Grosvenor Prints

[Turkish lover slitting his wrists to prove his desire] Amant Turc qui se perce le bras devant sa Maitresse pour preuve de son amour.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving, mint; platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 46965] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Gahongi or Sailor of the Turkish Navy.
[n.d. c.1830]
Watercolour and pen. Sheet 294 x 235mm. 11½ x 9¼".
From the Collection of Gubbins and Gibbin's Family.
[Ref: 15275] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mariage Turc.
J.B. Scotin sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [French, n.d., c.1720s.]
Engraving, 390 x 460mm. 15¼ x 18". Centrefold, some creases and closed tears. On a conservation backing.
A Turkish wedding procession through a fantastic landscape featuring ruined architecture, and a river with waterfall and wooden bridge in distance. From a series; numbered '100' lower right. Engraved by Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin II (1698 - 1755 after).
[Ref: 22396] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

View of a Turkish Mosque on the river Peneus, with a distant prospect of the City of Larissa. Engraved for Moore's Voyages & Travels.
White sculp.
[Moore, c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 203 x 299mm. 8 x 11¾".
A Turkish Mosque with the city of Larissa to the right, located on the Salembria River, known as the Peneus River. Camels on the far shore, one drinking and a cow in the right foreground.
[Ref: 25704] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[A Mufti.] Le Moufti, ou Chef de la Loy.
JB. G. Scotin major sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), mint condition, with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47042] £330.00

Le Selim Turc. The Turkish Prayer.
Mme. Colin Pinx et Lith. Lit. de Gihaut Frères.
[French, n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph in fine colour by hand with gum arabic, on scrap book page. Image 215 x 145mm, 8½ x 5¾". Lacking margins.
Highly romanticized image of two women in an interior in lavish 'oriental' costume; they seem to be a wealthy and important 'lady', seated and holding jewellery, and a servant or supplicant (standing, behind). Landscape through an open window, to left; curtain behind, to right.
[Ref: 25043] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Turkish Woman Playing the Qanun.] Fille Turque jouant du Canon.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
A musical scene. Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47019] £330.00

[Turkish Girl Sewing.] Fille Turque qui brode.
JB. C. Du Bosc sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47022] £320.00

Croquis par divers Artistes. No.51. Decamps.
DC [artist's monogram, on stone.] Lith. de Villain.
A Paris, chez Rittner boulevard Montmartre, n°12 London 1830 published by Ch. Tilt 86 Fleet Street.
Lithograph, sheet 215 x 295mm. 8½ x 11½".
Four sketches on a single sheet after Decamps illustrating life in the Ottoman Empire. Vignettes include Greek or Turkish figures duelling with swords, an Arab driving a wagon pulled by oxen; and a mud brick building in the Middle East. From a drawing book.
[Ref: 23527] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Turkish Woman Playing the Tehegour.] Fille Turque jouant du Tehegour.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
A Turkish woman in a suggestive mode. Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47020] £360.00

[Pair of watercolour Turkish scenes.]
[Anonymous follower of Amadeo Preziosi, Maltese, 1816-1882. From an album signed 'Gubbins' or 'Gibbins', Undated c.1845.]
Watercolour over pencil. 165 x 200mm (6½ x 8").
A street scene and a traveller.
[Ref: 15589] £380.00 view all images for this item

[Turkish Woman Spinning] Femme Turque filant au Tandour.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"); mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47016] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Grand Vizier.] Le Grand Visir en Habit et en Turban de ceremonie.
JB. G. Scotin maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47048] £320.00

Waiwode or Governor of Athens.
[after Edward Daniel Clarke.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink and watercolour sketch, image 260 x 160mm (10¼ x 6¼"). Folded at centre, fold taped.
An amateur copy of the portrait in 'Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia & Africa' by Edward Daniel Clarke (1769 - 1822), 1814.
[Ref: 39235] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Lion Tomb, Xanthus.]
[Etched by Charles Oliver Murray after William James Müller.]
['The Portfolio', 1882.]
Etching, proof. 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Creasing on right.
A view of the ruins of the Lion Tomb in Xanthos, Turkey, with trees and goats. William James Müller (1812-45) visited Greece and Egypt 1838-9, then Turkey 1843-4 as part of the archaeological expedition of Sir Charles Fellows, during which the Xanthus Marbles were taken for the British Museum. The watercolour this print is based on is also in the BM (1878,1228.97).
[Ref: 59905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Young Turks?]
SB 1904.
[France?, 1904.]
Unique Ink and watercolour. Sheet 440 x 350mm (17¼ x 13¾"). Chips in edges.
Faintly satirical portraits of six Turks, all wearing traditional fezzes. One sits on an ink pot titles 'Encre de la Toute Petite Vertu' ('ink of all small vertue'). 'The First Congress of Ottoman Opposition' had been held in Paris two years earlier, at which were 47 'Young Turk' delegates, with the second three years later. These men are probably members of the opposition-in-exile, although we have been unable identify them.
[Ref: 39219] £540.00

Vera Effigies Turcorum Imperatoris Ibrahim Filii, et Sultanæ, Eiusdem Matris. Sub pugna Nauali ab Equitibus Melitensibus captorum, inq Insulam Melitensem ab ductorum.
[1707.]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 190mm (11¾ x 7½''). Damaged.
A portrait of a Ottoman woman, thought at the time to be wife of Sultan Ibrahim I. An Ottoman convoy travelling from Constantinople was attacked in 1644 by the Knights Hospitaller of Malta, the ship was filled with pilgrims headed for Mecca. Historians have since disputed whether the woman captured was actually the wife of Sultan Ibrahim I. From 'Theatrum Europeaum' 1707 by Johann Peter Lotichius.
[Ref: 49710] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Quick Search

Search by Ref. Number

Browse by Subject

Browse by Artist

Browse by Engraver

New - Catalogue 136

Catalogue 135

Catalogue 134

Advanced Search