Grosvenor Prints

Thomas Bewick the Celebrated Engraver on Wood.
William Nicholson Pinx.t. Thomas Ranson Sculp.t.
London Published by T. Ranson, Judd Place West New Road & Mess.rs Boydell Cheapside, Jan.y 1816.
Scarce etching, scratched letter proof on chine collé. 280 x 180mm (11 x 7"), with large margins. Some spotting and creasing,
Seated portrait of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), holding burin, with a sketch of a cow on a table beside him. Thomas Ranson (1784-1828) was apprenticed in Newcastle before moving to London. He was a noted bank note engraver.
Provenance Davidson Album. Alexander: Pg 731.
[Ref: 57720] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Germany] Prince Bismark.
William Nicholson.
[London, 1899 by William Heinemann.]
Lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut. Printed area: 265 x 245mm. (10¼ x 9¾"). Foxing to edges; mounted on board as issued.
A portrait of Prussian statesman Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen, after Sir William Nicholson. From the folio of twelve portraits published in 1899. 'Nicholson traced Bismarck's features from an old photograph, and then added an invented torso [...] 'Bismarck' was a portrait for posterity' (Campbell).
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works' (p.65)
[Ref: 28322] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

No. 7. [Shipwreck on the Black Rocks, Near Scarborough, Yorkshire.]
F. Nicholson delt.
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Scarce hand coloured aquatint. Fine colour. Sheet size: 375 x 496mm (14¾ x 19½"). Light toning around edges.
A view of the Black Rocks with a shipwreck lodged by the crashing waves, a spot that is generally the consequence of a failure in attempting to make the Harbour of Scarborough during a hard gale from the North or North-east. Scarborough Castle can be seen in the background with people crowding around, pulling sailors to shore, and helping to rescue others. 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, 7. BL: 003332105.
[Ref: 40030] £220.00

Nathaniel Harrison, Aged 83. Manager of the Earths in the Sedgefield Country.
Painted by William Nicholson. Engraved by Thomas Fryer Ranson.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Coloured engraving, scarce with very large margins. Plate 481 x 405mm (19 x 16").
Nathaniel Harrison (mid-18th century), keeper of the Royal grounds at Hardwick Park in Durham (?). Very little is known about him.
See NPG: D35532.
[Ref: 30043] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

James Hogg.
[William Nicholson.]
[c.1820.]
Stipple, sheet 220 x 140mm. 8¾ x 5½". Sheet trimmed. Tear in top edge.
James Hogg (1770-1835), poet; 'The Ettrick Shepherd'. Hogg was born on a farm in Selkirkshire and worked as a shepherd. His employer lent him books and he began to write, publishing a slim volume of poems in 1801. In 1810, he moved to Edinburgh and in 1813 published his narrative poem ‘The Queen's Wake’, which tells of the return of Mary, Queen of Scots, to Scotland after her long stay in France. It was immediately recognised as a major achievement, and his reputation as a leading poet of his generation was established. Hogg published several more volumes of verse and a number of novels including The Three Perils of Woman (1823). Little regarded for many years, the second half of the twentieth century saw a revival in Hogg's reputation. After William Nicholson (1781 - 1844).
NPG: D14893.
[Ref: 12972] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

June
William Nicholson.
[London, 1898 by William Heinemann.]
Hand-coloured woodcut. Printed area: 245 x 200mm. (9½ x 8"). Slight crease.
Cricket scene from Sir William Nicholson's 'An Almanac of Twelve Sports', which appeared in 1898 with verses by Rudyard Kipling. The work was commissioned by London publisher William Heinemann after Nicholson had been recommended to him by no less an authority than J.A. McNeill Whistler.
[Ref: 39590] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Dropping Well, at Knaresborough, Yorkshire.] No.9.
F. Nicholson del.t.
Pub.d by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Hand-coloured aquatint, with letterpress sheet. Printed area: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13¼"), with large margins. Uncut.
A view of the famous dropping well at Knaresborough in Yorkshire, one of the earliest tourist attractions in England. Plate 9 from a series of 12 plates from Bowyer's series 'A Selection of Fac-Similies of Water-Colour Drawings from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists' published in 1825.
Abbey Life 197.
[Ref: 46908] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

President McKinley.
W.N. 1900.
[London: William Heinemann, 1901.]
Offset lithograph on card with very large margins. Printed area 270 x 230mm (10½ x 9"). Crease in outer margins.
Portrait of 25th American president William McKinley (1843-1901) by William Nicholson (1872-1949). The portrait was originally executed as a woodcut for the cover of American periodical 'Harper's Weekly', June 1901. However, after McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist in September 1901, the portrait was reissued as a lithograph priced 2s 6d by Heinemann, a week after the president's death.
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works': 93C.
[Ref: 31975] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Morison, Esqre. Of Elsick. From the Original Picture in the Possession of James Nairne Esq. Edinburgh.
Painted by W.m Nicholson. Engraved by Wm. Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, & to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
[n.d. c.1800].
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm. Light foxing. Printer's crease through middle of image.
Thomas Morison, Army surgeon d.1824.
CS: 61. Frankau 205.
[Ref: 4409] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Cecil Rhodes.
William Nicholson.
[London, 1899 by William Heinemann].
Lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut. Printed area: 245 x 230mm. (9½ x 9"). Some foxing. Laid on board as issued.
Cecil John Rhodes born in July 1853 (1853 - 1902) was an imperialist and benefactor who shaped the economic and political development of South Africa and extended British influence into what is now Zimbabwe. From the folio of twelve portraits by William Nicholson published in 1899, although the print was first included in the 'New Review' in 1897, shortly after he appeared before a Parliamentary Inquiry for his role in the overthrow of the Boer government in the Transvaal, which was subsequently vindicated by Parliament. The 'decision to include Rhodes' portrait in the 'New Review' (a journal with strong imperialist sympathies) was probably made at the time of Rhodes' exoneration' (Campbell).
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works': 36B
[Ref: 28327] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Roberts.
William Nicholson.
[London, 1899 by William Heinemann].
Lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut. Printed area: 245 x 235mm. (9¼ x 9"). Foxing to edges; mounted on board as issued.
Portrait of Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832 - 1914). Roberts was born in India and served much of his military career there. He rose to Major-General during the Afghan war, 1878-80, and Commander-in-Chief in India, 1885-93. He enjoyed enormous popularity at home, which was much enhanced by his decisive command in the Second Boer War, 1900. He returned to England on being appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British army, 1900-04. From the folio of twelve portraits by William Nicholson published in 1899.
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works': 21B. For J.S. Sargent's portrait of Roberts, see ref. 28501
[Ref: 28324] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Robin Hood's Bay.] No. 4.
F. Nicholson del.t.
Pub.d by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Printed area: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13¼"), with large margins. Uncut.
A view of the fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay in Yokshire. Plate 4 from a series of 12 plates from Bowyer's series 'A Selection of Fac-Similies of Water-Colour Drawings from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists' published in 1825.
Abbey 197.
[Ref: 46909] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

To Sir Christopher Sykes Bar. This View of Scarborough Is most respectfully Dedicated by his humble Servant, R. Wilkinson.
Drawn by F. Nicholson. Engraved by W. Lowry.
London Published 1 Aug.t 1799 by Robert Wilkinson, No 55 Cornhill.
Scarce engraving, proof on india. 370 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"). Trimmed to plate lower left, new margin added, old ink mss in top margin, laid on archival paper.
A view of Scarborough looking across the bay to the castle.
[Ref: 50656] £320.00

The Sea Boy. "Poor child of danger, nursling of the storm, Sad are the woes that wreck, they youthful form! Rocks, winds, and waves, thy shatter'd bark delay; They heart is sad, thy home is far away." Pleasures of Hope.
W. Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Robert Bell Sculpt.
Printed by A Mc Gashon. [n.d. c.1825.]
A rare engraving. 292 x 197mm. 11½ x 7¾".
A young boy hanging to the rigging of a ship. A poem written below.
[Ref: 15583] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Breed of the Zetland and Orkey Breed. Ram, 3 Years old, of the Ancient Breed, from the Isle of Enhallow. _ Ewe, 3 Years old, from the Island of Rousay, bred by William Traill, Esq.r of Woodwick. _ The lamb a cross with the pure Cheviot.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland.
Published April 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼". Faint mount-burn around image small hole top left.
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy, here even noting the breeder.
[Ref: 23357] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Soft-Woolled Sheep of Wales. Ewe, of the soft-woolled breed, from the slaty mountains of South Wales. _ Old Radnor Ewe and Lamb.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland.
Published April, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼".
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy.
[Ref: 23351] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The South Down Breed. Ewe and Lamb, bred by Thomas Ellison, Esq.r, Beddington, from a Ewe bred by the late Mr Ellman, of Glynde. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland, 45, St John's Square.
Published June, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 260 x 310mm, 10¼ x 10¼". Faint mount-burn around image.
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy, here even noting the breeder. The Southdown breed was originally bred by John Ellman of Glynde, near Lewes, East Sussex about 200 years ago.
[Ref: 23353] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Breed of the Wicklow Mountains. Ewe, 3 Years old, from the higher range of the heathy mountains. Ram, 3 Years old, from the Vale of Glenmalure.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland.
Published April 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼". Faint mount-burn around image.
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy.
[Ref: 23355] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Stocks Market. Veue de la place nommé Stocks Market.
Nichols Pinx.t. Fletcher sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t 1753 by J.Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 320 x 450mm, 12½ x 17¾". Watermarked 1819. Ink mss. in margin; slight creasing along upper edge.
Stocks Market, so-called because it was originally the site of the only permanent punishment stocks in the City. It was cleared in 1737 for the building of Mansion House. Of interest is the equestrian statue of Charles II. Originally an unfinished statue of King John Sobieski of Poland trampling on a Turk, Sir Robert Vyner had Charles's head added and changed the Turk to Oliver Cromwell!
[Ref: 9039] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Archbishop of Canterbury.
William Nicholson.
[London, 1899 by William Heinemann].
Lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut. Printed area: 265 x 245mm. (10¼ x 9¾"). Foxing to edges; mounted on board as issued.
Portrait of Frederick Temple (1821 - 1902), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1896 until his death. From the folio of twelve portraits by William Nicholson published in 1899. Sir William Nicholson was a distinguished Edwardian portrait painter, poster designer and painter of still lifes.
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works': 70B.
[Ref: 28323] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[A path through trees, a figure in the distance.]
C M Nichols. [etched in plate lower right.] Cath. Nichols. F.R.P.E. [signed in pencil lower left.]
[n.d., c.1880.]
Drypoint etching, 255 x 140mm. 10 x 5½".
Catherine Maud Nichols (1848 - 1923). Probably a view in East Anglia.
[Ref: 10078] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Rev.d Will.m Turner, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Painted by Will.m Nicholson. Engraved by Tho.s Ranson.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Engraving, rare. Sheet 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
William Turner (1761–1859), Unitarian minister who ministered at Newcastle for fifty-nine years, retiring in 1841. He helped found the Literary and Philosophical Society at Newcastle in 1793, acting as secretary till 1833, the Natural Historical Society, 1824, and was a chief projector of the Newcastle branch of the Bible Society. He also campaigned for the anti-slavery movement.
[Ref: 34378] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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