Grosvenor Prints

Lord Byron.
From a Sketch by Count D'Orsay talen in May 1823.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Soft ground etching; Sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼").
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), poet, from a sketch from life by the Comte Alfred D'Orsay while Byron was in Genoa, a year before his death.
[Ref: 34211] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord Byron.] Bryon [facsimile signature.]
Fk. Holpin Sc. Genoa Mai 1823. A. D'Orsay fecit [facsimile signature in plate].
London, Published by John Mitchell, 32, Old Bond St. Printed by Graf & Soret.]
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Uncut sheet.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron [1788 - 1824], poet. Taken from a sketch from life by the Comte D'Orsay of Byron while he was in Genoa in 1822-3. During this period Byron wrote cantos 10-16 of Don Juan along with other works, before setting sail for Greece where he died while involved in the Greek war of Independence. By Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay, styled Count D'Orsay (1801-52), artist and dandy. D'Orsay and his lover Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington were at the centre of fashionable London life and gathered around them many of the social and literary celebrities of their time. This portrait comes from a series of 125 of his profile sketches which include most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 37539] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Cuningham [facsimile.]
D'Orsay fecit 1839 - [signed in image.]
Lithograph on india. Sheet 310 x 242mm (12¼ x 9½").
A profile portrait of Charles Cuningham (fl.1840). He is referred to as a friend of Disraeli and a known figure in society, however no details can be found. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time. He was a dandy, and man of fashion in the early-to mid-nineteenth century. In 1830, D'Osay moved to London, where he worked as a sculptor and a painter, specialising in portraiture.
NPG: D34427. W: 1796-5.
[Ref: 23385] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Dickens [facsimile signature.]
A. D'Orsay fecit 16 Dec.b 1841.
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph. 380 x 273mm. 15 x 10¾". Inscribed in pencil lower right: Dickensiona Folio. Large margins.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), aged 29, the great English novelist of the Victorian period. A drawing by Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay (1801-1852), a French amateur artist, man of fashion and friend of Charles Dickens.
Ex W. T. Spencer.
[Ref: 22259] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Dickens [facsimile signature.]
A. D'Orsay fecit 16 Dec.b 1841.
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india, printed area approx 255 x 165mm (10 x 6¼"). Uncut sheet.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), novelist, as a young man (portrayed shortly after completing 'Barnaby Rudge' in 1841). By Alfred Guillaume D'Orsay, styled Count D'Orsay (1801-52), artist and dandy. D'Orsay and his lover Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington were at the centre of fashionable London life and gathered around them many of the social and literary celebrities of their time. This portrait comes from a series of 125 of his profile sketches which include most of the celebrities of the day. Many of the related pencil sketches are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 37542] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

R Cutlar Fergusson [facsimile signature.]
1832 d'Orsay fecit- [signed in plate].
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1841.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Slight stain above Cutlar in title.
Portrait of Robert Cutlar Fergusson (1768 - 1838), judge advocate general and MP for Kirkcudbright. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
O'Donoghue p.207.
[Ref: 21967] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Harry Goodricke [with facsimile signature].
A D'Orsay fecit 1833 [signed in plate].
London, Published by Mitchell, No.33, Old Bond St. Printed by Graf & Soret.
Lithograph on india paper, india 200 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼".
Portrait of Sir Henry James Goodricke, 7th Bt (1797 - 1833), hunting squire. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire during the reign of the House of Hanover from 1831 to 1832. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
See O'Donoghue. See NPG 4026(29).
[Ref: 21818] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Teresa Guiccioli [facsimile signature.]
A. D'Orsay fecit 17 Oct 1839. [in plate lower right.]
London, Published by John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to the Queen.
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 225 x 170mm. 9 x 6¾".
Countess Teresa Guiccioli (1801 - 1873), Byron's mistress and author of 'Lord Byron's Life in Italy'. After the sketch from life by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10833] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

George Herbert [facsimile signature.]
1837 A D'Orsay [signed in plate].
London, Published Octr. 1st. 1838, by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼". Some marginal foxing.
Portrait of George Herbert (1812 - 1838), soldier; grandson of 1st Earl of Carnarvon. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
O'Donoghue p.512. See NPG 4026(34).
[Ref: 21817] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Hook and Eye.
[Count D'Orsay.]
Published by M. Humphrey, St. James St.
Lithograph. Sheet: 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½").
A satirical double portrait of Tory supporter Theodore Hook (1788-1841) and Tory politician Sir Charles Manners Sutton (1780-1845).
[Ref: 43627] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Edwin Landseer] A Royal Academican.
Cte D'Orsay fecit 1843 [signed in plate.]
Published by T. Mc Lean, 26, Haymarket Dec: 1843. Printed at 10 St. Martins Lane, London.
Tinted lithograph, image 275 x 205mm. 10¾ x 8". Some soiling/staining to the wide margins.
Portrait of the painter Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873); full-length, in profile, walking to right, holding stick and top hat. He was elected R.A. on 10 February 1831. Sketched from life by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
NPG D32475.
[Ref: 27084] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Alfred Paget [facsimile signature].
A D'Orsay fecit July 1841 [signed in plate].
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1841.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼".
Half-length portrait of Lord Alfred Henry Paget (1816 - 1888), for many years equerry and clerk-marshal of the royal household. He rose to the rank of general in the 7th Hussars on the retired list in 1881. He represented Lichfield in the Whig interest from 1837 to 1865. He died on board his yacht Violet at Inverness on 24 August 1888. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
DNB. See 21823
[Ref: 21827] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Alfred Vidil [facsimile signature.]
A. D'Orsay fecit. 23 Mai 1840.
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33. Old Bond St.
Lithograph on india. Sheet 381 x 286mm. 15 x 11¼". Very small repaired hole below image.
Baron de Vidil, Alfred Vidil, was the son of a glove-maker at Nancy in France. He came to England around 1830 and was in the employment of a wholesale glove warehouse in Bread-street, Cheapside. He managed to induce Miss Jackson to marry him, the daughter of Mr. Jackson, of Chapel-street, Grosvenor Place. Her father was a man of considerable wealth, but refused to acknowledge her marriage to Vidil, and therefore on the birth of their son, he relented so far as to leave her the sum of £30,000 away from her husband and eventually settled on their son. Following the death of Mr Jackson and later Miss Jackson, Vidil started to loose wealth and could only survive on that of his son. He became embarrassed by his circumstances that he planned and attempted to execute the horrible crime of murdering his only son.
[Ref: 23386] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Henry S Wilde [facsimile signature].
D'Orsay fecit Decb. 1847 [signed in plate.]
[London: J. Mitchell(?), c.1848.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 225 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Closed marginal tears.
Portrait of a young Victorian gentleman, seated in a chair. From a series of portraits by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 22518] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

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