Grosvenor Prints

R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 96 Strand [&] Ackermann's Library. for Works of Art.
A. Pugin del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
[Ackermann]
Pair of hand coloured etchings with aquatint and stipple. Sheet 560 x 380mm (22 x 15"). Hinged into mount. Vertical folds in bottom image.
Two views of Ackermann's Repository of Arts, top image shows a street view showing the building. The other is an interrior view of the library, with figures at a large table looking at books, chandelier above; bookshelves line the walls with vases, busts and a large female statue on top of them. Paintings hang above more bookshelves on the other side of the room.
[Ref: 55031] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Address to George 2.nd on Death of Fredrick Prince of Wales [ink mss]. His Majesty's most Gracious Answer.
Dickinson ex.
Published according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c1751].
Extremely rare engraving and printed broadside, sheet 305 x 240mm (12 x 9½"). Laid down on backing sheet. Stain across the ministers. Some foxing.
Ministers tell a throne seated George II (1683–1760) of the death of his son Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751). In the past his death has been attributed to a burst lung abscess caused by a blow from a cricket or a real tennis ball, but it is now thought to have been from a pulmonary embolism.
[Ref: 55015] £350.00

A Sketch or Map of Bedford Level and Country adjoining, Shewing the Divisions, Rivers, Frains, &c. with the proposed New Cut from Eau Brink to Lynn. Reasons In Support of the Bill for manking a New Cut from Eau Brink to Lynn, in Norfolk, for the effectural Improvement of the Outfall of the River Ouze, and the Preservation of the Harbour of Lynn.
S.I. Neele, sculp.t 352, Strand.
[n.d., c.1793.]
Engraved map with hand colour 230 x 330mm (9 x 13") , on sheet with letterpress, total 355 x 340mm (14 x 13¼"). Map trimmed within plate top and right, letterpress cut at bottom?
A map of the Great Level of the Fens (here named Bedford Level after Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, who facilitated the draining of the Fens in the 17th century. It was published to accompany a proposal that needed an Act of Parliament. Despite opposition from the people of King's Lynn, the first Act ordering the construction of the Cut was passed in 1795, but the Cut was not completed until 1821.
[Ref: 54800] £290.00

[Jesus College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1925.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), with very large margins.
The gatehouse of Jesus College from the walled passage known as the 'Chimney'. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54643] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[King's College Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist. 225 x 300mm (9 x 11¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of King's College Chapel and the Gibbs Building, from the Cam. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54629] £320.00

[King's College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, final trial proof on white paper, signed by the artist in pencil. 305 x 200mm (12 x 8"), with very large margins.
A view of King's College Cambridge, with the portico of the Gibbs' Building and the side of the Chapel. An outline of a scholar is etched in the foreground. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[King's College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 305 x 200mm (12 x 8"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of King's College Cambridge, with the portico of the Gibbs Building and the side of the Chapel. An outline of a scholar is etched in the foreground. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54632] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge Pembroke College.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, edition 100 on white paper, signed by the artist in pencil. 350 x 220mm (13¾ x 8¾") with very large margins.
A view of Pembroke College Cambridge, showing the public street outside the building. Pedestrians walk the cobbled streets and cyclists ride past an open top car. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 55000] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[President's Lodge, Queens' College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1924.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil, in pencil at top Final Trial No. 3;. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with very large margins Creases in margins top & bottom.
The President's Lodge, dating from the 1460s, is the only substantial half-timbered building remaining in Cambridge and is Grade 1 listed. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54644] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A View from Durdham Down near Bristol. Looking down the Avon to Kings-Road, & the Welch Mountains.
T: Smith Pin. Chatelain & Vevares Sculp.
Publish'd pursuant to an Act of Parliament Aug.t 1756, by Tho. Smith
Fine & rare etching. 385 x 545mm (15¼ x 21½"), with margins.
A view of the Avons Gorge, painted by Thomas Smith of Derby and engraved by Francis Vivares and Jean Baptiste Chatelain.
[Ref: 54660] £360.00

Dundee from the West. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Douglas Lord Lieu.t f the County of Forfar, Hereditary Constable of Dundee &c &c And the other Heritors of the Parish, This View is with the greatest respect Humbly dedicated by their most obedient Servant, Alexander Simson. [&] Dundee from the River. To the Hon.ble The Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, the Merchants, Burgesses & Inhabitants of Dundee, This View is respectfully dedicated by their much obliged & most obedient Servant, Alexander Simson.
D. Orme del.n. Harraden sculp.t.
Published March 1st 1803 by Alex.r Simson, Dundee and E. Orme, Printseller to his Majesty No 59 New Bond Street, London.
Pair of aquatints. Each 355 x 475mm (14 x 18¾"), with large margins, watermarked 1806. Repair tear in margin of 'River', creasing in margins of both.
A pair of rare views of Dundee.
[Ref: 54954] £950.00 view all images for this item

An Ecclesiastical Map of England and Wales Shewing the Position of the Catholic Churches, Chapels, Colleges, Missions, & Relgious Houses, With the Boundaries of the Archdiocese and the Diocese, With a Plan of London Shewing the Position of the Catholic Churches &c. Together With a List of the Towns in which Catholic Churches are Established. 1851.
Designed by Daniel Grant. Lithographed by Daniel Grant & Co, 75, Fleet Street.
Sold by Charles Dolman, 61 New Bond St & 48a Paternoster Row.
Scarce lithographic map. Sheet 750 x 570mm (29½ x 22½"). Creasing and surface soiling, pinholes in corners, laid on linen.
A map of the Catholic churches and chapels in England and Wales.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54974] £500.00

Choir of Westminster Abbey during the coronation of His Most Gracious Majesty George the IV, July 10 1821.
Painted by Frederick Nash. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London Published Jan.y 1 1822 by F. Nash, No 40 Mary Street, Fitzroy Square, Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co, Cockspur Street, Hurst & Robinson, Cheapside, & Moltano, Pall Mall.
Finely hand coloured etching. Sheet 535 x 410mm (21 x 16¼"), on card, as issued. Dusty.
A scarce and decorative view of the coronation ceremony with 12 numbers depicting the orders.
Whitman: 798; this state with key below not seen by Whitman.
[Ref: 55055] £350.00

A View taken from the North of the Cathedral Church of Glasgow, and Engraved in the Academy in Glasgow by R. Paul Eleve.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Fine & rare engraving, 18th century watermark. 260 x 405mm (10¼ x 16"). Trimmed close to platemark unevenly.
Robert Paul (1739-70) was a pupil at the Glasgow Academy.
[Ref: 54655] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Triumphal Entry of the Brave and Glorious Guards into London, July 9, 1856. Sketched from Opposite the Treasury Buildings and Horse Guards. ''Alma'' - ''Inkermann'' - ''Sebastapol.''
London: Published July 11th, 1856, by Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street.
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 455 x 530mm (18 x 20¾"), with blind stamp of 'Ackermann & Co' under publication line. Repaired tear at top, crease through inscription area.
Battalions of Grenadier, Fusilier and Coldstream Guards, veterans of the Crimean War, in Whitehall, having marched from Nine Elms Station on their way to Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park. Led by their brass band, they carry their battle-scarred ensigns. This print was published only two days after the event.
[Ref: 54705] £360.00

A North-West View of Haddon &c, an Ancient Seat belonging to his Grace the Duke of Rutland; To Whom this Plate is humbly inscrib'd, by his Grace's most dutiful and most obed:t Serv:t T: Smith.
T. Smith Pinx. Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd Oct: ye 25.th 1744.
Engraving, slight 18th century watermark. 400 x 545mm (15¾ x 21½"), with large margins Repaired tear in lower margin.
A view of the parkland surrounding Haddon Hall, the seat of the Duke of Rutland on the River Wye, Derbyshire. After Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67), a painter who specialised in landscapes with historic houses.
See Tim Clayton 'The English Print' (New Haven and London, 1997) p. 165.
[Ref: 54944] £420.00

[A North-West View of Haddon &c, an Ancient Seat belonging to his Grace the Duke of Rutland; To Whom this Plate is humbly inscrib'd, by his Grace's most dutiful and most obed:t Serv:t T: Smith.]
Vivares fecit [after Thomas Smith of Derby].
[Publish'd Oct: ye 25.th 1744.]
Engraving, unique progress proof with only engraver's name. 400 x 545mm (15¾ x 21½"). Repaired tear in lower margin.
A view of the parkland surrounding Haddon Hall, the seat of the Duke of Rutland on the River Wye, Derbyshire, after Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720-67), a painter who specialised in landscapes with historic houses. On this progress plate the sky and remarque armorial are unfinished.
See Tim Clayton 'The English Print' (New Haven and London, 1997) p. 165.
[Ref: 54945] £580.00

A View of part of the Garden at Hall-Barn near Beckonsfield in Buckinghamshire, a Seat of Edmund Waller Esq.r. [&] A View of the Great Room etc. at Hall-Barn near Beckonsfield in Buckinghamshire, a Seat of Edmund Waller Esq.r.
W. Woollett del. [et sculp.]
[London: John Tinney et al., c.1760.]
Matching pair of etchings with engraving. Sheets c. 340 x 495mm (13½ x 19½"). Slight central crease. Trimmed into images and inscriptions, losing publication lines.
Hall Barn, a listed Grade II* country house near Beaconsfield, built by Edmund Waller (1606-1687), poet and MP.
Fagan 36 & 37
[Ref: 54710] £480.00 view all images for this item

Hammersmith Lower Mall.
Sydney R. Jones.
12.9.51.
Pencil sketch. Framed, visible area 190 x 190mm (8 x 8"). Some paper toning. Unexamined out of frame.
The Lower Mall, looking west away from Hammersmith Bridge, showing the pontoon. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54640] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Royall Palace at Hampton Court. To the Right Honorable Charles Spence, Earl of Sunderland, Baron of Wormleighton, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretary's of State &c. This Plate is humbly dedicated by your Lordship's Most Obedient Servants.
[n.d., c.1713-1724.]
Etching on two sheets conjoined, very fine impression; total platemark 580 x 900mm (22¾ x 35½"). Old repairs to original binding folds.
A large and impressive view of Hampton Court Palace, looking down over the ornamental gardens to the East Front, the Tudor palace behind. To the right is the maze, commissioned by William III. The view was probably engraved by Jan Kip and first published in David Mortier's monumental 'Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne' (1708-13), republished by John Smith in 1724.
[Ref: 54825] £1,250.00

A View of Stoke Bridge, Ipswich.
Drawn & Engraved by C. Pyke, Drawing Master, Ipswich.
Publish'd July 1st 1801.
Scarce coloured etching. 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"), watermarked '1794'. Trimmed to plate at top.
A view of Stoke Bridge, over the River Orwell in Ipswich, two windmills on the hills behind. From a set of four views of Ipswich by Charles Pyke (1770-1846?), locally published.
[Ref: 54741] £480.00

Her Majesties Royal Palace at Kensington. To Her most Serene and most Sacred Majesty Anne by ye Grace of God Queen of Great Britain, France & Ireland &c.
[n.d., c.1713-1724.]
Etching on two sheets conjoined, total platemark 560 x 895mm (22 x 35¼"). Original binding folds, some surface soiling.
A large and impressive view of Kensington Palace, probably engraved by Jan Kip and first published in David Mortier's monumental 'Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne' (1708-13), republished by John Smith in 1724.
Adams 22.41.
[Ref: 54772] £1,250.00

Kew Palace, as seen from Brentford.
J.Gendall Del.t. T. Sutherland Sculp.t.
London. Published Jan.y 1819 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 395 x 505mm (5½ x 19¾"), with narrow margins.
A view of the 'third' Kew Palace, begun in 1802 by James Wyatt with much input from George III. It was much-ridiculed: in 1820 John Bew, in his 'The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London', wrote; 'This Angleo-Teutonic, castellated, gothized structure, (which has never been completed, and probably never will be,) must be considered as an abortive production, at once illustrative of bad taste and defective judgement'. The Prince Regent didn't like it and after the George III’s confinement at Windsor Queen Charlotte refused to live there. In 1828 it was demolished with the interiors used elsewhere: the main staircase was installed in Buckingham Palace.
[Ref: 54951] £420.00

The Bridge at Kingston-upon-Thames. To the Lord High Steward, the Bailiffs and Freeman of that Ancient Corporation, this plate is humbly Inscribed, by their most obedient Servant, dward Lapidge, Architect of the Bridge.
E. Lapidge, Architect. Engraved by R. Havell, Junr.
Published by E. Lapidge No.9. Green Street, Grosvenor Square, July, 1828.
Fine and large aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 415 x 660mm (16½ x 26"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill'. Trimmed into plate at sides, several repaired tears in margins. In mount.
View of Kingston Bridge, showing boats on the River Thames and All Saints church in the distance. The bridge, still standing today, was built of Portland stone with five elliptical arches to a design by Edward Lapidge (1779-1860), the County surveyor. The first stone was laid by the Earl of Liverpool at a ceremony on 7 November 1825 and the bridge was opened by the Duchess of Clarence, on July 17, 1828.
Colvin 'Dictionary of British Architects' p.600.
[Ref: 54779] £420.00

[The Gatehouse, Lincolns Inn.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d., c.1926.]
Rare drypoint etching signed by the artist in pencil. 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with large margins.
The Gatehouse, the entrance to Lincoln's Inn from Chancery Lane is the oldest existing part of the Inn, built between 1518 and 1521. The arms above the arch are those of Sir Thomas Lovell (the Treasurer at the time of construction), the Earl of Lincoln and Henry VIII. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54639] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

View of London from Greenwich Park.
J. Farington R.A. del. J.C. Stadler sculp.
Pub. Jine 1, 1796, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, and N,, 90, Cheapside.
Etching with aquatint sheet 460 x 585mm (16½ x 23"). Hinged into mount. Vertical folds as normal. Faint mount burn from a previous mount.
Panoramic view of London from the park, looking towards St Paul's with the river Thames and shipping to the right.
[Ref: 55032] £360.00

London in 1842. This Picture of the Metropolis of the British Empire is presented to the Subscribers of the Illustrated London News by the Proprietors.
Supplement to the ''Illustrated London News'' of January 7, 1843; Published by W. Little, 198 Strand, London.
Wood engraving from 12 blocks on one sheet. Sheet 900 x 1340mm (35½ x 52¾") Original folds with small splits.
Two large views, looking north and south from the top of the Duke of York Column at the bottom of Regent Street, separated by a vignette roundel of the column itself. Landmarks looking north include Carlton House Terrace in foreground, Regent Street and Trafalgar Square with the steeple of St Martin's Church still under construction. Looking south is St James's Park, the Admiralty and Horse Guards, St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey,
[Ref: 55057] £650.00

[Oatlands] A Plan of the Garden & House of the R.t Honourable y.e Earl of Lincoln at Weybridge in the County of Surry. Part of the Park.
Survey'd and Engrav'd by B. Rocque. 1737.
Publish'd According to the Act of Parliament 1737.
Line engraving. 465 x 640mm (18¼ x 25¼"), with 18th century watermark Trimmed. Centre fold crease. Light stain in bottom left corner. Crease in bottom right corner.
A plan of the house and gardens of the Earl of Lincoln (1720-1794), with a view of the front of the house. Included is a scale of 330 feet and a key. The estate, formerly a royal palace, situated in the non civil parish of Oatlands, passed to Henry Clinton, the seventh Earl of Lincoln, 1716. From ''Vitruvius Brittanicus, Volume the Fourth. Being A Collection of Plans, Elevations, and Perspective Views, of` the Royal Palaces, Noblemen, and Gentlemens Seats, In Great Britain, Not Exhibited in any Collection of this nature hitherto published. Design'd By J. Badeslade and J. Rocque, &c. And Engraven by the Best Hands.
[Ref: 55116] £650.00

The High Street, Oxford.
The Rev.d J. Griffith del.t. J.E. Edy sculp.t.
London Published Aug.t 1, 1800 for the Proprietor by J W Edy, Romney Row [Westrn.]
Rare aquatint, printed in sepia. 600 x 780mm (23½ x 30¾"). Cracks in platemark, margins reinstated on two sides.
A very fine impression of the large view of the High Street, from Queens' College towards All Saints Church.
[Ref: 53998] £850.00

[Westminster.]
[Painted by George Vicat Cole R.A.] A. Brunet-Debaines [pencil signature].
Copyright 1894, Thomas Agnew & Sons, Publishers 33 Old Bond Street, London.
Etching, proof before title, ltd to 350. 450 x 745mm (17¾ x 29¼"), with very large margins, Printsellers' Association blind stamp. Mint.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames, a tug in the foreground, painted by George Vicat Cole (1833-93), etched by Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (1845-1939).
[Ref: 54962] £650.00

Rochester Inscrib'd to S.r Thomas Palmer Bar.t & S.r Jo.n Jennings Kn.t Mem.rs of Parlm.t for ye City.
T. Badeslade delin.t. J. Harris Sculp.t.
[London: D. Midwinter, 1719.]
Engraving on two sheets, very fine impression total 375 x 820mm (14¾ x 32¼"). Mint. Original binding folds.
A fine, dark example of this elevated view of Rochester, looking down the Medway towards Sheerness, published in 'The History of Kent' by John Harris. Down the sides are six inset views, including the castle, cathedral and Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Market House.
[Ref: 54793] £360.00

View of the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich. Dedicated by permission, to the Rigth Hon.ble the Earl of Mulgrave, Master General of the Ordnance, by his most obedient humble Servant, [Jas. Cockburn, Major in the Royal Artillery. ]
Drawn by Major Cockburn. Engraved by R. Havell & Son. 3 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road.
[Published March 30, 1816, for the Proprietor, by Colnaghi & Co, Cockspur Street, London.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 340 x 500mm (13½ x 19¾"). Trimmed, losing end of dedication and publication line.
The Royal Artillery excercising. From "Cockburn's Woolwich'.
Ogilby: 186.
[Ref: 54950] £390.00

[The Royal Exchange.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d., 1927.]
Drypoint etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 270 x 330mm (10¾ x 13").
View of the Royal Exchange's west front, with bustling street scene outside, including traffic and pedestrians. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54634] £320.00

Spooner's Protean Views, No. 27. Westminster Abbey Fitted Up for the Coronation of Queen Victoria, Changing to the Ceremony of the Homage.
London, William Spooner, No. 337 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph, 180 x 350mm, trimmed and laid on card with title label, backed with tissue, as issued.
The empty Abbey fills with people when held up to a light source.
[Ref: 55134] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

St George's Hanover Square [in pencil]. 5/50
Ethelbert White [Signed in pencil].
Limited edition wood engraving 5/50. Sheet 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½), with large margins. Hinged to backing sheet on two corners. Some light creasing in margins.
A view of St George's, Hanover Square, the anglican church, in the City of Westminster, central London. Ethelbert White (1891-1972) was an English wood engraver however he also worked in oils and water colour. He was an early member of the Society of Wood Engravers and a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society in 1925. He was a member of the Royal Watercolour Society, and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 55009] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Catholic College of Stonyhurst, Lancashire. Inscribed to Tho.s Weld Esq.r of Lullworth Castle.
Drawn by T. Stanton. Engraved by S. Middiman.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Fine etching and engraving, open letter proof. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼) Several small nicks along the top margin. Some minor creasing and faint marks.
A view of the Jesuit college, based in a Grade I listed building in Lancashire. Founded in France in 1593, it moved to this site in 1794, when Thomas Weld (1750-1810) of Lulworth Castle (to whom this print is dedicated) donated the building and 30 acres to the Jesuits fleeing the French Revolution.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 55094] £480.00

[St Paul's Cathedral from 'View of the North Bank of the Thames from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge'.
[Lithographed by Thomas Mann Baynes after Sir Frederick William Trench.]
[n.d., 1825.]
Lithograph ON SILK. 220 x 595mm (8¾ x 23½"), laid on card. Some foxing and wear to backing card.
An extremely rare printing on silk of one of the sheets of Trench's prospect of the Thames with his proposed improvements, including the creation of an Embankment. In 1824 Trench, then MP for Cambridge, launched a project for a terrace on the north side of the Thames from Blackfriars to Charing Cross, bringing a bill before Parliament and publishing this long rolling prospect of the river. Although his plan was blocked by powerful interests he continued his campaign, after cholera ravaged parts of the city. Only after he died in 1859 did Parliament finally give the project to Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
[Ref: 54676] £450.00

The Tower.
J. Farington R.A. del. J.C. Stadler Sculp.
Pub. June 1, 1795, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate
A view of the Tower of London from the Thames, with a ship being towed by rowing boats. Plate 17 from Joseph Farington's (1747 - 1821) 'History of the River Thames', 1794, a two-volume publication including 76 aquatints.
Abbey: 432.
[Ref: 53514] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Trafalgar Square.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1928.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 350 x 220mm (13¾ x 8¾") with large margins.
A view of Trafalgar Square, showing the National Gallery, the King George IV Statue, one lion at the base of Nelson's column, St Martin-in-the-Fields and the statue of Henry Havelock. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 55003] £320.00

A Perspective View of Vaux Hall Garden.
J. Maurer delin et Sculp.
London Publish'd according to act of Parliament 1744. Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Etching and engraving 280 x 425mm (11 x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate and folded, one half glued to a backing sheet.
A busy scene in the pleasure garden, Vauxhall Gardens. Many people socialise amongst the trees and pavillions; some sit at tables eating and dining. One pavillion holds an orchestra providing musical entertainment to the visitors.
[Ref: 55021] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Receptie van S.K.H den H.Prince van Orange. op zyn intrede tot London. The Reception of His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange at his entring London.
R.de Hooge fecit.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. 440 x 535mm (17¼ x 21"). Trimmed and laid on archiving paper.
A scene showing the arrival of William of Orange in London, following his invasion of England.
Ref: Landwehr 147.
[Ref: 55123] £680.00

Word or Fenderland Farm. NB. This Farm lies in the Parishes of Word and Easty in Kent And was Plan'd by a Scale of 18 Poles to an Inch in 1775.
by Henry Hogben.
[1775.]
Manuscript estate plan on vellum. Sheet 500 x 695mm (19¾ x 27¼"). Some surface soiling.
A manuscript plan with a 25-point key surmounted by a basket of apples and grapes. Henry Hogben (1741-d.1822) of Doddington, surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, was the third generation of the family to be a mapmaker in Kent, plotting estates in Kent, Essex, Surrey and Hampshire. Versions of his maps of Thanet, the River Stour and Romney Marsh were published, 1775-1515.
[Ref: 55058] £420.00

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