17 Addenda.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

North America in 1755 and again served with Keppel
in 1761 at Belle-Isle. He served as a Captain in the
Channel for many years when in 1778 was advanced to
Rear Admiral of the White and sent as Commander in
Chief in the West Indies. Having been succesful in
taking St. Lucia from the French he served in the West
Indies for another couple of years after which in 1782
he returned to the Channel Fleet and served under
Howe at the relief of Gibraltar.
CS 7. i. See Ref: 8465.
Ref: 9325
1176 The Hon.ble William Shirley Esq.r
Appointed Captain General & Governor in
Chief &c. of the Province of Massachusets
Bay in New England in 1741. One of his
Majesty's Commisaries at Paris for settling
the limits of Nova Scotia , & other
controverted Rights in America 1750,
Gen.l & Commander in Chief of His
Majesty's Forces in North America 1755,
and Lieut. General in His Majesty's Army
1759. Nova Scotia or Acadie preserv'd
during the late War Commenced in 1744.
2. The Island of Cape Breton taken in the
Expedition fittted out from the
Massachusets Bay in 1715.
T. Hudson pinxt. J. McArdell fecit. [n.d., c.1771.]
Mezzotint, 350 x 255mm. 13¾ x 10". Very scarce.
Unexamined out of frame. £1800
See View Ref 9326. William Shirley (1693-1771). "A
man of eager ambition," William Shirley became
governor of Massachusets in 1741, and helped to plan
the expedition against Louisburg in 1745. The next
year he was appointed commander-in-chief of the
British forces in North America. Together with Joshua
Winslow, he forced the removal of the Arcadians from
Nova Scotia- their crime being that they refused to take
the oath of allegiance to Great Britain.
Whitman 177; Chaloner Smith 166
Ref: 9324
1177 Charlotte Stanley. a beautiful Gipsey.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph on india. India paper 184 x 152mm 7¼" x
6". £65
This is likely to be the proof to the frontispiece of
Chas. Jeffreys and Stephen Glover's musical
composition "The Gipsey Girl, or, Charlotte Stanley."
Ref: 9366
1178 His Excellency Sir Francis Bond
Head, Bart: K.C.H. Lieuenant Governor of
Upper Canada, &c &c &c From an
Original Picture painted at the solicitation
of the Inhabitants of the City of Toronto
This Plate is reprectfully dedicated to Her
Most Gracious Majesty's Loyal Canadian
Subjects by their fellow Citizens & most
ob. hum.le Serv.t Frederick Chase Capreol
Painted by Nelson Cook Esq.re Engraved by C. Turner
A.R.A. Published Sept.r 1. 1837, by Fred C. Capreol
Toronto, Upper Canada & in London for the Proprietor
by Messrs Dominic Colnaghi & Co. Printsellers, 14
Pall Mall East & Mr. Leggatt, Printseller, 85 Cornhill.
Mezzotint, 390 x 290mm. 15½ x 11½". Unexamined
out of frame. £260
Francis Bond Head (1793-1875). A soldier in the
British Army from 1811 to 1825, he was appointed
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada in 1835. In
1837 he quashed a brief rebellion in Toronto led by
William Lyon Mackenzie, the first mayor of Toronto.
State 1 of 2.
Ref: 9321
1179 John Myddelton, Esq.r of
Gwaynynog, Lieut.t Colonel of the
Denbighshire Militia.
Engraved by John Murphy. [n.d. c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Plate 361 x 259mm. 14¼" x 10¼". £160
A portrait of Lt. Col. John Myddelton.
NPG D4654. Ref: CS 10 II of II.
Ref: 9345
1180 The Shade of Napoleon.
Drawn & Engraved by I. Brace from a Portrait by
Vernet. London, 85, Farringdon St. Brighton. 3.
Somerset Place. [n.d. c.1810.]
Very fine aquatint. Plate 165 x 132mm. 6½" x 5¼".
£160
A silhouetted profile of Napoleon against a seascape
background.
Ref: 9367
1181 Charlotte Queen of Great Britain, &c.
&c.
Done after the Coronation Medal. Rich.d Houston
fecit. [after Johann Zoffany.] Printed for Rob.t Sayer in
Fleet Street, and Hen. Parker & Eliz. Bakewell in
Cornhill. Price 1:s 6:d
Mezzotint.. Plate 332 x 229mm. 13" x 9". £260
Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), queen consort of George
III, grandmother of Queen Victoria. She was keenly
interested in the fine arts and supported Johann