Grosvenor Prints

[Achilles mourning Patroclus] [Achilles sese ob mortem partocli afflictat. Vide Homeri Iliad Liber XVIII. From an Original Picture in the Collection of her Serene Highness the Princess of Daschkam, to whom this Plate is dedicated by her Highness's most obedient Servant, Wm. Wynee Ryland.]
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. W.m Wynne Ryland Sculpsit.
Published December 4. 1777 by W.W. Ryland London.
Stipple, scratched-letter proof before title, printed in sanguine. 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"), with large margins. Some of margins folded back, some spotting.
Achilles grieving over the death of Patroclus, killed by Hector at Troy.
[Ref: 53333] £360.00

[A young girl with a dove.]
[Vieira Del.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculps.t R.A. Engraver to his Majesty.]
[London, Published 1st June 1800 by William Jeffrey & Co.]
Stipple, scarce touched proof before letters, with added watercolour either by the artist or engraver. 440 x 340mm (17¼ x 13¼"), with wide large margins.
Portrait of a young girl with a garland in her hair, holding a dove, engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after Francisco Vieira 'Portuense' (1765-1805). A later state was published as 'Affection. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of John Scott Esq.r', by Deely in 1809. Vieira came to London c.1796 and became Bartolozzi's lodger. After exhibiting at the R.A. in 1798 and 1799 he returned to Oporto, becoming court painter in Lisbon in 1802. At the same time Bartolozzi became director of the National Academy of Lisbon, living there until he died.
De Vesme 1305. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 47336] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Iron Steam Yacht 'Alexandria', 416 Tons.Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140, Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.]
[T.S. Robins Del.t E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.]
[Published May 14.th 1852 by Messers. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.]
Coloured lithograph, proof before all letters. 425 x 573mm (16¾ x 22½").
A view of the steam yacht 'Alexandria', which was built for the Tsar of Russia in England. The boat steams through the water with a pair of small boats with fishermen using a net in the foreground.
See Ref: 8913 for a lettered version.
[Ref: 31205] £650.00

[H.R.H. Princess Alice with Eos.]
[Engraved by Thomas Landseer, A.R.A., 1875.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published Dec.r 21.st 1875 by Henry Graves & Co, the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen &, T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall, Copyright Registered. [Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers and Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Pall Mall, London. Sold by D. Woodcock & Co., 17, Farringdon Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters on india. Printseller's Association Stamp. Artist Proof Edition, Limited to One Hundred Copies. Plate 355 x 413mm. 14 x 16¼". Uncut. Foxing off image.
Princess Alice, Queen Victoria's third child, with Eos, a favourite greyhound, the property of H.R.H. Prince Albert. From "Her Majesty's Pets being a Collection of Twenty Steel-Place Engravings from Paintings by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. By Special Permission of, and Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen".
Ex Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23027] £360.00

[Sir William Allan (in Circassian dress)]
W.N. ft. 1819.
Etching, proof before all letters, 280 x 230mm. 11 x 9".
Portrait of Sir William Allan (1782-1850), history painter. Allan travelled widely in Eastern Europe, and is here depicted in traditional Circassian dress. Etching by William Nicholson from his own painting of Allan (now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh). In 1818 Nicholson began to publish a series entitled 'Portraits of distinguished living characters of Scotland, drawn and etched by William Nicholson from his portraits and those by other painters', for which this proof probably contributed.
D. Thomson & S.B. Lockhart, 'The Concise Catalogue of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery'
[Ref: 16377] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Yours truly R Barclay Allardice [facsimile signature.] First Proof.
Painted by James Giles Esqr. R.S.A. Engraved by R.M. Hodgetts.
Published January 1843 by Andrew Anderson 33 Queen Street Aberdeen.
Mezzotint portrait with engraved inscription area. Total 465 x 350mm (18¼ x 13¾"). Large margins on 3 sides. Cut to platemark at bottom.
Robert Barclay Allardice (1779-1854), Scottish pedestrian, generally known as Captain Barclay. He is regarded as the father of the 19th century sport of pedestrianism, a precursor to racewalking, attracting much publicity with the feat of walking of 1,000 miles in 1000 hours for 1000 guineas in 1809. This portrait, after James William Giles (1801-70), shows him with his usual paisley waistcoat and walking cane.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66133] £380.00

To The Queen's, Most Gracious Majesty This Work Is by Humble Permission, Dedicated by Her Majesty's Most Dutiful, Most Grateful & Most humble Subject, H.D. Thielcke. Pleasures of Childhood [&] Affection & Pleasure [&] The Father's Return [&] Faith and Charity [&] The Warrior's Tale [&] Resting after Travelling.
Drawn by....E. [Princess Elizabeth.] H. Thielcke sculpt. [All plates.]
Published Oct.r the 10, 1810 by H. Thielcke Queens House.
Engraved and etched dedication page to Queen Charlotte and six stipple plates. Proofs on india laid paper, each 200 x 250, 8 x 9¾".
Groups of allegorical figures, probably fan designs, after Princess Elizabeth (1770 - 1840), daughter of George III. Possibly the same plates were published as 'Six Engravings by H. Thielcke, after the designs of her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth. With illustrations in verse' by R.. Ackermann in 1813. These are early proof states published by the engraver. All plates inscribed 'Pubd. Oct. 10. 1810. by H. Thielcke Queens House', and 'Proof' lower right. Two plates and dedication on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1810.
See BM: 1891,0713.489. See British Library: 001056116.
[Ref: 11636] £1,100.00 view all images for this item

The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution.
[Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg.]
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching, scarce scratched letter proof. Platemark: 405 x 485mm (16 x 19"), with large margins. Light foxing in margins. Small spot of repaired damage in lower right title area.
Famous American Revolution satire, in which a figure of Time uses a magic lantern to project an allegorical representation of revolution in America, showing the consequences of the Stamp Act and the tax on tea, watched by an audience personifying the four continents. In the title area, two medallions depicting Holland and Switzerland as precursors of the American struggle in their own experiences of oppression. One (left) is inscribed "Auto da fe" and "Holland. 1560". It represents a man tied to the stake, while a monk, holding up a crucifix, holds a torch to the pile. On the right. is "Wilhelm Tell, Switzerland. 1296". Legendary Swiss patriot William Tell aims with a cross-bow at the apple on his son's head, while Austrian bailiff Gessler on horseback points at the child. Between the medallions is part of an oak-tree. The medallion representing Holland is supported (left) by the Dutch lion holding in his paw a sheaf of seven arrows representing the United Provinces. Hercules with his club (right) supports the medallion of Switzerland. An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon. Engraved and published in Nuremberg by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743 - 1790).
BM Satires: 5490.
[Ref: 35379] £1,700.00

[H. C. Andersen.]
CH Jeens [signed in plate.]
[British, n.d. c.1870.]
Engraving on india paper, proof before title, rare. Plate 225 x 150mm. 9 x 6".
Bust portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories.
[Ref: 28000] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"). Trimmed to plate lower bottom. Small margins on 3 sides.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
CS 1 Uncleaned inbetween i & ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65618] £520.00

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper. Some faint foxing. Repaired tear at bottom centre going into image.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
Charrington 33 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65617] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
Charrington 33 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65610] £490.00

[Regnier Hansloe an Anabaptist Minister, and His Wife.]
Rembrandt Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delint & Sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1781 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 445mm (21 x 17½"), with large margins, on 18th century watermarked paper. Some faint foxing. Two small tears in margins.
Double portrait of Cornelis Claesz Anslo (1592 - 1646), Dutch Mennonite minister and his wife Aeltje Schooten. The minister wears a hat, his right-hand outstretched as he speaks earnestly to his wife who is sitting on the left. Anslo was born in Amsterdam as the fourth son of the Norwegian born Dutch cloth merchant Claes Claesz. Anslo.
CS 3. Charrington 33 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65616] £480.00

Anvil.
George Stubbs pinx.t. Geo: Townley Stubbs sculp.t Engraver to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London. Published Dec.r 1 1794 by Mess.rs Stubbs, Turf Gallery, Conduit Street.
Stipple and etching, open-letter finished proof, printed in colours and hand finished. 405 x 500mm (16 x 19¾"). Framed. Some spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
Anvil, foaled in 1777 and described by 'A Review of the Turf' as 'ranked amongst the best stallions of the present day'. In 1793 Anvil was in Mr O'Kelly's stud at Edgware, at 10 guineas per mare.
Lennox-Boyd: 114, state I of III, ''100 proofs were issued''.
[Ref: 54816] £1,850.00

[Ariadne Forsaken.]
[Francis S. Walker.]
[n.d. c.1911.]
Coloured mezzotint, proof before all letters, very large margins. Plate 375 x 178mm (14¾ x 7").
Ariadne forsaken; a young woman in classical dress standing on a seashore, looking ahead forlornly and shielding her eyes with her hand, holding the edge of her cloak with the other; seagulls in the sky.
[Ref: 31087] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Attwood, Founder of Political Unions. Proof.
Painted by G. Sharples. Engraved by C. Turner.
Published in London, July 10, 1832, by M.r Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, M.r Cribb, King Street, Covent Garden, M.r Moon, City, M.r Drake, Birmingham, & all other Printsellers.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 235mm (13½ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, faint mount burn, laid on card.
Half-length seated portrait of political reformer Thomas Attwood (1783-1856), arms folded. He founded the Birmingham Political Union in 1830, campaigning for cities and large towns to be directly represented in Parliament. The portrait was published a month after the Reform Act of 1832 received Royal Assent. Attwood was elected to Parliament in December that year.
Whitman 21, ii of ii.
[Ref: 65214] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Lewis Bagot, L.L.D. Bishop of S.t Asaph.]
[Painted by J. Hoppner Esq. R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.]
[Published by S.W. Reynolds Bayswaster 1819.]
Mezzotint, working proof before letters. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Some slight foxing.
A three-quarter length portrait of Lewis Bagot (1740-1802) in clerical robes seated inside the cathedral with an open Bible in front of him. He had previously been bishop of Bristol (1782-3) and Norwich (1783-90). The painting is in the collection of Christ Church, Oxford, where Bagot studied.
Whitman 14, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66628] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Walter Baker by Worlidge [ms]
[by Thomas Worlidge, c.1755]
Etching, platemark 200 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Fine impression; slight stains.
Portrait by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with number '61' added top right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced. Dack reproduces an impression of this print with the following inscription in ms: 'This Portrait of Walter Baker (M.D. so created by himself) Painter, Designed & Etched by Thomas Worlidge Painter in the Little Piazza Covent Garden'.
State i/ii; W61; D15; O'D incorrectly identifies this as a portrait of scientist Henry Baker, F.R.S.
[Ref: 32864] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Dr Walter Baker] [61]
[by Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching in sepia, Collector's mark at bottom; platemark 200 x 160mm (7¾ x 6½"). Printed on thick paper
Posthumous impression of an etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66). Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. After his death, his widow published further impressions of his plates, adding new numbers to the plates to correspond with her own catalogue numbers, as here. The identity of the sitter follows that on the British Museum's impression of the same print.
see BM 1877,0811.1275. Ex: Collection of the Late Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32593] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Frederick Augusta Barnard.]
[By Samuel William Reynolds, after John Prescott Knight.]
[n.d. c.1815.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, rare. 420 x 336mm. 16½ x 13¼".
Sir Frederck Augusta Barnard (1743-1830) was the principal librarian to George III throughout much of his reign. He sought assistance and guidance from writers and lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson. Barnard compiled and published a catalogue of the collection 'Bibliothecae Regiae Catalogus' between 1820 and 1829 in five folio volumes.
See NPG: D1296. Whitman: 17.
[Ref: 24766] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Destruction of the Bastile July 14th 1789.]
Painted by H. Singleton. Engrav'd by W. Nutter.
Publish'd Jan.y 7 1792 by B.B. Evans, Poultry London.
Stipple with etching, scarce proof before title. 495 x 635mm (19¼ x 24½"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased. Small margins on 3 sides.
The mob outside the Bastille, exchanging fire with soldiers on the battlements. A scene sympathetic to the attackers, published before the Revolution turned sour.
[Ref: 57687] £490.00

[Baucis and Philemon Entertaining Jupiter and Mercury.]
Rembrandt pinxt. Tho.Watson fecit.
Publish'd March 1st 1772 for S.Hooper, at No. 25 Ludgate Hill, W.Shropshire, New Bond Street, & T.Watson, No.8 Broad Street.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Slight time-staining. Backed on album paper at edges. Thread margins.
Interior of a cottage, behind the table sits Jupiter and on his left sits Mercury. In the left of the image are Baucis and Philemon, the former with a live goose.
Charrington 182 ii of iii. Le Blanc 45. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65766] £380.00

[Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. D.C.L. Corr. Mem. Inst. France, F.R.S. Hydrographer to the Navy from 1829 to 1855. From the original Portrait presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Subscribers to the Beaufort Testimonial.] F. Beaufort [facsimile signature].
Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.
London, Published by Henry Graves & Com.py. March 17th. 1857; Printsellers to the Queen__6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, artist's proof before title. 540 x 415mm (21¼ x 16½"), large margins, PSA blindstamp.
Three quarter seated portrait of Francis Beaufort (1774-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, creator of the Beaufort wind scale. Stephen Pearce's original oil is in the Royal Museums Greenwich.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66255] £320.00

[Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. D.C.L. Corr. Mem. Inst. France, F.R.S. Hydrographer to the Navy from 1829 to 1855. From the original Portrait presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Subscribers to the Beaufort Testimonial.]
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.]
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y. March 17th. 1857; Printsellers to the Queen__6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters on chine collé. 540 x 415mm (21¼ x 16½"), Limited edition 200 proofs; PSA blindstamp. Foxing. Small margins.
Three quarter seated portrait of Francis Beaufort (1774-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, creator of the Beaufort wind scale. Stephen Pearce's original oil is in the Royal Museums Greenwich.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66256] £320.00

[Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. D.C.L. Corr. Mem. Inst. France, F.R.S. Hydrographer to the Navy from 1829 to 1855. From the original Portrait presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Subscribers to the Beaufort Testimonial.]
[Painted by Stephen Pearce. Engraved by James Scott.]
London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y. March 17th. 1857; Printsellers to the Queen__6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters on chine collé. 540 x 415mm (21¼ x 16½"), Limited edition 200 proofs; PSA blindstamp. Paper toned, narrow margins, chipped into plate bottom right corner.
Three quarter seated portrait of Francis Beaufort (1774-1856), naval officer and hydrographer, creator of the Beaufort wind scale. Stephen Pearce's original oil is in the Royal Museums Greenwich.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66257] £320.00

[Beaumont College. ___ "The Lawn on Speech Day".]
[Pencil signatures:] H. Jamyn Brooks. E.W. Evans.
London, Published March 18.th 1892, by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Proof before title, signed in pencil. Printseller's Association stamp. Remarque in title area. Plate 431 x 672mm. 17 x 26½".
A view of ladies and gentlemen, masters, students and friends, gathered on the bank of the River Thames with a marquee to the right and a fountain in the middle-foreground by a statue. Beaumont College, the Jesuit public school in Old Windsor, Berkshire, the school was closed in 1967. Remarque of the arms of the college.
PSA: Vol.II. Rem.AP. 60.
[Ref: 22026] £320.00

[Beaumont College. ___ "The Lawn on Speech Day".]
[Pencil signatures:] H. Jamyn Brooks. E.W. Evans.
London, Published March 18.th 1892, by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Proof before title, signed in pencil. Printseller's Association stamp. Plate 431 x 666mm. 17 x 26¼".
A view of ladies and gentlemen, masters, students and friends, gathered on the bank of the River Thames with a marquee to the right and a fountain in the middle-foreground by a statue. Beaumont College, the Jesuit public school in Old Windsor, Berkshire, the school was closed in 1967.
PSA: Vol.II. AP. 100.
[Ref: 22025] £320.00

[Beaumount.____"St. John's."_____General View of Exterior.]
[Pencil signatures:] A.H. Wardlow. William J. Allingham. [Etched in image:] F.P. Barraud.
London, Published March 18.th 1892, by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Proof before title and signed in pencil. Printseller's Association stamp. Plate 438 x 580mm. 17¼ x 22¾".
A view of Beaumont College, the Jesuit public school in Old Windsor, Berkshire, the school was closed in 1967. A master and with three boys playing cricket, two saint bernard dogs to the right on the lawn. After Francis Philip Barraud (1824-1900). PSA states that the artist is A.H. Wardlow.
PSA: Vol.II. AP. 100.
[Ref: 22028] £330.00

Image de la Beauté. [&] Leçon de Botanique.
Schenau p. Chevillet f.
[A Paris : chez Wille] [n.d., c.1772.]
Pair of etchings, scarce scratch letter proofs before titles. Each 425 x 310mm (16¾ x 12¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frames.
A pair of scenes of two finely-dressed mothers and their daughters framed by stone archways. In 'Beauté' the girl picks a bloom off a potted rose, a set of bagpipes on the window sill; in 'Botanique' the mother holds up a plant she has uprooted from an ornamental pot. Engraved by Juste Chevillet (1729-1802) after Johann Eleazar Schenau (1736-1806)
[Ref: 28309] £850.00 view all images for this item

Beesfield Kent. Proof.
[Robert Brandard]
[n.d. c.1842]
Etching on chine collé, plate 90 x 150mm (3½ x 6"), with margins. Lightly foxed. Small margins.
A country landscape in Farningham, Dartford, Kent. Robert Brandard (1805-62) was a landscape engraver, etcher, lithographer, miniature painter and watercolourist son of engraver and copperplate printer, Thomas Brandard (d. 1830).
[Ref: 61153] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[A Cafe, Furnes.]
Frank Brangwyn [signed in pencil.]
[n.d. c.1908.]
Etching with pencil signature; paper watermarked. Plate 350 x 254mm (13¾ x 10"). 100 proofs published, plate destroyed. Fine Art 125.
A cafe in Furnes (Veurne), West Flanders, near to Brangwyn's native town of Bruges. Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) the Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator.
[Ref: 30672] £380.00

[The Benevolent Cardinal.]
[Painted by R. Westall. Engraved by W. Ward.]
[London Published Ap.r 14 1792 by J.R. Smith No 31. King Street, Covent Garden.]
An unrecorded touched proof mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 620mm (19¼ x 24½") Trimmed to image at bottom, to plate at sides.
A woman pleading her case before a cardinal. An early proof, probably touched by Westall, the artist, around the two women's hair. In the published state, the kneeling woman is changed to a nun, her hair hidden by a wimple; the standing woman's is less bushy; the cardinal's robe is darker; and one of the figures in the doorway has a turban.
Frankau 23, an unrecorded state before i of iii.
[Ref: 56257] £520.00

"Berkhamsted School" The Old Hall [in pencil to right.]
M. Oliver Rae [in pencil to left.]
MR [etched in image lower left.] [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching, limited edition: 32/120. Stamped "Remarque Proof". Plate 197 x 266mm. 7¾ x 10½".
The Old Hall at Berkhamsted School, Hertfordshire. The original school was founded in 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Mabel Oliver Rae (fl. 1850-1900).
[Ref: 22577] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Eight Curious prints of Fowl and Fish.
P. And. Rÿsbrack Pinx. G: Vander Gucht Sculpt.
Published by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1765.]
Extremely scarce complete set of eight engravings, including one proof impression. Plates: 570 x 420mm (22½ x 16½").
Eight plates after Pieter Andreas Rysbrack's (1685-1748) series of four paintings showing fish and four paintings showing fowl. The fish are depicted lying haphazardly on tables next to baskets as if ready for preparation or on the market stall while the birds are all shown in landscape settings as if freshly shot, ready to be collected. Each bird is numbered and named in a key below the image. John Boydell reissued the plates in 1760s which had previously been published in 1735 by Richard Hylton.
[Ref: 41786] £6,500.00 view all images for this item

[Henry R. Bishop.]
[Painted by T. Foster. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.]
[London Published July 1822 by J. Power 34 Strand and Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters 510 x 355mm (20 x 4"), large margins.
Seated portrait of early Romantic composer Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1787-1856), holding a score and a document granting the Freedom of the City of Dublin on a table. Despite his success he died in poverty. He is the only 19th century British composer represented on the Albert Memorial's 'Frieze of Parnassus'.
Whitman 29 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64911] £320.00

[Bloodhound - 'The Veteran'.]
HD 1921. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Copyright Frost & Reed, Ltd. 1921.
Etching, limited edition of 250 signed proofs. 430 x 410mm (17 x 16¼"). Uncut sheet, mint.
A circular image of a bloodhound head. As the plate was destroyed at the end of the printing this etching is most uncommon.
Not in PSA.
[Ref: 20834] £950.00

[Bloodhound - 'The Veteran'.]
HD 1921. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Copyright Frost & Reed, Ltd. 1921.
Etching, limited edition of 250 signed proofs. 430 x 410mm (17 x 16¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A circular image of a bloodhound head. As the plate was destroyed at the end of the printing this etching is most uncommon.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele. See 20834 for unframed version.
[Ref: 52124] £950.00

[The Sentinel.]
HD 1913. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Published at 8, Clare Street, Bristol by Frost & Reed Ltd. Printsellers of Bristol and London April 2nd. 1913 Berlin Stiefbold & Co. Postdamerstrasse 40 Copyright. Copyright by Frost & Reed Ltd (of Bristol England) in the United States of America.
Etching on vellum, remarque proof, limited edition of 300 signed by the artist. 375 x 650mm (14¾ x 25½"). Frame with Frost and Reed label with the print's details. Unexamined out of frame.
A bloodhound lying down yet alert, with a remarque of a gauntlet. The plate was destroyed at the end of this print run so this etching is most uncommon.
[Ref: 50011] £1,200.00

[Bloodhound head]
Herbert Dicksee [signed in pencil.]
[Fine Art Society?, c.1900]
Rare etching, signed artist's proof. 435 x 365 (17 x 14½"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'O.W.P. & A.C.L.'.
O.W. Paper & Arts Co. Ltd. was established by the English painter John William North (1842-1924) in 1895 to create fine paper for artists. It was used by printmakers including Whistler and Strang.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52657] £1,350.00

[Double portrait of Napoleon] [Fac Simile d'un Dessin de Girodet-Trioson, fait d'après nature à la Chapelle de l'Empereur, le 8 Mars 1812.]
[G. Maile sc.]
[Published by R.G. Jones 34 Brewer Street Golden Square London October 1827.]
Mezzotint, very scarce proof before etched border and letters. Sheet 305 x 255mm (12 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Double portrait of Napoleon, after a drawing by Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824), who was closely associated with the emperor. He was commissioned to paint an allegory based on James Macpherson's Ossianic legends for Napoleon's country retreat at Malmaison, while Vivant Denon commissioned him to paint Napoleon receiving the keys to Vienna and the Revolt at Cairo (both now in Versailles). In 1812 he was commissioned to paint 36 portraits of Napoleon in his Coronation Robes for the Imperial Courts and had completed 26 by 1814, but the following year Napoleons abdicated for the final time and Girodet came into a considerable inheritance. Thereafter his output decreased.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Girodet's 'Napoleon receiving the keys to Vienna' see ref. 30836.
[Ref: 65217] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon. [Fac Simile d'un Dessin de Girodet-Trioson, fait d'après nature à la Chapelle de l'Empereur, le 8 Mars 1812.]
8 Mars GTR [monogram of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson]. [G. Maile sc.]
Published by R.G. Jones 34 Brewer Street Golden Square London October 1827.
Scarce & fine proof mezzotint, before 'Fac Simile' inscription. 300 x 255mm (11¾ x 10") large margins. Unidentified collector's stamp in lower margin.
Double portrait of Napoleon, after a drawing by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824), who was closely associated with the emperor. He was commissioned to paint an allegory based on James Macpherson's Ossianic legends for Napoleon's country retreat at Malmaison, while Vivant Denon commissioned him to paint Napoleon receiving the keys to Vienna and the Revolt at Cairo (both now in Versailles). In 1812 he was commissioned to paint 36 portraits of Napoleon in his Coronation Robes for the Imperial Courts and had completed 26 by 1814. In 1815, the year of Napoleon's abdication for the final time, Girodet came into a considerable inheritance, after which his output decreased considerably.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For Girodet's 'Napoleon receiving the keys to Vienna' see ref. 30836.
[Ref: 65689] £380.00

[Two lovers in an elegant bedroom]
[after Jean Baptiste Pater.]
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. Sheet 295 x 380 (11½ x 15"). Trimmed within plate. Foxing.
The woman sits on the end of the bed, drawing the man to her, while he gestures at a cat and a dog that pick off the remains of their meal.
[Ref: 54602] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Work by Frank Brangwyn. Ten Plates Reproduced in Facsimile.
Photographische Gesellschaft, Berlin. London Agents: The Berlin Photographic Company, Fine Art Publishers to the King. - MDCCCCXIV [1914]
Parchment portfolio gilt, no 22 of a large paper issue of 25, containing 10 colour photogravures, proofs signed in pencil by the artist and blind stamped, with title and contents. Issue label on front pastedown, numbered and signed in ink by Brangwyn. 4pp. prospectus extra. Portfolio, title and contents worn, distressed, plates in good condition, but 'Fruit' lacks title label pasted on reverse.
Ten plates illustrating porters in the London docks, including Rug Porters, Meat, Tea & Suger, Curios & Coal.. According to the contents: 'The reproductions are from the cartoons for the Paintings executed in 1913-1914 for Lloyd's Register, in the City of London'. The ten paintings in tempura decorated the committee luncheon room until the late 1960s when they were put into storage and subsequently lost!
[Ref: 52064] £1,250.00 view all images for this item

[Frances, Lady Bridges.]
F. Cotes R.A. pinx.t 1768. James Watson Fecit.
R. Sayer excudit. [n.d. c.1769.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins.
Lady France Bridges (d.1825), wife of Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Bt. (1733-1791), the British Whig politician. They married in 1765 at St George's, Hanover Square London.
Goodwin 63: i/iii. CS 14: i/ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66360] £480.00

[The Prosperity of Great Britain, Contrasted with the Misery of France]
[T. Martyn inv. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp]
[London Published June 1794, by Thos. Martyn, No. 10 Great Marlborough Street.']
Stipple very rare Proof impression, 605 x 480mm Trimmed to plate nicks and tears around outer edges.
On an obelisk, 'by King Lords and Commons MDCCXCIV', is inscribed under portraits of George III and Charlotte. St Paul's in the background along side the Customs House. Britannia with lion, shield and spear acknowledges Abundance while Justice rests and Prudence holds up a Mirror to France in distress.
De Vesme:565
[Ref: 25360] £360.00

[The Right Hon.ble The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., G.C.B.]
[Painted by F Grant, R.A. Engraved by James Faed.]
[London, Published June 7.th 1864, by Henry Graves & C.º the Proprietors, Publishers to the Queen_6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, printed on chine collé. 795 x 505mm (31¼ x 20"). Printseller's Association blindstamp, limited edition of 125 in proof state. Trimmed to chine collé top and bottom, edges chipped, spotted and stained. Unidentified collector's stamp on reverse.
Full-length portrait of colonial administrator and diplomat James Bruce (1811-63), 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine. He was the Governor General of the Province of Canada, a High Commissioner in charge of opening trade links with the Chinese and Japanese, and Viceroy of India.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state i of iii.
[Ref: 65909] £320.00

[The Right Hon.ble The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., G.C.B.] Truly Yours Elgin & Kincardine [facsimile signature]
[Painted by F Grant, R.A. Engraved by James Faed.]
[London, Published June 7.th 1864, by Henry Graves & C.º the Proprietors, Publishers to the Queen_6 Pall Mall.]
Mezzotint, proof before title, 795 x 505mm (31¼ x 20"). Printseller's Association blindstamp, limited edition of 125 in proof state. Tears entering unprinted area of plate, edges chipped and soiled.
Full-length portrait of colonial administrator and diplomat James Bruce (1811-63), 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine. He was the Governor General of the Province of Canada, a High Commissioner in charge of opening trade links with the Chinese and Japanese, and Viceroy of India.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii.
[Ref: 65910] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Burgomaster.]
[Rembrandt Pinxit. R.Houston fecit.]
[n.d, c.1760.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters, 18th century watermark. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Creasing in upper left of image and faint foxing. Trimmed to platemark.
Portrait of a Burgomaster, the Mayor of a Dutch, Flemish, German, Austrian or Swizz town. He wears a a white ruff and a wide hat.
CS 147.Charrington 79 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65709] £420.00

Lord Byron.
[n.d. c.1825.]
Rare stipple, proof before artist and engraver name, and publication line, with large margins. Plate 229 x 145mm (9 x 5¾"). Slight rubbing on left.
George George Byron (1788-1824), the famous poet; seen here in a rare portrait as a young man with a pillar and curtains behind.
[Ref: 31216] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Callender Esq.re. To The Society of Golfers, at Blackheath, This Plate, is with just respect, Dedicated by their most humble Servant, W.m Ward. Proof.
Painted by L.F. Abbott. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their H.R. the Prince Regent & Duke of York.
Pub.d July 16, 1812, by W. Ward, 24, Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Square.
Scarce proof of the original mezzotint. 650 x 420mm (25½ x 16½"), with very large margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of Henry Callender, Captain General of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, wearing the ‘Field Marshal's' uniform of the club. The two golf clubs illustrated are said to be still in the possession of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club. This painting, by the famous portrait artist Lemuel Francis F Abbott (c.1760-1803) is one of the most famous golfing images.
Frankau 45.
[Ref: 58579] £2,000.00

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