Grosvenor Prints

Death of Adonis. from Theocrates.
J. Barber inv.t et del.t. S. Wykes, Sculpsit, Birm.
Publish'd as the act directs March 1st 1785 by S. Wykes.
Rare stipple, printed in sanguine. 285 x 300mm (11¼ x 11¾"), with wide margins left & right. Narrow margins top and bottom.
Adonis, having been gored by a boar he was hunting, dies attended by Aphrodite and Eros. A rare Birmingham publication: there is nothing attributed to Wykes listed on the British Museum web site.
[Ref: 54241] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

An Amusing Novel.
Jos. Scheurenberg pinx.t. Ernst Forbert sculp.t.
Rud. Schuster. Berlin. O. Felsing Imp. [n.d., c.1880.]
Photogravure. Sheet 500 x 385mm (19¾ x 15").
A salon, with two women in 18th century dress. One reads a book, the other sews. Joseph Scheurenberg (1846-1914), a German portrait, genre and history painter. From 1881 he taught at the Prussian Kunstakademie in Berlin.
[Ref: 54285] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Angelica and Medora.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
Published July 1st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell No 90 CHeapside London. Bit later.
Stipple, printed in colours, J. Whatman Turkey Mills watermark 1822; 265 x 310mm (10½ x 12¼"), with large margins. Small hole in top margin. Slight printer's crease.
A portrait of lovers Angelica and Medoro, characters in Ludovico Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'.
[Ref: 54231] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Children in the Wood. Their pretty lips with blackberries, Were all besmear'd and dyed, And when they saw the darksome night. They sat them down and cried [...]
Benwell pinx.t L. C. Ruotte sc. Se vend a[?] Paris chez Arthur et Compagnie, a la Manufacture de Papiers au coin de la rue [...] le Boulevard.
Paris, 1914.
Coloured engraving. 280 x 320mm (12½ x 11"), with wide margins. Some creasing in upper right corner.
A scene from the English folk tale better known as 'The Babes in the Wood'. Abandoned in the forest, the two children fall asleep at dusk.
[Ref: 54080] £450.00

Boors Drinking. In the Cabinet at Houghton. Picture the same size as the print.
Ostade Pinx. G. Farrington delin.t. J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published May 1.st 1779 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), with very wide margins.
A scene of four weary looking men drinking and smoking together.
[Ref: 54121] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Boors at Cards in the Cabinet at Houghton. Picture the same size as the print.
David Teniers Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Published Dec.r 1st 1778 by J.on Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine engraving. 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"), with very wide margins.
A scene depicting a group of merry men engrossed in a game of cards.
[Ref: 54122] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Brown Study.
Drawn & Engraved by Fred.k Ja.s Havell.
[London Published Dec.r 8th 1829, for the Proprietor by J. Kendrick, 8 Sidney's Alley.]
Mezzotint with etching. Sheet 145 x 175mm (5¾ x 7"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
The interior of a garret studio, with the artist seated on a chair, staring into the fireplace. Behind him is an easel and maulstick, table with palette, paint brushes, paint box and small bottles; a guitar and music book lying on the floor. The room is filled with picture and sculpture. Frederick James Havell (1801-40) was the brother of landscape painter William Havell.
[Ref: 54191] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Clio gesta canens, transactis Temposa reddit. In the Collection of Mr Reynolds.
il Guercino del.t. W.W. Ryland sc.t 1763.
CR [Charles Rogers] edid.t. [c.1763.]
Mezzotint with etching, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark; 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18") with large margins on 3 sides. Narrow top margin. Slightly time stained
Clio, the muse of History, sitting on a throne in the clouds, reading. One putto holds a hourglass, another a small book. From 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings' by Charles Rogers. A Second edition was published by Boydell in 1778.
[Ref: 54168] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Behold rare Cocker's Life-resembling Shade: [...].
R. Gaywood. fec[?].
[n.d. 1657]
Rare etching. 135 x 160mm (5¼ x 6"). Vertical creasing affecting the title area. Small perforation near lower left corner. ,Foxing.
A decorated portrait of Edward Cocker (1631-1676) and frontispiece to 'Arts glory; or the pen mans treasury'. Edward Cocker was an English engraver as well as a notable teacher of arithmetic, on which he also wrote several books.
[Ref: 54125] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Composition]
J. B. Cipriani del.t. Rob.t Sa.l Marcuard Scu.t.
London, [n.d. 1784]
Stipple and etching, proof before title and publication line, watermark 1784; 165 x 225mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Light foxing
An allegorical scene of a classical female figure painting a figure of Athena; she is being advised by a cherub over her shoulder, while another cherub holds her drawing board. A companion print to 'Study' also by Marcuard (after Cipriani), published by Palmer 1784.
[Ref: 54116] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Time clipping Cupid's Wings.
[Engraved by James McArdell after Anthony Van Dyck]
[London, n.d. c.1790]
Mezzotint, fine impression. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and each edge lined with paper mount. Some markings along the top edge.
A scene depicting Time, an old winged man, taking clippers to the young Cupid's wings, who tries to struggle out of his grasp. The personified image of Time has its roots in the Greek association of time ('chronos') with Cronos, their god of agriculture, which is why he is often depicted with a scythe, as here. It is possible that Van Dyck's arresting characterisation of Time derives from Brozino's depiction of Time in 'Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time', who somewhat sinisterly gazes upon the ambiguous scene of Cupid and Venus. Possibly Van Dyck's scene asserts with more force that time is fleeting to the detriment of love. In a mezzotint portrait of James McAdell by Richard Earlom (after a drawing by McArdell), McArdell holds a scraper in his hand over a copper plate before him of 'Time clipping Cupid's Wings' (1771).
[Ref: 54097] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Amantium Iræ. The Quarrel of Cupid and Psyche. Engraved by Cap.t Baillie from a most beautiful Cabinet Picture of Nicolo Pousin in the Collection of Wellbore Ellis Agar Esq.r.]
[Jan.y 1. 1778.] Bit later.
Stipple and soft-ground etching with surface-tone, rare proof before letters, printed in orange on thin paper. Plate area 225 x 210mm (8¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed into black inscription area at bottom.
A group of cherubs, two embracing, one holding a fruit, others behind catching butterflies, another leaning over a basket of fruit. Etched by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Having retired from the army in 1761 he devoted himself to printmaking and dealing, specialising in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 54243] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Cupid and my Campaspe play'd At cards for kisses. ...
Fred Millar 58.09[?] R. A. Bell . Robert Anning Bell. Fred Millar se et Imp. No. 11
[n.d.]
Mezzotint Printed in colours on india paper, 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"), with wide margins. Small tear in right margin. Light stain in upper left corner. Toning.
A scene depicting Cupid and a young mistress, or Campaspe, playing cards surrounded by four other young women. Campaspe was the supposed lover of Alexander the Great; her name became a generic synonym for a man's young mistress in poetry and this meaning was popularised in John Lyly's (1553-1606) poem 'Cupid and my Campaspe play'd. At cards for kisses'. He also wrote a play titled 'Campaspe' (1584).
[Ref: 54092] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Cymbeline] Imogen's Chamber. On her left breast a mole, cinque spotted...
Painted by W. Martin. Engraved by A. Zaffonato
Publish'd November 30th 1793 by A. Suntach.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 230 x 250mm (9 x 9¾") Trimmed into plate top and bottom, thread margins at sides.
A scene from William Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline': Imogen sleeps in her bed while Iachimo leans over her writing a letter suggesting he has seduced her. After William Martin (1753 - c.1831), historical painter who was pupil and assistant to Cipriani until c.1784.
[Ref: 54204] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Vice. ''Gentlemen _ Feeling as I do on the present occasion''. [&] The Chair. ''Gentlemen _ This is the very happiest moment of my life''.
Painted by Alfred Crowquill. Engraved by W.H. Simmons.
London, Published by S. Knights, Change Alley, 25, March 1841.
Pair of mezzotints. Each 325 x 260mm (12¾ x 10¼"), with very large margins.
A pair of scenes at a dinner table littered with decanters.
Ex: Collection late Hon. Christopher Lennoz-Boyd.
[Ref: 54212] £380.00 view all images for this item

[A Dutch Peasant.]
A. Brower Pin.t. T. Burke fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 18, 1771, by the Proprietor W.m W. Ryland No. 27, Cornhill.]
Mezzotint, rare scratch letter proof before title. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Crease in plate bottom right.
A rustic man, clutching a broken pitcher, giggling.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 54228] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Earth.
R, Gaywood fecit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching. 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"), with small margins. Creasing in the margins and across the image. Lower right corner is folded. Small tears in lower and right margins.
A scene of cherubs picking fruit from a tree for a bountiful cornucopia. A number of workers are harvesting their fields in the background. Part of 'The Foure Elements' series by van Avont (1600-1652), which was also engraved by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54115] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The enraptured Poet - The parturition of a thought.]
[Engraved by John George Murray after Henry James Richter.]
[London: Robert Bowyer & Mary Parkes, 1829.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. Sheet 515 x 410mm (20¼ x 16"). Trimmed to plate, tear to image taped, creasing outside printed area. Plate uncleaned.
An impoverished poet sitting at a desk in an attic room, as inspiration strikes.
See BM 2010,7081.6786 for a scratched-letter proof bought from the Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 54162] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Erminia.
Angelica Kauffman Inv.t. Ja.s Hogg Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs April 1st 1784 - By A. Torre, No 44 Market Lane.
Stipple, printed in sepia. Sheet 265 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Tiny holes on edge of image.
A scene from Tasso's 'La Gerusalemme liberata' (Jerusalem delivered): Erminia, living as a shepherdess, carves Tancred's name on a tree.
[Ref: 54247] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Four Elements Fire.
P. van Avont inu. R. Gaywood fecit. R. Walton Excudit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching, 17th century watermark, 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Creasing in the corners and some small tears along the top edge. Repaired tear in the centre of the lower margin. Small margins.
A scene depicting three cherubs playing with a gunpowder cannon and a discarded suit of armour. After Petrus van Avont's series the Four Elements, in which the first was fire, which were also done by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54114] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Fisherman Going Out. [&] The Fisherman's Return.
GCarter pinx.t. J. Jones fecit.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Nov.r 19 1782 by GCarter Margaret Street, Cavendish Square.
Pair of mzzotints, matching pair; 490 x 340mm (19¼ x 13½"), on 'H & S' wove paper. Repair to margin of 'Going Out'.
A fisherman walking to his boat, carrying the nets, and his return to his family with some of his catch. After George Carter (1737-94).
[Ref: 54222] £550.00 view all images for this item

The Fleecy Charge. Now Shepherds; to your helpless charge be kind ...
G. Moreland Pinx.t. G. Shepheard Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd June 7th. 1796, by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with etching, printed in brown, with hand colour. Sheet 390 x 455mm (15¼ x 18"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, some colour bleed at sides.
The interior of a barn, with a man carrying in a bundle of hay in for his sheep, talking to another who stands by the doorway, through which a snow-covered tree can be seen. This seems to be a colouring guide: it is printed on a progress proof of Robert Freebairn's ''A View of the Bay of Naples, The City of Pozzuoli, the Elysian Fields, the Stygean Lake, and Cape of Miseno'', with the etched outline before the addition of aquatint, so not a commercial printing.
[Ref: 54260] £360.00 view all images for this item

The Water Lily.
[Th]o.s Harper pinx.t. J.P. Quilley sculp[.t].
London, Published Feb.y 20, 1830, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26, Haymarket.
Rare mezzotint printed in colour, sheet 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, clipping artist's and engraver's names and into title at bottom. Slight staining in title area.
A woman's head in the centre of a water lily flower, one of a series of prints after Thomas Harper (1817-43, fl.), in which women are combined with flowers, comets, eclipses, etc. Very decorative.
See Ref: 54181
[Ref: 54180] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Drawn from the most minute observation. An Exact representation of the Car, that conveyed the remains of the R.t Hon.ble Cha.s Ja.s Fox, Oct.r 10.th 1806_respectfully dedicated to the Electors of Westmin.r & the Noblemen & Gentlemen of the Wig Club.
Pub.d Oct.r 19.th 1806 by A. Beugo Maiden Lane, Cov.t Garden.
Very rare aquatint. 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed into image at top.
A representation of the funeral car of politician Charles James Fox (1749-1806), which was drawn by six horses.
[Ref: 27802] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Elisabeth Grey Supliant Edouard IV. Pour la Resatitution des Beins de Defunt Son Mari. Lady Elizabeth Grey imploring of Edward IV the restitution of her deceased Husbands Lands, forfeited in the dispute between the houses of York and Lancaster. Rapin's Hist. Vol V. Pag. 26. Dedicated to the Queen by her Majesty's dutiful and most obedient humble Servant W. Wynne Ryland.
d'Apres Angelique Koffman et Ryland. M.elle Bareuille Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs March, i. 1780 for the Proprietor W.W. Ryland No 159 Strand London. A Paris chez Chaillon Salle neuve du Palais Marchand.
Stipple, printed in brown. 345 x 405mm (13¼ x 16"). Repaired tears, one entering top printed border.
Elizabeth Woodville begs Edward IV for the return of the land of her husband, Sir John Grey, forfeited after he was killed fighting on the losing side at the Second Battle of St. Albans in 1461. Much taken by the widow, Edward pursues Elizabeth and eventually marries her, the first time a king of England married one of his subjects. Their ten children included the Princes in the Tower and Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII The engraver, Mademoiselle Bareuille, has slavishly copied Ryland's plate, even the English text, making it look like a re-issue of the original, but it is a different plate.
See BM 1872,1012.1621 for the original.
[Ref: 54213] £320.00

[Hamlet] Ophelia.
[Engraved by William Wynne Ryland after Giovanni Battista Cipriani.]
Publish'd Dec.r 2 1786 by J. Walker, Carver & Printseller No 148 Strand London.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 355 x 280mm (13¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5: Ophelia, her mind unhinged by her father's murder, she offers herbs and flowers to her brother, the queen and king. Soon after this scene, she will fall into a brook while picking flowers and drown. An early state: an edition of April 1787 has the added engraved text: ''Oph: There's Fennel for you, & Columbines: / There's Rue for you; _".
[Ref: 54242] £320.00

[Henry IV Part II] Falstaff Reproved by King Henry.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Shenner Sculp.t.
London Published June 1. 1792, by Thos. Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in brown, open letter proof; 410 x 475mm (16 x 18¾"). Narrow margins, tear at top repaired, creasing.
Falstaff at left glares in the direction of the new monarch at right who has banished him. The BM records a note from David Alexander regarding the engraver 'Shenner', suggesting he was the 'Sheneker' who engraved a plate of Nell Gwynn
BM: 1951,0702.12.
[Ref: 54229] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Hee that more of thine Excellence would now, On this thy Book let him some thoughts bestow; [...].
Gaywood fecit.
Scarce etching. 120 x 75mm (4¾ x 3"). Trimmed and laid on backing board at top. Some tears along right edge and in top right corner. Losses on right and bottom. Damaged.
A head and shoulders portrait of James Hodder (17th century), and frontispiece to his book 'Hodder's Arithmetick', published 1661.
[Ref: 54127] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Castle in Danger.
W. Hamilton R.A. del. T. Gaugain sculp.
[London Pub. May 1789 by J. Brydon Charing Cross.]
Stipple. Sheet 190 x 230mm (7½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
Three boys build a house of cards, but a girl creeps up to push one of them from behind.
[Ref: 54202] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[The Infant Academy.]
[Sir, Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Francis Haward Sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd April 19th; 1783, by F. Haward, Lambeth Marsh, near the Turnpike; & T. Birchall No. 473 Strand.]
Stipple, printed in sanguine, proof? Sheet 255 x 310mm (10 x 12¼").. Printed within printed border, losing inscriptions
A naked young boy painting on an oval canvas, his subject a young girl with a fashionable hat, who is flanked by two other children. According to the BM the original painting at Kenwood has been ruined by bitumen.
[Ref: 54211] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Son of M.r Jekyll.
W.m Lodder del. Anth.y Cardon sculp.
London, Published June 4. 1808 by John P. Thompson, Grea Newport Street.
Rare stipple, printed in colours. Sheet 315 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
A boy dressed in the girlish dress of the period, sitting on an upturned wheelbarrow outside a cottage with a Dutch door (or half door). His dog looks around to watch a cat coming outside. The family is unidentified. In a proof state in the BM (1872,0511.205) the title was 'The Mother's Pride'; the title was changed for this state published by Cardon in 1805.
[Ref: 54203] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

In the Collection of W.m Kent Esq.r 2 feet 2 inch: wide. 1 foot 4 inch: high.
Salvator Rosa pinx. J: Wood Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Pond Feb.y 1744.
Fine etching. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"), with wide margins.
A hooded figure reading a book in the foreground of this rocky, blustery landscape. William Kent (1685-1748), who is said to have Salvator Rosa's original painting in the title of the print, was an English painter, architect and landscape architect. He had a hand in the landscaping and interior design for Chiswick House, Hampton Court Palace and Devonshire House, and had a lasting impact on the history of interior design and estate layout.
[Ref: 54117] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Line Swinglers.] Plate 24.
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 250 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Two men work cutting and preparing flax. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54261] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Love Masked
Published as the Act directs Oct 10 1799 by P.W.Tomkins, No.49 New Bond Street London.
Fine stipple, printed in colours. 180 x 165mm (7 x 6½"), with large margins. Tears in margins, some soiling of edges. Uncut. Publishing line slightly faded.
An infant Cupid hides behind a huge Tragic mask. A pair to 'Cupid Unmasked'.
[Ref: 54209] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Macbeth. From an Original Picture, in the Collection of Will,m Lock Esq.r.
Painted by Fran.co Zuccarelli. Engrav'd by W,,m Woollett.
Published as the Act directs Dec.r 29th. 1770, by W.m Woollett, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London.
Etching. Sheet 455 x 560mm (18 x 22"). Trimmed to plate top and left, narrow margins elsewhere, some surface scuffing to edges.
Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches in a wind-swept landscape. Behind soldiers try to restrain their terrified horses as lightning strikes a castle on the hilltop behind. The second published state, with a new address of Charlotte Street.
Fagan 74.
[Ref: 54251] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Mask. [&] The Ghost.
[Mask after Joshua Reynolds, Ghost after Richard Westall.]
Dublin Publish'd by W. Allen, 32 Dame Street.
Pair of stipples. Each c. 210 x 265mm (8¼ x 10½") large margins A few repairs.
A pair of scenes of children playing games, close copies of stipples by Luigi and Niccolo Schiavonetti. 'Mask' depicts two of the daughters of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, who owned the painting: Charlotte (1769-1802), holding a Graecian theatrical mask, and Anne (1773-1865).
[Ref: 54223] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Maternal Affection.
T.Cheesman del et sculp.
Pub.d April 25 1808 by T.Cheesman, 71 Newman Street.
Stipple, printed in colours. Sheet 295 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A breast-feeding mother.
[Ref: 54199] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Matthew called to be an Apostle] Vectigal Matthee Deo mandate relinquis, Atque illum læto suscipis hospitio. Matt. 9.9.
H.C.F. [Engraved by Jan Collaert after Marten de Vos]
CJVisscher excu. [Amsterdam, c.1643].
Engraving. 200 x 270mm (8 x 10¾"), with large margins.
Jesus calls Matthew away from his job as a tax collector. This plate was probably engraved by Gerard de Jode for his 'Thesaurus Novi Testamenti', 1585. This second state was published in Clanz Janz. Visscher's reissue, 'Theatrum Biblicum'.
See BM 1968,1018.1.295 for the first state.
[Ref: 54147] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Mermaid. Ebbing tides bear no delay. / Stormy winds are far away. / Come with me and we will go / Where the rocks of Coral grow.
Drawn by Huet Villiers. Engraved by G. Maile.
London, Published 1st June 1823, by S. Knight, 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange.
Stipple. Sheet 160 x 185mm (6¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate. Borders bit messy.
A short-haired woman swimming in the sea, illustrating 'The Mermaid's Song' by Anne Hunter (1742-1821), which was set to music by Joseph Haydn in 1794.
[Ref: 54206] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Street of a Camp, for a Brigade of Body Guards to the French King.
London. Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St Pauls Church Yard, and R. Wikinson, 225 Fenchurch Street.
Etching. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10¾"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mills 1821', with large margins. Wear to edges.
A camp of French soldiers near an island fortress. Probably a reprint of a mid-18th century printing.
[Ref: 54160] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

A Monk.
TC [monogram] sc. 1799.
Fine stipple. 110 x 85mm (4½ x 3¼"), with large margins.
A bald monk sleeping with a staff.
[Ref: 54192] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Musick.
P. da Cortona Inv.t. R. Marcuard Sc.t.
[Mango Exc.t. Publish'd According to Act of Parl.m 1st Sep.r 1777 for the Proprietor No. 150 Strand.]
Stipple. Sheet 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
A female figure, wearing a turban, a roll of sheet music in her left hand, her right resting on a violin. The British Museum suggests that the publisher is Jakob Mangot.
[Ref: 53692] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Amores Naturales. Ex. Plinio Lib. 36. Cap. 5. Varroni docto celebratum opus Arcesilia, Pulchre haec, Spectator, picta Tabella refert. Marmoreo lapidj torua est incisa Leaena, Parte omni aligeris cincta Cupidinibus. [...]
Ioan. Stradanus delineabat. Theodor. Galle Sculp. Phl.s Galle excud.
Antwerp, [n.d. c.1600]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed to plate. Some minor creasing.
An allegorical scene of Natural Love in which a group of putti play with a marble lion sculpted by Arcesilaus, celebrated for his art throughout Rome in the first century BCE. This scene is from Pliny the Elder's 'Natural History' book 36 chapter 4, rather than 5 as the inscription claims.
[Ref: 54098] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Parable of the Unforgiving Servant] Dominus servo suo debitum decies mille Talentorum condonat. Matt. 18.23.
[Engraved by Gerard de Jode?]
CJVisscher excudit [Amsterdam, c.1643].
Engraving. 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Slight tear at top.
A scene from the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, with the king forgiving his huge debt. This plate was probably engraved by Gerard de Jode for his 'Thesaurus Novi Testamenti', 1585. This second state was published in Clanz Janz. Visscher's reissue, 'Theatrum Biblicum'.
[Ref: 54146] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Peat Cart] Plate 27.
Geo. Walker Del.t. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, June 1. 1814.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), with wide margins.
One man stands at a cart as another man cuts peat on a hillside. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54265] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Praise
Painted by R. M. Paye. Engraved by W. Ward.
London publish'd May 12th 1785 by J. R. Smith N.o 83 Oxford Street.
Stipple. 255 x 225mm (10 x 8¾"), with large margins. Some creasing at the corner. A little discolouration.
An angel reading intently from an open book, in an oval design. Appears to be a pair with 'Praise' by William Nutter (After Paye), published by John Raphael Smith (1785).
[Ref: 54113] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Preemer Boy]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Jan.y 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with sheet of letterpress. Trimmed inside platemark.
A boy sitting on a flagstone floor, using a metal toothed comb to remove the flocks of wool from the teasels discarded by the two croppers working on a bench behind. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54262] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Predicazione de' Quacheri. Tom. XII
[n.d. c.1744].
Engraving. 185 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed on top, right and bottom sides. Vertical creases as issued.
A scene depicting a congregation of Quakers, with a central figure preaching to the meeting. The meeting is largely attended by simply dressed men and women wearing either hats or head coverings, however in the lower left corner is a group of three elaborately dressed people, two women and a man, who seem to be expressing shock. The three clearly aristocratic figures may be illustrating the radical attitude of Quakers, who refused to follow the social traditions expected of the lower echelons of society. For example, in accordance with their view on equality they would not remove headware in the presence of upper classes, as here, nor would they address anyone by their earthly titles, or follow socially accepted forms of address.
[Ref: 54091] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger Almanack 1839. Hieroglyphic for the eventful year 1839. Herin the Aspect of the Heavens learn / And of the times the mystic Signs discern.
London Published by William Charlton Wright 4 Paternoster Row.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 230 x 265mm (9 x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, binding folds flattened. Creasing as normal.
Nine vignette scenes of 'events' forefold for 1839. In the centre is Queen Victoria receiving a deputation of the poor, as arms houses are being built behind. Other scenes include a man entering a bank with money bags; lawyers being stoned by a mob; rural victims of a plague; highwaymen killing travellers; a blacksmith's forge with a locomotive in the background; and a skeleton raising a bottle in toast at a dinner party.
See BM 1902,1011.9731 for one from the series dated 1863.
[Ref: 54150] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mamma, Don't Make Me Beg in Vain; / Pray Read That Pretty Book Again. [&] [A seated woman holding a book, speaking to a child.]
[Mamma inscribed] [Ada]m Buck Delin.t. M.N. Bate Sc[...]
London, Pub. April 15th, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Pair of rare stipple, printed in colours. Sheets 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾") & 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Mamma trimmed into image at sides affecting inscriptions, into plate top and bottom, second trimmed, losing title and inscriptions.
A pair of scenes of a woman dressed in neoclassical style a child begging to be read to. The woman resembles Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, whose portrait was published by Buck in 1810. The original watercolour of 'Mamma' is in an album the Victoria and Albert Museum.
V&A: P.69-1930.
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