Grosvenor Prints

A View of the Castle and Town of Dover. From a picture in the collection of Sr. William Courtenay Bar.t.
Geo. Lambert del. & pinx.t. J. Mason Sculp.
Published Feb.ry. 20.th 1762 according to Act of Parliament. London, Printed for Jn.º Bowles, N.º 13 Cornhill, Jn.º Boydell, Cheapside, Hen.y Parker N.º 82, Cornhill, Carington Bowles N.º 69 S.t Paul's Church Yard & Rob.t Sayer, N.º 53, Fleet Street
Engraving with etching. 550 x 330mm (21¾ x 13"), large margins top & bottom. Several tears taped in margins, repaired worm holes in sky area, most filled; surface abrasions; glue residue on reverse.
Published as a pair with 'A View of Saltwood Castle at Hythe in Kent'.
[Ref: 62647] £320.00

Le Chateau de Douvres. Vu de L'Arrière Bassin (Marée Basse). Dover Castle Seen from the Inner Docks.
Dessiné et lith. par Jules Arnout. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, Bulla Freres et Jouy, Editeurs. London, E. Gambart & Co. 25 Berners St. Oxf. St [n.d., c.1840].
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 310 x 425mm, 12¼ x 16¾".
[Ref: 10348] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Gate Tower, Dover Castle [marked in pencil in lower left of sheet.]
Hy.G. Webb [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1900.]
Etching, signed in pencil. sheet 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10½"), very large margins. Tear in the left margin.
Constable's tower and gateway, which was inserted into the curtain wall by Hubert de Burgh between 1221 and 1227 to replace the old north entrance. Harry George Webb (1882-1914) was a landscape and architectural painter and etcher, who exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Etchers. He set up the Caradoc Press in Chiswick in 1899 with his wife Hesba.
Guichard: Appendix only as named artist.
[Ref: 53532] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Marine Parade Waterloo Crescent, &c. From East Cliff.
On Stone by W. Burgess. Printed at 10 St. Martins Lane.
Published by T. Rigden, Dover, 1844.
Rare Lithograph. 253 x 342mm. 10 x 13½".
Donkey walks on the seashore, farmers with horse and cart in the field, cannons above the field. A large crowd gathered in the centre, yachts and ships at sea, a steamer close to the shoreline. Waterloo Crescent, along the Sea Front at Dover. The decision to start building on the shingle bank was taken by the Harbour Commissioners in 1816 and the houses along Waterloo Crescent were commenced in 1834.
[Ref: 17995] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Eight doves.]
F. Barlow delin. W.m Hollar fec.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching. 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin
Doves in a farmyard, a cot in the background, an untitled plate from the series 'Diversae avium species'.
Pennington 2125, first state of two.
[Ref: 63596] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Dovey Furnace.
Drawn & Etched by J.G. Wood.
London Published by Jno. Geo. Wood 1813.
Etching, platemark 180 x 250mm (7 x 9¾") with large margins.
Dyfi Furnace, near Aberystwyth in Wales. The furnace was constructed in around 1755 for smelting iron ore, and was already abandoned by the time this print was made. It is still in existence and open to the public.
[Ref: 43617] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble Elizabeth Dowager Lady Syttelton. Ob.t August 27th 1795.
R. Cosway RA. delin.t. Cha.s Townley Sculp.t.
published by C. Townley 1;st Jan.y 1796, No.19 Panton Square, Haymarket.
Stipple, very rare. Platemark: 205 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Thread margins.
A portrait of Lady Elizabeth Dowager Lyttleton (1749 - 1795), seated half length to the left. Her hands are folded in her lap. She is wearing a frilled cap and matching gown, with straps around both wrists. Lyttleton was the daughter of British cavalry officer Sir Robert Rich, and the second wife of George Lyttleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton.
Daniell: 97
[Ref: 36563] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Messrs Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell solicit the honour of your company to a private View on Saturday October 27th 1883 of Mr. C. Robertson's Drawings & Sketches of the English Coast [First Series]...[other artists]. At their Enlarged Gallery 133 New Bond Street. Two Doors from the Grosvenor Gallery. Admit Two.
The Goupil Gallery, 116 & 117 New Bond Street, W.
[London, c.1883.]
Scarce etched illustrated invitation/admission ticket to a private view at the Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell gallery, London, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5". On scrap sheet backing; tears into upper left edge of plate.
Vignette of fishermen bringing in their nets.
[Ref: 16898] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Dowlat-a-bad.
Drawn on the Spot by J.T. Rawlins. On Stone by Dean & Co.
[1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Cockling.
A view of the fortress at Dowlatabad. An illustration from 'The History of China and India Pictorial and Descriptive...' by Julia Corner 1847.
Abbey 468, Plate 2.
[Ref: 50127] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Views Downe in Kent.
V. Richards del.t. Pollard & Jukes fecit.
Pub by Sarejent 57 John St. Fitzroy Sq. London [n.d., c.1810.]
Coloured aquatint. 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"). Narrow margins.
A view of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, a Grade II* Listed Building in Bromley, Kent.
[Ref: 56365] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Large Draught of the Downes Shewing the Sands Shoales Depths of Water and Anchorage with all the Leading marks to Avoide the Dangers therein surveyed by Cap.t. W.m Nunn.
[Engraved by James Mynde.]
Sold by W.m Mount & T. Page on Tower Hill [n.d., c.1750].
Engraved map. 435 x 550mm (17¼ x 21¾"), on thick paper, very large margins. Paper toned.
A detailed chart of the Kent coast from Dover Castle to Margate, orientated with north to the right. An important feature is Goodwin Sands, the 10-mile-long sandbank responsible for the loss of over 2,000 ships. This map was first published by Samuel Thornton in 1723; this example was published by Mount & Page in their re-issue of the Greenvile Collins's 'Great Britain Coasting Pilot'.
[Ref: 59320] £350.00

['The Downfall of Bonaparte'] The Western Luminary: The Family Newspaper of the Nobility & Gentry, Farmers & Traders of the Counties of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. Vol. II.--- Nº. 59. Price 8d.
Tuesday, April 19, 1814. Printed at Exeter by T. Flindell.
Letterpress newspaper. Folio (390 x 270mm), pp. (8), with tax stamp. Folds, tears with loss and surface dirt. Page 7 double-printed.
A regional newspaper giving a contemporary account of 'The Downfall of Bonaparte', with details of the new French constitution, an 'Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte' and a section on 'Bonaparte's Allies in Cornwall'.
[Ref: 62560] £250.00

An Iron Work at Downton, Herefordshire.
Drawn by T. Hearne. Etch'd by B.T. Pouncy.
London, Published June 2, 1798 by W. Lowry, 57 Titchfield Street, for W. Alexander, 48 Newman Street.
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A view of an iron works in Herefordshire, the works are set amongst a wooded landscape.
[Ref: 68271] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Doyle Diary. The Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery. With a Holmesian Investigation into the Strange and Curious Case of Charles Altamont Doyle.
By Michael Baker.
Paddington Press Ltd. New York & London.Copyright 1978 Paddington Press (U.K.) Ltd. All rights reserved.
Oblong 8vo (184 x 260mm. 7¼ x 10¼".), with white cloth cover, gilt title on spine and gilt facsimile on front cover; also with original dustjacket. Dustjacket scuffed, worn and slightly creased.
Charles Altamont Doyle, father of Arthur Conan Doyle, spent the last days of his life in asylums, but the question remains: was he actually mad? This book provides the evidence for readers to judge for themselves. Here reproduced in its enterity is Doyle's diary, a wondrous blending of words and watercolour, a collage of fact and fancy featuring exquisitely detailed fairies and birds, Punch-like cartoons and a never-ending stream of quips and puns.
[Ref: 22090] £30.00

A Key to the Political Sketches of H.B. Nos 1 - 200, Arranged as Published, up to June, 1832. Price 2s. Each Plate.
Published Solely by Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, London. Where complete sets and keys may be had.
8vo pamphlet, partially unopened. Ink ownership stamps on front and back, ink mss note on front.
A pamphlet listing the titles of the first 200 caricatures drawn by John Doyle (1797 - 1868) under the pseudonym 'H.B', with a key to the personages satirised. Eventually the index reached at least 600.
[Ref: 37178] £140.00 view all images for this item

To His Royal highness The Prince Regent This Portrait of L.t General Sir John Doyle Bar.t G.C.B. K.C. Is humbly Dedicated by His Royal Highnesses most obedient & devoted Serv.t John P Thompson.
James Ramsay Esq. pinxit. W.Say sculp Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London. Pub. Nov 1., 1817. by Thompson. 26 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, chips to edges in inscription area.
A three-quarter portrait of General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), in uniform, with horse and Arab groom. In the background is the French Régiment de Dromadaires, which Doyle persuaded to surrender without a fight in 1801. Doyle served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting with Abercromby in Egypt. After active service he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and lieutenant-governor of Guernsey from 1802 to 1813. A mason, he was Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Lodge No.116, and a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge and Premier Grand Lodge
[Ref: 66306] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

To His Royal highness The Prince Regent This Portrait of L.t General Sir John Doyle Bar.t G.C.B. K.C. Is humbly Dedicated by His Royal Highnesses most obedient & devoted Serv.t John P Thompson. Proof
James Ramsay Esq. pinxit. W.Say sculp Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester.
London. Pub. Nov 1., 1817. by Thompson. 26 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Chips to edges of margins.
A three-quarter portrait of General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), in uniform, with horse and Arab groom. In the background is the French Régiment de Dromadaires, which Doyle persuaded to surrender without a fight in 1801. Doyle served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting with Abercromby in Egypt. After active service he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and lieutenant-governor of Guernsey from 1802 to 1813. A mason, he was Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Lodge No.116, and a member of the Prince of Wales Lodge and Premier Grand Lodge
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For lettered impression see Ref 66306.
[Ref: 67836] £420.00

Doctor Syntax at Vauxhall Gardens.
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Trimmed at bottom, losing publisher's inscription.
The cleric, his wife and another couple dine finely in an open-air booth, as other visitors to Vauxhall Gardens walk by. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
[Ref: 53393] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Doctor Syntax Loses his Money at the Race-Ground at York.
Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson.
[London: Ackermann, c.1813.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Trimmed at bottom, losing publisher's inscription.
The cleric loses his hat and wig as he dances in frustration. From 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax', illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson.
BM Satires 11673.
[Ref: 51711] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Doctor Syntax in the middle of a smoaking hot Political squabble, wishes to Whet his Whistle.]
Rowlandson Del.
by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside [n.d., c.1815]. Price 1s. Coloured.
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"). Trimmed to image, losing title.
A scene in a crowded tavern: Dr Syntax sits on a bench with three men, smoking a long pipe; he looks over his shoulder to attract the attention of the barmaid, who is serving a good-looking soldier. Originally published 31st August 1813, this example has the date removed.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 60794] £380.00

Doctor Syntax with the Bookseller.
Drawn & Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub. Aug.t 16. 1813 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9'').
A comic scene showing Dr Syntax in a bookshop, behind him a man knocks several books from a shelf onto the head of another and in the room beyond a woman naps while holding a glass of wine, from Rowlandson's 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax'.
BM Satire 11686.
[Ref: 50415] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Doctor Syntax Going to Richmond in the Steam Boat.
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Mount burn.
The cleric is sprayed in the face by a fellow passenger opening a bottle. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
[Ref: 56868] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Doctor Syntax in the middle of a smoaking hot Political squabble, wishes to Whet his Whistle.
Rowlandson Del.
Pub.d August 31st 1813 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside. Price 1s. Coloured.
Coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 335mm (8¾ x 13¼"), on Whatman paper, date obscure. Trimmed within plate.
A scene in a crowded tavern: Dr Syntax sits on a bench with three men, smoking a long pipe; he looks over his shoulder to attract the attention of the barmaid, who is serving a good-looking soldier.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 61819] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Dr Syntax] Misfortune at Tulip Hall.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
[London: R. Ackermann, 1821, but later.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 160 x 245mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Edges chipped.
Dr Syntax is tripped by a dog, knocking over flower pots on shelves, as the dog bites his ankle and his hostess sprays him from her watering can. From 'The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax, In Search of a Wife'.
[Ref: 61308] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Syntax at Free Mason's Hall.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
[R. Ackermann, n.d. c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. 152 x 252mm. 6 x 10". Slight toning.
Dr Syntax speaking inside Freemason's Hall, London, which has been a Masonic meeting place since 1775. From 'The Second Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of Consolation'.
[Ref: 23549] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Syntax in the Wrong Lodging House.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Published March 1821, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, on Whatman paper. 146 x 241mm. 5¾ x 9½". Slight toning.
Dr Syntax being pushed out of a house by two women, as two further women watch through a large peep hole in a wooden screen; inside a brothel. From 'The Third Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of a Wife'.
[Ref: 23553] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Introduction to Courtship.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Published May 1. 1821, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 146 x 241mm. 5¾ x 9½".
Dr Syntax is introduced to a young lady inside a library. From 'The Third Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of a Wife'.
[Ref: 23561] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Syntax Loses His Money on the Race Ground at York. Plate 12.
Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson.
London: Pud. Apr.1.1813 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint with etching. 145 x 240mm. 5¾ x 9½".
Four horses pass the grandstand. An angry Dr Syntax can be seen in the foreground.
See BM Satires: 11673.
[Ref: 16085] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Dr Syntax Made Free of the Cellar. Plate 15.
Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson.
London, Pub Apr. 1. 1813 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand. Plate 15.
Aquatint with hand colouring. Sheet size: 150 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Trimmed inside plate. Laid on backing sheet.
Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated British periodical published from 1809-1829. It covered all fields from arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics. From 'The Tours of Dr. Syntax', depicting the various escapades of the fictional 19th-century English clergyman, Dr. Syntax.
BM Satires: 11676.
[Ref: 40015] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Worthy's Marriage. Dr. Syntax in the Chair.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
[R. Ackermann, n.d. c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. 152 x 248mm. 6 x 9¾". Slight toning.
Outside a country house, people sat at large tables celebrating the wedding of Miss Worthy, with Dr Syntax as the speaker. From 'The Second Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of Consolation'.
[Ref: 23555] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Sports. Plate 20.
Drawn & Etch'd by Rowlandson.
London Pub. Aug.t 16 1813, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 140 x 235mm (5½ x 9¼'').
A satirical print showing a group of men and women dancing before a cottage, another group sit on benches, on the right Dr Syntax plays a fiddle. From 'The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, this was a collaboration between William Combe, Thomas Rowlandson, and Ackermann and was the first of three "tours".
[Ref: 50463] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Syntax Star-Gazing.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Pub.d May 1.1821, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint, sheet145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9½")
Dr Syntax with a young lady on a small balcony; she looks through a telescope to the sky. Two further couples, one on the bridge look up to the sky and the other do the same by the lake. To the right, a butler holding a tray of tea trips over a dog and falls down. From 'The Third Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of a Wife'.
In the Science and Society Picture Library.
[Ref: 57063] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Visit of Dr. Syntax to the Widow Hopefull at York.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
[R. Ackermann, n.d. c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. 152 x 248mm. 6 x 9¾". Slight toning.
Dr Syntax sat at a table in the middle of a large living room with an ornate fireplace to the left. Opposite him sits a young widow plucking at her violin; a bottle of port and cherries are on the table. Behind a screen to the right a young man peeps round to watch after a spot of riding. From 'The Second Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of Consolation'.
[Ref: 23556] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Syntax with a Blue Stocking Beauty.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Published Nov.r 1. 1820, at R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 152 x 240mm. 6 x 9½". Slight toning.
A young lady reclining on a sofa holding her head with her left-hand and holding a quill over parchment in her right. Dr Syntax is seated on a chair reading to her. They are set inside an ornate library with stone busts on pillars; books, scrolls and mathematical instruments on the ground with a globe to the far right. From 'The Third Tour of Dr Syntax. In Search of a Wife'.
[Ref: 23551] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Over the hill and over the dale]
Thomas Landseer
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching on chine collé, proof before letters 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8").
The Devil in a cloud of smoke, flying across a rural landscape towards a city on the horizon in the rising sun. Proof illustration to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Devil's Walk'.
[Ref: 55439] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Dracæna Draco, or Celebrated Dragon Tree, at Ortava in the Island of Tenerife. Proof.
Drawn on the Spot by J.J. Williams. R.G. Reeve, sc.
[n.d., c.1819.]
Scarce aquatint. Sheet 585 x 380mm (23 x 15"). Trimmed within plate, several tears taped. Slightly time stained.
An old dragon tree with a door in its trunk leading to a chapel. A gash in its stem releases its ''dragon's blood'' resin (used in varnishes and photo-engraving). The tree was believed to be several thousand years old, already in decline when the Venetian explorer Alvise Cadamosto saw it in 1455. A storm in July 1819 caused the horizontal split (the date on the sign); the tree fell in 1867.
Wellcome 21027i.
[Ref: 59684] £480.00

Signor D. Dragonetti. From a Painting by M.r W. F. Rosenberg, in the possession of Henry J. Elliston, Esq.re Leamington.
M. Gauci lith.
Printed by Graf & Soret. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½").
A portrait of Italian double bass virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846) who moved to London in 1794 to play in the King's Theatre.
[Ref: 47367] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Fighting dragons.]
P. J. Loutherbourg del. J. Landseer fecit Engraver to the King & F.S.A.
[Published Nov.r 5, 1815 by T Cadell & W Davies.]
Proof etching on chine collé. Printed area 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Some staining on right.
A pair of fighting dragons. The plate was used as a head-piece to 'The rest of the chapters of the book of Esther', in Macklin's Bible. This proof impression does not have the publication line.
[Ref: 58071] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Drake Conveying the Spanish Judges and Criminal Savages of Anguatulco, in Procession on Board his own Ship.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving, 114 x 164mm.
A book illustration of one of Francis Drake's raids on the Spanish settlements along the Pacific coast of South America.
[Ref: 7751] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Drake receiving the Crown from the Hioh, or King of new Albion.
[London: F. Newbery, 1774.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Drake landed on the coast of California, took possession in the name of his sovereign, and named it Nova Albion. He remained for some weeks, and made friends with the natives, who regarded the newcomers as gods. The chief, dressed in furs, came with his official attendants, and indulged in a wild dance. Drake was asked to sit down, and the king, singing with all the rest, set a crown on Drake's head and saluted him as Hioh ('sovereign'). From 'An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators...'.
British Library: 008615932.
[Ref: 52025] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Franciscus, Drake.
De L'armessin Sculp.
[n.d. c.1670].
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted in album paper.
Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596), right hand on a globe on which America is marked. He was the first English circumnavigator and the first to remain in command from beginning to end.
[Ref: 42168] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Francis Drake] Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Anglia An Aet Sue 43 [...]
[Jodocus Hondius and George Vertue, c.1733, but 19th century impression.]
Engraving, platemark 400 x 315mm (15¾ x 12½"), with large margins.
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) the most famous of all English seafarers, large globe in left background. This print has an interesting history: the plate was started during Drake's lifetime, hence the date of 1580 on the print (the artist is widely believed to be Jodocus Hondius although Remigius Hogenburg has also been suggested). The plate was left unfinished (an example of the print in its unfinished state is in the British Museum, registration no. O,8.86) until in the 18th century the printmaker and antiquary George Vertue purchased the plate from Drake's descendants and completed it. Drake earned his fame and fortune through his skilful seamanship and outstandindingly successful piracy. His circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-81 involved a number of very profitable raids on Spanish ships and ports. His increasingly frequent and serious attacks during the 1580s were an important factor contributing to Philip II's decision to launch the Armada against English in 1588. Drake served as vice-admiral of the English fleet which defeated the Armada.
[Ref: 37214] £1,250.00

Sr. Francis Drake.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving and etching with large margins. Plate 127 x 85mm (5 x 3¼").
Sir Francis Drake, (1540-1596) the English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver and politician. He carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to 1580. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29553] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Francis Drake.
J. Houbraken Sculp Amst.
[Amsterdam, c.1730.]
Engraving. 365 x 230mm (14 x 9"), with large margins. Crease.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, in an ornamental oval, a cartouche below showing a sea battle. Armour, canon and a globe below the portrait. Early Dutch impression.
[Ref: 60374] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[S.r Francis Drake.]
[Engraved by Jacobus Houbraken.]
[n.d. c.1750].
Engraving, 14¼ x 9". Unfinished proof before letters, collectors' stamps on versa.
Rare proof from Birch's Heads of the Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, published Amsterdam 1743-52.
[Ref: 3304] £450.00

Sir Francis Drake. From the original in the Collection of The Most Noble The Marquis of Lothian.
Drawn by W.m Hilton, R.A. & Engraved (with Permission) by H. Meyer.
London Published March 1. 1820, by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown.
Stipple. Plate: 360 x 260mm (14 x 10¼''). Slight foxing; small margins.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596), admiral and circumnavigator, leaning on a globe. The most famous of all English seafarers, Drake earned his fame and fortune through his skilful seamanship and outstandingly successful piracy. His circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-81 involved a number of very profitable raids on Spanish ships and ports. Drake's increasingly frequent and serious attacks during the 1580s were an important factor contributing to Philips II's decision to launch the Armada against England in 1588. The portrait, after an unknown artist, was published in Edmund Lodge's 'Portraits Of Illustrious Personages Of Great Britain. Engraved From Authentic Pictures...'.
[Ref: 49198] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Francis Drake. This Picture was taken from an Original Painting, communicated by the Hon.ble S.r Phillip Sydenham Bar.t Kn.t opf ye shire for Somerset, To whom this Place is dedicated by the Publishers.
R. White sculpsit.
[London, c.1705.]
Engraving. Sheet 300 x 185mm (11¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake (1540?-96), in embroidered jacket with lace collar, within an oval on a plinth. From Harrison's 'A Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels'. The National Portrait Gallery describes this as 'Unknown man engraved as Sir Francis Drake'.
NPG D13560.
[Ref: 60793] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Drake. From an original picture in the possession of Sir T.F. Eliott Drake Bart. of Nutwell Court near Exeter.]
[Engraved by W. Holl. Under the Superindendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.]
[London: Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.]
Stipple on india, proof before letters. India 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾").
The explorer and vice-admiral Francis Drake (c.?150-96), first English circumnavigator and second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
[Ref: 37737] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Drake. From an original picture in the possession of Sir T.F. Eliott Drake Bart. of Nutwell Court near Exeter.
Engraved by W. Holl. Under the Superindendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
London: Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street.
Stipple. Printed area 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Tear in top edge taped.
The explorer and vice-admiral Francis Drake (c.?150-96), first English circumnavigator and second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
[Ref: 37736] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Francis Drake] Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Anglia An Aet Sue 43 [...]
[Jodocus Hondius and George Vertue, c.1733]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½"). Trimmed to image, paper tone and creasing. 18/19th century impression.
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) the most famous of all English seafarers, large globe in left background. This print has an interesting history: the plate was started during Drake's lifetime, hence the date of 1580 on the print (the artist is widely believed to be Jodocus Hondius although Remigius Hogenburg has also been suggested). The plate was left unfinished (an example of the print in its unfinished state is in the British Museum, registration no. O,8.86) until in the 18th century the printmaker and antiquary George Vertue purchased the plate from Drake's descendants and completed it. Drake earned his fame and fortune through his skilful seamanship and outstandindingly successful piracy. His circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-81 involved a number of very profitable raids on Spanish ships and ports. His increasingly frequent and serious attacks during the 1580s were an important factor contributing to Philip II's decision to launch the Armada against English in 1588. Drake served as vice-admiral of the English fleet which defeated the Armada.
[Ref: 42846] £1,250.00

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