Grosvenor Prints

A True Representation of the Triumphal Car which conveyed S.r Francis Burdett, Bart. to the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, June 29th 1807. Dedicated to the 5134 Independent Electors of Westminster.
Publish'd July 21, 1807, by J. Aldis, N.º 9, Pavement, Moorfields, London.
Coloured etching. 240 x 370mm (9½ x 14½"). Trimmed close to printed border at sides. Small repaired loss left centre border.
A triumphal carriage used by Burdett after his resounding victory at the 1807 Westminster Election.
[Ref: 62122] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Correct Representation of Her Majesty Queen Caroline Returning From the House of Lords, 1820
I.R. Cruikshank fecit. R W ad vivam del.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street, London [n.d., c.1820].
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 205 x 410mm (8 x 16"). Trimmed to printed border, small tears in bottom left corner.
Caroline of Brunswick in an open coach with six horses and liveried footmen, being cheered by crowds in New Palace Yard.
[Ref: 62121] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Correct Representation of Her Majesty Queen Caroline Returning From the House of Lords, 1820
I.R. Cruikshank fecit. R W ad vivam del.t.
Pub.d by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's Street, London [n.d., c.1820].
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 215 x 410mm (8½ x 16"). Trimmed into printed border at sides
Caroline of Brunswick in an open coach with six horses and liveried footmen, being cheered by crowds in New Palace Yard.
[Ref: 62136] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Cleopatra's Needle and Waterloo Bridge] [No.5]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"), with very large margins.
View along the Embankment with Cleopatra's Needle in the Foreground against the backdrop of Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House.
[Ref: 62215] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Explanation of the Cosmorama.
[Printed Dec.r 1.st 1821, for La Belle Assembleé N.º 155.]
Aquatint. Sheet 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A diagram of the viewing room of the Cosmorama, an indoor peepshow at 29 St James's Street (later 207-209 Regent Street). The viewer would look through a confex lens at a small painting, which would look much larger and more distant.
[Ref: 62309] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabethan Houses, Holborn. No. 11]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"), with large margins.
View of Elizabethan Houses in High Holborn, London. Once home to Dr. Johnson from 1759-60, and it is recorded that here he wrote "Rasselas". The archway beneath the houses gave access to the Staple Inn.
[Ref: 62217] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Houses of Parliament from the South West.] [No.2]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching with letterpress text slip. Plate 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"), with very large margins.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from across the river looking towards the Lord Chancellor's chambers.
[Ref: 62209] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Clock Tower, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament.] [No.10.] [The Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament overlooking Westminster Bridge, contains the famous bell, so named in compliment to Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner of Works at the time the bell was cast. It weighs 13½ tons, and its chimes, which can be heard over a wide area of London, are broadcast daily as time signal by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Clock, reputed to be finest time keeper in the world, is wound by an electric motor. The faces of the Clock are illuminated when the House of Commons is in session. The minute hands are 14 feet long, and the minute spaces are one foot square. A Latin inscription round the dial four times asks God to save Victoria the First.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[Copyright. F.&M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.] [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), very large margins.
A view of the Big Ben clocktower from Westminster Bridge.
[Ref: 62210] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[St. Paul's Cathedral from the Great West Door.] [No.3]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 140mm. (7¾ x 5½"), with very large margins.
St Paul's Cathedral looking towards the Great West Door.
[Ref: 62214] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[London St. Paul's From the River. No. 7.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching with letterpress text slip. Plate 195 x 140mm. (7¾ x 5½"). Mint.
View across the Thames to St Paul's Cathedral, from the south bank; sailing craft on the river in foreground. Offered with original printed title label (with descriptive text).
[Ref: 62218] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Tower Bridge] [No.8]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 140 x 197mm. (5½ x 7 ¾"), with very large margins.
A View of Tower Bridge with Construction and a working Dock for the City in the background; traffic on the bridge and barges on the River Thames.
[Ref: 62216] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[St Martin-in-the-Fields Church] [No.13]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 135mm. (8 x 5¼"), with very large margins. Offered with original letterpress sheet.
A view of the Western Door to St Martin-in-the-Fields Church on Trafalgar Square, with the front of the National Gallery on left.
[Ref: 62212] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[London. Westminster Abbey, West View. No.1]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature]
[F. & M. Ltd, Bedford. n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 200 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"). With title (as above) and description on separate letterpress label.
View of Westminster Abbey with the Westminster Scholars War Memorial, also known as the Crimea and Indian Mutiny Memorial, outside.
[Ref: 62211] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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