Grosvenor Prints

[Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael.]
[Thomas Worlidge after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. Plate: 125 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Small margins
A biblical scene showing Abraham casting Hagar and Ishmael out of his hat while Isaac and Sarah watch behind him. After Rembrandt's 1637 etching.
[Ref: 47377] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Abraham offering up his son Isaac.]
T Worlidge 1758
Etching. Plate: 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"), with large margins. Dusty.
Abraham offering up his son Isaac, as recounted in the Hebrew Bible. God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, before preventing him from doing so at the last minute, having received proof that he is god-fearing. Etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt', a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W.36.
[Ref: 49743] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Abraham offering up his son Isaac]
T Worlidge 1758.
Etching, platemark 190 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed inside platemark; surface loss top right.
Abraham offering up his son Isaac, as recounted in the Hebrew Bible. God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, before preventing him from doing so at the last minute, having received proof that he is god-fearing. Etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression on wove paper after engraved numbers excised.
State iii/iii; W36; D2
[Ref: 32780] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Abraham offering up his son Isaac]
T Worlidge 1758
Etching, platemark 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). Ink stains top left and right (possibly to cover up etched numbers 37 and 18); good impression and margins.
Abraham offering up his son Isaac, as recounted in the Hebrew Bible. God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, before preventing him from doing so at the last minute, having received proof that he is god-fearing. Etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State i/iii; W36; D2
[Ref: 32777] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Bernard Astley.
[etched by Thomas Worlidge 1758.]
[published by T & H Rodd, 1827]
Etching, plate 165 x 132mm (6½ x 5¼"). Small margins.
Sir Bernard Astley (d.1645) was a Royalist who fell at Bristol; he was the son of Jacob Astley. Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. This plate was seemingly not offered for sale in Mary Worlidge's 1767 sale of Worlidge prints. This impression is from a 19th century republication.
State ii/ii; D8; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32945] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Bernard Astley.
[Thomas Worlidge.]
Published 1821 (from a Plate by Worlidge) by T. & H. Rodd, 71. Little Newport St. Long Acre.
Etching. Plate 165 x 132mm (6½ x 5¼").
Sir Bernard Astley (d.1645) was a Royalist who fell at Bristol; he was the son of Jacob Astley.
[Ref: 23282] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Edward Astley, Bar.t]
TW 1762 [in reverse top centre]
Etching, platemark 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Good impression with wide margins; foxed; nineteenth century laid paper.
Portrait of Edward Astley (1729-1802) as Rembrandt's Burgomaster Jan Six (from his famous print). Etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt'. Astley was a major print collector who assembled a very fine collection of Rembrandt prints. Posthumous state (first published by Worlidge's widow) with number added in the plate corner to correspond with her 1767 sale catalogue of Worlidge prints.
State iii/iii; W3; D10
[Ref: 32722] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Edward Astley, Bar.t]
TW 1762 [in reverse top centre]
Etching, platemark 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to platemark except for wide bottom margin; creases; small hole top right; on laid paper with watermark.
Portrait of Edward Astley (1729-1802) as Rembrandt's Burgomaster Jan Six (from his famous print). Etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt'. Astley was a major print collector who assembled a very fine collection of Rembrandt prints. Posthumous state published by Worlidge's widow with numbers added in the plate corners to correspond with her 1767 sale catalogue of Worlidge prints.
State iii/iii; W3; D10
[Ref: 32721] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Jacob Astley.
Published Aug. 1821 (From a Plate by Worlidge) by T. & H. Rodd. 17 Little Newport St. Leicester Sq. / Proof.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Small margins; glue stains to corners.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Nineteenth century restrike of a plate etched by Worlidge in 1757.
State v/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32858] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Jacob Astley]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"), wide margins. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32857] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Jacob Astley]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Good margins; tipped into album sheet at edges; pencil annotations 'very fine', 'a proof' [incorrectly] etc. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32856] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Jacob Astley [ms]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, platemark 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Very good impression; thread margins; glued to album sheet.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State i/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32855] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Jacob Astley] [57 top left]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5"). Good impression; trimmed inside platemark. Early ms. verso
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State ii/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32854] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Dr Walter Baker] [61]
[by Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching in sepia, Collector's mark at bottom; platemark 200 x 160mm (7¾ x 6½"). Printed on thick paper
Posthumous impression of an etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66). Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. After his death, his widow published further impressions of his plates, adding new numbers to the plates to correspond with her own catalogue numbers, as here. The identity of the sitter follows that on the British Museum's impression of the same print.
see BM 1877,0811.1275. Ex: Collection of the Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32593] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Walter Baker by Worlidge [ms]
[by Thomas Worlidge, c.1755]
Etching, platemark 200 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Fine impression; slight stains.
Portrait by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with number '61' added top right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced. Dack reproduces an impression of this print with the following inscription in ms: 'This Portrait of Walter Baker (M.D. so created by himself) Painter, Designed & Etched by Thomas Worlidge Painter in the Little Piazza Covent Garden'.
State i/ii; W61; D15; O'D incorrectly identifies this as a portrait of scientist Henry Baker, F.R.S.
[Ref: 32864] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Old man with a white beard]
Etched by T. Worlidge. Pub. by R. Pollard, Spa Fields, 1790
Etching with very large margins, with Collector's mark at bottom; platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5").
Posthumous impression of an etching by Thomas Worlidge. Worlidge etched his plate in the 1750s (before aquatint was used in England), but Robert Pollard republished several of Worlidge's plates in 1790 with aquatint which he presumably added to take advantage of the popularity of the medium at that time. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
For impression before aquatint see ref. 32571. Ex: Collection of the Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32603] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bearded man; style of Rembrandt.]
T. Worlidge fecit 1752 [but a later impression].
Etching with drypoint, wove paper, state with (faint) plate number. 120 x 95mm, 4¾ x 3¾".
Portrait study of an unidentified man, looking towards the viewer, bearded, in fur-trimmed jacket. Numbered '1' [or 4] upper right. Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766).
[Ref: 23493] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[A Beggar Man]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1754.
Etching, platemark 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Small margins; on cream laid paper; good impression.
Study of a man on crutches by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '80' added upper right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which this print was listed as 'a beggar man').
State i/ii; W46; D17; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33036] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A Beggar Man]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1754.
Etching, platemark 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Large margins; on cream laid paper; good impression.
Study of a man on crutches by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression after number '80' in top right removed (this was first put there when Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '80' corresponding with its number in the catalogue of his prints she produced, and in which this print was listed as 'a beggar man').
State ii/ii; W46; D17; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33037] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed on platemark; false margins added.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow issued new impressions in 1767 with number '4' added in top right.
State i/iii; W31; D21; Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32772] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop] [top left 32 in reverse]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression with number '4' added in top right.
State ii/iii; W31; D21.
[Ref: 32773] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop] [top left 32 in reverse; 4 top right]
TW [Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression. Reworking to lower part of plate.
State iii/iii; W31; D21.
[Ref: 32774] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop.]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Good impression on cream laid paper; good margins.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow issued new impressions in 1767 with number '4' added in top right.
State i/iii; W31; D21; Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32771] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.]
T.W. [Thomas Worlidge]
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 85 x 70mm (3¼ x 2¾"). Very large margins; uncut; cream laid paper.
Portrait study of a long-haired youth by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '100' & '5' added top right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced.
State iii/iii; W100; D233.
[Ref: 32907] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.][No 5 top right]
T.W. [Thomas Worlidge]
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 85 x 70mm (3¼ x 2¾"). Small margins; cream laid paper.
Portrait study of a long-haired youth by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '100' added top right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced.
State ii/iii; W100; D233.
[Ref: 32906] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.]
T.W. [Thomas Worlidge]
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 85 x 70mm (3¼ x 2¾"). Good impression; small margins; cream laid paper; pencil inscription 'Worlidge___ Boy'
Portrait study of a long-haired youth by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Early impression.
State i/iii; W100; D233.
[Ref: 32905] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.]
T.W. 1751
Etching, sheet 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½"). Trimmed inside platemark; surface dirt; paper tone.
Study of a head, by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66). The 'English Rembrandt', Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before number '11' added by Worlidge's widow in her posthumous sale of his prints.
State i/iv; W11; D29
[Ref: 32740] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.]
Etched by T. Worlidge. Pub.d by R. Pollard Spa Fields 1790.
Etching and aquatint, sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed on platemark; white wove paper. Crease on lower left.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression after the publisher Robert Pollard added aquatint to make new impressions in 1790 from a plate by that time nearly forty years old.
State iii/iii; W87, D28.
[Ref: 32889] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.]
T.W. [Thomas Worlidge] Fecit 1752
Etching, platemark 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Good impression; small margins; cream laid paper; staining.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State i/iii; W87. D27.
[Ref: 32887] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.]
T.W. [Thomas Worlidge] Fecit 1752
Etching, platemark 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Very good impression; thread margins; white laid paper.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State i/iii; W87. D27
[Ref: 32886] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Canning.
TW 1754.
Etching with drypoint, small margins, paper watermarked. Plate 184 x 147mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Slight stain on right; glued to backing sheet at top corners.
Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) in the witness box, portrayed here by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt'. Canning was a London scullerymaid whose alleged kidnapping caused a sensation in 1753. She disappeared for a month before returning to her mother's home. Susannah Wells and Mary Squires, Canning's alleged captors, were tried and found guilty. However, Crisp Gascoyne, trial judge and Lord Mayor of London, was unhappy with the verdict and began his own investigation which led to information proving Squires and her family to be innocent. Several of the prosecution witnesses recanted their earlier testimonies and Canning was tried and found guilty of perjury. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and seven years of transportation.
[Ref: 28956] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Canning.
TW [Thomas Worlidge] 1754.
Etching, sheet 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed on platemark; good impression on laid paper; glued to backing sheet at corners.
Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) in the witness box, portrayed here by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt'. Canning was a London scullerymaid whose alleged kidnapping caused a sensation in 1753. She disappeared for a month before returning to her mother's home. Susannah Wells and Mary Squires, Canning's alleged captors, were tried and found guilty. However, Crisp Gascoyne, trial judge and Lord Mayor of London, was unhappy with the verdict and began his own investigation which led to information proving Squires and her family to be innocent. Several of the prosecution witnesses recanted their earlier testimonies and Canning was tried and found guilty of perjury. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and seven years of transportation. First state before the number '70' added on the right side.
State i/ii; D41; W69; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33025] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Canning.
TW [Thomas Worlidge] 1754.
Etching, sheet 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed on platemark; good impression on laid paper.
Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) in the witness box, portrayed here by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt'. Canning was a London scullerymaid whose alleged kidnapping caused a sensation in 1753. She disappeared for a month before returning to her mother's home. Susannah Wells and Mary Squires, Canning's alleged captors, were tried and found guilty. However, Crisp Gascoyne, trial judge and Lord Mayor of London, was unhappy with the verdict and began his own investigation which led to information proving Squires and her family to be innocent. Several of the prosecution witnesses recanted their earlier testimonies and Canning was tried and found guilty of perjury. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and seven years of transportation. First state before the number '70' added on the right side.
State i/ii; D41; W69; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33024] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Canning.
TW [Thomas Worlidge] 1754.
Etching, sheet 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Small margins; good impression on laid paper; soiling at top.
Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) in the witness box, portrayed here by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt'. Canning was a London scullerymaid whose alleged kidnapping caused a sensation in 1753. She disappeared for a month before returning to her mother's home. Susannah Wells and Mary Squires, Canning's alleged captors, were tried and found guilty. However, Crisp Gascoyne, trial judge and Lord Mayor of London, was unhappy with the verdict and began his own investigation which led to information proving Squires and her family to be innocent. Several of the prosecution witnesses recanted their earlier testimonies and Canning was tried and found guilty of perjury. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and seven years of transportation. Second state after the number '70' added (in reverse) on the right side.
State ii/ii; D41; W69; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33026] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Canning.
TW [Thomas Worlidge] 1754.
Etching, sheet 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Small margins; tipped into album sheet; worn later impression.
Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) in the witness box, portrayed here by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt'. Canning was a London scullerymaid whose alleged kidnapping caused a sensation in 1753. She disappeared for a month before returning to her mother's home. Susannah Wells and Mary Squires, Canning's alleged captors, were tried and found guilty. However, Crisp Gascoyne, trial judge and Lord Mayor of London, was unhappy with the verdict and began his own investigation which led to information proving Squires and her family to be innocent. Several of the prosecution witnesses recanted their earlier testimonies and Canning was tried and found guilty of perjury. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and seven years of transportation. Second state after the number '70' added (in reverse) on the right side.
State ii/ii; D41; W69; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33027] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Canning.
TW [Thomas Worlidge] 1754.
Etching. Plate: 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6''). Damage in top left corner.
Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) in the witness box, portrayed here by Thomas Worlidge, the 'English Rembrandt'. Canning was a London scullerymaid whose alleged kidnapping caused a sensation in 1753. She disappeared for a month before returning to her mother's home. Susannah Wells and Mary Squires, Canning's alleged captors, were tried and found guilty. However, Crisp Gascoyne, trial judge and Lord Mayor of London, was unhappy with the verdict and began his own investigation which led to information proving Squires and her family to be innocent. Several of the prosecution witnesses recanted their earlier testimonies and Canning was tried and found guilty of perjury. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and seven years of transportation.
[Ref: 48672] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Edvardus Cave, ob. 10 Jan. 1754. Ætatis 62.
F. Kyte pinx. 1740. T. Worlidge fecit.
[n.d., c.1755.]
Etching. Plate: 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾''). Trimmed to plate.
A portrait of Edward Cave (1691-1754), founder and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine.
[Ref: 48684] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Cherubim's Head.]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 35 x 35mm (1¼ x 1¼"). Large margins; good impression on laid paper.
Study of a cherub by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '119' added to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced.
W119; D45; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33038] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ healing the sick] 4 [top left]
T.W. 1758 [Thomas Worlidge after Rembrandt, published November 1758]
Etching, 275 x 390mm (10¾ x 15½"). Fine impression printed in brown; thread margins; glued to backing sheet at corners, stain, one small hole top centre.
Thomas Worlidge's (1700-66) copy of Rembrandt's famous 'hundred guilder print', depicting Christ healing the sick and debating with the Pharisees. Its sobriquet originated with a story that Rembrandt himself had to pay this (then exorbitant) price to buy back an impression. Since Rembrant etched his plate in 1648 it was celebrated as his most complex and ambitious print, and its masterful lighting compared with his 'Night Watch'. Its lasting influence in England is demonstrated by both Worlidge's attempt to take up the challenge of emulating Rembrandt, and by Captain William Baillie's notorious reissuing of the (heavily-worked) original plate. Posthumous impression: after Worlidge's death, his prints were republished by his widow with numbers added in the plate corners to correspond with her 1767 sale catalogue of Worlidge prints. The 'English Rembrandt', Worlidge (1700-66) was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
State iii/iii; W4; D54.
[Ref: 32729] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Rome] [Cicero]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, sheet 405 x 205mm (16 x 8"). Trimmed inside platemark; crudely repaired tear upper right. Early unfinished proof with label reading 'this drawing was in the studio portfolio of Messrs Worlidge & Barker'.
A striking statue of Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman orator made consul in 63 BC., holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level, another object in his right. Based on one of the ancient Greek and Roman statues from the collection of the Countess of Pomfret, which formerly belonged to the Earl of Arundel before later being passed to the University of Oxford. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
State i/iv; D56
[Ref: 33063] £350.00

[Rome] [Cicero]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, sheet 420 x 220mm (16½ x 8½"). Trimmed inside platemark; paper tone and crease bottom left; some stains. Unfinished proof with label reading 'this drawing was in the studio portfolio of Messrs Worlidge & Barker'. Laid on blue sugar paper.
A striking statue of Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman orator made consul in 63 BC., holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level, another object in his right. Based on one of the ancient Greek and Roman statues from the collection of the Countess of Pomfret, which formerly belonged to the Earl of Arundel before later being passed to the University of Oxford. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
State ii/iv; D56
[Ref: 33064] £350.00

[Rome] Marcus Tullius Cicero, is Humbly Dedicated to the Right Honble. the Countess of Pomfret,
by her Most Obedt. Humble Servant Thos. Worlidge.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, platemark 480 x 340mm (18¾ x 13¼"). Good impression with (large but chipped and torn) margins.
A striking statue of Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman orator made consul in 63 BC., holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level, another object in his right. Based on one of the ancient Greek and Roman statues from the collection of the Countess of Pomfret, which formerly belonged to the Earl of Arundel before later being passed to the University of Oxford. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
State iii/iv; D56
[Ref: 33065] £320.00

[Rome] Marcus Tullius Cicero, is Humbly Dedicated to the Right Honble. the Countess of Pomfret,
by her Most Obedt. Humble Servant Thos. Worlidge.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 480 x 340mm (18¾ x 13¼"). Upper right margin chipped, with staining into plate. Repaired marginal tear into plate upper left.
A striking statue of Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman orator made consul in 63 BC., holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level, another object in his right. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
[Ref: 10384] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Rome] Marcus Tullius Cicero, is Humbly Dedicated to the Right Honble. the Countess of Pomfret,
by her Most Obedt. Humble Servant Thos. Worlidge.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, platemark 480 x 340mm (18¾ x 13¼"). Good impression with (chipped and torn) margins. Tear into image upper left. Stained.
A striking statue of Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman orator made consul in 63 BC., holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level, another object in his right. Based on one of the ancient Greek and Roman statues from the collection of the Countess of Pomfret, which formerly belonged to the Earl of Arundel before later being passed to the University of Oxford. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
State iii/iv; D56
[Ref: 33066] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Rome] Marcus Tullius Cicero, is Humbly Dedicated to the Right Honble. the Countess of Pomfret,
by her Most Obedt. Humble Servant Thos. Worlidge.
London, Published by Robert Wilkinson, No. 125 Fenchurch Street & Richard Holmes Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street [c.1820].
Etching, platemark 480 x 340mm (18¾ x 13¼"). Worn impression; margins except for upper right where missing and tear inside platemark.
A striking statue of Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman orator made consul in 63 BC., holding a scroll in his left hand at waist level, another object in his right. Based on one of the ancient Greek and Roman statues from the collection of the Countess of Pomfret, which formerly belonged to the Earl of Arundel before later being passed to the University of Oxford. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766) but here in early 19th century reprint by Wilkinson and Laurie.
State iv/iv; D56
[Ref: 33067] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Head of Cleopatra.]
Thos. Worlidge 1750.
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; margins.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '108' added upper left to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra').
State ii/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32914] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Head of Cleopatra.]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
[1750]
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; large margins.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Early impression before Worlidge added his name. In her catalogue of prints after Worlidge's death, his widow Mary listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra'.
State i/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32913] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Head of Cleopatra.]
Thos. Worlidge 1750.
Etching, platemark 65 x 50mm (2½ x 2"). Good impression; very large margins, uncut.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '108' added upper left to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced (in which she listed this print as 'head of Cleopatra').
State iii/iii; W108; D58.
[Ref: 32915] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Pietro da Cortona
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757
Etching, platemark 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾"). Thread margins; good impression on laid paper.
Portrait of Pietro da Cortona (?1596-1669), one of the leading artists of the Roman Baroque. Pietro was also an architect, in which he was less influential. All of Pietro's major works were engraved in his lifetime or the late 17th century, spreading his influence across Europe. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W41; D61; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33041] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[A Dutch consul]
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1758.
Etching with very large margins, platemark 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾").
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression from the reissue by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 with the number '70' added in the top right corner.
State iv/v; W7-; D59 and 157. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32877] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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