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M.rs Susanna Cent-Livre.
D. Firmin Pinx. P. Pelham fecit 1720.
Printed & Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, mounted on album paper, creasing in corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of Susanna Centlivre (c.1669-1723), poet, actress and playwright, born Susanna Freeman, and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll. She had a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Literary Encyclopedia (2001) describes her as 'the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century'. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS 6, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64844] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
D. Firmin Pinx. P. Pelham fecit 1720.
Printed & Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1740.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, mounted on album paper, creasing in corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of Susanna Centlivre (c.1669-1723), poet, actress and playwright, born Susanna Freeman, and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll. She had a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Literary Encyclopedia (2001) describes her as 'the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century'. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS 6, state iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64844] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Royaume des Poissons. Galerie Dramatique. Théâtre de la Porte S.t Martin.
Par Lacauchie. Imp: Jules Rigo et C.ie r. Richter, 7.
Paris. Maison Martinet. Hautecoeur Frères, rue du Coq, 15 [n.d., 1845].
Lithograph with hand colour with gum arabic coating. Sheet 275 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"). Centre fold as normal.
A king and queen in medieval dress but with the heads of fish, with a retinue of men-at-arms in chain mail. To the king's left is a prawn-attendant. A scene from 'La Biche au Bois ou Le Royaume des Fées' (The Deer in the Woods or the Kingdom of the Fairies), a 'vaudeville-féerie' play in four acts by the Cogniard brothers, who headed the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin from 1840 to 1845.
[Ref: 64734] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Par Lacauchie. Imp: Jules Rigo et C.ie r. Richter, 7.
Paris. Maison Martinet. Hautecoeur Frères, rue du Coq, 15 [n.d., 1845].
Lithograph with hand colour with gum arabic coating. Sheet 275 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"). Centre fold as normal.
A king and queen in medieval dress but with the heads of fish, with a retinue of men-at-arms in chain mail. To the king's left is a prawn-attendant. A scene from 'La Biche au Bois ou Le Royaume des Fées' (The Deer in the Woods or the Kingdom of the Fairies), a 'vaudeville-féerie' play in four acts by the Cogniard brothers, who headed the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin from 1840 to 1845.
[Ref: 64734] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Mathews] [M.r Matthews.]](jpegs/64917.jpg)
[Charles Mathews] [M.r Matthews.]
[Painted by James Losdale Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.]
[London Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1825 by Colnaghi & Son, Pall Mall, East.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Some spotting.
Half-length portrait of actor Charles Mathews (1776-1835), seated, right hand inside his jacket. Mathews specialised in playing all the characters in his 'monodrama' entertainments.
Whitman 361, pre-dating his state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64917] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by James Losdale Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.]
[London Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1825 by Colnaghi & Son, Pall Mall, East.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before letters. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Some spotting.
Half-length portrait of actor Charles Mathews (1776-1835), seated, right hand inside his jacket. Mathews specialised in playing all the characters in his 'monodrama' entertainments.
Whitman 361, pre-dating his state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64917] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Mathews] M.r Matthews.](jpegs/64918.jpg)
[Charles Mathews] M.r Matthews. Proof.
Painted by James Losdale Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1825 by Colnaghi & Son, Pall Mall, East.
Proof mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") large margins.
Half-length portrait of actor Charles Mathews (1776-1835), seated, right hand inside his jacket. Mathews specialised in playing all the characters in his 'monodrama' entertainments.
Whitman 361, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by James Losdale Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1825 by Colnaghi & Son, Pall Mall, East.
Proof mezzotint, 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") large margins.
Half-length portrait of actor Charles Mathews (1776-1835), seated, right hand inside his jacket. Mathews specialised in playing all the characters in his 'monodrama' entertainments.
Whitman 361, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Phillips as Umberto in the opera ''The Freebooters''.]](jpegs/64893.jpg)
[Henry Phillips as Umberto in the opera ''The Freebooters''.]
Painted by J.W. Wright. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published March 1, 1829 by M.r Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Narrow margins.
An untitled portrait of opera singer Henry Phillips (1801-76) as Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a Florentine bandit, in an English version of Italian composer Ferdinando Paer's 'I fuorusciti di Firenze'. He wears a plumed hat, boots, and a pistol and dagger in his belt.
Whitman 426, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 64893] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J.W. Wright. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published March 1, 1829 by M.r Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Narrow margins.
An untitled portrait of opera singer Henry Phillips (1801-76) as Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a Florentine bandit, in an English version of Italian composer Ferdinando Paer's 'I fuorusciti di Firenze'. He wears a plumed hat, boots, and a pistol and dagger in his belt.
Whitman 426, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 64893] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Shakespeare. Engraved by C. Turner, from the newly discovered Picture painted from the Life, now in the possession of the Publisher.
London Published May 22, 1815, by Ja.s Dunford G.t Newport Str.t.
Mezzotint. 460 x 355mm (18 x 14") large margins. Creasing in inscription area.
A discredited portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), exhibited in 1815 to divided opinions. Sir Thomas Lawrence was one of the believers.
Whitman: 516. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii.
[Ref: 65227] £420.00
London Published May 22, 1815, by Ja.s Dunford G.t Newport Str.t.
Mezzotint. 460 x 355mm (18 x 14") large margins. Creasing in inscription area.
A discredited portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), exhibited in 1815 to divided opinions. Sir Thomas Lawrence was one of the believers.
Whitman: 516. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii.
[Ref: 65227] £420.00
M.rs Sidney.
Cosway p.
Publish'd Oct.r 11.th 1771.
Mezzotint, scratched letters, inscription area not quite cleaned. Sheet 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman with a cloak covering her hair and wreath, holding an incense burner. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1770 as ''A portrait in the character of Minerva''.
CS: 152. Frankau 319. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65063] £260.00
Cosway p.
Publish'd Oct.r 11.th 1771.
Mezzotint, scratched letters, inscription area not quite cleaned. Sheet 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman with a cloak covering her hair and wreath, holding an incense burner. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1770 as ''A portrait in the character of Minerva''.
CS: 152. Frankau 319. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65063] £260.00
![[Mrs Stephens] Attached. [Armorial shield]](jpegs/65168.jpg)
[Mrs Stephens] Attached. [Armorial shield]
W. P. J. Lodder Pinx. W.m Bond Sculp.
E Orme Excudit. [n.d. c.1850]
Stipple, sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed. Some light surface dirt and foxing.
A half-length oval portrait of Mrs. Stephens, facing and looking to the right, with one hand resting on her cheek. The British Museum has suggested this could be the wife of Philip Stephens, or FG Stephens, however it is most likely she is Jane Tryphoena 'Grannie' Stephens (1812-96) a British actress who became famous as she became older.
[Ref: 65168] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
W. P. J. Lodder Pinx. W.m Bond Sculp.
E Orme Excudit. [n.d. c.1850]
Stipple, sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed. Some light surface dirt and foxing.
A half-length oval portrait of Mrs. Stephens, facing and looking to the right, with one hand resting on her cheek. The British Museum has suggested this could be the wife of Philip Stephens, or FG Stephens, however it is most likely she is Jane Tryphoena 'Grannie' Stephens (1812-96) a British actress who became famous as she became older.
[Ref: 65168] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Theatre Royal Covent Garden. No.80.
London, Read & Co.10. Johnson's Ct. Fleet St. [n.d., c 1860.]
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 215mm (10¼ x 8½").
View of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history.
[Ref: 65312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London, Read & Co.10. Johnson's Ct. Fleet St. [n.d., c 1860.]
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 215mm (10¼ x 8½").
View of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history.
[Ref: 65312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Total Destruction of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, by Fire. On Wednesday, March 5, 1856; discovered just at the conclusion of a Bal Masque, given by Professor Anderson, when the company, rushing to the doors, made their escape, and fled into the neighbouring streets for means of conveyance to their respective residence, the grotequeness of their dresses contrasting strangely with the scene which the neighbourhood presented from so fearful a calamity occurring at that hour (5 o'clock) of the morning. The loss of property by this sad event is estimated at upwards of £250,000.
London: Published March 8, 1856, by Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Printed area 380 x 420mm (15 x 16½"). Tears in title and margins repaired.
A view of the exterior of Theatre Royal Covent Garden (in Bow Street, now the Royal Opera House) in flames, with firemen pumping their fire engines, and theatre-goers in masquerade dress mixing with the passers-by.
[Ref: 64738] £390.00
London: Published March 8, 1856, by Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Printed area 380 x 420mm (15 x 16½"). Tears in title and margins repaired.
A view of the exterior of Theatre Royal Covent Garden (in Bow Street, now the Royal Opera House) in flames, with firemen pumping their fire engines, and theatre-goers in masquerade dress mixing with the passers-by.
[Ref: 64738] £390.00