Grosvenor Prints

[The Lion and Boar.] [From the Original Picture Painted by Snyders, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.]
Snyders pinx.t. R.Earlom Sculp 1771.
J.Boydell Excudit, Publish'd January 1.st 1772.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 420 x 505mm. Crack in paper top left, with loss in margin.
Whitman state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5642] £450.00

Lioness and Whelp's. The young were whelp'd in the Tower of London, in the y.r 1792.
Painted by J. Northcote. Engrav'd by R.Earlom.
Publish'd Sep.r 1793, by J. & J .Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 495 x 635mm (19½ x 25"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, surface rubbing.
A lioness and two cubs in a den, the lion in the background.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4442] £750.00

A Fruit Market. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Snyders & Long John Pixerunt. Joseph Farington delin.t. Richard Earlom Sculpsit.
Published March 25th 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 420 x 575mm (16½ x 22½"), large margins.
A Dutch market scene, with a woman examining a peach. A table laden with fruits is being ravaged by a monkey. One of a set of four markets engraved by Earlom after after Frans Snyders and Jan Boeckhorst. The original painting is now in the Hermitage Museum, having being bought by Catherine II.
[Ref: 60687] £580.00

Marriage a la Mode. Plate III. Engraved from the Original Picture. Size of the Picture 3ft by 2ft 4in.
Painted by William Hogarth. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Published on Jan. 1, 1798, by J & J Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 495 x 650mm.
The third plate shows the Viscount at a doctor, accompanied by his child mistress. The black spot on his neck is Hogarth's code for those with venereal disease; he holds a box of the mercurial pills which were the only known treatment. The older woman holding a clasp knife appears to be the young girl's mother. The machines to the right are described in the open book, and are for setting a broken shoulder, and drawing corks. Earlom's six mezzotints for the Marriage à la Mode set were published one at a time from 1795 to 1800. They were then sold via subscription through Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
[Ref: 3229] £380.00

Mary Magdalen Washing Christ's Feet. In the Salon at Houghton.
Rubens Pinxit. G Farington delin.t. Rich.d Earlom sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1777. Published Aug.st 1st 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 470 x 580mm (18½ x 22¾"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere chipped. Crease top right.
Peter Paul Ruben's 'Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee', painted in Flanders circa 1618-20, representing the conflict between the material values and religious dogmatism of the Pharisees world and the Christian doctrine of sympathy, charity and goodness. Here the repentant sinner washing Christ's feet with her tears is named as Mary Magdalene; however the Gospel of Luke leaves her nameless. At the time of this engraving the painting was part of the art collection of Sir Horace Walpole (1676-1745) at Houghton, Norfolk. Following his death part of the collection was sold to pay off debts, and by the 1770s it was inevitable the rest would suffer the same fate. Before it could be dispersed John Boydell commissioned a vast series of mezzotints of the collection, which was fortuitous: despite John Wilkes attempt to persuade Parliament to buy the collection for the nation 206 paintings were sold to Catherine the Great for £40,550 in 1779. 127 works from Houghton, including this one, are now in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
[Ref: 35458] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Meleager and Atalanta] From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr. Sayer / See Ovids Metamor.s Book VIII Pa. 54
R. Wilson pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit / London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street / Published as the Act directs Sep.r 20 1771
Mezzotint, 465 x 560mm (18¼ x 22"). Very large margins (tatty). Repaired tear at top.
Atalanta (drawing her bow lower left) and her lover Meleager (on horseback with spear) slay the huge boar which Diana sent to devastate the countryside of Calydon. Dramatic rocky landscape with waterfall behind, showing the influence of Salavator Rosa's sublime scenery on British landscape. Subject from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', a rich source of subject matter for artists. Engraved by leading mezzotint engraver Richard Earlom after the painting, c.1770, by Richard Wilson (now in the Tate collection). The publisher of this print, Robert Sayer, was the first recorded owner of the painting.
Wessely 80
[Ref: 38607] £330.00

Meleager and Atalanta. In the Gallery ay Houghton. Size of the Picture F. 10. I. 7. by F. 20. I. 9½ long.
Rubens Pinxit. G. Farington delin. John Boydell excudit 1781. Richard Earlom, Sculpsit.
Published Jan.y. 1st. 1781 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with stipple. Plate: 880 x 520mm (34¾ x 20½"), with large margins. Central crease as issued. Repaired cracking along platemark.
A mythological scene showing the hunt of the Calydonian Boar led by the Greek hero Meleager. The fierce huntress Atalanta, with whom Meleager was in love is shown having fired an arrow into the side of the beast. As Atalanta drew the first blood she was awarded the hide. Enraged that the hide had been awarded to a woman, the fellow huntsmen, among who were Meleager's uncle and brother, fought and were killed by Meleager who was in turn killed by his mother for murdering her son and brother.
[Ref: 40630] £330.00

The Most Noble Lord Horation Nelson, Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe, in the County of Norfolk, Baron Nelson of the Nile, & of Hilborough in the said County; Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; Vice Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet; Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean... After a series of Transcendent and heroic services this gallant Admiral fell gloriously in the moment of a brilliant and decisive Victory of the combined fleets of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar on the 21st October 1805. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Common Council Chamber of the City of London and which was presented to the Corporation by the late M.r Alderman John Boydell.
Painted by S.r Will.m Beechey R.A. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Pub. Jan 9th. 1806, by Boydell & C.o. 90, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. 515 x 360mm. Laid on board, some foxing.
Beechey painted this portrait in 1801.
CLB iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 583] £480.00

The most noble Lord Horatio Nelson. Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile.
Sir Wm. Beechey R.A. Richard Earlom 1805.
Published as the Act directs 17 June 1806.
Coloured stipple. 158 x 108mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Mount burn.
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (1758-1805), the British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He won several victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed.
[Ref: 30028] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Orpheus. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Castiglione Pinxit. Rich.d Earlom Sculspit.
Published Sep.r 1st 1791 by John Boydell Engraverin Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 285 x 370mm (11¼ x 14½"), with large margins. Slight stain near rabbit.
Various animals, birds and fauns drawn to the sound of Orpheus' playing his pipe in the background.
[Ref: 52209] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Inside of the Pantheon in Oxford Road.] L'Intérior du Panthéon de Londres. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Robt. Sayer.
Cha.s Brandoin inv. et delin. Richd. Earlom fecit. R. Sayer Execud.t.
London, printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street. As the Act directs 30 August 1772.
Mezzotint. 475 x 560mm (18¾ x 22". Slightly rubbed.
A group of men and women stand conversing amongst tall marble pillars, inside a richly decorated hall. In the background are more open rooms, with statues set within niches along the wall. Further figures congregrate throughout. The Pantheon, was a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street. It was designed by James Wyatt and opened in 1772. One of the largest rooms in England, the main rotunda, with its central dome, was somewhat reminiscent of the celebrated Pantheon in Rome. Orginally built as a set of winter assembly rooms, it was later briefly converted into a theatre. Before being demolished in 1937, it was a bazaar and a wine merchant's show room for over a hundred years. Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733-90, known as Charles) was a Swiss painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, and caricaturist who working out of London.
Wessely 100.II. CS:45. BM:5091.
[Ref: 7221] £2,200.00

[The inside of the Pantheon in Oxford Road.]
Brandoin Invnt. R. Earlom sculpst.
R Sayer, Excd., Publish'd Augst, 15, 1772.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 470 x 560mm. (18½ x 22"). Trimmed to plate. Diagonal crease through centre of image. Some scuffs and scrapes to the mezzotint surface.
A group of men and women stand conversing amongst tall marble pillars, inside a richly decorated hall. In the background are more open rooms and several figures, with statues set within niches along the walls. A slightly satirical take on fashionable 18th century London society. The Pantheon was a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street, designed by James Wyatt. It opened in 1772, when the main rotunda was one of the largest rooms in England. Originally built as a set of winter assembly rooms, it was later briefly converted into a theatre. Before being demolished in 1937, it was a bazaar and a wine merchant's show room for over a hundred years. After Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733 - 1790), known as Charles Brandoin, a Swiss painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, and caricaturist working in London.
Wessely: 100, I. Chaloner Smith: 45. BM Satires: 5091.
[Ref: 12142] £750.00

Paradise Lost. B.5 L.2
R. Westall R.A. del. / Rich. Earlom Sculp.
Publish'd June 4. 1795, by J. & J. Boydell, & G. Nicol, Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside.
Stipple, sheet 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. One of a series of illustrations to Milton's epic poem 'Paradise Lost'.
Ex Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36527] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Partridges.
Drawn by Amos Green. Engraved by R.d Earlom.
London, Published July 1st 1824 by Z. Sweet, 38 Chancerry Lane.
Fine & Rare chine-collé mezzotint. 405 x 470mm (15¾ x 18½").
A partridge family surrounded by ferns in woodlands. An unusual early example of the chine-collé technique, still using laid paper for the print surface. The image area is larger than the upper paper, so some of the print is on the backing paper. The date of publication is two years after the death of the engraver, Richard Earlom.
[Ref: 53583] £580.00

Admiral Penn. One of Cromwell's Admiral's who took Jamaica from the Spaniards from the Original Picture.
Sr. P. Lely pinxt. R. Earlom sculpt.
London Published by S. Woodburn, 1811.
A fine mezzotint impression. Image 158 x 108mm. Cut to the image and surrounded by an extra paper sheet.
Sir William Penn (1621-1670) was an English admiral, and the father of William Penn, founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. He served his apprenticeship at sea with his father. In the first Civil War he fought on the side of the parliament, and was in command of a ship in the squadron maintained against the king in the Irish seas. The service was arduous and called for both energy and good seamanship. In 1648 he was arrested and sent to London, but was soon released, and sent back as rear admiral in the Assurance. The exact cause of the arrest is unknown, but it may be presumed to have been that he was suspected of being in correspondence with the king's supporters. In the First Anglo-Dutch War, he served in the navy of the Commonwealth of England, commanding squadrons at the battles of the Kentish Knock (1652), Portland, the Gabbard and Scheveningen (1653). In 1654 he accepted the naval command in the expedition to the West Indies sent out by Cromwell. In 1655 he commanded the fleet that launched a bungled attack on La Hispaniola. Afterwards the less desirable island of Jamaica was seized for the Commonwealth regime. On their return he and his military colleague Venables were sent to the Tower. He made humble submission, and when released retired to the estate he had received from confiscated land in Ireland. In the Second Anglo-Dutch War he was captain of the fleet at the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665 under James Stuart, Duke of York.
[Ref: 12693] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble William Pitt, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of S.r Brook Watson, Bar.t.
Painted by Gainsborough Dupont, 1792. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Published by Boydell & Co. Aug.t 1. 1806, No. 90 Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. 515 x 350mm (20½ x 13¾"). Framed.
A half-length portrait in oval of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), who became the youngest-ever Prime Minister in 1783, aged 24. The title refers to him as Chancellor of the Exchequer because the office of 'Prime Minister' had yet to become formalised.
CS 32, ii of ii.
[Ref: 54624] £360.00

The R.t Hon.ble William Pitt, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer. Engraved from the Original Picture in the possession of S.r Brook Watson, Bar.t.
Painted by Gainsborough Dupont, 1792. Engraved by Richard Earlom.
Published by Boydell & Co. Aug. 1. 1806, No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 515 x 355mm (20¼ x 14"). Trimmed along platemark lower edge, creased.
An oval portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), painted in 1792 but published shortly after his death. Engraving by Richard Earlom, possibly after the portrait by Gainsborough Dupont now in Temple Newsam House (LEEAG.PA.1858.0133), although extending downwards more than in the Temple Newsam portrait.
CS 32.
[Ref: 46779] £420.00

The Porter and Hare. From a most Capital Picture of Mr Zoffany in the Possession of Mr Sayer.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. Rich.d Earlom fecit.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit. London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer in Fleet-Street; Published as the Act directs 10 March 1774.
Mezzotint. 610 x 435mm (24 x 17¼"), with large margins. Slight spotting. Mounted at corners.
A pair of young boys acquire a hare from an old man, apparently for Zoffany, whose name is on the paper one boy holds up. The other boy eats a sandwich, the newly fashionable snack. The author Pierre-Jean Grosley saw sandwiches in London in 1765: his account ('Londres', published Neuchâtel in 1770 and translated as 'A Tour to London' in 1772) contains the first published version of the popular legend that the Earl of Sandwich invented them. The original oil is in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, bequeathed in 1955 by Ernest Edward Cook, grandson of travel agent Thomas Cook.
[Ref: 46189] £480.00

[Portraits of Hounds In the Hunting Hall at Houghton.]
[Wootton pinx.t. R. Earlom, sculp.]
[Published Sept.r 1, 1780, by John Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, with very large margins. 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼").
Four hunting dogs in a landscape, a whip and chain on the ground before them, other hounds racing across the hills behind. In the title area is only a coat of arms.
Wessely 140. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34573] £320.00

[Landscape with The Rape of Europa.] No. 6. [From the Original Drawing in the collection of R.P. Knight Esq.r.]
Claude fecit Rome 1670. Claude delin.t. R. Earlom sculp.t.
Pub Jan 20, 1802, by J and J Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Etching, rare proof before mezzotint. 365 x 360mm (10½ x 14") large margins. Slight creasing.
A scene near a harbour with contemporary ships. In the foreground Europe sits astride Zeus in the guise of a bull. From the 'Liber Veritatis', Book III.
[Ref: 44236] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting, in the Year 1771. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Rob.t Sayer. [&] The Inside of the Pantheon in Oxford Road. L'Intérior du Panthéon de Londres. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Rob.t Sayer.
Chas. Brandoin inv.t. et delin. Rich.d Earlom fecit. R. Sayer Excudit.
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 20 May 1772 [& 30 August 1772].
Pair of mezzotints, image 470 x 555mm. Trimmed just within plate, false margins added.
A fine pair of satires on the contemporary social scene, showing the well-do-do at the Royal Academy and Pantheon. In the Royal Academy view James Barry's 'Temptation of Adam' takes pride of place on the walls. The Pantheon was a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street, designed by James Wyatt. It opened in 1772, when the main rotunda was one of the largest rooms in England. Orginally built as a set of winter assembly rooms, it was later briefly converted into a theatre. Before being demolished in 1937, it was a bazaar and a wine merchant's show room for over a hundred years. Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733 - 1790), known as Charles Brandoin, was a Swiss painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, and caricaturist who working out of London.
Wessely 100.II. Royal Academy CS:44, state ii of iii; Pantheon CS: 45, only state.
[Ref: 7473] £1,650.00 view all images for this item

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting, in the Year 1771. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Rob.t Sayer. [&] The Inside of the Pantheon in Oxford Road. L'Intérior du Panthéon de Londres. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Rob.t Sayer.
Chas. Brandoin inv.t. et delin. Rich.d Earlom fecit. R. Sayer Excudit.
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 20 May 1772 [& 30 August 1772].
Pair of mezzotints, fine impression. Each sheet: 470 x 555mm (18½ x 22"). Cut to image. Overall paper tone and pin holes. Crease on Pantheon.
A fine pair of satires on the contemporary social scene, showing the well-do-do at the Royal Academy and Pantheon. In the Royal Academy view James Barry's 'Temptation of Adam' takes pride of place on the walls. The Pantheon was a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street, designed by James Wyatt. It opened in 1772, when the main rotunda was one of the largest rooms in England. Orginally built as a set of winter assembly rooms, it was later briefly converted into a theatre. Before being demolished in 1937, it was a bazaar and a wine merchant's show room for over a hundred years. Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733 - 1790), known as Charles Brandoin, was a Swiss painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, and caricaturist who working out of London.
[Ref: 40707] £1,750.00 view all images for this item

The Singers. From the Original Picture Painted by Hemskirk Jun.r In the Collection of Mr Marrisall.
Hemskirk jun.r pinx.t. R.Earlom fecit.
Published Oct.r 24th 1768, by J.Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with very large margins, rare. 305 x 360mm (12 x 14¼").
Three peasants sitting around a barrel in a tavern, one holding up a glass, another holding a long printed song, singing. A fourth man stands over them smoking while a fifth man urinates in the corner. Engraved by Richard Earlom after Egbert van Heemskerck II (c.1674 - 1744).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Ex Oettinger-Wallenstein Collection Sotheby's Lot 736, 18/11/97.
[Ref: 36463] £460.00

Smugglers Attack'd. From the original Picture in the Collection of Tho.s Sam.l Jollife Esq.r To whom this Plate is respectfully inscribed by his oblidged and obedient Servant B.B.Evans.
S.r Fran.s Bourgeois Pinx.t R.Earlom Sculp.st 1792.
Published [***] 1793 by B.B. Evans in the Poultry, London.
Mezzotint, open-letter proof. 500 x 665mm. Some restoration, part of publication line erased.
Companion to 'Smugglers Defeated'. Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois (1753 - 1811) was commissioned to found a Royal Collection for the Polish king Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski in 1790. In 1795 the King was forced to abdicate, leaving the collection in the hands of Bourgeois. When he died he left the collection to Dulwich College, with £10,000 to build a gallery. The Dulwich Picture Gallery was England's first public art gallery.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 744] £650.00

Smugglers Defeated. From the original Picture in the Collection of Noel Desenfans Esq.r C.G.P. To whom this Plate is respectfully inscribed by his oblidged and obedient Servant B.B.Evans.
Sir F. Bourgeois pinx.t. R.Earlom sculp.
Published May_1st 1798 by B.B.Evans, in the Poultry,_London.
Mezzotint. 500 x 665mm. Some restoration.
Companion to 'Smugglers Attack'd'. Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois (1753 - 1811) was commissioned to found a Royal Collection for the Polish king Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski in 1790. In 1795 the King was forced to abdicate, leaving the collection in the hands of Bourgeois. When he died he left the collection to Dulwich College, with £10,000 to build a gallery. The Dulwich Picture Gallery was England's first public art gallery.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 745] £625.00

[The Delivery of St. Peter out of Prison.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 51.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Aug.t 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
St Peter being delivered from Herod's prison by an angel. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'Liber Veritatis' owned by the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. Commissioned by John Boydell, Richard Earlom engraved the full set between 1774 and 1777, when they were published by Boydell in two volumes, each containing 100 prints, numbered 1-200. A third volume of 100 prints was published by Boydell in 1819, which was numbered separately, containing mezzotints by Earlom after other drawings by Claude in various collections.
[Ref: 21860] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Charles Thompson Baronet, Vice Admiral of the Red. Obiit 17 March 1799.
Painted by Gainsborough Anno 1774. Engraved by Earlom Anno 1800.
Mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with large margins.
Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet (c.1740-99), naval officer. After long service in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence (fighting at the Battle of the Chesapeaks) and War of the First Coalition, he was Admiral John Jervis's second in command at the battle of Cape St Vincent. However, his disregard for Jervis's signal to tack to counter a Spanish attacking move nearly lost the battle, and began an enmity with Jervis that eventually led to Thompson's retirement. From 1796-99 he was also MP for Monmouth.
CS: 40 ii/ii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34414] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Superb Lily.
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00

[The Topers]
Teniers [bottom left of image] R E [Richard Earlom]
J Boydell ex
Mezzotint, rich impression, small margins; 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Scratched letter proof.
Two peasants, one of whom holds a very large jug. Genre scene by Richard Earlom after Flemish painter David Teniers and published as the companion to 'The Smokers' in 1768.
Not in CS
[Ref: 31378] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Rembrandt's Wife. In the Common Parlour at Houghton.
Rembrandt Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t. Rich.d Earlom sculpsit. John Boydell excudit.
Published May 1st 1777 by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 455 x 305mm (18 x 12"). Small margins. Slight creasing, mounted on album paper at corners.
Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh, painted by Rembrandt in the 1650s, now in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Ex Collection: the Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 30. Charrington 126: iii/iii.
[Ref: 45816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Calisto in her Retirement. From the Original Picture, in the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Besborough.
Painted by S.r Anthony Van Dyke. Engraved by Rich.d Earlom.
Published Dec.r 15th 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. Sheet 410 x 540mm. Framed. Trimmed within plate, laid on board.
Having been raped by Zeus, Callisto's pregnancy is revealed while she is bathing.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6265] £780.00

Venus and Adonis. From the Original Picture by Nicholas Poussin, in the Collection of M.r. Reynolds. Size of the Picture, 2. F. 5 ½ by 3. F. 3 in Length.
Nic: Poussin pinxit. R. Earlom fecit.
John Boydell excud.t. 1766.
Mezzotint with engraving. Plate: 500 x 420mm, (19¾ x 16½"). Very large margins. Some foxing in margins.
A fine image Venus and Adonis lie sleeping in an embrace while cherubs play with bows and arrows and catch a hare. Based on Ovid's story in Metamorphoses, Book 10 which tells of how Venus took the young Adonis as her lover and tries to persuade him not to hunt fearing for his safety, Adonis however, ignores her warning and is killed by a boar. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38265] £350.00

[The Witch.] Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra sames. Virg. Æn III, v.56. From the Original Picture of the same size, in the Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Teniers pinxit. Ric.d Earlom Sculpsit. John & Josiah Boydell Excudit 1786.
Published Jany. 2d 1786 by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 670 x 490mm (26½ x 19"). Trimmed within plate.
A scene from Flemish folklore in which the avariciousness of the hag Mad Meg (or Dulle Griet) drives her to plunder Hell. Meg is depicted brandishing a sword at the three-headed Cerberus while the minions of hell, drawn in the style of Hieronymus Bosch, run away in fear. Beneath the image is a quote from Book III of Virgil's Aeneid which comments on man's lust for gold and his willingness to sin for it.
[Ref: 40706] £750.00

[Young Woman.]
G.B. Cipriani Inv.t R.d. Earlom Sculp.t
Published Sep.r 2.d 1787, by John & Josiah Boydell, No.90 Cheapside, London.
Stipple, with very large margins, printed in black and brown, partly printed in colour. Plate 279 x 205mm (11 x 8").
A young woman, holding flowers to her bosom and wearing a hart with lace. From "A collection of prints, after the sketched and drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani".
[Ref: 30351] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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