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Mrs Abington
Sr. Jos. Reynolds Pinx J. Wilson fec
[n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Frances Abington (1737-1815), actress. Born in lowly circumstances, Abington grew up in the slums around Drury Lane, and sold flowers and sang in Covent Garden as a girl. Along with other jobs she did when young (kitchenmaid, milliner's assistant), various accounts of her life hint at prostitution during her early years. After making a start as an actress in London her first professional success came while working in Dublin, rejoining Garrick's Drury Lane company where she established herself as one of the leading comedy actresses of her generation. She was also the mistress of at least two prominent figures. Engraving after the several portrait 'Mrs Abington as the Comic Muse' by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1764-8, hair and dress repainted 1772-3) now in Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. This was one of several portraits that Reynolds painted of Abington- he was an admirer and purchased twelve tickets for her benefit performance in 1772. Reynolds' portrait was a companion to his portrait of Sarah Siddons as 'the Tragic Muse'.
CS: 2. Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 42094] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sr. Jos. Reynolds Pinx J. Wilson fec
[n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Frances Abington (1737-1815), actress. Born in lowly circumstances, Abington grew up in the slums around Drury Lane, and sold flowers and sang in Covent Garden as a girl. Along with other jobs she did when young (kitchenmaid, milliner's assistant), various accounts of her life hint at prostitution during her early years. After making a start as an actress in London her first professional success came while working in Dublin, rejoining Garrick's Drury Lane company where she established herself as one of the leading comedy actresses of her generation. She was also the mistress of at least two prominent figures. Engraving after the several portrait 'Mrs Abington as the Comic Muse' by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1764-8, hair and dress repainted 1772-3) now in Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. This was one of several portraits that Reynolds painted of Abington- he was an admirer and purchased twelve tickets for her benefit performance in 1772. Reynolds' portrait was a companion to his portrait of Sarah Siddons as 'the Tragic Muse'.
CS: 2. Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 42094] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Maria Broughton-Delves] Lady Broughton.](jpegs/62759.jpg)
[Maria Broughton-Delves] Lady Broughton.
S.r Jos. Reynolds Pinxt. Wilson fecit.
[London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53. Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st. Sep.r 1771.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, narrow margins elsewhere.
A three-quarter length portrait of Mary Hill (d.1813, wife of Sir Brian Broughton-Delves (d.1766), 5th baronet of Broughton Hall, Staffordshire. The original portrait, showing Maria full-length, was begun by Reynolds in 1765 but only completed after her husband's death. The oil is now in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
CS: 4.
[Ref: 62759] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Jos. Reynolds Pinxt. Wilson fecit.
[London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53. Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st. Sep.r 1771.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, narrow margins elsewhere.
A three-quarter length portrait of Mary Hill (d.1813, wife of Sir Brian Broughton-Delves (d.1766), 5th baronet of Broughton Hall, Staffordshire. The original portrait, showing Maria full-length, was begun by Reynolds in 1765 but only completed after her husband's death. The oil is now in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
CS: 4.
[Ref: 62759] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Dutch Chymist.
Jn.o Stein Pinxit. J. Wilson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street. 236
Mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins.
An alchemist stirring a ceramic pot; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. The alchemist has the 'bleary eyes' from long sustained efforts of watching his experiment, as described by Thomas Norton in his 'Ordinall of alchemy', 1477. After the painting 'The Village Alchemist' by Jan Havicksz. Steen (c.1625-79), painted in the early 1660s and now in the Wallace Collection. The composition is cropped to omit a crying woman and child, and 'empty money bags suspended from the ceiling with a bloated bladder, symbolising delusion' (from Wallace Collection commentary on the painting).
For a later lithograph reproducing the painting more directly, see ref. 24878
[Ref: 37011] £320.00
Jn.o Stein Pinxit. J. Wilson fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street. 236
Mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins.
An alchemist stirring a ceramic pot; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. The alchemist has the 'bleary eyes' from long sustained efforts of watching his experiment, as described by Thomas Norton in his 'Ordinall of alchemy', 1477. After the painting 'The Village Alchemist' by Jan Havicksz. Steen (c.1625-79), painted in the early 1660s and now in the Wallace Collection. The composition is cropped to omit a crying woman and child, and 'empty money bags suspended from the ceiling with a bloated bladder, symbolising delusion' (from Wallace Collection commentary on the painting).
For a later lithograph reproducing the painting more directly, see ref. 24878
[Ref: 37011] £320.00
The Flemish Repast. You see both Male & Female clear Will Tipple There as well as Here. 201
A. Kraus pinx.t. Wilson fecit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 1.st February 1771.
Rare mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") very large margins. Slight creasing.
Flemish genre scene, engraved in mezzotint by James Wilson after Carl August Krause (1724-64).
For coloured impression see ref. 36304.
[Ref: 40462] £340.00
A. Kraus pinx.t. Wilson fecit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 1.st February 1771.
Rare mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") very large margins. Slight creasing.
Flemish genre scene, engraved in mezzotint by James Wilson after Carl August Krause (1724-64).
For coloured impression see ref. 36304.
[Ref: 40462] £340.00
The Flemish Repast. You see both Male & Female clear Will Tipple There as well as Here.
A. Kraus pinx.t. Wilson fecit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 1.st February 1771.
Mezzotint with original colour and large margins. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") A few small tears in margins, one pinhole in image.
Flemish genre scene, engraved in mezzotint by James Wilson after Carl August Krause (1724-64).
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36304] £320.00
A. Kraus pinx.t. Wilson fecit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 1.st February 1771.
Mezzotint with original colour and large margins. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") A few small tears in margins, one pinhole in image.
Flemish genre scene, engraved in mezzotint by James Wilson after Carl August Krause (1724-64).
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36304] £320.00
![[Polly Kennedy] Miss Jones.](jpegs/66635.jpg)
[Polly Kennedy] Miss Jones.
C. Read pinx.t. J. Wilson fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 145 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"). Trimmed into title at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Polly Kennedy (alias Jones) d.1781, courtesan and mistress of Sir Charles Bunbury. She reads a book and wears an elaborate dress with lace frills, shawl and cap, and a pearl necklace. After Catherine Read (1723 - 1778).
Chaloner Smith: 8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 66635] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Read pinx.t. J. Wilson fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. 145 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"). Trimmed into title at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Polly Kennedy (alias Jones) d.1781, courtesan and mistress of Sir Charles Bunbury. She reads a book and wears an elaborate dress with lace frills, shawl and cap, and a pearl necklace. After Catherine Read (1723 - 1778).
Chaloner Smith: 8. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 66635] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Suspicious Husband.
Martin pinx.t. Wilson fecit
London Publish'd Feb.y 16 1772 by R. Marshall N4 Aldermary Church Yard.
Coloured mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, extra margins added on three sides.
A woman seals a letter at a candlelit table, while her maid waits to take it. Her husband peers anxiously around the door, believing it to be addressed to another lover. On the wall is a picture of cupid oriented towards the wife. Engraved by the little-known printmaker James Wilson from a painting by either Johan Fredrik or Elias Martin, Swedish artists sometime resident in London.
CLB database: state iii of iii.
[Ref: 36308] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Martin pinx.t. Wilson fecit
London Publish'd Feb.y 16 1772 by R. Marshall N4 Aldermary Church Yard.
Coloured mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, extra margins added on three sides.
A woman seals a letter at a candlelit table, while her maid waits to take it. Her husband peers anxiously around the door, believing it to be addressed to another lover. On the wall is a picture of cupid oriented towards the wife. Engraved by the little-known printmaker James Wilson from a painting by either Johan Fredrik or Elias Martin, Swedish artists sometime resident in London.
CLB database: state iii of iii.
[Ref: 36308] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Suspicious Husband.
Martin pinx.t. Wilson fecit
London Publish'd Feb.y 16 1772 by Henry Parker No.82 Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Creasing; 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
A woman seals a letter at a candlelit table, while her maid waits to take it. Her husband peers anxiously around the door, believing it to be addressed to another lover. On the wall is a picture of cupid oriented towards the wife. Engraved by the little-known printmaker James Wilson from a painting by either Johan Fredrik or Elias Martin, Swedish artists sometime resident in London.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CLB state ii/iii
[Ref: 36221] £380.00
Martin pinx.t. Wilson fecit
London Publish'd Feb.y 16 1772 by Henry Parker No.82 Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Creasing; 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
A woman seals a letter at a candlelit table, while her maid waits to take it. Her husband peers anxiously around the door, believing it to be addressed to another lover. On the wall is a picture of cupid oriented towards the wife. Engraved by the little-known printmaker James Wilson from a painting by either Johan Fredrik or Elias Martin, Swedish artists sometime resident in London.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CLB state ii/iii
[Ref: 36221] £380.00
The Waggoner and Fisherman.
Ostage pinx.t J. Wilson fecit.
[London. Printd for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), Trimmed at bottom, losing two lines of verse and publication line. Small margins on 3 sides.
Two smiling men in a tavern, one holding a mug, the other a pipe.
[Ref: 54216] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Ostage pinx.t J. Wilson fecit.
[London. Printd for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), Trimmed at bottom, losing two lines of verse and publication line. Small margins on 3 sides.
Two smiling men in a tavern, one holding a mug, the other a pipe.
[Ref: 54216] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)