«Heading» - International League of Antiquarian Booksellers

Condition: Trimmed to plate mark and laid to album
paper.
[27653]
£250
45. The Queen and the Prince Consort at Windsor
Castle _ 1843.
Mezzotint
Richard Josey after Edwin Landseer
c.1889
Image 119 x 173 mm, Plate 147 x 184 mm, Sheet 175 x
251 mm
Unmounted
Gainsborough and Frank Holl. The National Gallery has
twenty portraits engraved by Josey in its collection.
Josey married Elizabeth Croxon in 1864. The Joseys
had fourteen children including the well-known mosaic
artist Maurice Josey,
O’Donoghue & Hake (Vol. V, Groups) 38, Printsellers’
Association Index 209
Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[27765]
£65
British Political
Based on Sir Edwin Landseer’s Windsor Castle in
Modern Times, first discussed two months after the
royal couple’s marriage on 13 April 1840; and was
planned as a happy sequel to Queen Victoria riding out
which was exhibited in the same year. It was finally
hung in Windsor Castle in 1845 and Landseer was paid
800 guineas for the piece. Prince Albert is depicted as a
Park Ranger who has spent the day shooting and returns
laden with booty - kingfisher, jay, mallard, woodcock,
pheasant and ptarmigan - which he proudly spreads out
upon the drawing room carpet. He sits in outdoor
clothing, with muddy boots, bag and powder pouch,
patting his favourite dog, Eos, while Dandy Dinmont,
Islay and Cairnach fuss around. The Queen welcomes
her husband home by presenting him with a nosegay;
their daughter plays with a dead kingfisher, a ‘Halcyon’,
symbol of peace. The scene is set in the White Drawing
Room at Windsor, decorated with the Morel and Seddon
furniture commissioned by George IV, and with a view
of the East Terrace.
Richard Josey (1840-1906) was a prominent mezzotint
engraver who often combined the process with other
techniques to produce so-called 'mixed manner' prints.
Born in Reading, Josey was first apprenticed at the age
of thirteen to Thomas W. Knight, and later worked in
the studio of the Chevalier Ballin. His influence can be
seen in Josey’s work in stipple and line. His first
commission was reportedly from the print publishers
Henry Graves and Co., for whom he worked for many
years afterwards. Between 1876 and 1887 he exhibited
nineteen works at the Royal Academy. Josey engraved a
large number of famous portraits after artists including
James McNeill Whistler, John Everett Millais,
46. Melbourne
Lithograph
Charles Hullmandel after Benjamin Robert Haydon
Published by Tho’s McLean, 26, Haymarket, London,
June 25th, 1833
Image 390 x 363 mm, Sheet 514 x 369 mm
unmounted
Study for the picture of the Reform Banquet.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848)
was Prime Minister From 1830-34. Melbourne was
Home Secretary under Lord Grey, although he was a
firm believer in aristocratic government. After Grey's
resignation he was appointed Prime Minister, a position
he held twice between 1834 and 1841.
Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786 - 1846) was a history
painter and friend of John Keats and William
Wordsworth. Although Haydon aspired to achieve
greatnes as a historical painter he was best known for
his autobiographical writings. The Life of Benjamin
Robert Haydon, Historical Painter, from His
Autobiography and Journals (1853) was published after
his death upon request of his wife and has since been
reissued in modified forms several times.