Grosvenor Prints

Betsy in Trouble.
Painted by J. Russel. Engraved by Ang. Zaffonato.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple, with large margins, printed in colours. Some creasing, wear in margins.
A child weeping over her dead bird on the left in front of its cage.
[Ref: 26261] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Betsy in Trouble.]
[Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.]
[London Published April 1. 1797 by Mess.rs Schiavonetti No 12, Michael's Place Brompton.]
Very fine stipple, proof before all letters. 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15"). Narrow margins, small paper flaw in left edge, indistinct collector's stamp bottom right.
A child weeping over her dead bird lying in front of its cage.
[Ref: 53265] £550.00 (£660.00 incl.VAT)

Betsy in Trouble. [&] The Dog's first sight of himself.
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.
London Published April 1. 1798 by Mess.rs Schiavonetti No 12, Michael's Place Brompton [but later].
Pair of stipples, printed in colours and hand finished. 325 x 380mm (12¾ x 15"), with very large margins.
Two scenes of children and their pets. In the first a child weeps over her dead bird lying in front of its cage; the second shows a golden-haired child teasing a dog with a mirror.
[Ref: 53266] £550.00 view all images for this item

Master Caulfield.
John Russell Pinxit. J. Dean Fecit.
Published Jan. 1, 1777, by Jn.o Dean, Church Street, Soho.
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper, creasing. Collector's stamp of Sir William Augustus Fraser (1826-1898) in inscription area.
William Caulfield, a parrot perched on his finger, held by a string. The BM describes him as the son of Capt. James Caulfield; the Bromsgrove catalogue as the nephew of Lord Bute.
CS 4, state ii of iii, first published state; BM K,58.133; Lugt L2831. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34591] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Her Most Excellent Majesty, Charlotte Queen of Great Britain &c &c.
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty, & H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engraved by Joseph Collyer, A.
Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1791, & Sold by W. Faden, Charling Cross, M. Ryland, Bond Street, & J. Collyer, Dorrington Street, Cold Bath Field.
Stipple with etching and engraving. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), with large margins.
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), the Queen Consort of the United Kingdom as wife of King George III.
[Ref: 56396] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Children feeding Chickens.
Picture painted by J. Russel Crayon Painter to his Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Walker Foccad. P. W. Tomkins Sculp.t late pupil of Bartolozzi.
London Pub. Ian 1. 1790 by I. Walker Nr. 7 Cornhill & N. 106 New Bond Street Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple. Plate: 345 x 360mm (13½ x 14''), with very large margins. Repaired hole in middle.
A scene showing two children feeding and playing with chickens.
[Ref: 48101] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

T. S. Dupuis, Mus. Doc. Oxon.
J. Russell R.A. pinxt. C. Turner sculpt.
[London, 1797.]
Mezzotint, sheet 280 x 225mm. 11 x 9". Trimmed into plate below portrait, lacking some inscription.
Thomas Sanders Dupuis (1733 - 1796), musical director; organist. After John Russell (1745 - 1806).
Whitman: 170.
[Ref: 13152] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness, George Prince of Wales,
J. Russell R.A. Pinxt F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.
London, Published June 1. 1795 by John Jeffreyes Ludgate Hill.
Rare stipple, open letter proof before dedication. Sheet 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed inside platemark, affecting publication line, repairs in inscription area.
George IV when Prince of Wales, holding a bow and standing against a statue. Archers aim at a target behind. The finished plate was dedicated to the Royal Kentish Bowmen, an archery society established 1785; George was made president in 1789, encouraging many other aristocrats to join.
De Vesme 820.
[Ref: 56668] £380.00

The Reverend Andrew Gifford, D.D.
From the Original Picture painted by J. Russel. Carington Bowles, Excudit. R. Houston fecit. Published as the Act directs, 2d. June 1774.
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 365mm. Light foxing.
[1700 - 1784]. Baptist minister and assistant librarian at the British Museum
CS: 47.
[Ref: 5298] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Phillips Glover Esqr. of Wispington in Lincolnshire. a steady disinterested Friend who never courted popularity but was ever deserving of it.
J. Russel pinxt. Crayon Painter to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. James Watson fecit. from the original Picture in the Possession of George Stacpoole Esqr. at Grosvenor Place.
[British, n.d., c.1790s.]
Mezzotint, with small margins, private plate. 430 x 280mm, 17 x 11". Slight surface damage top.
Memorial portrait of Phillips Glover (d.1796), a Quaker of Wispington Lincolnshire; the sitter in middle age, facing slightly left, in a plain oval border, his hair curled and wearing a brimmed hat.
Goodwin 150. Chaloner Smith 62.
[Ref: 26801] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales This Plate of Martha Gunn the Brighton Bather, is with His gracious permission humbly dedicated by His Royal Highnesses most devoted and obedient servant Diemar. From the Original Painting in the Possession of the Prince.
J.Russell R.A. Crayon-Painter to His Majesty, their Rl. Hs. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by W.Nutter.
London. Published as the Act directs, June 1st 1797, by Diemar. No. 114 Strand.
Stipple. 690 x 490mm. 27¼ x 19¼". Horizontal fold through the centre. Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait, holding an infant. In the background is a bathing carriage. Martha Gunn (1726-1815), the most famous of the dippers, and described by the Morning Herald as 'The Venerable Priestess of the Bath". She was a favourite of the Prince of Wales, the future George IV.
Wellcome Library no. 20268i.
[Ref: 26938] £480.00

The Reverend John Langford, V.D.M.
J. Russel pinxt. Carington Bowles excudit. R. Houston fecit.
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs, August 1. 1775.
Mezzotint. Image 255 x 330mm. 'Price 2s.' inscribed lower right. Trimmed to image. Crease through top left corner.
Dissenting minister.
CS: 68. Only state.
[Ref: 5299] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Æsculapius, Flora, Ceres and Cupid honouring the Bust of Linnæus.
Russell R. A. and Opie R. A. pinx. Caldwell sculp.
London, Published by D.r Thornton, April 1, 1806.
Fine stipple with hand-colour. Plate: 510 x 380mm (20 x 15"). Light mount burn. Cracking around the plate.
The frontis to Dr Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' showing Classical figures crowing the bust of Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linneaus (1707-1778).
See 16742 for b/w impression.
[Ref: 47882] £380.00

Maternal Love. Dedicated by Permission to Col.l Charles Morgan by his obed.t humble Serv.t J.Walker.
Painted by J.Russell, Crayon-Painter to His Majesty & his R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engraved by P.W.Tompkins, late Pupil of Bartolozzi.
London. Pub March 1 1790 by I.Walker, No.7 Cornhill & N.106 New Bond Street. Printseller to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 360 x 260mm.
[Ref: 5307] £320.00

The Revd. Dr. Colin Milne, F.R.S. Author of the Botanical Dictionary.
Russell, R.A. Portrait Painter to their Majesties, pinxt. Holl sculpt.
London Published for Dr. Thornton, 1804.
Stipple. Sheet 440 x 325mm.
Divine and botanist [1743? - 1815]. Vignette view of Greenwich Hospital by Newton underneath portrait.
[Ref: 8209] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The New Sash. Bite if You Dare.
Painted by John Russell, R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty & to their R.l H.ses the Priner of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by Joseph Strutt.
London Publish'd 20th Aug.st 1794 by John Jeffryes Ludgate Hill.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 260 x 215mm (10¼ x 8½").
A child with a blue sash around its waist being pulled by a large, friendly dog.
[Ref: 53433] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Henry Peckwell, D.D. Chaplain to the most Honourable Marchioness Dowager of Lothian [...] 87 price 2s
From the Original Picture, painted by J. Russel. R. Houston fecit. Publish'd as the Act directs 10 Oct.r 1774.
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repair bottom right. Laid on sheet at edges, creasing.
Henry Peckwell (1746-87), Church of England clergyman and Methodist preacher, holding a Bible and gesturing through an open window towards a crowd of people assembled for an open-air sermon. Strongly influenced by Selina, countess of Huntingdon (she was godmother to his daughter), Peckwell led the chapel in the New Way at Westminster. Peckwell's career was distinguished as much by his philanthropy as for his teaching. Portrait after John Russell (1745-1806).
[Ref: 43742] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Henry Peckwell, A.M. Chaplain to the most Honourable Marchioness Dowager of Lothian [...]
From the Original Picture, painted by J. Russel. R. Houston fecit. Publish'd as the Act directs 10 Oct.r 1774
Printed for Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard London
Mezzotint, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Repaired tear to top edge, small margins.
Henry Peckwell (1746-87), Church of England clergyman and Methodist preacher, holding a Bible and gesturing through an open window towards a crowd of people assembled for an open-air sermon. Strongly influenced by Selina, countess of Huntingdon (she was godmother to his daughter), Peckwell led the chapel in the New Way at Westminster. Peckwell's career was distinguished as much by his philanthropy as for his teaching. Portrait after John Russell (1745-1806).
[Ref: 44013] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Tom and his Pidgeons. [&] The Favorite Rabbit.
J.Russell Esq.r pinx.t. C.Knight sculp.t.
Published June 1. 1792 by C.Knight, Stoke Bucks & Random, Stainbank & Sayer, 17 Old Bond Street, London.
Pair of oval stipples. Each 160 x 170mm. Trimmed to platemarks.
Tom protecting his pigeons from a cat, and a girl feeding her rabbit.
[Ref: 5309] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Mrs. Scott Waring and Children.
Painted by J. Russell R.A. / Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub.d Jan.y 2 1804 by C. Turner No.50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Sq.e
Mezzotint with small margins, Collector's stamp of Chritstopher-Lennox Boyd verso; platemark 560 x 365mm (22 x 14¼"). Creasing.
Mary Scott-Waring, née Hughes (d.1812), Irish actress and second wife of Major John Scott-Waring (1747-1819, political agent of Warren Hastings from 1781 and MP for West Looe (1784-90) and Stockbridge from 1790), with whom she had the son and daughter shown here. According to Whitman, she gave a masked ball at Peterborough House in honour of the Prince Regent in 1812, after which she was found at the bottom of a staircase with her neck broken.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; W 516 ii/ii
[Ref: 35015] £450.00

Mrs Scott Waring and Children.
Painted by J. Russell R.A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Pub.d Jan.y 2. 1804, by C. Turner No 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Sq.e.
Mezzotint. 560 x 370mm (22 x 14½"). Some spotting. Ink stamp of the Lennox-Boyd Collection on reverse.
Mary Scott-Waring, née Hughes (d.1812), Irish actress and second wife of Major John Scott-Waring (1747-1819, political agent of Warren Hastings from 1781 and MP for West Looe (1784-90) and Stockbridge from 1790), with whom she had the son and daughter shown here. According to Whitman, she gave a masked ball at Peterborough House in honour of the Prince Regent in 1812, after which she was found at the bottom of a staircase with her neck broken.
W 516, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34996] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

George Shaw, M.D., F.R.S. Author of General Zoology. Back View of the British Museum. E.W. Thomson del et scu.
Russell, R.A. Portrait Painter to their Majesties, pinx.t Holl sculp.t
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Sept.r 1, 1803.
Stipple and engraving, sheet 480 x 345mm (19 x 13½"). Slightly dusty at top.
George Shaw (1751-1813), natural historian. This portrait celebrates his authorship of the multi-volumed 'General Zoology', begun in 1800 but left unfinished at his death. Below the portrait is a view of the British Museum, where Shaw was appointed assistant keeper of the natural history section in 1791, before being promoted to keeper in 1807. It was at his residence at the museum that Shaw died in 1813. This print was published as a plate to Robert Thornton's 'New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus' (popularly known as the 'Temple of Flora') in 1803.
W2718; O'D 1
[Ref: 46742] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Brinsley Sheridan.]
H. Blackburn Hart [pencil signature].
Published 1924 by The Museum Galleries, 53, Shorts Gardens, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9"), very large margins, with a letterpress biography.
A half length portrait in an oval of Irish politician, playright and theater-owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), painted by John Russell in 1788 and now in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 651 for the original pastel.
[Ref: 57842] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Emily Anne Strutt.
Painted by John Russell R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty & to their Rl. Hss's. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York. Engraved by Joseph Strutt.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 1 1794 by Joseph Strutt.
Etching and stipple in sepia, 270 x 220mm. 10½ x 8¾". Light marginal spotting.
A young girl, possibly a relation of the engraver, with a mastiff dog. Engraved and published by Joseph Strutt (1749 - 1802). Strutt was author of the Dictionary of Engravers, and of 'A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England, from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time'.
[Ref: 9462] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public Lecturer on Medical Botany. [also] Entrance into that most noble Public Gallery and admirable Medical Establishment Guys Hospital.
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend George Whitefield,
John Russell Pinx.t 1768. W. Faden excudit. Ja.s Watson fecit.
Published by James Wyld 5 Charing Cross. [n.d. c.1823.]
Very scarce mezzotint. Sheet 500 x 330mm (19¾ x 13"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, extra margin added at top. Damaged. Repairs top right.
Full length portrait of George Whitefield (1714-70) preaching in a field with St Paul's on the sky-line to right. James Wyld was apprenticed to William Faden in 1804, taking over his business in 1823. He left his premises at 5 Charing Cross in 1832.
CS: 154, iv/iv; Godwin 90, iv/iv.
[Ref: 60798] £380.00

William Wilberforce Esqr. Member of Parliament for the County of York. Engraved from an Original Painting in the possession of the Rev.d the Dean of Carlisle D.D. F.R.S. Master of Queen's Colledge Cambridge &c, to whom with permission, this Plate is most respectfully dedicated by William Russel.
Painted by the late John Russell Esqr. R.A. Crayon Painter to the King the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Engraved by James Heath A.R.A.
[Published by William Finden, 1807.]
Copper engraving, fine impression. 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Sheet is trimmed to plate with loss of publication line.
William Wilberforce [1759 - 1833], was an evangelical Christian and social reformer who dedicated himself to the 'suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners'. He entered Parliament in 1780 as a Tory MP and was the Parliamentary leader of the Abolition movement from 1787. After years of campaigning, Wilberforce's bill to end Britain's part in slave trading was passed to a standing ovation in 1807. A further act of 1833 provided for the emancipation of slaves in British colonies.
[Ref: 53632] £320.00

Capit.n Heinrich Wilson.
E. Henne sculps. [after John Russell.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"), large margins.
In 1783 the British East India Company ship 'Antelope', commanded by Wilson, ran aground near Koror in the Palau Islands. Despite the islands already being claimed by Spain, this was the first sustained contact with the local people. This portrait, after John Russell, was first published as the frontispiece to George Keate's 'An Account of the Pelew Islands ... composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain H. Wilson', 1788; this version appeared in a German edition of that work.
[Ref: 51663] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Kapt.n Henry Wilson.
I. Russell pinxt. F. Sansom Sculp.t Rotterdam.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple. 18th century watermark. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"), large margins on 3 sides.
In 1783 the British East India Company ship 'Antelope', commanded by Wilson, ran aground near Koror in the Palau Islands. Despite the islands already being claimed by Spain, this was the first sustained contact with the local people. This portrait, after John Russell, was first published as the frontispiece to George Keate's 'An Account of the Pelew Islands ... composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain H. Wilson', 1788; this version appeared in a Dutch edition of that work.
[Ref: 51662] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

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