Grosvenor Prints

Théatre Royal du Parc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾").
A view of the front of the Théatre Royal du Parc, Brussels, built in 1783 by the Bultos brothers, before the remodelling work of 1844. The brothers' intention was to create a 'Vauxhall Gardens', with shops, cafes, ballroom and stage.
[Ref: 49987] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Inside View of the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens with the Company at Breakfast. Vue de la Compagnee a Dejeuner dans la Rotonde au Mellieux des Jardins de Renelagh
Bowles delin et Sculp.
Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill & Bowles& Carver No 69, St Pauls Church Yard London.
Copper Engraving. 285 x 400mm, (11¼ x 15¾") very large margins.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but its popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
Longford: 340,a.
[Ref: 55706] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Game at Cricket as play'd in the Artillery Ground, London.
[after Francis Hayman.]
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1752]
Engraving sheet 185 x 275mm (7½ x 10¾"). Centre crease, hardly visible from front. Trimmed within plate all sides except bottom.
An very early cricket print, showing a game at the Artillery Ground in Finsbury belonging to the Honourable Artillery Company. The bat is curved; the wicket only has two stumps; and the bowling is underarm. This is a copy of a 1743 engraving by Antoine Benoist after a painting by Francis Hayman, one of twelve sporting pictures designed to decorate supper boxes at Vauxhall Gardens, and is now hanging at Lord's. The wicket keeper is said to be William Hogarth.
[Ref: 62038] £490.00

J.G. D'Ernst, Artist in Fire Works to His Majesty, and the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. No 5, Doughty Place, Lambeth Walk.
Barnes, Printer, 44, Bridge House Place, Newington Causeway.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Letterpress on green paper. Sheet 235 x 125mm (9¼ x 5"). Some foxing.
An advertisment for fireworks, with a price list.
[Ref: 57183] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Grand Triumphal Arch displayed opposite to Windsor Castle, by H.W. Darby, In honour of the visit of Louis Napoleon, Emperor of France, to her Majesty, Queen Victoria the First. H.W. Darby, 98, Regent Street, Lambeth, London, Wholesale Firework Manufacturer, and Railway Signal-Light Contractor. Artist to the Nobility and Gentry's Grand Fetes, Theatres, and Public Gardens. For many years the Sole Artiste to the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall.
[c.1863.]
Scarce letterpress advertisment. Sheet 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Left edge frayed.
Probably a page from a trade directory.
[Ref: 57180] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Good Man at the Hour of Death. Let me die the death of the Righteous and let my last end be like his. Numb. Ch. XXIII. ver. 10.
[after Francis Hayman.]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.º 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1730]
Mezzotint with superb hand colour, watermark 1811. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Tear entering plate on right and others in margin taped.
The 'Good Man' lies in bed surrounded by books. He is approached by Old Father Time, who holds out an hourglass that has nearly finished its cycle. After a lost painting entitled 'The Death of a Christian', made in the mid-1740s for Jonathan Tyers (1702-67, proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens), at Denbies, near Dorking, Surrey. In contrast to the frivolity of Vauxhall, the Gothic garden at Denbies was named 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death'.
See [Ref: 68913] for another version.
[Ref: 65254] £590.00

Doctor Syntax at Vauxhall Gardens.
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Trimmed at bottom, losing publisher's inscription.
The cleric, his wife and another couple dine finely in an open-air booth, as other visitors to Vauxhall Gardens walk by. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
[Ref: 53393] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Doctor Syntax Going to Richmond in the Steam Boat.
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Mount burn.
The cleric is sprayed in the face by a fellow passenger opening a bottle. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
[Ref: 56868] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Positively the last Night. Dobree's Theatre [...] he has at a considerable expence, engaged the Celebrated Madam Hengler, who will exhibit A grand Display of Fire Works, As performed by her with such unbpunded Applause at Vauxhall Gardens, London, last Season [...]
Printed by G. Norton, Henley.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Letterpress handbill Sheet 380 x 220mm (15 x 8¾). Folds and creasing, toning to edges, a few chips.
After an evening of comedy, Sarah Hengler would put on a show of fireworks, including 'a grand Metamophose Wheel, displaying in brilliant Fire, ''Prosperity to Marlow!'''. Hengler (c.1765-1845), second wife of the circus performer John Michael Hengler, ran her firework business from 4 Asylum Buildings, off Westminster Bridge Road. In 1818 three people died in explosions there; after retiring from the business she was killed in a fire on the premises.
[Ref: 57167] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Consultation Previous to an Aerial Voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau, Nov. 7, 1836. W. Prideaux, Esq., W.M.James, Esq., T. Monck Mason, Esq., J. Hollins, A.R.A., Robert Holland, Esq., M.P., Charles Green, Aeronaut.
Painted by J. Hollins,A.R.A. Engraved by J. H. Robinson, Member of the imperial Academy fo St. Petersburg.
London, Published for the Proprietor, by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6, Pall Mall, Nov. 7. 1843.
Stipple and line engraving, 284 x 203mm.
Scene on a terrace with a balloon in the background with the six men seated at the table with a spread out map. Holland suggested and paid for the 500 mile journey leaving Vauxhall at 1.00pm, 7th November and after flying accross the Channel, Calais, Ypres, Lille, Brussels, Namur, Liege and Spa, the balloon landed eighteen hours later in Weilburg at 7.30am, 8th November. The flight captured the public imagination and set a record for balloon flight that wasn't beaten until the early 20th Century.
BM Vol V Pg.86.
[Ref: 3251] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

For Clementi & Comp.y's Edition of Handel's Songs &c. From the Statue in Vauxhall Gardens.
B. Rebecca del. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1789 by J Arnold.
Stipple. 368 x 255mm. 14½ x 10". Rubbing, trimmed to plate mark.
The statue of the German composer, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) in Vauxhall Gardens. He is playing a lyre with a naked child at his fieet.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17181] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[King Henry IV] Falstaffs Cowardice Detected, from an Original Painting in Vaux-hall Gardens. 12 Prints being The Second Part of Dramatic and Humourous Pieces in Vaux-hall Gardens.
[after Francis Hayman]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [c.1750.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 175 x 275mm (7 x 11"). Staining in margins. Slight hole off image.
A scene showing Falstaff being arrested by two men who stand either side of him in a tavern. From a series of paintings exhibited in Vauxhall Gardens.
[Ref: 46151] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Hogarth. In perpetuam Beneficii memoriam. This Medallion, In Gold, after a Design by Mr. William Hogarth, was presented to him, as a perpetual Admission Ticket, by Jonathan Tyers Esq.r In gratitude for his advice and assistance in decorating the Gardens at Vauxhall. After his decease, it remained in the hands of Mrs. Hogarth his Widow, Who bequeathed it to her relation, Mrs. Mary Lewis, By whom it was left to her Kinsman, P.F. Hast, Esq.r Who, dying on the 25th April, 1823, gave to by his Will to it's present possessor John Tuck Esq.r
[n.d. c.1825.]
Engraving. 272 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Creasing; some soiling and nicks.
A Print detailing the ownership of a gold badge; William Hogarth's admission badge or 'Perpetual Pass' for Vauxhall Gardens. Female figures of Virtus and Voluptas, and below, on a scroll, Felices Una. Design attributed to Richard Yeo, see W. Wroth, 'Tickets of Vauxhall Gardens', Numismatic Chronicle XVIII, 1898, pp. 73-92. The ticket was presented to Hogarth in 1733 by the manager of Vauxhall Gardens, Jonathan Tyers, who re-opened the gardens in 1732 with decorations after Hogarth's paintings; the legend on the reverse refers to services rendered by Hogarth. It subsequently entered the collection of the antiquary W. H. Forman prior to 1890.
The badge is in the Collection of the British Museum.
[Ref: 52419] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Grand Display of Fire-Works Postponed, Until Thursday the 20th instant. The Inhabitants of Hull and its Vicinity are most respectfully informed, That in consequence of Mr. Nervoni making several Additions to the Plan of the Fire-Works Already Announced, The Exhibition will unavoidably be Postponed until Thursday next, the 20th Inst. When it will positively take place at the Pottery Barrack Yard.
(Robert Peck, Printer, Hull.)
Hull, July, 17th, 1815.]
Scarce letterpress handbill. Sheet 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾").
A firework display, probably celebrating the Battle of Waterloo the previous month. Signor Nervoni was conductor of fire works at Vauxhall Gardens.
[Ref: 57174] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vauxhall Gardens. A Hint to the Ladies. [Collection of Heads by W.D.]
WD [William Drummond].
London: Published by Tho.s McLean, 26, Haymarket, August 15, 1833. Maguire & Co, lith, 9 Brydges Street, Covent Garden.
Lithograph with fine hand-colouring. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾" Some cockling of paper at corners.
Two young women sitting on a park bench, one looking over her shoulder at the viewer. The 'hint' is that their skirts were raised by the bench so that they were showing their calves. One of a series of characters, Collection of Heads by W.D., some real and some fictional, by William Drummond (1800-1849, fl.).
See Ref: 60556
[Ref: 60585] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Eagle] Das erste Luft-Post-Schiff; genannt der Addler.
[n.d., c.1834].
Engraving, sheet 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"). Cut and glued to backing sheet on top two corners. Some time staining.
A German diagram of one of the airships built by Count Lennox, a French colonel of infantry. He built one in France "constructed for establishing direct communication between the capitals of Europe," however before its first flight from the Champ de Mars in August 1834 the netting broke, the inflated balloon burst and spectators trampled the remains. Count Lennox built a second ship in London and exhibited it at the European Aeronautical Soceity which ran from June to August 1835 and later moved to Vauxhall gardens. No ascent in this balloon was ever made.
[Ref: 56931] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Stranger's Guide to London and Westminster, Exhibiting all the various Alterations and Improvements complete to the Present Time.
London, Published Jan.y 1.s. 1814 by Edward Mogg, N.º 14 Little Newport Street, Leicester Square.
Engraved map with hand colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued. Sheet 415 x 585mm (16¼ x 23"). Green oxidised, glue stains around edge, some wear at folds.
A detailed map of Georgian London, published the year before the Battle of Waterloo. It extends from Knightsbridge in the west, clockwise to Paddington, Pentonville, Hackney, Stepney, Walworth, Vauxhall Gardens, and the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Regents Park is still Marylebone Park, with the Jew's Harp tea rooms and the original site of Lord's Cricket Ground.
[Ref: 64128] £280.00

The Noviciate of a Macaroni. Ranelagh. 1772.
Pub according to Act by MDarly Feby. 10th. 1771.
Coloured etching, plate 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾").
A man wearing a macaroni wig holding his hat is in his left hand. He wears a sword, a nosegay, a ruffled shirt, and low buckled shoes. He is a first-time visitor to Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, a London pleasure garden opened in 1741 as a rival to Vauxhall Gardens. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen artists &c.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '10' upper right.
BM Satires: 4993.
[Ref: 62000] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Milkmaids Garland or Humours of May Day. From an Original Painting in Vauxhall Gardens.
[After Francis Hayman.]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [1743]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 275mm (6½ x 11'') large margins.
A rural scene showing some young women dancing to celebrate May Day. After a painting by Francis Hayman now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
[Ref: 49110] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fall of Napoleon.]
[Painted by G. Wallis. Engraved by G. Zobel.]
[London, Published Jane 18th 1837, by J. McCormick, 147, Strand.]
Scarce & eare mezzotint. Sheet 320 x 265mm (12½ x 10½"). Trimmed within image, very damage, laid on old paper.
A scene outside the 'Waterloo Tavern' in 'Wellington Street'. A soldier and black figure smile at each other as the soldier trips up an Italian boy carrying on his head a board on which is balanced a statue of Napoleon that is about to crash to the ground. A church can be seen in the background to the right, and posters on the wall of the tavern to the left advertising a gala, 'Anniversary of the Glorious Battle of Waterloo' at Vauxhall Gardens, and a performance of 'The Fall of Napoleon', or 'The Unfortunate Italian' at the Theatre Royal, in celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo.
The original painting is in the Wolverhampton Art Gallery (OP486).
[Ref: 55754] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838.] Ascent of the [N]assau Balloon. Combined with the Evening Entertainments. The Ascent Conducted by Mr. Green. Places in the Car for Ten Persons.
[Balne, Printer, 38, Gracechurch Street.] [c.1838].
Cut and glued to backing sheet. Damage losing some of the text.
A scarce advert for one of Charles Green's (1785-1870) ascensions in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens. Charles Green was the first man to ascend in a balloon filled with coal-generated hydrogen gas in 1821. He made over 500 ascents and airborne excursions between 1821 and 1852, one of which was a record journey of about five hundred miles from Vauxhall Gardens in London to Weilburg in Germany. He regularly ascended a balloon above Vauxhall Gardens.
[Ref: 56935] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Pandean Minstrels in performance at Vaux-Hall.
E. Burney del. Jn.o Lee sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Dec.r 1st 1806, by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row.
Etching. Sheet 190 x 240mm (7½ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
Five men on stage at Vauxhall Gardens, each with pandean pipes fixed around their necks, allowing them to also play a percussion instrument.
[Ref: 53390] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

An Inside View of the Rotundo in Ranelagh Gardens. Vue de l'Interieur de la Rotonde dans le Jardins de Ranelagh.
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space of the Rotunda, with a large extravagant fireplace in the centre, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, opened in 1742 and quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity for a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. It housed balls, concerts and dinners. However its popularity waned over the years and in 1803 the Rotunda closed, to be demolished two years later. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 41736] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Interieur de la Rotonde des jardins de Renelagh.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate 235 x 368mm.
This anonymous print is similar to the painting by Canaletto that was published as an engraving by Robert Sayer in 1751. The view focuses on the architecture of William Jones' rotunda, a structure in which the young Mozart performed (June 29th 1764). Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but its popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
for a British print of the rotunda, see ref. 19588
[Ref: 15195] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Canal, Chinese Building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with the Masquerade.
[after Canaletto.]
London Printed for Robt. Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1770.]
Copper engraving, 170 x 275mm. 6¾ x 10¾".
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768). From a series of reduced views, numbered '7' upper right.
For the earlier engraving of this scene, see ref. 18202
[Ref: 18204] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Ranelagh House and Gardens, with the Rotunda at the time of the Jubilee Ball. [French translation to right.]
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1780.]
Etching, 175 x 270mm. 7 x 10½".
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. Shown here during a costume ball on May 24th 1759 to mark the Birthday of George Prince of Wales, the future George III. From a series of reduced views in London, numbered '11a' upper right.
From the Capper Album.
[Ref: 10899] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Rotundo, House and Gardens, &c. at Ranelagh.
London Printed for Robt. Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1780.
Engraving, 175 x 275mm. 7 x 10¾". Curteis & Son watermark. (Carshalton papermakers William, John and Thomas Curteis went into partnership on 1778.)
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. Revellers promenade in the gardens in their ball costumes. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768). From a series of reduced views, numbered '6' upper right.
[Ref: 18211] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Panorama al fresco with fireworks] Ranelagh! Gardens, St. Peters. Extraordinary Attraction! Grand Galla and Fete every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. [...] The Splendid Picture Model of the Magnificent Buddha Temple of Honan of the Three Golden Idols. (Lately Exhibited at Vauxhall Gardens, London.) In the course of which will be introduced a magnificent series of Chinese Pyrotechnic Tableaux, being a continuous and superb display of Fireworks!! [...]
Keble, Printer, Margate.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce letterpress handbill on blue paper. Sheet 280 x 115mm (11 x 4½"). A few small tears.
A hand bill for a show at Ranelagh Gardens, Broadstairs, Kent, with a panorama al fresco accompanied by fireworks by Messrs Adams, three brothers who often worked with George Danson.
[Ref: 57170] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Perspective View of Ranelagh House and Garden.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine 1750 for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard London.
Copper engraving, sheet 175 x 250mm. 7 x 9¾". Vertical folds, as normal.
Ranelagh Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital. The pleasure gardens became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. For the Universal Magazine.
[Ref: 18212] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Inside View of the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens with the Company at Breakfast.
Bowles delin et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1754 for Stowe's Survey [c.1800].
Copper Engraving. 290 x 400mm, 11½ x 15¾".
Engraving reversed from a painting by Canaletto in Compton Verney. The view focuses on the architecture of William Jones' rotunda, a structure in which the young Mozart performed (June 29th 1764). Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but its popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
Longford: 340,a.
[Ref: 19588] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Canal, Chinese Building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with the Masquerade.
[after Canaletto.]
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1770].
Fine coloured engraving. Sheet 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges. Central crease.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768). From a series of reduced views, numbered '7' upper right.
[Ref: 62801] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Regatta = Ball at Ranelagh XXIII June MDCCLXXV.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1775.
[London, c.1775.]
Etching. Image 165 x 205mm (6½ x 8"). Fold creases as normal; trimmed within plate.
A ticket for the Regatta Ball held at the Ranelagh Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, on 23rd June 1775. Old Father Thames stands at the front of a conch shell on the river holding forth three medals from Britannia; Abundance and a putto with shield behind, Triton and Siren in water, two naked children rowing boats far left. The Rotunda on far bank to left background. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 1969, iii/iii. See 20451.
[Ref: 21163] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Chinese House, the Rotunda, & the Company in Masquerade in Renelagh Gardens. [parallel text in Fernch]
Bowles delin.t. Bowles sculp
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1750]
Line engraving with hand-colouring, watermarked paper 18th century; platemark 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Small margins; staining; very good colour.
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Its admirers included Smollett, Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole and the Duke of Cumberland. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. During the masquerade depicted here, participants were disguised or in fancy dress, often favouring Oriental costume. This Oriental taste was reflected by Ranelagh's 'China House' created in 1750. The rococo rotunda, built by William Jones, was 150ft in diameter and heated by a large fireplace. Mozart once played at the orchestra stand inside it. After one of several pictures of the area which Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768) painted while resident in London.
[Ref: 37212] £380.00

An Inside View of the Rotundo in Ranelagh Gardens. Vue de l'Interieur de la Rotonde dans le Jardins de Ranelagh.
Canaleti delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 265 x 405mm. 10½ x 16". Tatty extremities; a fine impression with full margins.
Elegantly dressed figures gather in the large open space, a large extravagant fireplace in the centre of the room, musicians playing in stands far right. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Chelsea Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
After Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768).
[Ref: 14739] £220.00

Svbsn: Masqe: Ranelagh XIIII. June. MDCCLXXVI. HDV.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1776.]
Etching with engraving, fine. Plate 222 x 185mm. 8¾ x 7¼". Trimmed to platemark, very slight foxing
Ticket. The Birth of Venus; Venus standing naked in front of the sea combing her hair with her fingers. Two birds above the over and two putti seated at each end of the console holding masks. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
De Vesme: 1957; iii/iii. See Ref: 20539 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20538] £320.00

[Svbsn: Masqe: Ranelagh XIIII. June. MDCCLXXVI.] HDV.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1776.]
Etching with engraving. 158 x 102mm. 6¼ x 4". Cut nearly to image, slight foxing.
Ticket. The Birth of Venus; Venus standing naked in front of the sea combing her hair with her fingers. Two birds above the over and two putti seated at each end of the console holding masks. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely.
De Vesme: 1957; ii/iii. See 20538 for later state.
[Ref: 20539] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Regatta = Ball at Ranelagh XXIII June MDCCLXXV.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1775.
[London, c.1775.]
Etching, very fine impression. Image 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 8¾"), with large margins.
A ticket for the Regatta Ball held at the Ranelagh Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, on 23rd June 1775. Old Father Thames stands at the front of a conch shell on the river holding forth three medals from Britannia; Abundance and a putto with shield behind, Triton and Siren in water, two naked children rowing boats far left. The Rotunda on far bank to left background. Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 1969, iii/iii.
[Ref: 51270] £320.00

Fire Works. Chevalier Southby, Principal Artist to the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, King's Patent and Minor Theatres respectfully announces to the Public of Sheffield and its Vicinity, that he proposed exhibiting Two Discharges of Fiew Works, upon the Cricket Ground at Hyde Park, on Wednesday, July 25, 1827 [...]
H.A. Bacon, Printer, Sheffield.
[1827].
Scarce letterpress handbill. Sheet 510 x 195mm (20 x 7¾"). Tears, staining, laid on card.
A hand bill for a fireworks display in Sheffield, with an Order of Firing. Pyrotechnist J. Southby (d.1865), a self-created ‘Chevalier’, created the firework display for the coronation of Queen Victoria in Hyde Park in 1838.
[Ref: 57187] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Edward Spencer. Born May 8th. 1799. Who accompanied Mr. Charles Green, in that fatal Parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking's July 24th. 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens.__ And has made Twenty seven ascents with Mr. Green, up to this date, August 24th. 1839.
G. P. Harding F.S.A. del et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published Aug 31st. 1839, by G.P. Harding, 69, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph, printed area 180 x 115mm. White marks on Spencer's coat.
Robert Cocking, aged 61 at the time, was killed on July 24th 1837, although Spencer and Green survived.
for the ascent with Cocking see ref. 12657
[Ref: 8194] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Taking Water for Vauxhall. Be cautious my Love_don't expose your Leg.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1790
Engraving. 200 x 150 (8 x 6"). Trimmed to plate at top, laid on album paper.
A woman, assisted by two men, gets into a small boat on the north side of the Thames to cross the river to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens. The topography is invented.
BM Satires 7801.
[Ref: 64208] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Taking Water for Vauxhall Be cautious my Love_don't expose your Leg.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1790.
Engraving. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"), partial 18th century watermark.. Mint.
A woman, assisted by two men, gets into a small boat on the north side of the Thames to cross the river to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens. The topography is invented.
[Ref: 57791] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Center Cross Walk & C. in Vauxhall Gardens. Vüe de Centre de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall.
[Ca]naleti delin.t. E. Rooker scu.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament [Laurie & Whittle, 1794?].
Coloured engraving. Mounted in album paper, sight size 245 x 385mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Left edge of image obscured by mount, losing part of inscription; some creasing and scuffing on image, pasted on backboard of a leather-bound album.
A view of promenaders in Vauxhall Gardens, in front of a theatrical backdrop with a view of a ruined Roman viaduct. Originally published by Sayer in 1751, this example has the date erased and a possible publication line hidden by the mount.
[Ref: 60356] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Citizen at Vauxhall.
Collings del. Smith sculp.
Published as the Act directs, by Harrison & Co July 1, 1784.
Engraving. 180 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"). Original folds, wear to left edge.
A family stand outside the orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens. The stout wife puts a handkerchief round her husband's neck to protect him from the night air. Her daughter holds her fan to her face, flirting with a beau in the middle distance who inspects her through his glass. Musicians play on the first floor. The illustration was published as the frontispiece to the June issue 'The Wit's Magazine', accompanying the 'Humourous Description of a Citizen and his family at Vauxhall' which is transcribed without acknowledgement from the essay of Colman and Thornton in 'The Connoisseur' (May 10, 1755).
BM Satires 6741.
[Ref: 53394] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Triumphal Arches, Mr Handels Statue &c, in the South Walk of Vauxhall Gardens. Les Arcs de Triomphe avec la Statue du celebre musicien Handel dans les Jardins de Vauxhall.
S. Wale delin.t. J.S. Muller sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1780].
Engraving with fine hand colour, 1809 watermark. 285 x 420mm (11¼ x 16½") large margins. Creasing, damps stains.
A view of the south walk of Vauxhall Gardens, close to the succession of triumphal arches; Roubiliac's statue of Handel to the right with the colonnade behind; elegantly dressed figures in foreground.
[Ref: 64326] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Vauxhall Gardens, shewing the Grand Walk at the entrance of the Garden, and the Orchestra, with the Musick Playing. La Grande allée a l'entrée des Jardins de Vauxhall. L'Orchestra, et les Musiciens.
Wale delin. Muller sc.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Nov.r 25 1751. Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. et à Paris chez Mésard rue Grenelat a la Renomée de la Cornemuse.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 280 x 405mm (11 x 16"). Tear entering plate taped.
A vue-d'optique (with the image reversed) of promenaders in Vauxhall Gardens, under the bandstand.
[Ref: 62808] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens. Showing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens. Vue Detaille des Jardins de Vaux Hall.
Wale delin.t I.S. Muller sculp.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 290 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate, cracks in folds, mounted in album paper. Publication line removed.
An elevated view of Vauxhall Gardens from Kennington Lane. On the left is the Chinese pavillion and the conical roof of the 'Elegant music room'; on the right is Roubiliac's statue of Handel.
[Ref: 62807] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Chinese Pavillions and Boxes in Vaux Hall Gardens.
S. Wale delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Bowles & Card, 69, S.t Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1800].
Coloured etching. 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Some creasing through inscription area and through top of plate.
A view of promenaders in a semi-circular colonnade interjected with three elaborately decorated domed structures. First published by John Bowles c.1751.
[Ref: 62806] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Inside of the Elegant Music Room in Vaux Hall Gardens. Le dedans du Concert Elegant aux Jardins du Vaux Hall. 5.
S. Wale delin. H. Roberts Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Bowles & Card, 69, S.t Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1800].
Etching. 295 x 445mm (11¾ x 17½"). Repaired tear left centre, mounted on card at corners.
An ornate roccoco interior with figures including a young man courting a woman to the right, watched by her chaperone behind; busts around the walls. First published by John Bowles c.1751.
[Ref: 62805] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens, shewing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens.
Wale delin.t. I.S. Muller Sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 290 x 410mm (11½ x 16"). Repaired tear just entering plate but not image.
An elevated view of the pleasure gardens at Vauxhall as it was in the 1750s. On the left is the Chinese pavillion, and Roubiliac's famous statue of Handel is on the right. Probably published in an edition of Stowe's Survey.
Not in Longford; for the statue of Handel see ref. 17181.
[Ref: 19587] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Perspective View of Vaux Hall Garden.
J. Maurer delin et Sculp.
London Publish'd according to act of Parliament 1744. Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Etching and engraving 280 x 425mm (11 x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate and folded, one half glued to a backing sheet.
A busy scene in the pleasure garden, Vauxhall Gardens. Many people socialise amongst the trees and pavillions; some sit at tables eating and dining. One pavillion holds an orchestra providing musical entertainment to the visitors.
[Ref: 55021] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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