Grosvenor Prints

[The Satyr and the Peasant.] Iste frigus & ardorem [...]
J. Jordaens, pinxit. Vosterman scul:
Cum Privilegÿs Reg: [n.d., c.1621.]
Engraving. 415 x 405mm (16¼ x 15¾). Thread margins, repairs to left platemark.
A satyr chastises a peasant for blowing on his food, after he had blown on his hands to keep them warm. The satyr says ''I can no longer consider you as a friend, a fellow who with the same breath blows hot and cold". One of several paintings by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) based on one of Æsop's fables. According to the BM the original painting is in the Kunstmuseum in Göteborg, with another version in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
BM 1873,1213.588.
[Ref: 57441] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissimus Princeps ac Dominus, Dn Augustus, Dei Gratia, Dux Brunsvicensis et Lunæburgensis
Sereniss.o Principi ac Dn. humilimè consecrat Lucas Kilianus, MDCXXI [but later].
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 205 x 135mm (8 x 5¼"). Narrow margins.
Augustus II (1579-1666), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1636, founder of the Herzog August Library at Wolfenbüttel, the largest collection of books north of the Alps. He was a friend of Henry IV of France and attended the coronation of James I of England.
Hollstein 131.
[Ref: 59792] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Four Seasons.]
[After Bassano.] Lucas Fecit.
[Italian, c.1680.]
Set of four engravings. Each c. 210 x 280mm.
Showing seasonal agricultural tasks.
[Ref: 542] £550.00 view all images for this item - Currently not available

George P. Bidder, Esqre.
Painted & Engraved by John Lucas. Proof.
London: Published January 1st. 1848, By Henry Graves & Compy. Printsellers To The Queen & H.R.R. Prince Albert, 6.Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 518 x 360mm.
George Parker Bidder (1806-1878).was the son of a stonemason and born at Mortonhampstead in Devon. While still a young child his father took him to local fairs and then around the country showing off his mathematical skills where he earned a good living. In 1819 he came to the attention of Sir Henry Jardine and was tutored privately, by 1820 he was attending Edinburgh University. He settled in Lambeth and became a very successful engineer.
[Ref: 3964] £320.00

This Portrait of the R.t Honourable Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland, &c. &c &c., Is most respectfully inscribed to the Irish Bar, by the Publisher, Andrew Milliken.
Painted by W. Stephenson. Engraved by D.Lucas.
Dublin, Dec.r 30, 1841; Andrew Milliken, Bookseller to the Lord Lieutenant _ The Kings Inn Library, &c &c. London, F.G.Moon Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Threadneedle Street.
Rare mezzotint. 520 x 380mm (20½ x 15"). Narrow margins.
Charles Kendal Bushe (1767-1843), Irish lawyer and judge, known as 'silver-tongued Bushe'. Despite his opposition to the Act of Union in 1800 he was not averse to accepting high office from the British Crown: he was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland five years later, holding the office until 1822 when he became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland. He retired in 1841, when this portrait was published. He also supported Catholic Emancipation yet prosecuted members of the Catholic Association for sedition.
[Ref: 36309] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Bushe [signature facsimile].
Painted by W. Stevenson. Engraved by D. Lucas.
Dublin, Decr. 30, 1841; Andrew Milliken, Bookseller to the Lord Lieutenant_ The Kings Inn Library, &c &c. London, F.G.Moon, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Threadneedle Street.
Mezzotint with stipple, before title, 510 x 375mm. 20 x 14¾".
Charles Kendal Bushe (1767 - 1843), judge, chief justice of the king's bench, Ireland. In 1796 Bushe entered the Irish parliament as member for Callan. He sat for that place till 1799, when he was returned for Donegal borough. He wrote as well as spoke against the union.
[Ref: 18341] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Autumnal Sun Set.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Foxing mainly in margins.
A rural landscape at sunset near East Bergholt after an oil painting by Constable now in the V&A. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 3. Shirley: 14. Osbert Barnard: I of VI.
[Ref: 44380] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Autumnal Sun Set.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London Pub.d by M.r Constable 35, Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 175 x 255mm (7 x 10")), with very large margins. More mount burn than the others.
A rural landscape at sunset near East Bergholt after an oil painting by Constable now in the V&A. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. They worked very closely together with Constable often hand touching up the prints himself.
Wedmore 3. Shirley: 14: I of VI.
[Ref: 58194] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Autumnal Sun Set.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Foxing mainly in margins.
A rural landscape at sunset near East Bergholt after an oil painting by Constable now in the V&A. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832.
Wedmore 3. Shirley: 14. Osbert Barnard: I of VI.
[Ref: 50864] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Cornfield.]
[Engraved by David Lucas after John Constable.]
[1834.]
Mezzotint, finished progress proof before all letters, signed in pencil lower right "David Lucas 27 Westbourne Street, Pimlico". 695 x 520mm (27½ x 20½"), housed in a magnificient Vicars Bros. frame c. 1900's, with large margins. Unexamined out of frame.
A boy lies down to drink from a pond beside a path on which a sheepdog is herding a flock; in the background harvesting is in progress. The painting is now in the National Gallery (NG130).
Shirley 36.
[Ref: 63652] £1,500.00

[Dedham Vale.]
Painted by John Constable, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
[1834.]
Mezzotint, progress proof before letters. Housed in a magnificent Vicars Bros. frame c. 1900, sight size 670 x 545mm (26¼ x 21½"). Slight cockling of paper on right. Few old minor repairs. Unexamined out of frame.
Extremely rare and unique view looking through trees to a river winding through fields to a town with a church tower in the distance.
Shirley 40.
[Ref: 63654] £2,500.00

[The Lock.]
Painted by John Constable, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
[1834.]
Mezzotint, published state before dedication. 695 x 520mm (27½ x 20½"), housed in a magnificent Vicars Bros. frame c. 1900, very large margins. Repaired tear, some spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
A bargee opening a lock gate with a barge on the water behind.
Shirley 35. II of IV
[Ref: 63653] £1,250.00

Noon.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1830.
Mezzotint. Plate: 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½") very large margins. Foxing.
A rural scene in which a shepherd watches his flock on a hillside. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 4. Shirley: 16. Osbert Barnard: II of VI.
[Ref: 44379] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Summer Afternoon- After a Shower.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub. by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A rural landscape with a church spire in the distance and a windmill on a hill. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 19. Shirley: 28. Osbert Barnard: I of V.
[Ref: 44376] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Summer Afternoon- After a Shower.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub. by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. 220 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A rural landscape with a church spire in the distance and a windmill on a hill. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832.
Wedmore 19. Shirley: 28. Osbert Barnard: I of V.
[Ref: 50862] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Summer Morning.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A rural landscape with a milkmaid and cows on Dedham Vale, after an oil painting by Constable now in the V&A. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832.
Wedmore 6. Shirley: 26. Osbert Barnard: II of VI.
[Ref: 50867] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Summerland.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint on india. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins.
A countryside view showing a man ploughing a field. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832.
Wedmore 16. Shirley: 9. Osbert Barnard: I of V.
[Ref: 50860] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[To his Grace the Duke of Northumberland... this historical record of Female heroism inspired by humanity as exemplified in the rescue on the 7th September, 1838 on the Fern Islands of the nine survivors of the wreck of the Forfarshire Steam packet, by Grace Darling and her father...]
[Engraved by David Lucas after Henry Perlee Parker & John Wilson Carmichael.]
[Published September 7th 1839.]
Mezzotint on india, proof before all letters. 520 x 715mm (20½ x 28"). Backing card with repairs, india paper slightly bubbling
The famous scene of William and Grace Darling rowing out to rescue the survivors of a shipwreck, an action that turned Grace into a national heroine. This print, published the year after the wreck, was dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland, who had become Grace's patron. Grace died of consumption only three years later, aged only 26. The original painting, with seascape by John Wilson Carmichael and figures by Henry Perlee Parker, belongs to the RNLI Heritage Trust.]
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43489] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A River Scene in Devonshire. Engraved from a Picture in the Possession of George Brown, Esq.re for the Members of the Art Union of London, 1839.
Painted by F.R. Lee R.A. Engraved by David Lucas. Printed by Brooker & Harrison.
Mezzotint. 490 x 580mm (19¼ x 22¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, several tears.
Workers clearing a fallen tree from a river, a thatched cottage to the right.
[Ref: 38125] £320.00

[A River Scene in Devonshire. Engraved from a Picture in the Possession of George Brown, Esq.re for the Members of the Art Union of London, 1839.]
David Lucas [after Frederick Richard Lee].
Art Union, London, 1839.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof. 490 x 580mm (19¼ x 22¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear entering inscription area, paper toned.
Workers clearing a fallen tree from a river, a thatched cottage to the right.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53915] £320.00

[Albrecht Dürer] Pictorum et Chalcographor, Germaniae, Principis, Alberti Dureri Genuina Effigies. Ornatiss. Viris; Dominico Custodi, Vitrico. Iacobo Millero, Socero: Chariss. Suis. Hanc Pictorum facile principis genuinam effigiem in amoris, et observantiae argumentum offert Lucas Kilianus. an.o 1608. Ab excellentiss.o pictore Iohanne Rotenhamero Boio ex originali ipsius Alb. Dur. depict. A. Luca Kiliano Aug. Sculpta.
Georg Kummelman Excud.
C.S.C.M. Privil. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, later impression. Sheet: 200 x 335mm (8 x 13¼"). Laid down. Trimmed within plate. Damage to corners.
Portrait of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), after Johann Rottenhammer's copy of Dürer's self-portrait from the Feast of Rose Garlands. The familiarity of Kilian's image is in part a result of the fact that Joachim von Sandrart, used it as the basis for his illustration of Dürer in his book on German artists, the Teutsche Akademie of 1675. Sandrart's biography, which is the first full appreciation of Dürer's life and art to be published in his own country, played a vital role in the growth of the Dürer cult.
[Ref: 39788] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Frontispiece to M.r Constable's English Landscape. East Bergholt, Suffolk. ''Hic locus ætatis nostræ primoerdia novit...''
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Published by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. 240 x 235mm (9½ x 9¼"), with large margins.
A view of the village of East Bergholt in Suffolk. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832.
Wedmore 1. Shirley: 27. Osbert Barnard: I of IV.
[Ref: 50866] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Frontispiece to M.r Constable's English Landscape. East Bergholt, Suffolk. ''Hic locus ætatis nostræ primoerdia novit...''
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Published by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 240 x 235mm (9½ x 9¼") very large margins on 3 sides. Overall foxing. Cut to platemark at bottom.
A view of the village of East Bergholt in Suffolk. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 1. Shirley: 27. Osbert Barnard: I of IV.
[Ref: 44383] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon at Eylau Visiting with his Generals , in the morning of the 9th, the field of the battle, gained by the Emperor, February 8th. 1807.
Gros Pinxit Alfred Lucas Sculpt.
Mezzotint, 520 x 630 mm, 20½ x 24 ¾" Folds at edges of large margins.
Reproduction of the famous painting showing the gruesome scene after fierce fighting with dead and wounded littering frozen ground with portraits of Napoleon and Marshals.
[Ref: 8592] £320.00

[Fair Head, Co. Antrim, Eagle Devouring Sheep.] [&] [Fair Head, Co. Antrim, Fox Pursuing Sheep.]
Drawn by Capt.n H.S. Davis, 52.nd Lt. Infantry. Engraved by David Lucas, 27, Westbourn St. Pimlico.
London, Published April 15.th 1836 by M.M. Holloway, 22 King William St. Strand. A Paris chez Veith et Hauser Boulevard des Italiens N.º 11.
Pair of rare & scarce mezzotints. 365 x 460mm (14¼ x 18"), with very large margins. Some spotting, nicks in edges.
A pair of views of Fair Head, a dolerite mountain cliff on the north coast of Ireland, from the east at sunset, and the west. Henry Samuel Davis was an active amateur artist while serving with the 52nd Light Infantry, which he commanded 1850-1, retiring that year as lieutenant-colonel. He exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1833, 1835, and 1843. His father, Samuel, was a director of the East India Company; his brother, John Francis Davis, was the second governor of Hong Kong. The titles, as above, come from 'A Dictionary of Irish Artists', 1913.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64575] £750.00 view all images for this item

Fairy. Landseer's Favourite Spaniel.
[Edwin Landseer. Alfred Lucas.]
[n.d., c.1849.]
Engraving. Very rare. Sheet size: 560 x 550mm (22 x 21½"). Slight damage. Creased.
The head of a spaniel in a circle looking to the right, behind a carved arm of a chair in the foreground. After the painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802 - 1873). From the painting exhibited by Landseer at the Royal Academy 1835. The Cavalier was the property Lady Emily Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton (1828-1848), daughter of Mrs Rosina Doyle Bulwer-Lytton, (1802 -1882), the novelist, and Edward Lytton Bulwer (1803-1873), the author and poet of fantasies and fairy tales.
Ex collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39066] £380.00

[George Field.]
R. Rothwell, Esq. R.H.A. Pinx. D. Lucas Sculp.t.
Published by Geo. Field, Islesworth, Sept. 1843.
Mezzotint. 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Mounted in album paper.
George Field (c.1777-1854), chemist specialising in pigments and dyes, author of 'Chromatography; or, a Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of their Powers in Painting', 1835.
[Ref: 62289] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Nikolaus Gebhard von Miltitz] Sereniss: Sax: Elect: Consiliarius Intimus et ad Comitia VII Viralia Ratisbonham Legatus Amplissimus etc. Nicolaus Gebhartus a Militis Sibeneichæ, Burkerstorfii, et Bertelstorfii Toparcha. etc. A.o 1630.
Lucas Kilian sculpsit.
[c.1630.]
Fine rich engraving but damaged impression, 17th century watermark. Sheet 245 x 140mm (9¾ x 5½"). Trimmed within plate, tear in inscription area and middle right.
Nikolaus Gebhard von Miltitz (1597-1635), Privy Councillor in Regensburg.
[Ref: 59802] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Gibralter.
[Etched by Lucas Vosterman? after Jan Peeters.]
J. Peeters excudit. [Antwerp, n.d., c. 1665.]
Etching. 115 x 270mm (4½ x 10¾"). Large margins on 3 sides.
View of Gibraltar from the sea, a fortified castle on top of the mountain, the town, surrounded by a defensive wall, sprawling underneath. From 'Divarse Viste delli Luoghie Contrade di Barbaria e il Stretto di Gibraltar', eleven views of the western end of the Mediterranean.
[Ref: 53057] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Hadleigh Castle near the Nore.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square. 1832.
Very fine mezzotint. Plate: 175 x 255mm (7 x 10"), with very large margins. Slight mount burn.
A view of Hadleigh Castle in Essex after John Constable's 1814 oil painting. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. They worked very closely together with Constable often hand touching up the prints himself.
Wedmore 21. Shirley: 34.: II of V.
[Ref: 58195] £380.00

Vignette, to M.r Constable's English Landscape. Hampstead Heath, Middlesex. ''Ut Umbra sic Vita''.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Published by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾") very large margins. Overall foxing.
A view of Hampstead Heath. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 22. Shirley: 3. Osbert Barnard: I of II.
[Ref: 44386] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Dell, Helmingham Park, Suffolk.
Painted by John Constable, R.A. Engraved by David Lucas
London Published by M.r Constable 35 Charlotte St Fitzroy Square 1830
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 180 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"), with very large margins. Slight mount burn.
A view of a dell in the park of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. They worked very closely together with Constable often hand touching up the prints himself.
Wedmore 9. Shirley: 12: II of V.
[Ref: 58188] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Italian Girls. preparing for a Festa. Dedicated by Permission to the Rt Honble Lord Charles Townshend by His Lordships most obedient and Obliged Servants Colnaghi Son & Co.
F. Williams pinxt. D. Lucas sculp.
London, Robert Simpson, 20, St. Paul's Terrace, Camden Town [n.d., c.1840].
Mezzotint, sheet 400 x 310mm. 15¾ x 12¼". Trimmed to plate. Slightly tatty and chipped extremities.
One girl dresses another's hair. A tambourine to right.
[Ref: 9674] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Johnson and Boswell. To Sir W. Temple 1871 Broadlands. R.C. Lucas. 'Mrs Boswell who was one of the large class with small minds said that she had seen a man lead a bear but she never a bear lead a man until she saw Dr Johnson and her husband'. This class is still a vast majority. A lady refused to inspect my Johnson designs, saying the doctor nor his works were prett subjects for which I have given her the nightmare making the doctor and his books her incubus.
R.C. Lucas sculptor 1865
Etching printed in blue ink, with very large margins; rare; 180 x 270mm (7 x 10½").
Humorous scene apparently etched by the sculptor Richard Cockle Lucas (1800-83). Lucas' works included a statue of Dr Johnson in Lichfield, adjacent to the cathedral, and here he combines two jokes. The first is a depiction of Johnson leading Boswell by the nose; second is a parody of Fuseli's 'Nightmare' in which a woman of Lucas' acquaintance is haunted by his sculpture of Johnson (who she considered unfit as a subject for art). The print is seemingly dedicated to William Francis Cowper-Temple (1811-80), politician. Cowper inherited many of Lord Palmerstone's estates, including Broadlands, at Romsey. Lucas himself was a regular guest at Broadlands.
CS 16.i; Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 36367] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Illustrissimus ... Comes, Dn. Walter Leslie, S. Romani Imperii Comes ... Camerarius Equitum Et Peditum Dux, Excubitorum Centurio.
Lucas Kilian, Aug. ad vivum delineavit et sculpsit, 1637.
Engraving, 235 x 160mm. 9¼ x 6¼". Glued to album page at left.
Walter Leslie, Count Leslie (1606 - 1667), army officer, mercenary and diplomat. In oval frame with military equipment below. By Lucas Kilian (1579 - 1637), painter, draughtsman and engraver at Augsburg.
[Ref: 9010] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The First Lesson.
[James Bateman. Alfred Lucas.]
London, Published Septermber 1.st 1863 by B. Brooks & Sons, 48 Fetter Lane, City.
Mezzotint with etching. Platemark: 485 x 605mm (19 x 23¾"). Large margins.
A terrier in a barn, on the left, with a rat under its paw, looking at three puppies which watch eagerly; a kennel and broom behind. After James Bateman (1814 - 1849).
Ex collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39071] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Flight of Lot and His Family from Sodom.] Eruditione et probitae Cl.mo V.D. Joanni Brantio Lc.to Urbi Antverpiensi Ab Actis Socero Amantissimo, Petrus Paulus Rubens Gener. Observantiiæ Ergo D.D.
P.P. Rubens pinxit. Lucas Vosterman Sculp. et excud. An.o 1620.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 325 x 385mm (12¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tear & nicks. Damaged.
An angel leads Lot, his wife and daughters from Sodom before the city is destroyed, after Peter Paul Rubens.. The original painting is in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the official state art museum of Florida.
[Ref: 55623] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Luxuria]
ABrouwer Vorsterman junior sc. [c.1650]
Etching, scarce, 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet on left.
First state, before verses in Dutch added, of print after Adriaen Brouwer illustrating the vice of drinking.
[Ref: 46381] £450.00

[Virgin and Child] Dillectus meus mihi et ego illi / Admodum Reverendo Domino: Dno Ioanni Chrisostomo vander Sterre [...]
Correggio p. [c.1628]
Engraving, 17th century watermark; platemark 290 x 205mm (11½ x 8"), with large margins. Loss of margin top right.
Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman (or, as Hollstein believes, one of his studio assistants) after a painting here erroneously attributed to Correggio.
[Ref: 45999] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Dr Herbert Mayo.]
Painted by J Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by David Lucas.
[London Published July 20th 1827 by the Engraver 18 Wyndham Street Bryanston Square.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, crease left bottom.
A half-length portrait of anatomist Herbert Mayo (1796-1852), holding a specimen in a jar. He was surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital from 1827 until 1842, founding the Medical School there.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1963-1.
[Ref: 64566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Marie de Medici surrounded by her children]
[Lucas Vorsterman after Nicolaas van der Horst]
[Published by Balthasar Moretus, 1632]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"). Laid onto album sheet on left margin.
Marie de Médicis, Queen and Regent of France (1573-1642), wife of King Henry IV of France, of the Bourbon branch of the kings of France. Later she was the regent for her son King Louis XIII of France. Shown here framed within a tree, from the branches of which grow her children: Louis XIII of France; Henrietta Maria; Elisabeth, Gaston of Orléans; and Christine Marie of Savoy. Fame and Fortune water the tree in lower corners. Illustration to Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire Curieuse de tout ce qui c'est passé a l'Entree de la Reyne Mere du Roy Treschrestien dans les Villes des Pays Bas" (Antwerp: Moretus, 1632)
[Ref: 43012] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A Mill.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Published by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1830.
Mezzotint. Plate: 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A view of a watermill. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 17. Shirley: 5. Osbert Barnard: I of V.
[Ref: 44384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Rubecan un Rousin.
Abr. à Diepenbeke delin. Lucas Vorstermans Sculp.
[London: John Brindley, 1743.]
Engraving. 385 x 530mm (15¼ x 21"). Centre fold as usual, trimmed within plate at sides, as issued.
A portrait of a squire holding the reins of a horse, landscape behind. Plate 10 of the Duke of Newcastle's treatise on horsemanship, 'La Methode et Invention nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux', first published in Antwerp by Jacob van Meurs c.1658, but this example from the first English edition, 'A General System of Horsemanship in All Its Branches'. After the defeat of the Royalist cause in the Civil War William Cavendish (1592-1676) settled in Antwerp, where this work was engraved. However his estates at Bolsover and Welbeck Abbey were often the backdrop of these famous dressage plates.
[Ref: 48206] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Old Sarum.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A view of the mound near Salisbury where an iron age fortress once stood, the site was used until the medieval period. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 14. Shirley: 8. Osbert Barnard: II of V.
[Ref: 44388] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

River Stour Suffolk.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 220 x 175mm (8½ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A countryside view showing figures on boats in the River Stour. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 5. Shirley: 19. Osbert Barnard: II of VI.
[Ref: 44392] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Samson Carrying Off the Gates of Gaza.
Designed and Engraved by Jas. G. S. Lucas
[probably published by J. Mc. Cormick, 62, Gracechurch Street, c.1830]
Rare mezzotint, sheet 235 x 285mm (9¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed around image and title, losing text; glued to backing sheet.
Samson carries the gates to the city of Gaza up to 'the hill that is in front of Hebron', after escaping from a planned ambush (see Judges 16:1-3). Engraving by James G. S. Lucas (1831-4, fl.), mezzotinter who usually engraved after John Martin, and artist whose influence is evident in this print by Lucas. No other artist is mentioned, but as Richard A. Burnett noted, 'Lucas rarely acknowledged the artsts whose work he had so shamelessly plagiarised, as is the case with his copies of Martin's 'Illustrations to the Bible'.
Campbell, 'John Martin: Visionary Printmaker', p.196.
[Ref: 39583] £320.00

Stoke by Neyland, Suffolk.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1830.
Mezzotint. Plate: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A view of Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 16. Shirley: 9. Osbert Barnard: I of V.
[Ref: 44389] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Lock in Stour Suffolk.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub. by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 210 x 180mm (8 x 7"), with very large margins. Foxing mainly in margins.
A view of a lock on the River Stour in Suffolk. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 13. Shirley: 20. Osbert Barnard: I of VI.
[Ref: 44375] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Summer Evening.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint. Plate: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
A view of a rural landscape, a field near East Bergholt, after a oil painting by Constable now housed in the V&A. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832. In 1843 Charles Robert Leslie published his 'Memoirs of John Constable Esq. R.A'. He obtained directly from the Constable family 186 sets of 22 images of the Various Subjects of Landscape in return for 30 copies of his book. This mezzotint is one of those; "see Tate John Constable, David Lucas".
Wedmore 7. Shirley: 6. Osbert Barnard: II of V.
[Ref: 44387] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Summer Evening.
Painted by John Constable R.A. Engraved by David Lucas.
London, Pub.d by M.r Constable, 35 Charlotte S.t Fitzroy Square 1831.
Mezzotint on india. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins.
A view of a rural landscape, a field near East Bergholt, after a oil painting by Constable now housed in the V&A. From about 1829 Constable and Lucas worked together on a series of mezzotints after sketches and paintings by Constable called 'Various Subjects of Landscape...' published in parts between 1830 and 1832.
Wedmore 7. Shirley: 6. Osbert Barnard: I of V.
[Ref: 50865] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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