Grosvenor Prints

The Eumenides of Aeschylus as Performed by Members of the University at the Theatre Royal Cambridge December 1885..
Drawn and Etched by Robert Farren.
Cambridge: Macmillan And Bowes, 1884.
Seven etchings. Each c. 180 x 225mm (7 x 9"), on thick paper with wide margins. With a duplicate plate on regular paper and a plate from one of Farren's earlier series.
The illustrated titlepage and six plates illustrating the staging of 'The Eumenides', the third and final play in the 'Oresteia', the story of Orestes, first performed in 458BC. The plates are titled in Greek letters. Although the illustrations are complete a printed cast list is lacking. Robert Farren (1832-1910) was a topographical etcher and illustrator, who owned a print business in Cambridge, before moving to Scarborough in 1889 for his health.
[Ref: 44549] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Dramata Theatri Pacis. [Text in centre:] Quod Regis Catholici Felicis Simis Auspiciis Serenissimum Ernestum Principem Opt.XVII. Ger. Inf. Provincias, Confecto &c.
[Petrus van der Borcht.]
[n.d. c.1595.]
Etching and engraving with letterpress on verso, scarce. Plate 330 x 457mm. 13 x 18". Very fine; centrefold as issued.
Interior of a theatre with various figures shown, illustration from Johannes Bochius "Descriptio pvblicae gratvlationis, spectacvlorvm et lvdorvm in adventv Sereniss. Principis Ernesti Archidvcis Avstriae..."; the ceremonial entry of Ernst, Archduke of Austria, into Antwerp.
[Ref: 27747] £390.00

De Vrede, als uit den hemel nederdalende, vertoond, by hat weder openen van den Amsteld. Schouwburg Ao.1749..In het Zinnespel Leeuwendaal herstadt door de Vrede.
[Amsterdam, c.1749.]
Engraving, image 190 x 285mm. 7½ x 11¼". Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet.
Interior of an Amsterdam theatre, a performance on stage. By Simon Fokke (printmaker; Dutch; Male; 1712 - 1784), engraver and etcher working for the Amsterdam book trade; also a collector.
For another ballet print of the Schouwbourg Theatre, see ref. 13317
[Ref: 26968] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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Armoedige Wooning. La Fleur. Meisje lief, laat ons wat t'zame praaten, Slaa je oogen eens op, laat ik je zoete bakkesje eens zien ...... Je moet je werk een pooeje daar laaten. Is daar zo veel haast by? De Deug.d.i.a.ame Armoede, I.ste Bedr. III.de Joon. Demeure de L'Indigence. Felix. Belle enfant, parlez-nous donc un peu; Levez cette tete charmante; comme vous travaillez!... Votre ouvrage presse t-il ai fort? L'indigent, Act. I. Sc. III.
A. van der Groen, inv. et pinx. 1776. R. Vinkeles, del. & figur inv. et. del. R. & H. Vinkeles, sculp 1777.
Te Amsterdam by Johannes Smit en Zoon, met Privilegie.
Engraving. Plate 362 x 426mm. 14¼ x 16¾".
Leidseplein City Theatre scene, and interior of 'virtuous poverty'. Two men overlook a woman spinning at a wheel centre stage.
In the Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief.
[Ref: 22795] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Study of Sir Henry Irving by Aubrey Beardsley "Becket" [upper left]
ABeardsley [lower left]
Mixed-media, platemark 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5").
Sir Henry Irving in the title role of Tennyson's 'Becket' at the Lyceum Theatre in 1893, after the legendary Victorian illustrator Aubrey Beardsley (1872-98).
See BM 1960,0409.502
[Ref: 37936] £800.00

Mlle. Colombe L'Ainee. Pensionnaire du Roy. Née a Venise eu 1754 ei recue a la Comedie Italienne en 1773. Ciel! ou Fuis-je......Belinde act 1er Scen 3e de la colonie.
Dessiné et Frave par Patas.
Se vend a Paris chez atas Graveur Rue du Platre ai cpom de ce;;e St.Jacques Maison de la Mde.de Modea. [n.d., c.1775.]
Engraving 290 x 410mm (11½ x 16¼").
Marie-Theodore Thérèse Ruggieri, was known as Mlle. Colombe being employed by the Comedie Italienne at an earlier time than her older sister. Marie-Catherine (1751-1830), Marie-Thérèse (1754-1837) and Marie-Madeleine Riggieri (1760-1841), known as Adeline, were among the most celebrated demi-mondaines of their era. Under the stage name 'Colombe', the beautiful (and notorious) Venetian-born actresses made a sensation in late eighteenth-century Paris. Jean Baptiste Patas french printmaker 1748 - 1817 may also be Charles Emmanuel Patas. This prints may be based on a composition by Fragonard who painted the famous actresses.
[Ref: 10548] £320.00

Comedy To the Baron Obendorff, Minister to His most Serence Highness the Elector Palatine, this Plate is Dedicated by His most humble and obedient Servant H. Sitzenich.
Angelica Kauffman del.t Sintzenich Sculpt.
John Boydell exc.t 1782. publish'd Oct.r 1.st 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple, 280 x 215mm. Fine.
A young woman holding a mask in her left hand.
[Ref: 8419] £330.00

[A comedy.]
Imp. Bertauts, Paris [c.1850].
Lithograph on india laid paper, image 135 x 240mm. 5¼ x 9½". Sheet foxed.
Three comic actors performing on stage dressed as harlequins/clowns. With collector's blindstamp of Adolphe Moreau below dated 1851, and stamped with number 'II' upper left corner of sheet. Moreau's collection of 19th century French paintings compiled in the 1840s was augmented between 1898 and 1906 by Impressionist works bought by his grandson Etienne Moreau-Nélaton, the painter and art historian. The entire collection was given to the French state in 1906 and divided between the Musée du Louvre and Musée d'Orsay.
[Ref: 10416] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Comic Dance in the Popular Pantomine of the white Cat by Mess.rs Kirby & Chatterley to the Tune of the Bold Dragoon.
Drawn & Etched by W. Heath.
pub 5th of Jan.y 1812 by T. Palser Bridge Road Lambeth.
Coloured etching. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Large margins on 3 sides.
A scene of two clowns, James Kirby (died 1826) in drag & William Simmons Chatterley (1787-1822) with white face and red triangles, the signature look of Joseph Grimaldi's 'Joey' clown.
[Ref: 33086] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Taf I. Don Ranudo de Collibrados. [Inside the image]: Ranudo Trinculo Nerilos. Aurelio Sancio. Ramirez Caspor. Theophras Caritos. Philippo Manuel. Gusman Theodoro. ..ippolito ..epham. Antonio Prospero Alphonso. Mustalado Lopez. Don Ranudo de Colibrados.
W. Henschel del: F. Henschel, sc.
[n.d. c.1815.]

Don Ranudo de Colibrados. Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (1684-1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, and spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature, and is best known for the comedies he wrote in 1722–1723 for the theatre in Lille Grønnegade in Copenhagen.
[Ref: 13007] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Harry Dornton, The Go.___Beating the Watchmen___Pl.3
Publish'd Sept.r 26, 1803, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint, platemark 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Late impression; trimmed inside margin lower edge; nicks in margins; 'CL-B' collector's stamp verso.
Scene from 'Road to Ruin', the major theatrical success of writer Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809). The play was first staged in 1792 and ran every season into the 1800s. The play satirises the reckless ways of Harry Dornton, who is shown here defending his friend against watchmen, a scene apparently set in Covent Garden Piazza.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36216] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[In ink along top:] Jardins de Trianon a Versailles. 28. armand Louis de goutant Nieay Duc de Laugun. 32 ans. Mr. Scott Craven.
Ch. Bianchini [stamped in red ink at lower right with signature.]
[n.d. c.1890.]
Pen and black ink, watercolour. 310 x 235mm. 12¼ x 9¼".
Costume design for the Duke of Laugun, by Charles Bianchini (1860-1905) designer for the Opera Comique and Paris Opera. An "A. Scott-Craven" was active on the london stage in musical theatre around the turn of the 20th Century.
Ex Collection: Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 22694] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. The Early Bird. What Tired Already? Shut Its Dear Little Mouth, For I Am Engaged By Twenty More Partners!
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 381 x 279mm. Light foxing to margins.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,’ where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News’ as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7814] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Globe on the Banke Side, where Shakspere acted. From the long Antwerp view of London in the Pepsyian Library...[&] William Kempe the original Performer of Dogberry in Much ado about Nothing. From a Wooden cut Prefixed to Kempes Nine Daies Wonder 4.to. 1600.
[n.d., c.1813.]
Two engravings on one sheet, with large margins. J. Whatman watermark 1813. Sheet: 275 x 450mm (10¾ x 17¾").
Two nineteenth century engraved copies of early seventeenth century woodcuts, one showing the famous Globe Theatre, the second showing Elizabethan actor William Kempe (d.1603) in the role of Dogberry.
[Ref: 42038] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Le Singe.]
I. Mortimer inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[T. Lowndes Published Nov.r 24 1779.]
Etching with engraving, proof before all letters. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½").
Monkey in a room biting a man's ear from behind, two men watching from behind with their arms open. Behind them stand two women embracing each other in front of a men; three further men in front of a door to the left. Illustration to "Evelina" by Frances Burney.
De Vesme: 1692, this state not known to De V.
[Ref: 20434] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The Fair Penitent!! Illustrations of Plays
[Anon., c.1830]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 130 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet with other small prints.
Woman on a treadmill, supervised by a man with a whip and a back woman impeaching him to show mercy. Scene from 'The Fair Penitent', Nicholas Rowe's 1702 adaptation of an earlier play, 'The Fatal Dowry'.
[Ref: 43927] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Front Box.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Image 151 x 95mm. 6 x 3¾". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
Probably the Royal Family.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14430] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Galerie Théâtrale / Gandolin (Troupe du Marais) / ((Année 1634) / Gandolin par sa Réthorique / Nous fait la rate épanouir [...]
Delacluse del. / Prud'hon Sculp.t / Ecrit par Beaublé / Imprimé par Langlois
Déposé à la Direct.on de la Librairie. [n.d., c.1810]
Stipple printed in colour with large margins, platemark 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8½").
Gandolin, celebrated comic actor at the Théâtre du Marais in the 17th century, with verses below paying tribute to his ability. He specialised in playing a role similar to that of Harlequin.
Harvard 2.
[Ref: 35594] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Garrick, in the character of Abel Drugger.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co,, Pall Mall, East, March 3rd 1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 530 x 355mm (21 x 14"). Wear and soiling of inscription area and margins, lacking pasted label correcting astist's name. Small margins.
The actor stands, pipe in hand, before a table of alchemist's books and paraphernalia. The plate has the name of Reynolds as painter instead of the Johann Zoffany; this proof was issued with a pasted correction label, resulting in a clean area around the name as in this example.
Whitman 98 state I.
[Ref: 48980] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Garrick in the Farmer's Return.
Zoffany Pinxit. J. Boydell excudit. J. G. Haid fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament March 1st. 1766, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate: 430 x 500mm (17 x 19¾"). Trimmed to plate on lower edge. Glued to a backing sheet at corners. Slight staining in title area. Thread margins.
A theatrical scene showing David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in Garrick's play'The Farmer's Return from London' as performed at the Drury Lane Theatre. The farmer sits in the centre of the image recounting a tale to a woman and two children, the woman almost drops a jug in alarm and the young boy tips his candle dangerously.
CS: 3 II of II.
[Ref: 46179] £580.00

Germany.
Alf Cooke. Leeds.
[n.d., 1887.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 250 x 145mm, 9¾ x 9¾".
A dancer in a glamourous version of the German ceremonial military uniform, holding a standard with imperial eagles and the Iron Cross. The costume was made for the Army and Navy ballet at London's Alhambra Theatre. Although the theatre 'specialized in beautiful ballets' it was notorious as a meeting place for prostitutes and their clients.
Not in Ogilby. See Ref: 40008
[Ref: 16944] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

The Globe on the Bancke Side, where Shakspere acted. From an Old View of London published in 1579.
James Coleman, Heraldic and Genealogical Bookseller. 22 High Street, Bloomsbury, London W.C. on William Shakspeare's Birth-day: 23rd April 1864.
Woodblock. Sheet size: 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼").
A commemorative etching celebrating the birth of William Shakespeare, depicting the Globe Theatre, published as part of catalogue XXXIV by James Coleman, 1864.
[Ref: 37824] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Grenadier.
Alf Cooke. Leeds.
[n.d., 1887.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 250 x 145mm, 9¾ x 9¾".
A dancer in a glamourous version of the uniform of the Grenadier Guards, with bearskin. The costume was made for the Army and Navy ballet at London's Alhambra Theatre. Although the theatre 'specialized in beautiful ballets' it was notorious as a meeting place for prostitutes and their clients.
Not in Ogilby. See Ref: 16944
[Ref: 16939] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Arlequin. kHeb de Eijeren kelck, hum zel ze ook zelf uitbroei, Zie, zie drie Tongen zyn reeds uit den dop gekropen…Chile. Hoc Arlequin! wat's dit zit je op het broeinest, maat?...Want Gekken kunnon niet dan Jonge Gekken kweken. 6.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching and engraving with large margins. Plate 230 x 210mm (9 x 8¼"). Creasing.
Two Harlequins, one sat in a basket with three babies; and the other leaning foward to embrace him.
[Ref: 30051] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Principal Scene in Harlequin every where.
Painted by Cipriani and Richards. Engraved by Bonner.
[n.d., c.1796.]
Engraving. 110 x 165mm, 4¼ x 6½".
A scene in Tartarus (the Greek Hell) from "The Mirror or Harlequin Everywhere" by Charles Dibden, first performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1779. The tortured include: Sisyphus, cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill; Prometheus, having his liver eaten by an eagle; Tantalus, chained to a rock in a river with a berry bush hanging just out of reach above his head; Ixion, bound to a fiery wheel; and Salmoneus, chained under an overhanging rock forever threatening to fall.
[Ref: 13586] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Harlequinade Quadrille, composed & dedicated to Young England, by Fred: Godfrey.
G Didit. Stannard & Dixon imp.
London, Robert Cocks & C.o New Burlington Street, Regent Street, W. [n.d. c.1870.]
Music sheet, pp. 8 with chromolithograph cover. Sheets 365 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Nicks and tears to edges. Front cover minus pt top right.
Printed illustrated music sheet cover for 'The Harlequinade Quadrille', composed by Fred Godfrey. On the cover, traditional characters of the Harlequinade: Pantaloon Columbine, Clown and Harlequin. The latter two were portrayed by the Payne Brothers, famous pantomime entertainers.
[Ref: 59640] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Horse Guard.
Alf Cooke. Leeds.
[n.d., 1887.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 250 x 145mm, 9¾ x 9¾".
A dancer in a glamourous version of the uniform of the Horse Guards. The costume was made for the Army and Navy ballet at London's Alhambra Theatre. Although the theatre 'specialized in beautiful ballets' it was notorious as a meeting place for prostitutes and their clients.
Not in Ogilby. See Ref: 16939
[Ref: 16937] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Hyder Ali or the Lions of Mysore.
Printed by W. Clerk. 41 Dean S.t. Soho. [n.d., c.1831.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 260 x 205mm, (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
An illustration of a scene from a play shown at Drury Lane Theatre in 1831 called 'Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore' which incorporated scenes of animal taming by the first famous lion tamer Henri Martin (1793-1882). Martin played the title of role of Sadhusing, the son of Hyder Ali who escapes into the forest during a battle and befriends the lions.
[Ref: 39441] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Hyder Ali or the Lions of Mysore. The Combat between Sadhuing and the Lion as Performed at Drury Lane Theatre.
[Printed by W. Clerk. 41 Dean S.t. Soho. n.d., c.1831.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 210 x 165mm, (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed.
An illustration of a scene from a play shown at Drury Lane Theatre in 1831 called 'Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore' which incorporated scenes of animal taming by the first famous lion tamer Henri Martin (1793-1882). Martin played the title of role of Sadhusing, the son of Hyder Ali who escapes into the forest during a battle and befriends the lions. This scene shows Martin supposedly engaged in combat with his lion.
[Ref: 39440] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Italy.]
Alf Cooke. Leeds.
[n.d., 1887.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 245 x 145mm, 9½ x 9¾".
A dancer in a glamourous version of the Italian ceremonial military uniform, holding a standard, with the Colosseum behind. The costume was made for the Army and Navy ballet at London's Alhambra Theatre. Although the theatre 'specialized in beautiful ballets' it was notorious as a meeting place for prostitutes and their clients.
Not in Ogilby. See Ref: 40008
[Ref: 17419] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Galerie Théâtrale / Jaquemin-Jadot (Théâttre de l'hotel de Bourgogne) / ((Année 1634) / Jacquemin avec sa posture, / Sa grimace et son action [...]
Couré del. / Prud'hon Sculp.t / Ecrit par Beaublé / Imprimé par Langlois
Déposé à la Direct.on de la Librairie. [n.d., c.1810]
Stipple printed in colour with large margins, platemark 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8½").
François Mestivier, celebrated farceur in 17th century France, who played farce as Jacquemin-Jadot. Verses below paying tribute to his ability.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 35595] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Voyex-vous ma chère! C’est la police que fait jouer ces polichinels lá, pour détourner l’attention!!........Je suis sure qu’ils ne savent plus comment faire pour enterer l’Empereur!!.....Il n’est pas mort!!!........
Pruche [inside image.] Imp….
La Mode, 11 Juillet 1840. Rue Pauthout 28.
Lithograph. 323 x 242mm. 12¾ x 9½".
A punch and judy show entertains the children whilst four adult figures stand behind; one man dressed as woman, very unconvincingly.
[Ref: 15701] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Alfred Crowquill's Sketches From Jullien's Bal Masque. The Lion & The Lamb. Perhaps You'd Like To Take The Lady From Me Sir?
Alfred Crowquill, delt. et lith. M & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by E. Sidebetham, 38, Burlington Arcade [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured lithograph, sheet 380 x 280mm. Light foxing to margins, some spotting to image.
Illustrations to Jullien's Bal Masque quadrille, by Alfred Henry Forrester, best known under the name of Alfred Crowquill (1804 - 1872). Louis Antoine Jullien (1812 -1860) conducted a series of winter season promenade concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre, which were highly successful; and on March 4th, 1844, the first bal-masqué given in England in the 19th century took place at Covent Garden under his auspices. In 1822 Forrester wrote for the Hive and in 1823 for the Mirror. He next applied himself to the study of drawing and modelling, as well as to wood and steel engraving. He was also the writer of burlesques, drew pantomimic extravaganzas for the pictorial papers, and exhibited pen-and-ink sketches in the miniature room of the Royal Academy in 1845 and 1846. For a time he contributed sketches to ‘Punch,’ where his work will be found in vols. ii. iii. and iv., and then went over to the ‘Illustrated London News’ as a member of the literary and pictorial staff. As a writer and illustrator of his own writings he was very popular; upwards of twenty works came from his pen, many of them being children's books. For some years the London pantomimes were indebted to him for designs, devices, and effects. In 1851 he modelled a statuette of the Duke of Wellington, which he produced a fortnight before the duke's death and presented to Queen Victoria and the allied sovereigns. At the time when he originally started as an artist there was not much competition, and he consequently found constant work. His works have enjoyed a considerable amount of popularity.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7818] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Liverpool.
[after James Winston.]
London, Publish'd Decr. 1, 1804, by T. Woodfall, Villiers St. Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, sheet 200 x 250mm. 7¾ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate.
The theatre at Liverpool. Plate to 'The Theatrical Tourist; being a genuine collection of ... views, with brief ... accounts of all the principal provincial theatres in the United Kingdom. By a Theatric Amateur (James Winston).'
Abbey Scenery: 29, 16.
[Ref: 11538] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Plate from 'Amore prigioniero in Delo' by Giacinto Lodi.]
Gio: Batta: Coriolano [engraved in reverse].
[n.d., c.1630.]
Etching. Sheet 235 x 295mm (9¼ x 11½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into image on left, losing c.50mm. Very small wormhole centre bottom.
A festival float representing Venus with Nereids in a pool, accompanied by knights and soldiers. The last of 15 plates in Lodi's 'Love Held Prisoner on Delos', an account of a 1628 tornament in Bologna in honour of Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. This example is a reversed copy.
The BM also has one plate, Y,8.125, also reversed.
[Ref: 55421] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Travestissemens. No.7. Magicienne.
Gatine sculp.
[La Mèsangère.][n.d., c.1828.]
A rare engraving with hand colouring. Plate: 300 x 200mm (12 x 8").
A scarce costume plate showing a female magician. The magician wears a costume decorated with devils, snakes and daggers. From the series 'Travestissemens' published by La Mèsangère between 1827-1830.
[Ref: 46689] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Henri Martin] Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore. Sadhusing extracating his Children from the Boa Constrictors, as performed at Drury Lane Theatre.
W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean Str Soho.
Published by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1831].
Lithograph with fine hand colour. . Sheet: 160 x 185mm (6¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, two tears in right edge. Tear in left edge.
A scene from 'Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore', a play shown at Drury Lane Theatre in 1831 which incorporated scenes of animal taming by the first famous lion tamer Henri Martin (1793-1882). Martin played the title of role of Sadhusing, the son of Hyder Ali who escapes into the forest during a battle and befriends the lions. This scene shows Martin performing with Boa Constrictors which were made to appear as if they were attacking the small boys.
[Ref: 55511] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Henri Martin] Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore. Sadhusing sleeping on his Lion, as performed at Drury Lane Theatre.
[Printed by W. Clerk. 41 Dean S.t. Soho.]
[London: S. Gans, n.d., c.1831.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed.
An illustration of a scene from a play shown at Drury Lane Theatre in 1831 called 'Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore' which incorporated scenes of animal taming by the first famous lion tamer Henri Martin (1793-1882). Martin played the title of role of Sadhusing, the son of Hyder Ali who escapes into the forest during a battle and befriends the lions. This illustration shows the scene in which Martin amazed his audience by sleeping on the lion.
[Ref: 39438] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Mathews] Mr. Mathews. Portrait of Himself And as Representing Four Extraordinary Characters. That this Print may not be mistaken for a collection of subjects merely Theatrical, it has been deemed expedient to accompany it by a short explanation of its object. _ The characters introduced are all taken from the life. _ The principal figure is an Idiot amusing himself with a fly: _ The next o him a Drunken Ostler, (introduced in 'Killing no Murder'.) _ The third an extraordinary fat man whose manners and appearance suggested the idea of Mr. Wiggins, in the face of that name: _ And the last Fond Barney, a character well known on the York Race course. _ The intention of the Artist is to present a portrait of Mr. Mathews as Studying those characters for imitation, preserving at the same time his likeness, as varied in the representation of each.
Painted by G.H. Harlow. Engraved by H.y Meyer, Red Lion Sq.re Bloomsbury 1819.
London Published April 1st 1819 for the Proprietor, No 3 Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury.
Stipple. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"), with very large margins.
A scene incorporating five portraits of the actor Charles Mathews (1776-1835) in roles from different plays.
[Ref: 51478] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Mesetin.
[Martin Engelbrecht., c.1740.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 235 x 155mm. 9¼ x 6". Stain from verso form colouring to another character.
A harlequin in the Commedia dell'arte. By Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9724] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[And if he answers that, Madam, through my small guts, my breath, blood and mistress are all at his service] From Scene I. Miss in her Teens, or the Medley of Lovers.
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [c.1774]
Mezzotint, sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Fine impression; trimmed inside plate bottom edge, losing text; blue chalk marks.
A man demonstrates his courage and determination by brandishing his small-sword to the admiration of two women in a room. Scene from 'Miss in her Teens', a two-act farce by David Garrick which first opened to great acclaim in 1747.
[Ref: 40820] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Mummer].
Joseph Simpson. [signed in pencil].
[n.d. c.1927].
Etching, edition limited to 75. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼").
The term 'mummers' has been used since medieval times to describe performers of several different kinds, usually in broadly comic performances in rhyme. Joseph Simpson [1879 - 1939], painter and etcher of portraits and sporting subjects. He was born in Carlisle and studied art at Glasgow School of Art. He became a close friend of D.Y. Cameron and was elected RBA in 1909. Simpson designed covers for Edinburgh publishers and was a prolific designer of bookplates. In 1918 he became an official war artist for the RAF and was stationed in France. Simpson was already forty-five when he took up etching in 1925, at the height of the boom period for the medium. His first twenty or so plates were etched with a gramophone needle and printed by the artist himself on the small press lent to him by a local Carlisle printing firm. His first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March 1926. His friend Frank Brangwyn wrote the catalogue introduction. A second highly successful show was staged in November 1926 by Alex, Reid and Lefevre in London. Simpson exhibited in Munich, Venice, Florence & Stockholm.
[Ref: 5535] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Nicodeme. [&] Babichon.
L Vigee Pinx. Simon Duflos Sculp.
[French, n.d., c.1750s.]
Pair of etchings, each c.290 x 200mm. 11½ x 8". Several small filled holes.
Actor and actress dressed as characters from the Opéra Comique; in villagers' clothes, standing in a rural landscape. Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the tradition of popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne), which combined popular tunes with spoken sections. Four columns of verse in French as spoken by the character beneath each image. After portrait painter Louis Vigée (French, 1715 - 1767). Vigee presented three small paintings representing characters from the Opéra Comique at the Académie de Saint-Luc in 1751.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 19868] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Opera.
W. & J.O. Clerk lithog 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Pewtress 67 Newington Causeway, & Ackermann & Co 96 Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Finely hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 365 x 265mm. 14¼ x 10½". Some staining.
A young lady in her box at an operatic performance; leaning on the parapet, she holds an opera glass in her gloved right hand.
[Ref: 22593] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The Opera House.
Drawn & Engraved by Daniel Havell.
London, Published by J. Taylor, High Holborn, 1826.
Etching and aquatint, rare, 160 x 250mm. 6¼ x 9¾". Printer's(?) crease into right side of plate.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. The name of the theatre changes with the sex of the monarch. The theatre was established by architect and playwright John Vanbrugh, in 1705, as the Queen's Theatre. It first became the King's Theatre in 1714 on the accession of George I. It was renamed Her Majesty's Theatre in 1837. After 1709, the theatre was devoted to Italian opera and was sometimes known informally as The Opera House. Numbered 'Plate III' upper right. From Edward Wedlake Brayley's 'Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London ... Illustrated with a view of each theatre ... drawn and engraved by the late Daniel Havell' (1826)
Abbey 227, 3. BL Cup.402.i.8.
[Ref: 21618] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Orange Girl.]
J.H. Benwell del. Walker Excud.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London Publish'd Dec.r 2.nd 1786, by J. Walker, No.148, Strand.
Etching with stipple and large margins. Plate 274 x 221mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Slight mark.
Half-length young woman, body facing three-quarter to right, head turned in profile to right, wearing a hat with ribbons, holding a basket of oranges in right hand, a paper inscribed "Theatre Royal, Drury-lane Isabella". Isabella, or, The Fatal Marriage, was a play by Thomas Southerne, which was adapated by Garrick with Sarah Siddons playing the title role.
De Vesme 1288: ii/iv.
[Ref: 28904] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Pantomime, the Prize Comic Song, for which the Canterbury Hall premium of £10 was awarded. The poem by J. Vandenburgh, the music arranged by J. Harroway, as sung by Sam Cowell. Nos. 889-90.
The Musical Treasury. London: Davidson, 19 Peter's Hill, Doctors' Commons. [n.d. c.1849.]
Music sheet, pp. 4 with chromolithograph cover. Sheets 350 x 265mm (13¾ x 10½"). Slightly foxed, some tears to edges.
Printed illustrated music sheet cover for 'The Pantomime', words by J. Vandenbergh, music by J. Harroway and sung by Sam Cowell. llustrated with an image of Pantaloon, Columbine, Harlequin and Clown, possibly Joseph Grimaldi's 'Joey' clown.
[Ref: 59637] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Pierrot. Collection Grevin.
[***] Londres, S. Miller, 37 Tavistock St. Imp. Becquet à Paris. pv. [n.d., 1870]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 315 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Toning in margins.
A traditional pierrot, dressed in white with a black mask over his eyes and nose. Miller published 'Costumes de théâtre: catalogue des collections des costumes de théâtres' in 1894.
[Ref: 38829] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Pierrot.
C.P.S. Mai. Mart. Enelbrecht A.V. [n.d., c.1740.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, 240 x 155mm. 9½ x 6". Some soiling; lower right corner of sheet missing.
In the Commedia dell'arte, Pedrolino, or Pierrot in French pantomime, is a servant dressed in white. Here he carries a musket over his shoulder, some hunting trophies hanging from his belt. By Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg. Numbered '5' upper right.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9723] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Pollock's Scenes in Whittington and his Cat. No.12 Trick Scene
London, Published by B. Pollock, 73 Hoxton Street, Hoxton [n.d., c.1870]
Wood engraving with hand-colouring, scarce; sheet 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾").
Toy theatre scene from the story of Dick Whittington, published by Benjamin Pollock. This unusually interesting backdrop of a London street shows the shop of an 'Oil and Colourman' and and emigration office advertising 'The Gold Fields of Australia'. The stock of slides and plates which remained after Pollock's death in 1937 formed the basis of a museum in London.
See: Ref: 35742 for b/w version.
[Ref: 32286] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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