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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
![[Water Spaniel] A Portrait of a Dog, Belonging to Lord Edw.d Bentinck.](jpegs/64876.jpg)
[Water Spaniel] A Portrait of a Dog, Belonging to Lord Edw.d Bentinck.
G. Barret Pinx.t. J Watson fecit.
J Boydell excudit. [Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside; Nov. r 1.st 1768.]
Scarce & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 435 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"). Trimmed in plate at bottom, affecting title and losing publication line.
An untitled scene of a springer spaniel in woodland, watching a duck startled from a pool. The painting, by George Barret (1732-84), was exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain in 1768. Lord Edward Charles Bentinck (1744-1819) was the younger brother of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. He was MP for Lewes at the time this was painted.
See: Siltzer pg 383. Goodwin 175, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64876] £650.00
G. Barret Pinx.t. J Watson fecit.
J Boydell excudit. [Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside; Nov. r 1.st 1768.]
Scarce & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 435 x 550mm (17 x 21¾"). Trimmed in plate at bottom, affecting title and losing publication line.
An untitled scene of a springer spaniel in woodland, watching a duck startled from a pool. The painting, by George Barret (1732-84), was exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain in 1768. Lord Edward Charles Bentinck (1744-1819) was the younger brother of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. He was MP for Lewes at the time this was painted.
See: Siltzer pg 383. Goodwin 175, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64876] £650.00
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
![[William V, Prince of Orange] [Guillaume V.]](jpegs/65850.jpg)
[William V, Prince of Orange] [Guillaume V.]
[engraved by James Watson.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before title, inscription area uncleaned. Fine working proof. 405 x 305mm (16 x 12"). A few small tears in margins. Small margins.
A three quarter portrait of Prince William V of Orange (1748-1806), with his left hand on his hip, wearing embroidered coat, star and sash, his hair powdered. The first lettered state was the last, published by Robert Sayer in 1772.
Goodwin 87, state i of iii. CS 110. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65850] £320.00
[engraved by James Watson.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before title, inscription area uncleaned. Fine working proof. 405 x 305mm (16 x 12"). A few small tears in margins. Small margins.
A three quarter portrait of Prince William V of Orange (1748-1806), with his left hand on his hip, wearing embroidered coat, star and sash, his hair powdered. The first lettered state was the last, published by Robert Sayer in 1772.
Goodwin 87, state i of iii. CS 110. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65850] £320.00
![[Henry Woodward]](jpegs/46856.jpg)
[Henry 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.
Henry 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. This impression was 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.
Henry 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. This impression was 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)