Grosvenor Prints

Old Stabling of the ''Three Pigeons'', Brentford. The Inn frequented by Shakspeare & Ben Johnson
Drawn & Etched by W.N. Wilkins, June 1846.
Rare etching. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at top. Small margins.
The Elizabethan Three Pigeons Inn, Market Square.
[Ref: 63966] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Kempton, Brighton. Erecting on the East Cliff, on the Estate of T.R. Kemp Esq. M.P. To whom this plate is respectfully dedicated by his Obed.t Serv.t J. Bruce.
Published by the Artist at N.º 1 Steine Place & the first Tower on the Chain Pier, Brighton [n.d., 1830].
Fine coloured aquatint. 175 x 280mm (7 x 11"), with large margins.
From John Bruce's 'Select Views in Brighton'.
Ford Brighton 1134, i.
[Ref: 64086] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Partial Destruction of the Chain Pier at Brighton by Lightning, on the Evening of the 15. Oct.r 1833.
Drawn, Engraved, Printed & Publish'd, by J. Bruce, Somerset Place.
[n.d. c.1833.]
Fine coloured aquatint. 180 x 270mm (7 x 10½").
A view showing lightning hitting the Royal Suspension Chain Pier, designed by Captain Samuel Brown and built in 1823.
Ford Brighton 326.
[Ref: 64085] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

View of the R:t: Hon:ble the Earl of Chesterfield's House, near Hyde Park, taken from ye Park Wall, is Humbly Dedicated to his Lordship by his L.ps Most Obedient Servant Ed:d J:n: Eyre.
E.J. Eyre del: J.S. Müller sculpt.
Publish'd Acc.g to Act of Par:t Dec: 18 1750.
Rare etching. Sheet 175 x 315mm (7 x 12½"). Trimmed within plate.
Chesterfield House, Mayfair, London, the residence of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694 - 1773). He succeeded his father as Earl of Chesterfield in 1726 and was sent to The Hague as ambassador in 1728, and subsequently rewarded with the Order of the Garter, and the position of Lord Steward. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1745 and Secretary of State in 1755. A rare etching.
[Ref: 63965] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Devonshire Square.
Sutton Nicholls delin et sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey.
Engraving. 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18½"). Backed with paper. Very slightly time stained, central fold as normal slightly split.
An elevated view of Devonshire Square, off Bishopsgate Street, with a statue of Hermes, a coach and sedan chair. First published by John Bowles c.1725, the remains of the original publisher's inscription can be seen at the bottom of the image.
[Ref: 64021] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ferry at Forfar.]
Charles W Cain [ink signature.]
[Published by Arthur Greatrex Ltd. 14 Grafton Street, W1., n.d., c.1930]
Etching, signed by the artist. 315 x 470mm (12½ x 8¼"), with large margins. Some spotting.
A woman punting school children across a lake. Charles William Cain (1893-1962) studied at the Camberwell School of Art, becoming an illustrator for the Johannesburg Star until WWI when he joined the Border Regiment in India and Mesopotamia. After the Armistice he entered the Royal College of Art under Frank Short 1920-1.
[Ref: 63923] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Suburbs of London Sheet 2. Greenwich &c.
Drawn & Engraved by Edw.d Weller F.R.G.S.. 34 Red Lion Square.
Weekley Dispatch, 119 Fleet Street [n.d., c.1861].
Lithographic map. Sheet 475 x 330mm (18¾ x 13"). Laid on card. Fox mark bottom right.
A detailed map of Greenwich, marking south to Blackheath Railway Station. The Weekly Dispatch Atlas published a series of maps between 1857 and 1863, when Cassell published the full atlas.
[Ref: 63976] £70.00

Greenwich Park. A South View of the Ranger's House. A North View of Flamstead House. The North Prospect of Westminster Bridge. [with] On Greenwich Park set by M.r Jackson.
I.M. Fecit.
Printed for R. Baldwin Jun.r at the Rose in Pater Noster Row. For the London Magazine [n.d., 1749]; [&] [London: J. Newbery, for the Proprietors, 1746.]
Engraved map, 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾") & engraved music sheet, 210 x 160 (8¼ x 6¼"). Laid on album sheet.
A mid-18th century plan of Greenwich Park, with a view of the new Westminster Bridge, a year before it was opened. The music sheet was engraved by Thomas Kitchin for the expanded edition of the ''Universal Harmony, 1746.
[Ref: 63975] £130.00

A perspective View of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
b: Cole sculp.
[n.d., 1756.]
Engraving. Sheet 360 x 520mm (14¼ x 21½"). Folds as normal, laid on card.
A view looking from the Thames towards the Queen's House and Oberservatory Hill. From Maitland's History of London.
[Ref: 63977] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Royal Hospital, at Greenwich. Stationers' Almanack, 1843.
Drawn by G. Moore. Engraved by Tho.s Highham.
Engraving with etching. Sheet 235 x 440mm (9¼ x 17¼"). Trimmed within plate, central creasing, laid on album sheet
A view of the Royal Hospital from the Thames, the Observatory in the background.
[Ref: 63978] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[London From Greenwich Park.]
Drawn by W. Westall A.R.A.
[Printed & Pub.d by Engelmann Graf Coindet & Co. 92 Dean St. Soho Aug.t 1826 & Paris at Engelmann & Co. 27 Rue Lewis-le-Grand.
Lithograph. Sheet 235 x 440mm (9¼ x 17¼"). Trimmed into image. Laid on album sheet.
A view looking past the Royal Hospital towards London, with St Paul's Cathedral in the centre.
[Ref: 63979] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Royal Palace of Hampton Court. Le Palais Royal de Hampton Court.
printed for Rob.t Wilkinson N.º 58 in COrnhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69, S.t Pauls Church Yard London [n.d., c.1790].
Coloured engraving. Sheet 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tear on left centre, surface scuffing and soiling, laid on card.
A view of Hampton Court with the formal gardens filled with promenaders.
[Ref: 64031] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Black Rock near the Hot Wells Bristol.
S. Anstie del. Clark & Duborg sculp.
[n.d., c.1807.]
Coloured aquatint. 300 x 385mm (11¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, into image on left; bottom left corner lacking, affecting artist's inscription; two repaired tears in title area. Damaged.
A view of the cliffs above the Avon, with sheep grazing.
[Ref: 63905] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Great Tom of Lincoln. Founded by Thomas Mears of London. November, 1834. And placed in the Rood Tower of Lincoln, April, 1835.
Ja.s Savage, Architect, direxit. R. Martin & C.º lithog. 25 Long Acre.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 370 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed close to image, surface soiling.
An illustration of the largest bell in Lincoln Cathedral.
[Ref: 63968] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Plas Newydd. Near Llangollen. The Seat of the late Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby.
Drawn on Stone by W. Walton from a picture by Edwin W. Jacques.
Published by T. Catherall, Bookseller, Chester [n.d., c.1840].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15") very large margins. Some abrasion in title and publication line.
The 'Ladies of Llangollen' were Sarah Ponsonby (1755? - 1831), daughter of Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby, cousin of the Earl of Bessborough, and Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (1745? - 1829). For fifty years they lived together in complete isolation from society in a cottage at Plasnewydd in the vale of Llangollen, Denbighshire, north Wales. Neither left the cottage for a single night until their deaths. Their devotion to each other and their eccentric manners gave them wide notoriety, becoming a tourist attraction. They lie buried in Plasnewydd churchyard under a triangular pyramid inscribed with their names.
[Ref: 63556] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

General Plan for explaining the Different Trusts of the Turnpike Gates in the Vicinity of the Metropolis.
Published by J. Cary July 1.st 1790.
Engraved map with hand colour. Sheet 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, some staining.
An unusual map, showing the areas where the roads around London under the control of 16 Turnpike Trusts, from Kensington Gravel Pits (now Notting Hill) clockwise to Holloway, Stratford, Deptford and the Fulham Road.
[Ref: 64036] £130.00

Millbank looking Westward.
F. Jukes Aqua.t.
London, Pub.d June 27 1796 by F.Jukes Howland Street.
Rare aquatint with original hand colour. 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to plate, slight mount burn.
An oval scene of the Thames riverside, with anglers and a windmill on the opposite bank.
[Ref: 64093] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Oswestry School
Drawn and Lithographed by T.N. Henshaw.
Published by M.r Henshaw, Oswestry, Nov.r 1840.
Scarce lithograph on chine-collé. 255 x 310mm (10 x 12¼").
A view of Oswestry School with pupils outside, including two with cricket bats. On the reverse is a pencil sketch map of the school interior.
[Ref: 63985] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Bodleian Library] Frontispicium Scholarum Publicarum Universitatis Oxoniensis.
D. Loggan Delin & sculp. cum privil. S.R.M.
[Oxford, David Loggan, 1675.]
Etching. Sheet 295x 405mm (11¾ x 16"). Trimmed to image, central fold as usual. Repaired tear top right.
An elevation of the front of the Bodleian Library, dedicated to James Butler, Duke of Ormond. This plate was the frontispice of David Loggan's 'Oxonia Illustrata'.
[Ref: 63912] £380.00

[Richmond Terrace, Surrey.]
[J.T. Willmore after J.M.W. Turner]
[1838.]
Steel engraving on india. 240 x 315mm (9½ x 12¼"), with very large margins. Some foxing..
View from Richmond overlooking the river Thames, with figures engaged in various pastimes in the foreground. Engraving after J.M.W. Turner (whose watercolour of c.1836 is in the Tate collection), engraved for part XXIV of Turner's 'Picturesque Views in England and Wales'.
L.1498; Rawlinson 303 first published state.
[Ref: 64096] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Shot Tower & Waterloo Bridge]
Kenneth Holmes [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1930].
Dry point etching. 240 x 380mm (9½ x 15"). Some creasing, laid on album paper at edges.
A view on the Thames. Kenneth Holmes (1902-94), OBE, was a painter in watercolour and architectural and landscape etcher of more than 30 plates between 1927 and 1936.
[Ref: 63908] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Stoke Park, Northamptonshire; The Seat of Vernon Wentworth Esq.re. From a Design of an Italian Villa by Palladio, 1630. Copied from an Original Drawing in the Poession of the late Levison Vernon Esquire, by his friend, Gilbert Flesher, Dep.y Lieu.t.
Dickinson, Bond S,t lithog.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 260 x 235mm (10¼ x 9¼"), with large margins. Foxing on right margin.
The front of Stoke Park, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, the first Palladian country house built in England, believed to have been constructed by Inigo Jones c.1630. Only the two side pavillions survive.
[Ref: 64046] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Temple at Strawberry Hill.
Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson. Stadler Aquatinta.
[London: Thomas Tegg, n.d., 1822.]
Coloured aquatint with etching. 190 x 240mm (7½ x 9½"), with large margins. Stain in inscription area.
A reversed and inaccurate view, showing the gate and chapel as adjacent. A man seats in a chair reading. From Rowlandson's 'Sketches from Nature': The plate was first published by Rowlandson in a fortnightly series in 1809: it was not published in a book until 1822.
Abbey 33; Gascoigne Images of Twickenham 314a.
[Ref: 63922] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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