Anthony Leigh or the Spanish Fryer
By and published by John Smith,
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt Mezzotint (415 mm x 250 mm) plate
size Published 1689 Below left I Smith fecit.Below right Sold by I
Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Rus-sell Street Covent Garden Within
design,below pilaster G Kneller pinx: / 1689 Info:John Smith
(1652-1743) was a gifted and ambitious printmaker and publisher whose
long career began in the reign of Charles II and closed after the
accession of George II. He was born in Northamptonshire and worked in
London, specializing in the relatively new technique of mezzotint
printing. Between 1683 and 1729 he produced over three hundred prints.
Trained as a printmaker he was able to retain a controlling hand when,
in the early 1690s, he turned from pure printmaking to printmaking and
publishing. The refinement and 'modernity' of his prints brought him
fame and then material prosperity and Smith's career, largely
independent of interference from outside publishers, must have been an
inspiration to William Hogarth (1697-1764) and the next generation of
printmakers. Light surface soiling mounted to protect £165 inc
delivery pic taken through cellophane sorry
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Emma, Lady Hamilton ('Kate')
by Charles Brome, by Thomas Bragg, published by Richard Lambe, after
George Romney line engraving, published 4 May 1827 ( set mid 1780s).
(379 mm x 305 mm) plate size; 18 1/2 in. x 14 in. (469 mm x 355 mm)
paper size good borders old tint Could be a later edition so erring
with caution on rag paper repaired edge tear to plate mark
£55 delivered
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Genl. Picton (Portrait of Sir Thomas Picton)
London : Published by Willm. Daniell(1769-1837) Decr. 15, 1809.
soft-ground etching ; plate mark 27.3 x 20.3 cm. Drawn by George
Dance.Published by Willm. Daniell No.9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy
Square, London Full page minor age soiling £60 inc delivery
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Langton
Geo. Dance delt. March 10, 1793; Wm. Daniell sculp by Daniell,
William, 1769-1837 London : Published by Willm. Daniell, Augst. 15,
1810.Published by Willm. Daniell No.9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square,
London Full page minor age soiling £60 inc delivery
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The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1814
From an original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Drawn by J. Wright,
Engraved by E. Scriven. Published Jan. 21 1814 by T. Cadell & W.
Davies, Strand, London. £25 unmounted inc delivery
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Laura de Noves / Madonna Laura
After Pietro Ermini , engraved by Raphael Morghen engraved by Nicolo
Palmerini Later edition 1800-1830 (ca.) creasing over the image and
base corner some soiling £15 plus delivery
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Colonel N. Fiennes
Wenceslas Hollar -In des. bott. I. and r. : W: Hollar fecit Londini
A°. 1644 later edition c 1720 £15
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Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford,
by George Vertue, after Michael Dahl, 1746 (1728) Age toned cut to just
outside the plate mark and laid to paper so £15
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An Original engraving of John Lord
Somers by
Jacobus Houbraken, G Kneller.. dated to plate 1745.
Size 13 3/8 X 8 7/8 (Sizes in
inches are
approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.)Source : Originally from
Vertues
work "The Heads of
Illustrious Personages of Great Britain " Published in London by
Knapton from 1747-1756. All are signed in plate: "J. Houbraken
sculps. Amst.-Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini.", dates include
1738, 1738, 1740 and 1741 1747Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.
Artist: George Vertue (1683 -
1756)
Nationality: British Media:
EngravingBiography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756),
English engraver and
antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in 1684.
At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic engraver,
a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue then studied
drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years as an
engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his bun. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . ... .
. . . . £25
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An Original engraving of Charles Earl of Sunderland ; by
J Howbraken . dated to
plate 1746
Size 13 3/8 X 8 7/8 (Sizes in inches are
approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.)Source : Originally from
Vertues
work "The Heads of
Illustrious Personages of Great Britain " Published in London by
Knapton from 1747-1756. All are signed in plate: "J. Houbraken
sculps. Amst.-Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini.", dates include
1738, 1738, 1740 and 1741 1747Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.
Artist: George Vertue (1683 - 1756)
Nationality: British Media:
EngravingBiography: VERTUE, GEORGE (1684-1756),
English engraver and
antiquary, was born in St Martins-in-the-Fields, London, in 1684.
At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an heraldic engraver,
a Frenchman, who failed in three or four years. Vertue then studied
drawing at home, and afterwards worked for seven years as an
engraver under Michael Vandergucht. He was patronized by Sir
Godfrey Kneller, and was one of the first members of the Academy of
Painting which that artist instituted in 1711. His plate of
Archbishop Tillotson, after Kneller, commissioned by Lord Somers,
established his reputation as an engraver; and he was soon in
anexcellent practice, engraving portraits after Dahl, Richardson,
Jervas and Gibson. In portraiture alone he executed over five
hundred plates. In 1717 he was appointed engraver to the Society of
Antiquaries, and his bun. was employed upon many interesting
statues, tombs, portraits and other subjects of an antiquarian
nature. He died on the 24th of July 1756, and was buried in the
cloisters of Westminster Abbey.. . . .TINTED
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. . . . £25
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Prince of Wales in Parliamentary Robes,
Images size 11 x 7in. by Heath after sir Joshua Reynolds; Stipple
Engraving £45
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An Original engraving of William Laud,
Archbishop of Canterbury.
published 1707
Size Image size: 302 x 172 mm.Source : . . with a
French inscriptionThe line and stipple engraving portraits are
all byAUDRAN, BENEDICT /Benoit Audran the Elder
(1661-1721) Engraving
by Benedict Audran after a painting by Wander Werff
(1573-1645).Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. In very good condition
throughout.
.. . . . .
. £40
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An Original engraving of Henrietta
Anne of England
published 1707
Size Image size: 302 x 172 mm.Source : . . with a
French inscriptionThe line and stipple engraving portraits are
all by AUDRAN, BENEDICT /Benoit Audran
the Elder (1661-1721)
Engraving by Benedict Audran after a painting by Wander Werff
(1573-1645).Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. Signed and dated by Vertue
in the plate to the lower right. In very good condition
throughout.. . . . £40
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An Original engraving of George Monck
published 1707
Size Image size: 302 x 172 mm.Source : . . with a
French inscriptionThe line and stipple engraving portraits are
all by
AUDRAN, BENEDICT /Benoit Audran the Elder
(1661-1721) Engraving
by Benedict Audran after a painting by Wander Werff
(1573-1645).
Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. In very good condition
throughout... . . . .
. £40
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An Original engraving of George Villiers
,Duke of Buckingham
published 1707
Size Image size: 302 x 172 mm Source : . . with a
French inscriptionThe line and stipple engraving portraits are
all by
AUDRAN, BENEDICT /Benoit Audran the Elder
(1661-1721) Engraving
by Benedict Audran after a painting by Wander Werff
(1573-1645).
Condition: Printed on early eighteenth
century paper and with
margins cropped slightly on all sides. In very good condition
throughout.. .
. . . . £40
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An Original engraving of portait of William
Camden
engraved by R White.
Size 13 3/8 X 8 7/8 (Sizes in
inches are
approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.Condition:Some slight age toning
and
minor creasing . In very
good condition throughout.Biography: William Camden was born 1551.
He was educated at St
Paul's School and Magdalen College, and became headmaster of
Westminster School. His comprehensive history 'Britannia', its text
in Latin, was published 1586. The description of Great Britain was
translated into English, and edited, and improved, and published
many times. William Camden died 1623.. . . . . . . . . . .
.. .£25 x 2
Source : Originally from Camden's
Brittania A new
translation was made 1695, with more editorial comments and
additions, published by Edmund Gibson (1669-1748)
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An Original engraving of portait of Carolus
Xl, Suecorum,
Gothorum et Vandalorum. Rex. (Kaarle XI)- by S. Blesendorff,
S.E.B. pub 1696
Size 13 3/8 X 8 7/8 (Sizes in inches are
approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
Source : Originally from S. VON.
PUFENDORF, "De Rebus a
Carolo Gustavo Sueciae Rege Gestis Commentariorum Libri Septem
elegantissimis Tabulis Aeneis exornati. Cum Triplici Indice. "
published Nuremberg, Christoph Riegel, 1696. Folio. one of 12
full-page engraved portraits by S. Blesendorff, etc
Condition:Some slight age toning and
minor creasing . In very
good condition throughout. marks to edges but will still mount
Biography: First edition of the famous
illustrated memorial to
the Swedish King Karel Gustav (1622-1660) and his successful wars
against Pologne and Denmark, written by the celebrated German
author Samuel Baron Von Pufendorf (1632-1694), and lavishly and
beautifully illustrated by a choice selection of the best
contemporary artists. The work is dedicated to the reigning King
Karel XI. At the end a collection of documents is added under the
title "Tractatus Praecipui, Quorum in his Commenraiis fit mentio".
Pufendorf was royal historiographer in Stockholm and based his
reliable account on the Swedish
archives.
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. . . . £40
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An Original mezzotint portait of JOSEPH
IVIMEY (1773-1834) by
Linnell and Penny dated 1820
Size 13 3/8 X 8 7/8 (Sizes in inches are
approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
Condition:Some slight age toning and
creasing .Biography: Joseph Ivimey was born at
Ringwood, Hampshire,
England, May 22, 1773.
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. £20
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An Original mezzotint portait of Davies
Gilbert by Samuel
Cousins, after Henry Howard ,1828
Size 13 3/8 X 8 7/8 (Sizes in inches are
approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.)Condition: Some slight age
toning and edge
wearBiography: Davies Gilbert (1767-1839),
Scientist and antiquary;
President of the Royal Society ... . . . .
. £20
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