Grosvenor Prints

A Revd: Macaroni.
Pubd. Accorg: to Act Octr 1st. 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 170 x 130mm. 6¾ x 5".
Whole length portrait of a man standing in profile to the left. He wears his own hair, a plain coat, riding breeches, and spurred boots. His left hand is in his breeches-pocket and under his arm is a riding-whip. From 'Characters, Macaronies & Caricatures, by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered '16' upper left and 'V.6' upper right.
BM Satires: 5161.
[Ref: 14327] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Revellers.]
Tinier inv: B.Lens ex.
[London: John Boydell, 1805?]
Mezzotint. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3"), on wove paper. Trimmed within plate.
A couple dancing outside a tavern, other revellers behind with a man playing bagpipes. Engraved by Bernard Lens II after David Teniers the Younger, published by John Boydell in his 'Collection of Portraits'.
BM: 2010,7081.81., Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Revellers.]
Tinier inv: B.Lens ex.
[London: John Boydell, 1805.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A couple dancing outside a tavern, other revellers behind with a man playing bagpipes. Engraved by Bernard Lens II after David Teniers the Younger, published by John Boydell in his 'Collection of Portraits'.
BM: 2010,7081.81, Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31985] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Rêverie.]
[Paul-César Helleu.]
Printed in Paris _ Copyright 1901 by Manzi, Joyant & Co.
Photogravure, printed in colours. 500 x 400mm (19¾ x 15¾"), with large margins. Uncut.
A glamourously-dressed woman seated on a river boat, a cityscape behind.
Musée Goupil 93.I.2.1855.
[Ref: 62658] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverie. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds, pinx. Thomas Cheesman, late Pupil to Bartolozzi, Sculp.
Pub.d May 16, 1792, by P. Borgnis, No. 40, Oxford Street
Stipple. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"), with very large margins.
A young woman wearing a broad-brimmed plumed hat over curly hair. Although attributed to Reynolds no corresponding painting is known.
BM: 1897,1117.174.
[Ref: 44045] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Le Rêveuse. Gravée d'aprés le Tableau original. Peint par Wateau de la même grandeur.
Wateau pinx. P. Aveline sculp.
A Paris chez Gersaint pont. N.D. et chez Surugue rue des Noyers avec privil du Roi. [n.d., c.1729.]
Engraving. 280 x 200mm, 11 x 8". Framed. Slight paper toning. Unexamined out of fine frame.
'The Dreamer', a portrait of woman in a landscape, engraved by Pierre Alexandre Aveline (1702-60) after Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Edme Francois Gersaint (1694 - 1750), the publisher, was a friend and patron of Watteau.
[Ref: 26601] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Taste a la Mode in 1748 Compar'd with that in 1711. [The Review.]
J. June del Sc. [in image]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c.1750]
Etching. Sheet 285 x 570mm (15¼ x 22½"). Title cut out and new one glued. Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
A scene ridiculing skirt hoops while proposing 'a new Invention by your Sexe's Friend' (a skirt which can be contracted to fit through narrow spaces by pulling two cords). The woman on the left demonstrates this innovation outside Long's Warehouse in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden where a shop sign of a woman in a petticoat is being raised into position. To the right we see 'The Round Hoops condemnd': a weeping woman is tried before a magistrate's court, apparently for wearing the round hooped petticoat which is suspended above her head (drawing comparisons with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance).
BM Satires 1991. See references 31750 & 54334.
[Ref: 61985] £320.00

The Review.
[Drawn and engraved by John June.]
London. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. [n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. Sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed close to plate, mounted on album paper. Slight diagonal crease not visible on front.
A scene ridiculing skirt hoops while proposing 'a new Invention by your Sexe's Friend' (a skirt which can be contracted to fit through narrow spaces by pulling two cords). The woman on the left demonstrates this innovation outside Long's Warehouse in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden where a shop sign of a woman in a petticoat is being raised into position. To the right we see 'The Round Hoops condemnd': a weeping woman is tried before a magistrate's court, apparently for wearing the round hooped petticoat which is suspended above her head (drawing comparisons with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance). First published by John June c.1750, this later state has a different publication line and the number '76' added in the lower right.
Ex Collection of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 1991.
[Ref: 31750] £340.00

The Review.
[Drawn and engraved by John June.]
London. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. [n.d., c.1770.]
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed close to plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A scene ridiculing skirt hoops while proposing 'a new Invention by your Sexe's Friend' (a skirt which can be contracted to fit through narrow spaces by pulling two cords). The woman on the left demonstrates this innovation outside Long's Warehouse in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden where a shop sign of a woman in a petticoat is being raised into position. To the right we see 'The Round Hoops condemnd': a weeping woman is tried before a magistrate's court, apparently for wearing the round hooped petticoat which is suspended above her head (drawing comparisons with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance). First published by John June c.1750, this later state has a different publication line and the number '76' added in the lower right.
[Ref: 54334] £320.00

[King Ninus reviews his troops before battle with Zoroaster] Premiere discipline dans la guerre [...]
F. Chauveau fec. et in.
[n.d., c.1650]
Etching with small margins, platemark 220 x 355mm (8½ x 14").
Ninus, king of Assyria, inspects his troops before doing battle with Zoroaster, king of Bactria. The text says that this battle was instigated by Ninus' wife Semiramis, although other accounts say that it was during the subsequent siege of Bactra that Ninus met Semiramis. The text also says that even though Ninus' men were only armed with rural and agricultural tools, they still defeated Zoroaster. By François Chauveau (1613-76), Parisian designer of book illustrations.
[Ref: 33167] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Revolt of the Fleet. The Parliament having invested the Earl of Warwick with the command of ye Fleet contrary to his Majesty's Pleasure... NB. Considering ye vast Improvement in Naval Building it was thought it would be most agreeable to represent ye Fleet as compos'd of Modern Ships, at top are several Hierogtyphick Figures.
S.N. [Sutton Nichols?] fc 1728.
Rare etching, fine early state. Sheet 390 x 445mm (15¼ x 17½"), 18th century watermark. Trimmed inside platemark. Repairs to left corner.
A fleet of British Navy warships is framed by columns and a tableau of allegorical and mythological figures above. The inscription below relates the events leading up to the revolt of British sea captains against Royal authority during the Civil War. The plate seems to be engraved by Sutton Nicholls (1680 - 1740; fl), the London topographical engraver, printseller and publisher. After Louis Chéron (1660 - 1725) and Thomas Baston (1699 - 1730; fl.).
[Ref: 51752] £480.00

Tableaux de la Révolution Française. Ils ne sont plus ces jours de désastres, de deuil...
Fragonard fils inv. et del. Coiny aqua forti. Malapeau sculp.
[Auber, 1804]
Engraving. Sheet: 275 x 390mm (10¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The frontispiece to 'Tableaux de la Révolution Française' 1804 in which three classical god-like figures descend into a battlefield, a figure who's face is hidden behind a mask holds a snake up to the first figure who holds a spear. The figures are symbols of the Revolution and the glory of France.
[Ref: 42141] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Hanging. Drowning. Fatal Effects of the French Defeat.
[By James Gillray.]
Pub.d Nov.r 9th 1795. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.
Coloured etching. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate at top, mounted in album paper at edges. Slight foxing at corners.
Two scenes about the news that the French army on the Rhine had been defeated by the Austrians: on the left the pro-revolution Charles James Fox tries to hang himself; on the right William Pitt the Younger and Henry Dundas celebrate, sloshing wine everywhere. Behind Fox is a portrait of General Jean-Charles Pichegru who, it later transpired, was a secret royalist and had caused the French defeat by betraying the French strategy. In 1803 he plotted a coup against Napoleon, was discovered and was found strangled in his prison cell.
BM Satire 8683.
[Ref: 52916] £950.00

Commencement of the Revolution. Window Smashers.
[n.d., c.1832.]
Lithograph. Sheet 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed and backed onto album paper, pt of larger sheet.
A satire of the Reform Act of 1832: a group of men, including the Duke of Wellington, throw bricks and stones to smash a building's window. Opponents of the attempt to pass a reform bill twice attacked the Duke's London residence, Apsley House, smashing the windows. This burlesques the events, with the Duke's bill smashing the windows of the Establishment.
[Ref: 68991] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Revolution of France.
R. Corbould del. J. Chapman sc.
London, Published April 3 1810, by J. Wilkes
Stipple, sheet 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark.
An allegorical scene of the French revolution (1789-1799). A wild-eyed Marianne stands on a map of Europe wielding a sword and holding up a flaming torch, with a dejected figure of liberty slumped to left, a cockerel and two shackled men to right, Father Time flys above and gestures towards justice and a figure carrying a banner labelled 'Bourbon', accompanying the Bourbon Prince. 'Given the octavo sheet size, publisher and date, this may have appeared as an illustration to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes' (24 volumes, published 1810-1829, primarily by J. Wilkes, some volumes by G Jones).'
[Ref: 40182] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Revolution of the Planets Against the Tax upon Light. The Political Drama. No.8.
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [c.1833]
Wood-engraving, sheet 280 x 440mm (11 x 17¼"). Creases and staining; Centre crease as normal..
A satire on the 'Window Tax'. Tax officers flee from the wrath of the sun and other heavenly bodies, upon whom they have unwisely levied a tax on light. Woodcut satire from 'The Political Drama', a series of 131 satires produced between 1833 and 1835 by Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.), several of which concerned unjust taxation and the uses to which government revenues were put.
[Ref: 45881] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Soldiers take the oath by touching the cannon]
Etching with aquatint, 190 x 140mm. 7½ x 5½".
From a series of propaganda prints publicising the heroic exploits of French soldiers of the Revolutionary army on the battlefield; probably 'Les Fastes du Peuple français, ou tableaux raisonnés de toutes les actions héroïques et civiques du soldat et du citoyen français' by Jacques Grasset Saint-Sauveur.
See BNF: FRBNF40253477.
[Ref: 15835] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

John Revoult, A.M. / Master of the Walworth Academy. From an Original Painting by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. presented to Mr. Revoult by the Gentlemen who had been educated under him as a token of their high respect and affectionate regard towards him. 1798.
Engraved by James Ward.
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Slight marks on right but overall very good.
John Revoult, who ran a private school, the Walworth Academy, in south London. Its pupils included the explorer Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872) and the actor Thomas Denning. Sitting here with a closed book lettered' Introduction to the Arts & Sciences. 1798'.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; Frankau 67 ii/ii; CS 32 ii/ii.
[Ref: 34111] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[John Revoult, A.M. Master of the Walworth Academy. From an Original Painting by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. presented to Mr. Revoult by the Gentlemen who had been educated under him as a token of their high respect and affectionate regard towards him. 1798.]
[Engraved by James Ward.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Inscriptions added in pencil.
A half-length seated portrait of John Revoult (c.1729-1811), holding a closed book lettered 'Introduction to the Arts & Sciences. 1798'. Revoult, a French refugee from the supression of the Jesuits in 1764, ran a private school in Wandsworth, the Walworth Academy, teaching pupils including the explorer Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872) and the actor Thomas Denning.
Frankau 67 i of ii; CS 32 i of ii. Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68324] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Revoult, A.M. / Master of the Walworth Academy. From an Original Painting by Sir Will.m Beechey R.A. presented to Mr. Revoult by the Gentlemen who had been educated under him as a token of their high respect and affectionate regard towards him. 1798.]
Engraved by James Ward.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 350 x 280mm (13¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate losing title. Creasing towards bottom.
John Revoult, who ran a private school, the Walworth Academy, in south London. Its pupils included the explorer Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872) and the actor Thomas Denning. Sitting here with a closed book lettered' Introduction to the Arts & Sciences. 1798'.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Frankau 67 ii/ii; CS 32 ii/ii. See [Ref: 34111].
[Ref: 68411] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Revue Comique. M'ame Folichon, le medicin qui te soignes, m'a dit que t'etais menacee d'un coup de cent.
J. Platier [signed in plate.] Chez Bauger & Cie. R du Croissant, 16.
Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse. Imp. d'Aubert & Cie [Paris, n.d., c.1840s].
Lithograph, sheet 340 x 265mm. 13½ x 10½".
Two women playing cards in an interior, one drinking a bottle of wine and feeling the effects. Numbered '10' upper right; from a series of caricatures published in a Paris periodical.
[Ref: 22421] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Revue de la Maison du Roi au Trou d'Enfer Dedié à son Altesse Royale Monseigneur l'Infant Don Ferdinand Duc de Larme de Plaisance de Guastalla &c [...]
Le Paon Invenit / J.P. Le Bas sculp
A Paris ches Le Bas, Rue de la Harpe [c.1779]
Very rare engraving, platemark 440 x 780mm (17¼ x 30¾"). Large margins top & bottom, small margins left & right; repairs to left corner near platemark
Military review in the park of Marly-le-Roi, now in the suburbs south-west of Paris. Engraved by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), one of the leading French engravers of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38679] £420.00

Revue des Théâtres de Campagne. Ah! Quel plaisir..... ah! quel plaisir. Ah quel plaisir d'ête Soldat. (Dame Blanche.)
Lith. de Gobert et C.ie.
A Paris, chez Genty, Editeur, rue St Jacques No 33. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14").
A cockerel, monkey and cat dressed in 'Scottish Highland' dress for a production of the opera 'La Dame Blanche', based on episodes from no fewer than five works of the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, including his novels Guy Mannering (1815), The Monastery (1820), and The Abbot (1820). First performed in 1825, an English production was staged as 'The White Lady' at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1826 and the U.S.A. the following year.
[Ref: 54319] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Five Guineas Reward. Whereas Great Damage Has Been Lately Done in The Woods, Belonging to The Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, In the Township of West-Ardsley [...]
Letterpress, sheet 195 x 170mm (7¾ x 6¾"). Folds.
Broadside offering a reward for information about damage done to land belonging to the Earl of Cardigan in West Ardsley, near Leeds.
[Ref: 37943] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Reward Broadside.] Tottenham Park Association, For the Protection of Persons and Property, and for the Prosecution of Felons and other Offenders... The Following Rewards...
Marlborough, May 23rd, 1826. R. Emberlin, Printer, Marlborough.
Letterpress broadside. Sheet: 440 x 550mm (17½ x 21¾"). Folds.
A broadside detailing the various rewards offered for providing information and apprehending criminals in Wiltshire. The crimes listed range from murder to stealing or maiming livestock and stealing turnips and the rewards range from £20 to £1, 10s.
[Ref: 44721] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Andreas Reyher] Reyheri Theatrum Latino Germanico Graecum.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 110mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed into image on all sides, laid on album paper.
A medallion portrait of German teacher Andreas Reyher (1601-73), within the engraved title of one of his books.
W 2477- not in.
[Ref: 64365] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised but after 1779]
Mezzotint with etching. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt who run in from the left, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders. Reduced copy of an earlier engraving after the painting by John Collet (c.1725-1780), whose works were frequently engraved in the mezzotint 'droll' fashion, as here.
For a larger version of this image see ref. 1330.
[Ref: 38350] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised but after 1779]
Mezzotint with etching. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt who run in from the left, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders. Reduced copy of an earlier engraving after the painting by John Collet (c.1725-1780), whose works were frequently engraved in the mezzotint 'droll' fashion, as here.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CLB iii/iii; for a larger version of this image see ref. 1330
[Ref: 32349] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors. 402.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised, c.1769]
Mezzotint and etching, with fine hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders.
[Ref: 62579] £390.00

Reynard's Last Shift.
After Collett by H.B. Engraved by J.Harris.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured mezzotint. 600 x 480mm. Paper toned.
A fox hides under a woman's skirts.
[Ref: 1330] £450.00

A View of Reynards Hall in Dove Dale, near Ashbourn._
Jn.o Boydell Del. & Sculp. 49.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver 1749.
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate 310 x 457mm. 12¼ x 18".
Reynard's Hall in Dove Dale, Derbyshire, from Boydell's series of plates "Collection of One Hundred Views in England and Wales."
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18463] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Sir, I have the honour to inform you that you were this day elected a Member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufacturers & Commerce. Society's House. Adelphi. I am, Sir. Your very obedient Serv.t ...Mertece Foster Sec.y To Chas: Wm: Reynolds Esqr. 4 Dec 1861. [Coin at top:] Arts and Commerce Promoted.
Printed letter with medallion "Arts and Commerce Promotion" with ink signature and inscription. 310 x 241mm. 12¼ x 9½".
A certificate of approval for Charles Reynolds from the RSA, acknowleding his appointment as a member of the Society.
[Ref: 18369] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Joshua Reynolds. First President of the Royal Academy.
By Sir Walter Armstrong.
London: William Heinemann. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. MDCCCCV.
8vo, original cloth gilt; pp. x + 236, profusely illustrated.
An account of the career and work of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
[Ref: 59932] £15.00 view all images for this item

[Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[after George Clint.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple, proof before letters. 250 x 165mm (9¾ x 10½"). Surface soiling.
Portrait of the artist wearing spectacles.
[Ref: 44298] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight, President of the Royal Academy, Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence, Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Painted by himself, for the Royal Academy, 1780. Engrav'd by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by V. Green, Dec.r 1.st 1780. N.º 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Coloured mezzotint. 480 x 380mm (19 x 15"), large margins. Laid on board, spots and damp stains in margins.
A three-quarter self-portrait of Reynolds wearing his robes as President of the Royal Academy, one hand holding a scroll, resting on a table with a bust of Michelangelo.
CS 110, i of ii; Russell ii of vi; ; Hamilton p.57, ii of v; Whitman 105, ii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68075] £490.00

Sir Joshua Reynolds, ~ Painted by Himself. Drawn and Engraved by Charles Townley Member of the Royal Academy of Painting in Florence, From the Original Portrait in the Medici Collection.
Published as the Act directs June 30th 1777 [but 1786-1790, by Jean Marc Pascal Berlin.
Proof mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 420 x 280mm (16½ x 11"). Small margins.
A half-length portrait of Joshua Reynolds, in the robes of an Oxford Doctor of Civil Law, holding a roll. The publisher, Johann Marc Pascal, founded the 'Königlich Hofkupferstichofficin' in Berlin in 1786 but published nothing after 1790. He purchased a number of the plates for Townley's mezzotint portraits.
Hamilton p.57, i of ii. CS 24, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67984] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Joshua Reynolds.
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Narrow margins.
A half-length self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), hatless, holding a portfolio.
Hamilton p.57, ii of ii; CS 123, ii of ii; Goodwin 71, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67987] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[S.r Joshua Reynolds.]
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
[London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.]
Mezzotint, proof before title and publication line. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
A half-length self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), hatless, holding a portfolio.
Hamilton p.57, i of ii; CS 123, i of ii; Goodwin 71, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67988] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Untitled self-portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[Sir J. Reynolds pinx.t. Caroline Kirkley sculp.t.]
[London Pub.d as the Act Directs, March 15. 1795. by A. Molteno, Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No. 76, St James's Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned. 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Collector's stamp on reverse, large margins.
A half-length self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), in a jacket with a high colour, depicted in a plain frame. The engraver was the daughter of Ralph Kirkley, Reynolds' man-servant for over 30 years, and was brought up in Reynolds' house in Leicester Square. In 1789 she was apprenticed to J.R. Smith for 5 years for £50 premium, probably as a print colourist as this is the only known mezzotint by her. She also exhibited as the RA in 1796 and 1797; an engraving after her portrait of Thomas Bewick was publishd in 1798 (see ref 33972).
Hamilton p.57, i of iii; CS 123, before i of ii; Russell i of iii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Alfred Morrison (1821-1897),.
[Ref: 67990] £380.00

[Funeral Invitation for Sir Joshua Reynolds.] The Executors & Family of Sir Joshua Reynolds return thanks for the tribute of respect paid to departed Genius & Virtue, by your attendance at the funeral of that illustrious painter & most amiable man, in St Pauls Cathedral, on Saturday, March 3.d 1792.
E.F.Burney del. F.Bartolozzi R.A. Sculps.
[1792.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 135mm (7½ x 5¼"). Trimmed into plate. Time stained.
Ticket thanking people for attending the funeral of Sir Joshua Reynolds who died in London on 23 February 1792. His body lay in state for a day at Somerset House and his funeral took place at St Paul's Cathedral.
DeV 1980 III of III
[Ref: 64260] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight, President of the Royal Academy, Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence, Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Painted by himself, for the Royal Academy, 1780. Engrav'd by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd by V. Green, Dec.r 1.st 1780. N.º 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 480 x 380mm (19 x 15"), very large margins. With Queen Victoria's collector's blindstamp in inscription area.
A three-quarter self-portrait of Reynolds wearing his robes as President of the Royal Academy, one hand holding a scroll, resting on a table with a bust of Michelangelo.
CS 110, i of ii; Russell ii of vi; ; Hamilton p.57, ii of iv; Whitman 105, ii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68073] £480.00

[Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight, President of the Royal Academy, Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence, Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin, and Fellow of the Royal Society.]
[Painted by himself, for the Royal Academy, 1780. Engrav'd by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine.]
[Publish'd by V. Green, Dec.r 1.st 1780. N.º 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street.]
Mezzottint, proof before letters. 480 x 380mm (19 x 15"). Small margins.
A three-quarter self-portrait of Reynolds wearing his robes as President of the Royal Academy, one hand holding a scroll, resting on a table with a bust of Michelangelo.
CS 10, before i of ii; Russell ii of vi; ; Hamilton p.57, ii-iii of v; Whitman 105, iii of v. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68076] £360.00

Sir Joshua Reynolds, ~ Painted by Himself. Drawn and Engraved by Charles Townley Member of the Royal Academy of Painting in Florence, From the Original Portrait in the Medici Collection.
Published as the Act directs June 30th 1777, and to be had of C.Townley, No.7 New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 420 x 280mm (16½ x 11"). Repaired loss bottom left corner. Old ink mss on roll.
A half-length portrait of Joshua Reynolds, in the robes of an Oxford Doctor of Civil Law, holding a roll. The old ink mss on the roll, 'Disegno del Divino Michel Angolo Bono[...]', copies the lettering on the original oil, now in the Uffizi Gallery.
Hamilton p.57, i of ii. CS 24, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67983] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Untitled self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds.] Tum demum sanæ mentis Oculus acutè cernere [...] Seneca.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. Caroline Watson Engraver to her Majesty sculpsit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 1. 1789 by T. Cadell; Strand.
Rare mezzotint with stipple and etching. 225 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"), with very large margins.
One of the last of 27 self-portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds, showing the artist wearing a white wig, curled to resemble his own hair, and 'wig spectacles', designed with extra-long, double-jointed sides to reach around a wigged head. Painted c.1788, it is his only self-portrait with spectacles, painted when he was about 65. The original oil is in the Kenwood House collection.
Hamilton p.58, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67982] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Sir Josh Reynolds pint. J.K. Sherwin Sc.
[London: Sherwin, c.1784.]
Engraving, scratched letter proof, rare state. Plate: 255 x 300mm (10 x 12"). Repaired wormhole upper right.
Self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792), who led the 18th century art world as first President of the Royal Academy, and Britain's leading portrait painter. An incredible socialite, social climber and self-promoter, Reynolds used his contacts to advance himself. Appointed President of the newly established Royal Academy in 1768, his annual lectures - or Discourses on Art - had a lasting impact on the contemporary theory of art and practice.
[Ref: 39958] £360.00

S.r Joshua Reynolds.
Painted by himself. R. Sayer Excudit. Engraved by James Watson.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer. Map & Printseller, No.53, Fleet Street; Published as the Act directs 10 July 1770.
Mezzotint. 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Framed. Slight creasing in centre. Unexamined out of frame.
A self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), painter and first President of the Royal Academy.
CS: 123 ii of ii; Goodwin: 71 iii of iii; Hamilton p.57 ii.
[Ref: 57865] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Reynolds.
Engraved by H.Meyer, from the Original Picture by N.Branwhite, in the Possesion of the Family.
Published as the Act directs, March 1st. 1817, by N. Branwhite, Queen Square, Bristol.
Stipple engraving on india paper. 250 x 300mm. Foxing, mostly outside image.
Quaker and 'Ironmaster' at Bristol [1735 - 1816].
[Ref: 905] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Revd Samuel Reynolds, Father of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Proof.
Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, from the Original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Possession of J Palmer Esq.
Pub.d January 1 1823 by Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street London..
Mezzotint, title in open letters. Plate: 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), with very large margins. Crease in title area.
Portrait of Samuel Reynolds (1681-1746), Master of Plympton Grammar School; father of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Half-length in profile and looking to right, wearing loose gown; in an oval within a square frame. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792).
Whitman 248.II. Hamilton p.58.II. Collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39931] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters. Samuel William Reynolds.
by Alfred Whitman of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum.
London. George Bell & Son. 1903.
Book: 4to (290 x 211). pp. v-ix + 168. Illusrated with 29 plates. Cloth binding with title stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Ex Libris APA. Goodall. Binding worn and scuffed.
This catalogue does not claim to be a catalogue raisonné, but has aimed to compile the majority of the portrait work engraved both by Samuel Reynolds Jr and Senior.
[Ref: 10173] £80.00

Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters. Samuel William Reynolds.
by Alfred Whitman of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum.
London. George Bell & Son. 1903.
Book: 4to (290 x 211mm). pp. 168.. With 29 b/w illustrations. Cloth binding with title stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Complete. Binding worn and scuffed.
This catalogue does not claim to be a catalogue raisonné, but has aimed to compile the majority of the portrait work engraved both by Samuel Reynolds Jr and Senior.
Ex: Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36441] £65.00

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