Grosvenor Prints

[Bolton Abbey on the River Wharfe.]
[John Charles Bromley after Thomas Girtin.]
[1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 200 x 275mm (8 x 10¾''), with large margins. Foxing.
A view of Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire. Plate 14 from Rivers of England by Thomas Girtin.
[Ref: 48617] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Bolton Abbey on the River Wharfe.]
[John Charles Bromley after Thomas Girtin.] J.M.W. Turner's Copies. [faint etching, lower right ].
[1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters; 200 x 275mm (8 x 10¾''), with uncut margins.
A view of Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''.
Rawlinson p.364, note 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67662] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Bolton Abbey on the River Wharfe.]
[John Charles Bromley after Thomas Girtin.] J.M.W. Turner's Copies. [faint etching, lower right ].
[1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, bottom right printed "J.M.W.T. Selerlson". 200 x 275mm (8 x 10¾''), with uncut margins. Foxing.
A view of Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''.
Rawlinson p.364, note 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67663] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Four Views from Nature. From Drawings by Mr Girtin.] No.I. Finchale Priory near Durham. [&] No.II. Barnard Castle in the Country of Durham. [&] No.III. York Minster. [&] No.IV. Etell Castle Northumberland,
T.Girtin del.t. I.Hill sculp.t.
London: Pub.d May 1, 1800, at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Set of four aquatints, printed in blue and brown, some hand colour. Each c. 275 x 350mm (11 x 13¾"). A few small repairs.
Abbey: Scenery: 27.
[Ref: 6972] £650.00 view all images for this item

[Kirkstall Abbey, on the River Aire. From a Drawing in the possession of B.G. Windus Esq.r. Rivers of England Plate 9.]
[Drawn by Thomas Girtin. Engraved by W. Say.]
[London, Published July 1. 1824 by W. B. Cooke 9, Soho Square.]
Mezzotint, rare proof before all letters. 175 x 265mm (7 x 10½"), with very large margins.
Kirkstall Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, founded c. 1152 and disolved in 1539, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. The ruins now stand in a public park in Leeds.
[Ref: 55990] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

View of the City with the Louvre &c taken from Pont Marie. Vue de la Cité et du Louvre &c prise du Pont Marie.
Drawn & Etch'd by Tho.s Girtin. Aquatinted by F.C. Lewis.
London: Pub.d Dec.r 16th. 1802, by T. & J. Girtin, N.1 Little Newport Street, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. Sheet: 535 x 250mm (21 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Central fold.
A view along the Seine in Paris with Île de la Cité and Notre Dame on the left and the Louvre in the distance. From Thomas Girtin's (1775-1802) 'A Selection of Twenty of the most picturesque views in Paris and its Environs' published in 1803.
[Ref: 44253] £350.00

View of Pont Neuf, part of the Louvre, Notre Dame, & the College of four Nations. Vue du Pont Neuf, d'une partie du Louvre, de Notre Dame, et du College de quatre Nations.
Drawn & Etch'd by Tho.s Girtin. Aquatinted by F.C. Lewis.
London: Pub.d Jan.y. 15. 1803, by Jno. Girtin, N.1 Little Newport Street, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. Sheet: 640 x 265mm (25 x 10½"). Trimmed to plate. Central fold.
A view of the Île de la Cité from the north side of the Seine. From Thomas Girtin's (1775-1802) 'A Selection of Twenty of the most picturesque views in Paris and its Environs' published in 1803.
[Ref: 44257] £390.00

Ripon. Pl. 5.
T. Girtin, Delin. S.W. Reynolds, sculp.
Published by S.W. Reynolds, Bayswater, May 7, 1824.
Mezzotint. 165 x 230mm (6½ x 9").
Ripon Cathedral in shadow, with a bridge lit up by a break in the sun. From 'Liber Naturae or A Collection of Prints from Drawings of Thomas Girtin'.
[Ref: 55987] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Ripon Minster on the Rivers Ure and Skell. From a Drawing in the possession of Sir James Stuart Bart. Rivers of England Plate 12.
Drawn by Thomas Girtin. Engraved by T. Lupton.
London. Published March 1st, 1825, by W.B. Cook, 9, Soho Square.
Mezzotint on chine collé, first issue. 195 x 250mm (7¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins.
Ripon Cathedral lit through a break in the clouds.
[Ref: 55986] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Ripon Minster on the Rivers Ure and Skell..]
[Engraved by Thomas Lupton after William Girtin.] J.M.W. Turner's Copies. [faint etching, lower right ].
[n.d., 1825.]
Mezzotint on steel, proof before letters. 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"), with uncut margins. Creasing in margins, nick in edge.
A view of York Minster from the River Foss, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''.
Rawlinson p.364, note 1.
[Ref: 67660] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Ripon Minster on the Rivers Ure and Skell..]
[Engraved by Thomas Lupton after William Girtin.]
[n.d., 1825.]
Mezzotint on steel, proof before letters, printed on chine collé, at bottom in pencil "unpublished plate". 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"), with uncut margins. Foxed.
A view of York Minster from the River Foss, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''.
Rawlinson p.364, note 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67661] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

To The R.t Hon.ble The Earl of Essex, This Print of S.t Paul's, from S.t Martins Le Grand; The Site for the New Post Office; Drawn by the late Thomas Girtin, Is with permission respectfully dedicated by his Lordship's obliged humble Serv.t J. Girtin.
Engraved by John Baily, No. 8 Nelson Street, Hackney Road.
London Pub.d Nov 24 1815 by J. Girtin 8 Broad Str.t Golden Square.
Scarce & fine hand coloured aquatint with etching, J. Whatman watermarked paper. 610 x 455mm (24 x 18"). Trimmed to plate on three sides and repaired tears.
A view of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral from a narrow and winding street, filled with shoppers, a large cart and brewer's dray. To the left a man holds onto a pawnbroker's balls to clean a first-floor window. Regarded as a slum (under the title is a short description of the area's history as a liberty, with its ''dreadful privilege of sanctuary allowed to Murderers, Robbers &c &c''.), St. Martin's Le Grand was cleared to make way for Britain's first purpose-built mail office. However it was a decade after this print was published before work started on Sir Robert Smirke's building with its Grecian portico.
See BM 1880,1113.4202 for a state of 1819, with publisher and engraver's addresses changed.
[Ref: 52153] £950.00

Tattershall Castle [ms.]
T. Girtin [ms]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring and large margins, J. Whatman 1816 watermark; platemark 215 x 305mm (8½ x 12"). Proof, before printed text 'Tattershall Castle- Lincolnshire. / From an original drawing in the possession of Wm. Brand Esq. of Boston. Nov 1 1812'.
Plate from John Hassell's 'Aqua Pictura. Illustrated by a series of original specimens from the works of...all the most approved modern water coloured draftsmen...' (1813). This volume was an ambitious project containing fifteen plates, each in four states, to illustrate the development of a watercolour from initial drawing to completed work. This print, finished with hand-colouring, replicates the original watercolour by Thomas Girtin. Girtin had died several years previously, but had drawn Tattershall Castle as the basis for an engraving in a series of views in Lincoln, in 1799. The engraver and publisher John Hassell (1767-1825) was also a drawing master, and like several other of his books, 'Aqua Pictura' was designed for educational purposes.
Abbey Life 140.10
[Ref: 34508] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Warkworth Hermitage]
Drawn by T. Girtin Engrav'd by T. Powell Pupil to the late Mr. B.T. Pouney 1801
London, Published July 4. 1801, by S.W. Reynolds, No. 47, Poland Street, Oxford Street.
Very scarce copper engraving, printed area 450 x 565mm ( 17¾ x 22¼"). Some repairs.
The late medieval hermitage at Warkworth, hewn from deep rock above the River Coquet, as celebrated in Bishop Percy's ballad 'The Hermit of Warkworth'. Engraved after a watercolour by Thomas Girtin (now in the Victoria & Albert Museum).
Greg Smith, 'Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour' (catalogue for 2002 Girtin exhibition at Tate Britain)
[Ref: 14110] £380.00

[York Minster on the River Foss.]
[Engraved by Thomas Lupton after William Girtin.] J.M.W. T. [faint etching, lower left].
[n.d., 1824.]
Mezzotint on steel, proof before letters. 195 x 275mm (7¾ x 10¾"), with uncut margins.
A view of York Minster from the River Foss, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor''.
Rawlinson p.364, note 1.
[Ref: 67659] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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