen Charlotte' he could afford to retire from the sea, living at Leyton in Essex for the rest of his life. In 1803 he became deputy-master of Trinity House, holding office for about twenty years. In 1807 he renegotiated the century-old lease for the lighthouse on the Eddystone rocks. Cotton was also a director of the East India Company (1795-1823), a director of the East India Docks Company (chairman in 1803), and a governor of the London Assurance Corporation.
Frankau 79. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53624] £320.00

[Daniel in the Lion's Den. From the original Picture by Rubens, in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton.]
[Painted by P.P. Rubens. Engrav'd by W. Ward.
[London Publish'd April 6 1789 by T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 480 x 610mm (19 x 24"). Trimmed to plate on three sides and just outside image at bottom losing title and inscriptions, repaired tear entering image at bottom
Daniel sitting in the pit, left leg crossed over the other, hands clasped in prayer, looking upwards towards the sky, wearing a loin-cloth, surrounded by the lions and bones, one in the foreground baring its teeth at a skull.
Frankau 83.
[Ref: 48511] £480.00

The Death of the Elk, Engrav'd from the Original Picture late in the Houghton Collection.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T. Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
A scarce mezzotint. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"), with very large margins. Creasing.
A fine impression of this scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
Frankau: 87
[Ref: 46251] £360.00

The Death of the Elk, Engrav'd from the Original Picture, late in the Houghton Collection.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T.Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, shaving publication line.
A scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
See Frankau 87, this state between i and ii; CLB ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5287] £650.00

The Death of the Elk, Engrav'd from the Original Picture late in the Houghton Collection.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T. Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"). Narrow margins, minor tears and stains.
A fine impression of this scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
[Ref: 8610] £550.00

The Hon.ble Jonathan Duncan, late Governor of Bombay. Proof.
Painted by I. J. Masquerier, from a portrait taken in Bengal 1792. Engraved by W.m Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty & to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
London 1823.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9ï¿½"), very large margins Tear entering inscription area, creasing bottom right.
Half-length portrait of Jonathan Duncan (1756-1811), Governor of Bombay from 1795 until his death.
CS 33, i of ii. Russell ii of iii. Frankau 98. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65991] £360.00

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[The Hon.ble Jonathan Duncan, late Governor of Bombay.]
[Painted by I. J. Masquerier, from a portrait taken in Bengal 1792. Engraved by W.m Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty & to H.R.H. the Duke of York.]
[London 1823.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9ï¿½"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait of Jonathan Duncan (1756-1811), Governor of Bombay from 1795 until his death.
CS 33, before i of ii. Russell i of iii. Frankau 98. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65994] £360.00

Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth. Dedicated by Permission to the Queen By her Majesty's most devoted & most dutifu Subject and Servant, H. Ramberg.
H. Ramberg ad viv. del. W: Ward sculspit.
Publish'd Nov. 27, 1788 by T. Harmer Engraver No 164 Piccadilly London.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Trimmed within plate.
The 18-year-old Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), third daughter of King George III. Around her wrist is a garland with a ribbon inscribed 'Alfred', in memory of her young brother who had died aged two in 1782.
[Ref: 64385] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Earl of Essex's first interview with Queen Elizabeth, after his return from Ireland.
Painted by R. Westall. Engrav'd by W. Ward.
London Publish'd June 17th 1791 by J.R. Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 585 x 660mm (23 x 26"). Large margins. Very small hole and slight surface abrasion in title area.
Robert Devereux (1565-1601), Earl of Essex and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, kneeling before Elizabeth I, having returned from Ireland unbidden. He surprised the queen by presented himself in her bedchamber one morning at Nonsuch Palace.
[Ref: 38133] £350.00

Herself the Fairest Flower. From a Picture in the Possession of Abraham Caldecott Esq.r
Painted by S. Woodforde, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Wm. Ward A.R.A. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & the Duke of York.
London, Published March 12. 1815, T. Macdonald 39 Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint. 349 x 252mm (13¾ x 10"). Cut; crease and rubbing, repairs.
A woman leaning on a window ledge with flowers growing around it.
CS: 105. Frankau: 156.
[Ref: 31154] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Female Politician.
M.W. Sharp Pinx.t. W. Ward Jun.r Sc.t. Eng.r to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence.
London, Published May 1. 1826 by W.J. Wright, 14 Brownlow Street, Holborn.
Mezzotint with very large margins.. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") Some spotting
An elderly lady with glasses, reading the 'John Bull' newspaper of December 1825, throwing her hand up in horror. A tea pot and cup sit with a book on the table to her left. 'John Bull' was a London Sunday newspaper established by Theodore Hook in 1820 with the help of Sir Walter Scott. He edited the paper, which was patriotic and anti-Whig, for 21 years, during which time it was described as 'scurrilous, scandalous, but irresistibly facetious'.
Ex collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36582] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Ronald Craufurd Ferguson] Major General Ferguson.
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York.
Published March 14 1810 by W. Sheardown, Gazzette Office, Doncaster, and by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Repaired tear in bottom margin.
Half-length portrait of Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841) in uniform He served in Flanders during the French Revolutionary Wars, India, the Cape of Good Hope and Peninsula Wars.
Russell 37a, ii of ii. Not listed in Frankau. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65975] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Ronald Craufurd Ferguson] [Major General Ferguson.]
[Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York.]
[Published March 14 1810 by W. Sheardown, Gazzette Office, Doncaster, and by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Rubbed area on left platemark.
Half-length portrait of Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841) in uniform He served in Flanders during the French Revolutionary Wars, India, the Cape of Good Hope and Peninsula Wars.
Russell 37a, between i & ii. CS 371a. Not listed in Frankau. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65976] £350.00

Morning. The Fishermans Departure. [&] Evening. The Fishermans Return.
Painted by R. Corbould. Engraved by W. Ward.
Published August 1st 1799 by B. F. Scott, No. 80 Tottenham Court Road, London.
A pair of coloured mezzotints, very fine colour & rare. Plate size: 610 x 490mm, 24 x 19¼" each. Few marks and minor stains. Unexamined out of frames.
Morning. A young man wearing a fur hat and carrying oars over his shoulder, gesturing towards a boat drawn up on the seashore to the left while looking back at a baby held in its mother's arms at the doorway to a thatched building; two boys carry nets and a basket on poles ahead of their father, and a little girl stands holding onto her mother's skirts. / Evening. Interior of a cottage where a young man wearing a fur hat is displaying his catch to his wife, who sits on the left with a sleeping baby on her knee and knitting on the stool beside her; a little girl and two boys bend over the basket at the man's feet, one boy showing a large crab, while the man holds up a large fish, and a kitten menaces a lobster.
Frankau: 204 II of II.
[Ref: 28098] £750.00 view all images for this item

The R.t. Hon.ble Lord St Helens.
Painted by J.W. Chandler. Engraved by W. Ward.
London Published Nov.r 16 1793 by W. Ward. Winchester Row Paddington.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Small margins.
Alleyne FitzHerbert (1753-1839, created 1st Baron St Helens for his diplomatic services. His successes included embassies to Catherine the Great (1787) and Alexander I (1801) of Russia; avoiding war with Spain over trade at Nootka Sound (1791), causing George Vancouver to name Mount St Helens in his honour; and a treaty of alliance between Great Britain and Spain (1793).
CS 71, ii of ii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43493] £380.00

John Forbes of New Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, formerly of Bombay. Proof.
Painted by J.J. Masquerier 1813. Engraved by W. Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, & to H.R.H. the Duke of York. Printed by J. Fisher.
London 1822.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Ink numeral in bottom margin, repaired tear in small margins.
A half length portrait of Scot John Forbes (1743-1821), known as 'Bombay Jock', a Free Merchant in India. He founded 'Forbes & Company' in 1767, one of the oldest continuously operating firms in the world. He diversified into shipping & shipbuilding, and started a bank that, having become banker to the Government of Bombay, evolved into the State Bank of India. In this state Forbes' jacket is fastened with one button instead of three formerly.
Frankau 123, ii & ii of ii. CS 37B. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of v.
[Ref: 65983] £320.00

John Forbes of New Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, formerly of Bombay. Proof.
Painted by J.J. Masquerier 1813. Engraved by W. Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, & to H.R.H. the Duke of York. Printed by J. Fisher.
London 1822.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins.
A half length portrait of Scot John Forbes (1743-1821), known as 'Bombay Jock', a Free Merchant in India. He founded 'Forbes & Company' in 1767, one of the oldest continuously operating firms in the world. He diversified into shipping & shipbuilding, and started a bank that, having become banker to the Government of Bombay, evolved into the State Bank of India. In this early state Forbes' jacket is fastened with three buttons.
Frankau 123, between i & ii of ii. CS 37B. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of v.
[Ref: 65982] £320.00

John Forbes of New Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, formerly of Bombay. Proof.
Painted by J.J. Masquerier 1813. Engraved by W. Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, & to H.R.H. the Duke of York. Printed by J. Fisher.
London 1822.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Tear in margin taped. Crease in left margin.
A half length portrait of Scot John Forbes (1743-1821), known as 'Bombay Jock', a Free Merchant in India. He founded 'Forbes & Company' in 1767, one of the oldest continuously operating firms in the world. He diversified into shipping & shipbuilding, and started a bank that, having become banker to the Government of Bombay, evolved into the State Bank of India. In this early state Forbes' jacket is fastened with three buttons.
Frankau 123, between i & ii of ii. CS 37B. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of v.
[Ref: 66008] £360.00

John Forbes of New Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, formerly of Bombay. Proof.
Painted by J.J. Masquerier 1813. Engraved by W. Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, & to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
London 1822.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
A half length portrait of Scot John Forbes (1743-1821), known as 'Bombay Jock', a Free Merchant in India. He founded 'Forbes & Company' in 1767, one of the oldest continuously operating firms in the world. He diversified into shipping & shipbuilding, and started a bank that, having become banker to the Government of Bombay, evolved into the State Bank of India. In this state Forbes' jacket is fastened with one button instead of three formerly, and the name of the printer has been removed.
Frankau 123, ii & ii of ii. CS 37B. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv of v.
[Ref: 65984] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

William Forbes, of Pitsligo, Bart.t.
Painted by George Sanders. Engraved by W.m Ward, Engraver to His Late Majesty.
Published as the Act Directs, 1837.
Mezzotint on chine collé. 555 x 420mm (21¾ x 16½") very large margins. Slight damp stain bottom right.
A half-length ortrait of Sir William Forbes (1773-1828), 7th Baronet of Pitsligo, standing at a window, his right hand on the sill, wearing a velvet tunic, cloak and a medal on a ribbon around his neck. Forbes competed with Walter Scott for the love of Williamina Belsches and won.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67739] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Garrick in the Green Room. From the original of the same size Painted by Hogarth in the Possession of the Publisher, J.W. Southgate, 22 Fleet Street.
Painted by W.m Hogarth [but Pietro Longhi]. Engraved by William Ward, Engraver to H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence. Printed by J. Lahee.
[n.d., c.1829.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 560 x 740mm (22 x 29"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Few minor repairs. Repaired tear top centre.
David Garrick lounging in a chair, arm raised to an informal audience. Behind the actor is the winged figure of Fame. According to a key in G. Daniel's "A Biographical and Critical Analysis of a Picture' (published in 1829, probably to coincide with the publication of this print), the audience consists of other English actors and Garrick's family, with William Hogarth at the front, back to the audience, head turned, gesturing at Garrick. These attributions were made by the owner of the painting and publisher of the print, James Webb Southgate, who, as an auctioneer and art dealer, had a vested interest in improving the attribution. The BM now attributes the painting to Pietro Longhi (1701-85) and describes the scene as Garrick in a Venetian salon in front of the Duke of Parma; The Lady Lever Art Gallery, where the painting currently resides, titles it merely 'A Poet Declaiming His Verses', despite the masks of comedy and tragedy under the seat suggesting a more theatrical theme.
BM 1856,0308.1322; Lady Lever Art Gallery LL 3526; Highfill, 'A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers', vol 6, p.84.
[Ref: 53917] £480.00

His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom. Dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, [by Her obliged and grateful Servant John P. Thompson.]
Painted by G.H. Harlow Esq.r. Engraved by Will.m Ward Engraver Extraordinary to the Princess of Wales and Duke of York.
[London. Published Feb.y 6th 1811 by J.P. Thompson, G.t Newport Street, Printseller to his Majesty and the Duke & Duchess of York.]
A large mezzotint. 690 x 555mm (27 x 21¾"). Trimmed with the loss of c.2cm of inscription area, several repaired tears
The future George IV astride a fabulous stallion, in ceremonial hussar uniform with sabre unsheathed, published the year he was made regent for his father, George III. The plate is dedicated to his daughter Charlotte, who died following childbirth at the age of 21.
CS 40; Frankau 129; ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43488] £450.00

Girl and Pigs.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by W.Ward.
London Published Feb.y 28 1802 by S.Morgan No 32. Clipstone Street Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 380 x 455mm. Trimmed to plate at bottom
Frankau 134, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4291] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A Girl Sketching a Portrait on the Ground.
Painted by R.M.Paye. Engraved by W.Ward.
London published July 1st=1785 by J.R.Smith No. 83-Oxford Street.
Mezzotint. 460 x 560mm.
[Ref: 4583] £360.00

Lady Jane Grey. The Night before her Execution.
Fulton Pinx.t. Ward scsulp.t.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1793 by T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard.
Mezzotint. 610 x 355mm (24 x 14"). Large margins.
Lady Jane Grey (c.1536-54), the Nine Day Queen, reading the bible by candlelight, an hourglass keeping time. Engraved by William Ward after Robert Fulton.
CS 42. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London Lot 627 13/11/97.
[Ref: 38206] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus Phipps Earl of Mulgrave, Sir George Beaumont Bart, the Hon.ble Augustus Phipps & Gen.l the Hon.ble Edmund Phipps.]
[John Jackson. William Ward.]
[n.d., c.1822.]
A rare mezzotint, proof before all letters, marked in pencil "Engraver's Proof". Plate: 360 x 385mm (14 x 15"), with large margins.
A group portrait of four men gathered around a table. Edmund Phipps looks through a folio while General Phipps holds a large volume.
Not in Frankau. Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire.
[Ref: 46726] £380.00

Hay-Makers.
Painted by J.Ward. Engrav'd by W.Ward.
London Published Jany. 1. 1793 by W.Ward, Warren Place, Hampstead Road.
Mezzotint. 485 x 610mm.
[Ref: 6443] £520.00

The Birth of an Heir. La Naissance d'un Heritier. [&] Christening the Heir. La Bateme d'un Heritier.
Painted by W.R. Bigg A.R.A. Engraved by W. Ward.
Pub. May 16, 1800, by Messrs. Wards & Co. No.6 Newman Street, London.
Pair of mezzotints, each 490 x 615mm. 19¼ x 24¼". Damage to bottom corner of 'Birth of an heir'
Two large interior scenes of a happy family welcoming a new addition. After William Redmore Bigg (1755 - 1828).
Frankau: 281.
[Ref: 11938] £480.00 view all images for this item

To the Red.d the Master, the Fellows & Scholars of St John's College, Cambridge, This Portrait of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, M.A. F.R.S.L. & E.. M.R.I.A., F.R.A.S., M.G.S. &c. &c. &c. And late Fellow of their Ancient & Religious Foundation, Is respectfully dedicated by the Publishers.
H.W. Pickersgill, Esq.r R.A. pinx.t. W.m Ward sculpt. Engraver to his Majesty.
Published 1835.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm, 14 x 10". Trimmed to plate.
From a painting in St. John's Cambridge, Sir William Herschel (1738 - 1822), astronomer, famous for his 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first new planet to be identified since classical times. He was appointed 'King's Astronomer' to George III the following year.
Wellcome:1378.2
[Ref: 24255] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

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