A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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
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
S.r Francis Dashwood Bar.t of West Wycombe, Bucks.
A. Carpentier Pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1753.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper at edges.
Francis Dashwood (1708-81), 11th Baron Le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-3. He is better known as a rake: he formed 'The Society of Dilettanti' in 1732 and the infamous 'Hell-fire Club' in 1755, known as the 'monks of Medmenham Abbey' for the orgies caricaturing the Catholic rites they held there.
CS 108.
[Ref: 52939] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Carpentier Pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1753.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper at edges.
Francis Dashwood (1708-81), 11th Baron Le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-3. He is better known as a rake: he formed 'The Society of Dilettanti' in 1732 and the infamous 'Hell-fire Club' in 1755, known as the 'monks of Medmenham Abbey' for the orgies caricaturing the Catholic rites they held there.
CS 108.
[Ref: 52939] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort.] [Lundin.]](jpegs/52944.jpg)
[John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort.] [Lundin.] Anno D; 1683 Ætatis 34.
G. Kneller Pinxit. P. Vandrebanc Sculp.
[n.d., c.1683.]
Engraving. Sheet 325 x 170mm (12¾ x 6¾"). Slight loss on left, madeup. Trimmed, losing title 'Lundin' under image, laid on album paper.
Portrait of John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, half-length in an oval, clad in a cloak. John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort (1649-1714) was a Scottish nobleman who acted as governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1679, followed by Lieutenant-General and Master of the Ordnance in 1680. He served as Secretary of State in Scotland under James II and VII from 1684 to 1688. He followed James II into exile and died in St Germains.
Provenance: David Hume 1776. Sharpe 533, i of iii, changing the year and his age.
[Ref: 52944] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Pinxit. P. Vandrebanc Sculp.
[n.d., c.1683.]
Engraving. Sheet 325 x 170mm (12¾ x 6¾"). Slight loss on left, madeup. Trimmed, losing title 'Lundin' under image, laid on album paper.
Portrait of John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, half-length in an oval, clad in a cloak. John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort (1649-1714) was a Scottish nobleman who acted as governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1679, followed by Lieutenant-General and Master of the Ordnance in 1680. He served as Secretary of State in Scotland under James II and VII from 1684 to 1688. He followed James II into exile and died in St Germains.
Provenance: David Hume 1776. Sharpe 533, i of iii, changing the year and his age.
[Ref: 52944] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Knitting Girl. Th'industrious Maid since such are found so scarce, / Deserves her Picture, and to live in Verse.
Gerard Douw Pinx.t. R. Purcell fecit.
Pritned for Henry Parker & Eliz.th Bakewell, opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill.
Mezzotint, very fine impression, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with good margins. Some slight foxing, slightly creased.
A young woman knitting, seen three-quarter length through a trompe-l'oeil marble arched frame, seated wearing a gown with large sleeves, lace-trimmed fichu and widow-peak cap. From a set of four domestic scenes after Dou and Metzu.
[Ref: 52967] £420.00
Gerard Douw Pinx.t. R. Purcell fecit.
Pritned for Henry Parker & Eliz.th Bakewell, opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill.
Mezzotint, very fine impression, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with good margins. Some slight foxing, slightly creased.
A young woman knitting, seen three-quarter length through a trompe-l'oeil marble arched frame, seated wearing a gown with large sleeves, lace-trimmed fichu and widow-peak cap. From a set of four domestic scenes after Dou and Metzu.
[Ref: 52967] £420.00
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Secretary of State from the Year 1757 to 1761. This Print is most respectfully addressed to the Patriotic members of both houses of Parliament and to all who preserve a gratefull rememberance of departed worth by James Barry R.A.
Published as the Act directs Sep.r 1778 by J.B.
Etching. 445 x 370mm (17½ x 14½"), with large margins. Repaired tear in image (near Pitt's nose), repaired tears in margin. Bit messy.
A memorial to William Pitt the Elder, with a bust-like portrait in profile of Pitt with Britannia holding a spear, a pyramid with extensive text and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
Pressly 14, state vi of vi.
[Ref: 52974] £650.00
Published as the Act directs Sep.r 1778 by J.B.
Etching. 445 x 370mm (17½ x 14½"), with large margins. Repaired tear in image (near Pitt's nose), repaired tears in margin. Bit messy.
A memorial to William Pitt the Elder, with a bust-like portrait in profile of Pitt with Britannia holding a spear, a pyramid with extensive text and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
Pressly 14, state vi of vi.
[Ref: 52974] £650.00
![[William Shakespeare.]](jpegs/52969.jpg)
[William Shakespeare.]
[engraved by Cosmo Armstrong after the 'Felton' picture']
[London: Edward Walmsley, 1824.]
Very fine etching and engraving on chine collé, proof before letters. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8").
An image of the "Felton" Shakespeare.
[Ref: 52969] £380.00
[engraved by Cosmo Armstrong after the 'Felton' picture']
[London: Edward Walmsley, 1824.]
Very fine etching and engraving on chine collé, proof before letters. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8").
An image of the "Felton" Shakespeare.
[Ref: 52969] £380.00
The Honourable Lady Stanhope.
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 620 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board, small margins.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope.
CS 135, ii of ii; Goodwin 53 iii of iv.
[Ref: 52976] £490.00
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 620 x 380mm (24½ x 15"). Laid on old French mount board, small margins.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope.
CS 135, ii of ii; Goodwin 53 iii of iv.
[Ref: 52976] £490.00