Grosvenor Prints

[Diana and Actaeon.]
P. Berchet in. et. pinx.
I. Smith fec. et ex. [n.d., c.1705.]
Rare mezzotint. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½") large margins.
Diana and her companions bathing in a pool, discovered by Actaeon. As the goddess gestures at him, Acteaon feels the antlers sprouting from his head and his hunting dogs start barking at him. Pierre Berchet (1659-c1719), French painter of decorative history subjects, worked in Britain, painting the ceiling of the Chapel of Trinity College, Oxford, c.1694.
Wessely 365. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53060] £360.00

The Rev:d D:r Dodd.
[Engraved by J.R. Smith?]
London, Pub.d May 24, 1777, by J. Walker, N.13, Parliament Street.
Mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Left platemark cracked.
The Rev. William Dodd (1729 - 1777), parson and author who was hanged for forgery. In February 1777 he offered a bond for £4,200 in the name of Lord Chesterfield to a stockbroker named Robertson. Robertson procured the money, for which, according to Dodd, Chesterfield would pay an annuity of £700. Dodd then brought the bond apparently signed by the earl. The bond was transferred to the lender's solicitor, who noticed some odd marks on the document, saw the earl personally, learned that the signature was a forgery, and instantly obtained warrants from the lord mayor against Dodd and Robertson. Despite attempts to obtain a pardon, especially by Dr. Johnson, who composed several papers for him, Dodd was sentenced on 26 May and hanged in June. Traditionally attributed to John Raphael Smith (1751=1812).
Frankau: 114, iii of iii. D'Oench: 97. CS: p.1726, no.53: iii of iii. Ex: the Kedleston Hall collection.
[Ref: 51285] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

So great Ones keep the less in aw,/ Like Dog with Mutton under Paw.
F. Snyders pinx:
I. Smith fe et ex. [n.d., c.1730.]
Rare etching, second state. Sheet 235 x 320mm, 9¼ x 12½". Vertical fold. Trimmed within plate; corners chipped.
A large snarling dog protects a sheep carcass, tumbled from a basket onto the floor; two smaller dogs approach from the right, and a startled monkey clings to a chair at left. Cutlery, fruit and vegetables strewn around. After Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579 - 1657).
[Ref: 19467] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Caroline Montagu, Daughter of his Grace the Duke of Buccleugh.]
Sr. Jos Reynolds Pinxit. I.R. Smith sculp.t
Publishs'd Nov.r 1st 1799 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, early proof. Plate 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Repairs.
Portrait after Reynolds; as a child standing whole-length to front wearing dark cape, muff and dark hat with ribbon, small dog beside her at left, bird at right; winter landscape behind. Lady Caroline Douglas (1774-1854), daughter of Henry Scott, 2rd Duke of Buccleuch. In 1803 she married Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensbury.
CS 110: i. Frankau 244: i. Hamilton p.119: i. Ex Collection: The Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29050] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Elderly couple, woman pouring a drink]
[E. Van Heemskirke pinx J. Smith fec et ex]
[c.1706-7]
Mezzotint, sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed to image, losing text. Later reissue.
Engraved by the prolific early mezzotinter John Smith after Egbert van Heemskerck (1634/5-1704). Born in Haarlem, Heemskerck moved to England in the 1670s. His often satirical genre scenes (Quaker meetings were a speciality), derived from those of Ostade and Teniers, were popular with London engravers. Late impression probably dating from around the time of Boydell's 'Collection of Portraits' (1805) in which the print was listed. Wine drinking interest.
Ganz iii/iii
[Ref: 39423] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

This Plate of The Right Hon.ble Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan when Victorious off Camperdown. Is by Permission, most humbly Dedicated to the Hon.ble Miss Jane Duncan, by her most obedient Servant. H.P. Danloux.
Painted by H.P. Danloux. Engraved by J.R. Smith, Engraver Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Published by H.P. Danloux No.11 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital, May.1.1800.
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 657 x 455mm. (25¾ x 18"). Publisher's red ink stamp in inscription area to lower right. Trimmed inside plate. Laid on backing board at edges.
A dramatic portrait of Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) in uniform on the deck of a ship, half-sitting on gun carriage. An officer is shouting upward through trumpet to the left, with billowing smoke behind. Duncan was an admiral who commanded the British North Sea fleet which achieved a resounding victory over the Dutch allies of the French Revolutionary government at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory was considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. Duncan was raised to the peerage as Viscount Duncan, of Camperdown, and Baron Duncan, and was awarded the 'Large Naval Gold Medal' and received an annual pension of £3,000, the biggest ever awared by the British government. The publisher, Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753-1809), left France during the French Revolution, but returned to Paris in 1800, the year this portrait was published.
Ex Collection: Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 57.
[Ref: 35654] £490.00

The Plan of Edinburgh Exactly done From the Original of ye famous D: Wit.
[after ]
Printed for, and Sold by J. Smith, at his Shop in the West End of Exeter Change in the Strand [n.d., c.1724].
Engraved map, two sheets of three. Plates 430 x 515mm (17 x 20¼") & 195 x 530mm (7¾ x 21"). Left plate trimmed within plate top and bottom, right plate trimmed to printed border on right; both plates with restoration. Minus top right portion.
Three-quarters of a plan of Edinburgh based on the survey by James Gordon of Rothiemay in 1647, printed by others including Frederick de Wit of Amsterdam and Andrew Slezer. It has been augmented by the prospect of the city, which was drafted c.1690.
[Ref: 62277] £350.00

The Right Honble: John Egerton Earl of Bridgwater, Viscount Brackley & Baron of Ellismere, first Commissioner for Executing ye Office of Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Buckingham, One of the Lords of His Majesties most Honble Privy Council, One of the Lords Justices, One of the Governors of Sutton and Greenwich Hospitals and Knight of the Antient Order of the Bath, 1700.
G: Kneller Eques pinx:
I. Smith fec: et ex. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), ink collector's stamp on reverse.
John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (1646 - 1701), First Lord of the Admiralty; in an oval, wearing wig, lace cravat, armour, sash and medal. The collector's stamp is of Reverend J. Burleigh James, whose collection of prints, which included Dürers et Rembrandts, was sold by Sothebys in 1877, taking 25 days and raising over £4200.
Chaloner Smith: 23, ii of iv, before damage to plate.
[Ref: 49565] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honble: John Egerton Earl of Bridgwater, Viscount Brackley & Baron of Ellismere, first Commissioner for Executing ye Office of Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Buckingham, One of the Lords of His Majesties most Honble Privy Council, One of the Lords Justices, One of the Governors of Sutton and Greenwich Hospitals and Knight of the Antient Order of the Bath, 1700.
G: Kneller Eques pinx:
I. Smith fec: et ex. [n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint, third state, with damage to printing plate. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (1646 - 1701), First Lord of the Admiralty; in an oval, wearing wig, lace cravat, armour, sash and medal. After Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646 - 1723).
Chaloner Smith: 23, III.
[Ref: 13900] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Emma.
R. Cosway delin.
London Pub. April 2 1802 by R. Ackermann 101 Strand.
Stipple with hand-colouring, platemark 240 x 135mm (9½ x 5¼") very large margins.
Stipple by J.R. Smith after a drawing by Richard Cosway described by Frankau as a portrait of his wife Maria Cosway. It was first published by Smith in 1785 as one of a set of four with 'Henry' (also after Cosway) and 'Octavia' and 'Ariadne' (both after Hoppner). This impression is from the later 1802 publication by Rudolph Ackermann.
D'Oench 251; Daniell 184; Frankau 128.
[Ref: 44202] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Expectation. To bosom heaving & to Eyes that weep. / While lovers linger in a distant clime. / Fear multiplies the dangers of the deep / And expectation loads the wing of time. EW.
Designd by H.W. Bunbury Esq.r Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London Publishd Jan.r 1.1784 by J.R. Smith No.83 Oxford Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. 400 x 3602mm (15¾ x 14¼") very large margins. Some creasing in margins.
An oval scene of two young women sitting side by side at the edge of a grassy cliff overlooking the sea, worrying about their sailor beaus.
D'Oench: 232. Frankau: 132.
[Ref: 60767] £320.00

The Favor'd Dove.
From the Original drawing by Soinard.
Engraved & Published Decr.1st.1827 by Benj.n Smith. 21, Judd Place, West New Road.
Stipple. Plate 215 x 255mm. 8½ x 10". Uncut sheet.
A young woman reclining on chaise lounge with a dove perched by her face, and looking at her. She holds a book in her right hand. Standing next to the chair is a device omitting incense.
[Ref: 17333] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Sir John Fielding, Kn.t.
Painted by N. Hone. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pub.d 1st Jan.ry 1777, by W.m Humphrey Gerrard Street, Soho.
Framed rare mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Frame size 405 x 510mm (15 x 20"). Trimmed to plate.
Sir John Fielding (1721-1780), English magistrate and social reformer, leaning on a book titled 'The Law' on the spine crushing a serpent. Despite being blinded in a navy accident aged 19, Fielding set up his own business and, in his spare time, studied law. He worked very closely with his half-brother Henry Fielding (a chief magistrate as well as a novelist), creating the first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners. Known as the "Blind Beak", he could allegedly recognise three thousand criminals by the sounds of their voices.
CS: 61. Frankau: 138.
[Ref: 62573] £360.00

Don Carlo Earl of Plymouth.
I. Smith ex:
[n.d. c.1811.
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 342 x 253mm (13½ x10").
Charles Fitzcharles (c.1657-1680), the illegitimate son of King Charles II by Catherine Pegge. Charles had the affair whilst abroad in exile. Fitzcharles was allowed to use the Royal arms and was educated abroad, probably Spain, and was known by the nickname "Don Carlos". Published in Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'.
CS: 202, iv/iv.
[Ref: 30921] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Flight into Egypt] Cum in Orbem inducit Primogenitum, dicit, adorent eum omnes Angeli Dei. Epist. ad Hebr. cap I.V.6.
J. Smith fec 1707. ex Tabula Car. Maratti, alta 25 pollices & dimid 20 pol. in Musæ Ri Graham Arm Londini.
[London: John Boydell, c.1773?]
Mezzotint, fine impression; 395 x 280mm (15½ x 11") very large margins. Slight loss of print bottom left corner of inscription area.
The Holy Family resting during the Flight into Egypt, assisted by angels. The BM states that this state, with streaks in the sky next to Joseph, is the fourth and last state. It appears in the Boydell catalogues in 1773 and 1803. Now in Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, the painting is now attributed not to Carlo Maratti, but to his pupil Giuseppe Chiari.
See British Museum 1874,0808.1285 for a list of states.
[Ref: 58088] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Flora in her Chariot.]
[n.d. c.1730s, but later.]
Mezzotint. Proof before all letters. Plate 165 x 209mm. 6½ x 8¼".
Flora, in Roman mythology, the goddess of flowers and the season of spring. Seen here relining naked in her chariot, which is supported by a cloud; three small winged cherubs fly around, two holding a garland of roses and flowers, the third with a basket of flowers, fruit and greenery. Attributed to John Smith.
Ex Collection: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 20247] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Martinus Folkes Arm.r SocietatisRegiae Socius.
J. Richardson Pinx. 1718. J. Smith Fec. 1719.
Mezzotint, fine impression. Plate 342 x 248mm. 13½ x 9¾".
Martin Folkes (1690-1754) was an English antiquary based in London. He held positions such as President of the Royal Society, succeeding Sir Hans Sloane in 1741. A year later he was made a member of the French Academy. In 1793 he was elected one of the founding vice-presidents of London's Foundling Hospital, a charitable society for abandoned children.
CS: 90.
[Ref: 20401] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Fredericus Guillelmus D.G. Borussorum Rex, S.R.J. Princeps & Elector &c. &c Magna Britainnia Regis Gener & Nepos. Nat die 4 Aug. 1688.
F.W. Weideman Pinx. Berolini 1714. J. Smith Fec. Londini 1715.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, print 345 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Some abrasions to edges. Damaged.
Half-length portrait of Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1688-1740), in an oval. Looking towards the viewer with his head slightly turned to right, wearing armour, sash, ermine-trimmed cloak and long, curled wig. Father of Frederick the Great.
CS 204.II. Published state.
[Ref: 58867] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Frederic William King of Prussia.
F.W. Weidemann.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street. [n.d. c.1715.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Rubbed in lower edge. Thread margins.
A half-length portrait of Frederic William I of Prussia.
CS: 205 I of II.
[Ref: 45533] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Payne Galwey.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Engraved by J.R. Smith.
[London Publishd Feby 1st 1780 by J.R. Smith No 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square]
Mezzotint, sheet 370 x 285mm (14½ x 11¼"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line;
Double portrait of Philadelphia Payne Gallwey (1758-85) and her son Charles (1777-95) engraved after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds shortly after it was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1779. The painting is now in the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati.
Hamilton p.101; CS 133 iii/iii; D'Oench 144.
[Ref: 46917] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Garrick's Cup, Carved from Shakspeare's Mulberry Tree.
[Engraved by Charles John Smith.]
[London: Henry Bohn, 1852.]
Wood engraving set in letterpress. Sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Mounted in album paper.
'Garrick's Cup' was presented to David Garrick by the Mayor and Corporation of Stratford during Garrick's 'Shakespeare Jubilee' in 1769. According to the letterpress it was carved from the wood of a Mulberry tree that Shakespeare planted in 1609 and felled by the Reverend Francis Gastrell to stop sightseers. It was sold by Christies in 1825 (after the death of Garrick's widow), and offered for sale by J. Johnston in Covent Garden for 200 guineas. There are several Garrick's Cups in existence. From Charles John Smith's 'Historical and Literary Curiosities' (scarce).
[Ref: 61959] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Schoolboys. Master Henry Gawler. Master J.n Gawler.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. R. Smith.
Pub.d 5th Aug.t 1778 by H. Humphrey. No. 18 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint printed in brown with large margins. Platemark: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Slight crease left corner.
A half-length double portrait of John and Henry Gawler as boys in a landscape surrounding. Henry is at the left, with his arm around, and looking at John, who is looking to the front, patting a dog below. Henry Gawler (1766-1852) was an English barrister and one of seven people who wrote the Royal Commission into the 'Operation of the Poor Laws' 1832, a report which recommended changes to the Poor Law system in England and Wales. John Bellenden Ker (1764 -1842), originally John Gawler edited 'Edward's Botanical Register' from 1815 to 1824 and was famous as a wit and botanist as well as being the author of 'Archaeology of Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes', 1837.
CS: 67; Hamilton: P.30; O'D: 122; Frankau: 151 III of IV.
[Ref: 33422] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Bowzebeus and Cicly, vide Gay's Sixth Pastoral of the Flights. [&] Hobnelia and Lubberkin. Vide Gays Fourth Pastoral of the Spell.
Painted by J. Northcote.
London Publish'd September 30:th 1786 by J.R. Smith N.º 83 Oxford Street.
Pair of stipples, 'Bouzebeus' printed in brown. Sheets 400 x 345mm (15¾ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate, nicks in edges.
Two pastoral scenes, with young couples embracing.
[Ref: 62129] £450.00 view all images for this item

Georgius D.G. Mag: Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun: et Lunen: Dux S.R.I. Arch: Thesau: et Princeps Elector &c. Inauguratus XX die Octobris 1714.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp: etc Mag: Brit: Baronet: pinx. Ab Originali I. Smith Fec: et ex: 1715.
[1715]
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 348 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Cut and laid on sheet.
King George I (1660-1727); reigned 1714-27. The great-grandson of James I; he became King in 1714 at the death of Queen Anne under the terms of the Act of Settlement which was designed to ensure a Protestant succession. His coronation was followed by the ill-prepared 1715 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. A distinguished soldier and Elector of Hanover from 1698, George I continued to spend much of his time at Hanover after his accession to the British throne.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12832] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. &c.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. et Mag. Brit. Baronets. Pinx 1716. Ab Originali J. Smith Fecit. 1717.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden -
Mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 344 x 251mm. 13½ x 10". Cut and laid on sheet.
King George II (1683-1760); reigned 1727-60. The only son of George I: still a Hanoverian at heart, British affairs being guided mainly by Queen Caroline and Sir Robert Walpole and, later, by William Pitt the elder. An enthusiast for army dress and uniform; the last sovereign to command in the field, at Dettingen in 1743. This portrait of George when he was the Prince of Wales.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12833] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highess George Prince of Wales &c.
G. Kneller S. R. Imp. et Mag. Brit. Baronet.s Pinx.
J. Smith Fec. et ex. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Thread margins. Slight worm loss top left.
A half-length portrait of George II (1683-1760) while still the Prince of Wales.
CS: 104 I of II.
[Ref: 45538] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Third. This print, Engraved from a Picture painted by S.r William Beechey, in his Majesty's Collection, is most humbly Dedicated to Her Majesty by her Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, J. & J. Boydell.
Painted by S.r W.m Beechey R.A. Engraved by Benjamin Smith.
Pub. Dec. 1. 1804, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 595 x 420mm (16½ x . 23½"). Some restoration to edges. Cut to platemark.
A full-length portrait of George III in riding gear, an ornamental urn to the right.
[Ref: 60930] £320.00

His Royal Highness George Prince of Denmark.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Plate: 145 x 205mm (5¾ x 8¼"). Small margins.
A portrait, set in an oval of Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), husband of Anne, daughter of James II and Queen of England from 1702.
[Ref: 42602] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Grinlin Gibbons.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: & exc:
[c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate; repairs left margin.
Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) holding a marble head and a pair of compasses. He was a wood carver and sculptor whose work can be seen at St. Paul's Cathedral, Hampton Court Palace and Blenheim Palace.
CS: 105, i of ii.
[Ref: 62484] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Gill.
T.Murray Pix: I.Smith fec: et [ex:]
[Published by Smith, c.1694.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm. Repairs in lower corners.
Son of the physician of the same name, shown with bow and arrow.
CS: 108.
[Ref: 15677] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Milking Goats.]
J. Smith ex.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 160 x 185mm (6¼ x 7¼"). Laid on album sheet.
A rural scene showing figures milking a pair of goats into large wooden barrels.
[Ref: 46818] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Gratitude.
G: D: L: pinx.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, 225 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼".
Female figure, wearing a long robe, pouring liquid from a cup into a fire on a raised stand; beside her another female figure with plate of food on her lap, and two nude putti embracing. Through a clearing in the background a group of figures dancing round a statue is visible. After Gérard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711), engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743).
Chaloner Smith: undescribed.
[Ref: 11492] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Gray] Mr. Gray. Engraved by J.R. Smith, from an Original Drawing in the possession of The Revd. Mr. Potter.
[n.d., c.1783.]
Stipple and etching. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper.
Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771), poet, classical scholar and letter writer, famed for his 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard'. Frontispiece to Robert Potter's 'Inquiry into Some Passages in Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets'. After William Mason (1725 - 1797), poet and divine; friend and biographer of Gray.
Frankau: 157. D'Oench: 278. Not in BM, NPG.
[Ref: 53515] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Simon the Dutch Skipper.
G. Aikman pinx. J. Smith fec. 1719.
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm, 13½ x 9¾". Mounted on album paper.
Thomas, sixth Earl of Haddington (1680-1735), anti-Jacobite who fought at Sheriffmuir in 1715, and agriculturalist. His dress of a Dutch sea captain is apparently alluding to his Hanoverian sympathies.
Ex collections of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18449] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

John Earle of Tweeddale, Lord Hay of Yester, Privy Councellour to King Charles ye Second in both Kingdomes, and One of the Commissioners of the Treasurie and Extraordinary Lords of the Session in the Kingdom of Scotland; Anno Dom: 1667. and of his Age 41.
G: Kneller pinx: I: Smith fec:
[n.d. c.1690.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼"). Small margins.
John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (1626-1697), Lord Chancellor of Scotland. During the English Civil War he repeatedly switched allegiance between the Royalist cause and the Parliamentarians. In 1660 he was imprisoned for support of James Guthrie, but when Charles II was restored to the throne, he was appointed Lord President of the Scottish Council in 1663 and an Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1664.
[Ref: 30885] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

To the Gentlemen of the Ad Libitum Society, this Print of E.d Heardson their Cook is (with permission) dedicated by their obd.t. Humble Serv.t J. Barry.
Painted by I. Barry (Minature Painter). Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Pub. as the Act directs by J. Barry [n.d., 1785].
Mezzotint, early state with title in open letters. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins. Some creasing and scuffing.
A boxing image. Half-length portrait of Edward Heardson in chef's hat and wearing a the medallion of Sublime Society of Beef Steaks (with a gridiron motif), carving a joint. The society was founded in 1735 by John Rich, Theatre Manager of Covent Garden, when he and his chief set designer cooked steaks on a gridiron over a fireplace becaused they were too rushed to go for a proper dinner. Others joined in and the Sublime Society began, limited to twenty-four members who would meet weekly. Heardson, a former bare-knuckle boxer became cook in 1756. George, Prince of Wales became a member in 1785, the same year this portrait was published; as he was patron to John Raphael Smith the suggestion is that he commissioned it.
Frankau 170.I. CS:78..I. O'Dench 271.
[Ref: 60224] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Hebe.
Painted by W.m Peters R.A. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pubd. 10th. June 1779 by H. Humphrey No. 18 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm. 18 x 13". Tear just into plate at right.
Portrait of Miss Mortimer (possibly the sister of John Mortimer, the painter) as a scantily-clad Hebe, seen in profile to left holding cup, head looking down at eagle. In Greek mythology Hebe was goddess of youth and daughter of Zeus/Jupiter. She was cup-bearer and handmaiden of the gods who married Herakles/Hercules after his apotheosis. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
See Chaloner Smith: 117. D'Oench: 136. Unrecorded with Humphrey publication line; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.62
[Ref: 11489] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Hemet.
J.R. Smith pinxt. & fecit.
Publish'd July 3d. 1781, by J. Birchall No.473 Strand London.
Mezzotint. 100 x 125mm.
D'Oench 175. Only state.
[Ref: 5599] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mary Queen of Engl: Scotl: Fran: & Ireland.
Van Dyke pinx. I. Smith fe: E. Cooper ex:
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint. Plate 190 x 140mm. 7½ x 5½". Damaged & loss on left, trimmed close to plate along left edge.
Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), Queen of Charles I, married in 1625; her Catholicism alienated many of her English subjects. She gave strong, loving support of Charles I during his troubles, and practical assistance during the Civil War by personally bringing munitions from France, and pawning her jewellery to raise funds.
CS: 127.ii/ii.
[Ref: 24328] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Bacchus. ['Master Herbert' etched in plate.]
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R Smith.
Published Novr. 15th. 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 504 x 350mm. Stain in image lower right. Laid to card.
Henry George Herbert (1722 - 1833) as the infant Bacchus, with a basket of grapes to his left and two leopards to his right.
Frankau: 174, II of II. D'Oench: 83.
[Ref: 7642] £450.00

[John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield.]
Angelica Kauffman pinxit. J. R. Smith fecit.
Published March the 12th 1777 by J.R. Smith No. 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square.
Mezzotint. 610 x 390mm (24 x 15¼"), with large margins. Margins creased.
A wonderful impression of a fine image showing a full length portrait of politician John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821) dressed in 17th century costume, his hand resting on a sword and armour piled at his feet.
D'Oench: 91; Frankau: 181; CS: 85.
[Ref: 46135] £750.00

Abrahamus Hondius Pictor.
Ipse pinx: I. Smith fecit: et ex:
[n.d. c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½").
Abraham Hondius (1625-1691), the Dutch Golden Age painter known for his depictions of animals and hunting scenes. He lived in Rotterdam until 1659 before moving to Amsterdam. In 1666 he then moved to London where he spent the rest of his life.
CS: 132, ii/ii.
[Ref: 30922] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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Mrs Rachel How.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp: et Angl: Eques Aur. pinx: I. Smith Fec:
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins.
Oval portrait of Rachel How as a child, with a dove on her right hand. Chaloner Smith states that she is the daughter of John Grubham Howe, 1st Baron of Chedworth, or of his younger brother, Emmanuel Scrope Howe. However the 'Mrs' of the title makes this unlikely.
CS 134.
[Ref: 51634] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Lady Griesell Kar, wife of Patrick Earle of Marchmont &.ct Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, An.o Dni 1698. Ætatis suce 55.
G. Kneller Eques pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
Mezzotint plate 13½ x 9¾" (345 x 245mm), with wide margins. Small tear that goes into the image but not into the oval.
A bust portrait of Griezel Hume, née Ker, Countess of Marchmont in an oval. She wears a loose, plain dress, robe and her hair is styled in a half up half down do. Her husband Sir Patrick Hume, 2nd Baronet, was a Scottish statesman and was a supsected conspirator in the Rye House Plot. So the family fled to the Netherlands. They returned to Scotland after the Glorious Revolution in 1688. He once again joined the Scottish parliament as the commissioner for Berwickshire until becoming Lord Polwarth in 1690. Then he was made Lord Chancellor in 1696 and Earl of Marchmont in 1697, although when Anne came to the throne in 1702 he lost his chancellorship. They are the parents of songwriter and accountant Lady Grizel Baillie famous for her song "Werna my Heart Licht I Wad Dee" (Were not My Heart Light I would Die).
[Ref: 54789] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A. Hunter M.D. F.R.S. Lond. & Edin.r.
Painted & Engraved by I.R. Smith.
London: Pub. Feb.y 1. 1805, by I.R. Smith, 31, King Street, Cov.t Garden, & R.Ackermann, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm.
Alexander Hunter (1729-1809), M.D. in York, established the York Lunatic Asylum in 1777.
CS: 89, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5600] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Innocence and the Old Beau.
Painted & Engraved by J. R. Smith.
London Published March 4th 1790 by J. R. Smith King Street, Covent Garden.
Oval stipple. 355 x 430mm, 14 x 17". Very early fine printing with full uncut margins. 2 small wormholes.
An old man leering at a young girl.
D'Oench:305. Frankau:193. state not recorded. Provenance Drax Family, Charborough Park, Wareham, Dorset.
[Ref: 13648] £320.00

Cook & Barton. Manufacturers of Mathematical Instruments.
J. Smith sc.
[n.d., c.1830.
Engraved trade card. Sheet 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"). Some staining and surface abrasion.
A trade card of a company operating from Moland Street, Birmingham. A central vignette of a woman using a pair of compasses, by a window with a view of a ship, is surrounded by a list of goods, including sundials, measuring tapes, candle shades and dog collars.
[Ref: 60783] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Cremonese Lady. In the Collection of John Taylor Esqr.
Painted by Wm. Peters. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 1st, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8").
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 77. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.60, ii/ii
[Ref: 4610] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Venetian Lady in the Sindall Dress. In the Collection of John Taylor Esqr.
Painted by Wm. Peters. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 78. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.65, ii/ii
[Ref: 4617] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Jacobus I.mus D.G. Mag: Brit: Fra: et Hib. Rex.
A Van Dyke Eques Pinx: ab Originali minuta fact: per Fra: Hilyard A.o D.i 1617.
J. Smith fec etc ex. 1721 [but later]
Mezzotint. 355 x 245mm (14 x 20¾)", very large margins. Bit grey.
An oval portrait of James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), bare-headed, with ruff, ribbon and George.
[Ref: 60371] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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