Grosvenor Prints

A South East View of Portsmouth. 1. South Sea Castle. 2. The New Hospital for Sick Seamen. 3. Block house fort. 4. Gosport. 5. The Saluting Battery & Magazine. 6. The Spur Battery. 7. The King's Baston. 8. Governour's House. 9. Portsmouth Church. 10. Feltons Gibbett.
In.o Waters Pinxit. London, Printed for Jn.o Ryall, at Hogarth's head, Fleet Street.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March ye. 28.th 1765.
A scarce engraving. Plate 305 x 457mm. 12 x 18". Some tears and soiling in the margins crease right sky.
A numbered-key prospect of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
See Ref. 6481 for coloured impression.
[Ref: 22969] £420.00

A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth, in the County of Hampshire, on the_British Channel. Vue du Chantier de La Majeste a Portsmouth, dans le Comte de Hampshire, sur la Manche. 25
J. Cleveley jun.r pinx.t
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 in S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Engraving, plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾), very large margins.
A view of the dock with variously sized ships from sailing to rowing coming and going.
[Ref: 56585] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Review of the British Fleet &c. Portsmouth.
G. Baxter Inventor & Patentee, 11 & 12 Northampton Square.]
Baxter print, trimmed to image and laid on original backing card with blindstamped title and details. Total 215 x 325mm (8½ x 12¾"). Backing sheet soiled, tear taped.
Naval gunners fire a salute from a shore fortification, the fleet out in the harbour.
[Ref: 67681] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Portsmouth Harbour]
E. Duncan pinx. T. A. Prior sculpt.
[n.d. c.1870.]
Engraving. Plate size: 252 x 450mm. 10 x 18¾".
A view of Portsmouth Harbour and dockyard. Depicting the H.M.S. Duke of Wellington 131 guns and the H.M.S. Victory 100 guns.
[Ref: 27936] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Portugal. Oporto von San Joao aus.
[Emil Wendt.][n.d.,c.,1850]
[Leipzig, Berlag von Dürffling und Frante.]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins.
A collection of vignettes of views of Portugal arranged around a central view of of the Oporto, other views include 'Kloster Batalha', 'Leiria', 'Coimbra'. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 46033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Portugalliae Que Olim Lusitania, Novissima et Exactissima Descrtiption Auctore Vernando Alvaro Secco . . . anno 1600.
Baptista Doetecomius Sculp.
[Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, c.1636.]
Hand-coloured engraved map. 340 x 490mm (13½ x 19¼"). Split in upper centre fold.
A map of Portugal, engraved by Baptista van Doetecum in 1600 after Fernando Alvares Secco's map of 1561, here published in a German editon of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. It is one of the most striking of 17th century maps of Portugal, and one of the few in the atlas to be printed from a purchased plate rather than engraved in-house.
[Ref: 39400] £350.00

Vué du Palace Royal de Lisbonne. [&] Vué de Palais que le Roi de Portugal a achetér.
A Leide, Chez Pierre vander Aa. [n.d., 1729.]
Two engraved views printed within a separately-printed frame-like decorative border. Sheet 235 x 400mm (9¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Two views of Portuguese Royal Palaces, published in the 1729 special edition of the 'Galerie Agreable du Monde', a sixty-six volume atlas of which only 100 copies are said to have been published, with each plate augmented with these frame-like decorative borders.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33374] £350.00

Vué de la place du Palais á Lisbonne. [&] Palais du Comte d'Avero, a Lisbonne oú Charles III a été Logé. [&] Fête des Taureaux á Lisbonne. [&] Embarquement de la Princesse de Portugal, Cathérine, Epouse de Charles II Roi D'Angleterre.
[A Leide, Chez Pierre vander Aa.] [n.d., 1729.]
Four engraved views printed within a separately-printed frame-like decorative border, very scarce. Sheet 280 x 350mm (11 x 13¾"). Trimmed into the printed border, laid on album paper.
Four views of Lisbon, including bullfighting at the Royal Palace and the departure of Catherine of Braganza to marry Charles II in 1662. It was published in the 1729 special edition of the 'Galerie Agreable du Monde', a sixty-six volume atlas of which only 100 copies are said to have been published, with each plate augmented with a frame-like decorative border, here sadly mostly trimmed away.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33377] £350.00

[Lisbon] [Ca]roli Tertii, Hispaniarum regis justi palatium, Olisipone. [Repeated in Spanish, Dutch & French.]
P. v. d. Berge fec. et edit cum Privil.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Etching, rare. Sheet 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed into image on left, losing part of title, laid on album paper.
The Lisbon palace of Charles III, the Habsburg pretender to the throne of Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. Published in 'Theatrum Hispaniæ', a series of views of Spain drawn and engraved by Pieter van den Berge (c.1670-1737).
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33379] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Belém Tower] Bethlemi munitissima arx, urbis vincinæ propugnaculum. [Repeated in Spanish, Dutch & French.]
[P. v. d. Berge fec. et ed. cum Privil.]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Etching, rare. Sheet 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
The Belém Tower, a small fortress at the mouth of the River Tagus in Lisbon, published in 'Theatrum Hispaniæ', a series of views of Spain drawn and engraved by Pieter van den Berge (c.1670-1737). Built in 1519 it was included in the 2007 'Seven Wonders of Portugal'.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33384] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Gabriel Malagrida, Jean de Matos, Jean Alexandree autres Jesuites. Religion des Jesuites Parricide des Rois.
19, Janvier, 1759.
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 70mm (6 x 2¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portraits of Gabriel Malagrida, Jean de Matos, Jean Alexandree autres Jesuites. Following the attempted assassination of Dom José (1714 - 1777) on September 3, 1758. Father Gabriele Malagrida (1689–1761) was executed for these reasons as he was judged to have personally participated in the assassination attempt.
[Ref: 68097] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Alfonso de Albuquerque.
Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 120 x 82mm (4¾ x 3¼").
Alfonso de Albuquerque (c.1453-1515) the Portuguese general, 'great conqueror', statesman and a leading empire builder. He advanced the Portuguese grand scheme of combatting Islam, spreading Christianity and securing the trade of spices and the establishment of a vast Portuguese Asian empire. He was the first European to enter the Persian Gulf and led the first voyage by a European fleet into the Red Sea. He led the conquest of Goa in 1510 and the capture of Malacca in 1511. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29727] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Maria Isabel Francisca de Bragança Rainha de Espanha.
Lopes lith. D. Vicente Lopez Pint. Lith Franceza, Calçada do Cornbro No.45 Lx.a
[n.d. c.1816.]
Lithograph. Sheet 570 x 392mm. 22½ x 15½".
Maria Isabel de Bragança (1797-1818) was Queen of Spain from 1816 until her death. She was the second daughter of Juan VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina de Borbón. Her marriage to Fernando VII in 1816 helped to strengthen relationships between Spain and Portugal. They had two children; however the second birth had its complication resulting in both the child and Maria Isabel's death.
[Ref: 20375] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Maria.
[Anon, c.1840]
Pen lithograph, printed area 155 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Crease; slight foxing.
Dona Maria II (1819-53), queen regent of Portugal and the Algarves from 1826-28, and from 1834-53, here portrayed at the age of around thirteen. Maria had been nominated by the elderly King Joao VI to serve as regent (as his favoured son Pedro was emperor of Brazil), but in 1828 the Joao's exiled son Miguel deposed Maria, proclaiming himself king. Thereafter Maria travelled to various European courts in search of support. Pedro later joined forces with Maria, warring with Miguel and forcing him to abdicate, restoring Maria to the throne. From a series of portraits by lithographer Antoine Maurin dit l'aîné (1793 - 1860).
[Ref: 35274] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Joaõ Gomes da Silva Conde de Tarouca.
G.Kneller S.R Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Simon Fecit.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm, 13¼ x 9¾". Trimmed to image, laid on album paper, some suface wear.
Half-length portrait of Count Tarouca, the Portuguese ambassador to London, 1709, in amour.
CS: 149, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 19838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Isabel de Portugal, Esposa de Carlos V. El cuadro original existe en el R.l Museo de Madrid.
Tiziano lo pintó. C. Rodrigez lo lit.o. J. de Madrazo lo dirigió.
Imp. en el R.l Est.o lit.o de Madrid. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet 370 x 290mm (14½ x 11½"), with blindstamp in inscription area. Laid on album paper.
Portrait of Isabella of Portugal (1503-39), who, as wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was queen of Germany, Italy, Spain, Naples and Sicily. Titian's original oil is now in the Prado Museum. This lithograph is from the 'Colección lithographica de cuadros del rey de España el señor Fernando VII'.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33306] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Ioannes 4 Lusitanie Rex 21. natus 19 Mart. 1603. Ex Ducatu Bragantie_omnium voce clamante...suscepta cura, quatuor ab Hispanis reportatis victorijs, regalis Bragantie Do:mus perenniter firmatur in Solia. [In frame around portrait:] Neque alienam terram sumpsimus, neque aliena detinemus, sed hereditatem patrum nostrorum, queab inimicis nostris aliquo tempore possessa est. Machab.1.C.15.
[Andreas Antonius Horatiis Romanus pinxt. Bendictus Fariat sculp.t]
[n.d. c.1680.]
A rare engraving. 271 x 182mm. 10¾ x 7¼". Trimmed to image false margins added.
John IV of Portugal (1603-1656). He was patron of music and arts and was considered a sophisticated writer on music and of music. His library, one of the largest in the world, was destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. His most famous composition is a setting of the Crux fidelis, a work that remains highly popular during Lent amongst church choirs. His daughter, Catherine of Braganza, marrieed Charles II of England. In politics and military he led the Portuguese Restoration War against Spain, and was so successful that on the eve of his death in 1656, the Portuguese empire had reached its zenith spanning almost 3 billion acres.
[Ref: 20683] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Dom Miguel.
A. Maurin 1832 [in image]. Lith. de Lemercier rue du Four S.G. No.35
Paris chez Chaillou Editeur rue St Honoré No. 140
Lithograph, image 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"). Wove paper; uncut sheet; foxing; publisher's blindstamp.
Miguel I (1802-66), King of Portugal (1828-34). A son of João VI, Miguel revolted against his father, who exiled him to Vienna. After the death of João VI, the heir-apparent Pedro remained in Brazil, where he had become Emperor. Pedro abdicated the portuguese throne in favour of his daughter Maria regent of Portugal, but Miguel deposed her in 1828, with the support of the British Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington. In 1831 Pedro abdicated the Brazilian throne and led an invasion of Portugal, beginning a three-year civil war which ended with Miguel abdicating. He spent the rest of his life in exile in Italy, England and Germany. From a series of portraits by lithographer Antoine Maurin dit l'aîné (1793 - 1860).
For Maria II, see ref. 34516; for Pedro, see 34519; for a British satire criticizing Wellington's stance towards Miguel, see ref. 30580.
[Ref: 34520] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

D. Sebastiaõ Monteÿroda Vide Arcebispo de Bahia do Conselho de sua Magestade.
N. Oddi sculp.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving with large margins. 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Wormhole in image.
[To Finish?]
[Ref: 34983] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

S. M. F. Maria Pia. [facsimile signature] Rainha de Portugal.
A. Pinçon. Imp. Lemercier 57 r, de Seine Paris.
[n.d. c.1860] Paris. Bulla Frères 16 rue Tiquetonne. Liboa M. Costenta
Coloured lithogragh. 495 x 350mm. 19½" x 13¾". Some slight creasing.
Queen Maria Pia (1847-1911). Maria Pia de Savoie, last queen of Portugal.
[Ref: 8318] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Portugal Catch for three Voices.
Pub.d Oct.r 1808 by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Watermark: Russel & Co. 1806. Sheet: 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A satirical scene, showing an army officer, Sir Hew Dalrymple and a figure in Portuguese dress, sitting around a round table drinking port. The print refers to the Convention of Cintra which allowed the return of the French troops back to France, transported in British ships, following their defeat by the Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Vimeiro in 1808. The convention was seen as an embarassment, with the French essentially being allowed to escape back to France.
BM Satire 11042.
[Ref: 46628] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Rock of Lisbon, 4 Miles dis.t. The Rock, 2 Miles dis.t. The Rock, 2 Leagues dis.t.
[Engraved by J.C. Stadler after John Thomas Serres.]
Engrav'd for I.T. Serres's Little Sea Torch, & Pub.d by him, London, 1801.
Aquatint, printed in blue and hand finished. 240 x 390mm, 9½ x 15¼". Occasional spots. Colour smear in margin.
Three finely-coloured coastal profiles around Lisbon in Portugal. Published in Serres's scarce marine pilot, 'The Little Sea Torch', an acknowledged English edition of Bougard's 'Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer', although extensively revised by Serres.
Abbey Life: 344.
[Ref: 13480] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jardin de Serra. Madeira.
Drawn from Nature by J.B. On stone by Villeneuve.
Printed by Engelman, Graf, Coindet & Co [n.d., c.1830].
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 265 x 325mm (10¼ x 12¾").
A picturesque scene depicting a few small buildings in a fertile, mountainous landscape, with two figures in the foreground collecting wood. Jardin da Serra (Portuguese meaning "mountain garden") is a civil parish in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the archipelago of Madeira.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 32144] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Lisbon.
[Engraved by J. Luffman for Mr Serres, Little Sea Torch. Published June 1801.]
Engraving with fine hand colour. Printed area 130 x 165mm, 5¼ x 6½".
A chart of Lisbon in Portugal, published while England was at war with Revolutionary France. From Serres's scarce marine pilot, 'The Little Sea Torch', an acknowledged English edition of Bougard's 'Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer', although extensively revised by Serres.
Abbey Life: 344.
[Ref: 13665] £120.00

Machico. Madeira.
Drawn from Nature by J.B. / On stone by W. Gauci.
Printed by Engelman, Graf, Coindet & Co. [n.d., c.1830].
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½").
A view of a river in the city of Machico, Portugal. To the right, a women in a white, hooded robe is being carried in a sedan chair by two men in traditional costume. A bridge can be seen in the middle ground and a mountainous landscape in the distance. Machico is a city and municipality in the northeastern part of the island of Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 32141] £330.00

The Church of Nossa Sen.a Do Livramento, In the Curral. Madeira.
Drawn from Nature by J.B. On stone by F. Nicholson.
Printed by Engelman, Graf, Coindet & Co. [n.d., c.1830].
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 275 x 330mm (10¾ x 13").
A picturesque view of the church of Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Curral das Freiras, a civil parish in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. The church can be seen in the centre of a fertile and mountainous landscape, with three figures in the foreground and a waterfall near the top of the mountains in the distance.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 32143] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Descent into the Curral. From the ridge under Pico Grande. Madeira.
Drawn from Nature by J.B. On stone by E. Nash.
Printed by Engelman, Graf, Coindet & Co. [n.d., c.1830]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 270 x 335mm (10¾ x 13¼").
A dramatic and picturesque view of the Pico Grande, Madeira, Portugal. Two figures on Donkeys can be seen on a path to the right, descending into the valley of the mountain, whilst a flock of birds fly over ahead in the distance.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 32145] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Pico Ruivo, the Torrinhas &.c &.c. From the Paul de Serra. Madeira.
Drawn from nature by J.B. On stone by F. Nicholson.
Printed by Engelman, Graf, Coindet & Co. [n.d., c.1830]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼").
A landscape view of the Pico Ruivo, the highest peak on the Madeira Islands, Portugal. Four figures can be seen on a path in the foreground, carrying large bags across their shoulders, with dramatic mountains in the distance.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 32146] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Collection of 48 plates of Portugese costume & trades.]
Palhares lith. T. da Palha 15.
48 coloured lithographs with gum arabic highlights, each c. 245 x 320mm. Some plates with minor stains 6 laid on board.
[Ref: 4653] £2,800.00 view all images for this item

Légion da Lorgna. Portuguese Legion da Lorgna.
H. Michel del. T. Clark sculp.
London, Published by J. Booth, Duke Street Portland Place, Nov.r 20, 1809.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11''), with very large margins. Slight fox marks on horse.
A portrait of a mounted soldier in the midst of a battle. A plate from the Rev. William Bradford's 'Sketches of the country, character and costume in Portugal and Spain' first published in 24 parts between 1809 and 1810 published in the aftermath of the Peninsula War the series was hugely popular and it was re-issued in 1812 1813 and 1823.
Abbey Travel 135.
[Ref: 50641] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Homme de Condition de Portugal. A Portuguese Gentleman.
H. Michel del. T. Clark sculp.
London, Published by J. Booth, Duke Street Portland Place, June 1, 1809.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11''), with very large margins. Slight staining.
A portrait of a Portuguese man in a cloak. A plate from the Rev. William Bradford's 'Sketches of the country, character and costume in Portugal and Spain' first published in 24 parts between 1809 and 1810 published in the aftermath of the Peninsula War the series was hugely popular and it was re-issued in 1812 1813 and 1823.
Abbey Travel 135.
[Ref: 50643] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Portuguese Military Costume. Costume Militaire de Portugal.
H. Michel del. I. Clark sculp.
London, Published by J. Booth, Duke Street Portland Place, Dec.r 7. 1809.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11''), with very large margins Slight crease upper right.
A portrait of two Portuguese soldiers. A plate from the Rev. William Bradford's 'Sketches of the country, character and costume in Portugal and Spain' first published in 24 parts between 1809 and 1810 published in the aftermath of the Peninsula War the series was hugely popular and it was re-issued in 1812 1813 and 1823.
Abbey Travel 135.
[Ref: 50645] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Port wrinkle, Cornwall.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, London May 20. 1825.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour, J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1823 watermark. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"), with large margins.
A view of the small fishing village of Portwrinkle. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47138] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Porus in battle] La vraye valeur est toujours invincible / Porus abandonné des siens blessa plusieurs de ceux qui l'environnoient [...]
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran excudit
Se vend à Paris chez B. Audran au Palais de Luxembourg et Chez J. Audran a l'entrée du Faubourg St. Jaque vis a vis l'Ygret. [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 600mm (11½ x 23½"). Folded as issued.
King Porus distinguishing himself in the Battle of the Hydaspes against Alexander the Great in the ancient kingdom of Pauravas (now part of the Punjab province of Pakistan). One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting the battles of Alexander (now in the Louvre).
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45147] £360.00

[The Posada Kitchen, Pancorbo]
W.Russell Flint [Ink signature]
XX [Ink edition number]
Drypoint, 1928, state iii of iii, the published state, edition of 75. 230 x 300mm.
The second plate depicting this scene.
Wright: 10.
[Ref: 2509] £480.00

Vue d'une partie de la Coste de Pausilipe, prise du dessus de la Grotte de Pouzzoles en alland au Tombeau de Vergile. Dessinée d'après Nature par Robert peintre [de Roy.]
Gravé a l'Eau-forte par Weisbrod. Terminé par le [Roy].
[Paris: Clousier, 1781-6.]
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾") very large margins Tear with loss in top margin. Two areas of inscription scratched out.
A view of Posillipo, a rocky outcrop on the edge of Naples. From Jean Claude Richard Saint Non's monumental 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile'. In the spirit of French republicanism, any mention of the king has been erased, even the name of the engraver, Julien Le Roy.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57525] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Positive Argument.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, Engravers & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms Cornhill. [n.d. c.1775]
Mezzotint on pink-stained paper. 360 x 250mm.
Struggling twixt Virtue and Desire, / Accosted by a rev'rend Sire, / Behold this pretty Maid. / How young the Lass, How old the Man, / What then to win by Gold's his Plan / And so She's not afraid: / To Beauty Av'rice lends its Key / And Law dispenses with its Fee, / If Beauty but consent. / The cease, ye lovers, to despair, Since a Purse melts the stubborn Fair, / And gains the Argument.
[Ref: 5318] £380.00

Pursuit [&] Possession.
Taylor, Holborn, excudit. [n.d. c.1820.]
Pair of stipples, each plate 177 x 114mm. 7 x 4½".
Pursuit: a young boy and girl running in the field with their hats in the one hand, in pursuit of a flying butterfly. Possession: the butterfly has been caught. Charles Taylor printmaker and publisher, 1756 - 1823, in Holborn London from 1779.
[Ref: 22611] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The General Post Office.
Sutton Nicholls delin: et Sculp.
Sold by John Bowles Print & Map=Seller over against Stocks Market [n.d., c.1730].
Etching and engraving, 340 x 465mm. 13¼ x 18¼". Centrefold as issued.
View of the inner courtyard in the General Post Office, Lombard Street in the City of London, with figures. The General Post Office was officially established in England in 1660 by Charles II.
[Ref: 9131] £320.00

The Post Office. Plate 63.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t et sculp.t. aquat.
London. Pub 1st April 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 240 x 280mm (9½ x 11"), with very large margins
An interior view of the busy Post Office when it was housed in Sir Robert Vyner's house in Lombard Street. It was here that letters were sorted for delivery in the morning and newspapers were sorted in the evening. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62695] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Remember the Post-Boy your Honor.
Joe Lisle, del.t Eng.d by G. Hunt.
Pub.d by Geo. Hunt, Corner of York & Brydges St.
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 240 x 210mm (9½ x 8¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A post-boy (or postilion), who guides the team of horses drawing a coach, waits for his tip. Coach and hotel (with coach office) behind. Aquatint after Joseph Lisle (1828 - 1830; fl), satirical designer and lithographic draughtsman. He worked for Tregear, and occasionally published his own work.
Hickman: p. 101
[Ref: 40569] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Annan.
J.Gardner, Sc.t.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 260 x 250mm, 10¼ x 9¾". Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
The former royal burgh of Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10179] £120.00

Aberbrothwick or Arbroath.
Ellis sc. 61 Gr. Russell Str. Bloomsbury.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 330 x 355mm (8½ x 13"). Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
Falkirk, a former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10163] £130.00

Ayr and Suburbs.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Engraved map with hand colour, laid on & edged with linen. 430 x 240mm (17 x 9½"). Some wear and surface dirt.
Ayr, on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10186] £90.00

Brechin.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Ink sketch map. Sheet 205 x 320mm (8 x 12½"). Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
Brechin, a former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. This map was drawn to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10189] £260.00

Burnt-Island.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 185 x 240mm, 7¾ x 9½". Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
Burntisland, a former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. A truly historic town: there are rock carvings thought to be 4000 years old; St Columba's Church (founded 1592) is the oldest post-Reformation church still in use; in 1601 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met at St. Columba's and proposed a new English translation of the Bible, which became the King James Version. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map was used in the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill, to determine the extent of free delivery for mail. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10175] £120.00

Crail.
J.Gardner, Sculp.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 215 x 190mm, 8½ x 7½". Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
Crail, former royal burgh in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10171] £120.00

Cromarty.
Henry Martin sculp, 4 Swinton Street, London.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 210 x 280mm, 8¼ x 11". Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
The Royal Burgh of Cromarty in the Highlands of Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10178] £130.00

Culross.
R.R.Davies sculp.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 240 x 320mm, 9½ x 12½". Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear.
Culross, a former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10144] £130.00

Cupar.
Ellis sc. 61 Gr. Russell Str. Bloomsbury.
[London: House of Commons, 1832.]
Coloured engraving. 255 x 305mm (9¾ x 12"). Laid on and edged with linen. Some wear and surface dirt.
Cupar, a former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, on a scale is 6 inches to a mile. Originally published at the time of the Reform Act (which adjusted the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies to take account of the urban drift caused by the Industrial Revolution), this map has been updated with manuscript to determine the extent of free delivery for mail, part of the Great Post Office Reform of 1839-40, championed by Rowland Hill. Another part of this reorganisation was the introduction of the Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp.
[Ref: 10168] £95.00

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