[India] [J.P. Addenbrook] To General Sir W.m Augustus Pitt, K.B. This Portrait of J.P. Addenbrook, Esq.r is, with Permission, dedicated by his most obedient Servant W.W. Barney.
Katherine Bell pinxit. W. Barney sculp.t.
Published, Jan.y 1 1805, by W. Barney, No. 3, Little George St. Westm.r.
Mezzotint. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate, creased.
A half length portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat. The BM describes him as 'Major of the 54th Foot; MP for Berwick; Director of the East India Company', with dates 1764/5-1820. However his name does not appear in any list of Berwick-on-Tweed MPs or E.I.C. directors. A 'John Paul Addenbrooke' was a major in the 54th: his dates are 1753-1821) and his career included being Gentleman Usher to Queen Charlotte & Equerry to Princess Charlotte. Not in CS. BM 2010,7081.2241. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67153] £240.00
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Dupre Earl of Caledon, K.P.
Painted by R.Rothwell, Esq.r. Engraved by C.Turner, A.R.A.
London Published March 24th 1840, for the Proprietor by Mr.Turner, Nº50, Warren St, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed and backed onto thick paper. Some foxing.
Portrait of Colonel Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon (1777 - 1839), Irish politician, militia officer and colonial administrator who was the second child and only son of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon. In July 1806 he was appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in what is now South Africa. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 89
[Ref: 67240] £160.00
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[Francis Atterbury] The Right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp & Mag. Brit. Bart.ts pinx. 1718.
J. Simon fec et ex. [n.d. c.1720].
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins.
Francis Atterbury (1662 - 1732), Bishop of Rochester, was deprived of his offices in 1723 for corresponding with James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender). The letterpress relates to the Lords' passing of the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury. CS: 19. Sharpe 279. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67212] £220.00
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[Francis Atterbury] The Right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp & Mag. Brit. Bart.ts pinx. 1718.
J. Simon fec et ex. [n.d. c.1720].
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Surface rubbing. Bit messy. Small margins. Repaired tear left margin.
Francis Atterbury (1662 - 1732), Bishop of Rochester, was deprived of his offices in 1723 for corresponding with James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender). The letterpress relates to the Lords' passing of the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury. CS: 19. Sharpe 279. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67213] £220.00
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The Reverend M.r Thomas Baker, S.T.B. Late Fellow of S.t John's College, in Cambridge.
Car.s Bridges pinxit memoriter. J. Simon fec.
Printed & Sold by Tho.s Bakewell in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Worm trail just touching plate bottom right.
A half-length portrait in oval of Thomas Baker (1656-1740), a nonjuring clergyman and antiquary. He lost his post in 1690 after refusing to take an oath of loyalty to William III on the grounds that his previous oath to James II was sacred and demanded unconditional loyalty. He returned to St John's, where he stayed for the rest of his life, despite being deprived of his fellowship in 1717, again for refusing to take the oath of abjuration. His extensive library is preserved at St John's and at Cambridge University Library. CS 21, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67214] £260.00
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Lieut. General Lord Beresford, K.B. Marshall & Commander of the Portuguese Army.
Painted by Sir W.m Beechey, Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by C.Turner Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
London, Published Sept.r 21st 1814, for the proprietor, Nº50 Warren Street Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with very large margins.
Portrait of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, (1768 - 1854), British army officer and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First Wellington ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67225] £360.00
[India] [John Forbes] With our love to you all I am my dearest Papa, Your ever afffectionate Vow [?] To John Forbes. Sir Charles Forbes, Bart.
From a Bust by H.Weekes. Engraved by Ja.s Thomson.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving. 310 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼"), large margins.
Portrait from a bust of John Forbes. The text mentions Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet (1774–1849), Scottish politician, head of the first mercantile house in India, Forbes & Co. of Bombay, and a philanthropist.
[Ref: 67008] £260.00
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[James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond.] The Most Noble Prince James Duke of Ormond &c.
[Engraved by John Simon after Michael Dahl.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate.
Portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665 - 1745), Irish statesman and soldier. He served in the campaign to put down the Monmouth Rebellion, in the Williamite War in Ireland, in the Nine Years' War and in the War of the Spanish Succession but was accused of treason and went into exile after the Jacobite rising of 1715. CS 115 ii of ii. Sharp 55. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67462] £220.00
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Richard Carlile. Died February 10.th 1843.-Aged 52 Years.
T.C. Wilson del.
[c.1843.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 190 x 155mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album paper at corners.
Half-length portrait of radical publisher and writer Richard Carlile (1790-1843). An important agitator for the establishment of universal suffrage and freedom of the press, he was due to speak at the reform meeting St. Peter's Fields in Manchester in 1819 that turned into the Peterloo Massacre.
[Ref: 67439] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d John Carr, M.A.
Painted by J.Hastings Esq. Engraved by C.Turner A.R.A.
London, Published Sep.tr 1st 1836 for the Proprietor by Mr. C.Turner, Nº50, Warren St. Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint proof. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"), with very large margins.
Portrait of Reverend John Carr (1722–1807), late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Master of the Grammar School Durham, and Professor of Mathematics in the University of Durham. W98. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67223] £260.00
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Heere comes ye wellcomst man in all the yeare, / For New-yeeres guifts and for all his Christman Cheere. De Hoogh-tyt van Kers-dach, en Nieuwe-jaarse gifte
T. Matham invent. J. Brouwer Sculp.
Lodewyc Lodewycx exc. [n.d., c.1650.]
Scarce engraving. 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Small margins.
A man brings gifts for Christmas. A Dutch print with the English translation of the title engraved in the image. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66795] £350.00
[Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton.]
Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. James Faed.
London Published February 1st 1881 by G.P.M.Queen, 70, Berners Street, Oxford Street.
Fine mezzotint, printed on chine collé. 470 x 380mm (18½ x 15") very large margins. Mounted.
Full-length portrait of Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton (1727-1760) as a child, feeding chickens. She married her cousin Henry Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln in 1744; he later became the 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the subject of George Stubbs' painting, 'The Return from Shooting'.
[Ref: 67098] £240.00
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Priscilla Cooper.
Tho.Gibson pinx. J.Smith fecit et ex.
[n.d., c.1750.] Sold by E.Cooper at ye 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed close to plate.
Portrait of Priscilla Cooper, a young girl, to her left she holds a small jar in her right hand, opening the lid with her left hand. Possibly the printseller's daughter. CS 43 i of ii. One known to CS. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67468] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Priscilla Cooper.
Tho.Gibson pinx. J.Smith fecit et ex.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark, ink Collector's Mark verso. 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"), very large margins. Crease on right side.
Portrait of Priscilla Cooper, a young girl, to her left she holds a small jar in her right hand, opening the lid with her left hand. CS 43 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67467] £320.00
The Right Hon.ble Maria Countess of Coventry.
[After Jean Étienne Liotard.]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), very large margins. Some faint creasing.
Portrait of Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry (1732 -1760), Irish beauty and London society hostess during the reign of King George II. She died at a young age due to lead poisoning from toxins in her beauty regimen. CS31 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67236] £280.00
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Cupid in the Character of Bacchus.
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Fine mezzotint, sheet 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
Cupid pouring wine from flask to a glass. CS: 406b. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd & Belton House.
[Ref: 67373] £260.00
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General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple, Bar.t.
J. Jackson, Esq. R.A. pinx.t. 1829. C. Turner A.R.A. sculp.t.
London, Published for the Proprietor, Jan.y 24, 1831, by Mr. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, rare open letter proof. 345 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
Portrait of General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple (1750-1830), Governor of Gibraltar. In 1808 he was made Commander of the Portuguese Expedition and immediately halted Wellesley's pursuit of the beaten French to Lisbon. He then chose to sign a truce with the French General, Junot, allowing him to return to France in British ships. The 'Convention of Cintra' was denounced both in London and in Portugal, and Dalrymple was forced to face an enquiry, after which he never held a field command again. Whitman 148. See NPG D14781.
[Ref: 67185] £260.00
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The Right Honourable John Earl of Stair, Viscount Dalrymple, Lord Glenluce & Stranraer, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons, Governour of Minorca, Knight of the most Ancient Order of the Thistle, one of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in South Britain.
A. Ramsay Pinx.t. I. Faber Fecit
Price 2s. Sold by Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1735]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Scottish diplomat and army officer, John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1673-1747), leaning on truncheon beside hat on stone tablet, his right hand on hip. He wears a breastplate and long wig. Against a landscape with foliage. CS 335, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67326] £260.00
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The Right Honourable John Earl of Stair, Viscount Dalrymple, Lord Glenluce & Stranraer, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons, Governour of Minorca, Knight of the most Ancient Order of the Thistle, one of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in South Britain.
A. Ramsay Pinx.t. I. Faber Fecit
Price 2s. Sold by Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1735]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper at edges.
Three-quarter portrait of Scottish diplomat and army officer, John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1673-1747), leaning on truncheon beside hat on stone tablet, his right hand on hip. He wears a breastplate and long wig. Against a landscape with foliage. CS 335, i of ii.
[Ref: 67323] £190.00
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The Right Honourable John Earl of Stair, Viscount Dalrymple, Lord Glenluce & Stranraer, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons, Governour of Minorca, Knight of the most Ancient Order of the Thistle, one of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in South Britain.
A. Ramsay Pinx.t. I. Faber Fecit
Price 2s. Sold by Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1735]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins.
Three-quarter portrait of Scottish diplomat and army officer, John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1673-1747), leaning on truncheon beside hat on stone tablet, his right hand on hip. He wears a breastplate and long wig. Against a landscape with foliage. CS 335, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67321] £260.00
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Drake perorati novit quem terminus orbis, Et quem bis mundi vidit utera Polus; Si taceant homines, facient te Sidera notum, Sol nescit comitis non memor esse sui.
[London: for Nicholas Bourne, 1652-3.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 155 x 125mm (6 x 5"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A half-lenth portrait of Sir Francis Drake (c.1540-96), leaning on a globe, baton in his left hand, an armillary sphere and an astrolable on the table behind. The frontispiece portrait of ''Sir Francis Drake Revived. Who is or may be a Pattern to stirre up all Heroicke and active Spirits of these Times… being a Summary and true Relation of foure severall Voyages made by the said Sir Francis Drake to the West-Indies''. The title begins 'Drake knows the end of the Earth. Wellcome: 848-1
[Ref: 67391] £480.00
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Franciscus Drake Miles Auratus.
[Willem or Magdalena de Passe.]
[Arnham: Crispijn de Passe, 1620.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½". Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A nearly half-length portrait in oval of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) left hand on a globe. From the 'Heroologia Anglica'. Wellcome: 848-5
[Ref: 67392] £180.00
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Franciscus, Drake.
De L'armessin Sculp.
[Brussels: François Foppens, 1682].
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing de Larmessin's name, laid on album paper.
A half length portrait of Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596), his right hand resting on a globe on which America is marked. He was the first English circumnavigator and the first leader to remain in command from beginning to end. Wellcome: 848-6
[Ref: 67393] £180.00
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Sr. Francis Drake, one of the first of those w.ch in his sea voyages put a Girdle about the World. He Died upon the Seas. Anno Dm 1595.
W.M. [William Marshall] sculp.
[London, 1648.]
Engraving, book illustration with letterpress to verso; sheet 140 x 125mm. 5½ x 5". Trimmed close to engraved border (fragment).
A half-length portrait of admiral and circumnavigator Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), holding a pair of compasses over a globe. From Thomas Fuller's 'Holy State and the Profane State'. Wellcome: 258
[Ref: 67394] £160.00
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William Draper Esq:r of Beswick-Yorkshire a Great Lover of Fox Hunting, Aged 66.
Cha.s Philips Pinx.t 1736. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Squire William Draper (1670-1746), standing in a long, plain coat, with right hand in his belt, left hand holding riding whip. He wears a cap with a short brim at the front, looking towards the viewer, a dog looking up at him on sitter's left. He founded the Holderness Hunt c.1726. After Charles Philips (1708-1747). CS 118. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67247] £320.00
[Reversed text] William Draper Esq:r of Beswick-Yorkshire a Great Lover of Fox Hunting.
[after Charles Philips.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 135 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾").
A three-quarter portrait of Squire William Draper (1670-1746), standing in a long, plain coat, with right hand in his belt, left hand holding riding whip. He wears a cap with a short brim at the front, looking towards the viewer, a dog looking up at him on sitter's left. He founded the Holderness Hunt c.1726. A reversed copy (both image and text) of the mezzotint engraved by John Faber Jnr after Charles Philips (1708-1747). Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67420] £120.00
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[Reversed text] William Draper Esq:r of Beswick-Yorkshire a Great Lover of Fox Hunting.
[after Charles Philips.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Two mezzotints. Each 135 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾"). Laid on album sheet together
Two states of the three-quarter portrait of Squire William Draper (1670-1746), standing in a long, plain coat, with right hand in his belt, left hand holding riding whip. He wears a cap with a short brim at the front, looking towards the viewer, a dog looking up at him on sitter's left. He founded the Holderness Hunt c.1726. A reversed copy (both image and text) of the mezzotint engraved by John Faber Jnr after Charles Philips (1708-1747). Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67421] £180.00
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[Thomas Dundas.]
[Engraved by C.Turner afyer Sir Thomas Lawrence.]
[n.d., c.1822. Published by C.Turner.]
Mezzotint. Proof before letters. 385 x 305mm (15¼ x 12"). Trimmed close to plate on left and right sides.
Portrait of Thomas Laurence Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (1741 - 1820), British politician who represented Richmond and Stirlingshire in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1763 to 1794, when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Dundas. He was responsible for commissioning the Charlotte Dundas, the world's "first practical steamboat". W167. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67226] £240.00
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[Thomas Lord Erskine.]
[Painted by T.Lawrence Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by Char.s Turner.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint proof before letters. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed close to plate.
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750 - 1823) the British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor between 1806 and 1807, under William Grenville. Engraved from a painting by Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy and the pre-eminent portrait painter of his generation. W185 i of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67228] £360.00
Thomas Lord Erskine.
Painted by T.Lawrence Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by Char.s Turner.
London Pub.d July 17th, 1825 by Z.Sweet, 38, Chancery Lane.
Fine mezzotint, open letter proof. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins.
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750 - 1823) the British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor between 1806 and 1807, under William Grenville. Engraved from a painting by Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy and the pre-eminent portrait painter of his generation. W185 iv of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67229] £280.00
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[Thomas Lord Erskine.]
Painted by T.Lawrence Esq.r. R.A. Engraved by Char.s Turner.
London Published Nov.r 26, 1806 by the Proprietor.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Bit messy, time stained.
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750 - 1823) the British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor between 1806 and 1807, under William Grenville. Engraved from a painting by Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy and the pre-eminent portrait painter of his generation. W185 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67227] £360.00
[Mrs Faber]
Tho.s Hudson pinx:t. John Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square [n.d., c.1740].
Mezzotint, 335 x 225mm (13¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
An untitled portrait in oval of a woman wearing a close lace cap, shawl, fur tippet, which she holds in her right hand. According to Alexander, Faber married Jane Oliver in 1738, at St Martin's in the Fields, about four years after he moved to his Bloomsbury Square address. As he was nearly 40 years old, it was unlikely to be his first marriage. CS 126. Alexander: British & Irish Engravers. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67273] £280.00
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Felicity. From an Original Picture, in the Posession of the Rev.d Dr.Chelsum.
W.m.Pether. Pinx et sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs March 31, 1791, by Darling & Thompson, N.3 Great Newport Street, London.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate. Fold across lower publication area.
Portrait of a smiling young boy, he holds a pitcher and wears a tattered coat and broad-brimmed hat.
[Ref: 67460] £260.00
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[Lady Sophia Fermor] The Inn-keepers handsom Daughter known through the Tyrolese by the name of the Fair Maid of the Inn.
Rosalba Pinxit. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate, creasing, some surface wear.
A half-portrait of Sophia Fermor (1721-1745) who married John Carteret, Earl of Granville (1690-1763). Anne Wentworth copied a painting by Rosalba Carriera. CS 169, ii of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67254] £180.00
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The R.t Hon.ble Cha.s James Fox. Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department.
London Published May 1st 1806, by R.Cribb, Nº288 Holborn.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Portrait of Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806), English Whig politician and statesman. Fox became a prominent and staunch opponent of King George III, whom he regarded as an aspiring tyrant. He supported the American Patriots and even dressed in the colours of George Washington's army. W204 i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67239] £280.00
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Dr. Goldsmith.
Mr. Bunbury delin.t. J. Bretherton fecit.
[n.d., c.1775.]
Soft ground etching, 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), with large margins. Slight staining in corners of print from where previously glued to a backing sheet.
Rare and intimate portrait of Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774), author and poet born in Ireland. He was a close friend of Joshua Reynolds and Samuel Johnson. NPG: D13797.
[Ref: 67435] £180.00
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[Phoebe Hoppner as 'The Primrose Girl'.]
Painted by J. Hoppner. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published May 2d 1785 by J. Walker Strand.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title and rework. 380 x 275mm (15 x 20¾"), with large margins.
A half length portrait of Phoebe Hoppner, wife of the artist, as a flower seller, holding a bunch of primroses, with a basket on her arm, wearing a plain gown with a spotted fichu, cloak and hat. CS 14, before listed state..
[Ref: 67159] £360.00
Joseph Hume. [facsimile signature]
Published by Dean & Son, 31 Ludgate Hill, 1855.
Scarce etching on chine collé, printed backing sheet. Printed area 350 x 215mm (13¾ x 8½"). Corners damaged.
A half-length portrait of Joseph Hume (1777-1855). After serving as a surgeon to the East India Company's 7th Sepoy Regiment, he became Tory MP for Weymouth in 1812. He became more radical: in 1830 he set up the 'Metropolitan Political Union' in London, with Henry Hunt and Daniel O'Connell. Wellcome 1469-19.
[Ref: 67440] £160.00
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[Maria Margaretha de Jonge van Ellemeet] The Right Hon:ble Margeretta Maria Lady North & Grey.
G Kneller. S.R. Imp: et Mag: Brit: Bart. pinx. J.Simon fec: et Exc:
[n.d., c.1720.]
Fine mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Small margins. Mounted on album paper at borders.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Margaretha de Jonge van Ellemeet (1690-1762), daughter of Cornelis de Jonge van Ellemeet, Receiver General of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. She married William North, 6th Baron North and 2nd Baron Grey, in 1705, who had lost a hand at the Battle of Bleinheim, but had to leave England because of his Jacobite leanings. In 1735 she married again, to Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank, another Jacobite. CS 111. Sharpe 396. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67216] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Maria Margaretha de Jonge van Ellemeet] The Right Hon:ble Margeretta Maria Lady North & Grey.
G Kneller. S.R. Imp: et Mag: Brit: Bart. pinx. J.Simon fec: et Exc:
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, affecting inscription on right.
A three-quarter portrait of Maria Margaretha de Jonge van Ellemeet (1690-1762), daughter of Cornelis de Jonge van Ellemeet,, Receiver General of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. She married William North, 6th Baron North and 2nd Baron Grey, in 1705, who had lost a hand at the Battle of Bleinheim, but had to leave England because of his Jacobite leanings. In 1735 she married again, to Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank, another Jacobite. CS 111. Sharpe 396. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67215] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Lady with rose.] When Beauty pleads her own resistless cause ...
[Engraved by John Faber jnr.]
Printed for John Bowles at N.º [blank] in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles, at N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1765].
Scarce coloured mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Narrow margins, repaired tear on right, small crease in inscription area.
A young woman adds a rose to a posy she holds in her left hand. Another rose and fruit sit on the table. CS 419. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67365] £260.00
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[William Lamb.] The Right Hon.ble the Viscount Melbourne.
Painted by Geo.Hayter, E.S.Q. M.A.S.L. Engraved by C.Turner, A.R.A.
London Published March 25, 1839, at No.14, Pall Mall East, by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, Print Sellers to Her Majesty.
Fine mezzotint. 555 x 410mm (21¾ x 16¼"), with large margins
Portrait of Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779 - 1848), British Whig politician who served as Home Secretary during the Whig government of 1830 to 1834 and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1834 and again from 1835 to 1841.
[Ref: 67144] £360.00
John George Lambton, Esq. M.P. for the County Durham. From the original Picture in the possession of Earl Grey.
Painted by T. Phillips, Esq. R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"), very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom.
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792 - 1840), standing in front of a curtain, directed to front, facing towards the left. He holds a book upright on a table with his right hand, next to document. Having inherited an immense fortune, he gained the nickname 'Jog Along Jack' when. after being asked what was an adequate income for an English gentleman, he replied 'that a man might jog along comfortably enough on £40,000 a year', an equivalent of nearly two millions pounds at modern values. He was MP for County Durham for 16 years from 1813, and was appointed Lord Privy Seal in 1830 when his father-in-law, Lord Grey, became prime minister. Between 1835 and 1837 he served as Ambassador to Russia. The following year, Lambton became Governor-General of Canada, where he was known as 'Radical Jack', and subsequently lauded in English -Canadian history for his recommendation to introduce responsible government and recommending the union of Upper and Lower Canada. Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. W: 173 ii of ii.
[Ref: 67156] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Clement Lempriere] C. Lempriere. In Reg: Exerc. Centur. Et in Re Torment Delin. Primar. 1745.
T. Frye Pinxit 1735. I. Faber Fecit.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 230 x 330mm, with large margins Crease top right corner. Cockling in corners where previously glued to backing sheet.
A half-length portrait in oval of Clement Lempriere (1683–1746) who, having mapped the routes of the Highlands of Scotland in 1725, was made Draughtsman to the Office of Ordnance in 1727, with an office in the Tower of London. His publications included views of his home island of Jersey, Scotland, Portugal, Bermuda and the Balearics, as well as a maps of Jersey and Bermuda. Map interest. CS: 219, only state. Russell 219, ii.
[Ref: 67261] £340.00
The Most Noble Prince Charles Duke of Richmond, Lennox & Aubigny &c. who Died Aug.t 8.t. 1750 Ætat: 49. Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus...
Done by J. Faber from an Original Painting of M. Vanlo in the Possession of Owen M.cSwiny Esq.r Price 2.s. 6.d.
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to plate at bottom. Collector's stamp on reverse.
A portrait of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1701-1750), grandson of Charles II and Louise de Kéoualle. An early proponent of cricket, he helped it evolve from a village sport to a national pastime. After Jean Baptiste Van Loo (1684-1745), by John Faber the Younger (c.1695-1756). CS 306, ii of ii. Ex: collections of Mrs. E.M. Hamilton & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67316] £260.00
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The Most Noble Prince Charles Duke of Richmond, Lennox & Aubigny &c. who Died Aug.t 8.t. 1750 Ætat: 49. Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus...
Done by J. Faber from an Original Painting of M. Vanlo in the Possession of Owen M.cSwiny Esq.r Price 2.s. 6.d.
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint, very fine impression, 18th century watermark; 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Slight crease top left.
A portrait of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1701-1750), grandson of Charles II and Louise de Kéoualle. An early proponent of cricket, he helped it evolve from a village sport to a national pastime. After Jean Baptiste Van Loo (1684-1745), by John Faber the Younger (c.1695-1756). CS 306, ii of ii. Ex: collections of Mrs. E.M. Hamilton & The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67319] £320.00
[Amelia Long] M.rs Charles Long.
H. Edridge Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Scu.l.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10"), large margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of amateur artist Amelia Long (née Hume, 1772-1837). She was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. Her husband was created Baron Farnborough in 1826. Whitman 182, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67151] £260.00
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[Amelia Long] M.rs Charles Long.
H. Edridge Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Scu.l.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10"), large margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of amateur artist Amelia Long (née Hume, 1772-1837). She was Girtin's favourite pupil, and her work was widely admired by professional artists and drawing masters. Her husband was created Baron Farnborough in 1826. Whitman 182, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67150] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mich: Maittaire A.M. Amicorum jussu.
B. Danderidge pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Green Door in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane [n.d., c.1734].
Scarce mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed just within plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
A half-length portrait in oval of Huguenot classical scholar Michel Maittaire (1668-1747), standing before a bookcase holding a volume of Horace. He also wrote 'The English Grammar' (London, 1712) for the use of Westminster School. John Faber junior operated from Craven Buildings between c.1731-4. CS 232, state ii of ii, with lettering added to the oval. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67174] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Mich: Maittaire A.M. Amicorum jussu.
B. Danderidge pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Green Door in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane [n.d., c.1734].
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, creases.
A half-length portrait in oval of Huguenot classical scholar Michel Maittaire (1668-1747), standing before a bookcase holding a volume of Horace. He also wrote 'The English Grammar' (London, 1712) for the use of Westminster School. John Faber junior operated from Craven Buildings between c.1731-4. CS 232, state ii of ii, with lettering added to the oval. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67382] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)