Grosvenor Prints

A Frost.
Designed and Etched by Theordore Lane. Eng.d by Geo. Hunt.
Pub March, 1827, by Geo. Hunt, Corner of York St. & Bridges St. Covent Garden.
Etching with hand coloured aquatint. 345 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"). Trimmed and tipped into backing sheet, a bit time stained and abrasion in title
A man is carried from the ice, dripping wet and carrying one of his skates, by another gentleman wearing a hat with the words 'Humane Society'. Another man offers him some gin. Originally a pair to 'A Thaw'. See ref 56504. The 'R' of Frost is rubbed out.
Hickman pg. 98. i of ii.
[Ref: 56553] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Good Bite or Swallowing the Bait.
T.L. W.H [William Heath] fec.t.
Pub May 15th 1823 by G Humphrey 24 St James's St & 74 New Bond St.
Coloured etching. 130 x 170mm (5 x 6¾") very large margins. Tear entering inscription area taped.
Two men stand fishing on a river bank. As one catches a frog a dog furtively munches on the fish they have caught.
BM Satires 14579.
[Ref: 56738] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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James Balfour Esq.r. Secretary & Treasurer of the Edinburgh Company of Golfers. 1795. By desire of the Company.
Henry Raeburn pinx.t. J. Jones sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs by Will.m Murray, Bookseller, Parliament Close Edin.gh October 1796.
Mezzotint. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"). Contemporary double frame. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of James Balfour (1705-95), Scottish advocate, author of three philosophical books and keen golfer, seated and gesturing as if in conversation. On his desk are books titled 'Record of the Gent. Golfers' and 'Bet Book'. As Secretary to the Edinburgh Company of Golfers he would have been involved in compiling the original rules of golf in 1777. His great-great-grandson was Robert Louis Stevenson, who was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. The Gentlemen Golfers of Edinburgh held the first recorded open golf championship on 2nd April 1744.
CS: 4
[Ref: 56714] £1,500.00

True Nobility of Blood, a scene at Brighton.
[n.d.]
Etching with hand colouring. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed
Four dishevelled men in noble dress stand with their fists poised in the street, a couple of their hats lay discarded on the ground. A crowd is gathered behind them and an older man in a nearby first floor window cries out gesturing for them to stop.
Not in BM
[Ref: 56584] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Going to a Fight.]
Isaac Robert Cruikshank.
Sherwood & co [n.d. September 1st 1819.]
Etching and aquatint. 60 x 495mm (2¼ x 19½"). Some creasing and staining with nicks and holes in the margins.
The seventh strip in Cruikshank's 'Going to a Fight' series, which measured roughly four feet in total. When altogether the strips were rolled tightly into a container with a printed inscription reading '[Illustra]ting the sporting world in all its variety of style and costume along the road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst.' In this strip parts 27-34 are labelled from right to left. The central scene depicts a popular boxing match, with large semi-circular crowd and a 'betting stand' at the back.
F. Siltzer: 325.
[Ref: 56766] £480.00

[Boxing. Set of 12 Plates].
Ch. Genty.
[n.d. c. 1923.]
Set of twelves coloured etchings. 135 x 110mm (5¼ x 4¼").
A set of twelve etchings by Charles Genty that follow the narrative of a boy who is inspired to become a boxer and, with hard work, achieves his goal.
[Ref: 56648] £480.00 view all images for this item

December_ ''Boxing Day''.
George Cruikshank.
[n.d. 1843]
Etching. 95 x 140mm (3¾ x 5½"). Laid on album paper with trimmed corners.
A boxing day scene with a distinct 'boxing' theme; each sign or activity has is relating to box or boxing, from the 'Box Office' to two men boxing.
[Ref: 56649] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Voila-t-on Mort!!! Boxing Extraordinary _ or _ a Noble Fall _!!!!!!
Etch'd by G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d July 17.th 1819 by G. Humphrey 27 S.t James's S.t London.
Etching with letterpress, on Turkey Mill Whatman paper; 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾").
A man lies on the floor of a stately room in complete disarray with blood gushing from his nose after the man to his right has just thrown a punch. A third man exclaims in the doorway, dropping his bottle of champagne. A small dog barks in the corner.
[Ref: 56586] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Carter and Fairbairn. [&] Pat in a Difficulty [verso].
Bey.n Bingley Lithographer. 1 Nomalds Row Alban St. Leeds.
[n.d.]
Lithograph. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14"). Some creasing.
Two men box beside a country road while two others consider placing bets. On verso is a satirical scene in which a young peasant man is persuaded to join the navy by a conservative MP. Boxing item.
[Ref: 56588] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Children's Ball.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Chromolithograph with some figures pasted on. Sheet 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10½"). Trimmed to image and around title.
A dance, with a conductor and orchestra, overseen by adults.
[Ref: 56619] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

His Royal Highness, George Prince of Wales,
J. Russell R.A. Pinxt F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.
London, Published June 1. 1795 by John Jeffreyes Ludgate Hill.
Rare stipple, open letter proof before dedication. Sheet 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed inside platemark, affecting publication line, repairs in inscription area.
George IV when Prince of Wales, holding a bow and standing against a statue. Archers aim at a target behind. The finished plate was dedicated to the Royal Kentish Bowmen, an archery society established 1785; George was made president in 1789, encouraging many other aristocrats to join.
De Vesme 820.
[Ref: 56668] £380.00

The White Fryers in Gloucester. Aug 24. 1721. Browne Willys Ar. Reliquias sacras d.d. W.s Stukeley.
Stukeley delin. E. Kirkall sculp.
[n.d., 1724.]
Engraving. 175 x 280mm (7 x 11").
A view of the Carmelite Friary once situated outside the north gate of the city, with gentlemen playing bowls in the foreground. Published in Stukeley's 'Itinerarium Curiosum'. Very early image of Bowling.
[Ref: 56609] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The High Borne Prince Iames Duke of Yorke. borne October= the 13 1633.
Pub June 10 1800 by WRichardson No 31 Strand.
Engraving. 225 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate lower right.
A portrait of the young Prince James (1633-1701), Duke of York and later James II, probably aged about eleven, standing on a real tennis court, holding a real tennis racket, while figures watch from the gallery. A late eighteenth century copy of portrait engraved and published by Matthäus Merian c.1645. Merian's plate was later acquired by Thomas Jenner, a publisher at the Royal Exchange who added his name under the neatline, although it has been removed here.
[Ref: 56651] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Timothy Luff Mullens with his Harriers. Basingstoke.
Painted and Engraved by D. Wolstenholme.
Published by D. Wolstenholme, 22 Chad's Row, Grays Inn Road, London and R. Castle, Basingstoke.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Framed, visible area 410 x 520mm (16 x 20½"). Tear in inscription area, unexamined out of frame.
Equestrian portrait of Timothy Luff Mullens (c.1766-1833) of Newnham, Mayor of Basingstoke 1808-9.
[Ref: 56666] £550.00

[Cyclists at Newton under Roseberry.]
[c.1895.]
Photograph on printed backboard. In pencil below names, of cyclists. Photograph 155 x 205mm (6 x 8"), ballpoint ink inscription on reverse. Wear to backboard.
Seven cyclists posing in front of the King's Head Inn in Newton under Roseberry, North Yorkshire, with the distinctive peak of Roseberry Topping behind. Hermon Dittburn & William Hall etc mentioned in pencil below photograph.
[Ref: 56592] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

''A Meeting of the Unemployed''.
Frank Paton. [signed in pencil].
Published by E.C. Leggatt, 62 Cheapside, London. 1886.
Etching, signed by the artist. 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½").
Fox hunters gather outside a country inn. The scene is surrounded by satirical vignettes. Frank Paton (1856-1909) was a successful artist during his lifetime and could even count Queen Victoria as an admirer of his work. He is perhaps most widely known for his series of etched Christmas cards published annually by Edward Ernest Leggatt from 1880 until Paton's death in 1909. They were intended to be a cut above the average Christmas card and sold for half a guinea each. Their format became quite formulaic over the years. A central subject reflecting the title of the print was usually complemented by a series of often humorous sketches around its border. A number of the prints would be sent from the printers to be signed in pencil by Paton.
[Ref: 56538] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Poachers tossing for the odd Bird. Dang it Lad thee's won it.]
H. Bewrthoud Del.t.
London, Published by Edward McLean at the Sporting Gallery 14 St Martin's C.t, Leicester Square [n.d., c.1825].
Rare aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 245 x 215mm (9¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two poachers toss a coin to decide who should get the extra pheasant.
[Ref: 56536] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Prospect of the River Wie in Monsal-Dale Two Miles North-West of Bakewell. N.o6.
T. Smith Pinx et del: Vivares sculp.
J. Boydell exeu.t London, 1769.
Engraving, plate 390 x 550mm (15½ x 21¾"). Repaired crease in centre and repaired tear in publication line. Small margins.
A view of a broad waterfall in the river Wye which curves into the foreground between steep wood covered banks. On the right cattle roam into view and men are fishing in the turbulent waters in the foreground, one reaches out to take a fish from a boy to use as bait. Number 6 in the series 'Eight of the most extraordinary Prospects in the Mountainous Parts of Derbyshire and Staffordshire commonly called the Peak and Moorlands.' This series of eight Peak district views was the first major set Smith produced (originally published in 1743), the series was republished by Smith in 1757 and re-issued a third time by Boydell in 1769; several plates were engraved by Vivares and a few by others, Granville, Benoist, Scotin and Roberts.
Clayton pp.155-157, 299
[Ref: 56646] £320.00

Sketches by Travellers. Plate 1st Tiger-Hunting is a delightful sport whilst you hunt him - but not half so pleasant when he takes it into his head to hunt you!
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq. Del.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Published.
Etching. Sheet 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed close to printed border.
Hunters on an elephant panic as a tiger charges them. Etched by William Heath and part of a series which also included scenes in the Scottish Highlands, Germany, Netherlands, China and Arctic.
[Ref: 56593] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq.re His Majesty's Lieutenant of the County of Carnavon. From a Portrait Painted by Sir William Beechey, R.A. and placed by his Friends in the Grand Jury Room at Carnarvon. A.D. 1826. Proof.
Painted by Sir W. Beechey R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King (and J.P. Quilley.)
[c.1826.]
Proof mezzotint. 520 x 400mm (20½ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
Thomas Assheton Smith (the elder) (1752 -1828), landowner who induced Parliament to pass an act enclosing the common land of Llanddeiniolen parish, adding over 2,600 acres to his land holdings, from which he mined slate. Subsequent rioting was put down by a cavalry unit. A close friend of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, Smith became one of cricket's main patrons following the establishment of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1787. This portrait was commissioned by Caernarfon Corporation, who paid Beechey £157.10s. It is now in National Museum Cardiff.
Whitman: 268
[Ref: 56518] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Taking Courage.
R. Dagley del. W. H. Brooke sculp.
London published by John Warren, Old Bond Street, and g. & W. E. Whittaker Ave Maria Lane.
Coloured etching. 150 x 240mm (6 x 9½").
Three men stand on a raised deck, two stripped to the waist with fists raised and one, fully clothed, propping up one of the fighters who leans against his back. Two discarded bottles lie at their feet.
[Ref: 56591] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Visit to the Fives Court. Engraved for the Annals of Sporting & Fancy Gazette
Designed & Etched by J. R. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood. Neely & Jones Aug.t 1.st 1822.
Coloured etching. 205 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Two vertical creases as normal, time staining and some foxing in the top margin.
Two professional boxers fight in a ring for a large crowd.
[Ref: 56587] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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