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Portrait painter, Miniature painter, Painter, Email painter, b. 1749 - d. 1806

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      • Pamphlets.- Pelham (Henry, Duke of Newcastle) An Address to All Classes and Conditions of Englishmen, 1832; and others (17).
        Sep. 05, 2024

        Pamphlets.- Pelham (Henry, Duke of Newcastle) An Address to All Classes and Conditions of Englishmen, 1832; and others (17).

        Est: £150 - £200

        Pamphlets.- Pelham (Henry, Duke of Newcastle) An Address to All Classes and Conditions of Englishmen, scattered faint spotting and soiling, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, later paper wrappers, staple binding, title in manuscript to upper cover, chipping and creasing to edges, 1832 § Bailey (Thomas) Eulogium on the Character of the Late William Wilberforce, presentation copy from the author, marginal water-staining, scattered spotting, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, near contemporary paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, rubbed, chipping to edges, Nottingham, 1833 § Barrow (Rev. W.) The Duty of Almsgiving, for the support of lunatics, A Sermon ..., previous owner's ink signature to title, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, light soiling, unbound as issued, Newark, 1811; and others, 8vo (17).

        Forum Auctions - UK
      • Pelham (Henry)
        Feb. 14, 2023

        Pelham (Henry)

        Est: £100 - £150

        Pelham (Henry) Pelham (Henry) Scarce ink signature ('H. Pelham') of Great Britain's third Prime Minister, most likely clipped from the close of a document, 4 x 7.5cm. ***Henry Pelham (1694-1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1743 until his death in 1754.

        Chiswick Auctions
      • PELHAM, Henry (1748-1806). A Plan of Boston in New England with its En
        Oct. 16, 2020

        PELHAM, Henry (1748-1806). A Plan of Boston in New England with its En

        Est: $80,000 - $120,000

        PELHAM, Henry (1748-1806). A Plan of Boston in New England with its Environs, Including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin[e], Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, Parts of Malden, and Chelsea. With the Military Works Constructed in those Places in the Years 1775. And 1776. London: Henry Pelham, 2 June 1777. \r \r Henry Pelham’s magnificent map of Boston under siege commissioned by British intelligence—the first complete copy to appear at auction in 25 years . Best known for conceiving the Boston Massacre image made popular by Paul Revere’s 1770 engraving, by 1775 Pelham had become a confirmed Loyalist. During the nearly yearlong siege of Boston, Pelham reconnoitered the landscape armed with a pass from James Urquart, the town major of Boston, which he reproduces at the upper left corner with a cleverly-placed image of a compass as a paperweight. On 28 August 1775, Urquart had given Pelham free passage \to take a plan of the town's of Boston & Charlestown and of the rebel works round those places.\ Writing to his half-brother John Singleton Copley in early 1776, he reported that the survey, which extended four miles in all directions from the center of Boston, was nearly complete, and described the desolate countryside that he enountered: \fences pull'd down, houses removed, Woods grub[b]ed up, Fields cut into trenches and molded into Ramparts … Nor has Boston been free from the Effects of War. An hundred places you might be brought to and not know where you were. I doubt if you would know the town at all\ (Pelham to Copley, 27 Jan. 1776, in Letters & Papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham, 1739-1776 , 1914, p. 366). In March 1776, the Continental Army brought fresh cannon from Fort Ticonderoga and positioned them at Dorchester Heights, directly threatening Boston with bombardment and forcing the British to evacuate the town. Interestingly, Pelham shows a fortification at Foster's Hill denoting them as \New Works 1776.\ Pelham would leave with the departing British forces, along with much of the Loyalist population of the town, destined for Nova Scotia. Pelham continued on to London and the Copley family, where he would have this survey published a year later employing the newly-fashionable aquatint method. \r \r Rare. According to Deák, there are fewer than a dozen recorded impressions of this map: Topographically accurate and handsomely executed … It is an unusually fine and comprehensive survey and, as such, constitutes an important document of the Revolutionary period. Picturing America , 147; John W. Reps, Boston and Bostonians, in Boston Prints and Printmakers 1670-1775, fig. 26; Nebenzahl 20. The last complete copy to appear at auction was at Sotheby's, New York, 13 December 1995, lot 299.\r \r Engraved map on two joined sheets, 1076 x 780mm overall (light rubbing from old creases, resized, edges reinforced on verso repairing some small holes and an area of infill affecting two letters in title). , Henry Pelham, 1777,

        Christie's
      • Attributed to HENRY PELHAM, (American, 1749-1806), Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, thought to depict John Hancock, height: 1 7/16 in., width: 1 3/16 in.
        Nov. 05, 2017

        Attributed to HENRY PELHAM, (American, 1749-1806), Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, thought to depict John Hancock, height: 1 7/16 in., width: 1 3/16 in.

        Est: $5,000 - $10,000

        Attributed to HENRY PELHAM (American, 1749-1806) Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, thought to depict John Hancock surmounted on a woven hair bracelet height: 1 7/16 in., width: 1 3/16 in. Provenance: A private collection of portrait miniatures, New Jersey. Other Notes: Henry Pelham, a portraitist and an engraver, was the younger half-brother of noted American artist John Singleton Copley. When Pelham was a boy, he sat for Copley as the model for "Boy with Squirrel," a work that now can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Pelham became known in his own right both his engravings and his portrait miniatures, and as well as his miniature copies of his brother's large-format portraits. This work is thought to depict John Hancock, and is possibly a miniature copy of a documented Copley portrait of Hancock (whereabouts unknown).

        Grogan & Company
      • Attributed to HENRY PELHAM, (American, 1749-1806), Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, height: 1 7/16 in., width: 1 5/16 in.
        Nov. 05, 2017

        Attributed to HENRY PELHAM, (American, 1749-1806), Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, height: 1 7/16 in., width: 1 5/16 in.

        Est: $10,000 - $20,000

        Attributed to HENRY PELHAM (American, 1749-1806) Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman height: 1 7/16 in., width: 1 5/16 in. Provenance: By descent in a Boston family. Other Notes: Henry Pelham, a portraitist and an engraver, was the younger half-brother of noted American artist John Singleton Copley. When Pelham was a boy, he sat for Copley as the model for "Boy with Squirrel," a work that now can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Pelham became known in his own right both his engravings and his portrait miniatures, and as well as his miniature copies of his brother's large-format portraits.

        Grogan & Company
      • School of Henry Pelham oil on canvas painting of Dorothy Quincy Hancock
        Oct. 20, 2012

        School of Henry Pelham oil on canvas painting of Dorothy Quincy Hancock

        Est: $1,500 - $3,000

        School of Henry Pelham, 1749-1806, Boston, MA, oil on canvas painting of Dorothy Quincy Hancock, (Mrs. John Hancock), this portrait is very similar to the portrait of her that is in the MFA, Boston, which was done by John Singleton Copley, 27" tall x 22", new black frame, Early 19th century. Estimate $1,500-3,000

        The Cobbs
      • Henry Pelham, After John Singleton Copley (American, 1749-1806) Portrait Miniature of Adam Babcock. Signed "HP" l.r. Watercolor on i...
        Nov. 05, 2011

        Henry Pelham, After John Singleton Copley (American, 1749-1806) Portrait Miniature of Adam Babcock. Signed "HP" l.r. Watercolor on i...

        Est: $30,000 - $50,000

        Henry Pelham, After John Singleton Copley (American, 1749-1806) Portrait Miniature of Adam Babcock. Signed "HP" l.r. Watercolor on ivory, c. 1774, oval bust-length portrait of the gentleman wearing a blue jacket with brass buttons, 2 x 1 1/4 in., in an oval 18 kt gold case with beaded edge, and bright-cut swag border on the reverse. Condition: Small paint loss on stock. Provenance: Family descent from the original owners. Note: Adam Babcock, son of Declaration of Independence signer Joshua Babcock, was a wealthy Boston merchant. John Singleton Copley painted portraits of Babcock and his wife Abigail which are displayed at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Henry Pelham, the artist of the present lot and Copley's half brother, copied at least this portrait to miniatiure. The portrait of Babcock is set in an gold case identical to one attributed to Paul Revere, Jr., in the collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which frames the portrait miniature of Mrs. Paul Revere, painted by Joseph Dunkerley (American, ac. 1784–1788). Exhibited: On loan with the United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.; and in the traveling exhibition and associated book: Becoming a Nation: Americana from the Diplomatic Receptions Rooms U.S. Department of State, which ran from March, 2003-January, 2005.

        Skinner
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