Grosvenor Prints

The R.t. Hon.ble Lord St Helens.
Painted by J.W. Chandler. Engraved by W. Ward.
London Published Nov.r 16 1793 by W. Ward. Winchester Row Paddington.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Small margins.
Alleyne FitzHerbert (1753-1839, created 1st Baron St Helens for his diplomatic services. His successes included embassies to Catherine the Great (1787) and Alexander I (1801) of Russia; avoiding war with Spain over trade at Nootka Sound (1791), causing George Vancouver to name Mount St Helens in his honour; and a treaty of alliance between Great Britain and Spain (1793).
CS 71, ii of ii. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43493] £380.00

Mrs. Fitzherbert.
Noble sculp.
Published by Alexr. Hogg at the King's Arms No.16 Paternoster Row, Sep. 1. 1786.
Engraving, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". A fine impression with margins.
Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) (1756 - 1837), famous beauty, and mistress of George IV. A woman of tact and discretion, Mrs Fitzherbert was one of the great beauties of her day. Although a Catholic and a widow she was persuaded to marry the Prince of Wales in a secret ceremony in 1785. The marriage was illegal. The Prince did not have the King's approval and the heir could not marry a Catholic without forfeiting the right to the throne. Mrs Fitzherbert was condemned to a life of deception as the Prince's 'mistress'. She patiently maintained this position for almost a decade after George's official marriage to Caroline of Brunswick in 1795. For the 'New Lady's Magazine' 1786.
[Ref: 13128] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Fitzherbert & Mary Seymour] The Guardian-Angel. the hint taken from the Red.d M.r Peter's sublime Idea of ''an Angel conducting the Soul of a Child to Heaven.''
J.S Gillray inv. & f.t.
Pub.d April 22.d 1805. by H. Humphrey, S.t James's Street.
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10½"). Trimmed to plate.
Mrs. Fitzherbert as a stout angel, carrying Mary (Minney) Seymour, daughter of Lord Hugh Seymour, from Brighton towards a burlesqued altar, surrounded with cherub's heads with the faces of politicians, including Sheridan, Norfolk, Fox, Burdett, and Derby. A satire on a legal struggle (not decided till 14 June 1806) between Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Seymour family for the guardianship of Mary (Minney) Seymour, daughter of Lord Hugh Seymour, who had died in 1801. It has been suggested that Mary, born in 1798, was the daughter of Mrs Fitzerbert and George IV. She was one of the two principal beneficiaries in Mrs Fitzherbert's will.
BM Satires 10389.
[Ref: 61782] £950.00

[Mrs Fitzherbert & Mary Seymour] The Guardian-Angel. the hint taken from the Red.d M.r Peter's sublime Idea of ''an Angel conducting the Soul of a Child to Heaven.''
J.S Gillray inv. & f.t.
Pub.d April 22.d 1805. by H. Humphrey, S.t James's Street.
Etching with very fine hand colour. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Mrs. Fitzherbert as a stout angel, carrying Mary (Minney) Seymour, daughter of Lord Hugh Seymour, from Brighton towards a burlesqued altar, surrounded with cherub's heads with the faces of politicians, including Sheridan, Norfolk, Fox, Burdett, and Derby. A satire on a legal struggle (not decided till 14 June 1806) between Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Seymour family for the guardianship of Mary (Minney) Seymour, daughter of Lord Hugh Seymour, who had died in 1801. It has been suggested that Mary, born in 1798, was the daughter of Mrs Fitzerbert and George IV. She was one of the two principal beneficiaries in Mrs Fitzherbert's will.
BM Satires 10389.
[Ref: 69239] £850.00

[James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick] Bataille d'Almanza.
Sergent del. Morret Sculp.t.
A Paris, chez Blin, Imprimeur en Taille-Douce, Place Maubert, N.º 17, vis-à-vis la Rue des 3 Portes A. P. D. R. [n.d., 1786-92].
Rare aquatint with fine printed colour, in engraved text. 245 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"), large margins. Split in bottom platemark taped.
A scene of the Duke of Berwick accepting the surrender of the Austrian-English-Dutch army after the Battle of Almansa, 25 April 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession. James FitzJames (1670-1734) was the illegitimate son of James II by Arabella Churchill, born and raised in France. In 1687 his father made him Duke of Berwick and Governor of Portsmouth, although the Glorious Revolution prevented him taking up the post, joining his father in exile. After the Battle of the Boyne he joined the French army and showed similar abilities to his uncle, the Duke of Marlborough. His victory at Almansa was described by Frederick the Great as the most impressive battle of the century. Berwick was decapitated by a cannonball at the Siege of Philippsburg in 1734. From 'Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres et sujets mémorables de France', a series of colour prints published 1786-1792.
[Ref: 69050] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.Dean.
London, Published Feb 1st. 1782, by W.Dickinson, Engraver and Printseller No.158 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 325 x 450mm.
[Ref: 4846] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Honourable Susanna Fitzpatrick.
A. Soldi pinx.t J. McArdell fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾"), with large margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Susanna Fitzpatrick (née Usher, 1729-59), wearing a dress decorated with flowers at the breast, a bow and frills of lace at left elbow, and light collar trimmed with lace, holding cloak over right arm. Her husband was the Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick.
Goodwin: 12. CS: 66, state ii.
[Ref: 62766] £320.00

[The Honourable Susanna Fitzpatrick.]
[A. Soldi pinx.t J. McArdell fecit.]
[n.d. c.1750.]
Mezzotint proof before letters. Sheet 335 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"), with large margins. Trimmed to plate at bottom.
Three-quarter length portrait of Susanna Fitzpatrick (née Usher, 1729-59), wearing a dress decorated with flowers at the breast, a bow and frills of lace at left elbow, and light collar trimmed with lace, holding cloak over right arm. Her husband was the Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick.
Goodwin: 12. CS: 66, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68406] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Honourable Susanna Fitzpatrick.
A. Soldi pinx.t J. McArdell fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint, 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Three-quarter length portrait of Susanna Fitzpatrick (née Usher, 1729-59), wearing a dress decorated with flowers at the breast, a bow and frills of lace at left elbow, and light collar trimmed with lace, holding cloak over right arm. Her husband was the Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick.
Goodwin: 12. CS: 66, state ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68429] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] The Contrast. Or a Court Character that Appear'd at the King of Denmark's Masquerade
[Oxford Magazine, 10 October 1768.]
Engraving. 185 x 110mm (7½ x 4¼") large margins.
A caricature portrait of Prime Minister Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, dressed in an brocade coat, ram's horns with the words 'The Just Reward' protruding from under a crown. In one hand is a book, 'A Modest Essay on Pregnancy and Good-Breeding'; in the other a playbill for 'A Wife to be Let'; and in his pocket is 'A Bill to procure a Divorce, &c, for Inconvenience'. This engraving was published in 'The Oxford Magazine' opposite a text claiming that the image does not represent 'any particular person; it is a sort of general character at the west-end of town'. However the figure certainly is Grafton, who shortly after divorced his wife on account of her adultery.
BM Satires 4214.
[Ref: 54381] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] The Contrast. Or a Court Character that Appear'd at the King of Denmark's Masquerade
[10 October 1768.]
Engraving, sheet 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed.
A caricature portrait of Prime Minister Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, dressed in an brocade coat, ram's horns with the words 'The Just Reward' protruding from under a crown. In one hand is a book, 'A Modest Essay on Pregnancy and Good-Breeding'; in the other a playbill for 'A Wife to be Let'; and in his pocket is 'A Bill to procure a Divorce, &c, for Inconvenience'. This engraving was published in 'The Oxford Magazine' opposite a text claiming that the image does not represent 'any particular person; it is a sort of general character at the west-end of town'. However the figure certainly is Grafton, who shortly after divorced his wife on account of her adultery.
BM Satires 4214.
[Ref: 45457] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus FitzRoy] The great Duke of Grafton mortally wounded before the Walls of Cork.
S,, Wale delin. C, Grignion sculp.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. 90 x 110mm (3½ x 4¼").
A satire comparing the condition of Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke (1735-1811), with that of great-grandfather, the first duke (Henry FitzRoy (1663 –90)). He resigned in January the following year.
BM 4331.
[Ref: 59975] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton] The Political Machine that goes without Horses
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. 180 x 125mm (7 x 5").
Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy driving a carriage to the Gates of Hell, drawn by Bute and Beford, with the Devil acting as footman. The wheels have run over the prostrate figure of Britannia. Grafton sits on a chest 'Treasure taken from the Nabobs'. In 1769 AMr. Moore invented a carriage to travel without horses.
BM 4319.
[Ref: 59977] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] The Contrast. Or a Court Character that Appear'd at the King of Denmark's Masquerade
[10 October 1768.]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼").
A caricature portrait of Prime Minister Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton (1735-1811), dressed in an brocade coat, cuckold's horns with the words 'The Just Reward' protruding from under a coronet. In one hand is a book, 'A Modest Essay on Pregnancy and Good-Breeding'; in the other a playbill for 'A Wife to be Let'; and in his pocket is 'A Bill to procure a Divorce, &c, for Inconvenience'. This engraving was published in 'The Oxford Magazine' opposite a text claiming that the image does not represent 'any particular person; it is a sort of general character at the west-end of town'. However the figure certainly is Grafton, who shortly after divorced his wife on account of her adultery.
BM Satires 4214.
[Ref: 59986] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton.] 13.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 14.th May 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811). Grafton became Prime Minister in 1768, leading an unstable Government for two years from 1768 to 1770. Later he was a prominent figure in the period of the American Revolutionary War.
BM Satires 6060.
[Ref: 60001] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Fitzroy] 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 Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1735-1811), 3rd Duke of Grafton, against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a staff over his shoulder. He served as Prime Minister 1768-70,
CS 63 only state.
[Ref: 61582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Fitzroy] Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton.
Pompeio Battoni pinx.t 1762. James Watson fecit.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 360 x 270mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Half-length oval portrait of politician Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1735-1811), 3rd Duke of Grafton, against a country landscape. He wears a braid-trimmed coat and holds a staff over his shoulder. He served as Prime Minister 1768-70,
CS 63, only state.Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65856] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Most Noble Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, K.G. &c. &c. &c.
J. Hoppner Esq.r R.A. pinx.t. C. Turner sculp.t.
[London Published 1.st Sept.r 1805, by R. Cribb 288 Holborn.]
Mezzotint, fine impression, printed in dark brown, 18th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, thead margins elsewhere.
Half-length oval portrait of politician Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1735-1811), 3rd Duke of Grafton, in his later years. He wears a fur-collared coat on which is the star of the Order of the Garter, and stands before a country landscape. He had served as Prime Minister 1768-70.
Whitman 229.
[Ref: 64391] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton] [The Balance Master. Design'd & Engrav'd for the Political Register.] His Wit all Seesaw, between that & this; / And He Himself one vile Antithesis. / Pope.
[n.d., November, 1768.]
Etching. 115 x 190mm (4½ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate at top, losing title.
A satire of Grafton's domineering political style as Prime Minister. He stands on a seesaw with Britannia on her knees as the fulcrum, a heavy weight lettered “National Debt” hanging around her neck. His cabinet and other politicians sit on either side of the seesaw, over the flames of hell. The devil holds up a “Letter of Thanks” and says “Write Another Letter my Lord” referring to Barrington’s letter supporting the intervention of the army at the riots in St George’s Fields.
[Ref: 54393] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, when Lord Euston.]
[after Kneller.]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Very rare mezzotint. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"). Thread margins, small loss in tips of two corners, creasing.
A reversed detail of Godfrey Kneller's portrait of the young Charles FitzRoy (1683-1757), grandson of Charles II and Barbara Villiers, wearing feathered cap, loose robe, and sandals. The background has been removed, including the parrot he is reaching for. Kneller painted Grafton again as a member of the Kit-Kat Club.
O'D 363/3, BM 1876,1111.26. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64493] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Most Noble Prince Charles Fitz Roy, Duke of Grafton, Earl of Euston & Arlington, Visc.t Ipswich & Baron of Sudbury, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Household, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum of the County of Suffolk, Lord Warden of Whittlebury Forest, one the Lords of his Majesties most Hon.ble Privy Council, & Knight of the most Noble Order of ye Garter.
Vanlo pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1749
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [1749, but later]
Mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), on laid paper.
A full-length portrait of Charles FitzRoy (1683-1757), grandson of Charles II and Barbara Villiers, wearing the order of the Garter, a long wig and cloak, falling to the ground.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67751] £320.00

[Charlotte Fitzroy] The Countess of Litchfield.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe:
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street [n.d., c.1685].
Mezzotint. Sheet 410 x 235mm (16 x 9¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Full-length portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718), daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, and said to be his favourite child. She was married to Sir Edward Lee, Earl of Lichfield, at twelve years of age, having her first child (of 18) at thirteen. In later states the title was altered to Mary II without changing the face.
CS: 66, i of iii. Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of v.
[Ref: 65420] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte Fitzroy] The Countess of Litchfield.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe:
Cum Privilegio Regis. Sold Tho.s Bakewell next ye Horn Tavern in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1720].
Mezzotint. Sheet 410 x 235mm (16 x 9¼"), messy. Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
Full-length portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718), daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, and said to be his favourite child. She was married to Sir Edward Lee, Earl of Lichfield, at twelve years of age, having her first child (of 18) at thirteen. This was the last state before the title was altered to Mary II without changing the face.
CS: 66, ii of iii. Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of v.
[Ref: 65421] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Maria D.G. Angliae Regina &c.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe:
Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 410 x 235mm (16 x 9¼"). Thread margins.
Full-length portrait of supposedly of Mary II, but actually a retitled portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718, daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers), without changing the face.
CS: 66, iii of iii. Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv of v.
[Ref: 65422] £320.00

The Countess of Litchfield.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Beckett fe: et ex.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 420 x 245mm (16½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper. Few creases & repairs.
Full-length portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy (1664-1718, daughter of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, and said to be his favourite child. She was married to Sir Edward Lee, Earl of Lichfield, at twelve years of age, having her first child (of 18) at thirteen.
[Ref: 33002] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry FitzRoy] Henry Duke of Grafton.
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett sc.
Sold by I Beckett at the golden head in the Old baily [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Thread margins, tear at top taped.
A head and shoulders portrait of Henry Fitzroy (1663-1690), in wig, robes and George. The son of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, he died leading William II's forces at the storming of Cork in 1690.
CS 44, ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65403] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry FitzRoy] Henry Duke of Grafton.
G. Kneller pinx: I. Beckett sc.
Sold by I Beckett at the golden head in the Old baily [n.d., c.1685.] [But later]
Mezzotint. Sheet 235 x 180mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper, some staining.
A head and shoulders portrait of Henry Fitzroy (1663-1690), in wig, robes and George. The son of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers, he died leading William II's forces at the storming of Cork in 1690.
CS 44, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65404] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton] Whistling Dalmahoy and the Shads.
W.H Pyne del.t. Smart & Hunt sculp.t.
London, Published Nov.r 1, 1822, by S. & I. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place.
Coloured aquatint. 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
A scene in the life of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton KG (1663-90), the illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine. Grafton, a keen boxer, apparently used to challenge hackney coachmen to a fight, offering a guinea for his fare or nothing depending on the outcome. Here he is shown with a Thames waterman, who, having agreed to fight the Duke on a coal lighter, is leaving him stranded. Published in Pyne's 'The World in Miniature', the portrait of the Duke seems unfair: the reddness and lines of his face mark him as considerably older than the 27 years he attained before his death at the Siege of Cork.
For another plate from the same series see ref. 18360
[Ref: 27139] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Isabella Bennet Fitzroy] The Dulchess of Grafton.
W. Wissing Pinxit. J. Smith fecit.
Cum Privelegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3. Pidgeons in Bedfor Street.
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Repairs left corner.
Portrait of Isabella Bennet (c. 1668 - 1723), who married Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers) aged four, becoming Duchess of Grafton in 1675. She also inherited her father's estate and title, becoming 2nd Countess of Arlington suo jure.
CS 119, state i of ii, Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Isabella Bennet Fitzroy] Her Grace the Dutchess of Grafton.
G.Kneller Bar.t Pinx.t. I.Faber Fecit.
London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street & I.n King at the Globe in Poultrey [n.d., c.1760] .
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins on 3 sides, 18th century watermark. Smaller upper and left margins.
Portrait of Isabella Bennet (c. 1668-1723), who married Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers), becoming Duchess of Grafton in 1675. She also inherited her father's estate and title, becoming 2nd Countess of Arlington suo jure. From the series of thirteen portraits of the 'Beauties at Hampton Court' by Kneller.
CS 28 iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64942] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Isabella FitzRoy] The Duchess of Grafton.
G. Kneller pinxit. I. Beckett fecit.
Sold by I Beckett at ye Golden head in ye Old Baily [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"), large margins. Slight mount burn.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of Isabella Bennet (c.1669-73), wife of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton, the son of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers. She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Mary II.
CS 46, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65406] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Isabella FitzRoy] The Dutchess of Grafton.
W. Wissing pinx:. I. Beckett fe:
E Cooper exc [n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper, some staining and creasing.
A three quarter seated portrait of Isabella Bennet (c.1669-73), wife of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton, the son of Charles II by his most famous mistress, Barbara Villiers. She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Mary II.
CS 46, only recorded state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65407] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Isabella Bennet Fitzroy] Her Grace the Dutchess of Grafton.
[S.r G. Kneller S.R.I. pinx.. B. Lens fec. Cum Privilegio.]
[Printed for Tho: Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Paul's Church-yard.] [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 8"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing inscriptions.
Portrait of Isabella Bennet (c. 1668-1723), who married Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers), becoming Duchess of Grafton in 1675. She also inherited her father's estate and title, becoming 2nd Countess of Arlington suo jure.
CS 12 ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66467] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Isabella Bennet Fitzroy] The Dutchess of Grafton.
P. Lely pinxit [but William Wissing]. J. Verkolje Fecit et Exc 1683.
Fine mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of Isabella Bennet (c. 1668 - 1723), who married Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers) aged four, becoming Duchess of Grafton in 1675. She also inherited her father's estate and title, becoming 2nd Countess of Arlington suo jure.
CS 1, state i of ii, 'One known' Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65339] £480.00

[Isabella Bennet Fitzroy] The Dutchess of Grafton.
[P. Lely pinxit] [obscured with ink] [but William Wissing, name added in ink.] J. Verkolje Fecit et Exc 1683.
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom
Portrait of Isabella Bennet (c. 1668 - 1723), who married Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers) aged four, becoming Duchess of Grafton in 1675. She also inherited her father's estate and title, becoming 2nd Countess of Arlington suo jure.
CS 1, state ii of ii, Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65340] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Isabella Bennet Fitzroy] The Dutchess of Grafton.
G. Kneller Pinxit.
R. White excudit [n.d., c.1680].
Mezzotint; 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Damps stain in bottom left margin.
Portrait of Isabella Bennet (c. 1668 - 1723), who married Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers), becoming Duchess of Grafton in 1675. She also inherited her father's estate and title, becoming 2nd Countess of Arlington suo jure. From the series of thirteen portraits of the 'Beauties at Hampton Court' by Kneller.
CS 3. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. In pencil verso "From a sale at Evans Jan 21 1823"
[Ref: 65322] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Charlotte Fitz-William.
J. Reynolds Pinx.t
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street [c.1800]
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins. Crease on right.
Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam (1746-1833), daughter of the third Earl Fitzwilliam and a niece of the marquess of Rockingham. In 1764 she married Thomas Dundas of Kerse, first Baron Dundas of Aske (1741-1820), politician, and they lived principally at the family's Yorkshire estate of Upleatham. After the portrait of Charlotte as a child, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In 1754 the portrait became the first of Reynolds' painting to be reproduced in the medium of mezzotint, by the Irish mezzotinter James MacArdell (this print is a reduced later copy of MacArdell's print). Reynolds went on to authorise many other mezzotints of his portraits which helped to increase his reputation and develop familiarity with his work.
[Ref: 42077] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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)

[Vignette of five children; for Dryden's 'Fables'.]
Drawn by the Rt. Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerk. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi Esqr. R. A.
Pubd June 4. 1797. by Edwd. Harding 98 Pall Mall.
Etching with stipple, sheet 210 x 260mm. 8¼ x 10¼". Margins trimmed; laid on card.
On the right a winged child standing, in profile to left, with a helmet on his head, holding a mask of Satyre in front of his face; another child behind him, with three more children on the left, looking towards the mask. Illustration to chapter "Theodore and Honoria" in 'Fables' by John Dryden (London, 1797). Text on verso faintly visible. Lady Diana Beauclerk (1734 - 1808) was the daughter of the second Duke of Marlborough. Her first marriage was to Lord Bolingbroke in 1757. When this marriage was dissolved she married Topham Beauclerk. She was a talented amateur artist whose designs were much admired by Horace Walpole.
De Vesme 1718.II. See Ref: 13808 & 32030
[Ref: 23675] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Five dogs illustrated; single plate.]
Drawn & on soft Ground by H.B. Chalon.
London Pubd. as Act directs May 1, 1804 by Chalon & Nattes.
Rare soft-ground etching, 280 x 355mm. 11 x 14". Marginal creasing; a fine impression overall.
Lively sketches of individual dogs, arranged in two strips, by Henry Bernard Chalon (1771 - 1849), animal painter, son of Jan Chalon. The key below identifies the breeds as Russian wolfhound, a staghound of the royal pack, a pug dog, smooth-haired fox terrier, and a German boarhound. The owner's names are also recorded. From Chalon's 'Studies from Nature' (20 plates).
Siltzer p.92.
[Ref: 20410] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Five in the Morning. Iam Allm_o_st do_n_e up_Dam_me.
[after Robert Dighton.]
London, Published 18 June 1795, by Haines & Son, No 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Heavily restored, with mss. fill.
A scene in the arcade of Covent Garden: a drunken dandy in shocking condition is poured into a sedan chair by two members of the Watch. At their feet is an advert for 'The Road to Ruin' at the Theatre Royal. From a set of Times of Day.
Not in BM Satires; ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37584] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Five Plagues of the Country. The Political Drama. No.19.
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [c.1833]
Wood-engraving, sheet 280 x 440mm (11 x 17¼"). Creases and staining; Centre crease as normal..
The five plagues of the country: the king, the archibishop, the prime minister, the military, and the police, with the devil on the far right. Woodcut satire from 'The Political Drama', a series of 131 satires produced between 1833 and 1835 by Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.).
[Ref: 45882] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Five Senses.
London, Darton & Hodge Holborn Hill [c.1830].
Engraving. 330 x 410mm (13 x 16¼"). Repaired tears to top and bottom edges, slight crease. Cut to platemark.
Busy scene in which figures demonstrate the use of each of the five senses. A rare item.
[Ref: 44113] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Fives, Played at the Tennis Court, Leicester Fields. 6.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1788]
Very rare etching, 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Small margins.
A view of the interior of the court is displayed in an oval shape. Seven men with wigs are holding little rackets against a wall that has a dark area on it and minor ball-related marks all over it. The man in front of the ball is holding the ball as play is about to begin.
[Ref: 62040] £480.00

Placidus Fixlmillner. Benedictiner u. Astronom im Stift Kremsmünster in Oesterreich. Geb. d.28. May 1721 zu Achleitenin Vord. Oestr. Gestorb. d. 27. Aug. 1791. zu Kremsmünster.
C. Westermayr fecit Keffau.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 128 x 82mm (5 x 3¼"). Some rubbing to title area.
Placidus Fixlmillner (1721-1791) the Benedictine monk and priest who was one of the first astronomers to compute the orbit of Uranus. He joined the Benedictine monks of Kremsmünster Abbey and in 1761 he was appointed director of an observatory there. His numerous observations of Mercury were of great service to Lalande in constructing tables of that planet. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W. 984 - not in.
[Ref: 29737] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Flacker Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 255 x 340mm (10 x 13½"), with very large margins.
A sporting scene showing two figures with rifles raised and aimed at a flight of ducks while two spaniels jump into the water. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
Siltzer p.70.
[Ref: 46235] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Flacker Shooting.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 234 x 324mm. 9¾ x 12¾". Frame 419 x 520mm. 16½ x 20½". Slight offsetting.
Two gentlemen with rifles stood at the edge of a lake attempting to shoot at ducks swimming away; their two dogs leap into the water in hot pursuit. Plate 32 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25716] £420.00

The History of the Flagellants, Or The Advantages of Discipline; Being a Paraphrase and Commentary On the Historia Flagellantium of the Abbé Boileau, Doctor of the Sorbonne, Canon of the Holy Chapel, &c. By Somebody who is not Doctor of the Sorbonne [John Lewis Delolme].
London: Printed for Fielding & Walker, No. 20, Paternoster-Row. MDCCLXXVII [1777].
First Edition, second issue. 4to, in fine 19th century full morocco gilt binding, t.e.g., by F. Bedford; pp. (vi), including half title, title, list of illustration and contents, + 340; 4 engraved plates & four engraved vignettes, as called for. Occasional spotting.
A fine example of Delolme’s provocative English adaptation of Abbé Boileau’s highly controversial history of flagellation, first published 1700. It traces the practice throughout history and literature, with its uses as punishment, religious self-discipline, private atonement or erotic practice. The illustrations include devils whipping men, Henry II's penitance for the death of Thomas Becket, and Bernadine of Sienna whipping a bare-breasted woman to extinguish her ardour. This scarce second issue has an errata on page 332.
With bookplate of George Clive on front pastedown.
[Ref: 54483] £580.00 view all images for this item

[Flageolet Player]
[J Molenaar Pinx.t. J.s McArdell Fecit. 1758. Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden]
Mezzotint, platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Proof before letters; very fine and rare; very large margins; slightly rubbed and creased.
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.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Ref: Goodwin I of II; CS I of II.
[Ref: 34007] £320.00

[Flageolet Player]
J Molenaar Pinx.t. J.s McArdell Fecit. 1758. Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Mezzotint, platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to platemark; good impression with staining to lower half; glued to backing sheet at corners.
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.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. From the Northumberland Collection.
[Ref: 34008] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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