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Follower of John Constable 'Watermill and Church, Dedham, Rain Storm Passing'titled verso and further inscribed 'By John Constable R.A. / Collection / James Orrock R.I. 1886'oil on board25 x 33cmProvenance:James Orrock RI ROI (1829-1913), according to label versoThis composition relates to 'The Mill', a mezzotint by David Lucas after Constable, published in 1833 (see Tate Britain T04047). James Orrock is known to have owned both genuine works by Constable and copies commissioned after him. 40 x 47cm framed
A PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PORTRAIT OF THOMAS TOMPIONTAKEN FROM THE MEZZOTINT PORTRAIT ENGRAVED BY JOHN SMITH AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLOR, 20th CENTURYThe likeness wearing a wig and buttoned jacket and holding a watch movement in his right hand, within oval reveal titled Tho: Tompion Automatopoeus to lower border and bearing further text inscriptions G: Kneller Eques. Pinx: opposing I: Smith fe it ex. to lower margin, framed and glazed.The image approx. 34.5cm (13.5ins) by 25cm (9.5ins).
A collection of six portrait prints J. Godby after J. Hoppner RA (English 1758-1810), 'Captain Peter Parker', aquatint; Charles Heath after Gerhard von Kügelgen (German 1772–1820), 'Alexander I Emporer of all of the Russians'; a Pre-Revolutionary print of the three estates offering France to Louis XVI and Mr Neckher; Her Grace The Duchess of Richmond, mezzotint; Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, etchings, framed as a pair; and Charles-François Lebrun, aquatint.The largest 36cm x 27cmQty: 6In generally good condition commensurate with age and use.
Alexandre Chaponnier after Jules Antoine Vauthier (French 1774-1832) Louis XVIII, a quarter-length portrait, mezzotint on paper, published by C. Bance, Pairs; and a silkwork of the Napoleon after Baron François Gérard's portrait of Napoleon I as Emporer.The mezzotint 47cm high x 40cm wide. The silkwork 39cm x 29cm.Qty: 2The mezzotint with some water staining notable on the right side. Some foxing to the paper. A small tear in the paper in the lower middle.The silkwork with some rips across the face and minor losses in the upper left and signs of moth damage in the lower left.
Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-1898) After Henrietta Ward (1832-1924) Elizabeth Fry visiting Newgate Jail, mezzotint, seemingly signed in pencil in the margin by both artist and engraver.The picture depicting Elizabeth Fry, Quaker and prison reformer. 55cm x 75.5cm Qty: 1 The picture in generally good condition, with minor marks to the frame.
A collection of six prints After Johann Sebastian Müller (German 1715-c.1792), a pair of classical studies, the first of Athena and the second of a male figure in a toga, etchings taken from a book; together with 'A Competition Between Love and Music', etching with aquatint; and a print commemorating fallen soldiers in a French war; B. Bordiga after Louis Lafitte (1770-1828), 'Euterpe', hand-coloured aquatint and engraving; a maiden with a censor with a Greek temple in the background, mezzotint.The largest 39cm x 22cm to the plate markQty: 6
A COLLECTION OF LIMITED EDITION ETCHINGS AND PRINTS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS, comprising two Ingrid Allen mezzotint etchings, Sarah Van Niekerk print of sheep, Jim Munnion woodblock print, Sheila Stafford sailing themed print, Rita Farrugia abstract study print, an indistinctly signed etching of an Italian town and two S. Pooley prints signed to the mounts, together with a maps of Rutlandshire and Shropshire and two Wallace and Gromit posters
James Ward (British 1769-1859) after Sir William Beechey (British 1753-1839): 'King George III on his charger Adonis reviewing the Third or Prince of Wales’s Regiment of Dragoon Guards and the Tenth or Prince of Wales’s Regiment of Light Dragoons', late 18th century mezzotint engraving with hand-colouring pub. 1799, 51cm x 64cm
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669)Jan Cornelis SylviusEtching, 1633, but a later impression of New Hollstein's third state (of three) with the mezzotint rocker rework, showing signs of wear in the densely cross hatched areas, laid onto old paper support, trimmed to or just within the platemark, some plate tone, sheet 164 x 140 mm (6 3/8 x 5 1/2 in) (unframed)Literature:Bartsch 266; New Hollstein 124 iii/iii
Bartolozzi mezzotint engraving, The meeting of Edward V and his brother the Duke of York after Ramberg, published 1789, 32.5cm x 38cm (Please note condition does not form part of the catalogue description. We strongly advise viewing to satisfy yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view and a condition report is not already available, please request one and it will be provided in writing).
After Smirke & Emes, Meeting of the Society of Royal British Archers in Gwersyllt Park, Denbighshire, mezzotint engraving, published 1794, 49cm x 62cm; also after John Varley (1778-1842), Figures before a castle, mezzotint engraving, 19cm x 30cm (Please note condition does not form part of the catalogue description. We strongly advise viewing to satisfy yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view and a condition report is not already available, please request one and it will be provided in writing).
After Angelica Kaufmann, two classical mezzotint engravings including 'Diana and the Nymphs', en rotunde, in similar gilt frames, 33.5cm diameter including frames (Please note condition does not form part of the catalogue description. We strongly advise viewing to satisfy yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view and a condition report is not already available, please request one and it will be provided in writing).
AFTER NICHOLAS A. WATTS "Jaguar - the competition years" artist's proof, signed in pencil lower right, 72 cm x 54 cm together with AFTER ALLAN PERERA-LIYANAGE "The King's course at Gleneagles Hotel" limited edition colour print No'd 11/500, signed in pencil lower left, 28.5 cm x 40 cm together with a Johnnie Walker advertising print and GEORGE R. DEAKINS "Galleons at sea" acrylic on board, signed lower left, bearing label verso, 51 cm x 38 cm together with AFTER GEORGE MORLAND No. XIV "Cottage family" coloured mezzotint, published London, February 1st 1803 by I.R. Smith, King Street, Covent Garden, 54 cm x 40 cm, "The corn bin" coloured mezzotint, published London, May 1st 1799 by I.R. Smith, King Street, Covent Garden, 45 cm x 56 cm and "The horse feeder" coloured mezzotint, published London, May 1st 1799 by I.R. Smith, King Street, Covent Garden, 45 cm x 55.5 cm (7) CONDITION REPORTS Please note the two framed AFTER MORLAND prints - there is no movement to the picture within the frame and not able to remove frames easily
A striking and historically significant portrait of Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), published on the day of his state funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral. This finely executed mezzotint by Charles Turner, based on a painting by John Hoppner, captures Nelson at the height of his fame, commemorating Britain’s most celebrated naval hero. Artist: Charles Turner after John Hoppner Date: c.1806 Publication: Published on the day of Nelson’s funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral Condition Report: Wide margins, Some tears to the upper margin, Signs of wear consistent with age. Size of image: 59 x 40 cm. Keywords: Horatio Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, British naval history, mezzotint portrait, John Hoppner, Charles Turner, Trafalgar, maritime history, 19th-century prints.
* Unterberger (Ignaz, 1748-1797). Venus, surrounded by cupids with torches, mezzotint on laid paper with indistinct watermark, upper left with area of restoration (60 x 22 mm), small puncture hole to back of Venus's upper arm, light crease to lower edge, blue ink collector's stamp to verso (indistinct), adherred to card mount with adhesive tape at verso corners and midway at edges, plate size 200 x 198 mm (7 7/8 x 7 6/8 ins), sheet size 217 x 211 mm (8 1/2 x 8 5/16 ins), framed and glazed (34 x 39 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Unterberger was a painter, mezzotinter, and inventor, born into a family of artists from Cavalese (Trento). Around 1769, he worked with his older brother Christoph in Rome, in the circle of Mengs. By 1776, he had returned to Vienna and gained recognition in 1795 when the exhibition of his Hebe caused a sensation. The Emperor purchased it and subsequently appointed Unterberger as court painter. In the 1780s, he began printmaking and developed a grounding machine which shortened the time for preparing a copper plate for mezzotinting from three weeks to just one day.
* Morland (George, 1762/63-1804). Mutual Joy, or The Ship in Harbour, circa 1788, oil on wood panel, 31 x 25.5 cm (12 1/4 x 10 ins) mount aperture, period recessed gilt moulded frame, glazed, with old hand written label to verso 'R. L. Foster. This picture was bequeathed to him by F. C. Foster of Prospect House, Queensbury, Yorks', frame size 46 x 40.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provanance: Frederick Charles Foster (born 1852), wool manufacturer of Prospect House, Queensbury, Yorkshire; Robert Lionel Foster (1870-1952); thence by descent.The present work is the original painting by George Morland from which the 1788 mezzotint engraving by Philip Dawe (circa 1745-1809), published by W. Dickinson in May 1788 with this title, is derived. The mezzotint has a printed caption below the image with the title and four lines of verse: 'The Ship safe moord, - like light'ning William flies/To kiss the pearly tears from Nancy's eyes/With open arms he views the constant Fair/And throbs to find his pleasant Harbour there'. Affixed to the back of the frame is the engraved caption for the published print. For an impression of the engraving see British Museum, 1872,0511.241.
* Verkolje (Nicolaas, 1673-1746). Man showing a Picture to a Woman by Candlelight, after Arnold Houbraken, circa 1700, mezzotint on laid paper, with good margins, plate size 195 x 163 mm (7 5/8 x 6 7/16 ins), together withVan Somer (Jan, circa 1645-1699). Two Sleeping Peasants in an Ale House, after Adriaen Brouwer, 1672, mezzotint on laid paper, trimmed to plate margins, one or two small ink marks, sheet size 243 x 175 mm, plus Smith (John, 1662-1742). Venus with cupid and a satyr, mezzotint on laid paper with fleur-de-lys watermark, with margins, plate size 205 x 279 mm, sheet size 229 x 295 mm, and two other small mezzotint engravings, late 17th or early 18th century, including a Dutch interior with peasant family and father feeding a child, and a small oval mezzotint profile of an oriental, both on laid paperQTY: (5)
* Robinson (Robert, active 1674-1706). Classical Capriccio, mezzotint on laid paper, showing an artistdepicting an artist sketching classical ruins, including an obelisk and a mausoleum with an urn, a very good, rich impression, trimmed to plate mark, 197 x 156 mm (7 3/4 x 6 1/8 ins), framed and glazed (34 x 28.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Purchased at Colnaghi Exhibition in 1972, at the Original Printmaking in Britain exhibition, 1600-1900, no. 27.
* Green (Valentine, 1739-1813). Masters Joseph and John Gulston, after Francis Cotes, 1771, mezzotint on watermarked laid paper, proof before letters, depicting two young boys standing together, Joseph the elder child looking to the front, the younger child, John, carrying a flower basket, 'F Cotes pinxit Publish'd Jan 1st 1771 Val Green fecit' to lower margin, a few scattered spots, plate size 42.6 x 51.2 cm (16 3/4 x 20 1/8 ins), sheet size 47 x 55 cm (18 1/2 x 21 5/8 ins), together with McArdell (James, 1727/18-1765). Mrs Day now Lady Fenhoulet, after Reynolds, mezzotint, proof before letters, depicting a half portrait of a well dressed woman, plate size 33 x 22.8 cm (13 x 9 cm), framed and glazed (56 x 46 cm), plaque fixed to lower edge of frame '29. Anne Day (Lady Fenhoulet) by J. Macardell after Sir J Reynolds', ISO MP stencil and P & D Colnaghi & Comp label to verso, and Frances Anne Crewe (née Greville), mezzotint, depicting a woman holding a small decorative urn, a cherub standing next to her, plate size 51 x 36.1 cm (20 x 14 1/4 ins), framed and glazed (59.5 x 45 cm)QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: From the estate of The Late Reverend John Watson (1939-2019), an avid private collector from Hampshire.
Old Master Prints. Georg Philipp Rugendas II (1666-1742) - Equestrian, Hunting, and Martial Tableaux, seventeen, lettered in parallel Latin and German, Aug[usta] Vind[elicorum], s.n., n.d. [Augsburg: Georg Philipp Rugendas I, 1720], mezzotint engravings, some outlined by etching, 55 x 76cm, (17) Mostly rich impressions with good tone. Each with margins, some of them chipped - but never affecting the image within the plate-mark. Some affected by mixed degrees of old water staining.
John Young (c.1765-1825) after John Hoppner RA (1758-1810) - The Right Hon:ble Lady Ann Lambton and Family, London: Published by J. Young, 6th April, 1799, lettered proof, mezzotint, 67.5 x 49.5cm, with platemark, later 19th c ebonised softwood and gilt composition frame A good impression. The sheet with typical minor foxing in places, but displaying well; some marginal soiling, and light marking in places throughout. The frame with signs of minor wear.
Arthur Aspinall (fl. early 20th century) - Near Moulsford Berkshire, signed, watercolour, 25 x 33cm, Henry Scott Bridgwater (1864-1950) after J-B-C Corot - Les Bucheronnes, mezzotint, published by The Museum Galleries 1928, signed by the artist in pencil, 38 x 47cm and A__ S__ Buxton - Woman and Child Crossing a Field, signed, watercolour, 19 x 30.5cm (3) Good condition
Sir Archibald Thornburn (British, 1860 - 1935), birds on the beach, print, signed in pencil lower left, 33 x 43.5cm, framed and glazed, S Henshaw, landscape scene with mountain in the background, 31.5 x 19cm, framed and glazed, Christopher Gifford Ambler (British, 1886 - 1965), study of a dog, 'Peeping Tom', pencil, 39 x 25.5cm, after Percival Gaskell (British, 1868 - 1934), figures under the trees, etching, signed in pencil lower right and inscribed lower left 'Preliminary etching for mezzotint', etching, 23 x 30.5cm, a collection of engravings and other pictures
[Prior (Matthew] Poems on Several Occasions, ?subscriber's issue, engraved frontispiece and title vignette after Cheron, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, list of subscribers including Abraham Barber with contemporary ink signature of Marg'tta Barber to head of title, frontispiece shaved at edges, some soiling and marginal water-staining, contemporary black panelled morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., rather worn, splits to joints, Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718 § Wycherley (William) Miscellany Poems..., first edition, first issue with "The End of the First Volume" on final leaf (no slip pasted over), mezzotint portrait after Lely (trimmed close to plate-mark with slight loss to imprint at sides, new upper & lower margins), errata leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old red roan label, rubbed, C.Brome [& others], 1704 § Drayton (Michael) The Works, first collected edition, engraved title vignette, 2pp. list of subscribers bound at end, some spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, spine gilt, worn and stained, corners and spine repaired, by J.Hughs, 1748; and 3 others, similar, folio & 4to (6)
* Stubbs (George). Protector, John & Josiah Boydell, 1790, uncoloured mezzotint by Charles Howard Hodges, trimmed to the image on three margins, slight creasing, 405 x 465 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:Lennox-Boyd, Dixon & Clayton. George Stubbs, The Complete Engraved Works, number 85, state 3.
Hepplewhite (A.). The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, Repository of Designs for every article of Household Furniture, 3rd edition, improved, 1794, re-printed, B. T. Batsford, 1897, monochrome plates, some spotting to first and last few leaves, original brown cloth gilt in bright condition, folio, together withPartridge (Frank). Ralph Wood Pottery, Mr Frank Partridges Collection, 26, King Street, St. James's, London, 1923, colour and monochrome plates, original blue cloth, gilt, 4to, plusBonnin (Alfred). Tutenag & Paktong, with notes on other alloys in domestic use during the 18th century, st edition, Oxford University Press, 1924, monochrome plates, bookplate of Robert Lionel Foster to front pastedown, original dark blue cloth gilt in bright condition, andGruber (Karl). Children's Toys of Bygone Days, a history of playthings of all peoples from prehistoric times to XIXth century, London: B. T. Batsford, 1928, some colour plates, numerous monochrome plates, original orange cloth gilt in dustwrapper, a little rubbed and some minor marks, 4to, plus other art and antiques reference, history and biography, including Alfred Whitman, Samuel Cousins Engraver, Charles Turner Engraver, Samuel W. Reynolds Engraver & Masters of Mezzotint, together 4 volumes, London: G. Bell & Sons, 1898-1907, inited editions of 550 or 600 copies, these being one of fifty copies of the Large Paper edition bound in quarter vellum, folio, etcQTY: (4 shelves)
* Thornton (Robert John, 1768-1837). The Superb Lily, June 1st. 1799, mezzotint by William Ward after Reinagle, printed in colours and finished by hand, large margins, 475 x 355 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:Dunthorne. Number 301. Plate II, the 'Ward Plate', state 2. The Ward plate is scarce and was apparently not used after it became worn.
* Mezzotint Drolls. Collett (John, after), Four engravings, late 18th-century, four mezzotints with contemporary hand-colouring, each trimmed to the image with loss of title and letters, each laid on near-contemporary paper, each approximately 325 x 250 mm, uniformly framed and glazedQTY: (4)
Percy Henry Martindale (1869-1943) after John Singer Sargent (American 1856–1925)Sir Edward Partington (1836-1925), JP, DL, 1st Lord DoverdaleSigned by both artists and inscribed John S Sargent Edward Partington Percy H Martindale (in pencil to margin)Mezzotint53.2 x 42.7cm; 21 x 16¾in (plate)Provenance:By family descent from the sitter;Property of a deceased estate
Playing cards.- Teniers the Younger (David) and others. Collection of six prints of people playing cards, and people cheating at cards, including Arnoult's 'Le Galant dupé', a mezzotint after Tenier's 'Monkeys playing cards', and another of monkeys playing cards, an anonymous print from 1784 of 'Time Shutting the Book of Knaves', and two further mezzotints of people playing cards, engravings, etchings and mezzotints, two with hand-colouring, various sizes between 285 x 185 mm (11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in) and 355 x 250 mm (14 x 9 7/8 in), variously trimmed and with occasional small losses and minor nicks, some spotting and surface dirt, all unframed, 18th and 19th century (6) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Obesity.- Haid (Johann Jakob) Mr Edwd. Bright late of Malden in Essex, after David Ogborne, mezzotint and engraving, on laid paper with large 18th century armorial watermark, 410 x 295 mm (16 1/8 x 11 1/2 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, old folds and handling creases, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1750]; together with 7 other portraits of Edward Bright, including two variant impressions of Carington Bowles portrait, one with faint hand-colouring, John Fairburn's double sheet with portrait and descriptive text for Bright and Daniel Lambert, and four small prints of Bright, engravings, various sizes between 205 x 120 mm (8 x 4 3/4 in) and 335 x 435 mm (13 1/8 x 17 in), handling creases, minor surface dirt, slightly rough edges, unframed, 1750 or slightly later (8) *** Edward Bright (1721–1750) was a grocer in Maldon, Essex, England, known as the "fat man of Maldon", who was reputed at the time of his death in 1750 to be the "fattest man in England". A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Remarkable Characters.- Peak (William, publisher) and others. Collection of 6 portraits relating to remarkable characters and their stories, including a fantastic impression of Eva Fliegen (b. 1575), reputed to have fasted for seventeen years; an engraved portrait of Mary "The German Princess" Carleton, the English socialite and fraudster famous for using a number of false identities to marry and defraud upper-class men; Sutton Nicholls' 'Old Harry with his Rare Show, Old Harry with his Gallant Show', the showman famous for allowing punters to look at objects through magnifying glasses, together with a later impression of the same; a Dutch portrait of the tight rope walker 'Sr. Pieter Magito' who walked on ropes while wearing clogs; and a portrait of 'Captn. Robert Barclay', famous for walking long distances at very steady slow speeds to the applause of thousands of spectators, etchings, engravings, one with mezzotint, various sizes between 105 x 72 mm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in) and 410 x 260 mm (16 1/8 x 10 1/4 in), all unframed, circa 1615 to 1809 (6) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Eccentrics.- Mezzotints.- Faber (John) Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Beggars, after a painting by Richard Phelps, mezzotint, platemark 330 x 225 mm (13 x 8 7/8 in), small margins, unframed, 1750; together with four further mezzotints and four other portraits, including a portrait of the notorious thief and prison escapee 'John ["Jack"] Sheppard' and, after Thornhill, with a related song sheet, Robert Sayer's 'Shop-Lifter Detected', Laurie & Whittle's 'The Gypsie Fortune-Teller', and John Bowles' 'The Flemish Ballad', a portrait of John Sakehouse the kayaking Inuit from Greenland who visited London, and another of the 'Fire King' famous for entering an oven, mezzotints, engravings, lithographs, various sizes, all unframed, mainly 19th century (9) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Interior Decoration - Sydney Ernest Wilson (Bn.1869), by, Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830), after, Portrait of Julia Floyd, Lady Peel (1795 - 1859), coloured mezzotint, blindstamp, 33cm x 25.5cm; Bosselman, by and after, a pair of furnishing prints, , La Sagesse Triomphe Des Fleches de L'Amour, and L'Amour Se Rit De La Sagesse, coloured stipple engravings, 32cm x 22cm, gilt frames (3)
Francis Blomefield & Charles Parkin: 'An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk', London, William Miller, 1805-1810, 11 volumes, mezzotint portrait frontis plus 3 folding engraved maps/plans (Norwich, King's Lynn, and Map of Marshland that is often lacking) plus 33 engraved plates (many folding) plus 14 pedigrees on 15 folding sheets complete, Map of Marshland bound at end of volume XI, plan of Norwich bound at end of volume IV, original paper covered boards (v. worn), original printed labels to spines, original publisher's printed labels/advertisements to front pastedowns of volumes I, III & XI (11)
° ° Lewis, Rev. John - The History and Antiquities as well Ecclesiastical as Civil, of the Isle of Thanet, in Kent. 2nd edition, with additions. engraved title pictorial vignette, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 19 plates (1 folded), 2 pictorial maps, 2 plans (1 pictorial), a chart, some text vignette engravings, a folded table, head and tailpiece decorations and decorated initial letters; contemp. gilt ruled calf, panelled spine with red label, 4to. printed for the Author .. 1736
THEATRE: A finely modelled Staffordshire Pottery figure of James Quin as Sir John Falstaff, possibly the Turquoise Factory, modelled standing bearing a sword and shield, on a turquoise painted base, 21.5cm high Refer: This figure was copied from a Derby figure circa 1766 to mark the death of actor James Quin, the source being an undated mezzotint by J. McArdell. Condition report Sword blade missing.

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