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James, Marquis of Hamilton [366]. "7*. Qd. Thane has the plate."

Granger here refers to the portrait engraved by Martin D(roeshout), London, 1623. Of it he records that it is

"a whole-length in Armour, standing in a tent with fringed curtains. On a table is a helmet, with a large crest of bristles and ostrich's plumes ; a small h. sh. I have seen some proofs or this print without the inscription : these were taken when the plate was much worn."

Bromley also writes (p. 48) :

"This plate, which is extant, was afterwards wrought off without the inscription."

The plate was not offered in Thane's stock when, on his death, it was sold by Jones at 11, Leicester Street, in several portions, during 1820. The only copy of the print that I can trace was priced 4s. in a catalogue of prints issued by the " Magazin des Estampes " of Cockspur Street, 1774. There are several other engraved portraits of this Marquis of Hamilton, but Granger and Bromley name only that already men- tioned and an 8vo print engraved by Vaughan. Flindall in his ' Amateur's Pocket Companion ; or, a Description of Scarce and Valuable Engraved British Portraits,' &c., 1813, p. 47, says :

" James, Marqiiis of Hamilton, Earl of Arran, is another of those prints which I have not found noticed by Bromley or Granger, a Varidyck. The print of James, Marquis of Hamilton, by Fai- thorne, was sold for 51. 18s. at the sale of Mr. Graves's [vie] portraits," &c.

This last-named print was offered, but not priced, in Graves's catalogue of 1809, and presumably it was the copy included in the dispersal of his stock, when it was bought by Sir Masterman Sykes, at whose sale in 1824 it reappears as lot 1227, and was purchased by Molteno for 4Z. 18s.

The Vaughan and Faithorne portraits appeared also in a sale by Richardson, November, 1815, when lot 105 was

" James, Marquis of Hamleton [xic], Earle of Arren and Cambridge, &c. Ro. Vaughan, sculp., and sold in Lombard Streete, by Roger Daniel, oval 4to in a rich dress, encircled with ribbands [#ic] round the waist ; arms over the portrait, extra rare. [4/. 13*.

This portrait was not in Sir William

Dodd.]

"N.B. This p Musgrave's or Sir James Lake's sales, nor does it occur in any recent printed catalogue."

Lot 106 was "James, Marquis of Hamilton, large oval, in armour, by W. Faithorne, very scarce and brilliant impression. [4^. 4s. Dodd.]"

Of the Van Dyck portrait referred to by Flindall, copies were included in a sale by Richardson, May, 1815 :

" Lot 22. One James, Marquis of Hamilton, in armour, order of the Garter, helmet and trun- chion [sic]. Ant. van Dyck, pinxit. Pet. von Lisebetius sculp. Joannes Meynseus, Excudit Fine. [7s. 6d.]

"Lot 23. One ditto. [7*.]

" Lot 24. One ditto, in armour, left hand on trunchion, ob. 1649. Scarce. [18*.]"

This sale also included a copy of still another print of James, Marquis of Hamilton, namely, the small oval by Wenceslaus Hollar. It here sold with another portrait for 11. 8s. This was not rare, although in earlier sales its value had been considered higher ; thus in the sale by Philipe of the collection of John Barnard, April, 1798 r it sold with one other for 31. Is.

Mr. Tiffin in his ' Gossip about Portraits : Principally Engraved Portraits,' 1866 (p. 167), names another of the same marquis :

"There is a rare print by W. Passe of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, on horseback, 1625, which was altered to a portrait of James, Marquis of Hamilton. In its first state it has sold for very high sums. Caulfield marks it at 25/. In Mr Marshall's sale in 1864 it sold for 13/."

The valuation by Caulfield here quoted occurs in his ' Calcographiana,' p. 12. With the exception of the single instance named, I cannot trace a copy of this altered print occurring for sale.

Lady Anne Barrington and Lady Mary St. John ; H. Gascar, Sc. [177]. "7(. 7s. All the prints after Gascar's pictures are scarce, and some extremely rare. Mr. Bull has one of Lady Barrington, which he told me was worth 11. 7*.

Copies occurred in the Gulston Sale and again in the Lake Sale. In an annotated copy of Bromley before me the print is identified as " the scarcest mezzotinto extant." In Richardson's sale, May, 1815, a copy sold for 151. 15s.

Carew Reynell [99]. "12?. 12s. The print of Carew Reynell is very rare. Sturt had two at one time, but both in bad condition ; he sold both to Manson, who sold one for 6^. 6s., and the worst he put into a sale, which brought 3/. 8s., but [it] was in very bad condition ; a good one is worth 121. 12s." Caulfield values this print in his ' Calco- graphiana ' at 31. 13s. Qd. only. A copy from the Mariette Collection belonged to Sir W. Musgrave. At the sale of his prints it was lot 112 on the 21st day, and was bought by Sir Masterman Sykes for \1l. 17s. At the sale of the Sykes Collection, 1824, it reappeared as lot 1,287, and was bought by Clarke for 111. 6s. 6d. In a small sale by Dodd, 27 Jan., 1809, a copy was sold for 4?. 4s. perhaps one of the poor impressions referred to by Caulfield.

Mary Carleton [221]. Granger refers to- only _one print :