Grosvenor Prints

The Canonical Beau, or Mars in the Dumps. Engraved after an Original Picture of Mr John Collett, in the Possession of Mr. Bradford.
J. Collett pinx.t. J. Goldar sculps.t.
Published by T.Bradford, No.132 Fleet Street, & H.Parker, No 82 Cornhill, as the Act directs, 25th Oct.r 1768.
Engraving with etching, fine impression. 335 x 375mm (13½ x 14¾"). Folds around image within platemark.
Three young ladies, two elderly women and a pug dog are clustered fawning around a clergyman, to the dismay of a young ex-soldier with a wooden leg who sits disgruntled at the other end of the sofa with the head of a hound in his lap. An open book is titled 'The Church triumphant'.
BM 1954,1103.397.
[Ref: 56162] £360.00

The Coaxing Wife.
[Engrav'd from an Original Picture Painted by Mr,, John Collet.] Morris Sculp.
[London Printed for Rt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street and Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside.] [n.d. c.1770.]
Engraving. 241 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Cut inside the plate mark with some staining.
Sat at a table are a husband and wife; he drinks whilst she caresses his chin engaging his gaze so that she can pass a note to a younger gentleman caller stood to the right, who receives the note graciously and boldly kisses her hand. In the foreground are two dogs, one with the collar engraved 'Capt. Winwite.' and the other 'the Rev.d Mr Dupe'. A cat scrambles on the table knocking the jug of beer or cider. Another woman peers in through the door on the right. Two prints on the wall "Cuckolds Point" and a Map of Cape Horn.
BM Satires: 4596.
[Ref: 52234] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Young Sweep in Love, or the House-Maid's Conquest.
Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard London. Publish'd 29 May 1773.
Mezzotint with etching and hand-colouring, sheet 145 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"). Trimmed to image, losing publication line.
A chimney-sweep reaches up to kiss a tall housemaid while another servant, hiding under the mantelshelf, watches on. Behind, fireplace with bellows hanging, pestle and mortar and candles on a shelf, and 'A New Love Song' stuck to the wall. Reduced version of an earlier print itself derived from a different print, 'The Unfortunate Discovery', after John Collet (c.1725-80), painter and prolific designer of humorous scenes for publishers to make prints of.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; see BM Satires 4589 for larger version.
[Ref: 32374] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Female Orators. Engraved from an Original Picture Painted by Mr John Collet.
M. Rennoldson sculp.
Printed for Jn.o Smith No. 35 Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs Nov.r 20, 1768.
Rare engraving with etching. 225 x 365mm (8¾ x 14½"), with wide margins on 3 sides. Repaired tear , surface abrasion at top of image. Very slight loss & crease top left.
A confrontation between two market women in Covent Garden. A man taps her shoulder and points with amusement at a bill on a wall above, reading ''Theatre Royal Covent Garden Epicoene or the Silent Woman''. A gentleman exits a sedan with a hands over his ear.
BM: 1948,0214.497.
[Ref: 54572] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Jealous Maids. His Lordship loves the Amourous Game; / His gadding Lady does the same; / The Maids as their Mistress do, / The Footman apes his Master too.
John Collett pinx.t. Rob.t Lawrie fecit.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 255 x 335mm (10 x 13¼''), large margins. Paper lightly toned.
A footman flirts with one maid while another looks on, sewing. A pair to 'The Rival Milleners'.
BM: 2010.7081.1181
[Ref: 60442] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

An Officer in the Light Infantry, driven by his Lady to Cox-Heath. 391.
From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possesion of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9.th Nov.r 1778.
Extremely rare and fine mezzotint, 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Trimmed to plate at the bottom. paper toned. Mount burn. Light creasing.
A scene depicting the road 'To Cox Heath', as indicated on the sign post on the left, behind which is a wagon carrying three figures, with a sign inscribed, 'Maidstone Stage Wagon', on the side. In the foreground, a young woman in a quasi military costume is standing up in a small horse drawn cart, flourishing a whip in her right hand, driving two small ponies, both of which have head plumes. A stout officer sleeps at her side, with his hands locked in front of him, as a small dog sits beside him.
[Ref: 67695] £480.00

Lion and Horse.
[J. Collett Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer & John Bennett, Print & Mapsellers, Nº 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st July 1774.
Mezzotint, fine impression; 455 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"). Thread margins, chipped to plate in places, repaired tears into image at top, repaired damage in inscription area.
Pastiche of Stubbs' horse and lion subjects, issued as a companion to Robert Sayers' reprint of Stubbs' 'Lioness and Lion' by George Townley Stubbs. Lennox-Boyd (p.123) supposes that Collett's painting was commissioned by the publisher specifically with a view to being engraved as a pair for the Stubbs print. John Collet (c.1725-80) was a painter and prolific designer of predominantly humorous scenes for publishers to make prints from.
See Lennox-Boyd p.23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66413] £680.00

Lion and Horse.
[J. Collett Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer & John Bennett, Print & Mapsellers, Nº 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st July 1774.
Mezzotint. 455 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, creasing, unidentified collector's blindstamp in inscription area bottom left & right.
Pastiche of Stubbs' horse and lion subjects, issued as a companion to Robert Sayers' reprint of Stubbs' 'Lioness and Lion' by George Townley Stubbs. Lennox-Boyd (p.123) supposes that Collett's painting was commissioned by the publisher specifically with a view to being engraved as a pair for the Stubbs print. John Collet (c.1725-80) was a painter and prolific designer of predominantly humorous scenes for publishers to make prints from.
See Lennox-Boyd p.23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Lugt L.2872.
[Ref: 66414] £680.00

The Manchester Hero, or Arts yield to Arms. From the Original Picture by John Collett, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard. Published as the Act directs, 20 April 1778.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with very large margins. In mount measuring 595 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Mint.
The willing victim of a recruitment party.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires 4556.
[Ref: 64507] £360.00

[An officer.]
Collet inv.t et del. T. Cook sculp.
[London, Robert Sayer, c.1770?]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 135mm (8 x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription.
An officer, sword at hip, leaning on a cane. From the series 'Six Whole Length Figures, cloathed in Modern Taste...'.
[Ref: 51964] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Pretty Bar Maid.
From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. _ Published as the Act directs, 2.d July, 1778.
Coloured mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Very small margins, laid on board.
The patrons of a public house gather around the pretty barmaid. Under the bar a dog urinates on 'The Gazette extraordinary'.
[Ref: 63425] £320.00

The Pretty Waterwoman, Or Admiral Purblind just run a ground by Paggy Pullaway.
From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print warehouse, No.69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London, Publish'd as the Act directs, 12 April 1780.
Very fine mezzotint, plate 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins.
A gaily dressed young woman wearing a feathered hat tilted forward on her high-dressed hair and a low-cut bodice sculls a naval officer who sits in the stern. The admiral is in naval uniform with a pigtail queue and holds his cane in the water and looking through a single eye-glass at a swan accompanied by a cygnet. A King Charles dog puts its paws on the edge of the boat and looks at the swan.Oon the stern of the boat is a design of a cupid riding on a dolphin. The water winds among lawns, trees, and bushes. In the middle distance two ladies are fishing; one holds a rod over the water, the other, seated beside her, holds up a fish.
[Ref: 63090] £680.00

The Refusal. Engraved after an Original Picture of Mr John Collett, in the Possession of Mr. Bradford.
J. Collett pinxit. J. Goldar sculpsit.
Published by T.Bradford, No.132 Fleet Street, London: 1st Feb.y 1768, as the Act Directs.
Engraving. 335 x 370mm (13¼ x 14½"), with large margins. Repaired tear bottom right.
An oval interior scene, within a window in a stone wall, with a young man sitting with his arms folded, looking at a prostitute who leans across the round table in front of him, on which are empty glasses and a bottle of wine, putting one arm on his shoulder persuasively. An elderly woman can be seen standing behind her on the left, drinking from a punch bowl.
BM Satires 4256.
[Ref: 61439] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised but after 1779]
Mezzotint with etching. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt who run in from the left, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders. Reduced copy of an earlier engraving after the painting by John Collet (c.1725-1780), whose works were frequently engraved in the mezzotint 'droll' fashion, as here.
For a larger version of this image see ref. 1330.
[Ref: 38350] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised but after 1779]
Mezzotint with etching. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt who run in from the left, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders. Reduced copy of an earlier engraving after the painting by John Collet (c.1725-1780), whose works were frequently engraved in the mezzotint 'droll' fashion, as here.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CLB iii/iii; for a larger version of this image see ref. 1330
[Ref: 32349] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors. 402.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised, c.1769]
Mezzotint and etching, with fine hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders.
[Ref: 62579] £390.00

[An officer seated on a bench by a folly.]
J. Collet inv.t et del. R. Pranker sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 15 Dec.r 1770.
Etching with engraving. 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), with large margins.
From the collection 'Designs by Jn.o Collett, Both Serious and Comic, Engraved on 36 Plates'.
[Ref: 53931] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[A Soft Tumble after a Hard Ride. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.]
[London: Carington Bowles, c.1780.]
Mezzotint, fine proof before letters. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Proofs of drolls, small or large, are very rare.
Three hunters, a man and two women, attempt to jump a gate. Two fall, the man landing on top of one of the women. A smaller-format version of a plate published by Carington Bowles in 1780 (BM satires 5816). The BM's example of this smaller version (2010,7081.2106) is a later state, published by Bowles & Carver with added engraving, with the pamphlet in the man's pocket titled 'The Joys of th[e] Cha[se]'.
[Ref: 60799] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[A female nude leaning on a wall in a woodland setting.]
J. Collet del. Goldar sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 15 Dec.r 1770.
Etching with engraving. Part 18th century watermark; 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), with wide margins.
From the collection 'Designs by Jn.o Collett, Both Serious and Comic, Engraved on 36 Plates'.
[Ref: 53929] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[A female nude leaning on a wall with a vase.]
J. Collet del. Byrne sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 15 Dec.r 1770.
Etching with engraving. 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), with wide margins.
From the collection 'Designs by Jn.o Collett, Both Serious and Comic, Engraved on 36 Plates'.
[Ref: 53930] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[A female nude on steps leading to water.]
J. Collet del. Caldwell sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs 15 Dec.r 1770.
Etching with engraving. 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½").
From the collection 'Designs by Jn.o Collett, Both Serious and Comic, Engraved on 36 Plates'.
[Ref: 53932] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Sweeps racing donkeys.]
Collet inv.t et del. Hancock sculp.
London printed for R. Sayer at Nº53 Fleet Street as the Act directs [n.d., c.1760].
Etching. Sheet 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Two chimney sweeps race donkeys down a country lane, a parody of horse racing.
[Ref: 61148] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Tight Lacing, or Fashion before Ease. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 25th Aug.t 1777.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, small tears at top taped, damp stains..
A husband, servant-maid and black page-boy join forces to try and fasten a lady's bodice. A toy spaniel on the bed looks on in amusement, while a monkey in the foreground points to an open book inscribed 'Fashions Victim a Satire'. After John Collet (c.1725-80), painter and prolific designer of humorous scenes for print publishers.
BM Satires 4552.
[Ref: 58488] £480.00

The Triple Plea. Let Mankind live in peace and love... 316.
[after John Collett.]
London: Publish'd as the Act directs, by Carington Bowles, N.º 69 S.t Pauls Ch. Yard [but probably Bowles & Carver, c.1800].
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
A clergyman, lawyer and doctor debate which of them has caused more harm to mankind. On the walls are pictures of the Harpies feasting on a man, and a 'Wolf in Sheeps Clothing' .
BM Satires 3761 (larger version).
[Ref: 63340] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00

[John Wilkes] Out of Place and Unpensioned.
J. Collett inv.t et del.
Published as the Act directs, Nov.r 9.th 1769 by Jn.o Smith, N.o 35 in Cheapside, & Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 in Fleet Street London.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of radical politician and writer John Wilkes (1725-1797) who, after returning from exile in France, was elected MP for Middlesex in 1769. However, as parliament considered him an outlaw at the time he was expelled from the House of Commons, he was then re-elected and the expelled again and Henry Luttrell was given the seat. Supporters of his campaign for re-election were John Wheble, editor of the Middlesex Journal and the Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights, who signed a petition calling George III to allow Wilkes to stand for the seat as barring him was an invasion of the rights of electors to choose their elective. Wilkes stands, his chin resting on a stick, on the table beside him is a copy of 'The Middlesex Journal' and on the wall hangs 'The Middlesex Petition', based on an earlier mezzotint droll of a man in a similar stance.
[Ref: 41931] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

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