CH R ONOLOGI CAL E X H I B I T I O N O F

M E Z Z O ‘ T I N T S

FKOM ‘v o ysg S I E‘ GE‘ N

‘ T O QR/I ‘R NET

EX HIB IT ED A T

T HE ' GR OLIER CLUB X

T H E G R E A T E X E C U T I O N E R CH R O NOLOGI CAL EX H I B I T I ON O F

M E Z Z O T I N T S

FR OM v o w S I EQ E’N T O B‘ A KN ET

EX HIB IT ED A T T HE Q R OLIER CLUB NEW YOR K A NNUA L MEET I NG 1918

t 5 1 . 1 78:

R E FE R E NCE S AND AB B R E VIAT IONS

Appended are the various names and abbre v iations employed, and the w o rks to w hi ch they refer . In this connection it is a pleasure to refer to

h . t at remarkable work by J C . Smith on which he labored with loving care for thirty years . It is the standard work on British mezzotint portraiture, and though monographs cata loguing the works of individual artists, s ubs e quently published, may sometimes give an item of information which was not accessible to Smith or escaped his notice,his work is monu mental and stands supreme .

C . S . British Mezzotint Portraits described

B . A 1 88 . by John Chaloner Smith, . London, 4

or MI LT . H . HA ON The Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, by Edward Hamilton,

o 1 88 . M . D . , F etc . L ndon, 4

HORNE . An illustrated catalogue of engraved portraits and fancy subj ects painted by Thomas 1 60 R A . Gainsborough, . Published between 7 1 2 A mn ub and 8 0. nd by George Ro ey, p lis hed between 1 770 and 1 830, with the vari ations of the state of the plates, by Henry

A. o 1 8 1 . Percy Horne, M . L ndon, 9

i Al WHITMAN . Samuel W lliam Reynolds,by

o 1 0 . fred Whitman . L ndon, 9 3

Charles Turner, by Alfred Whitman. Lon 1 don, 907.

mi 09 870 REFERENCES AND ABBREVIAT ION S

L s e e ABORDE . Hi toire de la Gravure en Mani r

NOire, by Léon de Laborde . Paris,

s . WESSELY . Catalogue of the Work of W 1 Vaillant .

l E Kiins t er . NAGL R. Lexicon

R McKAY E . H n r R A o e . AND OB RTS John pp , . ,by

McKa d . 1 . an 0 W y W. Roberts London, 9 9 .

Le a s o R . D . Peintre Graveur Franc i ,by R bert

1 8 . Dumesnil . Paris, 35

1 “ Archiv die z eichnende Kiins te, Vol . X I V, 1 868.

IV INT R ODUCT ION

T HERE are his torical as s ociations which give to the pres ent exhibitio n an appropriatenes s o f its ow n m o f in ti e war . The technical pro ces s which it illus trates w as invented by s o m os o o f o ks a ldier . The t ren wned the w r o f art in its earlier annals w as pro duced by w as v on Hes another . It Ludwig Siegen,a s ian oflicer, whos e experiments as an eu m graver brought the ezzotint into being.

This martial amateur, s ubs tituting the

s craper for the burin and the needle, added a new idiom to the language Of the print m k w as not m s o Of a er . He , hi elf, a creat r o o f aes thetic beauty . The p rtrait the Land

gravine Amelia Eliz abeth,through which he

announced his dis covery, at Am s terdam , in 1 2 i n 64 , s ot,precis ely,a lovely thing. But it po inted the way to great achievements and to that extent it ho lds fo rever a po s ition of o hon r .

In 1 65 2 ,when Prince R upert, Count Pal

atine o f the R hine,Duke Of Bavaria,nephew

o f King Charles the Firs t o f England, m et

Von Siegen in the Low Countries , he, als o

V INT RODUCTION tradition is piquantly dis clo s ed in a s to ry told by Angelo , the fencer, w ho went with

Gains borough and Abel, the mus ician, to Winds o r and there s aw the po rtrait o f

Q ueen Henrietta Maria, in white s atin, by n k o s Va Dy e . The c nver ation befo re it as ’ reco rded in Angelo s Mem o irs w as begun by Gains bo rough “ That woman had tas te, s aid he ; why do not the Frenchw ofnen dres s with that exquis ite s implicity now "But s he w as the daughter o f Henry the Fourth " Ye gods l ” how the French have degenerated I “ ” Yes , s aid Abel, w ho w as a man o f oh “ s ervation ; but ho ws om dever dat may be, v ot a s trange degeneracy o f your gountry v om ans f o r to im idade all the drumpderry ” fas hions from France 1 “ True, replied Gains bo rough ; I once,in convers ing with his Majes ty upon the s ub j ect o f m odern fas hions , took the liberty to s ay,your painters s hould be employed to de ” n m s ig the co s tu es . “ Vell ; and I s hould tes ire to kno w v ot oh s erv ations his Majes ty redurned, as he is a ” f ul i ted brince o g t v a das te . “ What obs ervatio n,man "Why,the King ‘ s aid, You are right, Mis ter Gains bo rough, m f O n do not I a entirely o your pi ion . Why VIII INTRODUCTION

’ you and Sir Jos hua s et about it " adding, ‘ but they are bewitching enough as it is hey, Gains bo rough,hey “ ' And what did you rebly to dat — Why, like a s aucy dog as I am what ' — our gracious King lis tened to and only an s w ered s m s with a ile . I aid (faith, I am ‘ as hamed to repeat it", Yes , and pleas e your — Majes ty it were as well to leave the dowdy ’ s e angel alon . In the his to ry o f the Britis h mezzo tint which is s o largely the his to ry o f mezzotint — ing as an art the dowdy angels have been , m s e in the ain, verely left alone . Either all the ladies abo ut the Geo rgian court were marvels o f lovelines s , or Sir Jo s hua, Gains bo rough and the res t too k their cue from the King, and, whether they des igned the current co s tumes or not, united in s eeing that their feminine s itters , by the time they “ finis hed with them , were bewitching o s s s fill enough . The graci u pre ence which this exhibition, fo r example, s upply all the s f r is n evidence nece s ary o that . It , i deed, in its s ervices to the women o f the period, in its magnificent interpretation o f the paint ’ ers reco rds o f their charm s , that mezzotint m is has achieved its greates t fa e . But it important to note that this has been rather

I X INTRODUCTION

arbitrarily brought about by the pers is tence, f r o a long time, am ongs t co llecto rs ,o f what

w as ea - o m s o T r lly an ill inf r ed fa hi n . he po rtraits o f m en painted by the eighteenth century mas ters are am ongs t the nobles t — products o f their s choo l, and to thes e as , — again, our exhibitio n clearly s hows the m e o s m s At s zz tinter did a me ju tice . the pre m m ent o ent, it is pleas ant to be able to note, conno is s eurs pay equal attentio n to the po r o f traits both s exes . H ow that attention has deepened as time

has gone on, how the mezzotint has pas s ed from the s creen already mentioned to the library o r po rtfolio in which it is treas ured

as a gem , is aptly s hown by s ome o f the fi u s f o om R n re g re o the aucti n ro . ey o lds ceiv ed only o ne hundred and fifty guineas

fo r his full lengt h o f Lady Bampfylde, and ’ we m ay be s ure that Thomas Wats o n s m ezzotint from it w as put upon the market

at a very m odes t figure . But when a rare ’ impres s io n o f Wats on s plate, in an early

s tate, appeared at the Huth s ale in 1 905 , it i s fetched s omething over s x thous and dollar . An interminable lis t o f s im ilarly high- erected

prices m ight be cited, indicating the pres ent m extrao rdinary vogue o f the ezzotint . They

point to a fas hion, it is true, but they po int X INT RODUCTION

als o to s o lid appreciation o f a glo rious type o f s m f print . The e i ages o the pas t,graven “ in the s uaves t harmonics o f tone, like

apples o f gold in pictures o f s ilver, are now s ought with the keenes t s olicitude fo r o o f Am perfecti n quality . erican amateurs have been earnes t in their s earch fo r fine m s s o s and not o t ur re i pre i n , unf r unate . O

s ources are no t,perhaps ,altogether compre hens iv e has not s . It been pos ible to frame here quite s uch a dis play o f the his to rical as pects o f the s ubject as would be eas ily f s s within the reach o the Briti h Mu eum . But members and friends o f The Gro lier Club have nevertheles s s upplied materials f r o f o a rich repres entati n o the art . The object o f the exhibitio n is to illus trate the progres s o f this art from its in v ention in 1 642 down to the beginning o f s r is m e o f r the la t centu y . It a att r reg et that while all the very early mezzotinters are repres ented by s ome o f their bes t wo rks , in impres s ions o f high quality, in excellent condition, exammes o f the m en w ho came imm ediately after them are not s o numerous m s s m as ight be wi hed . The later craft en, o m on the other hand, are here in s uperb f r . One o r tw o remarks m ay be added apropos o f certain indications given in the catalogue .

X I I NT R ODUCT ION

As regards s tates , it does not follow th at an immes s ion o f a s econd s tate is nece s s aril o to one o f fi s E e r y inferi r the r t . v y plate has a his tory o f its own,and s ometim es an individual impres s io n o f a s econd s tate — is s uperio r to one o f the firs t though th is o s not o o m a o s e d e ften ccur . It y be b erv d that in m any cas es neither the birth date no r f i k o n the death date o an engraver s n w . Biographical details in this field are o ften

meagre, po s s ibly as a res ult o f the s m all s o cial es teem in which engravers were held con in the eighteenth century . They were

s idered then as in s ome s o rt mechanics ,

though many o f them were painters als o , m s o s and far fro negligible as uch . P terity

has been m o re jus t, recognizing the mezzo tinters w ho were o f the circle o f Sir Jos hua

and his s chool as belonging, no les s than m f s thos e mas ters ,to the great fa ily o artis t .

X II

The Committee of Arrangements des ires to “ ” thank the members of the Club, T he Players

Mr . t and s . George W Vanderbilt for heir con x tributions to this e hibition. LUDWIG VON SIEGEN

Born 1 609 ; educated in Ho lland and Cas s el, and became an officer in the s ervice o f the n - A 1 2 La dgrave o f Hes s e Cas s el . bout 64 , after many experiments , he completed his “ ” s firs t plate, The Landgravine o f Hes e . e 1 Di d after 676.

E B A E AMELIA LIZA ETH , L NDGRAVINE OF HESS . 1 6 S . . . I I C . , p 7 5 , No ; Nagler, .

First state . Married, in 1 61 9, William V, Landgrave of

- Hesse Cassel . For thirteen years, after the

death of her husband, she governed as Regent . 1 6 1 Died August 8, 5 .

T H E S AME.

Second state .

WILL IAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE, after Hond

horst .

s . . C. 3 Laborde

MARY, PRINCESS OF ORANGE, after Hond h orst . o C . S . 4; Lab rde . PRINCE RUPERT

Bo rn 1 6 1 9, the third s on o f Frederick,Elec tor Palatine and King o f Bohemia, and E o f am s o f E lizabeth, daughter J e I ngland . A fter fighting f o r Charles I o f England in 3 CHR ONOLOGI CAL EXHIBIT ION

“ fife Civ il-Wait ,i lb i nteres ted him s elf In artis mattes s,a nd learned from Von Siegen e ret f m z intln 1 682 i i . th .m; o : é zgt g Died .

T H E ExE T I ER GREAT CU ON .

S . . 1 2 . 2 6 C . , p 77 , No ; Nagler, . Second state, with the inscription on the m oulding.

T E H MAGDALEN,after Merian .

S . . 1 2 N . . C . ,p 77 , o 3 ; Nagler,4

LD MA BUST OF AN O N .

. S . . 1 . 1 C , p 773, No 4; Nagler, 4.

T H E S TANDARD BEARER.

S . . 1 . C . ,p 773, No 5 ; Nagler, 5 .

Y MA N BUST OF A OUNG . 1 6 NO. . C . S . ,p. 773,

HE X AD OF E ECUTIONER .

1 . N C . S . , p . 775 , No 7; agler,7.

B MASONIC SYM OL .

1 8 1 . S . . . C . ,p 774, No ; Nagler, 5

THEODORE CASPAR VON FURSTENBERG

1 1 Ca o f e as in Bo rn 6 5 . n n o May nce ; w V n 1 o 6 . s tructed by Siegen . Died 75

E r T H AD o S . JOHN .

. 1 L C S . ; aborde . “ T h G F n 81 eod s . . a p a urstenberg, pi xit ” s culpsit. 4 OF M EZZOTINTS

I A F B 3 FREDERIC, M RGRAVE O ADEN .

. S . . 1 6 . 2 C ,p 7 9, No .

1 L R F 4 LEOPO D,A CHDUKE O AUSTRIA .

C . S . 4; Laborde .

JAN T HOMAs

Born at Ypres in Flanders about 16 10 ; pupil o f R ubens ; appointed Court Painter to the Em o L o o V in 1 2 per r e p ld at ienna 65 . Died 1 673 . T ITIAN .

. S . . 1 O N . a 1 2 C , p 773, 5 ; L borde ; Nagler, .

. L B OR ME S CARO US O US .

S . . 1 . 8 . 1 1 C , p 77 , No 7; Nagler, . M A . P . ULT Z

k r m Painter and engraver . Wor ed at Nu e berg in the firs t half o f the s eventeenth cen

tury .

FERDINAND ALBRECHT, COUNT OF BRAUN U SCHWEIG AND L NEBURG .

WAL L ER ANT VAILLANT Born at Lille in 1 62 3 ; s tudied in Antwerp ; o s is s o painted p rtrait in Paris . He aid t have accompanied Prince R upert to Eng land, learned mezzotinting from him , and became the fines t pro fes s ional wo rker in m o . Ams am 1 6 that eth d Died at terd , 77. AND LADY, CAVALIER PAGE, after Terburg. 1 2 2 Laborde,p. . 5 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

1 T H E D ACT B ON llin s ue u . 9 EATH OF ,after E . Q

2 0 T H E T K UR .

2 I B OY WITH A R ABBIT AND DUCK.

ABRAHAM B L OOT EL I NG

Born in Holland, 1 640 worked both in line and mezzotint ; improved the metho d o f lay ing mezzotint grounds , and, it is s aid, in “ ” ia vented the cradle . He lived England from 1 673 to 1 676, and died in Ho lland,

1 680 .

CATHARINE, Q UEE N OF CHARLES II OF ENG

LAND, after Lely.

. 66 S . . (1 C ,p , .

Third state . Catharine of Braganza, daughter of John

IV of Portugal .

E 11 E CHARL S OF NGLAND, after Lely.

. 6 C S ., p . 7, h .

Only state .

R e MARY, P INCESS OF ORANGE, after L ly.

S . o . C . , Additi ns and Corrections, Part I, p

68, m . a .

First state .

Mother of William III of England . Born 1 1 1 63 ; died 660.

WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE, after Lely.

. A o I C S . , dditi ns and Corrections, Part ,

68 . . p . , m c ’ m s Not Early state, before the artists na e .

described by Smith . 6 OF MEZZOT I NTS

YOUNG MAN HOLDING VASE (oval",after i Mier s .

1 1 6 Wessely, .

YOUNG WOMAN WITH FEATHER I N HER R IGHT Mieri HAND (oval",after s . 1 1 Wessely, 7.

JAN VER KOLJE

Am m 1 6 0 as Born in s terda , 5 ; w a painter, but w as attracted by the pos s ibil1t1es o f m o m m s ezz tint and ade any plate . Died 1 693 . III E WILLIAM OF NGLAND. 2 2 Wessely, .

Proof before any letters . 1 0 Born at The Hague, November, 65 . King of England from 1 689 to 1 702 , dying at Ken

s ington in March of the latter year .

D E T T H E ucH s s OF GRAF ON, after Lely . I C . S . .

w . First state . Only one impression kno n Born 1 667; married Henry Fitzroy, after 1 2 2 wards Duke o f Grafton . Died 7 .

JOHN VANDER VAAR T

Born in Harlem , 1 647; came to England in 1 6 as w as one o f the 74 a painter. He early k m o 1 2 1 wo r ers in ezz tint. Died 7 .

T HOMAS KILLIGREW, after Wissing .

C. S . 4.

First state . CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

Born 1 61 1 ; author of several plays , very

1 682 . humorous and witty. Died

WILLIAM SHERWIN

1 o o s Bo rn about 65 0 in Wellingt n, Shr p hire . He learned mezzotinting from Prince R u pert, and w as the firs t Englis hman to prac

s o 1 1 . ti e it . Died ab ut 7 4

E GEORGE, DUK OF ALBEMARLE . 2 C . S . . George Monk was born December 6, 1 608

entered the army and rose to high position . After the death of Cromwell he declared for Charles II, and was the principal influence in

the Restoration . Created Duke of Albemarle

in 1 660, and died January 3, 1 670.

FRANCIS PLACE

Bo rn in Yo rks hire ; w as clerk to an attorney in Lo ndon when the plague broke out in 1 e a 665 . He painted, etch d, engr ved in line and made porcelain, and w as probably the s m t s m s econd Engli h an o practi e ezzotinto . 1 2 8 Died 7 .

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM LODGE .

C . S . 7.

Chaloner Smith says : One know n . Born at Leeds, 1 649 ; engraved and etched

r 1 6 . many po traits and views. Died 89

PORTRAIT OF R ICHARD T H OMPSON, after Zoust .

1 . 2 . C . S . 3 ; Laborde, p 77 1 0 S ee Tompson, page . 8

CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

ISAAC BECKETT

or 1 6 f o oo B n 5 3 ; pupil o J . Ll yd ; rivalled Bl t n fi s s ub eli g in ni h . He w as al o a print p s b t 1 1 li e . Died 79 .

T H E DUCHESS OF CLEVELAND, after Kneller . 2 2 C . S . .

Second state .

Barbara, only child of Sir William Villiers .

Her relations with Charles II are w ell known . 1 6 1 1 Born 4 ; died 705 .

T H E D DUCHESS OF CLEVELAN , after Lely . 2 C . S . 5 . nl O y state . e S e No . 39 .

H T E DUT CH SCHOOL, after H . Kerk .

RICHARD TOMPSON I ’ m A prints eller in Lo ndo n in Charles I s ti e . He did not engrave him s elf,his publications

ifi r nt a s 1 6 . being by d e e h nd . Died 93

NELL GWYNN AND HER T wo SONS, after Lely .

2 0. C . S .

Second s tate . Chaloner Smith writes : Uncommon qual ities of head and heart must have been added to sprightly wit and fascinating appearance, to explain why Nell,the orange girl,was the s pe cial et and favourite, not only of Charles and the ndoners of the time, but of all English ” s peaking people down to the present day . She 1 died in 687.

I O OF MEZZOT INTS

ROBERT (OR ROGER"WILLIAMS Born in Wales and working from 1 680 to 1 is s i k 704, it urpris ing that s o little s nown about this arti s t, even his name being nu

certain . II 43 CHARLES , after Lely. 1 2 C . S . .

Second state .

R . ROBINSON Worked in the latter part of the s eventeenth

r . r o 1 centu y He died o retired ab ut 690 .

FRUIT.

S . . 1 0 C . ,p 39 .

FLOWERS .

. S . . 1 C ,p 039 .

FISH .

. 1 0 . C S . ,p . 39

47 GAME .

S . . 1 . C . , p 039

BERNARD LENS Born in London in 1 65 9 ; kept a drawing ’

S oo s . 1 2 . ch l in St . Paul Churchyard Died 7 5

T T HE OBIT AND ANGEL.

R ENOLDO A ander art AND RMIDA, after V va .

T H E E MPRESS OF CHINA. CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

T H E S L U TANESS .

T H E P AINTRESS .

D AN IN IAN KING.

AN INDIAN Q UEEN .

A P G JA AN ENTLEWOMAN .

VERTUMNUS AND POMONA .

Proof before the address .

A E N DIANA AND CT O .

Before any letters .

P 5 9 LANDSCA E .

HUNTING.

FAI H R NE R WILLIAM T O , J . Bo rn 1 65 6 s on o f the celebrated line en o k m o graver ; w r ed o nly in ezz tint . Died 1 1 about 7 0 .

T S Ker boom HOMAS HADWELL, after s e . 6 C. S . 3 .

First state . Born about 1 642 ; w as a prolific playwright and miscellaneo us writer ; succeeded Dryden 1 2 as Poet Laureate . Died 69 . There is a m him tm monu ent to in Wes inster Abbey.

T H E X CRUCIFI ION .

T ND IME, GLORY A DEATH .

A Parmentere. FLOR , after J . I 2 OF MEZZOT I NTS

JOHN FABER Born at The Hague about 1 660 came to 1 an r 1 2 1 England in 690 d died at B is tol in 7 . R NICHOLAS OWE . 1 C S . 6 .

First state . - The well known playwright and poet . Born I 67 ; made Poet Laureate on the accession

E 1 18. of 8} orge I . Died 7

JACOB GOLE

Bo rn in Ams terdam in 1 660, and died there 1 ork s in 737. He w ed in line as well a in m ezzotint .

N H AR T z PORTRAIT OF BARTHOLD DE OIR S c W . A Franciscan monk of the fourteenth cen un w tury . He is s aid to have discovered g po

der when in prison for sorcery, about 1 330. r i r There is a monument to him at F e bu g.

N -DE R R EA X ICOLAS BOILEAU S U , after H .

Rigaud .

Eminent French poet and s atirist . Born 6 1 near Paris in 1 37; died 704.

’ 8 L AGE DE FER.

D E 8 LOUIS, AUPHIN DE FRANC .

Dus art 3 AN OLD WOMAN DRINKING, after C . , Jr . JOHN SMITH Bo rn about 1 65 2 ; s tudied under Vander vaart ; w as mo s t prolific, having s craped I 3 CH R ONOLOGI CAL EXHIBITION

nearly three hundred portraits , m os tly after r m Knelle , bes ides any s ubject pieces . He w as als o a print publis her and dealer on an

1 2 . extens ive s cale . Died 74

Q UEEN ANNE As PR INCESS,after Kneller .

C . S . 4.

Second s tate . Second daughter of James, Duke of York, o 1 66 1 02 and Anne Hyde . B rn 5 ; crowned 7 ; 1 1 died 7 4.

JOHN ,MARQ UIS OF BLANDFORD,after Kneller .

1 8. C S . 1 F rst finished s tate .

Only $011 of the great Duke of Marlborough .

Died at Cambridge of smallpox .

’ MADAME D AVENANT, after Kneller . 6 C . S . 7 .

First state . ’ Probably the wife o f Charles d Av enant,

eldest son of Sir William .

ANTHONY HENLEY, after Kneller .

1 2 6. C . S .

Second state . Celebrated as a wit and man of learnmg;

te 1 1 1 . wrote for the T at r . Died 7

JAMES, DUKE OE ORMONDE, after Kneller . 1 C . S . 94.

Only state .

76 S I R JOHN PERCIVAL, after Kneller .

2 00 . C . S .

Second state . 1 4 OF MEZZOT I NTS

X E P ALE AND R PO E, after Kneller .

. 2 0 . C S . 3 a Second st te . ee S No . 93 .

S I R R S ICHARD TEELE,after Richardson . 2 C. S . 44.

Second state . Born in Dublin, 1 671 ; wrote several plays, T atler e tato 1 2 the and S p c r . Died 7 9 .

MI s s Vos s , after Kneller . 2 1 C S . 6 .

F1rst state . Daughter of Kneller married a man named Huckle had a son named Godfrey, to whom Kneller left a fortune with a request that he

assume his name .

T H E S AME.

Second state .

E E DWARD, ARL OF WARWICK,after Wissing.

2 6 . C . S . 5

Only four impressions known . 1 6 Succeeded his father in 75 as sixth Earl . 1 01 A Died 7 . His widow married the poet ddi

s on.

WILLIAM WYCHERLEY, after Lely. 2 C . S . 84. P refixed to ub Second state . his poems p li ed 1 0 s h in 7 4. Born 1 640 ; celebrated dramatis t ; author of T he Country Wife, Plain Deal er , and many

other plays . On account of the jealousy of his ’ wife he spent s ome years in the debtors 1 1 prison . Died 7 5 . CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

JOHN SIMON

o No ma 1 6 A o s B rn in r ndy, 75 . Pr te tant refugee, he s ettled in Londo n and w as em o r Hi s m pl yed by Knelle . s plate are uch

m . 1 ad ired Died 75 4.

R . JOHN MILTON, after White . 1 C S . 04. 1 F rst state . 1 6 6 Born in London, 08; died 1 74.

MATTHEW PRIOR,after Richardson . 1 2 C S . 7.

First state . - The well known poet . Was Secretary to the Embassy at The Hague and a Member of Par liament r 66 1 2 . Bo n 1 4; died 74 .

T S OUT H ER NE o rs dale HOMAS ,after W .

1 8. C . S . 3

Second state . Born in Dublin, 1 65 9 ; educated at Trinity College ; amass ed a considerable fortune by his plays , of which the best known is Or oo no 6 ko 1 . . Died 74

I S R JOHN VANBRUGH ,after Kneller .

1 . C . S . 5 4 Early proof, before any letters ; not de scribed by Smith . Born in London, 1 664; went to France and When interned there wrote T he Pr ov oked e Wif . Was in turn soldier, dramatist and ar chitect, in which latter profession his troubles with the Duchess of Marlbo rough are well

1 2 6 . known . Died 7

CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

n dred plates after Kneller a d others . Died 1 6 75 .

JONATHAN BELCHER, after Philips . 2 C . S . 9 .

Only s tate . Governor of Massachusetts Bay and New 1 o n Hampshire . Died 75 7, when G ver or of s New Jer ey.

OLIVER CROMWELL,after Lely .

C . S . 96 .

First state . 1 1 Born 5 99 ; died 65 8.

ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF HAMILTON, after

Hamilton . 1 C S . 74.

1 . F rst state . Three known nn s One of the beautiful Gu ing . 1 2 S ee No . 4 .

X ALE ANDER POPE, after Vanloo . 2 C . S . 94.

Second state . o 1 688 1 The celebrated poet . B rn died 744.

T oMo AND EPH EW V rels t CHACHI N ,after e .

C . S . 349 .

Only state . Visited England in 1 734; left at the end o f hm the year with several Englis en for Georgia .

This King died in 1 739,aged 97.

S I R PETER WARREN, after T . Hudson .

C: S . 375 . 1 F rst state . Born in Ireland, 1 703 ; commanded a squad ron that captured Louisbourg from the French

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1 in 745 . He received a grant of land in New York and married a Miss De Lancey of that

. is m city Warren Street na ed after him . Died 1 2 75 .

GEORGE WHITEFIELD, after Kyte . 1 C . S . 38 .

Only state . 1 1 1 Born 7 4; died 770.

WILLIAM CONGREVE, after Kneller .

C . S . 383 .

Early impression . T - 1 6 0 he well known dramatist . Born 7 ; died 1 72 9 .

R FF H le MARGA ET WO INGTON, after ayt y . 2 C . S . 39 .

First state . Four known . Born in Dublin, 1 71 9, where she first ap eared p on the stage . One of the most charm 1 ing actresses of her day. Died 760 .

R GUITAR PLAYE ,after Frans Hals .

. . 0 C S 4 3 .

Only state .

1 00 A SHEPHERDESS, after Pickering . 1 C . S . 4 7. ’ Engraver s proof,before any letters .

PETER VAN BLEECK Bo rn in Flanders ; came to England in 1 72 3 s s s s s as r and w a ucce ful al o a painte . Died 1 764. I 9 CH R ONOLOGI CAL EXHIBITION

E MAST R, after R . van Bleeck. 1 2 C . S . .

Only s tate . Possibly a po rtrait of the s on of the en

graver . " B l k an e c . MISS, after P. v e

1 . C . S . 3 1 01 Companion piece to No . .

MARGARET WOFFINGTON, after R. Van Bleeck . 1 1 C . S . .

First state .

S ee NO. 98.

ANDREW MILLER “ Smith s ays that Miller is s aid to have been bo rn in London and to have been taught by Faber, but doubts the co rrectnes s o f m or k o o the ru . We n w, h wever, that he lived and wo rked s ome years in Londo n, and about 1 743 removed to Dublin, where

w as s s s . 1 6 he ucce ful Died there in 7 3 .

S FT JONATHAN WI ,after Bindon .

C . S . 5 3 . l On y state . k’ The celebrated Dean of St . Patric s Cathe ’ ll e dral ; author of Gu iv er s T rav ls . Born in 1 1 Dublin, 677; died 745 .

JAMES McAR DEL L

Born in Dublin, 1 72 9 ; w as a pupil o f Brooks and came with him to London abo ut 1 747, where he achieved great dis tinction in his R o s hi n art . eyn ld declared that s ow fame

2 0 OF MEZZOT I NTS

’ would be s ecured by McArdell s engravings his u s after pict re had faded away. Died 1 6 7 5 .

GEORGE, DUKE OP B UCKINGHAM,AND BROTHER, after Van Dyck .

C . S . 34.

First state . Sons o f George Villiers, Duke o f Bucking h s in 1 62 ham,w o was as assinated 8.

MR B F Y ON O . S . , after Reynolds 2 C S . 3 . 1 F rst state .

n LADY ANN DAWSON, after Rey olds . 2 C . S . 5 .

First state . D ARTHUR OBBS,after Hoare .

C . S . 5 4. Before any letters ; early state not known to

Smith . Born in Antrim, Ireland, 1 689 ; was a mem ber of the Irish Parliament ; held various o f fices ; appointed Go vernor of North Carolina

1 1 6 . in 75 3 . Died there, 7 5

LADY CHARLOTTE FITZWILLIAM, after Rey ld no s .

6 . C . S . 7

First state . Daughter of Earl Fitz w illiam ; born 1 746 ; 1 married Lo rd Dundas ; died 833 .

BENJ AMIN FRANKLIN, after B . Wilson .

C. S . 73 .

Only s tate . 2 S ee No . 3 8.

2 1 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

FRANCES ANNE GREVILLE AND BROTHER, after

Reynolds .

C . S . 93 .

First state .

Son and daughter of Fulke Greville . Fra I ces married John Crewe in 1 776 ; died I S I é

HANNAH HORNECK, after Reynolds . 1 C S . 07. 1 F rst state . Wife of Captain Kane Horneck and called “ ” “ the Plymouth Beauty . Mother of the Little ” “ ” Comedy and Jessamy Bride of Go ldsmith .

Died 1 803 .

CHARLOTTE MERCIER, after P . Mercier . 1 2 C . S . 7.

Second state .

Daughter of Philip Mercier . She herself

w a proficient in painting and engraving. Died 1 s2 7 .

WILLIAM SHIRLEY, after Hudson . 1 66 C . S . .

Only state . Governor of Massachusetts, 1 741 ; quently commander- in- chief of the 1 1 forces in America . Died 77 .

R ACHEL, CouNT Es s OF SOUTHAMPTON, after

Van Dyck . 1 68 C S . . 1 F rst state . Daughter of Baron de R ouv igny w ho w as

probably in the suite of Henrietta Maria .

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G L T s EORGE, ORD OWNSEND, after Hud on . 1 6 C S . 7 . Irs t F state . 1 2 1 Born 7 4; died 807. Q uebec s urrendered to him after the death of Wolfe .

. T OP no s MRS URNER CLINTS, after Rey ld . 1 C S . 79 . 1 F rst state .

WALDEGR AVE s LADY , after Reynold . 1 8 C . S . 4. Second state, before any letters ; uncleaned

margin at bottom . Maria Walpole was born in 1 739 married, 1 75 9, James, second Earl Waldegrav e, who died in 1 763 ; second, in 1 766, William Henry, u f D ke of Glouces ter, brother o George III . 2 2 n 1 80 She died, d August, 7.

T e a . FLAGEOLE PLAYER , after J . Mol n ar

1 a. C . 5 . 95

Proof before any letters .

T P GIR L WITH O , after Mercier .

RICHARD HOUSTON Born in Dublin about 1 72 2 ; w as a fellow apprentice with McA rdell to Broo ks , and m m came to London about the s a e ti e . Died

1 775 .

WILLIAM PITT, after W . Hoare .

C. S . 94.

Only state . Celebrated statesman ; created Earl of Chat

ham 1 1 8. . Born 708; died 77 2 3 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

E HARRIET POW LL, after C . Read .

C . S . 99 . ’ Early s tate,with the artists names in etched “ ” letters, and R. Sayer excudit only ; state not

described by Smith . Actress and s inger ; afterwards Countess of

Seaforth .

H s ARRIET POWELL,after Reynold .

. 1 00. C S .

First state .

MORNING, after Mercier . 1 C . S . 39 .

First state, before all letters .

T H E FOUR T IMES OF DAY : MORNING, N AFTERNOON, IGHT, after Mercier . 1 0 C . S . 4 .

A BURGOMASTER, after Rembrandt . 1 C . S . 47.

First state .

J. G. HAID

Bo rn at Augs burg, 1 71 0 ; w as brought to

England by Boydell ; died in Vienna, 1 776.

“ ’ GARRICK I N T H E FARMER S R ETURN , after Z fi an o y .

C . S . 3 .

First state . 2 1 S ee No . 4 .

1 2 8 LA BENEDICITE.

A 1 2 9 L GOUVERNANTE . 2 4

CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

GARRICK BETWEEN T RAGEDY AND COMEDY,after

R eynolds .

2 0 C S . . 1 F rst state. o 1 1 6 f The celebrated actor . B rn 7 ; friend o s o s h n m n John on, G ld mit , and other emi ent e . 1 Died 779 .

E E e LADY LIZABETH KEPP L, aft r Reynolds . 6 C. S . 3 .

Second state . Born 1 739 ; daughter of the s econd Earl of ’ Albemarle ; one of Q ueen Charlotte s brides 1 68 maids . Died 7 .

1 n 37 JOHN, VISCOUNT LIGONIER,after Rey olds . 8 C S . 3 . 1 F rst state . ’ Born 1 672 ; served through. Marlborough s

campaigns with distinction ; died 1 770.

CHARLES, MAR Q UIS OF R OCKINGHAM , after

Reynolds . 2 C . S . 5 . Very early and undescribed s tate,before any

letters . Born 1 730 ; leader of the Opposition in the ’ Ho use of Lords during Lo rd North s adminis

r i n e 1 82 . t at o . Di d 7

E L EN S E n . I S9 R V. AUR CE T RNE, after Rey olds 6 C S . 5 . F irst state . Born in Ireland, 1 71 3 author o f T ris tram

h nd 1 68. S a y, etc . Died 7

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T H E Y K LADIES OR E, after Reynolds . 1 C . S . 6 . Early proo f, before the plate was quite fin is hed , and before it was cleaned at bottom . Daughters of Philip, second Earl o f Hard m 1 wicke . Lady A abel, born in 75 1 , married Lord Polwarth in 1 772 ; became Countess Grey 1 8 in her own right . Died 33 . Lady Mary Jemima was born in 1 75 7; married, In 1 780,

o . 1 8 the second L rd Grantham Died 30.

MISS MORRIS As HOPE NURSING LOVE, after

Reynolds .

C . S . 63 .

Second state . Daughter of Valentine Morris She ap peared as J uliet at Covent Garden In 1 768,but m fainted from ti idity .

JOHN FINLAYSON

o 1 0 w as o r as B rn 73 . He a p rt ait painter m o well as a worker in ezzotint . Died ab ut 1 776 . E LIZABETH, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL,after Read.

1 . C. S .

First state . Seco nd daughter of John Gunning, of County Roscommon, Ireland ; married,in 1 75 2 , James, sixth Duke of Hamilton, w ho died in 1 1 75 8. In 75 9 s he married Colonel Campbell, 1 0 who became fifth Duke of Argyll, 77 . She in 1 died 790.

Zofi an SHUTER, BEARD AND DUNSTALL, after y . 1 C . S . 4

Undescribed early proof, before any letters . L o l v e in a Vi lage, Act I , Scene 6. 2 7 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

JONATHAN S PI L S B UR Y

Like many o f the mezzotinters o f his day, is k o o f ils ur is s to little n wn Sp b y . He aid have painted po rtraits and als o engraved in s S ee C o m 1 2 tipple . hal ner S ith,p . 3 3 .

MI s s JACOBS, after Reynolds . 2 1 C S . . 1 F rst state . There is nothing really known about this personage . The plate received the first prize of the Society for the Encouragement of the A 1 62 rts in 7 .

LADY MARY LESLIE, after Reynolds . 2 C . S . 7.

First state . Born 1 75 3 ; married, in 1 770, William Charles, who succeeded his father as third

P tmo re 1 . Earl of o . Died 799

JAMES WATSON

Bo rn in Ireland, 1 740 ; probably learned the art from McArdell ; w as very s ucces s ful in repro ducing the works o f R eynolds , Gains

l 1 0. bo rough and o d Dutch painters . Died 79

MRS. ABINGTON, after Reynolds . 1 C . S . .

First state . Frances Barton was born in London in 1 73 1 1 be married,about 1 75 ,James Abington . She came a comedienne of the first rank, and re mained a favorite with the public until her retirement from the stage towards the end of

1 81 . the eighteenth century . Died 5

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S I R JEFFREY AMHERST, after Reynolds . 2 C S . . 1 F rst state . Born 1 71 7 joined the army, rendered bril

liant s ervice in the conquest of Canada . Died 1 797.

FRANCES,LADY BRIDGES,after Cotes . 1 C. S . 4. a First st te . 1 6 ok , in 7 5 , Sir Bro Bridges . Died 1 82 M5 a. rried

E B R n s DMUND U KE, after Rey old . 2 0 C S . . 1 F rst state . Distinguished statesman, o rator and literary n 1 0 ma . Born in Dublin, 73 died at Beacons fi l 1 e d, July 9, 797.

R B ICHARD BUS Y,after Riley . 2 2 C . S . .

Second state . m Head master of West inster School .

MARGARET CAROLINE, CoUNTEs s OF CARLISLE, n after Rey olds . 2 C . S . 3 .

Second state. Born 1 75 3 ; daughter of Earl Gower, after wards Marquis of Staff ord ; married, in 1 770, f 2 1 8 . Frederick, fifth Earl o Carlisle . Died 4

1 2 R 5 JOHN, MARQ UIS OF G ANBY,after Reynolds . 6 C. S . 4.

Firs t state . Born 1 72 1 ; entered the army and ro se to 1 0 high command ; died 77 . 2 9 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

. n MRS HALE, after Rey olds . 6 C S . 9 . 1 a F rst st te .

HON . AUGUSTUS HERVEY, after Gainsborough .

C . S . 74. “ First state, one known . Born 1 72 4; entered the navy in 1 744 suc ceeded his brother as third Earl of Bristol . 1 Died 779 .

HORACE HONE As DAVID,after N . Hone .

C S . 75 . FIrs t state .

A . 1 Son of the painter ; A . R . , 779 ; removed to Dublin ; after the Union his sitters became 1 82 so few that he returned to London . Died 5 , 0 aged 7 .

R O ICHARD,L RD HOWE,after Gainsborough .

C . S . 77.

Second state . 1 2 2 1 Born 7 died 799. He was in command of the British fleet on the “glorious first of ” 1 June, 794.

MISS FRANCES LASCELLES,after F. Cotes .

C . S . 89 . ’ Proo f, with the artists names only, in s scratched letter .

ELI z AB ET H , DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER, AND

SON, after Reynolds .

C . S . 97.

First state . Elizabeth Dashwood married George, fourth 1 62 Duke of Manchester, in 7 . Died, in her - 1 2 ninety second year, 83 . 30 OF M EZZOT INT S

L S ’ ADY USAN O BRIEN,after F . Cotes . 1 08 C . S . . s o in Between fir t and sec nd states . The “ i o nxt . scripti n reads : F. Cotes p James Wat son fecit . Published according to Act of Parliament May 2 oth 1 772 by Jas Watson

Little Q ueen Ann Street . Lady Susan Strangways was born in 1 743 ; eldest daughter of the Earl of Ilchester ran ’ away with and married William O B rien, a 1 6 1 2 handsome actor, 7 4. Died 8 7. AND S JAMES PAINE ON, after Reynolds . 1 1 1 C S . . 1 F rst state .

LADY BEAUCHAMP PROCTOR, after West . 1 2 1 C S . . 1 F rst s tate . Mary Palmer, wife of Sir Thomas , s econd 1 Baronet ; died 847.

N T CHILDREN I HE WOOD,after Reynolds . 1 Hamilton,p . 44.

First state . “ The Children in the Wood w as a favorite subj ect with many painters of the time .

CHARLES PHILLIPS

o 1 s Lo o L k ma B rn 737; tudied in nd n . i e ny o f his contemporaries , little is known about him His s is 1 66 . earlie t plate dated 7 , and s 1 the late t, 773 . ’ N n ELLY O BRIEN,after Rey olds . 2 C S . . 1 F rst state . - A very celebrated lady of the demi monde . 1 68 She died in 7 . 3 1 CHRONOLOGICAL EX H IBITION

ROBERT DUNKAR T ON

o 1 1 81 o f B rn 744; died 7. Pupil Pether .

D nman . B . ow . MRS ILLINGTON, after J 8 C . S . .

First state . Born in London about 1 765 ; became the most popular vocalist of her day ; died, near Venice,

1 81 8.

1 65 MARY HORNECK,after Reynolds . 2 C . S . 5 .

First state . ’ “ 1 0 Goldsmith s Jess amy Bride . Died in 84 ,

aged 87.

1 66 BELINDA (MISS BAMFYLDE", after Rev . W .

Peters . 1 C . S . 4 . s Only tate .

THOMAS WAT SON m Bo rn in 1 743, acco rding to Chaloner S ith . He wo rked in s tipple as well as in mezzo i s i s m t nt,and w as a di t nguis hed craft an . He w as as s ociated with Dickins on in print pub lis hin m f his 1 1 g at the ti e o death in 78 .

1 67 CATHERINE, LADY BAMFYLDE, after Reynolds . 2 C . S . .

Second state . Eldest daughter of Admiral Sir John Moore,

1 8 2 . Bart . Died in 3 , aged 78 32

CH R ONOLOGICAL EX H IBIT ION

S WARREN HA TINGS, after Reynolds . 1 C . S . 9 . ’ Engraver s proof. All proofs before any letters, so far as known, from this plate, are “ ” stopped out . They are, however, early and

fine, as a rule . o - I The great G vernor General of ndia . Born 1 2 1 1 73 ; died 8 8.

FRANCES, COUNTESS OF JERSEY, after Gardner . 2 0 C . S . .

First state . Only child of the Bishop of Raphoe ; mar 1 ried George, fourth Earl of Jersey, 770 . Her intimacy with the Prince of Wales gave rise to

1 82 1 . much scandal . Died

n POLLY KENNEDY, after Rey olds . 2 2 C . S . .

First state . n A celebrated Phry e of the period .

D 1 78 LA Y MELBOURNE AND SON, after Reynolds . 2 C . S . 5 .

Second state .

BARBARA, COUNTESS OF COVENTRY, after Rey

no lds . 6 C . S . 3 . ’ Engraver s proof, before the plate was

cleaned at bottom .

Daughter of John, tenth Lord St . John ;

married, in 1 764, the S ixth Earl of Coventry. 1 Died 804.

1 80 FRANCES, LADY WHITMORE, after Lely.

S . 1 2 . C . , page 5 5 ’ Engraver s proof, masked . 34 OF MEZZOT I NTS

This portrait is said to be really that of Anne, eldest daughter of the second Duke of 1 6 Hamilton . She died in 88.

L R US H OUT ADY AND CHILDREN, after D .

Gardner . 1 C . S . 3 .

First state . Rebecca Bowles married, in 1 766, John R h h ick 1 us out, created Lord No rt w in 797and founder of the celebrated No rthw ick p1cture i 1 d 81 8. gallery . She ed in

1 82 T H E CONFIDANTS,after Martin . 1 C . S . 4 .

Second state .

JOHN JONES

1 Said to have been bo rn about 745 . He Wo rked in mezzo tint and s tipple,after R om R o s 1 ney, eyn ld , etc . Died 797.

1 B ACELLI 83 GIOVANNA , after Gainsborough .

C . S . 3 .

Second state . Celebrated dancer who appeared in London

1 . 1 801 in 779 Died .

R MRS . BERESFO D, after Romney.

C . S . 7. Early state, before the plate was cleaned

below . Barbara, second daughter of William

Montgomery . S ee 1 68. No . 35 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

E B S JAM S O WELL, after Reynolds .

C S . 8. 1 F rst state . Born in Edinburgh, 1 740 in 1 763 he was introduced to Dr . Johnson ; author of Mem oirs o P as cal P aoli Li e o S amuel ohn n f and f f J s o . 1 Died 795 .

. D MRS AVENPORT, after Romney . 1 C . S . 7.

Only state . E . La r n n . w MRS DWARDS,after W a s o . 2 C . S . 4.

Second state .

Fox CHARLES JAMES , after Reynolds .

2 8. C S . 1 F rst state . m Celebrated states an and orator . Born 1 749 third son of Henry, first Lord Holland . 1 Died 806.

R SAMUEL, LO D HOOD, after Reynolds .

8. C . S . 3

First state . Born 1 72 4 entered the navy ; became com mander- in- chief in the Mediterranean ; raised

1 81 6. to the peerage . Died

R A n MRS . JO DAN s HYPOLITA, after Rey olds . 1 C . S . 4 .

First state . Dorothy Bland was born in Waterford, Ire land, in 1 762 ; appeared on the Dublin stage when only fifteen years of age, and at Drury

Lane eight years later. She was the most fascinating and charming actress of her time . 1 Died in France, 18 6. 36 OF MEZZOT I NTS

1 1 E n s 9 MISS FRANCES K MBLE, after Rey old .

. 2 C S . 4 .

One s tate . Y st . s he ounger si er of Mrs Siddon . S mar

r . 1 2 2 ied Mr T. Twiss . Died 8 .

1 2 n 9 MISS FRANCES KEMBLE, after Rey olds .

C. S . 45 .

One state .

CAROLINE, DUCHESS OF MAR LBOROUGH , after

Romney.

C. S . 5 3.

First state . Born 1 743 ; married, in 1 762 , George, fourth

uk 1 81 1 . D e of Marlborough . Died

GEORGE, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, after R om

ney.

C S . 5 4. 1 F rst state . 1 8 Born 738; succeeded as fourth Duke, 1 75 . 1 1 Died 8 7.

GEORGE DAMER, LORD MILTON, after Beach .

. 6. C S . 5

Second state . Born 1 746 succeeded his father as second

1 1 808. Earl of Dorchester, 798. Died

T L EMA E A MRS . O L CH s MIRANDA, after Rey l no ds .

C . S . 73 . ’ Hamilton s s econd state,before the title . Anna Lewis was bo rn in 1 745 ; married, in 1 T lle che 773, W. o ma , afterwards fifth Earl of t 180 Dysar . Died 4. 37 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

R ICHMOND : VIEW OF PETERSHAM MEADOWS,

after Reynolds . 1 Hamilton, p. 5 5 .

Only state . There is a stipple engraving of this subject “ : by W . Birch which bears the title A View of ’ hm ” Sir Joshua Reynolds House, Ric ond Hill .

JOHN DIX ON Bo rn in Ireland about 1 730 ; went to Lon don about 1 765 and w as recognized as an f 1 s o o 800 . arti t great ability . Died ab ut

LADY MARY CATHARINE BERTIE, after Peters .

6. C . S .

Second state . A Eldest child of the third Duke of ncaster . 1 1 Born 75 4; died 767.

I T H E 99 MISSES CREWE,after Reynolds . 1 2 C S . . 1 F rst state . Sisters of John Crewe, afterwards Lord

Crewe .

C A R 2 00 GARRI K s ICHARD III, after N . Dance .

1 . C S . 5 1 F rst state . 2 1 S ee No . 4 .

2 0I WILLIAM , DUKE OF LEINSTER, after R eynolds . 2 2 C . S . .

First state .

Born 1 745 ; died 1 804. 38 OF MEZZOTINTS

S O ’B LADY USAN RIEN, after Reynolds .

2 6. C S . 1 F rst state . This portrait has passed for many years as ’ B rien I that of Nelly O . t is, however, quite unlike other portraits of that famous person It age . is more likely to be Lady Susan ’ O B rien,born in 1 743, who ran away with,and married, a handsome actor named William ’ rien 6 1 2 O B 1 . 8 I in 7 4 Died 7. n Graves and ’ Cronin s S ir J os hua R eynolds , the lady is said “ ’ to be Lady Mary O B ryen, third Countess of

Ossory.

COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE AND SON, after Rey l no ds .

2 C . S . 7.

First state . Lady Elizabeth, second daughter of Charles, Duke of Marlborough ; married, in 1 75 6,

Henry, tenth Earl of Pembroke .

2 04 HENRY,EARL OF PEMBROKE, after Reynolds .

2 8. C S . FIrs t state . Born 1 734; succeeded his father as tenth 1 earl . Died 794.

2 R s 05 CHARLES T OWNSEND, after eynold .

C . S . 34.

Second state . 1 2 1 6 a d h1m Born 7 5 ; died 7 7. Burke c lle o the delight and ornament of the H use .

T H E E FLUT PLAYER,after F . Hals .

C . S . 39 .

Second state . 39 CHR ONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

WILLIAM DICKINSON "

Bo rn in London in 1 746 ; became one o f the mo s t brilliant o f the remarkable mezzotint 82 h m s 1 . engravers o f is ti e . Died in Pari , 3

DIANA, LADY CROSBIE, after R eynolds . 1 C . S . 4.

Second state. Daughter of Lord George Sackville ; born 1 75 6 ; married Vis count Cros bie 1 777; died 1 1 8 4.

ELI z AB ET H , COUNTESS OF DERB Y, after Rey nolds .

1 6. C . S .

First state . Born 1 75 3 ; only daughter of James, s ixth Duke of Hamilton and Brandon,and the beau tiful Elizabeth Gunning ; married, in 1 774, Ed 1 ward, twelfth Earl of Derby . Died 797.

T H E COUNTRY GIRL, after Peters . 1 C S . 7. 1 F rst state . ’ o k P ssibly the artist s sister, Mary Dic ins on .

JANE, DUCHESS OF GORDON, after Reynolds .

2 8. C S . 1 F rst state . Bo rn 1 748; married the fourth Duke Of Go rdon, 1 767; celebrated for her beauty, wit, n s 1 1 2 and charming ma ner . Died 8 .

MRS . GWYNNE AND MRS. BUNBURY,after Gard ner .

C. S . 34.

Firs t state . N S 6 1 for . n s ee O 1 For Mrs Gwy ne, . 5 and 3 7;

Mr e . 1 s e . s . Bunbury, No 3 3 40

CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

E T LIZABETH AYLOR, after Reynolds .

. 80. C . S

Only state . E a Daughter of Philip Houghton, s q. , of J m aica . Married John Taylor,who was created 1 a Baronet, 778.

R E T ICHARD, ARL EMPLE, after Reynolds .

. 82 . C S .

First state . 1 1 1 m K Born 7 ; beca e . G. and Privy Coun cill r 1 o . Died 779 .

D Y Ho ner UCHESS OF ORK,after pp .

C . S . 94.

Only state . Born 1 767; daughter of Frederick William,

r 1 82 0 . King of P ussia . Died

JOSEPH MARCHI Bo rn in R ome about 1 735 ; cam e to England with R eyno lds and w as employed as his s s s 1 8 8 a i tant . Died 0 .

T H E MISSES BENNET, after Nixon . 2 C S . . 1 F rst state . t rints eller Daugh ers of the p Bennet .

MISS CHOLMONDELEY, after Reynolds .

C . S . 3 . ’ Proof with only the artists names etched .

Daughter of the Rev . Robert Cholmondeley ; 1 married, in 783, W . Bellingham, secretary to

1 8 . William Pitt. Died 44 42 OF MEZZOT I NTS

O LIVER GOLDSMITH, after Reynolds .

C . S . 7.

Second state . 1 2 Poet, historian and dramatist . Born, 7 8, at Pallas, County Lo ngford, Ireland ; friend of k 1 Johnson, Garric and Reynolds . Died 774.

RICHARD B RO O KSHAW

Bo rn about 1 736, but little is known o f him , except that he went to Paris about 1 772 and w as s s s m n ucce ful . The ti e a d place o f his e e not k o d ath ar n wn .

ELI z AB ET H As CHUDLEIGH FLORA .

C . S . 5 . T hree impressions known . Born 1 72 0 ; celebrated maid of honor to the 1 Princess of Wales . Died 788.

MISS WILLIAMS, after Pyle . 2 6 C . S . .

Proof not described by Smith . With B . f . ” 1 6 7 7 only, in lower right margin .

RICHARD EAR L OM

- Bo rn in London, 1 743 w as s elf taught ; k m s wo r ed in bo th ezzotint and tipple . Died 1 82 2 .

MRS . GULSTON,after Hamilton .

1 . C . S . 4

First state . Born 1 749 ; was a descendant of Van Dyck ; married the famous collector Joseph Gulston

in 1 768 and died in 1 779 . She etched several

plates . 43 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

R Z f . M . A KING AND MRS. B DDELEY, after of any 2 6 C S . . 1 F rst state . Thomas King was bo rn in 1 730 ; excelled in

1 80 . humorous characters . Died 5 Sophia

Baddeley was a daughter of Mr . Snow, ser - 111 geant trumpeter to George . She was a

good singer and an agreeable actress . Being profuse in her expenditures, she died in po v 1 erty in Edinburgh, 1 80 .

T HOMAS POWNALL, after Cotes .

C . S . 33 .

Second state . B o rn at Lincoln, 1 72 2 became Governor of Massachusetts Bay in 1 75 7,and of New Jersey 1 1 1 in 75 9 . He returned to England in 76 and 1 80 died in Bath, 5 .

JAMES, DUKE OF R ICHMOND, after Van Dyck.

C . S . 36.

First state . 1 1 2 Born 6 . He was an adherent of Charles I during the Civil War and placed him in his r 1 6 g ave at Windsor . Died 5 5 .

2 0 T H E eniers 3 WITCH, after T .

First state .

2 1 A m 3 FRUIT PIECE, after Van Huys u . Early proof before any letters and before

the coat of arms .

2 2 m 3 A FLOWER PIECE, after Van Huys u . 2 1 in a Companion to No . 3 and the same st te

and condition . 44 OF MEZZOT I NTS

2 - 33 BULL DOG AND BADGER, after C . Towne .

Before any letters .

VALENTINE GREEN

1 f R o k Bo rn 739 ; pupil o . Hanc c ; an ex 1 81 o . tra rdinarily able technician . Died 3

LOUISA, CoUNT Es s OF AYLESFOR D, after Rey l s no d .

C . S . 4.

Second state . Daughter of Thomas, first Marquis of Bath 1 81 married, in 7 ,the fourth Earl of Aylesford. 2 Died in 1 83 .

L E n ADY LIZABETH COMPTON, after Rey olds . 2 C . S . 7.

First state . 1 6 1 B o rn 7 0 ; died 835 . Daughter of the seventh Earl of Northampton ; afterwards

Countess of Burlington .

COS WAY MARIA , after a portrait by herself . 2 C . S . 9 .

First state . Born in Italy in 1 75 9 ; daughter Of an Irish man who kept a hotel at Leghorn ; came to England, and in 1 781 married Richard Cos A 1 R . 8 8. way, . Died at Lodi, 3

ANNE, DUCHESS OF CUMBERLAND, after Gains

borough . S 1 C . . 3 .

First state . Eldest daughter of Simon Luttrell ; married 1 1 1 the Duke of Cumberland in 77 . Died 803 . 45 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

E D CHARLES, ARL OF ALKEITH, after Reynolds .

C . S . 33 .

First state . Born 1 772 ; s ucceeded his father as fourth 1 1 2 1 1 Duke of Buccleuch, 8 . Died 8 9 .

LADY BETTY DELME AND CHILDREN,after

Reynolds .

C . S . 35 .

First state . Born 1 747; daughter of Henry, fourth Earl 1 1 of Carlisle ; died 8 3 .

GEORGIANA, DUCHES S OF DEVONSHIRE, after

Maria Cos w ay .

6. C . S . 3

First state .

S ee No . 397.

GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, after

Reynolds .

C . S . 37.

First state . e S e No . 397.

DAVID GARRICK,after Gainsborough . 6 C . S . 4 .

First state .

The celebrated actor . Friend of Reynolds, 1 1 6 Goldsmith and Johnson . Born 7 ; died 1 779

GENERAL GREENE,after C . W . Peale . 6 C . S . 5 .

First state .

I . 1 1 Born at Warwick, R . , about 74 ; joined the American army and finally became Major 1 6 8 . General . Died 7

46 OF M EZZOTINTS

2 44 JOHN HUGH GRIFFITH .

. 8. C S . 5

First state . First lieutenant of marines ; killed in action f 1 2 f 8 . o St . Kitts, 7 L ADY JANE HALLIDAY, after Reynolds .

61 . C . S .

First state .

Daughter of the third Earl of Dorset .

LADY HENRIETTA HERBERT, after Reynolds . 6 C . S . 4.

First state .

Born 1 75 8; became Countess of Powis. 1 Died 830 .

LADY LOUISA MANNERS, after Reynolds .

C . S . 84.

First state . M P Wife of John Manners, . . ; afterwards

Countess of Dysart in her own right . Born 1 1 0 745 died 84 .

I R S JOSHUA R EYNOLDS, after Reynolds .

. 1 1 0 . C. S

First state, inscription in etched letters . The celebrated painter and intimate friend 1 2 of Burke, Goldsmith and Johnson . Born 7 3 ; 1 2 died 79 .

MARY ISABELLA, DUCHESS OF R UTLAND, after

Reynolds .

1 1 . C . S . 5

First state . Youngest daughter of the fourth Duke of

Beaufort ; brilliant leader of fashion . Born 1 1 1 75 6 ; died 83 . 47 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

E MILY MARY,COUNTESS OF SALISBURY, after

Reynolds . 1 1 C . S . 6 .

First state . Born 1 75 0 ; married James, s eventh Earl of Salisbury, 1 773 ; burned to death in Hatfield 2 1 House, November 7, 835 . T COUNTESS ALBOT, after Reynolds . 1 2 C . S . 8.

First state . Charlotte, daughter of the firs t Earl of 1 Hillsborough ; born 75 4; married J . C . Tal b 1 , who became Earl Talbot in 784. Died 1 gz4

ANNE, VISCOUNTESS T OWNSEND, after Rey l no ds .

1 2 . C . S . 3

First state . One of the ladies grouped by Reynolds in ” The Irish Graces . N 1 6 S ee O. 8.

H E A DE E T LADIES W L GR AV , after Reynolds . 1 C . S . 33 .

First state . Grandnieces of Horace Walpole, for whom the original picture was painted . Lady Eliza beth Laura, born 1 760, married her cousin

ld r v e. 1 1 6 George, Earl Wa eg a Died 8 . Lady Charlotte Maria, born 1 761 , married George, n fourth Duke of Grafton . Lady A na Horatia, born 1 762 , married, in 1 786, Admiral Lo rd

m 1 801 . Hugh Sey our . Died

GEORGE WASHINGTON, after J . Trumbull . 1 C . S . 35 .

First state . “ 1 2 The Father of his Country . Born 73 ; 1 died 799 .

48

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T H E CLAVERING CHILDREN, after Romney . 1 C . S . 4 . Early proo f, not described by Smith or

Horne . Painted by G . Romney only, in

scratched letters at left, in margin below .

Children of George Clavering of Greencroft . E LADY LIZABETH COMPTON, after Peters .

C . S . 45 .

Third state .

B o rn 1 760 married Lo rd George Cavendish . 1 Died 835 .

MISS CUMBER LAND, after Romney.

C . S . 49 .

First state . Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Richard Cum in 1 82 t berland . She married, 7 , the younges

1 8 . son of the Duke of Portland . Died 37

JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN , after Lawrence . 0 C . S . 5 .

Second state .

The celebrated Irish lawyer and orator . 1 0 1 1 Born in Cork, 75 ; died 8 7.

E JOHN, LOR D LDON, after Lawrence .

C . S . 5 9 .

First state . John Scott was born in Newcastle , 1 75 1 - Solicitor- General, 1 788; Attorney General , 1 793 ; Lo rd Chancellor, 1 80 1 ; created Earl of

1 2 1 1 8 8. Eldon, 8 . Died 3

2 65 JOHN BELLENDEN AND HENRY GAWLER, after

Reynolds .

6 . C . S . 7 a First st te . 5 0 OF MEZZOT I NTS

A BACCHANTE (LADY HAMILTON", after Rey n ld o s .

C . S . 75 .

First state . Emma Hart was born in 61 and died, 7 1 1 comparatively neglected, near 2alais, in 8 5 . ’ Her history and Nelson s passionate attach

ment to her are well known .

A s N R LADY HAMILTON ATU E,after Romney .

. 6 C . S 7 .

Second state .

S H ner OPHIA WESTERN, after opp .

. 8 . C . S 7

Second state . O r One of several po rtraits Of Phoebe H ppne . T H E o . HON . FRANCES INGRAM,after Reyn lds 1 C . S . 9 .

Proof before all letters .

ALMERIA, after Opie . 6 . 1 0 . C S .

First state .

Elizabeth Meymot was a daughter of Mr .

Gunn, deputy for Ports oken ward .

En l r ehea t . MRS . MILLS, after g

. 1 08. C S .

Proof, open etched letters .

A S inger at Vauxhall,Drury Lane,etc . Mar ried Captain Mills, one of the survivors Of the

1 802 . Black Hole in Calcutta . Died

LADY CAROLINE MONTAGU, after Reynolds .

1 1 0 . C . S .

First state . Born 1 774; third daughter of Henry Scott, S I CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

k t m Du e of Buccleuch . Her correc na e is, h - 1 80 t erefore, Montagu Scott . Married, in 3, Sir Charles Douglas, afterward Marquis of

Q ueensberry .

MRS . MONTAGU, after Reynolds .

1 1 2 . C S .

First state . Friend Of Pope, Pulteney, Burke, Johnson, and other celebrities . Founder of the cele brated Blue Stocking Society ; published Writ ings and Genius of S hakes pear e and other 1 2 1 works . Born 7 0 ; died 800 .

MRS . MUSTERS, after Reynolds .

. 1 2 0 C S . .

First state . NO 2 . S ee . 3 4 N MRS . ORTH , after Romney.

. 1 2 2 C S . .

First state .

Henrietta Maria B annister married the Hon .

n w 1 1 1 6. and Rev . Brow lo North in 77 . Died 79 ’N HON . MRS . O EILL,after Peters .

. 1 2 . C . S 3

Second state . Henrietta Boyle, only child of Lord Dun garvan and granddaughter of the fifth Earl of 1 Cork. Died in 793, aged 37. T MISS HEOPHILA PALMER, after Reynolds . 1 2 8 C S . .

First state . Daughter of John Palmer, of Torrington ; favorite niece of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; mar

ri 1 81 Gw atkin . l, 7 , R . L. of Plymouth Died

1 gj8. 5 2 OF MEZZOT I NTS

2 78 MRS . PAYNE GALWAY AND CHILD, after Rey

nolds .

1 C . S . 33 .

First state .

2 79 MISS HARRIET POWELL, after Peters .

1 . C . S . 37

First state . Actress and singer ; married the Earl Of

Seaforth .

2 80 . S MRS MITH , after J . R . Smith . 1 C . S . 5 5 .

Only state . r Wife of the a tist .

1 B . 2 8 MRS. STA LES AND DAUGHTERS, after Romney 1 C. S . 5 7.

First state . Es ne Wife and children of John Stables , q. ,o

of the Supreme Council of Calcutta.

H E . S . T HON . MRS TANHOPE, after Reynolds

. 1 8 C S . 5 .

First state . Eliza Falconer, one of the fashionable “ ” beauties of the day, as Contemplation . Mar

ried the Hon . Henry Fitzroy Stanhope .

T H E S YNNOT CHILDR EN , after Wright . 1 60 C . S . .

Presentation proof . Given by Joseph ” 1 82 Wright to his friend J . Holland, 7 on margin at lower right . Of Children of Walter S ynnot, Es q. , County A I rmagh, reland . 5 3 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

C E T ET s OLON L ARL ON,after Reynold . 1 61 C. S . .

Early proof,before the plate was completed. B annas tre, third son of John Tarleton,

Mayor of Liverpool . Entered the cavalry and served under Lord Cornwallis in the R ev olu tionar y War ; afterwards became a General . He was created a Baronet in 181 8, and died in 1 833 . T H E SAME.

First state .

T H E PROMENADE AT CARLISLE HOUSE, after J . R . Smith .

. 1 C S . 94.

First state . Carlisle House in Soho Square was formerly the residence of the Howards, but was con verted into a place of amusement by Mrs . Cor nelys ,who was quite a celebrity in her time .

fi n WATERCR ESS GIR L, after Zo a y .

2 00 . C . S . Early proof in scratched letters, before the “ a : title . The public tion line reads London th 1 80 . . published Septem . The 9 7 by J R Smith, N° 1 0 Batemans Buildings Soho 81 B irchall ” ° N 473 Strand .

Companion to Flower Girl . 1 S ee NO. 3 9 .

T H E INFANT JUPITER,after Reynolds . 1 1 Hamilton, p . 5 .

Second state . n T H E FRUIT B AR R ow ,after H . Walto .

1 2 . C . S . 7

First state .

Portraits of the Walton family . 5 4 OF MEZZOT I NTS

T F N WEL TH IGHT, after Wheatley.

1 8. C S . 7 Ir t F s state . Y Miss ounge (afterwards Mrs . Pope", with

Messrs . Dodd, Lo ve, and Waldron, in Tw elfth Ni ht A I g , ct V .

L AT ADY HAYMAKING, after W . Lawrenson .

. 1 8 . C S . 3

Proof, scratched letters . A G CHRISTMAS AMBOL,after Morland.

Open letters . A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, after Morland .

Open letters .

HENRY KINGSB URY

Little is known about this artis t, except that he w as a painter as well as an engraver in s and m o tipple ezz tint .

T ER LD D n MISS HARRIE S OCO , after ow nma . 1 C S . 3 .

First state . The corrections on the print are ’ in Walpole s writing . erocold Daughter of the Rev . Walter S of 1 2 Cambridge . Died 79 .

HENRY HUDS O N Chaloner Smith has given a lis t o f twelve plates by this artis t,with dates ranging from 1 82 1 ks as es 7 to 793 . He thin that th e are not numerous , the artis t m ay have been a m an o f independent means , o r followed o s s ther pur uit . CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

T H E ESS OF R AVENSCLOUGH COUNT , after J . H . Schroeder . 1 2 C . S . . Proof with names of artists only ; the title is written in ink .

MRS. CURTIS, after Walton .

1 . C . S .

Only state .

JOHN MURPHY

1 8 w as i Bo rn in Ireland about 74 . He liv ng 1 2 in Londo n in 8 0 .

T H E ENCAMPMENT AT BRIGHTON,after Wheat ley .

Proof,open letters .

JOHN JACOB E Born in Vienna in 1 733 ; came to Eng land to learn m ezzotint engraving, where he executed s everal plates ; returned to Vienna 1 and died there, 797.

LORD GEORGE GERMAINE, after Romney .

C S . 3 .

First state . Bo rn 1 71 5 ; distinguished himself with the army in Fland—ers ; Secretary of State for the 1 2 1 8 . Colonies 775 8 . Died 7 5

ER E MISS MEYER A s H , after Reynolds .

C . S . 5 .

First state . A R . Daughter of Jeremiah Meyer, . , the enameller and miniature painter . 5 6

CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

LA Y EL IZABETH HERB ERT AND SON,after R ey nolDis . 1 1 C . S . . a Firs t s t te . Born 1 75 2 ; married Henry Herbert, 1 771 1 82 6 died .

PH CEB E FF HO n r HO NER, after pp e . 1 C . S . 3 . s Proof with cratched letters . Ho ner a Wife of pp and d ughter of Mrs . Wright, an American living in London, who w ax modelled portraits in . HO ner pp painted her several times . D LA Y MARY KENT, after Reynolds . 1 C S . 5 . 1 F rs t s tate .

a .A Mary, d ughter of T . Wadsworth, M

1 81 . wife of Sir Charles Kent . Died 7

MRS. MARTYR, after M . Brown . 1 8 C S . . 1 F rst state .

Actress and s inger in English opera . Died

1 807.

VENETIAN BOY, after Reynolds . 1 Hamilton, p . 43 .

First state .

MERCURY, after Reynolds .

1 2 . Hamilton, p. 5

First state . JOSIAH BOYDELL Born 1 75 2 ; nephew o f the Celebrated Alder l m m an John Boydell pupil o f Ear o . Died 1 81 7. 5 8 OF MEZZOTINTS

R EGNIER HA NSLOE AND HI S WIFE, after Rem brandt .

C . S . 3 .

First state . Said to be a portrait of a burgomaster and his mother, and not Reinier Ans lo , the Dutch Hans l e 1 poet . Rembrandt etched o in 1 64 , the year in which the portrait was painted .

JOHN YOUNG f o 1 o . R m B rn 75 5 ; pupil J . S ith ; appointed engraver in mezzotinto to the Prince Of In 1 82 W s 8 . 1 ale 7 9 Died 5 .

R OBERT BLOOMFIELD, after Rising .

C .

Early proof, before any letters . Born 1 766 ; worked on a farm, then learned ’ T he Far e shoemaking . His poem m r s B oy is 1 82 his best known work . Died 3 .

H n r UR o e . MRS . BUNB Y, after pp 1 0 C S . . 1 F rst state . Eldest daughter of Captain Horneck ; mar ried Henry Bunbury, the caricaturist, in 1 771 ’ ” 1 Goldsmith s Little Comedy . Died 799 .

H ner GEORGE CANNING,after opp . 1 1 C . S . .

Early finished proof before any letters .

mentioned by Smith . r 1 0 The celebrated statesman . Bo n 77 1 82 7. 5 9 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

T H E S S H r ETTING UN, after oppne . 2 C S . 7. 1 F rst state . Gods al The children, o f Is coyd Park, Flint s hire .

G HO ner LADY CHARLOTTE REVILLE, after pp . 2 C. S . 9 . s First tate . Born 1 775 ; married, in 1793, Charles Gre 1 862 ville ; died .

. G HO ner MRS WYN, after pp . 1 C . S . 3 .

First state . “ Celebrated by Goldsmith as the Jes s amy 1 1 Bride Born 75 3 ; died 840.

LADY ANNE LAMBT ON AND CHILDREN, after er Hoppn . 6 C . S . 4 .

First state . Anne Barbara Frances, second daughter of

George Villiers, fourth Earl of Jersey . Born P 1 2 M. . 77 married W . H . Lambton, for Dur 1 1 1 2 ham, 79 ; died 83 . Z ff FLOWER GIRL, after o any .

C . S . 79 .

One state .

Companion to Watercress Girl .

ee 2 . S NO . 87

THOMAS PARK

Bo rn 1 760 ; wo rked in mezzotint f or s ome 1 s o um o f years . In 797 he publi hed a v l e s onnets ; edited R oyal and Noble Authors , 1 8 W . alpo le,etc . Died 35

60 OF M EZZOT INT S

Y MISS PENELOPE BOOTHB , after Reynolds . 1 C. S . .

Second state . B Only child of Sir rooke Boothby. Born 1 1 785 ; died 79 1 .

T H E . HON . MRS . WATSON, after Gainsborough

C . S . 9 .

Second state .

H C. . H O DGES

f R m e o 1 6 o . s B rn 7 4; pupil J . S ith ; ettl d in m 1 Ho lland, 1 788; died in Am s terda , 837.

LADY DASHWOOD AND CHILD, after Reynolds . 1 1 C . S . .

Second state .

2 . 3 3 MRS. WILLIAMS HOPE, after Reynolds

1 . C S . 8 1 a F rs t st te . Bromley gives the name as Williams HOpe, “ ” and not William, as on the print .

HER E M S As . R . MUSTERS , after Reynolds 2 C . S . 5 .

First s tate . Mother of John Musters, who married B y ’ ron s first love, Mary Chaworth .

LAVINIA, COUNTESS SPENCER,after Reynolds .

2 8. C . S . ’ Hamilton s second state . The names of the artists are in scratched letters, but the date is

1 784 instead of 1 785 . 1 1 Born 1 762 ; died 83 . 6 1 CH R ONOIJOGI CAL EXHIBITION

2 6 ANN E 3 WARR N, after Romney . 2 C . S . 3 .

Touched proof . A th daughter of William Powell , e actor .

J OHANN PETER PICHLER

or o 1 6 Wo k fo r B n in B tzen, 7 5 . r ed the o f A - s s a s Prince nhalt De u in Dre den . Died V 1 8 at ienna, 06 .

’ 2 R UB ENs S 3 7 s ONS, after Rubens .

Proof with names of the artists .

EDWARD SAVAGE

n and o o Pai ter engraver . B rn at Princet n, M s s in 1 6 1 W s o f m a , 7 . a a pupil Benja in s 1 81 W . e t Died 7.

BENJ AMIN FRANKLIN , after Martin .

With title in script letters . So far as known there are no original impres sions without the

title .

The celebrated statesman and philos opher . 1 1 Born in Boston, 706 ; died 790.

JAMES WALKER Born 1 748 pupil o f Valentine Green ; ap pointed engraver to the Empres s Catherine in 1 784; returned to London in 1 802 , and 1 died in 808.

62 OF MEZZOT I NTS

MARGARET CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF CARLISLE,

after Romney .

. . 2 C S .

Second state . Born 1 75 3 ; married, in 1 770, Frederick, fifth 1 82 Earl of Carlisle . Died 4.

° 33 MRS . MUSTERS, after Romney . 1 C . S . 0.

Second state .

I 33 MISS FRANCES WOODLEY,after Romney . 1 C . S . 9 .

First state . One of the beauties of the day ; married k 1 1 1 n 0 82 2 . Henry Ba es in 784. Born 74 ; died

GEO RGE KEAT I NG

o f an o n Native Irel d . Mezz ti t and s tipple engraver in London,where he lived between 1 1 784and 797.

GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, AND D R AUGHTE , after Reynolds .

C . S . 3 .

First state .

S ee . No 397.

WILLIAM D OUGHTY A native o f Yo rks hire ; s tudied with Jos hua R eynolds ; s tarted fo r Bengal, the s hip w as captured by a French Spanis h s quadro n ; w as taken to Lis bon s o r s died there h rtly afterwa d . 63 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

DR R . SAMUEL JOHNSON, after eynolds . 2 C . S . . First s tate . r The celebrated lexicog apher . Born 1 died 784.

MISS MARY PALMER, after Reynolds .

C S . 5 . 1 F rst state . s Niece of Sir Joshua Reynold .

R s A IADNE, after Reynold . 1 1 Hamilton, p. 4 .

First state .

Said to be a po rtrait of Miss Ingram .

WILLIAM WARD

o Lo o 1 66 o f R m B rn in nd n , 7 ; pupil J . . S ith - - brother in law o f Geo rge Mo rland,many o f o s s o wh e painting he repr duced. Died s ud enl m 1 1 82 d y,Dece ber , 6 .

H r MRS . BENWELL, after Oppne .

C. S . 7.

One state . Not Mary Benwell,the painter, according to “ Chaloner Smith but a very different person,

of great beauty.

B R ADDYLL . 337 MRS . ,after a painting by her son 1 C . S . 3 . s t s t Fir ate .

338 HENRY CALLENDER, after Abbott .

2 0. C S . 1 F rst s tate . 64

CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

JAMES WARD Born 1 769 ; pupil o f his elder brother Wil am d f R m an o . . t A t li J S i h . l hough s ucces s ful, he abandoned mez zotint and devoted hims elf to animal painting, becoming an R A 1 81 1 1 . . in . Died 85 9 .

LOR D ASHBURTON, COLONEL B ARR E AND LORD S HELBURNE, after Reynolds . 1 C S . . 1 F rst state . Lo rd Ashburton was born in 1 73 1 ; died 1 B é bo en 783 . Colonel arr was rn in Ireland ; tered the army and, having been elected to Parliament, was eloquent in his Oppo sition to A l - d the merican War . Wi kes Barre was name

for Wilkes and Barré as defenders of liberty. 1 2 Died in 80 , aged 76 . The Earl of Shel burne w as bo rn in 1 737; created Marquess o f 1 1 Lans downe, 784. Died 805 .

n MRS. BILLINGTON, after Rey olds .

C . S . 5 .

Second s tate . i in Actress and s nger . Bo rn London about 1 765 ; became a leading vocalist both in Eng 1 81 8. land and on the Continent . Died

H n r 349 JUVENILE R ETIREMENT, after Opp e .

1 . C S . 4

F1rst published state . s Children of the Hon . John Dougla and

Frances , eldes t daughter of Lo rd Harewood .

T H E S 35 0 AME . “ Second s tate, with the title altered to R e ” pos e . OF MEZZOT INT S

L T HO ner ADY HEATHCO E, after pp . 2 C . S . 3 .

Second state . Catherine Sophia Manners, born 1 769,

1 82 . 5 Wife of Sir Gilbert Heathcote .

R H r CHILD EN BATHING,after Oppne . 2 C . S . 7.

Second s tate .

Children of the artist .

GEORGE CLINT

Bo rn in London, 1 770 ; s tudied mezzotint with Edward Bell ; became a s ucces s ful por 1 8 trait painter. Died 5 4.

HO ner MISS ARABELLA JANE WILMOT, after pp .

Proof, etched letters .

PHILIP DAWE

He is s aid to have worked under Hogarth, and w as the pupil, and probably a connec tion by marriage, o f Henry Mo rland, after ”

u a s C. . whom he exec ted s ever l plate . S

R EADING B Y A PAPER- BELL SHADE,after Henry

Morland . 2 C . S . 3 .

T H E PRETT Y B ALLAD SINGER, after Henry

Morland.

GAINSBOROUGH DUPONT Born 1 767; maternal nephew and pupil o f

s o 1 . Thomas Gain b rough . Died 797 67 CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

R EV S I R B D . HENRY ATE UDLEY, after Gains h boroug .

C S . 4. 1 F rst s tate . B o rn 1745 friend of Garrick and Sheridan ;

n H er a 1 82 . es tablished the Morni g ld . Died 4

ELDEST PRINCESSES, after Gainsborough .

C S . 5 . 1 F rst state .

Daughters of Geo rge III .

GEORGE III, after Gainsborough . 6 C . S . .

Second state . 1 1 82 0 Born 738; died .

JOSEPH GROZER

of not s a H Date birth and death a cert ined . e o k Lo o 1 86 and 1 w r ed in nd n between 7 797.

B R ADDYL t MASTER , af er Reynolds . 2 C . S . .

Only state .

D R VISCOUNT UNCANNON, after eynolds .

C . S . 9 .

Second state . 1 8 1 8 Born 75 ; died 44.

FRANCES HARRIS, after Reynolds . 1 2 C. S . .

Second state . 1 8 Born 7 4; became the wife of General Cole . It is said that this was the last portrait

painted by Sir Joshua . 68 OF MEZZOT I NTS

L L L ADY CHAR OTTE EGGE, after Romney . 1 C . S . 5 . Proof, before the publication line ; with the ’ s artist names only . Born 1 774; married, in 1 795 , Charles Dun c e r m ombe, afterwards Baron F v e s ha .

MRS . H . MACKENZIE AND CHILD, after Rey nolds .

1 C . S . 7.

Second state . There is some doubt as to the identity of this

S ee 6 1 1 . 1 0. lady. Smith,p . , and Hamilton,p 3

MORNING AMUSEMENT, after Reynolds .

2 . C S . 4 1 F rs t s tate .

GEORGE DAWE

on f o o o 1 81 be S o P . Dawe b rn in L nd n, 7 came finally a portrait painter ; w as in R us s ia ten years ; returned to England in 1 82 9, in which year he died .

MISS SEARLE, after Reynolds . 1 2 C . S . .

Only state .

I N L E S . E S

t m o o r R r e No enti ned by Nagler edg av .

ANN ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF ALDBOROUGH, Ho ner after pp . 1 C . S . . 1 a state . 69 CHR ONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

WILLIAM SAY

Bo rn near Norwich, 1 768; pupil Of James

Ward . He engraved over three hundred plates , an example o f each being in the t s s m 1 8 M . Bri i h u eu Died 34.

D Mas u i . er er . LA Y HAMILTON, after J . J q

Title in open letters .

S ee . 2 66 2 6 Nos and 7.

AND H n r LADY MILDMAY CHILD, after opp e .

- Helena Shaw Lefevre, wife of Henry St . ohn- m J Mild ay, Bart .

COUNTESS OF WICKLOW, after Harlow .

Proof, etched letters .

R ’ G R EMBRANDT S PEASANT IRL, after embrandt .

Proof, open letters . G EORGE III, after Northcote . O “ ” ne of the first fifty impressions . 1 8 1 2 Born 73 ; died 8 0 .

2 a 37 MRS . SIDDONS, after L wrence .

Proof, open letters . 1 The celebrated tragic actres s . Born 75 5 ; 1 8 1 died 3 .

a BENJ AMIN WEST, after L wrence . 1 Subscription proof, No . 5 . Born in Pennsylvania, 1 738; visited Rome in 1 760 afterwards resided in London, attracted the attention of George III, and was liberally

patronized by him . He succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy

1 2 1 82 0. in 79 . Died 70 OF MEZZOTINTS

EDWARD BELL

Nephew o f John Bell, publis her o f T he B rit T hea re m s is h t . He ade but few plate , s o it is s uppo s ed that he had another ocen ation p .

N B eeche HORATIO, LORD ELSON, after y . 1 C . S . 3 .

Only state . n m 1 The great aval co mander . Born 75 8 died in the moment of victory at Trafalgar, 1 805 .

SAMUEL WILLIAM REYNOLDS f R m o 1 o . . B rn 773 ; pupil J S ith . He util iz ed etching in his wo rk with cons iderable ff i 1 e ect . D ed 835 .

. Ho ner 375 MRS ARBUTHNOT, after pp . 1 1 Whitman, .

Second state .

6 n 37 DUCHESS OF BEDFORD, after Hopp er . 2 1 Whitman, .

Proo f quite finished, before any letters . . not Georgiana Go rdon,wife o f John, sixth Duke 1 of Bedford . Died 85 3 .

ELIZABETH , MARCHIONESS OF EX ETER, after

Lawrence .

Whitman,87. I One of the first fifty mpressions . Daughter of Peter Burrill ; married the eighth Duke of Hamilton In 1 778,and, in 1 800,

e 1 8 . the first Marquis of Exeter . Di d 37 71 CHR ONOLOGICAL EXHIBIT ION

E H C MARY, COUNT SS AR OURT, after Reynolds .

1 0 . Hamilton,p . 5

Second state .

MR S . Ho ner WHITBREAD,after pp . m 00 Whit an, 3 .

Only s tate . Daughter of Lord Grey Of Howick ; married 1 8 m Samuel Whitbread, 78 . Whit an quotes a ” long eulogy of her from T he Ladies Monthly M e us um, March, 1 804.

CHARLES TURNER Bo rn 1 774; executed the firs t twenty plates o f the Liber S tudiorum and many s triking

o s 1 8 . p rtrait . Died 5 7

COUNTESS CHOLMONDELEY AND SON, after H ner opp . 1 1 Whitman, 0.

One s tate .

Wife of the first Marquis of Cholmondeley. 1 6 1 8 o Born 7 4; died 38. The boy was b rn in 1 1 800 and died in 884.

n MISS CHOLMONDELEY, after HOpp er. 1 1 1 Whitman, .

First state .

E R I As R . DMUND KEAN CHA D III, after J J . Halls . 2 8 Whitman, 3 . Undes cribed proof, before any letters ; s igned by Kean . 1 1 Born 787; died 833 . The most eminent

Britis h actor of his time . 72

CHR ONOLOGICAL EXHIBITION

T H E P ENN FAMILY,after Reynolds . 2 2 1 2 Whitman, 4 ; Hamilton, p. 6.

Second state . Children of Thomas Penn, of Stoke Park, Bucks, and Lady Juliana Penn, fourth daugh ter of the Earl of Pomfret .

S I R E S WALT R COTT,after Raeburn . m 1 Whit an, 5 4.

Proo f,open letters . and The celebrated poet novelis t . Born 1 1 1 2 77 ; died 83 .

GEORGE, FIRST MAR Q UESS T OWNSEND,after n Rey olds . 6 Whitman,5 7.

Only state . Born 1 72 4; fought at Culloden ; took com mand at Q uebec on the death of General 1 1 Wolfe, 75 9 ; created Marques s, 786 .

. S AND R . MRS COTT WARING CHILD EN, after J Rus sell . 1 6 Whitman, 5 .

First state .

Daughter of Jacob Hughes, o f Cashel . 1 1 2 Died 8 .

T H E MASK, after Reynolds . 1 Hamilton, p . 33 . Portraits of the Ladies Charlotte and Ann Spencer, daughters of George, third Duke of

Marlborough .

T H E FORTUNE T ELLER,after Reynolds . Portraits of Lo rd Henry and Lady Charlotte Spencer, children of George, third Duke of

Marlborough .

Companion piece to No . 393 . 74 OF MEZZOT I NTS

LE B ENVOYE 395 AISER , after J . B . Greuze .

Whitman, 747.

First state . ’ Said to be a po rtrait Of the painter s wife,

Gabrielle .

6 ER A 39 INT IOR OF COTTAGE, after Gainsborough .

Whitman,745 ’ Engraver s proof,masked .

WILLIAM WHISTON BARNEY

s on o f fl f The a ower painter and pupil o S . R fi m o s . W . eyn ld He nally entered the ar y and attained dis tinction in the Penins ular

War .

GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, after am b r h G s o oug . 6 2 C . S . ; Horne, 8.

Second state .

Eldest daughter of the first Earl Spencer . Born 1 75 7; married, in 1 774, the fifth Duke of

Devonshire . Became, according to Walpole, “ ” 1 the Empress of Fashion . Died 806.

L T Ho ner . 398 ADY S . JOHN,after pp 1 2 C S . . Ir F s t s tate .

LoR Ds GEORGE AND CHARLES SPENCER, after a Cos w y . 1 C S . 5 . r FI s t state . Sons of the Marquis of Blandford, after

wards fourth Duke o f Marlborough . 7S

INDEX OF NAME S OF AR TIS T S

PAGE

B a ne H aid G r y, W . W , J .

B e I Ho es H 61 ckett, s aac dg , C.

B ell, Edw ard Hous ton, R 2 3

B lo oteling, A Huds on, H 5 5

B oydell, Jo s iah Jacobe, Jo hn

B ro o s haw ones k , R . J , J 35

C n udkins li t, G. J , E 5 7

Daw e Kea n , G. ti g, G

Kings bury, H enry 5 5

Dean, John Lens , B ernard 1 1

Dickins o n, W Marchi, J

Dixon, J McA rdell, J

Doughty, W Miller, Andrew

k M ltz A Dun arton, R u , . P

D o M r h up nt, G. u p y, J

E arlo m, R Park, Thom as

l e h m eter Eins e, S . P l a , P

he Faber, John Pet r, W

Faber, John, J r Phillips , Charles

i h e Faitho rne W r c . , . ,J . P l r, J P

Finlays on, J 2 7 Place, Francis

R e no s Fis her, E 2 5 y ld , S . W

R ob n on R F . enb r . on s urs t e g,T C. v 4 i ,

Gole, J 1 3 R upert, Prince

Green, V 45 S arrabat, I

Grozer, J 68 S avage, Edw ard INDEX

van S omer, Jan S he w n r i , Wm van S omer,P n Simo , John Verkolj e, Jan

Smith, John v on S iegen,L S h R Wal mit ,J . ker, J

Ward, J

om s d . Th a , Jan . War , W

Tomps on, R ichard Wats on, J

s on Turner, C. Wat , T i m i an W a s . Va ll t, W . ill , R v an B leeck, P Young, John

Vandervaart,