Grosvenor Prints

Lichfield [facsimile signature].
A D'Orsay fecit - 1839 [signed in plate.]
London, Published Augst. 5th. 1839 by J. Mitchell Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 170mm. 8 x 6¾". Small scratches in the india.
Portrait of Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield (1795 - 1854), MP for Yarmouth and Postmaster General. 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.61, 1.
[Ref: 21825] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Suspension Bridge to be erected over the Avon at St. Vincent's Rocks Clifton. Taken from the Zig Zag.
Drawn on Stone by G. Childs from a Sketch by S. Jackson.
Published by O.C. Lane, Library Clifton. Printed by J. Graf. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 280 x 380mm (11 x 15'') very large margins.
A view of the proposed Clifton Suspension Bridge, the bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed in 1864 by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw following Brunel's death.
[Ref: 48239] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Dickens [facsimile signature.]
A D'Orsay fecit 16 Decr 1841 [signed in plate].
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph with some colour by hand, india paper, india 200 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼". Slight scratching to india, left and upper right.
Portrait of Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), the greatest novelist of the age; he established his name with Pickwick Papers in 1836. 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.55, 5. See NPG D20137.
[Ref: 21812] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Maidstone [facsimile signature].
A. D'Orsay fecit 24 Mai 1840 - [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 165mm. 8 x 6½".
Portrait of George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea (1815 - 1887). 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 undescribed.
[Ref: 21880] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Albany Fonblanque [facsimile signature.]
A D'Orsay fecit 18 March 1838 [signed in plate].
London, Published by J. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 240 x 165mm. 9½ x 6½".
Portrait of Albany William Fonblanque (1793 - 1872), one of the few English journalists who, merely as such, have gained a permanent place in literature. His Tenure as Editor of the Examiner saw contributions from John Stuart Mill, William Makepeace Thackeray and Charles Dickens. 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.203, 1. See NPG D11463. DNB.
[Ref: 21814] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Weld Forester [facsimile signature.]
A D'Orsay fecit May 1840 [signed in plate].
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼". Some light soiling, else a fine impression.
Portrait of Maj. Hon. Charles Robert Weld Forester (1811-1852), son of 1st Baron Forester, Cecil Weld Forester. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the 12th Lancers and was Assistant Military Secretary for Ireland. He married Lady Maria Jocelyn in 1848, but they had no children. 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.236. See NPG 4026(25).
[Ref: 21815] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

JH Harris [facsimile signature].
A d'Orsay fecit 19 Mars 1840- [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 165mm. 8 x 6½". Horizontal creasing, and one marginal tear.
Portrait of James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807 - 1889), statesman. 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: 21824] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Pembroke [facsimile signature].
2 Mars 1841. A d'Orsay fecit [signed in plate].
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼". Repaired tear in title area.
Portrait of Robert Henry Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke, 9th Earl of Montgomery (1791 - 1862). 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.443, 2.
[Ref: 21826] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

J Home Purves [facsimile signature].
[A. d'Orsay] 5 Mars 1838 - [signed in plate.]
London, Published March 1841 by J. Mitchell, No. 33, Old Bond Street. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph with colour added by hand, india paper. 210 x 160mm. (8¼ x 6¼".
Portrait of John Home Purves (c.1816 - 1867), soldier, comptroller of the household to H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge. Nephew of Lady Blessington. 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.524. NPG 4026(49).
[Ref: 21869] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Theodore E. Hook [facsimile signature.]
A D'Orsay fecit 1839 [signed in plate].
London, Published Augst. 1839 by J. Mitchell, Royal Library 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 165mm. 8 x 6½".
Portrait of Theodore Edward Hook (1788 - 1841), novelist and wit. Noted for his ebullient personality and wayward lifestyle, Hook procured post as accountant-general in Mauritius, 1813, but was later imprisoned for mismanagement of funds. He became editor of the anti-Radical John Bull, 1820, and enjoyed popular success for his novels collected as Sayings and Doings, 1826-29. His last years, in his own words, were spent 'done up in purse, in mind, and in body'. 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.
[Ref: 21819] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Ariel. Priseilla Horton [Facsimile within plate.]
LANE [monogram of Richard James Lane]. J. Graf. Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published Dec.r 17, 1838 by J. Mitchell, 33 Old Bond St.
Lithograph with hand colouring. Laid, on India paper. Sheet size: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼").
Priscilla Horton (1818 - 1895) was a well-known singer and actress in 19th century London, famous with her husband, Thomas German Reed, for their refined entertainments which became popular with middle-class audiences who did not otherwise go to the theatre. The print shows her as Ariel, in the 1838 production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. By Richard James Lane (1800 - 1872).
[Ref: 39046] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jocelyn [facsimile signature.]
D'Orsay fecit May 1839- [signed in plate.]
[London: J. Mitchell, c.1839.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 195 x 165mm. 7¾ x 6½". Margins trimmed.
Portrait of Robert Jocelyn, 4th Viscount Jocelyn (1816 - 1854), soldier and politician. 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.644, 2.
[Ref: 21888] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

James Sheridan Knowles [facsimile signature.]
1st Decb 1839 D'Orsay fecit [signed in plate].
London, Published by John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to the Queen.
Lithograph on india paper, india 210 x 160mm. 8¼ x 6¼".
Portrait of James Sheridan Knowles (1784 - 1862), the Irish dramatist and actor, born in Cork. He first published a ballad entitled 'The Welsh Harper', which, set to music, was very popular. His talents secured him the friendship of William Hazlitt, who introduced him to Charles Lamb and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In 1810 he wrote 'Leo', in which Edmund Kean acted with great success. In William Tell (1825), Knowles wrote for William Charles Macready one of his favourite parts. In 1832, his best-known play, The Hunchback, was produced at Covent Garden. 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.
[Ref: 21822] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Walter Savage Landor [facsimile signature.]
A D'Orsay fecit 1839 [signed in plate].
London, Published July 5th. 1839 by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 215 x 165mm. 8½ x 6½".
Portrait of Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), poet and writer. His Imaginary Conversations of literary men and statesmen (1824–9) appeared during his long residence in Italy. 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.
[Ref: 21823] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Lytton Bulwer [facsimile signature.]
A. D'Orsay 1. August 1837 [signed in plate.]
London, Published by John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to the Queen.
Lithograph on india paper, india 240 x 165mm. 9½ x 6½".
Portrait of Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803 - 1873), novelist and politician. He published Falkland, 1827, and Pelham, 1828, which made his reputation; he enjoyed great popularity as the author of historical and romantic novels. MP from 1852 and secretary for the colonies, 1858-9. 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.113, 3.
[Ref: 21887] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Macbeth] [The Weird Sisters, played by] G.J. Bennett. Drinkwater Meadows. W.H. Payne. [facsimile signatures] [''A Drum! A Drum! Macbeth doth come!'']
[Drawn by Richard James Lane.] [J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.]
London, Published Dec.r 1, 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph. Sheet 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing printer and publisher's inscription (plate not signed by the artist), laid on album paper.
The three witches from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', played by George John Bennett (1800-79), Drinkwater Meadows (1799-1869) and William Henry Payne (1804-78), all well-known actors.
[Ref: 53700] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

"A drum! a drum!_Macbeth doth come!" Macbeth Act I. Sc. I. [Facsimile signatures:] G.J. Bennett. Drinkwater Meadows. W.H. Payne.
J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published Dec.r 1. 1838, by J. Mitchell, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph on india, with large margins. Sheet 255 x 354mm (10 x 14"). Soiling and repaired tears to margins.
George John Bennett (1800-1879), Drinkwater Meadows (1799-1869) and William Henry Payne (1804-1878) as the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
[Ref: 28978] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Richd. M. Milnes [facsimile signature.]
A. D'Orsay fecit 1839 [signed in plate.]
London, Published July 27th 1839, by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 210 x 160mm. 8¼ x 6¼".
Portrait of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809 - 1885), politician and poet. While at Trinity College, Cambridge, Milnes joined the progressive Apostles Club, which included the poets Alfred Tennyson and Arthur Henry Hallam. Milnes entered Parliament as an MP in 1837 and was actively involved in issues of copyright and the establishment of juvenile reformatories. He was made a peer in 1863. His early poetry led many to regard him as one of the most promising writers of his generation, but he is better remembered as an influential member of literary society and as a patron of writers. He published the Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats (1848), secured a pension for Tennyson and was an early champion of the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. 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. NPG.
[Ref: 21809] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

R. Seymour's Fishing Subjects No.1. Morning.
The last design and drawing on Stone by R. Seymmour. J. Graf Printer to Her Majesty.
London Published June 10th 1839 for the Proprietor by Ackerman & Co.96 Strand.
Rare & fine etching, sheet 280 x 380mm (11 x 15").
A scene of men setting off fishing in the early morning. A busy fishing scene.
[Ref: 56115] £350.00

Alfred Paget [facsimile signature].
A D'Orsay 1er J. 1840 [signed in plate].
London, Published by John Mitchell 33, Old Bond Street. J. Graf, Printer to her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 165mm. 8 x 6½".
Portrait of Lord Alfred Henry Paget (1816 - 1888), exhibiting subtle differences in dress and hairstyle with D'Orsay's portrait observed from life one year later (see item Ref: 21827). For many years Paget was 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.
O'Donoghue p.396, 1. DNB. See 21827
[Ref: 21828] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Tyrone Power [facsimile signature.]
A D'Orsay fecit 19. Oct 1839 [signed in plate.]
London, Published by John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond Street. J. Graf, Printer to the Queen.
Lithograph on india paper, india 210 x 160mm. 8¼ x 6¼". Scatched on face.
Portrait of (William Grattan) Tyrone Power (1795 - 1841), Irish stage actor, comedian, author and theatrical manager. 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.508, 2.
[Ref: 21886] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Very faithfully yours Winthrop M. Praed [facsimile mss./signature.]
W.D. Lith.
London, Pub. June 1st. 1837, by Thos. McLean, Haymarket. Printed by J. Graf.
Lithograph on india paper, rare with wide margins, india 185 x 135mm. 7¼ x 5¼".
Portrait of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802 - 1839), poet. Poet, politician, and essayist; became a barrister in 1829, and an MP, 1830, secretary to the board of control under Peel, 1834; contributed numerous pieces of verse and prose to the periodical press which were published as collections after his death.
[Ref: 24084] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Dudley Coutts Stuart [facsimile signature.]
A D'Orsay fecit Oct. 1839- [signed in plate.]
London, Published by John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph with colour added by hand, india paper, india 195 x 150mm. 7¾ x 6".
Portrait of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803 - 1854), advocate of Polish independence; son of the 1st Marquess of Bute. 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.212, 1.
[Ref: 21872] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

C Stuart-Wortley [facsimile signature].
A d'Orsay fecit 24 Mai 1840 [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 210 x 165mm. 8¼ x 6½". Creases. Messy.
Portrait of Charles Stuart-Wortley (1802 - 1844), son of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, first Baron Wharncliffe, statesman. 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.214.
[Ref: 21867] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Her Majesty Proceeding in State to Westminster Abbey. Crowned June 28th 1838.
G.B. Campion Del. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published July 25.d 1838 by Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand.
Scarce lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 380 x 520mm (15 x 20½"), with large margins.
Queen Victoria in the Gold State Coach (of which she complained of the ''distressing oscillation'' of the cabin), entering Parliament Square on route to Westminster Abbey, surrounded by guards and crowds. To the right is a five-tiered grandstand. George Bryant Campion (1795-1870) was a watercolour painter who specialised in military scenes, having been drawing master at the Military Academy, Woolwich.
[Ref: 60762] £380.00

G Wombwell [facsimile signature.]
D'Orsay fecit avril 1841 - [signed in plate.]
London, Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond St. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india paper, india 205 x 160mm. 8 x 6¼".
Portrait of Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Bt (1792 - 1855). 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.531.
[Ref: 21881] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

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