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![[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes,](jpegs/68442.jpg)
[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes, in the Character of Mons:r le Medicine.
J. M.cArdell delin. et fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Behind a corpse rises from a coffin. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, iii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 4 of 4.
[Ref: 68442] £320.00
J. M.cArdell delin. et fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Behind a corpse rises from a coffin. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, iii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 4 of 4.
[Ref: 68442] £320.00
![[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes,](jpegs/68443.jpg)
[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes, in the Character of Mons:r le Medicine.
J. M.cArdell delin. et fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, paper toned, slight damage, lower right corner, laid on album paper at edges
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Behind a corpse rises from a coffin. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, iii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 4 of 4.
[Ref: 68443] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. M.cArdell delin. et fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, paper toned, slight damage, lower right corner, laid on album paper at edges
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Behind a corpse rises from a coffin. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, iii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 4 of 4.
[Ref: 68443] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes,](jpegs/68444.jpg)
[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes, in the Character of Mons:r le Medicine.
[Drawn and engraved by James McArdell.]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1747].
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on a plain stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Only in Robert Sayer's reissue was MacArdell's name added. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, ii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 4.
[Ref: 68444] £360.00
[Drawn and engraved by James McArdell.]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1747].
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on a plain stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Only in Robert Sayer's reissue was MacArdell's name added. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, ii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 4.
[Ref: 68444] £360.00
Mr Garrick in Hamlet. Act 1 Scene 4.
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J. McArdell Fecit.
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate, scrapes and stains.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet, at the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22, iii/iv. CS 78. Goodwin 34. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 43747] for one with margins.
[Ref: 68374] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J. McArdell Fecit.
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate, scrapes and stains.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet, at the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22, iii/iv. CS 78. Goodwin 34. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 43747] for one with margins.
[Ref: 68374] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esq.r. Done from the Original Picture Painted at Paris 1751.
Loitard Pinx.t. J.M.Ardell Fecit.
Sold ny J.M. Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden - Price 2 -
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
Portrait of the actor David Garrick (1717–1779), shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised. State before retouching and alteration of the address.
CS 76 I of II. Goodwin 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68405] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Loitard Pinx.t. J.M.Ardell Fecit.
Sold ny J.M. Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden - Price 2 -
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed to plate at bottom. Creasing.
Portrait of the actor David Garrick (1717–1779), shown standing half-length in three-quarter profile facing right, within a rectangular frame. His gaze is directed forward, with his right hand raised. State before retouching and alteration of the address.
CS 76 I of II. Goodwin 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68405] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Costume de Laporte role D'Hector, dans Hector ou le Valet de Carreau. Th. du Vaudeville. Parodie d'Hector Trage.e.
Carle del.
[n.d. c.1809]
Hand-coloured engraving, 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
French actor Jacques Francois Laporte (1775-1841) as the titular role in, 'Hector, or the Jack of Diamonds', a five-act parody-vaudeville of Luce de Lancival's tragedy, 'Hector', by Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, Rougemont and Gentil, February 25, 1809. Allegedly all the other principal characters were dressed like the figures on playing cards and the extras wore the low cards painted on their tunics. Card games interest.
[Ref: 68391] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Carle del.
[n.d. c.1809]
Hand-coloured engraving, 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
French actor Jacques Francois Laporte (1775-1841) as the titular role in, 'Hector, or the Jack of Diamonds', a five-act parody-vaudeville of Luce de Lancival's tragedy, 'Hector', by Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, Rougemont and Gentil, February 25, 1809. Allegedly all the other principal characters were dressed like the figures on playing cards and the extras wore the low cards painted on their tunics. Card games interest.
[Ref: 68391] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Kean, in the character of Lucius Junius Brutus. Proof.
Painted & Engraved by S.J. Stump:
& Pub.d by him Dec.r 2, 1819. N.o7 Cork Street Bond Street London.
Stipple on india paper, 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Thread margins.
Bust-length portrait, within an oval frame, of Edmund Kean (1787-1833), actor, in Howard Payne's 'Brutus'. The English theatre's supreme example of the charismatic actor, he was enshrined as the rebellious spirit of Romanticism when Alexandre Dumas wrote a play about him, 'Kean' (later reworked by Jean-Paul Sartre) three years after his death.
[Ref: 68394] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Painted & Engraved by S.J. Stump:
& Pub.d by him Dec.r 2, 1819. N.o7 Cork Street Bond Street London.
Stipple on india paper, 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Thread margins.
Bust-length portrait, within an oval frame, of Edmund Kean (1787-1833), actor, in Howard Payne's 'Brutus'. The English theatre's supreme example of the charismatic actor, he was enshrined as the rebellious spirit of Romanticism when Alexandre Dumas wrote a play about him, 'Kean' (later reworked by Jean-Paul Sartre) three years after his death.
[Ref: 68394] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Kean as Lear. in King Lear.
[Attributed to Isaac Robert Cruikshank.]
[n.d. c.1823]
Hand-coloured stipple, 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Full length portrait of actor, Edmund Kean (1787-1833), wearing fur-trimmed robe poiting with a staff in his right hand and gesticulating with his left. The National Portrait Gallery have attributed this print to Isaac Robert Cruikshank.
NPG D21266.
[Ref: 68395] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Attributed to Isaac Robert Cruikshank.]
[n.d. c.1823]
Hand-coloured stipple, 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Full length portrait of actor, Edmund Kean (1787-1833), wearing fur-trimmed robe poiting with a staff in his right hand and gesticulating with his left. The National Portrait Gallery have attributed this print to Isaac Robert Cruikshank.
NPG D21266.
[Ref: 68395] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frances Kemble.]](jpegs/68325.jpg)
[Frances Kemble.]
[Engraved by John Jones after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[engraved c.1785, but a later impression.]
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11").
An unlettered half-length portrait of actress Frances Kemble (1759-1822), wearing a white dress with white double frill, before a plain background. Underneath is a panel surmounted with flowers including roses. The younger sister of Sarah Siddons, Kemble married a Shakespeare scholar, Francis Twiss. From 1807 she ran a girls' school in Bath.
CS 45. Russell 45, ii of iii; Hamilton p.113, ii of ii. Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68325] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by John Jones after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[engraved c.1785, but a later impression.]
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11").
An unlettered half-length portrait of actress Frances Kemble (1759-1822), wearing a white dress with white double frill, before a plain background. Underneath is a panel surmounted with flowers including roses. The younger sister of Sarah Siddons, Kemble married a Shakespeare scholar, Francis Twiss. From 1807 she ran a girls' school in Bath.
CS 45. Russell 45, ii of iii; Hamilton p.113, ii of ii. Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68325] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Garrick in the Character of King Lear. Done from ye Original Picture in the Collection of Henry Hoare Esq.r.
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
Publish'd accordg. to Act of Parliament, 1761. & Sold at the Golden Head in Cov.t. G.
Mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20½"). Trimmed into plate, a few tears, some scuffling and creasing, laid on card. Bit messy.
A portrait of David Garrick (1716–79) as King Lear, madly raging at the storm, supported by Kent. To the left is the Fool, possibly played by Astley Bransby (d. 1789).
CS 79, ii of ii. Goodwin 85, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68450] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
B. Wilson Pinx.t. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
Publish'd accordg. to Act of Parliament, 1761. & Sold at the Golden Head in Cov.t. G.
Mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20½"). Trimmed into plate, a few tears, some scuffling and creasing, laid on card. Bit messy.
A portrait of David Garrick (1716–79) as King Lear, madly raging at the storm, supported by Kent. To the left is the Fool, possibly played by Astley Bransby (d. 1789).
CS 79, ii of ii. Goodwin 85, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68450] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)