Grosvenor Prints

Ferdinandus III. Dei Grat. Imperator Rom. Sep. August. Germ. Hung. Boh. Rex: Archidux Aust. Dux Burgund. etc.
Ant. van Dyck pinxit. Corn. Galle Iunior sculpsit.
[?] excudit Antwerpiae A.o. 1649. [Later impression.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 275 x 195mm (10¾ x 7¾'') very large margins. Staining.
A portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1607-1657).
H.123 II of II
[Ref: 48567] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Ferdinandus. IV. Dei. GR. Utrius. Sig. Et. Hier. Rex.
Franciscus Liani pinx. Gulielmus Morghen sculp.
Romae 1789.
Engraving, ink Collector's mark verso; sheet 430 x 305mm (17 x 12"). Trimmed to plate left and right. Small margins.
Oval half length portrait of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples (1751-1825), also styled as Ferdinand III of Sicily (1759-1816) and Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1816-25). He wears armour and a fur trimmed royal cloak. Nelson helped him stay in power. After Francesco Liani (fl. 1765-1777), possibly reworked from another plate of Ferdinand IV by a relative of Filippo Morghen (1730-c.1807) and Raphael Morghen (1758-1833).
[Ref: 60606] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Ferdinandus, Philippi IV frater, Hispaniarum Infans Serebissimus, S. R. E. Cardinalis, Et Belgarum Gubernatur.
Ant. Van Dÿck Pinxit. P. Van Sompet Sculpsit.
P. Soutman Effigiawit et Excud. Cum Prvil. Sa. Cæ. M. [n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving, fine impression. Sheet: 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1610-1641), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Cardinal and brother of Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665). From a series of twenty-two engravings of portraits of european rulers and their wives, 'Ferdinandus II et III Imperatorum Domus Austriacæ Potentissimi'.
Bought at Sothebys 24/5/1928 Lot 92 For the Chaloner Smith Collection.
[Ref: 45942] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Ferdinand of Austria.] Ventis et DIS Venit Ille Secundis.
[Antwerp, 1635.]
Engraving. 365 x 270mm (14¼ x 10½"). Lateral crease.
An allegorical plate, representing Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand (1609-41) travelling to Italy on a ship being pushed by mer-people. His father. Philip II of Spain, had him made Archbishop of Toledo aged 10 and a cardinal soon after (although he was never actually ordained). This allowed him an income while serving as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands and a military commander during the Thirty Years' War which saw Spain lose control of much of the Spanish Netherlands.
[Ref: 399] £360.00

[Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria.] Coeli progenies, Vindictae Iberae...
P. Paul Rubens pinxit. Paulus Pontius sculpsit et excudit. C. Geuartius lud.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Scarce engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 475 x 320mm (18¾ x 12½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, edged with old paper.
An equestrian portrait of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609-41), son of Philip III of Spain, at the Battle of Nördlingen. He served as a general in the Thirty Years' War, the Eighty Years' War and the Franco-Spanish War, remaining undefeated. An early example, published by Pontius. The example in the British Museum (1871,1209.3425) has 'et excudit' removed. The painting is in the Museo del Prado (P01687).
[Ref: 63990] £490.00

Ferdinand VII, Roi d'Espagne.
A. Maurin 1833 [in image]. Lith. de Lemercier rue du Four S.G. No.35
Paris chez Chaillou Editeur rue St Honoré No. 140
Lithograph, image 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½") very large margins. Messy. Uncut sheet; repaired tears in margins; publisher's blindstamp.
Ferdinand VII (1784-1833), twice king of Spain (1808; 1813-33). Overthrown by Napoleon in 1808, the French Emperor acknowledged him as king again in 1813. Towards the end of his life he married Maria Christina, with whom he had a daughter, Isabella, who subsequently became queen. From a series of portraits by lithographer Antoine Maurin dit l'aîné (1793 - 1860).
For Isabella II as a child, see ref. 19410; for Maria Christina, see ref. 34517.
[Ref: 55964] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Ferdinand VII. King of Spain. From a portrait in the possession of Admiral Apodaca.
Freeman sculp.t
[n.d. c.1815.]
Stipple.152 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Cut.
King Ferdinand VII (1784-1833), twice King of Spain, in 1808 and from 1813 to 1833. He was known as 'Ferdinand the Desired' or 'The felon King'.
[Ref: 31215] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Ferdinand the VII leading Liberty in chains to the shrine of Our Lady of Loretto.
[n.d., c.1814.]
Hand coloured etching. Very rare. Printed area: 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"). Tear taped on reverse, unexamined out of frame.
A satire depicting Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784 - 1833), leading 'Liberty' in chains to the shrine of 'Our Lady of Loretto', who stands to the left holding a small child in her arms. Her dress is inscribed 'This drapery was work'd & presented to the holy virgin by the proud King of Spain in gratitude for his miraculous Restoration to his Throne & Kingdom. 1814'. After being overthrown by Napoleon in 1808, Ferdinand was forced to abdicate, with Napoleon choosing his brother Joseph Bonaparte as king of Spain. Uprisings broke out throughout the country, marking the beginning of the Peninsular War. Napoleon kept Ferdinand under guard in France for six years at the Chateau of Valençay, until 11th December 1813 when he signed the Treaty of Valençay, which acknowledged Ferdinand VII as king of Spain once again.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 35201] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Adam Ferguson LL.D.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. Beugo.
Publish'd Oct.r 23 1790 by J. Stockdale Piccadilly.
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 209 x 127mm. 8¼ x 5".
Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was a Scottish philosopher, social scientist and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is sometimes referred to as "the father of modern sociology".
NPS: D2337. Hamilton: p.26.
[Ref: 24367] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Adam Ferguson LL.D.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J. Beugo.
Publish'd Oct.r 23 1790 by J. Stockdale Piccadilly.
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 210 x 120mm. 8¼ x 4¾".
Portrait after Reynolds; half-length seated to front, eyes down to right, with quill pen in his right hand; corner of table with papers to right; oval. Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was a Scottish philosopher, social scientist and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is often referred to as "the father of modern sociology". He was professor of philosophy at Edinburgh.
Hamilton: p.26.
[Ref: 25570] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

David Ferguson [in pencil]
H. Wrighte [in pencil.] T S. Landseer [pencil.]
Canterbury Publd. as the act directs B, Cowstan July 1 1818 [in pencil.]
Very rare etching on india. Proof before letters. Plate 191 x 140mm. 7½ x 5½".
David Ferguson, centenarian.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 14984] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

James Ferguson F:R:S:
James Northcote Pinx.t. F. Harward fecit.
Publish'd March 20 1776, for W. Shropshire N.º 158 New Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, some restoration
A half-length portrait in oval of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), holding a book. Apart from three months at a grammar school Ferguson was self-taught. His 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles' was first published in 1756 and was still in print in 1811.
CS 2. Wellcome: 965-1
[Ref: 67125] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[James Ferguson F:R:S:]
John Townsend pinx.t.
Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & modeller of portraits in wax No 15 Millman Streets, Bedford Row, Hoborn. As the Act directs, December ye 27th 1776.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 355 x 255mm.
A half-length portrait of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), hand resting on a celestial globe. Apart from three months at a grammar school Ferguson was self-taught. His 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles' was first published in 1756 and was still being published in 1811.
CS: 5, this state not mentioned. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6167] £520.00

James Ferguson F:R:S:
John Townsend pinx.t.
Publish'd Dec.r 7th 1776. Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & modeller of portraits in wax No 15 Millman Streets, Bedford Row, Holborn.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), hand resting on a celestial globe. Apart from three months at a grammar school Ferguson was self-taught. His 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles' was first published in 1756 and was still being published in 1811.
CD: 5, W. 965-3. See 6167 for proof before title.
[Ref: 55230] £520.00

James Ferguson F:R:S:
John Townsend pinx.t.
Publish'd Dec.r 7th 1776. Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & modeller of portraits in wax No 15 Millman Streets, Bedford Row, Holborn.
Scarce mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, some restoration. Thread margins.
A half-length portrait of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), hand resting on a celestial globe. Apart from three months at a grammar school Ferguson was self-taught. His 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles' was first published in 1756 and was still in print in 1811.
CS: 5, Wellcome 965-3. See 6167 for proof before title. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65645] £390.00

[Ronald Craufurd Ferguson] Major General Ferguson.
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York.
Published March 14 1810 by W. Sheardown, Gazzette Office, Doncaster, and by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Repaired tear in bottom margin.
Half-length portrait of Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841) in uniform He served in Flanders during the French Revolutionary Wars, India, the Cape of Good Hope and Peninsula Wars.
Russell 37a, ii of ii. Not listed in Frankau. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65975] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Ronald Craufurd Ferguson] [Major General Ferguson.]
[Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York.]
[Published March 14 1810 by W. Sheardown, Gazzette Office, Doncaster, and by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Rubbed area on left platemark.
Half-length portrait of Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841) in uniform He served in Flanders during the French Revolutionary Wars, India, the Cape of Good Hope and Peninsula Wars.
Russell 37a, between i & ii. CS 371a. Not listed in Frankau. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65976] £350.00

Major General Ronald Craufurd Ferguson, M.P.
Drawn by R. Cosway R.A. Engraved by Anth.y Cardon.
London: Pub.d April 1. 1810, by Anth.y Cardon, 37, London Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare stipple, plate 405 x 315mm (16 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate top, left and right. Thread margins.
Full-length portrait of Gen Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841) standing directed and pointing slightly to left, right hand on his sword-hilt at his hip, looking away to right, wearing military uniform with a sash and high collar, his hat, a scroll and plans on a drum in his tent behind to left, a standard on the floor nearby and tents pitched beside a river in the background to right. He served in Flanders during the French Revolutionary Wars, India, the Cape of Good Hope and Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 63032] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Ferguson.
R. R. M.clan pinxit. L. Dickinson, Lith. Printed by C. Graf.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co, 36, Strand [n.d., 1847].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 370 x 265mm (14½ x 10½"), on thick paper.
A medieval man of Clan Fergusson, barefoot, without a tartan, carrying a hand shield and light sword. From Robert Ronald McIan's The Clans of the Scottish Highlands', Volume II, published in 1847. McIan (1803-56, also Robert Ranald McIan), was a Scottish actor and painter best known for romanticised depictions of Scottish clansmen, their battles and domestic life.
[Ref: 61063] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Adam Fergusson LLD & FRS.
Sir Jos.a Reynolds pinx.t. Ridley Sculp.
Published by Vernor & Hood, Poultry, Aug.t 1st 1799.
Stipple engraving. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼").
Portrait of Adam Ferguson (1723 - 1816), Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable, and unconcerned for their community. Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline.
[Ref: 68239] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

R Cutlar Fergusson [facsimile signature.]
1832 d'Orsay fecit- [signed in plate].
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1841.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Slight stain above Cutlar in title.
Portrait of Robert Cutlar Fergusson (1768 - 1838), judge advocate general and MP for Kirkcudbright. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
O'Donoghue p.207.
[Ref: 21967] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Ferino. Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale le 1. Thermidor an 9 de la Répl.que Fran.se
Desiné d’après nature, par J. Guerin et Gravé par Elis.th Herhan.
à Paris, chez A.A. Renouard Rue Andrés des Arcs. No.42. [n.d. c.1800.]
Stipple. 330 x 242mm (13 x 9½").
Pietro Maria Bartolomeo, Count Ferino (1746-1816) was one of Napoleon's Generals during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1793 he was made senator of the French Republic as part of the Italian Division.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18706] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t. Honourable Lady Sophia Fermor, Married the 14.th. of April. 1744 to John Lord Carteret Principal Secretary of State, since Earl of Granville.
Lady Anne Wentworth, since Countess Fitzwilliam Pinx.t. John Faber fec.t. 1747.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 225 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"). Thread margins, laid on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745), in a frame-like border above a plinth. She married John Carteret, Earl of Granville. Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 168. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67546] £480.00

The R.t. Honourable Lady Sophia Fermor, Married the 14.th. of April. 1744 to John Lord Carteret Principal Secretary of State, since Earl of Granville.
Lady Anne Wentworth, since Countess Fitzwilliam Pinx.t. John Faber fec.t. 1747.
Rare mezzotint. Plate: 225 x 325mm (9 x 12¾").
A half-portrait of Sophia Fermor, Countess Granville (1721-1745) who married John Carteret, Earl of Granville (1690-1763). Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 168.
[Ref: 36454] £330.00

[Lady Sophia Fermor] The Inn-keepers handsom Daughter known through the Tyrolese by the name of the Fair Maid of the Inn.
Rosalba Pinxit. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate, creasing, some surface wear.
A half-portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745) who married John Carteret, Earl of Granville (1690-1763). Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 169, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67254] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Sophia Fermor] The Inn-keepers handsom Daughter known through the Tyrolese by the name of the Fair Maid of the Inn.
Rosalba Pinxit. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins
A half-portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745) who married John Carteret, Earl of Granville (1690-1763). Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera.
CS 169, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67256] £380.00

The Fernande R.W.Y.C. beating the Mosquito and Cynthia cutters for the Queen's Vase, Plymouth, August 26th 1849.
Condy, Pinx.t. Young, Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 405 x 580mm (16 x 22¾"). Trimmed to plate, bottom left corner of inscription area repaired.
The end of a yacht race, a lighthouse in the right background. The Fernande, a schooner built by William Camper at Gosport and owned by Major Francis Mountjoy Martyn, was entered to race in the first of what was to become the Americas Cup (named after the winning yacht), but did not start.
[Ref: 32828] £980.00

La Contravention.
Fernel fec.
Dietrich & Co. Éditeurs, Bruxelles [n.d., c.1910].
Rare chromolithograph. Sheet 365 x 865mm (14½ x 34") with large margins. Wear to the left edge.
An automobile speeds away from a bicycle policeman, with the red-headed passenger cocks a snoot with one hand and covers the number plate with a hat in the other. By Fernand Fernel (1872-1934).
[Ref: 51406] £320.00

Intérieur de la chambre de Voltaire à Fernea. Mes Mànes sont consolés puisque mon coeur est au milieu de vous. Son esprit est partout et son coeur est ici.
Litch. Ch. Gruaz, Geneve.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph with large margins. 241 x 319mm (9½ x 12½"). Few dust marks.
When Voltaire was banned from Paris by Louis XV, he turned to Geneva, however they passed a law that banned theatrical performances and so in 1758 he crossed the French border to Ferney. Voltaire's reign over Ferney saw the town expand rapidly.
[Ref: 30965] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Ariosto's House. In the Street Mirasole, in Ferrara.
Etched by E. Finden.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Etching, very rare. 90 x 126mm (3½ x 5"). Some creasing.
The house of Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), the Italian poet in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. He was best known as the author of the romance epic 'Orlando Furioso' (1516), which describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens.
[Ref: 30938] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Ferrara. The Ducal Palace.
[n.d., c.1850.
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 220mm, 9¾ x 8¾".
The Castle Estense.
[Ref: 15383] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Italian Boy Who is supposed to have been Burked. [In Ink:] Carlo Ferriar on the 4th Novr. 1831 in Bethnal Green.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A rare aquatint. 247 x 158mm.
Carlo Ferrari, who begged pennies in the streets of London, exhibiting a little cage of pet mice and tortoise. He was murdered by John Bishop and Thomas Williams, who then sold his corpse to an anatomy school for dissection.
[Ref: 18416] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

George Ferrars Townshend. Earl of Leicester. President of the Society of Antiquaries, Trustee of the British Museum, F.R.S. and Joint Postmaster General.
R. Cosway R.A. Pictor Principus Pinx.t. P. Condé Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple with etching. Platemark: 265 x 180mm (10¼ x 7"). Crease on left.
A head and shoulders portrait of British peer and politician George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend (1753 - 1811), known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as The Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807. Facing right, within a decorative trompe l'oeil oval on a plinth.
[Ref: 36325] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

A Perspective View of the Execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn. May 5th 1760, for the Murder of his Steward.
[Anon.]
Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill. [n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet size: 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13").
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720 - 1760) was hung at Tyburn for the murder of his steward John Johnson who was attempting to collect money due to Ferrers's estranged wife. A ring of soldiers keep back the spectators, while others watch from wooden stands built to the left and right. Ferrers was driven to Tyburn, dressed in a silver embroidered suit, in his own coach drawn by six horses.
[Ref: 39316] £180.00 (£216.00 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

The Ferry. 7.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles. N.º 69 in St Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2. Sep. 1784.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 175 x 275mm (6¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on card.
A group of well-dressed people descend stairs to board a river ferry.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 64209] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

La Fécondité. G.7.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching, pt 18th century watermark. 190 x 135mm (7½ x 5¼"), with large margins. Stain and wormhole on top right corner.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing fertility, with a globe, cornucopia, animals and flowers.
[Ref: 59344] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Vale of Festiniog, Merionethshire.
Edw.d Goodwin del.t John Baily sculp.t
London, Published 1.st March 1814, by T. Macdonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Very rare coloured aquatint. 450 x 600mm (17¾ x 23½"), on J. Whatman 1826 watermarked paper, with large margins. Slight repair bottom right.
The Vale of Ffestiniog, now part of Snowdonia National Park. A wonderful example of a large coloured aquatint.
[Ref: 29860] £550.00

La Fete au Village. The Feast of the Village.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Six coloured wood engravings, trimmed as scraps (from the same sheet?) and laid on album sheet with title pasted underneath. Sheet 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), on another backing sheet.
A rare set of six slightly caricatures scenes, each titled in French and English.
[Ref: 59775] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[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

La Fête de Village.
Peint par Wilkie. Gravé par Jazet.
A Paris chez Jazet, rue de Lanery, No.7, et chez Aumont, M.d d’Estampes, rue J.J. Rousseau, No.10. Déposé à la Direction. [n.d. c.1823.]
Aquatint. 316 x 419mm (12½ x 16½"). Slightly dusty, off image.
A scene in a market place; women and children to the right but a water pump and torught; men drinking to the right; a bustling scene.
[Ref: 31120] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Fiddler.]
D. Deuchar f.
[n.d., c.1803.]
Etching. 210 x 140mm (8¼ x 5½"), with large margins.
A plate from 'A Collection of Etchings after the Most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools'. David Deuchar (1743-1808), goldsmith and amateur etcher, in Edinburgh. c.1765 he and Alexander Deuchar were appointed Seal-Engravers to the Prince of Wales.
[Ref: 53255] £80.00 (£96.00 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)

[The Fiddling Boy]
J.G. Haid, del, et fecit.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with Haid's inscription excised, 35 x 205mm (1½ x 8"). Trimmed into image on three sides, inscription trimmed into lettering.
A young man in Van Dyck dress and a hat with large plumes, shown three-quarters length standing to right and grinning towards the viewer as he plays a violin.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See BM 2010,7081.1046 for a version published by Carington Bowles with the title as above.
[Ref: 67165] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Fidele's Tomb. To fair Fidele's grassy Tomb Soft Madis & Village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom And rifle all the breathing Spring No waiting Ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet Grove But Shepherd lads assemble here And melting Virgins own their love. [Vid: Collin's Poems.]
Harding del. Suntach direxit.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Engraving. 250 x 305mm (9¾ x 12"). Trimmed along lower edge, losing publication line Some soiling.
Women dress the tomb of Fidele with flowers. A scene illustrating 'A Song from Shakespeare's Cymbeline' by William Collins (1721-59), a poem set to music by Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-78).
See Ref: 17021 for a reversed version, printe in red.
[Ref: 19172] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Fidelia comforting her wounded Lover.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 150 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to image.
An exterior scene depicting a young woman in simple dress with a wide-brimmed hat, dabbing the wounds of her lover who sits under a tree, with a sword at his side, looking up at her while she leans over him. In a landscape with trees to the right.
Ex: Collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34319] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Fidelia. How have I been charmed to see one of the most beauteous women the Age has produced on her knees helping on an old man's slipper. Spectator No.449.
Drawn by Rich.d Westall R.A. Engraved by Louis Schciavonetti V.A.
London: Pub. March 1.1819 by Hurst, Robinson & Co_late Boydells, 90 Cheapside.
Stipple and etching, printed in colours and hand-finished. Plate 610 x 502mm (24 x 19¾").
An old man seated in his armchair by the fireplace is assisted by his loyal daughter: papers, ink and quill on the table to the right.
[Ref: 21695] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Fidelia. How have I been charmed to see one of the most beauteous women the Age has produced on her knees helping on an old man's slipper. ]
Drawn by Rich.d Westall R.A. Etched by Louis Schiavonetti V.A.
Published 25th December 1806 by John Sharpe London.
Stipple, scarce unfinished scratch letter proof before title. 610 x 502mm (24 x 19¾"), with large margins. Slight stain in margin on left centre.
An old man seated in his armchair by the fireplace is assisted by his loyal daughter: papers, ink and quill on the table to the right. From Milton.
[Ref: 47705] £320.00

Fidelity.
Drawn from nature & engraved by Newton.
Published Edinburg, by Swinton, Princes Street. Paris, chez A. Fonrouge, Place du Louvre, 10 [n.d., c.1840].
Mezzotint. Plate: 380 x 290mm (15 x 11½"). Trimmed within plate in lower edge.
A boy dressed in tartan with his dog. At his side hangs a sgian dubh, the traditional Scottish pairing of a hunting and skinning knife in a sheath. As Holyrood Palace can be seen in the background it is likely that this is Bertie, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII.
[Ref: 47715] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

La Fidelite.
L. Lagrenée inv. N.F. Regnault. Sp.
AParis chés Regnault, rue croix des petits-Champs. [n.d. c.1770.]
Very fine stipple printed in red ink. Plate 186 x 196mm (7¼ x 7¾"). Glued to backing sheet at corners.
'Loyalty', sanguine stipple after L.J.F. Lagrenée (1724-1805), pupil of Van Loo and Director of the St Petersburg Academy before occupying similar positions in Paris and Rome.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28414] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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