Grosvenor Prints

[Elizabeth Merry.]
R. Cosway R.A. del. Anth.y Cardon sculp.t
[n.d. c.1790.]
A fine proof stipple with etching. Plate 330 x 223mm. 13 x 8¾". Trimmed to the plate.
Elizabeth Merry (née Death) (active 1824.) Wife of Anthony Merry the diplomat (1756-1835).
Daniell: 105.
[Ref: 20932] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Sarah Delaval, Countess of Mexborough]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 105 x 85mm (4 x 3¼"). Large margins; good impression on laid paper.
Portrait of Sarah Delaval (d.1821), countess of John Savile, first earl of Mexborough. It was at a visit to their residence at Cannon Park, Hampshire, that actor and playwright Samuel Foote suffered his famous accident after being thrown from the Duke of York's horse. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W42; D65; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33039] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Sarah Delaval, Countess of Mexborough]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 105 x 85mm (4 x 3¼"). Thread margins; good impression on laid paper; glued to backing sheet.
Portrait of Sarah Delaval (d.1821), countess of John Savile, first earl of Mexborough. It was at a visit to their residence at Cannon Park, Hampshire, that actor and playwright Samuel Foote suffered his famous accident after being thrown from the Duke of York's horse. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W42; D65; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33040] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Frederic Milbank. Proof.
Painted by F. Grant Esq.re A.R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London: Published June 24th. 1850, by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East.__Publishers to Her Majesty.
Stipple on india. Plate 369 x 279mm. 14½ x 11".
Probably Lady Milbank, Alexina Harriet Elizabeth Don (c.1826-1919). The wife of Sir Frederick Acclom Milbank, 1st Bt.
Whitman: 508.
[Ref: 17923] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Joseph Miller.]
[C. W. Bestland. R.H. Dyer.]
[n.d., c.1829.]
Stipple with large margins; Proof before letters. On india. Plate: 185 x 240mm, (7¼ x 9½"). A few fox marks.
A three-quater length portrait of Joseph Miller (d. 1824), who was a coin collector from Norfolk. Miller holds a newspaper in one hand, his arm resting on a table on which several ornate objects are displayed.
[Ref: 35475] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Molineaux.]
Kettle pin.t. J. Watson fecit.
[London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller No 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, scratch-letter proof before title. 390 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Narrow margins.
A seated portrait of a woman with a pearl necklace and pearls in her hair. The name 'Lady Molineaux' was added to the third state of the plate (dated 1769), but Chaloner Smith writes that the likeness does not resemble another portrait of Molineaux, but is very similar to a portrait of Anne Barry ('Mrs Barry', the actress) engraved by J.S. Paul.
CS 101; Goodwin 61, i of iii.
[Ref: 32990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Isabella Molyneux, Countess of Sefton.]
R. Cosway R. A. Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
London, Publish'd June 20.th; 1783 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller N.o. 158 New Bond Street.
Stipple. Plate: 255 x 315mm, (10 x 12½"). Trimmed to plate on left, right and top edges. One repaired hole top left.
Full length portrait of Isabella Molyneux (neé Stanhope) (1748-1819), who married Charles William 8th Viscount Molyneux in 1768, who was created 1st Earl of Sefton in 1771. Lady Molyneux stands on the edge of a terrace, one arm resting on the base of pillar while she holds the skirt on her dress in her hand. Behind her rests a large grecian vase.
BM 1856,0308.20.
[Ref: 35046] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Edward Montagu, 1st Earl Sandwich.] Odoardo Montagu Conte di Sandwich Ammiraglio della Flotta Inglese &.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625-1672) set in an oval.
[Ref: 48654] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[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 title. 330 x 230mm, 13 x 9".
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.

[Ref: 13423] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Elizabeth Montagu]
J. Reynolds pint. J: Mc.Ardell fecit.
[n.d. c.1756.]
Mezzotint. Artists names only, before title. Plate 330 x 229mm. 13 x 9".
Born 1743, daughter of George Brudenell 4th Earl of Cardigan, whoe assumed the name and arms of Montague in 1749. She married Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleugh, in 1767; died at Richmond, aged 84, in 1827.
Ex. Collection: CLB. CS 131: II of III.
[Ref: 14328] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Elizabeth Montague Daughter of George Earl of Cardigan.
Sir Jos. Reynolds pinx.t. R. Brookshaw fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 150 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"). Trimmed within plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Elizabeth Montague (1743-1827), eldest daughter of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, later married Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch.
Not in CS or Hamilton.
[Ref: 56517] £320.00

The Late Col.l Montgomery.
Engraved froma Sketch made from the recollection by I.L.Reilly Esq.
Published in 1808 by W.Gardiner Pall Mall.
Coloured etching. Sheet 152 x 112mm.
Probably the Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery who died shortly after a duel with Captain Macnamara near Primrose Hill, despite the medical assistance of John Heaviside.
[Ref: 4807] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Sir John Henry Moore Bar.t.
R. Cosway R.A. Pictor Principis pinx. P. Condé sculp.
Very rare stipple. Plate: 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate on right and left edges. Slight damage on right.
A half-length portrait in a oval of Sir John Henry Moore (1713-1769) a colonial officer who served as Governor of Jamaica and as royal Governor of the Province of New York from 1765-1769.
[Ref: 36849] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs Mordaunt.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Publish'd November the 2.d 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, very large margins, scratched-letter proof. 380 x 280mm, 15 x 11".
Half-length portrait within an oval of Charlotte Mordaunt (née Musgrave, died 1810), wife of Rev Charles Mordaunt. She was daughter of Sir Philip Musgrave (c.1711-1795), the British politician who was MP for Westmorland from 1741 to 1747.
D'Oench 82; CS 114, i of ii.; NPG D5705. Hamilton: p.121, i/ii.
[Ref: 27187] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Lady Essex Mostÿn.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. 1705. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Fine mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") with large margins. Small tears in margins.
Portrait of Lady Essex Mostyn as a young woman holding flowers in her lap and wearing a plain, loose dress and robe. Lady Essex Mostyn was the daughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. She married the Welsh politician Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Bt. (1673-1739), with whom she had thirteen children.
CS 184.
[Ref: 60289] £360.00

Lord Mountstuart.
Painted by Mr. Hone, and Engrav'd by Capt.n Baillie.
Oct.r the 20th 1779.
Stipple engraving, 285 x 200mm. 11¼ x 8". Later issue, c.1800.
Portrait of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744-1814) after the painting by Nathaniel Hone. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.

[Ref: 12267] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Anderson]
R. E Pine pinx.t. S. Okey Jun.r Sculp.t
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by S. Okey in Great Carter Lane Doctors Common N.o 12. [n.d. c.1770]
Rare mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Glued to backing sheet.
A three quarter length portrait of a woman with a shawl around her head and shoulders beside a column. Identified as Mrs Anderson by Bromley.
CS 2. Bromley p429.
[Ref: 61566] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Master Murray
Painted by J.Graham. Engraved by P. Dawe
London, Published May 20th 1786 by W Dickinson, Engraver and Printseller No.158 Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 360 x 515mm.
CS: 8
[Ref: 2798] £650.00

[Sir Edmund Nagle] A A Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, in the Mantle and Habit of that Order. 19th. July 1821.
P. Stephanoff Del.t. E. Scriven, Historical Engraver To His Majesty, Sculp.
London, Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1824 by Sir George Nayler, Garter.
Stipple and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 440 x 345mm (17¼ x 13½"), with large margins. Slight soiling, two tears entering plate on right taped.
A full length portrait of Sir Edmund Nagle (1757-1830), dressed for the coronation of George IV. A close friend of George, he rose to the rank of Admiral, becoming Groom of the Bedchamber when George became king. From Sir G. Nayler's "The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth, solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI". Nayler only published two of the five proposed parts (1823 & 1827); it was completed by George Henry Bohn and issued in 1837.
[Ref: 60449] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Greenway.
J. Reynolds pinx.t C. Corbutt fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, London. [n.d. c.1765.]
Mezzotint. Paper watermarked. Plate 355 x 255mm. 14 x 10". Tear top right.
Elizabeth Napier, nee Greenway (fl.1765) was wife of Francis, 3rd Son of Francis Scott, 6th Baron Napier. This print was engraved by Richard Purcell, using Corbutt as one of his many pseudonyms, as his prints were mainly piracies of other mezzotints. Both he and Sayer managed to avoid prosecution for copyright infringement.
NPG: D34916. CS: 34: ii of ii. Hamilton: p.174.
[Ref: 17112] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

M.r John Napier. A Wit's a Feather, and a Chief's a Rod; ~ An Honest Man's the noblest Work of God. Pope.
J. Millar pinx.t. J. Lodge sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 10.th June 1774, by John Lodge Red Lion Court, next N.o 43 Shoe Lane Holborn. London.
Rare stipple and line engraving. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some creasing in both left and bottom right corners. Creasing throught the title area.
A half length portrait of John Napier, Master of St Andrew's Workhouse, Holborn.
[Ref: 54128] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Henry Neville.]
[by George Perfect Harding]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Fine watercolour. Oval, 130 x 110mm (5¼ x 4¼"), mounted on album paper. Has come away from album paper.
An oval portrait of Sir Henry Neville (1564-1615), courtier, politician and diplomat noted for his role as ambassador to France and his unsuccessful attempts to negotiate between James I of England and the Houses of Parliament. He has also been credited with writing the works of Shakespeare. Based on a stipple by William Nelson Gardiner after Harding's father, Silvester (Sylvester) Harding's preparatory sketch of a painting, possibly that of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1599).
See NPG D26055 for the stipple.
[Ref: 60777] £420.00

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. Plate: 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5").
A half-length portrait, set within an oval of banker and philanthropist William Noble. Frontis to a 'Fortnight Ramble to the Lakes'.
[Ref: 46845] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[William Nowell.]
C. Maucourt Pinx.t er Fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.[
Scarce & rare mezzotint. Sheet Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, a few nicks to edges.
A three-quarter length portrait of an affluent man in fur-lined coat and brocade waistcoat, holding a glass, a bottle of hock on the table next to him. The subject was originally identified as Thomas Nowell (1710-80), a coffin plate chaser (a maker and engraver of coffin ornaments), but the Challoner Smith Corrections has amended this to William Novell (d.1761), publican of the Jerusalem Tavern, 55 Britton Street, Clerkenwell.
CS: 3.
[Ref: 55304] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Right. Hon. Lady Susan O'Brien.]
F. Cotes pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament May 10 1772 by Jas. Watson Queen Anne Street.
Rare mezzotint. Proof before title. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Trimmed to platemark. Repair in centre
A portrait of Susan O'Brien (1743-1827), wife of actor and playwright William O'Brien.
Goodwin: 88; CS 108
[Ref: 47591] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Alfred Paget [facsimile signature].
A D'Orsay fecit July 1841 [signed in plate].
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1841.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼".
Half-length portrait of Lord Alfred Henry Paget (1816 - 1888), for many years equerry and clerk-marshal of the royal household. He rose to the rank of general in the 7th Hussars on the retired list in 1881. He represented Lichfield in the Whig interest from 1837 to 1865. He died on board his yacht Violet at Inverness on 24 August 1888. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
DNB. See 21823
[Ref: 21827] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Alfred Paget [facsimile signature].
A D'Orsay 1er J. 1840 [signed in plate].
London, Published by John Mitchell 33, Old Bond Street. J. Graf, Printer to her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 165mm. 8 x 6½".
Portrait of Lord Alfred Henry Paget (1816 - 1888), exhibiting subtle differences in dress and hairstyle with D'Orsay's portrait observed from life one year later (see item Ref: 21827). For many years Paget was equerry and clerk-marshal of the royal household. He rose to the rank of general in the 7th Hussars on the retired list in 1881. He represented Lichfield in the Whig interest from 1837 to 1865. He died on board his yacht Violet at Inverness on 24 August 1888. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
O'Donoghue p.396, 1. DNB. See 21827
[Ref: 21828] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
G Kneller pinx:
I. S[mith ex.] [n.d., c.1685.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm. Trimmed within plate, tipped into album page. Some foxing.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. 'Barbara' added in ink mss. above title. Published by the famous early mezzotinter and re-publisher of older plates John Smith (1652 - 1743), after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723).
Chaloner Smith: 22, II.
[Ref: 11591] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Dutchess of Cleaveland.
P.Lely pinxit. R. Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1678.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Small tear in lower edge of sheet.
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. Three-quarter length seated to the left, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a luxurious gown and pearl necklace. After Dutch painter and collector Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
CS: 9
[Ref: 37594] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Dutchess of Cleavland [in image in pencil].
[Anon., c. 1685.]
Mezzotint, sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Pencil title in image.
Rare early mezzotint of Barbara Palmer [née Villiers] (1640 - 1709), mistress of Charles II during the 1660s, created Duchess of Cleveland in 1670. Cleveland was the first acknowledged royal mistress in Britain for some centuries and was both admired and feared for her influence, beauty and personality. For all the criticisms of her extravagant expenditure and her (as well as the king's) infidelities, she maintained her position for some ten years and secured great wealth and high honours for her children.
[Ref: 42080] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

James Palmer Esq.r Late Treasurer of Christ's Hospital. from the original picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence in the Court Room.
Engraved by H.J. Robinson.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Chine collé steel engraving. Sheet 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Slight cockling of india paper.
James Palmer (1740-1826) was treasurer of Christ's Hospital 1798-1824. The school still owns the original oil.
[Ref: 55253] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

John Parish Esquire.
LG delin.
Published by L. Gahagan & Co. Exhibition Rooms, Bath. Octr, 12, 1829.
Lithograph 295 x 410mm. [sheet]
Possibly John Parish the Banker. Pictured as a very elderly man in Sydney Gardens strolling with his pipe, toy spaniel and pug.
[Ref: 2606] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Young Parr.
G. White Fecit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed within plate. Slight foxing at corners.
A portrait of Thomas Parr, known as Young Parr, son of Thomas Parr Senior who was said to be the 'oldest man in England' living to over 150 years.
[Ref: 46324] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Paulet?] L.d Paulet. [ink mss.]
T. Ashlow.
[c.1810.]
Ink, watercolour and wash. Image 185 x 160mm (7¼ x 6¼"). Title in later ink mss.
Probably Henry, Lord Paulet (1602-72), MP for Andover. Three similar works by Thomas Athow (1802-1820, fl.) are in the British Museum.
[Ref: 42679] £380.00

[Mrs. Paulett.]
John Vanderbank Pinxt. John Faber Fecit.
Sold by I. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square [n.d., c.1750].
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Faint staining. Laid on album page.
Rare portrait of Mrs William Paulett, wife of the secretary to the Archbishop of York.
Chaloner Smith: 277, I.
[Ref: 10487] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Payne Galwey.
Painted by S.r Jos.a Reynolds. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
London Published Feb.y 1.st 1780 by J.R. Smith No.10 Batemans Buildings Soho Square.
Mezzotint. Plate: 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Thread margins.
A portrait of Philadelphia Payne Gallway (1758-1785) carrying her son Charles.
CS 133; Frankau: 273; Hamilton 101; O'D 144.
[Ref: 47623] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Penderill. Called by K. Charles the Second Trusty Dick For concealing Him in an Oak Tree
Zoust pinxt. R. Houston fecit.
Done from the Original in the Collection of Charles Jennens Esqr.
Mezzotint, sheet 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8½"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Richard Penderel (d.1672) was a yeoman and royalist sympathiser, born in Shropshire, who assisted in Charles II's escape after the battle of Worcester and was thus rewarded by the king after the Restoration. Engraved after a portrait by Gilbert Soest (1600-?1681), Dutch portrait painter and rival to Sir Peter Lely in London
CS: 88: ii.
[Ref: 43044] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Penderill. Called by K. Charles the Second Trusty Dick For concealing Him in an Oak Tree
Zoust pinxt. R. Houston fecit.
Done from the Original in the Collection of Charles Jennens Esqr.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 325 x 225mm (13 x 9''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Richard Penderel (d.1672) was a yeoman and royalist sympathiser, born in Shropshire, who assisted in Charles II's escape after the battle of Worcester and was thus rewarded by the king after the Restoration. Engraved after a portrait by Gilbert Soest (1600-?1681), Dutch portrait painter and rival to Sir Peter Lely in London
CS: 88.
[Ref: 48907] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Josslyn Francis Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster.]
Painted by George Richmond R.A. D.C.L. Engraved by Richardson Jackson.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Mezzotint on chine collé. 440 x 330mm (17¼ x 13") very large margins.
Josslyn Francis Pennington (1834-1917), 5th and final Baron Muncaster, MP for for Cumberland West 1872-80 then Egremont from 1885-92, most famous for his involvement in the 'Dilessi Murders'. In 1870 Pennington was sightseeing near Marathon in Greece when he and his companions were abducted by brigands. He was released in order to negotiate for the others, but a bungled rescue attempt by the Greek army led to the deaths of the hostages, causing a crisis between Greece and Great Britain. Pennington's journal of the misadventure was first published in 1989, with Richmond's portrait on the cover.
[Ref: 48501] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpain, Bryan & Latimer.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. E. Fisher fecit.
Printed for Edw.d Fisher at the Golden Head, Liecester Square, John Bowles in Cornhil, Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, & Tho.s Jefferys at Charing Cross, London. [n.d., c.1758.]
Mezzotint. 535 x 380mm (21 x 15"). Trimmed to just outside plate, some spotting, rubbed and laid on card.
Elizabeth Percy, née Seymour, (1716-76), heiress to the 11th Earl of Northumberland. She became a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte in 1761; her husband was made Earl of Northumberland in 1750, before being made Duke of Northumberland in 1766.
CS 45, ii of ii. Hamilton: p.122, ii/ii.
[Ref: 24518] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpain, Bryan & Latimer. 1768.
J. Reynolds pinx. Rich.d Houston Fecit.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with good margins. Tear affecting platemark at bottom repaired.
A three quarter length portrait of Elizabeth Percy, née Seymour, (1716-76), wearing furs and holding a coronet heiress. As heiress to the 11th Earl of Northumberland, her husband was made Earl of Northumberland in 1750, before being made Duke of Northumberland in 1766. She became a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte in 1761.
CS 81, state iii of iii, plate cropped.
[Ref: 57541] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Hugh Percy.] Britannicus Gemma Antiqua Exscalpt. Apud Hugonem Smithson Baronett. Gem: Mag:
Beauvais Sculp. Ægid: Hussey delin.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving, very rare. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Trimmed close to plate lower right.
Gem portrait of Sir Hugh Percy (1714-86), 1st Duke of Northumberland. Born Hugh Smithson he took the name Percy when he married Lady Elizabeth Seymour, Baroness Percy. He was a patron of Canaletto, Robert Adam and Thomas Chippendale. His illegitimate son, James Smithson (1765-1829), made the founding bequest and provided the name for the Smithsonian Institution.
[Ref: 35340] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lucy Countes of Carlisle, Daughter of Jocelin Earle of Northumberland.
A. v. Dyk pinx. 1637.Ex Muséo Sereniss. Domini Wharton.
P. v. Gunst sculps. et exc. Amstelod. [n.d. c.1714, but later.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 515 x 325mm. 20¼ x 12¾". Mount burn.
Portrait of Lucy, Countess of Carlisle, full-length standing before a column with hand on curtain. Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (1599-1660) was an English courtier known for her beauty and wit. She was involved in many political intrigues during the English Civi War, and became second wife to James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle. She is known for disclosing to her cousin Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex of the King's intended arrest of the five members of Long Parliament, which enabled Essex and the other to escape. She was a political friend of Strafford and Pym. From Gunst's series of ten plates after van Dyck, made 1713-15, from the Cracherode bequest.
[Ref: 25980] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Jon Pereira.]
Engraved by D. Pound from a Daguerreotype by Myall.
[n.d., c.1853.]
Engraving, 260 x 155mm. 10¼ x 6". Slight foxing outside of printed area.
Inscribed 'faithfully yours Jon Pereira.'
[Ref: 8716] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Late Lord Petre.
G. Romney Esq.r R.A. pinx. A. Freschi sculp.
Published & Sold May 1. 1803, by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to His Majesty, 59, New Bond Street, London.
Stipple with very large margins. Plate 531 x 410mm (21 x 16¼"). Some creasing and small tears.
Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre (1742-1801), the British peer. He was a member of the English Roman Catholic nobility, a philanthropist and responsible for employing James Paine to design a new Thorndon Hall and a house in Mayfair. Finger points to plan of Thorndon.
Horne: 94 (b). NPG: D40175.
[Ref: 29168] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

John Philips Esq. Obiit II.do Februarii MDCCCXXIV, Ætatis XC.
Joseph Allen Pinx.t 1810. John Horsburgh Sculp.t. Printed by McQueen.
Private Plate.
Stipple on chine collé, very fine impression. 470 x 345mm (18½ x 13½").
John Philips (1734-1824) in his library.
BM: 1915,0216.68.
[Ref: 48441] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Teresia Constantia Phillips.
[Engraved by John Faber the younger after Joseph Highmore.
[n.d., 1748.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Repaired tear entering image.
Three-quarter portrait of Teresia Constantia Phillips (or Con, c.1700-65), courtesan and bigamist who married at least five times and published a scandalous three-volume autobiography in 1748-9), when this portrait was published.
CS 285.
[Ref: 59085] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Pleydell-Bouverie] Anne Countess of Radnor
Rich.d Cosway R.A. Del.t. M.no Bovi Sculp.t pupil to F. Bartolozzi.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Fine stipple printed in sepia. 295 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with large margins. Uncut.
Full length portrait of Anne Duncombe (1759-1829), who married Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, in 1777.
Daniell 119.
[Ref: 60768] £320.00

[Anne Pleydell-Bouverie] Anne Countess of Radnor
Rich.d Cosway R.A. Del.t. M.no Bovi Sculp.t pupil to F. Bartolozzi.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple printed in sepia. 295 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with wide margins.
Full length portrait of Anne Duncombe (1759-1829), who married Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, in 1777.
Daniell 119.
[Ref: 31870] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mr: Pond.
Thos. Parkinson pinxt. Benjm. Smith sculpt.
Pub: April 10 1787, by Benjm. Smith No.27, Great Pultney Street.
Stipple engraving with aquatint in sepia, sheet 225 x 175mm. Trimmed to plate and glued at corners onto a backing sheet for album. Stain lower left corner.
John Pond, son of John Pond of Newmarket and nephew of the painter and engraver Arthur Pond (1701 - 1758). A fine impression.
NPG: D8563. BM. Vol III, pg.486.
[Ref: 7376] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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