On the North side of London.
WHollar delin et sculp 1665 [but later]
Etching, sheet 95 x 130mm (3¾ x 5"). Trimmed.
View of London from Islington made shortly before the Great Fire of London, with the old St Paul's cathedral in the distance and three men practicing archery in the foreground. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77), Bohemian printmaker who spent most of his career working in England. Hollar's technical skill has ensured that his prints have always been keenly collected, and comprehensive collections of his work are at institutions in London, Berlin and Prague. Hollar's life was changed when he met Thomas Howard, second earl of Arundel, at Cologne in 1636: for eight months he travelled in Arundel's retinue at travelled with him to London, taking lodgings at Arundel House and marrying a servant of the countess of Arundel. This is one of a group of small views from north London sometimes thought to have been issued as a set. Pennington 918 ii/ii.
[Ref: 68301] £260.00
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Belgian Troops Sep 1815. Bois de Boulogne.
A. Long.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Rare amateur lithograph. Sheet 150 x 265mm (6 x 10½"). Laid on card as issued.
A camp with huts made of straw. A wounded soldier limps with a crutch. Amelia Long (née Hume) (1772-1837), married Charles Long who was created Baron Farnborough in 1826. Lady Farnborough was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. For a sketchbook by the artist see V&A E.21080-1957.
[Ref: 68265] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Lort.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Very rare etching. 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3").
Portrait of Michael Lort (1725 - 1790), Welsh poet, clergyman, academic and antiquary.
[Ref: 68289] £180.00
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One of the advantage of a Low Carriage.
B. [Compass monogram of Brownlow North] Esq.r del. P.F.L.B. fec.t [James Gillray].
London. Publish'd June 1st 1801 by H. Humphrey, No 27 St James's Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
An earl's coach makes an emergency stop to avoid a fat country woman who has fallen into the road, having been chased by a dog. The footman flies over the roof of the coach as the passenger calls his name, to which he replies 'Coming Ma'm'. BM Satires 9767.
[Ref: 68516] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Lucia di Lammermoor.]
J. Brandard.
[n.d., c.1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Framed, sight size 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Mounted over inscriptions. Unexamined out of frame.
A scene from Gaetano Donizetti's opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'. Edgardo arrives during the marriage of Lucia to Arturo.
[Ref: 68256] £120.00
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M:rs Flora Macdonald.
A. Ramsay pinx.t. Ja.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d. c.1765.]
Very fine and scarce mezzotint sheet 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line. Laid on album paper at edges.
Flora Macdonald (1722 - 1790), Scottish Jacobite heroine who helped Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, claimant to the British throne, to escape from Scotland after his defeat in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-46. She was wife of Allan Macdonald of Kingsburgh. In oval frame, the sitter with flower garland in her left hand, eyes to front, wearing tartan shawl and flowers in her hair, and at her breast. After Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784). CS 124. Goodwin 133. Sharp: 517. W: 190. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68383] £490.00
[The Holy Family.] From an Orig.l Picture by Bar.o Schidone in the Collection of Doctor Brag.
WB. [monogram of Captain William Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼").
The Holy Family; the Virgin holding the infant Jesus in her lap, with St John as a child leaning in towards them from left, and St Joseph, leaning on a stick. Engraved after Bartolomeo Schedoni by Capt William Baillie (1723 - 1810) who retired from the army and became a picture dealer. He was also an amateur then semi-professional printmaker, later selling his plates to Boydell who reissued them in 1792 and 1806.. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 3 of 3. See [Ref: 68478] & [Ref: 68479] for earlier states.
[Ref: 68477] £260.00
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[The Holy Family.] [From an Orig.l Picture by Bar.o Schidone in the Collection of Doctor Brag.]
[Captain William Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Fine mezzotint, early proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, faint 18th century watermark. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼").
The Holy Family; the Virgin holding the infant Jesus in her lap, with St John as a child leaning in towards them from left, and St Joseph, leaning on a stick. Engraved after Bartolomeo Schedoni by Capt William Baillie (1723 - 1810) who retired from the army and became a picture dealer. He was also an amateur then semi-professional printmaker, later selling his plates to Boydell who reissued them in 1792 and 1806. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1 of 3. See [Ref: 68479] & [Ref: 68477] for later states.
[Ref: 68478] £280.00
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[The Holy Family.] [From an Orig.l Picture by Bar.o Schidone in the Collection of Doctor Brag.]
[Captain William Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area not completely cleaned, faint 18th century watermark. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼").
The Holy Family; the Virgin holding the infant Jesus in her lap, with St John as a child leaning in towards them from left, and St Joseph, leaning on a stick. Engraved after Bartolomeo Schedoni by Capt William Baillie (1723 - 1810) who retired from the army and became a picture dealer. He was also an amateur then semi-professional printmaker, later selling his plates to Boydell who reissued them in 1792 and 1806.. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 3. See [Ref: 68478] for earlier state & [Ref: 68477] for later state.
[Ref: 68479] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[The Maid of the Mill.][in pencil]
J. Richards pinx.t. W. Woollett sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Fine engraving, proof before title. Platemark: 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"), with large margins on three sides. Small top margin.
An exterior scene; a barn to the left, with two women by the entrance, one mending a net, a mill in the centre, from which a person looks out of the window, and a house to the right, with a woman reading in the upstairs window. This scene is taken from the stage design of John Inigo Richards for the opening scene of 'The Maid of the Mill' (1765) by Irish playwright Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733 - 1812). Fagan LX. State bIV of V. Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 68482] £490.00
Louis Jules Barbon Mazarini Mancini. Duc de Nivernois, Donjiois, Pair de France, [...]
A. Ramsay pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1764.]
Mezzotint, 225 x 330mm (9 x 13"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Bottom corners torn and repaired. Small margins.
A half-length portrait of Louis Jules Barbon Mazarini Mancini (1716-1798), 4th Duke of Nevers, who served as French Ambassador in Rome, Berlin and London where he negotiated the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years's War. He stayed in France after the Revolution which led to the loss of his money and his imprisonment. CS 140 i of ii; Goodwin 108 ii of iii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Mrs. E.M. Hamilton.
[Ref: 68355] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Mario ad Gennaro in 'Lucretia Borgia'.]
[John Brandard]
[n.d., c.1845.]
Coloured lithograph. Framed, sight size 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"), Mounted over inscriptions? Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of Giovanni Matteo de Candia (1810-83), known professionally as Mario. His first performance in London was in 'Lucretia Borgia' in 1839, alongside Giulia Grisi, who he lived with from 1841.
[Ref: 68496] £140.00
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Signor Mario, As Arturo in ''I Puritani''.
[John Brandard.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Chromolithograph. Framed, sight size 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Mounted over image and around title, unexamined out of frame.
A half-length portrait of tenor Giovanni Matteo de Candia (1810-83), as Lord Arturo Talbo in Vincenzo Bellini's 1835 opera.
[Ref: 68501] £260.00
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The Mathematician. Done from an Original Picture, painted by Rembrandt. By James M.c Ardell.
Sold by E. Fisher, at the Golden head in Leicester Square, and Ryland & Bryer, at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.
Fine & rare mezzotint, 470 x 355mm (18½ x 14") with margins. Slight mount burn.
A teacher leaning on the table holding a pair of compasses, demonstrates a problem to the student who leans on his chin. By the table are two globes. Goodwin: 213. Charington 107, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68375] £680.00
[Edward Maurice, Bishop of Ossory] [Rura mihi, et rigui placeant in Vallibus Amnes; Flumina amem, Sylvasq; inglorius!]
[Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t. J. M.cArdell Fecit.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, 18th century watermark. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, printer's creases, creasing top right.
A three-quarter portrait of Anglican bishop Edward Maurice, Bishop of Ossory from 1755 until his death in 1756. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he was Rector of Armagh. CS 126, state i of ii. Goodwin 150. Ex: collections of John Chaloner Smith, J. Gulson, James Norman, D. Lewis & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68426] £250.00
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[Edward Maurice, Bishop of Ossory] Rura mihi, et rigui placeant in Vallibus Amnes; Flumina amem, Sylvasq; inglorius!
Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t. J. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Old ink mss in inscription area and top margin, mounted in album paper at edges. Small margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Anglican bishop Edward Maurice, Bishop of Ossory from 1755 until his death in 1756. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he was Rector of Armagh. CS 126, state ii of ii. Goodwin 150. Ex: collections of John Channloner Smith, J. Gulson, James Norman, D. Lewis & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68427] £250.00
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Maximilian Emperor of Germany &c. &c. Drest For A Tournament. He was Installed Knight of the Garter in the Reign of Henry The Seventh, Obit 1519.
Engraved by Charles Turner from an extreme rare print by Hans Burgkmair the Elder.
London:Pubd. 1814, by S.Woodburn, 112, St. Martin's Lane.
Mezzotint, 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with very large margins. Light foxing, mostly localised to margins.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 - 1519), on horseback, in full armour. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Whitman: 474 II of III. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68169] for proof etching before mezzotinting & [Ref: 68487] for mezzotint proof before letters.
[Ref: 68486] £260.00
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[Maximilian Emperor of Germany &c. &c.] [Drest For A Tournament. He was Installed Knight of the Garter in the Reign of Henry The Seventh, Obit 1519.]
[Engraved by Charles Turner from an extreme rare print by Hans Burgkmair the Elder.]
[London:Pubd. 1814, by S.Woodburn, 112, St. Martin's Lane.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10¼"), with very large margins. Light vertical creasing. Bit messy.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 - 1519), on horseback, in full armour. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816. Whitman: 474 II of III. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68169] for proof etching before mezzotinting & [Ref: 68486] for lettered state.
[Ref: 68487] £70.00
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[Lord Melcombe & Lord Winchelsea.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Earl of Exeter.
W.Hogarth del.t. F.Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 140mm (8¼ x 5½"). Trimmed top & bottom and crease.
Portrait of George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe (1691-1762), .in profile, wearing a long wig, gesturing with his left hand while holding his hat in the other, positioned on the left. Lord Winchelsea appears on the right, shown from behind, wearing a sash draped diagonally and a long wig, holding a paddle against his right shoulder, with his left arm slightly extended to the side. Lord Melcombe was a British Whig politician who represented Winchelsea and Bridgwater in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1715 to 1761. Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (1689–1769), was a British peer, politician and governor of Foundling Hospital. de V 2227.
[Ref: 68251] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
John Milton. This picture belong'd to Deborah Milton [...]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Jan.ry 4. 1786 by Caroline Watson, Fitzroy Street.
Fine stipple. 165 x 230mm (6½ x 9"). Narrow margins.
Portrait of poet John Milton (1608-74), after a miniature by Samuel Cooper. The portrait is set in a roundel set upon a plinth, carved with his name and scenes from 'Paradise Lost'. Leaning up against the plinth is a roundel on which is transcribed the inscription on the back of the miniature, relating the ownership of the miniature. Beneath the image is a description by Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), with a facsimile signature, correcting some of those details BM 9,4.194.
[Ref: 67963] £230.00
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Vue du Mont Blanc et la vallée de Chamouny.
Zurich chez R. Dikenman, peinter, Neustadt Nº 148 [n.d., c.1820].
Aquatint. 175 x 245mm (7 x 9¾"), very large margins.
A view of a hamlet with Mont Blanc towering behind.
[Ref: 67929] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
John Duke of Montague.
Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t. J. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d., 1750.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 420 x 300mm (16½ x 11¾"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper at edges
Half-length portrait of John Montagu (1690-1749), 2nd Duke of Montagu, in dark jacket with Garter sash. Behind is the Tower of London, a reference to his role as Master-General of the Ordnance 1740-2. He was also a member of the acclaimed Kit Kat Club and a founding governor of the Foundling Hospital. Goodwin: 135. CS: 132, only state. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68457] £260.00
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[The Right Hon.ble Charles William, Henry Earl of Dalkeith. Eldest son of His Grace Henry, Duke of Buccleugh.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by V Green. Engraver to his Majesty and the Elector Palatine.
[Published Jan 1 1778 by W Shropshire No 158 New Bond Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before title. Sheet 490 x 355mm (19¼ x 14"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line.
Portrait of Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott (1772-1819), fourth Duke of Buccleugh and sixth Duke of Queensberry, K.T., as a young boy, stroking an owl. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he served as MP for Marlborough, Ludgershall and Mitchell before entering the House of Lords as Baron Scott of Tyndale in 1807. A member of Marylebone Cricket Club, he made four known appearances in first-class cricket matches in 1797. CS: 33, state i of ii; Whitman 68, ii of iii. Hamilton p.20 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68028] £280.00
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[Lady Elizabeth Montagu.]
[J.Reynolds pin.t. J:McArdell fecit.]
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t, 1756, by J.s. McArdell; & sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, inscription area uncleaned. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Thread margins, laid on card and album paper. Repairs, bit messy.
Elizabeth Montagu (1743-1825), daughter of the Earl of Cardigan, who was created the Duke of Montagu in 1766. She married Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch in 1767. CS: 131, i of iv; Goodwin: 55, state i of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1 of 6.
[Ref: 68428] £220.00
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S.r John Moore Kn.t, Lord Mayor of London 1682, One of the Representatives in Parliament for the said City & President of Christ-Hospital; To whom King Charles the Second, for his faithful Services to the Crown, granted, Viz, On a Canton, Gules, A Lion of England, as an Augmentation to his Arms and to those of his family.
S.r Peter Lely Pinx.t. Ja.s Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
Sir John Moore (1620-1702), M.P. for the City of London 1685-1687. Goodwin: 127, iii of iii. CS: 133, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68348] £180.00
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John Mudge. M.D. F.R.S.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. 395 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"), large margins. Repaired tear on left through inscription area into printed frame.
A half-length portrait of Plymouth physician John Mudge (1720-93), in gown and cap, his right hand turning the pages of a book. An amateur telescope-maker, he won the Copley medal for his 'Copley medal for his 'Directions for making the best Composition for the Metals for reflecting Telescopes; together with a Description of the Process for Grinding, Polishing, and giving the great Speculum the true Parabolic Curve'. CS 50; Russell 50, iii of iii; Hamilton p.52, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68013] £480.00
Miss Fanny Murray. Here sportive Loves inviting seem to say, / Behold this Face, and gaze your Heart away.
H. Morland Pinx.t. J. Mc.Ardell fecit.
Sold by J. M.cArdell at the Golden Head, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, sheet 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into plate on three sides, thread margins at bottom.
A full-length portrait of famous courtesan Fanny Murray (c.1729-78). Murray eventually settled down, marrying first Sir Richard Atkins, 6th Baronet, then actor David Ross. CS 134, state with 70mm gap between plate and artist and engraver's names. Goodwin 184. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68349] £180.00
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[Jane Myddelton.] [Lady Middleton. Done from the Original Picture, Painted by Sr. Peter Lely In the Royal Palace at Windsor By James McArdell.]
[Engraved by James McArdell after Peter Lely.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, fine proof before letters with uncleaned title area. Verso in pencil "from the Stowe Sale"; 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom.
Jane Needham (1645-92), who married Charles Myddelton in 1660, becoming one of the ladies at court known as the ''Windsor Beauties''. Goodwin:124, ii of iv. Chaloner Smith: 129, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68312] £420.00
[Jane Myddleton] [Lady Middleton. Done from the Original Picture, Painted by S.r Peter Lely In the Royal Palace at Windsor By James McArdell.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, unfinished proof before letters, before light added in eyes. Sheet 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, restoration top right, laid on restorer's paper, image taller than published state.
A three-quarter portrait of Mrs (not 'Lady') Jane Myddleton (1645-92, neé Needham), one of the 'Windsor Beauties'. In 1660 she married Charles Myddelton of Ruabon (1635-91) Goodwin: 124, state i of iv. CS: 129, state i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1 of 5.
[Ref: 68458] £360.00
[Jane Myddleton] Lady Middleton. Done from the Original Picture, Painted by S.r Peter Lely In the Royal Palace at Windsor By James McArdell.
Sold by E. Fisher at the Golden head in Leicester Square, & by Ryland and Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill, London [n.d., c.1765].
Mezzotint, Sheet 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, creases, laid on album paper. Slight mark left entre edge.
A three-quarter portrait of Mrs (not 'Lady') Jane Myddleton (1645-92, neé Needham), one of the 'Windsor Beauties'. In 1660 she married Charles Myddelton of Ruabon (1635-91) Goodwin: 124, state iv of iv. CS: 129, state after ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 5 of 5.
[Ref: 68459] £320.00
Representation of a Scene of the County Naval Free School on Waste Land.
S.H. Grimm Pinxit. Fran.s Chesham Sculp.t.
[London: Marine Society, 1783.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, rich & rare impression. 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"), with large margins. Margins chipped and age-toned. Abrasion and hole in right, within the tree. Left corner repaired crease.
A scene of a proposed free school for poor boys, preparing them for naval life. It shows the boys using apparatus for training for loading canon and winching an anchor, drilling and using navigation instruments, as well as ploughing and other agricultural activity. This plate was published in 'Proposal for County Naval Free Schools, to be Built on Waste Lands', by Jonas Hanway, written for humanitarian as well as patriotic reasons, the year that the American Revolutionary War ended in failure. After spending more than the year's income on the society on preparing the book (for which Hanway was censured), it was issued to privy councillors, lord lieutenants, influential MPs and admiralty and naval boards. However the plan was downsized by the society, and a single training ship was commissioned, anchored at Greenwich. As well as founding the Marine Society in 1756 (to procure seamen for the Seven Years' War), Hanway (1712-86) was a vice president of the Foundling Hospital, instrumental in the establishment of the Magdalen Hospital and a commissioner for victualling the navy (experimenting with ways to alleviate scurvy amongst seamen). He is said to be the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella, facing down heckling hackney coachmen.
[Ref: 68274] £480.00
The Reverend Mr Thomas Newman.
S. Webster Pinx:t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Thomas Newman (1692-1758), a presbyterian dissenting minister who officiated at Blackfriars, Carter's-lane and Salter's Hall. CS 137; Goodwin 157. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68351] £180.00
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[Newmarket] A View of the Round Course or Plate Course with divers jockeys and Horses in different Actions and Postures going to start for the Kings Plate at New Market.
Tillimans Pinx. J.s Sympson and J.n Lord [ex].
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare engraving, 450 x 310mm (17¾ x 12¼"), with very large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Creasing. Repaired tear bottom centre.
The artist, Peter Tillemans (1684-1734), was born in Antwerp and moved to England in 1708. He specialised in sporting and landscape paintings. Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 68297] £340.00
[John Nicoll] Johannes Nicol D:D: Eccllesiæ Westmonasteriensis Prebendarius, Scholæ per Annos XX. Archidadascalus. Ædis Christi Canonicus. A.D. MDCCLV. Ætat: LXXI.
R. Taylor pinx.t. J. McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1755.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Dr. Nicholls, Prebendary of Westminster and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. CS 139, only state; Russell ii of iii. Goodwin 45, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68352] £160.00
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[John Nicoll] [Johannes Nicol D:D: Eccllesiæ Westmonasteriensis Prebendarius, Scholæ per Annos XX. Archidadascalus. Ædis Christi Canonicus. A.D. MDCCLV. Ætat: LXXI.]
[R. Taylor pinx.t. J. McArdell fecit.]
[n.d., c.1755.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area partially uncleaned. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Old ink mss. in inscription area.
Dr. Nicholls, Prebendary of Westminster and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. CS 139, predating only state; Russell i of iii. Goodwin 45, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68353] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
No Rest in the Grave: _ Or the Second Appearance of Miss Bailey's Ghost. Being a True & Tragical Parody, on the favorite Song called ''Nobody coming to marry me.'' Sung with unbounded applause by M.r R. Jones, at the Theatre Royal, Dublin. _ Written by Mr Kertland.
Publish'd June 16, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle. 53. Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 245mm (8¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman sits on a grave in a country churchyard, wearing a shroud, with a pair of breeches and a one pound note. She describes how her 'deluder' had given her a pound note to pay for the funeral and his breeches to wear in her coffin. However the pound is a forgery and she is turned out of her grave, but at least she still has the breeches to wear. BM Satires 10677.
[Ref: 68509] £260.00
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M.r William Noble of Bampton in Westmoreland, and of Pall Mall, London. The Friend of Man.
Adam Buck del.t. Orme Jun.r sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1796.
Stipple engraving. 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5").
A half-length portrait, set within an oval of banker and philanthropist William Noble (fl. c. 1796). Frontis to a 'Fortnight Ramble to the Lakes'. See also [Ref: 46845] .
[Ref: 68339] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mr John Norden. Surveyor to James 1st, 1614.
R.Grave sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.] Published by W.Smith, 24, Lisle Street, Leicester Sq.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of John Norden (c.1547 - 1625), English cartographer, mapmaker, chorographer and antiquary. He planned a series of county maps and accompanying county histories of England, the Speculum Britanniae, but these were not completed.
[Ref: 68333] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Norma] [Quadrille of Charles D'Albert]
[John Brandard.]
[n.d., c.1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Framed, sight size 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼") Mounted over image, unexamined out of frame.
A music cover illustrating tthe finale of Vicenzo Bellin's opera Norma, with Guilia Grisi, in the title role, with Dominique Conti as her Roman lover Pollione and Luigi Lablache (1794–1858) as Norma's father Oroveso, chief of the druids (not Karl Formes and Tamerlik as on the mount). She begs her father to spare her children, before leaping onto a pyre with Pollione.
[Ref: 68499] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[An orrery clock] Sphere Mouvant, Suivant le vèritable Sistême du Monde, Exécutée sur les Dessins et Calculs de M.r Castel, Secretaire du Roy, et approuvée de M.rs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Paris, Suivant leur Certificat, du 5 Aoust 1766. La hauteur de toute cette Sphère est de 7 pieds et demi.
Salernier Sculp.
[n.d., 1767.]
Scarce engraving. 530 x 300mm (20½ x 11¾"). Repaired tear in inscription area.
An illustration of an orrery clock made in 1763, published in a pamphlet 'Description de la Nouvelle Sphere Mouvant de M.r Castel'. After the clock was sold by Castel's widow in 1773, it passed through the hands of several owners including Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874). In 2021 it was sold at Christies, much altered, for £475,000.
[Ref: 68318] £580.00
The Right Reverend D.r Rich.d Osbaldeston Lord Bishop of Carlisle.
T. Hudson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fec.t.
[n.d., c.1764.]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Richard Osbaldeston (1691-1764), Bishop of Carlisle from 1747 to 1762 and Bishop of London from 1762 to 1764. Thomas Hudson's painting, now in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (46/1925/25), is dated 1764. CS 141, ii of ii; Russell ii of iii; Goodwin 169, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68354] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Publish'd June 11th 1777 by W.m Humphrey Gerrard Street & J.R. Smith N.º 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square London.
Mezzotint, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Repaired tear left centre margin.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'. CS 128, ii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, ii of iii. Frankau 266, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv, 'false 2nd state... line added to left eyelid'. See [Ref: 66380
[Ref: 68019] £380.00
[Theophilia Palmer.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by J.R. Smith.
Published June 24th 1778, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins.
An untitled half-length portrait of Theophilia Palmer 1757-1848), niece of the artist. Her daughter by Robert Lovell Gwatkinm, Theophilia Gwatkin, was Reynolds' 'Strawberry Girl'. CS 128, iii of iii. Hamilton pg 125, iii of iii. Frankau 266, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 68022] for scratched letter proof. See [Ref: 66380] & [Ref: 6138
[Ref: 68021] £360.00
The Hon.ble M.rs Parker.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Thomas Watson.
Publish'd Oct.r 25.th 1773 for S. Hooper N.o 25 Ludgate Street, W: Shropshire N.o 158 & T.Watson N.o New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 615 x 380mm (24¼ x 15"). Ink collector's stamp 'E.M.H.' on reverse. Thread margins. Laid on card. Light creasing.
Full-length portrait of Theresa Parker (née Robinson) (1745 –75). She stands facing forward, her head turned in profile to the right, leaning her right elbow on a pedestal topped with a large urn while her left hand rests on her right arm. Her hair is styled high and curled, and she wears a robe draped over her dress. A wooded landscape forms the background, with a stream visible to the right. Parker was an English noblewoman, art patron, and the second wife of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (c.1734-88). She purchased paintings by Joshua Reynolds and Angelica Kauffman and supervised the interior design during the golden age of Saltram House. CS 28 II of II. Hamilton: pg 125 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E. M. Hamilton.
[Ref: 68485] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
M.e Guido Patin doctor medicus parisiensis medicus et professor Regius.
Ant. Masson ad vivum ping. et scul. 1670 [but later].
Engraving. Sheet 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on card.
A head and shoulders portrait of Guido (or Guy) Patin (1601-72), a French medical doctor and man of letters. Wellcome: 2248-5
[Ref: 67854] £320.00
[Peasant at a window, with pipe and tankard.] From a Painting by A. Van Ostade, in the Possession of W.m Baillie.
Engraved by W. Baillie.
March the 17. 1774. [but later]
Very fine mezzotint. 290 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"). Narrow margins.
One of several prints after Dutch painter Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85) engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See also [Ref: 61628].
[Ref: 68467] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Madame Persiani in the character of Lucia in Donizettis Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor.
[A.E. Chalon, R.A. del.t. Edward Morton Lith.]
[London, Published July 9th 1839, by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. _ a Paris, chez Rittner & Goupil Boulevard Montmartre.]
Coloured lithograph. Framed, window mounted around title, sight size 440 x 285mm (14½ x 11½"). Unexamined out of frame, mounted over inscriptions? Paper toned.
A full-length portrait of Italian soprano Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani (1812–67), as Lucia di Lammermoor, a role written for her by Donizetti.
[Ref: 68235] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[A decorated urn on a plinth] Vase in the Garden at Petworth.
A L [monogram of Amelia Long on stone.]
[British, n.d., c.1837.]
Rare lithograph, 295 x 205mm. 11½ x 8". Original card mount watermarked 1837, with ink ruled border. Some light foxing.
An attractive and detailed study of garden furniture at Petworth House, Sussex. Amelia Long (née Hume), Lady Farnborough (1772-1837). In 1793 she married Charles Long, created Baron Farnborough in 1826. An amateur etcher and a vigorous patron of the arts, she assisted the watercolourist Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) to make his one visit to Paris in 1801. Lady Farnborough was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. Her watercolours also show the influence of her contemporary John Varley.
[Ref: 68302] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Harriot Powell as 'Leonora'] Say, little foolish fluttering thing [...]
S.r Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Rich.d Houston fecit. Rob.t Sayer Excudit.
London Printed as the Act directs, for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller, N.º 53 Fleet Street [n.d., 1771].
Mezzotint, 500 x 350mm (19 x 13¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Slight creasing. Short tears in margins.
A half-length portrait of Harriet Powell (or Lamb, died 1779), in the character of Leonora, in Dibden's opera 'The Padlock', with a goldfinch perched on her hand. The daughter of an apothecary, Powell was described by Sir James Balfour Paul as 'a fashionable beauty of the town'. However Horace Bleackley was more explicit: 'The graceful Harriet Powell, equally frail and famous, whose winsome face was portrayed in many a mezzotint, had spent her early youth as an inmate of Mrs Hayes's disreputable establishment in King's Place, but now at last she had become faithful to one man, and was keeping house with Lord Seaforth, the creator of a famous regiment'. She became the second wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, although the marriage was secret. Hamilton p.126, ii of ii. CS 99, undated state after(?) ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68043] £360.00
Lady Catherine Powlet _ daughter of his Grace the Duke of Bolton.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Publishd Feb.y 28 1778 by J.R. Smith Nº 10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square & W.m Humphrey Nº 70 S.t Martin's Lane London.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, 18th century watermark. 505 x 355mm 19¾ x 14"). Small margins.
A portrait of Lady Catherine Powlet (1766-1807), seated on the ground, one hand on a dog's head. The daughter of the sixth and last Duke of Bolton, she married William Henry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington and Duke of Cleveland, in 1787 DCS 139, i of iii; Russell 139, ii of iv; Frankau 282, ii of iv; Hamilton 127, i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68072] £420.00