Grosvenor Prints

George Frederick Handel, Esq.r. Born February XXIII, MDCLXXXV. Died on Good Friday April XIII, MDCCLIX.
L. F. Roubiliac sc. Day & Son. Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Printed & Published by C. Lonsdale, 26 Old Bond Street. [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph. Sheet size: 255 x 230mm. (10 x 9"). Creasing to bottom corners.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Monument in an arched niche in a wall, with the composer standing leaning against a plinth with musical script and instruments, pointing his finger up towards an angel playing a harp seated on a cloud; an organ behind. A later lithograph from a series illustrating Handel's memorial by Edward Francis Burney in 1784. The Commemoration of Handel took place in Westminster Abbey in 1784, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death for George Frideric Handel in 1759. The commemoration was organised by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and it took the form of a series of concerts of Handel's music, given in the Abbey by vast numbers of singers and instrumentalists.
[Ref: 31660] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Westminster Abbey Commemoration of Handel. May XXVI MDCLXXXIV.
B. Rebecca del. J. K. Sherwin engraver to his Majesty &c his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Sculpsit. [n.d., c.1784].
Stipple. 190 x 140mm. (7½ x 5½"). Damage to bottom right corner.
Portrait of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759); head in profile to left, in an oval medallion, surrounded with laurel leaves, various musical instruments includng a clarion, lyre, horn, and flute and music scores.
[Ref: 31661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

George Fred. Handel Esq.r.
[W. Angus sculp] [after Francis Kyle.]
[n.d., 1784.]
Etching and engraving. 152 x 90mm (6 x 3½"). Trimmed, losing engraver's signature, laid on album page.
Medallion portrait of George Frideric Handel on a plinth with a musical frieze, published in the European Magazine.
[Ref: 34588] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Apotheosis of Handel. The Portrait from an original Picture of Hudson's in the possession of D.r. Arnold.
Designed by Rebecca. Engraved by Heath.
Publish'd the 26.th. of May 1787. being the Anniversary of the Commemoration of Handel.
Engraving. Sheet: 275 x 385mm, (10¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate. Nicks repaired and tears in edges. Creasing and repaired damage in plate.
A print celebrating the third anniversary of the Commemoration of Handel, which was a festival of Handel's work organised by the 4th Earl of Sandwich and held in Westminster Abbey. The Commemoration was held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Handel's death in 1759. George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) is depicted seated in the heavens above the London skyline; two angels, one crowning him with a laurel wreath, stand beside him.
See 39972 for proof.
[Ref: 39971] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

George Fred. Handel Esq.r.
W. Angus sculp [after Francis Kyle].
[n.d., 1784.]
Etching and engraving. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½").
Medallion portrait of George Frideric Handel on a plinth with a musical frieze, published in the European Magazine.
[Ref: 52644] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[George Frideric Handel] Frontispiece. Inscribed to the Genius of Musick. Europ. Mag., Vol. VI.
Published Aug.t 1st 1784 by J. Sewell, Cornhill.
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate on left.
Allegorical figures pay tribute under a memorial to Handel. With verse by Walpole beginning "Sweet strains along the vaulted roof decay''.
[Ref: 57315] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

George Frideric Handel.
A. Houbraken sculps. Amst.
[n.d., 1776.]
Etching. Sheet 360 x 225mm (14½ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
An oval portrait of composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), engraved by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Francis Kyte (d.1744). The ornate frame, which contains the title and a scene of Apollo and the Muses playing a concert, was designed by Hubert François Bourguignon Gravelot (1699-1773). This image was used as the frontispiece to ''Thirteen Celebrated Italian Duets, Accompanied with the Harpsicord or Organ, never before Printed, Composed by the late Mr Handel'', 1776.
[Ref: 59411] £480.00

[Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to Heaven.] From Harmony, From Heavenly Harmony This Universal Frame Began.
I.B. Cipriani R.A. Inven.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Engraver to her Majesty Sculp.t.
Pub.d as the Act directs April 1.st 1784.
Stipple, proof before title. 240 x 190mm. (9½ x 7½"), large margins. Repaired tears outside image.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) seated writing a music score on a table, looking up at a little angel flying about hime holding a banner with his name; to his right a young angel puts a crown of laurels over his head. A pipe organ to the left. A book-illustration to 'An Account of the Musical Performances in Commemoration of Handel'. The Commemoration of Handel took place in Westminster Abbey in 1784, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the great composer's death in 1759. The commemoration was organised by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and it took the form of a series of concerts of Handel's music, given in the Abbey by vast numbers of singers and instrumentalists.
De Vesme: 831.
[Ref: 59620] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

George Frederick Handel.
M Gauci del From a Painting by Hudson. Printed by Engelmann & Co.
[n.d., c. 1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Slight foxing.
Head and shoulders portrait of composer George Handel (1685-1759).
[Ref: 59818] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Collection of image and information about Moritz Hauptmann.]
[n.d. c.1870.]
Lithograph, Sheet 405 x 255mm. 17 1/2 x 9".
Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) was a German music theorist, teacher and composer. Although all other pursuits gave place to his music, he did spend time with mathematical studies and employment as an architect. It wasn't until 1842 that his time finally came when he was appointed Kantor of the Thomanerchor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig (as post previoulsy occupied by Johann Sebastian Bach); and also appointed professor of music theory at the conservatoire founded by Felix Mendelssohn.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17188] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Haydn.
H. Adlard sculp.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple, laid on card 152 x 95mm (6 x 3¾")
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), the Austrian composer. One of the most prolific and prominent composers of the classical period. He is often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet". He was instrumental in the development of the piano trio and the evolution of sonata form.
[Ref: 34589] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Josephus Haydn. From an Original Picture by J.S. Mansfeld at Vienna.
J. S. Mansfeld pinxit. J. Newton sculpsit.
London Published Sep.r.1. 1784 by J. Sewell, Cornhill.
Stipple with large margins. Plate: 95 x 115mm, (3¾ x 4½"). Slight diagonal crease through sheet.
A half portrait in an oval of the Austrian composer and musician Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Haydn's international fame during his lifetime led him to travel throughout Europe performing and conducting his music.
[Ref: 35672] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Haydn, The Celebrated Musician
[Anon., c.1790]
Engraving, sheet 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5").
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian composer. Famous by the mid-1760s, Haydn had become the most celebrated composer of his time by the 1780s, and in the last two decades of his life he was revered as a culture hero throughout Europe and, along with Mozart and Beethoven, one of the three 'Viennese Classics' He is often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet". He was instrumental in the development of the piano trio and the evolution of sonata form. Contemporary engraving possibly produced to coincide with Haydn's stay in London from 1791-5.
[Ref: 43521] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Hempson. The Harper Of Magilligan, County of L'Derby.
Engraved from an Original Drawing by E. Scriven.
London, Published by E. Bunting Nov.r 1809.
Rare stipple, 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"), with large margins. Margins a little messy.
Illustration to Bunting's 'The Ancient Music of Ireland'. Almost whole length seated portrait of Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh (1695-1807)(known in english as Denis Hempson) eyes closed playing the harp. An Irish harper he also gained the nickname 'the man with two heads' as he had a large growth (wen).
[Ref: 61676] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[In ink above image:] Edward Hodges. Mus. D. Cantab. 1825. Born 1796. organist of several Bristol churches. and to New York and organist of S. John's Episcopal Chapel & Trinity Church. 1846. Returned to England. 1864. Died 1867. [Facsimile:] Yours faithfully Edward Hodges.
Rockwood, & Co. Phot. 839 Broadway. N.Y. [n.d. c.1870.]
Photograph. Sheet 368 x 228mm. 14½ x 9". Foxing.
Edward Hodges (1796-1867) was a British organist and composer.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17218] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Master Hughes and his Brothers as they appear at their Concerts. Masters Joseph & David Hughes Performing a Duet on One Harp; Master Hughes Performing a Concerto on Two Harps.
London, Published by D'Alma70]
Rare lithograph, printed area 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"). Tear in right corner.
Remarkable print of a Welsh family of young virtuosi harpists. Eldest brother, Joseph Tudor Hughes (1827-41), was given a bardic name, ‘Blegwryd’, aged seven and at twelve he published British Melodies, with arrangements made by him for harp and piano. In 1838 he and his family emigrated to Virginia; they toured America, performing at the White House. Joseph drowned in the Hudson River. The second brother, David Edward (1831-1900) became a professor of music at St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, aged 19, but gave up music to be an inventor. In 1855 he patented a printing telegraph: his Hughes Telegraph System became an international standard. He also improved microphones and is believed to have noticed radio waves nearly a decade before they were proven to exist.
[Ref: 41657] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Pyke Hullah.]
TH Maguire 1850 [inside the plate.]
Lithograph on india, rare. Sheet 597 x 443mm. 23½ x 17½". Some creasing in the margins.
John Pyke Hullah (1812-1804) was an English composer and teacher of music. He entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1833, and wrote his first opera three years later using word by Dickens 'The Village Coquettes'. In 1847 a large building in Long Acre, called St. Martin's Hall was built by subscription and presented to Hullah and was inaugurated in 1850, but unfortunately was burnt to the ground ten years later. He gave a series of lectures at the Royal Institution and in Edinburgh, where he later stayed to conduct. In 1872 he was appointed by the Council of Education to Musical Inspector of training schools for the United Kingdom. In 1878 he travelled abroad to report on the condition of musical education in schools, and wrote a very valuable report.
[Ref: 17376] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Humorous Fiddler
London Printed for Spilsbury Engraver Map & Print Seller in Russell Court Covent Garden July 25 1767
Mezzotint, platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins. 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
Portrait reminiscent of Frans Hals, with a young man looking over his shoulder while playing the violin. Published by John Spilsbury (1739-69) .
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36218] £340.00

"The Master Builder". Vanity Fair.
Snapp.
Vincent Brookes. Day & Son Lt.d lith. Dec.r 12.th 1901.
Chromolithograph with accompanying text. 387 x 254mm. 15¼ x 10".
Henrick Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright, theatre director and poet. He is often referred to as "the father" of the modern theatre and was one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His play "The Master Builder" of 1892 was one of Ibsen's most significant and revealing works, which explored more psychological conflicts that transcended a simple rejection of current conventions.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 20981] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

James Jackson. 45 Years a Singer in Trin Coll Cambridge.
S Harding Del.t et Sculp.t
Published as the Act directs 6 Mar.h 1789 by E. Harding 132 Fleet Street London.
A fine and rare stipple and etching. 304 x 235mm. 12 x 9¼". Trimmed to plate with minor wrinkles in margins.
James Jackson (active mid 18th century), a singer at Trinity College Cambridge.
NPG: D16733.
[Ref: 21674] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Jackson, The celebrated Composer late Organist of the Exeter Cathedral. Enchanting harmonist the art is thine, Unmatch'd to pour the soul dissolving air That seems poor weeping Virtues hymn divine, Soothing the wounded bosom of Despair.
Engraved from an Original Picture by J. Walker. Eng.r to His Maj.y the Emperor Alexander and Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts St Petersburg.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 25, 1819 by Mess.rs Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
A rare mezzotint. 262 x 190mm. 10¼ x 7½". Damage to the upper right corner. Some creasing.
William Jackson (1730-1803) was an English organist and composer. After teaching for many years at Exeter, he became organist and choirmaster at the Cathedral in 1777. He composed a few lesser known operas and large numbers of songs, madrigals, pastorals, hymns, anthems, canzonets, sonatas for harpsichord and church services.
CS: 9 (only state).
[Ref: 17231] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Johnstone To The Members of the Je ne scai quoi Club. This Print is humbly dedicated by their most respectfull and obedient humble Serv.t C. Bestland.
Painted & Engrav'd by C: Bestland.
Pub. as the Act directs March 1791 by C. Bestland No.38 Gt. Marlbro' Street.
Stipple printed in colour, with large margins. Plate 177 x 114mm. 7 x 4½".
John Henry Johnstone (1749-1828) looking to front in oval; he was a popular tenor and stage Irishman who performed in London. He performed alongside the likes of Benjamin Charles Incledon at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden and with Charles Dignum and Thomas Sedgewick at the Je ne scai quoi Club.
Harvard: p.315.1.
[Ref: 24454] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Michael Kelly, of the Kings Theatre & Theatre Royal Drury Lane. From an Original Picture in the Possession or Rowland Stephenson, Esq.r.
Painted by J. Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to his Majesty.
London, Pub.d June 1. 1825, by M.r Sams, Royal Library S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint, presentation copy, signed by the sitter in ink. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Mss. ink slightly smeared.
Seated half-length portrait of Irish tenor Michael Kelly (1762-1826), signed ''As a token of esteem to Miss Stephens from Michael Kelly January 24th 1825'. Miss Stephens likely refers to Catherine Stephens, Countess of Essex (1794–1882) who was an English operatic singer and actress, also known as Kitty Stephens. She sung music composed by Michael Kelly at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
Whitman: 286
[Ref: 61539] £320.00

G. F. Kiallmark [facsimile signature.]
Drawn on Stone by Isaace W. Slater from a Sketch by Josh. Slater expressly for the Musical Keepsake, 1834.
London, Published by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Rare lithograph on chine collé. Sheet 442 x 348mm (17½ x 13¾") very large margins. Bit messy.
Portrait of George Frederick Kiallmark, when young, bust to left, looking towards the viewer; after Slater; illustration to the Musical Keepsake (1834) George Frederick Kiallmark (1804-1887) pianist and musician.
[Ref: 52453] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Guil: Knapp Aetat 54 A.D. 1753.
[T. Kitchin sculp. Clerkenwell, London.]
[n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving. Sheet. 311 x 215mm. 12¼ x 8½". Cut to subject.
William Knapp (1698-1768), composer, born in Wareham, Dorsetshire; he was the parish clerk at St. John's Church in Poole for four decades. He trained choirs of Dorset churches and published collections of church music. He works include: "A Sett of New Psalms and Anthems in Four Parts," 1738, and "New Church Melody," 1753.
[Ref: 16412] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

L. Lablache. Faliero "A terra! A terra! Abominata insegna. [/] D'Infamia: io ti calpesto." [/] Marino Faliero. Atto 3. Sc:9.
A.E.Chalon R.A. R.J.Lane A.R.A.
London, Published Jan.y.1.st. 1836, by. J.Mitchell, Library, 33, Old Bond Street._á Paris, chez Rittner & Goupil, Boulevard Montmatre.
Lithograph. Sheet: 345 x 500mm (13½ x 19¾").
Portrait of the Italian dramatic Bass opera singer Luigi Lablache (1797-1858) in the title role of Marin Faliero, Doge of Venice, from Gaetano Donizetti's opera Marino Faliero inspired by Lord Byron's 1820 drama of the same name. From A.E.Chalon's 'Recollections of the Italian Opera, 1835'.
Harvard Vol. III; P. 4-16
[Ref: 35337] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Master M. M. I. R. Lacy, The Celebrated Young Spaniard. Born in Bilboa, July 19.1795.
Painted by J. Smart Esq.r. Engraved by Anth.y. Cardon.
London: Pub, May 1.1807.
Stipple. Sheet: 140 x 200mm, (5½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
A half-potrait in an oval of Michael Rophino Lacy (1795-1867), an irish musician, composer and child prodigy. At the age of 6 he started to perform under the name 'The Young Spaniard', he continued to perform and compose throughout his life.
[Ref: 35730] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Richard Leveridge. The Roast Beef of Old England &c.
F. Vander Mijn Pinx.t. A. Vander Mijn Fecit.
[n.d. c.1753.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, to plate at bottom. Old ink signature in inscription area. Staining creasing at top.
Richard Leveridge (1670 - 1758), singer and composer. Associated with Henry Purcell, he composed over 150 songs, and is best known for the patriotic ballad 'The Roast Beef of Old England'. Very rare.
CS 2.
[Ref: 44367] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Henricus Liberti. Groeningensis Cathed Ecclesiae Antverp Organista.
Anton. van Dyck pinxit Petrus de Jode Sculpsit [c.1650]
Engraving, 17th century watermark; platemark 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate. Small damage to upper left corner,
Henricus Liberti (c.1610-69), Dutch composer and organist at Antwerp Cathedral, holding sheet music. Engraving after a portrait by Anthony van Dyck, c.1630, which exists in at least eight copies.
[Ref: 53822] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Jacob Bernhard Limburger.
Gem. von Henning. Lith von C. Wildt.
Druck des Konigl. lith. Instituts zu Berlin [n.d., c.1850].
Lithograph on india laid paper, 440 x 360mm. 17¼ x 14¼". Marginal foxing.
Jacob Bernhard Limburger, German composer and pianist. He leans on his piano and holds a sheet of music.
[Ref: 10294] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

W Linley [facsimile signature.]
J. Lonsdale pinx.t W.P. Sherlock.
Printed by Lefevre & Co. 52, Newman St. [n.d. c.1830.]
Rare lithograph, 235 x 178mm. 9¼ x 7". Trimmed to plate
William Linley (1771-1835) joined the British East India Company in 1790 and held a writership at their college in Madras. In 1810 he retired from active service and devoted all his time to singing, composing glees and songs, as well as writing literature.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus. NPG: D5090.
[Ref: 17225] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Liszt.
Layraud 1870 [in image]. Peint par Layraud. Photogravure Goupil & C.ie.
Imprimé & Publié par Boussod Valadon & C.ie Editeurs successeurs de Goupil & C.ie le 1.er Octobre 1885 Paris Londres La Haye. Entered according to act of congress in the year 1885 by M. Knoedler & Co in the office of the Librarian of congress at Washington. Berlin Verlag von Boussod Valadon & Co. New York Published by M. Knoedler & Co.
Photogravure on chine collé. 640 x 380mm (25 x 15"), very large margins. Mint.
Full-length portrait of Franz Liszt (1811-86), leaning on a piano, music on a stand next to him.
[Ref: 58819] £650.00

[J.B. Logier.] Presented to J.B. Logier Esq.r by the Professors who have adopted his System of Musical Education in testimony of their personal esteem and high sense of the advantages he has conferred on the Art.
Painted by J. Lonsdale. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published July 20. 1819, by J. Green, 33 Soho Square.
Very rare mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 509 x 354mm. 20 x 14". Laid on sheet, otherwise good condition.
Portrait, three-quarter length; seated in an armchair to front, facing left; wearing a dark double-breasted coat, white neckerchief, and seals on fob; his right arm resting on sheet music on a table, next to inkstand, inkwells and pen, holding a paper in his hand; curtain above on right, fluted pillar behind. John Bernhard Logier (1777-1846) the German music teacher. He invented the Chiroplast, a pedagogical device that guides the hands and fingers while playing the piano. He also developed his own teaching method, now called the 'Logier method', which he published in 'System der Musikwissenschaft' (1827), where pupils were taught with technical instruction done together with instruction in principles of harmony.
Whitman: 320. NPG: D7896.
[Ref: 28047] £320.00

Natalis Thomas Maggi. Natus Forijulii Nonis Marti i Anno MDCCXXXV.
B. Rebecca delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pubd. June 20. 1788 by Molteno, Colnaghi & Co, No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple with etching printed in brown ink, with large margins, 275 x 225mm. 10¾ x 9". Repaired hole to title.
Portrait in an oval of Natalis Thomas Maggi (1735 - 1787), musician; he holds a book in his right hand. After Biagio Rebecca (1735 - 1808).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18235] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Malibran de Beriot.
Drawn on Stone by J. Minasi from the Original Medal by Vitt Nesti which was presented by Madame Malibran to Dr. Belluomini with the following inscription...
London Published Nov.r 8. 1836 by J. Watson, 1, Vere St.t Cavendish Sq.re.
Lithograph, printed on india. Proof. Printed area: 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½"), with very large margins.
A portrait of Spanish mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran (1806-1836).
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46729] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Malibran de Beriot.
Drawn on Stone by J. Minasi from the Original Medal by Vitt Nesti which was presented by Madame Malibran to Dr. Belluomini with the following inscription...
London Published Nov.r 8. 1836 by J. Watson, 1, Vere St.t Cavendish Sq.re.
Lithograph, printed on india. Proof. Printed area: 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½"), with very large margins.
A portrait of Spanish mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran (1806-1836).
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46728] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Jean Paul Egide Martini.]
[n.d. c.1813.]
Stipple. Plate 272 x 203mm. 10¾ x 8". Uncut.
Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741-1816) was a composer of classical music. He is best known for his vocal romance 'Plaisir d'Amour', on which the 1961 Elvis Presley standard 'Can't Help Falling in Love' was based. Leaving Germany and settling in France he established a successful career as a court musician. He directed concerts for the Queen but adatpted well to the changing regimes throughout the French Revolution, and later wrote music for Napoleon's marriage as well as for the restored Chapelle Royale.
[Ref: 20036] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy [facsimile signature.] "And after the fire there game a still small voice And in that still small voice onwards came the Lord." Elijah.
H. Adlard.
H. Hensel, Leipzig. Novr. 6th.1847.
Engraving. 165 x 110mm. 6½ x 4¼".
Death mask of Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17207] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 255 x 185mm. 10 x 7¼". Some wrinkles and creases tear on rightnear title.
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17241] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Giacomo Meyerbeer. [Facsimile signature below.]
Dessine d'apres nature par Maurin [signed in plate]. Lith. de Delpech.
[Paris, c.1835.]
Lithograph, sheet 480 x 315mm (19 x 12½"). Slightly soiled; tatty extremities.
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera. At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer and producer of opera in Europe.
Wellcome: 90, 1.
[Ref: 13398] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Giacomo Meyerbeer. [Facsimile signature.]
M. Alophe d'apres Krihuber, de Vienne. Lith de Jacomme & Cie r. de Lanery, 16, Paris.
New-York _pubd. by Goupil, Vibert & Co., 289, broadway. Paris_Goupil, Vibert & Cie., editeurs. London_pubd. by E. Gambart & Co., 25, Berners St. Oxf. St. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 475 x 355mm. 18¾ x 14". Slightly soiled on extremities.
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 – 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera. At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer and producer of opera in Europe. After the portrait (in reverse) by Josef Kriehuber (1800 – 1876), an Austrian lithographer and painter. He prepared numerous portraits for nobility and government officials.
[Ref: 13399] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Meeyerbeer. Giacomo Meyerbeer (facsimile signature].
Me [Nicolas Maurin]. Lith. de Delpech, à Paris.
[Paris, c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 260 x 160mm (10¼ x 6¼").
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera. At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer and producer of opera in Europe.
[Ref: 56560] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Miller. Mus: Doct: Doncaster.
Painted & Engraved by T. Hardy.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple. 266 x 202mm. 10½ x 8". Cut.
Edward Miller (1731-1807) was a musical director, organist and historian of Doncaster. As a composer he is most noted as the writer of the hymn tunes Rockingham and Galway. For a time he was a flautist in Handel's orchestra. In 1756 he was appointed organist of St George's Minster Doncaster, where he remained for 50 years. In 1786 Cambridge University awarded him a doctorate.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 20079] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Miller, Mus. Doct: Doncaster.
Painted & Engraved by T. Hardy.
[F. Linley?, c.1796.]
Stipple printed in brown ink, india laid paper. 265 x 200mm, 10½ x 8". A very fine impression.
Edward Miller (1731 - 1807), organist and historian of Doncaster, Yorkshire. By Thomas Hardy (1757 - c.1805), painter and engraver.
NPG D15688.
[Ref: 19537] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Angelo Mar:a Monticelli
Equ. Adr.as Casali pin.t et delin.t. J. Faber fecit
Printed for John Bowles, at No 13 in Cornhill.
Scarce mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") Small margins.
Angelo Maria Monticelli (c.1712-?1758), Italian castrato soprano holding music reading 'ma non lo posso dir' ('but I cannot say it'). In a career also taking in Vienna, Dresden and various Italian cities, Monticelli was in London 1741-6, where he was praised by Horace Walpole, Charles Burney and others. Engraved after a portrait by Cavaliere Andrea Casali (1705-84), Italian painter and dealer active in England.
O'D ii/ii; Russell iii/iii. CS 247 II.
[Ref: 61686] £450.00

Thomas Moore Esq.r.
Painted by G.S. Newton. Engraved by W.H.Watt.
London published June 1828 by W.H.Watt.
Fine engraving, on india; open letter proof. Plate: 270 x 360mm (10½ x 14") with large margins.
A half-length portrait of the Irish poet, musician and entertainer Thomas Moore (1779-1832), who found fame for his ballads whilst studying the law at Middle Temple.
[Ref: 40777] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Celebrated Signor Morelli. Febo gli diè di chiara voce il vanto, Eulerpe gl’ispiro l’arte del canto, Tulia mostrogli il gesto, ond ‘ebbe l’aude: Europa tutta ascolat, osserva, e applaude.
I. Godefroy Sculp.t [after R. Cosway.]
[n.d. c.1797.]
Rare stipple with etching. 190 x 127mm (7½ x 5").
Portrait of Giovanni Morelli (fl.1787-1815), the singer, actor and composer. The circumstances of his birth, early life, and musical education are unknown. He was a basso singer and favourite at the opera; said to have been a running footman to Lord Cowper at Florence when a young man.
See: Daniell 107. Harvard III, p.226.
[Ref: 34568] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Ann S Mounsey [facsimile signature inside the image area.]
Drawn on Stone by Isaace W. Slater from a Sketch by Jos.h Slater, made expressly for the Musical Keepsake, 1834.
London: Published by J. Dickinson 114, New Bond Street, Printed by C. Hullmandel. Proof.
Lithograph on india, rare. Sheet 266 x 178mm. 10½ x 7". Slight marks on surface trimmed close to image.
Ann Sheppard Bartholomew, née Mounsey (1811-1891) was a British composer, pianist and organist. She married the librettist William Bartholomew (1793-1867) who collaborated with Mendelssohn over his oratorio Elijah. The first performance took place in Crosby Hall, January 1845. She, Ann Mounsey, was the accompanist on that occasion.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17379] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

W.A. Mozart.
Doris Stock del. 1789. Eduard Mandel [sc 1858]
Verlag und Eigentum von E. H. Schroeder in Berlin.
Rare etching on chine collé, plate 155 x 130mm (6¼ x 5¼"), with large margins. Publishers blindstamp.
Oval head and shoulders portrait of musician and composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91), in profile to the left. He wears a queue wig, coat with high collar, neckerchief and frill.
[Ref: 61681] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mozart.
Chapman Sculp.
Engraved for the Encycloepdia Londinensis 1817.
Stipple. 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾") very large margins.
Portrait in profile of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91), the prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical era.
[Ref: 61392] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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