Grosvenor Prints

Brushing in, To Catch others.
J. Seymour inv.t.. T. Burford delin et fecit.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street London.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm. Short printer's crease, some foxing.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5467] £320.00

Brushing In, To Catch others.
J. Seymour inv.t. T. Burford delin et fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament June 1755.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins.
A Jockey on horseback galloping to right, the horse wearing a head-cover.
Siltzer: 247.
[Ref: 54673] £360.00

The Chaise Match, Run on New-market Heath on Wednesday the 29 of August, 1750, from an Original Drawing by Mr Seymour.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53, Fleet Street. [originally c.1770., but watermarked 'W. King Alton Mills 1854'.]
Engraving. 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18½"), very large margins. Top margins tatty.
A record of a 1000-guinea wager: William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensbury, claimed he could get a carriage 'with four running wheels, and a person in, or upon it, drawn by four horses' to travel nineteen miles in one hour. Backed by Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton, the wager was accepted by Theobald Taaffe (described by Horace Walpole as 'a gamester, usurer, adventurer') and Andrew Sprowle. The carriage, specially made by a Mr. Wright of Long Acre, managed to complete the 19 miles around Newmarket Heath in 53 minutes, 27 seconds.
Siltzer 248.
[Ref: 43775] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Coursing the Hare. La Course Du Livre.
T. Burford fecit.
London Published June 22nd. 1787 by Rob.t Sayer 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). A good impression, unexamined out of frame.
Two hounds chasing a hare through a landscape; the beater who has flushed the quarry from cover urges the dogs on, a cottage in the background. From a series of hare hunting prints, numbered '5' lower right. After James Seymour (1702 - 1752).
Siltzer: undescribed.
[Ref: 13984] £480.00

Coursing the Hare. La Course Du Livre.
T. Burford fecit [after James Seymour].
Published 12.th May 1794 by Laurie and Whittle, N.º 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14") large margins. Stitch holes in left margin
Two hounds chasing a hare through a landscape; the beater who has flushed the quarry from cover urges the dogs on, a cottage in the background. The fifth plate of a set of six of hare hunting prints after James Seymour (1702-52).
[Ref: 64834] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Death of the Hare. La Mort De Lievre.
T. Burford fecit.
London Published June 22nd. 1787 by Robt. Sayer 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, 255 x 355mm. 10 x 14". A good impression, unexamined out of frame.
A man walking to his horse, which stands on the brow of a hill looking towards the house in the distance to right, holding a dead hare and his whip; two hounds following, panting from the chase. From a series of hare hunting prints, numbered '6' lower right. After James Seymour (1702 - 1752).
Siltzer: undescribed.
[Ref: 13983] £480.00

Coursing the Hare. La Course Du Livre.
T. Burford fecit [after James Seymour].
Published 12.th May 1794 by Laurie and Whittle, N.º 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with very large margins on 3 sides. Lacking top margin, bottom platemark cracked, stitch holes in left margin.
Two hounds chasing a hare through a landscape; the beater who has flushed the quarry from cover urges the dogs on, a cottage in the background. The last plate of a set of six of hare hunting prints after James Seymour (1702-52).
[Ref: 64835] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Going out in the Morning. Le sortie des Chasseurs au Matin.
J. Seymour inv.t. T. Burford del. et fec.t.
Published according to Act of Parliament [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint with etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, within plate at bottom, a little wear to edges. Damaged.
A fox hunting scene originally published by Thomas Burford in 1753, by here with date erased, and more riders and hounds added. one of six that Laurie & Whittle issued as a set in 1794.
See BM 2010,7081.2857 for earlier state, listing this state as iii of v according the the Lennox Boyd database of mezzotints.
[Ref: 55306] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses Belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton]
Seymour pinx. T. Burford sc.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 255 x 355mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Light surface rubbing. A few light spots.
A groom bringing grain to feed two hunters. The original oil, by James Seymour (1702-52), is now in the Yale Center for British Art (B2001.2.26)
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of iii.
[Ref: 40126] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[A hunter clearing a gate.]
I. Seymour inv. 247.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm. Some ink spotting and wear to edges.
With three fox hounds.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5470] £220.00

The Hunter in a Flying Leap.
J. Seymour Pinxt.. R. Houston Fecit~.
Printed for J. Bowles & Son at tahe Black Horse in Cornhil.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm. Carrying the stamp of the Duke of Cambridge's collection on bottom right corner.
[Ref: 5471] £520.00

[A horse being led from a stable.]
J. Seymour delin. T. Burford fecit. 6.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament~. [n.d., c.1752.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Laid on card. Wormhole on left just touching platemark
With two foxhounds. Plate six of ''Twelve Sporting Mezzotints''; the same image published by Carington Bowles is titled 'The stables, & two famous running horses belonging to His Grace the Duke of Bolton'.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd, his state i of ii, before etched holes in headband; hunters belonging to the Duke of Bolton.
[Ref: 64836] £380.00

[Huntsman and Horse]
J. Seymour delin. T. Burford fecit. 248.
Published 4th June 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Fine mezzotint. Platemark: 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Small margins.
A hunter being led out into the fields by a huntsman with two foxhounds. After English painter James Seymour (1702-1752),widely recognized for his equestrian art.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40127] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses Belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton]
Seymour pinx. T. Burford sc.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 114").
A groom bringing grain to feed two hunters. The original oil, by James Seymour (1702-52), is now in the Yale Center for British Art (B2001.2.26)
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii, with a sideburn on groom's face.
[Ref: 64827] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Hunting.]
J. Seymour inv. T. Burford fecit. ~9.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament~. [n.d., c.1752.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm, 10 x 13¾". Repaired holes ( horses neck and hounds shoulder ) laid on conservation tissue.
A hunter clearing a gate. Listed in Siltzer as part of a set of twelve sporting mezzotints, each numbered and inscribed with name of J. Seymour and T. Burford. Only the last three dated 1752. Nos. 5 and 10 have titles: others without titles.
Siltzer: p.247.
[Ref: 23660] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Fox hunting set of four] Going to Cover. L'entrée du Bois. [&] Making a Cast at a Fault. Le Chiens cherchans a retrouver La Piste. [&] The Chace. La Chasse. [&] The Death of the Fox. La Mort du Reynard.
F. Seymour Pinx.t. T. Burford Fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament by T. Burford, at the Golden-Head in Bridge Street, Westminster [1761].
Set of four mezzotints with etching. Each 355 x 515mm (14 x 20½"). 'Cover' with tears and wormholes, laid on paper; 'Fault' with small holes in margins; 'Chace' with small repair in bottom margin; 'Death' with worming.
A scarce set of four large mezzotint hunting scenes, first published in 1761 but this state with date removed.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iv. Siltzer p. 248, dated 1779[?].
[Ref: 64832] £980.00 view all images for this item

Leading Out a Hunter.
Seymour delin. T. Burford fecit. 236.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
'Little Driver' racehorse.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5477] £320.00

Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello, now the famous Horse Black & all Black, She was likewise ye Dam of L.d Portmor's Oroonoko.
F. Seymour pinx.t. T. Burford fec.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1752.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark,. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small repaired tear entering picture area on left,
The foal is the famous English racehorse Othello or Black and all Black who raced under Sir Ralph Gore. After his racing career, he was imported to Maryland by Deputy Governor Horatio Sharpe in the late 1750s and he went on to stand stud in the colonies for about 13 years. Plate 10 of a set of twelve horses.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64829] £350.00

Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello, now the famous Horse Black & all Black, She was likewise ye Dam of L.d Portmor's Oroonoko.
F. Seymour pinx.t. T. Burford fec.
Published according to Act of Parliament [n.d., c.1752].
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tear entering picture area.
The foal is the famous English racehorse Othello or Black and all Black who raced under Sir Ralph Gore. After his racing career, he was imported to Maryland by Deputy Governor Horatio Sharpe in the late 1750s and he went on to stand stud in the colonies for about 13 years. Plate 10 of a set of twelve horses, a state with the date removed.
[Ref: 5478] £390.00

Miss Slamerkin, with her Colt Othello, now the famous Horse Black & all Black, She was likewise ye Dam of L.d Portmor's Oroonoko.
F. Seymour pinx.t. T. Burford fec.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1752.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.
The foal is the famous English racehorse Othello or Black and all Black who raced under Sir Ralph Gore. After his racing career, he was imported to Maryland by Deputy Governor Horatio Sharpe in the late 1750s and he went on to stand stud in the colonies for about 13 years. Plate 10 of a set of twelve horses.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64830] £390.00

The Setting Dog and Partridges. Le Chien Couchant et La Perdrix.
J. Seymour invent. T. Burford del. fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, October, 1758.
Mezzotint. Plate 255 x 356mm. 10 x 14".
Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 15083] £420.00

Spark, a famous Hunter which was presented to the Prince of Wales by M.r Fleetwood, after his Royal Highness had done riding him, he was kept as a Stallion in his Majesties Stud at Hampton Court.
James Seymour Pinx. R. Parr Sculp.
Publish'd by John Bowles according to Act of Parliam.t July 4, 1743.
Etching. Sheet 185 x 200mm (7¼ x 8"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, some scuffing and wear, laid on archival paper.
Spark, a decendant of the Darly Arabian, was given by Charles Fleetwood to Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales. He later passed the horse to Lord Baltimore to give to Samuel Ogle, Governor of Maryland, who took the horse to Maryland in 1747. Thus Spark became the first thoroughbred stallion in the colony and the beginning of the American purebred development at the Belair Stud. Probably from the series 'Seventeen Famous Race Horses' engraved by Regimius Parr, mentioned by Siltzer but not listed or dated. As Spark was foaled in 1743 the publication line here is suspect.
Siltzer p. 248.
[Ref: 60436] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A Standing Leap at a Gate.]
I. Seymour inv. 526
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament.
Coloured mezzotint. 250 x 350mm. No. 526. Repaired tears, trimmed within plate at bottom. Stained.
The title appeared on a Laurie & Whittle state.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5485] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Two jockeys on racehorses running neck-and-neck.]
J. Seymour invent. T. Burford fecit 12.
Published according to Act of Parliament June 15; 1780 by R. Sayer & J. Bennett N,,º 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears in margins. Small margins.
Two racehorses approaching the winning post. According to the BM, the title 'Careless Beating Atlas' was added to the plate by Robert Sayer in 1787. As the plate was first published in 1752, eight years before that race (York, 30th August 1760), this was merely opportunism.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv of vi.
[Ref: 64826] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)

[Two jockeys on racehorses running neck-and-neck.]
J. Seymour invent. T. Burford fecit 12.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with large margins.. Old ink mss in margins.
Two racehorses approaching the winning post. According to the BM, the title 'Careless Beating Atlas' was added to the plate by Robert Sayer in 1787. As the plate was first published in 1752, eight years before that race (York, 30th August 1760), this was merely opportunism.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of vi.
[Ref: 64820] £360.00

Unkenneling the Fox-Hounds. Lacher la Meute. 210.
[engraved by Thomas Burford after either himself or James Seymour.]
London Published 22nd May 1787 by Rob.t Sayer, 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint with etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Narrow margins, a little wear to edges, laid on archival paper.
A fox hunting scene originally published by Thomas Burford c.1753, one of six that Laurie & Whittle issued as a set in 1794.
BM 2010,7081.2883, listing it as state v of vi according the the Lennox Boyd database of mezzotints.
[Ref: 55305] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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