Grosvenor Prints

Remarks On The Proportionate Quantities Of Rain At Different Seasons In Oxford.
By Stephen Peter Rigaud, M.A. Savilan Professor Of Astronomy.
Oxford, Printed By S. Collingwood, Printer To The University, For The Ashmolean Society. MDCCCXXXV [1835].
Printed pamphlet, 8vo, 210 x 130mm, 8¼ x 5". Complete as issued, lacking wrapper. Light age toning as normal, titlepage with stains.
The author is Stephen Peter Rigaud (1774 - 1839), mathematical historian and astronomer.
British Library system number: 00273614.
[Ref: 9519] £30.00

[Siege of Barcelona, 1714] Aggressio duorum propugnaculorum, a fossore cuniculario labe facta. Attaque de deux Bastions les breches faits par le Mineur. Median fol.º No. 75.
Georg Matthaüs Probst del. et sculp.
Georg Balthasar Probst excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1780.]
Coloured engraving. 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Mounted.
A vue d'optique of the siege of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession, based one of the set of six views of the siege by Jacques Rigaud for Belidor's 'La science des ingénieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d'architecture civile'. This plate shows soldiers entering the city through the three breaches made in the walls my miners. The image has been reversed for viewing through a zograscope, a device of lenses and mirrors designed to give a sense of depth, which transposed the image, resulting in the need for a title in reverse above the print.
[Ref: 62548] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The assault on Barcelona, 1714.) An Attack & Lodgement on the Covert Way: i.e. the part which lies between the Ditch and the Glacis.
[Engraved by Jean Baptiste Rigaud after Jacques Rigaud.]
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Engraving with strong original colour; Whatman 1794 watermark. 245 x 425mm (9¾ x 16¾"). Tears in large margins.
A view of the assault on Barcelona by the Bourbons on the 11th September 1714, led by the Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II, during the War of the Spanish Succession. As plate 3 of 'Twelve of the most remarkable sieges and battles in Europe', originally published by Carington Bowles c.1760, it illustrates the art of siege warfare, with the use of sappers to get troops and guns closer to the walls. Other plates in the series depict Culloden (1746) and Minden (1759).
[Ref: 45037] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jean Bart. Ne a Dunkerque en 1650. Mort en 1702. Du grand Louis Jean-Bart etendit la puissance, L'Empire de Thetis admira sa valeur Et toujours ce soutien du pavillon de France Sera de nos marins le modele & l'honneur. Dedie aux Marins, a l'honneur, au courage et a l'amour de la patrie. En 181 paroitra le Portrait de l'Admiral Nelson.
Peint d'apres Nature par Hyacinthe Rigaud. Grave par Perrot.
Publie a Paris en 181 par Mr. Bernardini Illyrien, ancien Commissaire Principal de la Marine, de S.M. le Roi des Deux Siciles. Depose a la Direction generale.
Stipple printed in colour. Sheet 360 x 445mm. Tatty margins with some discolouration.
Jean Bart, French naval commander and privateer, who achieved his greatest successes during the War of the Grand Alliance (1688 - 1697). He captured 386 ships, destroying many more..
[Ref: 4902] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Agostino Carli. Fransescho Bartolozzi. Giovan. Battista Cipriani.]
Painted by J. Rigaud. Engraved by J.R. Smith.
Publishd March 5. 1778 by J.R. Smith, N.º 10 Batemans Building, Soho Square & W.m Humphrey N.º 60 S.t Martins Lane London.
Mezzotint, scratched rare letter proof before title, 18th century watermark. 460 x 505mm (18 x 19¾"). Creases. Small margins.
A group portrait of three Italian artists in London who were founder members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768: sculptor and painter Agostino Carli (c.1718-90), holding a mallet; engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) with a burin and portfolio of prints; and painter Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785) with palette, brush and easle. The plate was eventually published by John Boydell. The original painting is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 3186).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 30, not mentioning this publication line. Frankau 60, i of iv. O'D 116.
[Ref: 64542] £320.00

Gedeon Berbier Du Metz. Con.er du Roy en ses Con.ils President en sa Chambre des Comptes.
Hyachinte Rigault Pinxit. Edelinck Eques Romanus Sculp. C. P. R.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾") very large margins. Slightly foxed.
Gédéon Berbier du Metz (16261709), President of the Chambre des Comptes (Chamber of Accounts) in Paris.
R.D 190 III.
[Ref: 49423] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Palace of Chantilli taken from the Orangery. ~ Vue de Chateau de Chantilli prise du Parterre de L'Orangerie
J. Rigaud delt.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London [This impression c.1805].
Engraving with fine contemporary hand colour. 245 x 415mm (9¾ x 16¼"), on wove paper. Evidence of some scuffing to colour in sky.
Figures in the grounds of the Château de Chantilly in the town of Chantilly, France, to the north of Paris. Partially destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s, the chateau is now owned by the Institut de France, and houses the Musée Condé, which is one of the finest art galleries in the country. Numbered '14' upper right. A copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 20735] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Giovan Battista Cipriani, Esqr. R.A.
Rigaud, Pinxit. R.Earlom, Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sepr. 29h. 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall London.
Very fine stipple. Open letter state. Platemark: 210 x 175mm (8¼ x 7"), with very large margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Italian painter and engraver Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), turned to the right, facing the viewer, holdng a paintbrush and palette with a painting on an easel in the background.
[Ref: 40129] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Giovan Battista Cipriani, Esq.r R.A.
Rigaud, Pinxit. R. Earlom, Sculpsit.
Publish'd Sep.r 29.h 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
A very fine coloured stipple. Plate 217 x 178mm. 8½ x 7".
Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785) was an Italian painter and engraver. He lived and worked in Florence, until he was in Rome, where he became acquainted with Sir William Chambers and Joseph Wilton, whom he accompanied to England in 1755. Half-length portrait
Wessley: 450.
[Ref: 18330] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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Constantia. Nor yet he ended_When, with troubled mien. [...] He could no more; but on her neck he fell.
Rigaud, R.A. pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t.
London Publish'd Nov.r 30. 1799, by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.
Stipple. Platemark: 430 x 500mm (17 x 19¾"). Very large margins. Small tears along top and bottom edges of sheet. Puncture holes for binding into wrappers along left margin.
Constantia kneeling before a king, her left arm resting on the king's knee as he leans towards her with his arms outstretched in grief. Courtiers are surrounding, with a columned building beyond to the left. An illustration to 'Constantia, or the Man of Law's Tale', attributed to Henry Brooke. From Macklin's 'One hundred pictures/Prints illustrative of the most celebrated British Poets [...] with letter-press explanatory of the subject, extracted from the writings of the respective poets.' For proof impressions see items ref: 18230.
De Vesme: 1443.
[Ref: 38513] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Constantia. Nor yet he ended - When, with troubled mien ... He could no more; but on her neck he fell. [ten lines of verse.]
Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.
London, Publish'd Novr. 30. 1799, by Thos. Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.
Stipple and etching, fine proof before letters, sheet 420 x 505mm. 16½ x 19¾". Trimmed to plate.
Illustration of 'Constantia, or the Man of Law's Tale', contributed by Henry Brooke (1703? - 1783) to Chaucer Modernised, published by George Ogle, London 1741. Interior of a Roman palace, with corinthian pillars and an eagle in the background to left; Constantia revealing her identity to her father, kneeling at the foot of his throne. He leans forward with outstretched arms, wearing uniform and a laurel wreath, to the joy of the attendant courtiers. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810). For a proof impression see item 18230.
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18277] £380.00

[Constantia kneeling before a king.]
[Francesco Bartolozzi after John Francis Rigaud.]
[London: T. Macklin, 1799.]
Stipple and etching, proof before letters, sheet 420 x 505mm (16½ x 19¾"). Faint trace of waterstain; two closed tears from upper edge.
Illustration of 'Constantia, or the Man of Law's Tale', contributed by Henry Brooke (1703? - 1783) to Chaucer Modernised, published by George Ogle, London 1741. Interior of a Roman palace, with corinthian pillars and an eagle in the background to left; Constantia revealing her identity to her father, kneeling at the foot of his throne. He leans forward with outstretched arms, wearing uniform and a laurel wreath, to the joy of the attendant courtiers. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18230] £330.00

Melchior S.R.E. Presbyter, tituli S.tæ Mariæ de Angelis ad terminos Cardinalis de Polignac, Archiepiscopus Auscitanus, Abbas e Comes Corbeiæ, Aquiscineti, Boniportus, Mausonii et Begarü, Regiorum Ordinum Commedator, Regüs apud Sanctam Sedem negotüs Præfectus, antea Ludivici Magni Legatus in Poloniam et Bataviam, Sacræ Rotæ Auditor et Regü Sacelli Magister.
Peint par Hyacinte Rigaud, Chevalier de l'Orde de St. Michel. Gravé par Francois Chereau, Graveur du Cabinet du Roi 1729.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 470 x 340mm (18½ x 13½"). Worm holes, unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Cardinal Melchior de Polignac, Archbishop of Auch (1661-1741), also diplomat and poet. He is shown wearing the Collar of the Order of the Holy Spirit, awarded to him in 1728. After his death Frederick the Great bought his acclaimed collection of marble statues, which he had collected through his archaeological work in Rome.
[Ref: 57237] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Edward III] Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd: after the battle of Poictiers. Humes Qto. Vol: II. Page 461.
J.F. Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.
London, Published 14 Feby. 1788, by Wm. Palmer Printseller to her Majesty, No. 163 Strand.
Stipple and etching in stipple frame, printed in brown ink, published state, 340 x 405mm. 13½ x 16". A good impression.
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales ('The Black Prince', 1330 - 1376), kneeling in armour, presents his Prisoner of War John II of France (1319 - 1364), to his father, King Edward III of England, following the Battle of Poitiers, 19th September 1356, during the Hundred Years' War. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection. Collection N. Rapp.
[Ref: 18272] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

View of One Wing of Fontainebleau, taken from the Court of Fountains.
J.Rigaud delin.
Published by F. West, 83, Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1780.]
Coloured engraving. 225 x 450mm, 9 x 17¾".
The chateau of Fontainbleau, with rowing boats on the Carp Pond.
[Ref: 18525] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Flower Garden & part of the Palace of Fontainebleau.
J. Tinney sculp. et ex.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [This impression c.1805.]
Copper engraving in fine contemporary colour by hand, wove paper watermarked 1805. 220 x 450mm, 8¾ x 17¾". Evidence of some scratching to sky with some oxidisation in the pigment, overall fine.
Figures in the gardens of the Palace of Fontainebleau, not far from Paris, France, one of the largest and most imposing French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. Numbered '10' upper right. A copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 20737] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Veüe de Fontaineblaeu. A View of the Royal Palace of Fontainbleau. 2.
J. Rigaud Delin.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, S.t Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1819].
Etching with fine hand colour. 225 x 415mm (8¾ x 16¼"), on Whatman paper watermarked 1819, with large margins.
A view of Fontaineblaeu and the carp pond, with promenaders under avenues of trees in the jardin anglais. A copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 60198] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A View of one of the Wings of Fontainebleau taken from the Court of Fountains.
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Print & Mapseller at the Golden Buck in Fleetstreet [n.d., c.1760s].
Hand coloured engraving, image 195 x 430mm, 7¾ x 17". Laid on card in near-contemporary presentation by or for collector 'E J Myles'; inscribed to verso with his name (probably signature) in ink, and numbered '38'. Print trimmed to image; extremities/(card) margin over painted in black, with inscription detached and pasted to verso, as often. Some staining and scuffing, corners clipped and creased. Fine contemporary colour.
Figures disembarking from elaborate rowing barges, into the gardens of the Palace of Fontainebleau, not far from Paris, France. Fontainebleau is one of the largest and most imposing French royal châteaux. The palace as it is today is the work of many French monarchs, building on an early 16th century structure of Francis I. A copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754).
[Ref: 21760] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Louis Auguste Foucquel de Belle-isle Duke of Gisors, Prince of the Holy Empire, Marechal of France &c.
Rigaud pinxit. G. Johnson fecit.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Crease in centre. Trimmed into image on three sides, inscription area shaved.
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684-1791), the French general and statesman. In 1758, King Louis XV made him Secretary of State of War, a position that Belle-Isle held until his death. He also had an interest in literature and was elected a member of the French National Academy in 1740.
Not in Chaloner Smith. Not in BM.
[Ref: 52784] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Prospect of Hampton-Court.
[Etched by Bartholomew Rocque after Jacques Rigaud.]
[n.d., c.1738.]
Etching, extremely scarce. Sheet 355 x 560mm (14 x 22"). Trimmed to printed border at top, into image at sides and around title at bottom, mounted in album paper. Printers' crease.
A copy of Rigaud's 'Prospect of Hampton Court from the Garden Side', published 1736, etched by Bartholomew Rocque (d.1767), brother of mapmaker John Rocque. Bartholomew's main interest was gardening and he owned a farm in Waltham Green that is marked on his brother's map of London. In 1736 John had published an estate plan of Hampton Court: this was perhaps intended as a companion piece.
A comparison with a proof in the Royal Collection (RCIN 702881) suggests this example lacks c.10cm of image on the left and 1cm on the right.
[Ref: 42174] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Harmony.
J. F. Rigaud pinx. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
London: Pub. as the Act directs by G. Bartolozzi, 1st Aug.t. 1795.
Stipple engraving. Plate 185 x 240mm (7¼ x 9½). Small margins.
Portrait of a woman playing the harp, looking up with her head turned to her left.
De Vesme: 62 III of III.
[Ref: 63076] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Louis Hector Duc de Villars, Pair et Maral. De Fr.ce. Chevalier des Ords. Du Roy, Genal. de Ses Armées, et Gouvernr. De Provence, Pour S.M. Victorie remportée sur les Alliez au Camp de Denain en Flanders. Anagrame. Louis Hector de Villars. Le Heros de la Victoire. Quatrain sur l'Anagrame. Porter l'Auguste nom d'Heros de la Victoire, Par mille et mille exploits en relever la gloire. Et Marcher pas-a-pas sur les traces de Mars, Il n'appartient qua toy Louis Hector de Villars.
Hyacint Rigaud pinx. Holls Desrochers ex.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Line engraving. Image 394 x 293mm. Trimmed and laid on a sheet. Crease.
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun (1653-1734) was the last great general of Louis XIV of France and one of the most brilliant commanders in French military history, one of only six Marshals that have been promoted to Marshal General of France. He entered the French army through the corps of pages in 1671. He distinguished himself at twenty in the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 during the Franco-Dutch War and after the bloody Battle of Seneffe a year later he was promoted on the field to mestre de camp of a cavalry regiment. The next promotion would take time in spite of a long record of excellent service under Turenne, The Great Condé and Luxembourg, and of his aristocratic birth. The reason was that he had incurred the enmity of the powerful Louvois, he was finally made maréchal de camp in 1687. In the interval between the Dutch wars and the formation of the League of Augsburg, Villars, who combined with his military gifts the tact and subtlety of the diplomatist, was employed in an unofficial mission to the court of Bavaria, and there became the constant companion of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. He returned to France in 1690 and was given a command in the cavalry of the army in Flanders, but towards the end of the War of the Grand Alliance he went to Vienna as ambassador. His part in the next war beginning with Friedlingen (1702) and Hochstadt (1703) and ending with Denain (1712), has made him immortal. For Friedlingen he received the marshalate, and for the pacification of the insurgent Cévennes the Saint-Esprit order and the title of duke. Friedlingen and Hochstadt were barren victories, and the campaigns of which they formed part records of lost opportunities. Villars's glory thus begins with the year 1709 when France, apparently helpless, was roused to a great effort of self-defence by the stringent demands of the Coalition. Villars played a conspicuous part in the politics of the Regency period as the principal opponent of Cardinal Dubois, and he took the field for the last time in the War of the Polish Succession (1734), with the title marshal-general of the king's armies.
[Ref: 12563] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Jean Balthazar Keller, natif de Zurich en Suisse, Commissaire general des Fontes de L'Artillerie de France.
Hyac.s Rigaud pinxit. P. Drevet Sculpsit.
A Paris chez Bligny, Peintre M.d d'Estampes Cour du Manége [n.d., c.1775.].
Engraving. 465 x 360mm (18¼ x 14¼"). A few small tears in margins, small crease.
Portrait of Jean-Balthazar Keller (1638-1702), Swiss gunfounder who replaced his brother Jean-Jacques as master of the French foundries in 1694. He is shown leaning on an unfinished cannon, gesturing at his equestrian statue of Louis XIV. This statue was cast in a single piece in 1692, the first time this had been achieved. Placed in the Place Vendôme, it was destroyed in 1792 during the French revolution, a few months short of its centenary. Painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1694 to celebrate Keller's two achievements, this print was first issued c.1700. The publisher here, Honoré Thomas Bligny, specialised in reissuing plates.
[Ref: 49398] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Louis Dauphin de France.
Hyacinth Rigaud. P. Drevet sculp.
[n.d., c.1701.]
Engraving. Plate: 470 x 340mm (18½ x 13¼''), with large margins. Slight crease in centre, repaired hole.
A portrait of Louis the Grand Dauphin (1661-1711), eldest son of Louis XIV who died before his father.
[Ref: 48741] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

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Veue du Chateau de Marli du bas du grand Parterre. A View of ye Palace of Marli from y.e bottom of y.e great Parterre.
J. Rigaud, del.
Published 12.th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London [but c. 1818].
Etching with strong original hand colour. 245 x 425mm (9¾ x 16¾"), very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album.
The garden at the château of Marly, with promenaders walking around ornamental pounds with fountains, the house in the background. While Versailles was being transformed to become the chief residence of the King and the Court, Louis XIV commissioned Jules-Hardouin Mansart to convert the Marly estate, to escape the stifling etiquette of Court life. An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 60200] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Paris, Taken from the Middle of Pont Neuf towards Pont Royal; Wherin are seen on one side the Samaritaine, le Quai d'Ecolem the Old Louvrem & the Galeries, & on the other the Quai de Conti, & College of 4 Nations.
Rigaud delin. N. Parr sculp.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No 53 Fleet Street, London [but c.1818].
Coloured etching. 250 x 475mm (9¾ x 19¾"). Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album, trimmed into plate on right, old album paper pasted over plate on left, some staining and creasing on right.
An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754).
[Ref: 60206] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Paris, From the Church of Notre Dame to the Pont de la Tournelle, taken from the Quai de Miramion, wherein are seen at a distance the Hotel de Ville, St Jean en Greve, St Gervais, and the Pont Rouge.
Rigaud delin. N. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for R. Sayer facing Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1752.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 255 x 485mm (10 x 19"). Lacking plate mark on right, due to the large printing plate overlapping the paper, old paper stuck on edge, old ink mss at top entering plate but not image, small chip in top edge.
A fine view of Paris with handwritten text, carefully written in reverse, mimics the titles of 'vüe d'optique' prints, which were designed to be viewed through an optical instrument that reversed the image, although this image is the correct way around.
[Ref: 45294] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Paris, From the Church of Notre Dame de la Tournelle, taken from the Quai de Miramion, wherein are seen at a distance the Hotel de Ville, S.t Jean en Greve, S.t Gervais, and the Pont Rouge.
Rigaud delin. N. Parr sculp.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No 53 Fleet Street, London [but c.1818].
Coloured etching. 250 x 475mm (9¾ x 19¾"), large margins top and bottom. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album, trimmed into plate on right, old album paper pasted over plate on left, some staining, wear on right side.
An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754).
[Ref: 60205] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Paris, Taken from the Middle of Pont Neuf towards Pont Royal; wherin are seen on one side the Samaritaine, le Quai d Ecole, the Old Louvre, & the Galeries, & on the other the Quai de Conti, & College of 4 Nations.
Rigaud delin. R. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for R. Sayer facing Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1752.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 255 x 485mm (10 x 19"). Lacking plate mark on right, due to the large printing plate overlapping the paper, old ink mss at top entering plate but not image.
A fine view of Paris from Pont Neuf, looking down the Seine to Pont Royal, the Louvre on the right. The handwritten text, carefully written in reverse, mimics the titles of 'vüe d'optique' prints, which were designed to be viewed through an optical instrument that reversed the image, although this image is the correct way around.
[Ref: 45293] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A General View of the City of Paris, Taken from an Eminence in the Village of Chaillot. Vue générale de la Ville de Paris Prise de la hauteur du Village de Chaillot.
[Engraved by Nathaniel Parr after Jacques Rigaud.]
Printed for R. Sayer facing Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1752.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 250 x 480mm (9¾ x 18¾"). Old ink mss in top margin, tear entering image on right, tears in bottom margin, margins soiled.
A prospect of Paris from the west. The handwritten text, carefully written in reverse, mimics the titles of 'vüe d'optique' prints, which were designed to be viewed through an optical instrument that reversed the image, although this image is the correct way around.
[Ref: 45295] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Veue des Parterres de Seaux et du grand Canal dans l'Eloignement. A View of the Flower Gardens of Seaux & of ye. great Canal at a Distance.
J. Tinney sculp.
Printed for Jno. Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street London [n.d., c.1755].
Etching, 220 x 450mm. 8¾ x 17¾". Age toned.
A prospect of the flower gardens at the Parc De Seaux, Paris.
An English copy of the view by French engraver Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754) published in 1728 in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 9602] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd.]
J.F. Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt.
London, Published Feby. 14 1788 by W. Palmer No. 103 Strand.
Stipple and etching, scratched-letter proof before title printed in brown ink, 340 x 405mm. 13½ x 16". One vertical crease and some light spotting. Good margins.
The Battle of Poitiers was fought between England and France on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, central France, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years' War: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Here Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales ('The Black Prince', 1330 - 1376), kneeling in armour, presents his Prisoner of War John II of France (1319 - 1364), to his father, King Edward III of England, enthroned at centre. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810).
De Vesme 520, IV of V.
[Ref: 25922] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Providence. From the Original Picture presented to the City by Ald. Boydell. To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, This Print is most humbly dedicated by their most Dutiful and Loyal Subject, Jn.o Boydell.
Painted by J.F. Rigaud. Engraved by B. Smith.
Pub. Sept. 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Stipple with very large margins. 595 x 440mm (23½ x 17¼"). Margins worn, some repairs.
Female personification of Providence, sitting on clouds above the world,. with eye of foresight on her chest and keys in hand, putti with a cornucopia in the foreground, two others above at either side, one beside a sun at left and the other a moon. From a series of four moral allegories, with Happiness, Wisdom & Innocence.
[Ref: 31136] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Palace of S.t Cloud. Vuë du Chateau de S.t Cloud.
Rigaud delin.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside 1756 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 240 x 440mm (9½ x 17¼") very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album.
Promenaders in the grounds of the Château de Saint-Cloud, destroyed in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'. This example was probably published by Hurst & Robinson, who bought most of the Boydell business when it folded in 1818.
[Ref: 60201] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Sampson Breaking his Bands.]
Painted by F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A.
[London Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1799 by F. Rigaud R.A.]
Engraving, proof before title. Sheet: 255 x 405mm (10 x 16") Trimmed within plate.
A biblical scene showing the Old Testament figure of Samson lying on a bed straining at his bonds while Delilah enters the tent in which he lies.
De Vesme 69.
[Ref: 46915] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Veue du Chateau de Seaux prise du haut de l'Allee de la Diane. A View of the Palace of Seaux from the Top of Diana's Walk.
J. Tinney sculp.
London, Printed & Sold by Rob.t Sayer, Print & Map-seller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, 215 x 455mm. 8½ x 18". Fine early colour; good margins.
A prospect of the formal gardens and chateau at the Parc De Sceaux, Paris; figures with dogs to foreground. The château depicted here, demolished during the Revolution, was built by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the minister of finance to Louis XIV, and purchased by Louis' illegitimate son, the duke of Maine in 1699. His duchesse held court in a glittering salon at Sceaux in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The present château, rebuilt 1856-62 in a Louis XIII style, is now a museum. From a series of copies of prints of French royal palaces by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'.
[Ref: 17602] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Chantier de Construction de Vaisseaux. Marines et suite des Galères ou sont representez samblables sujets de Vaisseaux. Présenté à Monseigneur de Phélypeaux chevalier Comte de Maurepas...
I. Rigaud Invenit et Sculpcit.
A Paris chez le Sr. du Change, Graveur du Roy, rüe St. Jacques et chez l'auteur vis à vis dans la même rüe [n.d., originally c.1720s]. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Etching, a later impression on watermarked wove paper
An interesting and busy scene of shipbuilding in the port of Toulon, southern France. Carpenters, joiners etc. at work in foreground; a hull under construction in dry-dock beyond to right, close to a cauldron of smoking tar. A ship under sail in the harbour in background to right. From a set of six marine subjects by Jacques Rigaud (1681? - 1754).
See BNF FRBNF42336122.
[Ref: 25147] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Stowe Gardens] View from the Head of the Lake. Veüe prise sur le Bord, ou à la Têste du Lac.
Rigaud & Baron del. & sculp.
Publish'd by S. Bridgeman May 12. 1739.
Etching, 360 x 510mm (14¼ x 20"). Tatty extremities, with closed tears, one into upper left of plate. One rust spot to centre of image.
A pleasure cruise or ferryboat on the lake at Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, with three smaller rowing boats surrounding. A fountain in the background, the park with the house in the distance on the left shore. Stowe was begun by Sir Richard Temple in 1676, his family having risen from sheep farmers under Elizabeth I. Over the next century, Viscount Cobham and then Earl Temple (Cobham’s Grenville nephew) rebuilt it into the great classical show house and landscape which still amazes visitors today. Numerous famous architects worked at Stowe House and Gardens. Among them were Sir John Vanbrugh, William Kent, James Gibbs, Robert Adam, Thomas Pitt and Sir John Soane, making Stowe one of the most important houses and estates in the country. The house is now part of Stowe School, founded in 1923. Plate 12 to the series 'Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire' published by Sarah Bridgeman, wife of Charles Bridgeman who in 1733-34 commissioned Jacques Rigaud and Bernard Baron to engrave some views of Stowe. Numbered '12' lower right. The laid paper is watermarked.
[Ref: 11731] £320.00

A View of the Palace & Walks of the Thuilleries. Les Promenades du Palais de Thuilleries.
Rigaud delin.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1757 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 240 x 445mm (9½ x 17½"), very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album.
Promenaders in the grounds of the Palais de Thuilleries, destroyed by the Paris Commune in 1871. An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'. This example was probably published by Hurst & Robinson, who bought most of the Boydell business when it folded in 1818.
[Ref: 60202] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Set of six views of Versailles.] Diverses Vues du Chateau de Versailles. 1. Vuë prise de la grandes avenue entre les deux Ecuries. [&] 2. Vue des Ecuries de Versailles prise de la Seconde Grille. [&] 3. Vüe Particuliere de la Châpelle du Chateau de Versailles. [&] 4. Vue du Chateau de Versailles Prise du Côte de la Terrace vis à Vis la Chapelle. [&] 5. Vuë du Chateau et d'une partie de la Ville de Versailles du Côte de l'Estang. [&] 6. Vüe du Château de Versailles du Côte de l'Orangerie.
Dessiné et Gravé par J. Rigaud.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the Palace of Versailles drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts the huge complex of buildings as the centre of French society, with each scene filled with the participants in Louis XV's court as well as the workers who made it function. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38425] £2,400.00 view all images for this item

[Set of six views of Versailles.] Endroits Remarquables du Jardin et du Parc de Versailles. 7. Vuë de lde l'Orangerie de Versailles. [&] 8. Vuë du Bassin de Latone prise au bord de la Terrasse du Château. [&] 9. Vue de Bassin de Neptune dans le Jardins de Versailles. [&] 10. Vüe de Trianon dans le Parc de Versailles du Côté de l'Avenue. [&] 11. Vuë du Château de Trianon de Coté du Parterre. [&] 12. Vüe du Paÿsage et der la Maison Royalle de S.t Cir.
J. Rigaud In. Sculp.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [Published by Rigaud c.1730.]
Set of six numbered engravings. Each 260 x 490mm (10¼ x 19¼"), very large margins.
A fine set of six views of the buildings and features of the Palace of Versailles, drawn and engraved by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754). He depicts Louis XV's court at rest in the sumptuous surroundings. The final view is from the park looking towards the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, the boarding school for girls set up by Louis XIV. Rigaud spent twenty years on his vast 'The Royal Houses of France', which also included the châteaux of Marly, Fontainbleau, St Cloud and Meudon.
[Ref: 38427] £2,400.00 view all images for this item

[Vincennes] A View of the Royal Palace of Vincene taken from the border of the Terrass on ye Gardenside. Vüe du Chateau Royal de Vincene du Côté du Jardin prise du bord de la Terrasse.
Rigaud Delin.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside 1755 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 270 x 475mm (10¾ x 18¾") very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album, trimmed into plate on right, old album paper pasted over plate on left.
A view of the Château de Vincennes as enlarged by Louis XIV before he moved to Versailles. An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681 - 1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'. This example was probably published by Hurst & Robinson, who bought most of the Boydell business when it folded in 1818.
[Ref: 60203] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Vincennes] A General View of the Royal Palace of Vincene, on the side of the Grand Body Guard. Vüe Generale du Chateau Royal de Vincene, du côté du Grand Corps de Garde.
Rigaud delin.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside 1755 [but probably Hurst & Robinson, c.1818]
Engraving with strong contemporary hand colour. 250 x 475mm (9¾ x 18¾") very large margins. Laid on card for inclusion in a contemporary print album, trimmed into plate on right, old album paper pasted over plate on left.
A view of the Château de Vincennes with its 14th century 'Donjon', a fortified central tower, the tallest in Europe. The estate was enlarged by Louis XIV before he moved to Versailles. During the Revolution it was saved from the mob bent on destroying it by the Marquis de Lafayette. An English copy of the print by Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754), in his 'Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs'. This example was probably published by Hurst & Robinson, who bought most of the Boydell business when it folded in 1818.
[Ref: 60204] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Vortigern and Rowena or the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain.]
J.F. Rigaud R.A. Pinx.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t
London Publish'd Feb.y 14. 1788 by W. Palmer, No.163 Strand.
Stipple printed in red, proof before title. Plate 336 x 406mm. 13¼ x 16".
Vortigern was the Saxon King of Britain in 5 AD. He forged an alliance with brothers, Hengist and Horsa, who were given lands in Lincolshire in return for help in suppressing the Picts. The alliance was further enforced when King Vortigern fell in love with Renwein (or Rowena), the beautiful daughter of Hengist who agreed to their marriage in exchange for the whole of Kent. The scene captured here is clearly the banquet scene depicting the meeting of Vortigern and Rowena. The helmeted brooding figure of Hengist is seen seated on the left. Sometime later, in an attempt to bring all of Britain under Saxon control Vortigern arranged a meeting with Hengist, then King of the Jutes. However, Hengist armed his men who then massacred some 500 Saxon noblemen in an attack which became known as ‘the night of the long knives'
[Ref: 24990] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Representation De La Joute Qui S'est Faite Sur La Riviere De Sein... Le Jour De La Feste Donnee Par La Ville De Paris, A L'Occasion Du Mariage De Madame Louise-Elisabeth De France, Et De Dom Philippe Infant Et Grand Amiral D'Espagne.
Jac. Rigaud del. et Sculp.
[engraved c. 1740 but published later.]
Engraving, plate 160 x 310mm (6¼ x 12¼"), with large margins on three sides. Small bottom margin.
A view on the river Seine of water jousting, one of the festivities given by the City of Paris, on the occasion of the Wedding of Marie Louise-Elisabeth of France (1727 - 1759), & Infante Philip, Duke of Parma (1720 -1765). With key.
[Ref: 57419] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Wisdom, from the original picture presented to the city by Alderman Boydell].
[Painted by J. F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by I. P. Simon].
[Pub. Sept. 29. 1799, by J. & J. Boydell, No.90, Cheapside, and at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London]
Rare proof stipple engraving, unfinished before text added to open book. Published state carries a dedication: To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, by Jos. Boydell. Trimmed to plate mark.
Seated Minerva, in glory, with boy at her feet holding an open book, surrounded by a globe with dove, owl, a lamb sitting on a book with seals at right and a cockerel; in the upper part, putto with mirror at left, and two others holding up an uroboros at right. Part of a series Wisdom, Happiness, Providence, Innocence. See ref: 8615. In 1794 Rigaud won what was probably his most important commission, the decoration of the four pendentives of the Common Council Chamber in the Guildhall, London, depicting Providence, Innocence, Wisdom and Happiness; of these only the preparatory oil sketches survive (London, Guildhall A.G.).
[Ref: 15173] £380.00

Wisdom. From the Original Picture presented to the City by Ald.n Boydell. To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, This Print is most humbly dedicated by their most Dutiful and Loyal Subject, Jn.o Boydell.
Painted by J.F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by J.P. Simon.
Pub. Sept. 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Stipple with very large magins. 595 x 440mm (23½ x 17¼"). Surface abrasion, some repairs.
Minerva with helmet and shield, an owl to the left and lamb and cockerel to the right, a boy at her feet holding an open book. Top left a putto holds up a mirror, with two others holding up an uroboros (the ancient ring symbol of a snake eating its own tail) to the right. From a series of four moral allegories, with Happiness, Providence & Innocence.
[Ref: 31137] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Youth. [in pencil.]
J.F. Rigaud pinx. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
London: Pub. as the Act directs by G. Bartolozzi, 1st. Aug.t [1795.]
Stipple and etching. Plate 241 x 183mm. 9½ x 7¼". Two small stains on left of image.
A young woman leaning over a table, pouring water from a jug into a shell-shaped dish.
De Vesme: 743; ii/iii.
[Ref: 20433] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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