Grosvenor Prints

The Angel and Tobias. No.7. From the Original Picture in the Collection of Benj.n West, Esq.r P.R.A. to whom this plate is Inscribed by his Obliged & Obedient Servant J. Powell.
Painted by Salvator Rosa. Etch’d by J. Powell.
London, Published May 1st.1815, by J. Powell, 32, Great Portland Street & Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street.
Fine engraving, laid on india. Plate 427 x 558mm (16¾ x 22"). Nicks, tears and creasing to the edges of the paper.
Rocky landscape with at centre Tobias pulling a large fish out of the river whilst listening to the angel.
[Ref: 28477] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Belisarius. From the Original painting of Salvator Rosa, in the Collection of the Right Hon.ble the Lord Viscount Townshend. Sold at the Golden Head in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Salvator Rosa Pinx.t. Rob.tus Strange delin.t et Sculp.t London.
[n.d., c.1757].
Engraving with small margins, laid on 18th century card. Platemark: 507 x 353mm (19¾ x 14").
General Flavius Belisarius (505 - 565) was a Byzantine general and leading military figure. He led imperial armies against the Sasanian empire (Persia), the Vandal kingdom of North Africa, the Ostrogothic regime of Italy, and the barbarian tribes encroaching upon Constantinople. According to legend, Justinian, jealous of his popularity, later had him blinded and forced to beg before pardoning him because of public outrage. At the time the print was made, the picture was the proud centerpiece of the Belisarius Chamber of Lord Townshend at Raynham Hall, Norfolk, where it was singled out for praise by Horace Walpole.
[Ref: 32606] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Gian Lorenzo Bernini] Beninus Pictor, sculptor et Architectus.
Salvator Rosa, del.t. J. Basire sc.t. 1764.
[London: Printed by J. Nichols and sold by J. Boydell, 1778.]
Etching. 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper at edges, small hole filled.
A bust portrait of Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor and architect, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. From 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings' by Charles Rogers.
[Ref: 62285] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Wasp.]
Rosa Bonheur 1856 [signed and dated in plate.]
London Published 17th April 1900, by L.H. Lefevre & Son, 1a King Street St. James's S.W.
Mixed method engraving on india paper, artist's proof from an edition limited to 100, very large margins. 625 x 450mm. 24½ x 17¾".
Charming portrait of a Cairn terrier in a landscape, after Rosa Bonheur (1822 - 1899).
[Ref: 23440] £380.00

David and Goliath. From the Original Picture, by Salvator Rosa, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Vol II. N.o. 4.
Sal. Rosa Pinxit. R. Earlom fecit.
John Boydell excudit, 1766.
Mezzotint with etching. Plate: 230 x 335mm (9 x 13¼"). Very large margins with some foxing.
A decpiction of David about to behead the giant Goliath. A story from the book of Samuel in the Old Testament in which the Isrealites, suffering in battle at the hands of the giant Philistine soldier Goliath, are saved by the young David who defeats the warrior using his sling and rocks taken from the river. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38270] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Denizens of the Highlands.]
[after Rosa Bonheur] Chas. G. Lewis [signed in pencil lower left].
London Published July 1st. 1873 by Pilgeram & Lefevre Successors to E. Gambart & Co. King Street St. James's
Mixed method engraving on india laid paper, artist's proof from an edition limited to 100. 410 x 330mm (16 x 13"). Printseller's Association blindstamp. Waterstain through upper right corner of plate.
A group of three highland cattle, after Rosa Bonheur (1822 - 1899).
Printseller's Association: pg. 245.
[Ref: 9448] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a Dwarf.] Dedié à Monsieur Jean Udny Consul General de Sa Majesté Britannique a Livourne par son tres humble et obëisante Serviteur Louis Saller. Le Tableau Original se trouve dans le Cabinet du même Consul Udny. Haut 5.Pieds 9 Pouces Anglois Large 4. Pieds 4. Pouces.
Peint par Salvator Rosa. Gravé par Louis Saller.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Rare engraving. Plate: 390 x 285mm (15½ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate mark. Slight stain below title on left.
A portrait of a dwarf shown begging in the street. After a painting by artist Salvator Rosa in the collection of consul of Legorno John Udny (1727-1800) who was a merchant who dealt and collected works of art.
[Ref: 46669] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Glaucus and Scylla.]
S Rosa.
[n.d., c.1665.]
Etching. Plate: 350 x 235mm (13¾ x 9¼''). Foxing and pin holes. Small margins.
A mythological scene showing the sea god Glaucus pursuing Scylla. Etching by Salvator Rosa (1615-1673).
[Ref: 48023] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel. From the Original Picture by Salvator Rosa, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. Vol II. N.o.3.
Sal: Rosa Pinx.t. R. Earlom fecit.
John Boydell excudi.t. 1766.
Mezzotint with etching. Plate: 230 x 335mm, (9 x 13¼"). Very large margins with some foxing.
A depiction of Jacob's fight with an angel described in the Book of Genesis. On his return to Canaan Jacob sent his four wives and eleven sons to cross the river while he stayed behind in contemplation with God. It was then that an angel appeared and the two wrestled all night until the angel seeing that he could not best Jacob blessed him and named him Isreal.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38273] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

In the Collection of W.m Kent Esq.r 2 feet 2 inch: wide. 1 foot 4 inch: high.
Salvator Rosa pinx. J: Wood Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Pond Feb.y 1744.
Fine etching. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"), with wide margins.
A hooded figure reading a book in the foreground of this rocky, blustery landscape. William Kent (1685-1748), who is said to have Salvator Rosa's original painting in the title of the print, was an English painter, architect and landscape architect. He had a hand in the landscaping and interior design for Chiswick House, Hampton Court Palace and Devonshire House, and had a lasting impact on the history of interior design and estate layout.
[Ref: 54117] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Laomedon, King of Troy, detected by Neptune and Apollo. Vide Hom. Iliad 21. From the Painting of Salvator Rosa in the Collection of William Hunter M.D.
Salvator Rosa pinx.t R. Strange Londini Sculp.t 1775
Line engraving, 450 x 360mm. 17½ x 14".
Apollo and Neptune disguised themselves and helped Laomedon to built the city of Troy, as recounted in Homer's Iliad. The painting (now in the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow) which Strange believed to be by Salvator Rosa, is currently unattributed.
[Ref: 12275] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Martin Luther.]
[Engraved by Moses Houghton after Hans Brosmer.]
[London: Cadell & Davies, c.1805.]
Stipple, proof before letters. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed close to plate on left; small tear and crease in top right corner, neither affecting image.
A portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1546) after the woodcut by Hans Brosmer. Used as a frontispiece to William Roscoe's 'The Life and Pontificate of Leo The Tenth'.
[Ref: 62287] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Morning in the Highlands.
Rosa Bonheur Pinx.t. C.G. Lewis sculp.t..
London Published March 12th 1872 by Pilgeram & Lefevre Successors to E. Gambart & Co. 1a King Street St. James's S.W.
Mixed method engraving. 305 x 490mm (12 x 19¼"). Printseller's Association blindstamp.
Highland cattle on a moor above a lake, after Rosa Bonheur (1822 - 1899).
[Ref: 63953] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Paris. Engraved after an Original Picture of the same size Painted by Rosalba.
WP. [Engraved by William Smith after Rosalba Carriera]
Published April 14 1773 & sold by Tho.s Pether Berwick, Street, Soho.
Rare mezzotint, title area uncleaned. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼), with large margins. Creasing in margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man as Paris, a sheepskin over his shoulder, holding up an apple. The British Museum has a scratch letter proof before title, with the inscription 'W.Smith, Pupil to M. W. Pether Fecit'; it is possible that William Pether intended to put his name on the finished print, accounting for the 'WP' monogram on this example. As we can find only these two impressions it might never have been published. Smith's career was short, with plates dated 1773-6; it is said that in later life he became a stockbroker.
See BM 1858,1113.23 for the proof. CS 5, describing the BM's proof, this state not listed.
[Ref: 58828] £690.00

A Peach Girl.
Rosalba pinx.t. Wilson fecit.
[n.d., c.1886.] London, Printed for Rob.t. Sayer N.º53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small stain in upper left corner.
A portrait of a girl, in her hands she holds peaches.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 22 II of II.
[Ref: 64505] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Labourage nivernais, also called Le Sombrage (Ploughing in Nevers, also called The First Dressing).]
Rosa Bonheur [scratched in plate lower right.]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Colour printed mezzotint, 295 x 530mm. 11½ x 20¾".
Two teams of Charolais-Nivernais oxen pulling heavy ploughs in the Nivernais landscape of France. After Rosa Bonheur's (1822 - 1899) oil dated 1849. The French State commissioned the painting from Bonheur in 1848 for the Musée de Lyon, but decided to keep it in Paris, at the Musée du Luxembourg. When the artist died it was put in the Louvre and is now part of the Musée d'Orsay collection.
[Ref: 9449] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Mercury and Argus.] Al Ch.mo Sig.r Avvocato Anselmo Belloni Mantovano.
Salvator Rosa dipinse / Pietro Parboni incise.
[Antonio Poggioli. n.d.c, 1800].
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 490 x 610mm (19 x 24"). Light creasing in margins. Small nicks and tears to edges of sheet. Small rust spot in sky of printed area.
A fertile landscape scene by a river, depicting Mercury, the standing figure, lulling the seated Argus to sleep with his flute, thus leaving the white cow, a transformation of the nymph Io, unguarded. Lettered beneath image, with a three line dedication by the engraver to Anselmo Belloni, professor of letters in Mantua.
[Ref: 32521] £350.00

[Old man holding a sword.]
Painted by Sal. Rosa. engraved by C.W. Baillie 1763.
Etching with large margins, platemark 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼").
Etching supposedly after Salvator Rosa, the Italian artist whose work, including vertiginous landscapes and genre paintings of banditti, was immensely popular in England in the 18th century. This is an unusual image which may be taken from a painting no longer attributed to Rosa. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36370] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Old man holding a sword.]
[Painted by Sal. Rosa. engraved by C.W. Baillie 1763.]
Etching, platemark 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"), with very large margins. Proof before all letters.
Etching supposedly after Salvator Rosa, the Italian artist whose work, including vertiginous landscapes and genre paintings of banditti, was immensely popular in England in the 18th century. This is an unusual image which may be taken from a painting no longer attributed to Rosa. Engraved by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 40379] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness. From the Original Picture painted by Salvator Rosa, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield; To whom this Plate is most Humbly Dedicated, by his Lordship's most Obliged and most Obedient Servant, John Boydell.
Salvator Rosa Pinx.t. R. Earlom delin.t. John Browne Sculpsit.
J. Boydell excudit 1768. Published May 2.d 1768.
Engraving. Platemark: 480 x 600mm (18¾ Foxing in margins. Large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate at top edge.
St John with cross, clothed in skins, standing under an overhanging rock, with a crowd listening to him gathered around a pool. From 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', a large series of engravings in five volumes published by John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and patrons, which played an important part in developing print culture in the 18th century.
[Ref: 39363] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Le Printemps. L'Eclat des fleurs est peu durable, / La Beauté s'altere aisément; / Il n'est qu'un instant favorable / Et cet instant c'est le présent.
Rosa Alba Carriera pinxit. Lepicié Sculp.
a Paris chez l'Auteur rüe St Jacques au dessus des Jacobins APDR [n.d., c.1740.]
Etching. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within platemark.
Half-length portrait of a young woman, wearing a mantle in which she carries some flowers, which leaves her breasts exposed.
[Ref: 58243] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Le Soir. Quand une fille bien aprise / Veut faire a Dieu son oraison. / Le matin elle va a l'Eglise / Et prie le Soir en sa maison.
La Rosalba pinx. C. Duflos sculp.
A Paris chez Chereau le Jeune rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.1770.]
Copper engraving. Plate 109 x 85mm. 4¼ x 3¼". Uncut.
A young girl holding open and empty box and preparing to pray before she sleeps and then with the intention of attending church the following morning.
[Ref: 14994] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Tivoli. From the Original Picture painted by Rosa di Tivoli, In the Collection of John Hadleyt Esqr,,', to whom this plate is dedicated by his much Oblidge and most huble Servant. J. Boydell.
Rosa di Tivoli Pinxt, Willm, Elliott Sculpt.
Publish'd accordin to Act of Parliament, by Jno. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London: November 2d. 1765.
Engraving. Platemark: 605 x 405mm (24 x 16"). Slightly time stained.
A landscape with shepherds on the left, one turning to look at his dog which growls and puts back its ears, looking at a pair of bulls which lock hornsThe ruins of a classical temple can be seen above the trees on the far bank to the right. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England' series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 39368] £380.00

A View of Tivoli. From the Original Picture painted by Rosa di Tivoli, In the Collection of John Hadleyt Esqr,,', to whom this plate is dedicated by his much Oblidge and most huble Servant. J. Boydell.
Rosa di Tivoli Pinxt, Will,,m Elliott Sculpt.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by J.no Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London: November 2d. 1765.
A very fine copper engraving. 605 x 405mm (24 x 16"), with large margins. Tear from the top edge, which has been repaired.
"The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14393] £380.00

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