Grosvenor Prints

[Sir Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the Most honorable Order of the Bath, Governor of Virginia...]
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit. 1766.
[Sold by Ryland and Bryer, at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill.] [n.d., 1766.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line, inscription area uncleaned. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with good margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal, wearing star and sash over armour in a landscape; his helmet on plan of Montreal before him. Arms below image. Amherst was responsible for a series of sweeping victories against the French, 1758-60, during the Seven Years War, leading to the conquest of Canada. Commander-in-Chief and Governor of North America, 1761. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92).
Chaloner Smith: 2. Goodwin: 38 i of v. Hamilton: pg.1.
[Ref: 61619] £780.00

The Children in the Wood.
S.r Jos.ua Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson Fecit.
publish'd according to Act of parliament June 2.d 1772, by James Watson Queen Ann Street.
Rare mezzotint, rare scratched letter proof before title. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, repaired crack in image. Crease
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, taken to the woods by men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins. Behind, one of the men has killed the other.
[Ref: 58736] £320.00

Lady Beauchamp Procter.
Painted by Ben. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by James Watson.
Published March 25.th, 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Thread margins. Repairs.
Three quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Beauchamp Proctor (d.1847), wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet, (1756-1827). She is seen placing wreath of flowers on statue of Hymen, which a putto is clinging to. She wears a loose, flowing gown and her hair dressed high. In the background are pillars and curtains.
CS 121.II
[Ref: 61690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Bingham.]
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t James Watson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 25.th 1775, by James Watson No.64 Little Queen Ann Street & B: Clowes Engraver Gutter Lane Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before title. 502 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Margins on left frayed.
Full-length portrait of painter of miniatures Margaret Bingham (née Smith, c.1740-1814), seated, leafing through a print portfolio on a table. The daughter of Sir James Smith, she married Charles Bingham (1735-1799), 1st Earl of Lucan in 1760.
CS: 10. Goodwin: 101. Alexander: 22.
[Ref: 27752] £490.00

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Lady Bingham.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Printed and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st April 1776, by James Bretherton, No 134 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"). Small repaired tear top left & very few repaired wormholes, small margins.
Full-length portrait of painter of miniatures Margaret Bingham (née Smith, c.1740-1814), seated, leafing through a print portfolio on a table. The daughter of Sir James Smith, she married Charles Bingham (1735-1799), 1st Earl of Lucan in 1760. This portrait was first published by James Watson in 1775.
CS: 10. Goodwin: 101. Alexander: 22. See 27752 for a proof.
[Ref: 43487] £480.00

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[Countess of Cork.]
H.D. Hamilton delin. R. Sayer Excudit. Jas. Watson fecit.
Published as the Act directs 4. Dec.r 1771.
A rare mezzotint. Proof. Plate: 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Slight creasing. Title in manuscript. Small margins.
A profile portrait of Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery (1746-1840).
Ex: Collection the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47267] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Edmund Burke, Esq.r.
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by James Watson.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 3d Oct.r 1771.
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), an Anglo-Irish statesman known as 'The British Cicero', described by Churchill as 'perhaps the greatest man that Ireland has produced'.
Hamilton: p.13, in between ii and iii. See CS: 20, in between ii and iii.
[Ref: 7490] £320.00

[John Duke of Argyll. Hereditary Great Master of the Household in Scotland, Colonel of His Majesty's Grey Dragoons, Governor of Limerick, General of Horse & Kn.t of the most Antient Order of the Thistle.]
Tho.s Gainsborough Pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
J. Boydell excudit Jan.ry 12th 1769.
Fine mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 620 x 390mm (12½ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere, mounted on album sheet, some creasing.
Full length portrait of John Campbell (General John Campbell (c.1693-1770), 4th Duke of Argyll, wearing peer's robes, the chain of the Order of the Thistle, one hand on his coronet, the other holding the baton of Hereditary Master of the King's Household. Gainsborough's original oil is part of the National Galleries of Scotland's collection at Duff House.
CS 4 i of ii.
[Ref: 43495] £450.00

[Lady Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), hair dressed high. A noted beauty, she was painted by Joshua Reynolds, Richard Cosway and Angelica Kauffman.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 56273] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Almeria Carpenter.]
[Sir Joshua Reynolds. James Watson.]
[London: Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1768.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 345 x 280mm (13½ x 11"). Scratches and creasing in margins.
A half-length portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752-1809), mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Collector's stamp of Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) an associate of Richard Cosway and EMH.
CS: 26 I of III.
[Ref: 46175] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Caelia, Lamenting her Dead Sparrow. Ah! stretch'd in Death my Coelias' Sparrow lies...
J. Reynolds pinxt. Graham Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d. c.1800]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Two brown spots in publication area.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. Lettered with title and three lines from Catullus in English and Latin.
See also reference 61583.
[Ref: 61600] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Christiana Collier] Passer mortuus est meae puellae...
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1780]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 285mm (14¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length seated portrait of Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn) (fl.1786–1813) looking over at dead bird on table. She wears loose robe over light dress with sash and flower at breast. The portrait is also known by the title 'Celia Lamenting her Dead Sparrow' or 'Chloe Lamenting her Dead Sparrow.'
CS 32 II of II. See also reference 61600.
[Ref: 61583] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

David, a Portrait. -and there came a Lion, and took a Lamb out of the flock: & I went out after him and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard and smote him & slew him.
Nath.l Hone pinxit James Watson fecit
Printed & Published March 20th 1778 by Ja.s Bretherton No. 134 New Bond Street.
Very scarce mezzotint, platemark 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Very slight creasing and time stained.
Fine mezzotint of the Irish artist Nathaniel Hone's (1718-84) portrait of his son Horace, as the shepherd David, which was first exhibited to acclaim at the Royal Academy in 1771. Horace Hone himself became a notable miniaturist, who found employment at the court of George IV.
[Ref: 40861] £420.00

Nancy Dawson.
James Watson fecit.
London, Printed for John Bowles, at N,,º 13 ~ Cornhill.
Very rare mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins. Mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait of Nancy Dawson, stage name of Ann Newton (1730-67), an actress and dancer at Sadler's Wells, the Covent Garden Theatre and Drury Lane. She found fame in 1759 during a performance of the Beggar's Opera: the man who danced the hornpipe among the thieves fell ill and she replaced him, to the audience's delight. A song called 'The Ballad of Nancy Dawson', attributed to George Alexander Stevens, contains the lines, 'Her easy mien, her shape so neat, / She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet; / Her every motion's so complete, I die for Nancy Dawson'.
CS: 45., state ii.
[Ref: 61955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark.]
F. Cotes P. Watson Sc: [ms]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very fine proof before letters; slight creasing.
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark (1751-1775). The youngest child of Frederick, Prince of Wales, she married her cousin, Christian VII of Denmark, at the age of fifteen. After the birth of their first child, produced for the sake of the succession, Christian turned his attentions to a young courtesan, leaving Caroline unhappy and lonely. By 1770 she had taken Johann Friedrich Struensee, the new royal physician, as a lover, and as the king's health declined, their influence increased. However, in 1772, both were arrested, Struensee was executed soon after, and the marriage of Caroline and Christian was dissolved by divorce. She was deported on board a British Frigate and resided in Celle Castle (in Hanover, the territory of her brother, George III). her brother's territory of Hanover. She hoped to return to Denmark, but died suddenly of scarlet fever in 1775 at the age of 23. After the 1766 pastel by Francis Cotes (versions in Schloßmuseum Marienburg bei Nordstemmen and Nationalhistoriske Museum, Frederiksborg), probably executed shortly before Caroline Matilda's marriage to Christian VII.
Goodwin 107.i; CS 24.i; Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800.
[Ref: 34660] £390.00

The Dishabille.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1776.]
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A woman in plain 17th century dress, including white cloth bonnet, fichu and apron, sitting before a mirror on her dressing table. The original painting by Gabriel Metsu, c.1665, is in the Harold Samuel collection of the Guildhall.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM 1861,1109.149, dated 'June 21 1776' in pencil. Goodwin: 179 iii of iii.
[Ref: 43548] £300.00

Andrew Drummond Esq.r.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 540 x 385mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Cut to image on 3 sides, old ink mss. in title area.
Andrew Drummond (1688-1769), seated on a rustic bench, holding walking stick and snuff box, dog beside him. He founded Drummonds Bank in Charing Cross in 1711, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
CS 48. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38195] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[Boydell, n.d., c.1778.]
Mezzotint, proof before publication line. 320 x 225mm.
[Ref: 8127] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Mr. John Edwards, Minister of the Gospel, at Leeds in York-shire.
J. Russell pinxit. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Binns Leeds. Published as the Act directs July 2d. 1772.
Mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''). Surface dirt.
A portrait, in an oval of John Edwards (1714-1785) who was a dissenting minister who had been a Methodist minister but broke with the Wesleyans and ministered at White Chapel in Hunslet Lane, Leeds.
[Ref: 49036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Erskine.
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Collector's stamp on verso, 'E.M.H.' Mrs. E. M. Hamilton; Sheet size: 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate. Slight creasing top right.
A portrait of Janet, Lady Erskine, wife of Sir Henry Erskine, standing half-length in profile to the left, her head turned to face front, wearing a gown with ruffled sleeves, lace cape and small lace ruff. She has flowers in her simply dressed hair and at her breast.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 52. Goodwin: 143.
[Ref: 36979] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Kitty Fischer.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom.
Half-length oval portrait of politician and Prime minister (1768-70) Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811) against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a long bar.
CS 63 only state.
[Ref: 61582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Phillips Glover Esqr. of Wispington in Lincolnshire. a steady disinterested Friend who never courted popularity but was ever deserving of it.
J. Russel pinxt. Crayon Painter to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. James Watson fecit. from the original Picture in the Possession of George Stacpoole Esqr. at Grosvenor Place.
[British, n.d., c.1790s.]
Mezzotint, with small margins, private plate. 430 x 280mm, 17 x 11". Slight surface damage top.
Memorial portrait of Phillips Glover (d.1796), a Quaker of Wispington Lincolnshire; the sitter in middle age, facing slightly left, in a plain oval border, his hair curled and wearing a brimmed hat.
Goodwin 150. Chaloner Smith 62.
[Ref: 26801] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Parting of Hector and Andromache.
E. Burney Esq.r del. R. Cooper sculp.
[Published June 21, 1814, by S & J Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.]
Fine colour-printed stipple. Sheet 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½). Trimmed, losing publication line, title pasted on.
Andromache and Hector on the walls of Troy. Hector holds his infant son Astyanax and is about to pass him to a nurse. Over the battlements the Greek fleet can be seen.
[Ref: 44237] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus Hervey] The Right Hon.ble Augustus John Earl of Bristol, Rear Adm.l of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet.
Thomas Gainsborough pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
[n.d., c.1775.]
Fine mezzotint with separate title plate, total 565 x 355mm (22¼ x 14"). Small stain in inscription area.
Full-length portrait of Admiral Augustus John Hervey (1724-79), 3rd Earl of Bristol, in uniform, with his ship Dragon and Castle Moro (the Cuban fortress he attacked during the Seven Years' War) in the background. The portrait was originally published before his elevation to the peerage in 1775.
CS 74, state II. Horne 41 II of III. Goodwin 97 II of III. Ex: collection of Minto Wilson.
[Ref: 57388] £750.00

George Howard Esqr. Lieut General of his Majesty's Forces, & Colonell of the Buffs. or third Regiment of Foot.
J. Reynolds Pinxt. Js. Watson fecit.
London printed for John Bowles & Son at ye Black horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm
Sir George Howard (1718-1796), Field Marshal and politician. He participated in the American Revolution, and before attaining the rank of field marshal, he commanded various regiments, including the 3rd Regiment of Foot, the 1st Regiment of Dragoon Guards (the King's), and the 7th Regiment of Dragoons (the Queen's). He became field marshal on October 12, 1793, and was previously made a Privy Councillor and a Knight of the Bath.
CS:76.ii
[Ref: 4851] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Edward Hulse Bar.t M.D. Æt. 75. Physician to his Majesty George II.d.
F. Cotes pinx.t 1757. J. Watson fecit.
[c.1757.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins.
Half length portrait in oval of Dr Sir Edward Hulse (1682-1759). Physician to Queen Anne and George I.
CS 78, state ii. Goodwin 3, ii.
[Ref: 59644] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Jacob Jordaens and family.] Rubens and Family. In the Cabinet at Houghton.
Jacques Jordans Pinxit. G. Farrington delin.t. James Watson Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1780. Published Mar: 25th 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. 560 x 400mm, 22 x 16". Tear in right margin repaired.
Despite the title this is not a portrait of Rubens, but a self-portrait of Jacob Jordaens with his parents, brothers & sisters, with a family servant. The three cherubs represent deceased children. The original oil was purchased from Houghton by Catherine II of Russia and now resides in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. From Houghton Gallery. Jordaens (1593-1678), a Flemish Baroque painter based in Antwerp. When Rubens died in 1640 he became the most important painter in Antwerp for large-scale commissions.
CS: Watson 128, still described as Rubens. Whitman: 124.iii/iii [Rubens & Family].
[Ref: 23877] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Lascelles.]
[J. Reynolds pinxit. J. Watson fecit.]
[London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street.] [n.d. c.1780.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before all letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), with wide margins.
Portrait of Mrs Anne Lascelles and her daughter Frances, after Joshua Reynolds; seated almost whole-length slightly to left, eyes to front, resting on her left arm, wearing loose robe and band in her hair, her child lying back on her lap, hands on her mother's face; curtain and pillar behind, with trees beyond at left. Lady Anne Lascelles (c.1742-1805), wife of Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood. Frances Douglas (1762-1817), wife of Hon. John Douglas, son of James, Earl of Morton.
Hamilton 114: i/ii. CS 87: i/ii. Goodwin 31: i/ii. See Ref: 29028 for portrait of Edward Lascelles. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29051] £620.00

[Miss Lascelles.]
[F. Cotes pinx.t. J. Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engrvers at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before all letters. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins. Sprinkling of pinprick wormholes in image.
Frances Lascelles (1762-1817) as a child, petting a greyhound. She later married the Hon. John Douglas, son of James, 16th Earl of Morton.
CS 88, state i. Goodwin 155, i.
[Ref: 59675] £390.00

Lucinda.
P. Falconet Pinx.t J. Watson Sculp.t
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sep. 15.th 1767 by Ryland & Bryer in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. Plate 330 x 229mm. 13 x 9". Few rust spots.
Portrait of (?)Miss Moore seated half-length to left and leaning on cushion, eyes to front, wearing dark cape over loose-sleeved dress and dark, wide-brimmed hat with rouched decoration The sitter's identity is unclear: Goodwin concurs with Chaloner Smith's suggestion that she may be "the Miss Moore who was afterwards Lady [Catherine] Bampfylde".
Ex Collection: E. M. Hallenstein. CS: 104. Goodwin: 85.
[Ref: 25238] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Rev.d Mr Madan & Rev.d Mr De Coetlogon.
George James pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament April 15th 1774.
Rare mezzotint. 620 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Narrow margins top and bottom, some foxing & wear to edges. Tear into middle left margin and image.
Martin Madan (1726-90), Methodist clergyman and barrister, with Charles Edward De Coetlogon (1746-1820, his assistant chaplain, apparently debating the Gospel of St John. Madan is best known for his collection of Methodist music, 'Psalms and Hymns extracted from various Authors' (1760) and 'Thelyphthora, or A Treatise on Female Ruin', in which he advocated polygamy as a means of ''removing or lessening the causes of seduction''. The latter caused some controversy: one angry responce was the 'Anti-Thelyphthora' by William Cowper, Madan's first cousin. De Coetlogon, author of 'The Temple of Truth : Or the Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue and Morals, Analytically Arranged' (1807) became Vicar of Godstone in 1794.
CS ii of ii; Goodwin 98, ii of ii.
[Ref: 48499] £480.00

The Right Hon.ble John Manners, Marquis of Granby, One of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Colonel of his Majesties Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, Commander in Chief of his Majesties Forces, and Master General of the Ordnance &c. &c.
J. Reynolds pinx.t J. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland, Bryer, & Co at the King's Arms, in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1766.]
Mezzotint. 610 x 470mm (24 x 18½"). Scratch in sky area, a few repairs, laid on archival paper. Small margins.
Portrait of John Manners (1721 - 1770), Marquess of Granby, standing by his horse, a negro groom behind. In the background a battle rages.
CS 64.
[Ref: 50086] £450.00

The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Jas. Watson Sculp.
Se vend chez Mr. Fouquet. a Amsterdam & Mr. Boydel a Londres June 21 1778.
Proof mezzotint. 320 x 225mm.
[Ref: 4200] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Molineaux.]
Kettle pin.t. J. Watson fecit.
[London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, scratch-letter proof before title. 390 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Narrow margins.
A seated portrait of a woman with a pearl necklace and pearls in her hair. The name 'Lady Molineaux' was added to the third state of the plate (dated 1769), but Chaloner Smith writes that the likeness does not resemble another portrait of Molineaux, but is very similar to a portrait of Anne Barry ('Mrs Barry', the actress) engraved by J.S. Paul.
CS 101; Goodwin 61, i of iii.
[Ref: 32990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleugh, with her daughter Lady Mary Scott]
[James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, March 1st 1775 by Ja. Watson, No. 64 Little Queen Anne Street, Portland Chapel, & B. Clowes, No. 8 Gutter Lane Cheapside.
Mezzotint, sheet 625 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Trimmed to platemark. Nicks to edges.
Elizabeth Scott (née Montagu), Duchess of Buccleuch (1743-1827), the only daughter and heir of George, duke of Montagu. In 1767 she married Henry Scott, third Duke of Bucchleuch. She inherited the Montagu estates, largely in Northamptonshire, in 1790. Together with her husband she was involved in charitable work such as the founding of Edinburgh's Royal Blind Asylum and School.
Hamilton p.86 ii/iii; Goodwin 100 ii/iii. CS 16.I.
[Ref: 61709] £420.00

The Rev.d M.r Zachariah Mudge, Prebend of Exeter &c. &c.
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms Cornhill [n.d., c.1766].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), very large margins. Repaired tears.
Reverend Zachariah Mudge (1694-1769), a clergyman known for his sermons, painted by Reynolds three times, in 1761, 1762 & 1766. When his friend John Smeaton finished the Eddystone Lighthouse in 1759, the pair sang the Old Hundredth Psalm as a thanksgiving from the top of the lighthouse.
[Ref: 61378] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Musical Lady. From the Original Picture, in the Collection of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange [...]
Metzu Pinxit. James Watson Sculpsit.
Published April 8th 1777 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint, platemark 460 x 330mm (18 x 13"), with very large margins. Two tears in margins.
A woman sits at a table with a quill and paper, while a young man looks over at her and another woman plays the lute. In an interior with artworks on the wall and a lapdog in foreground. Mezzotint of Gabriel Metsu's (1629-67) 'A Young Woman Composing a Piece of Music' (c.1662-3, The Hague, Mauritshuis). The painting was in the collection of William V, Prince of Orange at the time this print was published by John Boydell.
Goodwin 180.ii
[Ref: 40371] £620.00

[The Right. Hon. Lady Susan O'Brien.]
F. Cotes pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament May 10 1772 by Jas. Watson Queen Anne Street.
Rare mezzotint. Proof before title. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Trimmed to platemark. Repair in centre
A portrait of Susan O'Brien (1743-1827), wife of actor and playwright William O'Brien.
Goodwin: 88; CS 108
[Ref: 47591] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[James Paine, Architect, and James Paine Jun.r.]
[Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.]
[Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1767.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 415 x 335mm (16¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed at bottom, losing inscriptions.
James Paine (1717-89), the British architect, with his son James Paine (1745-1829) the British sculptor and architect. James Paine Senior was an architect of considerable practice and published plates of Mansion House at Doncaster, 1751. He edited volumes of "Vitruvius Britannicus," and published two large volumes on "Mansions" in 1783. In 1785 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey. The younger James bequeathed the original oil to the Bodleian Library.
CS: 111, ii of iii. Goodwin: 52, iii of iv. See also references 46990 & 19663.
[Ref: 60736] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

James Paine, Architect, and James Paine Jun.r.
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1767.]
Mezzotint. 450 x 330mm (17¾ x 13"), with large margins.
James Paine (1717-89), the British architect, with his son James Paine (1745-1829) the British sculptor and architect. James Paine Senior was an architect of considerable practice and published plates of Mansion House at Doncaster, 1751. He edited volumes of "Vitruvius Britannicus," and published two large volumes on "Mansions" in 1783. In 1785 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.
CS: 111, ii of iii. Hamilton, p.54: ii of iii.
[Ref: 46990] £450.00

James Paine, Architect, and James Paine Jun.r.
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1767.]
Mezzotint. 450 x 330mm (17¾ x 13"). Trimmed to the plate and laid on card.
James Paine (1717-89), the British architect, with his son James Paine (1745-1829) the British sculptor and architect. James Paine Senior was an architect of considerable practice and published plates of Mansion House at Doncaster, 1751. He edited volumes of "Vitruvius Britannicus," and published two large volumes on "Mansions" in 1783. In 1785 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.
CS: 111, ii of iii. Hamilton, p.54: ii of iii.
[Ref: 19663] £420.00

[Paulus Pontius.]
Ant van Dyck pinx.t. Ja.s Watson fecit.
[Publish'd by Ja.s Watson, N. 16, Craven Buildings, Drury Lane; & Hen.y Parker opposite Birchin Lane, Cornhill.] [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, scratch letter proof before publisher's line. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Crease across image.
Paulus Pontius (1603-58), Flemish engraver who worked with Rubens and van Dyck in Antwerp.
Ex: The collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 119, state i of iii. Goodwin: 47 i of iii.
[Ref: 36397] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Paulus Pontius.]
Ant van Dyck pinx.t. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Publish'd by Ja.s Watson, N. 16, Craven Buildings, Drury Lane; & Hen.y Parker opposite Birchin Lane, Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, scratch letter proof before publisher's line. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Crease across image.
Paulus Pontius (1603-58), Flemish engraver who worked with Rubens and van Dyck in Antwerp.
Ex: The collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 119 II of III, Goodwin 47 II of III.
[Ref: 47273] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Joshua Reynolds.
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; Published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.
Mezzotint. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Framed. Slight creasing in centre. Unexamined out of frame.
A self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), painter and first President of the Royal Academy.
CS: 123 ii of ii; Goodwin: 71 iii of iii; Hamilton p.57 ii.
[Ref: 57865] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleugh, with her daughter Lady Mary Scott]
[James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, March 1st 1775 by Ja. Watson, No. 64 Little Queen Anne Street, Portland Chapel, & B. Clowes, No. 8 Gutter Lane Cheapside.
Mezzotint, 625 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Trimmed to platemark; nicks to edges;
Elizabeth Scott (née Montagu), Duchess of Buccleuch (1743-1827), the only daughter and heir of George, duke of Montagu. In 1767 she married Henry Scott, third Duke of Bucchleuch. She inherited the Montagu estates, largely in Northamptonshire, in 1790. Together with her husband she was involved in charitable work such as the founding of Edinburgh's Royal Blind Asylum and School.
Hamilton p.86 ii/iii; Goodwin 100 ii/iii
[Ref: 35022] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Winter. Pleasure is fled - save where the Ball or play, / Or Opera, invite the Young and Gay; / Now Blustering Winds & rude inclement Skies / The Tippett, Muff, and Cardinal defies.
R. Pyle Pinx.t. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Printed for Carington Bowles, next the Chapter House in St Paul's Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1765.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere. Slight creasing.
A three-quarter length portrait of a fashionably-dressed young woman in a winter landscape, arms folded in an ermine-trimmed cloak (tippet). From a set of Seasons by Robert Pyle, which was also engraved by Richard Houston, Charles Corbett (pseudonym used by both Richard Purcell and Houston) & Georg & Johann Rugendas.
[Ref: 53387] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline Duchess of Marlborough with Lady Caroline Spencer her daughter.]
J. Reynolds pinx.t J. Watson Fecit.
[n.d. c.1768.]
Very fine mezzotint, artist's names in etched letters, before plate was cleaned. Proof before title and publication line. Plate 451 x 330mm. 17¾ x 13".
Caroline Spencer, Duchess of Marlborough (1743-1811), daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, married George Spencer, Duke of Marlborough in 1762; and Caroline Welbore, Viscountess Clifden (1763-1813).
Hamilton: p.117, i/iii. CS: 99, i. Goodwin: 56, i.
[Ref: 24818] £360.00

John Stacpoolee Esq:r of Cragbrien Castle in the County of Clare [...]
Barrett pinx.t / James Watson fecit.
[1771 or after]
Very rare mezzotint, platemark 430 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Small margins.
Memorial portrait of John Stacpoole (c.1674-1771) issued following his death. Text paying tribute to his philanthropy, which went alongside his acquiring 'one of the Largest and best Circumstanced Estates in Ireland'. Engraved by James Watson after the Irish portrait painter Jeremiah Barrett (c.1723-70). Watson also engraved a portrait of Richard Stacpoole which states that the 'Stacpooles of the County of Clare' such as John Stacpoole are descended from him. Both appear to have been issued as private plates for the Stacpoole family and their acquaintances.
Whitman 84; CS 133; for Watson's portrait of Richard Stacpoole see ref. 37928. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37928] £450.00

Sir Richard Stacpoole of Pembrokeshire. Who was knighted by William the Conqueror. The different Welch Historians & the old Records of that Principality mention him amoung the most respectable Men in the Year one thousand & ninety one, being the fourth Year of the Reign of King William Rufus. He married Margaret, second Sister of Sir Richard Turbervile Lord of Coyty, and died without Issue. Robert the only Brother of Sir Richard Stacpoole, married a Daughter of Sir John Sitsylt or Cecill, Ancestor to Sir William Cecil Lord Burghley, & Lord High Treasurer of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Sir William Stacpoole his eldest Son married a Daughter of Howel ap Ithel, Lord of Roos & Ryuonioc, now Denbighland. Said Sir William had a Command in an army raised in the Reign of King Stephen, against David King of Scots, but died young, leaving three Sons & one Daughter. His eldest Son Sir Richard Stacpoole of Stacpoole in the County of Pembroke, married a Daughter of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon in the Peke. No mention is made of the second Son, but Robert the youngest encouraged by his Cousin Robert Fitz Stephen, went over to Ireland with Richard Earl of Strigule known by the Name of Strongbow, & was a Captain of Archers in that Division of the Army which Fitz Stephen commanded under Strongbow, in the Year eleven hundred & sixty eight, being the fourteenth Year of King Henry the second. Said Robert afterwards settled in Ireland & from him the Stacpooles of the County of Clare are descended. The old Mansion of Stacpoole Court, & a large Estate in Pembrokeshire descended to a Grand-daughter of the second Sir Richd. Stacpoole, & is now the Property of the Son of the late Pryse Campbell Esq. who was Member for that County.
Segulta pinxt. from a Profile on a Monu.t. James Watson fecit.
[n.d. c.1780].
Mezzotint, platemark 435 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Small margins. Slight damage (three repaired tears extending inside platemark).
Rare and unusual portrait of a Pembrokeshire knight from the time of William the Conqueror, with extensive biographical text. Issued as a private plate. Engraved by the well-known mezzotint engraver James Watson, after 'Segulta', who is unknown and may be a misspelling of another artist's name.
CS: 134 (only state); Goodwin 164: Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. For Watson's portrait of Stacpoole's descendant John Stacpoole see ref 37928.
[Ref: 37927] £380.00

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