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His Excellency Thomas Earl of Strafford Viscount Wentworth of Wentworth.
G. Kneller Eques pinxit. 1714. Geo: Vertue Sculpsit.
A. Iohnston Excud. Sold by R. Hulton ye Corner of Pall Mall St. James.
Engraving. Plate: 385 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾''). Manuscript in bottom edge. Thread margins.
A portrait of military commander Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739).
[Ref: 48784] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Eques pinxit. 1714. Geo: Vertue Sculpsit.
A. Iohnston Excud. Sold by R. Hulton ye Corner of Pall Mall St. James.
Engraving. Plate: 385 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾''). Manuscript in bottom edge. Thread margins.
A portrait of military commander Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739).
[Ref: 48784] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
His Excellency Thomas Earl of Strafford Viscount Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse & of Stainborough. Baron Newmarch Oversley and Raby. One of the Lords Justices of Great Brittain & Ireland by Act of Parliament dureing the Absence of his Majesty as first Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty Lieutenant General and Collonell of his Majestys own Royal Regiment of Dragoons. Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to the States Generall of ye United Provinces as well as for the Congress at Utrecht. One of the Lords of his Majestys most Honourable privy Council & Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter.&c. 1714.
G: Kneller Eques pinxit 1714. Geo: Vertue Sculpsit.
[1739.]
Engraving, 385 x 280mm. Small tears and some discoloration to margin, plate good.
Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby and third Earl of Strafford (1672 - 1739), diplomatist. In early life Thomas Wentworth saw much service as a soldier in the Low Countries, and was occasionally employed on diplomatic errands. From 1706 to 1711 he was Queen Anne's ambassador to Berlin, where he secured the services of Johann von Bodt to design for him Wentworth Castle, in the heart of Wentworth country in South Yorkshire, built, largely directed by letter from a distance, ca 1710-20. From 1711 to 1714 he was British ambassador at the Hague, and in 1711 he was created Earl of Strafford. The earl was one of the British representatives at the congress of Utrecht, and in 1715 he was impeached for his share in concluding this treaty, but the charges against him were not pressed to a conclusion. Strafford retired to Wentworth Castle. He was created by 'James III' ('The Old Pretender') on the 5 June 1722 'Duke of Strafford' in the Jacobite Peerage of England. Published for Knowler's 'Strafford Letters' 1739.
BM: pg.207, 2. NPG: D1709. Sharp: 648.
[Ref: 7525] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
G: Kneller Eques pinxit 1714. Geo: Vertue Sculpsit.
[1739.]
Engraving, 385 x 280mm. Small tears and some discoloration to margin, plate good.
Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby and third Earl of Strafford (1672 - 1739), diplomatist. In early life Thomas Wentworth saw much service as a soldier in the Low Countries, and was occasionally employed on diplomatic errands. From 1706 to 1711 he was Queen Anne's ambassador to Berlin, where he secured the services of Johann von Bodt to design for him Wentworth Castle, in the heart of Wentworth country in South Yorkshire, built, largely directed by letter from a distance, ca 1710-20. From 1711 to 1714 he was British ambassador at the Hague, and in 1711 he was created Earl of Strafford. The earl was one of the British representatives at the congress of Utrecht, and in 1715 he was impeached for his share in concluding this treaty, but the charges against him were not pressed to a conclusion. Strafford retired to Wentworth Castle. He was created by 'James III' ('The Old Pretender') on the 5 June 1722 'Duke of Strafford' in the Jacobite Peerage of England. Published for Knowler's 'Strafford Letters' 1739.
BM: pg.207, 2. NPG: D1709. Sharp: 648.
[Ref: 7525] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Joannes Wenceslaus Comes a Gallas &c.
G. Kneller S.R.Imp & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. 1707. I. Smith fec.
[n.d. c.1707.]
Rare mezzotint, fine impression, print 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Abrasions to right edge.
Half-length portrait of Johann Wenzel, Count of Gallas (1669-1719), in an oval. Looking towards the viewer, wearing a wig, collar, armour, and cloak. Coat of arms below. Wenzel was the ambassador to England and Rome for the emperors Joseph and Charles VI of Austria.
CS 94.
[Ref: 58869] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.Imp & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. 1707. I. Smith fec.
[n.d. c.1707.]
Rare mezzotint, fine impression, print 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Abrasions to right edge.
Half-length portrait of Johann Wenzel, Count of Gallas (1669-1719), in an oval. Looking towards the viewer, wearing a wig, collar, armour, and cloak. Coat of arms below. Wenzel was the ambassador to England and Rome for the emperors Joseph and Charles VI of Austria.
CS 94.
[Ref: 58869] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The most Hono.ble Thomas Lord Marquiss of Wharton Lord Privy Seal.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Barott. pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12857] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Barott. pinx. Simon fecit.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12857] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
The most Hono.ble Thomas Lord Marquiss of Wharton Lord Privy Seal.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Baro.tt pinx.
Sold by J. Smith [sic] at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Fine mezzotint, old ink mss. in inscription area. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Horizontal central crease.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories. Engraved and first published by John Simon.
CS 267; Russell 162a state ii.
[Ref: 61369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Baro.tt pinx.
Sold by J. Smith [sic] at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Fine mezzotint, old ink mss. in inscription area. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Horizontal central crease.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories. Engraved and first published by John Simon.
CS 267; Russell 162a state ii.
[Ref: 61369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Marquis of Wharton.]](jpegs/24706.jpg)
[Thomas Marquis of Wharton.]
[G. Kneller pinxt.] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1744.
Fine engraving with large margins, first state before "publisher's address; after Godfrey Kneller". Plate 375 x 240mm. 14¾ x 9½".
Portrait of Thomas Wharton, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a long wig; in an ornamental oval with draped curtain beyond; the sitter's coat of arms below; a richly decorated purse in lower left. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1715) was an English nobleman and politician. He was active before and during the Glorious Revolution. From 1708 to 1710 he was Commissioner for the Union of Scotland and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and he was also known for his love of horse-racing. Taken from the Kneller Kit-Cat Club portrait. Christopher Catling was the keeper of a pie-house in Shire Lane, by Temple Bar, where the club originally met hence "Kit-Cat" being his name abbreviated. The 18th century English club had strong political and literary associations, committed to the furtherance of Whig objectives.
[Ref: 24706] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[G. Kneller pinxt.] J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1744.
Fine engraving with large margins, first state before "publisher's address; after Godfrey Kneller". Plate 375 x 240mm. 14¾ x 9½".
Portrait of Thomas Wharton, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a long wig; in an ornamental oval with draped curtain beyond; the sitter's coat of arms below; a richly decorated purse in lower left. From Thomas Birch's 'Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1715) was an English nobleman and politician. He was active before and during the Glorious Revolution. From 1708 to 1710 he was Commissioner for the Union of Scotland and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and he was also known for his love of horse-racing. Taken from the Kneller Kit-Cat Club portrait. Christopher Catling was the keeper of a pie-house in Shire Lane, by Temple Bar, where the club originally met hence "Kit-Cat" being his name abbreviated. The 18th century English club had strong political and literary associations, committed to the furtherance of Whig objectives.
[Ref: 24706] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness William Duke of Gloscester.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fec:
[John Boydell, c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of Prince William Duke of Gloucester (1689-1700), son of Princess Anne and George of Denmark. He was viewed as a Protestant champion and his birth seemed to cement the Protestant succession as established in the 'Glorious Revolution'. He died at the age of 11, before Anne came to the throne, so the Protestant line of the House of Stuart lost its only chance if continuation. So as not to revert to a Catholic state, Parliament chose to pass the Act of Settlement 1701, which settled the throne of England on Sophia, Electress of Hanover, granddaugther of James I, and her Protestant heirs.
CS: 114, state ii of ii, ''Boydell Catalogue''.
[Ref: 62649] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fec:
[John Boydell, c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of Prince William Duke of Gloucester (1689-1700), son of Princess Anne and George of Denmark. He was viewed as a Protestant champion and his birth seemed to cement the Protestant succession as established in the 'Glorious Revolution'. He died at the age of 11, before Anne came to the throne, so the Protestant line of the House of Stuart lost its only chance if continuation. So as not to revert to a Catholic state, Parliament chose to pass the Act of Settlement 1701, which settled the throne of England on Sophia, Electress of Hanover, granddaugther of James I, and her Protestant heirs.
CS: 114, state ii of ii, ''Boydell Catalogue''.
[Ref: 62649] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness William Duke of Gloscester.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fec: et ex.
Sold by C. Browne at ye Globe by St. Pauls Church [c.1710].
Mezzotint. 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Thread margins, publication line weakly inked.
A half-length portrait of Prince William Duke of Gloucester (1689-1700), son of Princess Anne and George of Denmark. He was viewed as a Protestant champion and his birth seemed to cement the Protestant succession as established in the 'Glorious Revolution'. He died at the age of 11, before Anne came to the throne, so the Protestant line of the House of Stuart lost its only chance at continuation. So as not to revert to a Catholic state, Parliament chose to pass the Act of Settlement 1701, which settled the throne of England on Sophia, Electress of Hanover, granddaugther of James I, and her Protestant heirs.
CS: 114, unrecorded state between I of II.
[Ref: 45541] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fec: et ex.
Sold by C. Browne at ye Globe by St. Pauls Church [c.1710].
Mezzotint. 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Thread margins, publication line weakly inked.
A half-length portrait of Prince William Duke of Gloucester (1689-1700), son of Princess Anne and George of Denmark. He was viewed as a Protestant champion and his birth seemed to cement the Protestant succession as established in the 'Glorious Revolution'. He died at the age of 11, before Anne came to the throne, so the Protestant line of the House of Stuart lost its only chance at continuation. So as not to revert to a Catholic state, Parliament chose to pass the Act of Settlement 1701, which settled the throne of England on Sophia, Electress of Hanover, granddaugther of James I, and her Protestant heirs.
CS: 114, unrecorded state between I of II.
[Ref: 45541] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Guillaume III.e Roy de Angleterre.
A Paris chez J. Mariette rue St Jacques aix Colonnes d'Hercules avec privilege du Roy. [n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper.
Full-length portrait of William III, battle scene behind him.
[Ref: 42702] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris chez J. Mariette rue St Jacques aix Colonnes d'Hercules avec privilege du Roy. [n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper.
Full-length portrait of William III, battle scene behind him.
[Ref: 42702] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Honble Dudley Woodbridg Esq: Director Genll of ye Royal Assiento Company of England in Barbados]](jpegs/40239.jpg)
[The Honble Dudley Woodbridg Esq: Director Genll of ye Royal Assiento Company of England in Barbados]
[G. Kneller Baronets pinx. 1718. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1718]
Rare mezzotint, platemark 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Thread margins; fine proof before letters; some marking in centre. Collector's stamp of the Royal Library, Windsor lower right.
Dudley Woodbridge (d.1721), director general of the South Sea Company (referred to on the lettered state of this print as the Royal Assiento Company), judge-advocate, and member of the 'Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts'. Woodbridge sat for Godfrey Kneller in London, holding his South Sea Company commission in his hand, testifying to the importance he attached to the post and Britain's grand vision of the riches that Spanish American trade would bring. At this time Barbados rather than Jamaica was the primary hub of the South Sea Company. Imagined view of ships on the Atlantic through window.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 280 (proof state not listed); L.2535. See Gregory E. O'Malley, 'Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807', p.231.
[Ref: 40239] £420.00
[G. Kneller Baronets pinx. 1718. J. Smith fec. et ex. 1718]
Rare mezzotint, platemark 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Thread margins; fine proof before letters; some marking in centre. Collector's stamp of the Royal Library, Windsor lower right.
Dudley Woodbridge (d.1721), director general of the South Sea Company (referred to on the lettered state of this print as the Royal Assiento Company), judge-advocate, and member of the 'Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts'. Woodbridge sat for Godfrey Kneller in London, holding his South Sea Company commission in his hand, testifying to the importance he attached to the post and Britain's grand vision of the riches that Spanish American trade would bring. At this time Barbados rather than Jamaica was the primary hub of the South Sea Company. Imagined view of ships on the Atlantic through window.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 280 (proof state not listed); L.2535. See Gregory E. O'Malley, 'Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807', p.231.
[Ref: 40239] £420.00
Tho: Worsley Esq.
G. Kneller pinx:
I Beckett ex: [n.d. c.1685]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed to image and mounted in album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Worsley (1649-1715), of Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, in wig and lace cravat.
CS 99, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65499] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller pinx:
I Beckett ex: [n.d. c.1685]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed to image and mounted in album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Worsley (1649-1715), of Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, in wig and lace cravat.
CS 99, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65499] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Christopher Wren
G. Kneller Pinx [...] T. Holloway Sculpt
Published as the act directs by T.H. Holloway & the other Proprietors April 25th 1798
Line engraving, platemark 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), with very large margins. Repaired tear along platemark on left.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer best-known as the architect of St Paul's cathedral and the City churches built following the Great Fire of London. Wren was a man of many interests rather than one specialism, who fostered talent wherever he found it (Hawksmoor is the classic example), but left no school of followers. Engraving after a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (London, National Portrait Gallery), cropped to exclude the plan of St. Paul's Cathedral on which Wren's hand rests in Kneller's portrait. The print was published as a plate to J.C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy'.
O'D 3
[Ref: 47667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Pinx [...] T. Holloway Sculpt
Published as the act directs by T.H. Holloway & the other Proprietors April 25th 1798
Line engraving, platemark 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"), with very large margins. Repaired tear along platemark on left.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, mathematician and astronomer best-known as the architect of St Paul's cathedral and the City churches built following the Great Fire of London. Wren was a man of many interests rather than one specialism, who fostered talent wherever he found it (Hawksmoor is the classic example), but left no school of followers. Engraving after a detail of the 1711 portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (London, National Portrait Gallery), cropped to exclude the plan of St. Paul's Cathedral on which Wren's hand rests in Kneller's portrait. The print was published as a plate to J.C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy'.
O'D 3
[Ref: 47667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jan Wyck] Optimi Ingenÿ Viro Joanni Wootton, Joannis Wyck insignis Præliorum Pictoris](jpegs/60716.jpg)
[Jan Wyck] Optimi Ingenÿ Viro Joanni Wootton, Joannis Wyck insignis Præliorum Pictoris quondam Discipulp hanc Magistri Effifiem 29. Octobris 1652 Natus est Obÿt 1700. D.D.D. Faber.
G: Kneller pinx: 1685. J. Faber fecit 1730.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾").
Half-length portrait of painter Jan Wyck (1645-1702), born in Haarlem but probably living in London from the age of twelve. He received patronage from the Dukes of Ormond and Monmouth, as well as William III. Among his military subjects were several paintings of the Battle of the Boyne. He died in Mortlake.
CS 397.
[Ref: 60716] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G: Kneller pinx: 1685. J. Faber fecit 1730.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾").
Half-length portrait of painter Jan Wyck (1645-1702), born in Haarlem but probably living in London from the age of twelve. He received patronage from the Dukes of Ormond and Monmouth, as well as William III. Among his military subjects were several paintings of the Battle of the Boyne. He died in Mortlake.
CS 397.
[Ref: 60716] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs Yarborough.
G. Kneller Pinxit. [engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J. Smith ex: [n.d., c.1700].
Fine mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman in a low dress, a dog at her side, an ornamental garden landscape through a window. Chaloner Smith identifies the sitter as Henrietta Maria Yarborough, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarborough. The title of 'Mrs' would refute this.
CS: 100: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65496] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Pinxit. [engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J. Smith ex: [n.d., c.1700].
Fine mezzotint, 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman in a low dress, a dog at her side, an ornamental garden landscape through a window. Chaloner Smith identifies the sitter as Henrietta Maria Yarborough, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarborough. The title of 'Mrs' would refute this.
CS: 100: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65496] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs Yarborough.
G. Kneller Pinxit. [engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J. Smith ex: [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Thread margins.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman in a low dress, a dog at her side, an ornamental garden landscape through a window. Chaloner Smith identifies the sitter as Henrietta Maria Yarborough, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarborough. The title of 'Mrs' would refute this.
CS: 100: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65497] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Pinxit. [engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J. Smith ex: [n.d., c.1700].
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Thread margins.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman in a low dress, a dog at her side, an ornamental garden landscape through a window. Chaloner Smith identifies the sitter as Henrietta Maria Yarborough, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarborough. The title of 'Mrs' would refute this.
CS: 100: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65497] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)