Grosvenor Prints

[Barren Landscape.]
[H.B. Ker.]
[n.d. c.1812.]
Soft-ground etching. 121 x 202mm (4¾ x 8"). Cut.
Barren landscape, with small three-arched hump bridge over a meandering river in foreground at left; a group of trees on the opposite bank; long bridge seen in the distance at right. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34811] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Belhus Essex.
HBK.
[n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 102 x 152mm (4 x 6"). Cut
Belhus, Essex: a road at right leading through a field; trees behind, windmill and house-roofs seen in background, and a small building among trees at left. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34813] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Castle Ruin.]
HBK.
[n.d. c.1812.]
Soft ground etching. 114 x 152mm (4½ x 6"). Cut.
View of a castle with partly ruined tower on a hilltop from a field below, with trees in foreground at left and right. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34804] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Cattle.]
MRoo. [H.B. Ker.]
[n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 190 x 132mm (7½ x 5¼"). Cut
A cattle standing on a path in frontal view; two learning milestones to left; copy of an etching by Johann Melchior Roos. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34796] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

A Christmas Carol, with Music. I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day, on Christmas day. / I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day in the morning [...]
Designed & Etched by William B. Scott
Vizetelly & Co Published by Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street, London
Lithograph with tintstone, printed area 405 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Creasing and some ingrained dirt. Rare.
Decorative presentation of a Christmas carol, written by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), which remains popular to this day
[Ref: 41273] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Coastal Scene.]
HB Ker 1812.
Etching. 95 x 210mm (3¾ x 8¼"). Cut on right.
Three sailing boats moored in a harbour at centre; a figure and rowing boat at left; pier at right. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34791] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Rev.d John Codman. D.D. Dorchester. Massachusetts.
Wildman del. Roffe sc.
Pub. Feb.y 1827, by Westley & Davis, Stationers Court.
Stipple. 215 x 120mm (8½ x 4¾").
Rev. John Codman (1782-1848). Dr. Codman graduated at Harvard College in 1802, studied for the ministry under the Rev. Henry Ware, then of Hingham, and in 1805 embarked for Europe, to finish his theological studies there, before returning to the United States.
[Ref: 28556] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

Cupid and my Campaspe play'd At cards for kisses. ...
Fred Millar 58.09[?] R. A. Bell . Robert Anning Bell. Fred Millar se et Imp. No. 11
[n.d.]
Mezzotint Printed in colours on india paper, 270 x 395mm (10½ x 15½"), with wide margins. Small tear in right margin. Light stain in upper left corner. Toning.
A scene depicting Cupid and a young mistress, or Campaspe, playing cards surrounded by four other young women. Campaspe was the supposed lover of Alexander the Great; her name became a generic synonym for a man's young mistress in poetry and this meaning was popularised in John Lyly's (1553-1606) poem 'Cupid and my Campaspe play'd. At cards for kisses'. He also wrote a play titled 'Campaspe' (1584).
[Ref: 54092] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Siege of Arras]
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella]
[Published by Israel Henriot, c.1644]
Etching, 61 x 123mm (2? x 4?"). Glued to backing sheet, slight staining on right.
Attack on a besieged town, which Massar identifies as Arras which was taken by the French in 1640. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 256 ii/iii. For another etching of this siege by Della Bella, see ref. 23780.
[Ref: 23778] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cannon with two soldiers sat on its carriage]
S.D. la Bella fecit.
F.L.D. Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis
Etching, 89 x 143mm (3½ x 5?").
Cannon in foreground with ruins behind, and a town in the distance. From a set of six 'Varii capricci militari' by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) which were first published in 1641.
de Vesme/Massar: 259
[Ref: 23787] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Soldier pointing a cannon]
Stef. Della Bella. In.et F.
Israel ex. cum privil. Regis [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 61 x 125mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet. Number '10' scratched out bottom right.
A soldier pointing a cannon under the surveillance of an officer standing to his right. In the background other soldiers carrying out exercises. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 255 ii/iii
[Ref: 23777] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Soldiers playing at cards]
Stef. Della Bella. In.et F.
Israel ex. cum privil. Regis [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 61 x 124mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet.
Four soldiers seemingly playing at cards while a sentinel watches them. A cannon mounted on its carriage to left, an encampment to right. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 254 ii/iii
[Ref: 23774] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with two women holding a vase of flowers.]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, platemark 233 x 182mm (9? x 7?"). Glued to backing sheet at three corners.
Plate ten from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1036.ii or iii
[Ref: 24293] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with dogs]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, 156 x 247mm (6? x 9?"). Glued to backing sheet at corners; water staining top left and right.
Cartouche adorned with four dogs, a stag, and a boar's head, with two more dogs left and right. Plate thirteen from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1039.i (before plate numbers added)
[Ref: 24294] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Two overlapping cartouches]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, 116 x 192mm (4½ x 7"). Glued to backing sheet at three corners with glue stains at corners; water staining top left and right. Plate number scratched out top right.
Two overlapping cartouches, each showing a combat between an eagle and a serpent. Plate fourteen from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1040. ii or iii
[Ref: 24298] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with two lions]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, 135 x 191mm (5¼ x 7½"). Glued to backing sheet at corners; plate number scratched out top right.
Plate eighteen from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1044. ii or iii
[Ref: 24304] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Decorative cartouche]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, platemark 248 x 180mm (9? x 7?"). Slight foxing around edges, glued to backing sheet at top corners.
Cartouche with two children sitting astride two eagles, and holding a plumed helmet. Palms and ribbons below. Plate five from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1031.ii or iii
[Ref: 24282] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Carriage at rest]
SD Bella.
Israel ex. [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 62 x 125mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet, top left corner missing, slight staining.
A loaded carriage at rest. The two horses eat the grass while the carriage driver sleeps on the ground next to a dog. Encampment in background with a town in the distance. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 253 ii/iii
[Ref: 23773] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cavaliers crossing a river at a ford]
SDBella f.
Israel ex [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 62 x 127mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet. '5' in manuscript bottom left after having been scratched out.
One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 250 ii/iii
[Ref: 23770] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Conversation]
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella]
Israel ex.
Etching, 73 x 107mm (2? x 4?"). Glued to backing sheet.
Conversation amongst men and women seated on the ground, in the countryside, with other figures left and right. From a set of thirteen etchings of an 'Agréable diversité de figures' by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) and published in Paris by Israel Henriet in 1642.
de Vesme/Massar: 123- intermediate state between De Vesme's ii and iii/v.
[Ref: 23782] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Two soldiers talking]
SDBella.
Israel ex. [n.d., c.1644]
Etching, 62 x 125mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet, bottom right corner missing.
Two soldiers standing to left, on the right a dead horse which two wolves are starting to eat. A corps of lancers in the background. One of a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 252 ii/iii
[Ref: 23772] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a young woman, hair tied back, looking left.] 11.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6), with C17th watermark. One very small wormhole bottom right. Slight crease top left. Small margins.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 374, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58183] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a boy with curly hair, bare shouldered, looking right.] 12.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6), with C17th watermark. Mark middle right. Small margins. One very small wormhole bottom right.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 375, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58184] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a boy with straight hair, with high collar, looking right.] 13.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6), with C17th watermark. One very small wormhole, bottom right, in unprinted area, crease. Small margins.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 376, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58185] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a bearded old man, looking right.] 19.
S. D Bella in et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 145mm (4¾ x 5¾), with C17th watermark. Small margins. One very small wormhole bottom right. Very slight marking near head on left.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 382, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The head of a bearded old man, with laurel wreath and fur collar, looking left.] 20.
S. D Bella invent et fecit.
Avec privilege du Roy [Paris, n.d., c.1641.]
Etching. 120 x 145mm (4¾ x 5¾), with C17th watermark. Small margins. One very small wormhole bottom right.
From Stefano Della Bella's 'I Principii del Disegno', a collection of 25 etchings. De Vesme records two states, first with the imprint of Pierre Mariette, the second without, as here. However the British Museum (X,5.376) records 'A note supplied by Osbert Barnard in the 1970s states that he had never seen and could find no record of an impression of any of the states other than the frontispiece which carried Mariette's name'. Certainly this applies to all the examples held by the BM.
De Vesme 383, state ii of ii, but see above.
[Ref: 58182] £350.00

Veue des Costes d'Italie.
S.D. Bella inventit et fecit
Israel ex. cum privil. Regis [1647]
Etching, 88 x 137mm (3½ x 5?"). Glued to backing sheet, '12' in manuscript bottom right corner, lower margin trimmed.
The Italian Coast: four men play cards in the centre while another two watch them, prow of a boat on left, and a tower on the right. From a series of eight etchings of sea ports by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
de Vesme/Massar: 801
[Ref: 24014] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The infant John the Baptist.]
Stef de la Bella fecit.
Cum privilegio Regis. Mariette excudit [n.d., c.1641].
Etching. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"), with C17th watermark. Small margins.
The infant John the Baptist, holding a crossed staff with banner, a lamb by his side.
De Vesme 24, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 58186] £460.00

Varij Capricij Militarij di Stef. Della Bella
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella]
[Published by Basan]
Etching, 90 x 144mm (3½ x 5?").
An army on the move, with a dead horse in the foreground. First of a set of six etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) which were first published in 1641.
de Vesme/Massar: 258 iii or iv/iv
[Ref: 23784] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Paisages Maritimes. Faicts par S.D. Bella et Mis en lumiere par Israel.
S.D. Bella in. et fc.
Israel ex. cum privil Regis. [n.d., c.1644]
Seven etched sheets. Title 76 x 141mm (3 x 5½"), remaining plates all approx. 74 x 126mm (2? x 5"). Glued in corners to backing sheets. Some plates numbered in pen and ink lower right.
Complete set of six marine landscapes and title page by Stefano Della Bella (1610-54) and published by Israel Henriet, who also published Jacques Callot's prints.
de Vesme/Massar: 787-793 i/ii.
[Ref: 23733] £650.00 view all images for this item

[The Aveunue of Fountains, Pratolino]
S. D. Bella [n.d., c.1650-56]
Etching, platemark 255 x 375mm (10 x 14¾")
One from the set of six views that Stefano della Bella (1610-64) produced of the villa at Pratolino, near Florence. Built for Francesco I de'Medici in the sixteenth century, the villa was praised by Montaigne, amongst others. This view shows the spectacular path from the garden to the villa, along which the visitor walks beneath a succession of fountain jets. After being left unattended for much of the eighteenth century, the villa was demolished in 1820 and the garden was redesigned. It is now part of the Villa Demidoff, as it was named by a Russian industrialist who owned the site in the nineteenth century.
De Vesme 839 ii/iii
[Ref: 31936] £320.00

Desseins de Quelques Conduites de troupes, Canons, et ataques de villes; faictes Par de la Belle. Dediées a Mon Seigneur Henry Du Plesseys Conte De La Roche-Guyon. Par son tres humble Serviteur Israel. Avec Privilege u Roy.
[Etched by Stefano Della Bella].
[Published by Israel Henriet, c.1644]
Etching, 60 x 127mm (2? x 5"). Glued to backing sheet.
Frontispiece to a series of twelve military etchings by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64), with the title written on a drape, beneath which can be seen the coat of arms of the dedicatee.
de Vesme/Massar: 264
[Ref: 23764] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Soldier leaning against cannon]
S.D. la Bella fecit.
F.L.D. Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis
Etching, 92 x 142mm (3½ x 5 17½").
Soldier with pike leaning against wheel of a cannon inforeground. Behind him more soldiers and another cannon, and a windmill centre right. From a set of six 'Varii capricci militari' by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) which were first published in 1641.
de Vesme/Massar: 262
[Ref: 23789] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Duett. From the Picture in the Vernon Gallery.
W. Etty, R.A. Painter. R. Bell, Engraver.
H. Wilkinson, Printer. [n.d. c.1850.]
Engraving and etching. 230 x 318mm. 9 x 12½". Publication line cut.
A couple in oriental dress sitting at a table spread with fruit on a balcony, she sitting in front, playing a lute, both looking to left and singing from a score held up by a page wearing a doublet with slashed sleeves. After the painting 'The duet', exhibited in 1838, previously in the Vernon collection, now at Tate. Illustration from 'The Art Journal' of 1850.
[Ref: 22652] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Four Elements.] Terra. [&] Aer. [&] Ingis. [&] Aqua. 1 [-4]
Stef. de la Bella invent fecit.
ex. Cum Privil. Regis Christ.
Set of four etchinga. each 85 x 195mm (3¼ x 7¾"), large margins. Laid on album paper, one sheet.
The set of Four Elements: Earth & Air are landscapes; Fire and Water are seascapes, Fire with a ships on fire, Water with a storm. Etched by Stefano della Bella (1610-54), one of the greatest of Italian printmakers, whose diverse output, characterised by the compression of great precision and detail into small composions, has been the focus of a number of exhibitions and scholarly publications in recent years. It was also influential on later seventeenth century printmakers such as François Collignon and Israel Silvestre.
De Vesme 753-6., states ii of iii. From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57495] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)

[John Ellis.]
[Engraved by Samuel Bellin after John Lucas.]
[n.d., c.1858.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters on chine collé. Platemark: 815 x 510mm (32 x 20"). Small tears to lower edge of sheet in margin.
John Ellis (1789-1862), Quaker, businessman and liberal reformer. He was Chairman of the Midland Railway 1849-58 and MP for Leicester between 1848-52. He attended the 1840 World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London and was included in Benjamin Robert Haydon's painting of the event, now in the NPG.
Ex collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The original painting is in the National Railway Museum
[Ref: 39247] £480.00

Ordinanza nella quale si fermarono il Ser.mo Princ.pe le squadre de caval.ri, ed i carri delle Deità Interno almonte d'Atlante nella Festra a Cavallo Rappre.ta. Per le Reali Noze dell A.S.S. Nel Teatro Cong.to al Pala.zo del S.G.D.
S.D. Bella 1661.
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 280 x 435mm (11 x 17"). Trimmed close to image.
An elaborate tournament held in the amphitheatre of the Giardino di Boboli, behind the Medici's Pitti Palace. Top left is the Forte di Belvedere.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62142] £490.00

Florence Nightingale At Scutari. A Mission Of Mercy.
Painted By Jerry Barrett. Engraved by Samuel Bellin.
Published By Thomas Agnew & Sons, Printsellers To Her Majesty The Queen, Exchange St. Manchester & Exchange Buildings, Liverpool. May 1st. 1861. Printed by J. Brooker.
Mixed method engraving, 665 x 930mm (26¼ x 36½"). Marginal tears, light spotting.
Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910), reformer of hospital nursing and of the Army Medical Services kneeling on the ground and offering a cup to a wounded soldier lying on a stretcher. Many people are gathered round, including a man in oriental dress with two children. This scene at Scutari, called Üsküdar, a large and densely populated suburb of Istanbul, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus right opposite the heart of the great city. Florence Nightingale reformed hospital nursing during the 19th Century. She trained as a sick nurse and was invited to take nurses out to tend the wounded in the Crimean War (1854). Her sanitary reforms there lessened cases of disease. She was subsequently consulted by foreign governments at war as an authority on hospital administration and sanitation. After Jerry Barrett's oil in the National Portrait Gallery titled 'Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari — 1856 — The Mission of Mercy'. The following figures have been identified: Sir William Linton, (to the left of the archway); Sir Henry Knight Storks, (to his right); Alexis Benoit Soyer, (in white to Nightingale's left).
NPG: 4305.
[Ref: 8486] £620.00

She-Goat of Juda. Plate CXCII.
A. Bell Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving, paper watermarked. 210 x 124mm (8¼ x 5").
Short-horned female goat with accentuated white hind leg 'socks'; castle in left-hand background. A Judas goat is a trained goat used in general animal herding. It is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. From Volume 6 of "Natural history: general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator"; printed for William Creech, Edinburgh.
[Ref: 52381] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

Buck of Juda. Plate 254.
A. Bell Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1812.]
Engraving. 210 x 124mm (8¼ x 5").
A short-horned goat; lighthouse in background. A Judas goat is a trained goat used in general animal herding. It is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. From Volume 8 of "Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon, illustrated with above 600 copper plates. The History of Man and Quadrupeds .[and] The History of Birds. In Twenty Volumes"; Publised by T Cadell and W. Davies; RC and J Rivington; et al, London, 1812.
[Ref: 52380] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

Buck of Juda. Plate CXCIII.
A. Bell Sculp.t.
[Edinburgh: William Creech, n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 210 x 124mm (8¼ x 5"), paper watermarked.
A well-horned goat with thick coat; castle in background. A Judas goat is a trained goat used in general animal herding. It is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. From Volume 6 of "Natural history: general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator".
[Ref: 52379] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

Her Majesty The Queen Opening the Great Exhibition of All Nations, 1851.
Painted by H.C. Selous. Engraved by S. Belln.
London, Published May 1. 1856, by Thomas Boys, Printseller to the Royal Family, 467, Oxford Street._Paris, E. Gambart & Co. 15 Rue Charlot. New York, Williams, Stevens & Co., 353 Broadway, Deposé.
Scarce mixed method engraving. Fine impression. Sheet size: 740 x 990mm (29 x 39"). Trimmed inside plate at lower edge of sheet. Repaired tear top right.
A scene depicting the opening of the Great Exhibition, May 1st 1851. The Archbishop of Canterbury blessing the Exhibition, with commissioners, ministers and dignitaries surrounding the Royal Family. More than 25,000 people attended on the opening day. The artist included Sir Henry Cole, later the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, in the group on the left. Henry Courtenay Selous (1803-1890) was a London-based painter of genre, landscape, historical and literary subjects, who also worked as a panorama painter. He was the son of the painter George Selous and pupil of John Martin.
[Ref: 39252] £520.00

Hampton Wick.
H.B. Ker 1812.
Rare etching. Plate 108 x 152mm. 4¼ x 6".
A view of a riverside house at Hampton Wick by Henry Bellenden Ker.
[Ref: 20034] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Hampton Wick.
H.B. Ker 1812.
Rare etching. 110 x 150mm (4¼ x 6"). Trimmed close to plate.
A view of a riverside house at Hampton Wick by Charles Henry Bellenden Ker (c.1785-1871) was an English barrister and legal reformer. As a young man he was a patron of William Blake but so reluctant to pay his bills that Blake had to take legal steps.
[Ref: 53210] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Head of a man]
Etch'd by the Rev Mr Bellamy [ms]
[c.1780]
Etching, sheet 130 x 115mm (5 x 4½"). Trimmed to platemark on three sides.
Unusual portrait etching by an amateur artist.
[Ref: 44128] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Felicia Hemans [facsimile signature].
R. Roffe sc.t [after Edward Robertson].
London. Published by John Limbird, 143, Strand.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Portrait of Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), poet. Her poem 'Casabianca' (1826) is better known by its first line, 'The Boy stood on the Burning Deck'; 'The Homes of England' (1827) is the origin of the phrase 'stately home'.
[Ref: 51793] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Hill Road.]
[H.B. Ker.]
[n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 120 x 82mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Cut.
View of a hill road with low fence on the left side, tall wall at far left, and trees beyond. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex. Collection of the Hon.Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34808] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Henry Hobart. M.P.
Painted by J. Opie Esq.r R.A. Engraved by E. Bell.
Norwich: Published July 30.th 1804, by J. Freeman. No.2 London Lane.
Mezzotint, with very large margins. Platemark: 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"). Foxing in margins. Rubbing to and creasing to sheet. Uncut.
A portrait of British politician Henry Hobart (1738 - 1799). Head and shoulders within a square frame, looking towards the left, with powdered hair and cravat. The family home of Blickling Hall, is one of England's finest houses. Hobart in Tasmania is named after this sitter's brother, George, 3rd Earl of Buckingham. Hobart, who was an MP for Norwich between 1786 and 1799, was a reliable supporter of William Pitt’s administration as Prime Minister. Hobart's main passion however, shared with his elder brothers, was the promotion of the Italian opera in England. The new 'Hamarket Opera House' of 1790 was surmounted with the Hobart family motto.
Chaloner Smith: 9.
[Ref: 35400] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Scrap album with plates after Henry Bellenden Ker.]
[n.d., c.1812.
Folio scrap album with 42 plates pasted in at corners, largest 205 x 340mm (8 x 13½"). Bookseller label of J Stabling Gt Yarmouth on front sheet. Boards and 1 plate loose.
A collection of landscapes: 38 are by Henry Bellenden Ker, including views of Wimbledon Common & Park, Hampton Wick and Windsor, and his grotesque figure with a bird's-skull head playing a trumpet. Also included are 18 etchings after Smith of Chichester etc. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871) was a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and an amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
BM 1853.01172.172
[Ref: 60830] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

[Landscape with Cottage.]
[H.B. Ker.]
[n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 102 x 156mm (4 x 6¼"). Cut.
Landscape, with cottage at centre and high trees behind a wooden fence on a slope in the foreground at right; fields in background. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34794] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

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