Grosvenor Prints

The Speaker.
P. Brown Delin. Peake sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament April 18, 1765. [Later impression.]
A rare engraving. Plate: 205 x 230mm (8 x 9'') very large margins. Foxing.
A scene in which a man stands to speak from behind a bench or pew, a woman and a man sit on either side of him. A satire on the members of the Society of Friends.
BM Satire 4129.
[Ref: 49034] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Speaker.
P. Brown Delin. Peake sculp.
[Published according to Act of Parliament April 18, 1765.]
A rare engraving. Sheet: 220 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Trimmed.
A scene in which a man stands to speak from behind a bench or pew, a woman and a man sit on either side of him. A satire on the members of the Society of Friends.
BM Satire 4129.
[Ref: 44693] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Specific Gravities. Specific Gravity, or weight, is the measure of force with which matter, in its various forms, falles, when unsustained, towards the earth's centre. It is best determined by poising solids in water, and gases in air; and the relation to equal bulks of water or air, is the relative weight of an equal bulk, called the specific gravity; gravity being in this case synonymous with weight. [List of Gases, liquids and solids follows with more text:] ...If a structure of oak weighs 1,170 lbs., a similar one of exactly the same cubic contents, made of deal, would weigh only 555lbs. A bottle capable of containing 10 lbs. of water will hold 18 lbs of sulphuric acid, the latter being nearly twice as heave as the former.
Diagrams of Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures, Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. [n.d. c.1860.]
Letterpress and engraving. 285 x 228mm (11¼ x 9").
The hydrostatic balance used for ascertaining the specific gravity of solid bodies, which are suspended in water by a horse-hair attached to the bottom of the scales. From Reynolds' 'Pictorial Atlas of Arts, Sciences, Manufacturers and Machinery'.
[Ref: 26140] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[A specimen cabinet.] Description de la Partie du Cabinet qui a rapport à l'Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme.
[Paris, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 80 x 130mm (3¼ x 5¼"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41456] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[A specimen cabinet.] De Algemeene en Byzondere Natuurlyke Historie. Beschryving van het Kabinet des Konings
J. van Schley sculp.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41454] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[A specimen cabinet.] Beschryving van het Kabinet des Konings
J. van Schley sculp.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with a stylised view of a specimen cabinet.
[Ref: 41455] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Speckbacher. Tyrol.
Valerio nach Ortners Skizzen. Lith: von August Bry.
Innsbruck [Austria] bei F. Unterberger [n.d., c.1840s].
Lithograph in fine original colour by hand with gum arabic. Image 200 x 170mm (8 x 6¾"). Lacking some margin, laid on album paper.
Josef Speckbacher (1767 - 1820), leading figure in the rebellion of the Tyrol against Napoleon; in military uniform, holding a sword, mountain scenery behind. From a patriotic series of Tyrolese personalities (from the Eastern Alps).
[Ref: 25045] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Spectacle de la Nature.
Henry Jenner del. Fred.ck Birnie Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Aquatint with etching. Sheet: 340 x 220mm (13½ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A collection of comical studies of heads of men and women all facing towards the left.
[Ref: 40063] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Spectacle de la Nature. [&] Coram, quem Quæritis, adsum.
Henry Jenner del. Fred.ck Birnie Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Pair of aquatints with line engraving. Each 220 x 330mm. Small tear on 'Spectacle'.
[Ref: 7003] £480.00 view all images for this item

Spectacle de la Nature.
Henry Jenner del. Fred.ck Birnie Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Aquatint with etching. Sheet: 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A collection of comical studies of heads of men and women all facing towards the left.
[Ref: 48358] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Spectator, Independent Liberal Newspaper, Every Saturday, Price 6d., by Post 7d.
Orders received by Wm. Dawson and Sons, 74 Cannon Street, City.
[n.d., c.1865.]
Letterpress broadside advertisement for The Spectator magazine, 'specimen copy sent by same post' printed in red ink at top. Sheet 205 x 100mm, 8 x 4".
The Spectator magazine was first published on 6 July 1828; its guiding principles are set out in the text.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16535] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

La Speculation.
Je vend a Augsbourg chez J. J. Haid et fils.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 305 x 210mm (12 x 8¼") very large margins.
A portrait of an elegant, well dressed woman staring straight ahead, perhaps speculating.
[Ref: 54085] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Speech, Made To Kinge James, At His Comeinge To Hoghton Tower, By Two conceaved to be the Household Gods. July, 1617. The first attyr'd in a Purple Taffatu' Mantle;/ In one Hand, a Palm Tree Branch;/ On his Head a Garland of the same;/ And in the other Hand a Dogge. [Poetic declamtions by the two characters follow in two columns below.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Printed broadside, entirely letterpress, in decorative border. Sheet 315 x 200mm. Glued to scrap sheet, horizontal and vertical centre creases where previously folded.
A gushing speech of welcome to King James I by the household gods of Hoghton Tower. Hoghton is a fortified manor house to the east of Preston in Lancashire. It has been the ancestral home of the De Hoghton family since the time of William the Conqueror. Richard Hoghton earned the favour of James I, who made him a Baronet in 1611 and visited Hoghton in 1617. Sir Richard, who was hoping to convince the king to relieve him of money-losing alum mines, laid out the red carpet for James' visit - literally. Red carpeting was laid for the entire length of the half mile avenue leading to the house. The king must have been impressed by the lavish welcome, and the feasting which followed, for he did buy the mines. An amusing but unsubstantiated tale has it that at the feast in the banqueting hall given in James' honour the king was so moved by the excellent loin of beef he was served that he took his sword and knighted it 'Sir Loin', giving us the term 'sirloin'. Richard's good fortune did not last long; only a few years later he was imprisoned in Fleet Prison for debt. Richard's son, Sir Gilbert, fought for Charles I in the Civil War, and Hoghton Tower was besieged by Parliamentary troops in 1643. Eventually the defenders capitulated, but when the Roundheads entered the house the powder magazine in the tower between the two courtyards exploded with terrifying force, killing over 100 Parliamentary men. A rare and quirky broadside.
[Ref: 7731] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Achievement of Our Soveraigne King James as he Nowe Beareth With the Armes of Severall kings that have aunciently raigned within his nowe Dominions.
Jodocus Hondius Flander cælavit Anno Domini 1614.
[London: Sudbury & Humble, c.1614.]
Coloured engraving. 380 x 245mm.
The dedication to James I from Speed's important atlas, 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine', containing a large Royal Crest and 24 smaller armorials around the edges.
[Ref: 5691] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Aet. M. Viri clarissimi Joannis Speed….Corpore suo levat est July 28. 1629. D. Georgius Humble.
S. Savery Sculp [etched in plate].
[n.d. c.1632].
Engraving. Sheet 305 x 195mm. Trimmed to plate mark. Very old ink stains emrging from verso.
John Speed [1552? - 1629], historian and cartographer.
for a cleaner impression see ref. 26294
[Ref: 372] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[John Speed.]
W: S. Carey, Sct.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving, sheet 165 x 125mm, 6½ x 5".
John Speed (1552? - 1629), historian, cartographer and antiquary. He produced the first World Atlas by an Englishman, entitled 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', which first appeared in London in 1627. A 19th century copy of a 17th century engraving.
[Ref: 14952] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John Speed.]
[after Solomon Savery.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
John Speed (1552? - 1629), historian and antiquary famous for his county atlas, the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' (1611-1612) and England's first world atlas, 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World' (1627). This is a 19th century copy of the frontispiece portrait from the combined edition of Speed's two atlases (1632), engraved by Salomon Savery.
NPG D42573.
[Ref: 57475] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

John Speed.
Pub.d 1816, by T. Rodd, 2.G.t Newport St. Long Acre.
Engraving. Watermarked: J. Whatman. Plate 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Large paper copy, mint.
John Speed (1552?-1629), historian, cartographer and antiquary. He produced the first World Atlas by an Englishman, entitled 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', which first appeared in London in 1627.
[Ref: 19064] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[John Speed] Aet. M. Viri clarissimi Joannis Speed... Corpore suo levat est July 28. 1629.
S. Savery Sculp.
[London: George Humble, c.1630s.]
Engraving, frontispiece to Speed's famous atlas, 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'. Sheet 320 x 190mm, 12½ x 7½". Trimmed within plate, with filled chip to lower left corner tip. Bit messy.
John Speed (1552? - 1629), historian, cartographer and antiquary; seated, wearing fur trimmed robes, a white ruff, and wide brimmed hat, and holding a compass on a chart on the table in front of him. A curtain in top right corner. Speed produced the first world atlas by an Englishman, entitled 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', which first appeared in London in 1627.
[Ref: 26294] £320.00

[John Speed.]
[Engraved by Solomon Savery.]
[George Humble, c.1631.]
Engraving, frontispiece to Speed's atlas, 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'. Sheet 190 x 120mm, 7½ x 4¾". Trimmed within plate and laid to album page.
John Speed (1552? - 1629), historian, cartographer and antiquary. He produced the first world atlas by an Englishman, entitled 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', which first appeared in London in 1627.
[Ref: 14951] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Speedboat on a river.]
Maurice Millier [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1920.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 565 x 370mm (22¼ x 14½"). Damage in left edge.
Maurice Milliere (1871-1946).
[Ref: 60977] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Speedy Sloop of War attacked by Spanish Gun-Boats.
Wells sc.
Publish'd July 1, 1801 by Bunney & Gold.
Aquatint offset. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9".
Lord Cochrane, commander of HMS Speedy (1782) fighting against gunboats off Gibraltar. Cochrane's career inspired events in both 'Master and Commander' and Hornblower.
Parker: 156.
[Ref: 25154] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Spell.
[Anon.]
London. Publish.d Jan.y 30 1783 by J. R. Smith. no. 83 Oxford Street.
Stipple printed in brown ink, small margins. Platemark: 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½").
An illustration to John Gay's 'The Spell'. The character of Hobnelia stands in the clearing of a woodland, looking down at the 'unbroken paring' or peel from the apple which lies on the ground behind her. She smiles and holds her hands open, realising the peel has formed the initial of her 'true love', Luberkin. Six lines of Gay's poem 'The Spell' are inscribed below.
[Ref: 36324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Henricus Spelmannus Eques Auratus.
R. White Sculp
Engraving. Sheet 280 x 185 (11 x 7¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning
Bust portrait of Sir Henry Spelman (1562-1641) in an oval frame. He served as a member of parliament for Worcester and was a well-regarded antiquarian.
[Ref: 53777] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Henricus Spelmannus. Eques Auratus.
Guil: Faithorne Sculp:
[n.d. c.1680.]
Engravng. 222 x 145mm. 8¾ x 5¾".
Portrait of Henry Spelman, bust length in an oval frame, wearing lace-edged cap, ruff and gown; coat of arms below. Sir Henry Spelman (c.1564-1641) was an antiquary and historian, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils. In 1603 he was knighted, and a year later he was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk, and in 1625 he served as a Member of the Parliament of England for Worcester. In 1627 he became treasuer of the Guiana Company and was also a member of the council for New England. His last post in 1636 came as an offer of the mastership of Sutton's Hospital, Charterhouse.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. Fagan: p.61.
[Ref: 25265] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

W. Spence [facsimile signature].
T.H. Maguire 1849. M. & H. Hanhart Imp.
Lithograph on chine collé. Printed area 290 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"), blind stamp of the Ipswich Museum.
William Spence (c.1783 – 6 January 1860), British economist and entomologist, one of the founders of the Society of Entomologists of London in 1833, becoming its president in 1847. From the series 'Ipswich Museum Portraits'.
Wellcome 1792-3.
[Ref: 48439] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Radlett Camera, Oxford.] [No.46.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 201 x 139mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Mint.
Brasenose College, Oxford, an entrance seen from the quad showing the domed-roof of the Radlett Camera building behind, now part of the Bodleian Library.
[Ref: 62261] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ Church College, Oxford.] [No.53.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 202 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Mint.
A view of the Tom Tower, named for its bell, Great Tom, which is the main entrance to Christ Church College, Oxford. The tower with its octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681-82.
[Ref: 62262] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Spencer Wood Near Quebec.
[n.d., c.1865.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 260 x 285mm (10¼ x 11¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet with decorative border.
A view of a large mansion near Quebec, a house has stood on the site since 1780, though several different houses have been built since. The current house is now the Government House of Quebec.
[Ref: 50110] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ligno Christi Fixus. Caro Deorsum. Cor Sursum. Mundo Crucifixus. "Ffrendo Sepultus, Sperando Resultus."
Cross fecit.
[n.d. c.1659.]
A very fine and rare engraving. 291 x 185mm. 11½ x 7¼". Hole top right corner, stained.
Benjamin Spencer (active mid 17th Century), Loyalist clergyman. He was minister of St Thomas's, Southwark and rector of Esher. Frontispiece to Spencer's "Chrysomeson, a Golden Meane" (1659).
O'Donoghue: 1. Hind II: 306.86. In the BM. In the NPG.
[Ref: 14721] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Caroline Duchess of Marlborough with Lady Caroline Spencer her daughter.]
J. Reynolds pinx.t J. Watson Fecit.
[n.d. c.1768.]
Very fine mezzotint, artist's names in etched letters, before plate was cleaned. Proof before title and publication line. Plate 451 x 330mm. 17¾ x 13".
Caroline Spencer, Duchess of Marlborough (1743-1811), daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, married George Spencer, Duke of Marlborough in 1762; and Caroline Welbore, Viscountess Clifden (1763-1813).
Hamilton: p.117, i/iii. CS: 99, i. Goodwin: 56, i.
[Ref: 24818] £360.00

[Caroline Dutchess of Marlborough, With Lady Caroline Spencer her Daughter].
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Rich.d Houston Fecit.
R. Sayer Excudit. [1769].
Mezzotint, platemark 480 x 355mm. (18¾ x 14"). Trimmed. Glued to sheet at corners; rubbed, but a good impressio.
Caroline, Dutchess of Marlborough, holding her daughter, Lady Caroline Spencer, her arms outstretched, above her lap, head turned to face front; pillars and landscape behind; proof before letters. Caroline Spencer (1743 - 1811) was the daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, and married George Spencer, Duke of Marlborough. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
Chaloner Smith 76.I; Hamilton: p.117; From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28391] £350.00

[Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough] The high and mighty Prince Charles D.ke of Marlbor:gh.
G. Lens del. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Crease.
A fine equestrian portrait of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-1758), sword in hand, celebrating his famous 'Descent' on St Malo in 1758. The Continental use of 'Prince' in the title comes from an address to the French locals during the Descent, which started 'We the High and Mighty Prince, Charles Duke of Marlborough, Marquis of Blanndford, Earl of Sunderland, Baron Churchill...', promising to leave non-combatants alone.
[Ref: 42129] £380.00

[His Grace Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough, Master General of the Ordnance, General in Chief of His Majesty's Foot Forces, Knight of ye most Noble Order of ye Garter, & oneof his Maj.ties most hon.ble Privy Council &c. Done from a Picture in the Possession of the Rt. Hon.ble the Earl of Pembroke; to whom this Plate, is most humbly Inscribed by His most Dutiful and Obedient Servant. Rich:d Houston.]
[J. Reynolds Pinx.t 1758. R. Houston Fecit.]
[Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross. Price 2.s]
Very rare mezzotint, proof before letters. Collector's stamp outside image area to right. Plate 330 x 228mm. 13 x 9". Repaired tear in background
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-58), soldier and politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1755 and led the British forces during the Raid on St Malo in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. Colletor's mark. Lugt: 572, John Charrington, Conservtor Fitzwilliam Museum.
CS: 77, i/ii. Hamilton: p.51, ii. Ex Collection: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Ex Collection: John Charrington (b.1856), Print Conservator at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Lugt: 572.
[Ref: 24423] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough, Master General of the Ordnance, General in Chief of His Majesty's Foot Forces, Knight of ye most Noble Order of ye Garter, & oneof his Maj.ties most hon.ble Privy Council &c. Done from a Picture in the Possession of the Rt. Hon.ble the Earl of Pembroke; to whom this Plate, is most humbly Inscribed by His most Dutiful and Obedient Servant. Rich:d Houston.
J. Reynolds Pinx.t 1758. R. Houston Fecit.
Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross. Price 2.s.
Mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, repaired tear in inscription area, mounted in album paper. Repaired left corner.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-58), soldier and politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1755 and led the British forces during the Raid on St Malo in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. Colletor's mark. Lugt: 572, John Charrington, Conservtor Fitzwilliam Museum.
CS: 77, state ii of ii. Hamilton: p.51. See Ref 24423 for Proof before letters.
[Ref: 61646] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Charles Earl of Sunderland, &c.
G. Kneller Eq. Baront. Pinxt. 1720. I. Simon fec. 1724 Sold by him at the 7 Starts in King Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 352 x 252mm. 13¾ x 10". Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland KG PC (1674-1722), known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1714-1717), Lord Privy Seal (1715-1716), Lord President of the Council (1717-1719) and First Lord of the Treasury (1718-1721). Having succeeded to the peerage in 1702, Sunderland was one of the commissioners for the union between England and Scotland, and in 1705, he was sent to Vienna as envoy extraordinary. Through the influence of Marlborough he was foisted into the ministry as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, taking office in December 1706. From 1708 to 1710, he was one of the five Whigs collectively called the Junto, who dominated the government. The bursting of the South Sea Bubble led to his political ruin. He had taken some part in launching the scheme of 1720, but he had not profited financially by it; however, public opinion was roused against him and it was only through the efforts of Walpole that he was acquitted by the House of Commons, when the matter was investigated. In April 1721, he resigned his offices, but he retained his influence with George I until his death on 19 April 1722.
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: 12856] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Charlotte Spencer in the Character of Miss Rivers. Lord Cha.s Spencer in the Character of Col.l Rivers. Vide False Delicacy Act 4. Sc. 2. To their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough This Plate is most respectfully Dedicated By their Grace's most obliged and most grateful Servant, James Roberts.
Painted by J. Roberts 1788. Engraved by J. Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Dec.r 8th 1788, by J. Roberts, Oxford. & J. Jones, No 75, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.
Fine mezzotint. 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"), very large margins. Glued in mount.
Two of the children of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, participating in the 'Marlborough Theatricals', held in the private theatre at Blenheim. Charlotte (1769?-1802) married the Rev Edward Nares in 1797. Charles (1740-1820) became MP for Oxfordshire and a Privy Councillor. This was one of three plates by Roberts and Jones illustrating the Marlborough Theatricals.
CS: 55 ii 1st plate of iii
[Ref: 49963] £420.00

Miss C. Spencer.
London Publishe'd as the Act directs by Sayer & Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, 12 June 1774.
Mezzotint. Plate: 110 x 150mm (4¼ x 6"), very large margins. Creases and paper tone.
A portrait of Charlotte Spencer (d.1789), a courtesan who married a 'Mr Holden'. After a larger mezzotint by Valentine Green after Hugh Douglas Hamilton.
Not in CS.
[Ref: 44420] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte & Anne Spencer] The Mask. From the Original Picture in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit L. Schiavonetti sculp.t [1790].
Stipple printed in sepia, sheet 215 x 250mm (8½ x 9¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865). It was engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti after an intermediary drawing by Francesco Bartolozzi (a different state of the print indicates 'F. Bartolozzi delineavit').
[Ref: 46759] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte and Anne Spencer] The Mask.
From a Picture by Sir J. Reynolds. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub.d June 19 1823 by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint on steel. 270 x 230mm (10¾ x 9").
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865).
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46903] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte and Anne Spencer] The Mask. Proof.
From a Picture by Sir J. Reynolds. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub.d June 19 1823 by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint on steel. 270 x 230mm (10¾ x 9"), with large margins.
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865).
Whitman 535, state between ii & iii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iv.
[Ref: 66448] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte and Anne Spencer] The Mask. Proof.
From a Picture by Sir J. Reynolds. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub.d June 19 1823 by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint on steel. 270 x 230mm (10¾ x 9"), with large margins. Edged with brown paper.
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865).
Whitman 535, state between ii & iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iv.
[Ref: 66449] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte & Anne Spencer] The Mask. From the Original Picture in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxit L. Schiavonetti sculp.t.
London, Pub.d April 21 1790 by T. Simpson St Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple. 230 x 265mm (9 x 10½"), very large margins. Repaired tear in margin, faint crease.
Portrait of two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865). It was engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti after an intermediary drawing by Francesco Bartolozzi (a different state of the print indicates 'F. Bartolozzi delineavit').
See Ref: 60369; Hamilton: pg. 133. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60316] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Edward Spencer. Born May 8th. 1799. Who accompanied Mr. Charles Green, in that fatal Parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking's July 24th. 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens.__ And has made Twenty seven ascents with Mr. Green, up to this date, August 24th. 1839.
G. P. Harding F.S.A. del et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published Aug 31st. 1839, by G.P. Harding, 69, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph, printed area 180 x 115mm. White marks on Spencer's coat.
Robert Cocking, aged 61 at the time, was killed on July 24th 1837, although Spencer and Green survived.
for the ascent with Cocking see ref. 12657
[Ref: 8194] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[His Grace the Duke of Marlborough.]
Fr. Bartolozzi RA. ad vivum del. [Etched by John Ogborne.]
London, Pubd. Apr. 14. 1795, by J. Thane, Spur Street, Leicester Square.
Etching with stipple and crayon-manner, proof before title. 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). A fine impression.
Portrait in oval of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739 - 1817), politician. After Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815).
NPG: D5214. From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18244] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

George Spencer, Duke of Marlborough, &c. &c. &c.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by John Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs Dec.r 16.th 1786, by J. Jones, No.63 Great Portland Street.
Mezzotint printed in colours, platemark 621 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Cracks along platemark; small margins.
Full-length portrait of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), courtier and politician, wearing robes of the Garter. He served as Lord Chamberlain between 1762 and 1763 and as Lord Privy Seal between 1763 and 1765. After his early years he played little part in political matters and lived quietly at Blenheim, but remained relevant in electoral terms for his influence in Oxfordshire. He employed Capability Brown to remodel the gardens at Blenheim and made important gifts to the university of Oxford.
CS 54 ii/iii; Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; for first state see ref. 29159.
[Ref: 38378] £380.00

[The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and infant Francis Spencer.]
Sam.l Shelley pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 28th 1783 by F. Bartolozzi.
Stipple, printed in brown. 250 x 205mm, 10 x 8½".
A portrait of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), with his wife and son Francis, later 1st Baron Churchill. After Samuel Shelley (1756-1808), a miniaturist.
De Vesme: 124: iv of v, first published state.
[Ref: 27768] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George Spencer, Duke of Marlborough.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by John Jones.
Publish'd as the Act directs Dec.r 16.th 1786, by J. Jones, No.63 Great Portland Street.
Mezzotint, proof before title, with Collector's mark, very large margins. Plate 621 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Slightly foxed.
Portrait standing whole-length to front with his right hand on his hip, head turned to face l, wearing robes of the Garter and with his hair powdered, holding plumed hat in his right hand; pillars, curtain and tree behind. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), the British courtier and politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain between 1762 and 1763 and as Lord Privy Seal between 1763 and 1765.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 80, i/iii. CS: 54.
[Ref: 29159] £650.00

[George Spencer] His Grace The Duke of Marlborough.
F. Bartolozzi R.A. ad vivum del.
London, Pub.d Apr: 14. 1795, by J. Thane, Spur Street, Leicester Square.
Very fine etching with stipple and crayon-manner, printed in brown ink, with large margins. Plate 274 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½".
Bust portrait of George Spencer, fourth Duke of Marlborough, body facing front, head turned and looking towards three-quarter to left, with his Order of Garter; in an oval. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817) was a British courtier and politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain between 1762 and 1763, and as Lord Privy Seal between 1763 and 1765.
NPG: D5214. Not in De Vesme.
[Ref: 24425] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry & Charlotte Spencer] The Fortune Teller.
From a Picture by Sir J. Reynolds. Engraved by C. Turner.
London. Published June 19, 1823, by C. Turner 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint on steel. 275 x 230mm (10¾ x 9"), with large margins.
A portrait of two of the younger children of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Lord Henry John Spencer (1770-95), dressed in van Dyck costume, and his sister Charlotte (1769-1802), who is reading his palm. The painting is now in The Huntington, San Marino California.
Whitman 537, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 65251] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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