Grosvenor Prints

Bassetlaw Election 1890. The Race for the Bassetlaw Stakes [,..]
Printed and Published by C. Bulter, Market Square and Carolgate, Retford.
Pen lithograph, rare; printed area 330 x 350mm (13 x 13¾"). Creases; staining to title area.
Print promoting the Conservative candidate in the 1890 Bassetlaw by-election, Sir Frederick Milner. The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Conservative MP, William Beckett-Denison. Milner is astride a calm horse inscribed 'Donovan', and receives advice and confidences from those around him. In the background is the Liberal candidate John William Mellor, whose horse is out of control and worries a nearby punter, who says 'He's Dangerous John. I'll write to Foljambe' (Foljambe, a former MP for the area, supported Milner's candidature. In the top left is 'Sir Frederick's Motto: Righteousness, Justice and Truth', with verses praising him below. Milner won the election, returning with a substantially increased Conservative majority.
[Ref: 35029] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A well known Society of Worthy Aldermen from an Original Painting by T. Hudson in Goldsmith's Hall London.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet St. Price 2.d. & John Bowles and Sons at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 255 x 355mm, 10 x 14". Bottom margin creased and torn.
The so-called 'Benn's Club', five aldermen persuaded by William Benn, Lord Mayor of London in 1746-7, to travel to his house on the Isle of Wight in December 1747 and send a message of support to Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender. The aldermen are (R-L): John Blachford, William Benn, Robert Alsop, Edward Ironside, Sir Humphrey Marshall & Sir Thomas Rawlinson. John Blachford, who commissioned the portrait, was Lord Mayor of London in 1750. His brother is acting as butler, standing behind the group.
CS 31. Sharp 711, state ii of ii.. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10483] £450.00

[Benn's Club.]
T. Hudson Pinxit. J. Faber Fecit.
Scarce mezzotint. 380 x 530mm (15 x 20¾"), with large margins. Laid on card.
The so-called 'Benn's Club', five aldermen persuaded by William Benn, Lord Mayor of London in 1746-7, to travel to his house Bowcombe on the Isle of Wight in December 1747 and send a message of support to Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender. The aldermen are (R-L): John Blachford, William Benn, Robert Alsop, Edward Ironside, Sir Humphrey Marshall & Sir Thomas Rawlinson. John Blachford, who commissioned the portrait, was Lord Mayor of London in 1750. His brother is acting as butler, standing behind the group.
Sharp 710. CS: 31.
[Ref: 45241] £490.00

[Benn's Club.]
T. Hudson Pinxit. J. Faber Fecit.
Scarce mezzotint. 380 x 530mm (15 x 20¾"). Old ink mss in bottom margin, laid on paper. Small margins, bit messy.
The so-called 'Benn's Club', five aldermen persuaded by William Benn, Lord Mayor of London in 1746-7, to travel to his house Bowcombe on the Isle of Wight in December 1747 and send a message of support to Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender. The aldermen are (R-L): John Blachford, William Benn, Robert Alsop, Edward Ironside, Sir Humphrey Marshall & Sir Thomas Rawlinson. John Blachford, who commissioned the portrait, was Lord Mayor of London in 1750. His brother is acting as butler, standing behind the group.
Sharp 710. CS: 31.
[Ref: 66555] £420.00

Plate VIII. Baboonon the look out _ The Bontibok Flats. 18. The Game fleeing before the Hunters.
H.B. des 1837.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Two lithographs on one sheet, one hand coloured. Sheet 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾").
Two scenes from Captain Henry Butler's "South African Sketches". Above is a outline sketch of babboons looking down from a rocky ledge; below is a more detailed scene of wildebeest anf quagga running across a plain, having spotted riders in the distance, with hand colour. Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to have been a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey 336.
[Ref: 58120] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Plate IX [hunters at rest]. 20. Chase of the Hartebeest.
H.B. = 3c.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Two lithographs on one sheet, one hand coloured. Sheet 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾").
Two scenes from Captain Henry Butler's "South African Sketches". Above is a outline sketch of hunters resting under cover of reeds; below is a more detailed scene of riders chasing hartebeest, with hand colour. Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to have been a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey 336.
[Ref: 58119] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Game fleeing before the Hunters.
H.B. [Henry Butler] des. 1837.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Coloured lithograph. Image 150 x 205mm (6 x 8"). Trimmed from a larger sheet.
Buffalo, zebra and antelope stampeding across a valley. Published in Captain Henry Butler's 'South African Sketches: Illustrative of the wild life of a hunter on the Frontier of the Cape Colony'. Captain Henry Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to have been a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey Travel: 336.9
[Ref: 30233] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Camp at Modder Key. (going out in the morning). The Bontibok Flats.
H.B. pinxit. 1838.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Coloured lithograph. Image 150 x 210mm (6 x ¼"). Trimmed from a larger sheet.
A self-portrait of the author reaching for his gun having spotted some antelope to kill. It was published in Captain Henry Butler's 'South African Sketches: Illustrative of the wild life of a hunter on the Frontier of the Cape Colony'. Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to be a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey Travel: 336.
[Ref: 30234] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

29. The Eland blown. Tsitse River 30. Bivouac in the raw hide.
H.B. [Henry Butler] 39.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Two lithographs on one sheet, one hand coloured. Sheet 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾").
Two scenes from Captain Henry Butler's "South African Sketches". Above is a coloured and more detailed centre scene of a European rider about to shoot an eland; below is a sketch of a hunter sheltering from a hunderstorm. Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to have been a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey 336.
[Ref: 58123] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Plate II Off Saddled near Death Valley Bontibok Flats. Death of a Sprink Bok Bontibok Flats.
H.B. [Henry Butler].
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Two coloured lithographs on one sheet. Sheet 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾").
Two scenes from Captain Henry Butler's "South African Sketches". Above is a scene of a camp, with the horse being hobbled by a rope from the neck to a foreleg, so it can graze but not run. Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to have been a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey 336.
[Ref: 58124] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Plate 21. Smoking out the Tiger _ Klip Plauts. 22. A Kafir Sports man. The Quagga hard Run.
H.B. [Henry Butler] pinxit 1838.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Two lithographs on one sheet, one hand coloured. Sheet 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾"). Top left corner rebuilt, outside image.
Two scenes from Captain Henry Butler's "South African Sketches". Above is a coloured and more detailed centre scene of three Europeans trapping a leopard [?] in a rocky outcrop; below is a native rider about to throw a spear at a quagga (a now extinct zebra subspecies). Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to have been a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey 336.
[Ref: 58122] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Plate VII. [An orphaned quagga following a hunter.] 15. Camp at Modder Key. (going out in the morning) The Bontibok Flats. 16. [a hyena at a watering hole.]
H.B. [Henry Butler] pinxit 1838.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1841.]
Three lithographs on one sheet, one hand coloured. Sheet 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾").
Three scenes from Captain Henry Butler's "South African Sketches". Above and below are outline sketches, with a coloured and more detailed centre scene of a mounted European hunter taking a rifle from his ghillie to shoot at antelope, a camp behind. Butler, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, was posted to South Africa with the 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot. In 1837 and 1838 he travelled to the hunting grounds of the Bontebok Flats (between the Klipplaats and Windvogel Rivers in Eastern Cape Province, about eighty miles north of King William's Town). He returned to England in 1839 and in 1841, the year of publication, he transferred to the 59th Regiment, promoted to Captain. His book appears to have been a vanity publication, accounting for its rarity, containing only the lithographed title, 15 plates and 15 pages of text. His only other publication was an article in the New Monthly Magazine.
Abbey 336.
[Ref: 58121] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Emilia Butler] The Countess of Ossorÿ.
W. Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d., c.1685].
Rare mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A nearly full-length seated portrait of Æmilia van Nassau-Beverweerd (1635-88) who, as the wife of Thomas Butler (Earl of Ossory in Ireland), was appointed as lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Braganza, at Hampton Court Palace. Their son was James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond.
CS 83. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65462] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Illustrissimus Princeps Jacobus Dux Ormondiae, Equitum Legatus Praefectus Praetorianus; nec non Legionum Gentium Confaederatarum apud Vigonem Imperator; cujus sub Auspicijs, in Sinu illo Vigoniensi, Penitus, aut Periere, aut captae sunt Galliae atque Hispaniae Classes, XII.o die Octobris 1702.
G. Kneller S.R.Emp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). 'E.M.H.' ink stamp of collector Mrs. E.M. Hamilton, London, on reverse. Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Repaired tears at top.
Head and shoulders portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), wearing long wig, lace cravat, chain and St George, and robes with a ribbon on the shoulder. Butler was an army officer and politician, born Dublin Castle; succeeded his grandfather James Butler as Duke of Ormond. Jacobite, though reconciled to William III and fought at the battle of the Boyne. He was involved in the 1715 rebellion against the Hanoverians and thereafter lived in exile.
CS 194. Sharp 558. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68666] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

James, Duke of Ormond] Illustrissimus Princeps Jacobus Dux Ormondiae, Equitum Legatus Praefectus Praetorianus; nec non Legionum Gentium Confaederatarum apud Vigonem Imperator; cujus sub Auspicijs, in Sinu illo Vigoniensi, Penitus, aut Periere, aut captae sunt Galliae atque Hispaniae Classes, XII.º die Octobris 1702.
G. Kneller S.R.Emp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. J. Smith fec.
Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden [n.d. c.1710].
Fine mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"), with large margins
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), wearing long wig, lace cravat, chain and St George, and robes with a ribbon on the shoulder. Born Dublin Castle, he joined the British army, fighting for William III at the battle of the Boyne. However, after losing his posts on the accession of George I, he became involved in the 1715 rebellion against the Hanoverians and thereafter lived in exile.
CS 194. Sharp 558. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 69005] £360.00

The most Noble Prince James, Duke, Marquis and Earle of Ormond, Earl of Brecknock and, Ossery, Baron of Lanthony and Lord Butler of Moor Park, Baron of Arclo and Cheif Butler of the Kingdome of Ireland Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, &c.
G. Kneller S.R.Emp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1701]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") Trimmed to plate. Laid on paper. Creasing in corners where stuck down.
Three-quarter portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), wearing long wig, armour, chain and St George, embroidered sash around waist, sword, and holding a baton. A plumed helmet sits on a block to right with a tree in the background to right. A battle involving cavalry rages on in the background to left. Butler was an army officer and politician, born Dublin Castle; succeeded his grandfather James Butler as Duke of Ormond. Jacobite, though reconciled to William III and fought at the battle of the Boyne. He was involved in the 1715 rebellion against the Hanoverians and thereafter lived in exile.
CS 193 III of III. Sharp 557 III of III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68701] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond.] The Most Noble Prince James Duke of Ormond &c.
[Engraved by John Simon after Michael Dahl.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate.
Portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665 - 1745), Irish statesman and soldier. He served in the campaign to put down the Monmouth Rebellion, in the Williamite War in Ireland, in the Nine Years' War and in the War of the Spanish Succession but was accused of treason and went into exile after the Jacobite rising of 1715.
CS 115 ii of ii. Sharp 55. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67462] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Duke of Ormond.
W. Wissing pinx. R Williams fe
E. Cooper ex: [n.d. c.1685]
Very rare mezzotint, sheet 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Margins reinfoced. Foxing.
A half-length portrait of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610-1688), facing forward and slightly turned to the right. He is depicted with a long curly wig, a lace cravat, and a sash over his armour, set within an oval frame. Born in Middlesex, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Upon his death, his grandson, also named James Butler, succeeded him as the 2nd Duke of Ormond.
CS 42 II of III.
[Ref: 65464] £320.00

Illustrissimus Princeps Jacobus Dux Ormondiae, Equitum Legatus Praefectus Praetorianus; nec non Legionum Gentium Confaederatarum apud Vigonem Imperator; cujus sub Auspicijs, in Sinu illo Vigoniensi, Penitus, aut Periere, aut captae sunt Galliae atque Hispaniae Classes, XII.o die Octobris 1702.
G. Kneller S.R.Emp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1710]
Mezzotint, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet. Nicks at edge top right.
Head and shoulders portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), wearing long wig, lace cravat, chain and St George, and robes with a ribbon on the shoulder. Butler was an army officer and politician, born Dublin Castle; succeeded his grandfather James Butler as Duke of Ormond. Jacobite, though reconciled to William III and fought at the battle of the Boyne. He was involved in the 1715 rebellion against the Hanoverians and thereafter lived in exile.
CS 194.
[Ref: 58824] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The most Noble Prince James, Duke, Marquis and Earle of Ormond, Earl of Brecknock and, Ossery, Baron of Lanthony and Lord Butler of Moor Park, Baron of Arclo and Cheif Butler of the Kingdome of Ireland Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, &c.
G. Kneller S.R.Emp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1701]
Mezzotint, sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") Thread margins and damaged on right.
Three-quarter portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), wearing long wig, armour, chain and St George, embroidered sash around waist, sword, and holding a baton. A plumed helmet sits on a block to right with a tree in the background to right. A battle involving cavalry rages on in the background to left. Butler was an army officer and politician, born Dublin Castle; succeeded his grandfather James Butler as Duke of Ormond. Jacobite, though reconciled to William III and fought at the battle of the Boyne. He was involved in the 1715 rebellion against the Hanoverians and thereafter lived in exile.
CS 193 III of III. Sharp 557 III of III. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68667] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d William Butler, of Frampton, Dorsetshire. From a Picture in the possession of Thomas Bridge Esq.r.
Painted by A. Morton Esq.r. Engraved by T. Lupton 4 Leigh Street, Burton Crescent.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 370 x 290mm (14½ x 11½'') very large margins.
A portrait of Rev. William Butler (1760-1841).
[Ref: 50130] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Guilielmus Butler Cantabrig Huius Aetatis Princeps Medicorum. Anno 1620. Dec. 1647. Aet. 89. When now the Fates gan wonder, that their thrids Were to oft tired againe, halfe cut i't'h' mids And Charon wanting his usd Naulu, sware He now a days did want of many a fare, They all conspire, and found at last, that it Was skillfull Butler, who mens lives could knit All most untied, they killd him, and yet feard That he from death, by death, would ghosts have reard.
S.P.F. [below image.] [Simon de Passe.]
Are to be Sould by...Peter Stent.
Engraving. 178 x 108mm. 8 x 4¼". Laid on album sheet. Damaged.
Dr. William Butler (1535-1618) was a writer and physician to James I.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection. W: 500-1. NPG: D27932.
[Ref: 18733] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The Clubbist. From the Original Picture in the Collection of W.m Catley Esq.re To whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his Obliged Serv.t W. Raddon.]
D. Wilkie, R.A. pinx.t. W.Raddon sculp.t.
London, Published Jan.y 2, 1832 for the Proprietor by H.y Leggatt & Co, 85, Cornhill, 3 doors East of the Royal Exchange.
Engraving on chine collé, proof before title, insciption in scratch letter. 355 x 305mm (14 x 12").
Men sitting around a table in a club, one wearing a tricorn, with a hand on the punch bowl, another pointing at the contents, both looking up and talking to the butler, who stands between them, scratching his chin; other men to right, carousing, one sitting in the left foreground, inspecting a watch-chain.
See BM 1839,0309.14 for this state.
[Ref: 57548] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Clubbist. From the Original Picture in the Collection of W.m Catley Esq.re To whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his Obliged Serv.t W. Raddon.]
[D. Wilkie, R A Pinx.t. W.Raddon Sculp.t.]
[London, Published Jan.y 2, 1832 for the Proprietor by H.y Leggatt & Co, 85, Cornhill, 3 doors East of the Royal Exchange.]
Engraving on chine collé, proof; 95 x 120mm (3¾ x 4¾"). Trimmed to image, top and bottom, tear affecting india paper repaired.
Men sitting around a table in a club, one wearing a tricorn, with a hand on the punch bowl, another pointing at the contents, both looking up and talking to the butler, who stands between them, scratching his chin; other men to right, carousing, one sitting in the left foreground, inspecting a watch-chain. This example was printed after the plate was cut down, leaving only the heads.
See BM: 1840,0627.110 for same state.
[Ref: 57547] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Clubbist. From the Original Picture in the Collection of W.m Catley Esq.re To whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his Obliged Serv.t W. Raddon.
D. Wilkie, R A Pinx.t. W.Raddon Sculp.t.
London, Published Jan.y 2, 1832 for the Proprietor by H.y Leggatt & Co, 85, Cornhill, 3 doors East of the Royal Exchange.
Engraving. 355 x 305mm (14 x 12"). Some spotting. Bit messy.
Men sitting around a table in a club, one wearing a tricorn, with a hand on the punch bowl, another pointing at the contents, both looking up and talking to the butler, who stands between them, scratching his chin; other men to right, carousing, one sitting in the left foreground, inspecting a watch-chain.
[Ref: 57546] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Countess of Ossory.
W: Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d. c. 1680-7.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins. Slightly time stained.
An almost full length portrait of Emilie de Nassau (c.1635-88), Countess of Ossory, seated by a tree petting a little dog with a castle in the distance. She moved to England after her marriage to Lord Thurles, who became the earl of Ossory in 1662. Emilie served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Braganza soon after she arrived in England until the death of the queen's husband Charles II. She was renowned for her beauty and sat for her portrait by Wissing, who painted numerous portraits of British Royals.
CS 83 only state.
[Ref: 56238] £490.00

Syntax Star-Gazing.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Pub.d May 1.1821, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, sheet145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9½")
Dr Syntax with a young lady on a small balcony; she looks through a telescope to the sky. Two further couples, one on the bridge look up to the sky and the other do the same by the lake. To the right, a butler holding a tray of tea trips over a dog and falls down. From 'The Third Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of a Wife'.
In the Science and Society Picture Library.
[Ref: 57063] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Duellists. "What dangers do the man environ, "Who's doomed to meddle with cold iron." - Butler.
[n.d. c.1820]
Scarce hand-coloured etching with letterpress. Sheet 335 x 210mm (13¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate. Tears. Light creasing.
A man challenges another to a duel of pistols handing the other a gun he says, "I Think this spot will do for our purpose, You have injured my honour by Hunting after my game and I demand satisfaction. shall I take the ground by paces or by yards? I have brought my measure with me for the purpose." The other man says "What is there in it? take care it don't go off." A wagon in the background has 'London & Stamford,' written on it. The text below the image, a comic poem or song, identifies the men as '---Billy B-----ks,' and 'William H----t.'
[Ref: 62036] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Elements of Bacchus] To the Memory of our Departed Friends.
G M Woodward Delin.
Pub by Wm Holland Nº 50 Oxford St. [n.d., 1792.]
Coloured aquatint with etching. Sheet 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
A seated man in wig and breeches, holding cane and glass of wine, making a toast. Described in the text as 'Doctor Bolus', he has been identified as a 'Doctor Butler'. One of the forty caricature portraits in 'Elements of Bacchus, or, Toasts and sentiments, given by distinguished characters: illustrated with forty portraits in aqua tinta, of the most celebrated bon vivants in Great Britain'. Each was accompanied by a leaf of text describing the subject.
[Ref: 62155] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Frontispiece and its Explanation. The Basso Releivo, on the Pedestal, Represents the general Design, of Mr. Butler, in his Incomparable Poem, of Hudibras...
W. Hogarth Inven. & sculp.
Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1726.]
Engraving. Plate: 265 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾''). Trimmed to plate, slight loss at edge on left.
The frontispiece to Samuel Butler's poem 'Hudibras' which satirised roundheads, puritans and presbyterians.
BM Satire 504.
[Ref: 50382] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Hudibras and the Lawyer.
W. Hogart [Hogarth] delin et sculp.
[London: Bernard Quaritch, c.1880.]
Engraving. 270 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"), on wove paper. Central fold, as issued.
A scene from Hudibras, a satirical poem by Samuel Butler (1613-80). Hudibras consults a lawyer, hoping for advice on how to defraud a rich widow.
Paulson 93, state 4, with plate number '7' added, ''Quaritch ed. of Heath''.
[Ref: 62429] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Paper toned.
Hudibras attacking the astrologer Sidrophel, who he later believes he has killed, in a room filled with instruments. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 89, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 26626] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Hudibras Catechiz'd.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"), with large margins.
Hudibras being beaten on the orders of the widow. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 90, state iii ofi iii.
[Ref: 26628] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Committee.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Printers' crease.
The committee of Scottish Presbyterians debating the 'League and Covenant', their attempt at religious reform which became one of Scotland's demands during negoatiatons over their involvement in the English Civil War. This satire, warning against religious extremism, is one of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras'.
Paulson 91, state iv of v.
[Ref: 26617] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Hudibras's First Adventure.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾". Some spoting.
Hudibras stopping a mob bear-baiting at pistol-point. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 84, state v of v.
[Ref: 26621] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Hudibras in Tribulation.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras in the stocks, with the widow persuading him to agree to a whipping in order to het released. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 87, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 26624] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Hudibras his passing worth, / The manner how he sally'd forth;
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras and Ralphio setting out on their quest. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 83, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 26620] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Hudibras Triumphant.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras, leading a bound Crowdero, has the man's fiddle placed above the stocks as a trophy. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 85, state iii ofi iii.
[Ref: 26627] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla.
W.m Hogarth Inven et Sculp.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving with large margins. 270 x 350mm, 10½ x 13¾".
Hudibras defeated by a woman, who stands astride him in possession of his sword. One of Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satire of Presbyterianism.
Paulson 86, state v of vi.
[Ref: 26623] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Inside of a School - or the First meeting - after the Holidays;.!!! -
Cawse.
Publish.d Feb.ry 17.th 1800 by SW Fores Piccadilly.
Fine hand-coloured etching, SWF in ink, 265 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"). Thread margins top and bottom. Laid on backing sheet. Very small tear top right border.
Satire on the return of Fox (1749-1806), to Parliament for the debate of 3rd February, but without application to the debate itself. A schoolroom stands in for the House of Commons. Dundas (1742-1811) sits on the left with a cane; on the right, Pitt (1759-1806) suavely receives a new scholar. In the centre, Fox in a fool’s cap marked ‘Truant’, stands on a heap of papers and weeps, a birch-rod in his left hand. The papers include ‘Lists of Traitors, Reports of the Secret Committee, Reports, Quigly’s Life, Ld E. Fitzgerald, O Conners Confession, and Death & Caract[er].’ Pitt tells the boy in Court dress: "You are a New Scholar. I Perceive, be a Good Boy & you shall be rewarded. Say after me, P-E-N-Pen SI-si-Pensi-ON-on - Pension - thats a Good Boy!!!" The reply is: "P-E-N-Pen . . . [&c.]". Pitt holds a paper, 'Aye No Place Pension', and another on his desk, 'Plan for an Union'; from his pocket protrudes 'A List of Secret Traitors.' Beneath his stool are two bags: 'Old Wigs for Bad Boys' and, spilling guineas, 'Candle Ends Cheese Pareings & Sugar Plumbs for Good Boys.' Dundas, in tartan, turns threateningly toward desks labelled 'Forms for Sulky Boys', where Sheridan (1751-1816) and Burdett (1770-1844) look uneasy. He warns them: "Haud yere Tongues, Young Gentlemen - or Ye'll never Thrive i the World, Good Boys Should never Say any thing but Aye, or NO!"
BM Satires 9515.
[Ref: 67710] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

William Sheridan D.D. Lord Bishope of Kilmor and Ardagh.
W. Sheridan sc.
[n.d., 1704.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 80mm (5½ x 3¼"). Mounted on album paper at top. Trimmed to image.
A half-length portrait in oval of William Sheridan (c.1635-1711), After serving as chaplain to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, he was consecrated Bishop of Kilmore in 1682 but was deprived of his see for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary following the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The frontispiece to his 'Sermons', 1704.]
National Library of Ireland EP SHER-WI (2) I. Sharpe 641, i of ii.
[Ref: 68964] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

William Sheridan D.D. Lord Bishope of Kilmor and Ardagh.
W. Sheridan sc.
[n.d., 1704.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 80mm (5½ x 3¼"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of William Sheridan (c.1635-1711), After serving as chaplain to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, he was consecrated Bishop of Kilmore in 1682 but was deprived of his see for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary following the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The frontispiece to his 'Sermons', 1704.]
National Library of Ireland EP SHER-WI (2) I. Sharpe 641, i of ii.
[Ref: 68963] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Packhorse with Soldiers.] To Colonel William Butler, this plate is humbly inscribed by his much obliged, and most obedient servant Robert Blyth. From an original drawing of Mortimer, in the collection of Richard Payne knight Esq.r.
Drawn by Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth.
London publish'd as the act directs June 23, 1784 by J. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street.
Engraving printed in brown ink with large margins, Platemark: 340 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾"). Very small fox mark on right side inside platemark.
Banditti scene after John Hamilton Mortimer. The drawing is in the British Museum collection (1975,U.1591.3) along with many other objects from the collection of connoisseur Richard Payne Knight.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28421] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. St. John's College. Chapel.] 61. [St. John's College was founded in 1511 through the beneficence of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII., on the suppression of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist (founded about 1200). The College was brought into existence by the exertions of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who supervised the building and drew up the first statutes. The original Master's Lodgings and Chapel, which formerly stood on the north side, were pulled down in 1869. The new Chapel was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, and stands on the site of what was previously a maze of rooms known as "The Labyrinth" which once housed many of the poorer scholars. It contains effigies and monuments to eminent benefactors, removed from the old Chapel, together with the fine old stalls and the piscina of early 13th century workmanship. Of the famous men associated with the College, the best known are William Cecil, Lord Burghley (who was Chancellor 1559-98) Sir John Cheke, and his pupil Roger Ascham, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Richard Green, Samuel ("Erewhon") Butler, Bishop Wilberforce and William Wordsworth.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 259 x 284mm (10¼ x 11¼"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62264] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

St Stephens Fair. O don't you think it a wonderfull Fair.'' Holcroft. 23.
Woodward, del.t _ Williams Sculp.t _
Pub,d Feby 8,th 1808 by Tho,s Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Finely hand coloured etching on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1805'. Sheet 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Taped tear at top, stops before iage.
A satire showing rival politicians as showmen with booths at St Stephen's Fair, with banners including 'Catholic Emancipation' and 'No Popery'. Recognisable faces include Canning, Castlereagh, Percival, Grenville and Sheridan.
BM Satires 10966. See also BM 10763.
[Ref: 61901] £380.00

[Tristram Shandy] The Siege of Bergem Op Zoom.
Sterne Inv.t. J.W.ms Del et Sc.
Pub accor.g to Act April 1st. 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with large margins. Tear entering plate on left (taped).
Uncle Toby in his study re-enacting the siege in his living room, with a map hanging on the wall behind and a dog barking under the table. A scene from Laurence Sterne's nine-volume novel 'Tristram Shandy', 1759-67. In 1747, during the Austrian War of Succession, aa French army under the command of Löwenthal, captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom.
[Ref: 54407] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

At Cowes. The R.Y.S.
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair Dec.r 6, 1894.
Chromolithograph, sheet 385 x 525mm (15¼ x 20¾"). Vertical fold as issued. Some very light foxing.
A lightly caricatured group portrait of Members of the Royal Yacht Squadron during Cowes Week. They are from left to right: H.I.M The German Emperor (Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859-1941)), The Earl of Dunraven (Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1841-1926)), Rear-Admiral The Hon. Victor Montagu (1842-1915), H.R.H The Prince of Wales King Edward VII (1841-1910), The Marquis of Ormonde (James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde (1844-1919)) and The Earl of Lonsdale (Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944)).
[Ref: 63826] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Queen Victoria 1st leaving the Palace to be Crown'd at Westminster Abbey, London, June 28th, 1838.
[Printed & Sold by W. Belch. 6, Bridge St., Union St., Boro.]
Wood engraving with fine hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Trimmed, losing part of image left and right, and bottom line of text; glued to album sheet.
Queen Victoria leaving Buckingham Palace, where the Gold State Coach waits to drive her to her coronation at Westminster Abbey. The coach, designed by William Chambers and made by Samuel Butler in 1762, has been used at every Coronation from George IV onwards.
The artist and publication details are supplied here on the basis of similarities between this print and ref. 32278.
[Ref: 32280] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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