Grosvenor Prints

A View of a Farm Yard, on the side of the Road, near Baldock, Hertford-shire.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver. No 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London.
Etching. Sheet 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate, to image at sides, crease, repair in image.
A village with people holding conversations.
[Ref: 61245] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Ye Old Woolpack,] 2 proof slight burnishing on shade side.
[R.H. Eason.]
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching. 130 x 185mm (5 x 7¼"), with very large margins. 'Banstead' added in different hand.
The Woolpack pub, 186 High Street, Banstead. A proof before extra etching on the pub sign and on the bracket holding the lantern.
[Ref: 61053] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Beesfield Kent. Proof.
[Robert Brandard]
[n.d. c.1842]
Etching on chine collé, plate 90 x 150mm (3½ x 6"), with margins. Lightly foxed. Small margins.
A country landscape in Farningham, Dartford, Kent. Robert Brandard (1805-62) was a landscape engraver, etcher, lithographer, miniature painter and watercolourist son of engraver and copperplate printer, Thomas Brandard (d. 1830).
[Ref: 61153] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Brixton Prison] Tread Mill. 41.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Engraving. Sheet 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Trimmed and laid on album paper, old ink mss. 'Brixton. 1823'.
An outside treadmill, sheltered by a roof, driven by 10 prisoners. Brixton Prison was opened in 1820 and quickly earned a reputation as one of the worst prisons in London, with its small cells overcrowded. This mill for corn was installed the following year. During the 1860s the social reformer Edward Smith (1819-1874), who participated in the first govennment-sponsored survey of food consumption in low-income families, complained that the prisoners were maltreated because they received no additional food while toiling on the exhausting 'punitive treadmill'.
For larger sizes see 25105 & 23651 for uncut state.
[Ref: 61087] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

View on the River Camel, Cornwall.
Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson.
[London: Thomas Tegg, n.d., 1822.]
Coloured etching. 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"), with very large margins.
A view of the River Camel on Bodmin Moor. From Rowlandson's 'Sketches from Nature': The plate was first published in 1812 by Rowlandson in a fortnightly series: it was not published in a book until 1822.
Abbey 33.
[Ref: 61107] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Canterbury Cathedral] Cantuariensis Ecclesiæ Cath: facies aquilonalis.
Tho. Johnson delin: Dan: King sculp.
[n.d., 1655.]
Etching on 17th century watermarked paper. 270 x 290mm (10½ x 11½"), with margins. Some creasing and spotting.
A view of Canterbury Cathedral from the north, with a dedication to Edward Darrel. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'. According to Pennington, Wenceslaus Hollar etched the cartouche with the St George's Cross in the bottom centre.
[Ref: 61223] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cato Street Conspiracy] A correct View of the Stable &c. in Cato Street, Marylebone, London. Where Thistlewood & his Party met on the Evening of Tuesday Feb.y 23, 1820, & where taken Prisoners.
Drawn & eng.d by A. Wivell. P.14.
London, Pub. by A. Wivell, 105, Titchfield St.t & Sold at Griffiths 230 Oxford Street. Price 2.s.
Etching. 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Some creasing, pencil corrections. Working proof.
A plan and exterior view of the house used by the Cato Street Conspiritors. The pencil corrections seem to be the shortening of the title for another version of the plate (BM 1880,1113.4646) , also by Abraham Wivell. However February 23rd was Wednesday, not Tuesday as engraved here.
[Ref: 61253] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Dean Farm Tea House, Chipstead Surrey [pencil.]
R.H. Eason. [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching, signed by the artist, touched with pencil. 130 x 190mm (5 x 7½"), large margins.
A timber-framed house, now the 'The Rambler's Rest Country Pub & Restaurant'.
[Ref: 61050] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Dean Farm Tea House, Chipstead Surrey [later pencil.]
[R.H. Eason.]
[n.d., c.1950.]
Etching. 130 x 190mm (5 x 7½"), large margins. Pin holes in margins.
A timber-framed house, now the 'The Rambler's Rest Country Pub & Restaurant'.
[Ref: 61051] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

19. Chiswick.
[Samuel Leigh No.18, Strand, near Charing Cross, London] [n.d.c.1829]
Etching with beautiful hand colouring. Plate 205 x 430 (8 x 17"), with large margins. Taped into mount at top. Some light time staining and very light creasing.
A panoramic view along the Thames depicting the houses and buildings on each bank, with the names of the householders or businesses; Whittingham's Printing Office, Marine Store House, Malt House, Hammersmith Terrace, Towing Path. From Samuel Leigh's 'The Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond, Exhibiting every Object on both Banks of the River, with a concise description of the most remarkable places and A General View of London.'
See Ref: 61077 & 61075
[Ref: 61078] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Destruction By Fire Of Both Houses of Parliament. On Thursday Night 16.th Oct. 1834.
Sketched from the River Thames by H.O'Neill. Printed by Graf and Soret.
London. Published by W. Spooner 259, Regent Street Oxford S.t. [n.d. c.1834]
Very fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 295 x 380mm (11¾ x 15") Some surface dirt at top and creasing.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames. On 16 October 1834, most of the Palace was destroyed by fire. Only Westminster Hall, the Jewel Tower, the crypt of St Stephen's Chapel and the cloisters survived.
[Ref: 61139] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Destruction of Both Houses of Parliament by Fire On The 16.th Oct.r 1834. As it Appeared at 10 O'Clock At Night.
By an early spectator. Printed by Graf and Soret.
[n.d. c.1834]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, pt J. Whatman watermark; sheet 220 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½") Taped tear on right right.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames. On 16 October 1834, most of the Palace was destroyed by fire. Only Westminster Hall, the Jewel Tower, the crypt of St Stephen's Chapel and the cloisters survived.
See ref: 61139, 58585 & 61140
[Ref: 61129] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Foundling Hospital, The Chapel.]
[Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. J.Bluck Aqua.t.]
[London. Pub 1.st Oct.r, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.]
Aquatint. Sheet 190 x 255mm (7½ x 10"). Trimmed within image, losing all inscriptions.
The Foundling Hospital in Guildford Street. It was founded in 1742 by Captain Thomas Coram, whose friends included William Hogarth (later a governor of the institution) and Handel (who donated an organ to the chapel and gave performances of the 'Messiah' on it, raising £7,000). Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin. A rare uncoloured example.
Abbey, Scenery: 212. See reference 47227 for a coloured version.
[Ref: 61250] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Glastoniensis oppidi à montibus Comptoniansis tertio aur circiter an oppido lapide in Austram distantibus, prospectus.
Ric: Newcourt delin. W. Hollar sculp.
[n.d., 1655.]
Etchin, 17th century watermarked paper. 170 x 295mm (7 x 11¾''), large margins Slight crease as normal.
A view of Glastonbury with a six-point key, a plan of the Abbey with an eight-point key and a dedication to Thomas Stanley. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'.
Pennington 976. iv.
[Ref: 61217] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Glastoniensis Oppidi, ab editiori septi Werialensis parte dimidio ab oppido lapide in Africu distantis prospectus.
Ric: Newcourt delin. W. Hollar sculp.
[n.d., 1655.]
Etching, with very early impression; 165 x 290mm (6½ x 11½"), large margins. Slight crease as normal.
A view of Glastonbury, with a thirteen-point key and a dedication to Elias Ashmole (1617-92). An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'.
Pennington 976, i of iv.
[Ref: 61216] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Royal Hospital of Greenwich. Reverendo Viro Phillippo Stubbs...
[n.d., c. 1720.]
Scarce engraving on two sheets conjoined, plate 485 x 680mm (19 x 26¾"), with margins. Creasing.
An early rendering of Sir Christopher Wren's plans for the Royal Hospital, not depicting the open courtyards, despite King William Court being completed in 1707. An early example, with the plate number in ink mss.
[Ref: 61290] £950.00

To The Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company This View of the College Hayleybury is most respectfully dedicated by their obedient & faithfull servant, Fred.k W.L Stockdale.
T. Picken lith. Day & Hague Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published by Ackermann & C.o April, 1846
Lithograph with hand colour, sheet 375 x (14¾ x Mount burn. Time stained.
A view of Haileybury and Imperial Service College in Hertfordshire. The Haileybury campus originally belonged to, and was occupied by, the East India College (EIC), the training establishment founded in 1806 for administrators of the East India Company. In the wake of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the East India Company was nationalised, and its College closed in January 1858. In 1862, a public school opened on the site, with royal charter being received in 1864. Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale (1786–1858) was a British artist. Stockdale was primarily a landscape artist, and his work was often published as engravings. He signed his work F.W.L. Stockdale. After working for the East India Company, Stockdale specialised in the antiquities of southern England and the West Country.
[Ref: 61187] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

18. Hammersmith.
[Samuel Leigh No.18, Strand, near Charing Cross, London] [n.d.c.1829]
Etching with beautiful hand colouring. Plate 205 x 430 (8 x 17"), with large margins. Taped into mount at top. Some light time staining and very light creasing.
A panoramic view along the Thames depicting the houses and buildings on each bank, with the names of the householders or businesses; Hammersmith New Church, West Middlesex Water Works, The Old Ship, M.r Dowling's, M.rs Waterland's, M.r Chennel's, Towing Path. From Samuel Leigh's 'The Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond, Exhibiting every Object on both Banks of the River, with a concise description of the most remarkable places and A General View of London.'
See Ref: 61075 & 61078
[Ref: 61077] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

17. Hammersmith Suspension Bridge.
[Samule Leigh No.18, Strand, near Charing Cross, London] [n.d.c.1829]
Etching with beautiful hand colouring. Plate 205 x 430 (8 x 17"), with large margins. Taped into mount at top. Some light time staining and very light creasing.
A panoramic view along the Thames depicting the houses and buildings on each bank, with the names of the householders or businesses; Boat Builders, Road to Hammersmith, road to Barnes & Mortlake, The City Arms Tavern, Towing Path. From Samuel Leigh's 'The Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond, Exhibiting every Object on both Banks of the River, with a concise description of the most remarkable places and A General View of London.'
See Ref: 61077 & 61078
[Ref: 61075] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Bridge over the Thames at Hampton Court. Vue du Pont sur la Tamise a Hampton Court.
[After Antonio Canaletto]
Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson 58 Cornhil & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with fine hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
View of Hampton Court Bridge crossing the River Thames at Hampton, Middlesex, with barges on the water. The wooden Chinese bridge was designed by Samuel Stevens and Benjamin Ludgator, and opened on 13 December, 1753. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 61274] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Seat of Lord de Clifford. (Kingsweston)
Drawn, Lithographed, and Publish'd by W.A. Frank 1851.
Very Rare lithograph on chine collé. 210 x 265mm (8¼ x 10½"), with large margins. Some spotting.
A view of Kings Weston House, near Bristol, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh for the lawyer and politician Edward Southwell between 1712-19 and remodelled by Robert Mylne and again by Thomas Hopper. At the time of this view the house belonged to Edward Southwell Russell (1824-77), 23rd Baron de Clifford. Now a Grade I listed building, the house is now apartments and a conference/wedding venue.
[Ref: 61227] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Chapel of St Thomas on the Bridge] Inside South View of the Under Chappel from East to West, representing the manner and form of this rare piece of Ancient Architecture, thus drawn and transmitted to posterity, by G. V., Antiquary, 1744.
[George Vertue.]
[Published and sold by G. Vertue, in Brownlow Street, Drury-Lane, 1747.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 230 x 460 (9 x 18"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, to printed borders on three sides, into image at top.
An interior view of the Lower Chapel of St Thomas on the Bridge, a bridge chapel built near the centre of London Bridge, with windows looking out over the river. Founded c.1205, it was in use as a chapel until 1548, during the Reformation, when it converted to a residence and warehouse. The Upper Chapel was removed in 1747 (when this print was produced); the lower chapel survived until the whole bridge was demolished in 1832. This print originally had a view of the Upper Chapel above. Both views were drawn by Vertue, based on a survey by the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661-1736), published in a pamphlet called A Short Historical Account of London Bridge in 1736.
[Ref: 61252] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Manchester Royal Infirmary, Piccadilly Gardens]
Fred. W. Goolden inv. et del. [pencil signature]. Fred. W. Goolden 09.
Published 1909 by Tho.s Agnew & Sons, London & Manchester.
Fine etching, signed by the artist. 295 x 450mm (11½ x 71¾").
With a remarque of St George and the Dragon.
[Ref: 61287] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Oxford. From Godstow Lock.
Drawn by W. Westall ARA. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London. Published by Rodwell and Martin: 40 Argyll Street, & 46 New Bond St. Mar 20, 1822.
Lithograph with fine hand colour, printed on chine collé. 210 x 315mm (8¼ x 12½") very large margins. Some spotting.
A view of Oxford from the Thames, from William Westall's 'Views on the Thames', published in 1823.
[Ref: 61226] £320.00

[An Oxfordshire Lane.]
YM [John Mallows Youngman]
[n.d.c. 1899]
Etching, plate 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"), with small margins. Some creasing outside image. Paper toned. Abrasions at very top of image. Messy.
A country scene in Oxfordshire. Two women stand outside a building in a stream. A girl scavenges the water. A church can be seen in the background. John Mallows Youngman (1817-99) painter, etcher and father of British painter Annie Mary Youngman (1859 -1919).
[Ref: 61183] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Scole Inn, Diss.] Schoale Inn.
Joshua Kirby Delin.t. Jn.o Fessey Sculp.
Publish'd by H. Martin according to act of Parliament May 1. 1740.
Rare engraving. Sheet 355 x 475mm (14 x 18¾"). Trimmed within plate, tear through publication line, laid on card.
The exterior of Scole Inn, with its massive sign spanning the road outside. Once called the White Hart, it was built in 1655 to serve this coaching traffic. Both Charles II and Admiral Nelson slept there, and highwayman John Belcher is said to have ridden his horse up the stairs at the inn to evade the law. The hunting-themed sign was also constructed in 1655, costing £1057 to make and erect, with over twenty-five carved figures, including Diana and Cerberus, Neptune and a deer-headed man. It was removed in the early 19th century, as it cost too much to maintain.
[Ref: 61263] £320.00

[St James's Palace.]
Fred. A. Farrell [signed in pencil].
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"), with publisher's blind stamps, with very large margins.
The North Gate of St James's Palace in Pall Mall, with marching guards. Frederick Farrell (1882-1935), a Scottish self-taught etcher & watercolourist, was the official artist with the 51st Highlanders during the First World War.
[Ref: 61072] £320.00

[St. Mary le Strand.]
Fred. A. Farrell [pencil].
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"), with very large margins.
A view of St Mary le Strand from the west. Frederick Farrell (1882-1935), a Scottish self-taught etcher & watercolourist, was the official artist with the 51st Highlanders during the First World War.
[Ref: 61070] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

S.t Winefrids Well usually called Holy Well near Flint in North Wales. A fountain of great Antiquity and celebrated to the memory of S.t Winefrid a Christian Virgin, whose purity being dearer to her than life, submitted to be beheaded near this place, rather than yield to the Lust of Caradock, an Heathen Prince. A neat Chapel is built over the bead of the Spring and the Water gushes out with so rapid a Stream as to turn a Mill, within a few Yards.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at y.e Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1750]
Engraving with fine hand colour, plate 260 x 415mm (10¼ x 16¼"), with small margins. Some surface dirt.
A view of Saint Winefride's Well in Holywell, Flintshire Wales. In 12th-century hagiography, Saint Winifred is a virgin martyr, beheaded by Caradoc, a local prince, after she spurned his advances. A spring rose from the ground at the spot where her head fell and she was later restored to life by her uncle, Saint Beuno.
[Ref: 61184] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Isle of Thanet] Mappa Thaneti Insule.
[n.d., 1655.]
Etched map. 410 x 365mm (16 x 14½"). Splits in folds, some creasing and spotting.
A map of the isles of Thanet in the time of Augustine of Canterbury, from a manuscript map in Trinity College, Cambridge. Orientated with north to the left, it depicts the religious houses. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'.
[Ref: 61224] £160.00

Her Majesty Proceeding in State to Westminster Abbey. Crowned June 28th 1838.
G.B. Campion Del. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published July 25.d 1838 by Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand.
Scarce lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 380 x 520mm (15 x 20½"), with large margins.
Queen Victoria in the Gold State Coach (of which she complained of the ''distressing oscillation'' of the cabin), entering Parliament Square on route to Westminster Abbey, surrounded by guards and crowds. To the right is a five-tiered grandstand. George Bryant Campion (1795-1870) was a watercolour painter who specialised in military scenes, having been drawing master at the Military Academy, Woolwich.
[Ref: 60762] £380.00

[The Victoria Memorial and the entrance to The Mall.]
Fred. A. Farrell [pencil]
[n.d. c.1925,]
Etching, signed by the artist. 185 x 375mm (7¼ x 14¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, although the viewpoint, in Constitution Hill, looks away from the palace and towards The Mall, with Big Ben's clock tower and Westminster Abbey. Frederick Farrell (1882-1935), a Scottish self-taught etcher & watercolourist, was the official artist with the 51st Highlanders during the First World War.
[Ref: 61071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sunday Evening Preaching in the Victoria Theatre.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph on card. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"). Top right corner slightly torn off with old repair. Time stained.
A view from backstage, with a preacher and six men seated facing the audience.
[Ref: 61136] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The South East Prospect of Westminster, from Somerset House to Westminster Bridge. Veue de Westminster vers le Sud East...
Drawn by T.B. & TM. T.Bowles sculp.
London Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard & Robert Wilkinson in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with fine hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Small tear in plate at top, just touching the image. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of Westminster from the east, with Somerset House on the right.
[Ref: 61273] £320.00

[Westminster Abbey] Westmonasteriensis Ecclesiæ conv: facies australis.
D. King delin et sculp.
[n.d., 1655.]
Etching on 17th century watermarked paper. 175 x 310mm (7 x 12¼"), with large margins. Slight central crease as normal.
An elevation of the south side of Westminster Abbey, drawn and engraved by Daniel King. According to Pennington, the title, dedication cartouche and King's signature are all by Wenceslas Hollar. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'.
Pennington 1042b, first state of iv.
[Ref: 61220] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Westminster Abbey] Westmonasteriensis Eccleiæ conv: facies aquilonalis.
W. Hollar fecit 1654.
[n.d., 1655.]
Etching. 220 x 330mm (8¾ x 13"). Creasing on right edge. Slight central crease as normal. Small margins.
An elevation of the northern side of Westminster Abbey, dedicated to William Bromley. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'.
Pennington 1041, first state of iv.
[Ref: 61219] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Westminster Abbey] Westmonasteriensis Eccleiæ (quondã Conventualis,) facies occidentalis.
Wenceslaus Hollar Eq: Bohem,
[n.d., 1655.]
Etching, fine early impression; 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"), with large margins.
An elevation of the western front of Wesminster Abbey. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'.
Pennington 1042, state ii of iv.
[Ref: 61218] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Horse Guards Parade.]
Fred. A. Farrell [signed in pencil.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 225 x 335mm (10 x 13¼"), with publisher's blind stamps, large margins.
A view of Horse Guards Parade, with guardsmen riding through the archway. Frederick Farrell (1882-1935), a Scottish self-taught etcher & watercolourist, was the official artist with the 51st Highlanders during the First World War.
[Ref: 61073] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The West Gate, Winchester.
Drawn & Lithographed by G.F. Prosser. Printed by N. & M. Hanhart.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce two-colour tinted lithograph. Sheet 525 x 415mm (20¾ x 16¼"). Repaired tears and surface abrasions, mostly in margins.
A view of the Westgate, one of two surviving fortified gateways through Winchester's city walls. George Frederick Prosser (1805-82).
[Ref: 60914] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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