Grosvenor Prints

Lady Harriet Acland.
J. Chapman sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs Feb.y. 1.st. 1796.
Stipple. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾").
Half portrait in profile, set in a roundel, of Lady Harriet Acland (1749-1815). Lady Acland, a nurse, famously travelled through American lines to find her husband, Major John Dyke Acland, on hearing of his having been wounded (shot in both legs) in the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War.
See View of her action.
[Ref: 33527] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Caroline Acton.
A.M. Kersey.
[c.1830.]
Very rare lithograph on india, india dimensions 310 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼"). Slight printer's crease in title.
Unusual portrait of a woman holding spectacles in her left hand, while in her right holding a book open to show a portrait of a young woman. The sitter is probably the daughter of the successful Suffolk landowner Nathaniel Lee Acton (1725-95), who, along with other members of his family, was painted by Gainsborough. The artist A.M. Kersey has not been identified.
Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in O'D.
[Ref: 40639] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Acton.
Sir Wm. Beechey R.A. Delint. I.G Spurgeon, Aqua Forti Fecit.
[n.d. c.1790]
Etching. 348 x 247mm.
Portrait after Beechey, sitting in a simple white dress turned away from the viewer, her left arm resting on a surface beside her, looking thoughtfully over her left shoulder, her face in profile. Francis Elizabeth Acton (1784-1879) was daughter of Reverend John Grove Spurgeon and married Edward Acton Acton (1767-1822) in 1804.
JWH: 1805 Very Fine impression.
[Ref: 579] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Acton. [Written in ink outside upper edge of plate:] Miss Mansfield with Mr Spurgeons best Comp.t
Sir Wm. Beechey R.A. Delint. I.G Spurgeon, Aqua Forti Fecit.
[n.d. c.1790]
Etching, very fine impression, with large margins. Plate 349 x 249mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Trimmed to plate along bottom.
Portrait after Beechey, sitting in a simple white dress turned away from the viewer, her left arm resting on a surface beside her, looking thoughtfully over her left shoulder, her face in profile. Francis Elizabeth Acton (1784-1879) was daughter of Reverend John Grove Spurgeon and married Edward Acton Acton (1767-1822) in 1804.
[Ref: 24971] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Alexander Adair Esq.r.
Drawn by H. Edridge. Engraved by H. Meyer.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, printed on chine collé. Plate: 525 x 355mm (20¾ x 14"). Small margins.
A full length portrait of Alexander Adair (1742-1834) of Flixton Hall in Suffolk.
[Ref: 47010] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Adkin Esq.r Dedicated to Elizabeth Whitbread, By her most obliged and obedient humble Servant, Elizabeth Reynolds.
Painted by John Opie Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Elizabeth Reynolds.
Published Sept.r 1.1814, by E. Reynolds, 47, Poland Street, London.
A very rare mezzotint. 356 x 249mm (14 x 9¾"). Bit rubbed; small margins, false margins added.
Thomas Adkin (1760-1809fl.), of Downham Market, Norfolk. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he acquired a reputation as a roisterer, and was afterwards a close friend of Lord Grey and Samuel Whitbread.
NPG: D7174.
[Ref: 24368] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Aldworth From the Original in the Council Chamber.
[Anon., n.d., c.1816.]
Etching with aquatint, image 230 x 160mm. 9 x 6¼". Lacking margin at top and bottom.
Full length portrait of Richard Aldworth (d.1656), benefactor to the town of Reading, Berkshire; standing beside a table in ruff and gown, right hand on book, statuette of the Virgin to left, skull to right. Numbered 'Pl 22' upper right; from John Man's 'The History and Antiquities ... of the Borough of Reading' (Reading, 1816).
O'Donoghue p.32. See BL 190.d.12. G.4081.
[Ref: 21596] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Sr. Thomas Allin of Somerliton in the County of Suffolk Kn.t and Barronett. [Text on Verso] Who after an entire dedication of his Life and Fortune to the Service of the Crowne under his blessed Maister King Chalres ye Ist, & during the Exite of his late Ma.ty King Charles ye 2,d has (since ye happy Restoration of the Latter) had ye honour of serving him both in Peace & Warr, under ye auspicious Comand of his Roy.ll Brother our now Soveraigne Lord James ye 2nd....
G. Kneller pinx. P. Vandrebanc sculp.
Anno Dom: 1685.
Scarce engraving, scarce. Sheet: 355 x 450mm (14 x 17¾"). Trimmed within plate, second part of title excised but present, vertical crease.
A half-length portrait of English naval officer Sir Thomas Allin (1612-1685) who fought during the Civil War and the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Text on verso describes his service during the reign of Charles I, II and James II, becoming Admiral of the Fleet, Captain of Sandgate Castle, Major of the Fraternity of Trinity House at Deptford and Comptroller of the Royal Navy.
[Ref: 42410] £320.00

[Sir Peter Arkwright.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. Image 300 x 240mm. 12 x 9½". Some surface scratches.
Peter Arkwright (1784-1866), Sheriff of Derbyshire, grandson of the cotton magnate Sir Richard Arkwright. Probably engraved by William Walker after Sir John Watson-Gordon.
[Ref: 13414] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Richard Arkwright.
Painted by Joseph Wright, R.A. 1790. Engraved by I.R. Smith, Mezzotinto Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, May 5, 1801.
Mezzotint. 660 x 460mm (26 x 18"). Framed. Thread margins, surface cracks.
Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-92), inventor and manufacturer who patented a machine for spinning cotton thread (1769), the 'spinning jenny' that lies on the table beside him. He established cotton mills that were among the first to use machinery on a large scale, the beginning of the factory system.
CS: 2, only state.
[Ref: 54626] £380.00

Sir Bernard Astley.
[Thomas Worlidge.]
Published 1821 (from a Plate by Worlidge) by T. & H. Rodd, 71. Little Newport St. Long Acre.
Etching. Plate 165 x 132mm (6½ x 5¼").
Sir Bernard Astley (d.1645) was a Royalist who fell at Bristol; he was the son of Jacob Astley.
[Ref: 23282] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Bernard Astley.
[etched by Thomas Worlidge 1758.]
[published by T & H Rodd, 1827]
Etching, plate 165 x 132mm (6½ x 5¼"). Small margins.
Sir Bernard Astley (d.1645) was a Royalist who fell at Bristol; he was the son of Jacob Astley. Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. This plate was seemingly not offered for sale in Mary Worlidge's 1767 sale of Worlidge prints. This impression is from a 19th century republication.
State ii/ii; D8; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32945] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Edward Astley, Bar.t]
TW 1762 [in reverse top centre]
Etching, platemark 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to platemark except for wide bottom margin; creases; small hole top right; on laid paper with watermark.
Portrait of Edward Astley (1729-1802) as Rembrandt's Burgomaster Jan Six (from his famous print). Etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt'. Astley was a major print collector who assembled a very fine collection of Rembrandt prints. Posthumous state published by Worlidge's widow with numbers added in the plate corners to correspond with her 1767 sale catalogue of Worlidge prints.
State iii/iii; W3; D10
[Ref: 32721] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Edward Astley, Bar.t]
TW 1762 [in reverse top centre]
Etching, platemark 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Good impression with wide margins; foxed; nineteenth century laid paper.
Portrait of Edward Astley (1729-1802) as Rembrandt's Burgomaster Jan Six (from his famous print). Etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt'. Astley was a major print collector who assembled a very fine collection of Rembrandt prints. Posthumous state (first published by Worlidge's widow) with number added in the plate corner to correspond with her 1767 sale catalogue of Worlidge prints.
State iii/iii; W3; D10
[Ref: 32722] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Jacob Astley] [57 top left]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5"). Good impression; trimmed inside platemark. Early ms. verso
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State ii/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32854] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Jacob Astley [ms]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, platemark 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Very good impression; thread margins; glued to album sheet.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State i/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32855] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Jacob Astley]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Good margins; tipped into album sheet at edges; pencil annotations 'very fine', 'a proof' [incorrectly] etc. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32856] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Jacob Astley]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"), wide margins. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32857] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Jacob Astley.
Published Aug. 1821 (From a Plate by Worlidge) by T. & H. Rodd. 17 Little Newport St. Leicester Sq. / Proof.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Small margins; glue stains to corners.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Nineteenth century restrike of a plate etched by Worlidge in 1757.
State v/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32858] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Athawes Esq.r.
Painted amd Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Pub. March 20, 1805, by J.R. Smith, 37, King Street, Covent Garden, & ar R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 655 x 450mm, 25¾ x 17¾". Some creasing. Large margins.
Full-length portrait of an elderly man, leaning on an unbrella, attended by an adoring Newfoundland dog. Samuel Athawes (1734-1822), print collector and supporter of Charles James Fox. Challoner Smith describes him as a collector who received 'choice impressions' from Woollett.
D'Oench 395; Frankau 17; CS 4.
[Ref: 23101] £420.00

[Dr Walter Baker] [61]
[by Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching in sepia, Collector's mark at bottom; platemark 200 x 160mm (7¾ x 6½"). Printed on thick paper
Posthumous impression of an etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66). Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. After his death, his widow published further impressions of his plates, adding new numbers to the plates to correspond with her own catalogue numbers, as here. The identity of the sitter follows that on the British Museum's impression of the same print.
see BM 1877,0811.1275. Ex: Collection of the Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32593] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

William Baker [facsimile signature.]
H.P. Briggs, R.A. F. Joubert, F.S.A.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mixed-method engraving, with armorial remarque. 540 x 430mm.
Seated half-length portrait, elbow on one book, resting on another.
NPG D7478, no biography.
[Ref: 21802] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A View near Bamfylde.
W H fecit. [Heath.]
Pub May 7 1823 by G Humphrey 24 St James's St & 74 New Bond St.
Good hand coloured etching. Watermarked: Whatman 1823. Sheet 250 x 200mm. 9¾ x 8". Trimmed within plate, to border.
Caricature gentleman walking with a stick in profile to the right; possibly a portrait of George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore (1786 - 1858). He succeeded to the baronetcy in April 1823 after his father was killed by a former servant. Print made by William Heath (1794/5 - 1840).
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 15567] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Late Mr John Baxter of the City of Chichester. The following is copied from his Tomb. In Memory of John Baxter who departed this Life the 18th May 1827 Aged 72 Years [...] Published at the request of his Friends & dedicated to the Corporation of the City of Chichester by their Obedient Servant The Publisher.
From a Painting by Hewson in 1812.
Sold by Ja.s Lewis Chichester and the Booksellers 1828.
Stipple and line engraving. 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼") very large margins.
A memorial to John Baxter (1755 - 1827), a Calvinist corn merchant, city beadle and town crier, and his wife Mary (née Mann, 1758-1822)
[Ref: 57543] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Beauchamp Procter.
Painted by Ben. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by James Watson.
Published March 25.th, 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Thread margins. Repairs.
Three quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Beauchamp Proctor (d.1847), wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet, (1756-1827). She is seen placing wreath of flowers on statue of Hymen, which a putto is clinging to. She wears a loose, flowing gown and her hair dressed high. In the background are pillars and curtains.
CS 121.II
[Ref: 61690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Diana Beauclerk's two daughters]
Lady Diana Beauclerk del. F. Bartolozzi Etched.
Publish'd May 15th. 1780, by F. Bartolozzi No 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street Soho.
Very fine and rare etching with stipple and hand colour, sheet 280 x 295mm (11 x 11¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Mount burn and foxing.
Elizabeth, later Lady Herbert, drawing in a sketch-book leaning on her knees; her younger sister Mary, later Countess Jenison Walworth, seated behind her. Etching after a drawing by their mother, Lady Diana Beauclerk (1734 - 1808), a talented amateur artist whose designs were much admired by Horace Walpole. Etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Italian printmaker who was invited to London by George III's librarian Richard Dalton, and who in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London. In England Bartolozzi became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 he was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal.
De Vesme 1212 III of III.
[Ref: 60328] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Right Honorable Lady Catherine Beauclerk.]
F. Cotes pinxit. F. Bartolozzi delin et sculpsit.
Publisedh April 15th 1778 by W.r Shropshire No 158 New Bond Street.
Oval stipple, proof before title, printed in sepia. Sheet 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Lady Catherine Elizabeth Beauclerk, daughter of the 5th Duke of St Albans, died 1803.
De Vesme 1041, state iii of v.
[Ref: 51575] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Charlotte Sophia, Duchess of Beaufort, Wife of Henry Charles, Sixth Duke of Beaufort _ And Daughter of Granville first Marquis of Stafford...
Painted by Anne Mee. Engraved by A. Cardon.
Pubd. Feby. 1, 1812 by Anne Mee, 66, Upper Berkley Street.
Stipple on india paper, signed in ink lower right by the artist. Plate: 440 x 340mm. 17¼ x 13½", large margins.
Portrait of Charlotte Sophia (Leveson-Gower), Duchess of Beaufort (1771-1854); three-quarter length, draped in ermine cloak and seated in large ornate chair. After miniature painter Anne Mee (née Foldsone) (c. 1770-1851).
NPG D31583.
[Ref: 39935] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Somerset, first Duke of Beaufort - coat of arms].
Guil: Faithorne del: et sculp:
Engraving 276 x 201mm. 10¾ x 8¼inches. Trimmed on plate minor all over foxing.
Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, [1629-1700] became the First Duke of Beaufort in 1682. Styled as Lord Herbert from 1646 until 1667, he survived the tumultuous and uncertain decades that followed the English civil war by creating remarkable political alliances. While sitting in the Cromwellian Parliament he maintained good relations with the Lord Protector. He was sent to the Tower in 1659 for his part in a Royalist plot and by 1660 was advocating the Restoration. He worked to restore his family’s estates and political power base. He also sought to tame political and religious passions and to bring order and stability. Henry, third marquis of Worcester and first duke of Beaufort, was a powerful regional magnate and became an active member of Charles II’s Privy Council. He refused to swear allegiance to William of Orange.
Fagan:p.21 only state.
[Ref: 10867] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Thomas Beevor, 1st baronet.]
Engraving, proof before letters, platemark 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"). Stain lower left.
Sir Thomas Beevor, 1st baronet (1726-1814), seated in his study.
[Ref: 42104] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Belasyse, Viscount Fauconberg, Born 1577, Died 1652.
E. Mascal Pinx.t.
[n.d. c.1775.]
Etching. Sheet 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, small stain.
Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg (died 18th April 1653), Royalist during the Civil War. However his grandson, also Thomas (c.1627-1700), married Oliver Cromwell's daughter Mary.
[Ref: 52567] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Arundell of Wardour.
F.W. Wilkin Pinxit. On Stone by M. Gauci.
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d. c.1830.]
Fine and rare lithograph. Sheet 552 x 381mm. 21¾ x 15". Staining around the edges of margins. Uncut.
Henry Benedict [Arundell], 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour. (1804-1862) The Arundell Family seat is Wardour Castle in Wiltshire.
In the Wiltshire Heritage Museum.
[Ref: 20135] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Bennet, Earl of Tankerville; with facsimile signature.]
D'Orsay fecit 28 July 1842 [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. C. Graf, lith. to the Queen.
Lithograph with colour added by hand, india paper, india 210 x 160mm. 8¼ x 6¼".
Portrait of Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville (1810 - 1899), man of affairs, when Lord Ossulton. 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.245.
[Ref: 21874] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Baron Bergami.
Engraved by T. Illman from an original Drawing.
London, Pub.Nov.r 6. 1820 by T. Illman, 127 Oxford Street.
Stipple and etching. Sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed within plate, laid on card.
Medallion half-length portrait of Bartolomo Pergami (or Bergami), in uniform, surrounded by trophies. Pergami headed the household of Caroline, wife of the Prince Regent, during her exile from England, and was widely believed to be Queen Caroline's lover.
[Ref: 61540] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Le Comte Bergami.
Litho: de C. Motte rue des marcais.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 226 x 143mm.
Portrait of Bartolomo Pergami (or Bergami), believed to be Queen Caroline's lover.
[Ref: 4335] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Bartolomo Bergami.
Designed from the life, by Mons.r Marinette, Artist at St. Omers.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching, very fine. 320 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾") large margins.
Full length portrait of Bartolomo Pergami (or Bergami), believed to be Queen Caroline's lover, in uniform.
[Ref: 42182] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Count B. Bergami.
Engraved by R. Cooper from an original Drawing.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple and etching. Sheet 195 x 115mm (7¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Half length portrait of Bartolomo Pergami (or Bergami), believed to be Queen Caroline's lover, hand inside jacket, medals on chest.
[Ref: 58076] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Elizabeth Countess of Berkley.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J.s McArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to act of parliam.t 1757 & sold at Golden head in Covent Garden.
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 320 x 225m (12½ x 8¾"). Laid on tissue. Small repaired tears in margins. Top left corner chipped.
Portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) of Elizabeth, Countess of Berkeley. She is standing half-length to front and leaning on a book on a table before her, looking to left. She is wearing a fur-trimmed mantle, and a dress with wide lace cuffs and ribbon bows on the bodice. Elizabeth Craven, more commonly known as Lady Elizabeth Berkeley was an author, playwright, traveller, and socialite, perhaps best known for her travelogues. She was the third child of the 4th Earl of Berkeley, born near Trafalgar Square in the English City of Westminster.
[Ref: 33815] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Her Grace Mary Dutchess of Ancaster and Kesteven.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. 615 x 380mm (24¼ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board. Narrow margins.
Full-length portrait pf Mary Bertie, duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven (1735-c.1793), turbulent sea with ships in the distance. She was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Panton, Master of the King's Running Horses at Newmarket; in 1750 she married General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte from 1761 until her death, in Italy.
CS: 1, ii. Hamilton: p.78, ii.
[Ref: 52977] £490.00

[Bertram de Ashburnham] This Portraiture is in memory of Bertram Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex, who in the tyme of King Harold was Warden of the Cinqueports...
Edw: Le Davis sculp.
[British, n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving, image 220 x 170mm. 8¾ x 6¾". Trimmed to plate, cut at top, fine impression.
Fanciful portrait of Bertram de Ashburnham (c.1010 – 1066), ‘Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports’; in armour, with fabric collar and belt. This unfortunate Bertram is alleged to have met with a variety of deaths: to have been killed while fighting at Hastings, to have been executed by William the Conqueror outside the gates of Canterbury 'where he lived much esteemed, and to have been very active in the cause of liberty and his country', and to have met a similar fate at Dover. His sons, Philip and Michael, are said to have died with their father, and Reginald (Philip's son) to have been in possession of Ashburnham in 1166. It is curious, to say the least, that the Conqueror should have left the Ashburnham lands in the hands of the family of so versatile an opponent. Dover Castle was not in fact very gallantly defended and it is said to have surrendered without a blow. Edward Le Davis (fl.1671- after 1691) Davis was originally apprenticed to David Loggan, but he ran away to France, where he produced various prints between 1671 and 1674 and added ‘Le’ to his name. By 1675 he had returned to England, where he was active as a dealer in paintings as well as an engraver, conducting joint sales with the auctioneer, Edward Millington.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25504] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

James Bindley, Esq.r M.A. FSA. one of His Majestys Commissioners of Stamps.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Etching and engraving. 210 x 140mm. 8¼ x 5½".
James Bindley (1737-1818) was one of His Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and a book collector.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25317] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

James Bindley Esq.A.M.F.S.A. Aetat Suae.48.
Engraved by W.Say, from an Original Drawing.
London, Published June 1.1819, for the Revd.T.F.Dibdin's Typographical Antiquities, by Messrs.Longman,Hurst,Rees & Co.
Mezzotint. 314 x 233mm.
James Bindley (1737-1818), Commissioner of stamps; book collector.
[Ref: 5372] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Honourable Miss Bingham.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Pietro Bonato.
[n.d., c.1786.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 200mm (11¾ x 8").
A portrait of Lady Anne Bingham (1767 - 1840) after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Half-length sitting to the left, head turned to face front, wearing a large straw hat and her hair over her shoulders. Anne Bingham, was the daughter of Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan. When he became the Earl her title became Lady Anne Bingham. Her sister, Lady Lavinia Bingham, married the 2nd Earl of Spencer. The original painting by Joshua Reynolds is still owned by the Spencer family.
[Ref: 35071] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Cadwallader Lord Blayney. Baron Blayney of Monaghan, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the said County, Major General of His Majesty's Forces, and Colonel of the 38.th Regiment. Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾") with large margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Cadwallader, 9th Baron of Blayney (1720-1775), wearing heavy robes decorated with plaid, a masonic apron and collar. Cadwallader was one of the most famous and influential Freemasons, elected Grand Master of England in 1764-66.
CS 25 i; pg. 1719
[Ref: 60332] £360.00

J.no P. Blencowe [facsimile signature].
J. Linnell 1841.
Etching. 275 x 225mm (10¾ x 9") very large margins. Paper toned.
John Prescott Blencowe [1778-c.1841], a merchant of St Margaret's Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, several times mayor.
[Ref: 42172] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

John Peter Boileau Esq.r. Private Plate.
Painted by Keeling. Engraved by Thomas Lupton.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins.
Half-length portrait of John Peter Boileau (1747-1837), quill and letter addressed to him at Tacolnestone Hall behind. He served with the East India Company in India until 1786, becoming a 'nabob', wealthy enough to buy the Hall in Norfolk. In 1804 he also bought a house in Mortlake which he named Castlenau House (his full name was Boileau de Castlenau, being descended from Hugenots who had fled France during the religious wars); he is commemorated with roads in Barnes called Castlenau and Boileau Road.
[Ref: 55227] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Gioseffina Borghi.
Drawn by Bartolozzi. Engraved by T. Suntach.
Published by Ant. Suntach 1799.
Stipple with etching, with large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 340 x 273mm (13½ x 10¾). Very rare.
Possibly a relation to Luigi Borghi (1745-c.1806) the Italian composer and violinist; Bartolozzi made prints for his music books.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28406] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Jacob. Son of the Hon.ble William Bouverie by Harriot Daughter of Sir Mark Pleydell Bart. Born the 4th of March 1750.
J. Reynolds Pinxt. 1757. Js. McArdell fecit.
[British, n.d., originally c.1757; this a later impression.]
Mezzotint with large margins, lettered state from the first plate; some retouching to the sitter's face. 350 x 255mm. 13¾ x 10".
Portrait of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1750 - 1828); whole-length standing, eyes to front; in 17th century costume with forefinger of his left hand in vest. Landscape behind to right. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792). Two plates were made of the same subject, this impression being from the second, traced directly from the published state of the first, and so reversed.
Chaloner Smith 25, only state. See Hamilton p.11, First Plate, state ii of ii. See item Ref: 22358 for an impression in reverse.
[Ref: 24074] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert Bragge.]
Cav.r Ghezzi del.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Rare etching. Sheet 320 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Portrait of Robert Bragge, a famed London art dealer and connoisseur who held numerous auctions during the 1740s and 1750s. Etched by Arthur Pond after Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, Ghezzi moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists. Arthur Pond (1701-58), painter, engraver, print-seller, dealer and collector. For an example of M. Darly's cariacture of Robert Bragge see our ref: 14138.
NPG D32082. Hake: 79.
[Ref: 15966] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert Bragge] Monsr. Le Virtu'.
Pubd. according to Act of Parl.t Nov.r 3d. 1771 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼").
Dr Robert Bragge, art dealer, connoisseur and auctioneer. who held numerous auctions through the 1740s and 1750s in London, in a long cloak, leaning on a stick; he wears spectacles. From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '21' upper right.
BM Satires: 4684.
[Ref: 14138] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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