Grosvenor Prints

A Messieurs les Abonnés et habitués du Thèâtre. Courtois, Chef des Postes et Receveur des Abonnements.
Lith. G. Jacqmain, R. Basse, Gand.
1843.
Chromolithograph on porcelain card. 105 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾").
A trade card for a theatre company with a central image of a theatre interior, addressed to the 'subscribers and habitués of theatre'.
[Ref: 41749] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. Mr. Sinclair, continues to attract crowded and fashionable Houses-Not and Order can be given on the nights of his Performance-He will act Prince Orlando (for the 8th time) on Tuesday-and on Saturday Trumore in the Lord of the Manor, which was last night acted to a crowded audience with the most brilliant success. On Tuesday, the Opera of the Cabinet...Macklin's Comedy of the Man of the World...Cortez; Or, the Conquest of Mexico...Timour, the Tartar...Shakespeare's Tragedy of King John...[on verso:] This Present Friday, December 12, 1823, For the first time, will be produced, a New Tragedy, in five acts, called The Vespers of Palermo...Cortez: or, The Conquest of Mexioc...Spanish Cavalry.
Printed by W. Reynolds, 9, Denmark-Court, Strand. [n.d. c.1823.]
Letterpress broadside. 361 x 215mm (129 x 8½"). Paper toning, paper chipped lower left corner.
A theatre bill for the week of 19 December 1823 with Mexican interest. The actors included John Sinclair (1791-1857), Charles Mayne Young (1777-1856), Daniel Egerton (1772-1835); William Abbott (1789-1843), Charles Kemble (1775-1854), George John Bennett (1800-1879) and many more.
[Ref: 30436] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Comedy. [&] Tragedy.
Publish'd Decr. 8, 1778, by I. Mortimer [but reissues on 19th century paper].
Pair of etchings, each c.295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). Decent impressions, with margins.
Two allegories: 'Tragedy' is the Muse Melpomene in classical dress standing over the body of a man laid at left, a chalice in her hand and leaning upon an altar at right, urn below; smoke rising behind and another grieving figure cloaked at left. 'Comedy' the the Muse Thalia, standing pointing to figure sketch labelled 'nature' within a book resting on plinth beside; a child sitting on step below looking into a hand-mirror, watched by a satyr beside with jester's staff. For a series of 15 etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779) dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, originally published shortly after Mortimer's election as ARA in November 1778 - which suggests that he began work upon them before the elections. These prints appeared in 'Mortimer's Works...' published by Thomas Palser, London, 1816.
See Sunderland pgs.92-96 for a detailed discussion of the set. See V&A E.450-1961.
[Ref: 22480] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Royal Family at Covent Garden Theatre.
E. Pugh Del / J. Fittler Sc.
Published Aug. 11 1804, by Richard Phillips, 71, St. Paul's Church Yard.
Engraving. Platemark: 175 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"). Small tear in upper right margin. Small area of damage to printed area. Large margins on 3 sides, cut into plate at bottom.
An interior view of a full Covent Garden Theatre, (the original Royal Opera House - built by Edward Shepherd for John Rich in 1732). An animated scene with an elaborate backdrop featuring a waterfall takes place on the stage, as the crowd, including the Royal family, watches on. An illustration to Phillips' 'Modern London', published in 1804.
[Ref: 33253] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Kueche in dem Lustspiel: der Braeutigam aus Mexiko.
[Karl Friedrich Schinkel, n.d. c.1825.]
Very fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 285 x 400mm. 11¼ x 15¾". Very rare.
A theatrical set to a scene from Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun's comedy "Der Bräutigam aus Mexiko". He was a German writer who used the pseudonym Heinrich Clauren (1771-1854). From Karl Friedrich Schinkel's " Decorationen auf den beiden ko¨niglichen Theatern in Berlin".
[Ref: 27273] £390.00

The Carlton. The Criterion.
Fred Thompson.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Ink & watercolour on card. Card 180 x 285 mm (8 x 11¼").
Two sketches satirising the patrons of two theatres, both shown with drinks in their hands: the Carlton Theatre, Haymarket, catered for the upper classes while the Criterion in Piccadilly Circus was more populist.
[Ref: 39327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre du Fanatisme sous les auspices de l'Hierarchie.
Marq. Wocher. Fc. 1787.
Aquatint printed in sepia 100 x 70mm.
An actor with a balloon headress. Marquard Fidel Domenikus Wocher (1760-1830), Swiss artist and engraver.
[Ref: 6673] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Le Theatre Italien de Gherardi. Tom III.
[London, Jacob Tonson, 1714?]
Engraved titlepage. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
The decorative titlepage to volume three (of eight) of 'Le Theatre Italien de Gherardi'. It shows an orchestra of putti playing a violin, cello, lute, flute and piano. On the plinth is written an early modern usage of 'E pluribus unum', now famous as a motto of the United States of America. Evaristo Gherardi (1663-1700) an Italian actor and playwright, compiled this collection of anonymous plays between 1694 and 1700, when he was assassinated. This 8vo version went through several editions, including by Adrian Braakman in Amsterdam in 1701 and Tonson & les Libraires François in London in 1714.
[Ref: 53646] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[LS] Dear Dubourg, May I ask your attendance at the Meeting referred to in the accompanying Circular?... It is proposed among some lovers of the drama, who believe that a move might be made at this time towards the establishment of a theatre having in view the encouragement of the dramatic Art rather than pecuniary profit... to hold a meeting with a view to consider the preliminary steps...for the realization of this object. The first meeting...will be held at ¼ past four on Monday the 24th of July at 8, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall.
Local Government Act Office, July 17th, 1871.
Letter signed, 12mo leaflet (200 x 130mm, 8 x 5", one sheet folded); imitation mss. addressed by hand in ink to A. W. Dubourg and signed by him in ink; also signed by sender Taylor. Fold creases.
A fascinating piece of correspondence relating to the proposed establishment of a new London theatre, or academy of drama. Augustus W. Dubourg was the author of several plays and great-grandson of Matthew Dubourg (1703 - 1767), violinist.
[Ref: 16859] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

A View of ye Grand Theatre & Fireworks erected on ye water near ye Court of ye Hague (on Occasion of ye General Peace concluded at Aix la Chapelle Oct. 18, 1748.) & exhibited June 18, 1749. N.S.
Ridge sculp.
Engraved for S. & I. Exshaw Dub: 1749.
Engraving. 195 x 430mm. Very fine Irish copper engraving.
In essence, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and the War of Austrian Succession concluded status quo ante bellum. In the commercial struggle between Britain and France in the West Indies, Africa, and India, nothing was settled; the treaty was thus no basis for a lasting peace.
[Ref: 7192] £450.00

Theatre Royal Malta. Saturday 13th May 1848. For the total benefit of the Basso Generico Salvatore Vinco. The First, Second, and Fourth Acts of the Leonora. After the first act, the following pieces will be performed: Fantasia on the Clarionett, by the Amateur Mr. Philip Galea, who has kindly offered his services. Air from the Prigioni d'Edimburgo-(Fuoco e sciabla, Bu) - by Mr. Del Riccio. Duet in the Borgomastro di Sardaam, in the Maltese language by Miss Servoli and S. Vinco. Indulgent Public, Noble Garrison and Royal Navy,-Mr. Vinco having seen with what love and zeal, you so kindly and nobly came forward to patrionise his fellow Actors;-humbly trusts, that you will, also, as kindly extend your favors to him;-the more so, as he has the good fortune to be a native of this free and happy soil. To begin at half past eight o'clock.
Letterpress, scarce. 253 x 178mm. 10 x 7".
A theatre bill for an 1848 benefit performance in Malta of the opera 'Leonora' or "Léonore ou L’Amour conjugal" by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. This piece was well known at the time and is based on the same source as "Fidelio" by Beethoven, who is said to have owned a score of the Paer opera. It was first performed at the Kleines Kurfürstliches Theater, Dresden in 1804.
[Ref: 18361] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[David Garrick Admission Ticket.] [This Plate was given by Tho:s. Miller Esqr, to_ Bowles Esqr. as an Admission Ticket to his private and elegant Theatre.] [in ink]
J.K.Sherwin.
[n.d., c.1781.]
Proof engraving, 18th century watermark. 120 x 105mm (4¾ x 4"), large margins.
Ticket of admission to the Theatre Royal.
[Ref: 64263] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre Royal Covent Garden. No.80.
London, Read & Co.10. Johnson's Ct. Fleet St. [n.d., c 1860.]
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 215mm (10¼ x 8½").
View of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history.
[Ref: 65312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbill.] Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. The Publick are most respectfully informed, that they will find Mr. Mathews at Home On Thursday next, March 9th, with an entirely new Entertainment, Full Particulars of which will be speedily announced.
[n.d, c.1826.] Lowndes, Printer, Marquis Court, Drury Lane.
Letterpress, sheet 315 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper. Small tears on right side.
Playbill for the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand for the showing of 'Mr. Mathews at Home'.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65945] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Theatre Royal Bath, as it appeared at the Royal Dramatic Fete. In Honour of His Majesty's Birthday.
L.Quicke. del.t. et Lith. Printed by P.Simonau.
[Apr.l. 23, 1824.]
Very rare lithograph. Sheet 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Trimmed into plate.
View of the Theatre Royal in Bath, England, built in 1805.
[Ref: 64244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Total Destruction of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, by Fire. On Wednesday, March 5, 1856; discovered just at the conclusion of a Bal Masque, given by Professor Anderson, when the company, rushing to the doors, made their escape, and fled into the neighbouring streets for means of conveyance to their respective residence, the grotequeness of their dresses contrasting strangely with the scene which the neighbourhood presented from so fearful a calamity occurring at that hour (5 o'clock) of the morning. The loss of property by this sad event is estimated at upwards of £250,000.
London: Published March 8, 1856, by Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Printed area 380 x 420mm (15 x 16½"). Tears in title and margins repaired.
A view of the exterior of Theatre Royal Covent Garden (in Bow Street, now the Royal Opera House) in flames, with firemen pumping their fire engines, and theatre-goers in masquerade dress mixing with the passers-by.
[Ref: 64738] £390.00

Theatre Royal Cheltenham [...] Boxing Night, December 26th, 1882 [...] Grand Christmas Comic Pantomime entitled Robinson Crusoe.
Shenton, Printer, Wichcomb Street, Cheltenham [1882].
Letterpress playbill with wood-engraved border. 4pp, sheet 245 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), folded once. Splits at horizonal fold.
[Ref: 62205] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

View of the East Front of the New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden This Edifice erected under the patronage of his Majesty, stands nearly on the site of the former Theatre.
Drawn & Engraved by William Daniell A.R.A.
Published by William Daniell No. 9 Cleaveland Street, Fitzroy Square and by Messrs Longman, Hurst Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row, Sept.r 1 1809
Aquatint with etched border, sheet 300 x 395mm (11¾ x 15½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
The second Theatre Royal Covent Garden, opened in 1809. It was designed by Robert Smirke and modelled on the Temple of Minerva at Athens, with a frieze by Johns Flaxman under the portico. In 1855 this theatre, like the previous incarnation, burned down. Only Flaxman's frieze survived, and this was incorporated into the third theatre on the site, designed by E.M. Barry, which survives to this day as the Royal Opera House. Original print designed and engraved by William Daniell (1769-1837), who besides his skilful engravings was an accomplished topographical watercolourist celebrated for his views in Britain and India.
[Ref: 38695] £350.00

Theatre Royal Malta. Thursday 4th May 1848. For the Total Benefit of the Seconda Donna Ermelinda Jacobacci. The First and Second Acts of Robert Devereux. After the first act, the following pieces will be performed: A Duete from Vestale, sung by Misses Servoli and Jacobacci. A Duet from Lucia, sung by Messrs; Coletti and Bianchi. A Duet from Elena da Feltre, sung by Mr. Del Riccio and Miss Jacobacci. Generous Public, Garrison and Navy, the humble actress in offering the above entertainment, trusts solely in your goodness, feeling convinced that she will be honoured and assisted, for which she makes bold to return her anticipated acknowledgements. To begin at hald past eight o'clock.
Scarce Letterpress. 306 x 235mm. 12 x 9¼".
A theatre bill for Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera 'Robert Devereux'. The performance is for the benefit of Ermelinda Jacobacci, whose debut was at the Teatro Ducale in Parma in 1844. See ref: 18361 for a similar handbill.
[Ref: 18358] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Theatre set] Interno della Cittá di Babilonia.
A.Basoli inv e dip. L. Martinelli dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 315 x 3905mm (12½ x 15½").
A theatre set for a play set in Babylon, looking from the interior of a temple to ziggurats Published in Antonio Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62138] £320.00

[Theatre set] Palazzo Cinese.
A.Basoli inv. I Basoli dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾").
A theatre set for a play set in a Chinese palace, published in Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
[Ref: 61456] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Theatre set] Osteria.
A.Basoli inv. P. Candeglieri dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 305 x 380mm (12 x 15"), with very large margins.
A theatre set for a play set in Italy outside an osteria, or bar, where people are playing boules. Published in Antonio Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 63056] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Theatre set] Fabbriche Sotteranee dell' India.
A.Basoli inv e dip. L. Landri dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 315 x 3905mm (12½ x 15½"), with very large margins.
A theatre set for a play set in India, with a vaulted chamber with a vast staircase leading up to a massive doorway and the sky. Published in Antonio Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62137] £320.00

[Theatre set] Cittá di Tebe in Beozia.
A.Basoli inv e dip. L. Basoli dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 315 x 385mm (12½ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Creasing on right, hole in margin near bottom plate mark filled.
A theatre set for a play set in the city of Thebes in Boeotia, published in Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62135] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Si Giacerebbe Inutile Per Terra Deserta Senza Frutto, E Senza Onore.
G.B. Cipriani inv: F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1777.
Theatre ticket, printed in red, etching, sheet 200 x 175mm. 8 x 7". Lightly soiled. Trimmed within plate and at corners.
A classical male and female figure, with a putto flying above holding a dramatic mask, enclosed in an oval frame of fruit, corn, vine and grapes.
De Vesme: 1966; ii/ii. See 20506.
[Ref: 10554] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Tragedy.
Publishd Decr. 8, 1778 by I. Mortimer.
Etching. 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). A good impression.
The Muse Melpomene in classical dress standing over the body of a man laid at left, a chalice in her hand and leaning upon an altar at right, urn below; smoke rising behind and another grieving figure cloaked at left. From a series of 15 etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779) dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, published shortly after Mortimer's election as ARA in November 1778 - which suggests that he began work upon them before the elections.
See Sunderland pgs.92-96 for a detailed discussion of the set.
[Ref: 15731] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbill] Theatre-Royal Newcastle. Revival For One Night Only Of Tom & Jerry. Mr Gill Most respectfully announces to the Nobility, Ladies, Gentleman and Public in general, that HIS BENEFIT is appointed to take place On Monday Evening, May 21, 1827...
W. Boag, Printer, Newcastle.
Letterpress, sheet 560 x 220mm (22¼ x 8¾"). Creasing. Surface dirt. Nicks to edges. Small holes top left.
Playbill for the benefit of Mr Gill at the Theatre-Royal Newcastle, featuring, 'Deaf As A Post,' 'Blue Devils,' 'the Comic Song of "The Adventures of Major Long Bow; or, how to tell a Tough Story,"' & 'Fun, Frolic, Fashion, and Flash.'
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65949] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Fire engine.] No 22.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An illustration of water pump built on a trolley, designed to pump water from a river to fight fires. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49769] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Fire engine boat.] No 23.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An illustration of water pump built on a catamaran, designed to pump water from a river to fight fires. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49768] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A horse-drawn water pump.] No 4.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"), with large margins. Time stained.
An illustration of a water-pump (tympanum), with a wheel lifting the water driven by horse-powered gears. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49765] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A lifting crane.] No XXI.
H G Excud. [Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"), with very large margins. Time stained.
An illustration of a wooden crane, with lift gained by a screw thread turned by two men. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49766] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Metal turning.] No 9.
H G Excud. [Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An illustration of a man using a machine to shape metal tableware. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49767] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Fire engines.] No 25.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An scene demonstrating the use of two types of fire engines. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49770] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A winch ferry.] No VIII.
H G Exc. [Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 130 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with large margins. Mounted on 17th century album paper at corners. Time stained.
An illustration of a winch ferry buoyed by barrels, one of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49764] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Theatrical Attractions.
Drawn by A.S. Henning. Engraved by J.W. Huffam.
Printed by Brooker & Harrison. London: Oct.r 20th. S. Hollyer, 21 John Street, Pentonville.
Scarce mezzotint, proof. Plate: 460 x 340mm (18 x 13¼''). Small margins.
A portrait of two pretty young women in an ornate theatre box.
[Ref: 50137] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Theatrical Candidate. A Candidate for the stage lately applied to the Manager of Drury-lane Theatre for an engagement...
[n.d., c.1797.]
Hand-coloured etching. 1809 Watermark. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾'') large margins. Creasing, tears in edges.
A satirical print showing an actor in rags speaking before Sheridan, who sits at at a table littered with paper.
BM Satire 9086.
[Ref: 50747] £320.00

Extraordinary Sale. Disposal of Theatrical Property: a Peep behind the Scenes. Proteus bidding for a Suit of Theatrical Armour.
Drawn & Engraved by Theo.e Lane.
[London: C.S. Arnold, 1825.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
An extraordinary auction in a room full of props, including a dragon hot-air balloon, globe, harp, Pegasus and masks. An auctioneer on raised platform. From Pierce Egan's 'The Life of an Actor'.
[Ref: 61317] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Medinet Abou, Thebes Medinet Aboou, Thebes. Decr 5th, 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 350 x 490mm.
Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun.
[Ref: 4978] £850.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes. Decr. 8th. 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
A distant view of Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40722] £590.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes. Decr. 8th. 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
A distant view of Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41022] £650.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes Medinet Aboou, Thebes. Dec.r 5th, 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼"(.
Interior view of Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40721] £500.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes. Decr. 8th. 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm.
While not the best known, the mortuary temple has some of the most impresive bas-reliefs on the Theban plain. These military images glorify the figure of the Pharaoh.
[Ref: 4979] £850.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. , printed area 345 x 510mm.
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple. From the majestic folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 4980] £980.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 345 x 510mm (13½ x 20").
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple. From the majestic folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40900] £700.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 345 x 510mm (13½ x 20").
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple. From the majestic folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41016] £750.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 345 x 510mm (13½ x 20").
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 34901] £750.00

Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes. Dec.r 5th 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, with the Colossi of Memnon on the far left, guarding the approach. A lighting bolt, rare for the area, flashes to the ground. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40901] £550.00

Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes. Dec.r 5th 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, with the Colossi of Memnon on the far left, guarding the approach. A lighting bolt, rare for the area, flashes to the ground. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41018] £500.00

Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes. Decr. 5th 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm.
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, with the Colossi of Memnon on the far left, guarding the approach. A lighting bolt, rare for the area, flashes to the ground. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 4981] £800.00

Thebes. Dec.r 1st 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Aug.t 1st, 1848.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 340 x 490mm (13½ x 19¼").
The two Colossi of Memnon, massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (ruled c.1388-c.1351 BC), guarding the entrance to his mortuary temple. Later visitors named them after Memnon, a King of Ethiopia who led his armies to aid the defence of Troy and was killed by Achilles. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40897] £1,000.00

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