Grosvenor Prints

To the Right Hon.ble Lord Viscount Bulkeley, This View of Acrefair, near Wynnstay on the River Dee. Is with the greatest respect inscribed by his Lordship's obedient and obliged Servants. T. Walmsley, and F. Jukes. V. 12.th.
From a Picture by T. Walmsley. Engrav'd by F. Jukes.
London, Pub.d Jan.ry 10, 1794, by F. Jukes No.10, Howland Street.
Aquatint and etching. Plate 343 x 444mm. 13½ x 17½". Uncut with large margins.
Acrefair, the village in Wrexham, Wales. View of a house set among trees on the left, with two figures talking across the wooden fence in front of it, a man walking with a dog on the path in front and another on horseback with livestock further along, passing a large wooden signpost, with mountains in the background. From a series of sixteen views in North Wales.
Ex Watt Collection. Abbey Scenery 512: 1.
[Ref: 21717] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Celia.
T. Cheesman inv.t et sculp.t.
published May 1, 1799, by T. Cheesman N.o 40 Oxford Street, London.
Coloured stipple, part printed in colour; sheet 275 x 195mm (10¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
Half-length portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and dress with large collar and holding a basket of flowers amongst a countryside landscape. Most likely a representation of Celia from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'. Thomas Cheesman (c.1760-1834) was a British draughtsman, painter and stipple engraver. He studied under Bartolozzi from the mid 1770s.
[Ref: 60324] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Ash Grove in Kent, The Seat of Miss Otways.
Drawn by J.G. Wood Engraved by W.m Green
[n.d., c.1810.]
A very rare coloured aquatint, 400 x 450mm.
Charming countryside scene with cattle on right and house on left
[Ref: 18327] £330.00

Vue des Environs de Bruxelles.
Brugles de Velours pinx. J.P. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais, No.32. [n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Large margins.
A scene in the countryside outside of Brussels. Cows are being herded as they walk past the stream. A carraige has arrived with people returning from market. In the background, a man attends to the wood, and a group of people drink and chatter in the road. Engraved after Jan Brueghel the Elder, frequently referred to as 'Velvet' Brueghel, as here.
[Ref: 16495] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Bisham Abbey.
J. Farington R.A. del.t J.C. Stadler sculp.t
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell. Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & No.90, Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Image with border 210 x 317mm. 8¼ x 12½". Sheet 299 x 406mm. 11¾ x 16".
View with the Thames in the middle distance, a boat passing, two figures in the foreground strolling along the river towards a bridge on the right, the abbey on the other side of the river, a woody hill in the background. Plate 33 to the first volume of "A History of the River Thames" within 'A History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain' (1794).
Abbey Scenery: 432.33.
[Ref: 25864] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

No. 1. From an Original Drawing of the same size by Dan.l Bond.
Pye sculpsit.
London, published March 1st 1796, by B.B. Evans, in the Poultry and Colnaghi & C.o Pall Mall.
Rare etching. 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with very large margins.
A ruined church on a countryside hill, with travellers in the foreground. Daniel Bond (c.1725-1803), painter and japanner, the first of the Birmingham School of landscape artists.
[Ref: 60729] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

In the Collection of Peter Delmé Esq.r
Giacomo Cortesi, detto il Borgognone pinx. Chatelain Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Pond Feb.y 1744. 2 feet wide 1 foot 3 inch ¼ high.
Etching and engraving, with very large margins. Plate 311 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾").
A landscape after Borgognone; a broad river with a single-arched bridge to the left, with a castellated square tower at the right end, trees on the far bank and men with a small barge in the foreground, drawn by a mule which a man leads into the left foreground.
[Ref: 30443] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[French landscape] Engraved from the Original Picture.
Boucher Pinxit. Aliamet Sculpsit.
Published Oct.r 2.d 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving with sepia wash. 205 x 285mm (8 x 11¼"), on wove paper. Glue stains in very large margins at corners.
A river with an old bridge.
[Ref: 55618] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Brazil] Une mulatresse allant passer les Fetês de Noël, a la campagne. Concours des ecoliers, la veille du Jour de S.t Alexis. 3.e Partie. PL: 7.
J.B. Debret del. Lith de Thierry Frères, Succ.rs de Engelmann & C.ie.
[n.d. c.1835.]
Very rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 470 x 340mm (18½ x 13½"), large margins. Slightly foxed, blue mark on left edge.
Two designs depicting the life and costumes of Brazilian people. On the top, a mixed race woman (described as a mulattress in text) and her daughter are accompanied by their black slaves who carry a bird in a cage, a basket, a rug and a jug along a country path; to spend the Christmas holidays in the countryside. On the bottom, children congregate in the street and enter schools, thrusting pieces of paper toward two adult men. A girl is escorted by a child slave and a black female slave carrying an umbrella on her head and carrying the girl's notebook and quills. Plate 7 of 'Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, ou Séjour d'un artiste français au Brésil' (1834-39) by J.B. Debret.
[Ref: 59601] £320.00

The Ruins of Byland Abbey Yorkshire.
J.R. Hamble sculp.
Published March 16. 1812 by J. Deeley Berwick S.t Soho.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 475 x 580mm (18¾ x 22¾"), on Whatman paper. Tear entering image and another in margin taped.
A fine view of Byland Abbey in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, centred on the tower and the remains of a huge rose window. Founded in 1135 by the Savigniac Order, the abbey became Cistercian in 1147 and was dissolved in 1538. It is now an English Heritage property.
[Ref: 55700] £360.00

[The Gate of Honour, Caius College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 345 x 215mm (13½ x 8½"), with large margins.
The Gate of Honour, only used to allow the graduating students of Caius College to pass to receive their degrees at the Senate House. Sydney Robert Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views, he also wrote several books on the English countryside. Studied at the Birmingham School of Fine Art.
[Ref: 57995] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Jesus College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1925.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), with very large margins.
The gatehouse of Jesus College from the walled passage known as the 'Chimney'. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54643] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[King's College Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist. 225 x 300mm (9 x 11¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of King's College Chapel and the Gibbs Building, from the Cam. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54629] £320.00

[King's College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 305 x 200mm (12 x 8"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of King's College Cambridge, with the portico of the Gibbs Building and the side of the Chapel. An outline of a scholar is etched in the foreground. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54632] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[King's College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, final trial proof on white paper, signed by the artist in pencil. 305 x 200mm (12 x 8"), with very large margins.
A view of King's College Cambridge, with the portico of the Gibbs' Building and the side of the Chapel. An outline of a scholar is etched in the foreground. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54646] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge Pembroke College.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, edition 100 on white paper, signed by the artist in pencil. 350 x 220mm (13¾ x 8¾") with very large margins.
A view of Pembroke College Cambridge, showing the public street outside the building. Pedestrians walk the cobbled streets and cyclists ride past an open top car. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 55000] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[President's Lodge, Queens' College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[n.d. c.1924.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil, in pencil at top Final Trial No. 3;. 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), with very large margins Creases in margins top & bottom.
The President's Lodge, dating from the 1460s, is the only substantial half-timbered building remaining in Cambridge and is Grade 1 listed. Sydney Robert Fleming Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views; he also wrote several books on the English countryside and provided illustrations for several publications including The Times, Illustrated London News and The Studio.
[Ref: 54644] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge.]
Sydney R. Jones.
[c.1920.]
Drypoint etching, signed by the artist in pencil. 170 x 225mm (6¾ x 8¾"), with wide margins. Slight mount burn.
The Great Court of Trinity College Cambridge, with the magnificent gateway and fountain. Sydney Robert Jones (1881-1961) was a notable watercolourist and etcher, particularly of architectural views, he also wrote several books on the English countryside. Studied at the Birmingham School of Fine Art.
[Ref: 57992] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Guelph. One of the Towns founded by Mr. Galt for the Canada Company in Upper Canada.
G. Chilas del.t. Engelmann & co. lith.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph, very scarce. Sheet size: 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9½"). Cut to image on 3 sides. Crease down middle where bound. Top left corner missing.
A view of the town of Guelph, Canada, with a woman standing in the foreground, looking out towards the town, with a dog by her side. A bridge is seen across a river to the left, with various buildings distributed in the distance. Guelph was selected as the headquarters of British development firm 'the Canada Company' by its first superintendent John Galt, a popular Scottish novelist who designed the town to attract settlers to it and the surrounding countryside. Galt designed the town to resemble a European city centre, complete with squares, broad main streets and narrow side streets, resulting in a variety of block sizes and shapes. From Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 2, Nov. 1830.
[Ref: 36313] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A View near Chatham in Kent. 3.
London, Printed by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No.53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 12 Dec.r 1778.
Engraving laid on album sheet. 179 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed.
A countryside scene: a woman herding her one cow to the left; a smaller sailing boat on the river, a man walking towards the small stone bridge that crosses a stream where a man is fishing. From a series of 'Twelve Views in Kent, Surry, Hartford-shire &c. Drawn from Nature'.
See Ref: 31567 for complete set.
[Ref: 34747] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Thee Tor, &c. on the River Wye, two Miles below Buxton, in Derby-Shire.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller. No.53 in Fleet Street, London. [n.d. c.1760.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 177 x 280mm (7 x 11").
A view Chee Tor, in the Peak District of England, Derbyshire.
[Ref: 30370] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Chepstow Castle in Monmouthshire. To his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, this Plate is (by Permission) respectfully Inscribed by his Grace's most obedient humble Servant, James Fittler.
Drawn by G. Robertson. Engraved by J. Fittler.
Engraved from an Original Drawing in the Possession of James Moore Esq.r London, Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 28.th 18103, by Anth.y Molteno, No.29, Pall Mall.
Copper engraving. Plate 336 x 438mm. 13¼ x 17¼. One repair.
View of ruined castle at left with outbuildings at right, horses in the centre, a family with dog at left and an old man standing under an arch of the ruin at left. Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire in Wales.
[Ref: 22967] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Rt. Hon.ble the Earl of Burlington’s House at Chiswick, and part of the Town. Vüe d’une des Maisons de Plaisance du Comte de Burlington, et d’une partie du Village. No.27.
P. Brooks delin. J.no Fougeron sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31.st 1750. London: Printed for J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner Queen Street Cheapside.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 280 x 451mm (11 x 17¾"). Two very small fox marks.
A view across the River Thames towards Chiswick and Chiswick House; town in the distance, boats on the water, and figures and cattle on the river bank. This Palladian villa was completed in 1729 during the reign of George II and designed by Lord Burlington, Richard Boyle (1694-1753). Handel lived with the family for two years when he arrived in England in 1712. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
Adams (London): 47.27.
[Ref: 29320] £450.00

Christmas Eve.
Painted & Engraved by John Burnet, 1815.
Etching and engraving. 368 x 285mm (14½ x 11¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; repaired wormholes in the title area.
Inside a cottage, a young woman on the left and an old woman on the right, sitting at a table in the centre, playing cards, a man leaning over the young woman from behind, picking up one of her cards, a child kneeling behind the table, watching the couple, a cat under the table.
[Ref: 28753] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of the Garden and Plantations of Clare Mont in Surry, the Seat of his Grace the Duke of New Castle &c: Les Jardins &c. de Claremont dans le Comté de Surry Maison de Duc de Newcastle. p: 77. Vol: 3.d. p:78
Ca: Campbell delin: H: Hulsbergh Sculp:
[n.d. c.1731.]
Copper Engraving. Plate 397 x 497mm. 15½ x 19½". Vertical fold through centre.
Garden plan from Henry Hulsbergh's "Vitruvius Brittanicus" series. The road along the top the 'Guildford Road to London'. Claremont is a beautiful garden surrounding a small lake and featuring an unusual grass amphitheatre. The garden's creation and development has involved great names in garden history, including Sir John Vanbrugh, Charles Bridgeman, William Kent and 'Capability' Brown. In 1726 it was described as 'the noblest of any in Europe' and the garden today is of national importance. The highlight as seen in the upper part of this map is Belvedere, which was built to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh, and from the first floor views could be enjoyed of the whole garden and across many miles of countryside.
[Ref: 18017] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Aln-måtts jemföring emellan the förnämsta Handels-Städer i Europa. [&] Wigtens jemföring emellan the förnämsta Handels-Städer i Europa.
[n..d. c.1750.]
Printed letterpress, very scarce. Sheet 381 x 235mm. 15 x 9¼".
Stockholm during the Age of Liberty (1718-1772) and following the Stockholm Treaties of 1719 and 1720 financial resources were transposed from countryside to cities, this was closely followed by urbanisation which in turn affected the rate of growth in social development and education standards. During the 18th century the economic model introduced the previous century was further developed, and Stockholm became the vital centre of trade in Europe; this particular chart outlines the comparison in measures and weights amongst the principal Cities of Commerce in Europe.
Ex: Collection of Norman Blackburn
[Ref: 18936] £390.00

Copt-Hall in the County of Essex The Seat of Sr Thomas Webster Bart.
J. Mynde Sc.
[London, 1735.]
Copper engraving, sheet 480 x 570mm, 19 x 22½". Trimmed to plate; fold as normal, with creases.
Bird's eye view over Copped Hall or Copthall close to Epping in Essex; forecourt with circular enclosure leading up to entrance to hall, which is built around a central courtyard; formal gardens behind. A wooden fence surrounds the grounds; countryside with hills beyond. From John Farmer's 'The history of the ancient town and once famous Abbey of Waltham'
[Ref: 22384] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

To E. Loveden Loveden Esq.r This View between Corwen and Llangollen on the River-Dee, is with the greatest respect inscribed by his obedient and obliged Servants, T. Walmsley and F. Jukes.
From a Picture by T. Walmsley. Engrav'd by F. Jukes.
London Pub.d May 10.th 1793 by F. Jukes No:10 Howland Street.
Aquatint and etching, printed on J. Whatman watermark paper. Plate 349 x 444mm. 13¾ x 17½". Some staining around the edges of the margins. Uncut with large margins.
A view beneath the Berwyn mountains on the banks of the River Dee. View of a river which flows into the left foreground with the roofs of buildings seen above the sloping bank, behind trees, on the right, two men near the water in the foreground and a horse and cows, with mountains in the background. From a series of sixteen views in North Wales.
Ex Watt Collection. Abbey Scenery 512: 11.
[Ref: 21718] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Cottage Seamstress. [From the Original Painting in the possession of R.P. Knight.]
Painted by R. Westall R.A. Engraved by E. Scriven Historical Engraver to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.
[Pub Clay & Scriven.] [n.d. c.1803.]
Stipple. 318 x 222mm. 12½ x 8¾". Cut, losing publication line.
A woman seamstress sat on a chair at work; a cagaed bird hangs by the doorway and sheep sit in the field outside.
[Ref: 25025] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Country Cottage.]
Mr Cleather WFW.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Pen and ink with crayon. 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾").
A countryside scene: with a cottage to the left with a derelict barn to the right build on top of a bridge over a flowing stream.
[Ref: 24957] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Country Girl and Soldier.]
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f. [in ink].
[Publish'd 23d. Jany. 1783.]
Etching with added hand-colour. Plate 330 x 299mm. 13 x 11¾". Uncut. Time staining inside plate.
A country girl sitting outside a thatched cottage, holding a jug in one hand and offering a glass to a solider with the other. The soldier is leaning on his gun, wearing a cocked hate and looking curiously at her.
[Ref: 19823] £320.00

A Country Life [parallel text in French] Here love and wine their matchless Charms unite. / How Sweetly tempting lures the luscious Grape [...]
[Unsigned, c.1770]
Rare mezzotint; platemark 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Small margins
Romantic countryside scene.
[Ref: 47648] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Coursing Macaroni. V.5. 12.
Publish'd as the Act directs Novr. 19. 1772, by MDarly 39, Strand.
Etching. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5").
A man holding a gun on the move in the countryside.
BM Satires: 4663.
[Ref: 38218] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Cowper. Hail your benign Instructor, Age and Youth! Charm'd by his Fancy! tutor'd by his Truth! Hail Him a fav'rite Bard of Natures Quire. For all her Heartstrings vibrate to his Lyre!
Lawrence delin.t ad vivum 1793. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
Published May 1. 1805, by William Miller, Albermarle Street.
Etching with crayon-manner. Plate 280 x 203mm. 11 x 8". Fine impression with large margins.
William Cowper (1731-1800), was an English poet and hymnodist. He managed to change the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing about everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. He was seen as one of the forerunners to the Romantic era of poetry.
Calabi & de Vesme: 795: ii.
[Ref: 17129] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Crickhowell] Creek Howell Castle, South Wales.
Walmesley del. Hill sculp.
London, Published June 25, 1810 by John Murphy, 19 Howland Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare aquatint, printed in brown. 245 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), with very large margins, watermarked ''7 1809 John Whatman'. Mint.
The ruins of Crickhowell Castle, first built in the 12th century and destroyed by Owain Glyndwr c.1400.
Not in Abbey Scenery.
[Ref: 55542] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[At Hackford.]
J. Crome [?] 1812.
[Norfolk, for the benefit of his widow, 1834.]
Etching on chine collé. 175 x 275mm (7 x 10¾"), sheet with large margins. Backing paper foxed, tear taped.
A view of a cottage set in trees by a pond, etched by John Crome (1768-1821), a founding member of the Norwich School of painters and one of the first 19th-century Britons to use etching as an expressive tool, anticipating the Etching Revival. Although Crome issued a prospectus for his etchings, none were published in his lifetime. In 1834 sixty sets titled ''Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings'' were issued to benefit his widow.
Theobald 14, state iv of v.
[Ref: 57583] £320.00

[Tree Trunk & Bushes.] [&] [Deepham, near Hingham.]
[Deepham] J Crome 1813.]
[Norfolk, for the benefit of his widow, 1834.]
Two etchings and drypoint on chine collé, on one sheet. 180 x 145mm (7 x 5¾") & 160 x 175mm (6¼ x 7"), sheet with large margins. Backing paper foxed
Two studies of trees in rural Norfolk, etched c.1811 & 1813 by John Crome (1768-1821), a founding member of the Norwich School of painters and one of the first 19th-century Britons to use etching as an expressive tool, anticipating the Etching Revival. Although Crome issued a prospectus for his etchings, none were published in his lifetime. In 1834 sixty sets titled ''Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings'' were issued to benefit his widow.
Theobald 27 (only state) & 7 (state iv of v).
[Ref: 57581] £320.00

Front of the New Mills.
J. Crome, 1813.
[Norfolk, for the benefit of his widow, 1834.] bit later.
Etching. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"), sheet with very large margins.
A view of the New Mills, Norwich, from the River Wensum, etched by John Crome (1768-1821), a founding member of the Norwich School of painters and one of the first 19th-century Britons to use etching as an expressive tool, anticipating the Etching Revival. This state has the title added at bottom. Although Crome issued a prospectus for his etchings, none were published in his lifetime. In 1834 sixty sets titled ''Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings'' were issued to benefit his widow.
Theobald 5, state iii of iii. See 57580 for earlier state.
[Ref: 57808] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Tree Trunks & Lane.] [&] [Footbridge at Cringleford.]
[by John Crome.]
[Norfolk, for the benefit of his widow, 1834.]
Two etchings on chine collé, on one sheet. 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½") & 225 x 175mm (9 x 7"), sheet with large margins. Backing paper foxed
Two studies of trees in rural Norfolk, etched c.1811 & 1812 by John Crome (1768-1821), a founding member of the Norwich School of painters and one of the first 19th-century Britons to use etching as an expressive tool, anticipating the Etching Revival. Although Crome issued a prospectus for his etchings, none were published in his lifetime. In 1834 sixty sets titled ''Norfolk Picturesque Scenery, Consisting of Thirty-One Etchings'' were issued to benefit his widow.
Theobald 29 & 8 (state ii of iv).
[Ref: 57582] £320.00

S. Cunningham's Adventure with his Old Nurse and Astrologer. Plate 32.
W. Jett delin. J Basire sculp.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Copper engraving. Plate 312 x 203mm. 12¼ x 8". Trimmed to the plate on the right-hand side.
Sawney Cunningham, an abandoned villain who murdered his wife's lover and uncle, terrorised the countryside and was eventually caught and executed at Leith in 1635. Here he is in an astrologer's study.
For a coloured aquatint version of this print see ref. 27701.
[Ref: 15429] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Cunningham's Adventure with the Astrologer.
Published by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard [n.d. c.1810].
Hand-coloured aquatint. 209 x 128mm (8¼ x 5"). Slightly messy.
Sawney Cunningham murdered his wife's lover and uncle and terrorised the countryside until he was eventually caught and executed at Leith in 1635. Here he is in an astrologer's study, accompanied by his nurse, with stuffed animals and animal skeletons suspended from the ceiling, specimen jars on the window ledge and globes and a compass on the desk behind. A copy of William Jett's engraving for Johnson's 'A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c, to which is added A Geniune Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates', 1734.
See Ref: 15429 for the original engraving.
[Ref: 27701] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Cunningham's Adventure with the Astrologer.
Pub.d by Hodgson & Co., 10 Newgate St. [n.d. c.1820].
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Bit messy.
Sawney Cunningham murdered his wife's lover and uncle and terrorised the countryside until he was eventually caught and executed at Leith in 1635. Here he is in an astrologer's study, accompanied by his nurse, with stuffed animals and animal skeletons suspended from the ceiling, specimen jars on the window ledge and globes and a compass on the desk behind. A copy of William Jett's engraving for Johnson's 'A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c, to which is added A Geniune Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates', 1734.
See Ref: 15429 for the original engraving.
[Ref: 57529] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

A Cottage near Dartford in Kent. 2.
London, Printed by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No.53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 12 Dec.r 1778.
Engraving laid on album sheet. 179 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed.
A countryside scene in Dartford, Kent; stream with small wooden bridge crossing to right, a horse drinks from the stream. From a series of 'Twelve Views in Kent, Surry, Hartford-shire &c. Drawn from Nature'.
See Ref: 31567 for complete set.
[Ref: 34746] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Datchet Bridge upon the River Thames.
Wm. Oram delin.
London Re-published Jan.y 1.1801, by Rob.t Wilkinson, No.58, Cornhill.
Engraving with very fine colour. Sheet 365 x 235mm (14¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and edges of plate tipped into on album paper.
A view of the wooden bridge over the Thames, drawn by painter and architect William Oram (d.1777), first published in 1745.
[Ref: 68416] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Datchet Bridge upon the River Thames.
Wm. Oram delin.
London Re-published Jan.y 1.1801, by Rob.t Wilkinson, No.58, Cornhill.
Engraving with fine colour. 236 x 363mm (9¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed and laid on card.
A view of the wooden bridge over the Thames, drawn by painter and architect William Oram (d.1777), first published in 1745.
[Ref: 26090] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Conversation]
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella]
Israel ex.
Etching, 73 x 107mm (2? x 4?"). Glued to backing sheet.
Conversation amongst men and women seated on the ground, in the countryside, with other figures left and right. From a set of thirteen etchings of an 'Agréable diversité de figures' by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) and published in Paris by Israel Henriet in 1642.
de Vesme/Massar: 123- intermediate state between De Vesme's ii and iii/v.
[Ref: 23782] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

No. 11. [Group of Donkeys, and Rustic Children.]
R. Hills delin.t
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Scarce hand coloured aquatint. Sheet 356 x 438mm. 14 x 17¼". A fine and clean impression, with fresh and bright original colour. Mint with text.
A group of donkeys seated and standing outside a rustic countryside cottage; children sit nearby admiring the animals and a man feeds the smallest from his hand. From the rare folio of 12 plates 'A Selection of Fac-Similes of Water-Colour Drawings, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists', 1825; a first issue, before the title below the image. After Francis Nicholson (1753 - 1844); other striking compositions in the book are contributed by Samuel Prout, Robert Hills, John Smith and William Collins.
Abbey, Life: 197, 11. BL: 003332105.
[Ref: 18671] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Chasse Aux Canards.
Peint par Heywood Hardy / Boussod, Valadon & Co.
Berlin Verlag von Boussod, Valadon & Co. Imprimé & Publié le 1.er Avril 1894 par Boussod, Valadon & C.ie Editueurs, Successeurs de Goupil & C.ie. Paris_Londres_La Haye. New-York published by Boussod, Valadon & Co.
Phototgravure laid on India paper. Platemark: 605 x 790mm (24 x 31"). Light foxing to sheet. Water stains to right side of sheet. Tear from top edge of sheet to just inside platemark.
A rural countryside scene; two gentlemen with rifles at the edge of a lake attempting to shoot at ducks as they are flying away. One of the figures takes aim, whilst the other is kneeling behind him with his dog by his side. Would make a good pair with item ref: 3022. After British painter Heywood Hardy (1842–1933).
[Ref: 32008] £550.00

(Nederlandsche Stoompost, 6 Junij 1847.)
H.W fecit. [within image]
[c.1847]
Very scarce lithograph, sheet 225 x 310mm (8¾ x 12¼").
Dutch print of steam train, presumably carrying mail, travelling through the countryside filled with farmland and windmills. Key underneath image explaining parts of the railway.
[Ref: 57080] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A View near Eltham in Kent. 1. Twelve Views in Kent, Surry, Hartford-shire &c. Drawn from Nature. No.8.
London, Printed by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No.53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 12 Dec.r 1778.
Engraving, laid on album sheet. 179 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed.
A countryside scene: a shepherd sitting in a paddock outside his house with three sheep; a windmill in the background. A cart and horse move towards right away from a gate and hut where a man sits guarding the road. From a series of 'Twelve Views in Kent, Surry, Hartford-shire &c. Drawn from Nature'.
See Ref: 31567 for complete set.
[Ref: 34748] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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