Stuarts and Hanoverians - Jacobite interest
Collection of engraved portraits
£429
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Le Prince Charles Edouard Stuart, né a Rome le 31. Decembre 1720. Paris: chez l'auteur, c.1745. Copper-engraving on laid paper by Petit after Domenico Dupra, plate size 26 x 17.5cm, sheet size 35.5 x 25.5cm;
Le Prince Henry-Benoist, 2e fils de Jacq. Stuart, né à Rome le 25. Mars 1725. Paris: se vent chez l'auteur, c.1745. Copper-engraving on laid paper by Petit, plate size 26 x 17.5cm, sheet size 27 x 18.5cm;
Jacques III. Roy de la Grande Bretagne. Présenté à Sa Majesté le 21e Juin 1712, jour de son Auguste Naissance. Paris: chez l'auteur, 1712. Copper-engraving on laid paper by Jacques Chéreau after Alexis-Siméon Belle, plate size 40 x 26.5cm, sheet size 47 x 33cm, tipped to modern card mount at upper and lower left corners;
[Portrait of Maria Clementina Sobieska]. [Probably Paris, c.1730]. Copper-engraving on laid paper by Pierre-Imbert Drevet after Antonio David, plate size 43.6 x 31.9cm, trimmed to platemark with 0.5cm margin around image;
Georgius III. King of Great Britain. Dedicated to the Right Honble Willm Pitt. Canada is represented in the Figure of an Indian paying Homage to her Royal Conqueror, and in an Humble Posture, surrendering the Crown of that Kingdom, to be added to Glorious Conquests of the British Empire. [London], c.1760. Copper-engraving by B. Baren after Joseph Anton Adolf on laid paper, plate size 63 x 47.5cm, sheet size 65 x 49.5cm, tipped to window-mount;
and 3 others similar including a large engraving of Oliver Cromwell on horseback with London in the background (possibly by F. Mazot), trimmed to image cropping letters (8)