Grosvenor Prints

Agriculture N.º 2.
Published for the Home & Colonial Infant School Society by Darton & Clark 58 Holborn Hill [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 405 x 535mm (16 x 21"). Slight scuffing in bottom edge.
Six agricultural scenes (Ploughing, Sowing, Harrowing, Reaping, Mowing & Haymaking, and Sheep Shearing) and illustrations of a reaping hook and shears.
[Ref: 63274] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Apollon Pythien, du l'Apollon du Belvedere.
Dessine par Bourdon. Gra.ve a l'Eau-forte par Queverdo de Niquet j.ne. Termine p.r Niquet l'ai.e.
Déposé a la Bibliotheque Imperiale. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving, plate 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"), with large margins.
An image of a Apollo Belvedere (or Pythian Apollo) statue amongst a wooded background.
[Ref: 63060] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Cupidon ou L'Amour, Fils de Venus.
Dessine par Bourdon. Gra.ve a l'Eau-forte par Queverdo de Niquet j.ne. Termine p.r Niquet l'ai.e.
Dep.e a la Dir.on de l'Imp.ie et la Lib.ie. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving, plate 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"), with very large margins.
An image of a classical statue of Cupid with his bow; in a wooded background.
[Ref: 63061] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Diane Chasseresse. Soeur d'Apollon.
Dessine par Bourdon. Gra.ve a l'Eau-forte par Queverdo de Niquet j.ne. Termine p.r Niquet l'ai.e.
Dep.e a la Dir.on de l'Imp.ie et la Lib.ie. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving, sheet 420 x 285mm (16½ x 11¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on left.
An image of a statue of Diana the huntress, holding a deer by the antler, in a wooded background. The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (also known as: Diana with a Doe, Diana Huntress, and Diana of Ephesus) is a slightly over-lifesize marble statue of the Roman goddess. It is currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris
[Ref: 63058] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Venus. ditte la Venus accroupie.
Dessine par Bourdon. Gra.ve a l'Eau-forte par Queverdo de Niquet j.ne. Termine p.r Niquet l'ai.e.
Déposé au Bur.audes Estampes [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving, plate 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"), with very large margins.
An image of a Crouching Venus statue amongst a wooded background.
[Ref: 63059] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Classical Scenes after Princess Elizabeth] This Work is By Permission Dedicated to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. By Her Majesty's Most Dutiful most Grateful & Most Humble Subject H.D. Thielcke.
Published Dec.r 1.st 1816 by H. Thielcke, Queens House.
Oblong folio, original blue wrappers, engraved dedication and six stipple plates, tissue guards, stitched on left edge, one plate marked 'proof', two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1816', very large margins. In ink on front wrapper Major G. Taylor £1.11.6 Wrappers worn, dedication stained in edges.
An album of classical scenes after Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the seventh child George III and Queen Charlotte, published by Henry Daniel Thielke at what became Buckingham Palace. It was one of several works by Elizabeth to be published in aid of charities.
See BM 1873,0809.1417 for the dedication.
[Ref: 63271] £580.00 view all images for this item

Eloisa meditating on St. Preux's Letter. Rousseau's Eloisa Vol.1 Page 16.
F. Wheatly R.A. pinxt.
London Pub.d June 27. 1791 by S. Vivares No.13 G.t Newport Street.
Stipple with etching, printed in sanguine. 370 x 265mm (14½ x 10½"). Faint crease.
A woman seated in a wooded landscape, reading a letter, turning her head away with an expression of despair. Representation of Héloïse, illustrating 'Julie, or the New Heloise', an epistolary novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) inspired by the 12th century story of Héloïse's illicit love for, and secret marriage to, her teacher Pierre Abélard, perhaps the most popular teacher and philosopher in Paris. After Francis Wheatley (1747 - 1801).
See reference 11566 for one printed in black ink.
[Ref: 63020] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Happy Father.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps.
LondonL Published as the Act directs, 1 March 1785, by W. Byrne, N.º 79, Titchfield Street.
Stipple. 215 x 230mm (8½ x 9"), large margins left & right. Trimmed into plate at bottom, close to plate at top, some creasing.
Parents with four infant children.
[Ref: 63009] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Hope Nursing Love.]
Sir I Reynolds pinx.t. F.co Bartolozzi sculp.t.
London. Published June 1.st 1784 by A. Poggi, N.º 7, St Georges Row, Hyde Park.
Stipple with etching, printed in brown. 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate At Bowood.
A young woman, identified as the actor Miss Morris, suckles Cupid in a woodland. According to the BM it is an unmounted fan-leaf.
De Vesme: 2218, iv of vi; See BM 1839,1012.62 for titled state.
[Ref: 62678] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange] Tom Houlaghan's Guardian Sprite.
[Monogram of John Leech.]
[London: Douglas Jerrold, 1845.]
Etching with hand-colouring. Sheet 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Mounted in original album paper.
A old, blind Irishman sits under a tree, peacock feather in his hand, surrounded by green sprites with wings and antennae.A bizarre illustration which accompanied one of the 'Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange' in Vol II of 'The Illuminated Magazine'. The artist, prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64)m is best-known for his work with Dickens.
The full story is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 62676] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange] Geoffry the Diver.
J. Leech.
[London: Douglas Jerrold, 1845.]
Etching with hand-colouring. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Mounted in original album paper.
A naked man retrieves a brass cup from a castle submerged in a lake, narrowly avoiding a water monster. A bizarre illustration which accompanied one of the 'Legends of Lough Ouel by the Late John L'Estrange' in Vol II of 'The Illuminated Magazine'. The artist, prolific Victorian book-illustrator John Leech (1817-64), is best-known for his work with Dickens.
The full story is available on Google Books.
[Ref: 62675] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Set of 12 numbered rustic scenes etched by Francesco Londonio.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
12 etched plates, largest 340 x 430mm (13¼ x 17"), stitched on left edge, very large margins. Slight damp stains and spotting in margins throughout, front plate with surface soiling.
A rare complete set of 12 etchings of rustic scenes after various artists, dedicated to Count Carlo Firmian.
BM S.76-87, ''The series is undated, but the date is determined by Count Firman's appointment as minister in 1759 and his death in 1782'.'
[Ref: 63270] £1,500.00 view all images for this item

[Rêverie.]
[Paul-César Helleu.]
Printed in Paris _ Copyright 1901 by Manzi, Joyant & Co.
Photogravure, printed in colours. 500 x 400mm (19¾ x 15¾"), with large margins. Uncut.
A glamourously-dressed woman seated on a river boat, a cityscape behind.
Musée Goupil 93.I.2.1855.
[Ref: 62658] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Maîtresse d'école.
[after Pierre Alexandre Wille]
[n.d. c.1780]
Engraving, plate 250 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Proof before letters. Small repaired tears in large margins.
A reverse copy of the print after Pierre Alexandre Wille (1748-1837) made by Jean Georges Wille (1715-1808). Half-length portrait of an old woman in a trompe l'oeil border. Her right hands holds a burch branch and rests on an open book her left hand points commandingly.
[Ref: 63053] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Sons of Business
Craig, Del.t. E. Smith sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate, corners snipped.
A book plate depicting Jesus watching over the 'Sons of Business' from a cloud. One son is an auctioneer selling art, the other a haberdasher.
[Ref: 63136] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Very Ancient Vessels Found March 1813. Near S.t Albans. The above described Ancient Vessels, composed of very thin white Glass, were found...
Published & Sold October 1.st 1813, by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. (Corner of Brook St.) London.
Hand coloured aquatint, pt J. Whatman watermark; sheet 370 x 400mm (14½ x 15¾"). Cockling in corners where previously glued down.
A depiction of three pieces of glassware, including the Kingsbury jug, in the centre, were found in a stone coffin at Kingsbury, St Albans, in 1813.
[Ref: 62857] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Specimens of Painting from St. Stephen's Chapel.
Drawn & Engraven by J. T. Smith.
London. Published as the Act directs 1st January 1804, by John Thomas Smith No.36, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint with gilt highlights. 240 x 285 (9½ x 11¾").
Section of wall painting showing the adoration of the shepherds, recorded before the enlargement of the House of Commons in 1800; illustration to the 'Antiquities of Westminster'.
[Ref: 63193] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Theatre set] Osteria.
A.Basoli inv. P. Candeglieri dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 305 x 380mm (12 x 15"), with very large margins.
A theatre set for a play set in Italy outside an osteria, or bar, where people are playing boules. Published in Antonio Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 63056] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Verité.]
Ch. Eisen inv. E. De Ghendt Sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 115 x 85mm (4½ x 3½"), very large margins. Foxing near bottom of margin.
Portrait of a nude woman, holding a book and large quill. The woman may be Veritas is the name given to the Roman virtue of truthfulness, which was considered one of the main virtues any good Roman should possess.
[Ref: 63227] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Der Weise. Fliesst hin, ihr Tage meines Lebens / Für mich benutzt und nicht vergebens / Fur meiner Mitgeschoepfe Glück.
Gemahlt von J.F. Schenau 1773 und gestochen von C.F. Stoelzel 1774.
Engraving. 550 x 415mm (21¾ x 16¼"), large margins. Small stains and slight creasing in title.
A 'wise man', surrounded by his antiques, point at a picture depicting charity.
[Ref: 63273] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Varie pitture a fresco de' principali maestri Veneziani Ora La Prima volta con le stampe pubblicate.
[Antonio Maria Zannetti the younger.]
In Venezia MDCCLX [1760, but c.1778].
Large folio, disbound; pp. xii + [i] [memoria], engr. title, frontispiece portrait, 26 numbered plates, as called for. Large paper copy. Wear to edges, title stained.
A complete example of Zannetti's ''Frescoes by the most important Venetian Masters'', illustrating the remains of frescoes on the facades of buildings in Venice attributed to Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Zelotti and Veronese. Antonio Maria Zanetti the younger (1706-78) was librarian of the Biblioteca Marciana, the library of S Marco, Venice. The inclusion of the 'Memoria' indicates this is a posthumous edition.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray, Ex Keeper of Prints & Drawings at British Museum.
[Ref: 62792] £680.00 view all images for this item

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