Grosvenor Prints

The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates [lettered to the single sail of boat in foreground].
[F. Marryat's anchor monogram.] G Cruikshank sculpt_.
Pubd. by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching, first state; 215 x 285mm, 8½ x 11¼". A fine impression, full margins and fresh colour. Stain on right.
The mast slants across the design backed by a sail bellying in the wind. Mr. B. sits miserably with closed eyes astride a spar, to which he has tied his right thigh. His right arm encircles the mast, and to his wrist is tied an open book inscribed 'Wilt thou upon ye high & giddy mast scale the ship (?) bays O yes & rock his brain.' Lettered below the design with 'dialogue' between our hero and a Lieutenant (on the deck below, and well out of vision). From a set of seven naval satires plus titlepage designed for George Cruikshank by Captain Frederick Marryat (1792 - 1848). He served during the First Anglo-Burmese War, 1825-26; his satirical prints are signed with an anchor. Marryat's design in water-colours and pen is in the B.M.; 'Mr. B' is without his book.
[Ref: 20476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Progress of Heroism!
Woodward Delin.t. I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pub.d April 9th 1796 by S W. Fores No. 50 Piccadilly. Folios of caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Etching with original colour. 345 x 475mm, 13½ x 18¾". Few stains and creases; mount burn.
Eight scenes of a captain, brave on the parade-ground, less so on the battlefield, in the tradition of parodic 'progresses'. After George Moutard Woodward (c.1760 - 1809).
[Ref: 24396] £320.00

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The Life of a Gentleman. Scene the Tenth._ Wounds & Destitution. Given with No.40 of the Teetotaler. Progress of Inebriety. No.10.
T.C. Wilson [written inside the image.]
Lithograph. 318 x 254mm. 12½ x 10".
An officer outside the Spanish Legion Office, stands with a broken arm ready to join the queue of officer awaiting compensation.
[Ref: 15466] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Edward Daniel Clarke] Projecting i.e. Irons in the Fire _ or Keep them all Going!! I have lived" (said the indefatgable D,r E.D. Clarke) to know the great secret of human happiness is this _ never suffer your enegies to stagnate. the old adage of ''too many irons in the fire'' conveys an abominable lie. You cannot have too many Poker Tongs _ keep them all going.
C.W. [Charles Williams].
London Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket, 1827 [but later].
Coloured etching. 250 x 350 (9¾ x 13¾").
A man and his son fill their fireplace with pokers and tongs, much to the mother's consternation. A satire on one of the sayings of Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822), a clergyman who filled the Egyptology department of the British Museum by looting one of Napoleon's Savants after the defeat of the French army at Alexandria (1801), including the Rosetta Stone.
Not in BM Satires but 1985,0119.403.
[Ref: 61826] £320.00

Promethee.
Jeaurat Pinxit. Flipart l'aine Sculp.
a Paris chez Flipart rue S.t Jacques au nom de Jesus vis avis le College du Plessis.
Rare mezzotint, tipped into album paper at sides; sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate at bottom.
A greek mythological scene of Prometheus' punishment for stealing fire from Olympus and giving it to mankind. Prometheus chained to a rock is being pecked at by an eagle.
[Ref: 61602] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Prometheus & Melpomene standing into the Gulph of Riga, to meet the boats of the British Squadron, and prizes cut out during the night August 1809. From a drawing by Mr Hood, Midn. of the Melpomene.
Painted by Whitcombe. Engraved by D. Havell.
[London, c.1820.]
Hand coloured aquatint, sheet 150 x 215mm. 6 x 8½". Trimmed within plate.
On July 7th 1809 four British warships attacked eight Russian gunboats in Baro Sound, off the Finnish coast; only one Russian vessel escaped. For James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'.
Parker: 202. NMM: PAD5786.
[Ref: 14896] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The business premises of Promoli & Hausburg, Liverpool.]
Printed by Maclure Macdonald & Macgregor 1, Brunswick St. Liverpool [n.d., c.1860s].
Scarce wood engraved promotional illustration, fragment from a periodical or broadsheet? Sheet 180 x 275, 7 x 10¾".
The factory, warehouse and retail outlet of Promoli & Hausburg was located in the Old Post Office Buildings, Church Street, Liverpool. The company described itself in its advertising as "Jewellers Watchmakers Manufacturers of Desks Dressing Cases Lamps Chandeliers etc". A display of mantelpiece clocks and chandeliers can be seen in the many windows; figures and carriages in the street in front of the imposing building.
[Ref: 20664] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Promoli & Hausburg Liverpool
Printed by Maclure Macdonald & Macgregor 1, Brunswick St. Liverpool [n.d., c.1860s].
Engraving with hand-colouring, sheet 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾").
The factory, warehouse and retail outlet of Promoli & Hausburg in the Old Post Office Buildings, Church Street, Liverpool. The company described itself in its advertising as "Jewellers Watchmakers Manufacturers of Desks Dressing Cases Lamps Chandeliers etc". A display of mantelpiece clocks and chandeliers can be seen in the many windows; figures and carriages in the street in front of the imposing building.
For uncoloured impression see ref. 20664.
[Ref: 43606] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

'The Proper Study of Mankind is Man.'
H Y (monogram) 1821. W.Mathews Sculp Oxford.
Etching. 410 x 480. Narrow margin lower right, repaired tear entering image.
A mass of engraved faces. The title comes from Alexander Pope's 'An Essay on Man'.
[Ref: 7153] £480.00

The Property Tax _ Civic Champions _ or the Darling in Danger. _ ''Make not a City feast of it, to let the meat cool, ere we can agree upon the first cut.'' Timon.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Jan.y 2,d 1815 by W N Jones N.° 5 Newgate Street.
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 520mm (8¼ x 20½"). Trimmed by the binder, affecting title, original binding folds.
On the left a bear-like monster marked 'Property Tax' is driven from Guildhall by four Aldermen and Councillor Waithman with birch-rods. On the right the ghost of Pitt advances from the flames of Hell to defend the tax. After the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812 with America, campaigns against the continuation of the income taxes introduced to pay for the war began.
BM Satires 12452, with extensive description.
[Ref: 67163] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger Almanack, 1849. Hieroglyphic For The (Herein the Aspect of the Heavens learn, And of the Times the mystic Signs discern,) Eventful Year 1849.
Symbols by Raphael - Drawn by Fussel. Engraved on Zinc by C. Chabot.
Published By William Charlton Wright, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 230 x 185mm (9¼ x 11¼"). Creased, torn, surface dirt. Back taped.
A series of apocalyptic images; Britannia despairs in the middle next to a coffin, battle scenes, a naval squadron, a riot and a funeral. Published alongside the astrological periodical 'The Prophetic Messenge'r, also known as 'Raphael's Almanac', between 1827 and 1861. The purpose of the pen name Raphael was to call upon the archangel Raphael, who is commonly associated with Mercury, the gods' messenger. Several British astrologers employed it during the first part of the 1800s, and their combined use helped astrology come back into vogue.
[Ref: 62026] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger Almanack, 1859. Hieroglyphic For The (Herein the Aspect of the Heavens learn, And of the Times the Mystic Signs discern,) Eventful Year 1859.
Symbols by Raphael.
Published By Piper,Stephenson & Spence.
Hand -coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Creased, torn, surface dirt.
A series of apocalyptic images; Queen Victoria is in the centre next to a Native American, beside her a child in a coffin, a battle rages in on the background and to the left Noah's ark, a man in military dress reveres a glowing key that Victoria is also looking at. There are also vignettes of a train crash, a fire, a fort being built, an address to a crowd, another battle scene and people revelling going through an open gate. Published alongside the astrological periodical 'The Prophetic Messenge'r, also known as 'Raphael's Almanac', between 1827 and 1861. The purpose of the pen name Raphael was to call upon the archangel Raphael, who is commonly associated with Mercury, the gods' messenger. Several British astrologers employed it during the first part of the 1800s, and their combined use helped astrology come back into vogue.
[Ref: 62027] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger Almanack, 1860. Hieroglyphic For The (Herein the Aspect of the Heavens learn, And of the Times the Mystic Signs discern,) Eventful Year 1860.
Symbols by Raphael. Drawn by T.H. Jones.
Published by Piper, Stephenson & Spence.
Hand -coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Creased, torn, surface dirt.
A series of apocalyptic images; Britannia stands on the right holding her spear next to a cornucopia filled with exotic fruit;in the centre a grey bearded man consults a man with a Van Dycke who is seated at a table with a map of europe, they both wear military uniforms, a list comes out from behind his chair 'Turkey, Italy, Paris, FRance, Italy.' Left of them the Pope holds a scroll 'Concordat', while a monarch points to it, a man at a table scribes. In the background left a battle featuring elephants takes place, below a naval battle, right another battle. Right of that a man addresses a crowd. A scrollon the ground titled Reform. Published alongside the astrological periodical 'The Prophetic Messenge'r, also known as 'Raphael's Almanac', between 1827 and 1861. The purpose of the pen name Raphael was to call upon the archangel Raphael, who is commonly associated with Mercury, the gods' messenger. Several British astrologers employed it during the first part of the 1800s, and their combined use helped astrology come back into vogue.
[Ref: 62030] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger Almanack, 1862. Hieroglyphic For The (Herein the Aspect of the Heavens learn, And of the Times the Mystic Signs discern,) Eventful Year 1862.
Symbols by Raphael. Drawn by T.H. Jones.
Hand -coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Creased, torn, surface dirt.
A series of apocalyptic images; Britnannia despairs at a man pointing at a book of symbols next to her foot is a scroll 'Dissolution', next to her is a man in military dress holding a map of Italy and Sardinia standing on a scroll 'The Press', next to him the Pope cries holidng a handkerchief as a man peers up at him holding a star and crescent flag (a symbol of Islam). In the background three men have planted a tree labelled 'Monarchy,' next to a torn flag of the USA. A battle rages on in the middle of the scene and to the left 'Iron Plated' ships are being built and people wait outside a building. Published alongside the astrological periodical 'The Prophetic Messenge'r, also known as 'Raphael's Almanac', between 1827 and 1861. The purpose of the pen name Raphael was to call upon the archangel Raphael, who is commonly associated with Mercury, the gods' messenger. Several British astrologers employed it during the first part of the 1800s, and their combined use helped astrology come back into vogue.
[Ref: 62028] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger Almanack, 1867. Hieroglyphic For The (Herein the Aspect of the Heavens learn, And of the Times the Mystic Signs discern,) Eventful Year 1867.
Symbols by Raphael. Drawn by T.H. Jones.
Hand -coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 325mm (10½ x 12¾"). Creased, torn, surface dirt.
A series of apocalyptic images; Britnannia sits next to some cannons and a lion; to the right of her are scrolls with 'Reform' and 'Decl'(aration?); behind her the Pope drapes a black shroud over his cathedra while a man with a drawn sword holds out two keys. Across a small stream a man in military dress and Van Dyke facial hair drawns on a map of europe, a frame labelled 'Foreion' and a scroll with 'Protocols' are propped up against his desk. As small boy is at his side and four monarchs stand behind him. On the right an eagle swoops down on a set of twins, towards the middle a man purs a jug of water on top of a charging ram, above that a man shoots arrows at another ram, to the left a woman runs from a polar bear as an angel blows a horn and points towards the scene. Published alongside the astrological periodical 'The Prophetic Messenge'r, also known as 'Raphael's Almanac', between 1827 and 1861. The purpose of the pen name Raphael was to call upon the archangel Raphael, who is commonly associated with Mercury, the gods' messenger. Several British astrologers employed it during the first part of the 1800s, and their combined use helped astrology come back into vogue.
[Ref: 62029] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Frontispiece to an almanac] The Prophetic Messenger for 1830. Hieroglyphic, for the Eventful Year 1830.
London, Published by William Charlton Wright [c.1830].
Hand-coloured etching, rare with aquatint, folding (as normal) frontispiece to 'The prophetic messenger, or, The events, predictions, and the weather, that will occur in each month...' by "Raphael". Lacking margins; closed tear into image lower right.
A kaleidoscope of vignettes illustrating the significant events anticipated for the year 1830; including representations of coronations, fires, extreme weather, political agitation, funerals, military campaigns and scientific advances. The 8vo annuals were published 1795-1832. Each issue has a folding coloured frontispiece.
See Cambridge University Library: Waddleton.d.9.1-3.
[Ref: 27491] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Reduced Plan and Elevation of the proposed Bridge of Suspension from Little Tower Hill to Horslydown. Designed by Capt:n Sam:l Brown: RN and Jam:s Walker Civil Engineer.
F. Barrallier del: Litho: by L: Clark & Co. No.1. Birchin Lane Corn Hill.
[n.d. c.1823.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet 367 x 538mm. 14½ x 21¼".
A proposed design for a bridge where Tower Bridge now stands. Captain Sir Samuel Brown (1776-1852) was an early pioneer of chain design and manufacture and of suspension bridge design and construction. He is best known for the Union Bridge of 1820, the first vehicular suspension bridge in Britain.
[Ref: 26189] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Prosperity.
I.B. Cipriani, Del. Le Grand, Sculpt.
[n.d. c.1780] A Paris chez Mme. Breton, Mde. d'Estampes, au Pavillon, Jardin du Palais Royal, et rue du Chantre, Maison du Chandellier.
Coloured stipple, printed in colour. 190 x 206mm. 7½" x 8¼".
[Ref: 8480] £420.00

The Effects of Prosperity.
G.M. Woodward Delin.
Published Novem.r 1st 1794 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 475mm (13¾ x 18¾"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1822'. Trimmed within plate.
Two tiers, each containing four groups in conversation, exhibiting their snobbery
[Ref: 54278] £350.00

Prosperity.
G.B. Cipriani, Del. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pub.d as the Act directs December 19th 1783, by G. Bartolozzi No 5 John Street Oxford Street.
Stipple printed in sanguine, platemark 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½"). Slight crease near Cipriani name. Trimmed to platemark.
Allegory of prosperity, with a woman and two children amongst emblems of natural and material wealth. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi, Royal Academician and greatest proponent of the stipple method of engraving, and one of many works he made from designs by draftsman G.B. Cipriani.
De Vesme 697 iii/v; for a continental copy, printed in colours, see ref. 8480.
[Ref: 40482] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

O! leed os ikke udi Fristelse.
[n.d. c.1808.]
Hand-coloured etching, small margins; paper watermarked Orbolin. Plate 260 x 195mm. 10¼ x 7¾". Creasing.
"O lead us not into temptation".
[Ref: 26609] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Protean View of a Church.]
H. Mogford del.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7''). Trimmed.
A protean view of a church, in which the moon and a church clock become illuminated when held to the light.
[Ref: 50464] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Protecting Macaroni.
Pubd. accordg. to Act Octr. 9. 1772. by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A man in shirt and breeches is being laced into stays by a shorter man, a valet or perhaps tailor, who stands behind him. The taller man is knock-kneed and has some resemblance to Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735 - 1811). Grafton became Prime Minister in 1768, and led an unstable Government for two years from 1768 to 1770. On the ground is a goblet to which a label is attached, inscribed ‘Duplicate 5. 5. 0.’ From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '24' upper right.
BM Satires: 5038.
[Ref: 14235] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Protecting the Sabbath!!!! Or, Coercion for England. The Political Drama.
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market [c.1833]
Wood-engraving, sheet 280 x 440mm (11 x 17¼") large margins. Creases and staining.
Thugs bully Englishmen into observing the Sabbath. Woodcut satire from 'The Political Drama', a series of 131 satires produced between 1833 and 1835 by Charles Jameson Grant (1830-52, fl.).
[Ref: 45876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Protection. To the Hon.ble Mrs Frederick West, this Engraving is respectfully inscribed by her obedient Servant Edw.d Orme.
W.P.J. Lodder delin. Freschi sculp.
Published & Sold Aug.t 4 1803 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller &c to the King & Royal Family, 59 New Bond Street, London.
Stipple with some colour printing, small margins. 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed just into plate on left, repaired tears, edges worn.
A small girl holding her bird to her chest, a cage to the side, as a cat readies itself to pounce from a cottage window. A very pretty image.
[Ref: 33821] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Satire of the Oxford Movement] The Protestant House That Jack Built.
[Illustrated by George Cruikshank.]
Clayton and Son, 265, Strand [n.d., c.1845]. Prince Two-Pence.
Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 8, with nine wood-engravings. Glue stains on front page, old patch on back page, nicks to edges.
An anti-Catholic satire, with particular reference to Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-82) and the Oxford Movement. Led by High Church figures Pusey and John Henry Newman, the movement argued for the reinstatement of some older Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy. After Newman converted to Catholicism in 1845, members of the Oxford Movement became known as Puseyites (here caricatured as 'these stupid and blind Pusey-Cats').
[Ref: 61354] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Proverbes. L'appetit vient en mangeant.
Pigal [signed in image.] Lith. de Langlumé.
[Paris, n.d., c.1828.]
Lithograph, sheet 315 x 230mm. 12½ x 9". Extremities rather foxed. Damage to top right of plate.
A portly man waiting for his food stares longingly across the table at the thinner man seated opposite who is eating. 'No 55' upper right. After Edmé Jean Pigal (1798 - 1872), from a series of social satires.
[Ref: 22546] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

Serrar la stalla quando sono scappati i Bovi. XXXIV.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Two repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'Close the stable door after the horse has bolted', in which two farmers are closing the door of their stable after the animals have already run off. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58751] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Impara l'Arte, e mettila da parte. XXI.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Repaired holes in top marging. Repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'Learn a trade for a rainy day', in which a man is learning different arts for future use. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'. Music image.
[Ref: 58757] £360.00

Suocera e Nuora, tempesta e gragnuola. XI.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Several repaired worm holes.
An illustration of a wife and mother-in-law coming to blows. Translates to '.Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, storm and hail.' Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58747] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Tanto è ladro chi ruba, che chi tiene il sacco. XXVIII.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Repaired holes in left margin slightly going into the platemark.
An illustration of the proverb 'The receiver is as bad as the thief', in which a thief and a receiver are both being arrested. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58748] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Pensarci avanti per non pentirsi poi. XXXVIII.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Several repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'The afterthought is good for nought', in which a man is deeply reflecting before signing an irrevocable marriage contract. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58749] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Con le chiavi d'oro s'apre ogni porta. XXIII.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Repaired holes in left margin slightly going into the platemark. Several repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'A golden key can open any door', in which a man is paying a mother to indulge his desires with her daughter. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58753] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Proverbs, Chap, VII.
London Publish'd Dece.r 17. 1780 by J. Birchall No.473 Strand & J.R. Smith No. 10 Batemans Buildings, Soho Square.
A rare mezzotint. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Slight foxing, small margins.
An illustration of Proverbs Chapter VII in which a harlot kisses a man who is unaware of the danger as he is 'void of understanding'.
Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire
[Ref: 46734] £420.00

[Allegory of Divine Providence.] Providentia / Providit ille maximus Mundi Parens, Cum tam rapaces cerneret Fati minas, Ut damna semper sobole repararet nova. Sen. Hipp. / E Tabula Romae in Capitolio affervata
Lud. Caracci pinxit. Domenicus Cunego sculpsit Romae 1772/
Engraving, platemark 420 x 300mm (16½ x 11¾"). Uncut sheet; later impression on wove paper.
After a panel by Annibale Carracci now in the National Gallery, London. The work, now believed to represent Marsyas (who was flayed by Apollo after losing a musical contest against him) and Olympus. It was made as a lid for a musical instrument, and is one of three such panels in the National Gallery collection. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 35214] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Providence. From the Original Picture presented to the City by Ald. Boydell. To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, This Print is most humbly dedicated by their most Dutiful and Loyal Subject, Jn.o Boydell.
Painted by J.F. Rigaud. Engraved by B. Smith.
Pub. Sept. 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Stipple with very large margins. 595 x 440mm (23½ x 17¼"). Margins worn, some repairs.
Female personification of Providence, sitting on clouds above the world,. with eye of foresight on her chest and keys in hand, putti with a cornucopia in the foreground, two others above at either side, one beside a sun at left and the other a moon. From a series of four moral allegories, with Happiness, Wisdom & Innocence.
[Ref: 31136] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Provision for the Convent. 248.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Creases not visible from front.
A monk walks through a doorway, carrying a basket of food and a sheaf of corn in which a person is hidden.
[Ref: 57331] £420.00

Provision for the Convent.
R. Brookshaw Fecit.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with very large margins.
A comic scene showing a happy monk, dressed in his cassock and wearing a crucifix, carrying someone concealed in a bundle of hay.
[Ref: 43866] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr William Prowting. Aged 86.
Painted by L. Abbot. Engraved by C. Townley Member of the Universities of Florence and Berlin.
[London, C. Townley, c.1800.]
Mezzotin, rare. 360 x 280mm (14 x 11"). Edges chipped.
William Prowting (1708-94), apothecary on Tower Hill; treasurer of St Luke's and of the Apothecaries' Company. Engraved by Charles Townley after Lemuel Francis Abbott, this portrait shows him sitting with a snuff-box in his hand.
Wellcom 2393-1; CS 21.
[Ref: 30954] £320.00

[Henry Prude] A Citizen of London in His Livery Gown.
T. Hudson pinxt. I. Faber fecit 1750.
Mezzotint. Plate 355 x 252mm. 14 x 10". Creasing.
Henry Prude (fl. 1744), a London apothecary.
W: 2394-2. CS: 300.
[Ref: 20126] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)

Prudence. In human breasts we various passions find; To regulate them is an act of mind: From constitution vice and virtue rise; But Prudence marks the foolish from the wise.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate 171 x 113mm. 6¾ x 4½". Trimmed to plate along right; offsetting.
Prudence sat with a mirror and stood beside her is cupid offering up his arrow entwined by a snake to respresent serpent-like wisdom.
[Ref: 27007] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Prudence.
F. Bartolozzi R.A. inv.t del & sculp.t
Publish'd March 14. 1794 by A Molteno Printseller to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No.76 St James's Street.
Stipple and etching. 197 x 140mm. 7¾ x 5½". Small paper loss to lower left-hand corner.
A winged child seated on a cloud holding a mirror in his right hand.
De Vesme: 699; iii/iii.
[Ref: 20456] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

La Prudence
Ch. Eisen inv.
A Paris chez Basan [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 95 x 135mm (3¾ x 5¼"). Thread margins; glued to album sheet at corners.
Allegorical scene after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44935] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Prudence [ms]
G.B. Cipriani Delin.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
Pub.d 2.d May 1783 by Mrs. Bryer N.13 Poland Street.
Stipple, platemark 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Thread margins;
Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver who in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 698 ii/iv.
[Ref: 43135] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Prudence.
Le Brun in. B. Lens fe.
[n.d. c.1740.] C. Cooper ex.
A fine mezzotint. 159 x 109mm. 6¼ x 4¼". Some foxing at corners. Laid on sheet.
Prudence. [Proverbs 8: 12]. "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion."
[Ref: 14422] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

La Prudence. R 2.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with very large margins.
A rococo design, with a skull, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Prudence, the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason.
[Ref: 59568] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Prudence and Beauty. Prudence endeavouring to retain Beauty from following the Insinuation of Love.
G.B. Cipriani inv.t, F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t 1782.
Pub'd as the Act directs Sep.r 15th 1782, by A. Torre No. 44 Market Lane London. A Paris chez L' Torrè Porte St. Antoine A. P. D. R.
Stipple with etching, printed in sanguine. Sheet 225 x 255mm (8¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in top edge.
A scantily-dressed Beauty with Prudence, with helmet and staff with snake, trying to restrain her. Two putti hold a torch and a mirror.
Calabi & De Vesme 700.V.
[Ref: 46195] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Prudent Mother.
[After Phillipe Mercier].
[Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.]
Rare mezzotint. Plate: 225 x 325mm (9 x 12¾''). Trimmed within plate on lower edge, paper tone. Publication line missing.
A young woman sitting and pointing at a book open on her lap, for the benefit of a little boy who stands at her knee, supporting his head on his hands, looking toward the viewer, while behind a young girl looks at some material.
[Ref: 49318] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Prudent Mother.
[After Phillipe Mercier].
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church yard, London. [n.d., c.1770].
Mezzotint. Sheet size: 153 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image and around title.
A young woman sitting and pointing at a book open on her lap, for the benefit of a little boy who stands at her knee, supporting his head on his hands, looking toward the viewer. For hand coloured impression see item ref: 32833.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32834] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Prussian Grenadier. Being appointed on a dangerous expedition gives his Mistress his pipe and steel as a pledge of his love & token to remem.ber him provided he never returns.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse Cornhill. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint.360 x 255mm. Trimmed to platemark, edges knocked.
A camp scene, with a bulldog.
[Ref: 794] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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