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* Rembrandt (Harmensz van Rijn, 1606-1669). The Flight into Egypt (Small Plate), 1633, etching on laid paper, with light surface tone, ink stamps to verso of the Kupferstich-Sammlung der Konigl: Museen, Tilgungs-Stempel K.K.C., and Gr. v. Lepell S., plate size 88 x 62 mm, sheet size 92 x 67 mm (3.65 x 2.65 ins), 19th century black and gilt frame, glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: W.H.F.K. Graf von Lepell (1755-1826), Prussia (Lugt 1672); bequeathed to Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia. Kupferstich-Sammlung der Koniglichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt. 1606), with their de-accession stamp (Lugt 2398); Michael Jaffe (1923-1997). Bartsch 52. Hind (1923) 105, ii. New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 117, iv/iv. The posthumous 4th state extensively reworked with mezzotint rocker.

* Fisher (Edward, 1722-1785). Portrait of Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra, [circa 1752], mezzotint on laid paper, proof before letters, a rich, dark, velvety impression, after the original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, depicting the celebrated courtesan Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, plate size 36 x 25.5 cm (14.2 x 10 ins), sheet size 37 x 26.3 cm (14.5 x 10.3 ins), window-mounted, together with 5 other engravings, including a proof before letters of the mezzotint portrait of the Countess of Lincoln (1728-1765) by James McArdell after Sir Joshua Reynolds (formerly in the G.E. Russell Collection), trimmed to margins, a proof before title of the mezzotint by Charles Howard Hodges (1764-1837) after Sir Joshua Reynolds of the Countess Spencer, published 16th July 1784, the second state, a fine impression, a mezzotint of Lady Charlotte Greville by John Young after John Hoppner, an engraving by E. Mitchell after Henri Pierre Danloux of the infant George Henry Lord Scott, born 2nd January 1798, published by E. Mitchell, February 1, 1800, and Robert Dunkarton (1744-1811), Miss Horneck, after Joshua Reynolds, published February 20th, 1778, fine mezzotint on laid paper, light spotting to edges, plate size 51 x 35.5 cm (20 x 14 ins), with margins, window-mounted (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: Martin Erdmann Collection of Early English Mezzotints and Colour Prints (Sold Christie's, London, November 16, 1937). Chaloner Smith (1883), 18. Catherine Mary Fisher, better known as Kitty Fisher (1741-1767) was perhaps the most notorious English courtesan of the 18th century who was painted by Reynolds no fewer than 7 times. His 1759 portrait of Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl depicts a scene recalling the legendary banquet held by Cleopatra to impress Marc Antony, at which she took a giant pearl from her ear, dissolved it in wine and drank it. According to Casanova, Kitty Fisher similarly once ate a £100 bank note on a slice of buttered bread, which had been given to her by Sir Richard Adkins, brother of the beautiful Mrs Pitt, thereby indicating the courtesan's profligacy, as well as her high 'price'. She died in her mid-20s, possibly from the effects of lead-based cosmetics, but more probably from tuberculosis at Bath. She is celebrated in the well-known nursery rhyme 'Lucy Locket lost her pocket/Kitty Fisher found it; There was not a penny in it/Only a ribbon round it.'.

* McArdell (John, 1729-1765). Girl with Watch and Fan, circa 1760, mezzotint on laid paper, proof before letters, a rich, velvety impression before the plate was cleaned, plate size 34.5 x 25 cm (13.5 x 9.8 ins), margins close-trimmed, window-mounted, together with McArdell (John, 1729-1765), Elizabeth Hamilton, Lady Grammont as Saint Catherine, [1778], mezzotint on laid paper, proof before letters, a brilliant, rich, velvety impression, depicting Elizabeth Hamilton, Lady Grammont (1641-1708), one of the great beauties of the Restoration court as Saint Catherine holding a palm branch, after the original painting by Sir Peter Lely, with short margins, plate size 50.7 x 35.6 cm (20 x 14 ins), sheet size 51.3 x 36.5 cm (20.2 x 14.3 ins), window-mounted, plus Watson (James, 1740-1790). Lady Beachamp Procter placing a wreath of flowers on a statue of Hymen, mezzotint by James Watson after Benjamin West, a brilliant proof before title, published by John Bodyell, March 25, 1779, plate size 38.5 x 28.5 cm (15.2 x 11.25 ins), sheet size 40.8 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 ins), window-mounted, and McArdell (John, 1729-1765). Lady Caroline Russell, after Joshua Reynolds, proof mezzotint before letters, a fine strong impression, plate size 36 x 25.5 cm (14.2 x 10 ins), margins trimmed, window-mounted (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance: Martin Erdmann Collection of Early English Mezzotints and Colour Prints (Sold Christie's, London, November 16, 1937). Chaloner Smith (1883), 193, 91 and 121.

* [Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828]. A collection of 45 various 17th, 18th and 19th century etchings and engravings once owned by the artist and engraver Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), including Israel Silvestre (1621-1691), Veduta del ponte Ste. Maria & Veduta di una Parte del Campidoglio (plates 4 & 5 from a series of views of Rome), published by Pierre Mariette, circa 1660, 2 etchings on laid paper, plate size 12.5 x 25 cm, sheet size 20.5 x 33 cm, and 9 further etched views of Rome by Silvestre, published by Mariette from a slightly smaller series, all with ownership ink stamp of Thomas Bewick to lower left margin, together with Samuel Gribelin, Six Landscapes by Gribelin Pillimont &c., published by John Bowles, circa 1750, numbered 1-6, the first print titled above the image, and with imprint below, plate size 87 x 146 mm, sheet size 16.4 x 21 cm, stitched as originally issued, each plate with Thomas Bewick ownership stamp to lower left margin, plus 3 engraved views after Francois Boucher by Thomas Vivares and P. Benazech, published by Vivares, plate size 22 x 26.5 cm, with margins, each with Thomas Bewick ownership stamp to lower left corner, a mezzotint vanitas print by William Faithorne after Philippe Champaigne, several further engravings, engraved or published by Vivares, a copper engraving by Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767), Hirsch mit 66 Enden, and others by Dorigny, Thomas Major, and Robert Johnson (1770-1796), a student of Thomas Bewick, the latter in poor condition, various sizes and condition, most with Thomas Bewick printed ownership stamp, with old paper wrapper inscribed in a 19th century hand 'lot 327, Bewick sale, Feby 6.1884, H.C.A' (Qty: 1)NOTESThe present lot (with some possible later addiitions) appears to be lot 327 from the auction sale of Thomas Bewick's collection of books and engravings sold by Davison and Son, Newcastle upon Tyne, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday February 5th, 6th and 7th 1884. The sale followed the death of the last surviving daughter of Thomas Bewick, Isabella Bewick, in 1884. The catalogue is titled Catalogue of a Scarce and Curious Collection of Books & Engravings, formerly belonging to Thomas Bewick, the eminent wood engraver... to be sold by auction, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, February 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1884 at 12 o'clock each day, by Messrs. Davison & Son... Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1884.

(XIX). Portrait study of ENOCH WOOD (1759-1840) - pottery manufacturer based in Burslem, mezzotint by S.W. REYNOLDS, after a painting by JOHN BOSTOCK, published in 1840, 52 x 38 cm

BY AND AFTER JAMES MCARDELL, DAVID GARRICK, MEZZOTINT, 26 X 24.5CM, 18TH C, REDUCED, UNFRAMED

George Townly Stubbs (1756-1815) after George Stubbs ARA (1724-1806) Horses Fighting; Bulls Fighting Each mezzotint, fifth state of five, published by B.B.Evans, London, 1788 Each 48 x 59cm; 19 x 23¼in (2) Provenance: The Property of a Noblewoman

* Carington Bowles, publisher. Welladay! Is this my son Tom! [and] Be not amaz'd Dear Mother - It is indeed your daughter Anne. 1773 & 1774, a pair of mezzotint drolls after 'Grimm', both with bright contemporary hand colouring, thread margins, each approximately 345 x 245 mm, framed and glazed in uniform near contemporary stained wooden frames, with contemporary label 'Samuel Pitt, Appraiser, Auctioneer, Carver, Gilder, Looking Glass and Picture Frame Manufacturer, High Street, Dudley' to verso (Qty: 2)NOTESA pair of humorous mezzotints which expose the generational reactions to the new 'French Style' of dress and adornment. A farmer and his wife react in horror and astonishment at the appearance of their son and daughter who have returned from a trip to France or an English city where French dress was in vogue. Both of them have huge exaggerated wigs with a small hat balanced on top of their hairpieces. The 'Macaroni' dress of the young man is set of with a large cane and 'man-bag' and he carries a sword whose purpose seems purely to serve as an aid to keeping his hat on. The young lady has a monstrous wig and is accompanied by a black servant who carries a small furry dog. Her dress is low cut and exposes much of her bust and out of her décolletage emerges a large bunch of flowers. The fashionable excess of the Macaroni were an easy target for the satirist and needed little if any exaggeration.

* Commonwealth of England. By the Protector. A Declaration of His Highnes with the Advice of the Council, in order to the Securing the Peace of this Commonwealth, London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1655, single broadside, woodcut arms and initial, black and roman letter, browned, creased from folding, a few chips and tears to extremities, framed and glazed (not inspected out of frame), 36.6 x 28.4 cm, [English School], [Portrait of a Royalist gentleman], 19th century, head-and-shoulders portrait facing left, probably depicting James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (1607-1651), dressed in plate armour with blue sash of the Order of the Garter, water- and bodycolour on card, 18 x 15 cm, Smith (John, mezzotinter), Carolus 1th, [London]: sold by J. Smith in Russel Street, [c.1700?], mezzotint after Philip Fruytiers on wove paper, trimmed shaving imprint, adhesive staining to corners, 32.8 x 23.4 cm, and a copy of John Selden, Titles of Honor, 2nd edition, 1631 (with spurious, probably 18th-century signature 'O Cromwell' to initial blank, contemporary calf, binding broken, covers detached, several leaves loose, folio, not collated) (Qty: 4)NOTESFirst item: ESTC R211676; Wing C7075. The First Protectorate Parliament orders royalists to surrender all arms and to cease to employ any 'sequestered or ejected ministers' for the education of their children; such ministers themselves are forbidden from 'keep[ing] any school, either publick or private', public preaching, and 'administer[ing] Baptism, or the Lords Supper, or marry[ing] any persons, or us[ing] the Book of Common-prayer'.

Evelyn (John). Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper, '2nd' edition, London: J. Murray, 1769, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plate, folding mezzotint plate, frontispiece and title-page browned, contemporary sprinkled sheep, joints split, extremities worn, 8vo (17.6 x 11.5 cm), together with: Piles (Roger de), The Art of Painting, and the Lives of the Painters, 1st edition in English, London: J. Nutt, 1706, engraved frontispiece, marginal hole in 2D1, contemporary manuscript slip tipped to front free endpaper containing biographical notices of painters from Da Vinci to Kneller, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (18.5 x 11.3 cm), Dryden (John, translator), The Art of Painting by C. A. Du Fresnoy, 2nd edition ('corrected, and enlarg'd'), London: for B. L. and sold by William Taylor, 1716, engraved frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and somewhat tightly sewn, restoration to extremities, 8vo (17.6 x 10.4 cm), and 9 others, 18th-century treatises on art and painting, French and English, contemporary bindings, some rebacked, 8vo (Qty: 13)NOTESProvenance: Patricia Milne Henderson (1935-2018), British art historian, with bookplates. ESTC T134297 (Evelyn, this edition in fact 'a reissue of the second edition of 1755, with a cancel title-page'), T10568 (Piles), N14579 (Dryden).

A gilt framed mezzotint of Lady Rushout by Clifford James

WILLIAM SAYER AFTER J.M.W. TURNER Windmill and Lock, sepia mezzotint from Liber Studiorum, 18 x 25.5cm; together with a further print of the same view prior to mezzotint, each framed in one; and a portrait engraving after Rembrandt (2)

SAMUEL COUSINS AFTER MARGARET CARPENTER The Right Honourable Sr John Coleridge, mezzotint, 49 x 38cm; a further mezzotint engraving, both unframed; and a small quantity of reference works to include Salaman, Malcolm 'Old English Mezzotints'; Armstrong, E.A. 'Axel Herman Haig and His Work' etc

CHATELIN AND MULLER AFTER WILLIAM BELLERS 'A View of Haws - Water, A Lake Near Banton in Westmoreland', engraving, pub. c.1774 by John Boydell, 36 x 32cm; and John Smith (c.1652-1742) - 'The Right Honorable Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer...', mezzotint engraving, 29.5 x 24.5cm, oval (2)

CLIFFORD R. JAMES AFTER PIETER DE HOOCH Interior of a Dutch house, mezzotint in colours, pencil signed in the margin, 44 x 38cm; and a hand embellished canvas after Peter Wileman - 'Aspects of Light I' numbered 121/195, 28.5 x 28cm (2)

AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER Isaac Newton, mezzotint, 29 x 23cm oval; and one further mezzotint - William Stukeley by John Smith, 34 x 25cm, the latter mounted but unframed (2)

Catherine Atkins (British 19th Century-) DONNA INEZ Signed, labels adhered to the reverse bearing the artists name and title of the work as well as information about the artist Mezzotint 33 by 29cm

After L.R. Trinquesse - La Sortie du Bain, steel engraving, 52 x 38cm; one other after J. Vanloo - Le Coucher; and one other French colour mezzotint - Interior scene (3)

Valerie S. Bernard - etching, 14 x 9cm, signed in pencil to the margin and with studio stamp; together with sundry prints to include tinted mezzotint of Lady Heathcote

After Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) - The Bathers, mezzotint, dia.26cm; together with a perspective view of Twickenham, colour engraving (2)

Two advertising prints, 19th century continental mezzotint, and a contemporary palette knife, oil on canvas (4)

ASSORTED PRINTS including Salem and a mezzotint of Viscountess St. Asaph

RICHARD EARLOM (1743-1822), "a fruit piece and a flower piece", published by John Boydel 1781 and 1788, a pair of uncoloured mezzotint engravings after Jan van Huysum, each Hogarth framed and glazed (56.5cm x 43.5cm)

After Emmanuel Bowen 'A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA...' Published 1752, image 34 x 42cm T Jeffrerys 'PLAN OF THE HARBOUR OF CARTHEGENA' plate 22 x 33cm J Rapkin 'JAMAICA' with coloured highlights 26 x 34cm J Faber, after S Hudson 'THE HONOURABLE CHARLES KNOWLES, ESQ... GOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S ISLAND OF JAMAICA' Mezzotint 36 x 26cm (4)

William Henderson, 'Sir Walter Raleigh', after Zuchero, mezzotint, signed in pencil to lower right, bearing label for The Museum Gallery to verso, 31 x 23cm

Bromley after Phillips, mezzotint, Portrait of John Clark Powell, overall 39 x 30cm and two other pictures of Major John Werge and Letitia Powel l

Leonard Russell Squirrell (1893 - 1979) Artist signed mezzotint of Notre Dame 29cm x 42cm. Artist Resale Rights may apply to this lot.

3 framed and glazed mezzotint engravings by Earnest Stamp. Comprising: "The Brothers Van De Velde", "The Smoker" and "Punch". Largest frame size approx. 62.5 x 49.5cm.

After Thomas Weaver, (British, 1774-1843)A Short Horned Heifer, 7 Years Oldpublished 1811mezzotint with hand colouring 47 x 61.5cm (18 1/2 x 24 3/16in).

After Thomas Weaver, (British, 1774-1843)The Newbus Oxpublished 1812extensively inscribed along the lower edge mezzotint 52 x 62cm (20 1/2 x 24 7/16in).

18th century mezzotint after Sir Joshua Reynolds by J. R. Smith - portrait of The Most Revered Richard Robinson, published 1775, in glazed frame, 52cm x 37cm

James Watson, 18th century mezzotint after Thomas Hudson - portrait of David Garrick Esq, circa 1770, printed for John Bowles, Cornhill, London, in ebonised frame, 33cm x 22.5cm

F. Grant, 19th century, mezzotint by H. Cousins - portrait of Field Marshall Lord Raglan, G.C.B., published by Henry Graves, September 1854, in glazed maple veneered frame, 78cm x 50cm

J. Whessel, early 19th century mezzotint - a racehorse 'Trumpator', from Portraits of Celebrated Running Horse, published by Orme, March 1809, in glazed frame, 47cm x 60cm

'PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD READING A DESPATCH FROM SIR JOHN COPE', J. HORSBURGH AFTER W. SIMPSON, mezzotint, 34.5cm x 27cm, mount titled, framed and under glass

AFTER EDWARD DAYES (1736-1804) - Mezzotint - "Reapers" - A harvesting scene with Canterbury Cathedral to the background, 14.5ins x 17.75ins, and AFTER THOMAS SYDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) - Coloured lithograph - "A View on the Banks of the Stour, near Canterbury, with Cattle", 11.5ins x 15.75ins, both framed and glazed

LUCIA FORLUCCI, AUTUMN S GRATING, colour print, signed and dated '91 36cm x 28cm Mounted, framed and under glass along with PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, mezzotint 37cm x 21cm Framed and under glass

Mac Pietschmann Original Plate Print Mezzotint titled 'The Bather'. Unframed. Print size 13" x 9".

An early 20th century sampler 'George VI Elizabeth crown May 12th 1937', 38.5x32.5cm; together with a mezzotint by JR Smith

Assorted pictures and prints, to include colour mezzotint, monochrome triptych engravings etc

Sidney Ernest Wilson (1869-?) - Maiden in a landscape, mezzotint, pencil signed, 50 x 31cm; together with a pair of contemporary botanical prints (3)

'PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD READING A DESPATCH FROM SIR JOHN COPE', J. HORSBURGH AFTER W. SIMPSON, mezzotint, 34.5cm x 27cm, mount titled, framed and under glass

Advertising - Automobilia/Motoring - a vintage/retro Crompton "Minor" Fractional HP Motor packing crate; a Minton's Denmark pattern octagonal side plate, decorated in red in the Aesthetic Movement taste, registration lozenge, c. 1870; Chinese hardwood stands, various; 19th century Cantonese enamel libation cups, (2); blue and white ginger jar; 19th century glass advertising bottles, (2); hand-coloured mezzotint portrait print; country house print, Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight; 19th century leather carriage clock case; fossilized stone specimens; Cowrie shell; wristwatch (faults), costume jewellery; wicker hamper; ephemera; etc

Richard Earlom (1743-1822), after Claude Lorrain (c.1600-1682), an Italianate harbour scene, No. 30, From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Published April 25th 1774 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, [London], sepia mezzotint engraving, 22.5cm x 27.5cm

Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), after Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691), Cattle on a Riverbank by Moonlight, [London]: Published Sep:r 1 1773, mezzotint engraving, 27cm x 35cm, glazed oak frame, BM no. 1982, U.801

Reynolds (Joshua). A Catalogue of Portraits, Fancy Pictures, Studies and Sketches, by the late Sir Joshua Reynolds ... which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Greenwood, by Order of the Executors, at the Great Room, Saville-Rowe, on Thursday, 14th April, and Two following Days, at 12 o'Clock, 1st edition, [London: no publisher, 1796], bound with: ibid., A Catalogue of the First Part of the Cabinet of Ancient Drawings, which belonged to Sir Joshua Reynolds Deceased ... consisting of a Most Valuable and Chosen Collection of the Works of Michel-Angelo, Raffaelle, Coreggio, Titiano, etc., and of all the Great Masters, their Contemporaries and their Immediate Followers, down to the three Caracci and their Scholars. Together with One Hundred and Forty One Drawings by Rubens, Vandyck, and Rembrandt; which, by Order of the Executors, will be sold at the Prices marked in this Catalogue, by A. C. de Poggi, at his Room, No. 91, New Bond-Street, on Monday, May 26, 1794, and to continue till all the Drawings are sold, 1st edition, London: T. Burton, [1794], 2 works in 1 volume, 11 [1] pp., xxiv 54 [2] pp. (retaining half-title and errata leaf), extra-illustrated with mezzotint proof portrait to front, slight toning, a few faint spots, 19th-century tan calf gilt by Hayday, 8vo (20.4 x 12.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) William Twopeny (1797-1873), lawyer and amateur draughtsman and printmaker (gilt bookplate). 2) Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet (1852-1941), Liberal politician and art dealer (engraved bookplate). 3) Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (bookplate). ESTC T161858 (four copies world-wide) & T30282 (seven copies world-wide).

* Legal. A mixed collection of approximately 60 prints and engravings, mostly 19th century, engravings and prints of topographical views, architecture, portraits, caricatures and mezzotint drolls, costume and trial scenes, with examples by or from 'The Illustrated London News', 'Old & New London', Shepherd, Miller, Kip, Hunt, Cole, Husbergh and John Doyle. various sizes and condition (Qty: approx. 60)

A mezzotint by Richard Earlom, after Claude Lorrain, 'Liber Veritatas', published 1777 by John Boydell, framed and glazed, 21 x 26cm

Dame Laura Knight (1877 - 1970) "Southern Blonde" Aquatint/Mezzotint. Pencil signed and Numbered (18/75) in lower margin. Bought originally in 1980 from MacMillan & Perrin Galllery. Original gallery receipts. Sight Size: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. Overall Size: 19 x 16.5 in. Framed behind glass.

Francis Blomefield: '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 plus 33 engraved plates (many folding) plus 14 pedigrees on 15 folding sheets as called for, half titles, handsomely rebound half calf gilt (not recent), armorial bookplates of Edward Southwell Trafford, of Wroxham Hall, Norwich (11)

A mezzotint in gilt verre-eglomise frame. 9' x 12'

A antique coloured mezzotint – The Fern Gatherers 1799 EX The Parker Gallery, London

William J Allingham, After Francis Wheatley, Shepherd and Shepherdess, colour mezzotint, oval, 31cm x 24cm; a le blonde colour print, May Day; a pair of portrait mezzotints; another mezzotint; and a photographic portrait. (Qty: 6)

After Frederic, Lord Leighton, Summer Slumber, artists proof mezzotint by John Miller, 40cm x 55cm.

CIRCLE OF JOHN FLAXMAN, RA (1755-1826) MERCURY CONDUCTING THE SOULS OF THE KINSMEN TO THE INFERNAL REGIONS; ULYSSES REFUSES TO EAT TILL HIS COMPANIONS ARE RESTORED TO HIM Two, with inscriptions in Italian and English, pen and brown ink over pencil, unframed Image 14 x 50cm and 14 x 35 cm approx; with C. Turner's mezzotint portrait of Flaxman, after J. Jackson, published 1827, 25 x 21cm., unframed (3) ++ Drawings worn, and with some creasing; the print foxed in margins

JAMES WARD, RA (1769-1859) ROCKING-HORSE Signed indistinctly lower right corner, oil on canvas 49.5 x 64.5cm. Engraved: In mezzotint by the artist, 1793 Exhibited: London, The Royal Academy, 1792, no.356 Provenance: By family tradition, the picture was won in a card game from the Earl Spencer by Brigadier Gordon Barry, CBE, DSO, MC, the vendor's grandfather in law. An indistinct label on the stretcher reads Baron Spencer of Althorp/ afterwards Viscount Althorp/ with his sister/ Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds/ Althorp Northampton. Although John Charles Spencer (1782-1845) and his sister, Lady Sarah (1787-1870), were apparently about the right ages in 1792, the suggested link with the Spencer family is otherwise wholly uncorroborated. ++ Old lining; some craquelure; needs a clean

A folio of 17th & 18th century Old Master and other engravings, French School (fourth-quarter 17th century), after Jean Lepautre (1618-1682), Baroque Auricular Ewer with Apples, the sides with Classical figures, [Paris, n.d., c. 1675], copperplate etching, 24cm x 17cm, connoisseur's mount; another, Urn Ornamented with Figures, Swags and a Medallion, Supported by Cherubs, [Paris: Jean II Le Blond (c. 1635-1709), n.d., c. 1675], copperplate etching, 28cm x 20cm, mounted en suite; James Gillray (1756-1815), by and after, caricature, Patriots amusing themselves;_or_ Swedes practising at a Post, [London]: Hannah Humphrey, April 19th 1792, monochrome etching, numbered 74 within the platemark, 26cm x 34.5cm; Edward Bell (late 18th century), by, [...] Portrait of Captain George Westcott, who fell on Board [...] the Majestic [...] in the ever memorable Victory of the Nile [...] 1798; [...] Inscribed to [...] Admiral Lord Nelson [...] London: Published by George Riley, May 12, 1790, mezzotint engraving, 27.2cm x 22.6cm, trimmed and mounted; Continental School (early 19th century), a regiment of Russian Cossacks in a Town Square, two-page aquatint, 51cm x 67cm, Provenance: Koenigl. Palais Bibliothek, stamped, Deutsche Heeresbücheret Berlin, stamped; Rinaldo in the Garden of Armida, fan design, printed in polychrome on silk, early 20th century, 25cm x 38.5cm; 19th century French portrait etchings, after Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788), (2); Portraits of the British and Their Allies, [London]: Published by R. Bowyer, June 1, 1816, copperplate engraving, 46cm x 32cm; Holbein; named-view and topographical engravings, various; (collection)

John Lucas (1807-1874) and Samuel Cousins RA (1801-1887), after George Sanders (1774-1846), a matrimonial pair, John Henry and Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duke and Duchess of Rutland, each portrait crested by a ducal coronet within the platemark, the Duchess: Private Plate, the Duke London: Published March 26, 1839 by Thomas Boys, Printseller to the Royal Family, XI Golden Square, Regent Street, mezzotint engravings, 71cm x 43cm, contemporary maple frames, (2); Frederick Christina Lewis (1779-1859), after Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (1769-1830), [Sir] Robert Peel, London: Published April 6, 1840, by Hodgson & Graves, Printsellers to Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6 Pall Mall, stipple engraving, 60.5cm x 48cm, contemporary maple cushion frame, J.G. & T.C. Brown, Booksellers, Printsellers [...] [of] Leicester, label to verso, [3]

Richard Earlom (1743-1822), after Claude Lorrain (c.1600-1682), an Italianate harbour scene, No. 30, From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Published April 25th 1774 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, [London], sepia mezzotint engraving, 22.5cm x 27.5cm

George White (c. 1684-1732), [after Thomas Gibson (c. 1680-1751)], portrait, The Hon:ble John Baker Esqr., Vice Admiral of the White, Obt: 10 Nov:r 1716, [London 1729], mezzotint engraving, 34.5cm x 24cm; Willem van Bemmel (1630-1708), after Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), William Harvey M.D., In the Collection of Dr Mead, Impensis J. & P. Knapton, London 1739, line engraving, 37cm x 23cm; After Thomas Sanders (d. 1825), A View of Stourbridge, copperplate engraving, [n.d, c. 1790], 23cm x 34cm; James Ross (1745-1821), Internal View of Worcester Cathedral [...], London: Publifhed by V. Green, Nov. 1ft 1794, copperplate engraving, 27cm x 20cm, [4]