Grosvenor Prints

Doctor Parvulorum.
J. Smith exc:
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 240 x 180mm. Tear c.1cm into plate lower right.
A representation of the holy Mother and Child by John Smith, the celebrated London engraver in mezzotint born around 1655. This may be from a retouched plate issued c.1690 and originally engraved by Isaac Beckett, and then in turn probably re-issued by Boydell in the 18th century.
Not in Chaloner Smith.
[Ref: 7388] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child] Ego dilecto meo, et ad me conversio ejus. cant. 7.10. Ex Musæo Sim: du Bois Londini.
Scidon pinx: J. Smith fec: 1700.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel-Street Covent-garden.
Fine mezzotint. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Small margins.
The Madonna and child, a shallow basket with bottle and cloth beside them. An example of the second state, with year added. Engraved by John Smith after Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615).
[Ref: 60139] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mater Salvatoris.
I. Smith ex.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5''). Slight creasing top left corner, laid on album sheet at corners.
A portrait of the Virgin of the Immaculate conception, shown between the moon and the sun.
[Ref: 51110] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissima Maria Beatrix D.G. Angliae Scotiae Franciae et Hiberniae Regina & et.
N. de Largillière Pinxit. I.Smith Fecit Cum Priviligio Regis.
Sold By Alex Brown at ye blew ballcony in little Queen Street. [n.d. c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 350 x 252mm (13¾ x 10"). Late.
Oval portrait of Marie-Beatrix (1658-1718), Mary of Modena, daughter of Alfonso IV. In 1673 she became the second wife of James, Duke of York, later James II. She was mother of James Francis Edward, the 'Old Pretender'. Published in Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'.
CS:171, ii/ii.
[Ref: 30923] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Market Girl.
Publish'd May 19th 1783 by J.R. Smith No.83 Oxford Street London.
Stipples with soft ground etching, in brown ink, 270 x 230mm. 10½ x 9". Chipped margins; a fine impression on watermarked laid paper.
A young woman with a basket of food under her arm; figures and buildings in the background. Engraved and published by John Raphael Smith (1751 - 1812).
D'Oench: 219. Frankau: 231.
[Ref: 16169] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mars & Venus.
Ex Tabula Titiani. J. Smith fecit Londini, 1708.
Mezzotint, 420 x 280mm. Laid in paper mount, small margins as usual.
John Smith (1652-1743) was a gifted and ambitious printmaker and publisher whose long career began in the reign of Charles II and closed after the accession of George II. He was born in Northamptonshire and worked in London, specializing in the relatively new technique of mezzotint printing. Smith published an important set of ten mezzotints of the 'Loves of the Gods', after paintings thought to be by Titian. These belonged to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and hung at Blenheim Palace until they were destroyed by fire in 1861.
[Ref: 6151] £520.00

Mr Joseph Martyn of London, Merchant. Obijt 9 Nov: 1718 Ætatis suæ. 75.
M. Dahll pinx. 1705. J. Smith fec. 1719.
Fine & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-length portrait in oval of Joseph Martyn (1643-1718), merchant of London. He was a member of the Muscovy Company formed in 1555.
CS 167, ii.
[Ref: 59645] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Sancta Maria Magdalena.
C. Smith pinx: J Smith fec: & excud:
[n.d., c.1691.]
Mezzotint, fine impression with watermark; Sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Mary Magdalene resting on a rock, wearing a loose dress with one breast bared, a halo above her head. Under her elbow is a rock; a skull lies beside her. Challoner Smith suggests it is a portrait of Mrs. Voss, Godfrey Kneller's mistress.
CS 287.
[Ref: 61480] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary of Modena and James Francis Edward Stuart.]
I.S. ex.
[n.d., c.1690.]
A rare mezzotint. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Trimmed to plate, some wear.
The wife and son of James II, pictured in exile at the château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, continuing the Jacobite claim to Engand's throne.
Not in C.S. Not in Sharpe.
[Ref: 13975] £360.00

Thomas Maxwell Esqr. Major General of the Army, and Commander of the Dragoons in Ireland. &c.
I. Closterman pinx: I Smith fec: et excud:
[n.d., c.1692.]
Mezzotint, 340 nx 250mm. 13½ x 9¾". Glued to 19th century album page, with some creasing and scratching to left edge of image.
Portrait of Thomas Maxwell , Major-general; 2nd husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk. He wears a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, and holds a baton. Laid to Whatman album paper watermarked 1801.
Chaloner Smith: 180, II of II.
[Ref: 8929] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

No 9. Milk Maid & Cow Herd.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published Oct. 20. 1798 by I.R. Smith King Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Plate 457 x 560mm (18 x 22").
A sty at the corner of a thatched cottage, where a cow-herd stands behind a cow, resting an arm on its back as he talks to a milkmaid pushing open the gate on the right, carrying a pail.
Frankau: 238, i of ii, open-letter title.
[Ref: 19627] £350.00

No 9. Milk Maid & Cow Herd.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published Oct. 20. 1798 by J.R. Smith King Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Plate 457 x 560mm (18 x 22"). Small margins, slight split in top margin.
A sty at the corner of a thatched cottage, where a cow-herd stands behind a cow, resting an arm on its back as he talks to a milkmaid pushing open the gate on the right, carrying a pail.
Frankau: 238, ii of ii.
[Ref: 28658] £320.00

[Still-life.]
J. Baptiste Monnoyer.
[n.d. c.1691.]
Very fine mezzotint, 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"), with very large margins. Proof before artist's signature was completed. Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges. Repaired tear on right edge. Slight crease on right bottom.
Table-top still-life with roses and other flowers in a wide, rounded glass vase.
Wessely 482. Nagler 500. Collector's stamp of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.
[Ref: 59547] £420.00

Lady Caroline Montagu, Daughter of his Grace the Duke of Buccleugh
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxit. J.R. Smith Sculpsit.
Published Novr. 1st, 1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 357 x 509mm, 14½ x 20".
A child wearing dark cape, muff and dark hat with ribbon, small dog beside her. Lady Caroline Douglas [1774 - 1854], daughter of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch; married Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensbury, in 1803.
D'Oench:109CS:10.II, Frankau:244.II.
[Ref: 12353] £420.00

M.rs Mordaunt.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Publish'd November the 2.d 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, very large margins, scratched-letter proof. 380 x 280mm, 15 x 11".
Half-length portrait within an oval of Charlotte Mordaunt (née Musgrave, died 1810), wife of Rev Charles Mordaunt. She was daughter of Sir Philip Musgrave (c.1711-1795), the British politician who was MP for Westmorland from 1741 to 1747.
D'Oench 82; CS 114, i of ii.; NPG D5705. Hamilton: p.121, i/ii.
[Ref: 27187] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

George Morland. This most excellent Painter died Oct.r 29 1804 In the 41. Year of his Age.
Painted & Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London Pub Jan 20 1805 by J.R. Smith 31 King Street Cov.t Garden & R. Ackermann 101 Strand.
Mezzotint with very large margins. 390 x 360mm (19¼ x 14¼"). Some spotting on margins.
A portrait of George Morland (1763-1804), shown painting a coastal scene, looking over his shoulder towards the viewer. The portrait was painted, engraved and published by John Raphael Smith (1752-1812) who published many of Morland's works, including 'The Angler's Repast' and the famous 'Slave Trade' and 'African Hospitality' pair.
CS: 115, as described, although a later second state has been recorded. Frankau: 249; O' Dench: 392. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34328] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Evening, or the Man of Feeling. [&] Morning, or the Man of Taste.
Design's by W. H. Bunbury Esq.r.
London, Publish'd Oct.r. the 19th, 1781 by J. R. Smith No.83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Pair of stipple engravings, printed in sepia 305 x 360 mm plate mark containing a roundel of 290mm in diameter with title.
Smith generally didn't like the popular satirists but these engravings are part of a very small group of prints after Bunbury that Smith chose to produce between 1780 and 1783.
[Ref: 1060] £750.00 view all images for this item

The Hon.ble Lady Essex Mostÿn.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. 1705. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Fine mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") with large margins. Small tears in margins.
Portrait of Lady Essex Mostyn as a young woman holding flowers in her lap and wearing a plain, loose dress and robe. Lady Essex Mostyn was the daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. She married the Welsh politician Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Bt. (1673-1739), with whom she had thirteen children.
CS 184.
[Ref: 60289] £360.00

Joseph Outram Esq. Died 14th of June 1802, Aged 36. His upright principle thro_life, benevolent disposition, & real goodness of Heart, will long endear his memory, to those who enjoy'd the pleasure of his Acquaintance.
Painted by S Drummond. Engraved by I R Smith Engraver to his HRH. the Prince of Wales.
[n.d. c.1790]
Mezzotint. 354 x 249mm.
Joseph Outram (1766-1802), Diplomat and oriental scholar.
CS: 125; D'D: 380; F: 262 II
[Ref: 1905] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Painting.
Painted and Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Publish'd Mar.h 10.th 1783 by J. R. Smith N:83 Oxford Street.
A very fine mezzotint. Title plate 50 x 324mm. 2" x 12¾". Image plate 387 x 324mm. 15¼" x 12¾".
A young lady applying her make-up, watched by a servant girl.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 9198] £450.00

Mademoiselle Parisot.
Painted by A.W.Devis. Engraved by I.R.Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs March 11 1797 by A.W.Devis.
Mezzotint, open letters. 610 x 380mm. Trimmed to platemark at bottom.
Rose Parisot (c.1775-1837), French opera singer and ballerina, 'celebrated for the scantiness of her draperies' (Frankau). Parisot made her debut in Paris in 1789, and moved to London in 1796 (this print was published the following year). Her sheer costumes, which often exposed one breast, caused scandal, as recorded in many satirical prints of the 1790s. The Bishop of Durham denounced Parisot's costumes as 'indecent', and after an address to the House of Lords in 1798 certain adjustments were made. Her celebrated career ended in 1807, after which she married a Soho florist. Engraved by the celebrated mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith and published by the portrait painter Arthur William Devis (1762-1822), from whose portrait the engraving is made. After a decade working in India, Devis struggled to establish himself in London in the late 1790s, but by 1800 he was in dire financial straits, and was finally imprisoned in 1804.
Ex: collection of the late Hon C. Lennox-Boyd; D'Oench 335 (only state); Frankau ii/iii; CS 131 ii
[Ref: 36612] £1,250.00

Mademoiselle Parisot.
Painted by A.W.Devis. Engraved by I.R.Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs March 11 1797 by A.W.Devis.
Mezzotint printed in colour, fine with open letters; platemark 610 x 380mm. Wormholes lower right. Few minor repairs.
Rose Parisot (c.1775-1837), French opera singer and ballerina, 'celebrated for the scantiness of her draperies' (Frankau). Parisot made her debut in Paris in 1789, and moved to London in 1796 (this print was published the following year). Her sheer costumes, which often exposed one breast, caused scandal, as recorded in many satirical prints of the 1790s. The Bishop of Durham denounced Parisot's costumes as 'indecent', and after an address to the House of Lords in 1798 certain adjustments were made. Her celebrated career ended in 1807, after which she married a Soho florist. Engraved by the celebrated mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith and published by the portrait painter Arthur William Devis (1762-1822), from whose portrait the engraving is made. After a decade working in India, Devis struggled to establish himself in London in the late 1790s, but by 1800 he was in dire financial straits, and was finally imprisoned in 1804.
Ex: collection of the late Hon C. Lennox-Boyd; D'Oench 335 (only state); Frankau ii/iii; for uncoloured impressions see refs 5612 and 36612.
[Ref: 36613] £1,200.00

Mademoiselle Parisot.
Painted by A.W.Devis. Engraved by I.R.Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs March 11 1797 by A.W.Devis.
Mezzotint. 610 x 380mm. Laid on thick paper.
Rose Parisot, celebrated dancer of the Romantic Ballet at the London Opera House.
CS: Smith, J.R., 131.
[Ref: 5618] £2,500.00

[Hyde Parker Esq, Vice Admiral of the Blue, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships in the North Sea, on the 5th of August 1781]
[Engraved from an original painting of J. Northcote in the possession of John Parker Esqr. by J.R. Smith, & publishd by him Septemr 27th 1781 at No. 83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street, London]
Mezzotint 285 x 355mm, Trimmed at bottom, removing the uncleaned title plate.
Sir Hyde Parker I was promoted to rear-admiral in 1778. After naval victories against the French in the Caribbean, he returned home and engaged the Dutch fleet near the Dogger Bank in 1781. In December 1782, he set sail in HMS Cato to take up a posting in Bombay. The Cato was never heard of again. It is thought to have sunk off the Maldives. Among those lost were Sir Harry and his young son, who was also serving on board as a midshipman.
CS:132.i
[Ref: 14787] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Parmesan Lady. In the Collection of John Taylor Esq.r.
W.m Peters pinxit. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Published July 1st, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 7¾").
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 74. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.60, iii/iii
[Ref: 4614] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Parmesan Lady. In the Collection of John Taylor Esq.r.
W.m Peters pinxit. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Published July 1st, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Thread margins.
A half-length profile portrait within an oval border, one of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 74. Frankau 271 II.
[Ref: 60127] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Payne Galwey.
Painted by S.r Jos.a Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London Published Feb.y 1.st 1780 by J.R. Smith No.10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square.
Mezzotint. Plate: 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Thread margins.
A portrait of Philadelphia Payne Gallway (1758-1785) carrying her son Charles.
CS 133; Frankau: 273; Hamilton 101; O'D 144.
[Ref: 47623] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Petrus Alexeewitz Magnus Dominus Tzar Et Magnus Dux Moscoviae.
Iussu Britannicae Majestatis Godefridus Kneller Eques ad viuum Pinxit. 1697. I. Smith Fecit & excudit.
[n.d. c.1698]
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet. Slight nicks at edges.
A fine impression of this half length portrait of Peter I the Great (1672-1725) in an oval frame ornamented with branches. He has a thin moutache and wears armour and an ermine robe fastened by two large jewels and a string of pearls. On the base supporting oval frame lies a crown, orb, sword and sceptre.
CS 217.III.
[Ref: 58803] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Alexander Pope. Aet.s 28.
G. Kneller S.R.Imp. et Mag. Brit. Baronet.s Pinx. 1716. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1717.
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges. Repaired tear on right edge. Time stained.
Half length portrait of poet and writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744). Looking towards the right, wearing a cap, coat and open collar, with an open book in his hands and landscape of trees in the background.
CS 203.II of III.
[Ref: 59381] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Harriet Powell.
Engraved from a Painting of Mr. Peters in the Collection of John Taylor Esqr. by J.R. Smith.
Publishd october 23 1776 by J Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, sheet 261 x 196mm. Horizontal crease through publication line.
Harriet Mackenzie, Countess of Seaforth (fl. 1769 - 1779), actress and singer; second wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth. First state, with scratched letters and second 'l' of 'Powell' almost erased. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
Chaloner Smith 137, I of II. Frankau 281, I of III. D'Oench 81. NPG: D4186. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.63, i/iii
[Ref: 7877] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Will: Richards.
G: Kneller Pinx. I: Smith Fec: et ex:
[n.d., c.1688.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½''), with very large margins.
A portrait of William Richards (1643-1705) rector of Helmdon, Northamptonshire and author of ''Wallography or The British Described''.
CS 211.
[Ref: 49187] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Will: Richards.
G: Kneller Pinx.
I. Smith Fec: et ex: [n.d., c.1688.]
Mezzotint. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½"). Tipped into album page.
Half-length portrait of William Richards (1643 - 1705), divine and author, engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652-1743) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723),
CS 211, ii of iii.
[Ref: 11432] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Will: Richards.
G: Kneller Pinx.
I. Smith Fec: et ex: [n.d., c.1688.]
Fine mezzotint. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of William Richards (1643-1705), divine and author, engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652-1743) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723),
CS 211, ii of iii.
[Ref: 49564] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Robinson Montague] [Mrs Montagu. From a Painting by S.r Joshua Reynolds in the Possession of His Grace the Lord Primate of All Ireland, to whom thie Plate is Inscribed by his Graces much Oblig'd and Obed.t Serv.t John Raphael Smith.]
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. R. Smith.
Publish'd April 10th, 1776 by I.R. Smith No 10 Bateman's Buildings, Soho Square, London.
Very fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Thread margins with a little wear, repairs to corners.
Portrait of Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), the famous ''blue-stocking'', author and literary hostess, seated three-quarter length with her hands in her lap, wearing an ornate brocade dress and cap. Born Elizabeth Robinson in York, she was partly brought up in Cambridge with her grandmother whose second husband was the classical scholar Dr Conyers Middleton. In 1742 she married the wealthy landowner, Edward Montagu and by 1760 her literary breakfasts in Hill Street, Mayfair were established. After her husband's death in 1775, she commissioned James "Athenian" Stuart to design Montagu House in Portman Square (destroyed in WW2).
CS: 112. i.
[Ref: 53090] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The most Reverend Richard Robinson D.D., Archbishop of Armagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland.]
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R Smith.
[Publish'd the 13th Sept.r 1775 by J:R: Smith, No 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square.]
Fine mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and publication line. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Laid on album paper.
Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby (1708 - 1794). Robert Walpole called Robinson 'a proud but superficial man'. John Wesley accused him of being more interested in buildings than in the care of souls.
D'Oench: 65; CS: 142, this proof state not listed. Ex: Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7239] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Romance. [&] The Dream.
Painted by R.Westall. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London. Published Sept.r 6, 1791 by J.R.Smith, No 31 King Street, Covent Garden.
Pair of mezzotints, proofs before lines of poetry. Each 365 x 365mm. Folds in margins.
A woman shown reading in bed, then asleep.
D'Oench 317 & 318; Frankau 118 & 293; this state not listed in either, before their state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5623] £550.00 view all images for this item

[Rural Amusement] [&] [Rustic Employment]
[Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by J.R. Smith.]
[Published Feb.y 1788 by J.R. Smith, No. 31 King St. Covent Garden.]
Pair of oval stipples, printed in colour. Sheets (at most) 325 x 260mm (12¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed around oval printed borders, losing titles, publication lines and parts of inscriptions.
A pair of very decorative scenes of women, dressed primarily in white but with black, broad-brimmed hats, watering a garden and feeding chickens.
Frankau 299 & 301.
[Ref: 60937] £750.00

[Martin Rychart] Engraved from a [most capital] Painting of Vandyck in the collection of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Warwick by J.R. Smith & publish'd by him Novem.r 20 1779 at No 10 in Batemans Buildings Soho Square London.
Mezzotint, First state with scratched letter title, 18th century watermark. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins. Pair of worm holes in margins, some lettering abraded.
Maerten Rÿckaert (1587-1631), landscape painter and friend of Anthony van Dyck. He had only one arm, explaining the unusual framing of this portrait. Engraved by the leading mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a portrait by van Dyck now in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
CS: 144, i of iii; Frankau: 302; O'Dench: 139.
[Ref: 55689] £390.00

[James Cecil.] The Rt Hono.ble James Earl of Salisbury &c.
Kneller Eques pinx. I: Smith fe: et exc.
[n.d., c.1696.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), with very large margins, collector's stamp on reverse.
James Cecil (1691-1728), 5th Earl of Salisbury, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire between 1712-14. The collector's stamp is of Reverend J. Burleigh James, whose collection of prints, which included Dürers et Rembrandts, was sold by Sothebys in 1877, taking 25 days and raising over £4200.
Ex collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-97), described by Lugt as ''one of the most passionate collectors of his time''.
[Ref: 49571] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Godfridus Schalcken. Hanc suam Effigiem pinxit Londini 1694.
J. Smith fec. &. exc.
[n.d., c.1694.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾), with very large margins. Printer's crease in title.
A self-portrait by the Dutch artist Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706) holding a candle, a reference to his mastery of candlelit scenes. He stands by a fluted pillar, with two fragments of ancient statuary to one side.
CS 226 (only state)
[Ref: 61248] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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Frederick Duke of Schonberg. Marquis of Harwich, Earle of Brantford, Baron of Tays, Gen.ll of all his Ma.ties Forces, Master Gen.ll of his Ma.ties Ordnance, One of his Ma.ties most hono.ble Privy Council, Knight of y.e most noble Order of the Garter, Count of y.e Holy Empire, & Mertola, Grandee of Portugal, Gen.ll of y.e Elector of Brandenburgs Forces, Stadtholder of Prussia. &c.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: et ex.
[n.d. c.1689.]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, slightly creased on right.
Full-length portrait on horseback of Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615-1690), with a black serving boy on right holding a helmet. Schomberg was a Marshal of France and a general in the English and Portuguese army. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
CS 227.II. Russell 227.I.
[Ref: 60334] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

School Boys Giving Charity to a Blind Man.
Painted by W. Begg [Bigg]. Engrav'd by J.R.Smith.
London Publish'd Octr. 10. 1781 by J.R. Smith No.83 opposite the Pantheon Oxford Street, and J.Birchall No. 473 Strand.
Mezzotint. 460 x 560mm (18 x 22"), large margins. Repairs to margins.
After a painting by William Redmore Bigg RA (1755-1828) exhibited in the R.A. in 1778.
Frankau: J.R.Smith, 307.
[Ref: 56670] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Schoolboys. [Master Henry Gawler. Master J.no Gawler.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
London, Pub.d Aug.t 6, 1778, by J.R. Smith, No.10 Batemans Buildings, Soho Square.
Mezzotint, paper watermarked. Plate 376 x 279mm (14¾ x 11"). Fine impression..
The sons of John Gawler, a solicitor; the elder, also John (on right, c.1764-1842), changed his name to John Bellenden Ker and became famous as a botanist, writing Recensio Plantarum (1801), Select Orchideae (c.1816) and Iridearum Genera (1827). The second highest peak in Queensland, Australia, is named Mount Bellenden Ker in his honour. Henry Gawler (on left, fl.1794), a barrister who married Lydia Frances Neale.
CS: 67. Hamilton: p.30. Russell: 67. From the Collection of Mary Palmer, sister of Sir Joshua Reynolds..
[Ref: 28507] £320.00

Spring, Autumn.
Painted by R. Westall, Engrav'd by J. R. Smith
London Publish'd August 25th 1781 by J. R. Smith N 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Magnificient pair of extremely rare colour printed mezzotints 630 x 465mm 24¾ x 18¼ inches. Printed in colours, trimmed to plate with added false margins of contemporary paper. Abrasions on verso from former mounting.
One of the most popular artists of his time, Richard Westall R.A. (1765 - 1836) is a very young artist at this time. There is a set of 4 listed Spring and Autumn by Westall while Summer and Winter are by Wheatley. These were engraved by Bartolozzi in 1790.
Unrecorded by D'Oench and Frankau:.
[Ref: 15639] £950.00 view all images for this item

[Charles Seymour] Illustrissimus Nobilissimus Potentissimus Princeps Carolus Dux Somersetensis...
J. Riley pinx: J. Smith fec:
[Cambridge University Press, 1688.]
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") very large margins.
Portrait of Charles Seymour (1662-1748), 6th Duke of Somerset, best known for rebuilding Petworth House. Macaulay described him as ''a man in whom the pride of birth and rank amounted almost to a disease''.
[Ref: 52628] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Shepherdess. From a Picture in the Possession of Rich Wyatt Esqr.
Painted by Woodford. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London Publish'd Jany. 12th: 1787 by J.R. Smith No.31 King Street Covent Garden.
Stipples with some etching, early scratched letter proof state, title in open capitals. Brown ink, 255 x 200mm. 10 x 8". A fine impression.
A young lady in a bonnet with a shepherd's crook; sheep in landscape in distance to right. Engraved and published by John Raphael Smith (1751 - 1812).
D'Oench: 280. Frankau: 314; unrecorded state with January publication line.
[Ref: 16172] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Sclavonian Lady.
Painted by Wm. Peter. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
Published July 30th, 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm.
Half-length portrait within an oval border. One of four 'Ladies in Foreign Dress'. The artist is Matthew William Peters (1742-1814), most famous for his provocative painting of a courtesan (known as 'Lydia' in the mezzotint copy). He came to regret his choice of subject, as he was ordained in 1781, becoming the Royal Academy's chaplain (1784-8), then chaplain to the Prince of Wales.
D'Oench: 75. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997; Lady Victoria Manners, 'Matthew William Peters, R.A.' p.65, ii/ii
[Ref: 4615] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Flirtilla.
Designed and Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London. Publish'd May 12th 1787 = by J.R.Smith, King Street, Covent Garden.
Stipple. 300 x 230mm.
'The Nymph whose Charms (a numerous train) / Have wounded some poor luckless swain.'
D'Oench: fig. 130.
[Ref: 5593] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Pastoral scene with man playing a shawm.]
[after Dirk Stoop.]
J. Smith ex [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Thread margins.
A man sits under a tree, playing a shawm. Two women, one bare-breasted, holding a shepherd's crook, stand above him. A reversed copy of Stoop's design for a fan.
BM 1838,0420.74, state ii of ii, with 'J. Smith ex' rather than 'exc'.
[Ref: 60145] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble John Lord Sommers.
J. Richardson pinx. 1713. I. Smith fec.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet at edges.
Half-length portrait of John Somers, Baron Somers (1651-1716), in an oval. Wearing a long wig, neckcloth and coat. Somers was called to the Bar in 1676, and he combined his work as a barrister with involvement with Whig politics. He was at the centre of the Whig party in the twenty-five years following the revolution of 1688 as chief minister to King William III of England from 1696 to 1700, and a leader of the group of influential Whigs known as the Junto from 1696 to 1716.
CS 234. II of III. See Ref: 12870.
[Ref: 59386] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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