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![[The Death of the Chevalier Bayard.]](jpegs/51163.jpg)
[The Death of the Chevalier Bayard.]
B. West Pinxit. V. Green (Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty) Fecit.
Published by J. Boydell, Cheapside, Feb.y 1 1774.
Fine and rare mezzotint. 635 x 520mm (25 x 20½"). Slight stain at bottom. Small margins.
A dramatic scene of the death Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473-1524), in armour, leaning against a tree on the battlefield, attended by his opponent, Charles, duc de Bourbon. An illustrious career fighting for the French (including at the Battle of the Spurs, 1513, against Henry VIII), gave Terrail the nickname 'le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche' (the knight without fear and beyond reproach). However his death came at the end of the age of chivalry: his armour did not protect him from an arquebus ball.
[Ref: 51163] £680.00
B. West Pinxit. V. Green (Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty) Fecit.
Published by J. Boydell, Cheapside, Feb.y 1 1774.
Fine and rare mezzotint. 635 x 520mm (25 x 20½"). Slight stain at bottom. Small margins.
A dramatic scene of the death Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473-1524), in armour, leaning against a tree on the battlefield, attended by his opponent, Charles, duc de Bourbon. An illustrious career fighting for the French (including at the Battle of the Spurs, 1513, against Henry VIII), gave Terrail the nickname 'le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche' (the knight without fear and beyond reproach). However his death came at the end of the age of chivalry: his armour did not protect him from an arquebus ball.
[Ref: 51163] £680.00
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The American Cowslip.
Henderson del. Warner sculp.
London. Published May 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 550 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¾"). Framed, with page from original text pasted on backboard. Unexamined out of frame.
An illustration of the American Cowslip, a member of the genus 'Dodecatheon'. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.250, state i of ii.
[Ref: 52904] £650.00
Henderson del. Warner sculp.
London. Published May 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 550 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¾"). Framed, with page from original text pasted on backboard. Unexamined out of frame.
An illustration of the American Cowslip, a member of the genus 'Dodecatheon'. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.250, state i of ii.
[Ref: 52904] £650.00
A Group of Carnations.
Henderson pinx. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published April 2nd, 1803 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 390mm.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Third and last state.
[Ref: 6133] £1,700.00
Henderson pinx. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published April 2nd, 1803 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 390mm.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Third and last state.
[Ref: 6133] £1,700.00
Hyacinths.
S. Edwards pinx.t. Warner sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 550 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¾"). On Whatman paper. Cut to plate on three sides.
Four varieties of hyacinths, published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. This is one of the few plates drawn by a professional botanical illustrator, in this case Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819).
Dunthorne: p.245, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 30322] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
S. Edwards pinx.t. Warner sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 550 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¾"). On Whatman paper. Cut to plate on three sides.
Four varieties of hyacinths, published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. This is one of the few plates drawn by a professional botanical illustrator, in this case Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819).
Dunthorne: p.245, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 30322] £1,250.00 view all images for this item
The Narrow Leaved Kalmia.
Reinagle A.R. pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published June 1. 1804 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint and stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Framed, mounted within plate, window 520 x 400mm (20½ x 15¾".) Unexamined out of frame.
An illustration of the Kalmia angustifolia, a native of eastern North America known now as narrow-leaved laurel, dwarf laurel and lambkill (because of an andromedotoxin poisonous to grazing animals). It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.251, only state.
[Ref: 60146] £850.00
Reinagle A.R. pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published June 1. 1804 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint and stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Framed, mounted within plate, window 520 x 400mm (20½ x 15¾".) Unexamined out of frame.
An illustration of the Kalmia angustifolia, a native of eastern North America known now as narrow-leaved laurel, dwarf laurel and lambkill (because of an andromedotoxin poisonous to grazing animals). It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.251, only state.
[Ref: 60146] £850.00
The Pontic Rhododendron.
Henderson del. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Dec.r 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple & line engraving, small margins,printed in colours and hand-finished. 530 x 405mm (21 x 16"). Two small fly spots in sky.
An illustration of Rhododendron ponticum, or Common Rhododendron. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne, p.250, only state.
[Ref: 30321] £850.00 view all images for this item
Henderson del. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Dec.r 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple & line engraving, small margins,printed in colours and hand-finished. 530 x 405mm (21 x 16"). Two small fly spots in sky.
An illustration of Rhododendron ponticum, or Common Rhododendron. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne, p.250, only state.
[Ref: 30321] £850.00 view all images for this item
The Snowdrop.
Pether pinx.t. W.Ward, Engraver to H.R.H., the Duke of York, sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr Thornton, Sept.r 1804 [-1810].
Mezzotint and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, on heavy Whatman paper. 490 x 345mm, 19¾ x 13½".
Snowdrops and crocuses in the foreground, with a snow-covered cottage and village in the distance. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, and regarded as the finest English botanical colour-plate book.
Dunthorne: p.244, state III of III.
[Ref: 21383] £650.00
Pether pinx.t. W.Ward, Engraver to H.R.H., the Duke of York, sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr Thornton, Sept.r 1804 [-1810].
Mezzotint and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, on heavy Whatman paper. 490 x 345mm, 19¾ x 13½".
Snowdrops and crocuses in the foreground, with a snow-covered cottage and village in the distance. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, and regarded as the finest English botanical colour-plate book.
Dunthorne: p.244, state III of III.
[Ref: 21383] £650.00
![[Vanitas allegory]](jpegs/34104.jpg)
[Vanitas allegory] Forma aetate perit; virtus clara aeternaque habetur.
Joseph Christ, pinx. Aug. Vind. Joh. Elias Haid sculp. Aug. Vind.
J. Jac. Haid et filius excudit Aug. Vind. [c.1760]
Mezzotint with very large margins on 3 sides, very scarce; platemark 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13"). Trimmed to plate along lower edge.
An elegant young man, with music, fine clothes and elegant objects. An old man behind holding a book with cautionary text in latin; mountainous landscape in distance. Engraved and published by the Haid family of Augsburg, after a painting by the Augsburg painter Joseph Christ (c.1732-1788).
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34104] £450.00
Joseph Christ, pinx. Aug. Vind. Joh. Elias Haid sculp. Aug. Vind.
J. Jac. Haid et filius excudit Aug. Vind. [c.1760]
Mezzotint with very large margins on 3 sides, very scarce; platemark 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13"). Trimmed to plate along lower edge.
An elegant young man, with music, fine clothes and elegant objects. An old man behind holding a book with cautionary text in latin; mountainous landscape in distance. Engraved and published by the Haid family of Augsburg, after a painting by the Augsburg painter Joseph Christ (c.1732-1788).
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34104] £450.00
![[Set of six views of Versailles.] Endroits Remarquables du Jardin et du Parc de Versailles.](jpegs/38427.jpg)
[Set of six views of Versailles.] Endroits Remarquables du Jardin et du Parc de Versailles. 7. Vuë de lde l'Orangerie de Versailles. [&] 8. Vuë du Bassin de Latone prise au bord de la Terrasse du Château. [&] 9. Vue de Bassin de Neptune dans le Jardins de Versailles. [&] 10. Vüe de Trianon dans le Parc de Versailles du Côté de l'Avenue. [&] 11. Vuë du Château de Trianon de Coté du Parterre. [&] 12. Vüe du Paÿsage et der la Maison Royalle de S.t Cir.
J. Rigaud In. Sculp.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the buildings and features of the Palace of Versailles, drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts Louis XV's court at rest in the sumptuous surroundings. The final view is from the park looking towards the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, the boarding school for girls set up by Louis XIV. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38427] £2,400.00 view all images for this item
J. Rigaud In. Sculp.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the buildings and features of the Palace of Versailles, drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts Louis XV's court at rest in the sumptuous surroundings. The final view is from the park looking towards the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, the boarding school for girls set up by Louis XIV. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38427] £2,400.00 view all images for this item
![[Set of six views of Versailles.] Diverses Vues du Chateau de Versailles.](jpegs/38425.jpg)
[Set of six views of Versailles.] Diverses Vues du Chateau de Versailles. 1. Vuë prise de la grandes avenue entre les deux Ecuries. [&] 2. Vue des Ecuries de Versailles prise de la Seconde Grille. [&] 3. Vüe Particuliere de la Châpelle du Chateau de Versailles. [&] 4. Vue du Chateau de Versailles Prise du Côte de la Terrace vis à Vis la Chapelle. [&] 5. Vuë du Chateau et d'une partie de la Ville de Versailles du Côte de l'Estang. [&] 6. Vüe du Château de Versailles du Côte de l'Orangerie.
Dessiné et Gravé par J. Rigaud.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the Palace of Versailles drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts the huge complex of buildings as the centre of French society, with each scene filled with the participants in Louis XV's court as well as the workers who made it function. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38425] £2,400.00 view all images for this item
Dessiné et Gravé par J. Rigaud.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the Palace of Versailles drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts the huge complex of buildings as the centre of French society, with each scene filled with the participants in Louis XV's court as well as the workers who made it function. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38425] £2,400.00 view all images for this item
![[Vesuvius as it was in 1757]](jpegs/38318.jpg)
[Vesuvius as it was in 1757] Vue de Mont Vezuve tel quil etoit en 1757 / Dedié à Monsieur Blondel Dazanincourt [...]
Peint sur les lieux en 1757 par G. de la Croix eleve de Mr Vernet. N. le Mire Sculp 1762
[published by le Mire]
Engraving. 355 x 460mm (14 x 18"), with very large margins. Very slight crease upper right.
Moonlit landscape with fishermen drawing up nets, and Mount Vesuvius erupting in the background. After a painting made 'on the spot' by Charles-François Grenier de la Croix (1750-80, fl.), a pupil of landscape and marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714-89). The same view was engraved in mezzotint around the same time by the British printmaker John Dixon.
[Ref: 38318] £380.00
Peint sur les lieux en 1757 par G. de la Croix eleve de Mr Vernet. N. le Mire Sculp 1762
[published by le Mire]
Engraving. 355 x 460mm (14 x 18"), with very large margins. Very slight crease upper right.
Moonlit landscape with fishermen drawing up nets, and Mount Vesuvius erupting in the background. After a painting made 'on the spot' by Charles-François Grenier de la Croix (1750-80, fl.), a pupil of landscape and marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714-89). The same view was engraved in mezzotint around the same time by the British printmaker John Dixon.
[Ref: 38318] £380.00
![[The Musical Boy]](jpegs/34016.jpg)
[The Musical Boy] [Done from the Original Picture of the same size, in the Collection of the Right Honourable Lord Mountstuart.]
F. Hals Pinxit / James Watson Sculpsit
Publish'd July 24th 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, platemark 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Good impression; very rare;
Boy playing the violin; fruit, knife and flask on table in front, two listeners behind with lute hanging on wall. From a picture attributed here to Frans Hals but probably since reattributed.
Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Goodwin 182 i/ii; CS 159 i/ii.
[Ref: 34016] £360.00
F. Hals Pinxit / James Watson Sculpsit
Publish'd July 24th 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, platemark 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Good impression; very rare;
Boy playing the violin; fruit, knife and flask on table in front, two listeners behind with lute hanging on wall. From a picture attributed here to Frans Hals but probably since reattributed.
Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Goodwin 182 i/ii; CS 159 i/ii.
[Ref: 34016] £360.00
Vulture & Snake.
J. Northcote R.A pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds sculp.t.
London Publish'd 5th July 1799 by Jeffryes & Co, Ludgate Hill.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Cracks to platemark, mounted on card at edges, some staining. Small margins.
A vulture grips a forked-tongued serpent in its claws.
Whitman: 422, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 51161] £1,250.00
J. Northcote R.A pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds sculp.t.
London Publish'd 5th July 1799 by Jeffryes & Co, Ludgate Hill.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Cracks to platemark, mounted on card at edges, some staining. Small margins.
A vulture grips a forked-tongued serpent in its claws.
Whitman: 422, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 51161] £1,250.00
An Elevated View of the New Dock in Wapping. This View represents the first part of the Works, as they will appear when finished, which are new executing in Wapping near the Tower, by the patiotic exertions of the London Dock Company, for the improvement of the Port of London...
Drawn and Engraved by W.m Daniell, & Published by him, at No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Jan.y 1, 1803.
Coloured aquatint. 450 x 790mm (17¾ x 31"). Toning in margins. Very fine.
A wonderful bird's-eye view, looking down on the docks, with the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral behind. William Daniell RA (1769-1837) was one of the few artists of the period who was as skilled as an aquatinter as he was a painter. It was common practice to add engraved or etched lines to give shape to the tonal effect of the aquatint; this plate is pure aquatint, with no added lines, not even on the rigging of the boats. The margins have been given a grey wash in imitation of watercolour presentation of the period.
See: Ref 28100
[Ref: 7654] £2,900.00
Drawn and Engraved by W.m Daniell, & Published by him, at No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Jan.y 1, 1803.
Coloured aquatint. 450 x 790mm (17¾ x 31"). Toning in margins. Very fine.
A wonderful bird's-eye view, looking down on the docks, with the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral behind. William Daniell RA (1769-1837) was one of the few artists of the period who was as skilled as an aquatinter as he was a painter. It was common practice to add engraved or etched lines to give shape to the tonal effect of the aquatint; this plate is pure aquatint, with no added lines, not even on the rigging of the boats. The margins have been given a grey wash in imitation of watercolour presentation of the period.
See: Ref 28100
[Ref: 7654] £2,900.00
![[Lady Whitmore, From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.]](jpegs/46988.jpg)
[Lady Whitmore, From the Original Picture in His Majesty's Collection at Windsor.]
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778, for T. Watson, No.142., & W: Shropshire, No.158, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Thread margins. Slight loss in margin bottom left.
Lady Frances Whitmore (c.1643-1690), daughter of Sir William Brooke and wife of Sir Thomas Whitmore. From a set of prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. The portraits were commissioned by Anne Hyde, first wife of James II (then Duke of York).
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 ii/iii.
[Ref: 46988] £320.00
Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1778, for T. Watson, No.142., & W: Shropshire, No.158, New Bond-Street, London.
Mezzotint. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Thread margins. Slight loss in margin bottom left.
Lady Frances Whitmore (c.1643-1690), daughter of Sir William Brooke and wife of Sir Thomas Whitmore. From a set of prints after a series of paintings by Sir Peter Lely of women at the court of Charles II, known as 'The Beauties of Windsor'. The portraits were commissioned by Anne Hyde, first wife of James II (then Duke of York).
Goodwin: 34; CS 5 ii/iii.
[Ref: 46988] £320.00
The Windsor Castle Packet of 150 Tons & 28 Men, Commanded by Capt.n Rogers Capturing the Jeune Richard of 250 Tons & 93 Men, Dedicated by permission to the R.t Hon.ble Thomas Earl of Chichester & the R.t Hon.ble John Earl of Sandwich, His Majesty's Post Masters General By their most devoted humble Serv.t Sam.l Drummond.
Painted by S.Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by Will.m Ward Engraver Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York.
Published June 21 1809 by S.Drummond Church Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 705 x 480mm. Top right corner of margin lacking.
On the 1st October 1806 the British Leeward island packet ‘Windsor Castle’ was sailing to Barbados when it was attacked by a French privateer, the ‘Jeune-Richard’. Despite being out-manned and outgunned the English fought off the French boarding party with pikes then followed the retreating pirates back onto their schooner, capturing it. Despite killing over twenty of the Frenchmen the English were still outnumbered by their prisoners, but the ‘Windsor Castle’ managed to reach Barbados safely.
Frankau, state ii of ii; NMM PAI6156. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1906] £620.00
Painted by S.Drummond A.R.A. Engraved by Will.m Ward Engraver Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York.
Published June 21 1809 by S.Drummond Church Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 705 x 480mm. Top right corner of margin lacking.
On the 1st October 1806 the British Leeward island packet ‘Windsor Castle’ was sailing to Barbados when it was attacked by a French privateer, the ‘Jeune-Richard’. Despite being out-manned and outgunned the English fought off the French boarding party with pikes then followed the retreating pirates back onto their schooner, capturing it. Despite killing over twenty of the Frenchmen the English were still outnumbered by their prisoners, but the ‘Windsor Castle’ managed to reach Barbados safely.
Frankau, state ii of ii; NMM PAI6156. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1906] £620.00
![[The Honble Dudley Woodbridg Esq: Director Genll of ye Royal Assiento Company of England in Barbados]](jpegs/40239.jpg)
[The Honble Dudley Woodbridg Esq: Director Genll of ye Royal Assiento Company of England in Barbados]
[G. Kneller Baronets pinx. 1718. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1718]
Rare mezzotint, platemark 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Thread margins; fine proof before letters; some marking in centre. Collector's stamp of the Royal Library, Windsor lower right.
Dudley Woodbridge (d.1721), director general of the South Sea Company (referred to on the lettered state of this print as the Royal Assiento Company), judge-advocate, and member of the 'Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts'. Woodbridge sat for Godfrey Kneller in London, holding his South Sea Company commission in his hand, testifying to the importance he attached to the post and Britain's grand vision of the riches that Spanish American trade would bring. At this time Barbados rather than Jamaica was the primary hub of the South Sea Company. Imagined view of ships on the Atlantic through window.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 280 (proof state not listed); L.2535. See Gregory E. O'Malley, 'Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807', p.231.
[Ref: 40239] £420.00
[G. Kneller Baronets pinx. 1718. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1718]
Rare mezzotint, platemark 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Thread margins; fine proof before letters; some marking in centre. Collector's stamp of the Royal Library, Windsor lower right.
Dudley Woodbridge (d.1721), director general of the South Sea Company (referred to on the lettered state of this print as the Royal Assiento Company), judge-advocate, and member of the 'Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts'. Woodbridge sat for Godfrey Kneller in London, holding his South Sea Company commission in his hand, testifying to the importance he attached to the post and Britain's grand vision of the riches that Spanish American trade would bring. At this time Barbados rather than Jamaica was the primary hub of the South Sea Company. Imagined view of ships on the Atlantic through window.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 280 (proof state not listed); L.2535. See Gregory E. O'Malley, 'Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807', p.231.
[Ref: 40239] £420.00