Grosvenor Prints

[The First Interview of Telemachus with Calypso.]
Printed by B. West 1772. Etch'd by W. Woollett, 1783.
Etching & engraving, unfinished working proof with scratched letters. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed within plate, some surface wear. Ink mss in inscription area.
A scene on a shoreline, with Calypso and her nymphs (some dancing) greet Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, and his tutor Mentor, who have left a floundering ship. This is an impression of a plate left unfinished by Woollett at his death in 1785. An ink inscription also credits John Elmes (1762-1808), Woollett's apprentice. Alexander (Dictionary of British & Irish Engravers) writes that the plate was finally completed forty years later, by Middiman and J.H. Robinson.
BM S,1.13, for same state. Fagan: XCII probably 1st state of vi.
[Ref: 67115] £380.00

[The Dancing Nymphs.]
P: V.p Werff pinx.t An.o 1717. Edv.s Fisher sculp.t Londini, 1776.
Publish'd Jan.y 13,,th 1777, & Sold by E,, Fisher, at the Golden Head, the South Side of Leicester Fields.
Fine mezzotint. 440 x 320mm (16½ x 12¼"), with large margins.
Two semi-naked nymphs dancing hand-in-hand, accompanied by a naked youth playing a flute. To the right is a herm. After a painting by Pieter van der Werff (1665-1722), now in Dulwich Picture Gallery. An example of the first state; for the second the publication line was erased, to be replaced by a separate inscription plate.
[Ref: 62705] £480.00

[The Dancing Nymphs.]
P: V.p [sic] Werff pinx.t An.o 1717. Edv.s Fisher sculp.t Londini, 1777.
[London: E. Fisher, c.1777.]
Mezzotint, third state printed without the additional separate inscription plate(?), scarce; 430 x 320mm. 17 x 12½". Damaged; laid on conservation tissue.
Two semi-naked nymphs dancing hand-in-hand, accompanied by a naked youth playing a flute, who sits on a rock in the right foreground, back to the viewer. In a sunlit garden with a herm behind to right. After date after engraver's name altered, and lacking separate inscription plate and title. After a painting by Pieter van der Werff (Dutch, 1665 - 1722) in Dulwich Picture Gallery.
See BM 2010,7081.3394.
[Ref: 27498] £330.00

[Diana & Callisto.]
A: Van der Werf pinx: Piloty delin.
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 500 x 420mm (19¾ x 16½"). Some spotting.
An early tinted lithograph, showing Diana and her nymphs bathing, after Adriaen van der Werff. From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60954] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Diana.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching and engraving, rare. Plate 222 x 190mm. 8¾ x 7½".
Diana seated underneath a tree with an arrow in her right hand. A nymph placing a sandal on Diana's foot with two other nymphs standing behind; one holding flowers and a globe, the other a serpent. From 'Thoughts on Hunting...' (E. Easton, 1782) by Peter Beckford.
De Vesme: 1650; iii/iii. See BL 1040.e.29.
[Ref: 20578] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Diana and Actaeon.]
P. Berchet in. et. pinx.
I. Smith fec. et ex. [n.d., c.1705.]
Rare mezzotint. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins.
Diana and her companions bathing in a pool, discovered by Actaeon. As the goddess gestures at him, Acteaon feels the antlers sprouting from his head and his hunting dogs start barking at him. Pierre Berchet (1659-c1719), French painter of decorative history subjects, worked in Britain, painting the ceiling of the Chapel of Trinity College, Oxford, c.1694.
Wessely 365. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53060] £360.00

Diane et Acteon changé en Cerf Tableau de Jacques Bassan, du Cabinet de Mr Dupille / Peint sur toille, haut de deux pieds, large de deux pieds cinq pouces gravé par E. Fessard.
Etching with large margins, platemark 350 x 405mm (13¾ x 16"). Crease in title area; foxing to edges; tear through title area. Messy.
Diana and Actaeon, after Italian artist Jacopo Bassano (c.1510-92). The painting, one of Bassano's final works (c.1585-92) is now in the Art Institute of Chicago. As recounted in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Acteaon saw Diana, goddess of the hunt, bathing with her nymphs. The furious Diana turned Actaeon into a deer, and here she (on the right) observes Acteaon, as a deer, pursued by the hounds who will finally kill him.
[Ref: 35236] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[No.4. Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing.]
G: B: Cipriani Invt. Richd. Earlom Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sepr. 1st. 1786, by John & Josiah Boydell, No 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with etching, printed in red-brown ink. Plate 246 x 337mm. 9¾ x 13¼". Large margins.
Diana with her nymphs bathing.
In BM. Wessely 453.
[Ref: 14587] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Disarming Cupid.
Zucchi del.t. J.Baldrey sculp.t.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1788 by J.Baldrey No.15 Carlisle Street Soho.
Stipple, finely printed in colours. 250 x 230mm (9¾ x 9"), with large margins. Mint.
Four nymphs surround Cupid on a terrace, stealing his bow. An oil by Antonio Zucchi in similar composition, 'Nymphs garlanding Cupid', is in Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire (NT 960273)
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60300] £360.00

Elysium or Cupid Punish'd. ... Vide Parnell's Poems.
Stothard Pinx.t. Ogborne sculp.t.
London, publish'd Aug.t 1 1787, by T Macklin No. 19 Fleet Street.
Fine stipple, printed in colours. 270 x 305mm (10¾ x 12"). Narrow margins, repair in unprinted area top right.
Cupid tied to a tree by a group of nymphs.
[Ref: 54743] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Europa. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Paul Brill Pinxit. Figures by Domenichino. Jos.h Farington delin. John Browne Sculpsit. Figures by Bartolozzi.
Published Sep.r 29.th 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15") large margins. Waterstain in lower right corner and spread into the image.
A landscape scene with four nymphs resting with hunting dogs on the banks of a stream in the lower left corner, with game in the left foreground. Deer are approaching the water's edge to drink on the far bank to the right, with foxes in the trees beyond to the left and boar running across the middle ground. Other figures can be seen on grassy slopes in the background, dominated by a castle on a mountain to the right. After Bril and Domenichino, engraved by Browne and Bartolozzi.
De Vesme: 2512.
[Ref: 53835] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Hylas and the Nymphs.
C. Benazech Londini, Ex Academiss Florenciae etc etc invenit et direxit.
Publish'd march 15th 1787 by C.Humpheris, et se trouve à Paris chez Vidal Rue de la Harpe no.181 et chez l'Auteur.
Etching and manière de lavis (early aquatint), printed in colours; wonderful colour printing; 400 x 320mm (15¾ x 12½"). Narrow margins, repair to loss at edge of plate on left.
Hylas, beloved by Hercules, joined the hero as an Argonaut, but he was kidnapped by the water nymphs of Pegae, never to be seen again. A pair to 'Daphnis and Amaryllis', both with lines from Virgil's Eclogue under the image.
[Ref: 55655] £420.00

Aci, e Galatea Esiste in Casa dei Sig.ri Conti Galli Tassi in Fi.e
Furino dipin / Antonio Fedi del. / Benedetto Eredi sc. 1784
Engraving, sheet 330 x 420mm (13 x 16½"). Trimmed to platemark; nicks and tears to edges; pencil annotations. Top right corner missing.
Italian print of a painting by Francesco Furini (1604-46), a rival to Guido Reni amongst Italian baroque artists. The 1633 painting, now known as 'Hylas and the Naiads' (as shown by the manuscript annotations), is in the Galleria Palataina, Florence. It was painted for the Galli family in Florence, who as the text shows, still owned the painting at the time this print was made.
[Ref: 35235] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Infancy of Jupiter. To the Right Honorable Charles, Earl Grey, This Plate is respectfully inscribed by his Lordship's much obliged & most obedient humble Servant, Henry Thompson.
Painted by Henry Thompson, Esqr. R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer Gt. Russell Strt. Bloomsbury.
London, Published for the Proprietor, and Sold by T. Macdonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, 520 x 620mm, 20½ x 24 ½" Some foxing, and folds in top margin
The infant Jupiter with nymphs and goat. A rather smoky impression of this rare print.
[Ref: 8606] £380.00

The Judgement of Paris.
P Lely Eques delin: B.Lens fecit.
E. Cooper excudit Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1700]
Very rare mezzotint, 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins. Two printers' creases top left.
The shepherd Paris sits on the left beneath a tree, holding a staff and offering an apple to Venus, who stands in front of him with her infant son Cupid by her side. Behind her, Mars, clad in armor, looks over his shoulder at her rival Juno, who sits disgruntled in a chariot on the right, a peacock grazing nearby. In the left foreground, the third contender for the prize of beauty, Athena, is seated. Mercury stands behind Paris, gazing back over his shoulder while pointing at Venus, and two nymphs stand arm-in-arm behind him. From the upper right, four putti descend with garlands.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65527] £380.00

The Infancy of Jupiter. To the Right Honorable Charles, Earl Grey, This Plate is respectfully inscribed by his Lordship's much obliged & most obedient humble Servant, Henry Thompson.
Painted by Henry Thompson, Esqr. R.A. Engraved by Henry Meyer Gt. Russell Strt. Bloomsbury.
London, Published for the Proprietor, and Sold by T. Macdonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, very scarce; 490 x 600mm, (19¼ x 23½"). Trimmed inside platemark; some creasing.
The infant Jupiter with nymphs and goat. The son of Saturn (who devoured his children for fear of being usurped), Jupiter's mother fled to Crete where she gave birth to him in a cave. He was brought up on Crete by nymphs who fed him on honey and milk from the goat shown here. Engraved from one of the major works of Henry Thompson (1773-1843), an extremely popular painter in his day whose pictures are now chiefly known from mezzotints such as this.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 34846] £460.00

A Naiad. Ye green haired Nymphs...
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1779.
Published according to Act of Parliament Oct 4. 1779 by F. Bartolozzi N.1 Bentinck St. Bewick St. Soho.
Stipple. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾''), with wide margins.
A naiad sits on the wall of a pool, one foot on an upturned urn, out of which water flows.
De Vesme 451.
[Ref: 48314] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Naiad. Ye green haired Nymphs...
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1779.
Published according to Act of Parliament Oct 4. 1779 by F. Bartolozzi N.1 Bentinck St. Bewick St. Soho.
Stipple, printed in colours, faint 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾''), with large margins. Some creasing.
A naiad sits on the wall of a pool, one foot on an upturned urn, out of which water flows.
De Vesme 451.
[Ref: 62362] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Nürnberg: Prospecten. Vûes de Nuremberg. Gezeichnet und in Kupfer gebracht von Johann Adam Delsenbach.
Zu finder in der Wirsingisschen Kunsthandlung in Nürnberg. [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 223 x 324mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Very fine.
Title page to a series of views on Nuremburg. An architectural cartouche with the escutcheon, including a view of Nuremberg and inscription: Tegit umbra minoris. Allegory of the river to the left and various nymphs to the right; at the bottom designs and instruments for painting and geometry.
[Ref: 31226] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Nymphs after Bathing.
G.B Cipriani Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London Pub.d as the Act directs Jan.y 15.th 1783 by A. Torre N.o 44 Market Lane. A Paris chez L. Torre Porte St Antoine A.P.D.R.
Fine stipple printed in sanguine, plate 260 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins. Some very light foxing. Mint.
In a landscape, two beautiful nymphs arrange their hair after bathing in a stream.
De Vesme 467. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. Sotheby's London / Milan Nov 1997.
[Ref: 60288] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Nymphs Sporting]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pubd. as the Act directs March. 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 260 x 200mm (10 x 8"), with very large margins.
Decorative nude scene. Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 462.ii
[Ref: 43417] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Nymphs a Bathing. Les Nymphes Au Bain.
J. Vernet Pinx.t. Rob.t Sayer Excudit. S. Paul [pseudonym of Samuel de Wilde] Sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller No. 53, Fleet Street London, Published as the Act directs, 10 May, 1770.
Rare mezzotint. 550 x 465mm (21¾ x 18¼"), with large margins Creased, tear entering image from top, margins chipped and soiled. Uncut.
Women wash in the shallows of a harbour, in the shelter of a cave. Further out in the bay are fortifications and an 18th century ship.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66653] £480.00

Nymphs a Bathing. Les Nymphes Au Bain.
J. Vernet Pinx.t. Rob.t Sayer Excudit. R. Laurie Sculp.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Printseller No. 53, Fleet Street London, Published as the Act directs, 10 May, 1770.
Rare mezzotint. 550 x 465mm (21¾ x 18¼"). Repaired tear through top plate mark and into engraved area.
Women wash in the shallows of a harbour, in the shelter of a cave. Further out in the bay are fortifications and an 18th century ship. Laurie has retouched a plate engraved by Samuel De Wilde (under the pseudonym of S. Paul) and added his name (see Ref: 66653).
[Ref: 20199] £590.00

Nymphs Sacrificing to Love.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. Giuseppi dall'Acqua figlio di Cristoforo Scul. 1780.
Rare stipple. 265 x 320mm (10½ x 12½"). Very large margins.
An oval scene of three nymphs presenting flowers to Cupid, who sits on a pedestal, his bow and quiver at the base.
[Ref: 37044] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Pan et Sirinx. Ovid. metam. livr. I.
N. Poussin pinxit, B. Picart sculpsit 1724.
Etching, sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed within plate, losing plate number. One repaired wormhole.
Pan chasing Syrinx on a reed-fringed river bank. Two river nymphs are visible in the foreground on the right. In continuation of the legend; she asked for their assistance and they transformed her into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of panpipes, named syrinx after her.
Andresen: 359.
[Ref: 58990] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Ancient Temple of Minerva Medica, at Rome; Built by Augustus Caesar.
Busiri del: T. Smith pin: F. Vivares sculp:
Publish'd persuant to an Act of Parliament 15 July 1746.
Etching. 390 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼") large margins. Repaired tears.
A view of a classical Roman ruin after Thomas Smith of Derby. Although still known as The Temple of Minerva Medica, it is a 4th century nymphaeum, a building devoted to the nymphs, connected to the nearby Aqua Claudia.
[Ref: 55062] £360.00

Temple of Minerva Medica.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by R. Reeve.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Oct.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 475mm (13½ x 18¾"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
Although known as the Temple of Minerva Medica, this is actually a nymphaeum (a monument dedicated to nymphs). It shows the dome that collapsed in 1828. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61209] £320.00

Avanzo del Tempio di Minerva Medica, da altri un sepolcro, vicino a Porta Maggiore.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 500 x 615mm (19¾ x 24¼"), with large, uncut margins. Repaired tear in the top margin, entering image.
Although still known as The Temple of Minerva Medica, it is a 4th century nymphaeum, a building devoted to the nymphs, connected to the nearby Aqua Claudia. It is a ten-sided brick building with a door in one side and recesses with arched windows above on the other nine sides and with a cement cupola, which collapsed five years after Rossini drew it.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51504] £450.00

[Sleeping Nymphs of Diana.] Dianes Schlafende Nymphen von Waldgoettern Belauscht. Nymphes Dorma
Gemalt von P.P. Rubens u. Breughel. Nach d. Originale auf Stein gez v. Carl Straub.
Verlag der K.B. priv. Kunstanstaldt v. Piloty & Loehle in Munchen. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Printed area: 430 x 675mm (17 x 26½"), with wide margins, publishers blind stamp in centre of title area. Tear in lower edge of sheet.
A scene depicting Diana's Nymphs sleeping under a tree, being watched by two gremlins who are hiding to the left. The foreground is filled with dead game.
After Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). From the Munich Gallery collection.
[Ref: 38053] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Autumn [ms]
[after Edward Francis Burney]
[Pub. Jan 1 1812 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text.
Autumn, represented by a nymph on a carriage, drawn through the clouds by two other nymphs. After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of seasons of the year.
[Ref: 34858] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Spring [ms]
[after Edward Francis Burney]
[Pub. Jan 1 1812 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text.
Spring, represented by a nymph on a carriage, drawn through the clouds by winged cherubs. After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of seasons of the year.
[Ref: 34859] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Venus sitting in a shell.]
[engraved by John Clarke after Francesco Bartolozzi.]
Circular stipple, with etched frame-like border. 380 x 330mm (15 x 13") very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed within plate at bottom. Slight creasing.
Venus sitting in a shell, pushed by nymphs and a sea monster. The image was originally published by John Clarke in 1790; the border is a later addition.
[Ref: 58072] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Venus blinding Cupid. From a Painting of Titian in the Borghese Palace at Rome.
R. Strange Romæ delin.t. A.o 1761, atque A.o 1769. Ære incidit Londini.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼") large margins. Foxing in margins.
Venus tying a blindfold over Cupid's eyes, as two nymphs bring Cupid's bow and arrows, watched by Cupid's gloating sibling. The painting was sketched by Robert Strange in Florence in 1761, engraved by him in London in 1769 and published in a collected edition of his engravings.
[Ref: 46543] £360.00

g. The Colonade. It is a Peristile or Circle of 32 Marble Columns of the Ionick Order, 12 of w.ch, are Red, 12 Blew & 8 colour’d like Violets. Their Bases & Capitols are of white Marble & the Spaces under ye Architrave are adorn’d w.th curious Ornam.nts & carv’d Work in Basso Relievo. Between ye Pillars ar 31 Basins of white Marble form each of w.ch there projects a Spout of Water 16 foot high w.ch falling into ye Basins spread over ym like so many Table Cloths. In ye midst of ye Peristile there is a Group of Figures representing e Rape of Proserpine and Pluto, supported by a beautiful Pedestal, & perfom’d by Girardon. The Diam.tr of ye Peristile is 123 foot & ye Circumference 369.
J. Bowles Excud.
[London. Printed & Sold by John Bowles Print & Map Seller at Mercers Hall in Cheapside, 1726.]
Engraving with small margins. Plate 222 x 272mm (8¾ x10¾"). Fold.
The Colonnade. Build from 1685 on by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the Colonnade replaced a grove designed by Le Nôtre in 1679: the Springs Grove. A peristyle accompanies the 32 marble columns. The triangular tympani between the arcades are decorated with low relief carvings depicting children. The arch stones are adorned with heads of nymphs and naiads. The famous group in the centre on a circular marble base was executed between 1678 and 1699 by Girardon: Proserpine Ravished by Pluto. From "Versailles Illustrated, or Divers Views of the Several Parts of the Royal Palace of Versailles; as likewise of all the Fountains, Groves, Parterras, ye Labyrinth & other ye most Beautiful Parts of the Gardens, Wherein are represented whatever is remarkable whether Statues, Groups of Figures, Water Fall, Pleasure Houses, &c. Drawn on the Spot by the Order & with the Approbation of the French King".
[Ref: 28542] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

n. The Baths of Apollo. So calld from 3 Groups of white marble, the middle most of which represents Apollo at the Apartment of Thetis attended, by the Nymphs of that Goddess who are platting his hair, washing his feet &c. the other two Groups are Compos'd of Tritons watering the Horses of the Sun; in the Group on the left hand the Carver has represented two Horses, one of which Rears up on end, & a Triton in order to hold him, lifts up his Brawny Arme with great force and spirit this Group is perform’d by Tuby and is Esteem’s a most Excellent piece of Work ye Canopy’s over these 3 Groups are Brass Gilt.
[London. Printed & Sold by John Bowles Print & Map Seller at Mercers Hall in Cheapside, 1726.]
Engraving with small margins. Plate 222 x 272mm (8¾ x10¾"). Fold.
The Grove of Apollo's Baths. This grove, formerly called the Marsh, was laid out during the reign of Louis XIV, between 1670 and 1673, at the request of Mme de Montespan, it is said. In 1704, Jules Hardouin-Mansart designed for this place a new grove intended to host the groups of the Sun Horses and Apollo served by the Nymphs. These groups were sculpted between 1664 and 1672 to adorn the famous Grotto of Tethys, and when the latter was destroyed to build the north wing of the Château, it was transferred to the Grove of the Domes. Hardouin-Mansart then designed this place to highlight these particularly remarkable works. In 1776, one year after the order given by Louis XVI to replant the park, the painter Hubert Robert was commissioned to produce a new layout. The grove which he imagined, completed in 1778, was laid out in the then fashionable style of English-Chinese gardens. This one has survived to our day. From "Versailles Illustrated, or Divers Views of the Several Parts of the Royal Palace of Versailles; as likewise of all the Fountains, Groves, Parterras, ye Labyrinth & other ye most Beautiful Parts of the Gardens, Wherein are represented whatever is remarkable whether Statues, Groups of Figures, Water Fall, Pleasure Houses, &c. Drawn on the Spot by the Order & with the Approbation of the French King".
[Ref: 28535] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 4: Water Nymphs.]
Mondon le Fils In: A. Aveline Sculp:
Avec privilege du Roy [n.d. c.1736.]
Copper engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 235 x 184mm. 9¼ x 7¼". Large margins, uncut.
A flowing Rococo style water fountain, from which come two water nymphs; the design with shell and flowing water ornaments, a large open-mouthed fish near the base. From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the second set.
[Ref: 23009] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Wisdom directing Beauty and Virtue to Sacrifice at the Altar of Diana.
R. Cosway pinx.t. J.R. Smith fecit.
Publish'd 15.th April 1773, by S. Hooper N.º 25 Ludgate Hill, and J.R. Smith N.º 4 Exeter Court, near Exeter Change, Strand.
Mezzotint. 355 x 505mm (14 x 19¾"). Slight cockling. Small margins. Crease down centre.
Juliana, Countess of Carrick, as Wisdom, with her daughters Lady Margaret Corry as Beauty and Lady Harriet Butler as Virtue. Cupid stands at their feet and two nymphs play pipes.
CS 32, ii of ii. O'Oench: Copper into Gold, Prints by John Raphael Smith 31. Frankau: 62 ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Christopher Mendez.
[Ref: 64520] £450.00

Wisdom directing Beauty and Virtue to Sacrifice at the Altar of Diana.
R. Cosway pinx.t. J.R. Smith fecit.
Publish'd 15.th April 1773, by S. Hooper N.º 25 Ludgate Hill, and J.R. Smith N.º 4 Exeter Court, near Exeter Change, Strand.
Fine Mezzotint. 355 x 505mm (14 x 19¾"), with large margins. Slight cockling.
Juliana, Countess of Carrick, as Wisdom, with her daughters Lady Margaret Corry as Beauty and Lady Harriet Butler as Virtue. Cupid stands at their feet and two nymphs play pipes.
CS 32, ii of ii. O'Oench: Copper into Gold, Prints by John Raphael Smith 31. Frankau: 62 ii of ii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64521] £800.00

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