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![[Diana and Actaeon.]](jpegs/67823.jpg)
[Diana and Actaeon.]
P. Berchet in. et. pinx.
I. Smith fec. et ex. [n.d., c.1705.]
Rare mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on 18th century card, edge of image on right scraped. Silverfish damage top centre.
Diana and her companions bathing in a pool, discovered by Actaeon. As the goddess gestures at him, Acteaon feels the antlers sprouting from his head and his hunting dogs start barking at him. Pierre Berchet (1659-c1719), French painter of decorative history subjects, worked in Britain, painting the ceiling of the Chapel of Trinity College, Oxford, c.1694.
Wessely 365. See [Ref: 53060] for untrimmed version.
[Ref: 67823] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P. Berchet in. et. pinx.
I. Smith fec. et ex. [n.d., c.1705.]
Rare mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on 18th century card, edge of image on right scraped. Silverfish damage top centre.
Diana and her companions bathing in a pool, discovered by Actaeon. As the goddess gestures at him, Acteaon feels the antlers sprouting from his head and his hunting dogs start barking at him. Pierre Berchet (1659-c1719), French painter of decorative history subjects, worked in Britain, painting the ceiling of the Chapel of Trinity College, Oxford, c.1694.
Wessely 365. See [Ref: 53060] for untrimmed version.
[Ref: 67823] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
M.dme Rose Didelot, in the Character of Calypso, in the Ballet of Telemachus. Composed by Mr. Dauberval.
Cha.s Henard del.t. Conde & Reynolds sculp.t.
[London, c.1791.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"). Ink collector's mark on reverse. Trimmed to plate, some surface rubbing
A full length portrait of Rose Didelot (d.1806), wife of Charles Louis Didelot, in classical dress, standing in a garden. A talented ballerina, she was a rival of Parisot, although the three appeared together in a performance of 'Alonzo e Caro' at the Opera in 1796, causing a scandal with their scanty costumes (subject of Gillray's 'Modern Graces').
Whitman 70. Ex: Collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and American collector Frederic Robert Halsey (1847-1918), Lugt 1308.
[Ref: 67909] £420.00
Cha.s Henard del.t. Conde & Reynolds sculp.t.
[London, c.1791.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"). Ink collector's mark on reverse. Trimmed to plate, some surface rubbing
A full length portrait of Rose Didelot (d.1806), wife of Charles Louis Didelot, in classical dress, standing in a garden. A talented ballerina, she was a rival of Parisot, although the three appeared together in a performance of 'Alonzo e Caro' at the Opera in 1796, causing a scandal with their scanty costumes (subject of Gillray's 'Modern Graces').
Whitman 70. Ex: Collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and American collector Frederic Robert Halsey (1847-1918), Lugt 1308.
[Ref: 67909] £420.00
No.XXXVII Mrs R-n. No.XXXVIII The Macaroni Parson.
[A. Hamilton Jun.r] [n.d. c.1774]
Engraving, 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"), with large margins.
Two bust portraits in ovals illustrating an account of the affair between English Anglican clergyman, William Dodd (1729-77) and Mrs R------n, the young wife of a rich merchant, whom he visits without exciting the jealousy of his wife or her husband. Dodd was known as the ''Macaroni Parson'' for his extravagant lifestyle, he turned to forgery to cover his debts. He was convicted and, despite a public campaign for a royal pardon supported by Samuel Johnson, was hanged at Tyburn. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satires 5249.
[Ref: 67896] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[A. Hamilton Jun.r] [n.d. c.1774]
Engraving, 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"), with large margins.
Two bust portraits in ovals illustrating an account of the affair between English Anglican clergyman, William Dodd (1729-77) and Mrs R------n, the young wife of a rich merchant, whom he visits without exciting the jealousy of his wife or her husband. Dodd was known as the ''Macaroni Parson'' for his extravagant lifestyle, he turned to forgery to cover his debts. He was convicted and, despite a public campaign for a royal pardon supported by Samuel Johnson, was hanged at Tyburn. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satires 5249.
[Ref: 67896] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Domenichino Landscape] N.º 2.](jpegs/67919.jpg)
[Domenichino Landscape] N.º 2. From the Original Picture in the Collection of the Rev.d W.m Holwell Carr, to whom this plate s Iscribed by his Obliged Humble Servant, J. Powell.
Painted by Dominichino. Etch'd by J. Powell.
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1812, by J. Powell, 32, Great Portland Street, and by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street.
Rare etching. 555 x 425mm (21¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate.
An Italianate landscape with a man rowing a couple in a boat on a river, with two women and a shepherd on the wooded banks. Behind is a castle and houses. After Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino, although the painting is not listed by Spear.
[Ref: 67919] £320.00
Painted by Dominichino. Etch'd by J. Powell.
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1812, by J. Powell, 32, Great Portland Street, and by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street.
Rare etching. 555 x 425mm (21¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate.
An Italianate landscape with a man rowing a couple in a boat on a river, with two women and a shepherd on the wooded banks. Behind is a castle and houses. After Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino, although the painting is not listed by Spear.
[Ref: 67919] £320.00
![[Gerritt Dou] Le Portrait of Gerard Dow, Célèbre Peintre Hollandois, peint par lui même.](jpegs/67908.jpg)
[Gerritt Dou] Le Portrait of Gerard Dow, Célèbre Peintre Hollandois, peint par lui même.
Gerard Dow pinx. Ingouf j.or sculp. 1776.
AParis chez Basan et Poignant M.ds d'Estampes, rue et Hôtel Serpente.
Engraving. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"), large margins.
A self-portrait of Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Dou (1613-75), playing a violin in an arched window, his music resting on the sill on which is a frieze of cherubs playing with a goat. In the background an assistant grinds pigments,
[Ref: 67908] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Gerard Dow pinx. Ingouf j.or sculp. 1776.
AParis chez Basan et Poignant M.ds d'Estampes, rue et Hôtel Serpente.
Engraving. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"), large margins.
A self-portrait of Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Dou (1613-75), playing a violin in an arched window, his music resting on the sill on which is a frieze of cherubs playing with a goat. In the background an assistant grinds pigments,
[Ref: 67908] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Hon.ble Caroline Lucy Douglas.]](jpegs/67835.jpg)
[The Hon.ble Caroline Lucy Douglas.]
[Drawn by C.L.D. Engraved by W. Say. Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[London: Pub.d & Sold by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King & Royal Family, Bond St.rt corner of Brook Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 610 x 485mm (24 x 19") Blindstamp in inscription area, tear in bottom margin taped.
A self-portrait of novelist and painter Caroline Lucy Douglas (1784-1857) standing on battlements, probably Douglas Castle, holding one of her own books. The daughter of the 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas, she married Vice Admiral Sir George Scott. The original painting, sold at auction in 2017, was dated 1807.
For lettered proof see Ref 56263 and Pair 8282.
[Ref: 67835] £320.00
[Drawn by C.L.D. Engraved by W. Say. Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.]
[London: Pub.d & Sold by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King & Royal Family, Bond St.rt corner of Brook Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 610 x 485mm (24 x 19") Blindstamp in inscription area, tear in bottom margin taped.
A self-portrait of novelist and painter Caroline Lucy Douglas (1784-1857) standing on battlements, probably Douglas Castle, holding one of her own books. The daughter of the 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas, she married Vice Admiral Sir George Scott. The original painting, sold at auction in 2017, was dated 1807.
For lettered proof see Ref 56263 and Pair 8282.
[Ref: 67835] £320.00
To His Royal highness The Prince Regent This Portrait of L.t General Sir John Doyle Bar.t G.C.B. K.C. Is humbly Dedicated by His Royal Highnesses most obedient & devoted Serv.t John P Thompson. Proof
James Ramsay Esq. pinxit. W.Say sculp Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London. Pub. Nov 1., 1817. by Thompson. 26 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Chips to edges of margins.
A three-quarter portrait of General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), in uniform, with horse and Arab groom. In the background is the French Régiment de Dromadaires, which Doyle persuaded to surrender without a fight in 1801. Doyle served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting with Abercromby in Egypt. After active service he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and lieutenant-governor of Guernsey from 1802 to 1813. A mason, he was Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Lodge No.116, and a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge and Premier Grand Lodge
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For lettered impression see Ref 66306.
[Ref: 67836] £420.00
James Ramsay Esq. pinxit. W.Say sculp Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London. Pub. Nov 1., 1817. by Thompson. 26 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Chips to edges of margins.
A three-quarter portrait of General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), in uniform, with horse and Arab groom. In the background is the French Régiment de Dromadaires, which Doyle persuaded to surrender without a fight in 1801. Doyle served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting with Abercromby in Egypt. After active service he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and lieutenant-governor of Guernsey from 1802 to 1813. A mason, he was Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Lodge No.116, and a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge and Premier Grand Lodge
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For lettered impression see Ref 66306.
[Ref: 67836] £420.00
Draught Horses. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection of Sir J.E. Swinburne. Bart. to whom this Plate is humbly dedicated by his obedient Servants. A. Cooper & W. Giller.
Painted by A. Cooper Esqr. R.A. Engraved by W. Giller.
London, Published July 1. 1836. by Hodgson & Graves, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 360 x 410mm (14¼ x 16"), large margins. Platemark cracked. Repaired splits in platemark
Two shire horses in a stable, tack hanging from the walls.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67922] £490.00
Painted by A. Cooper Esqr. R.A. Engraved by W. Giller.
London, Published July 1. 1836. by Hodgson & Graves, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 360 x 410mm (14¼ x 16"), large margins. Platemark cracked. Repaired splits in platemark
Two shire horses in a stable, tack hanging from the walls.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67922] £490.00
Draught Horses. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection of Sir J.E. Swinburne. Bart. to whom this Plate is humbly dedicated by his obedient Servants. A. Cooper & W. Giller.
Painted by A. Cooper Esqr. R.A. Engraved by W. Giller.
London, Published Feb.y 14. 1829. by Mess.rs Moon Boys & Graves, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 360 x 410mm (14¼ x 16"), with large margins. Tear through title repaired.
Two shire horses in a stable, tack hanging from the walls.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67921] £490.00
Painted by A. Cooper Esqr. R.A. Engraved by W. Giller.
London, Published Feb.y 14. 1829. by Mess.rs Moon Boys & Graves, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 360 x 410mm (14¼ x 16"), with large margins. Tear through title repaired.
Two shire horses in a stable, tack hanging from the walls.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67921] £490.00
![[John Durant.]](jpegs/68162.jpg)
[John Durant.] This shade's the Authors outside: but this booke his inside opens, prethee doe not looke [...]
[n.d., c.1653.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Durant (1620-89), an independant divine. Frontispiece to his 'The salvation of the saints by the appearances of Christ' (1653).
[Ref: 68162] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1653.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Durant (1620-89), an independant divine. Frontispiece to his 'The salvation of the saints by the appearances of Christ' (1653).
[Ref: 68162] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dutch Reformed Church] Gedenk-zuil op de in hun Ampt herstelde Predikanten te Amsteldam.](jpegs/67821.jpg)
[Dutch Reformed Church] Gedenk-zuil op de in hun Ampt herstelde Predikanten te Amsteldam. [Opgedragen a an de Gereformeerde Gemeente van Jezus Christus to Amsteldam.]
J. van Meurs del. N. v.d. Meer Jun.r Sculp.
J. et H. Brandt Excud. [n.d., 1804.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 425 x 300mm (10¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed close to image and losing second part of title, small tears.
A column with twelve silhouette medallion portraits of ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church in Amsterdam, named in a key, surrounded by allegorical figures.
[Ref: 67821] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. van Meurs del. N. v.d. Meer Jun.r Sculp.
J. et H. Brandt Excud. [n.d., 1804.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 425 x 300mm (10¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed close to image and losing second part of title, small tears.
A column with twelve silhouette medallion portraits of ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church in Amsterdam, named in a key, surrounded by allegorical figures.
[Ref: 67821] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Samuel Dyer, Esq:r F.R.S.
S:r Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. G. Marchi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.ry 20: 1773, to be had of M:r Marchi S.t Martins Lane near Long Acre.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 455 x 340mm (18 x 13¼"). Narrow margins. Repairs.
A half-length seated portrait of translator Samuel Dyer (1725-72), leaning on books, on a table with inkstand. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke.
CS 6, ii of ii; Hamilton p.25, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E.M. Hamilton (EMH ink stamp).
[Ref: 67986] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
S:r Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. G. Marchi fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.ry 20: 1773, to be had of M:r Marchi S.t Martins Lane near Long Acre.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 455 x 340mm (18 x 13¼"). Narrow margins. Repairs.
A half-length seated portrait of translator Samuel Dyer (1725-72), leaning on books, on a table with inkstand. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke.
CS 6, ii of ii; Hamilton p.25, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E.M. Hamilton (EMH ink stamp).
[Ref: 67986] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
New Invented Elastic Breeches.
J. Nixon fecit 1784. [Rowlandson]
Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1784 by W Humphrey N.o 227 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album paper. Time stained. Pin holes in top corners.
A satire on the fashion for close-fitting leather breeches. The interior of a breeches-maker’s shop. Two men, one standing on a chair, the other on a stool, strain to pull up the extremely tight breeches of a stout man, lifting him off the ground in the process. A stout woman enters from the right carrying a pair of breeches. On the wall hangs a placard reading: ''Ramskin, Elastic Spring Breeches Maker They set close to the Hips and never alter their Shape which Thousands can Testify Likewise a large & curious assortment of Breeches Balls Straps Boot Garters &c &c &c.'' More breeches hanging on the wall.
BM Satires 6723.
[Ref: 68014] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Nixon fecit 1784. [Rowlandson]
Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1784 by W Humphrey N.o 227 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album paper. Time stained. Pin holes in top corners.
A satire on the fashion for close-fitting leather breeches. The interior of a breeches-maker’s shop. Two men, one standing on a chair, the other on a stool, strain to pull up the extremely tight breeches of a stout man, lifting him off the ground in the process. A stout woman enters from the right carrying a pair of breeches. On the wall hangs a placard reading: ''Ramskin, Elastic Spring Breeches Maker They set close to the Hips and never alter their Shape which Thousands can Testify Likewise a large & curious assortment of Breeches Balls Straps Boot Garters &c &c &c.'' More breeches hanging on the wall.
BM Satires 6723.
[Ref: 68014] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Elephant charging two lions.]](jpegs/68099.jpg)
[Elephant charging two lions.]
Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt [Signature in pencil]
[n.d., c.1960.]
Etching, 420 x 610mm (16½ x 24"), with enormous margins. Limited edition of 120.
Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt (1895-1977), animalier artist, particularly known for his dog portraits.
[Ref: 68099] £680.00
Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt [Signature in pencil]
[n.d., c.1960.]
Etching, 420 x 610mm (16½ x 24"), with enormous margins. Limited edition of 120.
Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt (1895-1977), animalier artist, particularly known for his dog portraits.
[Ref: 68099] £680.00
Eos.
Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. C.A. Tomkins.
London, Henry Graves & Co. Dec.r 1.st 1887, Copyright.
Mezzotint, proof with scratched title, printed on chine collé, Printseller's Association blindstamp. 215 x 240mm (8½ x 9½"), with large margins.
Eos, Prince Albert's favourite greyhound, standing at a table, a hat and white gloves on a stool. Albert brought him from Germany when he married Victoria in 1840 and the following year the Queen commissioned this portrait as a surprise Christmas present. Issued for the Library edition of Landseer's work.
[Ref: 67928] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. C.A. Tomkins.
London, Henry Graves & Co. Dec.r 1.st 1887, Copyright.
Mezzotint, proof with scratched title, printed on chine collé, Printseller's Association blindstamp. 215 x 240mm (8½ x 9½"), with large margins.
Eos, Prince Albert's favourite greyhound, standing at a table, a hat and white gloves on a stool. Albert brought him from Germany when he married Victoria in 1840 and the following year the Queen commissioned this portrait as a surprise Christmas present. Issued for the Library edition of Landseer's work.
[Ref: 67928] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The merry Fidler. Le Violon. Suonatore di Violino. 24.
MLauron delin: I Savage Sculptr. A:O:et S:R:
P Tempest exc: Cum privilegio. [Henry Overton, c.1711?]
Etching. Sheet 245 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to printed border, repairs to fold.
A young fiddler, wearing hat with a bow, a matching bow hanging from the end of neck of his violin. The BM example has a note identifying him as Hugh Massey. After Marcellus Laroon (c.1650-1702), from the series 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life', first published by Pierce Tempest in 1688. This example has the added plate number '24'.
See BM L,85.36.
[Ref: 67864] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
MLauron delin: I Savage Sculptr. A:O:et S:R:
P Tempest exc: Cum privilegio. [Henry Overton, c.1711?]
Etching. Sheet 245 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½"). Trimmed to printed border, repairs to fold.
A young fiddler, wearing hat with a bow, a matching bow hanging from the end of neck of his violin. The BM example has a note identifying him as Hugh Massey. After Marcellus Laroon (c.1650-1702), from the series 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life', first published by Pierce Tempest in 1688. This example has the added plate number '24'.
See BM L,85.36.
[Ref: 67864] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Finding of Moses] Affigis Tharidas...](jpegs/68098.jpg)
[The Finding of Moses] Affigis Tharidas...
Egidius Coninxlogensis Inucntoz. Nicolaus de Bruyn Sculptoe.
1601.
Fine & rare engraving, 420 x 655mm (16½ x 25¾"). Thread margins. Glued to album paper in corners. Central crease where previously folded.
A biblical scene set in a wooded landscape: a man stands on a riverbank holding a cradle with an infant, while Pharaoh’s daughter and her attendants watch from the opposite shore; a stag appears at left, with towns lining a winding river in the background. After Flemish painter Gillis van Coninxloo (1544–1607) and engraved by engraver and publisher Nicolaas de Bruyn (1571 - 1656).
New Hollestein 23.
[Ref: 68098] £750.00
Egidius Coninxlogensis Inucntoz. Nicolaus de Bruyn Sculptoe.
1601.
Fine & rare engraving, 420 x 655mm (16½ x 25¾"). Thread margins. Glued to album paper in corners. Central crease where previously folded.
A biblical scene set in a wooded landscape: a man stands on a riverbank holding a cradle with an infant, while Pharaoh’s daughter and her attendants watch from the opposite shore; a stag appears at left, with towns lining a winding river in the background. After Flemish painter Gillis van Coninxloo (1544–1607) and engraved by engraver and publisher Nicolaas de Bruyn (1571 - 1656).
New Hollestein 23.
[Ref: 68098] £750.00
Right Hon.ble Earl Fitzwilliam.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Engrav'd by J. Grozer
Publish'd as the Act directs March 31 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master, Engraver & Print Merchant, No. 185 Piccadilly, near St. James's Church.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), very large margins. Printer's crease across image.
A half-length portrait of Whig statesman William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1748-1833), 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, one of the richest men in Britain at the time.
CS 11; Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. Engrav'd by J. Grozer
Publish'd as the Act directs March 31 1786 by W.m Austin Drawing Master, Engraver & Print Merchant, No. 185 Piccadilly, near St. James's Church.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"), very large margins. Printer's crease across image.
A half-length portrait of Whig statesman William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1748-1833), 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, one of the richest men in Britain at the time.
CS 11; Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Flemish Characters.
Drawn and Engraved by James Gillray 1793.
London Pubd by G. Humphrey 27 St James's St Jan.y 1. 1822.
Scarce etching, first engraved with top third. Sheet 225 x 355mm (8¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate.
A satirical scene in the market-square of a Flemish town, perhaps Ghent. On the left men gamble on a spinning dial (a rudimentary form of roulette). In the centre are a group of clerics, deep in coversation. On the right a small crowd gathers around a milkmaid, with yoke and pails. Behind British guardsmen are being drilled. Gillray visited Flanders with Philip James de Loutherbourg in 1793, during the Flanders Campaign (1792-5) of the War of the First Coalition.
BM 8383.
[Ref: 68198] £360.00
Drawn and Engraved by James Gillray 1793.
London Pubd by G. Humphrey 27 St James's St Jan.y 1. 1822.
Scarce etching, first engraved with top third. Sheet 225 x 355mm (8¾ x 14"). Trimmed within plate.
A satirical scene in the market-square of a Flemish town, perhaps Ghent. On the left men gamble on a spinning dial (a rudimentary form of roulette). In the centre are a group of clerics, deep in coversation. On the right a small crowd gathers around a milkmaid, with yoke and pails. Behind British guardsmen are being drilled. Gillray visited Flanders with Philip James de Loutherbourg in 1793, during the Flanders Campaign (1792-5) of the War of the First Coalition.
BM 8383.
[Ref: 68198] £360.00
![[Samuel Foote Esq.r.]](jpegs/68037.jpg)
[Samuel Foote Esq.r.]
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav’d by T. Blackmore.]
[Publish’d June y 4.th.1771. accor.g to Act of Parliament by W.W. Ryland in Cornhill.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 450 x 330mm (17¾ x 13"), large margins. Unidentified collector's ink stamp on reverse.
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 656); three-quarter length standing, turned slightly to left, leaning on stick, with left arm resting on right hand, wearing patterned waistcoat; curtain behind. Samuel Foote (1721-1777), actor, playwright and theatre (Haymarket) manager. Native of Truro, for which his father was MP. Squandered a fortune as a student and took to acting and writing satirical pieces for the theatre, including 'The minor'. He lost a leg in 1766 as a result of a practical joke, but continued acting in spite of it.
CS: 2, i of iii. Hamilton: p.27, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68037] £380.00
[Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav’d by T. Blackmore.]
[Publish’d June y 4.th.1771. accor.g to Act of Parliament by W.W. Ryland in Cornhill.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 450 x 330mm (17¾ x 13"), large margins. Unidentified collector's ink stamp on reverse.
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 656); three-quarter length standing, turned slightly to left, leaning on stick, with left arm resting on right hand, wearing patterned waistcoat; curtain behind. Samuel Foote (1721-1777), actor, playwright and theatre (Haymarket) manager. Native of Truro, for which his father was MP. Squandered a fortune as a student and took to acting and writing satirical pieces for the theatre, including 'The minor'. He lost a leg in 1766 as a result of a practical joke, but continued acting in spite of it.
CS: 2, i of iii. Hamilton: p.27, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68037] £380.00
![[Henry Fox, Lord Holland] The ever-memorable Peace-Makers settling their Accounts.](jpegs/67945.jpg)
[Henry Fox, Lord Holland] The ever-memorable Peace-Makers settling their Accounts. N.º XXXVI.
[n.d., but 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and around title, losing pagination top right, laid on album paper.
The Duke of Bedford, Earl of Bute and Lord Holland (Henry Fox) sitting around a table, with the devil behind Holland, holding an axe. Holland writes in a book inscribed 'unac.d Millions'. A satire on Holland's alleged diversion of public money to private purposes: shortly before this print was published a petition submitted to the king by the Freeholders of Middlesex described him as 'a notorious defaulter of unaccounted millions', Published in 'The Town and Country Magazine', 5 July 1769.
BM Satires 4300.
[Ref: 67945] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., but 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and around title, losing pagination top right, laid on album paper.
The Duke of Bedford, Earl of Bute and Lord Holland (Henry Fox) sitting around a table, with the devil behind Holland, holding an axe. Holland writes in a book inscribed 'unac.d Millions'. A satire on Holland's alleged diversion of public money to private purposes: shortly before this print was published a petition submitted to the king by the Freeholders of Middlesex described him as 'a notorious defaulter of unaccounted millions', Published in 'The Town and Country Magazine', 5 July 1769.
BM Satires 4300.
[Ref: 67945] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Frederick V. of Simmerin, Elector Palatine 1610, Titular King of Bohemia 1619. K.G. Obit 1632, Aet. 36.]
[Engraved by Charles Turner, from an authentic original.]
[London:Published by S.Woodburn, 112, St. Martin's Lane. 1813.]
Mezzotint proof before title, 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 10½"), with very large margins. Foxing, mostly localised to platemark and margins.
Frederick V (1596 - 1632) was Elector Palatine (1610 - 1623), and, as Frederick I, King of Bohemia (1619-20). On horseback with a battle scene behind. Engraved by Charles Turner (1773 - 1857) for a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 471. See [Ref: 13289] for lettered version. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68170] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Charles Turner, from an authentic original.]
[London:Published by S.Woodburn, 112, St. Martin's Lane. 1813.]
Mezzotint proof before title, 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 10½"), with very large margins. Foxing, mostly localised to platemark and margins.
Frederick V (1596 - 1632) was Elector Palatine (1610 - 1623), and, as Frederick I, King of Bohemia (1619-20). On horseback with a battle scene behind. Engraved by Charles Turner (1773 - 1857) for a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 471. See [Ref: 13289] for lettered version. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68170] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Die Spieler. The Gamesters.
Caravagio pinx.t. W. French sc.
Dresdener Galerie [n.d. c.1850].
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed losing platemark at top.
Two card players, shown half-length at a table: the player on the left conceals a card in his right hand while watching as an accomplice stealthily approaches his opponent from behind, signalling three with his right hand, sword poised in his left. The painting is in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, long thought to be by Caravaggio (1571–1610), it was reattributed to Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) in 1906. Engraved by the English engraver William French (1815–1898), who produced engravings after works by English contemporaries as well as old masters.
Ex: Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68154] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)
Caravagio pinx.t. W. French sc.
Dresdener Galerie [n.d. c.1850].
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed losing platemark at top.
Two card players, shown half-length at a table: the player on the left conceals a card in his right hand while watching as an accomplice stealthily approaches his opponent from behind, signalling three with his right hand, sword poised in his left. The painting is in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, long thought to be by Caravaggio (1571–1610), it was reattributed to Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) in 1906. Engraved by the English engraver William French (1815–1898), who produced engravings after works by English contemporaries as well as old masters.
Ex: Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68154] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)
![[Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy.]](jpegs/67822.jpg)
[Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy.]
[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. Parker, _PrintSellers in Cornhill, opposite Birchin Lane, London.]
Mezzotint, without the title printed from a separate plate, 18th century watermark. 410 x 505mm (16 x 20"). Tear entering plate at top, two tears and rubbing in margin.
A portrait of actor David Garrick (1717-1779), showing him torn between the female figures of Comedy and Tragedy. Although he looks at Tragedy he is allowing Comedy to pull him away. The scene is a parody of the Choice of Hercules, in which the hero was asked to choose between Pleasure and Virtue, choosing the more difficult but more honourable path of Virtue. Walpole notes that the idea for the painting was Garrick's. The picture was one of Garrick's favourites: in 1764 he wrote from Paris, ''I am so plagu'd here for my prints or rather prints of me - that I must desire you to send me by the first opportunity six prints from Reynolds' picture, you may apply to the engraver he lives in Leicester Fields, and his name is Fisher, he will give you good ones, if he knows they are for me''. A separate plate was used to print the title, with a Latin title (''Reddere Personæ scit convenientia cuique'').
CS 20, iii of iii. Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 67822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[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. Parker, _PrintSellers in Cornhill, opposite Birchin Lane, London.]
Mezzotint, without the title printed from a separate plate, 18th century watermark. 410 x 505mm (16 x 20"). Tear entering plate at top, two tears and rubbing in margin.
A portrait of actor David Garrick (1717-1779), showing him torn between the female figures of Comedy and Tragedy. Although he looks at Tragedy he is allowing Comedy to pull him away. The scene is a parody of the Choice of Hercules, in which the hero was asked to choose between Pleasure and Virtue, choosing the more difficult but more honourable path of Virtue. Walpole notes that the idea for the painting was Garrick's. The picture was one of Garrick's favourites: in 1764 he wrote from Paris, ''I am so plagu'd here for my prints or rather prints of me - that I must desire you to send me by the first opportunity six prints from Reynolds' picture, you may apply to the engraver he lives in Leicester Fields, and his name is Fisher, he will give you good ones, if he knows they are for me''. A separate plate was used to print the title, with a Latin title (''Reddere Personæ scit convenientia cuique'').
CS 20, iii of iii. Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 67822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Garrick in the character of Kitely; Every Man in his Humour. Act 2,d Scene 1,st.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased horizontal centre, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased horizontal centre, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Garrick in the character of Kitely; Every Man in his Humour. Act 2,d Scene 1,st.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. [Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crack in top platemark taped, nicks in edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, ii of iv.
[Ref: 67993] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. [Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crack in top platemark taped, nicks in edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, ii of iv.
[Ref: 67993] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Geminiani.
Tho.s Jenkins Pinxit. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[Sold by J. Oswald at his Musick Shop in S.t Martins Church Yard. Price 2s.] [n.d. c.1750]
Very rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed losing publication line. Light creasing and white marks.
A three-quarter-length portrait of the violinist and composer Francesco Geminiani (1680-1761), seated facing left and gazing toward the viewer. He holds a sheet of paper in his left hand, his arm resting on a table beside a quill and inkstand, while a quill in his right hand rests on his knee. He is dressed in a dark coat, an ornamented waistcoat, a frilled cravat, and a shoulder-length wig.
CS 82 I of II. Goodwin 164. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68180] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Tho.s Jenkins Pinxit. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[Sold by J. Oswald at his Musick Shop in S.t Martins Church Yard. Price 2s.] [n.d. c.1750]
Very rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed losing publication line. Light creasing and white marks.
A three-quarter-length portrait of the violinist and composer Francesco Geminiani (1680-1761), seated facing left and gazing toward the viewer. He holds a sheet of paper in his left hand, his arm resting on a table beside a quill and inkstand, while a quill in his right hand rests on his knee. He is dressed in a dark coat, an ornamented waistcoat, a frilled cravat, and a shoulder-length wig.
CS 82 I of II. Goodwin 164. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68180] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Geminiani.
Tho.s Jenkins Pinxit. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[Sold by J. Oswald at his Musick Shop in S.t Martins Church Yard. Price 2s.] [n.d. c.1750]
Very rare and fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with very large margins. Creasing.
A three-quarter-length portrait of the violinist and composer Francesco Geminiani (1680-1761), seated facing left and gazing toward the viewer. He holds a sheet of paper in his left hand, his arm resting on a table beside a quill and inkstand, while a quill in his right hand rests on his knee. He is dressed in a dark coat, an ornamented waistcoat, a frilled cravat, and a shoulder-length wig.
CS 82 I of II. Goodwin 164. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68181] £360.00
Tho.s Jenkins Pinxit. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
[Sold by J. Oswald at his Musick Shop in S.t Martins Church Yard. Price 2s.] [n.d. c.1750]
Very rare and fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"), with very large margins. Creasing.
A three-quarter-length portrait of the violinist and composer Francesco Geminiani (1680-1761), seated facing left and gazing toward the viewer. He holds a sheet of paper in his left hand, his arm resting on a table beside a quill and inkstand, while a quill in his right hand rests on his knee. He is dressed in a dark coat, an ornamented waistcoat, a frilled cravat, and a shoulder-length wig.
CS 82 I of II. Goodwin 164. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68181] £360.00
The Royal Ass.
York Sculpsit. Stewart del.t.
Pub acc.y to act May 20. 1780. by M Darly (39) Strand. [But later]
Etching, 160 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Light creasing.
An ass wearing a crown (George III) is led toward a domed building with two steeples labelled ''Rome,'' intended to represent St Peter’s. The ass is guided by a man with the legs and tail of a devil, identified as Bute (1713-92), partly dressed in tartan, who declares, ''This is my Ass & I’ll lead it where I please.'' Behind them stands a bishop in mitre and long gown, wielding a birch rod and pointing to the animal’s hindquarters, saying, ''Lead on my Lord I’ll drive the beast along.'' This figure represents Markham (1719-1807), the unpopular Archbishop of York, whose birch rod alludes to his former role as headmaster of Westminster School and later as preceptor to the Prince of Wales and his brother (1771–76). Nearby, two small boys, one wearing the ribbon of an order, gesture toward the ass; one asks the other, ''Where are they driving Papa too.''
BM Satires 5669.
[Ref: 68061] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
York Sculpsit. Stewart del.t.
Pub acc.y to act May 20. 1780. by M Darly (39) Strand. [But later]
Etching, 160 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Light creasing.
An ass wearing a crown (George III) is led toward a domed building with two steeples labelled ''Rome,'' intended to represent St Peter’s. The ass is guided by a man with the legs and tail of a devil, identified as Bute (1713-92), partly dressed in tartan, who declares, ''This is my Ass & I’ll lead it where I please.'' Behind them stands a bishop in mitre and long gown, wielding a birch rod and pointing to the animal’s hindquarters, saying, ''Lead on my Lord I’ll drive the beast along.'' This figure represents Markham (1719-1807), the unpopular Archbishop of York, whose birch rod alludes to his former role as headmaster of Westminster School and later as preceptor to the Prince of Wales and his brother (1771–76). Nearby, two small boys, one wearing the ribbon of an order, gesture toward the ass; one asks the other, ''Where are they driving Papa too.''
BM Satires 5669.
[Ref: 68061] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta, Prince & Princess of Wales. Prince William Born 14 Nov.r 1743. Prince George Born 24 May 1738. Prince Edward Born 14 March 1738/9.
Du Pan Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for T. Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 505mm (14 x 20"). Trimmed into image on three sides, repairs into plate at bottom.
A decorative group portait in a garden, with: George (later George III) firing an arrow at a popinjay; Edward (Duke of York & Albany), holding a gun; William Henry (Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh), still in skirts, holding a garland of flowers; Elizabeth in a small carriage drawn by a dog; and Augusta holding the baby Henry.
CS 147, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67544] £480.00
Du Pan Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for T. Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 505mm (14 x 20"). Trimmed into image on three sides, repairs into plate at bottom.
A decorative group portait in a garden, with: George (later George III) firing an arrow at a popinjay; Edward (Duke of York & Albany), holding a gun; William Henry (Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh), still in skirts, holding a garland of flowers; Elizabeth in a small carriage drawn by a dog; and Augusta holding the baby Henry.
CS 147, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67544] £480.00
![[Francis Glisson.]](jpegs/68016.jpg)
[Francis Glisson.] Fransisci Glissoni. Med, Dris Effigies. Ætat suæ 80.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Francis Glisson (1597 - 1677), English physician, anatomist, and writer on medical subjects. He did important work on the anatomy of the liver, and he wrote an early pediatric text on rickets. An experiment he performed helped debunk the balloonist theory of muscle contraction by showing that when a muscle contracted under water, the water level did not rise, and thus no air or fluid could be entering the muscle.
Not in Wellcome 1139.
[Ref: 68016] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Francis Glisson (1597 - 1677), English physician, anatomist, and writer on medical subjects. He did important work on the anatomy of the liver, and he wrote an early pediatric text on rickets. An experiment he performed helped debunk the balloonist theory of muscle contraction by showing that when a muscle contracted under water, the water level did not rise, and thus no air or fluid could be entering the muscle.
Not in Wellcome 1139.
[Ref: 68016] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Gnat Bites N.º 6. Oh Fredric! that nasty things has spunted all over Julian's sunday's!. _ what will be the consequence? / Vy cold, with running at the nose.
[signed in plate]
London Published by W. Soffe 380 Strand. Madeley Printer [n.d., c.1848.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"). Nicks in edges.
An elephant in an enclosure sprays water from its trunk.
[Ref: 68064] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[signed in plate]
London Published by W. Soffe 380 Strand. Madeley Printer [n.d., c.1848.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13¼ x 9½"). Nicks in edges.
An elephant in an enclosure sprays water from its trunk.
[Ref: 68064] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
La Galerie de l'hostel royal des Gobelins ou l'on fait voir A Monseig.r Colbert...
Seb. le Clerc fecit.
[n.d. c.1696] [Nicolas Langlois]
Engraving, 150 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Slight staining.
From a series of six, 'Les Batailles d'Alexandre.' An interior gallery of the Hôtel des Gobelins (Gobelins Royal Manufactory) in Paris, France, decorated with statues on the left and tapestries on the right; at the center, Edouard Colbert, , Marquess of Villacerf (1629-99) surrounded by courtiers, is presented with tapestries depicting the story of Alexander the Great, with Colbert’s coat of arms shown in the lower margin.
Jombert 1774: 257.
[Ref: 68156] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Seb. le Clerc fecit.
[n.d. c.1696] [Nicolas Langlois]
Engraving, 150 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Slight staining.
From a series of six, 'Les Batailles d'Alexandre.' An interior gallery of the Hôtel des Gobelins (Gobelins Royal Manufactory) in Paris, France, decorated with statues on the left and tapestries on the right; at the center, Edouard Colbert, , Marquess of Villacerf (1629-99) surrounded by courtiers, is presented with tapestries depicting the story of Alexander the Great, with Colbert’s coat of arms shown in the lower margin.
Jombert 1774: 257.
[Ref: 68156] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
This Portrait of the Late Celebrated Scotch Musician, Neil Gow, Is by Permission most respectfully Dedicated To His Grace John Duke of Athol, K.T. &c. &c.
[P]ainted by Henry Raeburn Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucest[er.]
London, Publish'd 12, August, 1815. by Tho.s Macdonald, Poets Gallery, 39, Fleet S.t.
Mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, inscriptions affected, repaired tears,
A rare portrait of Niel Gow (1727-1807), Scottish violinist and composer, sitting holding his violin to his chin, dressed in tartan breeches. In the autumn of 1787 Burns met him at Dunkeld, and the poet describes him as "a short, stout-built, honest Highland figure, with his greyish hair shed on his honest social brow; an interesting face, marking strong sense, kind open-heartedness, mixed with unmistrusting simplicity". As a player of Scotch dance music, especially of reels and strathspeys, Gow was in his time without superior or rival. He recieved an annuity from the Duke and Duchess of Atholl and regularly played at Dunkeld House and Blair Atholl. He composed a large number of melodies, nearly a hundred of which are included in the volumes published by his son Nathaniel. One of four portraits of Gow were painted by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68189] £320.00
[P]ainted by Henry Raeburn Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucest[er.]
London, Publish'd 12, August, 1815. by Tho.s Macdonald, Poets Gallery, 39, Fleet S.t.
Mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, inscriptions affected, repaired tears,
A rare portrait of Niel Gow (1727-1807), Scottish violinist and composer, sitting holding his violin to his chin, dressed in tartan breeches. In the autumn of 1787 Burns met him at Dunkeld, and the poet describes him as "a short, stout-built, honest Highland figure, with his greyish hair shed on his honest social brow; an interesting face, marking strong sense, kind open-heartedness, mixed with unmistrusting simplicity". As a player of Scotch dance music, especially of reels and strathspeys, Gow was in his time without superior or rival. He recieved an annuity from the Duke and Duchess of Atholl and regularly played at Dunkeld House and Blair Atholl. He composed a large number of melodies, nearly a hundred of which are included in the volumes published by his son Nathaniel. One of four portraits of Gow were painted by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68189] £320.00
The Rev.d M.r James Granger.
Gul.s Wynne Ryland Chalcog.s Reg.d faciem del.t et perfecit. Cha.s Bretheron sc.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Feb.y 13. 1775.
Stipple, 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins.
A profile portrait in oval of clergyman James Granger (1723-76), also an author and print collector famed for 'Grangerisation' (adding extra illustrations to books). He also went to prison for using the pulpit to preach against cruelty to animals. The frontispiece to his 'Biographical History of England'.
[Ref: 67860] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Gul.s Wynne Ryland Chalcog.s Reg.d faciem del.t et perfecit. Cha.s Bretheron sc.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Feb.y 13. 1775.
Stipple, 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins.
A profile portrait in oval of clergyman James Granger (1723-76), also an author and print collector famed for 'Grangerisation' (adding extra illustrations to books). He also went to prison for using the pulpit to preach against cruelty to animals. The frontispiece to his 'Biographical History of England'.
[Ref: 67860] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Nathaniel Greatrakes, Esq.r. A Nature of Waterford County, Ireland & most Remarkable for Curing many Disorders by the Stroke or Touch of his Hand only.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Valentine Greatrakes (1628-82), also known as "Greatorex" or "The Stroker", an Irish faith healer who toured England in 1666, claiming to cure people by the laying on of hands.
W 1204-5
[Ref: 68009] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Valentine Greatrakes (1628-82), also known as "Greatorex" or "The Stroker", an Irish faith healer who toured England in 1666, claiming to cure people by the laying on of hands.
W 1204-5
[Ref: 68009] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[1757] Part 1.st The Foreign Grinder. Part 2.d The Domestic Grinder. Part 3.d The Court Grinder. Part 4.th The Finisher.](jpegs/68132.jpg)
[1757] Part 1.st The Foreign Grinder. Part 2.d The Domestic Grinder. Part 3.d The Court Grinder. Part 4.th The Finisher.
Machiavel f.t.
[Pub. According to ye Act 1757.]
Etching. Four segments cut from one, each c. 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Each trimmed to image, losing publication line.
Four satires on the events of 1756-7, printed from one plate and originally on one sheet, each featuring the figure of Time with a grinding wheel. This first, referring to the loss of Minorca in 1756, has a Spaniard, standing on a vanquished British Lion, turning the handle of the grindstone as Time holds the face of Britannia to wheel. The second satirises the failed lottery scheme of Sir John Barnard (1685-1764). The third has Henry Fox turning a wheel marked ''Treachery,Vanity, Folly & Impudence'', with Pitt the Elder promising to crush it. The final satire has the Devil turning a handle marked 'Good of the Nation', with a wheel listing all the various taxes.
BM Satires 3593.
[Ref: 68132] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Machiavel f.t.
[Pub. According to ye Act 1757.]
Etching. Four segments cut from one, each c. 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Each trimmed to image, losing publication line.
Four satires on the events of 1756-7, printed from one plate and originally on one sheet, each featuring the figure of Time with a grinding wheel. This first, referring to the loss of Minorca in 1756, has a Spaniard, standing on a vanquished British Lion, turning the handle of the grindstone as Time holds the face of Britannia to wheel. The second satirises the failed lottery scheme of Sir John Barnard (1685-1764). The third has Henry Fox turning a wheel marked ''Treachery,Vanity, Folly & Impudence'', with Pitt the Elder promising to crush it. The final satire has the Devil turning a handle marked 'Good of the Nation', with a wheel listing all the various taxes.
BM Satires 3593.
[Ref: 68132] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mrs. Gwynne & Mrs. Bunbury. In the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor.]](jpegs/67899.jpg)
[Mrs. Gwynne & Mrs. Bunbury. In the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor.]
[Painted by D. Gardner. Engraved by W. Dickinson.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 20th. 1780 by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond Street.]
Very rare mezzotint, sheet 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼".) On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate on three sides, almost to image at bottom, losing all inscriptions.
A portrait in oval of Horneck sisters: Mary Gwyn (1753-1840) and Catherine Bunbury (1754-1799) in costume, Windsor Castle behind. The theme is jokey, as the women were married to court equerries. Mary (married to General Francis Gwyn, equerry to George III) was also painted by Joshua Reynolds in Indian costume. Catherine's husband was the noted caricaturist Henry William Bunbury, appointed equerry to the Duke of York and Albany in 1787.
CS: 34, state unknown. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67899] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by D. Gardner. Engraved by W. Dickinson.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 20th. 1780 by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond Street.]
Very rare mezzotint, sheet 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼".) On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate on three sides, almost to image at bottom, losing all inscriptions.
A portrait in oval of Horneck sisters: Mary Gwyn (1753-1840) and Catherine Bunbury (1754-1799) in costume, Windsor Castle behind. The theme is jokey, as the women were married to court equerries. Mary (married to General Francis Gwyn, equerry to George III) was also painted by Joshua Reynolds in Indian costume. Catherine's husband was the noted caricaturist Henry William Bunbury, appointed equerry to the Duke of York and Albany in 1787.
CS: 34, state unknown. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67899] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Harriet Hague] Harriot and Sophia, Daughters of Charles Hague, Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge.](jpegs/67814.jpg)
[Harriet Hague] Harriot and Sophia, Daughters of Charles Hague, Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge. To Miss Sharp of Clare Hall, Herts, The kind friend and Patroness of the lost Harriot & her surviving Sister This Print is respectfully inscribed. Harriot Hague died Feb.y 3.th 1816 aged 23.
Engraved by W. Sayer, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester [after George Henry Harlow.]
Published Dec.r 4.th 1816 by the Proprietor and Sold by Harraden & Son, Printseller, Cambridge.
Scarce mezzotint. 610 x 460mm (24 x 18"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Repaired tear on left.
A portrait of the two daughters of Charles Hague (1769-1821), violinist and composer and Professor of Music at Cambridge. The eldest, Harriet Hague (1793-16) was a pianist and composer of great potential, publishing 'Six Songs, with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte' (1814), but died two years later, aged 23. Sophia was a talented violinist. Harriet holds sheet music, Sophia her bow, with the violin propped up behind.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67814] £490.00
Engraved by W. Sayer, Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester [after George Henry Harlow.]
Published Dec.r 4.th 1816 by the Proprietor and Sold by Harraden & Son, Printseller, Cambridge.
Scarce mezzotint. 610 x 460mm (24 x 18"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Repaired tear on left.
A portrait of the two daughters of Charles Hague (1769-1821), violinist and composer and Professor of Music at Cambridge. The eldest, Harriet Hague (1793-16) was a pianist and composer of great potential, publishing 'Six Songs, with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte' (1814), but died two years later, aged 23. Sophia was a talented violinist. Harriet holds sheet music, Sophia her bow, with the violin propped up behind.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67814] £490.00
Mademoiselle d'Hamilton Comtesse de Grammont. p.92.
P. Lely pinx.t. G. Powle sculp:
[n.d. c.1772.]
Rare etching. Sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A head and shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton (1641-1708), 'known as 'La Belle Hamilton', a detail of one of Sir Peter Lely's 'Windsor Beauties'. After her marriage to Philibert de Gramont she entered the court of Louis XIV, becoming a lady-in-waiting to the French queen, Maria Theresa of Spain. Engraved by George Powle, a pupil of Thomas Worlidge.
[Ref: 67850] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
P. Lely pinx.t. G. Powle sculp:
[n.d. c.1772.]
Rare etching. Sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A head and shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Hamilton (1641-1708), 'known as 'La Belle Hamilton', a detail of one of Sir Peter Lely's 'Windsor Beauties'. After her marriage to Philibert de Gramont she entered the court of Louis XIV, becoming a lady-in-waiting to the French queen, Maria Theresa of Spain. Engraved by George Powle, a pupil of Thomas Worlidge.
[Ref: 67850] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Haworth.]](jpegs/68033.jpg)
[Samuel Haworth.] Vera Effigies Samuelis Haworth, M.D.
R.White sc.
[1683.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 115 x 65mm (4½ x 2½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Samuel Haworth (born 1659 or 1660), Empirical physician. Frontis to "The True Method of Curing Consumptions", 1683.
W1326. Fl 1679.
[Ref: 68033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R.White sc.
[1683.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 115 x 65mm (4½ x 2½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Samuel Haworth (born 1659 or 1660), Empirical physician. Frontis to "The True Method of Curing Consumptions", 1683.
W1326. Fl 1679.
[Ref: 68033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Parting of Hector and Andromache. La Partenza di Ectore e Andromache.
Angelica Kauffman R.A. pinxt. Jas. Watson fecit.
Robt. Sayer Excudit. London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, N.º 53 in Fleet Street, London. Published as the Act directs, 1.st Jan.y 1772.
Mezzotint. 465 x 565mm (18¼ x 22¼"). Restoration to margins.
Andromache embraces Hector, who is dressed for war, with a plumed helmet and a spear, with a nurse holding their bab. In the background is the Greek camp. A scene from Homer's 'Iliad'. After the painting by Angelica Kauffman in the National Trust property at Saltram, Devon.
Goodwin: 177, state ii of ii, but also published later by Laurie & Whittle.
[Ref: 67815] £490.00
Angelica Kauffman R.A. pinxt. Jas. Watson fecit.
Robt. Sayer Excudit. London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, N.º 53 in Fleet Street, London. Published as the Act directs, 1.st Jan.y 1772.
Mezzotint. 465 x 565mm (18¼ x 22¼"). Restoration to margins.
Andromache embraces Hector, who is dressed for war, with a plumed helmet and a spear, with a nurse holding their bab. In the background is the Greek camp. A scene from Homer's 'Iliad'. After the painting by Angelica Kauffman in the National Trust property at Saltram, Devon.
Goodwin: 177, state ii of ii, but also published later by Laurie & Whittle.
[Ref: 67815] £490.00
Voyage en Enfer. Jugement du Destin.
Lith. de G. Engelmann. B. Goupil del.t. Ch. Soehnée inv.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Some foxing
Two scenes: above a group of people ride to hell on a slug. Below men stand, half buried, as they are judged, bats flying overhead. Charles-Frédéric Soehnée (1789-1878), French painter who specialised in grotesque scenes of imaginary beasts and travelers against the backdrop of desert landscapes.
[Ref: 68133] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de G. Engelmann. B. Goupil del.t. Ch. Soehnée inv.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Some foxing
Two scenes: above a group of people ride to hell on a slug. Below men stand, half buried, as they are judged, bats flying overhead. Charles-Frédéric Soehnée (1789-1878), French painter who specialised in grotesque scenes of imaginary beasts and travelers against the backdrop of desert landscapes.
[Ref: 68133] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Horse Courser selling a Nag. ~ Caveat Emptor. 5.
J. Seymour inv. T. Burford fecit.
Published according to act of Parliament. [n.d. c.1752.]
Mezzotint, 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow bottom margin, tears entering image from bottom and left repaired. Large margins on 3 sides.
The interior of a stable. Number 5 of a set of twelve.
Siltzer: 247.
[Ref: 67902] £360.00
J. Seymour inv. T. Burford fecit.
Published according to act of Parliament. [n.d. c.1752.]
Mezzotint, 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Narrow bottom margin, tears entering image from bottom and left repaired. Large margins on 3 sides.
The interior of a stable. Number 5 of a set of twelve.
Siltzer: 247.
[Ref: 67902] £360.00
Philip Howard and Catherine Howard his Sister of Corby Castle Cumberland. Proof.
Painted by James Northcote Esq.re R.A. Engraved by W.m Say.
[London Published Jan.y. 1.st 1806, by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.]
Mezzotint, sheet 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). On 19th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
A portrait of Philip Henry Howard (1801-83) and Catherine (c.1802-61), as children. Philip sits on a lepoard skin with his hand resting on a sleeping lion; Catherine stands behind in a grape vine. Philip became a Whig politician, MP for Carlisle from 1830 until 1852, apart from losing his seat in 1847, which he reclaimed the following year after the result was declared void. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland for 1860-1.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68185] £320.00
Painted by James Northcote Esq.re R.A. Engraved by W.m Say.
[London Published Jan.y. 1.st 1806, by the Engraver, 92 Norton Street, Marylebone.]
Mezzotint, sheet 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). On 19th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thread margins elsewhere.
A portrait of Philip Henry Howard (1801-83) and Catherine (c.1802-61), as children. Philip sits on a lepoard skin with his hand resting on a sleeping lion; Catherine stands behind in a grape vine. Philip became a Whig politician, MP for Carlisle from 1830 until 1852, apart from losing his seat in 1847, which he reclaimed the following year after the result was declared void. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland for 1860-1.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68185] £320.00
![[Jane Hyde] The Right Hon.ble the Countess of Clarendon.](jpegs/67904.jpg)
[Jane Hyde] The Right Hon.ble the Countess of Clarendon.
G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street ~ & Jnº King at the Globe in Poultrey. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A portrait of Jane Hyde (née Leveson-Gower, 1669-1725), wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on a balcony, leaning against the balustrade. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber at the court of Queen Anne. It was issued in 'The Hampton Court Beauties', a series of twelve portraits of the ladies of the court of William and Mary after Sir Godfrey Kneller, plus a frontispiece portrait of the artist. This example was published after the plates were cut down. The original 'Beauties' were eight paintings commissioned by Mary II, depicting her attendants (unlike the 'Windsors Beauties', most of whom were the mistresses of Charles II), which still hang in William III's state rooms. The engraved series was expanded to show twelve ladies, including this portrait and the queen herself.
CS 28, ii of ii (addenda). Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67904] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street ~ & Jnº King at the Globe in Poultrey. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A portrait of Jane Hyde (née Leveson-Gower, 1669-1725), wife of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, on a balcony, leaning against the balustrade. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber at the court of Queen Anne. It was issued in 'The Hampton Court Beauties', a series of twelve portraits of the ladies of the court of William and Mary after Sir Godfrey Kneller, plus a frontispiece portrait of the artist. This example was published after the plates were cut down. The original 'Beauties' were eight paintings commissioned by Mary II, depicting her attendants (unlike the 'Windsors Beauties', most of whom were the mistresses of Charles II), which still hang in William III's state rooms. The engraved series was expanded to show twelve ladies, including this portrait and the queen herself.
CS 28, ii of ii (addenda). Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67904] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Igel Column] A Roman Monument at Igel, in the Dutchy of Luxemburgh.](jpegs/67831.jpg)
[The Igel Column] A Roman Monument at Igel, in the Dutchy of Luxemburgh. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Viscoutn Palmerston, these six Views, being port of a Collection made for his Lordship in his Travels in the Year 1770, are humbly inscribed.
Drawn by W. Pars. Engraved by Edw. Rooker. Ptinted by Gamble.
Published June 1.st 1774, as the Act directs, by W., Pars, in Percy Street, London.
Engraving. 390 x 520mm (15¼ x 20½"), with large margins. Tears in margins, few fox marks.
A view of the Igel Column, the Roman sandstone burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, built c. 50AD by two of the family members, Lucius Secundinius Aventinus and Lucius Secundinus Securus. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. William Pars (1742-82) made several trips around Europe as a draughtsman. He accompanied Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (father of the Prime Minister) to Rome. This plate was later published by John Boydell.
[Ref: 67831] £380.00
Drawn by W. Pars. Engraved by Edw. Rooker. Ptinted by Gamble.
Published June 1.st 1774, as the Act directs, by W., Pars, in Percy Street, London.
Engraving. 390 x 520mm (15¼ x 20½"), with large margins. Tears in margins, few fox marks.
A view of the Igel Column, the Roman sandstone burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, built c. 50AD by two of the family members, Lucius Secundinius Aventinus and Lucius Secundinus Securus. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. William Pars (1742-82) made several trips around Europe as a draughtsman. He accompanied Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (father of the Prime Minister) to Rome. This plate was later published by John Boydell.
[Ref: 67831] £380.00
Time _ Called... & Time _ Come! P.1.
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
First plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Five vignettes; 'Time-Called & Time-Come', a prize fight before a dense crowd; one boxer lies dead while his handlers try to revive the other. 'A Long Time-Waiting,' a dandy fishing in the rain answers ''NO!'' when asked if he has had a bite. 'A Long Time to Wait', a raven stands on a farmhouse hearth as the farmer’s wife explains they keep it to see if it lives a hundred years. 'A Short Time—Going of an Errand,' Oberon dispatches Puck, who flies off laughing, with lines from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 'A Very Little Time—Getting an Answer,' a would-be thief retreats as the gardener challenges him.
BM Satires 15470.
[Ref: 68083] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
First plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Five vignettes; 'Time-Called & Time-Come', a prize fight before a dense crowd; one boxer lies dead while his handlers try to revive the other. 'A Long Time-Waiting,' a dandy fishing in the rain answers ''NO!'' when asked if he has had a bite. 'A Long Time to Wait', a raven stands on a farmhouse hearth as the farmer’s wife explains they keep it to see if it lives a hundred years. 'A Short Time—Going of an Errand,' Oberon dispatches Puck, who flies off laughing, with lines from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 'A Very Little Time—Getting an Answer,' a would-be thief retreats as the gardener challenges him.
BM Satires 15470.
[Ref: 68083] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Behind Time. P.2.
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
Second plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Seven vignettes; 'Behind Time,' outside a country inn, the host tells a delayed traveller that the coach has already left ''to a minute,'' while a woman runs up dragging a child beneath a sign advertising ''The Times Coach.'' 'Killing Time,' a swaggering officer pierces a grandfather clock with his rapier. 'Taking Time—by the Forelock,' a pedestrian is violently robbed of his watch. 'Too Much Time,' a dandy reproaches a friend for staying in bed in summer, who replies that the days are ''so dreadfully long,'' beside a book titled Ennuie. 'Trifling Time Away,' three men play bagatelle with excessive seriousness. 'Time & Tide Wait for No Man,' a traveller and porter watch a steam packet receding from a jetty. 'Idling Time Away,' a corpulent man lounges while teaching a dog to hold a stick, as another gazes idly from a window.
BM Satires 15471.
[Ref: 68084] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
(Designed, Etched & Published by GeorgeCruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"). Trimmed within plate. Light foxing.
Second plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Seven vignettes; 'Behind Time,' outside a country inn, the host tells a delayed traveller that the coach has already left ''to a minute,'' while a woman runs up dragging a child beneath a sign advertising ''The Times Coach.'' 'Killing Time,' a swaggering officer pierces a grandfather clock with his rapier. 'Taking Time—by the Forelock,' a pedestrian is violently robbed of his watch. 'Too Much Time,' a dandy reproaches a friend for staying in bed in summer, who replies that the days are ''so dreadfully long,'' beside a book titled Ennuie. 'Trifling Time Away,' three men play bagatelle with excessive seriousness. 'Time & Tide Wait for No Man,' a traveller and porter watch a steam packet receding from a jetty. 'Idling Time Away,' a corpulent man lounges while teaching a dog to hold a stick, as another gazes idly from a window.
BM Satires 15471.
[Ref: 68084] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Time thrown away. P.3.
(Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tears. Surface dirt
Third plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Six vignettes; ''Time thrown away,'' an old women vainly try to scrub a black man while as others bring hot water or drink gin. ''Pastime'', at a country fair a man throws sticks at an hourglass while a peg-legged showman cries, ''Now’s your Time to make your Fort’un! only a ha’penny a Throw-!!''; nearby are booths, a falling swing-boat rider beneath ''None but the Brave deserve the Fair.'', and a prize fight advertised ''To be seen here, the River Styx.'' ''Time gone, past recalling!-'', Time lies dying as a doctor sighs ''All too late!-'', a nurse laments ''Poor Soul!-how he is wasted away!!!'', a woman cries ''Oh! My Time, My Time! Oh! if I had but my Time again'', another rebukes her, and a man mourns ''O! my Precious Time.'' ''Time Lost,'' Diogenes enters a prison cell, lantern raised on four ruffians. ''Time, was made for Slaves'' " ie Flogging them by the Hour," an overseer whips three enslaved Africans under a planter’s gaze. ''Making up for Lost Time'', a ravenous footman devours his meal as a maid exclaims ''La! Muster John, how you do eat!!'', to which he replies, ''Eat! - Aye, & so would you eat - too, if you had been out of place—as long as I have!!''
BM Satires 15472.
[Ref: 68101] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
(Designed, Etched & Published by George Cruikshank _ May 1.st 1827.)
Etching with hand-colour, sheet 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tears. Surface dirt
Third plate of a series of six, 'Illustrations of time.' Six vignettes; ''Time thrown away,'' an old women vainly try to scrub a black man while as others bring hot water or drink gin. ''Pastime'', at a country fair a man throws sticks at an hourglass while a peg-legged showman cries, ''Now’s your Time to make your Fort’un! only a ha’penny a Throw-!!''; nearby are booths, a falling swing-boat rider beneath ''None but the Brave deserve the Fair.'', and a prize fight advertised ''To be seen here, the River Styx.'' ''Time gone, past recalling!-'', Time lies dying as a doctor sighs ''All too late!-'', a nurse laments ''Poor Soul!-how he is wasted away!!!'', a woman cries ''Oh! My Time, My Time! Oh! if I had but my Time again'', another rebukes her, and a man mourns ''O! my Precious Time.'' ''Time Lost,'' Diogenes enters a prison cell, lantern raised on four ruffians. ''Time, was made for Slaves'' " ie Flogging them by the Hour," an overseer whips three enslaved Africans under a planter’s gaze. ''Making up for Lost Time'', a ravenous footman devours his meal as a maid exclaims ''La! Muster John, how you do eat!!'', to which he replies, ''Eat! - Aye, & so would you eat - too, if you had been out of place—as long as I have!!''
BM Satires 15472.
[Ref: 68101] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)