Grosvenor Prints

I Banditi Italiani. The Italian Banditti. No. 19. Engraved from an Original Picture of Francisco Simonini, in the Possession of Mr. Panton Betew.
Francisco Simonini Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp.t.
Published by Franc.s Vivares April 25th. 1759.
Fine etching. 400 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"), with large margins. Small tears to margins.
A group of bandits cross a stream to attack a party of travellers; some beg for mercy, holding out bags of money, while another man rides away. Engraved by Francis Vivares (1709-80) after Francesco Simonini (1686 - c.1755), a pair to 'La divisione delle preda. The Booty Divided'. Boydell republished the plates in 1781.
[Ref: 53370] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the New Waterworks &c at Belton in Lincolnshire, belonging to the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Vis.t Tyrconnel to whom this Plate is inscrib'd by his Lordships most dutiful and most hu.ble Serv:t T. Smith.
T Smith Pin: F. Vivares Scul.
Publish'd Oct: 1749.
Etching with engraving, rare first state. 395 x 550mm (15½ x 21½"). Small margins.
Figures admire impressive cascades in the gardens of Belton House, a mansion built between 1685-88 by Sir John Brownlow near Grantham, Lincolnshire. After a painting by Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67), still at Belton House.
[Ref: 60389] £450.00

A View of the New Waterworks &c at Belton in Lincolnshire, belonging to the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Vis.t Tyrconnel to whom this Plate is inscrib'd by his Lordships most dutiful and most hu.ble Serv:t T. Smith.
T Smith Pin: F. Vivares Scul.
Publish'd Oct: 1764.
Fine etching and engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 385 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears. Repair to loss top right corner.
Figures admire impressive cascades in the gardens of Belton House, a mansion built between 1685-88 by Sir John Brownlow near Grantham, Lincolnshire. After Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67).
[Ref: 57780] £360.00

The Bowling. Les Joueurs de Boules 1736.
D. Teniers inv. Vivaret [Francis Vivares] Sculp.
Rocque Excudit.
Etching. Sheet 150 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
Peasants playing boules outside an inn.
[Ref: 55612] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[The Cascade.] In the Collection of the Right Honourable Sr: Robert Walpole.
Gaspar Poussin [Gaspard Dughet] pinx. Vivares Sculp.
Published March 25. 1741, by C. Knapton. 2 feet 9. inch. ½ wide 1 f. 11 inch: ¼ high.
Engraving. 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear into plate at right. Tears and nicks around edges.
Landscape with goats walking to the left, on a path running through rocks, with herdsman and dog walking behind; two figures seated in the right foreground.
[Ref: 26539] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

In the Collection of Richd: Richardson Esqr. from St. John Chap. 4. V. 46.
Francisco Mielly Pinxt. Chatelin et Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd by F. Vivares June 2d. 1749.
Etching, 430 x 505mm. 17 x 19¾".
Christ walking with his disciples, meeting the centurion's servant on the road half-way to Capernaum. A city at the foot of a mountain in the background to right, overlooking a river, and a family walking by the river, turning to look. After Italian painter Francesco Mielly (fl.1750). Numbered 'No.1' lower right.
[Ref: 11494] £360.00

After a Picture of Claude Lorrain [ms] [In the Collection of Dr. Mead]
[Claudio Gillee Lorenese pinxit 1656. Vivares Sculp]
[Published by C. Knapton 1741]
Engraving, platemark 315 x 405mm (12½ x 16"). Scarce proof before letters; platemark broken in places. Very large margins.
Landscape with bridge in background, fishermen casting nets from a small boat, and a group of figures in the foreground, including a lady putting on stockings, typical of Claude Lorrain's earlier works. Engraving (in reverse) of Claude's painting 'The Ford', executed by Francis Vivares while the painting was in the collection of the physician and collector Dr Richard Mead. The painting is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and it is now believed that it was executed in 1636 rather than 1656 as claimed on the lettered later state of this print. From a successful and well-known series of landscape prints from paintings in important British collections.
For a portrait of Mead see ref. 11688. Private Collection.
[Ref: 38516] £320.00

A view from Durdham-down near Bristol, Looking down the Avon to Kings-Road, & the Welch Mountains.
T. Smith pin. Chatelain & Vivares sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at No.13 in Cornhill, London [n.d., c.1770].
Copper engraving with fine original hand colour, 380 x 545mm. 15 x 21½". Laid on board.
Durdham Down has an impressive view of the winding River Avon and the Welsh mountains in the distance. Along with Clifton Down, it formed 400 acres of grassland on the edge of Bristol up to the Avon Gorge. Whereas Clifton had been bought by the Society of Merchant Venturers in 1686, Durdham was still part of the manorial estate of Henbury in the late 18th century. This was until 1861 when it was purchased for the use of the citizens of Bristol. After and from the plate first published in 1756 by Thomas Smith of Derby ( c.1720 - 1767), father of J.R. Smith.
[Ref: 9182] £450.00

[Design for a frame.] No. 2
Publish'd by F: Vivares Novemr. 1757.
Engraving in red ink on laid paper. Sheet 125 x 210mm (5 x 8¼").
From a set of designs by Francis Vivares (1709 - 1780), French-born engraver and publisher who came to London in 1727. He enjoyed a very high reputation in France, where he was regarded as the greatest landscape engraver, and became a key teacher of the British school of line engraving.
[Ref: 53579] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Design for a frame.] No. 2
Publish'd by F: Vivares Novemr. 1757.
Engraving on laid paper. Sheet 100 x 235mm (4 x 9½").
From a set of designs by Francis Vivares (1709 - 1780), French-born engraver and publisher who came to London in 1727. He enjoyed a very high reputation in France, where he was regarded as the greatest landscape engraver, and became a key teacher of the British school of line engraving.
[Ref: 53578] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[A North-West View of Haddon &c, an Ancient Seat belonging to his Grace the Duke of Rutland; To Whom this Plate is humbly inscrib'd, by his Grace's most dutiful and most obed:t Serv:t T: Smith.]
Vivares fecit [after Thomas Smith of Derby].
[Publish'd Oct: ye 25.th 1744.]
Engraving, unique progress proof with only engraver's name. 400 x 545mm (15¾ x 21½"). Repaired tear in lower margin.
A view of the parkland surrounding Haddon Hall, the seat of the Duke of Rutland on the River Wye, Derbyshire, after Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67), a painter who specialised in landscapes with historic houses. On this progress plate the sky and remarque armorial are unfinished.
See Tim Clayton 'The English Print' (New Haven and London, 1997) p. 165.
[Ref: 54945] £580.00

A North-West View of Haddon &c, an Ancient Seat belonging to his Grace the Duke of Rutland; To Whom this Plate is humbly inscrib'd, by his Grace's most dutiful and most obed:t Serv:t T: Smith.
T. Smith Pinx. Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd Oct: ye 25.th 1744.
Engraving, slight 18th century watermark. 400 x 545mm (15¾ x 21½"), with large margins Repaired tear in lower margin.
A view of the parkland surrounding Haddon Hall, the seat of the Duke of Rutland on the River Wye, Derbyshire. After Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67), a painter who specialised in landscapes with historic houses.
See Tim Clayton 'The English Print' (New Haven and London, 1997) p. 165.
[Ref: 54944] £420.00

The South West Prospect of the Parsonage of Hambleden, Bucks. 1752.
S: Wale delint. F. Vivares Sculpt.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Scarce engraving. 280 x 411mm (11 x 16¼"). Cut; slight fold down centre of image. Small hole repairs in title area.
A view of Kendricks, Hambleden. Later additions, include ball finials aligned with the giant pilasters, this was done in 1724 as the rectory for the Reverend Scawen Kendrick. Prior to this the property belonged to Philadelphia Carey Lady Scrope, a cousing and Lady-In-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I. It ceased to be a rectory in 1938 and was acquired by the 3rd Viscount Hambleden and renamed Kendricks.
[Ref: 38404] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The South West Prospect of the Parsonage of Hambleden, Bucks. 1752.
S: Wale delin.t F. Vivares Sculp.t.
Very scarce etching. Plate: 425 x 290mm (16¾ x 11½"), with large margins. Some creasing and light foxing.
A view of a parsonage in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire several groups of figures can be seen in the grounds and gardens including family with children, a milkmaid milking a cow, a coach drawn by four horses and a man smoking a pipe at a gate.
[Ref: 41815] £320.00

The Little Farmer. Engraved from a picture of Nuremberg.
Engrav'd & published by F. Vivares as the Act directs, June 26th. 1773.
Rare engraving; 18th century watermark. 220 x 240mm (8¾ x 9½"), with large margins. Crease in wide margins, some foxing.
A rider and his dog with a pair of cows and two sheep, moutains behind.
[Ref: 45126] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with stream and man fishing.] Engraved from a Picture of Martorelli.
Martorelli Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd Jan.y 15th 1754 by F. Vivares
Engraving, sheet 400 x 515mm (15¾ x 20¼"). Trimmed to plate
One of very few prints after Neapolitan painter Gaetano Martorelli (1670-1723), a follower of Salvator Rosa. Part of an influential series of landscape engravings after seventeenth century masters by Francis Vivares (1709-80),
Private Collection.
[Ref: 38522] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with stream and man fishing.] Engraved from a Picture of Martorelli. No. 9.
Martorelli Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd Jan.y 15th 1754 by F. Vivares
Engraving, sheet 400 x 515mm (15¾ x 20¼"). Fine impression.
One of very few prints after Neapolitan painter Gaetano Martorelli (1670-1723), a follower of Salvator Rosa. Part of an influential series of landscape engravings after seventeenth century masters by Francis Vivares (1709-80),
Ex Private Collection.
[Ref: 38745] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with stream and man fishing.] Engraved from a Picture of Martorelli.
Martorelli Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp. T. Philipe Excu.t.
Publish'd Jan.y 15th 1754 by F. Vivares
Engraving, sheet 400 x 515mm (15¾ x 20¼"). Fine impression. Small tear in lower plate.
One of very few prints after Neapolitan painter Gaetano Martorelli (1670-1723), a follower of Salvator Rosa. Part of an influential series of landscape engravings after seventeenth century masters by Francis Vivares (1709-80),
Private Collection.
[Ref: 38746] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Prospect of the Beautiful Cascade below Matlock Bath. No. 5.
T. Smith Pinx. et del. Vivares Sculp.
Published March 25.th 1743.
Engraving. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"), large margins. Repaired tears mainly in sky.
A view of the waterfalls at the spa of Matlock Bath in Derbyshire. In 1698 the warm springs were discovered and a bath house was built, and throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the area became very popular as a tourist destination. From the series 'Eight of the most extraordinary Prospects in the Mountainous Parts of Derbyshire and Staffordshire commonly called the Peak and Moorlands', by Thomas Smith of Derby (d.1767), father of John Raphael Smith.
[Ref: 60386] £320.00

A Prospect of the Beautiful Cascade below Matlock Bath.
T. Smith Pinx. et del. Vivares Sculp.
J. Boydell excu.t. London, 1769.
Very fine engraving. Framed. Plate: 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Frame: 780 x 620mm (30¾ x 24½"). Large margins. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the waterfalls at the spa of Matlock Bath in Derbyshire. In 1698 the warm springs were discovered and a bath house was built, and throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the area became very popular as a tourist destination. Originally published in 1743.
For a smaller version printed by R. Sayer see ref: 30369.
[Ref: 38742] £420.00

[Self portrait by George Morland.]
[n.d., c.1806]
Crayon manner with stippled face. Sheet 265 x 205mm, 10½ x 8". Trimmed, lacking any inscription but platemark visible on all sides.
Self-portait of the artist George Morland (1762/63 - 1804), copied from the frontispiece to Blagdon's 'Authentic Memoirs of the late George Morland' and cropping the figure of Morland from what was originally a much larger composition including the 'Bell Inn' on the left.
see Abbey Life, 208.1 for source image.
[Ref: 21393] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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The Morning [&] The Evening
A. Cuyp Pinx.t F. Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd & Sold by F. Vivares [different publication dates]
Pair of engravings, each sheet approx. 280 x 370mm (11 x 14½"). Trimmed inside platemarks; good impressions.
Pair of engravings after Aelbert Cuyp (bap.1620-1691), one of the most important landscape painters in seventeenth century Netherlands, whose works became particularly popular in eighteenth century England.
[Ref: 45441] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

A Prospect of the River Wie in Monsal-Dale Two Miles North-West of Bakewell. N.o6.
T. Smith Pinx et del: Vivares sculp.
J. Boydell exeu.t London, 1769.
Engraving, plate 390 x 550mm (15½ x 21¾"). Repaired crease in centre and repaired tear in publication line. Small margins.
A view of a broad waterfall in the river Wye which curves into the foreground between steep wood covered banks. On the right cattle roam into view and men are fishing in the turbulent waters in the foreground, one reaches out to take a fish from a boy to use as bait. Number 6 in the series 'Eight of the most extraordinary Prospects in the Mountainous Parts of Derbyshire and Staffordshire commonly called the Peak and Moorlands.' This series of eight Peak district views was the first major set Smith produced (originally published in 1743), the series was republished by Smith in 1757 and re-issued a third time by Boydell in 1769; several plates were engraved by Vivares and a few by others, Granville, Benoist, Scotin and Roberts.
Clayton pp.155-157, 299
[Ref: 56646] £320.00

A Prospect of the River Wie in Monsal-Dale Two Miles North-West of Bakewell. N.o 6.
T. Smith Pinx et del: Vivares sculp.
Publish'd June 21 - 1743.
Engraving. 390 x 550mm (15½ x 21¾"), large margins. Some restoration.
A view of a broad waterfall in the river Wye which curves into the foreground between steep wood covered banks. On the right cattle roam into view and men are fishing in the turbulent waters in the foreground, one reaches out to take a fish from a boy to use as bait. From the series 'Eight of the most extraordinary Prospects in the Mountainous Parts of Derbyshire and Staffordshire commonly called the Peak and Moorlands', by Thomas Smith of Derby (d.1767), father of John Raphael Smith.
Clayton pp.155-157, 299.
[Ref: 60387] £320.00

A View of the Ancient Temple of Minerva Medica, at Rome; Built by Augustus Caesar.
Busiri del: T. Smith pin: F. Vivares sculp:
Publish'd persuant to an Act of Parliament 15 July 1746.
Etching. 390 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼") large margins. Repaired tears.
A view of a classical Roman ruin after Thomas Smith of Derby. Although still known as The Temple of Minerva Medica, it is a 4th century nymphaeum, a building devoted to the nymphs, connected to the nearby Aqua Claudia.
[Ref: 55062] £360.00

The Remains of the Senatorial Bridge, upon the Tyber; now called Ponte Rotto. Over this Bridge the Senate always pass'd to consult the Sybills Books, upon Monte Gianiculo.
Busiri del: T. Smith pin: F. Vivares sculp.
Publish'd pursuant to an Act of Paliament 15 July 1746.
Engraving. Sheet 390 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼"). Trimmed to plate, small tear entering inscription area.
A view of the Pons Aemilius, ending mid-stream. The oldest stone bridge over the Tiber, it was built in 179BC just to the south of Isola Tiberina, but after being restored many times, it was abandoned after a collapse in 1598, becoming known as 'Ponte Rotto', the Broken Bridge. All but one arch of the bridge shown here was demolished in 1887 to make room for the Ponte Palatino. Engraved by Francis Vivares from an intermediate drawing by Giovanni Battista Busiri of a painting by Thomas Smith of Derby.
[Ref: 53293] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)

[A ruined tower above a river.]
Sanby [sic] inv.t.
Published as the Act directs by Fran.s Vivares Nov.r 4 1780.
Rare etching, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark; 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"). Slight creasing, small marghins.
Ex Collection of Sarah Baynton-Williams.
[Ref: 57663] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

S.S.D.D. ...Dr. Salter Prebendary of Norwich. [in ink outside the image.]
[probably by François Vivares]
[n.d. c.1750.]
A very scarce etching. Very large margins. Sheet 381 x 285mm. 15 x 11¼". Some nicks and tears in the edges of the sheet.
Samuel Salter (c.1680 - 1756), Archdeacon of Norwich.
In the NPG.
[Ref: 14413] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Tynemouth Castle] Tinmouth Castle, from the North; with a View of the Haven, &c.
T. Smith pin. F. Vivares sculp.
Publish'd 1769 by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside No. 90, J. Bowles, in Cornhill No. 13, & H. Parker, No. 82 in Cornhill, London.
Engraving, very rich impression. 410 x 560mm (16 x 22"). Repaired tear, split in centre folds repaired and nicks in margin. Small margins.
A view of Tynemouth Castle and Priory in Northumberland, after Thomas Smith of Derby.
[Ref: 60516] £320.00

The Moat Island.
T. Sandby Delin. F. Vivares Sculp.
[n.d., c.1754-5.]
Etching with hand colour, 18th century watermark. 340 x 580mm (13¼ x 22¾"), with large margins.
A view of Moat Island, with the Duke of Cumberland in the centre with his guests. Behind is a pleasure pavilion he had had built for his personal use. To the left workmen are clearing up leaves. From the folio 'Eight Views of Windsor Great Park' by Thomas Sandby (1723-98). Thomas Sandby had been private secretary and draughtsman to Cimberland since 1743, and when Cumberland was made Ranger Thomas was made his deputy. While he laid out improvements to the Park, including the creation of Virginia Water from a stream, he drew these eight scenes. The series was reissued by Boydell in 1772 with his address added.
[Ref: 49806] £340.00

Engraved from an Original Picture of F. Zuccarelli In the Possession of W.m Herring Esq.r
F. Zuccarelli Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp
Publish'd by F. Vivares 15th January 1756
Engraving, platemark 405 x 500mm (16 x 19¾"). Creased. Large margins.
Landscape after the Italian painter Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-88), who spent much of the 1750s and 1760s in England (he was a founder member of the Royal Academy). Engraved by Francis Vivares (1709-80), widely considered to be the best engraver of Claude Lorrain's landscapes. His engraving of paintings by Zuccarelli may have resulted from his acquaintance with the artist's Venetian publisher Joseph Wagner.
[Ref: 38613] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)

[Zuccarelli Landscape.] Engraved from an Original Picture of F. Zuccarelli, in the Possession of Frederick Frankland Esq.r. No 16
F. Zuccarelli Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp.
Published by F. Vivares. 15th January 1756.
Fine engraving. Platemark: 400 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Very large margins. Repaired tear at top centre.
A decorative landscape scene with a woman holding a child talking to a man lying beside the road which leads upwards towards a farm in the centre. At the right is a stream with two men fishing with nets. After founding member of the Royal Academy, Francesco Zuccarelli (1702 - 1788).
[Ref: 37810] £360.00

Engraved from an Original Picture of F. Zuccarelli In the Possession of W.m Herring Esq.r
F. Zuccarelli pinx.t F. Vivares Sculp
Publish'd by F. Vivares 15th January 1756
Fine copper engraving with very large margins on 3 sides, platemark 400 x 500mm (15¾ x 19¾").
Landscape with two figures and dog resting on right, horseman driving cows and goat on left, and Italianate buildings in background. The British Museum have an impression numbered '15' lower left (absent here). The Italian landscape painter Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-88) spent much of the 1750s and 1760s in England (he was a founder member of the Royal Academy). This engraving from one of his paintings is by Francis Vivares (1709-1780), one of the foremost landscape engravers of his time.
[Ref: 28337] £420.00

[Zuccarelli Landscape.] Engraved from an Original Picture of F. Zuccarelli, in the Possession of William Herring Esq.r.
F. Zuccarelli Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp.
Published by F. Vivares. 7th August 1753.
Fine engraving. Platemark: 400 x 495mm (15¾ x 19¼"). Very large margins. Slight repaired tear top centre.
A landscape with a woman sitting at the side of a path, a child leaning against her shoulder. She has a basket attached to a stick beside her, holding out one hand towards a lady on horseback who pauses to listen to another woman, holding out both hands. In the middle gound, a man is driving cattle towards a town at the top of the hill in the background. After founding member of the Royal Academy, Francesco Zuccarelli (1702 - 1788).
[Ref: 37811] £360.00

[Zuccarelli Landscape.] Engraved from an Original Picture of F. Zuccarelli, In the Possession of William Herring Esq.r. No 11
F. Zuccarelli Pinx.t. F. Vivares Sculp.
Published by F. Vivares. 7th August 1753.
Fine engraving. Platemark: 400 x 495mm (15¾ x 19¼"). Very large margins.
A landscape with a woman lying asleep at the edge of a stream, her head on her basket, with one arm around her gourd and staff, which trails in the water. Two children are beside her, one reaching out with a stick to tickle her face. A woman stands next to them, with a basket, staff and a dog, pointing towards the town in the distance on the left, while a man driving cattle along the bank behind them turns to look at the travellers. After founding member of the Royal Academy, Francesco Zuccarelli (1702 - 1788).
[Ref: 37812] £360.00

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