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[David Stuart Erskine, 11th Earl] The Earl of Buchan.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Finlayson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov. 22d 1765 [but post-1767]. Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, price 5d.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), 18th century watermark. Small margins on 3 sides.
Half-length portrait of David Stuart Erskine (1742-1829), 11th Earl of Buchan, in van Dyck costume. He founded the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780. The portrait was originally titled 'Lord Cardross', before Erskine replaced his father as Earl in 1767. CS 3 state ii of ii, although the BM has an earlier proof before letters.
[Ref: 65771] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Key to Allans Print of the General Assembly of 1783.
[after David Allan.]
Edin.r Published by Hugh Paton, Carver & Gilder to the Queen [n.d., c.1843.]
Etched key plate. 140 x 185mm (5½ x 7¼"). Trimmed close to plate lower left, small ink stain in right margin.
The key plate to a reissue of David Allan's 1787 aquatint 'The General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland'. Presided over by the Earl of Dalhousie, the 18 named figures includ James Boswell.
[Ref: 65742] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Honourable M.r James Graham of Airth. Jude of the High Court of the Admirality and Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.
Geo Chambers delin et sculp: Edinb: 1739.
Engraving. Sheet 275 x 195mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Repaired, backed with restorer's tissue. Small tear left side.
A half-length oval portrait of James Graham (1676-1746), within an elaborate frame featuring a coat of arms and a naval vignette. He was appointed a judge of the Scottish court of Admiralty (1702) and served as dean of the Faculty of Advocates (1737-46).
[Ref: 65721] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[William Sutherland, 18th Earl] William Earl of Sutherland, Aide de Camp to his Majesty, & Coll:l of a Highland Reg:t ~ To Eliz:th Countess of Sutherland, this Plate is respectfully Inscribed by her Ladyships most Humble Servant. J. M:cIntoch.
Alan Ramsay Pinx.t. J. M,cIntosh fecit.
Published as the Act directs by J. M.cIntosh, 21, June, 1779.
Fine & scarce mezzotint. 455 x 255mm (18 x 10"), with large margins.
A full length portrait of William Sutherland (1735–1766), 18th Earl of Sutherland, in the uniform of a colonel of the Sutherland Fencibles, painted by Ramsay in 1763. He and his wife both died of typhus at Bath. This mezzotint, the only print engraved or published by McIntosh, was copied from the painting at Dunrobin Castle and dedicated to William's only child, and published the year she raised the Sutherland Fencibles herself. In 1785 she married George Leveson-Gower, later the Duke of Sutherland: the two are remembered for the brutal Highland Clearances. CS: 1, only state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65694] £420.00
[William Sutherland, 18th Earl] William Earl of Sutherland, Aide de Camp to his Majesty, & Coll:l of a Highland Reg:t ~ To Eliz:th Countess of Sutherland, this Plate is respectfully Inscribed by her Ladyships most Humble Servant. J. M:cIntoch.
Alan Ramsay Pinx.t. J. M,cIntosh fecit.
Published as the Act directs by J. M.cIntosh, 21, June, 1779.
Scarce mezzotint. 455 x 255mm (18 x 10"). Small tears taped at bottom, some surface scuffing in margins, small stain in title.
A full length portrait of William Sutherland (1735–1766), 18th Earl of Sutherland, in the uniform of a colonel of the Sutherland Fencibles, painted by Ramsay in 1763. He and his wife both died of typhus at Bath. This mezzotint, the only print engraved or published by McIntosh, was copied from the painting at Dunrobin Castle and dedicated to William's only child, and published the year she raised the Sutherland Fencibles herself. In 1785 she married George Leveson-Gower, later the Duke of Sutherland: the two are remembered for the brutal Highland Clearances. CS: 1, only state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65695] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
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