Grosvenor Prints

[Sketchbook of an upper-class lady amateur, Sarah Monk Cuslace(?); subjects include houses, marine views and scenes from drama and popular literature, some copied from other images.]
[British, c.1815.]
Charming and desirable sketchbook, 12mo, 18 pp. [+6], 15 pen and ink and watercolour drawings numbered to verso, complete as 'description of The preceding Drawings' (three following pages of ink mss.); original gilt tooled calf binding. Binding scuffed and rubbed; upper cover and fly leaf disbound. Some leaves excised; three doyley-form cartes-de-visit loosley inserted.
All compositions are executed with considerable skill by an accomplished hand. The identity of the artist is revealed at the back, with cut-out initials 'SMC' and full name glued to the final two pages. The 'description' refers to "a scene which passed in the May of 1809", a fishing party at Eythrope, seat of the Earl of Chesterfield. Houses depicted include Lethington House, East Lothian, Scotland; Shakespeare's house at Stratford; Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire; the mausoleum at Cobham Park; and Longleat in Wiltshire. Also included is a scene from Shakespeare, Mr. Kemble as Cato, scenes from the Ballad of Chevvy Chase and Marmion, the epic poem by Sir Walter Scott; two marine views featuring British warships and sailors.
[Ref: 18565] £680.00 view all images for this item

Aboriginal Sepulchre.
Maria Read. [signed in image.]
1868.
Watercolour. Sheet: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing.
An amateur watercolour by Maria Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Native Sepulchre' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. The image illustrates the aboriginal burial practice of lying the deceased on an elevated platform draped in leaves, benath the platform several wild dogs gather.
[Ref: 37165] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Ambulant Scrivener] Il Segretario Ambulante
Letty 1825 [after Maria de Vito]
Very fine watercolour, 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"). Glued to backing sheet.
Fine copy of an Italian lithograph, one of five in a set depicting Italian professions and costumes.
For an impression of the source lithograph see V&A Museum, museum number E.1160-1963
[Ref: 41094] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a young man in wig.]
Kneller [pencil in later hand]
[n.d, 1812 written in ink on reverse.]
Chalk portrait on paper. Sheet 245 x 205mm (9¾ x 8"). Edges chipped.
A half-length portrait in a roundel.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35557] £950.00

Archangel.
J.G.H.
[n.d., c.1823.]
Ink and grey wash, J. Whatman watermark 1823. Sheet 205 x 255mm (8 x 10").
A prospect of Archangel in northern Russia, with sleighs drawn by horses and reindeer.
[Ref: 57300] £390.00

[Architectural Drawing.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Ink drawing, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 330 x 405mm (13 x 16''). Creasing and tears.
An architectural drawing showing the interiors of an arch, showing measurements of the walls and spaces and high and low tide marks.
[Ref: 50639] £320.00

Ashmole.
from the Original by Faithorne painted in crayons ad Vivum 1673 [captioned in ink below portrait].
[n.d., c. 1820s.]
Pen & ink with watercolour, framed by ink-ruled border, image 95 x 85mm, sheet 206 x 165mm. Some rubbing and staining.
Elias Ashmole (1617-92), antiquary and astrologer. Possibly by George Perfect Harding (1781 - 1853), portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
[Ref: 7485] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[32 original pencil sketches by Winifred Austen, drawn for] A Book of Dogs Being a Discourse on them, with Many Tales and Wonders Gathered by E. Nesbit, and Original Pencil Drawing by Winifred Austen.
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1898.
Oblong 8vo (170 x 240mm, 6¾ x 9½"), illustrated cloth; pp. (iv)+60, photogravure frontispiece, offset-lithographic text illustrations throughout. WITH 32 original pencil sketches on 27 cards, largest 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). WITH ink a.l.s. signed by Austen. Three images have foxing.
A collection of pencil sketches by Winifred Austen (1876– 1964) drawn to illustrate 'A Book of Dogs', including one not used. The signed letter, dated 23rd February 1904, was to accompany 28 cards sent by Austen to William H. Ward, who had engraved and printed the book six years earlier, with a typed list on the second page. Of the 28, one ('Tatters') is marked in pencil 'To Helen Hofer' and is not present here. Ward initialed the letter as confirmation of receipt two days later. Among the breeds illustrated are a bulldog, pug, Irish terrier, dingo, Schipperke and dingo. Winifred Austen (1876-1964) was a painter and engraver known for her pictures of animals and birds, publishing individual plates and illustrating several books.
[Ref: 60126] £5,000.00 view all images for this item

Avro 504 BIPLANE.
Phil Britton.
1924.
Pen and ink drawing, mount 375 x 485mm (14¾ x 19). Taped within mount. Some time staining.
The Avro 504 was a biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. It was the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War; more than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1932.
Ex Parker Gallery.
[Ref: 57023] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Groupe of Beggars a sketch from nature in the year 1838
Cassneyd fec.
Pen and ink with wash, sheet 205 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Very rare.
Beggars by park gates, one with a hurdy-gurdy, another with pickaxe, all with torn and ragged clothes.
[Ref: 35489] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Belshazzar gave a Party and provided for his friends / Women Wine and Music on which so much depends / They drank so many half-pints, They could not see at all / And ended up by Writing Nasty Things upon the Wall.
Chas. H. Eldridge.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Pencil & watercolour, heightened with gilt, on card. Card 275 x 380mm.
A scene satirising Belshazzar's Feast, from the Book of Daniel, with dancing girls and gluttony. However, instead of the word of God, the writing on the wall is graffitti, for example 'Bill Shazzer is an Ass'. 'Oodunit' (whodunit) entered the English language in the 1930s.
[Ref: 44171] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Bermudian Boats. Ireland Island in the Distance [ms]
T. Dean [?] [in image lower left; c.1820]
Watercolour, sheet 140 x 165mm (5½ x 6½"). Glued to backing sheet.
View off the coast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.
[Ref: 44513] £650.00

[The Berners Street hoax.]
by J.A. Atkinson [ink mss.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Fine ink and watercolour wash. 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed into image.
A satirical sketch of the Berniers Street hoax of 1810, when Theodore Hook made a bet to make the address the most talked about in London. He sent out out thousands of letters in the name of resident Mrs Tottenham, ordering services and goods, including sweeps and over a dozen pianos, bringing the area to a standstill. He won one guinea.
[Ref: 64319] £450.00

Twenty five to win, & ten minutes to go [ink.] Yours Very Sincerly, Willie [ink signature.]
[n.d. c.1890.]
Watercolour with pen and ink. 152 x 235mm (6 x 9¼").
A man with his chest on the billard table and feet on the piano behind; keys and money fall out of his pockets with his pocket watch on the table. Balls bounce on the table.
[Ref: 24965] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Billiards.
Anibalo Scratchi I. & F. 1798. H.Bunbury.
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 270 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Narrow margins, hole in top left.
A copy of the famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811).
[Ref: 58041] £380.00

[Album of 9 Watercolours of England.]
[Painted by Rev. Thomas Bisse.]
[1785-1805.]
An album containing nine albumen-based watercolours in limp marbled wrappers. Album: 310 x 255mm (12 x 10").
A collection of 9 watercolours including views of Beaconsfield, Bristol and Malvern by the Rev. Thomas Bisse who lived at Portnall Park, now known as the Wentworth Estate, Virginia Water.
[Ref: 42587] £450.00 view all images for this item

Parsonage House Blackheath Park. Rev.d Joseph Fenn Late Missionary in India and the Father of 13 Children - 10 Sons & 3 Daughters. [in pen underneath image.]
C.J. Sprat 1835. [ink signature to right.]
Pencil sketch. 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Laid on album sheet.
The home of Rev. Joseph Fenn, who was minister of Blackheath Park Chapel, London.
[Ref: 29978] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Blackheath Park [in pen underneath image.]
C.J. Sprat 1838. [ink signature to right.]
Pencil sketch. 179 x 252mm (7¼ x 10¾"). Laid on album sheet.
A view of Blackheath Park, near Greenwich, with large Georgian houses seen in the background.
[Ref: 29976] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[A youth with a cricket bat.]
[After T. Gaugain.]
[n.d., c.1816.]
Pencil drawing, J. Whatman 1816. 365 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Cut and backed onto album paper. Cockling and time-staining.
A half-length portrait of a boy wearing a white shirt and waistcoat, a cricket bat resting on his shoulder. Appears to be after an etching by T.Gaugain, published Han.y 18, 1809, by E.d Orme, London.
See [Ref: 67068] for print.
[Ref: 67293] £420.00

Section of Brandy Vault (shewing stowage).
S.M. Pike 1866 to accompany report to Mr. Coller.
Architectural drawing. 480 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Tears and folds.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 11289] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Jaguarai, Brazil?]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pencil sketch on pink embossed card. Sheet 115 x 155mm (4½ x 6"). Glue stains in embossing.
A pencil sketch of buildings on a riverside with mooring places. 'Jaguarai' is written in pencil on the reverse, probably Jaguarari Brazil or somewhere in Thailand.
[Ref: 60881] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Entrance Rio de Janiero.
[by Lieutenant Nightingale, R.M.]
]n.d., c.1850.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 120 x 220mm (4¾ x 8¾").
H.M.S. Fox approaching Rio de Janeiro, with Sugarloaf Mountain.
[Ref: 49015] £450.00

Design for the Northern Approach to the British Museum.
Chas FitzRoy Doll RBA Arch.t.
[n.d., c.1911.]
Pen & ink, pencil & watercolour. Sheet 440 x 680mm (17¼ x 26¾"). Laid on card, chips to edges.
A very impressive architect's visualisation of his plan for the development of Bloomsbury between Torrington Square and the British Museum, with terraces designed in ''Flemish Franco-Gothic'' style in 1907. Chas FitzRoy Doll (1850-1929) was appointed Surveyor to the Bedford Estates in Bloomsbury and Covent Garden in 1885. He built the Russell Hotel and the Imperial Hotel, both Russell Square in 1898 & 1905.
[Ref: 63935] £750.00

[Original ink caricature, published in Punch, 1902.]
C.E.Brock, 1902. [signature in ink.]
Pen & ink on card, 210 x 320mm, laid on paper with pencil caption.
Boy (to Young Lady who has been unfortunate as to upset Colonel Bunkes) 'You'd better ride on before 'e gets his breath, Miss. Young Lady: 'Why?' Boy: 'I've 'eard 'im play golf!'
[Ref: 962] £890.00

[Felicissima Notte.]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Watercolour. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A man is welcomed into a brothel. Outside is a woman carrying a sleeping child, lit by lamplight. A copy of a lithograph (see ref: 11918).
[Ref: 55523] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Bunbury's Whims. The Lovers.
L.M. Re
[n.d., c.1825.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14"), with 18th century watermark.
A watercolour copy of Henry Bunbury's Whims. A male figure kneels before a standing woman with a fan, made up of triangles.
See: Ref: 43975
[Ref: 43974] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Album sheet with three watercolours of Death's Head Moths by Albin Roberts Burt.]
[1826-7.]
Abum sheet with three watercolours and two coloured etchings. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼").
Illustrations of the chrysalis, caterpillar and adult Death's Head Moth, with an ink mss. description signed by Albin Roberts Burt, dated 1826. On the same sheet is a table of sign-language etched by Burt and an illustration of a mosaic of the Roman villa at Bignor. Albin Roberts Burt (1783-1842), portrait-painter and engraver.
[Ref: 61402] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Calcutta by James Noble [titled on reverse].
Feby 13.14 & 15, 1852.
Watercolour. Sheet 165 x 275mm (6½ x 10¾"). Wear to edges.
A scene in Calcutta with native cavalry and a palanquin. James Noble travelled to India with his brother(?) John G. Noble, via the overland route through Suez in 1852.
[Ref: 45634] £360.00

Camping Out.
Kate Read. [signed in image.]
[1868.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing.
An amateur watercolour by Kate Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Night Camp' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. Two figures, situated by a camp fire look out towards the distance which is lit by the light of a full-moon. See similar watercolours 37166 & 37165
[Ref: 37164] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Original sketch for Dugdales' England & Wales.] Cardiff Castle. Seat of the Marquis of Bute.
[Thomas Hosmer Shepherd]
[n.d., c.1838.]
Colour wash sketch. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
This is the original sketch for the engraving published in ''Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated'', by Thomas Dugdale, published by John Tallis in parts from 1838.
[Ref: 60261] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)

[Four watercolours of the environs of Carlingford Lough.] Narrow-water House, Warrenpoint, The Seat of Roger Hall Esq. [&] View from Narrow-water House, Warrenpoint. [&] View from Cloon-Eavin Bathing Place, near Rosstrevor. [&] View from Cloon-Eavin, near Rosstrevor.
R. Emerson.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Four extremely rare & fine watercolours, each 170 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½"), titled on mount.
Four views of properties on the north side of Carlingford Lough; Narrow Water House and castle, and Cloon-Eavin.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 64320] £950.00 view all images for this item

James Carr-Lloyd. [ink mss.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Photographic image 185 x 105mm, 7¼ x 4¼". Laid on album paper.
A boy leaning on a cricket bat.
[Ref: 21636] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Castle Ashby, the Seat of the Marquess of Northampton. [&] N.E. View of Castle Ashby, the Seat of the Marquess of Northampton.
Drawn by G. Clark, Nealdwell.
[n.d., c.1830.]
A pair of fine ink and wash drawings. Sheet: 355 x 460mm (14 x 18"). Marking in margins.
A pair of views of Castle Ashby, an Elizabethan House with a Palladian section, in Northampton.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46830] £550.00 view all images for this item

Chelsea College [inscribed in pencil near bottom.]
[n.d. c.1794.]
Pen and ink, paper watermarked: L. Munn 1794. 230 x 355mm (9¼ x 14"). Laid at edges on sheet.
A river entrance to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, with a mooring spot, predating the construction of the Embankment.
[Ref: 29969] £350.00

[Chelsea College Avenue.]
[n.d. c.1875.]
Pen and ink drawing. 227 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Laid at edges on sheet.
The gardens at Chelsea Royal Hospital, with the hospital facade in the background behind the gate.
[Ref: 29968] £350.00

Verduero. [&] Huaso. [&] Panadero.
Inez Buchanan.
[Active 1903-19.]
Set of 3 watercolours signed in pencil. Sheets: 200 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾''). Foxing on verso.
Three watercolours depicting Chilean tradesmen including a Huaso, or horseman, a Verdulero, or greengrocer riding a donkey laden with bags of vegetables and a baker, also riding a donkey.
[Ref: 49508] £360.00 view all images for this item

[A View of a Chinese Bridge.]
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff 1937.
Watercolour, signed 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼'').
A View of a Chinese Bridge, probably in the Forbidden City.
[Ref: 48038] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[View in China probably Peking.]
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff 1936.
Watercolour, signed. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼'').
A view, probably Peking, on the banks of a river in which a seated woman and a man leaning on a staff look out across the view.
[Ref: 48037] £450.00

[Chinese Lantern-bearer.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Watercolour. Sheet 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"). Pinholes in top corners.
A watercolour prepared as a transparency, with extra colour and gun arabic added on the reverse, similar to Orme's Transparencies. The lantern glows when held up to the light.
Ex: Collections of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Spencer sisters.
[Ref: 35555] £320.00 view all images for this item

[Two Chinese costume sketches on rice paper.]
Samsing [red ink].
1848 [pencil.]
Two watercolours on rice paper. Each sheet 170 z 105mm (6¾ x 4"). Mounted on album paper.
Portraits of a mandarin and a monk.
[Ref: 53981] £600.00

[Chinese Aster] Callistephus Chinensis. [with Chinese script]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour on rice paper. Sheet 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A watercolour of two Chinese Aster flowers.
[Ref: 66261] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Leucanthemella linearis.] [with Chinese script]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour on rice paper. Sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A Chinese watercolour of a sprig of Leucanthemella linearis.
See ref: 66261
[Ref: 66262] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ standing on a plinth, lion at his feet.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Watercolour. Sheet 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Pinholes in top corners.
A watercolour prepared as a transparency, with extra colour and gun arabic added on the reverse, similar to Orme's Transparencies. Christ's gloriole, beard and hat all glow when held up to the light.
Ex: Collections of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Spencer sisters.
[Ref: 35556] £320.00 view all images for this item

N. Reverence you Maker. N.bE Let his name be always held sacred by you. NNE. Fear only to offend his Goodness. NEbN Let your love of him exceed your Fear. NE. Be not ashamed to Worship him. NEbE. Be grateful to him for his benefits. ENE. Put your confidence in him. EbN. Study to know, & then do his will. EAST. Vinidcate his cause before the World. EbS. Blush not to be Christian. ESE. Esteem all Mankind as your Neighbour. SEbE. Pity the Vicious, but abhor their vices. SE. He who suffers most, _help first. SEbS. Charity makes no distinction between Jew or Samaritan. SSE. Be punctual & just in your dealings. SbE. Be honest, even for your own Interest. SOUTH. Respect Superiors. SbW. Be condescending to inferiors. SSW. Leave off contention before it be meddled with. SWbS. Ingratitude is the basest of Vices. SW. Be upon your guard, untill you know a man. SWbW. Bad Company is the ruin of Morals. WSW. Let Reason always be at the Helm. WbS. Let passion be governed by Reason. WEST. Passions are excellent Servants but bad Masters. WbN. Drunkenness degrades a Man below a Brute. WNW. Detest Falsehood. NWbW. Want of decency, is want of Sense. NW. Regard yourself, or you will be despised by others. NWbN. Think before you Act. NNW. Do but one thing at a time. NbW. Steer by this Compass, & defy Storms.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Pen and ink drawing. 248 x 198mm (9¾ x 7¾").
A circle of 'Christian Standards'.
[Ref: 13036] £520.00

Nightingale Lane. Clapham Common [in pen underneath image.]
C.J. Sprat 1837. [ink signature to right.]
Pencil sketch. 179 x 252mm (7 x 10"). Foxing; laid on album sheet.
Nightingale Lane, Clapham, looking towards the south side of Clapham Common.
[Ref: 29977] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mount Pond Clapham Common [in pen underneath image.]
C.J. Sprat [ink signature to right.]
[n.d. c.1837.]
Pencil sketch. 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Laid on album sheet.
A view of Mount Pound, to the south of Clapham Common, looking north towards Holy Trinity Church behind.
[Ref: 29979] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Clarendon House at S.t James's.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Fine pair of watercolours. Each: 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Tipped into an album sheet.
Two views of Clarendon House which stood on Piccadilly, looking down St. James's between the 1660s and 1680s, built by the Earl of Clarendon following the Restoration. Claredon was criticised for the cost of the house but was highly praised for its design, it was demolised to make way for Dover Street, Albermarle Street and Bond Street. The watercolours are very fine & bright copies of engravings by Nathaniel and John Thomas Smith from 'Antiquities of London' published in 1798.
[Ref: 44669] £650.00

M.rs Cleypole. Daughter to Oliver Cromwell. From an Original Picture at Checkers, Bucks.
T. Athow.
[c.1810.]
Ink, watercolour and wash with inscription in ink. Image 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7¼").
A copy of Jacob Huysmans' portrait of Elizabeth Claypole (bap. 1629- d.1658), daughter of Oliver Cromwell, still at the Prime Minister's country retreat of Chequers. Three similar works by Thomas Athow (1802-1820, fl.) are in the British Museum and a collection are in the National Portrait Gallery.
[Ref: 42574] £350.00

Stephen College.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Ink and wash. Sheet 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4"). Mounted in album paper at edges.
A portrait of Stephen College (also Colledge, c.1635-81), with a skull in the background. A joiner by trade, he aided the fabricated Popish Plot by writing ballads and polemics against catholics and lawyers. He was tried and executed for high treason in Oxford in 1681. An adapted copy of a contemporary mezzotint.
[Ref: 62113] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

S.r William Compton. From an Original Picture at Castle-Ashby, Northamptonshire.[original ink mss.
T. Athow.
[c.1810.]
Ink, watercolour and wash with inscription in ink. Image 170 x 150mm (6¾ x 6").
Sir William Compton (1625-1663), a Royalist Commander elected Member of Parliament for Cambridge in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament. Three similar works by Thomas Athow (1802-1820, fl.) are in the British Museum and a collection are in the National Portrait Gallery.
[Ref: 42311] £350.00

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