⛄ Christmas Listing: Catalogue 121! ⛄

Daughters of Sir Thomas Frankland Bar.t.
Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. Portrait Painter to His Royal Higness the Prince of Wales. Engraved by W. Ward.
Publish'd March 1. 1797 by W. Ward, Delancy Place, Hampstead Road.
Fine mezzotint. 580 x 455mm (22¾ x 18"). Framed in a very good 'Daniel' type frame. Small margins. Unexamined out of frame.
A portait of Marianne and Emilia Frankland in a landscape, a spaniel asleep at their feet. Amelia holds a crayon and a portfolio of sketches. They were two of the many daughters of the naval officer and politician Sir Thomas Frankland (1718-84), fifth baronet. Extremely fine and decorative image. Engraved by William Ward from the 1795 portrait by John Hoppner. The painting hangs in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., having previously been in the collection of Andrew Mellon.
CS 38 iii/iv; Frankau 125 iii/iv. Provenance Brussels Gentleman's Club.
[Ref: 59526]   £1,250.00  

We'd like to dedicate this Christmas listing to our dear friend and mentor Andrew Edmunds, his company and advice will be sorely missed by us all.

It contains just over 200 items, such as but not limited to:
Portraits inclusive of mezzotints.
Lots of Satire including Bunbury's, Gillray's, Heath's
 and Hunt's.
Decorative items inclusive of mezzotints.
UK Views.
Overseas views.
A tiny bit of Americana.
Military & Naval.
Sports and Pastimes.
Natural History. including artists: Victor Adam, Stubbs and Carle and Horace Vernet.
Maps.
And some Ephemera.

View the whole catalogue here!

Happy browsing and keep well,
 
Nigel, Henrietta, Sasha and Anna

A few highlights:
 

  
[Seven Sacraments.] Baptismus [&] Eucharistia [&] Poenitentia [&] Confirmatio [&] Extrema Unctio [&] Ordo [&] Matrimonium.
Thomas Scheffler delin. Cum Priv. S.C.M.
I. A. Pfeffel S.C.M. Chalcogr. excud. A. V. [n.d. c.1730.]
Set of seven rare mezzotints, plate 735 x 530mm (29 x 21"). Creased, nicks, stains and tears to margins. Rolled.
Very rare complete set. Seven rococo mezzotints, each representing a sacrament of the Catholic Church., after the German painter Christoph Thomas Scheffler (1699-1756).
[Ref: 59594]   £1,350.00 
 

 The "Leda" Yacht, R.W.Y.C. Dedicated by permission to the owner William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, Esq.r by His obedient Servants Messers Fores.
Painted by N.M. Condy. T.G. Dutton, Lith. Day & Son. Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published Jan.y 1st. 1850, by Messrs. Fores, At Their Sporting & Fine Print Repository, & Frame Manufactory, 41 Piccadilly, Corner of Sackville Street.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area: 315 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Slight marking in sky.
A view of the 'Leda' yacht, probably in the mouth of Plymouth Harbour, looking seaward. Founded as the Port of Plymouth Royal Clarence Regatta Club in 1827, the Royal Western Yacht Club was founded in 1833 with the intention of holding an annual regatta as part of an active social programme and to stimulate improvements in naval architecture through yacht racing.
For another Dutton/Condy view of the same yacht see 39379.
[Ref: 59548]   £950.00   
 
 
[Gout] An Exquisite Taste, with an Enlarged Understanding.
Drawn by E.Y. Esq.r. Eng.d by G.Hunt.
Pub by Geo. Hunt, 18 Tavistock S.t. Covent Garden.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"), watermarked 'J. Whatman 1825'. Trimmed within plate.
A corpulent man sits in his dining room, his gouty left leg swathed and elevated, his crutches leaning against his chair. Despite his discomfort he raises a glass to his lips, poured from one of many decanters in the room. On the wall behind is a painting of a bacchanalia.
BM Satires undescribed; Hickman p. 108, first state, republished by McLean in 1827.
[Ref: 59446]   £380.00  
 
 

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