Grosvenor Prints

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)

[Elizabeth Hughes.]
[n.d. c.1831.]
Lithograph. 267 x 210mm. 10½ x 8¼". Trimmed.
Elizabeth Hughes (active 1816-1828), actress and singer; her American debut was on September 8th 1831, at the Park Theatre, New York City.
Harvard Volume II. p.262: 2.
[Ref: 20987] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Hull.
Graham Pinx.t Leney Sculpt.
[London. Published by G. Cawthorn. British Library. Strand. Jany.10. 1797.]
Stipple, oval. 158 x 108mm. 6¼ x 4¼".
Thomas Hull (1728-1808) was an actor, singer, manager, playwright and novelist.
Harvard: 2.
[Ref: 24527] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Irving as Hamlet. [In pencil:] Richard Northcott from Henry Irving: with every good wish.
Painted by Edwin Long, A.R.A.
Printed in Paris by Goupil & Co. [n.d. c.1884.]
Photogravure. Plate 621 x 438mm. 24½ x 17¼". Laid on card.
Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was an English stage actor of the Victorian era. Known as the actor-manager as he took complete reponsibility of everything for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood.
Harvard: Vol. II, 163: p.289.
[Ref: 22933] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Irving as Hamlet.
Painted by Edwin Long, A.R.A.
Printed in Paris by Goupil & Co. [n.d. c.1884.]
Photogravure. Plate 610 x 445mm. 24 x 17½". Messy at top. Repaired tear at bottom.
Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was an English stage actor of the Victorian era. Known as the actor-manager as he took complete reponsibility of everything for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood.
Harvard: Vol. II, 163: p.289.
[Ref: 20244] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Miss R. Isaacs as Albert. In the Play of William Tell.
From Life and on Stone by J.W. Gear, 5, Charlotte St., Fitzroy Sqr.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph, sheet 323 x 262mm. Light spotting.
Rebecca Isaacs, dramatic singer, d.1877. By John William Gear (1799 - 1866), draughtsman, printmaker and publisher.
Harvard Theatre Collection: pg.296, 1. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7837] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[John Isherwood.] Mr Isherwood.
Painted by William Bradley Esq.r. Engraved by Tho.s Lupton 4, Leigh Street, Burton Crescent.
Published by Tho.s Agnew, Repository of Arts, Exchange Street, Nov. 1st 1837.
Mezzotint. 535 x 385mm (21 x 15¼"), with printseller's blindstamp of Agnew & Zanetti, Manchester. Repaired tear in large margins. Uncut.
A portrait of John Isherwood, an amateur singer, holding a sheet 'Joshua by Handel'. The original painting, by William Bradley (1801-57) is in the Salford Museum & Art Gallery.
[Ref: 51976] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Galerie Des Artistes Dramatiques De Théatres Royaux de Bruxelles. L. Jansenne, 1er. Tenor Leger D'Opéra Comique (Rôle de Bénédic dans l’Ambassabrice)___1840-41
Baugniet del. Imp. de P. Degobert. Déposé.
Th. Randon, Edr. Baugniet 1841 [facsimile inside image area.]
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic. Publisher's Blindstamp top left-hand corner. 304 x 220mm. 12 x 8¾". Some creasing to the left-hand corners.
Louis Jansenne [1809-?] was a tenor and director to the French Theatre. His debut came in 1834 at the Opera Comique. In 1839 he left Paris for the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels where he became co-Director.
[Ref: 13938] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Ben: Johnson.
For the Lond: Mag.
Printed for R. Baldwin Junr. in Pater Noster Row 1753.
Engraving, 190 x 115mm.
Benjamin Johnson (c.1665 - 1742), actor.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 7457] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Benjaminus Johnson. Obijt Anno. Dom 1687. Aetat 63. Fronti nulla Fides huic non dicatur: Apelle A tanto Vates, en redivivus ades. Immortale duplez micat hic opus: Illius Arte Forma, tua a Penna Fama, perennis erit. E Pinacotheca Nobilissimi & & Honoratissimi Joannis Domini Sommers &c. Cui Tabulam hanc humillimè dicat.
Gerard Honthorst pinxit. Geo: Vertue, Londini Sculp.
Amico suo Mauritio Johnson I.C. Artium Amatori redicat 1730. G. Vertue.
Engraving. Plate 372 x 252mm. Sheet 451 x 330mm. Fine.
Benjamin Johnson (1572-1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.
[Ref: 12633] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Benjaminus Johnson. Obijt Anno} Dom. 1637. aetat. 63. Fronti nulla Fides huic non dicatur: Apelle A tanto, Vates, èn redivivus ades. Immortale duplex micat hic opus: Illius Arte Forma, tuâ a Pennâ Fama, perennis erit. E Pinacotheca Nobilissimi & Honoratissimi Joannis Domini Sommers &c. Cui Tabulam hanc humillimè dicat. Amico suo Mauritio Johnson I.C. Artium Amatori redicat 1730. G. Vertue.
Gerard Honthorst pinxit. Geo: Vertue, Londini Sculp.
[n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving. Mounted on an album page. Image 369 x 253mm. 14½ x 10". Trimmed and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
Benjamin Johnson (1572-1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12917] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Vera Effigies Doctissimi Poetarum Anglorum Ben: Iohnsoni. Johnsoni typus; ecce.l qui furoris...Cui Solus similis, Figura vivet. O coudl there be an Art found out that might Produce so lively as to Write.
W. Elder sculp:
[n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving. 297 x 195mm. 11¾ x 7¾". Cut to plate.
Benjamin Johnson (1572-1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. Best known for his satirical plays and his lyric poetry, he was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.
[Ref: 17122] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

George Jones. [facimile.]
Drawn from Life by the Count D'Orsay and on Stone by R.J. Lane. A.R.A. [In image:] A. d'Orsay fecit. Nov.r 1844.
C. Graf, Lith to Her Majesty.
Lithograph on india. Sheet 240 x 146mm. 9½ x 5¾".
George Jones (1810-1897), "Count Johannes", was born in England and moved to the United States in 1817. He was a noted Shakespearean actor who made his theatrical debut at the Federal Street Theater in 1828. He is best remembered for a performance of Richard III. He was installed as Knight of the Golden Spur and Count Palatine in March 1847 in Europe.
[Ref: 18997] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

George Jones [facsimile signature]. Hamlet "What would your gracious figure?" George Jones [facsimile signature]. (The American Tragedian) In the Character of Hamlet As successfully performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane upon the occasion of his Complimentary Benefit from the Friends of Literature and the Drama JUne 4.th 1836.
From a Painting in the Royal Academy (1836) by C. Martin. Madeley, lith. 3. Wellington St. Strand.
Published by Ackerman & Co. 96 Strand.
Lithograph, rare. In pencil underneath "To Richard Potten Esq. with respectful compl. GJ". 392 x 274mm (15½ x 10¾").
George Jones (1810-1879), the English-American actor, author, journalist and litigator best known for his eccentric behaviour later in life.
[Ref: 34629] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

"Mr Charles Kean is seriously indisposed. He is suffering from the effects of overwork and consequent nervous exhaustion complicated by an attack of influenza". Vide public Press.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 382 x 254mm. 15 x 10".
Charles Kean sits in an armchair with his feet in a tub of steaming water. A pile of letters and envelopes lie in a basket and on the floor. A phantom figure of Macbeth rises from a bowl of hot gruel on the table to his right. Charles (1811-1868) was offered a cadetship in the East India Company's service, but turned it down to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor. He toured the United States twice, the second time with his wife, the actress Ellen Tree.
V & A: S.4979-2009.
[Ref: 19124] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kean, as Sir Walter & Lady Amyott, In Lovell's Play of "The Wife's Secret" As Produced at the Theatre Royal Haymarket Jan 10.th 1848.
Alf.d E.d Chalon, Esq.re R.A. R.J. Lane A.R.A.
London, Published April 15th. 1848 by John Mitchell, Publisher to Her Majesty, 33, Old Bond St. M & N. Hanhart Lith. Printers.
A rare coloured lithograph. 502 x 392mm. 19¾ x 15½". Tatty torn edges.
Charles Kean (1811-1868) with his wife, Ellen Tree (1805-1880) together at the Haymarket after their second visit to the United States, 1845-1847.
[Ref: 20696] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Kean in the character of Shylock.
Engraver by H. Meyer, from a picture on ivory of the same size, painted from life in March 1814, by W.H. Watts.
London Pub.d May 2, 1814 by R. Barnard, Carver & Gilder, 44 Upper Titchfield Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, to plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A portrait of actor Edmund Kean as Shylock, holding the butcher's knife with which he plans to extract his 'pound of flesh'. Chiaroscuro is used to bring out the menace of the scene.
[Ref: 44089] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Design of a Monument to the Memory of Edmund Kean Esq.re.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 375 x 250mm (14¾ x 9¾"). Small tear in left edge, damp stains on right side.
[Ref: 57893] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

I'll be Commander in Chief!_ Mr. Keeley as Nichodamus Crowquill. Vide Peter Wilkins, as performed at Covent Garden Theatre.
Rob.t Cruikshank fecit. Proof.
Publish'd London, May 8.th 1827 by W Kenneth at his Dramatic Repository Corner of Bow Street Covent Garden.
Soft ground etching, large margins. Plate 266 x 210mm. 10½ x 8¼".
Robert Keeley (1793-1869) was an actor-manager, comedian and female impersonator of the nineteenth century.
[Ref: 20951] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Kelly in the character of Mac Credit.
Drawn from Nature & Stone by Fs.Wm. Wilkin. 20 Newman Strt.
London, Published by Ackermann, and Co. No. 96, Strand. Printed by Graf & Soret.
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 320 x 255mm. 12½ x 10". A fine, untrimmed impression.
Frances Maria Kelly (1790 - 1882), actress, manager and singer, as Mac Credit in her 'Dramatic Recollections'; with coat, hat, dark glasses and umbrella, behind a table upon which is a box marked 'Checks', open book, and theatre poster advertising her show. With quotation and dedication to the Duke of Devonshire. After Francis William Wilkin (c.1792 - 1842)
Harvard: pg.373, 20.
[Ref: 16643] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Kelly in the character of Mrs Parthian. ____"If my memory serve me. _____I have forgottten whether,___it was Mr. Gattie or Mr. Garrick___That was so effective in the French Gentleman,___who was haunted by a King!"___ Dedicated by permission to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire with great respect by His grace's most obliged and obedient Servant F. Wm. Wilkin.
Drawn from Nature & Stone by Fs.Wm. Wilkin.
London, Published by Ackermann, and Co. No. 96, Strand. Printed by Graf & Soret. Inscribed 'Proof' lower left.
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 325 x 235mm. 12¾ x 9¼". A fine, untrimmed impression.
Frances Maria Kelly (1790 - 1882), actress, manager and singer, as Mrs Parthian in her 'Dramatic Entertainment'; seated beside a table with a sword on the floor. Miss Kelly established the Royalty Theatre and had long and enduring relationship with Charles Dickens and the Duke to Devonshire. inscribed 'Proof' lower left. After Francis William Wilkin (c.1792 - 1842)
Harvard: pg.374, 26.
[Ref: 16648] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sixteen Portraits of Charles Kemble Esq.re.
Drawn from Life by Richard J. Lane, Lithographer in Ordinary to her Majesty & His Royal Highness Prince Albert A.R.A.
London, 1840, published by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, Printsellers to Her Majesty, to the Queen Dowager, to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, &c: &c: &c:. 23 Cockspur Street.
Folio. original half half, boards, detached, lacking spine, marbled endpapers, gilt edges; lithographic title & 1.pp. dedication, 16 numbered tinted lithographs, proofs on india (out of sequence, as issued) plus key sheet, interleaved. Some foxing throughout.
A book of portraits of Charles Kemble (1775-1854) in theatrical costume, drawn and lithographed by Richard James Lane (1800-1872), printed by Graf. Roles include Falstaff, Hamlet, Othello & Iago, Macbeth & MacDuff, and Shylock.
Harvard p. 378-385.
[Ref: 18306] £850.00 view all images for this item

[Charles Kemble] Othello. 'How comes it, Michael, you are thus forgot?'' Othello, Act 2, Sc.3. Proof. Plate 10.
RJL [monogram of Richard James Lane]. J. Graf Printer to her Majesty.
London, May 1840, published by Mess.rs Colnaghi and Puckle, No 23 Cockspur Street.
Lithograph, proof on chine collé. Printed area 270 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
Charles Kemble (1775-1854) as Othello, one of Richard Lane's 'Sixteen Portraits of Charles Kemble'.
[Ref: 55295] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Kemble] Falstaff. ''A plague on all cowards! still say I.'' Hanry IV, Part 1., Act 2, Sc. 4. Proof. Plate 3.
RJL [monogram of Richard James Lane]. J. Graf Printer to her Majesty.
London, May 1840, published by Mess.rs Colnaghi and Puckle, No 23 Cockspur Street.
Lithograph, proof on chine collé. Printed area 270 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
Charles Kemble (1775-1854) as Falstaff, seated with a glass in his hand. From Richard Lane's 'Sixteen Portraits of Charles Kemble'.
[Ref: 55293] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Kemble] Macbeth. 'Accursed be the tongue that tells me so!'' Macbeth Act 5, Sc. 7. Proof. Plate 9.
RJL [monogram of Richard James Lane]. J. Graf Printer to her Majesty.
London, May 1840, published by Mess.rs Colnaghi and Puckle, No 23 Cockspur Street.
Lithograph, proof on chine collé. Printed area 270 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
Charles Kemble (1775-1854) as Macbeth, one of Richard Lane's 'Sixteen Portraits of Charles Kemble'.
[Ref: 55294] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Fanny Kemble. as Juliet. No 31.
Pub. by M. & M. Skelt, Swan S.t Minories London. [n.d., c.1831.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Paper toned. 2 very small pin prick holes
Frances Anne [Fanny] Kemble (1809-93), actress and author, in the role in which she made her debut in Covent Garden in 1829. Her parents played Mercutio and Lady Capulet in the production. Her tremendous success in the role is attested to by the several prints made to commemorate it.
[Ref: 51274] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Fanny Kemble. in the Character of Juliet.
London, Published Nov.r 2nd 1829 by T McLean, 26 Haymarket. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph on india, india dimensions 285 x 185mm (11¼ x 7¼"). Very large margins.
Frances Anne [Fanny] Kemble (1809-93), actress and author, in the role in which she made her debut in Covent Garden, as Juliet. Her parents played Mercutio and Lady Capulet in the production. Her tremendous success in the role is attested to by the several prints made to commemorate it.
Harvard 69
[Ref: 37956] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[John Kemble] We serve a King whom we love = a God whom we Adore. Pizarro
Drawn. Etch'd & Pub.d by Dighton. Char.g Cross June. 1799.
Fine coloured etching, mint. 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with wide margins.
A slightly satirical portrait of John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) as Rolla the noble Peruvian in the play 'Pizarro', which opened on May 24, 1799, with Barrymore as Pizarro and Mrs Sarah Siddons as Elvira.
BM Satires 9436.
[Ref: 39319] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Farewell Dinner to J.P. Kemble Esq.r on his retirement from the Stage. Admit [blank] Secretaries. Not Transferable.
Silvester sc. 27 Strand.
[n.d., 1817.]
Etching with engraving; stamped in ink top right John W. Anson;. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed to plate at top, splits to folds, tears to edges, creasing and foxing.
A blank invitation to a dinner held for actor John Philip Kemble, held at the Freemason's Tavern. 27th June, 1819, four days after his last performance, as Coriolanus at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. He spent most of his last years abroad, dying at Lausanne in 1823.
[Ref: 57770] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[John Philip Kemble] Tragedy.
R.K. Porter del. J. Godby sculp.
Published by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, April 4th 1806.
Stipple with etching. 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Crease at edge of plate top right, hole in top margin. Small margins.
John Philip Kemble in classical dress, clasping a goblet to his chest.
[Ref: 62409] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Cha.s Kemble.
[n.d., c.1815.] Bit later.
Stipple. Platemark: 205 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½").
A head and shoulders portrait of Maria Theresa Kemble (1774-1838), actress on the English stage and wife of actor Charles Kemble.
[Ref: 40263] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Decamp in the character if Urania.
P. Jean del. J. Vendramini sculp.t
London, Published Oct.r 6th 1802, by John P. Thompson Great Newport Street and No. 51, Dean Street, Soho, Printseller to his Majesty and the Duke and Duchess of York.
Stipple, 295 x 210mm (11¾ x 8½"), with very large margins. Repaired tears in margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of actress Maria Theresa Kemble (1774-1838), when Miss De Camp, in character as Urania. She stands in the clouds, reaching upwards with her right hand and pointing her finger. She wears a veil and white dress decorated with stars.
[Ref: 61680] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Hamlet in Scotland. A Large manager in a Great Character. ... that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Drawn & Etch'd by R. Dighton. 12 Charing Cross.
Pub.d Dec.r 6.th 1794.
Coloured etching. 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Very large margins.
Satirical portrait of George Stephen Kemble (1758-1822), actor and theatre manager, brother of Charles Kemble, John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons. In 1794 he took over management of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, with his opening play being Hamlet, played by his brother John. However this caricature focuses on Stephen when he played Hamlet when he weighed 18 stone. He wears the sash of the Order of the Elephant, the highest order of Denmark.
[Ref: 39297] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Original Sir Peter Teazle. Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
[Inigo Barlow?, c.1794]
Etching, platemark 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Possibly a reissue of 'Sir Peter! The King of the Old School', a plate issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' for 1792, depicting the actor Thomas King who first played the role of Peter Teazle in Sheridan's play 'The School for Scandal'. The 'Carlton House Magazine' often reissued plates in this way.
See BM Satires 8181
[Ref: 45723] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

E. Knight Box. Proof.
W. Foster pinx. H.R. Cook S.t
[n.d. c.1825.]
Engraving. Image 115 x 76mm. 4½ x 3".
Edward Knight (1774-1826), actor. Autographed proof of the print used as admission to the Box at the benefit for him.
[Ref: 20949] £65.00 (£78.00 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)

Christiane Henriette Koch als Pelopia aus Atreus und Thyest von Herrn Weise.
Anton Graff pinx. J.F. Bause ornav. et sculps. Lips. 1770.
zu Finden in Leipzig bey Bausse. [German, c.1770.]
Rare Engraving, 315 x 235mm. 12½ x 9¼". Very slight foxing.
Portrait of Christiana Henriette Koch, German actress, as Pelopia in Christian Felix Weisse's (1726 - 1804) Atreus und Thyest (1767). In an oval garlanded with flowers on a lettered pedestal, in front of which is suspended a dramatic mask and crown.
Harvard: p.424, 2. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18530] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Luigi Lablache.]
From a Photograph by Signori Caldesi. Engraved by George Zobel.
London, Published May 21st 1855, by J.Mitchell, Bookseller & Publisher to Her Majesty. 33 Old Bond S.t.
Mezzotint on steel. 510 x 340mm. Damp stain.
From Caldesi's 'Artists of the Italian Opera'. Luigi Lablache (1794-1858), of French and Irish heritage but born in Naples. He was most noted for his comic performances, especially Leporello in 'Don Giovanni'.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1141] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Harriette Deborah Lacy] Miss Taylor as Nell Gwynne.
Lithographed, Printed & Pub.d by G.E. Madeley, 3, Wellington S.t, Strand [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Edges soiled. Bit messy
Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807-74), the daughter of a London tradesman named Taylor, as Nell Gwynne in Jerrold's play of that name, singing the once well-known song, ‘Buy my Oranges’. She retired from the stage in 1848.
[Ref: 60658] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Lacy, the Comedian in three Characters.
G.P.H. delr.
[n.d. c.1820s]
Pen and ink with grey wash. 160 x 190mm.
John Lacy 'the Famous Roscius', playwright and actor [1615 - 1681]. After the painting by J.M.Wright showing him in 3 costumes as 'gallant', presbyterian minister and Scottish Highlander. By George Perfect Harding [1781 - 1853], portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 2973] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. John Lacy, Comedian and Dramatic Writer, in his three Principal Characters. Teague in the Committee, Scruple in the Cheats, and Galliard in the Variety, Died 1681.
[John Michael Wright.] Etched by Hopkins, from the Picture in Windsor Castle.
Published 1825 by Wm. Smith 24, Lisle Street Leicester Square.
Fine Etching. 349 x 266mm. 13¾ x 10½". Trimmed.
John Lacy (c.1615-1681) was an English comic actor and playwright during the Restoration era, and was the favourite comic of King Charles II. Here he stands as his three principle characters; Teague in "The Committee", Seruple in "The Cheats", and Galliard in the "Variety".
Harvard: Vol III: p.6: i of ii.
[Ref: 19078] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Sketches of M.lle Jenny Lind 1847. No. 4. La Sonnambula.
Sketched from life by H.G.G.
London, Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket. Printed at 10 St. Martins Lane.
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. Crease.
A depiction of Jenny Lind in the role of Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's 'La Sonnambula'. From a series of illustrations of Jenny Lind's various operatic roles.
[Ref: 47388] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Sketches of M.lle Jenny Lind 1847. No. 1. Roberto Il Diavolo.
Sketched from life by H.G.G.
London, Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket. Printed at 10 St. Martins Lane.
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear in bottom edge.
A depiction of Jenny Lind in the role of Alice in Meyerbeer's Opera 'Roberto Il Diavolo'. From a series of illustrations of Jenny Lind's various operatic roles.
[Ref: 47387] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Jenny Lind [facsimile signature]
Painted by Edward Magnus Engraved by Hermann Droehmer
London: Published May 1st 1849 by Henry Graves & Comp.y, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, sheet 505 x 380mm 19¾ x 15"). Trimmed to platemark, repaired tear on lower left.
Johanna Maria (Jenny) Lind (1820-1887) was a singer, born and trained in Sweden. Her exquisite voice, allied with rare qualities of character, aroused intense enthusiasm in British audiences, following her debut in 1847. She became famous after her performance in Der Freischutz in Sweden in 1838, and then she was in great demand all over Europe. In England she was appointed a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music.
[Ref: 43773] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Jenny Lind, as Amina in the Opera of La Sonnambula, Presented Gratis with the London & Paris Magazine for May, 1848.
Engraved by Read & Co. 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet St.
Engraving with stipple. 285 x 235mm. 11¼ x 9¼". Small tear to the left-hand side.
Johanna Maria (Jenny) Lind (1820-1887) was a singer, born and trained in Sweden. Her exquisite voice, allied with rare qualities of character, aroused intense enthusiasm in British audiences, following her debut in 1847. She became famous after her performance in Der Freischutz in Sweden in 1838, and then she was in great demand all over Europe. In England she was appointed a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music. La Sonnambula was an opera written by Vincenzo Bellini. The first performance took place at the Teatro Carcano, Milan in 1831.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17274] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Sketches of M.lle Jenny Lind 1847. No. 5. La Sonnambula.
Sketched from life by H.G.G.
London, Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket. Printed at 10 St. Martins Lane.
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins.
A depiction of Jenny Lind in the role of Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's 'La Sonnambula', Amina is shown on her knees before the furious Elvino who believes her to be unfaithful. From a series of illustrations of Jenny Lind's various operatic roles.
[Ref: 47389] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

M.lle Jenny Lind, as Maria, in the Opera of La Figlia del Reggimento, Ran-Tan-Plan.
J. Brandard del.t & lith. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart.
London, Published July 29th 1847, by Mess.rs Fores, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street.
Coloured lithograph. Printed areas 275 x 440mm, 10¾ x 17¼". Creased, margin lightly stained.
Johanna Maria Lind (1820-87), opera singer better known as Jenny Lind, the 'Swedish Nightingale', shown in the costume of Maria in Gaetano Donizetti's 'Daughter of the Regiment'. Lind made her London debut two months before this print was published, singing at Her Majesty's Theatre on 4 May, attended by Queen Victoria.
[Ref: 26302] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Jenny Lind.
Nach d. Nat gez. v. l'Allemand. Lith. v. C. Wildt.
Verlag u. Druck v. L. Sachese & Co. Berlin.
Lithograph, printed on india paper. Sheet: 625 x 470mm (6½ x 18½"), with large margins. Uncut.
A portrait of Swedish soprano Jenny Lind (1820-1887) also know as the 'Swedish Nightingale'. Lind had a successful career in Europe and the USA, working closly with composers such as Felix Mendelssohn and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
[Ref: 46508] £350.00

Jenny Lind. [After Fritz L'Allemand]
M & N Hanhart, Lith Printers.
Lithograph on india paper, sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼). Cut and laid onto card. Some surface dirt.
Portrait of the Swedish opera singer Johanna Maria Lind-Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind), full-length, slightly turned to the right, a gloved hand raised and a handkerchief in the other, dressed in a dark silk dress with a lace collar adorned with a broach about her bust.
[Ref: 54902] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Sketches of M.lle Jenny Lind 1847. No. 6. La Sonnambula.
Sketched from life by H.G.G.
London, Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket. Printed at 10 St. Martins Lane.
Lithograph, rare Sheet: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with large margins.
A depiction of Jenny Lind in the role of Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's 'La Sonnambula', Amina is shown waking from her sleepwalk with Elvino before her. From a series of illustrations of Jenny Lind's various operatic roles.
[Ref: 47390] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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