Grosvenor Prints

A Bacchante. From an Original Picture in the Collection of Sir John Leicester Bar.t.
Greuze Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculps.t R.A. Engraver to his Majesty.
London, Published 1st. June 1800 by William Jeffryes & C.o Ludgate Hill.
A rare stipple. Plate: 440 x 340mm (17¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
A portrait of a priestess of Bacchus, shown looking over he right shoulder.
De Vesme 369 III of III. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46717] £330.00

[Le Baiser Envoyé.]
J. B. Greuze. C. Turner [in lower right corner in plate].
[n.d., c.1800.]
Very fine mezzotint. 410 x 520mm (16 x 20½"). Frame: 620 x 740mm (24½ x 29"). Trimmed in lower edge. Some repaired damage.
A portrait of a young woman in a state of undress who stands by a window, in one hand she holds a letter while in the other she blows a kiss.
Whitman 747.I.
[Ref: 35741] £520.00

[A boy and his dog.] [&] [A girl and her dog.] d'apres le Tableau de Mr. Greuze Peintre/ par C.G. Schultze [&] ...par P.C. Ingouf.
A Paris ches Chereau rue de Mathurins [&] ...rue S. Jacques [n.d., c.1775].
Pair of engravings, each c.240 x 180mm, 9½ x 7". Full margins.
The boy wears a hat and has been playing a game with his spaniel - he holds a whip and ball. The young girl is dressed in night clothes, seated on a chair and holding a toy dog on her lap. After Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725 - 1805).
[Ref: 22746] £330.00 view all images for this item

[La Compassion.]
[J.B.Greuze pinxit. J.Massard fecit.]
[n.d., 1777.]
Mezzotint with very large margins, proof before letters, rare. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). SIGNED BY THE ENGRAVER ON REVERSE.
Head and shoulders of a young girl throwing up her hands in pity, set in an oval against a blank frame. The artist Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), who specialised in domestic genre scenes, signed prints after his designs to prevent undeclared impressions being run off without his knowledge; here, however, only the signature of the engraver, Jean Massard (1740-1822) is visible, albeit faintly.
See BM 2004,0430.9 for published state, 'the only example known of a mezzotint after Greuze made in France'. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36312] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Florentina Collo Scuffino. 14 [parallel text in French]
J.B. Greuze delin. F.A. Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Middle-class woman from Florence, with city view in background. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38342] £320.00

Cittadina di Genovese col Mezzo in Testa. [parallel text in French]
J.B. Greuze delin. F.A. Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Middle-class woman from Genoa, with view of the city's port in background. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38341] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Plebea di Napoli riscaldandosi i Piedi ad un Focone [parallel text in French]
J.B. Greuze delin. Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Working-class woman from Naples, in her home, warming her feet. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean Barbault (1718-62), who spent much of his career in Italy.
See 38718 for uncut version.
[Ref: 38345] £320.00

Omnia tu nostra tempora letitie.
Greuse pinx. F. Pedro sculp. ap. Cavalli Venetys.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 12"). Trimmed.
A scene in a room in which a group of chidlren rush to hug their seated mother.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46807] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[A young girl knitting.] Tiré au Cabinet Francois de Monsieur de la Live de Tully, Introducteur des Ambassadeurs.
Grave d'apres le Tableau Original de Mr. Greuze Peintre du Roi, Par Claude Donat Jardinier.
A Paris chez Laurent Cars Graveur du Roy, ruë St. Jacques vis a vis le College du Plessis. A.P.D.R. [n.d., c.1750s.]
Copper engraving, 340 x 245mm. 13½ x 9¾". Margins a little cropped.
A charming study of a girl in a bonnet, seated and knitting a small item of clothing from a ball of wool. After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725 - 1805).
[Ref: 27907] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Genovese Col Mezzo Calato Che Vende Fiori. 7 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"). Very large margins.
A flower seller; Plate 7 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38715] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Piemontese D'Asti. 5 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. P.E. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A peasant woman from Piedmont standing whole-length in an interior, in profile to left, and looking into a small mirror hung beside a straw hat on the wall and a violin below. A landscape is seen to the right. Plate 5 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38716] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Frascatana Vesitta Da Giorna Di Festa. [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. F.A. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Large margins. Tear into image on left bottom.
An interior of a cellar as a woman from Frascati holds a candle, watching wine pour from a barrel into a jug. Plate 24 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38717] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Plebea di Napoli Riscaldono si I Piedi Ad Un Focone. 21 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A rustic interior; a woman of Naples, seated, warming her feet on coals. Plate 21 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
Duplicate see 38345 for cut version.
[Ref: 38718] £320.00

Donna Pleabea Di Napoli Vestita Da Giorno Di Fiesta. 20 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A woman dressed in the peasant costume of Naples, looking down, standing in a street with a fountain behind. Plate 20 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38719] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Contadina Di Napoli Con Un Bambino. 19 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A peasent woman of Naples standing on steps next to a port, holding a baby. Plate 19 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38720] £320.00

Contadina Di Bolognese. 10 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A rustic interior with a peasent woman of Bologna, seated, spinning yarn using a drop spindle. A bird cage hangs from the ceiling above. Plate 10 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38721] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Citadina Di Frascatana. 23 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. F.A Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A woman of Frascati, Rome, holding a fan and rosery beads, within a large columned interior. Plate 23 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38722] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Nuptial Blessing.
J.B. Greuze Pinx.t. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde] Fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 June 1777.
Scarce mezzotint. 485 x 615mm (17¾ x 24¼"). Narrow margin at bottom, paper toned. Small paper loss at bottom.
An old man opens his arms to bless his new son-in-law, who holds a purse in right hand. A pair to 'Nuptial Felicity'.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66663] £460.00

Nuptial Felicity.
J.B. Greuze Pinx.t. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel De Wilde] Fecit.
London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 June 1777.
Scarce mezzotint. 485 x 615mm (17¾ x 24¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at bottom, paper toned, laid on card.
Children mob an exhausted woman who has just finished breastfeeding a baby. Her husband walks through the door, returnng from hunting with his gun and dogs. A pair to 'Nuptial Blessing'. A guitar on wall at back.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66662] £490.00

Le Donneur Serenade. Dédié à Monsieur Boyer de Fonscolombe Chevalier Gravd Croix de L'Ordre de S.t. Michel de Baviere...
Peint par J.B. Greuze a Rome en 1757. Gravé par P.E. Moitte.
A Paris chez l'Auteur Rue S.t. Victor la 3.e. Porte Cochere a gauche en entrant par la Place Maubert.
Engraving. Sheet: 285 x 400mm (11¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate.
An interior scene in which a man sits on a chair tuning a guitar.
[Ref: 41491] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Dedié a Madame Anne Gabrielle Babuty, feme de Mr. Greuze, Peintre du Roy. Par son très humble et très Obeissant Serviteur L. Cars.
Gravé d’après le Tableau Original de Mr. Greuze, Peintre du Roy, tiré du Cabinet Francois de Mr. De La Live de Jully, Introducteur des Ambassadeurs. Par Jean Jacques Flipart.
a Paris chez Laurent Cars Graveur du Roy, ruë St. Jacques, vis a vis le College du Plessis, A.P.D.R. [n.d. c.1760.]
Etching and engraving, rare, paper watermarked. Plate 330 x 424mm (13 x 16¾"). Small tear into upper edge of plate, corners of paper cut just outside platemark.
Young peasant girl seen half-length, seated on chair, and winding a wool ball whilst looking at a cat lying on a table on the left. A pair of scissors hangs portentously above the cat's head! The original painting was shown at the Salon in 1759, while the plate was shown in 1763.
[Ref: 28901] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

L'Enfant Gâté.
Gravé par Maloeuvre sous la direction de J.P. Lebas D'après le Tableau de J.B. Greuze. Du Cabinet Praslin.
A Paris chez Alibert Rue Fromenteau No.16' ~ Et chez Dallenne, Editeur d'Estampes Rue des Bons Enfants No.27 et Guichet du Carrousel No.4.
Etching, 19th century impression. 515 x 380mm (20¼ x 15"). Tear through title, repairs in both left and right edges entering platemark.
'The Spoiled Child': a small boy feeds a dog with a spoonful of soup, while his mother watches him indulgently.
[Ref: 45237] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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