Grosvenor Prints

Audley House commonly call'd Audley End The Seat of Sir John Griffin Griffin Colonel of the First Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Lieut.t General of his Majestys Forces and Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath.
J. Hobcraft D. J. Austin Sc. [c.1765]
Rare engraving; platemark 340 x 465mm (13¼ x 18¼"). Messy.
Audley End House, Essex. Built by Thomas Howard, first earl of Suffolk c.1605-14, the house was transformed by the great Palladian architect Robert Adam for its then-owner, soldier Sir John Griffin Griffin in the 1760s (as shown here). The property is now maintained by English Heritage.
[Ref: 44833] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Braxted Park estate map, with mss. additions about shooting stands.]
Heliozincographed from 1/2500 Plans and Published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton [1904].
Heliozincographic map, overprinted in blue, with additional hand colour. Dissected and laid on linen, with marbled covers with Stanford label. 790 x 780mm, 31 x 30¾"
A sheet from the Ordnance Survey Second Edition, edited for use of the Braxted Park estate in Essex. These changes show the positions of the shooting stands and the names of the farms' tenants. In 1904 Braxted Park belonged to the Du Cane family: in 1919 it was sold to William Boulton, who then sold it to the Plessey Company in 1947, to be occupied by Sir Allen Clark, chairman of the company. Today the estate is now owned by a Clark family trust and managed by Sir Allen Clark’s grandson, Duncan Clark, as a country house venue, golf course and partridge shoot.
[Ref: 20866] £260.00 view all images for this item

The Independent Chapel, Castle-Hedingham, Essex.
...Thames lith (?).
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph, rare. 241 x 356mm. 9½ x 14". Trimmed, with some repairs.
The Independent Chapel, built in 1842 which now houses the United Reformed Church; possibly built by James Fenton, replacing and earlier building of 1708. The interior retains and 18th century pulpit from which Dr Isaac Watts is said to have preached.
[Ref: 25002] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Ichnography of Colchester. To the Honourable Philip Dorke Esq.r and his Consort The Lady Marchioness of Grey this Plate is most humbly inscrib'd.
[Philip Morant, n.d., c.1748.]
Engraving. Sheet: 305 x 540mm (12 x 21¼"). Trimmed, central vertical fold as normal.
A detailed plan of Colchester with a key from 'The History and Antiquities of Colchester in the County of Essex', 1748 by Philip Mordant.
[Ref: 42933] £220.00

The South-East Prospect of Colchester, in the County of Essex.
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan. 7.th 1741 Garden Court No.1 Middle Temple, London.
Engraving. Plate: 305 x 805mm (12 x 31¾"). Central fold as issued, old ink mss. plate number. Slight offsetting in top title.
A detailed prospect of Colchester, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right. From the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales'; an early printing, before the addition of a plate number top right.
[Ref: 46940] £380.00

Arnold's Farm, White Colne. The Property of H.H. Carwardine Esq.re.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet 220 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½").
White Colne, Essex.
[Ref: 31276] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Colne Place. - The Rev.d R. Watkinson's.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet 155 x 335mm (6 x 13¼"). Trimmed through inscription?
Part of the village of Earls Colne, Essex.
[Ref: 31274] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Earl's Colne Priory. The Residence of H.H. Carwidine Esq.re.
From a Sketch by Mrs Phillips made in August 1833.
[c.1835.]
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet 200 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Small tear in edge.
Colne Priory at Earls Colne, Essex, a Benedictine priory from c.1111AD to the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1541.
[Ref: 31275] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Copt-Hall in the County of Essex The Seat of Sr Thomas Webster Bart.
J. Mynde Sc.
[London, 1735.]
Copper engraving, sheet 480 x 570mm, 19 x 22½". Trimmed to plate; fold as normal, with creases.
Bird's eye view over Copped Hall or Copthall close to Epping in Essex; forecourt with circular enclosure leading up to entrance to hall, which is built around a central courtyard; formal gardens behind. A wooden fence surrounds the grounds; countryside with hills beyond. From John Farmer's 'The history of the ancient town and once famous Abbey of Waltham'
[Ref: 22384] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Easton Lodge a Seat of The Right Hon.ble Charles Lord Maynard in Essex.
T. Synner Del: 1756. P.C. Canot sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1756.]
Rare & extremely large copper engraving. 590 x 755mm (23¼ x 29¾") Tears in large margins.
An elevated view of the Elizabethan Easton Lodge near Great Dunmow, Essex, surrounded by landscaped woodlands. Built in 1597, it was burned down in 1847.
Ex Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 56256] £450.00

Essex. Railways. 13.
[James Reynolds, London 1863]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 185 x 240mm ( 7¼ x 9½"). Folded as issued, time staining along fold.
From 'Reynolds's Geological Atlas of Great Britain'. A map of the railways showing ones under constuction and stations.
[Ref: 56927] £40.00

Hadleigh Castle near the Nore.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square. 1832.
Very fine mezzotint. Plate: 175 x 255mm (7 x 10"), with very large margins. Slight mount burn.
A view of Hadleigh Castle in Essex after John Constable's 1814 oil painting. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. They worked very closely together with Constable often hand touching up the prints himself.
Wedmore 21. Shirley: 34.: II of V.
[Ref: 58195] £380.00

Harrow on the Hill
On Stone by L Haghe, from a painting by Mackay.
Published by J. Warren, Harrow.
Coloured lithograph, sheet 280 x 380mm (11 x 15") very large margins.
A street scene; pedestrians wander down the lane, one in scholarly dress, two men stop to look at a pocket watch and a man stops his horse and cart full of hay.
[Ref: 56571] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The geology of Harwich Harbour.]
R. Sheppard.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 210 x 265mm (8¼ x 10½"). Original binding folds. Large margins.
An illustration of a cliff in Harwich Harbour with a nine-point key. In the key 'H' marks 'Persons observing The Cliff', suggesting it was a known local landmark.
[Ref: 39328] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Herongate, Essex.
Frank Brangwyn [signed in pencil].
Etching, platemark 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½") very large margins.
The Boar's Head in Herongate, Essex, now a Grade II listed country pub. Etched by Frank William Brangwyn (Bruges, 1867 - London, 1956), one of the most influential etchers of the early twentieth century. Brangwyn had already established his reputation as a major painter and watercolourist at the time of his first etching in 1900. He was then quickly drawn more and more to the many possibilities of this artistic medium and by 1926 had completed 331 original etchings. Most of Brangwyn's art concentrated upon figure studies, architectural and marine subjects. He traveled extensively and many of his most famous etchings are of continental views, particularly scenes from Normandy, Belgium and Italy.
[Ref: 41222] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Hockley Spa, Near Raleigh, Essex. 36 Miles from London, Starting by the Eastern Counties Railway, from the Terminus Shoreditch, to Brentford, Leaving 18 Miles by Coach Direct.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Leaflet with wood engraved vignette. Sheet 250 x 160mm (9¾ x 6¼"). Laid on card.
A leaflet advertising Spa Pump Room, Hockley, with an image of the exterior. Designed by James Lockyer in 1842 and opened the following year, the building was initially popular, but by 1857 it was a Methodist chapel. It is now a Grade II listed building in private hands.
[Ref: 58563] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

South-West View of the Parish Church of Mistley in Essex.
R.t Adam Architect 1776. Tho.s Vivares incidit.
Published as the Act directs 1779.
Engraving. 440 x 580mm (17¼ x 22¾"). Printer's crease in top margin just entering image.
In 1776 Robert Adam was commissioned to redesign the Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Mistley in neoclassical style. He built towers at the east and the west ends and an entrance portico in the centre. Although most of the church was demolished in 1870 the towers remain; known as the Mistley Towers, they are Grade I listed. Published in Adam's 'Works on Architecture'.
[Ref: 47709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mistley near Harwich, Essex.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, July 1, 1822.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"), with large margins.
A view of the harbour at Mistley. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47156] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Purfleet in the County of Essex. Vüe du Purfleet dans le Comté d’Essex. No.18.
J.no Boydell Delin. & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside London. 1752.
Engraving, paper watermarked with large margins Plate 255 x 420mm (10 x 16½").
A view of Purfleet, on the River Thames, in Thurrock, Essex; ships and other small vessels on the water. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
Adams (London): 47.18.
[Ref: 29311] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Farm at Southend. Proof.
B [Robert Brandard]
1842.
Etching on chine collé, plate 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6"), with very small margins.
A country landscape of Southend-on-Sea. Robert Brandard (1805-62) was a landscape engraver, etcher, lithographer, miniature painter and watercolourist, son of engraver and copperplate printer, Thomas Brandard (d. 1830).
[Ref: 61174] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Inside View of St. Botolph's Priory Church.
[Anon.]
Published as the Act directs Aug.t 1 1791 by Rob.t Wilkinson 58 Cornhill
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 215 x 310mm (8½ x 12¼") very large margins. Sky oxidisation.
St Botolph's Priory, Colchester, one of the first Augustinian priories in England.
[Ref: 45166] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

View of Manningtree from Highlands.
1851.
Watercolour in sepia tones. Sheet size: 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Glued to backing sheet in corners.
A fine watercolour view of Manningtree, Essex, England from Highlands House, in the village of East Bergholt in Suffolk, just north of the Essex border. Bridges crossing the river Stour can be seen in the centre, with two large windmills in the distance. The high level of skill and accuracy of the painting would suggest that it was made by an architect.
[Ref: 37759] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Thurrock.] London. Sheet LXXXIII. Edition of 1894-96.
Photozincographed and Published by the Director General at the Ordinance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897.
Zincograph with hand colour, sheet 700 x 990mm, 27½ x 39". With stencilled sheet number and mss. notes. Laid on linen, some surface soiling, tears, edges chipped.
A large-scale plan (1/2500) of Thurrock, with part of Tilbury Docks. This sheet has been used to record the property of the Port of London Authority, noting sales.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 10973] £60.00

A View of Tilbury Fort, in the County of Essex.
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published 2d. March, 1773.
Copper Engraving, 180 x 270mm. 7 x 10½". Tipped into album page.
Tilbury Fort is on the north, Essex, bank of the River Thames and was built to defend London from attack from the sea, particularly during the Spanish Armada and the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Numbered '8' upper right.
[Ref: 9155] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Tilbury Ness.] Essex. Sheet LXXXVIII Edition of 1894-96.
Photozincographed and Published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897.
Zincograph with hand colour, sheet 700 x 990mm, 27½ x 39". With stencilled sheet number and mss. notes. Laid on linen, some surface soiling, tears, edges chipped.
A large-scale plan (1/2500) of the Thames at Tilbury Ness, marking Northfleet Hope and Gravesend Rach, with part of Tilbury Docks. This sheet has been used to record the property of the Port of London Authority, noting sales.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 10966] £180.00

This View of the Parsonage House, &c. West Tilbury, Essex, is Drawn and Lithographed; and presented to the Rev. James Hargreaves, M.A. by his Friend and former Coadjutor, the Rev. D.N. Walton, M.A. late Curate of Handsworth, Staffrdshire.
April 19th, 1845.
Printed at T.Underwood's Lithographic Establishment, 78½ High St. Birm.m.
Lithograph on india paper, laid on sheet with title. Printed area 370 x 51mm.
From the Watt Collection.
[Ref: 6427] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The South East Prospect of the Abby of Waltham Holy Cross, in the County of Essex. It was Founded by King Harold Anno 1065, who endowed it with large Revenues, for a Dean & Eleven Secular Black Canons, & dedicated it to the honour of a Holy Cross (from whence the Town has derived that addition to its Name) which according to a Monkish Tradition, was found far Westward form this place & brought hither, and was look’d upon in those superstitious Times as a great Miracle. [66 in ink]
James Peak, delin. et Sculp.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, 1763.
Engraving, Plate 291 x 350mm (11½ x 13¾"), large margins with watermark.
View of Waltham Abbey, from the path leading up to it; a large tree in left foreground, a man at the well to the right of the path, where a couple stroll towards the abbey; village houses in background.
[Ref: 29393] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)

Waltham Cross.
Drawn by T.R.Underwood. Engraved by G.I. Parkyns. Printed by I.Pushee.
London, Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1795 by T.Simpson St Paul's Church Yard, and Darling & Thompson, G.t Newport Str.t.
Aquatint. 365 x 290mm (14½ x 11½"). Trimmed into plate on right.
From Joseph Charles Barrow's 'Picturesque Views of Churches'. Originally issued by subscription 1791-2, only three of the intended six parts were published, a total of 12 views. This comes from a collected edition, not listed in Abbey.
See Abbey Scenery 2 for the subscription edition, this edition not listed.
[Ref: 15032] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Tilbury & Chadwell.] London. Sheet LXV. Edition of 1894-96.
Photozincographed and Published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897.
Zincograph with hand colour, sheet 700 x 990mm, 27½ x 39". With stenciled sheet number and mss. notes. Laid on linen, some surface soiling, tears, edges chipped.
A large-scale plan (1/2500) of Chadwell Marshes and West Tilbury. This sheet has been used to record the property of the Port of London Authority, noting sales.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 10987] £60.00

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