A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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The Honourable Lady Stanhope.
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 620 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board, small margins.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope.
CS 135, ii of ii; Goodwin 53 iii of iv.
[Ref: 52976] £490.00
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 620 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board, small margins.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope.
CS 135, ii of ii; Goodwin 53 iii of iv.
[Ref: 52976] £490.00
Miss Anna Swan.
W.m Thompson Pinx.t. J.Watson Fecit.
London Printed for Henry Parker opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm.
Half-length portrait. The second state of two, with the original dark background reworked to show a tree and fluted column.
CS: Watson 139.
[Ref: 6122] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Thompson Pinx.t. J.Watson Fecit.
London Printed for Henry Parker opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm.
Half-length portrait. The second state of two, with the original dark background reworked to show a tree and fluted column.
CS: Watson 139.
[Ref: 6122] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Trimmer.
C. Read pinx.t. J. Watson.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers & Printsellers, at the King's Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 515 x 355mm (20½ x 14"). Rust marks from stretcher nails in left margin, repaired tear in inscription area. Some damage.
A young girl holding a cat. Although the DNB calls this a portrait of Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), evangelist and children's writer, the NPG notes that it ''is in fact one of Mrs Trimmer's six daughters'', one of whom was Selina (1764-1829), who became governess to the family of the Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
[Ref: 59674] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
C. Read pinx.t. J. Watson.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers & Printsellers, at the King's Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 515 x 355mm (20½ x 14"). Rust marks from stretcher nails in left margin, repaired tear in inscription area. Some damage.
A young girl holding a cat. Although the DNB calls this a portrait of Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), evangelist and children's writer, the NPG notes that it ''is in fact one of Mrs Trimmer's six daughters'', one of whom was Selina (1764-1829), who became governess to the family of the Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
[Ref: 59674] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Musical Boy]](jpegs/34016.jpg)
[The Musical Boy] [Done from the Original Picture of the same size, in the Collection of the Right Honourable Lord Mountstuart.]
F. Hals Pinxit / James Watson Sculpsit
Publish'd July 24th 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, platemark 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Good impression; very rare;
Boy playing the violin; fruit, knife and flask on table in front, two listeners behind with lute hanging on wall. From a picture attributed here to Frans Hals but probably since reattributed.
Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Goodwin 182 i/ii; CS 159 i/ii.
[Ref: 34016] £360.00
F. Hals Pinxit / James Watson Sculpsit
Publish'd July 24th 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, platemark 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Good impression; very rare;
Boy playing the violin; fruit, knife and flask on table in front, two listeners behind with lute hanging on wall. From a picture attributed here to Frans Hals but probably since reattributed.
Ex collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Goodwin 182 i/ii; CS 159 i/ii.
[Ref: 34016] £360.00
Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford. Prime Minister to King George the First, & King George the Second. In the Blue Damask Bed Chamber at Houghton.
Vanloo Pinxit. James Watson Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Framed. Plate: 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Frame: 700 x 540mm (27½ x 21¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A full length portrait of Robert Walpole (1676-1745) who dominated Parliament as de facto Prime Minister between 1721 and 1742. This portrait was published as frontispiece to Volume II of Boydell's series of prints of Walpole's art collection at Houghton, engraved after the collection was sold by the 3rd Earl in 1779, including 206 sold to Catherine the Great of Russia to decorate her Hermitage palace.
CS: 149
[Ref: 46975] £450.00
Vanloo Pinxit. James Watson Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Framed. Plate: 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Frame: 700 x 540mm (27½ x 21¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A full length portrait of Robert Walpole (1676-1745) who dominated Parliament as de facto Prime Minister between 1721 and 1742. This portrait was published as frontispiece to Volume II of Boydell's series of prints of Walpole's art collection at Houghton, engraved after the collection was sold by the 3rd Earl in 1779, including 206 sold to Catherine the Great of Russia to decorate her Hermitage palace.
CS: 149
[Ref: 46975] £450.00
Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford. Prime Minister to King George the First, & King George the Second. In the Blue Damask Bed Chamber at Houghton.
Vanloo Pinxit. James Watson Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside London.
Very fine mezzotint. Plate 502 x 349mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A full length portrait of Robert Walpole (1676-1745) who dominated Parliament as de facto Prime Minister between 1721 and 1742. This portrait was published as frontispiece to Volume II of Boydell's series of prints of Walpole's art collection at Houghton, engraved after the collection was sold by the 3rd Earl in 1779, including 206 sold to Catherine the Great of Russia to decorate her Hermitage palace.
NPG: D39367. Goodwin: 131. CS: 149.
[Ref: 27338] £480.00
Vanloo Pinxit. James Watson Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y 1.st 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90, Cheapside London.
Very fine mezzotint. Plate 502 x 349mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A full length portrait of Robert Walpole (1676-1745) who dominated Parliament as de facto Prime Minister between 1721 and 1742. This portrait was published as frontispiece to Volume II of Boydell's series of prints of Walpole's art collection at Houghton, engraved after the collection was sold by the 3rd Earl in 1779, including 206 sold to Catherine the Great of Russia to decorate her Hermitage palace.
NPG: D39367. Goodwin: 131. CS: 149.
[Ref: 27338] £480.00
The Reverend George Whitefield,
John Russell Pinx.t 1768. W. Faden excudit. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Published by James Wyld 5 Charing Cross. [n.d. c.1823.]
Very scarce mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, extra margin added at top. Damaged. Repairs top right.
Full length portrait of George Whitefield (1714-70) preaching in a field with St Paul's on the sky-line to right. James Wyld was apprenticed to William Faden in 1804, taking over his business in 1823. He left his premises at 5 Charing Cross in 1832.
CS: 154, iv/iv; Godwin 90, iv/iv.
[Ref: 60798] £380.00
John Russell Pinx.t 1768. W. Faden excudit. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Published by James Wyld 5 Charing Cross. [n.d. c.1823.]
Very scarce mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, extra margin added at top. Damaged. Repairs top right.
Full length portrait of George Whitefield (1714-70) preaching in a field with St Paul's on the sky-line to right. James Wyld was apprenticed to William Faden in 1804, taking over his business in 1823. He left his premises at 5 Charing Cross in 1832.
CS: 154, iv/iv; Godwin 90, iv/iv.
[Ref: 60798] £380.00
![[Harry Woodward]](jpegs/46856.jpg)
[Harry Woodward]
[James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, c.1770]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters; platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to platemark; crease; collector's stamp of Alfred Morrison (1821-97) verso. Thread margins.
Harry Woodward (1714-77), actor and pantomimist who opened the Crow-street Theatre in Dublin in 1758, but after the venture failed enjoyed a successful career in London. Mezzotint after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. This impression formerly owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-97), autograph and art collector, some of whose prints are now in the collections of the British Museum and the Fondation Custodia, Paris,
CS 156; Goodwin 6; Hamilton p.73; L.151
[Ref: 46856] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, c.1770]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters; platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to platemark; crease; collector's stamp of Alfred Morrison (1821-97) verso. Thread margins.
Harry Woodward (1714-77), actor and pantomimist who opened the Crow-street Theatre in Dublin in 1758, but after the venture failed enjoyed a successful career in London. Mezzotint after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. This impression formerly owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-97), autograph and art collector, some of whose prints are now in the collections of the British Museum and the Fondation Custodia, Paris,
CS 156; Goodwin 6; Hamilton p.73; L.151
[Ref: 46856] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)