Grosvenor Prints

Joh. Henr. Biehler, Joh. Georg. II et Joh. Georg. III. Electorum Sax. Cubicular. in Dresden. Nat. ueising in Wurtenb. 5 Febr. 1633 Denat. 7 Mart. 1698.
D. Richter pinx.
Pet. Schenck fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Slight crease. Small margins.
Johann Heinrich Biehler (1633-98), Jeweler and cubicular (i.e. 'Groom of the Stool') to the elector of Saxony, Johann Georg II and his son Johann Georg III.
[Ref: 53349] £380.00

[Cinderella]. Cinderilla, or The Little Glass Slipper. When she had done her work [...] [&] Cinderilla, or The Little Glass Slipper. Cinderilla laughted to herself whn she saw her Slipper [...]
Drawn & Engraved by Henry Richter.
[Published Feb.y 1799 by J & H Richter 26 Newman Street Oxford Street.]
Pair of coloured stipples, fine colour. Sheets 260 x 275mm (10¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to images on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing publications lines; slight scuffing of print area on second plate.
Two scenes of the fairytale 'Cinderella', as told by Charles Perrault in his 'Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre' (the version used by Disney): in the first she kneels at a fireplace, her sisters looking down on her with contempt; in the second the prince's herald fits the slipper on her foot as the sisters glower.
[Ref: 62364] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Cupid's Arrow.]
Richter del. Taylor Sc.
Pub May 1803 by E. Harding at the Crown & Mitre Pall Mall.
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 254 x 152mm (10 x 6"). Slightly dusty.
A man in Classical dress stands leaning against a tree playing a lyre; cupid on his cloud hovers to the left with his arrow aimed directly at the man; a stream flows through a wood to the right. Image used for Michael Woodhull's 'Poems' (1804).
[Ref: 34638] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The enraptured Poet - The parturition of a thought.]
[Engraved by John George Murray after Henry James Richter.]
[London: Robert Bowyer & Mary Parkes, 1829.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. Sheet 515 x 410mm (20¼ x 16"). Trimmed to plate, tear to image taped, creasing outside printed area. Plate uncleaned.
An impoverished poet sitting at a desk in an attic room, as inspiration strikes.
See BM 2010,7081.6786 for a scratched-letter proof bought from the Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 54162] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Garden Rose. [&] The Wild Rose.
Designed & Engraved by Henry Richter.
Published Sept.r 1799 by J.& H. Richter, 26 Newman Street, Oxford Street.
A pair of hand-coloured stipples. Sheet: 430 x 340mm (17 x 13½''). Borders messy. Cut to platemark.
A rare & decorative pair of scenes, one shows a young, well-dressed woman sitting in her cultivated garden while the second shows a girl in rags collecting wild roses. Title in English and French.
[Ref: 48094] £550.00 view all images for this item

Prospekt der Herzoglichen Residenz_Stadt Hildburghausen. Thro Königlichen Hoheit der Frauen Therese Louise und Thro Herzogl. Durchlaucht Charlotte Louise Kronprinzessinn von Bayern etc. etc. regierenden Herzoginn zu Nassau etc. etc. Gebohrne Herzoginnen zu Sachen Hildburghausen Denen erhabenen Gonnerinnen Vaterlandischen Kunste.
Richter gez. Hammer gest.
Im Kunstverlag zu Schlitz u. Dresden. unterthanigst gewidmel von L. von Kleist. [n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. 580 x 710mm. Laid on board, centrefold repaired.
The ducal palace of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany.
[Ref: 4893] £520.00

[Paradise Lost] They with speed / Their course through thickest Constellations held, / Spreading their bane; the blasted stars look;d wan,
Designed by H. Richter. Engraved by J. Richter Sen.r.
Publish'd May 10 1795 by J. & H. Richter, No 26, Newman S.t Oxford Road.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Trimmed inside plate mark.
A scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book 10: Sin and Death escape from Hell.
[Ref: 44245] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Paradise Lost] A shape within the wat'ry gleam appeared / Bending to look on me. I started back. / It started back, but pleas'd I soon return'd.
Designed by H. Richter. Engraved by J. Richter Sen.r.
Publish'd August 30 1794 by J. Richter, Great Newport Street.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Trimmed inside plate mark.
A scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book 4: in the garden of Eden, Eve is surprised by her reflection in a pool.
[Ref: 44241] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Paradise Lost] His wonder was to find unawaken'd Eve / With tresses discompos'd, and glowing Cheek, / A through unquiet rest:
Designed by H. Richter. Engraved by J. Richter Sen.r.
Publish'd 13 June 1796 by J. & H. Richter, No 26, Newman S.t Oxford Road.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Trimmed inside plate mark.
A scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book 5: in the garden of Eden, Adam gasze on the sleeping Eve.
[Ref: 44242] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Paradise Lost] That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, With tresses discompos'd, and glowing Cheek, / A through unquiet rest:
Designed by H. Richter. Engraved by J. Richter Sen.r.
Publish'd Oct.r 1 1795 by J. & H. Richter, No 26, Newman S.t Oxford Road.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Trimmed inside plate mark.
A scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book 8: Adam and Eve meet in the garden of Eden.
[Ref: 44243] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Paradise Lost] Some cursed fraud / Of enemy hath beguil'd thee, yet unknown, / And me with thee ruin'd, for with thee / Certain my resolution is to die;
Designed by H. Richter. Engraved by J. Richter Sen.r.
Publish'd March 1 1794 by J. Richter, Great Newport Street.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Trimmed inside plate mark.
A scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book 9: in the garden of Eden, Eve holds out a branch with apples to Adam, watched by the serpent above.
[Ref: 44240] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Paradise Lost] one man except, / Who sees thee? (and what is one?) who shouldst be seen / A Goddess among Gods, ador'd and serv'd / By Angels numberless, thy daily Train.
Designed by H. Richter. Engraved by J. Richter Sen.r.
Publish'd Aug. 3 1795 by J. & H. Richter, No 26, Newman S.t Oxford Road.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 125mm (8¾ x 5"). Trimmed inside plate mark.
A scene from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book 9: the Serpent beguiles Eve in the garden of Eden.
[Ref: 44244] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Sorrows Of Lady Alice. Yet in his brutal mind, where gross desire...[poem in five stanzas numbered 6 - 10 follows]...To vales of peace, where streams of pleasure flow.
Design'd & Engraved by Henry Richter.
Pub: July 30, 1797, by I. & H. Richter, No.26, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Colour-printed stipple engraving, 370 x 270mm. Foxing.
Print engraved by Henry James Richter (1772 - 1857) from his own design. Richter was a pupil of Thomas Stothard. Verses below.
[Ref: 7407] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

John Thelwall.
H. Richter del.t.
Publish'd Dec: 8 1794 by H. Richter, G.t Newport Street.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 120mm (8¾ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of John Thelwall (1764-1834), radical orator and political reformer, shortly after his aquittal of high treason. He had to flee to Wales to avoid mobs, but in 1800 he reappeared as an elocution teacher (in practice a combination of speech therapist and rhetoric teacher). A poet friend of Wordsworth & Coleridge, he was the first to publish a book on speech therapy "The Legopaedis".
Not in Wellcome
[Ref: 58615] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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