Grosvenor Prints

Les Douceurs de l'Automne.
Gravé par P. C. Canot d'apres le dessein original de même grandeur, inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
London Publish.d according to Act of Parliament December y.e 26 1759.
Etching, very fine impression, 430 x 530mm (17 x 21"), with large margins. Slightly scuffed, repaired tear on top margins, wormholes.
Autumn landscape with a man pouring a glass of wine to a companion while another is drawing wine from a barrel in the foreground, beyond some men seated around a table under a vine arbour. A tavern is visible in the background on the left. From a series of four plates after Jean Pillement, engraved by Canot, Mason and Woolett and representing the different seasons.
IFF 24.
[Ref: 59606] £360.00

La Chasse au Sanglier. Gravé par W.m. Woollett d'aprés Le dessin Original de Jean Pillement.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 29, 1760. A Paris chez Leviez rue S.t. André des Arts, vis a vis l'hôtel de Château Vieux.
Engraving. 590 x 480mm (23 x 19"). Trimmed within plate on left, right and upper edges.
A scene showing a boar hunt in a large forest. In the foreground several figures spear a boar, a male figure on horseback aims a rifle at the boar and a mounted female hunter points a pistol. In the background figures on horseback and on foot approach with dogs, guns and spears.
[Ref: 37510] £380.00

A View near Bologna in Italy.
J. Pillement delin. Masqueilier sculp.
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 Fleet Street, London, as the Act directs, 1.d Sept.r 1773.
Copper engraving, watermarked laid paper, 172 x 260mm. 6¾ x 10¼". Stitch-holes to left margin, large margins.
Three figures in the centre foreground of an Italian landscape, with man standing beside a seated woman (his back to the viewer), another man leaning against a tree and smoking a pipe. Numbered '12' upper right. From a series of at least twelve landscapes engraved after French painter, draughtsman and designer Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808), and published by Sayer in 1773. "Recueil de Differentes Conversations Champetres", 1761, this is a later set by Masqueilier for Robert Sayer.
Maria Gordon-Smith: p.84.
[Ref: 22818] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

High Land on the British Coast.
Pillement delin. Smith Sculp.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Engraving. 190 x 285mm, 7½ x 11¼". Creased, mounted on album paper.
A pair of figures on a rough path.
[Ref: 11605] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

La Chasse au Sanglier.
Gravé par W.m Woollett d'aprés Le dessin original de Jean Pillement. A Paris chez le Citen. Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais. No.32.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 29th 1760.
Very scarce copper engraving. 480 x 600mm, 19 x 23¾". Some restoration. Large margins.
Print of boar hunting from a series after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808).
Fagan: v of v.
[Ref: 15475] £350.00

[Chinoiserie; a man carrying water in two buckets in a landscape.]
J.J. Avril scul
1773.
Etching, 190 x 125mm. 7½ x 5".
By Paris engraver Jean Jacques Avril (1744 - 1831). Most of his prints were ornamental. Probably from a series of ceramic designs.
[Ref: 11105] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinoiserie design; a procession between two gates.]
Pillement Invt. J. June sculp.
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 170 x 270mm. 6¾ x 10½". Trimmed within plate and to image at top, moisture spots lower right, laid on conservation tissue.
Some of the figures are riding camels; two are even riding an elephant. Perhaps a ceramic design. Numbered '30' upper right. Ornament print from a series after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808). A design which appeared in the Robert Sayer's 1760 rich compedium of designs entitled 'The Ladies Amusement'.
Gordon-Smith: 25.
[Ref: 19622] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinoiserie design with acrobat.]
Jeanne Deny fecit. [After Pillement]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Some creasing, very small repairs. Small margins.
A fantastical design engraved by Jeanne Deny (1749-1815), who engraved a number of Pillement's later French chinoiseries. Probably after Pillement from de Deuxieme Cahier de six Baraques Chinoises.
Gordon Smith: Pg 197
[Ref: 58519] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Receuil De Fleurs Chinois et autres propres a plusieurs usages,
invente et dessine par Jean Pillement, et grave par P.C. Canot.
AParis chez le Pere et Avaulez. [n.d., c.1755.]
Attractive etched titlepage, watermarked laid paper; flowering branch with lettering to large foreground leaf. Sheet 350 x 270mm, 13¾ x 10½". Trimmed to plate
For a series of floral chinoiseries, after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808).
[Ref: 19869] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Motif Chinoiserie].
[Jean Pillement.] E. Gautier Dagoty.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching. Plate 242 x 165mm. 9½ x 6½".
A design of idealised flowers, after Jean Pillement's original drawings of 1769; these appeared one year later and in reverse.
Gordon-Smith: 191a.
[Ref: 20055] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Motif Chinoiseri]
[J. Pillement.] E. Gautier Dagoty.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching. Plate 237 x 165mm. 9¼ x 6½". Uncut, stain at far right of sheet.
A design of idealised flowers, after Jean Pillement's original drawings of 1769; these appeared one year later and in reverse.
[Ref: 20058] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Stem of idealised flowers.]
[Jean Pillement. E. Gautier Dagoty.]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching. Plate 247 x 167mm. 9¾ x 6½". Uncut.
A design of idealised flowers, after Jean Pillement's original drawings of 1769; these appeared one year later and in reverse.
[Ref: 20268] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Figures Herding Goats on Donkeys.]
peint par J. Pillement. Gravé par Jaques Wangner.
se vend à Vienne, Paris Augsbourgs et autres Lieux chez Messieurs les Commissionaires de l'Academie Imperiale avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imp. de n'en faire pas Copie par l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 305 x 420mm (12 x 16½''). Surface dirt. Small margins.
A rustic scene showing a group of figures on donkeys herding goats along a path. Published in France, Austria and Germany.
[Ref: 49044] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Industrious Peasant [&] The Travellers. From an Original Drawing of J. Pillement.
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb. 15 1774 by V.M. Picot, Engraver, in St. Martins Lane.
A pair of engraving, sheet 275 x 225mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; creases.
Two rural scenes after the French painter and draughtsman Jean Pillement (1728-1808), who worked in England 1754-1763.
[Ref: 47654] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

L'Ane obstiné.
Gravé par F.S. Ravenet d'aprés le Dessin original de même grandeur inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
London publish'd according to act of Parliament December 26th 1759.
Engraving. 430 x 505mm, 17 x 20". Creased just inside platemark.
The obstinant ass.
[Ref: 11601] £480.00

Le petit famille. Gravé par P.C. Canot d'aprés le dessin Original de même grandeur inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
C. Norton.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec. 26th 1759.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of a ramshackle house by a river with goats in the foreground From a series of three plates, with 'La Petite Montagne' and 'La petite famille'.
Gordon Smith p.77. From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57494] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Les Agréments de l'éte.
Gravé par W.m Woollett d'aprèsLe dessein Original de Meme grandeur inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
London, publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 26. 1760
Engraving, sheet 430 x 510mm (17 x 20¼"). Trimmed inside platemark and around text; nicks and tears to edges.
Figures relaxing and boating on a river in a sunny landscape. One of a series of the four seasons, 'Les Amusements du Printemps' engraved (in reverse) after drawings by Jean Pillement between 1757 and 1760, during the French painter and draughtsman's period working in England. Pillement's drawings for all four of the prints are now in the Louvre.
See Maria Gordon-Smith, 'Pillement', pp.69-73; Fagan 32
[Ref: 38963] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Les Agréments de l'éte.]
[Gravé par W.m Woollett d'aprèsLe dessein Original de Meme grandeur inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.]
[London, publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 26. 1760]
Engraving, sheet 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼"). Trimmed and pasted to larger sheet of paper; unfinished proof before letters.
Figures relaxing and boating on a river in a sunny landscape. One of a series of the four seasons, 'Les Amusements du Printemps' engraved (in reverse) after drawings by Jean Pillement between 1757 and 1760, during the French painter and draughtsman's period working in England. Pillement's drawings for all four of the prints are now in the Louvre.
See Maria Gordon-Smith, 'Pillement', pp.69-73; Fagan 32 between I & II.
[Ref: 38964] £360.00

Le Fruits de l'Hymen
Gravé par S.F. Ravenet d'après Le dessin Original de Jean Pillement
London, published according to Act of Parliament August 29 1960
Engraving, sheet 440 x 515mm (17¼ x 20¼"). Trimmed inside platemark and around text; folds where previously framed with text concealed.
Family scene illuminated by a dramatic shaft of light. The French painter and draughtsman Jean Pillement (1728-1808), whose Rococo decorative designs were immensely influential, worked in England 1754-1763. During this time his fellow Frenchman Simon Ravenet engraved a series of large engravings, to which this print belongs. It is one of few indoor scenes by Pillement, and like other prints in the series such as 'La Gassette de Londre' (in which a man reads aloud from a newspaper), showed him adapting to popular English domestic subject matter.
See Maria Gordon-Smith, 'Pillement', pp.72-3; for another from the same series see ref. 11601.
[Ref: 38319] £380.00

Le Petit Pont de pierre. Gravé par C. Norton d'aprés le Dessin original de même grandeur inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
C. Norton.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec. ye. 26th 1759.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of a ramshackle three-arched bridge in a rural landscape, with a ferryman taking a couple across the river by boat. From a series of three plates, with 'La Petite Montagne' and 'Le Petit Pont de pierre.'.
Gordon Smith p.80, plate 70. From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57493] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Ferry on the River Severn.
Pillement delin. Smith sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Enrgaving, scarce. Sheet: 185 x 280mm (7¼ x 11''). Trimmed to platemark
A view on the River Severn. A plate from 'English and Foreign Views' by Jean Pillement.
[Ref: 47611] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Les Amusements Du Printems.
Gravé par James Mason d'apres le dessin original de même grandeur inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
London. Publishd according to Act of Parliament Dec:r 26: 1757.
Etching, 435 x 520mm (17¼ x 20½"), with large margins. Nicks and creases on right margins.
Winter landscape with two men bringing flowers and a birdcage to some women seated on the river bank in the foreground, beyond a rowing boat, and a few figures on the opposite bank. From a series of four plates after Jean Pillement, engraved by Canot, Mason and Woolett and representing the different seasons.
[Ref: 59607] £380.00

[Woman in a landscape holding a vessel and polishing it with her dress; in decorative surround.]
J.. Pillement int. P. C. Canot Sc.
Published accordg to Act of Parlt, March 1st, 1759.
Etching Trimmed within plate and to image at top.
Ornament print from a series after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808).
[Ref: 11823] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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