ROYAL MAILS STARTING FROM THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON. Jas. Pollard-R. G. Reeve. In colours. See No. 309. 281 SPENCER (Countess) 281a Dancing Girl. Three-quarter length, in oval, a young girl, flowing hair, holding robe with left hand, right arm raised, hand to head, long sash, landscape. Stipple engraving in brown by S. Watts after Countess Spencer. Size 10 by 7 inches, with margins. 1786. Another Impression. Proof before any letters. Size 9 by 6 inches, with margins. 282 STODHART (Thomas). Faire Emmeline. Young girl descending a rope ladder, gentleman standing at foot assisting her, two horses to left. Circle stipple by Simon after Stodhart. Size 15 by 12 inches, with margins. 1787. 283 TOMKINS (P. W.) Affection. 60 guineas. Interior, lady seated, child on her knee, two other children at her side, one chasing butterfly at window. Duty. Interior, lady seated, child on her knee, another kneeling in attitude of prayer, cradle and bed. Two very charming stipple engravings by P. W. Tomkins after Miss Julia Conyers. Size 10 by 8 inches, with margins. 1792. 284 TURNER (Chas.) A Scottish Wedding. Pair, £8 8s To left, around A scene of merrymaking in a large room. and near a table guests are drinking, and a man is bringing forward a tray of glasses of wine; near by a man is standing on a tub playing a fiddle, to the music of which several people at the back of the room are dancing. Mezzotint engraving by Chas. Turner after W. H. Lizars. Size 25 by 29 inches, with margins. 1813. £31 IOS 285 WARD (Jas.). Disobedience in Danger. Three young girls and boy climbing over a stile to escape from a bull which is on the other side of the fence, trees and landscape with cattle behind, boy's hat with nest of young birds on ground in front, verses under. Disobedience Detected. Interior, the three girls and boy, who is carrying the nest of young birds in his hat, being lectured by two ladies who are seated at a table by an open window, large open book on table, verses under. Two very fine mezzotints by W. Barnard after J. Ward. Size 19 by 24 inches, full inscription and narrow margins top and sides. 1799. (SEE ILLUSTRATION, No. XLIII.) 286 WARD (William). 287 288 Lousia. Pair, £27 108 Half length, in oval, seated, large hat with flounce round brim tied under chin, broad end of ribbon hanging to right of hat. Stipple engraving by and after Ward. Size 10 by 7 inches, with margins. 1786. £14 14S Bred and fed by Mr. Robt. Colling of Brampton, near Darlington in the County of Durham. The heifer is standing in foreground, directed to right, shed and manger in background, a rustic peeling turnips to right. Mezzotint engraving by W. Ward after Thomas Weaver. Size 197 by 23 inches, half inch margins top and sides. Fine proof impression. 1811. £4 4s Thoughts on Matrimony. Three-quarter length, in oval, a young lady seated, large hat, frilled fichu, cloak falling over back of chair, curls over shoulder, chin supported by right hand, letter held in left, verses under. Stipple engraving by W. Ward after J. R. Smith. Fine impression in brown. £21 289 WARD (W.) The Village School. View of a large Dutch schoolroom, the master seated mending a pen, mistress by his side instructing pupil, birch in her right hand, a number of boys and girls learning lessons, playing, etc. Large and very fine mezzotint by W.Ward after J. Steyn. Retour de Chase. (Portrait of Mme. de Pompadour.) A handsome lady seated on a bank in a landscape, cloak, hat with feathers, tree behind, dead hare, etc., beside her, gun, etc., dog to right. Large superb line engraving by G. Audran after A. Watteau. Size 17 by 13 inches, with margins. Circa 1700. Group of three girls and boy standing and kneeling, looking at a bird nest, in which are young birds, on a low tree, behind vase, tall flowers, trees and lake to left. Haymakers in a Storm. Under a large tree, standing and sitting, are a group, two young peasant women, child and old man, dog to left, in distance to right cottage. Pair of stipple engravings by Chas. Knight after R. Westall, R.A. 29 ? Size 20 by 15 inches, with margins. 1798. Brilliantly printed in colours. (SEE ILLUSTRATION, No. XLIV.) Group of Children. 60 guineas. Seated af foot of a hill under a tree, one filling his hat with fruit, sheep to right. Stipple engraving. Size 11 by 14 inches. Circa 1800. Printed in colours. £5 15s |