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Carolus II.dus D:G: Ang: Sco: Fra: et Hib: Rex Fidei Defensor. &c.
W: Wissing pinx: J. Vandervaart fec:
Cum Privilegio Regis. E Cooper exc: [n.d., 1700].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
Half-length portrait in oval of Charles II, wearing wig, armour and lace cravat. CS 1, state ii of iv.
[Ref: 65351] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Robertus Feilding Aulæ Feildingensis in Com: Warwici Armig:
P. Lelÿ Eques pinxit. J. V. Vaart fecit:
R Tompson excudit [n.d. c.1685].
Fine mezzotint, 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Faint crease.
Robert 'Beau' Fielding (c.1651-1712), rake and bigamist at the royal court of Charles II. In 1705 he was at the centre of a celebrated scandal, when he married two women in the same month, one for her fortune (though in this he was tricked) and the other (the Duchess of Cleveland, the former mistress of Charles II) for her title. When the truth emerged, the Duchess prosecuted him for bigamy, and he only escaped thanks to a royal pardon from Queen Anne. CS:2, ii of ii. Blackett-Ord T33. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65352] £320.00
Robertus Feilding Aulæ Feildingensis in Com: Warwici Armig:
P. Lelÿ Eques pinxit. J. V. Vaart fecit:
R Tompson excudit [n.d. c.1685].
Fine mezzotint, 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Faint crease.
Robert 'Beau' Fielding (c.1651-1712), rake and bigamist at the royal court of Charles II. In 1705 he was at the centre of a celebrated scandal, when he married two women in the same month, one for her fortune (though in this he was tricked) and the other (the Duchess of Cleveland, the former mistress of Charles II) for her title. When the truth emerged, the Duchess prosecuted him for bigamy, and he only escaped thanks to a royal pardon from Queen Anne. CS:2, ii of ii. Blackett-Ord T33. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65353] £360.00
[Robertus Feilding Aulæ Feildingensis in Com: Warwici Armig:]
[P. Lelÿ Eques pinxit. J. V. Vaart fecit:]
R Tompson excudit.][ [n.d. c.1685].
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). Trimmed to image.
Robert 'Beau' Fielding (c.1651-1712), rake and bigamist at the royal court of Charles II. In 1705 he was at the centre of a celebrated scandal, when he married two women in the same month, one for her fortune (though in this he was tricked) and the other (the Duchess of Cleveland, the former mistress of Charles II) for her title. When the truth emerged, the Duchess prosecuted him for bigamy, and he only escaped thanks to a royal pardon from Queen Anne. CS:2, i of ii. Blackett-Ord T33. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65354] £480.00
The Lady Essex Finch.
S.r P. Lely pinxit. J. Vander Vaart fecit.
R. Tompson excudit [n.d., c.1680].
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, edged with album paper, faint damp stain.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Essex Finch (c.1652-84), Countess of Nottingham, leaning on a table with a vase of flowers, a column behind. Blackett-Ord T55. CS 3. Russell 3, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65348] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Lady Essex Finch.
S.r P. Lely pinxit. J. Vander Vaart fecit.
R. Tompson excudit [n.d., c.1680].
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Essex Finch (c.1652-84), Countess of Nottingham, leaning on a table with a vase of flowers, a column behind. Blackett-Ord T55. CS 3. Russell 3, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65349] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Killegrew Groome of ye Bedchamber to King Charles ye Second.
W. Wissing pinxit. J. Vander vaart fec:
J. Smith Exc. [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait in oval of dramatist Thomas Killigrew (1612-83), with full beard, holding a sword. After going into exile with the Royals during the Civil War, Killigrew was made Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II on the Restoration. CS 4, state ii of ii, published by Smith rather than Edward Cooper. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65358] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Killegrew Groome of ye Bedchamber to King Charles ye Second.
W. Wissing pinxit. J. Vander vaart fec:
J. Smith Exc. [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"), large margins. Laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of dramatist Thomas Killigrew (1612-83), with full beard, holding a sword. After going into exile with the Royals during the Civil War, Killigrew was made Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II on the Restoration. CS 4, state ii of ii, published by Smith rather than Edward Cooper. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65359] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Killegrew Groome of ye Bedchamber to King Charles ye Second.
W. Wissing pinxit. J. Vander vaart fec:
E. Cooper Exc. [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 215 x 165mm (8½ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate, into image on right.
Half-length portrait in oval of dramatist Thomas Killigrew (1612-83), with full beard, holding a sword. After going into exile with the Royals during the Civil War, Killigrew was made Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II on the Restoration. CS 4, state ii of ii, published by Smith rather than Edward Cooper. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65360] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Elizabeth Percy] [The Dutchess of Sumerset.]
[P Lellÿ Eques Pinxit. J: Vander Vaart fecit.]
[E: Cooper excudit.] [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into title at bottom, losing inscriptions.
A portrait of Elizabeth Percy (1667-1722), seated next to a parrot perched in an orange tree in a pot. Now in the Royal Collection (RCIN 402856), it was painted by Peter Lely in 1679 to celebrate her marriage to Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle, son and heir of the 2nd Duke of Newcastle. After Lord Ogle's death the following year she was married to Thomas Thynne, who was murdered in 1682. Later in the year she married Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset. She was chief mourner at the funerals of Mary II and Queen Anne, and was Groom of the Stole, 1711-14. An ink annotation on reverse reads 'Madam Lucy Loftus', which is a mezzotint of a woman in the same pose published by Alexander Browne. CS 8. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65356] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Anne Scott] The Dutchess of Monmouth. AB. i. AEB. i .
G. Kneller Pinxit. J. Vander Vaart fecit.
R. Tompson excudit. [n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Anne Scott (1641-1732), 1st Duchess of Buccleuch and, by way of marriage to James Scott, Duchess of Monmouth, wearing pearl necklace and low dress. CS 5, unrecorded state. Blackett-Ord T 51. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65347] £360.00
[Anne Scott] The Dutchess of Monmouth.
G. Kneller Pinxit. J. Vander Vaart fecit.
R. Tompson excudit. [n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Anne Scott (1641-1732), 1st Duchess of Buccleuch and, by way of marriage to James Scott, Duchess of Monmouth, wearing pearl necklace and low dress. CS 5. Blackett-Ord T 51. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65346] £360.00
James Duke of Monmouth.
Wissing Pinxit. Vander Vaart fecit.
E. Cooper exudit [n.d., c.1685].
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), English nobleman and the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter. Scott was executed after making an unsuccessful attempt to depose his uncle, James II, in the Monmouth Rebellion. CS 6. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65355] £280.00
Edvardus Wetenhall S.S.T.P.
J. Vander Vaart Pinxit et fecit.
R. Tompson ex: [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½"). Trimmed into image, touching inscriptions on left.
Head and shoulder portrait in oval of Edward Wetenhall (1636-1713), an English bishop of the Church of Ireland. CS 9, unrecorded state between i & ii, with spot on nose but before 'fecit' removed. Russell 9, between iii & iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65357] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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