Grosvenor Prints

To the Friends of the Liberty of the Press, This Portait of William Cobbett Esq.re Taken while he was in Newgate in 1812 under a sentence of two years imprisonment, seven years sureties, and a thousand pounds fine to the King, for having written and published respecting the flogging of English Militia Men and the emplyment of German Troops upon that occasion, is respectfully dedicated by their humble servant J.L. Cartwright.
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by Will.m Ward Engraver extraordinary to their R.H. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
London, Pub.d July 9 1812 by Ja.s Daniel 480 Strand.
Mezzotint. 655 x 455mm (25¾ x 18"). Thread margins, laid on card at edges.
A full-length seated portrait of essayist, politician and agriculturalist William Cobbett (1762-1835), in an apparently comfortable room, with writing desk and portrait of William Hampden. Cobett was an influential English radical journalist, pamphleteer, and farmer who championed the rights of the rural poor and advocated for parliamentary reform. Best known for his work Rural Rides, he opposed industrialization, high taxes, and corruption, becoming a voice for the working class and serving as a Member of Parliament for Oldham.
Frankau 66, ii of ii. CS 28. Russell 28, ii of ii.
[Ref: 68744] £320.00

[Jane Collier]
J. Highmore Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury [n.d. c.1750].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), with large margins. Staining in edges.
Three-quarter length of a woman leaning on the rim of a fountain. She wears a dress and her cloak is hung across her with a string of pearls. John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) also produced a larger, more detailed engraving after the painting, in reverse: see CS 87. Chaloner Smith suggests Jane Collier could be the sitter, adding that Bromley's identification of the lady as a courtesan, also known as Miss Stewart, has not been corroborated. Jane Collier (1714 - March 1755) was an English novelist best known for her book 'An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting' (1753). She also collaborated with Sarah Fielding on her only other surviving work The Cry (1754). Or as identified by the British Museum the first wife of the Honble James Murray, son of the 4th Lord Elibank (q.v.) who died at Beauport (1779).
CS 88, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68573] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Jane Collier]
J. Highmore Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury [n.d. c.1750].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Small margins.
Three-quarter length of a woman leaning on the rim of a fountain. She wears a dress and her cloak is hung across her with a string of pearls. John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) also produced a larger, more detailed engraving after the painting, in reverse: see CS 87. Chaloner Smith suggests Jane Collier could be the sitter, adding that Bromley's identification of the lady as a courtesan, also known as Miss Stewart, has not been corroborated. Jane Collier (1714 - March 1755) was an English novelist best known for her book 'An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting' (1753). She also collaborated with Sarah Fielding on her only other surviving work The Cry (1754). Or as identified by the British Museum the first wife of the Honble James Murray, son of the 4th Lord Elibank (q.v.) who died at Beauport (1779).
CS 88, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68574] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Jeremy Collier A.M.
J. v.der Gucht sculp.
Engraving. 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3½"). Trimmed to image. Slight crease across centre.
Portrait of Jeremy Collier (1650-1726), English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian, imprisoned for his Jacobite writings.
Sharp 379.
[Ref: 69018] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Jeremy Collier A.M.
R. White Sculpsit 1701.
Engraving. 285 x 180mm (11¼ x 7"). Crease.
Portrait of Jeremy Collier (1650-1726), English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian, imprisoned for his Jacobite writings. The frontispiece to his enlarged edition of Louis Moréri, 'The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary'
Sharp 378.
[Ref: 68960] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Priscilla Cooper.
Tho.Gibson pinx. J.Smith fecit et ex.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed close to plate.
Portrait of Priscilla Cooper, a young girl, to her left she holds a small jar in her right hand, opening the lid with her left hand. Possibly the printseller's daughter. The first state was lettered 'J. Simon fec.' and had the address of Edward Cooper.
CS 43 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68559] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Country Maid. How happy is the Maid. Who lives a rural life. By no false Views betray'd. To know domestic Strife. No Passion sways her Mind. Nor wishes to be Great. By humbler Hopes confind. She shuns the flatt'ring Bait.
Sold by J. McArdell at teh Golden Head the Corner of Southampton Street Cov.t Gard.n [n.d., c.1760].
Fine and rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Repairs.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman wearing a silk gown and carrying a basket of flowers. This plate was originally an untitled portrait of Lucy Ebberton (or Everton) after George Knapton (see Ref: 68219), but the face has been reworked beyound recognition.
CS 58, unlisted state after ii of ii; Russell 58, unlisted state after iii of iii; Goodwin 130. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68834] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable William Lord Craven Baron of Hapmpstead Marshall Berks.
M. Dahl Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit 1745.
Sold by Geo. Hopkinson at Warwick.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Laid on album paper at corners. Small margins.
A three-quarter portrait of William Craven (1700-39), 3rd Earl Craven, wearing robes, coronet to one side. He is listed as a founding governor of the Foundling Hospital despite dying over two months after the royal charter was granted.
CS 93. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68652] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Nathaniel Crew] The R.t Rev.d and R.t Hon.ble Nathaniel Lord Crew Lord Bishop of Durham & Baron of Steane, Consecrated Bishop of Oxford 1671 Translated to Durham 1674 Privy Councellor to their Maj.ties CHarles & James the 2.d. Dyed Sep.r 1721 Aged 88. Done from the Original Painting in the Gallery of the Bodleian Library Oxon.
G. Kneller Eques pinx 1698. J. Faber fecit 1727.
Sold by J. West in Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Small margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Nathaniel Crew (1633-1721), 3rd Baron Crew, standing, wearing robes and holding his coronet. This portrait was painted to celebrate him becoming Bishop of Durham in 1674, having been Bishop of Oxford from 1671. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1676. On the decline of King James's power, Crew dissociated himself from the court, and made a bid for the favour of William III's new government by voting for the motion that James had abdicated.
CS: 94, only state listed. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68651] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Citizen Skirving.
J.Kay fecit.
1794.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Very trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of William Skirving (c. 1745-1796), one of the five Scottish Martyrs for Liberty, was active in advocating universal suffrage and other reforms inspired by the French Revolution; he was convicted of sedition in 1793-94 and sentenced to transportation to New South Wales
Kivell & Spence: pg 278
[Ref: 69002] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Criminal.] Scoldwell, a Sheriff's Officer, on his road to London after robbing Mr Spurling of Bedfont (in whose House he has been in posession) of his Ducks Watch Cash, &c._ Exclaiming to the Coachman. Quack! Quack! Tuck! Tuck! I have done the Baker out of Ducks, his Watch, &c.
Pub. by Alex. Hogg & Co April 30 1808.
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed into top of plate.
A scene depicting the travel of Charles Scoldwell, a Sheriff's Officer on his way to London after robbing Mr Spurling of Bedfont. Scoldwell was convicted of stealing Two Ducks, and sentenced on 23rd of July, 1796, to Transportation to Australia for Seven Years.
[Ref: 68980] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Oliver Cromwell] Olivar Rp: Ang: Sco: et Hib: Protector, &c. e Collectione Gulielmi Powlett: Gen:
Petrus Lely pinx 1653. J. Faber fecit 1735.
Sold by J. Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), wearing armour.
Chaloner Smith: 96, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68599] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissimus Ac Potentissimus Princeps Olivarius Cromwel Reipubl: Angliæ Scotiæ et Hiberniæ Protector.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Engraving; extremely scarce, rich impression. Sheet 500 x 370mm (19¾ x 14½") Trimmed to plate, some wear, folded onto album sheet; very damaged, foxing.
An equestrian portrait of Oliver Cromwell in armour, based on Lombart's famous 'headless horseman' plate, with a page carrying Cromwell's helmet to the right. However in this version the figure of Fame, one cherub holding a wreath above Cromwell's head and two more holding his armorial fill the sky. This portrait is rare: the only example we have traced was in the 1908 sale of 'The Unequalled Collection of Engraved Portraits Belonging to Hon. James T. Mitchell, Chief Justice Of Pennsylvania', by Davis & Harvey, Auctioneers of Philadelphia.
[Ref: 68699] £650.00

Mitford Crowe Esq.r.
T. Murray Pinx. J. Smith fec: et ex:
[n.d., c.1703.] [Boydell] [But later]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Small margins.
A portrait of Mitford Crowe (1669-1719), in wig and armour. A merchant, politician, diplomat and colonial administrator, he was governor of Barbados 1707-11. He is best known for his career during the War of the Spanish Succession, where Crowe negotiated the Pact of Genoa with the Principality of Catalonia, which brought them into the Grand Alliance. West Indies/Barbados interest.
CS 72, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68815] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mitford Crowe Esq.r.
T. Murray Pinx. J. Smith fec: et ex:
[n.d., c.1703.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins. Top left corner slightly damaged to the plate.
A portrait of Mitford Crowe (1669-1719), in wig and armour. A merchant, politician, diplomat and colonial administrator, he was governor of Barbados 1707-11. He is best known for his career during the War of the Spanish Succession, where Crowe negotiated the Pact of Genoa with the Principality of Catalonia, which brought them into the Grand Alliance. West Indies/Barbados interest.
CS 72, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68814] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Francis Dashwood Bar.t of West Wycombe, Bucks.
A. Carpentier Pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1753.
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Bit messy.
Francis Dashwood (1708-81), 11th Baron Le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-3. He is better known as a rake: he formed 'The Society of Dilettanti' in 1732 and the infamous 'Hell-fire Club' in 1755, known as the 'monks of Medmenham Abbey' for the orgies caricaturing the Catholic rites they held there.
CS 108. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68597] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Francis Dashwood Bar.t of West Wycombe, Bucks.
A. Carpentier Pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1753.
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper at edges.
Francis Dashwood (1708-81), 11th Baron Le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-3. He is better known as a rake: he formed 'The Society of Dilettanti' in 1732 and the infamous 'Hell-fire Club' in 1755, known as the 'monks of Medmenham Abbey' for the orgies caricaturing the Catholic rites they held there.
CS 108. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68598] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Davenport.]
B. Dandridge Pinx. J. Faber Fecit 1730.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Laid on album sheet in left margin.
A full-length portrait of a woman in riding attire, holding a crop, a groom and horse behind. The National Portrait Gallery has a mezzotint portrait of the same period after Joseph van Aken (NPG D34810) of a woman, also holding a riding crop, who they identify as possibly Gratiana Davenport (née Rodd) (1710-73), wife of Sharington Davenport.
CS 109, i of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Oettingen-Wallerstein.
[Ref: 68596] £320.00

[Mrs Davenport.]
B. Dandridge Pinx. J. Faber Fecit 1730.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Holes, tear, spotting and old ink mss, all in margins.
A full-length portrait of a woman in riding attire, holding a crop, a groom and horse behind. The National Portrait Gallery has a mezzotint portrait of the same period after Joseph van Aken (NPG D34810) of a woman, also holding a riding crop, who they identify as possibly Gratiana Davenport (née Rodd) (1710-73), wife of Sharington Davenport.
CS 109, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68595] £320.00

[The Lady Mary Douglas Daughter to His Grace James Duke of Queensberry.] [Born the 4th. of Febr. 1699/1700. Died the 16th. of Novemb. 1705.]
[I.Smith fec.]
[n.d. c.1707]
Mezzotint proof before letters, 18th century watermark; Plate 345 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Light foxing. Repaired tears in margins.
Portrait of Lady Mary Douglas (c.1700-05), shown half-length within an oval, wearing a loose gown and plucking fruit from a tree in a vase; bushes and a wall behind, with a landscape and trees in the distance. She was daughter of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover (1662–1711), a leading Scottish statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. As Lord High Commissioner, he played a central role in negotiating and securing the Acts of Union of 1707 with England, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain.
CS 82 I of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68758] £390.00

The Lady Mary Douglas Daughter to His Grace James Duke of Queensberry. Born the 4th. of Febr. 1699/1700. Died the 16th. of Novemb. 1705.
I.Smith fec.
[n.d. c.1707]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 345 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). 'E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton on reverse. Trimmed within plate and false margins added.
Portrait of Lady Mary Douglas (c.1700-05), shown half-length within an oval, wearing a loose gown and plucking fruit from a tree in a vase; bushes and a wall behind, with a landscape and trees in the distance. She was daughter of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover (1662–1711), a leading Scottish statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. As Lord High Commissioner, he played a central role in negotiating and securing the Acts of Union of 1707 with England, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain.
CS 82 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68757] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[James Drummond] James Earle of Perth Lord Drummond & Stobhall [&ct.] Lord Justice Generall of the Kingdome of Scotland. One of the Extraordinary Lords of the Session. And one of the Lords of his Ma.ties most Hon.ble Privy Councell in that Kingdome. Anno 1682.
G. Kneller pinxit. R. White Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1682.]
Engraving. 250 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed. losing part of title, mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of James Drummond (1648-1716), 4th Earl of Perth, wearing long wig, cravat, and robe. Drummond was appointed Lord Justice General in 1682, when he permitted the use of the thumbscrew in Scotland for the first time. He served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland, 1684-1688, when he followed James II into exile in France.
Sharp 596, ii of ii.
[Ref: 69020] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A Dutch girl reading an illustrated book.] [In the Collection of Sir James Lowther Bar.t.]
[Painted by Ger.d Dou. Engrav'd by C.t Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Etching, printed in colours. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere.
An oval portrait of a seated woman, engraved by Captain William Baillie after Gerrot Dou. Baillie (1723-1810) devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 2.
[Ref: 68857] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[A Dutch girl reading an illustrated book.] [In the Collection of Sir James Lowther Bar.t.]
[Painted by Ger.d Dou. Engrav'd by C.t Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Etching, proof before letters. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Thread margins.
An oval portrait of a seated woman, engraved by Captain William Baillie after Gerrot Dou. Baillie (1723-1810) devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1 of 2.
[Ref: 68856] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Matthias Earbery. Quid Valeant Humeri Quid Ferre Recusent
J. Fry Pinx. J. Cole sculp.
[n.d., 1717.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 130 x 175mm (5¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate, some rubbing, laid on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of nonjuring clergyman Mathias Earbery (1690-1740). It was the frontispiece to his ironically-named 'The History of the Clemency of our English Monarchs', a critique of the treatment of Jacobite rebel prisoners that was branded seditious libel, forcing him to go abroad.
Sharp 395.
[Ref: 68969] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert de Eglesfield] Proepositio & Scholaribus Coll: Reg: Oxon: hanc Roberti Eglesfeld Pientissimi Fundatoris Effigiem.
T. Murray pinx. D.D.J. Faber
Sold by J. Faber at ye Golden head ye South Side of Bloomsbury Square [c.1720]
Mezzotint. Sheet 415 x 260mm (16¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper. Unidentified ink stamp with leg and initials "FFF".
A full-length portrait of Robert de Eglesfield (c.1295-1349), chaplain to Philippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III. In 1341 he founded Queen's College, Oxford, on a site purchased by Eglesfield from his own funds.
CS 121. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68590] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Giuseppe Marco Fieschi] Portrait Phrénologique & Physiognomonique de Fieschi, Vulgairement dit Gérard, auteur de l'attentat du 28 Juillet.
[illegible signature] Lith Deportes.
Chez J. Deportes, éditeur, pont neuf, 15, en face henri IV. A Paris. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 305 x 230mm (12 x 9").
A half-length portrait of Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (1790-1836) who built and fired an 'infernal machine' volley gun at King Louis Philippe, 28th July 1835. Fieschi was a disaffected Corsican Republican who fought with Joachim Murat in his attempt to regain the Napoleonic kingdom of of Naples. Back in Corsica in 1816, he was condemned to ten years imprisonment for theft and forgery, but he eluded the police and escaped to Paris. After continuing a life of crime, he became involved in a plot to kill the king, building a 25-barrel volley gun and installing it at a house in Boulevard du Temple. As the king's entourage passed the machine was fired, grazing the king's forehead and killing Marshal Mortier and seventeen other people. Fieschi was arrested, condemned to death and guillotined on February 19, 1836.
[Ref: 68948] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Martin Folkes Esq.r F.R.S.
J. Vanderbank pinx.t 1736. J. Faber Fecit 1737.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A three-quarter portrait of Martin Folkes (1690-1754), astronomer, leaning on a book, a bust of Isaac Newton behind. An antiquary and natural philosopher, he became a member of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-four. After Sir Isaac Newton's death, Folkes lost out to Hans Sloane in a fiercely contested battle for the presidency, subsequently becoming vice-president. He became president of the Society of Antiquaries in 1750.
CS 133, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68582] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Martin Folkes Esqr.
Wm. Hogarth pinxt. 1741. J.Faber fecit 1742.
Sold by JFaber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins.
A half-length portrait of Martin Folkes (October 29, 1690 - 1754), English antiquary and astronomer, President of the Royal Society in 1741.
CS: 132, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68581] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Dutchess of Monmouth ye Earle of Doncaster & ye Lord Henry] The Fond Mother.
Kneller Pinx.t. Williams fecit.
[n.d. c.1700]
Rare mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (14 x 10"), with very large margins. Plate cut down and slightly worn. Paper lightly toned.
Group portrait, with the figures shown full-length. At the centre, Anna Scott, Duchess of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1651-1732), is seated in a chair, wearing a delicate veil draped behind her head, a jewel-adorned gown, and a string of pearls crossing from one shoulder over her bodice, while holding a long ermine-lined robe in her lap. To the left stands James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1674-1705), dressed in a coat with an open collar. To the right stands Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine (1676-1730), wearing a short coat. A curtain forms the backdrop. Anna married James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (illegitimate son of Charles II), in 1663. After he was executed in 1685 for rebelling (the Monmouth rebellion) against King James VII (II of England), she married Charles, 3rd Lord Cornwallis, in 1688.
CS 182 IV of IV. See [Ref: 68782] for an earlier version of this print.
[Ref: 68775] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Foubert] Major Foubert.
T. Hudson Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1740.
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins Creasing and soiling.
A half-length portrait in oval of Major Henry Foubert (d.1743), in white wig and breastplate under his jacket. Arriving in England in 1769 as a Huguenot refugee with his father Solomon, Foubert fought with the Duke of Schomberg at the Battle of the Boyne and was promoted to major for bravery. He is identified in the key of Jan Wyck's view of the battle. When Solomon Foubert died, Henry took over his riding academy, teaching the princes. It is near to 'Foubert's Place', a walkway between today's Carnaby Street and Regent Street.
CS 137. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68580] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Foubert] Major Foubert.
T. Hudson Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1740.
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, repair in inscription area.
A half-length portrait in oval of Major Henry Foubert (d.1743), in white wig and breastplate under his jacket. Arriving in England in 1669 as a Huguenot refugee with his father Solomon, Foubert fought with the Duke of Schomberg at the Battle of the Boyne and was promoted to major for bravery. He is identified in the key of Jan Wyck's view of the battle. When Solomon Foubert died, Henry took over his riding academy, teaching the princes. It is near to 'Foubert's Place', a walkway between today's Carnaby Street and Regent Street.
CS 137. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68578] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox. Member of Parliament for the City of Westminster.
Published 4.th April 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Very rare mezzotint, sheet 350 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed losing title, however restored, laid on archival paper.
Full-length lightly caricatured portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806) holding up his fist with a scroll reading, 'Magna Carta,' in his other hand clutching his hat and gloves. Fox was an English Whig politician and statesman. He became a prominent and staunch opponent of King George III, whom he regarded as an aspiring tyrant. He supported the American Patriots and even dressed in the colours of George Washington's army.
Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68916] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Simon Lord Fraser. Of Lovat. Beheaded for Rebellion on Tower Hill, on the 9th April 1747, in the 80th year of his Age.
Pub by Alex.Hogg & Co, Jan.y. 2, 1808.
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"), with large margins. Faint creasing.
Portrait of Simon Lord Fraser (1667-1747), he was convicted of high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and he was the last man in Britain to be executed by beheading.
Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 68970] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt] Serenissimus Georgius, D.G. Hassiae Landgravius Princeps Hirsfeldiae [...] Anno Domini. MDCCIII.
T. Murray pinx: J. Smith fec: et exc:
[c.1703.]
Fine mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt (1669-1705), wearing armour and the medallion of the Order of the Golden Fleece. A career soldier, he joined the Austrian army, serving under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the Turks in 1687. He then joined William of Orange in the Williamite War in Ireland, before returning to the Austrian army, in which he was promoted to major-general in 1692, aged only 23. After the Nine Years' War he became the Austrian viceroy in Catalonia, being replaced when Philip V became king of Spain, the spark that started the War of the Spanish Succession. It was his suggestion that, while passing through the Straits to Lisbon after a failed attack on Barcelona with Admiral Rooke, the marines should be used to capture Gibraltar, leading to Britain's continued possession of the Rock.
CS 128. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68613] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt] Serenissimus Georgius, D.G. Hassiae Landgravius Princeps Hirsfeldiae [...] Anno Domini. MDCCIII.
T. Murray pinx: J. Smith fec: et exc:
[c.1703.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait in oval of Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt (1669-1705), wearing armour and the medallion of the Order of the Golden Fleece. A career soldier, he joined the Austrian army, serving under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the Turks in 1687. He then joined William of Orange in the Williamite War in Ireland, before returning to the Austrian army, in which he was promoted to major-general in 1692, aged only 23. After the Nine Years' War he became the Austrian viceroy in Catalonia, being replaced when Philip V became king of Spain, the spark that started the War of the Spanish Succession. It was his suggestion that, while passing through the Straits to Lisbon after a failed attack on Barcelona with Admiral Rooke, the marines should be used to capture Gibraltar, leading to Britain's continued possession of the Rock.
CS 128. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68612] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph Gerald.
[J. Kay 1794]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Very trimmed and back onto album paper.
Portrait of Joseph Gerrald (1763-1796), a political reformer and one of the “Scottish Martyrs,” was active in the London Corresponding Society and the Society for Constitutional Information, and authored 'A Convention the Only Means of Saving Us from Ruin'. Convicted of sedition in 1794, he was transported to Sydney, where he died of tuberculosis in 1796.
Kivell & S page 124
[Ref: 68995] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Jane Gibbs.] Mrs Gibbs. The Noroious Street Walker & Extorter_swearing at the Old Bailey to Mr F.Beck having Robbed her in Kensington Garden of which charged he was honorably acquitted_multitudes of Witnesses appearing to prove her having made similar Charges against them, in order to extort Money.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper. Time staining and folded. Some loss of image.
Portrait of Mrs Jane Gibbs, tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her. After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane.
[Ref: 68907] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Jane Gibbs. As she appeared before the Magistrates at Bow Street, charged by Mr Evans, Admiralty Messenger with atrociously endeavouring to repeat on him the Attempt she has made on the Life of Mr Beck at the Old Baily by fously swearing a Robbery against him.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 120 x 130mm (4¾ x 5"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper. Time staining.
Portrait of Mrs Jane Gibbs, tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her. After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane.
[Ref: 68906] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Reverend Father in God Edmund Gibson Lord Bishop of London Dean of his Maj.ties Chapels Royal & one of his Maj.ties mosat Honourable Privy Council.
J. Vanderbank pinx.t 1737. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. A very slight horizontal crease; paper toned.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), bishop of Lincoln then London, founding governor of the Foundling Hospital. John Vanderbank's painting is in the Bodleian Library collection.
CS 161. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68575] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hono.ble Godart Baron de Ginkel, Created Earl of Athlone, & Baron Aghrym, in Ireland 1691, Commander in Chief of all their Ma.ties Forces in ye said Kingdome, & Gen.ll of ye Horse in Flanders. &c.
G. Kneller Eques pinx: J. Smith fec: et exc:
[n.d, c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Laid on album paper at edges.
A three-quarter portrait of Godart van Ginkel (1630-1703), wearing armour and a long curly wig. Behind is a battle scene, with troops crossing a bridge to attack a fortress, possibly Namur. This Dutch general was created 1st Earl of Athlone for his part in William of Orange's pacification of Ireland after the Glorious Revolution.
CS 15, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68618] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hono.ble Godart Baron de Ginkel, Created Earl of Athlone, & Baron Aghrym, in Ireland 1691, Commander in Chief of all their Ma.ties Forces in ye said Kingdome, & Gen.ll of ye Horse in Flanders. &c.
G. Kneller Eques pinx: J. Smith fec: et exc:
[n.d, c.1700.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), large margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Godart van Ginkel (1630-1703), wearing armour and a long curly wig. Behind is a battle scene, with troops crossing a bridge to attack a fortress, possibly Namur. This Dutch general was created 1st Earl of Athlone for his part in William of Orange's pacification of Ireland after the Glorious Revolution.
CS 15, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68616] £360.00

[Girl in Turban] From a Painting by Guino [Reni] in the Collection of the Earl of Bute.
WBailiie Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct the 1.st 1771.
Mezzotint and etching, 18th century watermark. 230 x 155mm (9 x 6"), large margins. Creasing at bottom.
A girl wearing a turban with her forefinger to her lips, engraved by Captain William Baillie after Guido Reni. Baillie (1723-1810) devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68855] £160.00

[Young Girl with Turban.] From a Painting by Guido in the Collection of the Earl of Bute.
W.Baillie Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs Oct the 1st 1771.
Fine mezzotint. 230 x 155mm (9 x 6"). Small margins.
Portrait of a young woman wearing a turban.
[Ref: 68673] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble S.r Henry Goodricke K.t. & Bar.t &c.
T. Hill pinx: J. Smith fec:
[n.d., 1695.]
Fine mezzotint. 250 x 185 (9¾ x 7¼"). Narrow margins, mounted on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of Sir Henry Goodriche (c.1642-c.1705), 2nd baronet, wearing long wig and armour. A politician and diplomat, he served as ambassador to Spain from 1679 until 1683, when he was placed under house arrest by Charles II of Spain because Charles considered Britain was not doing enough to counter piracy in the South Seas. He escaped back to England and, after supporting William of Orange's 'Glorious Revolution', was rewarded with the office of Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance.
CS 117, ii of ii.. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68614] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[John Graham of Claverhouse] Viscount Dundee.
R. Smith sculp.
[London: Edward Midwinter, 1730.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 120 x 70mm (4¾ x 2¾"). Trimmed, losing pagination at top, edged with album paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of John Graham (1648-89), 7th of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee, in wig and armour. He led the 1689 Jacobite rebellion but was killed at the Battle of Killiecrankie, a Jacobite victory. The portrait was published to illustrate 'An Elegy in Memory of the Gallant Visc. Dundee, who was kill'd by a random Shot, after he had won the Battel of Gilliecrankey. Writ by Mr. Brown, at the Request of Dr. Griffith and Mr Burges', in 'The Fourth and Last Volume of the Works of Mr. Thomas Brown'.
Sharp 394.
[Ref: 69017] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[James Hadfield.]
[John Cawse.]
[n.d., c.1800. S.W.Fores.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Very cut and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of James Hadfield (1771/1772-1841) who attempted to assassinate George III of Great Britain in 1800 but was acquitted of attempted murder by reason of insanity. Hadfield was defended by Thomas Erskine (1750-1853), leading barrister of the era.
VI 712
[Ref: 68825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Emma Hamilton] Lady Hamilton.
Painted by J.J. Masquerier. Engraved by W. Say.
London Published May 20th 1806 by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint, 19th century watermark; 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), Trimmed close to publication line. Small margins, repaired platemark on left.
Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815), muse of Romney, husband of Sir William Hamilton, but best known as Admiral Nelson's lover. She is shown musing on a chaise longue overlooking Naples Bay, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Nelson had been killed the year before.
[Ref: 68671] £380.00

[The Hammersmith Ghost.] Thomas Millwood. The Supposed Hammersmith Ghost, Shot by Francis Smith in the Night of 3, Jan.y. 1804.
Pub. by Alex. Hogg & Co Oct3 1807.
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed into left of plate.
A scene depicting the Hammersmith Ghost murder case of 1804 set a legal precedent in the UK regarding self-defence: that someone could be held liable for their actions even if they were the consequence of a mistaken belief. Near the end of 1803, many people claimed to have seen or even been attacked by a ghost in the Hammersmith area of London, a ghost believed by locals to be the spirit of a suicide victim. On January 3, 1804, a 29-year-old excise officer named Francis Smith, a member of one of the armed patrols set up in the wake of the reports, shot and killed a bricklayer, Thomas Millwood, mistaking the white clothes of Millwood's trade for the shroud of a ghostly apparition. Smith was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, later commuted to one year's hard labour. The issues surrounding the case were not settled for 180 years, until a Court of Appeal decision in 1984.
VII page 170.
[Ref: 68984] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon.
PTillemans d. GVertue S.1723.
[published c.1800.]
Engraving. 202 x 133mm (8 x 5¼"), on wove paper, large margins.
A half-length portrait of antiquarian Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), assistant keeper of the Bodleian Library, where he worked on cataloguing the books. As a nonjuror he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to King George I, and so in early 1716 he was deprived of his librarianship. He turned down many professional and academic positions, including the librarianship of the Bodleian and the Camden professorship of ancient history, rather than take the oaths. He did however remain in Oxford and spent his time editing the English chroniclers.
Alexander 377. Sharpe 416, ii of ii.
[Ref: 69008] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

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