Grosvenor Prints

[Woolwich.] London. Sheet LXXXI. Edition of 1894-96.
Photozincographed and Published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897.
Zincograph with hand colour, sheet 700 x 990mm, 27½ x 39". With stencilled sheet number and mss. notes. Laid on linen, some surface soiling, tears, edges chipped.
A large-scale plan (1/2500) of Woolwich, with the Royal Albert Dock (the site of London City Airport) and the Royal Victoria Gardens. This sheet has been used to record the property of the Port of London Authority, noting sales.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 10972] £220.00

[The grand] Military Feast in Honor of the Queen's Coronation to the Royal Artillery at Woolwich [July 5th 1838]
[Printed & Sold by W. Belch. 6, Bridge St., Union St., Boro.]
Fine coloured wood engraving, scarce; sheet 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Trimmed, losing part of image left and right, and bottom line of text; glued to album sheet; with a cut copy of the new Great Seal of Britain
Banquet scene in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich, celebrating the Coronation of Queen Victoria. Engraved by the popular printmaker William Belch (1790s-1840s, fl.).
Uncut impression in the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University.
[Ref: 32278] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Woolwich - Sunday Evening, 1827.
G.L. [George Landmann] del et scul.
[n.d., c.1827.]
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate; Landmann's name in old ink mss. in inscription area. Staining.
Officers preening in their dress uniforms. George Thomas Landmann, a Royal Engineer, was in Iberia between 1805-12, fighting in the Peninsular War. His 'Historical, Military and Picturesque Obervations of Portugal', containing 75 plates, was described by Tooley as 'the most beautiful illustrated English book on Portugal of the period'.
See Abbey: 140 for his 'Observations'.
[Ref: 51737] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Mortar Battery at Woolwich.
T. Jones, del.t. C. Hunt, sculp.t.
London, Published September 13th. 1847, by Ackermann & Co. 96, Strand.
Rare aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 420 x 580mm (16½ x 22¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears, wormholes.
The Royal Artillery demonstrating live fire of their mortars, watched by a large audience.
Hickman p.209.
[Ref: 53898] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Vue Générale des Alpes et Glacieres Prise du Chateau de Worb. Dedié à S.A.Royale Frederic Guillaume D Prince heréditaire de Prusse, Par son très humble et très respectueus serviteur Henzi.
Clement pin.x. Descourtis sculp.t. Imprimé par Guyant le jeune.
Se vend à Paris Rue des deux Portes S.t Sauveur chez Mr Graff [n.d., c.1785].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. 320 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Small margins
A large & fine view of the Alps, Worb Castle in the foreground. From ''Vues Remarkables des Montagnes de la Suisse, Dessinees et Peintes d'apres Nature, Avec Leur Description'', one of the earliest and rarest alpine colour plate books. Orignally published by Wagner in Bern in 1782, the plates passed to Bern publisher Rodolphe Hentzi who published them in 1785. This example has Graff's name added.
[Ref: 54921] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)

The South View of the City of Worcester, from Digley Fields.
T. Sandby delin & sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 1777.
Engraving. Sheet: 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A view of Worcester showing the cathedral and River Severn.
[Ref: 47942] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The North View of the City of Worcester, from the Porto-Bello Henwick Hill.
T. Sandby delin & sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 1777.
Engraving. Sheet: 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A view of Worcester showing the cathedral and River Severn.
[Ref: 47943] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The North East View of the City of Worcester, from Red-house Hill.
T. Sandby delin & sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament August 1777.
Engraving. Sheet: 235 x 345mm (9¼ x 13½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A view of Worcester showing the cathedral.
[Ref: 47944] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The proposed Worcester and Birmingham Canal.]
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraved map with hand colour, 18th century watermark. Printed area 200 x 160mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed to printed border lower right, tear on fold, binding stitch holes.
A map showing the proposed Worcester and Birmingham Canal and the surrounding canal network, including Dudley, Kidderminster and Wolverhampton.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 52276] £180.00

Porcelain Manufacturers To Their Majesties, By Appointment.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Engraved scrap. At most 55 x 70mm, 2¼ x 2¾". Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A scrap showing the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company's warrant.
[Ref: 16264] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Waterman's Church. Worcester.
[British, Anon., n.d. c.1845.]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 205 x 260mm. 8 x 10¼". Two vertical folds (flattened). Glued to backing sheet.
Remarkable print of a floating church. Until the late 19th century, Worcester was a busy port. Traffic of many kinds came up the River Severn from Bristol and Avonmouth; the Worcester and Birmingham Canal from Diglis Canal Lock carried traffic to and from Birmingham and the Midlands A floating chapel for those employed on the river and canal was founded in 1842 by the Rector of St Clements, John Davies, who became known as the Apostle of the Watermen. Davies fitted up an old Severn barge, The Albion, for the purpose, and moored it at the old St. Clement's churchyard. In the later 19th century, a new Watermen's Church was built on land of corrugated iron, with a spire. Davies' memorial can be seen in St Clement's Church.
See Worcester City Museums collection.
[Ref: 26348] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[...This Map of the County of Worcester...]
[Drawn, engraved and published by Isaac Taylor.]
[Ross-on-Wye, 1772.]
Engraved map, one sheet [of four], with original hand colour. 530 x 515mm (21 x 20¼"), with large margins. Some wear to edges. Slight creasing in right margin.
One sheet of Isaac Taylor's monumental four-sheet map of Worcestershire, showing the south-east of the county, decorated with a scale cartouche and compass rose. Taylor (c.1720-88, not to be confused with the engraver (1730-1807), lived at 54-55 High Street, Ross-on-Wye. He surveyed down plans and five large-scale county maps: Herefordshire 1754, Hampshire 1759, Dorset 1765, Worcestershire 1772, and Gloucestershire 1777.
[Ref: 59549] £230.00

[...This Map of the County of Worcester...]
[Drawn, engraved and published by Isaac Taylor.]
[Ross-on-Wye, 1772.]
Engraved map, one sheet [of four], with original hand colour. 530 x 515mm (21 x 20¼"), large margins. Some wear to edges. Tear top left.
One sheet of Isaac Taylor's monumental four-sheet map of Worcestershire, showing the north-west of the county, with Kidderminster, the map's key and gazetteer. Taylor (c.1720-88, not to be confused with the engraver (1730-1807), lived at 54-55 High Street, Ross-on-Wye. He surveyed down plans and five large-scale county maps: Herefordshire 1754, Hampshire 1759, Dorset 1765, Worcestershire 1772, and Gloucestershire 1777.
[Ref: 59552] £180.00

[...This Map of the County of Worcester...]
[Drawn, engraved and published by Isaac Taylor.]
[Ross-on-Wye, 1772.]
Engraved map, one sheet [of four], with original hand colour. 530 x 515mm (21 x 20¼") very large margins. Some wear to edges.
One sheet of Isaac Taylor's monumental four-sheet map of Worcestershire, showing the north-east of the county, with Droitwich, Stourbridge and Dudley, also marking Edbaston and Birmingham across the border with Warwickshire. Taylor (c.1720-88, not to be confused with the engraver (1730-1807), lived at 54-55 High Street, Ross-on-Wye. He surveyed down plans and five large-scale county maps: Herefordshire 1754, Hampshire 1759, Dorset 1765, Worcestershire 1772, and Gloucestershire 1777.
[Ref: 59553] £230.00

Word or Fenderland Farm. NB. This Farm lies in the Parishes of Word and Easty in Kent And was Plan'd by a Scale of 18 Poles to an Inch in 1775.
by Henry Hogben.
[1775.]
Manuscript estate plan on vellum. Sheet 500 x 695mm (19¾ x 27¼"). Some surface soiling.
A manuscript plan with a 25-point key surmounted by a basket of apples and grapes. Henry Hogben (1741-d.1822) of Doddington, surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, was the third generation of the family to be a mapmaker in Kent, plotting estates in Kent, Essex, Surrey and Hampshire. Versions of his maps of Thanet, the River Stour and Romney Marsh were published, 1775-1515.
[Ref: 55058] £420.00

[Word puzzles] Ses Caucaus de la Portière.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Eight wood engravings on one sheet, each block and title c. 55 x 40mm (2¼ x 1½"). Some creasing.
Eight images of people standing in doorways, holding a poster with a message made up of letters and images. Being in French makes the puzzles more difficult!
See Ref: 60253
[Ref: 60252] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Word puzzles] Ses Caucaus de la Portière.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Eight wood engravings on one sheet, each block and title c. 55 x 40mm (2¼ x 1½"). Some creasing.
Eight images of people standing in doorways, holding a poster with a message made up of letters and images. Being in French makes the puzzles more difficult!
[Ref: 60253] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

William Wordsworth.
Painted by W. Boxall. Engraved by J. Bromley.
London, Published June 10, 1832 by Moon, Boys & Graves, 6, Pall Mall, James Ryman, Oxford, and Robert Roe. Cambridge.
Mezzotint. 425 x 355mm (16¾ x 14"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), with arms crossed. This was the first portrait by William Boxall, started in 1831 and was not highly regarded. Wordsworth told John Gardner that 'it has mortified me much that I cannot get any of my Friends and Acquaintances to be pleased with [it] or the Print - both of which they say are much too dark and gloomy'. The finished portrait was engraved in mezzotint by Bromley: 'except for my sister I cannot get anyone to look at it with pleasure'. The original oil is still in the possession of the Wordsworth family.
See NPG 4211 for a preliminary version of the oil with description.
[Ref: 63957] £320.00

W.m Wordsworth [facsimile signature].
Painted by Miss Margaret Gillies. Engraved by Edward M.c Innes.
London Published Aug.t 6 1841 by F.G. Moon, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 20, Threadneedle Street.
Rare mezzotint on india, private plate. 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"); very large margins.
A seated portrait of William Wordsworth born 7 April 1770 (1770-1850), before an arched window. The painter, Margaret Gillies (1803-87), a Scottish painter known for her portraits of Wordsworth & Charles Dickens. For many years she lived with Thomas Southwood Smith, the physician who dissected Jeremy Bentham in 1832: Bentham's 'auto-con' (the box holding his preserved body) lived with them until 1850 when it was acquired by University College London.
[Ref: 39303] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

St. Neots Union Workhouse. Dietary Table, 1867. The Poor Law Board sanction the above Dietary. Ralph Earle, Secretary. By order of the Board of Guardians, J.H. Ennals, Clerk.
Poor Law Board, 26th January, 1867.
Letterpress broadside, two tables; one of recommended portions of dietary stables for adults, the other of equivalents for children under 16 (subdivided into three age groups). Sheet 445 x 285mm, 17½ x 11¼". Folds, spotting and tatty extremities.
Introduced under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, a workhouse was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work. This piece of ephemera printed for the Poor Law Guardians of St. Neots represents an interesting piece of social history.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 17179] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Worksop Manor, Nottinghamshire.] To the most Noble Edward, Duke of Norfolk...
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck del et sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t July 2.d 1745 N.o1 Garden-Court Middle Temple London. I Laughten le Morthen, in Yorkshire.
Engraving, sheet 400 x 570mm (16 x 22½"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Creases where folds have been restored.
A south view of Worksop Manor with the gardens; built in the 1580s for the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, probably designed by Robert Smythson, burnt down in 1761.
[Ref: 63057] £380.00

The North Prospect of Worksop Mannor, in the County of Nottingham, one of the Seats of the Most Noble Edward Duke of Norfolk...
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp.t.
publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t July 2nd 1745. No I Garden Court Middle-Temple, London.
Rare engraving. 390 x 600mm (15½ x 23½"), with large margins. Repaired tear entering plate on left, edges scrappy.
Worksop Manor, built in the 1580s for the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, probably designed by Robert Smythson, burnt down in 1761.
[Ref: 49824] £380.00

A General Chart, on Mercator's Projection, to Shew the Track of the Lion and Hindostan from England to the Gulph of China, and of their Return to England, with the daily statement of the Barometer and Thermometer as observed at noon; containing also the limits of the Chinese Empire, as extended by the Conquests of the present Emperor, Tchien-Lung.
J. Barrow del.t. B.Baker sculp.t.
Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 620 x 960mm (24½ x 37¾"). Creasing top left. Binding folds, one with a small split.
Map of the route taken by the George Macartney to China, heading the first British embassy to that country, 1792–94. It was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 38155] £450.00

[Double-hemisphere world map.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Ink and watercolour on card. Sheet 45 x 60mm.
A charming miniature map.
[Ref: 51159] £130.00

The World Displayed; or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from The Writers of all Nations. In which the Conjectures and Interpolations of Several vain Editors and Translators are expunged, Every Relation is madde concise and plain, And The Divisions of Countries and Kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted. With Variety of Maps and Prints By the best Hands,. Vol IV.
[Edited by Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith & Christopher Smart.]
London: Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Hoey, jun. in Skinner-Row, Dublin MXCCLX (1760).
One volume only (of 20); 6to, contemporary full calf, maroon morocco title labelpp. (viii)(title & contents)+214+(2)(ads); 8 engraved plates. Front cover detached.
The volume relating to the English discoveries in America, starting with John & Sebastian Cabot, with chapters on voyages include those of Drake, Raleigh & Davis, and the settlment of New England, Virginia, Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Bermuda, Bahamas and Jamaica.
[Ref: 38000] £220.00

Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraved map with hand colour. Sheet: 180 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Trimmed around globes. Some staining.
A double-hemisphere world map, with a separately-printed, frame-like border. The map illustrates the discoveries of Cook's three voyages (1769-1779), with New Zealand, New South Wales and Hawaii following his surveys. Also, Tasmania is separate from mainland Australia, as proved by Flinders & Bass in 1802.
[Ref: 39456] £320.00

Typus Orbis Terrarum.
[Engraved by Jodocus Hondius.]
[London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635.]
Engraved map, 140 x 200mm, 5½ x 8", set in a page of letterpress. Impression of the map weak.
Originally engraved in 1607 by Jodocus Hondius for his "Atlas Minor", the printing plate of this map was sold to a London publisher when new, up-to-date plates were introduced. It was first used to illustrate Samuel Purchas's "Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes" in 1625, then Sparke & Cartwright's "Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas", as this example. After thirty years' service the plate had become worn, resulting in a rather grey impression.
[Ref: 17431] £450.00

A Chart of the World, Exhibiting the Three Voyages of Capt.n Cook.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraved map. 195 x 310mm, 7¾ x 12½". Narrow margin on right due to binding.
A reduced version of the map of the world by Lieutenant Henry Roberts, who drew many of the maps published in the Official Account of Captain Cook's Third Voyage, during which he discovered Hawaii, where he was killed.
[Ref: 26390] £160.00

A New Mercator's Chart Drawn from the Latest Discoveries.
W. Harrison sc.
London, Published January 1st. 1794, by Rt. Wilkinson No.58 Cornhill.
Engraved map of the world, in original hand colour. 280 x 450mm, 11 x 17¾". Vertical centrefold as normal, stained from reinforcement to verso.
Australia is captioned 'New Holland', while what is now the western part of the USA beyond the Rocky Mountains is 'New Albion'.
[Ref: 13066] £320.00

[The World of Wise Men] Mondo de Savii / Questa de savij e la felice stanza / In cui d'ogni virtu belleza splende [...]
in Bassano per il Remondini [c.1680]
Etching with hand-colouring and gold-leaf, sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides.
Allegorical scene showing the rewards of virtue. Inside the central oval are figures demonstrating healing, justice, charity and other virtues, while in the corners of the sheet outside the oval are vices such as alchemy, sorcery and drunkenness. Published by Giovanni Antonion Remondini (1634-1711), founder of the Remondini print publishing company which operated in Bassano del Grappa until 1860.
[Ref: 38864] £360.00

[The World is a Stage, Everyone Acts his Part and Gets his Portion.] De waereld is een speel toneel, elk speeld zyn rol en krygt zyn deel.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 440 x 380mm (17¼ x 15'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the chaos following the collapse of the South Sea and Mississippi Bubbles. Several figures are shown upon a stage being directed by the devil. In vignettes around the edge men are shown trading in Europe and in the West and East Indies.
BM Satire 1659.
[Ref: 48483] £350.00

Apollo, on Cornelian, Duke of Marlborough.
T. Worlidge sculp.
[British, n.d., c.1770.]
Etching with drypoint with very wide margins, laid paper. 135 x 95mm. 5¼ x 3¾". Fine.
A cameo of the Greek god Apollo, holding a lyre. Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766), portrait painter and etcher. Pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow issued his plates in 1766 and 1767 after his death; very few impressions were issued and sold by Worlidge during his lifetime.
[Ref: 26464] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady's Head with feather in her hair] 15
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1753.
Etching, platemark 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). Very large margins; on cream laid paper. Slight creasing.
Female portrait study, 'supposed to be Lady Astley' according to Charles Dack's catalogue. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
D118 (i/iii?); W102; Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33023] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A boy's head.]
T.W. [Thomas Worlidge] Fecit 1752
Etching, platemark 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Good impression; thread margins; white laid paper; false margins added.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State ii/iii; W87, D27; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32888] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Sarah Delaval, Countess of Mexborough]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
Etching with very large margins, platemark 105 x 85mm (4 x 3¼"). Good impression on laid paper.
Portrait of Sarah Delaval (d.1821), countess of John Savile, first earl of Mexborough. It was at a visit to their residence at Cannon Park, Hampshire, that actor and playwright Samuel Foote suffered his famous accident after being thrown from the Duke of York's horse. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W42; D65.
[Ref: 36931] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Pietro da Cortona
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, platemark 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾"). Trimmed on platemark; on india paper and glued to backing.
Portrait of Pietro da Cortona (?1596-1669), one of the leading artists of the Roman Baroque. Pietro was also an architect, in which he was less influential. All of Pietro's major works were engraved in his lifetime or the late 17th century, spreading his influence across Europe. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W41; D61; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33042] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Young boy's head]
T.W. [Thomas Worlidge]
[n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 50 x 35mm (2 x 1¼"). Very large margins; good impression.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge Senior (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after Worlidge's widow Mary issued new impressions in 1767 with the number '106' added lower right to correspond with the catalogue of his prints she produced.
State ii/iii; W106; D30
[Ref: 32912] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Worlidge] [married 1.stly Worlidge the artist, 2.ndly M.r Ashley, 3.rdly Captain Robinson. She kept the "Star and Garter" at Richmond; died 1790.] [in ink below print]
T. Worlidge pinx.t. G. Powle sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c. 1776]
Very rare mezzotint, 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with good margins. Tipped into album sheet at edges. Slight crease.
Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Worlidge (nee wickstead) (1743-c.90). She wears a lace cap tied at the top of her head, and a dark cape with a cross hanging at her neck. She was Thomas Worlidge's (1700-66) third wife and assisted him in his artistic work, and gained a reputation for herself by her skill in copying paintings in needlework. After Worlidge's death she carried on the sale of his etchings at his house in Great Queen Street; but she let the mansion to Hester Darby and her daughter, Mary Robinson ('Perdita'), on her marriage to a wine and spirit merchant James Ashley, using the name Mrs Ashley until 1771. She later remarried again a Captain Robinson, and kept the 'Star and Garter' at Richmond.
CS II of II.
[Ref: 61577] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Select Works of Tho.s Worlidge, containing Fifty Etchings of Portraits, Fancy Heads, and Miscellaneous Subjects.
London: Published by C.G. Dyer, 55, Old Compton Street, Soho. Printed by Gold and Swalton, 24, Wardour Street. 1823.
Quarto, original card covers with label 'Fifty Select Etchings by Tho.s Worlidge', bound. Title page and fifty plates as called for (including portrait of Worlidge as frontispiece). Occasional offsetting and spotting. Includes an amateur watercolour portrait after Worlidge. Some sheets on watermarked 1823 Whatman paper.
A posthumous collection of prints by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), known as the 'English Rembrandt' for his etching technique and fondness for copying subjects by Rembrandt and his contemporaries. The subjects here include several Rembrandt copies and other Dutch genre scenes, along with religious subjects, portraits and oddities such as a camel, écorché figure, and portraits of 'Mahomet, a Turkish Merchant' and his companion 'Hamet'. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow issued his plates in 1766 and 1767 after his death with the numbers in the corners, but very few impressions were issued and sold by Worlidge during his lifetime.
We have early impressions of many of prints in this collection, eg. refs 23970 (Hamet); 28369 (John Evelyn); 32573 (self-portrait); 32572 (Turk's Head); 32576 (écorché) etc. Ex: Collection of The Hon
[Ref: 32566] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

[Self-portrait by Thomas Worlidge] [No 33 & 434]
[n.d., c.1740-66]
Etching with small margins, 200 x 160mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate; glued to backing sheet at corners.
Posthumous impression of Worlidge's self-portrait, with the number '33' added in the top right to correspond with the numbering of the catalogue of prints which Worlidge's widow produced. Like many of Worlidge's plates this remained 'unfinished'. In later publications Worlidge's name was inscribed along the bottom of the print. The 'English Rembrandt', Worlidge (1700-66) was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
O'D 4; W33; D231. BM website (incorrectly) describes this as second state, but do not take into account impressions without any numbers in the top right. See 32573. Ex: Collection of the Late Honour
[Ref: 32597] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Worlidge.]
Tho.s. Worlidge. Fecit 1754.
Fine frontispiece drypoint etching. 200 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Small margins. Laid on album paper at edges.
Frontispiece to a Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems. Half length portrait of Worlidge (1700-66), seated at table to left, etching plate from bust of Cicero, looking towards the viewer, in cap and fur-trimmed gown, with easel behind him, in the style of Rembrandt.
[Ref: 63202] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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Worlingworth Hall. The Property of the Hon.ble John Henniker. [&] View of Worlingwort Church, from Worlingworth Hall. Dedicated to the Right Hon.ble Lord Henniker, Patron.
Lithographed by G.E. Madeley, 3, Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. Sheet 345 x 254mm (13½ x 10"). Rare.
A view of Worlingworth Hall, the former medieval manor house dating back to the 13th century; and a view of St Mary's Church; Suffolk.
[Ref: 31074] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Hans Wormbergh] John Wormberg, Aged 38 Years, only 31 inches high.
Pub.d July 22 1813 by R.S Kirby. 11 London House Yard.
Engraving, sheet 240 x 140mm (9½ x 5½"). Trimmed within plate left and right.
Full-length portrait of Hans (John) Wormbergh (1650-1695), a man of short stature, aged thirty-eight, with long curly hair and a goatee. He stands slightly turned to the left, resting both hands on a stick. He is dressed in a plumed hat, an ornate jacket, breeches, a sword, and detailed lace cravat and cuffs.
[Ref: 65996] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Johnny Worral.
W. Williams Delin et Fecit 1759. Price 1 S.
[1867?]
Etching. 160 x 110mm, 6¼ x 4¼".
While the original publication line is printed at the bottom on the print, this portrait is listed in the 'Catalogue of Portraits of Old Halifax Worthies; exhibited at the Annual Soiree, Jan. 3, 1867'.
[Ref: 23130] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Tho: Worsley Esq.
G. Kneller pinx:
I Beckett ex: [n.d. c.1685]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed to image and mounted in album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Worsley (1649-1715), of Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, in wig and lace cravat.
CS 99, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65499] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Worsted Winder.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller Albermarle Street, Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand-coloured aquatint, with letterpress page. Sheet: 365 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾"), Charles Wise watermark 1819. Staple in bottom left corner.
A scene in a workshop showing a worsted winder winding worsted upon a bobbin. From 'The Costume of Great Britain', a book containing 60 plates of people at work and scenes of everyday life. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate the book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 44617] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Worster
T Murrey pinx: J. Smith fc: & ex: [c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 325 x 235mm (12¾ x 8¾") small margins.
Portrait after Thomas Murray (1663-1735), a popular portrait painter whose sitters included Queen Ann. Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 282
[Ref: 40238] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Portraits of the Worthies of Westminster-Hall, with their Autographs; being Fac-Similies of Original Sketches, Found in the Note-Book of a Briefless Barrister.
London: Thomas & William Boone, 480 Strand. 1823.
Small quarto, later C19th half morocco with marbled boards and endpapers; containing the printed wrappers, contents page, 20 coloured engravings of judges with facsimile signatures, a photograph of Sir Frederick Pollock and two a.l.s. signed by Pollock, all mounted on album paper.
Only Part I of this work was published: an attempt to fund Part II by subscription failed.
[Ref: 725] £850.00

Fisherman going out at Worthing.
P. J. de Loutherbourg R.A. Del.t. J. C. Stadler Sculp.t.
London, Published by R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint, sheet 440 x 580mm (17¼ x 22¾"). Trimmed to plate, mount burn around image. Some stains, nicks and repaired tears on margins.
From 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' after designs by the landscape painter and scene designer Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
Abbey Scenery: 6. For more in the series see ref: 31391, 20598, 30784.
[Ref: 60624] £360.00

The Rev.d Mr. Hugh Worthington.
Wm. Read Pinx.t Harding Sculp.t
Publish'd as ye Act Directs, For W. Read, 157, Fleet Street & R. Eynon, Back of ye Royal Exchange. [n.d. c.1790.]
Etching. 254 x 215mm. 10 x 8½". Trimmed.
Portrait of Hugh Worthington (1752-1813), Arian divine. He was a pastor at Salter's Hall, London, from 1782. In 1785 he wasmad a trustee of Dr. Williams's Foundations, the library of Dr. Daniel Williams. He was a lecturer on classics and logic from 1786 to 1789.
O'D: 1 (only engraved portrait listed for sitter).
[Ref: 27180] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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