Grosvenor Prints

[India] [Bahadur Shah II.] Mohomed Suraj-oo-deen Shan Gazee. Titular King of Delhi.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate.
Portrait of Bahadur Shah II (1775 - 1862), the twentieth and last Mughal emperor and a Hindustani poet. His spouse was Zeenat Mahal.
[Ref: 66364] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[India] A Pagoda.
[Thomas] Daniell Del. J.C. Stadler Aquatinta.
Edw.d Orme Excu.t. Published & Sold July 30 1804 by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, 59 New Bond S.t London.
Aquatint, printed in brown and blue and hand finished. 490 x 320mm (19¼ x 12½"), paper watermarked 'J WHatman Turkey Mill 1823, large margins. Tears in bottom margin.
Plate 15 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 15.
[Ref: 66821] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Kans Qila Fort, Mathura] Multura Fort.
Colonel Ward Pinx.t.
Edw.d Orme Excu.t. Published & Sold Jan.y 1 1803 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to His Majesty & the Royal Family, 59 New Bond S.t London.
Aquatint, printed in brown and blue, without hand finishing. 360 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"), with large margins. Tears in bottom margin.
A view of the 16th century Kans Qila Fort at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Plate 8 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 8.
[Ref: 66820] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Shahi Bridge] The Bridge at Juonpore, Bengal.
[Thomas] Daniell Del. H. Merke, Aquatinta.
Edw.d Orme Excu.t. Sold & Published July 21 1804 by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, 59 New Bond Street London.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 360 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"), very large margins. Tear in top margin repaired, holes in bottom margin, slight mount burn.
A view of the 16th century Mughal bridge over the river Gomti in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. Plate 14 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 14.
[Ref: 66818] £360.00

[India] Distant View of Mootee Thurna, A Waterfall in the Rajemahl Hills, Bengal.
[Thomas] Daniell pinx _ W.m Orme Delin. Fellows Aquatinta.
Sold & Published Jan.y 1802 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller in Ordinary to the King, & Royal Family, N.º 59 the Corner of Brook Street in Bond Street London.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 360 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"), large margins. Repaired tear just entering inscription area bottom centre, faint mount burn.
A view of the Moti Jharna (pearl cascade) waterfall in Sahebganj district of Jharkhand. Plate 2 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 2.
[Ref: 66817] £360.00

Circassian Lady.
W. Dickes & C.º Licensee.
[London: George Routledge & C.º, 1854.]
Baxter print. Sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Tear taped, spotted. Bit messy.
A pretty young lady in ethnic dress. A plate from Edmund Spencer's 'Turkey, Russia, the Black Sea, and Circassia'.
[Ref: 66694] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

a Circassian Lady at home.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 160 x 130mm (6¼ x 5"), large margins. A few spots.
A pretty young lady in ethnic dress.
[Ref: 66696] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Delarom ~ The Fair Circassian. The present favorite companion of His Excellency The Persian Ambassador.
Engraved by Ja.s Thomson from an original Painting by an eminent Artist.
[n.d., c.1819.]
Stipple. 235 x 145mm (9¼ x 5¾").
A portrait of Delarom, the favourite companion of the Persian ambassador during his visit to London in 1819.
BM: 1901,1022.1512, with ''Published by John Bell for La Belle Assemblee August 2d. 1819''.
[Ref: 66841] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Baboo, Kashiprasad Ghosh [facsimile signature]. Author of The Shair, a Poem in the English Language.
Painted by Miss J. Drummond. Engraved by J. Cochran.
Fisher, Son & C.º London, 1834.
Mezzotint on steel. 230 x 145mm (9 x 5¾").
A half-length portrait of Bengali poet Kashiprasad Ghosh (1809-74), published in 'Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book', 1835
[Ref: 66722] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Il Gran Mogor.
C.V. [Claude Vignon] invent. [J. Falke]
F. L. D. Ciartres [François Langlois] excud. Cum Privil. [n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 180mm (8¼ x 7"). Trimmed, losing Falke's name. Laid on 18th century album sheet.
A head and shoulders portrait of the Grand Mughal, wearing crown and turban adorned with a feather set on a brooch, and a fur-trimmed cloak. From a series of thirty-six representing various kings and philosophers, engraved after Vignon, Rembrandt and Padovanino.
[Ref: 66859] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Hyder Ally Cawn. Sitting in his Durbur.
European Mag.
Published 1 Aug 1793, by J.Sewell, 32 Cornhill.
Etching. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾ "). Trimmed close to bottom of plate.
Portrait of Hyder Ali (c.1720 - 1782), the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers. During intermittent conflicts against the East India Company during the First and Second Anglo–Mysore Wars, Hyder Ali was the military leader. He is seated, showing his left profile, his left arm stretch out in front of him.
[Ref: 66911] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[India] The Twenty-Eight Hindoo lunar mansions. [To the most noble John James, Marquis of Abercorn, this curious & valuable fragment of Oriental astronomical science, is respectfully and gratefully inscribed by T. M. [Thomas Maurice].
[engraved by Inigo Barlow.]
[London: W. Bulmer & Co for Thomas Maurice, 1795-8.]
Engraving. Sheet 480 x 260mm (19 x 10¼"). Trimmed to printed border and around title, edges chipped with loss, laid on album paper. Damaged.
A plate illustrating the 28 lunar nakshatras or constellations of the Hindoo zodiac. A folding plate from 'The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, During the Most Ancient Periods of the World' by Orientalist scholar Thomas Maurice (1754-1824).
[Ref: 66819] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Hossein Ali Beg Bayat] Cucheinollibeag Magni Sophi Persiarum Regis Legations Socius. Straturus turcas bellis rex persa celebris, Caesar dive tuas hunc per adivit opels.
[n.d., c.1600.]
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 130mm (6¾ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, holes in oval. Tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait in oval of Persian ambassador Hossein Ali Beg Bayat, part of the first Safavid embassy to Europe (1599-1602).
[Ref: 66839] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Punished Arrogance.] Bestrafter Hochmuth. No.221. Fabel N°1.
[n.d., c.1800.] bei Winckelman & Sohne in Berlin.
Fine & rare lithograph with inscription below. Image 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Sheet 415 x 355mm (16¼ x 14"). Crease across centre of sheet.
A scene depicting a rat, full from stolen food. The Sultan approaches on the back of an elephant, adorned with beautiful blankets and goods, with him, his parrot, his favourite dog and a monkey. The rat having expressed that the elephant is a clumsy animal with little beauty, is paid for her excess as a cat catches her.
[Ref: 66787] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [15 plates from ''Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being the Journal of a Tour in India''.]
[Captain Godfrey Munday]
London. Published by John Murray, April 1832.
15 steel engravings. Each sheet c. 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed and pasted on album sheets in threes, some spotting and glue stains.
A collection of plates from the account of a tour in India by Godfrey Charles Munday (1804-1860), including tiger hunting from elephants and hunting with leopards. An army officer who served in India and Australia, he became Permanent Under Secretary for War during the Crimean War then Lieutentant Governor of Jersey.
[Ref: 66607] £550.00 view all images for this item

[Ismail I of Persia] Hismael Sophi, Roy de Perse.
[n.d., c.1584.]
Engraving. 175 x 145mm (7 x 5¾"). Sheet trimmed, losing letterpress.
Half-length portrait of Ismail I (1487-1524), holding a sword with a leopard handle. The founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, he ruled from 1501 until his death, making Shia Islam the official religion. From André Thevet's ''Les Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens''.
[Ref: 66833] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Jewish woman of Smyrna, at home.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4¼"). Tear taped, surface scraping in margins, spotting.
[Ref: 66684] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mirza Abul Hassan Khan. (The Persian Ambassador.)
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. John Lucas.
London, Published Sept.r 1, 1835, by Hodgson, Boys & Graves, Printsellers to the King, 6, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"), with large margins. Some faint foxing and fading in publication line.
Portrait of Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi (1776-1845), Iranian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs twice, first from 1824 to 1834, and then again from 1838 until his death in 1845. He also served as the ambassador to Russia and Britain, and was the main Iranian delegate at the signing of the Golestan and Turkmenchay treaties with Russia in 1813 and 1828 respectively.
[Ref: 66973] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Aboo Taleb Khan. European Magazine.
Eng.d by Ridley from an original Picture Painted by Drummond.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple engraving. Frontispiece. Sheet 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Trimmed into plate with repairs
Portrait of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, more formally Mirzá Abú Muhammad Tabrízí Isfahání, known as The Persian Prince during his stay in London and as Abú Tálib Londoni once back in India (1752 - 1805/6), an Indian tax-collector and administrator of Iranian stock.
[Ref: 66363] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Macartney Expedition.] [Allegorical titlepage to 'An historical account of the embassy to the emperor of China']
Stothard del.t. Grignion sculp.t.
Publish'd Oct. 12 1797 by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Rare etching. Sheet 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, tear taped.
George Macartney (1737–1806) stands with a man in Chinese dress as a woman holding a caduceus draws back a banner to reveal Beijing.
[Ref: 66719] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Mahadagee Scindia.
Drawn by W. Daniell R.A. Engraved by W.D.Taylor.
London, Published October 1, 1833 by Edw.d Bull, 26, Holles Street, Cavendish Square.
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed
Portrait of Mahadagee Scindia (1730-94), later known as Mahadji Scindia or Madhava Rao Scindia, statesman and general of Maratha Empire who served as the Maharaja of Gwalior from 1768 to 1794. He was the fifth and the youngest son of Ranoji Rao Scindia, the founder of the Scindia dynasty. He is reputed for having restored the Maratha rule over North India and for modernizing his army.
[Ref: 66792] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Mehmed IV] Sultan Echmet Empereur des Turcs Aagè de 10 Ans.
B. Moncornet excudit [n.d., c.1660].
Engraving. 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Mounted in album paper, another portrait pasted on reverse.
A portrait of Mehmed IV (1642-1693), aged ten, sultan of the Turkish Empire from 1648 (aged 8) to 1687, when he was deposed.
[Ref: 66836] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Title in Armenian script.] Mechitar Abbas.
[n.d., c1780.]
Stipple. Sheet 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper.
Portrait in oval of Armenian monk Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676-1749), founder of the Mekhitarist Order, which has been based on San Lazzaro island near Venice since 1717.
[Ref: 66723] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Mussoorie] From Missourie.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Major J. Luard. Printed by Graf & Soret.
[London, c.1835.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Spotting on backing sheet.
A view of Mussoorie in the foothills of the Himalayas, from 'Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar ' by Major John Luard (1790-1875) of the 16th Lancers.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 66720] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Ramagiri Fort, Mysore] West View of Ramgherry.
Drawn on the spot by R.H. Colebrooke. Engraved by J.W. Edy.
London. Pub.d July 1. 1793, for the Proprietor, by M.r Thomson, N.º 22, Great Mary le bone St.t.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 445 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), on Whatman paper. Edges chipped.
Defensive walls snaking through hills above a river. The fort was captured by the British in 1791. From 'Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot' by Robert Hyde Colebrook, 1794.
Abbey 419, 3 .
[Ref: 66823] £380.00

[India] [Nandi Hills, Mysore] N.W. View of Nandydroog.
Drawn by R.H. Colebrooke, from a sketch by Ensign Caldwell. Engraved by J.W. Edy.
London: Pub.d July 1. 1793, for the Proprietor, by M.r Thomson, N.º 22, Great Mary le bone St.t.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 445 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), on Whatman watermarked paper, very large margins. Some spotting.
A view of the walls of the Nandy Hills fort, first used in the 11th century, becoming the summer residence of Tipu Sultan. It was captured by the British under Charles Cornwallis in 1791. From 'Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot' by Robert Hyde Colebrook, 1794.
Abbey 419, 9.
[Ref: 66831] £360.00

[India] [Mysore] Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow.
Drawn on the spot by R.H. Colebrooke. Engraved by J.W. Edy.
London. Pub.d Oct.r 1. 1793, for the Proprietor, by M.r Thomson, N.º 22, Great Mary le bone St.t.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 445 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), on Whatman paper. Bottom right corner chipped,, faint mount burn.
A rocky landscape, north west of Seringapatam. From 'Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot' by Robert Hyde Colebrook, 1794.
Abbey 419, 5.
[Ref: 66822] £420.00

[India] Storming of Seringapatam.
[After Isaac Robert Cruikshank.] Radcliffe sculp.
[n.d., c.1812.]
Very rare etching. Sheet 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper. Some cockling and time-damage.
An illustration from Clarke's 'Life of Wellington', depicting the siege of Seringapatam (5 April 4 May 1799) was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. Two officers standing at left beside a flag-bearer, as troops storm through a large archway at right with Indian soldiers lined along the top of the walls.
[Ref: 66914] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Seventy Third Regiment. Storming of Seringapatam 4th May 1799. For Cannon's Military Records.
[after Captain Alexander Allan.]
[London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1851.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Framed. Sight size 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7¼"). Mounted over left edge, unexamined out of frame.
The 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot shown as part of the storming party at the siege of Seringapatam, during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. A copy of the aquatint by Cardon and Schiavonetti (1802), published in the ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Third Regiment: containing an account of the formation of the Regiment from the period of its being raised as the Second Battalion of the Forty-Second Highlanders in 1780 and of its subsequent services to 1851'.'
[Ref: 66852] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[India] The Death of Tippoo Saib at the taking of Seringapatam.
H.Richter delin. Amb:se W.Warren Sculp.
Published as the Act directs March 20, 1802 by J.Stratford No.112, Holborn Hill.
Engraving. 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Some time-staining.
A scene depicting a soldier grabbing the fallen Tippoo Saib (1751-99) by the strap around his chest with rifle in hand, as he attempts to raise his sword in defense, soldiers storming through arch behind.
[Ref: 66921] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Britain's Triumph._ The two Sons of Tipoo Sultan delivered as Hostages to Earl Cornwallis.
Publish'd Oct.r. 18 1792 by J.Johnson St Pauls Church Yard.
Rare engraving. Sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed. Some damage to lower right corner.
A scene depicting the two sons of Tipu Sultan being handed over to Lord Cornwallis as hostages at the termination of the war in the East Indies in 1792.
[Ref: 66922] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Shah Jahan.] Habit of the Great Mogul when he walks abroad.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed on right margin.
A scene depicting Shah Jahan I (1592 - 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the zenith of Mughal architectural and cultural achievements.
[Ref: 66927] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Destruction of the ''Tanjore'' by Lightning off Ceylon.
Printed in Oiul Colours by G. Baxter, (Patentee) 11, Northampton Square.
[n.d., 1844.]
Rare Baxter print. Sheet 115 x 190mm (4½ x 3½"). Worm hole, some spotting, glue stains along bottom edge.
A ship on fire at night, the crew and passengers escaping in longboats.
[Ref: 66717] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [The Last Effort and fall of Tipu Sultan]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving. 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Trimmed and edges backed into album paper. Folded down centre. Time stained.
A scene depicting the fall of Tippoo Sultan.
[Ref: 66941] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultan.
Singleton R.A. Walker.
[n.d., c.1850.] London, James S.Virtue.
Engraving. Sheet 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Trimmed.
A scene depicting Tipu Sultan (1751 - 1799), having retired severely wounded, with his men to the gateway of the inner fort, raising his sword with difficulty above his head to strike a soldier who reaches to grasp his belt, holding a bayonet in the other hand, while Captain Goodall of the 12th Regiment, on the right, orders a line of infantry to take aim and fire.
[Ref: 66917] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[India] The Fall of Tippoo Saib.
Singleton R.A. Walker.
[n.d., c.1850.] London, Virtue & Co.
Engraving. Sheet 230 x 175mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed.7
A scene depicting Tipu Sultan (1751 - 1799), having retired severely wounded, with his men to the gateway of the inner fort, raising his sword with difficulty above his head to strike a soldier who reaches to grasp his belt, holding a bayonet in the other hand, while Captain Goodall of the 12th Regiment, on the right, orders a line of infantry to take aim and fire.
[Ref: 66918] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[India] The Surrender of Two Sons of Tippoo Sultaun. The Attempt to Assassinate Lord Cornwallis, March 5, 1791.
Painted by H.Singleton. Engraved by J.Rogers.
[n.d, c.1800.] J & F. Tallis, London, Edinburgh & Dublin.
Engraving. Sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Some damage to right edge of sheet.
The scene portrays two sons of Tipu Sultan descending the steps of a palace toward a group of British officers. Tipu Sultan ascended to the throne of the South Indian kingdom of Mysore in 1782, where he established a sophisticated and modern court centered around his palace in Seringapatam. Renowned as the "Tiger of Mysore," Tipu was a formidable opponent of British expansion in India throughout his reign. He was ultimately defeated and killed during the British assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799. In the aftermath of his death, the British consolidated their control over Mysore, installed a compliant dynasty on the throne, and detained Tipu Sultan’s sons at Vellore Fort.
[Ref: 66920] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[India] The Sultaun Tippoo Saib.
[n.d., 1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at corners.
Full-length portrait of Tipu Sultan (1751-1799), ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery. He deployed rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Battle of Pollilur and Siege of Srirangapatna. Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali used their French-trained army in their struggle with the British, he negotiated with the British in 1784 with the Treaty of Mangalore which ended the war in status quo ante bellum. Tipu remained an enemy of the British East India Company. He initiated an attack on British-allied Travancore in 1789. In the Third Anglo-Mysore War, he was forced into the Treaty of Seringapatam, losing a number of previously conquered territories, including Malabar and Mangalore. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, a combined force of British East India Company troops supported by the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu. He was killed on 4 May 1799 while defending his stronghold of Seringapatam.
[Ref: 66926] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Town and Fort of Trichinopoly.
Drawn by T.J. Rawlins. On stone by Dean & C.º.
London, Dean & C.º Threadneedle S.t.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 155 x 220mm (6 x 8¾"). Binding marks in top margin, spotting and staining, trimmed into publication line at bottom.
A view looking down a thoroughfare to a fort on a steep hill. From Julia Corner's 'The History of India'.
Abbey 468.
[Ref: 66716] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

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