Grosvenor Prints

The Storming and taking the Bastile by the Citizens of Paris, 14.th July 1789.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles N.º 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [***] April 1790.
Rare engraving. Sheet 170 x 250mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, publication line indistinct, creasing
Troops bombard the Bastille, with flags of 'La Liberté ou le Mort'.
[Ref: 66761] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[India] A Pagoda.
[Thomas] Daniell Del. J.C. Stadler Aquatinta.
Edw.d Orme Excu.t. Published & Sold July 30 1804 by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, 59 New Bond S.t London.
Aquatint, printed in brown and blue and hand finished. 490 x 320mm (19¼ x 12½"), paper watermarked 'J WHatman Turkey Mill 1823, large margins. Tears in bottom margin.
Plate 15 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 15.
[Ref: 66821] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Kans Qila Fort, Mathura] Multura Fort.
Colonel Ward Pinx.t.
Edw.d Orme Excu.t. Published & Sold Jan.y 1 1803 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to His Majesty & the Royal Family, 59 New Bond S.t London.
Aquatint, printed in brown and blue, without hand finishing. 360 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"), with large margins. Tears in bottom margin.
A view of the 16th century Kans Qila Fort at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Plate 8 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 8.
[Ref: 66820] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Shahi Bridge] The Bridge at Juonpore, Bengal.
[Thomas] Daniell Del. H. Merke, Aquatinta.
Edw.d Orme Excu.t. Sold & Published July 21 1804 by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, 59 New Bond Street London.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 360 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"), very large margins. Tear in top margin repaired, holes in bottom margin, slight mount burn.
A view of the 16th century Mughal bridge over the river Gomti in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. Plate 14 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 14.
[Ref: 66818] £360.00

[India] Distant View of Mootee Thurna, A Waterfall in the Rajemahl Hills, Bengal.
[Thomas] Daniell pinx _ W.m Orme Delin. Fellows Aquatinta.
Sold & Published Jan.y 1802 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller in Ordinary to the King, & Royal Family, N.º 59 the Corner of Brook Street in Bond Street London.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 360 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"), large margins. Repaired tear just entering inscription area bottom centre, faint mount burn.
A view of the Moti Jharna (pearl cascade) waterfall in Sahebganj district of Jharkhand. Plate 2 of '24 Views in Hindostan by William Orme', part of Blagdon's 'A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India'.
Abbey Travel 424, 2.
[Ref: 66817] £360.00

[Chile] Panoramic View from the Summit of Santa Lucia, (Santiago.).
Drawn from Camera Sketches by E.R. Smith. T. Sinclair's Lith.
[Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph with touches of original hand colour, on three sheets conjoined, total 290 x 1750mm (11½ x 69"). Folded as issued, backed on linen.
A view of Santiago, the capital of Chile, from Santa Lucía Hill in the centre of the city. The touches of original colour highlight flags including two Chilean flags and a Stars and Stripes, clothing on the staffage and one cactus. The plate fails to be a true panorama by about 3cm, the width of one end margin. It was published in the first volume of 'The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52', titled 'Chile: its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc.', written by James Melville Gilliss, superintendant of the expedition.
[Ref: 66618] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Florence.]
SBella cum priv.
[n.d., c.1655.]
Etching. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at corners.
A woman on horseback descending a hill past a tree towards Florence.
[Ref: 66777] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [15 plates from ''Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being the Journal of a Tour in India''.]
[Captain Godfrey Munday]
London. Published by John Murray, April 1832.
15 steel engravings. Each sheet c. 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed and pasted on album sheets in threes, some spotting and glue stains.
A collection of plates from the account of a tour in India by Godfrey Charles Munday (1804-1860), including tiger hunting from elephants and hunting with leopards. An army officer who served in India and Australia, he became Permanent Under Secretary for War during the Crimean War then Lieutentant Governor of Jersey.
[Ref: 66607] £550.00 view all images for this item

[Punished Arrogance.] Bestrafter Hochmuth. No.221. Fabel N°1.
[n.d., c.1800.] bei Winckelman & Sohne in Berlin.
Fine & rare lithograph with inscription below. Image 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Sheet 415 x 355mm (16¼ x 14"). Crease across centre of sheet.
A scene depicting a rat, full from stolen food. The Sultan approaches on the back of an elephant, adorned with beautiful blankets and goods, with him, his parrot, his favourite dog and a monkey. The rat having expressed that the elephant is a clumsy animal with little beauty, is paid for her excess as a cat catches her.
[Ref: 66787] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Lake Como.] Veduta della Villa D'Esta altre volte il Garuvo sul Lago di Como.
G.Castellini dis. L.Rados inc.
[c.1830.] Milano presso Francesco Bernucca Contrada de'tre Alberghi No.4091.
Very fine lithograph. 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 9"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into lower plate and backed onto album paper.
A view of Lake Como, Italy. In the foreground are two boats, in the background the Villa d'Este, originally Villa del Garovo, a Renaissance patrician residence in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. In 1815, the villa became the residence of Caroline of Brunswick, estranged wife of the future King George IV.
[Ref: 66691] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Macartney Expedition.] [Allegorical titlepage to 'An historical account of the embassy to the emperor of China']
Stothard del.t. Grignion sculp.t.
Publish'd Oct. 12 1797 by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Rare etching. Sheet 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, tear taped.
George Macartney (1737–1806) stands with a man in Chinese dress as a woman holding a caduceus draws back a banner to reveal Beijing.
[Ref: 66719] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Good News from a far Country [old ink mss.].
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Trimmed as a scrap. 70 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions, laid on album paper with ink mss. title.
A missionary arrives on the beach of a South Sea island and is greeted warmly by the inhabitiants as he holds out the Bible.
[Ref: 66677] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Conflagration Of Moscow, Seen From The Kremlin, On the entrance of the French Army the 14.th September, 1812; the view taken on the spot by John Vendramini.
London. Published November 5.th 1812, by the Proprietor.
Scarce aquatint with hand colour, 390 x 530mm (15½ x 21"). Tears going into image repaired with tape. Puncture in image. Wormhole in image. Small margins.
View of the 1812 Fire of Moscow; three officers on horseback occupy the central foreground, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower to the left, and in the distance fire and smoke billow from behind churches and other buildings. On 14 September, during the French invasion of Russia, Napoleon led an army of about 100,000 into Moscow, only to find the city abandoned and deliberately set aflame by its military governor, Fyodor Rostopchin.
[Ref: 67027] £320.00

[India] [Mussoorie] From Missourie.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Major J. Luard. Printed by Graf & Soret.
[London, c.1835.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Spotting on backing sheet.
A view of Mussoorie in the foothills of the Himalayas, from 'Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar ' by Major John Luard (1790-1875) of the 16th Lancers.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 66720] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Nandi Hills, Mysore] N.W. View of Nandydroog.
Drawn by R.H. Colebrooke, from a sketch by Ensign Caldwell. Engraved by J.W. Edy.
London: Pub.d July 1. 1793, for the Proprietor, by M.r Thomson, N.º 22, Great Mary le bone St.t.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 445 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), on Whatman watermarked paper, very large margins. Some spotting.
A view of the walls of the Nandy Hills fort, first used in the 11th century, becoming the summer residence of Tipu Sultan. It was captured by the British under Charles Cornwallis in 1791. From 'Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot' by Robert Hyde Colebrook, 1794.
Abbey 419, 9.
[Ref: 66831] £360.00

[India] [Ramagiri Fort, Mysore] West View of Ramgherry.
Drawn on the spot by R.H. Colebrooke. Engraved by J.W. Edy.
London. Pub.d July 1. 1793, for the Proprietor, by M.r Thomson, N.º 22, Great Mary le bone St.t.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 445 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), on Whatman paper. Edges chipped.
Defensive walls snaking through hills above a river. The fort was captured by the British in 1791. From 'Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot' by Robert Hyde Colebrook, 1794.
Abbey 419, 3 .
[Ref: 66823] £380.00

[India] [Mysore] Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallaow.
Drawn on the spot by R.H. Colebrooke. Engraved by J.W. Edy.
London. Pub.d Oct.r 1. 1793, for the Proprietor, by M.r Thomson, N.º 22, Great Mary le bone St.t.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 445 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), on Whatman paper. Bottom right corner chipped,, faint mount burn.
A rocky landscape, north west of Seringapatam. From 'Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot' by Robert Hyde Colebrook, 1794.
Abbey 419, 5.
[Ref: 66822] £420.00

Theatre of War 1815. From the Straits of Dover, to the Rhine at Strasburg, and from Holland to Paris.
Published Feb.y 1. 1816, by J.no Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place.
Engraved map with hand colour. Sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, original binding fold.
A map of the theatre of the Waterloo Campaign, showing from Paris to Rotterdam, with the borders according to the Treaty of 1814 and the positions of the French, British and Prussian troops at the beginning of the campaign. From 'The Battle of Waterloo: containing the accounts published by authority, British and foreign'.
[Ref: 66693] £140.00

[United States of North America.] Vereingte Staaten von Nord-Amerika. Das Stadhaus in New York.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching, 360 x 290mm (14¼ x 11½"), with large margins
A etching of the townhouse in New York, from Broadway, Chatam Row (now Park Row), on the left of the image is St. Pauls Chapel. The image is surrounded by etchings of various scenes and topographical views of North America.
[Ref: 66703] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Nurnberg.
C. Scharff del. J. S. Leitner fec.
Hoeres Weigilu Senioris excudit. [n.d. c.1740]
Rare engraving, 510 x 235mm (20 x 9¼"), on laid watermarked paper. Crease in centre where previously folded, reinforced with tape. Tears just going into image repaired with tape. Creases. Trimmed to margin left and right.
A panoramic view of the town of Nuremberg, with German key underneath. Publisher is the heirs of Weigel, presumably Christoph; the firm of Christoph Weigel was continued after his death by his widow, together with his daughter Barbara Sibylla and her second huband, Martin Tyroff whom she married in 1729. After the widow's death Tyrhoof carried on the firm using the term 'Cristoph Weigels Erben.'
[Ref: 67025] £360.00

Pompei. Maison de Diomede.
Dessine d'apres nature et lith par Ph Benoist. Imp Lemercier a Paris.
[c.1850.] Paris, Bulla Editeur 18, rue Tiquetonne et (Mon.Aumont) Francois Delarue, Succ rue JJ Rousseau, 10.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½").
A view of the Villa of Diomedes, an ancient Roman villa near Pompeii, Italy. The villa is located just outside the city walls of Pompei, at the Via dei Sepolcri to the Gate of Herculaneum. It was excavated by Francesco La Vega from 1771 to 1774 and named after Marcus Arrius Diomedes, whose grave is opposite the entrance to the villa, though it is not clear that it was his villa
[Ref: 66692] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Rosaspina's Drawing School.]
G. Giani dis. G. Tomba inc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraving with etching. 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Repaired tear top left, surface soiling.
An interior of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, with a class of students sketching seated around a table lit by lamps. Francesco Rosaspina (1762-1841) sits at the end of the table, with women only allowed to watch. The walls are filled with prints and drawings. The print was also published in 1811 by Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, with the title ''Rosapina's Zeichnungsschule''.
[Ref: 66680] £360.00

[India] Seventy Third Regiment. Storming of Seringapatam 4th May 1799. For Cannon's Military Records.
[after Captain Alexander Allan.]
[London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1851.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Framed. Sight size 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7¼"). Mounted over left edge, unexamined out of frame.
The 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot shown as part of the storming party at the siege of Seringapatam, during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. A copy of the aquatint by Cardon and Schiavonetti (1802), published in the ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Third Regiment: containing an account of the formation of the Regiment from the period of its being raised as the Second Battalion of the Forty-Second Highlanders in 1780 and of its subsequent services to 1851'.'
[Ref: 66852] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Peru, Bolivia, Chile. Die Cathedrale in Lima in Peru.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. 320 x 270mm (12½ x 10½"), large margins.
A coloured etching of the Lima Cathedral in Peru, surrounded by etchings of various scenes and topographical views of South America, specifically Peru, Bolvia and Chile.
[Ref: 66702] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Destruction of the ''Tanjore'' by Lightning off Ceylon.
Printed in Oiul Colours by G. Baxter, (Patentee) 11, Northampton Square.
[n.d., 1844.]
Rare Baxter print. Sheet 115 x 190mm (4½ x 3½"). Worm hole, some spotting, glue stains along bottom edge.
A ship on fire at night, the crew and passengers escaping in longboats.
[Ref: 66717] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [The Last Effort and fall of Tipu Sultan]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving. 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Trimmed and edges backed into album paper. Folded down centre. Time stained.
A scene depicting the fall of Tippoo Sultan.
[Ref: 66941] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Town and Fort of Trichinopoly.
Drawn by T.J. Rawlins. On stone by Dean & C.º.
London, Dean & C.º Threadneedle S.t.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 155 x 220mm (6 x 8¾"). Binding marks in top margin, spotting and staining, trimmed into publication line at bottom.
A view looking down a thoroughfare to a fort on a steep hill. From Julia Corner's 'The History of India'.
Abbey 468.
[Ref: 66716] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[The Younger Pliny Reproved. We went out into a small court belonging to the house which separated the sea from the buildings. As I was at that time But eighteen years of age, I know not whether I should call my behaviour in this dangerous juncture courage or rashness]
Ange[lica Kauffman pinx.t. Burke sculp.t.]
[London. Published Jan.y, 20th 1791 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Rare stipple, printed in colour. Sheet 395 x 490mm (15½ x 19¼"). Trimmed to printed border top and bottom, losing all inscriptions, margins rebuilt, trimmed within plate at sides. Damaged.
Pliny the Younger (61 - c. 113), sits by his mother, writing his account of the eruption of Versuvius, which can be seen through the arch in the distance to the left. The elder Pliny berates his son for writing instead of helping, before dying leading a relief fleet across the Bay of Naples.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66967] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Zurich.
Lith par Hostein figures par Bayot. Lith. de Benard et Frey.
[n.d.,c.1850.]
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A view of Zurich, Switzerland, from a hill overlooking the town and lake. Men and women gather in the foreground, a woman is washing clothes in the water basin.
[Ref: 66690] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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