Grosvenor Prints

[Sarah Amherst and her older brother Jeffrey.]
Painted at Palermo by Robert Fagan Esq.r His Majesty's Consul General for Sicily and Malta. Engraved by Rob.t Dunkarton, 452, Strand.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Scarce mezzotint with engraved border. 320 x 345mm (12½ x 13½"). Tear touching plate at top, printers crease.
Two of the children of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, with a dog: the eldest son Jeffrey (1802-26) and Sarah Elizabeth (1801-76). Jeffrey died suddenly in Barrackpore, while his father was leading the Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6); Sarah also travelled to India with her parents, being a painter and botanical illustrator, known under her married name of Hay-Williams. This portrait was painted while Amherst was ambassador-extraordinary to the court of the Two Sicilies, 1809-11. Challoner Smith suggests this plate was never published.
CS: 3.
[Ref: 60210] £450.00

[...] Hans Christian Andersen [facsimile signature]. Portrait Gallery of Hogg's Instructor.
F. Croll.
[Edinburgh, 1851.]
Stipple engraving with facsimile text. Sheet 245 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½").
Bust portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), Danish author, fairy tale writer and poet, noted for his children's stories.
[Ref: 53311] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Capt.n Anderson. Commanding Irregular Cavalry, Shah Shujah's Force.
[after Vincent Eyre.]
[London, John Murray, 1843.]
Lithograph. Printed area 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼").
William Anderson (1803-58) in Afghan dress. Promoted to captain in 1838, he served as Commandant of Shah Shuja's 2nd Cavalry during the 1st Afghan War (1838-42) and was taken prisoner during the retreat from Kabul in January 1842, and released on 22 September. Promoted to major in May 1853, Anderson later served as second-in-command of the Jodhpur Legion, a unit that mutinied in 1857, before eventually retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. A portrait from Vincent Eyre's 'Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners', from an original drawing made during Eyre's captivity in Afghanistan after the Retreat from Kabul during the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842).
[Ref: 60407] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Brougham] Present and Past. What I am. What I was.
H. Heath del.t.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 220mm (10¼ x 8¾"). Laid on album paper, with cockling caused by glue in corners.
Pair of caricatures on one sheet of Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, contrasting his clothing out of office to his Lord Chancellor's robes. When Lord Melbourne became Prime Minister again in April 1835 his dislike of Broughham caused him not to reappoint him as Lord Chancellor.
[Ref: 60592] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Byron.
A. Isola dip. C. Bruni lit. Torino in de Festa.
[Genova: L. Pellas, 1830.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 190 x 117mm (7½ x 4½").
Frontispiece portrait from 'Poemi di Lord G. Byron Tradotti dall'originale inglese da Pietro Isola'.
[Ref: 60401] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus.
Cipriani pinx.t. J. Godby sculp.
[Published either by Edward Orme in 1815 or William Darton, c.1820.]
Stipple with engraving. Sheet 380 x 305mm (15 x 12"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
A full length portrait of Christopher Columbus, standing with one hand on a globe, the other holding a telescope. According to the BM (1880,0110.131) the original Cipriani portrait was of Galileo.
See also reference 60531.
[Ref: 60368] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus.
Cipriani pinx.t. J. Godby sculp.
London: William Darton & Son, 58 Holborn Hill.]
Hand-coloured stipple with engraving. Sheet 415 x 270mm (16¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, pinholes in unprinted area of plate.
A full length portrait, standing with one hand on a globe, the other holding a telescope. According to the BM (1880,0110.131) the original Cipriani portrait was of Galileo. The plate was also published by Edward Orme in 1815.
See Ref: 60368.
[Ref: 60531] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Sheik of Lebanon.
David Wilkie ft. [Lithographed by Joseph Nash.]
[London: Graves & Warmsley, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 520 x 355mm (20½ x 14").
A man in a turban, seated cross-legged, sword in his lap. Behind a partial portraits of a Nubian slave filling a pipe, a woman and child and another man. David Wilkie (1785-1841) set out for the East in 1840 to gather material for a series of biblical illustrations, visiting Constantinople, Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Alexandria. He died at sea on his return journey, before he could turn his sketches into the intended oils: This plate appeared in his 'Sketches in Turkey, Syria and Egypt' published in 1843.
Abbey Travel: 379.
[Ref: 60235] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John Singleton Copley.] The R.t Hon.ble Lord Lyndhurst.
A.E. Chalon R.A. R.J. Lane A.R.A.
London. Published March 30th 1836, by John Mitchell, Library, 33, Old Bond Street.
Lithograph, proof. Sheet 430 x 275mm (17 x 10¾"). Trimmed to image.
A full-length portrait of John Singleton Copley (1772-1863), 1st Baron Lyndhurst, in his baronial gown. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the American painter of the same name.
[Ref: 60372] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Christiaan de Wet] De Wet, Br Horse 5 yr. By, Darling - Not Caught Yet.
Nap.
[n.d. c.1900.]
Watercolour and gouache, sheet 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14"). Creases and small tears.
A caricature of a Boer general Christiaan de Wet (1854-1922), one of their best guerrilla leaders.
[Ref: 60715] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Master Douglas.
J. Hazlitt pinx.t. E. Harding sculp.
Pub.d June 6, 1794, by E. Harding, Pall Mall.
Stipple, sheet 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper.
Full length portrait of 'Master' Douglas, standing in a landscape and holding a hat in his left hand.
[Ref: 60419] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Francis Drake.
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1730.]
Engraving. 365 x 230mm (14 x 9"), with large margins. Crease.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. Early Dutch impression.
[Ref: 60374] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Angliæ Ætat Svæ XLIII. Hic est qui toto terrarum Orbe, duorum annor Spatio, et, mensium io circumducto Angliam patriam revisit, 1577 Dere.
[after Jean Rabel.]
[n.d., c.1600.]
Scarce engraving. Sheet 90 x 65mm (3½ x 2½"). Trimmed within plate top and right, very slight crease.
A half length contemporary portrait of Sir Francis Drake in armour, with a shield decorated with a scene of a sea battle. Drake arrived back in Plymouth in Golden Hind to become the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
[Ref: 60507] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Edward the Martyr, stabbed by the Order of Elfrida at Corfe Castle.
Chevalier Cazali Pinxit & Sculpsit.
Published 1773 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Etching. Sheet 450 x 325mm (17¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tears, creasing.
Edward (c. 962- 97), King of the English, on horseback, accepting the hospitality of his stepmother Elfrida (Ælfthryth) as one of her men reaches up to stab him in the back in March 978. Her son became King Æthelred, the Unready.
[Ref: 60518] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Euripides. Engraved from an Ancient Bust found at Athens, in the possession of Ralph Carr, Esq.r. Private Plate.
Harriet Cheney, delineavit. Philip Audinet, sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving, 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8") with small margins. Small creases and surface dirt.
A bust after a sculpture of Ancient Greek tragedian Euripides (c480- 406BC).
[Ref: 60605] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ferdinandus. IV. Dei. GR. Utrius. Sig. Et. Hier. Rex.
Franciscus Liani pinx. Gulielmus Morghen sculp.
Romae 1789.
Engraving, ink Collector's mark verso; sheet 430 x 305mm (17 x 12"). Trimmed to plate left and right. Small margins.
Oval half length portrait of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples (1751-1825), also styled as Ferdinand III of Sicily (1759-1816) and Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1816-25). He wears armour and a fur trimmed royal cloak. Nelson helped him stay in power. After Francesco Liani (fl. 1765-1777), possibly reworked from another plate of Ferdinand IV by a relative of Filippo Morghen (1730-c.1807) and Raphael Morghen (1758-1833).
[Ref: 60606] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

S.r John Fielding, K.t.
Hone pinx.t. M.c Ardell fecit.
Sold by C. Marsh at Charing Cross and R. Withy in Cornhill.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 395 x 290mm (15½ x 11½"). Trimmed and glued to album paper. Some surface dirt, creasing and some light foxing at edges.
Three quarter seated portrait of Sir John Fielding (1721-1780), English magistrate and social reformer. He rests his left hand on the 'Holy Bible' and 'Statuits at Large Magna Charta' and his right holds a rolled document labelled 'Plan of' on his knee. He wears a dark coat with narrow embroidered trim along edge and cuffs, over an embroidered waistcoat and a narrow dark band just above his closed eyes. Despite being blinded in a navy accident aged 19, Fielding set up his own business and, in his spare time, studied law. He worked very closely with his half-brother Henry Fielding (a chief magistrate as well as a novelist), creating the first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners. Known as the "Blind Beak", he could allegedly recognise three thousand criminals by the sounds of their voices.
CS: 65, ii of iii. Whitman 187 ii of iii.
[Ref: 60426] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord French F.M.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 320 x 170mm (12½ x 6¾"). Small holes on four corners.
Military caricature of Field Marshal John French, 1st Earl of Ypre (1852-1925) by Nap, signed recto and titled verso.
[Ref: 60680] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

David Garrick Esq.r.
A. Pond Pinxit. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9") with large margins and 18th century watermark.
Half-length portrait in oval of David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice.
Goodwin 185.II. CS 77.II.
[Ref: 60331] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)

Horatio Gates Esq.r Major General of the American Forces.
London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 2nd Jan.y 1778, by John Morris.
Extremely finely coloured mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of American General Horatio Gates (1728-1806) in uniform. Under Gates' left hand is a copy of the 'Articles of Convention between Gen.l Gates & Gen.l Burgoyne'.
[Ref: 60431] £2,600.00

[Peter Gilpin.] Spearmint Ch. H. 6yr old by Wide Experience _ Clarehaven.
Nap.
[n.d. c.1900.]
Watercolour and gouache, sheet 290 x 350mm (11½ x 13¾"). Teras, nicks and creases on edges.
A caricature of a British racehorse trainer Peter Gilpin (1858-1928) as a horse.
[Ref: 60709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Commodore Griffith. From an Original Miniature in the Possession of Cap.t Walter Booth.
Harding sc.
Pub'd Aug. 1, 1800, by Edw. Harding 98 Pall Mall.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins.
Welsh naval officer who fought in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, including the battles of St Lucia (1778), Grenada and Martinique (both 1779), killed in action at the later. His commander, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, noted 'The service cannot lose a better man or a better officer'.
[Ref: 60679] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[John Camillus Hone] The Piping Boy.
Painted by Mr. Hone. Engrav'd by Capt.n Baillie 1771.
Mezzotint. 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9").
Mezzotint after Nathaniel Hone's 1769 portrait of his son John Camillus Hone (now in the National Gallery of Ireland), engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 60438] £360.00

[Laura Honey] Mrs Honey (as Psyche).
Lithographed, Printed & Pub.d by G.E. Madeley, 3, Wellington S.t, Strand [n.d., c.1835].
Coloured lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Edges soiled, crease. Bit messy.
Laura Honey (1816-43) as Psyché in the burlesque Cupid, performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, in 1832.
[Ref: 60659] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Jacobus I.mus D.G. Mag: Brit: Fra: et Hib. Rex.
A Van Dyke Eques Pinx: ab Originali minuta fact: per Fra: Hilyard A.o D.i 1617.
J. Smith fec etc ex. 1721 [but later]
Mezzotint. 355 x 245mm (14 x 20¾)", very large margins. Bit grey.
An oval portrait of James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), bare-headed, with ruff, ribbon and George.
[Ref: 60371] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

James the First, King of Great Britain. Proof.
Engraved by Charles Turner from an extreme rare print by Delaram.
London: Published by S. Woodburn, 112 S.t Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1816.]
Proof mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 250 mm (13 x 10"). Trimmed within plate.
An equestrian portrait of James I of England and VI of Scotland, the City of London depicted behind him. Following the death of his aunt Queen Elizabeth I, James became the first king of Great Britain and Ireland uniting the three kingdoms. From Woodburn's series of mezzotint portraits after early engravings titled 'Portraits of Royal Personages', published in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 468, unlisted state between i and ii of iii.
[Ref: 60602] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The late W.T. Evan. J. Loates colours.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 330 x 170mm (13 x 6¾").
A horse racing caricature of jockey William Thomas Evans (1913-68) wearing the colours of jockey John Loates (1846-68) by Nap, signed recto and titled verso.
[Ref: 60677] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[W. Griggs.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 320 x 160mm (12½ x 6¼"). Small holes on four corners.
A horse racing caricature of a jockey (either William or Walter Griggs) by Nap, signed recto and titled verso.
[Ref: 60673] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Mr Bart Lievier in his own colours.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 320 x 170mm (12½ x 6¾"). Slightly foxed.
A horse racing caricature of a jockey by Nap, signed recto and titled verso.
[Ref: 60672] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[F. Wootton in Mr R. Wootton Colours.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 320 x 170mm (12½ x 6¾"). Trimmed, slightly foxed.
A horse racing caricature of jockey Frank Wotton (1893-1986) by Nap, signed recto and titled verso.
[Ref: 60671] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Stubbs.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 330 x 170mm (13 x 6¾"). Some creases, Small holes on four corners. Slightly foxed.
A horse racing caricature of a jockey by Nap, signed recto and titled verso. Most likely William Arthur Stubbs (1891-1952) an amateur before the war he turned professional in January 1918 and his first paid ride was a winner.
[Ref: 60669] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[K. Cannon.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 320 x 160mm (12½ x 6¼").
A horse racing caricature of classic-winning British jockey Kempton Cannon (1879–1951) by Nap, signed recto and titled verso.
[Ref: 60678] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Andrew J. Joyner] One of the Best Ch. H. 5yr. By Practical _ U.S.A.
Nap.
[n.d. c.1900.]
Watercolour and gouache, sheet 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14"). Creases and small tears.
A caricature of a American racehorse trainer Andrew J. Joyner (1861-1943) as a horse.
[Ref: 60710] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Payne Knight, Esq. F.R.S. & S.A. From an Original Picture by T. Lawrence, Esq. R.A.
Drawn by W. Evans. Engraved by E. Scriven.
Published May 30th 1811, by T.Cadell & W.Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple, J. Whatman 1808 watermark. 375 x 320mm (14¾ x 12½"). Trimmed into plate at sides, creased, ingrained pencil over plate lower right.
Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824), classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist and numismatist, best known for his 'A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus' (1786), a study of ancient phallic cults.. He served as a MP for Leominster (1780-4) and for Ludlow (1784-1806).
[Ref: 60373] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Harriette Deborah Lacy] Miss Taylor as Nell Gwynne.
Lithographed, Printed & Pub.d by G.E. Madeley, 3, Wellington S.t, Strand [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Edges soiled. Bit messy
Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807-74), the daughter of a London tradesman named Taylor, as Nell Gwynne in Jerrold's play of that name, singing the once well-known song, ‘Buy my Oranges’. She retired from the stage in 1848.
[Ref: 60658] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Red.d Samuel Lee M.A. Professor of Arabic.
J. Gooch del.t Cambridge 1821. J. Thompson sculp.
Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, Nov. 1, 1821.
Stipple. 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½").
Samuel Lee (1783-1852), Orientalist scholar, professor of Arabic at Cambridge then Hebrew. He also helped create the first dictionary of 'te Reo', the Maori language.
[Ref: 60402] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Jenny Lind]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Very decorative lithograph with hand colour, trimmed and inserted in a printed album sheet with an ornate embossed metal border. Lithograph coated in varnish as issued.
A portrait of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind (1820-87).
[Ref: 60550] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

W. Manson [facsimile signature].
[Painted by H.W. Phillips. Engraved by W.J. Edwards.]
[n.d. c.1840].
Stipple engraving. Trimmed in oval, sheet 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾").
William Manson, London auctioneer who worked with George Henry Christie from 1831 until his death in 1852.
[Ref: 60406] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Marie Christine de Naples, Queen of Spain.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare aquatint and etching. 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom.
A half-length portrait in profile of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806-78), probably published shortly after her marriage to her uncle, Ferdinand VII, in 1829.
[Ref: 60376] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Die Kleine Minnette.
Gemalt von F.G. Weitsch. Geschabt von J.J. Freidhof.
Berlin, bei J.J. Freidhof 1801.
Rare & scarce mezzotint. 460 x 340mm (18 x 13½"), with large margins. Some foxing in margins.
A curly-heaired child leans on a window sill, holding a pear, watched by a scowling cat. The window is draped by a vine with grapes.
[Ref: 60491] £520.00

Boarding the American.
W. Bromley del. W.H. Worthington sculp.
Published by R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall, London, March 1. 1808.
Etching and engraving, sheet 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate, small creases at edges.
Lord Nelson standing in a rowing boat with a crew of six men on a rough sea, holding the shoulder of a man as he grasps a rope from above, preparing to board the ship Illustration from an edition of Churchill's 'Life of Nelson'.
[Ref: 60604] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Heads. Representing the Various Passions of the Soul] Drawn by that Great Master Mons.r Le Brun]
[n.d., c.1763.]
18 (of 20) plates, each c. 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½") vry large margins. Stitch holes in left margins.
A collection of sketched portraits of heads, highlighting expressions: Attention; Admiration; Admiration with Astonishment; Veneration; Rapture; Desire; Joy with Tranquility; Laughter; Acute Pain; Simple Bodily Pain; Sadness; Weeping; Compassion; Terrour or Fright; Anger; Hatred or Jealousy; Dispair; Horreur; and Scorn. This series was first published by Henry Parker in his 'Compleat Drawing Master' in 1763.
[Ref: 60580] £680.00 view all images for this item

[Portraits of five Inca rulers.] Manco-Capac, 1st First Emperor of Peru. Sinchi-Roca, II. Emp. Lloque-Yupanqui, III. Emp. Mayta-Capac, IV. Emp. Capac-Yupanqui, V. Emp.
[London: Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image, losing text at top.
Five roundel portraits of Inca rulers from the possibly mythical Manco Capac (''the royal founder'') in the 13th century, founder of Cusco. with the next four generations, ending with Mayta Capac (ruled c.1290 - c.1320).
[Ref: 60150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Regnard sur Les Bords de la Mer Glaciale.
Dessiné par Bouchot. Gravé par Charon. Imprimé par Veyron.
A Paris, chez Charon, Graveur, Rue St Jan de Beauvais, No. 26.
Rare & scarce aquatint. Sheet 480 x 350mm (19 x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate, paper toned.
Portrait of Jean-François Regnard (1655-1709), standing on a glacier in Lapland, writing on a block of ice. Regnard was a comic poet and traveller: at the age of 22 he was captured by an Algerian pirate and was taken to Constantinople as a slave, where he was ransomed by the French consul. in 1681 he travelled through Scandinavia, including Lapland, inspiring this fanciful portrait.
[Ref: 60492] £590.00

[Earl Roberts F.M.]
Nap.
[n.d. c.1910.]
Signed gouache, sheet 365 x 180mm (14½ x 7"). Creased top left, tear on top edge.
Military caricature of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914) by Nap, signed recto and titled verso.
[Ref: 60681] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[John Roberts Jr.] John Bay. H. 6. Yr old by Worlds Champion _ the Green Cloth.
Nap.
[n.d. c.1900.]
Watercolour and gouache, sheet 285 x 345mm (11¼ x 13½"). Some creases and tears on edges.
A caricature of English billiards player John Roberts Jr. (1847-1919) as a horse.
[Ref: 60708] £320.00

J.J.Rousseau. L'Original appartient a M.r le C.te Louis de Giardin.
[After François Gérard] Y.in Melliaze [[?]Lithograph signature] Imp. Lith de Delpech. Latour pinx.t
[n.d c.1825]
Fine lithograph, sheet 510 x 335mm (20 x 13¼") very large margins.
Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), half-length, turned to left, looking to the viewer, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and a fur hat. The print is actually after Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard's (1770-1837) black and white chalk drawing which was after Maurice Quentin de La Tour's (1704-88) painting which is claimed to be the only one that Rousseau admitted as a likeness.
Original black and white chalk drawing in National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
[Ref: 60608] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Anthony Shirley, Ambassador from the Schah of Persia. From a miniature by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill Collection, now in the possession of William Blamire Esq.re.
G.P. Hardining F.S.A. del. Joseph Brown sculp.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple on steel. 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"), Trimmed to plate, surface crack in unprinted area.
A head and shoulders portrait of Sir Anthony Shirley (or Sherley, 1565-c.1636), an English adventurer and opportunist, in Persian dress. He had become the Shah Abbas the Great's representative in Europe in 1598, visiting Moscow, Prague and Rome in his behalf, but ran up huge debts and alienated his Persian associates. He abandoned the embassy and from 1601-4 he was living in Venice, working as a spy for Spain and Scotland, for which he was ejected from the city. Subsequently he entered the services of the Holy Roman Emperor then the king of Spain, but always offending his paymasters and running up debts. He died in obscurity c.1636.
[Ref: 60375] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Philip Sydney.
[after Antonio Moro.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½), very fine mounted within embossed border.
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), the English poet, courtier and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age. Probably after an 18th century portrait in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 2096), copied from a painting by Antonio Moro (or Antonis Mor, c. 1517-77)
[Ref: 60486] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

Jacques de Sollisel Querry to the Present French King for his Great Horses. Authors & Books a common Grave do find / Ours stands unshaken by the General Storm / His work preserves the Glory of his mind / And th'artful Sculptor saves hsi outward form.
[n.d., c.1695.]
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
The frontispiece portrait from Jacques de Solleysel's 'The Compleat Horseman', an English edition of 'Le Parfait Maréschal', translated by William Hope and first published in London in 1696. de Solleysel (1617-80) wrote several treatises on dressage and cavalry.
[Ref: 60400] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

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