Grosvenor Prints

Old Parr. Aeta 152.
G White Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson in ye Strand. [n.d. c.1730.]
Fine mezzotint. 202 x 152mm (8 x 6"). Repaired tear in title area.
Portrait, head and shoulders in an oval, facing forward with ruff and coat; first state. Thomas Parr (1483? - 1635), centenarian; famous for his long life, reputedly dying at the age of 153, and know as 'Old Parr'.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. CS: 32, i.
[Ref: 25409] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Parr.] The Olde, Old, very Olde Man or Thomas Par the Sonne of Iohn Parr of Winnington in the Parish of Alberbury In the County of Shropshire who was Borne in 1483 in the Raigne of King Edward the 4th and is now living in The Strand, being aged 152 yeares and odd Monethes 1635.
[After Cornelis van Dalen I.]
[c.1635.]
Engraving, rare. Plate: 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4''). Creases.
Thomas Parr (1483? - 1635), centenarian; famous for his long life, reputedly dying at the age of 153, and know as 'Old Parr'.
[Ref: 48628] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Old Parr. Æta 152.
G White Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson in ye Strand [n.d. c.1730].
Fine & rare mezzotint. 205 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed into plate, small tear bottom left corner, mounted on album paper at corners.
Portrait, head and shoulders in an oval, facing forward with ruff and coat; first state. Thomas Parr (1483? - 1635), centenarian; famous for his long life, reputedly dying at the age of 153, and know as 'Old Parr'.
CS: 32, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64582] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Parr.] Le Tres Vieux Homme Thomas Parr/ Vive Mon Roi Autant et Plus.
Habert Sculp, 1725.
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½") large margins.
Portrait of Thomas "Old Tom" Parr (c. 1482 or 1483 (reputedly) 1635), an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years.
[Ref: 65202] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Parr Borne 1483. Dyed November the 15.th 1635. Aged 152. years Buryed at Westminster.
[After Cornelis van Dalen I] I Savage ex.
[n.d. c.1690]
Mezzotint, extremely rare; 130 x 95mm (5 x 4"). Trimmed to plate and glued to backing sheet.
Half-length portrait of centenarian Thomas 'Old' Parr (1483-1635), seated in a chair, bearded, and wearing a skullcap.
Unrecorded portrait.
[Ref: 67756] £550.00

Old Parr. From the Original by Peter Paul Rubens in the possesion of Uvedale Price Esqr.
Geo. Powle Fecit.
[n.d. c.1770]
Very rare mixed method, 150 x 110mm (5½ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate and glued to backing sheet at edges.
Half-length portrait of centenarian Thomas 'Old' Parr (1483-1635), seated in a chair, bearded, and wearing a cloak.
Not in CS.
[Ref: 67757] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Old Parr. Aged 152. [European Magazine]
Rubens pin.t. Conde sculp.t.
[Published by J Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 April 1793]
Etching, sheet 150 x 110mm (5½ x 4½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at edges.
Illustration for the 'European Magazine.' Half-length portrait of centenarian Thomas 'Old' Parr (1483-1635), seated in a chair, bearded, and wearing a cloak.
Not in CS.
[Ref: 67759] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Parr, The Old Man of Shropshire.
Published by J. Caulfield, Decr. 1, 1797.
Stipple with etching, sheet 275 x 210mm. 10¾ x 8¼". Trimmed to plate.
Thomas Parr (1483? - 1635), centenarian. From 'The Oxford Cabinet; consisting of engravings from original pictures, in the Ashmolean Museum, and other public and private collections; with biographical Anecdotes, by John Aubrey, F.R.S., and other celebrated writers.'
NPG: D28504.
[Ref: 15247] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

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Young Parr.
G. White Fecit.
[London: Samuel Sympson, c.1730.]
Mezzotint, sheet 190 x 150mm. 7½ x 6". Trimmed within plate and to image, and laid to album page.
Oval portrait of Thomas Parr junior (fl.1550), centenarian, said to be the son of 'Old Parr', the 'oldest man in England'. By George White (1684? - 1732), son of engraver Robert White.
CS 23, ii of ii.
[Ref: 15183] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Young Parr. Son to Tho.s Parr the shropshire man, who was born in 1438 & died in 1635. His living to so great age as 152 years, occasioned his Son to be called young Parr, as past 4 score.
Sold by I Herbert Pall Mall. [n.d. c 1795]
Etching 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins.
Thomas Parr junior, Centenarian, said to be the son of 'Old Parr', the 'oldest man in England'.
[Ref: 67760] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Young Parr.
G. White Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson in Maiden Lane Cov.t Garden [n.d., c.1730].
Rare mezzotint. 200 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"), with very large margins. Creasing on right.
Oval portrait of Thomas Parr junior (fl.1550), centenarian, said to be the son of 'Old Parr', the 'oldest man in England'. By George White (1684? - 1732), son of engraver Robert White.
CS 23, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64581] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Young Parr.
G. White Fecit.
[London: Samuel Sympson, c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 195 x 150mm (7¾ x 6"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line. Slight foxing at corners.
Oval portrait of Thomas Parr junior (fl.1550), centenarian, said to be the son of 'Old Parr', the 'oldest man in England'. By George White (1684? - 1732), son of engraver Robert White.
CS 23, ii of ii.
[Ref: 46324] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Young Parr. Son to Tho.s Parr the Shropshire man, who was born in 1438 & died in 1635. His living to so great age as 152 years, occasioned his Son to be called young Parr, as past 4 score.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Plate 152 x 114mm. 6 x 4½". Some rubbing. scuffing and creasing.
Thomas Parr junior, Centenarian, said to be the son of 'Old Parr', the 'oldest man in England'.
CS: undescribed (but listed p.1763.) See NPG: D28508.
[Ref: 21613] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Transverse Section through a Range of Cells Erected at the Female Factory, Parramata. Drawn to accompany Maj.r Barney's letter to the Hon.ble the Colonel Secretary, dated 20.th February 1840. Geo. Barney Maj.r R.E. Cor.s Female Factory, Parramatta. Range of Solitary Cells Erected at the Female Factory at Parramatta. Accompanying Plans and Estimates of Buildings, proposed by Capt.n Maconochie, R.N. H.H. Lugard, Lt. R.E.
John A....Lith. James & Luke J. Hansard Printers.
Ordered by The House of Commons to be Printed 15 June 1841.
Lithograph. 482 x 750mm (19 x 29½"). Creased and folded. Tear near title.
The Parramatta Female Factory, opened in 1796, was an Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of New South Wales. The factory operated as a place of confinement for delinquents and a house of industry for female convincts until 1847 when it was used as a mental asylum.
[Ref: 30336] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Series of 6 portraits of soldiers and bandits after Charles Parrocel.] To Sir William Forbes Bart. the following Plates are humbly inscribed by His much obliged, & most humble serv.t. Robert Blyth.
C. Parrocel Inv.t. R: Blyth Sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
6 etchings, stitched on left edge, rare complete. Each plate: 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), with large margins.
A series of six etchings showing soldiers and bandits, after Charles Parrocel (1688-1752).
From Forkes Sale Sothebys.
[Ref: 45976] £360.00 view all images for this item

Maladies du Cheval.
Ch. Parrocel. Jn. J.Audran. sculpt.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 420 x 555mm. Trimmed to border, some creasing, glue stain on right edge.
Diagram of a horse, with three keys listing what can go wrong.
[Ref: 4541] £490.00

[19 military subjects by and after Charles Parrocel]
Parrossel Pinx Sculp
A Paris chez M.me Marel Rue St Jacques 39 [c.1740]
Nineteen etchings with original stitching, each sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 9). Mint condition, very large margins. Mint condition.
Volume of military prints designed by Charles Parrocel (1688-1752), twelve of which are etched by J.G. Wille and the remainder by Parrocel himself. The set appears to be made up of prints from two different publications, 'Recueil de 19 Planches Différentes études de Soldats' (etched by Parrocel) and 'Reitres et Lansquenets' (etched by Wille after Parrocel). Like his father Joseph, Parrocel was principally a painter of battles and hunts. He was present at several battles during the War of the Austrian Succession which he intended to depict in a series of pictures for the chateau of Choisy (although he only completed two, now at Versailles).
[Ref: 40289] £750.00 view all images for this item

La Lecon Du Perroquet.
Dessine par Wolff l'aine, et Grave par son Frere.
A Paris chez l'Auteur, Rue Haute des Ursins, en la Vite, N.o 9. [n.d. c.1800]
Very rare and fine coloured stipple, 18th century watermark. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 10").
A woman sits holding a lute in her hand, an open music book on her knee, she leans her elbow on a cushion resting on a table and looks at a parrot in a bird stand. A small dog jumps up on the back of her skirts.
[Ref: 63101] £980.00

[Lorie.] Sketched at The Palace December 22nd 1837. E.L.
[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1875.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published Nov.r 8.th 1875 by Henry Graves & Co, the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen &, T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall_Copyright Registered. [Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers and Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Pall Mall, London. Sold by D. Woodcock & Co., 17, Farringdon Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters on india. Printseller's Association Stamp. Artist Proof Edition, Limited to One Hundred Copies, of which this is No.38. Plate 559 x 432mm. 22 x 17". Uncut, few small spots.
Lorie; a parrot, given to the Princess Victoria by the Hereditary Prince and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which afterwards belonged to the Duchess of Kent. The original picture was sketched at the Palace, December 22nd 1837, and was left to the Queen by the Duchess of Kent; it now hangs at Osborne. From "Her Majesty's Pets being a Collection of Twenty Steel-Place Engravings from Paintings by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. By Special Permission of, and Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen".
Ex Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23014] £490.00

[Embossed parrot with fine colour.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Embossed card with hand colour. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
A parrot on a perch with a red rose underneath.
See Ref: 49302
[Ref: 43955] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Harriet Parrot.
P. Falconet pinx.t V. Green fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer No.53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st. Jan.y 1772.
Fine mezzotint. Plate 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Large margins.
Harriet Parrot (c.18th century); a young girl holding an apple and resting against a table covered in material, wearing a white ruffled cap.
See NPG: D3827. Whitman: 33. CS: 98. Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 20182] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Capt. Parry. King Poulaho.
Executed by I.F.Read.
Published by Jaques & Wright, Newington Butts, 1824.
Aquatint. Sheet 125 x 180mm, 5 x 7". Trimmed within plate.
Two portraits on one sheet: Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855), the Arctic explorer; and Poulaho, King of Tonga, called the Friendly Islands by Captain Cook because of the reception he received from Poulaho and his people in 1773.
[Ref: 11075] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Capt. W.E. Parry, R.N. Commander of the Polar Expedition.
London: William Darton: 58, Holborn Hill; 4mo. 1824.
Stipple with large margins, rare. Plate 132 x 89mm. 5¼ x 3½".
Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855) was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer. Parry served as Commissioner of the Australian Agricultural Company based at Tahlee on the northern shore of Port Stephens New South Wales, Australia from 1829 to 1834. Parry was subsequently selected for the post of comptroller of the newly-created department of steam machinery of the Navy, and held this office until his retirement from active service in 1846, when he was appointed captain-superintendent of Haslar Hospital. He attained the rank of rear-admiral in 1852, and in the following year became a governor of Greenwich Hospital, and retained this post until his death. Sir Edward Parry’s character was influenced by his unwavering belief in Jesus Christ, and besides the journals of his different voyages he also wrote a Lecture to Seamen, and Thoughts on the Parental Character of God.
[Ref: 24756] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Master Parsloe's Wonderful Protean Transformation's.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Etching, sheet 203 x 311mm. Trimmed within plate, vertical centrefold.
Charles Thomas Parsloe (1804 - 1870), actor. According to Hall's Harvard catalogue, this is part of a sheet of four images. Very rare.
Harvard Theatre Collection: pg.299, 2. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7867] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Unidentified Woman.]
G. Kneller pinx: I Beckett fec:
Sold by I. Beckett at ye Golden head in ye Old baily.
A rare mezzotint. Plate: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, manuscript in plate. 2 stain spots.
A portrait by an identified woman. Manuscript in the plate names the sitter as 'The Lady Jane Parson'.
CS 101 I.
[Ref: 46906] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

a Riddle Expounded or the Dignity of a Parsons Horse.
Woodward del.t.
London Pub.d [July 6th. 1807] by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside. Price 1sh Collored.
Hand coloured etching. Plate 241 x 344mm (9½ x 3½"), with large margins.
A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing addressing a fat elderly parson on horseback. He asks "Ha! Ha - the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, - Canst thee tell me - why - a Parsons Horse be like a King?" The parson answers with a grin: "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a Minister." Etched by Charles Williams (1797 - 1830; active) after George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809).
BM Satires: 11617.
[Ref: 52228] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

The Parson's Clerk.
[by Theodore Lane?]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint, rare. Sheet 265 x 280mm (10½ x 11"). Trimmed to border and around upper image.
A Boxing match outside pub. Illustrations to a comic song in ridicule of cant and hypocrisy.
[Ref: 42438] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Madam Parson.
P: Lely pinxit . J. Verkolye Fecit et Exc. 1683.
Fine mezzotint. 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Crease in centre, small margins.
A three-quarter portrait of a young woman, seated with an ornamental garden with pond and fountain behind. Challoner Smith writes: ''perhaps Catherine, daughter of Sir Clifford Clinton, and wife of Sir John Parsons''.
CS: 3. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65337] £380.00

Madam Parson.
P: Lely pinxit . J. Verkolye Fecit et Exc. 1683.
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom
A three-quarter portrait of a young woman, seated with an ornamental garden with pond and fountain behind. Challoner Smith writes: ''perhaps Catherine, daughter of Sir Clifford Clinton, and wife of Sir John Parsons''.
CS: 3. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65338] £320.00

Parsonic Piety. Good Precepts / do as I say. / But bad Examples / not as I do - .
IC [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Pub: Jan 20 1794 by S W Fores N3 Piccadilly where may be seen a complete model of the Guilotine, the Head and hand of Count Streuenzee & the Largest Collections of Caracaturs in the World.
Finely hand coloured etching, sheet 255 x 405mm (10¼ x 16"). Trimmed within plate left, right and partially top.
Two panels contrasting the life of a young parson. On the left he stands in the pulpit, his eyes raised sanctimoniously; on the right he stumbles out of a brothel in Covent Garden, drunk and dishevelled, arm around a prostitute (topless) who has picked his pocket, removing his watch.
BM Satires 8524.
[Ref: 61889] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Parsonic Piety. Good Precepts / do as I say. / But bad Examples / not as I do - .
IC [Isaac Cruikshank].
London Pub: Jan 20 1794 by S W Fores N3 Piccadilly where may be seen a complete model of the Guilotine, the Head and hand of Count Streuenzee & the Largest Collections of Caracaturs in the World.
Coloured etching, watermark C. Patch. Sheet 345 x 395mm (13¼ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate, some staining.
Two panels contrasting the life of a young parson. On the left he stands in the pulpit, his eyes raised sanctimoniously; on the right he stumbles out of a brothel in Covent Garden, drunk and dishevelled, arm around a prostitute who has picked his pocket, removing his watch.
BM Satires 8524.
[Ref: 56042] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourble Humphry Parsons Esq.r, Lord Mayor of London, one of the Representatives of this hon.ble City and President of the Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem.
J. Elleys pinx.t 1730. J. Faber Fecit.2
[Sold by J. Faber in the Strand, and W. Banks in the Minories.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into plate at bottom, losing publication line; some surface wear with loss of surface in title. Damaged.
A three-quarter portrait of Humphrey Parsons (1676-1741), brewer and twice Lord Mayor of London, standing with St Paul's Cathedral dominating the background. Parsons owned the Red Lion brewery in East Smithfield and was principal exporter of beer to France because his goods were exempt from import duty, thanks to his personal relationship with Louis XV. Thus he became the Old Pretender's leading contact in the City of London.
CS 275. Sharpe 583. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64680] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Rosse [facsimile signature.]
Claudet Daguer. On Stone by Bosley.
London Sep.t 1.st 1849. Published by M.r Claudet 18 King William S.t Charing Cross and Colloseum Regents Park & Ackermann & C.o Strand. M & N Hanhart Imp.t
Scarce lithograph on chine collé. Sheet 485 x 370mm (19 x 14½"). Some foxing and time staining in the margins. Chine colle lifting on right.
A half portrait of Sir William Parsons, Third Earl of Rosse (1800-1867), seated and looking to the left. Parsons was a notable amateur astronomer, elected president of the UK Royal Society in 1848. With money not being an issue for the Earl who owned several estates in Ireland, Parsons is most remembered for his construction of a number of giant telescopes, the largest and final one constructed known as the 'Leviathan of Parsonstown'.
See ref 1421 for image of Telescope.
[Ref: 57216] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Sir William Parsons Knt. European Magazine.
Engraved by Ridley & Blood from an Original Drawing by Francis Wilkins Jun.r.
Published by J. Asperne at the Bible, Crown & Constitution, Cornhill, 1st September 1808.
Stipple. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"), with large margins.
Sir William Parsons (c.1745-1817), Master of the King's Musick under George III, 1786-1817, and the first musician to be honoured with a knighthood, although more for his connections with the Royal Family than his compositions.
[Ref: 43404] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Parsons.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, sheet 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to plate.
William Parsons (1736-95), actor. Beginning his career in York and Edinburgh, he was brought to London by the great David Garrick and eventually joined the company at the Haymarket Theatre. A popular and versatile actor, Parsons was also a keen painter of landscapes influenced by those of Richard Wilson. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. O'D 8
[Ref: 36678] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Parsons.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
William Parsons (1736-95), actor. Beginning his career in York and Edinburgh, he was brought to London by the great David Garrick and eventually joined the company at the Haymarket Theatre. A popular and versatile actor, Parsons was also a keen painter of landscapes influenced by those of Richard Wilson. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. O'D 8
[Ref: 36679] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Porte St. Jacques Parthenay.]
Frank Brangwyn. [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1936.]
Etching. Plate: 280 x 250mm (11 x 9¾''), with very large margins. Mount burn in margins.
A view of the north gate into the ancient, fortified town of Parthenay in France. The gate of St Jacques would have been the entry for medieval pilgrims into the town. By Anglo-Welsh artist, painter and virtuoso engraver and illustrator Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956).
[Ref: 49181] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Partiality.
Pub 1825 [British, W. Sams?]
Hand coloured etching, 115 x 150mm. 4½ x 6". Stain spot to upper margin.
Social satire: a visual pun on the title, a woman (in domestic service) raising a toast with a glass of liquor; she holds a small jug in her right hand. From a series of caricatures.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18616] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

La Partie de Pêche.
A Paris chez Augustin le Grand rue St. Julien le Pauvre No.3. [n.d. c.1790.]
Coloured stipple, rare. 387 x 487mm. 15¼ x 19¼".
The Fishing Party; three young men and two women fishing in a punt with rods and nets, accompanied by a black page boy.
[Ref: 25725] £330.00

Partisan, Bred by the Duke of Grafton in 1811. Got by Walton out of Parasol, by Pot 8. o's, her dam Prunella by Highflyer. - Promise ny Snap. - Blank, - Spectator's dam by Partner - Bonny Lass by Bay Bolton.
Painted by J.F. Herring. Engraved by C. Hunt.
[Published by James Sheldon, 31 Ely Place, London, c.1860.]
Aquatint. 295 x 340mm (11½ x 13½"), with very large margins Tears just entering plate at top, crack in top plate mark, paper toned, some spotting.
First published by S. & J. Fuller in 1836, this example comes from 'Sheldon's Celebrated Racing Sires', with an extensive dedication to Lord Lowther removed. Little is known about James Sheldon: the British Museum biography only gives his address and ''publisher/printer; British; Male; 1850s; fl. c.''. Hickman mentions these reprints without venturing a date.
Hickman: p.421, describing 'Plate 18' top right.
[Ref: 47513] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

D.r Silvester Partridge's Predictions. P.150 Voll. 1.
E. Kirkall Sculp.
[London, c. 1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾").
An astrologer sits in his study, surrounded by customers and the tools of his trade. 'Silvester Partridge' was the invention of satirist Thomas Brown (1662-1704), who published weekly instalments of a parody, 'The Infallible Astrologer', by 'Mr Silvester Partridge'. He based his character on on 'real' astrologers John Silvester and John Partridge.
[Ref: 63461] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Partridge] Die Rebheune.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour and feathers. Sheet 165 x 200mm (6½ x 7¾") Unique.
An illustration of two partridges, with the background painted but the birds' plumage made with real feather.
[Ref: 64106] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Partridge.
Archibald Thorburn. Drawn by A. Thorburn. Swan Electric Engraving Co.
Published by Lawrence & Bullen Ltd, 16, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden WC.
Photogravure. 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½") very large margins.
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935), Scottish artist specialising in painting animals and birds, especially in a sporting context.
[Ref: 52173] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Partridge Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins.
A sporting scene in which two men shoot at partridge in a field. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46239] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Labrador] [Partridge Shooting.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 247 x 362mm (9¾" x 14¼"). Limited edition: 93/100.
A golden labrador watching a gun. An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 9692] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[French Partridge.]
C. Whymper.
London, Published 1901 by I.P. Mendoza Limited, St James's Gallery 4a King St St James's SW. Copyright registered. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure, printed on chine collé, signed in pencil by the artist. 215 x 285mm (8½ x 15¼"). Small stain in right margin.
A pair of French Partridge (or Red-Legged Partridge) in a mating ritual. Charles Whymper (1853-1941), a prolific book illustrator specializing in travel, animal, and hunting themes. He contributed to The Illustrated London News, Good Words, and The English Illustrated Magazine.
[Ref: 58053] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Grey Partridge.]
C. Whymper.
London, Published 1901 by I.P. Mendoza Limited, St James's Gallery 4a King St St James's SW. Copyright registered. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure, printed on chine collé, signed in pencil by the artist. 215 x 285mm (8½ x 15¼"). Restored wormholes.
A covey of Grey Partridges. Charles Whymper (1853-1941), a prolific book illustrator specializing in travel, animal, and hunting themes. He contributed to The Illustrated London News, Good Words, and The English Illustrated Magazine.
[Ref: 58054] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Grey Partridge.]
C. Whymper.
London, Published 1901 by I.P. Mendoza Limited, St James's Gallery 4a King St St James's SW. Copyright registered. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure, printed on chine collé. 230 x 235mm (9 x 9¼"). Restored worm holes in margins.
A Grey Partridge hen and her chicks. Charles Whymper (1853-1941), a prolific book illustrator specializing in travel, animal, and hunting themes. He contributed to The Illustrated London News, Good Words, and The English Illustrated Magazine.
[Ref: 58055] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Nathaniel Partridge.
[Engraved by Henry Kingsbury?]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. 175 x 130mm (7 x 5"), with large margins.
An oval portrait of Nathaniel Partridge (1610-84), Minister of St Michael's, St Albans, who was ejected for nonconformity under the terms of the 'Act of Uniformity', 1662.
An example in the BM (1853,0611.238) has a pencil note attributing this to Kingsbury. CS p.1668.
[Ref: 44333] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs. Figs Card Party disturbed. 238.
Woodward del. Cruikshank s.t.
Pub by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside March 6 1807.
Finely handcoloured etching. Plate: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins. On J Whatman paper watermarked '1819'. Trimmed within plate. Creasing.
Interior scene in which a beadle and a nightwatchman burst in on a group of figures playing cards. Playing cards past midnight was an offence.
BM Satires Undescribed. BM Museum number 1948,0214.722.
[Ref: 61831] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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