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The late Mr. Garrick's Villa.
J. Farington R.A. delt. J. C. Stadler Sculpt.
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside.
Sepia aquatint. Printed area: 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½") Stain top right hand corner.
A view of Garrick's Villa on the River Thames at Hampton, with the house and a Palladian folly, 'Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare'. The hugely influential actor and playwright, David Garrick (1717 - 1779), bought Hampton House in 1754, at employed Robert Adam to make numerous alterations. Plate 45 from Joseph Farington's (1747 - 1821) 'History of the River Thames', 1794, a two-volume publication including 76 aquatints. The series is well-known for the quality of the hand colour of most examples. However a few of the earliest impressions were printed in sepia for print connoisseurs.
Abbey: 432. Gascoigne 658.
[Ref: 2407] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Farington R.A. delt. J. C. Stadler Sculpt.
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside.
Sepia aquatint. Printed area: 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½") Stain top right hand corner.
A view of Garrick's Villa on the River Thames at Hampton, with the house and a Palladian folly, 'Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare'. The hugely influential actor and playwright, David Garrick (1717 - 1779), bought Hampton House in 1754, at employed Robert Adam to make numerous alterations. Plate 45 from Joseph Farington's (1747 - 1821) 'History of the River Thames', 1794, a two-volume publication including 76 aquatints. The series is well-known for the quality of the hand colour of most examples. However a few of the earliest impressions were printed in sepia for print connoisseurs.
Abbey: 432. Gascoigne 658.
[Ref: 2407] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred. Act 1. Scene IV.
[Drawn and engraved by T.Worlidge, 1752.]
Printed for E.Jackson at Rembrandt's head Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.
Etching. 320 x 200mm.
David Garrick in James Thompson's 'Tancred and Sigismunda'.
Harvard: Garrick 302, state ii of iii, with Worlidge's name removed.
[Ref: 7478] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and engraved by T.Worlidge, 1752.]
Printed for E.Jackson at Rembrandt's head Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.
Etching. 320 x 200mm.
David Garrick in James Thompson's 'Tancred and Sigismunda'.
Harvard: Garrick 302, state ii of iii, with Worlidge's name removed.
[Ref: 7478] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esqr
Thos. Hudson pinxt. J. Dixon fecit.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs 11th. Octr. 1779, by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill.
Mezzoint 278 x 385mm, 11 x 15¼inches. Large margins, faint stain from old mount, slight band of rubbing in centre.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, was descended from a good French Protestant family named Garric or Garrique of Bordeaux, which had settled in England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His passion for the stage completely engrossed him; he tried his hand both at dramatic criticism and at dramatic authorship. His first appearance on the stage was made in March 1741, incognito, as Harlequin at Goodman's Fields. In person, Garrick was a little below middle height; in his later years he seems to have inclined to stoutness. The extraordinary mobility of his whole person, and his power of as it were transforming himself at will, are attested to by many anecdotes and descriptions, but the piercing power of his eye is said to have been his most irresistable feature.
CS:16 [only state]
[Ref: 12899] £360.00
Thos. Hudson pinxt. J. Dixon fecit.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs 11th. Octr. 1779, by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill.
Mezzoint 278 x 385mm, 11 x 15¼inches. Large margins, faint stain from old mount, slight band of rubbing in centre.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, was descended from a good French Protestant family named Garric or Garrique of Bordeaux, which had settled in England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His passion for the stage completely engrossed him; he tried his hand both at dramatic criticism and at dramatic authorship. His first appearance on the stage was made in March 1741, incognito, as Harlequin at Goodman's Fields. In person, Garrick was a little below middle height; in his later years he seems to have inclined to stoutness. The extraordinary mobility of his whole person, and his power of as it were transforming himself at will, are attested to by many anecdotes and descriptions, but the piercing power of his eye is said to have been his most irresistable feature.
CS:16 [only state]
[Ref: 12899] £360.00
David Garrick Esq.r. Done from the Original Picture Painted at Paris.
Liotard Pinx.t. J. M'Ardell Fecit.
[n.d., c.1750] London Printed for Rob.t. Sayer Map & Printseller Nº53 in Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Slight scratch.
Portrait of David Garrick (1717–1779), English actor and playwright, shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised.
CS 76 ii of ii. Goodwin 18 ii of ii. See [Ref: 68405] for an earlier state.
[Ref: 68645] £320.00
Liotard Pinx.t. J. M'Ardell Fecit.
[n.d., c.1750] London Printed for Rob.t. Sayer Map & Printseller Nº53 in Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Slight scratch.
Portrait of David Garrick (1717–1779), English actor and playwright, shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised.
CS 76 ii of ii. Goodwin 18 ii of ii. See [Ref: 68405] for an earlier state.
[Ref: 68645] £320.00
David Garrick Esq.r. From the Latest Picture.
S.r Jos,a Reynolds Pinxt. R.Laurie Fecit.
London, Printed for & Publish'd as the Act Directs Jan.y 30th, 1779 by J.Stevens opposite Hatton Garden Holborn.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of David Garrick (1717 - 1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson.
CS21.
[Ref: 65204] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Jos,a Reynolds Pinxt. R.Laurie Fecit.
London, Printed for & Publish'd as the Act Directs Jan.y 30th, 1779 by J.Stevens opposite Hatton Garden Holborn.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of David Garrick (1717 - 1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson.
CS21.
[Ref: 65204] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy.]
[J. Reynolds Pinxit. E. Fisher sculpsit Londini 1762]
[Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E. Bakewell, & H. Parker, _PrintSellers in Cornhill, opposite Birchin Lane, London.]
Mezzotint, without the title printed from a separate plate, 18th century watermark. 410 x 505mm (16 x 20"). Tear entering plate at top, two tears and rubbing in margin.
A portrait of actor David Garrick (1717-1779), showing him torn between the female figures of Comedy and Tragedy. Although he looks at Tragedy he is allowing Comedy to pull him away. The scene is a parody of the Choice of Hercules, in which the hero was asked to choose between Pleasure and Virtue, choosing the more difficult but more honourable path of Virtue. Walpole notes that the idea for the painting was Garrick's. The picture was one of Garrick's favourites: in 1764 he wrote from Paris, ''I am so plagu'd here for my prints or rather prints of me - that I must desire you to send me by the first opportunity six prints from Reynolds' picture, you may apply to the engraver he lives in Leicester Fields, and his name is Fisher, he will give you good ones, if he knows they are for me''. A separate plate was used to print the title, with a Latin title (''Reddere Personæ scit convenientia cuique'').
CS 20, iii of iii. Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 67822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Reynolds Pinxit. E. Fisher sculpsit Londini 1762]
[Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E. Bakewell, & H. Parker, _PrintSellers in Cornhill, opposite Birchin Lane, London.]
Mezzotint, without the title printed from a separate plate, 18th century watermark. 410 x 505mm (16 x 20"). Tear entering plate at top, two tears and rubbing in margin.
A portrait of actor David Garrick (1717-1779), showing him torn between the female figures of Comedy and Tragedy. Although he looks at Tragedy he is allowing Comedy to pull him away. The scene is a parody of the Choice of Hercules, in which the hero was asked to choose between Pleasure and Virtue, choosing the more difficult but more honourable path of Virtue. Walpole notes that the idea for the painting was Garrick's. The picture was one of Garrick's favourites: in 1764 he wrote from Paris, ''I am so plagu'd here for my prints or rather prints of me - that I must desire you to send me by the first opportunity six prints from Reynolds' picture, you may apply to the engraver he lives in Leicester Fields, and his name is Fisher, he will give you good ones, if he knows they are for me''. A separate plate was used to print the title, with a Latin title (''Reddere Personæ scit convenientia cuique'').
CS 20, iii of iii. Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 67822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick and Mrs Pritchard in the Tragedy of Macbeth. Act II Scene III. From the Original Picture painted by J. Zoffany, in the possession of George Keate Esq.r. To Whom this Plate is Inscribed, by his Most Humble Servant, John Boydell.
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to Engross a Garrick, who to Your Noblest Characters does Equal Honour. Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
M.r Garrick in the character of Kitely; Every Man in his Humour. Act 2,d Scene 1,st.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased horizontal centre, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased horizontal centre, laid on album paper at edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Garrick in the character of Kitely; Every Man in his Humour. Act 2,d Scene 1,st.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. [Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crack in top platemark taped, nicks in edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, ii of iv.
[Ref: 67993] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Finlayson fec.t.
Publish'd Feb.y 1.st 1769. [Sold by M.r Parker, N.º 82 Cornhill, & M.r Finlayson in Berwick Street Soho.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crack in top platemark taped, nicks in edges.
A half-length portrait of David Garrick, leaning on a balustrade, in costume in Ben Jonson's 1598 play, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick revived and revised the play in 1751, playing the part of Thomas Kitely, a man comsumed by the paranoid belief that his wife was cuckolding him. It became one of his signature roles.
CS 7, ii of iv.
[Ref: 67993] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Garrick in the Farmer's Return.
Zoffany Pinxit. J. Boydell excudit. J. G. Haid fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament March 1st. 1766, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate: 430 x 500mm (17 x 19¾"). Trimmed to plate on lower edge. Creasing in corners where glued to a backing sheet at corners. Slight staining in title area. Thread margins.
A theatrical scene showing David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in Garrick's play 'The Farmer's Return from London' as performed at the Drury Lane Theatre. The farmer sits in the centre of the image recounting a tale to a woman and two children, the woman almost drops a jug in alarm and the young boy tips his candle dangerously.
CS: 3 II of II.
[Ref: 46179] £580.00
Zoffany Pinxit. J. Boydell excudit. J. G. Haid fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament March 1st. 1766, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate: 430 x 500mm (17 x 19¾"). Trimmed to plate on lower edge. Creasing in corners where glued to a backing sheet at corners. Slight staining in title area. Thread margins.
A theatrical scene showing David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in Garrick's play 'The Farmer's Return from London' as performed at the Drury Lane Theatre. The farmer sits in the centre of the image recounting a tale to a woman and two children, the woman almost drops a jug in alarm and the young boy tips his candle dangerously.
CS: 3 II of II.
[Ref: 46179] £580.00
[Garrick, in the character of Abel Drugger.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co,, Pall Mall, East, March 3rd 1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 530 x 355mm (21 x 14"). Wear and soiling of inscription area and margins, lacking pasted label correcting astist's name. Small margins.
The actor stands, pipe in hand, before a table of alchemist's books and paraphernalia. The plate has the name of Reynolds as painter instead of the Johann Zoffany; this proof was issued with a pasted correction label, resulting in a clean area around the name as in this example.
Whitman 98 state I.
[Ref: 48980] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co,, Pall Mall, East, March 3rd 1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 530 x 355mm (21 x 14"). Wear and soiling of inscription area and margins, lacking pasted label correcting astist's name. Small margins.
The actor stands, pipe in hand, before a table of alchemist's books and paraphernalia. The plate has the name of Reynolds as painter instead of the Johann Zoffany; this proof was issued with a pasted correction label, resulting in a clean area around the name as in this example.
Whitman 98 state I.
[Ref: 48980] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick in Hamlet. Act 1 Scene 4.
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J. McArdell Fecit.
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate, scrapes and stains.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet, at the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22, iii/iv. CS 78. Goodwin 34. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 43747] for one with margins.
[Ref: 68374] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J. McArdell Fecit.
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate, scrapes and stains.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet, at the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22, iii/iv. CS 78. Goodwin 34. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 43747] for one with margins.
[Ref: 68374] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esq.r. Done from the Original Picture Painted at Paris 1751.
Loitard Pinx.t. J.M.Ardell Fecit.
Sold by J.M. Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden - Price 2 -
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
Portrait of the actor David Garrick (1717–1779), shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised. State before retouching and alteration of the address.
CS 76 I of II. Goodwin 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68645] for a later state.
[Ref: 68405] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Loitard Pinx.t. J.M.Ardell Fecit.
Sold by J.M. Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden - Price 2 -
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
Portrait of the actor David Garrick (1717–1779), shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised. State before retouching and alteration of the address.
CS 76 I of II. Goodwin 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68645] for a later state.
[Ref: 68405] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esq.r.
A. Pond Pinxit. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9") with large margins and 18th century watermark.
Half-length portrait in oval of David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice.
Goodwin 185.II. CS 77.II.
[Ref: 60331] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pond Pinxit. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9") with large margins and 18th century watermark.
Half-length portrait in oval of David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice.
Goodwin 185.II. CS 77.II.
[Ref: 60331] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
Garrick.
J. Miller. sc:
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple and engraving, with large margins. Plate 121 x 95mm. 4¾ x 3¾". A fine impression.
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. See NPG: D20571.
[Ref: 25328] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. Miller. sc:
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple and engraving, with large margins. Plate 121 x 95mm. 4¾ x 3¾". A fine impression.
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. See NPG: D20571.
[Ref: 25328] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Garrick Surrounded by His Friends. [Names listed underneath each sitter.]
Painted by W. Hogarth. Engraved by G.S. Shury.
London: Published Aug.t 20.th 1866, by A.J. Isaac, 56, Bishopsgate St.
Fine hand-coloured mezzotint and stipple. Plate 470 x 604mm. 18½ x 23¾". Mount stain.
Group portrait of Mr. Garrick surrounded by his friends (from left to right) John Beard, Robert Baddeley, Eva Maria Garrick, Henry Woodward, Unknown man, Francis or James Aickin, Charles Macklin, William 'Gentleman' Smith, Mary Ann Yates, Frances Abington, William Hogarth, William O'Brien, David Garrick and Peter Garrick.
NPG: D34380. V & A: S.499-2009.
[Ref: 20918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W. Hogarth. Engraved by G.S. Shury.
London: Published Aug.t 20.th 1866, by A.J. Isaac, 56, Bishopsgate St.
Fine hand-coloured mezzotint and stipple. Plate 470 x 604mm. 18½ x 23¾". Mount stain.
Group portrait of Mr. Garrick surrounded by his friends (from left to right) John Beard, Robert Baddeley, Eva Maria Garrick, Henry Woodward, Unknown man, Francis or James Aickin, Charles Macklin, William 'Gentleman' Smith, Mary Ann Yates, Frances Abington, William Hogarth, William O'Brien, David Garrick and Peter Garrick.
NPG: D34380. V & A: S.499-2009.
[Ref: 20918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
D. Garrick. Acteur Anglois.
C.N. Cochin filius delin. C.N. Cochin, et N. Dupuis Sculpserunt.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving, rare. 198 x 146mm. 7¾ x 5¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatricl practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Harvard Voume II. p.84: 1.
[Ref: 20978] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C.N. Cochin filius delin. C.N. Cochin, et N. Dupuis Sculpserunt.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving, rare. 198 x 146mm. 7¾ x 5¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatricl practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Harvard Voume II. p.84: 1.
[Ref: 20978] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esq.r
Engraved by Rob.t Cooper from a Picture by Rob.t Edge Pine.
Published May 8. 1815, fro the Proprietor by E. Baldwyn, Catherine Street, London, and R. Cooper, Mornington Place, Hampstead Road.
A rare stipple and etching, with large margins. Plate 375 x 273mm. 14¾ x 10¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice. He was a friend and one-time pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson. Here seated, leaning with his elbows on a table to left, left hand on a script labelled 'Macbeth', near an ink-pot and book, looking towards the viewer, wearing a wig with a queue, plain coat and lace cravat and collars.
Harvard Volume II. p.87: 41.
[Ref: 20989] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Rob.t Cooper from a Picture by Rob.t Edge Pine.
Published May 8. 1815, fro the Proprietor by E. Baldwyn, Catherine Street, London, and R. Cooper, Mornington Place, Hampstead Road.
A rare stipple and etching, with large margins. Plate 375 x 273mm. 14¾ x 10¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice. He was a friend and one-time pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson. Here seated, leaning with his elbows on a table to left, left hand on a script labelled 'Macbeth', near an ink-pot and book, looking towards the viewer, wearing a wig with a queue, plain coat and lace cravat and collars.
Harvard Volume II. p.87: 41.
[Ref: 20989] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Richard The Third, To the right hon.ble Baroness Howe, This print representing Garrick in the character of Richard the III, in the memorable Battle of Bosworth Field, Is dedicated by her ladyships most obedient humble Servant, John Boultbee.
Hayman & Boultbee pinx.t. W. Bromley sculp.t.
Chester, Published by John Boultbee, Jany, 21st 1811.
Stipple with etching, open letter state, 565 x 405mm (22¼ x 16"). Repaired small tear into upper margin and on right.
David Garrick (1717 - 1779), the greatest actor of his age, in a dramatic scene in the title role of William Shakespeare's history play Richard III. His costume is a suit of armour and robe, his sword is drawn and his helmet lies on the ground as he is surrounded by hostile forces; dying horse behind him. The painting by Hayman was probably prompted by Garrick's revival of the play at Drury Lane in 1759, although the attempts at historical veracity in evidence here owe more to history painting than the conventions of theatrical portraiture. The painting is in the collection of London's National Theatre.
Harvard p.104, 278; Brian Allen, 'Francis Hayman'
[Ref: 20562] £350.00
Hayman & Boultbee pinx.t. W. Bromley sculp.t.
Chester, Published by John Boultbee, Jany, 21st 1811.
Stipple with etching, open letter state, 565 x 405mm (22¼ x 16"). Repaired small tear into upper margin and on right.
David Garrick (1717 - 1779), the greatest actor of his age, in a dramatic scene in the title role of William Shakespeare's history play Richard III. His costume is a suit of armour and robe, his sword is drawn and his helmet lies on the ground as he is surrounded by hostile forces; dying horse behind him. The painting by Hayman was probably prompted by Garrick's revival of the play at Drury Lane in 1759, although the attempts at historical veracity in evidence here owe more to history painting than the conventions of theatrical portraiture. The painting is in the collection of London's National Theatre.
Harvard p.104, 278; Brian Allen, 'Francis Hayman'
[Ref: 20562] £350.00
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Large margins; good impression.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32881] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Large margins; good impression.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32881] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Margins; good impression; tipped into album page.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32882] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Margins; good impression; tipped into album page.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32882] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick in Hamlet. Act 1 Scene 4.
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J. McArdell Fecit.
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet, at the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22, iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J. McArdell Fecit.
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint. 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet, at the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22, iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
[Garrick, Between Tragedy & Comedy. Engraved by Anthony Cardon from a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Collection of John Julius Angerstein, Esq. To John Philip Kemble Esq. who from a laudable regard to Historical propriety & to the merits of our great national Dramatist, has revived many of his admirable Plays, in a style honourable to himself and to the character of the British Stage, with the annexed Essay, are inscribed by J. Britton.]
[Class I. Painting for the Fine Arts of the English School. London: Pub'd Decr. 1. 1811 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor, High Holborn, & Wm. Bond, Newman Street.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters. 290 x 315mm (11½ x 12¼"). Ink mss. in margin and inscription area.
David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Illustration to "The Fine Arts of the English School" [ed. John Britton, London: 1811.]
[Ref: 41251] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Class I. Painting for the Fine Arts of the English School. London: Pub'd Decr. 1. 1811 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor, High Holborn, & Wm. Bond, Newman Street.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters. 290 x 315mm (11½ x 12¼"). Ink mss. in margin and inscription area.
David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Illustration to "The Fine Arts of the English School" [ed. John Britton, London: 1811.]
[Ref: 41251] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread (partly damaged) margins; water staining not showing on front.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36674] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread (partly damaged) margins; water staining not showing on front.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36674] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36675] £330.00
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36675] £330.00
Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinxit. E: Fisher Sculpsit Londini 1762.
Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E: Bakewell, & H: Parke, Printsellers in Cornhill, opposite, Birchin Lane, London. Price 10/6.
Mezzotint, split plate for image and title area, small margins. Image plate 400 x 501mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Text area 24 x 501mm (1 x 19¾"). Some creasing.
David Garrick (1717-1779) between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter on the right, but allowing the former to tug him towards her.
CS: 20, ii. Hamilton: p.29, ii.; for proof impression see ref. 25245
[Ref: 29963] £380.00
J. Reynolds pinxit. E: Fisher Sculpsit Londini 1762.
Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E: Bakewell, & H: Parke, Printsellers in Cornhill, opposite, Birchin Lane, London. Price 10/6.
Mezzotint, split plate for image and title area, small margins. Image plate 400 x 501mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Text area 24 x 501mm (1 x 19¾"). Some creasing.
David Garrick (1717-1779) between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter on the right, but allowing the former to tug him towards her.
CS: 20, ii. Hamilton: p.29, ii.; for proof impression see ref. 25245
[Ref: 29963] £380.00
![[Mr Garrick in Richard the Third.]](jpegs/36616.jpg)
[Mr Garrick in Richard the Third.]
N. Dance pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament April 28 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London
Mezzotint, platemark 635 x 395mm (25 x 15½"). Finished proof with scratched inscription; small margins; slight foxing.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, in the role of Richard III. By the time this print was published Garrick was particularly associated with this role. Hogarth also painted Garrick in the same role. Engraved from the painting by Nathaniel Dance shortly after it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1771. The painting is owned by Stratford-on-Avon Town Council. It was acquired by Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, who reputedly outbidded Garrick himself (who had promised to buy the painting for his wife!). Garrick is known to have admired this print and sent impressions to his friends with complimentary lines printed and pasted on the back. It was also used as the model for Derby porcelain statuettes.
Lennox-Boyd 28 i/ii; CS 15 i/ii; for other prints of Garrick as Richard III see refs. 12907 and 20562.
[Ref: 36616] £620.00
N. Dance pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament April 28 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London
Mezzotint, platemark 635 x 395mm (25 x 15½"). Finished proof with scratched inscription; small margins; slight foxing.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, in the role of Richard III. By the time this print was published Garrick was particularly associated with this role. Hogarth also painted Garrick in the same role. Engraved from the painting by Nathaniel Dance shortly after it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1771. The painting is owned by Stratford-on-Avon Town Council. It was acquired by Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, who reputedly outbidded Garrick himself (who had promised to buy the painting for his wife!). Garrick is known to have admired this print and sent impressions to his friends with complimentary lines printed and pasted on the back. It was also used as the model for Derby porcelain statuettes.
Lennox-Boyd 28 i/ii; CS 15 i/ii; for other prints of Garrick as Richard III see refs. 12907 and 20562.
[Ref: 36616] £620.00
Garrick.
Holl sculp [after Robert Edge Pine].
[n.d., 1819.]
Stipple set in letterpress. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼").
An oval miniature portrait of the actor, published in the 'Biographical Magazine containing portraits and characters of eminent and ingenious persons'.
[Ref: 58654] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Holl sculp [after Robert Edge Pine].
[n.d., 1819.]
Stipple set in letterpress. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼").
An oval miniature portrait of the actor, published in the 'Biographical Magazine containing portraits and characters of eminent and ingenious persons'.
[Ref: 58654] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Garrick in the Green Room. From the original of the same size Painted by Hogarth in the Possession of the Publisher, J.W. Southgate, 22 Fleet Street.
Painted by W.m Hogarth [but Pietro Longhi]. Engraved by William Ward, Engraver to H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence. Printed by J. Lahee.
[n.d., c.1829.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 560 x 740mm (22 x 29"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Few minor repairs. Repaired tear top centre.
David Garrick lounging in a chair, arm raised to an informal audience. Behind the actor is the winged figure of Fame. According to a key in G. Daniel's "A Biographical and Critical Analysis of a Picture' (published in 1829, probably to coincide with the publication of this print), the audience consists of other English actors and Garrick's family, with William Hogarth at the front, back to the audience, head turned, gesturing at Garrick. These attributions were made by the owner of the painting and publisher of the print, James Webb Southgate, who, as an auctioneer and art dealer, had a vested interest in improving the attribution. The BM now attributes the painting to Pietro Longhi (1701-85) and describes the scene as Garrick in a Venetian salon in front of the Duke of Parma; The Lady Lever Art Gallery, where the painting currently resides, titles it merely 'A Poet Declaiming His Verses', despite the masks of comedy and tragedy under the seat suggesting a more theatrical theme.
BM 1856,0308.1322; Lady Lever Art Gallery LL 3526; Highfill, 'A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers', vol 6, p.84.
[Ref: 53917] £480.00
Painted by W.m Hogarth [but Pietro Longhi]. Engraved by William Ward, Engraver to H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence. Printed by J. Lahee.
[n.d., c.1829.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 560 x 740mm (22 x 29"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Few minor repairs. Repaired tear top centre.
David Garrick lounging in a chair, arm raised to an informal audience. Behind the actor is the winged figure of Fame. According to a key in G. Daniel's "A Biographical and Critical Analysis of a Picture' (published in 1829, probably to coincide with the publication of this print), the audience consists of other English actors and Garrick's family, with William Hogarth at the front, back to the audience, head turned, gesturing at Garrick. These attributions were made by the owner of the painting and publisher of the print, James Webb Southgate, who, as an auctioneer and art dealer, had a vested interest in improving the attribution. The BM now attributes the painting to Pietro Longhi (1701-85) and describes the scene as Garrick in a Venetian salon in front of the Duke of Parma; The Lady Lever Art Gallery, where the painting currently resides, titles it merely 'A Poet Declaiming His Verses', despite the masks of comedy and tragedy under the seat suggesting a more theatrical theme.
BM 1856,0308.1322; Lady Lever Art Gallery LL 3526; Highfill, 'A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers', vol 6, p.84.
[Ref: 53917] £480.00
Mrs Garrick age 93.
[Anon., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph printed on both sides of sheet. Sheet 265 x 220mm (10½ x 8½").
[Ref: 46591] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[Anon., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph printed on both sides of sheet. Sheet 265 x 220mm (10½ x 8½").
[Ref: 46591] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
William Lloyd Garrison By H. Anelay. The People's Journal. The People's Portrait Gallery. No.37. Sept. 12, 1846.
Wood engraving. Sheet: 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾''). Marking.
A profile portrait of American abolitionist, suffragist and social reformer William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879). Garrison was the editor of The Liberator which was founded in 1831 and published until the abolition of slavery after the American Civil War.
[Ref: 48225] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
Wood engraving. Sheet: 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾''). Marking.
A profile portrait of American abolitionist, suffragist and social reformer William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879). Garrison was the editor of The Liberator which was founded in 1831 and published until the abolition of slavery after the American Civil War.
[Ref: 48225] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)
![[David Garrow.]](jpegs/29128.jpg)
[David Garrow.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C.H.Hodges.
[n.d. c.1787.]
Mezzotint, very rare, with small margins; proof before title with collector's mark. Plate 380 x 279mm (15 x 77").
Portrait of David Garrow in clerical dress holding a book, in a square frame. David Garrow (1716-1805), Schoolmaster at Hadley, Middlesex. According to the British Museum, the plate was never published; it was most probably made for presentation to his pupils. Father of the Barrister Mr. Garrow
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 31. CS: 16.
[Ref: 29128] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C.H.Hodges.
[n.d. c.1787.]
Mezzotint, very rare, with small margins; proof before title with collector's mark. Plate 380 x 279mm (15 x 77").
Portrait of David Garrow in clerical dress holding a book, in a square frame. David Garrow (1716-1805), Schoolmaster at Hadley, Middlesex. According to the British Museum, the plate was never published; it was most probably made for presentation to his pupils. Father of the Barrister Mr. Garrow
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 31. CS: 16.
[Ref: 29128] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
William Garrow. Esq.r.
J. Purden Sculp.
[n.d., c.1801.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A portrait of British barrister, politician and judge Sir William Garrow (1760 - 1840), half-length in profile to the left, in wig, bands, and gown. Garrow was known for his indirect reform of the advocacy system and introduced the phrase 'presumed innocent until proven guilty', insisting that defendants' accusers and their evidence be thoroughly tested in court.
[Ref: 37286] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
J. Purden Sculp.
[n.d., c.1801.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A portrait of British barrister, politician and judge Sir William Garrow (1760 - 1840), half-length in profile to the left, in wig, bands, and gown. Garrow was known for his indirect reform of the advocacy system and introduced the phrase 'presumed innocent until proven guilty', insisting that defendants' accusers and their evidence be thoroughly tested in court.
[Ref: 37286] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Samuel Garth MD.
G.Kneller SR Imp: et Mag Brit Baronet pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Tonson in ye Strand.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Laid on sheet; narrow margins, small tear to lower right corner of plate torn away and section torn away on right.
Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719) was a physician and poet, Physician-in-Ordinary to George I and member of the Kit-Kat Club. His attempts to establish a poor person's dispensary were defeated when apothecaries raised the price of drugs, and in retaliation he wrote his satiric poem, 'The Dispensary'.
NPG: D18758. CS: 68, i; R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1084.2.
[Ref: 24801] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
G.Kneller SR Imp: et Mag Brit Baronet pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Tonson in ye Strand.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Laid on sheet; narrow margins, small tear to lower right corner of plate torn away and section torn away on right.
Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719) was a physician and poet, Physician-in-Ordinary to George I and member of the Kit-Kat Club. His attempts to establish a poor person's dispensary were defeated when apothecaries raised the price of drugs, and in retaliation he wrote his satiric poem, 'The Dispensary'.
NPG: D18758. CS: 68, i; R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1084.2.
[Ref: 24801] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Paris Le Soir. - Mon cher Leblanc, voyez vous, vous ne vous mefiez pas assez du Philibert.....Moi j'ai toujours eu des idees, quand il venait chez nous. Bah! - Foi de Lerouge!.....c'est que c'est un fin caramboleur ce petit la.
Par Garvani. Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
Chez Aubert gal Vero-Dodat [n.d., c.1870]. Se vend chez Bauger & Cie Editeurs des Dessins du Charivari de la Caricature et du Figaro, R. du Croissant, 16.
Lithograph, sheet 340 x 266mm. Some light foxing, staining.
Two gentlemen discuss a mutual acquaintance whilst lounging on a billiard table.
[Ref: 7763] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Par Garvani. Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
Chez Aubert gal Vero-Dodat [n.d., c.1870]. Se vend chez Bauger & Cie Editeurs des Dessins du Charivari de la Caricature et du Figaro, R. du Croissant, 16.
Lithograph, sheet 340 x 266mm. Some light foxing, staining.
Two gentlemen discuss a mutual acquaintance whilst lounging on a billiard table.
[Ref: 7763] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pamphlet advertising Defries' Patent Dry Gas Meter]](jpegs/33749.jpg)
[Pamphlet advertising Defries' Patent Dry Gas Meter]
[n.d., c.1843]
Lithograph; in ink at bottom J. S. Underwood Agent; sheet 245 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Folded, glued to backing sheet, glue stains affecting paper tone.
Lithographed broadside promoting the gas meter patented by 'N. Defries, gas engineer', with prices and a diagram of the meter. The Mechanics' Magazine in 1843 compared Defries' meter with other competitors by Samuel Clegg and others.
[Ref: 33749] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1843]
Lithograph; in ink at bottom J. S. Underwood Agent; sheet 245 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Folded, glued to backing sheet, glue stains affecting paper tone.
Lithographed broadside promoting the gas meter patented by 'N. Defries, gas engineer', with prices and a diagram of the meter. The Mechanics' Magazine in 1843 compared Defries' meter with other competitors by Samuel Clegg and others.
[Ref: 33749] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Hemming's Patent Protector Gas Meter, Manufactured solely by Thomas Edge, Great Peter Street, Westminster: Manufacturer also of every Description of Brass Work, Burners, and Apparatus required for Gas Lights.
[n.d., c.1840]
Wood engraving, sheet 245 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Folded, glued to backing sheet, glue stains affecting paper tone.
Promotional advert for Hemming's patent gas meter, which was praised in the Mechanic's Magazine for 1840 as a 'useful and beautiful contrivance'. With illustration and instructions for installation and use.
[Ref: 33750] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840]
Wood engraving, sheet 245 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Folded, glued to backing sheet, glue stains affecting paper tone.
Promotional advert for Hemming's patent gas meter, which was praised in the Mechanic's Magazine for 1840 as a 'useful and beautiful contrivance'. With illustration and instructions for installation and use.
[Ref: 33750] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Brick Lane] Interior of a Gas House.](jpegs/16814.jpg)
[Brick Lane] Interior of a Gas House.
Drawn by Charles Blunt. Engraved by J. Dower.
London Published by William Orr Paternoster Row. Septr. 1833.
Engraving. 114 x 142mm. 4½ x 5½". Trimmed to the image along the top edge. Laid on separate album sheet.
Men inside a gas house, stoke the furnaces with coal and wood. Steam swells around the room.
[Ref: 16814] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Charles Blunt. Engraved by J. Dower.
London Published by William Orr Paternoster Row. Septr. 1833.
Engraving. 114 x 142mm. 4½ x 5½". Trimmed to the image along the top edge. Laid on separate album sheet.
Men inside a gas house, stoke the furnaces with coal and wood. Steam swells around the room.
[Ref: 16814] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Last Words of Richard Gascoigne Esq.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 250mm (10½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Portraits of Richard Gascoigne and George Collingwood, both Jacobites executed for treason in 1716. 'The Last Words' reproduces the text of a letter he wrote as a condemned man, protesting his innocence, and published as a pamphlet, 'A True Copy of the Paper Delivered to the Sheriffs of London, by Richard Gascoigne'.
[Ref: 55390] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 250mm (10½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Portraits of Richard Gascoigne and George Collingwood, both Jacobites executed for treason in 1716. 'The Last Words' reproduces the text of a letter he wrote as a condemned man, protesting his innocence, and published as a pamphlet, 'A True Copy of the Paper Delivered to the Sheriffs of London, by Richard Gascoigne'.
[Ref: 55390] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Le Gascon. Quand pour nombrer, Damon, certains joyeux exploits, / Que tu fis en un soir, tu montres les dix doigts [...]
Ch. Eisen del. / Tardieu Sculp.
a Paris chés Buldet rue de Gesvres au grand coeur. [c.1770]
Fine engraving, sheet 325 x 375mm (12¾ x 14¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners
A young man, Damon, boasts of his nocturnal exploits to a friend, but fails to convince the woman, Annette, stood behind him. Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45101] £450.00
Ch. Eisen del. / Tardieu Sculp.
a Paris chés Buldet rue de Gesvres au grand coeur. [c.1770]
Fine engraving, sheet 325 x 375mm (12¾ x 14¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners
A young man, Damon, boasts of his nocturnal exploits to a friend, but fails to convince the woman, Annette, stood behind him. Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45101] £450.00
No. XXIV. Miss C_M. No. XXXV. The Bon Vivant.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r Fleet Street Jan.y 1. 1783.
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7¼"). Tear in bottom edge.
Two bust portraits set in ovals, published in the series, the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed', which appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility. According to George: ''This appears to be an account of Bamber Gascoyne, but Sir C------ G------ [Crisp Gascoyne], his father, is here alluded to as his grandfather. There are allusions to his services as a Commissioner of 'a certain great board' (the Admiralty), and to the hospitality of his villa in Essex [Bifrons]. Miss C------m is said to be the natural daughter of a late Irish peer of that name, educated at a capital boarding school in Kensington, and to have been drugged and seduced by Lord B. When she was about to be discarded, she met the Bon Vivant who made her a settlement.''
BM Satire 6293.
[Ref: 51363] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r Fleet Street Jan.y 1. 1783.
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7¼"). Tear in bottom edge.
Two bust portraits set in ovals, published in the series, the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed', which appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility. According to George: ''This appears to be an account of Bamber Gascoyne, but Sir C------ G------ [Crisp Gascoyne], his father, is here alluded to as his grandfather. There are allusions to his services as a Commissioner of 'a certain great board' (the Admiralty), and to the hospitality of his villa in Essex [Bifrons]. Miss C------m is said to be the natural daughter of a late Irish peer of that name, educated at a capital boarding school in Kensington, and to have been drugged and seduced by Lord B. When she was about to be discarded, she met the Bon Vivant who made her a settlement.''
BM Satire 6293.
[Ref: 51363] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bamber Gascoyne.]](jpegs/59980.jpg)
[Bamber Gascoyne.] 5.
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 6.th April 1782 C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Bamber Gascoyne (1727-1791), depicted as a stout, plainly dressed man wearing a hat and a buttoned-up coat. Gascoyne was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons of between 1761 and 1786.
BM Satires 6056.
[Ref: 59980] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
JS ff. [James Sayers.]
Published 6.th April 1782 C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Bamber Gascoyne (1727-1791), depicted as a stout, plainly dressed man wearing a hat and a buttoned-up coat. Gascoyne was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons of between 1761 and 1786.
BM Satires 6056.
[Ref: 59980] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
S.r Crisp Gascoyne K.t. Lord Mayor of the City of London 1753.
William Keable [Keeble] pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Rare mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, nicks in edges, creasing.
A full length portrait of the Lord Mayor of London Sir Crisp Gascoyne (1700 - 1761). He stands wearing an emboidered robe, his left hand on his hip and his right on a table, upon which rests a large sword and crown. A statue of 'Justice' can be seen in the background to the right, holding a sword and balance scales.
CS 81, ii of ii. Goodwin 30, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68452] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
William Keable [Keeble] pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell Fecit.
Rare mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, nicks in edges, creasing.
A full length portrait of the Lord Mayor of London Sir Crisp Gascoyne (1700 - 1761). He stands wearing an emboidered robe, his left hand on his hip and his right on a table, upon which rests a large sword and crown. A statue of 'Justice' can be seen in the background to the right, holding a sword and balance scales.
CS 81, ii of ii. Goodwin 30, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68452] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Unbiased Patriot: or The Portraiture of a late Rt. Hon: Enquirist; Where unto is annexed the Character of a good Magistrate. Being a Sequel to the famous Address to the Liverymen of London, and a suitable Frontispiece to that Celebrated performance. The Character of a good Magistrate. He is one that administers Justice with an impartial Hand. He looks wit an equal Eye on the Accuser & the Accused till the Evidence of Facts determines his Judgment. [...]
[Anon.]
Gazetteer Aug.st 21st 1754. Sold by the Printsellers of London and Westminster.
Engraving with thread margins, very scarce & rare. Platemark: 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 7¾").
A full length portrait of the Lord Mayor of London Sir Crisp Gascoyne (1700 - 1761). He stands slightly to the left, with his left hand on his hip, and his right on a table, upon which rests a large sword and crown. He wears a highly embelished robe. A statue of 'Justice' can be seen in the background to the right, holding a sword and balance scales. Gascoyne, who became Lord Mayor in 1752, and was the first chief magistrate who occupied the present Mansion House, is represented here as the model Magistrate or 'Unbiased Patriot', with a description of his qualities inscribed below the portrait.
[Ref: 35622] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon.]
Gazetteer Aug.st 21st 1754. Sold by the Printsellers of London and Westminster.
Engraving with thread margins, very scarce & rare. Platemark: 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 7¾").
A full length portrait of the Lord Mayor of London Sir Crisp Gascoyne (1700 - 1761). He stands slightly to the left, with his left hand on his hip, and his right on a table, upon which rests a large sword and crown. He wears a highly embelished robe. A statue of 'Justice' can be seen in the background to the right, holding a sword and balance scales. Gascoyne, who became Lord Mayor in 1752, and was the first chief magistrate who occupied the present Mansion House, is represented here as the model Magistrate or 'Unbiased Patriot', with a description of his qualities inscribed below the portrait.
[Ref: 35622] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ad. Chr. Gaspari. Russ. Kais. Hofrath u. Prof. d. Geschichte zu Dorpat. Geb. zu Schleusingen d. 18 Nov. 1752.
C. Westermayr del & sculp.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 133 x 88mm (5¼ x 3½").
Adam Christian Gaspari (1752-1830) the German geographer. He held many educational posts from associate professor at the University of Jena, professor at the Oldenburg Gymnasium, professor of history, geography and statistics at the University of Dorpat, and professor of geography and statistics at the University of Konigsberg. He published the 'New Methodological School Atlas' in 1799. Australian map interest. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29738] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
C. Westermayr del & sculp.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 133 x 88mm (5¼ x 3½").
Adam Christian Gaspari (1752-1830) the German geographer. He held many educational posts from associate professor at the University of Jena, professor at the Oldenburg Gymnasium, professor of history, geography and statistics at the University of Dorpat, and professor of geography and statistics at the University of Konigsberg. He published the 'New Methodological School Atlas' in 1799. Australian map interest. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29738] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Bay of Gaspe in the Government of Quebec Situate in the Gulf of St. Laurence. A House on the Beach in which Gen.l Wolf resided in 1759. / 2. 1500 Quintals of Fish.
Gent. Mag. [Sylvanus Urban, pseudonym of publisher Edward Cave]
London, [n.d. 1764] [Edward Cave]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with large margins. Two vertical creases as issued.
A view of Gaspe Bay, on the northeast coast of the Gaspe peninsula, Quebec. The General Wolf mentioned is British army officer James Wolfe (1727-1759), remembered for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. The battle lasted only fifteen minutes but Wolfe was fatally shot three times; he was posthumously dubbed 'The Hero of Quebec'.
[Ref: 54089] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gent. Mag. [Sylvanus Urban, pseudonym of publisher Edward Cave]
London, [n.d. 1764] [Edward Cave]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with large margins. Two vertical creases as issued.
A view of Gaspe Bay, on the northeast coast of the Gaspe peninsula, Quebec. The General Wolf mentioned is British army officer James Wolfe (1727-1759), remembered for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. The battle lasted only fifteen minutes but Wolfe was fatally shot three times; he was posthumously dubbed 'The Hero of Quebec'.
[Ref: 54089] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pierre Gassendi Chanoine et Prevost de l'Eg.se Cathe.le de Digne, Theo.en et Prof.r Royal des Math.que a Paris ne a Chantersier bourg de Provance dans le Beil.ge de Digne et mort a Paris l'an 1655 age de 66 ans. Philosophe, savant Moral Ingenieux, Frameux deffenseur & Epicure, Tel etoit Gassendi dont tu vois la figure, mais que par ses ecrits tu connoitras bien mieux.
Grave par Desrochers et Vend chez lui, et
Paris rue St. Jacques au Meccenas.
Engraving, 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning.
A head and shoulders portrait of Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655), inclined to the right. Gassendi was a French philosopher, priest, astronomer and observational scientist.
W 1086
[Ref: 53812] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Grave par Desrochers et Vend chez lui, et
Paris rue St. Jacques au Meccenas.
Engraving, 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning.
A head and shoulders portrait of Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655), inclined to the right. Gassendi was a French philosopher, priest, astronomer and observational scientist.
W 1086
[Ref: 53812] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gaston of Foix]](jpegs/39888.jpg)
[Gaston of Foix] Gasto de Foix sub Ludovico 12o prosapia magnus maximus Evasisset [...]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Paper glued to left margin of engraving.
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489-1512), French military commander whose brilliant six month Italian campaign as a 21 year-old commander in 1511-2 earnt him the nickname 'the Thunderbolt of Italy'. His death in the Battle of Ravenna was a huge loss to the French. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 39888] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Paper glued to left margin of engraving.
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489-1512), French military commander whose brilliant six month Italian campaign as a 21 year-old commander in 1511-2 earnt him the nickname 'the Thunderbolt of Italy'. His death in the Battle of Ravenna was a huge loss to the French. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 39888] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gaston, Duke of Orléans]](jpegs/40072.jpg)
[Gaston, Duke of Orléans] Gasto Franciae Dux Aureliacus [...]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608-60), third son of Henri IV and Marie' de Medici, and brother of Louis XIII. Gaston's life involved numerous political intrigues, and he twice fled France following plots against his mother and Cardinal Richelieu. During the wars of the Fronde (1648-53) in France, he passed from one side to the other without loyalty, and was exiled by Cardinal Mazarin at their conclusion. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men (and women) hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (in which Gaston was perhaps surprisingly included, given his history with Richelieu). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 40072] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608-60), third son of Henri IV and Marie' de Medici, and brother of Louis XIII. Gaston's life involved numerous political intrigues, and he twice fled France following plots against his mother and Cardinal Richelieu. During the wars of the Fronde (1648-53) in France, he passed from one side to the other without loyalty, and was exiled by Cardinal Mazarin at their conclusion. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men (and women) hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (in which Gaston was perhaps surprisingly included, given his history with Richelieu). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 40072] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)