Grosvenor Prints

[Beltrami] The Author, In his Dress when among the Indians.
Drawn on Stone by J.W.Giles. from a Drawing by Stephanhoff.
Printed by C.Hullmandel.
Lithograph on india paper. India 161 x 102mm.
Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1779-1855) from 1822 explored the United States, finding the source of the Mississippi; after which he travelled in Mexico. This portrait appeared in his account of his travels.
[Ref: 2694] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Chelsea Pensioners] Fresh Arrivals at Chelsea.
Giles Grinagain in et f.
Published Mar 15th 1802 by S. Howitt, Panton Street Haymarket.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½") large margins. Some toning of paper at edge of plate.
Two veterans of the French Revolutionary Wars, both still in army uniform, compare notes about their loss of limbs with two older Chelsea Pensioners, also amputees. One of the Old Guard says 'a Rascal of a Frenchman shot my nose off', during his service with the Marquis of Grandby during the Seven Years' War. 'Giles Grinagain' was probably a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt, the publisher of the print.
[Ref: 54566] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Adam's Peak & the Lake of Colombo, from the Galle-Barrier.]
Deschamps del.
[published by Ackermann, 1845.]
Rare lithograph with tintstone, sheet 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed.
Plate from 'Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon' (1845) by John Deschamps, who spent nine years as an officer of the Royal Artillery on the island (now Sri Lanka).
Abbey 414.4.
[Ref: 41644] £380.00

[The Fort of Colombo, from the Galle-Face Esplanade]
Deschamps del
[published by Ackermann, 1845]
Rare lithograph with tintstone, sheet 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed.
Plate from 'Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon' (1845) by John Deschamps, who spent nine years as an officer of the Royal Artillery on the island (now Sri Lanka).
Abbey 414.2
[Ref: 41643] £380.00

Our Herds, No.4, Dairy Cows.
Painted by T.S. Cooper, A.R.A. On Stone by J. West Giles. [Etched in image:] T.S. Cooper RA. 1851.
London, Published November 20th. 1851, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners, St. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.
Coloured lithograph with gum-arabic, very rare. 616 x 736mm. 24¼ x 29". Some spotting.
A group of long-horned cattle; a group seated at the front, with two further cows, one drinking and one standing, in the stream behind. A further group of cows and a cottage can be seen in the distance. Frrom Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 23348] £620.00

The Hunters Annual_No.1._Plate 1st. This Portrait of Mr. C. Davis, his Majesty's Huntsman, on the Hermit is with permission dedicated to the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Errol K.T. master of his Majesty's Buck Hounds &c. &c. by his Lordship's most Obedient Servant R. B. Davis.
Painted by R. B. Davis. Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles. Printed by J. Graf.
London, Published by R. B. Davis, Wilton St. Grosvenor Place Dec.r 1836.
Lithograph on chine collé. Sheet: 425 x 475mm (16¾ x 18¾").
A mounted portrait of C. Davis shown with his hounds.
[Ref: 47871] £360.00

[The Ceremonies Observed In Every Province & City Of China, On The Occasion Of An Eclipse.]
Drawn by G.F. Sargent from a Painting by Foshang. On Stone by J.W. Giles.
[London, Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. 1846].
Tinted lithograph. 134 x 222mm. 5¼ x 8¾". Paper toning. Cut.
An interior scene in a Chinese building. To the right, a man observes a comet through a telescope. Plate to Julia Corner's 'The History of China & India, pictorial and descriptive' 1846.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn; for the full 'History of China and India' see ref. 23817.
[Ref: 18451] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

How to Raise a Ghost.
Giles Grinagain in et f.
Published Dec.r 1. 1801 by S Howitt Panton Street.
Hand coloured etching. 190 x 215mm (7½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two siblings argue over the possessions of their deceased mother, provoking her ghost to appear between them. 'I wish I had left them to the Poor of the Parish', she concludes. One of a set by 'Giles Grinagain', probably a pseudonym for the publisher Samuel Howitt.
BM Satires: 9816. See BM Satires 9815-20 for others in set. See Ref: 51710.
[Ref: 60062] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

How to Raise a Ghost.
Giles Grinagain in et f.
Published Dec.r 1. 1801 by S Howitt Panton Street [but later].
Coloured etching. 190 x 225mm (7½ x 8¾"), on Whatman paper watermarked 1816. Repaired hole in mans left arm.
Two siblings argue over the possessions of their deceased mother, provoking her ghost to appear between them. 'I wish I had left them to the Poor of the Parish', she concludes. One of a set by 'Giles Grinagain', probably a pseudonym for the publisher Samuel Howitt.
BM Satires: 9816. See BM Satires 9815-20 for others in set.
[Ref: 51710] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Hunters Annual_No. 2 Plate 2. This Print of W. Head Huntsman, to the Donnington Hounds, is dedicated to the most noble The Marquis of Hastings, by his most obedient Servant. R. B. Davis.
Painted by R. B. Davis. Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles Bedford S.t Euston Square. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, May 1838 by Mr. Davis, No. 10, Wilton St. Grosvenor Place and Mess.rs Bailey No.83 Cornhill.
Proof lithograph on chine collé. Sheet: 425 x 475mm (16¾ x 18¾"). Repaired tears and damage.
A mounted portrait of W. Head shown with his hounds.
[Ref: 47869] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

J.F. Herring's Farm Yard. No. 6.
J.F. Herring del.t J. West Giles lith.
M. & N. Hanhart lith. printers. London, Published 15th January 1850, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners St, Oxford St.
Fine coloured lithograph, printed area 455 x 410mm (18 x 16"). Loss in margins on right.
Atmospheric barn scene with three cows, after J.F. Herring.
[Ref: 23813] £480.00

How to Present an Address.
Giles Grinagain in. et f.
Pub.d by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly Jan.y 2.d. 1804. [Stamped to the bottom right corner:] S.W.F.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 210 x 240mm. 8¼ x 9½".
"Giles Grinagain" is probably a pseudonym for Samuel Howitt who first published these prints in 1801 and 1802. S. W. Fores re-issued them in 1804.
BM Satires:
[Ref: 16541] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Hunters Annual_No. 2 Plate 1. This Print of W. Long Huntsman to the Badminton Hounds, is dedicated to his Grace The Duke of Beaufort by his most Obedient humble Servant R. B. Davis.
Painted by R. B. Davis. Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, May 1838 by R. B. Davis, No. 10, Wilton St. Grosvenor Place and Mess.rs A. H. Bailey & Co. No.83 Cornhill.
Proof lithograph on chine collé. Sheet: 425 x 475mm (16¾ x 18¾"). Repaired tears and damage to edges.
A mounted portrait of W. Long shown with his hounds.
[Ref: 47872] £320.00

Our Herds, No.5, Lord of the Herd.
Painted by T.S. Cooper, A.R.A. On Stone by J. West Giles. [Etched in image:] T.S. Cooper RA. 1853.
London, Published 1st. Sept.r 1853, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners St. Oxford St. Printed by M & N. Hanhart.
Coloured lithograph with gum arabic, very rare. Publisher's stamp lower left. 610 x 730mm. 24 x 28¾". Some spotting.
By a stream three horned cows sit resting, with a lone bull keeping guard; three sheep, one standing, rest to the right with a running stream in the background.
[Ref: 23349] £620.00

A white Moorish Boy, with a dish of Couscassow, a Timbuctoo Slave Child, and a free Negro Boy.
G. Beauclerk pinxit. On Stone by Giles.
Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 100 x 135mm (4 x 5¼").
Three smiling children walk in a line towards the viewer. On the left, the 'white Moorish Boy' carries a tagine on his head, steadying it with both hands; in the centre is the 'Timbuctoo Slave Child', who holds onto the clothing of the boy to the left, as her arm is held by the 'Free Negro Boy' on the right.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 36315] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Three Moors riding at a Hab el Barode.
G. Beauclerk pinx.t. On Stone by Giles.
Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph on chine collé, laid on printed card. Sheet size: 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), very large margins.
Three Arab riders, firing their long guns, maybe in Morocco.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 57837] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Moses in the Bull-Rushes.
Giles Grinagain in. et f.
Pub.d by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly Jan.y 2.d. 1804. [Stamped to the bottom right corner:] S.W.F.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 210 x 240mm. 8¼ x 9½".
A fat vicar with pustules on his face stands on the bank looking down at his clerk, Moses, who is waist-high in rushes, and holding up a bottle. "Giles Grinagain" is probably a pseudonym for Samuel Howitt who first published these prints in 1801 and 1802. S. W. Fores re-issued them in 1804.
BM Satires: 10339.
[Ref: 16540] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Newbury Coat.] To Robert Throckmorton Esq.re Buckland House Farringdon This Print respresenting the beginning progress & completion of an extraordinary undertaking to prove the possibility if Wool being manufactured into cloth and made into a coat between sunrise and sunset, which was successfully accomplished on Tuesday 25th June 1811, Is respectfully dedicated his most obliged and humble Servant John Williams Sand Steward to the late Sir John Throckmorton.
Drawn on Stone by J.W. Giles
London Published by John Mitchell, 33 Old Bond Street.
Lithograph with large margins. Printed area 540 x 740mm (21¼ x 29"). A few creases in the sky.
A composite image showing a race to create a wool hunting coat from scratch in one day, held in Newbury Berkshire. The origin of the event was a comment made by John Coxeter, owner of Greenham Mills in Newbury to Sir John Throckmorton: 'So great are the improvements in machinery I have lately introduced into my mill, that I believe that in twenty-four hours I could take the coat off your back, reduce it to wool, and turn it back into a coat again'. Throckmorton calculated the time required for the various processes, accepting it could be done. Shortly after Throckmorton made a wager a thousand guineas that at eight o'clock in the evening of June the 25th, 1811, he would sit down to dinner in a well-woven, properly-made coat, the wool of which formed the fleeces of sheep's backs at five o'clock that same morning. A holiday was declared so the town could watch (greasy-pole climbing and fencing competitions can be seen to the right), and the race was on. Starting at five in the morning, Coxeter presented the coat to Throckmorton at 6.20, who put the garment on before over five thousand people, and sat down to dinner at eight o'clock in the evening. The sheep that provided the wool were roasted for the spectators. The 'Newbury Coat' is still owned by the Throckmorton family; an identical coat, made in a 1991 re-enactment, is in the West Berkshire Museum in Newbury.
[Ref: 31236] £850.00

Recrimination.
Giles Grinagain inv.t et fec.t.
Published Dec.r 1. 1801. by S. Howitt, Panton Street.
Coloured etching. 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾"). Thread margins.
An angry French hairdresser complains about the patch of soot left on his sleeve by a chimney sweep, saying, ''Morbieu! You black Devils! see have You make black all my Jacket! How I can go to dress my Lord? for what you not wear white Clothes''. The sweep holds out his left arm, whitened by impact, saying, ''Look ye here, d--n You! what You've done you at Frog - I shan't be able to get the White out for Six Months to come''. 'Giles Grinagain' was probably a pseudonym for Samuel Howitt.
BM Satires 9815.
[Ref: 42183] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

H. L. Rolfe's Studies of Fresh-Water Fish. No. 1 Barbel, Roach and Dace. From the River Thames.
J. West Giles. Lith. M. &. N. Hanhart, Impt.
London, Published 1st Novr. 1856, by Messrs. William Tegg & Co. 28 Queen Street, Cheapside.
Coloured Lithograph, oval dimensions 430 x 560. Repaired tear top right of title.
One from a set of six ovals that depict the freshwater fish of England's rivers. Rarely found untrimmed in good condition. Henry Leonidas Rolfe [1823-1881] was devoted to the depiction of angling subjects and was, unsurprisingly, a keen fisherman himself. A portrait of Rolfe on a river bank with his catch is in the Government Art Collection.
See: 5058
[Ref: 5057] £950.00

H. L. Rolfe's Studies of Fresh-Water Fish. No. 2 Pike, Perch, and Roach. From the River Loddon.
J. West Giles. Lith. M. &. N. Hanhart, Impt.
London, Published 1st Novr. 1856, by Messrs. William Tegg & Co. 28 Queen Street, Cheapside.
Coloured Lithograph, oval dimensions 430 x 560. Laid down
One from a set of six ovals that depict the freshwater fish of England's rivers. Rarely found untrimmed in good condition. Henry Leonidas Rolfe [1823-1881] was devoted to the depiction of angling subjects and was, unsurprisingly, a keen fisherman himself. A portrait of Rolfe on a river bank with his catch is in the Government Art Collection.
See Ref: 5057
[Ref: 5058] £950.00

[Juliet at the Balcony.]
[Painted by B. R. Haydon.] [Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles.]
[London, Published July 1st. 1823 by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street/Printed by C.Hullmandel.]
Lithograph. 236 x 190mm. 9¼ x 7½".
Romeo and Juliet embraving on the balcony at night. Romeo's hand points towards the rising sun, indicating that he must leave.
[Ref: 14881] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Running away with an Heiress.
Giles Grinagain inv.t et fec.t.
Pub.d by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly Jan.y 2.d 1804.
Coloured etching; 18th century watermark; bottom right stamped in ink S.W.F.. 200 x 230mm (8 x 9"). Trimmed to plate at bottom with slight loss to right.
A fat middle-aged woman, lightly clad in indoor dress, sits on the shoulders of a man smaller and older than herself, who runs in profile to the right. He bends under his burden, using a stick, and saying, 'I think I have got a great Prize at last! 40,000 £ in Bank Stock is a weighty Consideration'. She says: 'How I do long for the Blacksmith! When shall we get to Gretna Green!". Behind them is a short ladder leading from a ground-floor window. 'Giles Grinagain' (fl. 1801-7) made a series of prints published by Samuel Howitt in 1801-2, so is probably a pseudonym for Howitt himself. Some were re-issued by S W Fores in 1804, and in 1807 he is listed as a publisher at 7 Artillery Street, of a print by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10337.
[Ref: 40615] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Hunters Annual_No. 3 Plate 1.st. This Print of W. Sebright Huntsman, to the Milton Hounds, is dedicated to The Right Hon.ble the Earl of Fitzwilliam by his Lordship's most obedient humble Serv.t. R. B. Davis.
Painted by R. B. Davis. Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles Bedford S.t Euston Square. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Aug.st 1.st 1839 by R. B. Davis, No. 10, Wilton St. Grosvenor Place and Mess.rs A. H. Bailey & Co. No.83 Cornhill.
Proof lithograph on chine collé. Sheet: 425 x 475mm (16¾ x 18¾"). Pencil annotation crossing out 'W' and adding 'J' in title.
A mounted portrait of W. Sebright shown with his hounds.
[Ref: 47868] £360.00

The Hunters Annual, No.1. Plate 4. This Print of James Shirley Huntsman, to the Bramshill Hounds, is dedicated to Sir John Cope Bar.t. by his most Obedient humble Serv.t. R. B. Davis.
Painted by R. B. Davis. Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles. Printed by J. Graf.
London, Published by R. B. Davis, Wilton St. Grosvenor Place Dec.r 1836.
Lithograph on chine collé. Sheet: 425 x 475mm (16¾ x 18¾").
A mounted portrait of James Shirley shown with his hounds.
[Ref: 47867] £360.00

Spaniels. Starting a Hare.
Painted by J. Bensted. Drawn on Stone by J.W. Giles.
London, Published by W.m Spooner, 259 Regent Street, Sep.r 20th 1832.
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 170 x 180mm (6¾ x 7''). Trimmed, damage in title area.
A scene showing a pair of spaniels chasing after a hare.
[Ref: 49895] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Hunters Annual_No. 2 Plate 4. This Print of T. Winfields, Huntsman, to the Bucknell Hounds, is dedicated with permission to Tho.s Tyrnwhit Drake Esq.re by his most Obedient humble Servant R. B. Davis.
Painted by R. B. Davis. Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, May 1838 by R. B. Davis, No. 10, Wilton St. Grosvenor Place and Mess.rs A. H. Bailey & Co. No.83 Cornhill.
Proof lithograph on chine collé. Sheet: 425 x 475mm (16¾ x 18¾"). Repaired tears and damage to edges.
A mounted portrait of T. Winfield shown with his hounds.
[Ref: 47870] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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