Grosvenor Prints

Australia and Islands Adjacent.
Engraved by S. Hall, Burry Street Bloomsbury.
London. Published by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row. c. 1840's
Coloured engraved map. 195 x 240mm, 7¾ x 9½".
Map of Australia, with southern Indonesia.
[Ref: 25741] £95.00

Australia.
Drawn and Engraved by J. Dower, Pentonville, London.
London. Published by Orr & Smith, Paternoster Row.
Coloured engraved map. 230 x 270mm, 9 x 10½".
Map of Australia.
[Ref: 25742] £120.00

[The 1861 expedition of the Dempster Brothers, Clarkson & Harper in Western Australia, with map.] Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer anstalt Über Wichtige Neue Erforschungen dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Dr A. Petermann. 1863. III.
Gotha: Justus Perthes. Geschlossen am 14, März 1863.
Periodical, uncut, 4to, printed wrapprs; pp. 81 - 120, German text; a folding lithographic map with hand colour.
An issue of 'Communications from Justus Perthes' Geographical Institute', a German version of the Royal Geographical Society. It contains five monographs including: the Australian Expedition; Karl Klaus von der Decken survey of Kilimanjaro with Otto Kersten, reaching 14,000 feet before bad weather drove them back; and the German zoologist Hermann Burmeister's emigration to Buenos Aires. The rest of the pamphlet is various 'Geographical Notes' and a list of new publications. Perthes is best known as the publisher of Stieler's Hand-Atlas.
[Ref: 25655] £320.00 view all images for this item

[The 1863 expedition into the interior of Western Australia by Henry Maxwell Lefroy, with map.] Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer anstalt Über Wichtige Neue Erforschungen dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Dr A. Petermann. 1864. VIII.
Gotha: Justus Perthes. Geschlossen am 25 August 1864.
Periodical, 4to, printed wrappers; pp. 281 - 320, German text; a folding lithographic map with hand colour.
An issue of 'Communications from Justus Perthes' Geographical Institute', a German version of the Royal Geographical Society. It contains five monographs including Lefroy's expedition into Western Australia east of Perth. The rest of the pamphlet is various 'Geographical Notes' and a list of new publications. Perthes is best known as the publisher of Stieler's Hand-Atlas.
[Ref: 25657] £250.00 view all images for this item

Australia in 1839.
J. & C. Walker Sculp.t.
Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 59 Lincolns Inn Fields Feb.y 1st 1840.
Engraved map with outline colour. Sheet 340 x 410mm, 13½ x 16".
Map of Australia, with a population table giving the total as 141,000, probably discounting aboriginals. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (or SDUK, from 1826-1848) published inexpensive scientific texts for the rapidly-expanding literate public.
[Ref: 25661] £190.00

Australia.
Alex. J. Scalley Del.
The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited, Sydney & Melbourne. Copyright 1888.
Colour-printed wood engraving (chromoxylograph). Printed area 370 x 610mm (14½ x 24"). Centre fold as issued. Very large margins.
A map of Australia, with the Northern Territory still marked as part of South Australia. It was published in the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, a periodical issued between 1886-88, timed for the celebration of the centenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1888. This was the largest publication project attempted in the Australian colonies, with 50,000 subscribers, roughly 1.3 of the population.
Codell: Imperial Co-histories, p. 219-220.
[Ref: 39136] £130.00

Lower Wallabi Rocks.
On Stone by W.L. Walton. From a Sketch by Coll. Mundy. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1852.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 140 x 220mm (5½ x 8½"). Repaired loss of top left and bottom right corner.
The dramatic rock formations at Wallabi point, New South Wales, Australia. Plate to Volume III of 'Our Antipodes', published in three vols. in 1852.
[Ref: 39865] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Summerhill Creek Near Langs Point.
On Stone by W.L. Walton. From a Sketch by Coll. Mundy. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1852.
Tinted lithograph, image 110 x 180mm. 4¼ x 7". Tatty and chipped extremities.
Summer Hill Creek, Ophir, New South Wales, Australia. Plate to Volume III of 'Our Antipodes', published in three vols. in 1852.
National Library of Australia: 2175597. Abbey Travel: 562, 14.
[Ref: 10784] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Moulins a Ble dans les environs d'Hobart-town. (Van-Diemen.)
de Sainson pinxt. Leborne Lith.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Bichebois aine, rue de la bibliotheque, 4. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph, sheet 340 x 510mm, 13½ x 20".
Original water mills with Hobart Town in the distance, from about half-way between present-day Gore and Wynyard Streets. The upper mill had steam power added in 1844 and became known as the Wilmot Mill. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829. Numbered 'Pl.169' upper right.
[Ref: 13562] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Australia with the Latest Discoveries, Exhibiting The New Settlement, with the Adjacent Countries.
[London: William Darton?, c.1832.]
Scarce engraved map with hand colour. Sheet 300 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾"). Bottom left corner restored, creases.
A map of Australia with the detail limited to around the coastline.
See National Library of Australia Bib ID: 3536248 for an example with Darton's imprint.
[Ref: 67178] £280.00

A Chart of the Track of the Alexander on Her Homeward Passage from Port Jackson on the East.n Coast of New South Wales to Batavia; Performed in the Year 1788 under the Direction of Lieut.t John Shortland.
by Thomas George.
[Publish'd as the Act directs by J. Stockdale August 24th 1789.]
Engraved map. 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Trimmed into printed border at bottom, losing publication line; holes in image filled.
A chart of the return route of the 'Alexander', one of the ships of the First Fleet. It was published in Arthur Phillips 'A Voyage to Botany Bay…'
[Ref: 61705] £220.00

[Gum Tree] Vue d'un paysage Australien où figurent les Xanthorrhoea (sur l'arrière plan.) Off. Lith. & pict. in Horto Van Houtteano.
[Paris: A Gand, 1849.]
Lithograph. Sheet 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9½").
A shooting scene, with a gum tree. From van Houtte's 'Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe, ou Descriptions et figures des plantes les plus rares et les plus méritantes'.
[Ref: 55362] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The 1861 expedition of Frank T. Gregory in north west Australia, with map.] Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer anstalt Über Wichtige Neue Erforschungen dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Dr A. Petermann. 1862. VIII.
Gotha: Justus Perthes. Geschlossen am 9, August 1862.
Periodical, 4to, printed wrapprs; pp. 281 - 320, German text; a wood-engraved text illustration & lithographic map with hand colour. Spine worn, ink stamp on cover and first page.
An issue of 'Communications from Justus Perthes' Geographical Institute', a German version of the Royal Geographical Society. It contains two monographs: the account of Francis Thomas Gregory's expedition to De Witt Land in Western Australia, 1861, finding excellent grazing land, illustrated with a map; and Theodor Kotschy's botanical expedition to Cyprus and Turkey in 1859, illustrated with a view of Larnaca. The rest of the pamphlet is various 'Geographical Notes' and a list of new publications. Perthes is best known as the publisher of Stieler's Hand-Atlas.
[Ref: 25654] £280.00 view all images for this item

[Photograph of Australian Drawing.]
Edward Farndell, Photographer, (from Kent Town.) N.o 83 Hindley Street, Adelaide, Late Professsor Halls.
Photograph, c. 1860's, with manuscript on verso. 105 x 65mm, (4¼ x 2½")
A photograph of a drawing, the manuscript description on the verso states 'A sketch my father made (and had photographed when her came back to Adelaide) of a hut he built and lived in for months, somewhere in central Australia on the side of the hill X is the tiny figure of a black man & spear in hand- somewhere between 1865-1870'. Edward Farndell was born in London in 1837, he travelled to Adelaide in the James Jardine in 1859. He worked in Kent Town between 1865-66, he moved to Hindley Street in 1866. He died in 1874.
[Ref: 41679] £650.00 view all images for this item

"Advance Australia" British Lion. "Bravo, Boys! - Swing Together!!"
[Monogram of Tenniel] Swain Sc.
Punch, Or The London Charivari. -March 14, 1891.
Wood Engraving, sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Creased.
A rowing boat coxed by a kangaroo with a group of lions rowing. A lion, Mr. Leo Britannicus, wearing a union jack shirt coaches them from the shore. A satire on the Federation of Australia.
[Ref: 56010] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Australian Explorers 1, Leichardt. 2, Sturt. 3, Burke. 4, Wills.
[Anon., c.1880]
Chromolithograph, printed area 160 x 220mm (6¼ x 8½").
Portraits of: Ludwig Leichardt (1813-48), Charles Sturt (1795-1869), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-61), and William John Wills (1834-61). From a book of Australian views.
[Ref: 44029] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Australian Explorers. 1, Sir C. Grey. 2, Giles 3, Stuart 4, Forrest.
[Anon., c.1880]
Chromolithograph, printed area 160 x 220mm (6¼ x 8½").
Portraits of: Sir George Grey (1812-98), Ernest Giles (1835-97), C John McDouall Stuart (1815-66), and John Forrest (1847-1918). From a book of Australian views.
[Ref: 44030] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Australian Explorers.
McGready, Thomson & Niven / Copyright / McFarlane & Erskine Lithog.rs Edinburgh [c.1870's]
Lithograph with tintstone, sheet 265 x 170mm (10½ x 6¾").
Portraits of: Ernest Giles (1835-97), John Forrest (1847-1918), Charles Sturt (1795-1869), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-61), William John Wills (1834-61), Ludwig Leichardt (1813-48), John McDouall Stuart (1815-66) and Sir George Grey (1812-98). In the centre is Charles Summers' monument to Burke and Wills in Melbourne. In 1860-1 Burke and Wills led an expedition crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north. They successfully did so but both men lost their lives on the return to Melbourne.
Kivell & Spence: Pg 124.
[Ref: 37092] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Western Australian Company, Settlement of Australind. Town Land+Order. no 1680. Order of Choice. Original. [&] Duplicated original.
[1843.]
Unique letterpress contract completed with ink mss. Sheet 520 x 490mm (20½ x 16½"). Creases, wear to edges.
Very early West Australiana item. The 'Original' and 'Duplicate Original' of a land ownership contract, relating to the new settlement of Australind in Western Australia, the third part, the 'Counterpart', was retained by the company. The colony was set up with the intention of breeding horses for the army in India (thus the name Austral-Ind), and plots were sold to investors and prospective settlers in London and elsewhere. By 1841 there were 440 settlers but that year Methodist minister Rev. John Smithies wrote to the Wesleyan Missionary Society in London, ''If any of your friends are thinking of Austral-Ind as a point of emigration tell them to Stop. It is one of the greatest puffs that there has been for some time. I should be sorry if any of our Methodist friends or others should be so deluded as to embark for such a place''. Poor soil, summer droughts and winter deluges meant that by 1875 the settlement was abandoned.
McNair & Rumney: Pioneer Aboriginal Mission, 1981.
[Ref: 54957] £650.00

[Austria.]
Alf Cooke. Leeds.
[n.d., 1887.]
Chromolithograph. 250 x 145mm. 9¾ x 5¾". Trimmed excluding title.
A dancer in a glamourous version of a Austrian ceremonial military uniform, holding the Imperial Flag. The costume was made for the Army and Navy ballet at London's Alhambra Theatre. Although the theatre 'specialized in beautiful ballets' it was notorious as a meeting place for prostitutes and their clients.
Not in Ogilby.
[Ref: 17571] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Church [Austrian Hungarian Empire] and Monastry of the Holy Trinity for Redeeming Slaves, founded and endowed by the Emperor Leopold the Ist.
S. Kleiner delint. H. Roberts sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, 200 x 250mm. 7¾ x 9¾". Repaired tear to image. Slightly soiled.
After Salomon Kleiner (1703 - 1761), topographical draughtsman and engraver, who lived and worked most of his career in Vienna. Between 1723-27 he was working at court in Mainz. From a series of views, numbered '14' upper right.
From the Capper album.
[Ref: 10947] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Medicinisches Professoren-Collegium Der Hochschule Wien.
Lth.V.R.Hoffmann.
Gedr. B.J.Hofelichs Wwe. In Wien [n.d. c.1850].
Lithograph. 500 x 667mm. Paper cut and edges generally tatty, particularly at left, where several tears, largest into image being repaired. Paper surface torn along vertical fold through back of chair of sitter on extreme left.
Professors of the Vienna College of Medicine sit around a table. Names of the 16 sitters below image, left to right as follows: Blodig, Meyr, Raimann, Kainzbauer, Zippe, Mauthner, Sehroff, Kner, Knolz, Bartsch, Klein, Kurzak, Fenzl, Wedl, Wimmer, Linhart. ['Mit Vorbehalt gegen Nachdruck Wilhelm Fallenbock. Doctorand der Medicin & Chirurgie. Wien Alservorstadt No.358' printed lower left corner].
[Ref: 3211] £490.00

Austrian Hussars Charging the Enemy though a Town.
C. Gessner Delin. J. Bluck sculp.
London Pub 15 Oct by R. Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts 101 Strand.
Rare & fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 455 x 585mm (18 x 23"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, loss in bottom left of inscription area, not affecting text, chips in edges. Paper slightly cockled.
Cavalry riding through a gateway towards French soldiers obscured in gun smoke. A plate from Gessner's 'Military Evolutions', which contained 20 pates by John Bluck and Conrad Ziegler
[Ref: 54047] £320.00

[Celebration of the Dutch Giving of Liberal Gifts.] Eere-Prent ter Gedactenisse Voor De Inwoonders Van Gantsch Nederlandt Over Het Geven Hunner Liberale Giften Van Der 50. Penning, Ten Diensten Van Den Landen, In Het Jaar 1747.
Te Amsterdam by Steven van Esveldt, Boekverkoper in de Beursteeg, het tweede Huis van den Dam. 1747.
Broadside. Sheet: 510 x 370mm (20 x 14½''). Trimmed and creased. Tears & losses at edges top & bottom left.
An allegorical scene celebrating the raising of money to support the Dutch during the War of Austrian Succession. The scene shows William IV of Orange and Nassau (1711-1751) standing in the centre with the Dutch Lion and the figure of Justice. On the left Dutch people clamour to offer their donations while on the right the vicitms of the war as well as soliders and sailors stand watching proceedings.
[Ref: 48459] £480.00

[Guarantee of Authenticity.] W.R. Howell & Co. Fine Art Publishers Bedford Row Chambers 42 Theobalds Road London W.C. Ref. No. Please Quote 8284. 23/6/1908. Francis G. Ruffes Esq. We hereby guarantee that the Etching purchased by you from us as the work of, the signatures those of, the Artist whose names they bear. Copy No.127. W.R. Howell 7 Co.
[1908.]
Rare letter with etched header. Sheet: 305 x 210mm (12 x 8¼''). Creases.
A letter for 'W.R. Howell & Co. Fine Art Publishers', with an etching by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910).
[Ref: 50393] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

L'Automne
Van Goyen del. Weirotter sculp
Huquier ex. [c.1670]
Etching, sheet 230 x 320mm (9 x 12½"). Thread margins.
Autumn scene showing a pig market after a drawing by the Dutch painter and draughtsman Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
[Ref: 47657] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Les Douceurs de l'Automne.
Gravé par P. C. Canot d'apres le dessein original de même grandeur, inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
London Publish.d according to Act of Parliament December y.e 26 1759.
Etching, very fine impression, 430 x 530mm (17 x 21"), with large margins. Slightly scuffed, repaired tear on top margins, wormholes.
Autumn landscape with a man pouring a glass of wine to a companion while another is drawing wine from a barrel in the foreground, beyond some men seated around a table under a vine arbour. A tavern is visible in the background on the left. From a series of four plates after Jean Pillement, engraved by Canot, Mason and Woolett and representing the different seasons.
IFF 24.
[Ref: 59606] £360.00

[Autumn] L'Autonné.
G. Valcke Exc. [n.d., c.1700.]
Fine mezzotint. 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of a woman standing by a table with a basket of fruit, holding up a bunch of grapes, a vineyard can be seen through the window. A wine drinking image.
[Ref: 66190] £320.00

[Autumn] 8 Alta 12 Lata
J. Bassan p. I. Troyen f. [c.1660]
Etching, platemark 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"). Large tear upper right.
Autumn scene, with cooper making barrels on right and grapes being picked and pressed. One of a set of scenes representing the four seasons, etched by Jan van Troyen (c.1610-66) after paintings by the Italian artist Francesco Bassano (1549-92) (the painting is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). These etchings were published in the 'Theatrum Pictorum' ('Theatre of Pictures') assembled by the Flemish artist David Teniers, a large volume of prints after Italian paintings then owned by the Habsburg Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (for whom Teniers worked as court painter).
[Ref: 45270] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Schnee-Lauven, oder Schnee-Bruche [...] Autre Espece de Lauven, dite Lauven de Terre, où les Neiges se glissent avec gran bruit dans les Vallèes, emportant et ruinant toute ce qu'elles recontrent. [&] Lauven, c.a.d. Glissage et Chüte des Neiges, qui tombent en frieuse quantité et presque per pendiculairement des roides Montagnes.
Duerringer pinxit. D. Herrliberger ex Zurich Cum Priv.
[Zürich: Ziegler 1754.]
Engraving. 295 x 155mm (11½ x 6").
Two scenes of an avalanche, in which a giant avalanche filled with chalets, trees and mountain goats, crashes onto a village. Plates 41 & 42 of 'Topographie der Eidgenossenschaft'.
[Ref: 57530] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Great St Bernard Hospice after Avalanche on Mount Marengo, 20 January 1825] Première echapée de vue sur le couvent du grand St. Bernard, avec la représentation de l'avalanche qui se précipita du mont Marengo, le 20 Janvier 1825.
Publié p.r J.P. Lamy à Basle, Berne, Lausanne, Genève. [c.1830]
Aquatint printed in black and sepia, platemark 180 x 200mm (7 x 8") very large margins.
[Ref: 46108] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Salon de 1851. L'Amour de L'Or.
Alf. Stevens pinxt. Voncken lith.
Imp. Passage du Prince, 10. [n.d. c.1851.]
Lithograph. 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾").
The Love of Gold.
[Ref: 12963] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

The Loss of H.M. Steam Frigate Avenger, Captain Charles Napier, off the Coast of Barbary, on the night of Dec.r 20th,1847, when all perished but four. This Print of the melancholy event is dedicated to Lieut Rook, and the Survivors and Relatives of the ill-fated Crew.
C.P. Williams del. Allen & Ferguson lith. Glasgow.
Ackermann & Co London, W.H. Charpentir, Portsmouth and R.A. Grove, Lymington.
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾") Light toning, edges chipped.
HMS Avenger, a wooden paddle wheel RN frigate, was launched in 1845 and wrecked two years later on the Sorelle Rocks near Malta.
[Ref: 55727] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Averham Park in the County of Nottingham, One of the Seats of the Right Hon.ble Lord Lexingham deceased, now belonging to his Daughter, Her Grace Bridge Dutches of Rutland 1731.
T. Badeslade Delin. J. Harris Sculp.
[London: Thomas Badeslade & John Rocque, 1739.]
Engraving. 395 x 660mm (15½ x 26") very large margins Splits in centre fold taped.
An elevated view of Averham Park House near Newark, showing the former hunting lodge surrounded with woodland cut with avenues.
[Ref: 56261] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT)

[The arrival of 'Point d'Interrogation' at Bourget, 25th October, 1930.]
L.M. Myr [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Scarce etching, limited edition 42/50, signed by the artist. 350 x 435mm (13¾ x 17"). Creases.
Maurice Bellonte (1896-1983) arriving back at Bourget having completed the first Paris to New York flight, in 'Point d'Interrogation', a Bréguet 19 biplane.
[Ref: 66210] £480.00

Oh help! Oh help! Will no one come, / Our downward course to stay? / I will not, if I get safe home, / Come here another day! / To get to Paris over land, Myself to this I trusted; / But when above the Goodwin Sand, / Oh dear its gone and busted!
W.P. [William Parkinson.]
[n.d., but 1854.]
Engraving with hand colouring, 210 x 250mm. Tear at top of image, laid on a 19th century linen album sheet; foxing.
A satirical print of Charles Green (1785-1870), who in 1836 flew from 480 miles from London to Nassau in Germany.
[Ref: 8264] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Le Petit Ballon.
Peint par Jacquand. Regnier lith.
Paris chez Dero-Becker édireur, rue Neuve St. Augustin, 43 Lith de Lemercier, rue de Seine S G 55 [n.d., c.1830]
Lithograph, printed area 290 x 190mm.
Two children watching a balloon carrying a small flag. From the publication 'Galerie Pittoresque'.
[Ref: 8192] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The fatal Descent of the Parachute by which Mr Cocking lost his life.
[n.d., c.1837.]
Lithograph. 230 x 160mm. Cut.
Robert Cocking (1776-1837) was a professional watercolour artist who was the first person to be killed in a parachute jump, using a parachute of his own design. The balloon shown in the image is Charles Green's famous Royal Nassau balloon (co-owned with Edward Spencer), from which Cocking jumped near Greenwich. His body was found in a field in Lee. Green and Spencer piloted the balloon that day, and survived.
for the ascent of the balloon see ref. 12657; for Edward Spencer see ref. 8194
[Ref: 8235] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Balloon Passing Over Coblenz.
A. Butler Lith. from a sketch by Monck Mason Esq.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Lithograph. 125 x 170mm.
On November 7th 1836 the English aeronaut Charles Green, accompanied by the polymath Thomas Monck Mason, made his most famous flight, from London to Nassau in Germany. The flight was at the time the world's longest, covering an estimated 480 miles (770 km) in 18 hours. This image shows the balloon passing over Koblenz, near the end of the flight. The balloon would land at 7:30 in the morning, and one can see the rising sun.
[Ref: 8226] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Descent of the Balloon in the Valley of Elbern.
A. Butler Delt. & Lithog. from a sketch by Monck Mason Esq.
Lithograph. 125 x 175mm.
On November 7th 1836 the English aeronaut Charles Green, accompanied by the polymath Thomas Monck Mason, made his most famous flight, from London to Nassau in Germany. The flight was at the time the world's longest, covering an estimated 480 miles (770 km) in 18 hours. This image shows the balloon in Germany, having completed the flight.
[Ref: 8225] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Untitled view of a stadium, with a balloon above.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Aquatint. 165 x 220mm. Trimmed to image, laid on card.
Image of a stadium, possibly in Milan, in which a horse race is taking place, whilst two balloons fly overhead.
[Ref: 8267] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Avis aux Pertubateurs du bon-ordre Par Fue Bordier mort en l'air à Rouen le 21 Aout 1789. Vous verrez que je serai pendu pour arranger l'affaire. Nuit aux aventures, Act III. Sc.IX, rôle de Frontin.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate 260 x 172mm. 10¼ x 6¾". Some foxing; water stain to right-hand side.
A French engraving illustrating a scene from a highly politicised play titled 'Nuit aux aventures'. A harlequin called 'Frontin' stands with his club in front of the gallows, apparently a symbol of chaos and anarchy. The scene seems to have been inspired by actual events in the form of revolutionary riots at Rouen in August 1789, and reflects later attitudes to the early years of the Revolution. This print focuses on Francois Bordier (1758-1789) and his untimely death. He was involved in the pillaging of the Hotel de L'Intendence of Rouen along with a lawyer named Jourdain. They were both arrested and eventually Bordier was condemned to death and hung on 21 August 1789.
[Ref: 18923] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Clifton, and St Vincent's Rocks, from Leigh Woods.
[Drawn by S.C. Jones?] G. Hawkins, lith. Day & Haghe, lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by George Davey, 1 Broad Street, Bristol. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 220 x 300mm, 8¾ x 11¾".
A view looking upriver towards Bristol, with St Vincent's Rocks on the left.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 26421] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Avon from the Observatory, Clifton.
Drawn by S.C. Jones. G. Hawkins, lith. Day & Haghe, lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by George Davey, 1 Broad Street, Bristol. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 220 x 300mm, 8¾ x 11¾".
A view looking down onto the river Avon from Clifton Down at St Vincent's Rocks, with the Severn in the distance.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 26419] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Avon from below St Vincents Rock.
Drawn by S.C. Jones. G. Hawkins, lith. Day & Haghe, lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by George Davey, 1 Broad Street, Bristol. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 220 x 300mm, 8¾ x 11¾".
A view looking downriver to St Vincent's Rocks, taken from the side of the Avon.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 26420] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

St Vincents Rocks, Clifton.
S.C. Jones, del.t. R. Carrick, lith. Day & Haghe, lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by George Davey, 1 Broad Street, Bristol. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 220 x 300mm, 8¾ x 11¾".
The cliffs under Clifton Down, viewed from the side of the Avon.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 26418] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Avon & Severn from Pen Pole Point.
Drawn by M.H. Holmes. Clerk & Co. lith.rs 808 High Holborn.
Published by George Davey, 1 Broad Street, Bristol. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 230 x 290mm, 9 x 11½".
A view from Penpole Point looking down onto the Avon entering the Severn Estuary, with ocean-point shipping.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 26417] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A view from Durdham-down near Bristol, Looking down the Avon to Kings-Road, & the Welch Mountains.] [&] [A view of St Vincent's rocks, and the Hot-Wells, &c near Bristol.]
[Painted by Thomas Smith of Derby. The first plate engraved by Francis Vivares and Jean Baptiste Chatelain, the second by Antoine Benoist.]
[London: Thomas Smith, 1756.]
Pair of etchings with 18th century colour added by hand, each image c.340 x 520mm. 13½ x 20½". Trimmed and laid on card with black paint borders, contemporary presentation. Extremities chipped and tatty.
Two views on the River Avon near Bristol with boats on the water, the first with figures and goats on a hill-side in foreground and a tower standing amongst trees in the distance; the second with two figures with staffs standing on bank in the foreground, a building directly adjacent to the water beyond, opposite which smoke emanates from the bank. An outstanding pair of etching after Thomas Smith of Derby (c.1720 - 1767), father of J.R.Smith.
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Mr. T. Telford's, Design for the Suspension Bridge across the River Avon, From St. Vincent's Rocks to Leigh Down. [Principal dimensions below image.]
Dean & Munday's Lithoy. Threadneedle St.
Pubd. by Wright & Bagnall Bristol [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph, sheet 225 x 285mm. Foxing outside image.
Thomas Telford (1757 - 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. He was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. This is a representation of his design, never realised, for the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The idea of building a bridge across the Avon Gorge originated in 1753, with a bequest in the will of Bristolian merchant William Vick, who left £1,000 invested with instructions that when the interest had accumulated to £10,000, it should be used for the purpose of building a stone bridge between Clifton Down (which was outside the City of Bristol until the 1830s) and Leigh Woods (then in Somerset). By 1829, Vick's bequest had reached £8,000, but it was estimated that a stone bridge would cost over ten times that amount. An Act of Parliament was passed to allow a wrought-iron suspension bridge to be built instead, and tolls levied to recoup the cost. A competition was held to find a design for the bridge; the judge, Telford, rejected all designs, and tried to insist on this design of his own, a suspension bridge supported on tall Gothic towers. Telford claimed that no suspension bridge could exceed the 600 feet (183 m) span of his own Menai Suspension Bridge. A second competition, held with new judges, was won by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design on 16 March 1831, for a suspension bridge with fashionably Egyptian-influenced towers.
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The Avondale Paper Company Limited. Incorporated under the Companies' Acts, 1862 to 1880, whereby the liability of the Shareholders is limited; with a Capital of £100,000, in 10,000 Shares of £10 each. Issue of £60,000, in 6,000 Shares of £10 each, Of which £35,000 have been already applied for... The Balance, £25,000, in 2,500 Shares of £10 each, is now offered for public subscription...
December 9th, 1880. By Order J. Davis, Secretary.
Four letterpress broadsheets with woodcut illustrations advertising shares in the Avondale Paper Company, each c.340 x 215mm. 13¼ x 8½". Horizontal folds.
A Prospectus for the Stock Issue for Avondale Paper: including details of that particular issue, their distribution to subscriber's; estimates of productivity of the paper works once built and improved; list of company officers; application for shares; 'opinions of the local press'; and view of the paper mills at Keynsham, Bristol. The company evidently did not last long - the site was advertised for sale in 1883.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
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