Grosvenor Prints

Mrs Abington
Sr. Jos. Reynolds Pinx J. Wilson fec
[n.d., c.1770]
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½").
Frances Abington (1737-1815), actress. Born in lowly circumstances, Abington grew up in the slums around Drury Lane, and sold flowers and sang in Covent Garden as a girl. Along with other jobs she did when young (kitchenmaid, milliner's assistant), various accounts of her life hint at prostitution during her early years. After making a start as an actress in London her first professional success came while working in Dublin, rejoining Garrick's Drury Lane company where she established herself as one of the leading comedy actresses of her generation. She was also the mistress of at least two prominent figures. Engraving after the several portrait 'Mrs Abington as the Comic Muse' by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1764-8, hair and dress repainted 1772-3) now in Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. This was one of several portraits that Reynolds painted of Abington- he was an admirer and purchased twelve tickets for her benefit performance in 1772. Reynolds' portrait was a companion to his portrait of Sarah Siddons as 'the Tragic Muse'.
CS: 2. Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 42094] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[18 Australian Gum leaf paintings with autograph album of Edwardian musicians.]
Album, autographs dated 1906-7.
An autograph album compiled by Miss Willis, daughter? of the proprietor of The Willis Music Company Ltd. Alongside the signatures of composers and musicians she came into contact with are a collection of paintings on gum leaves of Australian trees, including scenes of Sydney Harbour, kookaburras and flowers. There is also a regimental menu and a few watercolours of different subjects. 18 items. Edwardian musicians including H. Trotere, G. Clifton Bingham and Edward Nicholls.
See: Ref: 52938
[Ref: 52979] £1,500.00 view all images for this item

Album. Oh! tell us not of life's lone way...
W.H. Rock, London. [n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured steel engraving. 220 x 145mm, 8¾ x 6". Trimmed to plate at top.
Title page to an album of pre-printed pages of flowers and birds, popular with scrapbook collectors. The three female allegorical figures depict Religion, Music & Poetry. Rock published a number of these leather-bound albums.
[Ref: 17507] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Anemone and Flowers.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 205 x 185mm (8 x 7¼'').
A very fine amateur illustration of wild flowers.
[Ref: 51073] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Her Highness the Lady Ann.
P. Lely pinxit.
R.Tompson excudit. [n.d. c.1680.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Tear in right margin.
Portrait of the future Queen Anne, three-quarter length, sitting, hair in curls, low dress with short sleeves, holding flowers.
CS: 1.
[Ref: 40631] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Her Highness the Lady Ann.]
[P. Lely pinxit.] [R. Tompson excudit.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Counterproof mezzotint , 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet at top.
A three-quarter length portrait of the future Queen Anne (1665-1714), seated with curled hair, wearing a low-cut dress with short sleeves and holding flowers. The left side features a curtain and a vase with carved figures, while a landscape appears on the right.
CS1. Blackett-Ord T17 I of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65062] £380.00

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)

The Royal Charlotte Auricula.
Printed for Carington Bowles, N.o 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1780]
Fine & very rare mezzotint. 355 x 245mm (14 x 9¾"). False margins added. A tiny amount of time staining in the publication line.
A fantastic image. Still life of a pink primula auricula in a plant pot. A bird, likely a bullfinch, perches on the lip of the pot and a butterfly, possibly a monarch, sits on the leaves.
Gordon Dunthorne Flower and Fruit Prints p223.
[Ref: 54818] £1,800.00

The Ball at The Mansion House. April XVII. MDCCLXXV. The Right Hon.ble Iohn Wilkes, Lord Mayor.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1775.
[1775.]
Etching with engraving in black ink. A very fine impression, mint. Plate 241 x 216mm. 9½ x 8½". Foxed. Very large margins.
Ticket. A young woman is seated with her upper body bear and crowned with flowers, in the right hand she holds a caduceus. Three putti dance on the floor; two fly above holding grapes and a basket of flowers. The host is politician and agitator John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), elected Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
De Vesme: 1963; iii/iv. See Ref 14666 for same state in red/brown ink & 14667 for earlier state. See Ref: 20524 for same state.
[Ref: 21223] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Ball at The Mansion House. April XVII. MDCCLXXV. The Right Hon.ble Iohn Wilkes, Lord Mayor.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1775.
[1775.]
Etching with engraving in black ink, fine impression. 241 x 216mm. 9½ x 8½". Trimmed.
Ticket. A young woman is seated with her upper body bear and crowned with flowers, in the right hand she holds a caduceus. Three putti dance on the floor; two fly above holding grapes and a basket of flowers. The host is politician and agitator John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), elected Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
De Vesme: 1963; iii/iv. See Ref 14666 for same state in red/brown ink & 14667 for earlier state, & 21223 for same state.
[Ref: 20524] £340.00

[Ballet Costume.]
[n.d. c.1890.]
Watercolour with pen outline and detail. Image 310 x 135mm. 12¼ x 5¼". Laid on board.
A lady standing in an arabesque posture, without the hand positioning. In a long drape floral dress, with pink floral detail down the pleats. She wears a small jacket with pink and blue frills on the sides and collar. In her right hand she daintly leans on a parasol and in her left hand she holds a hand bag with a pink bow. On her head she wears a pink ribboned bow.
Ex Collection: Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 22715] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Beauchamp Procter.
Painted by Ben. West Historical Painter to his Majesty. Engraved by James Watson.
Published March 25.th, 1779, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. London.
Mezzotint, sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Thread margins. Repairs.
Three quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Beauchamp Proctor (1760-1848), wife of Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, 2nd Baronet, (1756-1827). She is seen placing wreath of flowers on statue of Hymen, which a putto is clinging to. She wears a loose, flowing gown and her hair dressed high. In the background are pillars and curtains. Born Mary Palmer, she was a noted beauty who was also painted by George Romney (now in the Huntington Library).
CS 121.II
[Ref: 61690] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A la Beaute. [&] A la Volupte. ['To Beauty' and 'To Pleasure'.]
Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave par Roger. [&] Peint par J.A. Laurent. Grave pa Mecou.
Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. le 13 Pluvoise An XIIe. [&] Depose a la Bibliotheque Nle. en Fructidor An XIIe. [French, 1803.]
Pair of stipples printed in colours, each sheet c.220 x 240mm. 8¾ x 9½". Trimmed to or close to plates. Second plate chipped at lower left. Some staining and light soiling to both, mostly marginal.
Two charming images of winged putti; one emerging from inside a fallen rose in a woodland, the other peacefully asleep (inebriated?) in an empty wine glass, a background of vine leaves and grapes.
[Ref: 25588] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Beechlands, Newick. The seat of William Thomson Esqre.
Drawn & Engraved by J.H. Hurdis for Baxter's History of Sussex.
Gad & Co. Printers. London [n.d., c.1830].
Engraving, with large margins, 160 x 225mm. 6¼ x 9".
A village fair attended by a crowd at the Beechland estate, Newick, East Sussex. Baskets lying on grass in foreground at centre, a man selling flowers and vegetables at left, and agricultural products laid out on a table outside a tent within a fenced area behind; building flanked by trees in background. There is an archery competition between two lady archers taking place in the background to right. John Henry Hurdis (1800 - 1857).
[Ref: 24267] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Love Lesson. Illustri, ac nobile Viro, Comiti de Cailus, &c, &c, &c,...
Vatteau [Antoine Watteau] pinxit. P.M. [Philippe Mercier] del et sculp.
Sold by B. Baron in Panton Square, Pickadi[lly.] [n.d., c.1750.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 460 x 595mm (18 x 23½"). Trimmed within plate, a few small repairs, losing end of publication line.
A party in an ornamental garden, picking flowers, reading from a music book and listening to a man with a guitar. A naked woman with wet hair sits on a plinth above them. A fine 18th century image.
[Ref: 59341] £350.00

[Florist] 53 George Street Edinburgh. Boought of John Mozzi Artificial Florist and Feather Manufacturer. Importer of French Flowers. Wholesale and Retail. A large assortment always on hand. Feathers redressed, dyed and altered. Gold and Silver Laces, Cords, Tassels &c. Scarfs, Bandeus. Gold, silver and Pearl Head Ornaments.
[mss. dated 1834.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 160 x 200mm (6¼ x 8"), with 1d receipt stamp. Folds.
A billhead illustrated with a vignette of the Prince of Wales's Feathers.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33459] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Blouzelind.]
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton f. [ink mss.]
[London: J. Bretherton, 1781.]
Hand coloured etching, proof before letters on 18th century watermarked laid paper, sheet 380 x 340mm. 15 x 13". Trimmed to plate.
A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a landscape, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet; behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811), illustrating ‘Sweet William's Farewell To Black-Ey'd Susan: A Ballad’ by John Gay (1685 - 1732). The lettered state of the print in inscribed with a line from Gay: 'The peerless maid that did all maids excel'. The print is a pair with 'Susan'.
[Ref: 16083] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Blouzelind. The peerless maid that did all maids excel. -Gay
Mr. Bunbury del. Js. Bretherton Fecit
[London: J. Bretherton, 1781.]
Hand coloured etching on 18th century laid paper, sheet 435 x 345mm (17 x 13½"). Trimmed to plate.
A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a landscape, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet; behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811) with line from 'The Shepherd's Week’ (1714) by John Gay (1685 - 1732). The line is from the beginning of 'Friday; or, the Dirge', in which Bumkinet mourns the death of Blouzelind: 'As the wood pigeon cooes without his mate, / So shall my doleful Dirge bewail her fate. / Of Blouzelinda fair I mean to tell, / The peerless maid that did all maids excel.'
For proof before letters see ref. 16983.
[Ref: 37965] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Buds and Blossoms. Blue Bells.
Published by T. Pewtress, 67 Newington Causeway. Printed by F. Alvey Brandon's Row, Newington. [n.d. c.1840.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, with added gum arabic. 350 x 246mm. 13¾ x 9¾".
Two girls in Scottish costume, seated on the grass, one holding bluebells.
[Ref: 24195] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Tales. Botany. G. Nicholson's Lithography.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 160 x 160mm (6¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A topographical caprice, with trees, woodland flowers and beehives, with a stack of three books titles as above. A fourth is held open by the ribbon of a medal labelled 'Ordre de Merite'.
[Ref: 38078] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Botanist.
[probably G. Spratt del.] Printed by G.E. Madeley, Wellington St. Stran[d].
Published by C. Tilt. Fleet Street [c.1830]
Hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 190 x 145mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed, affecting inscriptions, creased, laid on album paper.
An assemblage portrait, with a woman's face and a body created from flowers, with a tulip forming her skirt, one of a series of professions. George Spratt, an English artist, and George E. Madeley, an English engraver and printmaker, produced a series of lithographed satirical designs of tradesmen composed of the objects of their profession. They were published by Charles Tilt, a London book and print seller.
[Ref: 57619] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Le Bouquet Pénétrez de respect et de reconnoissance, / Allez, Enfants chéris, recevoir des jou-joux [...]
C. Eisen Pinx. R. Gaillard sculp.
A Paris chés l'Auteur Rue S. Jacques au dessus des Jacobins entre un Peruquier et une Lingere [c.1770]
Fine engraving, sheet 390 x x 275mm (15 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Children give a bouquet of flowers to their mother and receive toys in return. Engraving after a painting by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45110] £480.00

[Brazil] Marchand de fleurs, a la porte d'une église. Ex-voto de marins échappés d'un naufrage. 3.e Partie. PL: 6.
J.B. Debret, et la V.esse de Portes, d.t. Lith. de Thierry Frères Succ.rs de Engelmann & C.ie.
[n.d. c.1835.]
Very rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 290mm (14¼ x 11½") large margins. Small tear on left edge.
Two designs depicting the life and costumes of Brazilian people. On the top, a flower seller, holding a plate full of cut coconut, offers flowers carefully placed on a banana trunk to an upper-class woman who is leaving mass with her servants and her child. On the bottom, barefoot sailors who survived a shipwreck bring a sail into a church, carrying their shoes and their hats. Plate 6 of 'Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, ou Séjour d'un artiste français au Brésil' (1834-39) by J.B. Debret.
[Ref: 59600] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Triumphal Arch, Erected for the 30th. of August 1830, being the Day on which Their Majesties King William IV, & Queen Adelaide, Entered Brighton after their Accession to the Throne.
J.S, delin.
Printed & Published by W. Leppard, Brighton [n.d., c.1830].
Aquatint with etching, rare, sheet 310 x 255mm. 12¼ x 10". Lacking margins. A few closed tears to extremities.
A triumphal arch erected in Marlborough Place to celebrate the arrival of William IV and Queen Adelaide in Brighton. Fifty feet high and fifty wide, it was covered with foliage and flowers; at night it was illuminated by 4000 lamps.
Ford: Images of Brighton, 653.
[Ref: 27686] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Royal Arch. Erected in Honor of Their Most Gracious Majesties Arrival at Brighton. Aug.t 30th 1830. At the Expence of Mess.rs Ranger, Fabian & Lambert
Printed by C.Hullmandel.
Published by C.I. Scott, No 25, West Street, Brighton.
Lithograph with original hand colour highlighted with gum arabic, rare. Printed area 330 x 230mm, 13 x 9". Some toning on paper.
A triumphal arch erected in Marlborough Place to celebrate the arrival of William IV and Queen Adelaide in Brighton. Fifty feet high and fifty wide, it was covered with foliage and flowers; at night it was illuminated by 4000 lamps.
Ford: Images of Brighton, 648.
[Ref: 21567] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Lady Brownlowe. Cum privilegio Regis.
W Wissing pinxit 1685. [in image] I. Smith fecit:
Alex Browne exc:
Rare mezzotint 415 x 245mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Small margins. Ink writing on reverse coming through in title area. Some light foxing.
A full-length portrait of Alice Brownlow (nee Sherrard) (1659-1721). Her arm rests on an ornate pedestal adorned with flowers and a dog at its base. She wears a flowing dress, holding up a fringed layer with her right hand. Her hair is styled in soft curls, partially pinned up. On the pedestal at the right, a parrot perches on an orange tree in a vase. In the background, gardens and buildings are visible.
CS26. Turner B13 II of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64937] £360.00

[The Lady Brownlowe.] [Cum privilegio Regis.]
[W Wissing pinxit 1685.] [I. Smith fecit:]
[Alex Browne exc:]
Scarce & fine mezzotint proof before letters, 415 x 245mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Small margins. Tears repaired with tape. Light creasing.
A full-length portrait of Alice Brownlow (nee Sherrard) (1659-1721). Her arm rests on an ornate pedestal adorned with flowers and a dog at its base. She wears a flowing dress, holding up a fringed layer with her right hand. Her hair is styled in soft curls, partially pinned up. On the pedestal at the right, a parrot perches on an orange tree in a vase. In the background, gardens and buildings are visible.
CS26. Turner B13 IIof III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64938] £360.00

The Lady Brownlowe. Cum privilegio Regis.
W Wissing pinxit 1685 [in image]. I. Smith fecit:
E Cooper exc: [n.d. c.1685]
Rare mezzotint 415 x 245mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Paper time stained.
A full-length portrait of Alice Brownlow (nee Sherrard) (1659-1721). Her arm rests on an ornate pedestal adorned with flowers and a dog at its base. She wears a flowing dress, holding up a fringed layer with her right hand. Her hair is styled in soft curls, partially pinned up. On the pedestal at the right, a parrot perches on an orange tree in a vase. In the background, gardens and buildings are visible.
CS26. Turner B13 III of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64939] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Dorothy Brownlow] Madam Dorothy Mason.
W. Wissing pinxit. I Smith fecit.
E. Cooper exc. Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1687]
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Thread margins. Cockling in corners where previously laid down.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Dorothy Brownlow (née Mason) (1664-1700) her hair in curls and wearing an earring, she is shown in a low-cut dress trimmed with pearls, one hand holding flowers in her lap and the other plucking a blossom from a plant at left; in the background are a fluted pillar to the right and a mansion to the left. Portrait of Dorothy before her marriage to Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1665–1701) in July 1688. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason (1633–85), a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop's Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. Wissing’s (1656-87) oil painting of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House in Lincolnshire.
CS 179 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68754] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Dorothy Brownlow] Madam Dorothy Mason.
W. Wissing pinxit. I Smith fecit.
E. Cooper exc. Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1687]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, sheet 335 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. False margins added.
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Dorothy Brownlow (née Mason) (1664-1700) her hair in curls and wearing an earring, she is shown in a low-cut dress trimmed with pearls, one hand holding flowers in her lap and the other plucking a blossom from a plant at left; in the background are a fluted pillar to the right and a mansion to the left. Portrait of Dorothy before her marriage to Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1665–1701) in July 1688. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason (1633–85), a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop's Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. Wissing’s (1656-87) oil painting of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House in Lincolnshire.
CS 179 II of II. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 68751] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Lady Brownloe. [counterproof.]
Soust pinxit. I. Becket fecit.
Sold by Alex: Browne at ye blew ballcony in little Queen Street [n.d., c.1685].
Scarce mezzotint, counterproof, 17th century watermark. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A full length portrait of Elizabeth Brownlow (1681-1723) as a young child, naked except for a cap and scarf, seated in a landscape, pointing at a vase of flowers. In 1699 she married John Cecil, Lod Burghley, who became the 6th Earl of Exeter two years later. As a counterproof, the text and image is reversed.
CS 9.
[Ref: 65366] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.rbl The Lady Lorne.
P. Lelij Eques Pinxit.
Sold by Alexander Browne at y.e blew balcony in little Queen Street. [n.d. c.1680]
A counterproof mezzotint, sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Verso in ink 'lot 1157 Mr Townley's Sale' 1828. Trimmed to plate and glued to album paper. Taped into mount at top.
A reversion copy of the three-quarter length seated portrait of Elizabeth Campbell (née Tollemache), Duchess of Argyll when Lady Lorne (d.1735). She holds flowers in her lap and plucks an orange blossom.
CS20 ii of iii. Turner B1. II of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. From the collection of Joseph Gulston.
[Ref: 64910] £360.00

June. June Drawn by Cancer.
Burney delt. E. Scriven Sc.
Pub. June 1. 1807 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand, London [but c.1815].
Hand-coloured stipple and etching, reissue on Whatman paper, partly printed in colour. 195 x 260mm, 7¾ x 10¼". Some spotting.
Juno, chief goddess of the Greek and Roman pantheon, in a carriage pulled by cancer, represented by a crab, and a winged putto; a peacock perched behind her. No trace of price upper right. After Edward Francis Burney (1760 - 1848), from a series of allegories of the months.
[Ref: 22584] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[George Capel-Coningsby] George Viscount Malden & Lady Eliz: Capel.
Painted by S.r Joshua Reynolds R.A. Engraved by C. Turner, Warren St. Fitzroy Square.
London, Pub.d July 14, 1817, by C. Turner, Warren St. Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 560 x 405mm (22 x 16"). Thread margins. Light foxing.
Full length portraits of George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex, (1757-1839) and his sister Lady Eliabeth Capel (1755 - 1834). George, standing on the left in Van Dyck dress, is directed slightly to the right, facing front, with a stick in his right hand and his left on his hip. Elizabeth seated at right, is directed and facing to left, with her arms extended across her body to the right, holding a garland of flowers. A large urn can be seen behind to the right, and landscape in the distance and Capel-Coningsby succeeded his father as 5th Earl of Essex, and served as Recorder and High Steward of Leominster in 1802, and as Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire from 1802 to 1817. He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1801, and received an honorary D.C.L. from Oxford University in 1810.
[Ref: 35399] £320.00

[Carnations] 3.eme Feuille de 4.eme Cahier.
Carle delin. Bonnet direx.
A Paris, Chez Bonnet, rue St Jacques, au coin de celle de la Parcheminerie [n.d., c.1780].
Fine crayon-manner etching, printed in colours. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), large margins.
A fine example of colour printing, with the colour printed from separate plates, with no hand retouching. The publisher, Louis Marin Bonnet, was the inventor of crayon manner. He operated from the above address between 1776 and 1789.
See Dunthorne 211 for a print probably from the same series. See Ref: 58812, 58814
[Ref: 58813] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands] Rana Terrestris. Sarraccena flava. T.69.
MC [monogram of Mark Catesby].
[Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton, MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [1729-47].
Etching. 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins. Edges chipped and stained, old ink mss. by the titles.
Illustrations of a Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris), a Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) and a Hooded Pitcher Plant, all native to the south-east USA. The plate was drawn and engraved by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) for his 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. Catesby learned to etch so that he had control over the creation of the plates, signing them with a monogram 'MC' with an inverted C for the left sweep of the M. Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World.
[Ref: 58764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right honoble the Countess of Exeter.
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Mezzotint, 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") Trimmed to plate. Glued to album paper in two corners.
Three-quarter length portrait of Anne Cavendish (1649-1703), Countess of Exeter, seated with her hair styled in curls and adorned with pearls. She wears a low-cut dress and is tying flowers, with a vase of flowers, a pillar, and a curtain in the background.
CS15. Blackett-Ord T31 II of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64996] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[A Ceiling design.]
C.P.R [con real privilegio].
[French, n.d., c.1680.]
Rare engraving, irregular plate, at most 320 x 630mm (12½ x 24¾"). Bottom corners of plate snipped, outside image area. Centre fold. Evidence of damage to the printing plate, with re-engraving.
Possibly a ceiling design with a classical scene, rather than a fan. A naked woman reclines in a bower, surrounded by animals and birds including a lion, boar, lobster and ostrich. Above three cherubs hold aloft a garland of flowers; to the left is a rider carring a spear; to the right are windheads. The re-engraving is simpler: no attempt has been made to reintroduce a trumpeter, leaving a disembodied horn.
[Ref: 51977] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Carolus Magna Britannia, Francia, Scotiae et Hibernia Rex Serenissimus.
Ant. Van Dÿck Pinxit. P. Soutman Effigiavit. I Suÿderhoef Sculpsit cum Privil. Sa. Cae. M.
[Haarlem, n.d. c. 1650.]
Engraving and etching. 410 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Trimmed. Faint creases.
A bust portrait of Charles I (1600-1649) in an oval garland surrounded by flowers and fruit. It was engraved by Jonas Suyderhoef after Pieter Claesz. Soutman's drawing of van Dyck's painting.
D 16. i/ii.
[Ref: 57442] £420.00 (£504.00 incl.VAT)

[Two children with sheep]
PLombart Academiae sculpsit et ex. cum Privil. Regis [c.1650]
Engraving, platemark 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"). Repaired tears to top margin.
Fine decorative engraving by Pierre Lombart (1613-82), French engraver who spent much of his career in London, admired particularly for his set of twelve countesses after Van Dyck.
[Ref: 44009] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Reveuse. [The Dreamer.]
Fr. Boucher D. Aveline le jeune sc.
a Paris ches Audran rue S. Jacques a la Ville de Paris [n.d., c.1765.]
Etching, 315 x 205mm. 12½ x 8". Full margins.
A Chinese girl in robes sitting against a wall in a landscape; her fan is on the ground in front of her. After François Boucher (1703 - 1770).
[Ref: 19617] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese Aster] Callistephus Chinensis. [with Chinese script]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour on rice paper. Sheet 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A watercolour of two Chinese Aster flowers.
[Ref: 66261] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Leucanthemella linearis.] [with Chinese script]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour on rice paper. Sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"). Mounted on album paper.
A Chinese watercolour of a sprig of Leucanthemella linearis.
See ref: 66261
[Ref: 66262] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese family in the garden.]
[n.d. c.1815.]
Aquatint, printed on Whatman paper. 240 x 306mm. 9½ x 12".
A mother holding a basket of flowers stands with child behind her. To the right sits the father and above him is a bird in a cage. The image is surrounded by an ornate border or metalwork structures and flowers. The hydrangeas and chrysanthemums represent good luck in the home, love and gratitude.
[Ref: 15538] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Lesson in the garden.]
[n.d. c.1815.]
Aquatint. 240 x 306mm. 9½ x 12".
An old wise teacher explaining the intricacies of symbolism within flowers to a young lady and her brother. An ornate border surrounds the image; the hydrangeas and chrysanthemums represent good luck in the home, love and gratitude.
[Ref: 15539] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Angel lying on a cloud, creating a swirl of rain.]
Mrs Cosway delin Agar sculp.
[Pubd. May 4 1802 by R. Ackermann 101 Strand.]
Stipple, sheet 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line; tipped into album sheet.
Allegory with an angel creating rain, which three cherubs gratefully collect. Below a bull's head, fish and flowers. Engraving after history painter Maria Cosway (1760-1838). Cosway exhibited her paintings at the Royal Academy from 1781 to 1789, and occasionally thereafter, but her artistic ambitions were hampered by her husband, the artist Richard Cosway, who refused to allow her to sell her work. She was also a prolific printmaker.
[Ref: 40476] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Country Maid. How happy is the Maid. Who lives a rural life. By no false Views betray'd. To know domestic Strife. No Passion sways her Mind. Nor wishes to be Great. By humbler Hopes confind. She shuns the flatt'ring Bait.
Sold by J. McArdell at teh Golden Head the Corner of Southampton Street Cov.t Gard.n [n.d., c.1760].
Fine and rare mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins. Repairs.
A three-quarter portrait of a woman wearing a silk gown and carrying a basket of flowers. This plate was originally an untitled portrait of Lucy Ebberton (or Everton) after George Knapton (see Ref: 68219), but the face has been reworked beyound recognition.
CS 58, unlisted state after ii of ii; Russell 58, unlisted state after iii of iii; Goodwin 130. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68834] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Man, woman and sheep in a landscape.]
J. Smith ex. [first issued c.1700, this a later 18th century impression.]
Mezzotint on wove paper from the republished state by John Smith. Image 160 x 210mm, 6¼ x 8¼". Trimmed into lower part of plate; plate somewhat worn.
A shepherd seated and leaning against a rock in the foreground; he wears a hat and smock and plays on a flute. His companion an attrative young woman, distracts him by offereing a garland of flowers, sheep to left and in the background. John Smith was a leading London publisher in the late 17th and early 18th century and part of his cata;ogue included mezzotint copies in reverse by the famous earlier mezzotints from engravers such as Blooteling who first engraved this scene after Govert Flinck (Dutch, 1615 - 1660), and issued by Bernard Lens.
Chaloner Smith undescribed.
[Ref: 21253] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Covent Garden Market.
Drawn and Lith by T. Turner. [n.d., c.1855]
8, Hatton Garden
Rare lithograph, printed area 165 x 190mm. 6½ x 7½".
View across Covent Garden piazza from the North-East corner, with the market in full flow. Various street vendors fill the cobbled market place. By lithographer Thomas Turner, who also made a print commemorating the 1855 visit of Napoléon III to London.
[Ref: 29667] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Cradle Hymn.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand-coloured etchind. Sheet: 185 x 200mm (7¼ x 8"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A scene showing a young mother and father watching over their sleeping child, from above angels shower the cradle with flowers.
[Ref: 43802] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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