Grosvenor Prints

The R.t Honb.le Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp, &c, &c, &c, L.d Lieu.t & Custos Rot.m of the County of Warwicj, One of the Lords of His Majestys most Hon.ble Privy Council & Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. John Watts Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 28, 1786, by Jn.o Watts No 34 Red Lyon Street Holborn & W.m Dickenson, No 158, New Bond Street.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Crease in inscription area, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), 2nd Marquess of Hertford, wear a jacket with a fur collar.
CS: 4; Hamilton: pg 37 iii of iii.
[Ref: 62087] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Honb.le Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp, &c, &c, &c, L.d Lieu.t & Custos Rot.m of the County of Warwicj, One of the Lords of His Majestys most Hon.ble Privy Council & Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. John Watts Sculp.t.
Pub.d Jan.y 28, 1786, by Jn.o Watts No 34 Red Lyon Street Holborn & W.m Dickenson, No 158, New Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed into printed border at top, vertical fold.
Half-length portrait of Francis Seymour Conway (1743-1822), 2nd Marquess of Hertford.
CS: 4; Hamilton: pg 37 iii of iii.
[Ref: 57310] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Jemima, Countess Cornwallis.
S.r J. Reynolds Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.o 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Oct.r 1771.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Trimmed to image.
A seated portrait of Jemima Cornwallis (1747-1779) wife of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
CS 14
[Ref: 41434] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Emma and Elizabeth Crewe.]
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
[n.d., c.1782.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. Sheet: 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Collector's mark 'K' Trimmed to plate. Repairs.
A portrait of Emma and Elizabeth Crewe, daughters of John Crewe M.P. for Cheshire.
CS 12, first state; Hamilton Page: 93.
[Ref: 47595] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Master John Crewe as Henry VIII.]
Joshua Reynolds Eques Pinxit. J. Raphael Smith fecit.
Published. Janry. 23d. 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 510 x 355mm (20 x 14") large margins. Small repaired tears to left edge of sheet.
Sir Joshua Reynolds’s painting of John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (died 1835) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776 and the mezzotint at the Society of Artists that same year with the title 'Portrait of a Young Gentleman'. In an interior, with spaniels at Crewe’s feet, and a view of a landscape through the window in the upper right.
D'Oench: 67. Hamilton: pg.19, III of IV. CS: 47, iii/iv. Frankau: 100, iii/iii.
[Ref: 40138] £490.00

[Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland.] [&] Her Royal Highness Anne Dutchess of Cumberland.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Tho.s Watson. [&] S.r Johua Reynolds Pinx.t. James Watson fecit.
Published May 20th 1774 for W.r Shropshire, No. 158, and T. Watson, No. 142, New Bond Street. [&] Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Decem.r 1st 1773 by James Watson, No 34 in Little Queen Street near Portland Chapel.
Pair of mezzotints. 620 x 390mm (24½ x 15¼") & 680 x 380mm (26¾ x 15") including separately-printed title. Some toning; Henry with small tears just entering plate, som repaired, and wear to the bottom margin; Anne laid on archival paper.
Prince Henry (1745-90), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and his wife Anne Horton (1743-1808), a commoner. Their marriage led to the Royal Marriages Act 1772, which forbade any descendant of George II to marry without the monarch's permission. There is no sign of the usual title plate on Henry.
CS T. Watson 11 & J. Watson 37, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 52951] £480.00 view all images for this item

His Royal Highness Will.m, Duke of Cumberland.
J. Reynolds. T. Watson fec.t.
London Printed for H. Parker opposite Birchin Lane Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½") large margins
Half-length portrait of Prince William (1721-65), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, wearing uniform and sash.
[Ref: 57240] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Cupid, in the Character of a Link Boy.]
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. John Dean fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers No. 53 Fleet Street: as the Act directs Aug.t 15, 1777
Fine mezzotint. Proof before title. Plate: 390 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"). Small margins.
Engraving after a 1774 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, now in the Allbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. Reynolds' cupid is very much the Georgian street urchin in tattered clothes; the phallic positioning of his torch reminds us that link boys used their torches to lead lovers (as well as prostitutes) around the city at night before street lighting.
Hamilton p.145; See Richard Wendorf, 'Sir Joshua Reynolds: the Painter in Society'
[Ref: 46176] £480.00

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[Anne Damer] The Hon.ble Mrs Damer.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
[London 1836, Hodgson & Graves, 6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before publisher's inscription. 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Hole in inscription area, damp stains in large margins.
Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749 - 1828), sculptor, standing in a landscape. Damer was a writer and honorary exhibitor as an amateur sculptor at the Royal Academy 1784-1818. She executed busts of George III, Fox and Nelson and of the actress, Elizabeth Farren. She inherited Strawberry Hill from her cousin, Horace Walpole, but lived in nearby York House.
[Ref: 44087] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Damer] The Hon.ble Mrs Damer.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
publish'd March 1st 1774, by W. Humphrey Garrard Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with large margins.
Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749 - 1828), sculptor, standing in a landscape. Damer was a writer and honorary exhibitor as an amateur sculptor at the Royal Academy 1784-1818. She executed busts of George III, Fox and Nelson and of the actress, Elizabeth Farren. She inherited Strawberry Hill from her cousin, Horace Walpole, but lived in nearby York House.
[Ref: 53354] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Dashwood and Child.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. C. Hodges fecit.
London Publish'd Dec.r 1st 1786 by W. Dickinson Engraver, Bond Street.
Mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
Mary Ellen Dashwood (1763-96), wife of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood of Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire. After a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, founding president of the Royal Academy and most famous portrait painter of his day.
CS 11 iv/vi; Hamilton: Pg 94/5
[Ref: 40656] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Ann Dawson. 6th Daughter to Thomas Fermor Earl of Pomfret Aged 21, 1754.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. M.cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [c.1754.]
Fine mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with very large margins.
Lady Anne Dawson (1733-69), wife of Thomas Dawson, afterwards Viscount Cremorne. She is portrayed as Diana, with a crescent moon diadem, spear and hunting dog. The painting was executed the year of their marriage.
CS 52, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 46339] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Mrs. Demer.
Reynolds, J Pinx.t Smith, J.R Sculp.t
Published March 1st 1774 by J. R. Smith, No. 4 Exeter Court, Strand.
Mezzotint, very fine impression; 280 x 380mm. Trimmed to image.
Anne, daughter of the Hon. Seymor Conway, the distinguished General and Field Marshall, was an amateur sculptor of considerable talent. Horace Walpole left her Strawberry Hill for her life. She died in 1828. Standing, hands together. Round the neck a black ribbon to which is attached a locket. A long plait of hair falls over each shoulder. Landscape in background. In this state (2/4) the title is mis-spelt 'Demer'. This was later corrected to 'Damer'.
Hamilton: p.94. [State 2/4]. O'Dench 34; Hamilton: 94; CS: 51; Frankau: 105; From Broadlands the Palmerston family.
[Ref: 27390] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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The Death of Dido.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. Grozer.
London, Published at the Act directs, 9th. May 1796, by J. Grozer. No.8, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
Mezzotint, very fine impression & image. Plate: 490 x 590mm (19¼ x 23¼"). Creasing in top left corner. Small tear in top right corner. Small margins.
A dramatic scene in which Dido, having stabbed herself, lies dying on a pyre while beside her Anna throws her arms up in horror and Iris cuts a lock of her hair. In the distance Aeneas's ships sail away. Said by Leslie to be a portrait of Miss Wateridge.
CS: 25
[Ref: 46177] £650.00

[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)

Lord Ashburton.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.
London Pubd. June 15 1790 by T. Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.
Engraving with etching and some stipple. 509 x 387mm. 20 x 15¼". Slight mark on Bartolozzi.
John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783) was lawyer and Member of Parliament and one of the most powerful orators of his time and a strong defender of the liberty of the individual against the powers of the Crown and government. He was appointed Solicitor-General in the Duke of Grafton's administration from 1768 to 1770, but is better known for his celebrated Parliamentary resolution, carried in 1780, declaring that 'the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished'.
See NPG: D7395 [full lettered state with arms]. De Vesme: 752, iv. Hamilton: p.3, ii/iii.
[Ref: 24779] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Gideon.
S.r Jos. Reynolds. Pinx.t. Watson Fecit.
R. Sayer Excudit. Published as the Act directs 1st Jan.y 1771.
Mezzotint, scarce. Plate: 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Small margins
A profile portrait, set in an oval of Maria Baroness Eardley (1743-1794).
CS 17; Hamilton page: 101; Goodwin 7
[Ref: 47588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Edwin.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds / Engraved by C.H. Hodges
Pub.d as the act directs Feb.y 18th by J. Rising No. 21 Princes St. Cav.sh Sq.re.
Mezzotint with small margins, platemark 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Paper tone; good impression; collector's stamp of Bernard Houthakker verso. Slightly foxed.
Character study after a painting from the 1770s by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). When the painting was auctioned in 1796 it was identified as Edwin, the hero from 'The Minstrel', a poem published in 1771 by Reynolds' friend James Beattie. The poem describes the childhood of Edwin, a shepherd boy brought up in solitary, mountainous country, and his response to nature. William Wordsworth was among the many who admired the work. This impression formerly in the collection of Bernard Houthakker, 1884-1963), Amsterdam-based dealer and publisher. A particular focus of Houthakker's buying was the work of Charles Howard Hodges (1764-1837), a British portrait painter and engraver who moved to the Netherlands in 1792. Reynolds' painting was recently sold by Christie's (3 December 2013).
Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Hamilton p.147 (only state); L.1272. Ex Collection Lady Eva Dugdale, Sotheby's 27/10/1920.
[Ref: 36504] £320.00

General Eliott, Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Richd. Earlom.
Publish'd Novr. 1st. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell. No. 90. Cheapside London.
Stipple. Plate 510 x 381mm. 20 x 15". Sheet 651 x 501mm. 25½ x 19¾".
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB (1717-1790) was a British Army officer most notable for his command of the Gibraltar garrison during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Eliott was educated at University of Leiden and studied artillery and other military subjects at the école militaire of La Fère in France. He served with the Prussian Army 1735-1736, and, in 1741, joined the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, of which his mother's brother, William Elliot of Wells, was then Lieutenant-Colonel, and of which Eliott was afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel. He served throughout the War of Austrian Succession 1742-1748, being wounded at the Battle of Dettingen and present at the Battle of Fontenoy. Eliott was made ADC from 1756-1759 to King George II. On 10 March 1759, he raised, and was appointed colonel of, the 1st Light Horse, and he distinguished himself in the German campaign, particularly the Battle of Minden. He was promoted to Major-General in 1759 and took part in the British expedition against Cuba in 1762, being 2nd-in-charge at the capture of Havana. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1765. From 1774 to 1775 he was Commander-in-Chief to Ireland, Governor of Londonderry and Culmore. On March 6, 1775, he became a Privy Counsellor, and on May 25, 1777 he was appointed Governor of Gibraltar, succeeding Robert Boyd, the acting Governor. He was promoted to General in 1778. The Great Siege of Gibraltar lasted from 1779 to 1783, and on January 8, 1783, the British Parliament sent official thanks to George Eliott and he was awarded the Knight of the Bath. By February 6, 1783, the siege was over. In 1787, he was created Lord Heathfield, Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, and in May of 1788 George was formally installed as Knight of the Bath.
NPG: D35669.
[Ref: 12724] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[General Eliott, Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Richd. Earlom.
Publish'd Novr. 1st. 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell. No. 90. Cheapside London.
Stipple. Proof before title. Plate: 510 x 381mm. 20 x 15" large margins. Some creasing in title area.
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB (1717-1790) was a British Army officer most notable for his command of the Gibraltar garrison during the Great Siege of Gibraltar He served throughout the War of Austrian Succession 1742-1748. In 1787, he was created Lord Heathfield, Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, and in May of 1788 George was formally installed as Knight of the Bath.
[Ref: 39817] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Cardross.
J.Reynolds Pinx.t. J.Finlayson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 22.d 1765. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Price 5s.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm. Collector's stamp in inscription area.
David Steuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan when Viscount Cardross. A notable Scottish eccentric: his pertinacity helped in effecting a change in the method of electing Scottish representative peers, and in 1780 he succeeded in founding the Scottish Society of Antiquaries.
CS: 3, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Fane] Lord Burghersh.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A.
London, Publish'd March 1788, by Molteno Colnaghi & Co. 132 Pall Mall.
Stipple in brown. Sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate
John Fane (1784-1859), 11th Earl of Westmorland, as a child, dressed in the feminine style of the period.
De Vesme 770, state v of v.
[Ref: 53432] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Day, Lady Fenhoulet.]
J. Reynolds Pinx.t. J. M,,cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait of Anne Day after Sir Joshua Reynolds, wearing a Woffington hat and an ornate dress with lace and ribbons and posy, hands in fur muff. She was the mistress of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe, and married Sir Peter Fenoulhet in 1761 after the death of Edgcumbe. James McArdell (1729-65), a Dublin-born mezzotinter, is said to have been Reynolds' favourite engraver.
CS 53, state i of iv.
[Ref: 57322] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Adam Ferguson LL.D.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. Beugo.
Publish'd Oct.r 23 1790 by J. Stockdale Piccadilly.
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 209 x 127mm. 8¼ x 5".
Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was a Scottish philosopher, social scientist and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is sometimes referred to as "the father of modern sociology".
NPS: D2337. Hamilton: p.26.
[Ref: 24367] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Adam Ferguson LL.D.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. Beugo.
Publish'd Oct.r 23 1790 by J. Stockdale Piccadilly.
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 210 x 120mm. 8¼ x 4¾".
Portrait after Reynolds; half-length seated to front, eyes down to right, with quill pen in his right hand; corner of table with papers to right; oval. Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was a Scottish philosopher, social scientist and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is often referred to as "the father of modern sociology". He was professor of philosophy at Edinburgh.
Hamilton: p.26.
[Ref: 25570] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Kitty Fischer.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.Dean.
London, Published Feb 1st. 1782, by W.Dickinson, Engraver and Printseller No.158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 325 x 450mm.
[Ref: 4846] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Charlotte Fitz-William.
J. Reynolds Pinx.t
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street [c.1800]
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins. Crease on right.
Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam (1746-1833), daughter of the third Earl Fitzwilliam and a niece of the marquess of Rockingham. In 1764 she married Thomas Dundas of Kerse, first Baron Dundas of Aske (1741-1820), politician, and they lived principally at the family's Yorkshire estate of Upleatham. After the portrait of Charlotte as a child, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In 1754 the portrait became the first of Reynolds' painting to be reproduced in the medium of mezzotint, by the Irish mezzotinter James MacArdell (this print is a reduced later copy of MacArdell's print). Reynolds went on to authorise many other mezzotints of his portraits which helped to increase his reputation and develop familiarity with his work.
[Ref: 42077] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Fordyce.
J.Reynolds pinxt. Harris Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm. 6 x 4¼".
Mrs Greenwood (née Fordyce) (active 1762), sister of Alexander Fordyce the banker; playing a guitar from a music book, wearing veil. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Chaloner Smith: pg.622. Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 15299] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Fordyce.
J.Reynolds pinx.t. Philip Corbutt fecit.
London. Printed for Rob.t. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No.53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm. Several very tiny pinholes, only visible when held to the light.
A circular portrait in a rectangular border, of a woman playing a guitar, reading from music sheets. Corbutt was one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell, who plagiarised many works for Sayer, including this plate by James Watson.
[Ref: 4847] £320.00

The Fortune Teller. To His Grace the Duke of Dorset, Ambassador to the Court of France; This Plate is humbly Dedicated, by his Grace's much Obliged and most humble Servant, John Keys Sherwin.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx. Engraved by J.K. Sherwin, Engraver to his Majesty, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Publish'd Mar. 10th 1785 by J.K. Sherwin, No 28 St James's Street & W. Hinton No. 5 Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange.
Etching with engraving, fine impression. 405 x 560mm (16 x 22") very large margins.
A woman in gypsy dress, standing at left, reads the palm of a shy young girl sitting on her brother's lap. The print is dedicated to John Sackville (1745-99), 3rd Duke of Dorset, cricketing enthusuast. When ambassador to France he organised what might have become the first international cricket tour had the French Revolution got in the way. He later became one of the first members of the Marylebone Cricket Club
[Ref: 53437] £320.00

The Fortune Teller, To His Grace the Duke of Dorset, Ambassador to the Court of France; This Plate is humbly Dedicated by His Grace's much Obliged and most humble Servant, John Keyse Sherwin.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx. Engraved by J.K.Sherwin, Engraver to his Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Publish'd Mar. 10th. 1785 by J.K.Sherwin No.28 St. James's Street & W. Hinton No. 5 Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange. _
Engraving and etching, 405 x 460mm. 16 x 18¼". Tatty extremities.
A woman in gypsy dress reads the palm of a shy young girl, sitting on the lap of a boy in a plumed cap.
Hamilton: pg.147, IV of V.
[Ref: 9571] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 1.st 1789, by J. Jones, No. 63, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm (20¼ x 14¼"). Margin restored on right. Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. From the second of two very similar plates by Jones.
CS: 29. Hamilton p.29, one state only.
[Ref: 60737] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. / Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs, Nov.r 1.st 1784, by J. Jones, No. 63, Great Portland Street, Marylebone, and Mr, austin, Drawing Master, Knightsbridge.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 500 x 350mm. (19¾ x 13¾"). Large margins. Unexamined out of frame.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III, he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America’s cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
CS: 28.
[Ref: 30012] £750.00

The Right Honorable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 23. 1796, by J. Jones, No.74, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm (20¼ x 14¼"). Laid on sheet and trimmed.
Three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. The first of two very similar plates by Jones.
Hamilton: p.28; v/v. CS 28: undescribed state. Russell: 29a.
[Ref: 21517] £360.00

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)

Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinxit. E: Fisher Sculpsit Londini 1762.
Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E: Bakewell, & H: Parke, Printsellers in Cornhill, opposite, Birchin Lane, London. Price 10/6.
Mezzotint, split plate for image and title area, small margins. Image plate 400 x 501mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Text area 24 x 501mm (1 x 19¾"). Some creasing.
David Garrick (1717-1779) between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter on the right, but allowing the former to tug him towards her.
CS: 20, ii. Hamilton: p.29, ii.; for proof impression see ref. 25245
[Ref: 29963] £380.00

Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to Engross a Garrick, who to Your Noblest Characters does Equal Honour. Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00

Garrick [Between Tragedy & Comedy],
Engraved by Cardon, from the Original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
E. Evans, pub. Book & Print Seller, No.1, Great Queen Str.
Stipple with etching, india laid paper, image 180 x 220mm. 7 x 8¾". Trimmed to plate.
Allegorical image of the great actor David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Five lines of quotation from The Brothers below title. One of several engravings after the famous painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 21001] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Garrick, Between Tragedy & Comedy. Engraved by Anthony Cardon from a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Collection of John Julius Angerstein, Esq. To John Philip Kemble Esq. who from a laudable regard to Historical propriety & to the merits of our great national Dramatist, has revived many of his admirable Plays, in a style honourable to himself and to the character of the British Stage, with the annexed Essay, are inscribed by J. Britton.]
[Class I. Painting for the Fine Arts of the English School. London: Pub'd Decr. 1. 1811 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor, High Holborn, & Wm. Bond, Newman Street.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters. 290 x 315mm (11½ x 12¼"). Ink mss. in margin and inscription area.
David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Illustration to "The Fine Arts of the English School" [ed. John Britton, London: 1811.]
[Ref: 41251] £95.00 (£114.00 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)

[George the Third King of Great Britain &c &c. From the Original Picture in the Royal Academy.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Dickinson & Watson.]
[Publish'd April 25th 1781 by Watson & Dickson No. 158 New Bond Street.]
Rare mezzotint, proof before letters. 720 x 500mm (28¼ x 19¾"). Trimmed to plate mark, margins rebuilt but damaged, horizonal fold.
A large and impressive portrait of George III, seated on his coronation throne in Westminster Abbey, sceptre in hand.
CS 27..
[Ref: 56484] £650.00

[George IV as Prince of Wales] From the Original Picture given by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Wilson Braddyll Esq.r 1785.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Charles Howard Hodges.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of George IV (1762-1830) as a youthful Prince of Wales, wearing garter star.
CS 30, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 61644] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV as Prince of Wales.]
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. A. Van Assen sculpt.
London Pubd: Octr. 11th. 1791. by T: Bradshaw Coventry St: E. Jefferies Pall Mall & J: Read Coventry Court.
Stipple with etching, proof before title, 185 x 130mm. 7¼ x 5". A fine impression, with full margins.
Oval portrait of George IV (1762 - 1830) as a youthful Prince of Wales, wearing garter star.
Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 14701] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Felice Giardini.
From a Sketch by Joshua Reynolds.
Published by E. Evans, 1, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields [n.d., c.1820].
Mezzotint, tile in open letters, platemark 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Late impression; with very large margins but crude repair along lower edge of platemark; pinhole outside image lower left.
Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). A close friend of Gainsborough (whose portrait of Giardini is at Knole, in Kent), Giardini remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Derived from the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds.
NPG D14032. See Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 34004] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Felice Giardini.
From a Sketch by Joshua Reynolds.
Published by E. Evans, 1, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields [n.d., c.1820s].
Mezzotint, tile in open letters, with slightly unclean title area. 255 x 185mm, 10 x 7¼". A good impression.
Head-only portrait of Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Reduced from the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds.
NPG D14032. See Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 27376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Sir. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. H.R. Cook sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1807 by Oddy & Co. No. 27, Oxford Street, London.
Stipple, printed on chine collé. Plate: 225 x 145mm (9 x 5¾''), with large margins. Chine collé coming loose.
A portrait of English historian, writer and M.P. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) set in a decorative frame with a vignette of classical ruins below.
[Ref: 50394] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Sir. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. H.R. Cook sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1807 by Oddy & Co. No. 27, Oxford Street, London.
Engraving, unfinished proof. Sheet: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Foxing.
A portrait of English historian, writer and M.P. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) set in a decorative frame with a vignette of classical ruins below.
[Ref: 50395] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Oliver Goldsmith.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. J: Ford Sculp.
[n.d., c. 1830].
Stipple with very large margins. Platemark: 340 x 245mm. (13¾ x 9½"). Very light crease across centre. Watermarked paper, 'D & F H'.
A portrait of Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774), half-length, wearing a fur-lined cloak, his right hand holding a book to his chest with forefinger in between the pages. Goldsmith was an author and poet born in Ireland. He was a close friend of Joshua Reynolds and Samuel Johnson.
Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 31673] £320.00

Dr. Goldsmith.
Sir Josa. Reynolds pinxt. Jos Marchi fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer, No.53 Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs, 1st. Decr. 1770.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm. 18 x 13".
Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774), author and poet born in Ireland. He was a close friend of Joshua Reynolds and Samuel Johnson. A 19th century impression.
Chaloner Smith: 7, III. Hamilton: p.31, III.
[Ref: 9457] £320.00

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