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Miss Crusse's.
Miss Crusse's.
J. Reynolds Pinx. R. Brookshaw Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles No. 13 in Cornhill.
Mezzotint and Etching with very large margins. 120mm x 150mm (4¾" x 6").
Portrait of Miss Emma and Miss Elizabeth Crewe, sisters of John Crewe (later Lord Crewe). Reduced copy of another print from the same Reynolds portrait by Richard Brookshaw (also published by Bowles).
CS 7; not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 31908]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cupid.]
[Cupid.]
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.]
[n.d, c.1780.]
Circular stipple, proof before letters, printed in brown. 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Very large margins.
Cupid with a helmet on a pedestal before him.
[Ref: 38388]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cupid reading from a Scroll.]
[Cupid reading from a Scroll.] Frontispiece. To the Select Works of Engravings Under the Direction of William Buchanan Esq.r
Correggio pinxt. Engraved in the School of Morghen.
Pub.d by Mr. Stone at the Historic Gallery, 87, Pall Mall.
Steel engraving on India with very large margins, platemark 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Fine impression, numered '132' lower right, on uncut sheet.
Engraving of a detail from Correggio's 'Venus with Mercury and Cupid' ('The School of Love') in the National Gallery, London, in which Mercury acts as schoolmaster to the young Cupid. This print was the frontispiece to a series of engravings illustrating 'Portraits and Ideals of the Great Masters of the Various Schools of Painting', supervised by the dealer William Buchanan (1777-1864). The reference to the 'School of Morghen' refers to the famous Italian engraver Raphael Morghen (1758-1833).
For another print in this series, see ref. 24232; for Morghen's work see ref. 23992.
[Ref: 33953]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Cupido.
Cupido. From a Painting of Bartholomew Schidoni in the Collection of the King of Naples.
R. Strange Neapoli delin.t. A.º 1762 Atque Londini A.º 1774 Ære incidit. Printed by Hocquet.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 425 x 315mm (16¾ x 12½"), with large margins.
Cupid resting under a tree, his bow on the ground, his quiver tied to a branch. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615).
[Ref: 46547]   £420.00  
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The Cymbal Girl.
The Cymbal Girl.
H. Singleton pinxt. J. Eginton. sculpt.
Pub. April 1st 1793. by Jee & Eginton [Birmingham].
Stipple printed in brown ink, sheet 200 x 175mm. 8 x 7". Trimmed to plate.
A female street musician, children gathered around; she appears to be playing an accordion-type box-shaped musical instrument, powered by a winding handle. After Henry Singleton (British, 1766 - 1839).
[Ref: 19864]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Ah: Si je te Tenais. / Ah: If I Catch You.
Ah: Si je te Tenais. / Ah: If I Catch You.
Danloux, Pinx.t.
London: Printed in Colours & Published by A. Friedel, 15, Southampton St. Strand. [n.d., c.1830.]
Very fine colour printed lithograph. Sheet size: 495 x 345mm (19½ x 13½"). Uncut, with ver large margins.
A portrait of an elderly man, looking to the right, holding a stick. After Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753 - 1809), a French painter and draftsman.
[Ref: 38075]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Salethea Dawkens.
Miss Salethea Dawkens.
J. Toer pinx. P. Stee fecit.
[n.d. c.1778]
Framed mezzotint, sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Frame 505 x 390mm (20 x 15½"). Trimmed to plate. Unexamined outside of frame.
Miss Salethea (Salathea) Dawkens, leaning over a low wall, wearing a hat and ribbon around her neck and looking at viewer. According to 'Musgrave's Obituary' (The Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol LXV, 1900) Dawkens was a courtesan. The artist, engraver and sitter are unknown.
CS: 1. Le Blanc 388; Russell II of II.
[Ref: 62574]   £360.00  
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Lady Ann Dawson.
Lady Ann Dawson. 6th Daughter to Thomas Fermor Earl of Pomfret Aged 21, 1754.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. M.cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [c.1754.]
Fine mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with very large margins.
Lady Anne Dawson (1733-69), wife of Thomas Dawson, afterwards Viscount Cremorne. She is portrayed as Diana, with a crescent moon diadem, spear and hunting dog. The painting was executed the year of their marriage.
CS 52, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 46339]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Girl in thought.] [&] [Tearful girl.]
[Girl in thought.] [&] [Tearful girl.]
V.M. Picot ex.t
Pub: and Sold Nov.r 21. 1775 by V:M: Picot, No.16, in the Strand, London. a Londre: Ches Picot au No.16 dans le Strand.
Pair of stipples, with large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 278 x 228mm (11 x 9"); [&] 290 x 253 (11½ x 10"). Glued to backing sheet at corners; excellent impressions.
A young woman covering herself and looking rather deep in thought; another young girl tearful whilst resting her head on a plinth and looking up towards the heavens. Published (and possibly engraved by) Victor Marie Picot (1744-1802), a French engraver who spent most of his career working in London.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
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M.rs Jenny Deering.
M.rs Jenny Deering. In the Common Parlour at Houghton.
Peter Lilly Equess Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Charles Townley Sculpsit. Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Bottom left corner of margin torn off, touching plate mark.
Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne (d.1689).
CS 6, ivi of iv. Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34417]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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M.rs Jenny Deering.
M.rs Jenny Deering. In the Common Parlour at Houghton.
Peter Lilly Equess Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t. Charles Townley Sculpsit. Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence.
Publish'd Sept.r 1.st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½"), on wove paper, good margins.
Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne (d.1689).
CS 6, ivi of iv.
[Ref: 46192]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Delia.
Delia.
J. Boydell exc. 1782 B. Beale sculp
Publish'd Oct.r 1st 1782 by J. Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside, London
Rare stipple, platemark 180 x 155mm (7 x 6"). Small margins.
Very pretty portrait.
[Ref: 40469]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Delia in the Country.  [&]  Delia in Town.
Delia in the Country. [&] Delia in Town. At length from Town the peerless Maid ... A Blessing Cities cannot give. [&] With beauteous Form and sparkling Eyes ... The Seat of Innocence and Love.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London publish'd February 12th. 1788, by J.R. Smith No 31, King Street Covent Garden..
Pair of stipples printed in brown ink, ovals, 300 x 260mm. 11¾ x 10¼". Presented in attractive gilt frames, F.B. Daniell labels to versos. Slight toning to 'Delia in Town'; overall fine impressions, platemarks visible.
A rural and urban young lady, the first seated under a tree, in a wide-brimmed hat and lace shawl, reading a book held up in her left hand; the second seated, to left, smiling towards the viewer from beneath a large-brimmed hat with tall plumes, her hands joined and resting on the round table in front of her. Eight lines of verse below titles. After George Morland (1762/3 - 1804).
Frankau 109, II & 110, II. D'Oench 294 & 295.
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Della Crusca.
Della Crusca. Once more on Virgils tomb I'll muse, And Lauras gemm'd with evening dews; Once more Rome's Via Sacra tread, And ponder on the mighty dead. Vid the Poetry of the World, Vol: I. P.103.
S. Harding delin. W.N. Gardiner, Sculp:
Publish'd as the Act directs, July, 1. 1797 by T. Philipe, Pall Mall Court.
Stipple. Plate 299 x 203mm. 11¾ x 8".
A young man sitting by a tomb or wall, his head resting in his right hand, holding the feathers of a hat in his left hand, within an oval.
[Ref: 25979]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Etched from Life by Delpini.C.L. 1812. [in plate]
Etched from Life by Delpini.C.L. 1812. [in plate]
Etched from Life by Delpini.
Coloured etching. 190 x 130mm.
With A.L.S. dated 1813. - obscure origins although Carlo Antonio Delpini was a Pantomimist and stage manager, born in Rome, arriving in London around 1774.
[Ref: 6937]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Deshabiller.
Le Deshabiller.
Engraved by T. Woolnoth, from a picture by De Broisfremont, from the Collection of Mr. De Courti.
Publish'd Feb 5. 1828 by J: Bulcock. No.163 Strand.
Stipple. Plate 240 x 177mm. 9½ x 7".
A women in her dressing room after a ballet performance, removes her ballet shoes. After a painting by Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont (1773-1838), a pupil of Pierre Paul Prud'hon
[Ref: 17330]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Diana
Diana
Painted by J. Nixon Member of the Royal Academy. Engraved by Tho.s Watson.
London, Published Feb.y 1st 1780 for Watson & Dickinson No 158 New Bond Street
Rare stipple, platemark 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7") very large margins.
Diana, goddess of the hunt, holding a javelin. Engraved after a miniature by James Nixon (bap.1741-1812), miniature painter who painted theatrical celebrities and scenes from literature. He was miniature painter to the duchess of York from 1792 and limner to the prince of Wales from 1803.
Goodwin 64
[Ref: 40470]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Diana.
Diana.
Painted by Stroehling. Engraved by R. Woodman.
Publish'd and Sold April 2nd 1813, by Edw.d Orme Bond Street, London.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 220 x 205mm (8¾ x 8"). Trimmed to plate.
Head and shoulders portrait of the Huntress, over foliage, wearing crescent moon headdress.
[Ref: 56607]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Country Girl.]
[The Country Girl.]
Painted by W. Peters R.A. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
London, Publish'd Mar. 1st, 1778.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 265 x 200mm (10½ x 8"), with wide margins.
A portrait identified by Chaloner Smith as Mary Dickinson, sister of the engraver, with a high hat with ribbons and low-cut dress, within an oval frame. The original painting belonged to the Marquis of Granby.
CS 17, state i of ii.
[Ref: 56319]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mary Dickinson] The Country Girl.
[Mary Dickinson] The Country Girl. How Happy is the harmless Country Maid, [...] From an Original Picture in the Collection of the Marquis of Granby.
Painted by W. Peters R.A. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
London, Publish'd Mar. 1st, 1778 by W. Dickinson, No 20 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, and T. Watson No 142, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 265 x 200mm (10½ x 8"), on 18th century watermarked paper, with margins. Repaired tears in margins.
A portrait identified by Chaloner Smith as Mary Dickinson, sister of the engraver, with a high hat with ribbons and low-cut dress, within an oval frame.
CS 17, state ii of ii. From the Halsey Collection.
[Ref: 60125]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Die Andacht. / Wan sich die Gottesfurcht auf schönen Wangen findet, / Und mit der Jugned Flor ein fromes Herz verbindet, / Wird eines solchen Kinds verdienter Ruhm erhöht, / Schaut, eitle Töchter! Schaut, wie dies so schöne Steht.
Die Andacht. / Wan sich die Gottesfurcht auf schönen Wangen findet, / Und mit der Jugned Flor ein fromes Herz verbindet, / Wird eines solchen Kinds verdienter Ruhm erhöht, / Schaut, eitle Töchter! Schaut, wie dies so schöne Steht. Meditabunda devotio. / Religionis opus pingens clarissima forma, / Inter virgineos fax pietate choros, / Emicat ut fulgens coeli inter sidera luna, / Illustris pietas ecce venusta simul.
I.I. Haid exc. A.V.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Plate 381 x 280mm. 15" x 11". Very fine.
A prayer advocating the fear of God.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 9201]   £380.00  
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Die harte Erziehung. / Ein Herz, das Freundlichkeit und Gütigkeit vergist, / Wird mit verstiegnem Stolz kein Herz vernünfftig ziehen, / Die Weißheit weiß gar klug die Härtigkeit zu fliehen, / Ob sie in Wort un Werck gleich scharf und ernstlich ist.
Die harte Erziehung. / Ein Herz, das Freundlichkeit und Gütigkeit vergist, / Wird mit verstiegnem Stolz kein Herz vernünfftig ziehen, / Die Weißheit weiß gar klug die Härtigkeit zu fliehen, / Ob sie in Wort un Werck gleich scharf und ernstlich ist. Dura educatio. / Dum jucunda fugit prudentis gratia vultus, / Filiolam mater fingere nulla potest. / Evitat duram vigilaris prudential mentem, / Severaque tamen pectoral lege regit.
I.I. Haid exc. A.V.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Plate 381 x 280mm. 15" x 11". Very fine.
A stern mother looks on as her daughter knits. A poem advocating a hard upbringing.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 9202]   £380.00  
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The Dishabille.
The Dishabille.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[n.d., c.1776.]
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins.
A woman in plain 17th century dress, including white cloth bonnet, fichu and apron, sitting before a mirror on her dressing table. The original painting by Gabriel Metsu, c.1665, is in the Harold Samuel collection of the Guildhall.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM 1861,1109.149, dated 'June 21 1776' in pencil. Goodwin: 179 iii of iii.
[Ref: 43548]   £300.00  
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Les Amusements de la Vie Privée.
Les Amusements de la Vie Privée. Dedié a Madame La Comtess de Tessin Sènatrice de Suede.
Peint par J.B.S. Chardin en 1746. L. Surugue Sculpsit 1747.
a Paris chez L. Surugue Graveur du Roy, rue des Noyers attenant le Magazin de papier vis-avis S.t Yves. A.P.D.R.
Etching with engraving. 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Narrow margins.
A woman sits in a room, bare except for a spinning wheel and a corner cabinet, a book on her lap. Chardin's painting, 'Domestic Pleasures', was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1747 and is now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
[Ref: 61435]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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La Musica.
La Musica.
Domenichino. Joh. Pichler fecit Viennæ 1788.
Mezzotint. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"),
A young woman holding sheet music, by Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino.
[Ref: 1852]   £330.00  
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La Douceur.
La Douceur.
Dessinée d'après Nature, par Lemire Ainé et Gravée par Bertrand.
A Paris chez Jean, Rue St. Jean de Beauvais, No.10. Déposée à la Dirée. G.le de l'Imp.rie et de la Lib.rie. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured stipple partly printed in colour. Plate 400 x 286mm. 15¾ x 11¼".
Softness; a young maiden with soft eyes and a soft complexion with curls, and wrapped in a floral head-scarf. La Douceur being a kindness of spirit.
[Ref: 17498]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Student copying a portrait.]
[Student copying a portrait.]
[Anon., c.1740]
Engraving, platemark 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾"), with very large margins.
Page from a drawing manual.
[Ref: 48002]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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La drolesse contante.
La drolesse contante.
C.D. In. I.Gole fec et Exc. cum Privilegio Amstelod. [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 245 x 165mm.
Engraved by Jacobus Gole after Cornelis Dusart.
[Ref: 2182]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.
Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at edges. Creases at bottom
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating a temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820).
Whitman: 5, II. Chaloner Smith: 41, ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 46188]   £420.00  
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[Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.]
[Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.]
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint, proof before title. 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼"). A fine impression, few creases. Unknown Collector's mark bottom right,
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). See 14761.
Whitman: 5, I. Chaloner Smith: 41, I. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14764]   £580.00  
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Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.
Mr. Robert Drummond & Mr. Thomas Drummond, Sons of Robert Archbishop of York.
B. West, pinxit, 1768. V. Green, fecit.
[n.d., c.1769.]
Mezzotint. 615 x 385mm (24¼ x 15¼").
Double portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (1711 - 1776), Archbishop of York from 1761, and Thomas Auriol Hay Drummond (1752 - 1773). They stand side by side in conversation in partial, neo-classical interior, Robert indicating temple on hill in distance to left; globes, books and statue arranged around them. The print was exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1769. After Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). See 14364.
Whitman: 5, II. Chaloner Smith: 41, ii of ii, published state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14761]   £350.00  
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[Male head in profile]
[Male head in profile]
[By Richard Duppa?, c.1800]
Mezzotint, platemark 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Glued to backing sheet; signed by artist [?] in pencil.
Unusual mezzotint possibly by Richard Duppa (bap.1768, d.1831), writer and draughtsman.
[Ref: 44121]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mother and child]
[Mother and child]
[By Richard Duppa?, c.1800]
Mezzotint, sheet 230 x 145mm (9 x 5¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Unusual mezzotint, possibly unfinished, with trial techniques below main image. Possibly by Richard Duppa (bap.1768, d.1831), writer and draughtsman.
[Ref: 44122]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Dutch consul]
[A Dutch consul]
Thos Worlidge fecit 1758
Etching, platemark 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Good impression; trimmed on platemark; 'J.B.' verso (for John Barnard).
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression from Collection of John Barnard (1709-84), print-collector and one of the foremost connoisseurs of his day.
State iii/v; W7-; D59 and 157.
[Ref: 32875]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Dutch consul]
[A Dutch consul]
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1758.
Etching with very large margins, platemark 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾").
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression from the reissue by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 with the number '70' added in the top right corner.
State iv/v; W7-; D59 and 157. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32877]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Dutch consul]
[A Dutch consul]
Thos Worlidge Fecit 1758.
Etching, platemark 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Very large margins; good impression.
Rembrandtesque print by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression from the reissue by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 with the number '70' added in the top right corner.
State iv/v; W7-; D59 and 157.
[Ref: 32876]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The Dutch Cook Maid.
The Dutch Cook Maid.
Metzu pinxit. Ja.s Watson Sculp.
[Boydell, n.d., c.1778.]
Mezzotint, proof before publication line. 320 x 225mm.
[Ref: 8127]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Desmook is al myn lust, en’tbier is al myn leven: Noch sou’ ik om de kan de pyp wel overgeven. Ik ben een stinckend kreng, ik ben een dronkeslet. Ik mag te lydig smook, en’t lieve mout noch bet. 13.
Desmook is al myn lust, en’tbier is al myn leven: Noch sou’ ik om de kan de pyp wel overgeven. Ik ben een stinckend kreng, ik ben een dronkeslet. Ik mag te lydig smook, en’t lieve mout noch bet. 13.
[Dutch. n.d., c.1680]
Engraving with etching. Plate 172 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"), 17th century watermark.
A man standing holding a beer tankard in one hand and a long pipe in the other.
[Ref: 26636]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Dutch Lady.]
[A Dutch Lady.]
[Rembrandt van Rijn. J. Spilsbury.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Proof before letters. Uncleaned title area from the Galston collection. Sheet size: 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾") Trimmed to platemark. Bit wrinkled.
A portrait of a young woman; bust, in an oval frame, directed to the left, tilting her chin and smiling slightly towards the viewer. She is wearing a gown with a rose at the breast, pearl earrings, a cloak and a veil.
Chaloner Smith: 40.
[Ref: 38014]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Study in the Egyptian Antiquity Department in the British Museum]
[A Study in the Egyptian Antiquity Department in the British Museum]
H.S. Marks.
London, Published December 1st 1861 by Day & Son, Lith to the Queen.
Etching on india, platemark 180 x 130mm (7 x 5") very large margins.
Etching by painter Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98), plate 17 from Passages from 'Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club' (1862). Marks first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853 and regularly exhibited there in the next two decades (mostly with Shakespearean or historical subjects). Family responsibilities forced him to take on additional work, including illustrations such as this, art criticism, and designs for porcelain, church and theatre interiors, and even Christmas cards! He was elected as an Academician in 1878.
[Ref: 41167]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Eliza.]
[Eliza.]
Painted by J. Hoppner. Engraved by J. Young.
London Publish'd March 1st, 1786, by J. Young, No 28 Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 380 x 280mm (18 x 11"). Backed on paper.
Portrait of a pensive woman at a window, with a songbird in a cage hanging on the wall. Chaloner Smith believed the woman to be Hoppner's wife, Phoebe Wright, the daughter of American-born sculptor Patience Wright.
CS:74: I of II. Ex: Daniells. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 15328]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Eliza.]
[Eliza.]
Painted by J. Hoppner. Engraved by J. Young.
London Publish'd March 1st, 1786, by J. Young, No 28 Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, in a fine Daniell frame. 380 x 280mm (18 x 11"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of a pensive woman at a window, with a songbird in a cage hanging on the wall. Chaloner Smith believed the woman to be Hoppner's wife, Phoebe Wright, the daughter of American-born sculptor Patience Wright.
CS:74: I of II.
[Ref: 61423]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Eliza.
Eliza.
Painted by J. Hoppner. Engraved by J. Young.
Published March 6th 1786 by J. Young No. 28 Newman Street Oxford Street London.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (18 x 11"). Tear in left margin.
Portrait of a pensive woman at a window, with a songbird in a cage hanging on the wall. Chaloner Smith believed the woman to be Hoppner's wife, Phoebe Wright, the daughter of American-born sculptor Patience Wright.
CS: 74, ii of ii.
[Ref: 7617]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Emma.
Emma.
R. Cosway delin.
London Pub. April 2 1802 by R. Ackermann 101 Strand.
Stipple with hand-colouring, platemark 240 x 135mm (9½ x 5¼") very large margins.
Stipple by J.R. Smith after a drawing by Richard Cosway described by Frankau as a portrait of his wife Maria Cosway. It was first published by Smith in 1785 as one of a set of four with 'Henry' (also after Cosway) and 'Octavia' and 'Ariadne' (both after Hoppner). This impression is from the later 1802 publication by Rudolph Ackermann.
D'Oench 251; Daniell 184; Frankau 128.
[Ref: 44202]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Enfant du Soleil.
Enfant du Soleil.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare stipple, printed in colours. Sheet 130 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed around image and title, laid on album paper.
A child with a headdress with five ostrich feathers printed in three colours, pearl earrings and a fur cape.
[Ref: 56354]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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The Engineer.
The Engineer.
Colson Pinxit. B. Clowes fecit.
Printed for Thos. Kitchin, at No. 59, Holborn Hill, London. [n.d. c. 1750.]
Mezzotint. 253 x 355mm (10 x 14") Timmed to plate at bottom.
Children setting a light to a miniature cannon to right on a stone bench. Wonderful image and fine impression of this rare print. Industrial Revolution interest.
CS: 25 (only state). Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14755]   £490.00  
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L'Espagnollette [&] L'Espagnol.
L'Espagnollette [&] L'Espagnol.
F. Flipart sculp.
A Paris chez Crepy rue S. Jacques a S. Pierre pres la rue de la parcheminerie [n.d., c.1780].
Pair of engravings with etching, 250 x 185mm & 280 x 200mm respectively.
A highly decorative pair of Spanish sitters, the lady painting a canvas and the gentleman holding his sword. 'L'Espagnollette' after Jacques Philippe Caresme (1734 - 1796), 'L'Espagnol' after Alexis Grimou (1678 - 1733). By the engraver (Charles) François Flipart (1730 - 1773), son of Jean Charles and collaborator of Jean Jacques, who like him was a pupil of Laurent Cars.
[Ref: 7969]   £250.00   (£300.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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L'Europe.
L'Europe.
Guérard del. Imp. Lemercier. Régnier et Bettanier lith.
Paris publié par J. Bulla et F. Delarue 10, rue JJ Rousseau. London, published, 15 March 1844 by the Anaglyphic Company, 12 Denmark St. Soho. [n.d. c.1850.]
Fine coloured lithograph. 310 x 255mm. 12¼ x 10".
Europe; a young woman sat with her left-hand in pocket and right-hand holding a closed fan. She wears a particular head-dress with a cloth draped over a bar that goes through her hair and with a bell at either end; a volcano in the background, maybe Vesuvius.
[Ref: 23954]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Little Executioner.]
[The Little Executioner.]
Rp f. [Engraved by Richard Houston.]
[1755.]
Mezzotint. 130 x 160mm (5¼ x 6¼"). Folded twice as issued, folds taped on verso.
A copy of the first mezzotint to be published in England, which had been engraved by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who introduced the technique to England when he returned with the Restoration in 1660. Rupert demonstrated the process to associates, including John Evelyn, who persuaded Rupert to contribute this portrait to his history of printmaking, 'Sculpura', in 1662. According to Chaloner Smith this version was engraved for the second edition of 'Sculpura'.
CS: 7.ii Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53119]   £330.00  
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Expectation, or The well-educated Favorite.
Expectation, or The well-educated Favorite.
Taylor, Holborn, excudit. [n.d. c.1820.]
Stipple. Plate 178 x 114mm. 7 x 4½".
A small spaniel sitting up on his hind legs next to a boy and girl.
[Ref: 22616]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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