Grosvenor Prints

Benjamin Aislabie, Esq.r. Dedicated to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club by their obedient Servant W.H. Mason.
Painted and engraved by H.E. Dawe.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 285mm (14¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, top left corner chipped.
A half-length portrait of Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), placing a book, ''M.C.C. Subscribers to Matches'', on a table, engraved by Dawe from his own painting of 1838 (still in the collection of the M.C.C.). A wine merchant and cricket administrator, Aislabie joined the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1802, becoming President in 1823 & acting as secretary from 1822 until his death. A large man, he averaged 3.15 runs in over 100 innings, taking only eight wickets, 1808-41. Towards the end of his careet he needed a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field. Despite his lack of skill he was very popular. In 1841, he took the MCC team to Rugby for the match celebrated in 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes.
O'D 19. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See [Ref: 64346] for proof impression.
[Ref: 65632] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Belcher. Fought 12 Prize Battles in England & One in Ireland. Proof.
Painted by G. Sharples. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published Dec.r 24. 1814, by T. Belcher, N.º 25 High Holborn.
Mezzotint. 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate, repaired damage in inscription area on right.
A self-published half-length portrait of boxer Thomas Belcher (1783-1854), arms crossed; wearing a dark double-breasted coat over a light waistcoat with high collar, neckerchief tied in a bow and frill. The younger brother of Jem Belcher (1781-1811, Champion of All England 1800-5), Thomas was an accomplished boxer and sparrer at the Tennis Court during Tom Cribb's proprietorship: he bested Shaw the lifeguardsman, John Gully and the African-American Tom Molineaux.
Whitman 34.
[Ref: 65606] £650.00

Blank, the Property of His Grace, the Duke of Ancaster. [...] by the Earl of Godolphin's Arabia, his Dam the little Hartley Mare...
[Engraved by Richard Houston after William Shaw.]
[Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles] N.º 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription at bottom, losing publisher's name, repair lower left with loss of text.
Blank, the horse of General Peregrine Bertie (1714-1778), 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. He was Master of the Horse from 1766 to 1778 and from 1765 for a year he held the position of Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte. All matters connected with the horses of the sovereign, the stables, the coach houses, the stud, mews were all within his jurisdiction. This plate was originally published in 1757; in this state the plate was cut down and the inscriptions re-engraved.
[Ref: 65675] £320.00

Ballerina dell'isola di Bolabola. Danseusè de la isle Bolabola.
p.il Zatta [Venice: Antonio Zatta & Son, n.d., c.1794.]
Stipple and etching. 305 x 200mm (12 x 8"). Folds as normal, offset in margins.
A half naked woman of Bora Bora, French Polynesia, dancing. A plate from an Italian edition of Cook's Voyages.
[Ref: 65718] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[John Broughton] Athletic Heroes Ancient Pindar Sung, / And to their Praise his Lyre Immortal Strung. / Oh! could the Bard, transplanted to our Isle. / Revive; & view our British Champion's Toil. / How would he at his Puny Grecians Smile / Oh! might he, might he, but thy prowess see, / He'd own his Pollux a Poltroon to Thee.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 223mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, surface wear, old ink mss. in inscription area.
Oval portrait of boxer John ('Jack') Broughton (c.1703-89), a heavyweight champion, formulator of the first set of boxing rules and the inventor of mufflers, the forerunners of modern boxing gloves.
Chaloner Smith: 11, i1 of ii (Engraver not ascertained: Class II), John Faber Jnr?. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65605] £380.00

Mr. Iohn Broughton, Famous for his skill in the Athletic Art of Boxing, & Now one of his Majesty's Yeoman of the Guards.
Pub.d Nov.r 18, 1787 by W. Richardson at his Ancient & Modern Print Warehouse N.º 174 Strand.
Mezzotint. 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom, repaired tears, surface scuffing.
Oval portrait of boxer John ('Jack') Broughton (c.1703-89), a heavyweight champion, formulator of the first set of boxing rules and the inventor of mufflers, the forerunners of modern boxing gloves.
Chaloner Smith: 11, ii of ii (Engraver not ascertained: Class II). Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65604] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Odd Trick.
S. Straker Lithographer 80 Bishopsgate Street.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 340 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). Loss in top left corner of margin, some creasing and staining.
A young boy plays cards with a pipe-smoking dog.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65569] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Les Inconvénients du Jeu.
Peint par A. Van Ostade. Dessiné par Gianni. Gravé par Dupréel.
[Musee Francais, n.d., c.1810.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 335 x 425mm (13¼ x 16¾"). Notch in bottom edge.
''The Disadvantages of Gambling''; peasants playing cards outside a tavern, one playing a violin.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65573] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Female Coterie. Well, this is certainly one of the most useful institutions! _ Lame Lover.
T. Bonnor del et sculp.
[London Magazine, 1770.]
Engraving. Sheet 115 x 170mm (4½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
The interior of a salon, with high-stakes gambling, drinking and flirting.
BM Satires 4472. Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65571] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Des Spiel Rare.
[Nuremburg: Christoph Weigel, 1705.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 155mm (7½ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate, worm holes.
Four men playing cards by candlelight. A plate from 'Ein Schock Phantastn in einem Kasten mit Ihrem Pourtrait gar net in Kupffer gebracht und ausgelacht : samt einer Vorred'.
[Ref: 65568] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Castle of Cards. Given gratis to the Purchasers of the British Magazine for Jam.y 1762.
J.B. Simeon Chardin pinx. Le piciï¿½ Sculp.
[1762.]
Line engraving. 220 x 190mm (8ï¿½ x 7ï¿½"). Original folds, creasing.
A young man building a house of cards on a table. Despite the engraver's name, this is a close copy of 'Le Chï¿½teau de Cartes', engraved by Bernard Lï¿½piciï¿½ after Jean Baptiste Simï¿½on Chardin.
BM 1875,0410.32; see Fitzwilliam Museum P.89-1940 for the original. Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65566] £360.00

Cotswold Games.
Pub.d by Caulfield and Herbert 1794.
Engraving, 170 x 130mm (6¾ x 5"), with large margins. Foxing in margins.
Illustration to James Caulfield's 'Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward III to the Revolution' 1794. It is a copy from woodcut prefixed to 'Annalia Dubrensia' (1636). An image of the Cotswold Olimpick Games, with the founder and director, Robert Dover (c.1575–1652), on horseback holding a stick. Depictions of the events are in the background including; horse-racing, coursing with hounds, running, jumping, dancing, sledgehammer throwing, fighting with swords and cudgels, quarterstaff, shin-kicking, and wrestling, as well as tents (which held games such as chess and cards) and a banquet. At the top of the image is a temporary wooden structure called 'Dover Castle' which was erected in a natural amphitheatre on what is now known as Dover's Hill, complete with small cannons that were fired to begin the events. The Cotswold Olimpick Games is an annual public sports festival held near Chipping Campden on the Friday after Spring Bank Holiday. Originating around 1612, the event ran, with interruptions, until 1852, before being revived in 1963 and continuing through 2025.
[Ref: 65963] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Les Croyables au tripot.
[engraved by Salvatore Tresca.] [
[n.d., c.1797.]
Rare stipple. Sheet: 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾''). Trimmed. Nicks to edges. Crease right centre.
A scene showing three young gamblers in exaggerated costume with overlarge lapels and cravats.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65890] £320.00

The Portraiture of Dormouse Who was bred by the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Godolphin...
Spencer del. Houston fecit.
Publish'd March 1756 as the Act directs.
Mezzotint with engraved rococo border, early printing, 18th century watermark. 300 x 350mm (11¾ x 13¾"). Damage in inscription area.
A stallion being led by a groom. Published in "12 Portraits of Racehorses", engraved by Richard Houston after Thomas Spencer and James Seymour.
Siltzer p.389. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65679] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Eclipse, the Property of Capt.n O Kelly, was got by Mask when in the Possession of M.r Wildman, he won the Following Prizes, Vizt. in 1769, six Kings Plates of 100 Gunis each at inchester, Canterbury, Newmarket, Salisbury, Lewes & Litchfield most of them he walk'd over the Course alone, No Horse daring to Start against him. At Newmarket 17 April 1770, he beat the famous horse Bucephalus & on the 19th following he won the Kings 100 Guins against some of the most famous Horses & double distanc'd them the Second Heat.
Geo. Stubbs, Pinx.t.
Publish'd June 4, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"), paper watermarked 'W. King, Alton Mill 1834', with large margins.
A reduced version of either the mezzotint by Burke or the stipple by G.T.Stubbs, unlikely to have been authorised by the artist. King worked from Alton Mill in Hampshire.
CLB: Stubbs 144.
[Ref: 65684] £380.00

Eclipse, the Property of Capt.n O Kelly, was got by Mask when in the Possession of M.r Wildman, he won the Following Prizes, Vizt. in 1769, six Kings Plates of 100 Gunis each at inchester, Canterbury, Newmarket, Salisbury, Lewes & Litchfield most of them he walk'd over the Course alone, No Horse daring to Start against him. At Newmarket 17 April 1770, he beat the famous horse Bucephalus & on the 19th following he won the Kings 100 Guins against some of the most famous Horses & double distanc'd them the Second Heat.
Geo. Stubbs, Pinx.t.
Publish'd June 4, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"), with large margins.
A reduced version of either the mezzotint by Burke or the stipple by G.T.Stubbs, unlikely to have been authorised by the artist.
CLB: Stubbs 144.
[Ref: 65685] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Le Joueur. Il faui que des mes maux enfin je me delivre: J'ai cent moyens tout pretes pour m'empecher de vivre, La riviere, le feu, le oison et le fez, Regnard.
D L... Pinx. L. C. T... Sculp.
A Paris Chez le Citoyen Jean rue S.t Jean de Beauvais N.o 4. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving, 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"), with large margins.
Full length image of an upset looking man who has upturned a table, scattering cards and his jacket on the floor. Quote from Jean-François Regnard's (1655–1709) 'Le Joueur' ("The Gamester", 1696) underneath the title.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65895] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Inscribed to the Noble & most Hon.ble Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquiss of Rockingham; By his Lordship's most Obedient & Devoted Servant, Reginald Heber. The Pedigree and Perormances of Bay Malton.~The Pedigree & Performance of the Grey Horse Gimcrack. "Bay Malton was got by Sampson his Dam by Old Cade, his Grand Dam by Old Traveller, his Great Grand Dam..............Gimcrack was got by Cripple, a Son of Lord Godolphin's late Arabian, jis Dam by Grisewood Partner, a Son of Old-Partner, got by Jigg..."
Fra. Sartorius pinx. R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 10th March 1766, by R. Heber in Chancery Lane & Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, in Fleet Street. right. Price 5s.
Scarce mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 335 x 455mm (13 x 17¾"). Tears in margins, abrasions and creases in image all repaired. Small margins.
Francis Sartorius 1734-1804, John's son and pupil, was born in 1734. His first important work was a portrait of a racehorse owned by the Duke of Grafton. Other portraits followed including Bay Malton, for the Marquis of Rockingham. Sartorius was a prolific and a favourite of the racing fraternity. To various London galleries he contributed thirty-eight works, including twelve to the Royal Academy. He lived in Soho, lastly, at 17 Gerrard Street and he died on 5 March 1804, in his seventieth year. Houston, Richard 1721?-1775, mezzotint engraver, born in Dublin about 1721, became a pupil of John Brooks, who was also the master of McArdell and Spooner. Like his fellow-pupils, he possessed much natural talent, and led a dissipated life. He came to London about 1747, where he fell into debt being imprisoned in Fleet Prison. Robert Sayer paid his debts and it wasn't until after 1760 that Houston was free of his commitment to Sayer. Bay Malton:Prior to the start of his second season on the turf Bay Malton was purchased by Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham. A stout and honest runner he was started only once or twice each season and had a lengthy and lucrative career. He earned his owner and his backers huge sums of money although his finest victory was likely that at York in 1766 where he set a new course record. He lost only two races, both of them in his final two seasons. He retired to Lord Rockingham's stud at Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, where he stood privately. He left no stock that bred on although he sired a few runners, including Mr. Preston's Flaunter. Bay Malton died at Wentworth in 1786. Gimcrack: Making his first start at Epsom in 1764 he won all seven of his races that year. Among his victories at Newmarket was the Whip, allegedly given by Charles 2nd and later said to include hair from the mane and tail of Eclipse. Throughout his active turf career he ran in nearly forty races, the majority of them in heats and over long distances. He was beaten only ten times in eight years. In 1766 when owned by Count Lauraguais he performed the remarkable feat of running twenty-two and a half miles in one hour in France. He is still remembered today for his racing excellence and commemorated by the Gimcrack Stakes held at York,
Siltzer: 242. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65880] £620.00

The Heathen Chinee.
[n.d., c.1875.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½").
A version of 'The Smile that was childlike', one of the illustrations of 'The Heathen Chinee', a narrative poem by American writer Bret Harte satirising the racial prejudice against the Chinese in northern California, especially from the Irish labourers who saw them as a threat to their jobs. First published in September 1870 as 'Plain Language from Truthful James', the narrator tells the story of how he and Bill Nye invited 'Ah Sin' to join a gambling card game which the Chinaman claimed not to know. Although Nye is cheating Ah Sin wins: he is attacked and revealed as a better cheat. The game ending in a riot with bottles thrown and guns fired. However James's claim that Ah Sin had 24 packs of cards up his long sleeves show his claims were exaggerated. The poem was an instant hit and was republished in newspapers across the country. However the satire was too subtle for some people: Eugene Casserly, a senator from California, thanked Harte for supporting his anti-Chinese immigration campaign. Despite the poem making him one of the foremost American writers of the period, Hart (1836-1902) called the poem 'the worst poem I ever wrote, possibly the worst poem anyone ever wrote'.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65572] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Members of a Ladies' Hockey Club at Play. From the Picture by Lucien Davis, Exhibited at the Royal Insitute of Painters in Water Colours.
Lucien Davis.
[n.d, 1894.]
Coloured wood engraving. 365 x 465mm (14½ x 18¼"), with very large margins. Laid on card, damage at centre fold as normal. Faint foxing.
A hockey game, with the players wearing long skirts and boaters. From 'The Graphic' newspaper.
[Ref: 56690] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Humphreys. The Celebrated Boxer.
Painted by W.Whitby. Engrav'd by J.Young.
London, Publish'd by W.m Whitby Sep.r 1788 No 99 Holborn.
Mezzotint scratched letter proof. Plate 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 10"). Thread margins. Light foxing.
Half-length portrait of Richard Humphreys (f.l 1787-1790) wearing a simple coat with the neck button undone to reveal a cravat. Boxer, known as "The Gentleman Fighter". Painted just before his famous bout with his protegé Daniel Mendoza, 1788.
CS: 40, state ii of ii, but an unlisted third state is known, with closed letters. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65678] £360.00

Humphreys The Celebrated Boxer.
Painted by W.Whitby. Engrav'd by J.Young.
Publish'd Jan.y 1789, by W.Whitby, No 59 Poland Street London.
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm, (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Late impression. Platemark cracked. Nicks to edges of paper. Margins spotted.
Half-length portrait of Richard Humphreys (f.l1787-1790) wearing a simple coat with the neck button undone to reveal a cravat. Boxer, known as "The Gentleman Fighter". Painted just before his famous bout with his protegé Daniel Mendoza, 1788.
CS: 40, this example a later state not listed, not 1788 as CS.
[Ref: 65682] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. John Jackson. From an original Picture in the posession of Sir Henry Smyth Bart.
Painted by B.Marshall. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London Published May 19 1810, by C.Turner No.50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 640 x 450mm (25¼ x 17¾"), with large margins. Central crease and repaired tears. Title area bit messy top left. Damaged.
Full length portrait of the pugilist known as Gentleman Jackson (1769-1845), standing to front in a gallery beside a sculpture of a boxer, holding a top hat with his right hand on the pedestal, pictures of a fight between two boxers hangs on the wall, English champion 1793-1803. A very rare large boxing image.
Whitman: 277.
[Ref: 65936] £1,800.00

To the Most Noble Marquis of Worcester This Plate of Mr John Jackson is with Permission Dedicated to his Lordship by his most ob.t very humble Serv.t C.Turner. Private Plate. Proof.
Painted & Engraved by C.Turner.
London, Pub'd April 14 1821, by C.Turner, 50 Warren St., Fitzroy Square.
Very rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Remnants of creasing. Restored in margins on left.
Pugilist known as Gentleman Jackson (1769-1845), English champion 1793-1803.
Whitman: 278. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65881] £580.00

The Du'ellists. Now Sir!!!
Painted by T. Blake. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published March 24, 1828 by C.Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, Mefs.rs Colnaghi & Son, Pall Mall East, & Mefs.rs Moon Boys & Graves, Pall Mall.
Rare mezzotint. 360 x 355mm (14¼ x 14"). Trimmed close to lower plate. Slight creasing bottom right.
Five monkeys gather, two of which hold pistols and engage in a duel. In the lower right of the image is a fallen sign which reads "Rubbish may be shot here by order of the [...]".
[Ref: 65877] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman with Riding Whip.] In her love darting Eyes awakes the Fires, Immortal Gifts! to kindle soft desires._ From limb to limb an Majestick sheds, And the pure Ivory o'er her Bosom spreads.[...]
Jos.Vanhaecken pinx. Alex.Vanhaeken fe.
[n.d., c.1740.] Sold by Alex Vanhaeken at the Golden Head in Little Russel Street, the Northside of St.George's Church Bloomsbury.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, on verso in pencil "Mrs Byron" 455 x 300mm (18 x 12"). Small repaired tears in margins and top right corner. Small margins.
Portrait of a woman wearing riding dress, standing in front of a tree and brambles. She is pointing to her right with a whip hanging from the wrist. Lettered below the image are ten lines of verse from Pope's translation of Homer's Odyssey.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65876] £480.00

To the King's Most Excellent Majesty This Portrait of The R.ht Hon.ble George Pitt Lord Rivers is, by Gracious Permission, Dedicated by His Majesty's most devoted and faithful Subject and Servant, Martin Henry Colnaghi.
Painted by J. Agasse. Engraved by J. Porter. Dixon, Printer.
Published May 9, 1827, by M. Colnaghi, 23 Cockspur Street, London.
Mezzotint, 490 x 370mm (19¼ x 14½"), with margins, on 19th century watermarked paper. Repaired tear entering plate on right centre edge.
A portrait of politician and diplomat Lord Rivers (1751-1828) standing in landscape with two greyhounds at his feet and otters behind. He was created Baron Rivers of Stratfieldsaye in Southampton on 20th May 1776.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64972] £480.00

The Pug-ilists. Time!!! From a picture in the Collection of the Honorable George Agar Ellis M.P. F.R.S. &c. &c. &c. to whom this plate is dedicated by his Obedient and very Humble Servant, C. Turner. Proof.
Painted by J. Bristow. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London: Published Feb.y 21.st 1867, by Louis Brall, 6, Prescott St.
Mezzotint. 355 x 355mm (14 x 14"), large margins. Surface scuffing and soiling. Bit messy.
An interval of a fight between two monkeys in an ale-house, with seconds and a timekeeper with watch. First published by Turner in 1828. Boxing interest.
Whitman 683, unlisted later state after ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65693] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

The Pug-ilists. Time!!! From a picture in the Collection of the Honorable George Agar Ellis M.P. F.R.S. &c. &c. &c. to whom this plate is dedicated by his Obedient and very Humble Servant, C. Turner. Proof.
Painted by J. Bristow. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London: Published Feb.y 21.st 1867, by Louis Brall, 6, Prescott St.
Mezzotint. 355 x 355mm (14 x 14") very large margins.
An interval of a fight between two monkeys in an ale-house, with seconds and a timekeeper with watch. First published by Turner in 1828. Boxing interest.
Whitman 683, unlisted later state after ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65692] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

The Pug-ilists. Time!!! From a picture in the Collection of the Honorable George Agar Ellis M.P. F.R.S. &c. &c. &c. to whom this plate is dedicated by his Obedient and very Humble Servant, C. Turner. Proof.
Painted by J. Bristow. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published Jany 1,,st 1828, by Mr. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, and Mess,,rs Colnaghi, & C.º, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint, open letter proof. 355 x 355mm (14 x 14") very large margins on 3 sides. Narrow margin at bottom, repaired tears, surface scuffing in margins and inscription area, laid on restorer's tissue. Title area restored.
An interval of a fight between two monkeys in an ale-house, with seconds and a timekeeper with watch. Boxing interest
Whitman 683, state i of ii.
[Ref: 65691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Pug-ilists. Time!!! From a picture in the Collection of the Honorable George Agar Ellis M.P. F.R.S. &c. &c. &c. to whom this plate is dedicated by his Obedient and very Humble Servant, C. Turner. Proof.
Painted by J. Bristow. Engraved by C. Turner, Mezzotinto Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published Jany 1,,st 1828, by Mr. Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, and Mess,,rs Colnaghi, & C.º, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint, open letter proof. 355 x 355mm (14 x 14") very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to platemark at bottom.
An interval of a fight between two monkeys in an ale-house, with seconds and a timekeeper with watch. Boxing interest.
Whitman 683, state i of ii.
[Ref: 65690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Pictures from Pickwick. Rook Shooting At Dingley Dell. "Bless my soul!" said Mr Winkle. "I declare I forgot the cap."
Cecil Aldin [in image].
Copyright Lawrence & Jellycoe LTD & Chapman & Hall LTD London. JL Goffart Printer Brussells [n.d., c.1925.]
Chromolithograph, sheet 540 x 440mm (21¼ x 17¼"). Laid on card. Blindstamp for Fine Art Trade Guild.
From Aldin's series of lithographs based on Charles Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers". Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (1870 - 1935), artist and illustrator, was born in Slough, the son of a builder, and studied at the South Kensington school of Art. He worked as a comic illustrator in the 1890's before achieving great success as a sporting artist. He retired to Majorca in 1930.
[Ref: 65637] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Un Coup Difficile.
Peint Par E. Boutibonne. Grave Par Paul Girardet.
Berlin_Verlag von Goupil & C.o. Imprime & Publie par Goupil& C.ie Editeurs le 1.st Avril 1870,_Paris_Londres_Le Haye. New-York-Published by M. Knoedler.
Rare engraving, 650 x 740mm (25¾ x 29"), with very large margins. Laid on paper and taped into mount at top.
Three women play billards in a decorative games room. Two women watch on whilst the other performs a trickshot behind her back. A small girl next to the table feeds a dog. This engraving seems to be an amalgamation of two oils by Charles-Édouard Boutibonne (1816-97) 'Ladies playing Billiards,' and 'An Elegant Billiard Player.'
[Ref: 65852] £650.00

Joseph Ward.
Painted by Saxon. Engraved by W.Say.
Publish'd by Joseph Ward, May 28, 1815.
Very rare mezzotint. 390 x 290mm (15¼ x 11½"), with large margins. Some foxing.
Portrait of Joseph Ward. Possibly the boxer known as 'Joe Ward' (fl. 1790-1815), as seen in the stipple portrait published by George Smeeton and satire published by William Holland, 'The English ambassador and his suite before the king at Madrid, 1790.'
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66068] £520.00

The Xmas Academics. A Combination Game of Whist.
HWBunbury del. 1772. J. Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 20.th Jan.y 1773. By J. Bretherton N.º 134. New Bond Street.
Hand coloured etching, 270 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"), large margins. Paper slightly toned.
Cambridge dons play whist in a Combination Room, grimacing at each other. A spectator signals the cards held by one player to his opponent. An old woman serves wine.
BM Satires 4728. Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65889] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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