**Anon

[Portrait of Lord Raglan]

Mezzotint printed on chine collé.

Sheet: 786 x 502 mm

Tide marks in the margins. Very faint tide mark on the face of figure.

Price: £80

Portrait of the late Lord Raglan, Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC (1788–1855). He was the Duke of Wellington's Military Secretary until the Iron Duke's death in 1852. Appointed a general in 1854 he was made commander of the British troops in the Crimea. Unlike many of the officers who were in command during the Crimean War, Raglan had actually seen active service, having fought in the Peninsular Wars, where he proved his bravery and also his complete indifference to danger. He died whilst on the campaign, aged 66, but with his reputation in tatters due to appalling leadership and the infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' .

** [Anon]

[Unidentified Lady]

Published by Thomas Mc Lean, London, July 1^st 1896

Mixed Method engraving printed on chine collé

Plate: 666 x 423 mm

Scratch (approx. 3.5 mm long) under arm of the figure. Otherwise, a good impression.

Price: £88

A decorative full length portrait of a lady. The style of dress and hair is Neo-classical, as is the pillar on which she leans.

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1643 - 1726)

Engraving printed in sanguine

Portrait and border printed from separate plates

Border trimmed within platemark

264 x 193 mm (sheet size)

£55

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1643 - 1726)

Portrait of the legendary English scientist, mathematician and philosopher Isaac Newton. Famous for his fundamental work on differential and integral calculus as well as optics. World renowned for his insight into, and definition of, the laws of motion and universal gravitation.

Portrait of Lord Clive

Copper engraving printed onto laid paper

Very clear impression. Several repaired marginal tears.

Some slight spotting on the top right-hand corner of the image

430 x 350 mm

£ 145

Portrait of Lord Clive

Portrait of the 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, also known as ‘Clive of India’, who was one of the leading figures in the creation of British India and who established the political and military supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. Based on the painting by the English artist Nathaniel Dance, whose nephew was a well-known commander of the East-India Company ships.

Mr. Dawson of Sedbergh

London, Colnaghi & Co 1809

Mezzotint

Slight marginal foxing

530x400mm

£185

Mr. Dawson of Sedbergh

A three quarter length portrait, paid for by his friends and pupils, of the surgeon and mathematician John Dawson of Sedbergh (1734-1820). He has a benevolent, aquiline face, and stands, wearing a dark suit, one hand holding his spectacles and the other pointing to an illustration in a large book, which is being pored over by one of his pupils. Born the son of a poor sheep farmer at Rangill farm in Garsdale, near Sedbergh in Yorkshire, he is popularly supposed to have taught himself mathematics while looking after his father’s sheep on the mountainside. He soon learnt enough to become an itinerant schoolmaster, and saved enough to enable him to take a course of medical instruction at Edinburgh, until the exhaustion of his funds compelled him to trudge home again. But the medical knowledge obtained at Edinburgh stood him in good stead, and his practice increased so largely that before long he had saved about £300. With this sum he went to London, partly on foot, partly in a wagon, and stayed long enough to obtain a diploma, and to make the personal acquaintance of several leading mathematicians. Having become a qualified member of the medical profession, he returned to Sedbergh as a surgeon and general practitioner. Before long he had an extensive and profitable practice in the neighbourhood. Meanwhile, however, his favourite study of mathematics was not neglected. It was said that he could solve a problem better in the saddle than at a desk. He kept abreast of the mathematical knowledge of the day, took part in various controversies, but always with modesty, and gradually acquired so great a reputation as a teacher that pupils flocked to him from all parts of England. His charge for instruction was only five shillings per week, for which sum he would teach for as many hours as his pupils would work. He continued to take pupils till the end of the summer of 1812, when enfeebled health and a failing memory compelled him to desist. He died 19th Sept. 1820, aged 86, and was buried in Sedbergh churchyard. Shortly afterwards a monument was erected to his memory on the south side of the central aisle of the church, at the expense of some of his pupils.

**Edward Burton after J.M. Barclay

[Bradalbane]

Published by Alex Hill in Edinburgh, October 21^st 1846

Mixed method engraving printed on chine collé

Sheet: 677 x 423 mm

Very good clear impression. Tide mark/staining across centre of image. Repaired tears in top right-hand corner.

Price: £70

Bradalbane

Full length portrait of Lord Bradalbane of Scotland; a member of the Campbell clan. The Castle (depicted in the background) is probably Taymouth Castle, built by the Campbells of Bradalbane in the 19^th Century and visited by Queen Victoria in 1842.

Pichegru

Paris, c. 1796

Mezzotint

Trimmed to image and laid onto card

530x360mm

£250

Pichegru

A rare full length portrait of the French Revolutionary general Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761-1804). He is depicted here peering craftily out to the right, chin resting on his left hand, and with his right hand, holding a bunch of dispatches, resting on the hilt of his sabre. He wears a braided, military frock coat and hat with a bunch of feathers as a cockade. In the background is a military camp. Born into a peasant family, Pichegru taught mathematics at the military academy at Brienne before he joined an artillery regiment in 1780. He was sergeant major at the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789 and in 1792 became lieutenant colonel. Appointed commander of the Army of the Rhine in October 1793, he helped General Lazare Hoche drive the Austro-Prussian armies from Alsace in December. Nevertheless, Pichegru was jealous of Hoche. By convincing the government that Hoche was a traitor, he managed to have his rival imprisoned in March 1794. Pichegru was given command of the 150,000-man Army of the North. In April 1794, Pichegru and General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, commander of the Army of the Moselle, launched an invasion of the Austrian Netherlands, capturing Amsterdam by January 1795. Returning to Paris, he was hailed as a saviour of his country. Although he was appointed Commander of the Armies of the Rhine and Moselle in mid-1795, he had already begun to turn against France's republican regime. He initiated secret contacts with agents of French émigrés in August, and in March 1796, Pichegru resigned his commission. Elected president of the Council of Five Hundred (the lower chamber of the legislature) in May 1797, he sided with the royalist deputies. Nevertheless, word of his previous treasonable contacts reached Paris, and when the royalists were expelled from the government in the coup d'etat of 18th Fructidor (Sept. 4th 1797), Pichegru was arrested and deported to the Guianas. Escaping from the islands, he made his way to Germany, then to England. In January 1804, he secretly entered France and began plotting to overthrow Bonaparte's military regime. Betrayed and arrested in Paris on February 28th , he was found strangled with his cravat in Temple prison on April 5th. It is not known whether he was murdered or committed suicide.

Sir Robert Peel Bart. M.P.

London, W. Dickinson & Messrs Colnaghi May 1st 1818

Mezzotint

Trimmed to platemark

510x355mm

£150

Sir Robert Peel Bart. M.P.

A three quarter length, seated portrait of the manufacturer and M.P. Sir Robert Peel, 1st baronet (1750-1830), father of the statesman Robert Peel 2nd baronet. An immensely plump, blunt faced, impressive figure, he sits in a carved armchair, one hand resting on a paper (probably his pamphlet entitled The National Debt productive of National Prosperity) on his desk, which covered by a turkey cloth. In the background, visible through an open window, is the park of his estate at Drayton Manor near Tamworth.

Henry Earl of Pembroke & Montogomery. Lord Lieut. & Custos Rotulorum of the County of Wilts, Major Genl. In the Army & Col. of the 1st or Royal Regimt. Of Dragoons

London, Feb. 5th 1772

Trimmed to platemark.

Mezzotint

460x330mm

£160

Henry Earl of Pembroke & Montogomery. Lord Lieut. & Custos Rotulorum of the County of Wilts, Major Genl. In the Army & Col. of the 1st or Royal Regimt. Of Dragoons

A three quarter length portrait of Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (1734-94). He is handsome and bare headed, his hand resting on his drawn sabre, wearing military uniform and a sash. A fine soldier, a Lord of the Bedchamber and an authority on the training of horses, he was nevertheless known to his contemporaries as an utter scoundrel. In 1755 he married the beautiful Elizabeth Spencer daughter of the 2nd Duke of Marlborough, but caused great scandal by throwing up his place at court and eloping (in a common packet-boat) with Miss Hunter, daughter of Charles Orby Hunter, then one of the Lords of the Admiralty. He afterwards returned to his wife, and the young lady, who had a child by him, is said to have married the future field-marshal, Sir Alured Clarke. He was restored to favour at court, was appointed colonel 1st royal dragoons in 1764, reappointed a Lord of the Bedchamber in 1769, and became a lieutenant-general in 1770. Reynolds’ painting is in the collection at Wilton House.

Vera et Accurata Effigies Richardi Eltoni Generosi Bristol. Nec Non Artis Militaris Magistri Ano. 1649.

London, 1650

Copper engraving

Trimmed within platemark

240x135mm

£85

Vera et Accurata Effigies Richardi Eltoni Generosi Bristol. Nec Non Artis Militaris Magistri Ano. 1649.

A portrait of the military writer and parliamentary supporter Richard Elton of Bristol. He is enclosed in an oval, surrounded by military trophies supported by two entwined cannon, and wears armour and carries a baton. This portrait was engraved as a frontispiece for Elton’s military manual The Compleat Body of the Art Military, dedicated to Elton’s hero Sir Thomas Fairfax. Elton joined the militia of the city of London, and in 1649 had risen to the rank of major. In 1654 he was Parliamentary Deputy-Governor of Hull and two years later, rose to be Governor-General. He later retired to his home at Bristol.

Sir Edward Astley, Bart. Representative in Parliament for the County of Norfolk, and Grand [Master] of the most ancient and Honourable Order of Gregorians in Norwich, 1771.

London, 1771

Mezzotint

Traces of old folds, narrow margins, slight browning

510x350mm

£180

Sir Edward Astley, Bart. Representative in Parliament for the County of Norfolk, and Grand [Master] of the most ancient and Honourable Order of Gregorians in Norwich, 1771. Taken from an original Painting in the Possession of that Society

A three quarter length, seated portrait of the handsome figure of Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), 4th baronet of Melton Constable, Norfolk. He sits in a brocade chair, wearing a sword and his Order as Grand Master of the Gregorians, the fingers of one hand tucked into the buttons of his waistcoat and the other over the back of his chair. Another sword rests on a table at his right elbow and in the background is a draped curtain. He was High Sheriff of Norfolk from 1763 to 1764 and MP for Norfolk from 1768 to 1790. He considered himself an independent country gentleman but he sided with Rockingham against the Grafton and North administrations. He was returned unopposed in 1774 and opposed fighting the American War of Independence, in which three of his sons were engaged. He had a personal dislike for Lord North, enormous respect for Pitt and consistently supported parliamentary reform. In 1785 he proposed a tax on hairdressers, male milliners 'and all others who dealt in effeminate occupations'. His son the 5th baronet Sir Jacob Henry Astley won £2000 damages in 1802, over allegations that he had murdered his father. The Order of Gregorians or Bucks was the Norwich lodge of Freemasons.

Sir Charles Thompson Baronet; Vice Admiral of the Red. Obit. 17 March 1799

London, 1800

Mezzotint

Repairs to left platemark and margin

380x280mm

£180

Sir Charles Thompson Baronet; Vice Admiral of the Red. Obit. 17 March 1799

A three quarter length portrait of Vice Admiral Sir Charles Thompson (1740-99). He leans against a rock on the seashore, wearing his gold laced coat, and carrying an ornate telescope. Principally stationed in the West Indies, and subsequently in the Mediterranean, he incurred the enmity of Earl St. Vincent for presuming to object to the execution of four mutineers. Thompson was accordingly recalled, and appointed to a command in the fleet off Brest. He held this during 1798, but his health had for some time been failing, and early in 1799 he was obliged to strike his flag and go home. He died at Fareham.

Mr John Dryden

Paris, c. 1700

Copper engraving with etching

Trimmed within platemark

385x295mm

£140

Mr John Dryden

An important literary portrait. The poet John Dryden (1631-1700), sits half length, enclosed in an oval, directed to the right and glancing front over his shoulder. He wears a flowing satin robe and holds a crown of laurel in his hand (indicating his appointment as Poet Laureate in 1670). The painting by Kneller, now in the National Portrait Gallery, was executed in 1698, while Edelinck died in 1707, so it is likely that this portrait was issued to mark the poet’s death in 1700.

The Honourable Thomas Mathews Esqr. Rear-Admiral of Great Britain & Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesties’ Fleet…taken on Board the Namur in Hieres Bay Jany. 1742/3

London, J. Faber 1744

Mezzotint

Trimmed to border and laid onto old album paper, slight rubbing

550x365mm

£75

The Honourable Thomas Mathews Esqr. Rear-Admiral of Great Britain & Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesties’ Fleet…taken on Board the Namur in Hieres Bay Jany. 1742/3

An interesting three quarter length portrait of Admiral Thomas Mathews (1676-1751). He wears a heavily braided, velvet, uniform coat and waistcoat, carries a telescope in one hand, and rests the other on a cannon. In the background is a naval battle. After a distinguished naval career Mathews had intended to retire, and in 1724 returned to his family seat at Llandaff (now the palace of the Bishops of Llandaff), Wales. In 1741 war broke out with the Spanish, and at the age of sixty-six Mathews was promoted and recalled to service to command the Mediterranean Fleet. In February 1743 the Fleet was moored in Hyéres Bay when the French made an attempt to join up with their Spanish allies, in preparation for an invasion of England. Mathews went after the French but due the incompetence and illwill of his second in command, a Rear Admiral Lestock, and a confusion over orders, the English were defeated by the inferior Franco Spanish fleet. In 1746 Mathews was court-martialled and and dismissed the service, although it was admitted that he had fought bravely, and the debâcle at Hyéres was largely the fault of Lestock. He retired to Llandaff in disgust and died in Bloomsbury Square, London, in 1751. He is buried in St. George’s Bloomsbury.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria

London, Hodgson, Boys & Graves April 1834

Mixed method engraving

405x322mm

£85

Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria

An idealised portrait of Princess (later Queen) Victoria depicted as a young girl. She sits under a tree, on a grassy bank beside a stream, evidently sketching the scene in her sketchbook. In the background is a classical urn.

**[E. Fisher after Benjamin West, Historical painter to his Majesty]

[His Majesty George the Third, King of Great Britain, etc,etc, etc]

Mezzotint, roulette work and line engraving, printed on laid paper. Proof before all letters.

Plate: 389 x 302 mm

Slight printing creases on the image. A few repaired marginal tears.

Price: £120

His Majesty George the Third

A half length portrait of King George III, reigning monarch of Great Britain between October 1760 and January 1820

( The Prince of Wales was Regent from 1810 - 1820).

Henri Leonard Jean Baptiste Bertin, Commandeur des Ordres du Roi Ministre et Secretaire d’Etat

Paris, c. 1790

Copper engraving

Misc neat marginal repairs

490x350mm

£100

Henri Leonard Jean Baptiste Bertin, Commandeur des Ordres du Roi Ministre et Secretaire d’Etat

An almost full length, seated portrait of the plump, smiling figure of Jean Baptiste Bertin (1720-92). He sits in his study in an elaborately gilded armchair, wearing court dress and sword, holding his hat in his hands. An embroidered coat lies over the arm of his chair. In the background is his desk. From a recently ennobled family, Bertin rose rapidly to become a member of the government formed by the Duc de Choiseul. He was soon called to court, becoming an intimate of King Louis XVand a favourite of Madame de Pompadour. Innovative and intellectually brilliant, he persuaded the King to sanction the foundation of several technological institutions, including schools of Mines, Veterinary Science, Agriculture &c. eventually becoming Superintendant of Finances. He retired in 1776.

Portrait of a gentleman

London, 182[6 ?]

Lithograph, printed on paper watermarked ‘Whatman Turkey Mill’

Neat marginal repairs, slight dust staining

380x250mm

£140

Portrait of a gentleman

An interesting and decorative, full length portrait of a gentleman standing in his study. He holds a book with one hand while the other rests on his hip. In the background his parrot sits on its perch. Possibly a self portrait of Gauci (fl. 1810-46), he wears a neat frock coat, knee breeches, tall neckcloth and has a watchfob dangling at his waist.

Gl. Andreossy. The Ambassador from France to His Britannic Majesty

London, A. Cardon 1803

Stipple engraving

330x240mm

£160

Gl. Andreossy. The Ambassador from France to His Britannic Majesty

A delicately executed, half length portrait, enclosed in an oval of General Andréossy, Napoleon's Ambassador to Britain during the short lived Peace of Amiens 1802-3. Of Hungarian descent, he looks sternly out, wearing a military coat embroidered with oak leaves and a black cravat. The Peace had been principally used by Napoleon as an opportunity to regroup and reorganise his armies. During that time the British Ambassador to France had been Charles, 1st Earl Whitworth (1752-1825). Napoleon had roughly demanded the British evacuation of Malta as a price of lasting peace, a demand that Whitworth had been firmly instructed by Hawkesbury to refuse. On March 13th 1803 Napoleon had summoned the Ambassador to the Tuileries and subjected to him to a violent tirade after which Whitworth noted 'the extreme impropriety of his conduct and the total want of dignity as well as of decency on the occasion.’ The interview was not, however, a final one Whitworth was received by the First Consul once again on 4th April, when the corps diplomatique were kept waiting for an audience for four hours while Napoleon inspected knapsacks. On 1st May an indisposition prevented Whitworth from attending the reception at the Tuileries, on 12th May he demanded his passports, and on 18th May Britain declared war against France. Whitworth reached London on 20th May, having encountered the French Ambassador, Andréossy, three days earlier at Dover. Throughout the trying scenes with the First Consul, Whitworth's demeanour was generally admitted to have been marked by a dignity and an impassibilité worthy of the best traditions of aristocratic diplomacy.

Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius de Peireso Senator Aqvensis

London, 1656

Etching

145x95mm

£65

Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius de Peireso Senator Aqvensis

A small, interesting portrait of the Senator Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius de Peireso of the German city of Aachen or Aix la Chapelle, situated near the Belgian border. This portrait was published in 1656, the year that most of Aachen was destroyed in a terrible fire. Peireso has a straggly beard, and wears a plain, broad collar, a belted black robe and a small skullcap.

Anton Daniel Bertoli

Augsburg, c. 1743

Mezzotint

360x270mm

£150

Anton Daniel Bertoli

A fine, rare, beautifully detailed, three quarter length portrait of the Venetian watercolour painter and drawing master Anton Daniel Bertoli. He wears a very elaborately embroidered coat, holding a portfolio of drawings on his knee, with his greyhound at his side. In the background is the base of a column carved with classical bas reliefs, with a view of Trajan’s Column and a church tower in the background. He became Controller of the Emperor’s art collection in Vienna and a drawing master to the Empress Maria Theresa.

v. Gluck

Berlin, W. Zawitz c. 1860

Lithograph by J. Druck & J. Hesse

395x270mm

£160

v. Gluck

A late, full length portrait of the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-87). He stands in an elegant salon, wearing a dressing gown over his waistcoat and breeches, resting his hand on a desk covered with music manuscripts. His father was a forester fromthe Upper Palatinate (now the western extreme of Czechoslovakia), and Czech was his native tongue. At about 14 he left home to study in Prague, where he worked as an organist. He soon moved to Vienna and then to Milan, where his first opera was given in 1741. Others followed, elsewhere in Italy and during 1745-6 in London, where he discovered Handel's music. After further travel he settled in Vienna in 1752 as Konzertmeister of the Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen's orchestra, then as Kapellmeister. He also became involved in performances at the court theatre of French opéras comiques, as arranger and composer, and he wrote Italian dramatic works for court entertainments. His friends tried, at first unsuccessfully, to procure a court post for him; but by 1759 he had a salaried position at the court theatre and soon after was granted a royal pension. In 1774 he gave Iphigénie en Aulide. Iphigénie en Tauride followed in 1776, and in 1779 - his greatest success, along with his greatest failure, Echo et Narcisse. He now acknowledged that his career was over; he revised Iphigénie en Tauride for German performance, and composed some songs, but abandoned plans for a journey to London to give his operas and died in autumn 1787, widely recognized as the doyen of Viennese composers and the man who had carried through important reforms to the art of opera.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Duke of Saxony

London, 1840

Lithograph, printed on india paper

Slight overall browning & dust staining

470x345mm

£140

His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Duke of Saxony

A fine, rare, half length portrait of the young Prince Albert (1819-61), taken soon after his marriage to Queen Victoria on Feb. 10th 1840, by the Munich artist Franz Hanfstaengl. He stands wearing resplendent military uniform, carrying his feathered cocked hat under his arm. In the background is a draped curtain and a framed portrait of the Queen.

 Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse

London, c. 1785

Stipple engraving

Trimmed to border and within title, slightly worn impression

570x420mm

£180

Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse

One of the most famous full length portraits of the most popular actress of the late Georgian stage. Sarah Siddons (1751-1831), in the character of the Muse Melpomone, sits dramatically on an immense architectural throne, poised above roiling clouds, dressed in flowing robes and overskirt and looking slightly to the left. In the background are two shadowy male figures, one bearing a dagger and the other a chalice of poison. In a supreme compliment Reynolds has signed his name on the hem of her garment. The painting is now in the collection of the Dulwich Picture Gallery. This engraving has an interesting publishing history, and was the source of one of the most publicized quarrels between an artist and engraver. In view of the popularity of the actress and reputation of the artist any engraving from this painting was certain to be a profitable venture, and the mezzotint artist Valentine Green was extremely eager to secure the commission to engrave it. Green first approached Reynolds, who told the engraver that his application would be considered favourably, but he believed that Mrs Siddons wanted it engraved in stipple which would bear more copies in the print run and thus further enhance her reputation. However, when Mrs Siddons was approached she let Green believe that the decision rested entirely with Reynolds. The playwright Sheridan who had commissioned the portrait also promised to refer the matter to Reynolds. Green thus believed that he would be granted the commission, however, when the painting was ready to be engraved Green learnt that Francis Haward the stipple engraver had been awarded the rights to engrave and publish this lucrative print. Green was furious and wrote to Reynolds demanding an explanation of his deceitful conduct. Reynolds was naturally deeply offended and produced a note proving that Mrs Siddons had personally requested that the work be given to Haward. Green had to apologise, but the damage to his career had been done and he was never again invited to engrave any of Reynolds work.

Rear Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford Bart. M.P.

London, c. 1815

Mezzotint

Trimmed to image, slight scratch in sky

305x230mm

£85

Rear Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford Bart. M.P.

A half length portrait. An illegitimate son of Lord de la Poer, afterwards first Marquis of Waterford, Beresford (1766-1844), wears naval uniform, with an order around his neck on a broad ribbon, and a distant view of the sea in the background. Entering the navy in 1782 on board the Alexander, under the protection of Lord Longford, Beresford enjoyed a adventurous and successful naval career. Early in 1814 he was appointed to the Royal Sovereign yacht, and on 24th April had the honour of carrying the Louis XVIII, the newly restored King of France over to Calais. In May he was created a baronet, and attained the rank of Rear-Admiral. In the following September he hoisted his flag in the Duncan, and was sent to Rio de Janeiro to carry home the Prince Regent of Portugal. The prince, however, decided not to return to Lisbon at that time, and Beresford, after receiving from him the order of the Tower and Sword, returned to England. M.P. for Coleraine since 1809, in 1832, he was unseated on petition; in 1835 he was elected for Chatham, and became a junior Lord of the Admiralty. After this he lived in comparative retirement at his seat at Bedale in Yorkshire, where he died, after a long illness. This portrait was probably published to mark his promotion to Rear-Admiral.

Thomas Lord Lynedoch. General in His Majesty’s Service, Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot; Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Bath

London, c. 1826

Mezzotint, open letter proof

Narrow margins, trimmed within bottom platemark.

690x410mm

£130

Thomas Lord Lynedoch. General in His Majesty’s Service, Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot; Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Bath

A fine, full length portrait of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch (1748-1843). He stands wearing military uniform and spurred hessian boots, his sabre resting in his arms. In the background is a burning Spanish town. Agriculturist and soldier. Aide de Camp to Sir John Moore at Corunna and subsequently a highly competent and popular officer, he fought throughout the Peninsula Campaign, returning home to Perthshire at the peace. On 3rd May 1814 he received the thanks of Parliament, and was created Baron Lynedoch of Balgowan in the peerage of the United Kingdom, but refused the pension of £2,000 a year offered with the title. He became a full general in 1821, was transferred to the colonelcy of the 58th foot in 1823, to the 14th foot in 1826, and to the 1st royals (now Royal Scots) in 1834. He succeeded Lord Harris as governor of Dumbarton Castle in 1829 and is chiefly famous for founding the United Services Club in Pall Mall.

**T. Hodgetts after A. Geddes

His Royal Highness the Duke of York and Albany

Published by Colnaghi Son & Co, London (c.1825)

Mezzotint printed on laid paper.

Sheet: 555 x 436 mm

Trimmed just outside the plate mark. In good condition.

Price: £120

Portrait of the Duke of York and Albany, Prince Frederick; member of the Hanoverian and British Royal Family. Second son of George III, he also became the heir presumptive of his older brother, King George IV. As Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, he successfully reorganised the nations forces and put into place new administrative reforms which enabled the red coats to defeat Napoleon's troops. He can also be credited as the founder of Sandhurst, Britain's most prestigious military college. The Duke is perhaps best remembered as the inspiration for the nursery rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York".

**Francis Holl after John Harrison

[Anon]

Published by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London 1852

Steel engraving with stipple and line engraved background.

Plate: 558 x 432 mm

Time staining and slight spotting in the left hand margin.

Price: £48

A Head-and-shoulders portrait of and unidentified Military Commander.

The Baring Family

London, c. 1840

Steel mezzotint

Trimmed on top platemark, publication line partially obliterated, slight marginal dust staining.

300x380mm

£75

The Baring Family

An interesting group portrait of three members of the Baring banking family, sitting around a large desk on which rests an enormous ledger inscribed HOPE and an Act of Parliament labelled 1807. On the left is the founder of the dynasty Sir Francis Baring (1740-1810), who sits in a large armchair, his hand cupped around his ear (he was deaf from early youth), in the centre is his elder brother John and on the right, leaning earnestly over the table is his son in law Charles Wall. In the background is a draped curtain and a classical column.

Lady Erskine

London, c. 1767

Mezzotint

Slight rubbing and dust staining,traces of old folds

550x365mm

£75

Lady Erskine

A half length, standing portrait of Janet Lady Erskine (d. 1797). Her fair hair is dressed in a simple swept back style, and she wears a high, lace ruffled collar and elaborate lace shawl over a loose silk robe. A rose is fastened in her bodice. Daughter of Peter Wedderburn of Chesterhall, in 1761 she married Lieutenant General Sir Henry Erskine 5th baronet of Alva and Cambuskenneth in Clackmannanshire, who sadly died soon after in 1765. Janet was the sister of Alexander Wedderburn, afterwards Lord Chancellor of England, and first Earl of Rosslyn, and the eldest of her two sons succeeded his maternal uncle as second Earl of Rosslyn.

**R. Josey after F. Grant RA

 Portrait of Mrs Jane Walsh

 Mixed Method engraving printed on chine collé.

 Sheet: 681 x 540 mm

 Spotting and browning of image.

 Price: £ 90

Portrait of Mrs Walsh

Portrait of the Wife of John Benn Walsh, Jane Walsh.

**G. Keating after G. Romney

 Portrait of George Harry, Earl of Stamford 1793

 Mezzotint printed on rolled paper.

 Sheet: 464 x 342 mm

 Very slight spotting along the bottom margin. Good Impression.

 Price: £ 80

 Portrait of George Harry, Earl of Stamford 1793

Portrait of George Harry Grey, 5^th Earl of Stamford and 1^st Earl of Warrington. He was born October 1^st 1737 - his father was Harry Grey (4^th Earl of Stamford) and his mother was Lady Mary Booth. George Harry married Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Bentick (daughter of William Bentinck, 2^nd Duke of Portland, and Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley) on May 28^th 1763. He died on May 28^th 1819, aged 81.

 **G. Keating after G. Romney

 Portrait of Henrietta Cavendish, Countess of Stamford 1793

 Mezzotint printed on rolled paper.

 Sheet: 460 x 340 mm

 Good Impression.

 Price: £ 80

Portrait of Henrietta Cavendish, Countess of Stamford 1793

Portrait of the Wife of George Harry Grey, 5^th Earl of Stamford. She was born on February 8^th 1737 and her parents were William Bentinck, 2^nd Duke of Portland, and Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley. Together they had two children: Lady Henrietta Grey (born April 20^th 1764) and George Harry Grey, 6^th Earl of Stamford (born October 31^st 1765). She died June 4^th 1827, aged 90.

Portrait of the Countess of Carlisle

Copper engraving printed on laid paper

Good impression. Trimmed within the plate mark and below the publishers line

289 x 226 mm

£ 60

Portrait of the Countess of Carlisle

Portrait of Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle. Formerly known as Lucy Percy, second daughter of Henry Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland, she married the 1st Earl of Carlisle, James Hay. An English socialite known for her wit and charm, she was involved in numerous scandals within the Court of Charles I; she became, first, the mistress of Thomas Wentworth, the 1st Earl of Strafford and then the mistress of his parliamentary opponent, John Pym. Her persona was celebrated in the work leading poets of the time, such as Thomas Carew and William Cartwright. She was heavily involved in the 1st and 2nd Civil wars, in which her leaking of confidential information allowed the 3rd Earl of Essex to escape arrest. On March 21st 1649, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London due to her involvement and support for the Presbyterian party during the 2nd Civil war and was released on bail on the 25th September 1650. She died shortly after the restoration.

Portrait of the Countess of Castlehaven

Copper engraving printed on laid paper

Good Impression. Trimmed within the plate mark and just above the publishing line

287 x 227 mm

£ 48

Portrait of the Countess of Castlehaven

Portrait of Elizabeth Barnham, who became the countess of Castlehaven when she married Mervyn Tuchet, the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven in 1617. The couple had six children, before she died in 1622/24. She was the daughter of Benedict Barnham, the Sheriff of the City of London and Dorothy Smith.

Portrait of the Countess of Sunderland

Copper engraving on laid paper

Good impression. Slight browning of the paper. Some translucent patches where the paper is slightly damaged

285 x 206 mm

£55

Portrait of the Countess of Sunderland

Portrait of Dorothy Spencer, she became the Countess of Sunderland when she married Henry Spencer, the 1st Earl of Sunderland. Formerly known as Dorothy Sidney, she was the daughter of Robert Sidney, the 2nd Earl of Leicester.

The Honourable Susanna Fitzpatrick

London, c. 1760

Mezzotint

Trimmed to border

320x230mm

£150

The Honourable Susanna Fitzpatrick

A half length portrait of Susanna Fitzpatrick (née Usher), wife of Richard Fitzpatrick, grandson of the 1st Lord Gowran. She is directed slightly to the left, with her dark hair neatly pulled back, wearing a dress trimmed with roses at the bosom, lace edged fichu and lace trimmed sleeves. In the background is a panelled room and draped curtain. Sadly she seems to have died young in 1759.

Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Wales and of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld

London, R. Ackermann October 22nd 1816

Stipple engraving

Trimmed within platemark, slight spotting

400x255mm

£140

Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Wales and of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld

A decorative, full length portrait of Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817), daughter of the Prince Regent. She stands on the terrace of Windsor Castle, wearing a satin striped dress, with broad flounces around the hem, and with a embroidered oriental shawl cast over her shoulder and over her arm. She wears a wreath of roses in her hair and little satin slippers on her feet. Evidently published to mark the Princesses marriage to the handsome Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1790-65), son of Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg, sadly their marriage did not last long as Princess Charlotte died in childbirth on 5th Nov. 1817. After a long labour the Princess had given birth to a stillborn son, dying herself a few hours later, largely due to the incompetence of the fashionable accoucheur, Sir Richard Croft (who later, overcome by guilt, committed suicide). In 1831 Prince Leopold was invited to become King of the Belgians, becoming an advisor to the young Queen Victoria to whom he suceeded in marrying his nephew Prince Albert, and was himself succeeded on the Belgian throne by Prince Francis his son by his second wife.

Portrait of Beethoven

V. A. Heck, Vienna

Copper engraving printed on chine collé, backed onto thick cream wove

Good impression; surface abrasion to left of head; ink smear on left shoulder

469 x 340 mm

£75 / €112

Portrait of Beethoven

Portrait of the world famous German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). His work embodies the transition between the Classical and the Romantic periods in Western music.

Portrait of Captain George Farmer

Published by John Boydell in Cheapside, London on February 14th 1780

Mezzotint printed on laid paper. Watermark visible on lower margin

Good impression. A few wormholes on image. Repaired wormholes on the left margin. Marginal tear on bottom edge.

399 x 281 mm

£130

Portrait of Captain George Farmer

Portrait depicting Captain George Farmer who gallantly fought the French frigates off the island of Ushant (near the coast of Brittany). It fought gallantly against the more powerful French frigate for three and half hours before exploding due to its cannons catching fire (earlier when the Quebec had returned to Portsmouth to be repaired, these 9 pounder cannons had been fitted instead of the original 12 pounders, leaving the ship at a disadvantage to it’s French enemies).

 Mrs. Chelsum

London, c. 1795

Etching on laid paper

350x255mm

£380

Mrs. Chelsum

A rare, three quarter length portrait of an old lady wearing a black shawl and lace bonnet, with a dress with frilled sleeves and long mittens on her folded hands. Beneath are a set of laudatory verses. Mrs Chelsum was the mother of James Chelsum D.D., author, print collector and authority on mezzotint engraving. Chelsum was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and who subsequently became chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester, who gave him the living of Droxford in Hampshire where he died in 1801.

Viscount Curzon. Aged 84

London, Feb. 13th 1813

Stipple engraving

Misc neat marginal repairs

490x390mm

£140

Viscount Curzon. Aged 84

A full length portrait of Pen Assheton Curzon (1729-1820), created 1st Viscount Curzon. He stands, hat in hand, wearing a frock coat, knee breeches and waistcoat in the grounds of his country estate at Hagley in Staffordshire, with a distant view of the house on a wooded knoll in the background. He married Sophia Charlotte, daughter of the gallant Admiral Howe, who died in 1799. Upon his Howe’s death his Earldom became extinct but the Barony of Howe descended to his daughter and was in turn inherited by their son and heir, Richard William Pen Asheton Curzon, created Earl Howe in 1821 soon after the death of his father.

His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, and Chandos, Colonel of the Buckingham Yeomanry Cavalry

London, Henry Graves & Co. May 25th 1841

Mixed method mezzotint

500x360mm

£85

His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, and Chandos, Colonel of the Buckingham Yeomanry Cavalry

A three quarter length portrait of the handsome Richard Grenville Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861). He stands wearing his heavily gold braided cavalry uniform, with a view of Stowe Park in the background. An inveterate opponent of Reform and Peel’s intended Repeal of the Corn Laws, he inherited a huge fortune from his father, including Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire. One of his expensive habits was purchasing land with borrowed money, regardless of the fact that the interest of the money he borrowed was much heavier than the rental he recovered from the land. In 1844, on his eldest son coming of age, the entail to some of the estates was cut off, leaving intact the Chandos estates, which were entailed upon female heirs. Although it was known that the Duke was in financial difficulties, the Queen and Prince Albert paid him a visit at Stowe Park. This visit cost a large sum of money, and helped to precipitate the impending catastrophe. On 31st August 1847 the effects at Stowe and other residences were taken possession of by the bailiffs, and in September the Duke left England with debts estimated at upwards of a million pounds. Subsequently, his wife Lady Mary Campbell, daughter of the Marquis of Breadalbane, divorced him. The Duke died at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington, London, 29th July 1861.

Portrait of Christian V of Denmark

Copper engraving

Watermark [Cauvergne 1749] at right-hand side of sheet

Very slight browning/spotting of the paper. Marginal tear on the upper left-hand side of the sheet. Wormhole in the image

329 x 229 mm

£50

Portrait of Christian V of Denmark

A portrait of Christian V of Denmark (reigned 1670-1699), son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophia Amelia of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Known for introducing the ‘Dansk Lov’ (Danish Code); the first law code for all of Denmark. One of a series of regal portraits of the Danish Kings published by Preisler.

Portrait of Christian VI of Denmark

Copper engraving printed on watermarked paper (watermark visible on the right hand margin).

Slight paper below title

329 x 230 mm

£ 50

Portrait of Christian VI of Denmark

A portrait of Christian VI of Denmark (reigned 1730-1746), son of Frederick IV of Denmark and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstenrow. One of a series of regal portraits of the Danish Kings published by Preisler.

The Right Honble. Charles James Fox

London, c. 1806