Grosvenor Prints

The Blackheath Preservation Trust 1938-1983.
Valerie Warren [pencil signature]
Artist's Proof [pencil]
10 soft ground etchings on one sheet, buildings identified in pencil. Limited edition 40. Total printed area 460 x 620mm (18 x 24½"). Tear in margin, reaching 'Artist's Proof'.
The exteriors of ten at-risk Blackheath buildings, bought by the BPT, restored and sold: 'Spencer Place: 1845'; 'No 19 Shooters Hill: 1840'; '6 West Grove: 1760'; 'Eastnor House: 1750'; 'The Cedars. Westcombe Park Road: 1866'; 'Montague House late C17'; 'Blackheath Railway Station: 1848'; 'Nos 47-49 Maze Hill c.1720'; 'Martin House: 1845'; 'Vanburgh Castle: 1719'; & 'Blackheath Concert Hall: 1895'. The BPT was wound up in 2016.
[Ref: 69511] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Chapman & André's map of Essex] Plate XXIII.
Published as the Act directs Oc.t 1.st 1777, by John Chapman and Peter André [but Chalk Meggy and Chalk, 1833].
Rare engraved map. 470 x 595mm (18½ x 23½"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 1832.
One sheet of the important large-scale map of Essex, originally published 1777 but this example from the third edition. It is centred on Canvey Island, extending to Fobbing in the west, clockwise to Pitsey, Thundersley and the tiny village of 'South End'.
[Ref: 69791] £220.00

The Cross, Chester. An original etching by C.H. Clark. Signed impression. Restricted edition of 150 proofs. Plate destroyed.
Cha.s H. Clark [pencil].
[n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"), publisher's blind stamp. In original mount with printed title label, as above. Mint.
A view of 1 Bridge Street, a Grade II* listed building, on Chester Cross. Charles H. Clark (b.1890) is best known for his etchings of various schools.
[Ref: 69518] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Cliveden] Cliefden.
J. Farington R.A. del.t. J,C, Stadler sculp.t.
Pub.d June 1, 1793 by J. & J. Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall, & N.º 90, Cheapside.
Fine coloured aquatint. Printed area 210 x 320mm (8¼ x 12½"). Rust spot in middle.
A distant view of the second house at Cliveden, allowing the inclusion of the Thames on the left. The building burned down in 1849; the third house is currently a five-star hotel. From the 'History of the River Thames', 1794, a two-volume publication including 76 aquatints after Joseph Farington (1747-1821).
Abbey: 432.
[Ref: 69645] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

View on the River Stour, near Dedham. Engraved from the original Picture, In the Possession of M.rs W. Carpenter to whom this Print is respectfully dedicated by her obliged Servants, E. & W. Finden.
Painted by John Constable, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W.R. Smith. Printed by McQueen.
London, Published March 2.nd 1840, by the Proprietors, N.os 18 & 19, Southampton Place, Euston Square. Sold also by F.G. Moon, Threadneedle Street, & Ackermann & Co. Strand.
Etching and engraving on chine collé. 355 x 510mm (14 x 20"), with large margins.
Men working barges on a river with a church town in the background. From Finden's 'Gallery of British Art'.
[Ref: 69538] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Fonthill Abbey The Pavilion (now used as a Dormitory for the Visitors) And The Lake, In The Old Park.
W. Finley Del.. Stednab Whitwell Architect Dir. J. Cleghorn Litho. Printed By Boosey & Co.
N.o 8 of R. Ackerman's Repository of Arts, & c. Pub. Aug 1. 1823.
Lithograph with added hand colour. Sheet 150 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Foxing. Nicks to eges repaired with acid free tape.
A view on the grounds of Fonthill Abbey, capturing the landscape and temporary accommodations used during the public influx and auction of the estate.
[Ref: 69832] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Part of Greenwich Hospital from the Ravensbourne.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J.D. Harding. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London, Pub. by Rodwell and Martin, New Bond St.t June 1. 1832.
Scarce lithograph. Printed area 250 x 305mm (9¾ x 12"). Creased in centre.
A view of Greenwich Hospital from a stream in woodland, with cows grazing. Ravensbourne University is a public university on the Greenwich Peninsula in London. Painter James Duffield Harding (1798-1863) was an important figure in the development of tinted lithography in England.
[Ref: 69629] £320.00

Hogarth House [pencil].
T.R. Way 98.
[London, 1898.]
Lithograph. Printed area 175 x 145mm (6¾ x 5¾").
The exterior of Hogarth's House, Chiswick. This lithograph later appeared in 'Reliques of old London suburbs north of the Thames, drawn in lithography by T.R. Way, with an introduction and descriptions by H.B. Wheatley F.S.A.', with a plate number lower right. Thomas Robert Way (1861 - 1913) encouraged his friend James McNeill Whistler to take up lithography and published a memoir of Whitler and a catalogue, "Mr. Whistler's Lithographs". He also worked with Frank Brangwyn..
[Ref: 69593] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The House of Commons in 1860]
John Phillip [in pencil] Th Oldham Barlow [in pencil]
[London, Published Jan. 17th. 1865; by Moore, McQueen & Company, Limited, 25 Berners Street, Oxford Street, and Thomas Agnew & Sons, Manchester and Liverpool.]
Very scarce signed proof before letters mezzotint on chine collé. Plate 680 x 830mm (26¾ x 32¾"), with large margins. With blindstamp of the Printsellers' Association (initials: OGB), limited edition 500 artist's proofs.
Portraits of various members of the House of Commons seated on the front benches around the table bearing the mace. Speaker Denison sits at the head, with Palmerston standing to the left and Gladstone seated behind him between Russell and Grey. Opposite sit Disraeli, Peel, and Walpole.
[Ref: 69893] £380.00

London: The Law Courts [pencil]
W.B. Wyllie. 1934. [pencil].
Etching. 300 x 180mm (11¾ x 7").
The Gothic revival Royal Courts of Justice, designed by George Edmund Street. We have been unable to trace the etcher or any link to William Wyllie.
[Ref: 69512] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Roman Tessellated Floor discovered in 1793 at the Lea near Shrewsbury.
Publish'd as the Act directs Marth 30th 1794 by J. Haynes, Castle Street Shrewsbury.
Scarce coloured etching. Sheet 425 x 350mm (16¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on card.
A floor with a square geometric pattern at the 3rd century Lea Cross Roman villa, first discovered in 1793, rediscovered in 1956 and partially excavated in 1969.
[Ref: 69521] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

London.
[after Wenceslaus Hollar] Hamel & Ferguson, Litho. 85 Queen S.t. Melbourne.
G.J. Browne in fac-smile ab Picto originale refecit, Melbournense, Australia, A.D. 1879.
Scarce lithograph on five sheets conjoined, total 485 x 2250mm, laid on linen. With two sheets of introductory text. Paper toned, paper cracks, womholes. Text sheets ragged.
An unusual Australian edition of Hollar's famous pre-Fire prospect of London, originally published by Danckerts in Amsterdam in 1647. It shows the City from the tower of St. Mary Overy in Southwark, with the Norman St. Paul's in the centre, London Bridge with buildings across it, and the Globe and Bear Garden in Southwark. The two theatres have had their names transposed, the mistake made probably because both had been closed by the Puritan Parliament of 1642. The title is above the panorama in a decorative cartouche, with Mercury and cherubs representing the continents, a nod to London's commercial interests abroad. Hollar started work on the original in London, but completed it in Antwerp: he had to flee England because his Royalist sympathies put him at risk during the Civil War, although he was able to return in 1652. This edition has the original dedication to Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I, within a cartouche depicting Britannia, which was omitted from printings after the Civil War. Hamel & Ferguson were in business between 1864-89. Other than their imprint, the only detail they have added is the geometric border around the view.
See Howgego p.8 for the original, 'the most accurate of the pre-Fire panoramas of London'.
[Ref: 69771] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

To Sir J Morton Peto Bar.t of Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, This View of The New Town of Lowestoft Is by permission respectfully dedicated by the Publishers.
J. Reid Del. F. Jones, Lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by Colman and Stacy, Booksellers Lowerstoft. [n.d. c.1850]
Fine & rare lithograph with hand colour, sheet 465 x 1075mm (18¼ x 42¼").
A view in Lowestoft harbour. Morton Peto (1809-89) was a railway entrepreneur and developer closely associated with the growth of Lowestoft, where his railway and harbour projects helped expand trade and transport. His legacy survives in the town through Peto Way.
[Ref: 69894] £580.00

Ludgate Hill London [pencil].
Cyril Fleming [pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"), large margins.
A view of St Paul's from Ludgate Hill, still with the viaduct described in 'Old & New London' as ''Of all the eyesores of modern London, surely the most hideous''. It was demolished in 1990.
[Ref: 69513] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Queen's College. The Oxford Portfolio.
G C 1817. Drawn Etch'd & Publish'd by G. Cooper.
1817.
Rare etching, printed on sepia paper. 380 x 480mm (15 x 19"), with large margins. Chips and tears in edges of margins.
A view of All Souls College from The High.
[Ref: 69638] £320.00

Magdalen College. The Oxford Portfolio.
GC 1817 [reversed] Drawn Etch'd & Publish'd by G. Cooper.
1817.
Rare etching, printed on sepia paper. 385 x 475mm (15¼ x 18¾"), with large margins. Chips and tears in edges of margins.
A view of Magdalen College from the bridge, with men angling.
[Ref: 69639] £380.00

Queen's College. The Oxford Portfolio, Pl 5.
G C 1817. Drawn Etch'd & Publish'd by G. Cooper.
[n.d., c.1817.]
Rare etching, printed on sepia paper. 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼"), with large margins. Chips and tears in edges of margins.
A view of Queen's College from The High.
[Ref: 69636] £320.00

The Radcliffe Library The Oxford Portfolio. P10.
GC 1817 Drawn Etch'd & Publish'd by G. Cooper.
1817.
Rare etching, printed on sepia paper. 390 x 480mm (15½ x 19"), with large margins. Chips and tears in edges of margins.
The interior of the rotunda of Radcliffe Library.
[Ref: 69640] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

St Marys Church The Oxford Portfolio, N.º 1.
Drawn & Etched by G. Cooper.
Publish'd by G Cooper 1817..
Rare etching, printed on sepia paper. 380 x 480mm (15 x 19"), with large margins. Chips and tears in edges of margins.
The exterior of The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, on Oxford's High Street.
[Ref: 69637] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

View from My Own Cottage, in Essex.
[after Humphry Repton.]
Published by J. Taylor, Feb 1. 1816.
Coloured aquatint with overlay. 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾).
The view from Humphry Repton's cottage in Hare Street, now Main Road, Gidea Park, Romford. Published in Repton's 'Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening', the plate has a hinged overlay: when the slip is down the view is of a small garden with a fence, overlooking a butcher's shop display, a coaching inn and coaches, and an amputee beggar; lifting the slip reveals a garden extended out, with a hedge with raised lattice-work for climbing plants to block the undesirable aspects. Repton (1752-1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the C18th, who coined the term 'landscape gardener'. Regarded as the successor to Capability Brown, he worked at Blaise Castle, Woburn Abbey, Stoneleigh Abbey & the central gardens in Russell Square, but lost out on the Prince Regent's Brighton Pavilion to John Nash (although he published his designs).
Abbey: Scenery 391.
[Ref: 69792] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[The Royal Courts of Justice]
Richard Smythe [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 210 x 315mm (8¼ x 12½"), publisher's blindstamps, large margins. Faint mount burn.
A view of the Strand and the front of the Royal Courts of Justice. Richard Smythe (né Smith, 1863-1934).
[Ref: 69861] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Serjeant's Inn, Fleet St.]
Sydney R. Jones [signed in plate and in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1926.]
Drypoint etching. 275 x 170mm (10¾ x 6¾"). Time stained.
A view of the buildings of Serjeant's Inn though an archway, all destroyed in bombing raids in 1941. Sydney Robert Jones (1881 - 1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside.
[Ref: 69517] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Madame Tussauds] Winter Fashions for 1842 & 43, by B. Read & C.º 12, Hart St. Bloomsbury Square, London, and Broad Way New York, America.
[London: Benjamin Read, 1842.]
Scarce coloured aquatint. Sheet 480 x 645mm (19 x 25½"). Tears taped.
A view of an exhibition of the actual velvet and ermine coronation robes of George IV in Madam Tussauds, with the onlookers shown in the latest fashions. Benjamin Read was a tailor who published prints advertising his new fashions twice each year.
[Ref: 69662] £650.00

[Wilkins Building, University College London]
W. Monk [pencil]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 175 x 265mm (7 x 10½"), very large margins.
William Monk (1863-1937), architectural etcher best known for his ''Calendorium Londonense''.
[Ref: 69516] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

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