Grosvenor Prints

Evening.
London, Published Jan.y 1. 1794, by A.C. Poggi, N.º 91, New Bond Street.
Stipple. 185 x 270mm (7¼ x 10¾"). Bit dusty. Small margins.
Apollo alighting from the chariot of the sun.
[Ref: 61478] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

On doit à sa Patrie le sacrifice de ses plus chères affections.
Dessine par Dutailly. Gravé par Coqueret.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Scarce aquatint and engraving, printed in colours. Sheet 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, some restoration.
A scene of a father restraining his daughter as her cavalryman husband leaves for war, with a suitably patriotic title.
[Ref: 61481] £380.00

Copy of an Inventory and Valuation Of all the Live and Dead Stock belonging to the late W.m Picken Esq.r deceased on the Farm at Whitemoor; as taken by the undersigned, on the tenth, eleventh, & seventeenth Days of April, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand, eight hundred and nine.
[1809].
4pp. ink mss., with appraiser's blind stamp and ink tax stamp, unique, very large watermark 1805. Folds with splits.
A valuation of livestock (draught horse, cows, sheep and pigs) and deadstock (wagons, farm tools and manure) for a farm in an area now part of Nottingham.
[Ref: 61360] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Fast Day [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1800]
Very scarce etching, sheet 270 x 225mm (10¾ x 8¾") Trimmed to plate at top. Left margin damaged. Thread margin at bottom. A few small worm holes. Some light spotting.
Two parsons sit at a circular table surrounded by servants holding trays of food and one holding an enormous cup and a bottle of alcohol. The roundest parson stuffs his mouth with food. The other has his leg up in a cast resting on a cushion, probably inflicted with gout, and closely inspects his food. Similar to satires made by Richard Newton in 1793 and Thomas Rowlandson in 1812.
[Ref: 61508] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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Fortunatus de Felice, Romæ 24. Augusti 1723 Natus [...]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Surface soiling mainly in margins.
A half-length portrait of Fortunato Bartolomeo de Felice (1723-89), leaning on a volume of his 'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines (known as the 'Encyclopedia of Yverdon'). Born in Rome, he fled to Switzerland and converted to Protestantism. He translated a number of philosophical works into Italian (including those of Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton), before embarking on his encyclopidia. The 58 volumes, published 1770-80, gave a Protestant counterpoint to the Catholocism of Diderot's encyclopidia.
[Ref: 61363] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Ferrol] The Method of Delineating An Harbour.
Published and S. Dunn, N.º 6. Clements Inn Nov.r 9, 1774.
Engraved map, 18th century watermark. 210 x 320mm (8¼ x 12½"). Paper glued over printed border on left, original binding folds, worm holes.
A detailed chart of Ferrol Harbour, published in a guide to chart making by mathematician & cartographer Samuel Dunn (1723-94).
[Ref: 61449] £140.00

[Fête de la Fédération] Serment Fédératif du 14 Juillet 1790.
Swebach Del. Le Cour sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Very rare aquatint. 430 x 320mm (17 x 12½"). Narrow margins, small split in platemark, creasing.
A view of the Fête de la Fédération, a festival held to celebrate the French Revolution, with a triumphal arch and large altar in the distance where several people are proclaiming their allegiance to the Nation, the Law and (still) the King.
[Ref: 61482] £320.00

Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, sheet 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom.
Half-length oval portrait of politician and Prime minister (1768-70) Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811) against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a long bar.
CS 63 only state.
[Ref: 61582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Flageolet Player]
J Molenaar Pinx.t. J.s McArdell Fecit. 1758. Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark and tipped into album sheet at sides. Cut and rejoined above title, not visible from front.
Also known as 'The Humorist or Piping Girl' or just 'The Piping Girl'. Girl holding a pipe or flute. Genre picture engraved by James McArdell (1727/8-1765), Irish printmaker and favourite of Sir Joshua Reynolds, after Jan Miense Molenaar.
CS 202
[Ref: 61579] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Elizabeth Foster.
Engraved by Miss Caroline Watson, Engraver to Her Majesty after an original drawing made by Mr Downman for the Scenery at Richmond House Theatre.
London. Pub.d by R. Cribb, 288, Holborn, Jan.y 1 1797.
Stipple, very fine impression. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"), with very large margins.
Lady Elizabeth Foster (1757-1824), novelist and friend of Georgina Cavendish who lived with her and the Duke of Devonshire in a ménage à trois for 25 years, becoming duchess when Georgina died in 1806. Downman executed a series of portraits of women who had acted in the Richmond House Theatre, the 3rd Duke of Richmond's private theatre in Richmond House, Whitehall. Regarded as one of the grandest houses of the period, it burned down in 1791, after which the Duke concentrated on his country estate, Goodwood. First published by M. Lawson in 1788.
[Ref: 51313] £330.00

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox. one of the Representatives of the City of Westminster.
London. Published 1. October 1796: by Haines & Son, 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 315 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears. Slightly messy, creasing.
A gently-caricatured portrait of Charles James Fox, speaking in the House of Commons, one hand on his chest, the other holding a copy of the Magna Charta, with the members sitting behind. Unusal design.
[Ref: 61379] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[John Foxe] ANNO DO 1587. ÆTAT 70. Cujus in hac humili confusus imagine pendes...
G: Glouer Sculp:
[n.d. c.1641]
Engraving, sheet 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet at edges. Very small pinprick holes within face. Repairs left bottom corner.
Frontispiece to Foxe's 'Acts and Monuments' ('Book of Martyrs'), 1641 edition. Half length portrait of martyrologist and author John Foxe (1516-1587). He wears a hat, ruff, and fur-lined gown.
[Ref: 61637] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

F. Irish, Carver, Gilder, &c. 35, Windmill Street. Tottenham Court.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etched trade card. Sheet 40 x 60mm (1½ x 2¼"). Trimmed, crease top right.
[Ref: 61352] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Frederic II.
J. C. Frisch pinx. F. Huot Sculp.
1788.
Engraving, 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼"), with large margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of Frederick II, (the great) King of Prussia (1712-86) facing left looking forward in coat with decoration on the chest. Johann Christoph Frisch (1738-1815) was a German painter, draughtsman and engraver. Born and lived in Berlin. A student of Christian Bernhard Rode (1725-97). Worked for Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d' Argens (1704-71).
[Ref: 61512] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Frederick II] Serenissimo Principi Hoereditario Regni Borussiae. Friderico Guilielmo. Maxima Reverentia, dat, dictat, dedicat Julius Fridericus Knuppeln. Sedino Pomeranus. Doctor Juris et Philosophiae.
Franke pinx. Cl. Kohl fc. Viennae 1792.
Engraving, 380 x 225mm (15 x 9½"), with large margins. Repaired tear in left title.
Half portrait of Frederick II, (the great) King of Prussia (1712-86) wearing a tricorne hat and coat with decoration on the chest. Within an oval frame wreathed with oak leaves, acorns and ribon; set on a pedestal covered in objects: map, sword, plumed helmet, monocular scope or baton, books, a mirror and a portrait of a woman. The pedestal has the text 'Immortalis, Civis Nomen Ubique. Fridericus Secundus. Borussorum Rex. Triumphs Caesar. Imperio Traianus. Vita Antoninus. In Republica Gerenda Vespasianus. Philosophia Aurelius Regum Exemplum. Sine Exemplo Maximus. Unicus In Terris.'
[Ref: 61513] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Fridericus Rex Borussiae, Elector Brandenburgensis.
J. D. Schleuen Berlin [in pencil]
1740 [written in pencil]
Engraving, sheet 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired tears. Brown spot on cushion.
Three quarter length portrait of a young Frederick II, (the great) King of Prussia (1712-86), wearing a chest plate, holding a baton with one hand and resting his other on top of a crown that rests on a cushion before him. Similar to the full length portrait made of him by Georg Paul Busch (fl.1713-56). Johann David Schleuen (1711-74) was a German printmaker and publisher, worked together with his three sons Johann Georg (1737-1799), Johann Friedrich (1739-1784) and Johann Wilhelm (1748-1812). Schleuen largely specialised in maps and topographical views.
[Ref: 61510] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Fridericus Rex Borussiae Elector Brandeb: Nat: 1712. d: 24. Jan:
Antonius Pesne Primus Pictor Regis. Deff: et grave oar J. E. Nilson. Efigiem pinxit Berol.
ce vend a Ausbourg chez l'Auteur, et a Paris chez Roffelin rue S.t Jacques a l'hotel Saumer. [n.d. c.1752-1786]
Engraving, 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Small margins. Small wormhole left margin.
Half length portrait of Frederick II, (the great) King of Prussia (1712-86) within an oval inscribed 'O quantum tibi nominis paratur...' He wears a brocaded coat with decoration on chest, sash and hat and holds a staff or baton in his hand. The oval has laurel wreath decoration; letter R and crown haloed by the sun; angel playing trumpet at top left; the image is flanked by several figures, some allegorical, representing his various traits and achievements with a large Prussian coat of arms below.
[Ref: 61511] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Ziethen sitzend vor seinem König 1785][in pencil] [&][Key plate]
[Chodowiecki][in pencil]
Engraving, sheet 380 x 480mm (15 x 19"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet, with very scarce keyplate.
One of a pair of scenes from the life of Fredrick the Great. During an audience with his generals Frederick ordered a chair to be brought for the 85-year-old Hans Joachim von Zieten, telling him to sit; when von Zieten refuses to sit in the presence of his monarch, Frederick forces him by threatening to leave. With key plate explaining key figures in the scene.
See 33687 for rare proof.
[Ref: 61706] £750.00 view all images for this item

The late Mr. Garrick's Villa.
J. Farington R.A. delt. J. C. Stadler Sculpt.
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Printed area 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), with wide margins. Slight creasing in right margin.
A view of Garrick's Villa on the River Thames at Hampton, with the house and a Palladian folly, 'Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare'. The hugely influential actor and playwright, David Garrick (1717 - 1779), bought Hampton House in 1754, at employed Robert Adam to make numerous alterations. Plate 45 from Joseph Farington's (1747 - 1821) 'History of the River Thames', 1794, a two-volume publication including 76 aquatints.
Abbey: 432. Gascoigne, Twickenham 658.
[Ref: 61682] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a Young General.]
[Aet. 49. Cal 39. Anton: van Dyck Pinx. v. Prenner inc:][old ink mss.]
[n.d., c.1728.]
Etching, proof before letters, faint 18th century watermark. 220 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper.
A half-length portrait of a young man in armour, sword on hip, from the series 'Theatrum Artis Pictoriae', 160 engravings of paintings in the Imperial Collection in Vienna, published 1728-33. Van Dyck's original oil is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, with the title above; Anton Joseph Prenner's preliminary sketch is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Inventory No. 3444).
[Ref: 61620] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Extrait du Procès-Verbal de l'Assemblée Génerale du Duché de Bouillon. Du 18 Février 1791.
A Evreux, de l'Imprimerie de J.J.L. Ancelle, Imprimeur de son Altesse Sérénissime Monsigneur le Duc Régnant de Bouillon. 1791.
4to pamphlet, stitched. pp. (32). Front and back sheets soiled, some spotting.
A transcript of a general assembly in the Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon in 1791, in which Duke Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne reaffirmed his independence from Revolutionary France. In 1794 the French Revolutionary Army invaded the Duchy, deposing the new duke Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne, absorbing Bouillon into France. In 1815 Bouillon became part of the Duchy of Luxembourg and is now part of Belgium
[Ref: 61347] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV as Prince of Wales] From the Original Picture given by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Wilson Braddyll Esq.r 1785.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Charles Howard Hodges.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of George IV (1762-1830) as a youthful Prince of Wales, wearing garter star.
CS 30, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 61644] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[George Prince of Denmark] Georgius, Princeps Daniæ, Dux Cumbriæ, Archithalassus Angliæ.
E.C. Heiss excud. Aug. Vind. Cum Priv. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint 315 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Narrow margins, mounted in album paper at edges.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708), consort of Queen Anne, wearing wig, lace cravat and George.
[Ref: 61643] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jacobus Gibbs Architectus. 1747.
Will.m Hogarth delin. B. Baron Sculp.
[London: Gibbs, 1747.]
Etching, fine impression; 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed into plate on left.
A half-length portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) after William Hogarth, within a decorative oval frame resting on a pedestal. The frontispiece to 'Bibliotheca Radcliviana, or a Short description of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford' by written and published by Gibbs.
[Ref: 61375] £360.00

View of the British Plate Glass Manufactory; View of the British Plate Glass Warehouse.
[n.d.. c.1810.]
Rare aquatint, 270 x 215mm. (10½ x 8½"), with large margins. Paper toning. Small tears in margins.
[Ref: 61520] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Chronicle of Events; Or, A complete Narrative of the Transactions of some celebrated Characters, residing in a Village near the City of Gotham.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 490 x 410mm (19¼ x 16"). Edges ragged, folds, stains.
An account of a publican taking advantage of his handmaiden and the lengths he went to avoid responsibility for her pregnancy.
[Ref: 61477] £390.00

[An illustration from 'The Triumphes of Gods Revenge against the crying and execrable sinne of (willfull and premeditated) murther'.]
W. SHerwin fecit aqua forti.
[n.d., c.1669.] [bit later]
Etching. Sheet 155 x 155mm (6 x 6"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Eight scenes from a story in 'The Triumphs of God's Revenge'. Grand-Pré's sister Hautefelia, persuades him that his wife Mermanda is being unfaithful; Grand-Pré challenges the 'Lover', Baron Betanford, to a duel, in which both are injured, after which Grand-Pre finds out that his wife is innocent. Hautefelia then pays La Fresnay, an apothecary, to poison Mermanda, who dies, and Hautefelia blames Grand-Pré for the murder. Hautefelia's husband de Malleray challenges Grand-Pré to a duel and is killed. La Fresnay then poisons Grand-Pré and Hautefelia is chief mourner at his funeral. However a drunken La Fresnay rapes an young girl and is condemned to be broken on the wheel. He then confesses to the poisoning of Mermanda and Grand-Pré, and Hautefelia is also executed.
[Ref: 61448] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Die neue Borse in Hamburg, eingeweiht am 2ten und 4ten December 1841.
Nach der Natur gez. gedr. und verlegt v. P. Suhr in Hamburg.
[n.d. c.1845]
Rare lithograph with hand colouring. Sheet 335 x 490mm (13¼ x 19¼"). Small tears in margin repaired. Some very light staining.
A view of the "New Stock Exchange" building on the Adolphsplatz, with various pedestrians and carriages passing by.
[Ref: 61500] £320.00

James Harrington Esq.r Author of the Oceana. Engraved from an Original Picture in the Possession of John Hudson Esq.r of Bessingby in Yorkshire.
Marchi fecit.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Very slight tear in margin on left centre.
Portrait of James Harrington (1611-1677), political theorist and philosopher, head and shoulders in an oval wearing a lace collar and hair in long ringlets, after on an oil in the National Portrait Gallery dated c.1635. Despite being a Parliamentarian, Harrington has a close association with Charles I, becoming a gentleman groom of the royal bedchamber in 1647, a role he played at both Hurst Castle and Carisbrooke. Parliament had him removed in 1649 for refusing to spy on the king. After Charles's execution Harrington started work on 'The Commonwealth of Oceana', a composition of Utopian political philosophy, a metaphor for interregnum England, with its beneficent lawgiver Olphaus Megaletor representing Oliver Cromwell. Despite this, the first edition (1656) was seized at the printers on the orders of Cromwell; Harrington appealed to Elizabeth Claypole, Cromwell's favourite daughter, and it was eventually issued with a new dedication to the Lord Protector.
CS: 8, ii. See Ref: 52482.
[Ref: 61550] £320.00

Guarnerus Hassell, Artium, scientiarumque incitator ac promotot acerrimus. Tis' Hassell; sie hem nu dien gy 't hans hoorde prysen... L. Smids. M.D.
[P] Schenk fec: et exc: cum Privil: Amstelod. G. Kneller. Eques Pinx. Lond.
[n.d. c.1690]
Scarce and fine mezzotint, sheet 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Trimmed losing part of the artist name. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of German portrait painter and miniaturist Werner Hassel (fl. 1674-1707). He wears a long wig and a cloak fastened on the right shoulder.
[Ref: 61606] £320.00

Sr. Walter Hawksworth of Hawksworth Barr.t
G. Lumley Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 375 x 300mm (14¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to sheet. Possible fake plate mark added to backing sheet.
Sir Walter Hawkesworth (died 1735), 2nd Bt of Hawkesworth. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1721, but following his death the title became extinct due to the vast number of women born at Hawksworth Hall.
CS 3.
[Ref: 61591] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Five Senses] [Hearing]
P.Staverenus.
[n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Trimmed almost to plate and glued to backing sheet. Damaged. Staining.
Hearing, from a set of the five senses represented by peasants. The title often associated with this image is 'Ha! Ha! Hah! - I've got the Chink'. A man with chin-length curly hair smiles as he counts coins in his right palm, wearing a tall hat with a bow, his shirt and coat slightly open at the cuffs and collar.
[Ref: 61607] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

John James Heidegger Esq:r.
Vanloo pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1749.
Price 1s: 6d _ Sold by Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 228mm (13 x 9"), large margins. Staining in inscription area from old ink mss. on reverse.
John James Heidegger (1666-1749) was a Swiss count and leading impresario of masquerades. From 1710, he was part of a new commercial public entertainment, which promoted masquerade balls at the Haymarket Theatre. In 1729 Handel and Heidegger were permitted to produce operas at the King's Theatre by the Royal Academy of London.
CS: 184, i of ii.
[Ref: 61536] £450.00

Hempson. The Harper Of Magilligan, County of L'Derby.
Engraved from an Original Drawing by E. Scriven.
London, Published by E. Bunting Nov.r 1809.
Rare stipple, 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"), with large margins. Margins a little messy.
Illustration to Bunting's 'The Ancient Music of Ireland'. Almost whole length seated portrait of Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh (1695-1807)(known in english as Denis Hempson) eyes closed playing the harp. An Irish harpist, he also gained the nickname 'the man with two heads' as he had a large growth (wen).
[Ref: 61676] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Henniker]
G. Romney p.t. H. Hudson f.t.
[n.d. c.1786]
Fine mezzotint proof before title, 18th century watermarked paper; 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some light foxing in margins.
Half-length portrait of British peer and Member of Parliament, John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (1752-1821). He wears a powdered wig, dark coat and cravat.
CS 3. Horne 68 I.
[Ref: 61601] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Countess of Pembroke, and the R.t Hon.ble George Lord Herbert.
Sr. Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. J: Dixon Sculp.t.
Publish'd According to the Act of Parliament. 5th, April 1777. London, Published by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 455 x 327mm (18 x 12¾"), with large margins. Collector's mark verso.
Elizabeth Herbert (1737-1831), Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery, with her son George Augustus Herbert (1759-1827), later 11th Earl of Pembroke, 8th Earl of Montgomery. Her marriage to the 10th Earl wasn't happy and she eventually left him to live in what is now Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park, complaining 'Husbands are dreadfull and powerful Animals'.
CS: 27: iii of iii; Hamilton P.126.
[Ref: 46992] £480.00

The Rev:d John Herries, A. M.
Martin, Pinx.t 1775. Read fecit.
Publish'd March 1.st 1776 by H. Bryer in Cornhill.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate. Bottom right corner repaired and loss.
Half-length portrait of Reverend John Herries (d.1781) clergyman and elocutionist in an oval. He wears a dark robe, bands and powdered wig and holds a scroll in his left hand. His book 'The elements of speech,' published in 1773 was became widely use and frequently cited as an important work. However often criticised by his contemporaries as he was Scottish.
CS 1 II of II.
[Ref: 61559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Herschel LL.D: RSS. From an Original Picture in the Possession of W.m Watson MD: FRS.
Painted by Abbott. Engraved by Ryder.
Publish'd as the Act directs 11th Feb.y 1788 by S. Watts, No 28 Walcot place Lambeth.
Stipple. Sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼") Small margins. Nicks to left margin.
Frederick William Herschel, Hanoverian astronomer, who came to England during the Seven Years's War and was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society when it was founded in 1820. The owner of the painting, Sir William Watson, asked his friend Herschel to sit for Abbott, saying, ''When you are in town on full moon nights you may perhaps spare an hour early in the morning, & may sit three or four times running - & the thing may in this way be done without much inconvenience or loss of time''. The original oil is now in the National Portrait Gallery. The telescope in the second picture is Herschel's '40-foot telescope (i.e. with a 40-ft focal length), built in Slough between 1785-9. It was largest telescope in the world for 50 years. According to the scratched publication line under the image, it was 'Publish'd Feb 1 1791 by W. Herschel', issued in The Philosophical Transactions of t he Royal Society.
See reference 52941 for stipple in brown ink.
[Ref: 61689] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

William Hoare R.A.
Painted by P. Hoare. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Oct.r 1. 1794, vy S.W. Reynolds, N.o 6 Broad Street, Soho.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album paper at sides. Staining top right.
Half-length portrait, within an oval and square wooden frame, of portrait painter William Hoare of Bath (1707-92). He wears a powdered wig, dark coat and waistcoat, and light neckerchief.
[Ref: 61599] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp.
Gab. Mathyas pinxt. Faber fect.
London, Printed for Tho.s Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Y.d & John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1750.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
A three-quarter length portrait of a nun, seated to the right, wearing the habit. Her right hand lifted to the edge of her veil, and her left hand is resting on an open book on a table beside her, below a crucifix and skull. The sitter is indentified as English nun Mary Howard, of the Holy Cross (1653-1735), daughter of English playwright and politician Sir Robert Howard (1626-98).
CS 195 I of II.
[Ref: 61588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Hudson Bay] Carte des Parties du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Suivant les Voyages de Middleton et d'Ellis en 1742 et 1746. Pour chercher un Passage dans la Mer du Sud.
Par M. B. [Bellin] Ing. de la Marine 1753.
[Paris: Didot Libraire, c.1753.]
Engraved map, 18th century watermark. 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"), large margins. Folded as issued.
A map of the northern part of Hudson Bay, recording the voyages of Christopher Middleton and Henry Ellis in search of the North West Passage. Published in Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
[Ref: 61381] £230.00

Acte Additionnel aux Constitutions de l'Empire (du 22 Avril 1815.)
Paris chez Fatout, Boulevard Poissonniere 17 [n.d., c.1850].
Scarce aquatint with letterpress. 405 x 345mm (16 x 13½"). Tear near centre fold taped.
A triumphal plate featuring a youthful Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Imperial Eagle, surrounding the text of alterations to the French Constitution as decreed by Napoleon a month after he escaped from Elba. Charles Fatout (d.1882), a Parisian engraver and bookseller, worked from Boulevard Poissonnière 17 from c.1840 until his death in 1882.
[Ref: 61473] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair of portraits of Isabella van Asche and Justus van Meerstraeten] EFFIGIES DOM:AE ISABELLAE VAN ASSCHE, UXORIS AMP: VIRI, DNI IUSTI DE MERSTRATEN, DUM VIVERET, SYNDICI URBIS BRUXELLENSIS. [&] EFFIGIES AMP: VIRI DNI IUSTI DE MERSTRATEN, DUM VIVERET, SYNDICI URBIS BRUXELLENSIS.
Ant: van Dyck pinxit. IFLeonart fecit Bruxell.
[n.d. c.1680]
Pair of mezzotints, sheets 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Isabella trimmed within plate, creasing, Meerstraten fine with large margins, on 17th century watermarked paper, both tipped into album sheets at sides.
Three-quarter length portraits of Jurist and prominent member of the Brussels magistracy, Justus van Meerstraeten (d.1639) and his wife Isabella van Asche (fl.1636).
[Ref: 61609] £480.00 view all images for this item

Thomas Isham de Lamport in Comitatu Northamptoniæ Baronetus.
D. Loggan ad Vivum delin 1676.
Engraving. Sheet 365 x 280mm (14½ x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Sir Thomas Isham (c.1656-81), best known for his diary of his life as a teenage noble. He died young, of smallpox.
[Ref: 61576] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Jonah an oratorio, Disposed for a voice and harpsicord: composed by Samuel Felsted, organist of St. Andrew's Jamaica.]
B. West inv. 1775. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[London, Printed for the Author, by Messrs,, Longman, Lukey & Broderip, No,, 26 , Cheapside, 1775.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed, losing title and publication line, laid on album paper.
Jonah on the shore, the whale behind, used as the titlepage to Samuel Felsted' oratorio 'Jonah'. Felstead (1743-1802) was Jamaica's first documented composer, although only two works suvive: his 'Jonah' was the first complete oratorio written in the Americas.
De Vesme 1873.
[Ref: 61563] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

To My Country I My Pen Consign.
Acc.g to Act of Parl.m May ye 17th 1738.
Scarce etching. Sheet 300 x 185mm (11¾ x 7¼"), with 18th century watermark. Trimmed to image on three sides
A caricature of a journalist, with a man walking in the countryside, reading from a paper. Behind is a winged donkey flying and a barrel emptying its contents onto the ground. The title is a quote from Pope's 'Dunciad'.
BM Satires 2349.
[Ref: 61152] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Judith with the head of Holofernes] Carol. Venetianus Pinxit Alta 4 P 8 dig lata 3 palm 7 dig.
Jacob Männl. S.C.M. Chalcograph delineavit et sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1700]
Fine early 18th century watermarked mezzotint, 275 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Thread margins. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
From the series 'Pièces gravées d'après les tableaux de la gallerie impériale royale de Vienne' a series of mezzotints after paintings in the imperial collection in Vienna. Depiction of the tale from the Old Testament Book of Judith. Judith holds the head of the Assyrian General Holofernes by a maid who carries a candle and opens a sack with her other hand and teeth.
[Ref: 61612] £360.00

Michael Kelly, of the Kings Theatre & Theatre Royal Drury Lane. From an Original Picture in the Possession or Rowland Stephenson, Esq.r.
Painted by J. Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to his Majesty.
London, Pub.d June 1. 1825, by M.r Sams, Royal Library S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint, presentation copy, signed by the sitter in ink. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Mss. ink slightly smeared.
Seated half-length portrait of Irish tenor Michael Kelly (1762-1826), signed ''As a token of esteem to Miss Stephens from Michael Kelly January 24th 1825'. Miss Stephens likely refers to Catherine Stephens, Countess of Essex (1794–1882) who was an English operatic singer and actress, also known as Kitty Stephens. She sung music composed by Michael Kelly at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
Whitman: 286
[Ref: 61539] £320.00

Miss Decamp in the character if Urania.
P. Jean del. J. Vendramini sculp.t
London, Published Oct.r 6th 1802, by John P. Thompson Great Newport Street and No. 51, Dean Street, Soho, Printseller to his Majesty and the Duke and Duchess of York.
Stipple, 295 x 210mm (11¾ x 8½"), with very large margins. Repaired tears in margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of actress Maria Theresa Kemble (1774-1838), when Miss De Camp, in character as Urania. She stands in the clouds, reaching upwards with her right hand and pointing her finger. She wears a veil and white dress decorated with stars.
[Ref: 61680] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Georg Augustin Kevenhüller Freÿher. zu Aichelberg [...] Natus 1612. Denatus 1652.
Michael Fennitzer F:
[n.d., c.1652.]
Mezzotint. 225 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Small margins.
Georg Augustin Freiherr von Khevenhüller-Aichelberg (1615-53), Austrian soldier.
[Ref: 61621] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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