Grosvenor Prints

Andrew Brice of Exeter, Printer: Author of the Topographic Dictionary &c. Aetat 83.
Jackson del. Woodman Sc.
[n.d. c.1770].
Engraving. 125 x 180mm. Trimmed into plate. Light foxing.
Printer at Exeter [1692 - 1773].
[Ref: 3409] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Andrew Brice of Exeter, Printer: Author of the Topographic Dictionary &c. Aetat 83.
Jackson del. Woodman Sc.
Publish'd According to Act of Parliament for Barnabas Thorn Bookseller Exon Ap.r 21st 1774.
Engraving. 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Large margins.
Printer at Exeter (1692 - 1773). His major work, begun in 1746 and finished in 1757, was the 'Grand Gazetteer, or Topographic Dictionary', published in 1759. He also printed: a weekly newspaper from 1715 until his death; William Hals's 'History of Cornwall; and 'John Vowell's Account of the City of Exeter'. When he retired he was the oldest master printer in England; when he died he was the oldest freemason in England, celebrated by three hundred masons escorting his coffin to the grave on 14 November.
[Ref: 37043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Bricklayer.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 135 x 215mm, 5½ x 8½". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
An educational image of a pair of bricklayers, one with a hod.
[Ref: 16429] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Bride.
Painted by C.R. Leslie, R.A. Engraved by Ja.s Thomson.
Published for the Proprietor Jan.y 31, 1831 by Moon, Boys, & Graves, 6, Pall Mall, London.
Engraving. 365 x 290mm (14¼ x 11½"), with large margins. Spotting and soiling, mainly in margins.
A half-length portrait of a young woman in a white dress with lace and jewels, veil down her back, putting on a glove.
[Ref: 63697] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Pass-Room Bridewell.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t. et sculp.t. Hill aqua.t.
London Pub, 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 235 x 280mm (9¼ x 11"), with large margins.
An interior view of the pass room in Bridewell Prison, an institution for unmarried mothers, prostitutes, the homeless and criminals. The pass room was a room which housed women waiting to be passed to the parishes of their birth. 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: 47234] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Pass-Room Bridewell.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t. et sculp.t. Hill aqua.t.
London Pub, 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 235 x 280mm (9¼ x 11") large margins.
An interior view of the pass room in Bridewell Prison, an institution for unmarried mothers, prostitutes, the homeless and criminals. The pass room was a room which housed women waiting to be passed to the parishes of their birth. 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: 47235] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

'Bridge'. 1."May I Play To Hearts?"[&] 2."I Double Hearts." [&] 3."Chicane."
L. Thackeray [facsimile signature].
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1904 by The Fine Art Society Ltd. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington. London Published 1904 by The Fine Art Society, 148, New Bond Street. Copyright registered.
Three of four chromolithographs. Sheets 510 x 630mm (20 x 24¾.
Three of a set of four plates illustrating a game of bridge, with a young couple, clergyman and retired army officer around the table. This issue was a printed black border around the image with vignettes of the cards in each player's hand and the titles in white. The painter and illustrator Lance Thackeray (d.1916) is best known for his comic sporting illustration art, especially billiards and golf, and his humorous postcards. He was also an author, of 'The Light Side of Egypt' and 'The People of Egypt'. Along with Cecil Aldin and other noted artists, he was one of the founders of The London Sketch Club, a graphic artists' club in Chelsea.
See Ref: 7836 for a complete signed set.
[Ref: 59231] £650.00 view all images for this item

'Bridge'. 1."May I Play To Hearts?"[&] 2."I Double Hearts." [&] 3."Chicane." [&] 4."Ruffing A Black Suit"
L. Thackeray [facsimile signature in plate & signed in pencil lower left.]
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1904 by The Fine Art Society Ltd. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington. London Published 1904 by The Fine Art Society, 148, New Bond Street. Copyright registered.
Set of four chromolithographs on india laid paper, with vignettes of playing cards in the margin and etched remarques lower left. Images 291 x 410mm, sheets 475 x 608mm. Unfaded impressions, full sheets, with occasional spotting, on board.
A fine example of one of the most highly regarded sets of bridge prints. A young couple, clergyman and retired army officer are around the table, and, with the exception of the last, these same characters feature in a charming sub-narrative in the remarques. The painter and illustrator Lance Thackeray (d.1916) is best known for his comic sporting illustration art, especially billiards and golf, and his humorous postcards. He was also an author, of 'The Light Side of Egypt' and 'The People of Egypt'. Along with Cecil Aldin and other noted artists, he was one of the founders of The London Sketch Club, a graphic artists' club in Chelsea.
[Ref: 7836] £1,600.00 view all images for this item

Near the Bridge at Trimbering[?] Sun Setting with Mr W.m Hamilton Sept.r 7th 1839
F.W. Trench.
Lithograph, rare, printed area 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"), large margins
Amateur lithograph made during a trip to continental Europe by the army officer and politician Frederick William Trench (c.1777-1859). In December 1819 he was returned as an MP for Cambridge in an election controlled by the Duke of Rutland, owner of Belvoir, and he made several lithographs of Belvoir castle. Trench was also keenly interested in architecture: in 1815 he proposed a vast monument to British naval and military victories over France on the site which became Trafalgar Square, and in 1824 he launched a project for an embankment on the north side of the Thames (in conjunction with which a long print of the project was produced).
For Trench's embankment scheme see refs. 23749, 39952 &c.
[Ref: 43933] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Charles Bridgeman.
G.T. Payne del et sculp.
Printed by S.H. Hawkins. [n.d. c.1818.]
Rare Mixed-method engraving. Plate 229 x 184mm. 9 x 7¼".
Possibly Charles Bridgeman (1778-1873), organist of All Saint's Church, Hertford.
[Ref: 20066] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

South View of the Town of Bridgenorth.
Drawn by J. Farington, R.A. Engraved by W. Byrne & T. Medland.
London, Published as the Act directs 1st Jan.y 1791, by W. Byrne, No.19 Titchfield Street.
Coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼") very large margins. Tear taped, some spotting, faint creasing.
A view across the River Severn valley towards the town of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. The castle ruins can be seen on the hill- the result of demolition ordered by Cromwell during the Civil War.
[Ref: 60907] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Ponti Cospicui Dell Inghilterra.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 70 x 370mm (2¾ x 14½"). large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed on left edge. Creases.
A collection of vignettes showing various bridges in England, including Knaresborough, Stratford, Windsor and Wetherby.
[Ref: 46040] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Frances, Lady Bridges.]
F. Cotes R.A. pinx.t 1768. James Watson Fecit.
R. Sayer excudit. [n.d. c.1769.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins.
Lady France Bridges (d.1825), wife of Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Bt. (1733-1791), the British Whig politician. They married in 1765 at St George's, Hanover Square London.
Goodwin 63: i/iii. CS 14: i/ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66360] £480.00

The High Rock near Bridgnorth.
Drawn on the Spot & Engrav'd by W. Williams. T.B Freeman excudit.
[n.d. c.1789]
Very rare aquatint, 315 x 390mm (12½ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate. Stain top left.
A view of the large sandstone cliff overlooking the Severn just north of Bridgnorth known as 'High Rock.'
[Ref: 60588] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Scrapbook relating to Bridgnorth, with election broadsides, theatre bills, newspaper clippings and letters.]
[Compiled 1824-56.]
Unique scrapbook, large folio, half morocco gilt; with c.50 broadsides, many loose. Binding worn.
The broadsides relate to elections from 1832-58. Satire and results of polls, some handwritten are included. Letters etc, over 80 items in total.
[Ref: 60831] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

A Design for the Proposed New Church at Bridgwater, Somersetshire.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen. [1840.]
Letterpress with lithographic illustration, rare. Sheet: 390 x 240mm (15¼ x 9½''). Creasing and central fold as issued and as folded for post, stamped No.22, 1840.
A pamphlet providing information on a proposed church to be built in the district of Eastover in Bridgwater. The proposal also requests subscriptions be donated and lists bankers and banking institutions in Somerset and London where subscriptions can be received. Addressed on the verso to a Mr Phippen, Badgworth Court, Cross.
[Ref: 48390] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Collection of 16 election broadsides for the consituency Bridgwater.]
[Various printers, 1859-1868.]
Letterpress, 16 sheets, largest 565 x 440mm (22¼ x 17¼"). Some wear.
16 election posters and pamphlets (one duplicate) for Bridgwater in Somerset, a mixture of polemic and satire. A fascinating insight into mid Victorian political life.
[Ref: 35361] £320.00 view all images for this item

W. Bridle Gaoler of Ilchester. Removed by Hunt for miscondunt. [in manuscript.]
[George Cruikshank.]
[1821.]
Etching. Sheet: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾").
A full length portrait of William Bridle, gaoler of Ilchester Bastille, shown within the prison holding leg irons, manacles and a hangman's noose. Radical activist Henry Hunt was imprisioned for his role in a rally in Manchester which came to be known as the Peterloo Masscare, he served his term in Ilchester Prison and whilst there brought a case against the gaoler William Bridle for drunkeness, gambling, neglect of duty, licentiousness towards female prisoners and torture. Bridle was found guilty and removed. This portrait is the frontispeice to 'Investigation at Ilchester Gaol in the county of Somerset into the conduct of William Bridle the Gaoler, before the commissioner appointed by the crown' published in 1821.
[Ref: 41547] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Brielle] Brilium, Holandiae opp. ob Intestinum Batavicum Bellum,Quod Anno Partae Salutis, M.D.LXXII. Callend Aplis, Hic Initium Sumpsit, Famosum.
[Engraved by Frans Hogenberg.]
[Cologne, c.1575.]
Engraved map. 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼"). Text page on reverse laid onto album paper, split in centre fold in bottom margin.
An early town plan of Brielle (Del Briel) in the Netherlands, orientated with north to the bottom of the map, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first systematic atlas of townplans. The title celebrates the capture of the port on 1 April 1572 by a fleet of Dutch nobles rebelling against Spanish rule in the Netherlands. It proved to be a turning point in fortunes of the Low Countries in the Eighty Years' War.
[Ref: 61104] £160.00

[Henri-Auguste, Comte de Brienne.]
R. Nanteuil ad vivam faciebat 1660.
Engraving. Sheet: 365 x 275mm (14½ x 11''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of French statesman Henri-Auguste de Loménie (1594-1666). He served as secretary of states for the navy from 1615 until 1643. He was responsible for negotiating the marriage of Henrietta Maria of France with Charles I.
Petitjean & Wickert 39.I.
[Ref: 49277] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A Brig at Anchor].
Seymour Haden. [in image].
1870.
Etching, 135 x 205mm (5¼ x 8¼"), with very large margins. Very faint foxing in margins.
View of a river bank, with a brig anchored at centre; a barge sailing towards the brig from the right; more sailing boats seen in the distance. One of the pioneers of the 19th century etching revival, Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910) married the sister of James McNeill Whistler and became an important influence on the American-born etcher's style
[Ref: 62625] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

William Briggs M.D. Physician in Ordinary to King William y.e 3.d. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, &c.
R. White delin 1697. I. Faber fecit 1738.
Sold by P. Overton in Fleet Street.
A rare mezzotint. Sheet: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed.
A portrait of William Biggs, doctor to King William III, holding a copy of his book "Ophthalmo Graphia".
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 46469] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Edward Bright late of Maldon in the County of Essex Aged 29 Years He was an emminent Shopkeeper of that Town & suppos'd to be the largest Man living or perhaps that ever lived in this Island [...]
[Printed for Carington Bowles, at No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London] [c.1750]
Rare etching. Sheet 315 x 190mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to image; title and text below image has been cut into six sections and collaged onto image, obscuring publication line lower right; glued to backing sheet.
Edward Bright, a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Amongst other men of the 18th century also famous for their weight, Bright, at 42 stone, far exceeded John Love of Weymouth (d.1793, 26 stone) but was still far from the weight of the most famous, Daniel Lambert of Leicester (1770-1809, 52¾ stone). An American contemporary, Miles Darden, outweighed even Lambert at 71 stone. The text to this print describes how in 1750 two men bet on whether five adult men could fit into Bright's waistcoat without damaging it. A related print published by Bowles (BM Satires 3084) depicts this scene, with no less than seven men fastened inside the waistcoat!
For another portrait of Bright see ref. 41178.
[Ref: 47335] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Edw.d Bright late of Malden in Essex. Who died November 10, 1750. Aged 29 Years. He weigh'd 43 Stone & ½ (14tt toye Stone) which is 609 pounds.
J.J Haid et filius excud. A.V.
[n.d. c. 1760].
Mezzotint, platemark 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Staining below image. Small margins.
Edward Bright, a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence. Amongst other men of the 18th century also famous for their weight, Bright, at 42 stone, far exceeded John Love of Weymouth (d.1793, 26 stone) but was still far from the weight of the most famous, Daniel Lambert of Leicester (1770-1809, 52¾ stone). An American contemporary, Miles Darden, outweighed even Lambert at 71 stone. Mezzotint published by the Haid family of Nuremberg, Germany, copied from a mezzotint by James McArdell, the well-known Irish engraver. McArdell's print was itself based on a portrait by David Ogborne (d.1800/1801), a painter based in Chelmsford, Essex who gained a certain reputation by painting local provincial monsters such as a calf with six legs and a winged fish.
For Lambert see ref. 17776.
[Ref: 41178] £380.00

Mr. Edw.d Bright late of Maldon in Essex. Who died Nov:r 10.1750, Aged 29 Years. He weigh'd 43 Stone & ½ (14tt to ye Stone) which is, 5 hundred, 1 quarter, 21 pound._ Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard. 1751.
Engraving. 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate top and left.
Edward Bright (1721 - 1750), the obese grocer of Maldon.
[Ref: 53687] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

M.r Edw.d Bright late of Malden in Essex. Who died November 10, 1750, Aged 29 Years. He weigh'd 43 Stone & ½ (14tt to ye Stone) which is 609 pounds.
Ogborne Pinx.t. Ja. M.cArdell fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan. 1. 1750.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Small tear in left margin.
A portrait of Edward Bright (1721-50), a grocer from Maldon, Essex, famed for his corpulence.
CS 31, iii of iii, Goodwin 14. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68423] £360.00

The Right Honorable John Bright, M.P. President of the Board of Trade.
Lithographed and Published by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor Lith.rs to the Queen, Liverpool, London & Manchester. [n.d. c.1868.]
Lithograph on india, with large margins. 540 x 405mm. 21¼ x 16".
John Bright (1811-1889) was a radical statesman and orator. He managed family mills before entering public life in the 1830s, and with Richard Cobden he led the agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws. He was an active political, social and economic reformer, who served in several ministries; he was one of the most important and influential political figures of the age.
NPG: D32142.
[Ref: 24790] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

John Bright, Esq.re M.P.
Printed by T. Bracket.
London, Published Sep.r 1.st 1864, by W. Tebb, Pancras Lane.
Mezzotint. 555 x 400mm (21¾ x 15¾"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of Radical politician John Bright (1811-89), holding a book. A Quaker, he is regarded as one of the greatest orators of his generation. He became MP for Durham in 1843 and for Manchester in 1847. He spoke against the Corn Laws in parliament during Peel's second ministry until the laws were repealed in 1846. Bright was a member of the Peace Society and denounced the Crimean War (1854-56) as un-Christian, contrary to the principles of international free trade, and harmful to British interests.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67842] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Rt. Hon. John Bright M.P.]
John Everett Millais. Thos Oldham Barlow [Pencil signatures.]
Published March 1st 1882, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool & Manchester, Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint, Printsellers' blindstamp. Limited to 500. 420 x 570mm (16½ x 22½"). Trimmed to plate.
Half-length portrait of Radical politician John Bright (1811-89), one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, he campaigned for an end to social, political, or religious inequalities between individuals and between peoples. He became MP for Durham in 1843 and for Manchester in 1847. He spoke against the Corn Laws in parliament during Peel's second ministry until the laws were repealed in 1846. Bright was a member of the Peace Society and denounced the Crimean War (1854-56) as un-Christian, contrary to the principles of international free trade, and harmful to British interests.
Printsellers: 38. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4240] £330.00

[Rt. Hon. John Bright M.P.]
John Everett Millais. Thos Oldham Barlow [Pencil signatures.]
Published March 1st 1882, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool & Manchester, Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint. Fine impression. Printsellers' blindstamp. Limited to 500. Platemark: 610 x 460mm (24 x 18"); very large margins. Mountburn.
A three-quater length portrait of Quaker John Bright (1811 - 1889), a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies.
Printsellers: 38.
[Ref: 39505] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Brighthelmstone. Fishermen Returning.
P.J. De Loutherbourg R.A. delt. J. Hill sculp.t
Pub.d Oct.r 1. 1808, by J. & W. Macgavin, No. 107 New Bond Street, London.
Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, very large margins, platemark 385 x 550mm (15¼ x 21½").
Fishermen at work on the shore at Brighton (then named Brighthelmstone). The reissue of 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' after designs by the landscape painter and scene designer Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812), published seven years after the first edition. The plates, originally engraved by J.C. Stadler, were re-engraved by J. Hill, 'only slight differences of detail being noticeable in the engraving' (Abbey).
Abbey Scenery 6.5; Ford 75.
[Ref: 31391] £420.00

Sickelmores' Select Views in Brighton.
Brighton: Printed and Published by C. & R. Sickelmore, Printers, Stationers, Engravers, and Bookbinders, 26 Kings Road. [n.d., c1826.]
Oblong folio, stitched, printed cover with plate descriptions, 9 uncoloured aquatints, as called for, rear two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1826'. With an extra aquatint slipped in, 'Brunswick Square, Brighton', no imprint. Large margins, scarce complete.
Nine aquatint views of Brighton after Edward Fox and others, most engraved by George Hunt. The plates are: 'Pavilion, Brighton' (Ford 504); 'Brighton Suspension Pier' (207); 'Brighton Chain Pier in a Storm' (318); 'Ireland's Royal Brighton Gardens' (953), with a cricket game; 'General View of Kemp Town' (1136); 'East Cliff Brighton, Storm Approaching' (80); 'Marine Parade' (1102); 'The Temple, the Seat of T.R. Kemp Esq.r Brighton'; and 'The Battery, Brighton' (1061). A econd edition, with an extra plate, was published 1830.
Ford: Images of Brighton; Abbey: Scenery 63. Hickman: p.194.
[Ref: 32155] £1,500.00 view all images for this item

Brighton Beach.
R. Goff [signed in pencil].
1894.
Etching. Platemark: 55 x 115mm (2¼ x 4½").
An attractive view of Brighton beach, Sussex, with the famous pier to the left and the beach front town on the right. Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922) was a printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes, strongly influenced by the work of James McNeill Whistler. Brighton and Hove Museum and Art Gallery hold a large collection of Goff's work.
Ford: Not in.
[Ref: 38045] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

View of Brighton, from the Old Steine.
Brighton, Drawn, Engraved, Printed & Publish'd by I. Bruce.
[n.d. c.1829]
Aquatint printed in blue and brown, finished by hand. 285 x 400mm (11¼ x 15¾"), on Whatman paper watermarked 1828 or 1829. Small margins.
A view looking toward the Royal Pavilion from the gardens on the Steine. By local publisher John Bruce.
Ford: Images of Brighton 136.
[Ref: 62488] £320.00

[Brighton] To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, This Panorama is (by Permission) most Gratefully and Humbly Dedicated by W.H. Mason, Repository of Arts, 1, Ship St.t Brighton, and W. Mason, Printseller &c. St Mary's Place, Cambridge.
Drawn by H. Wilds, Architect, Brighton. A. Edington sculp.t, 10 Portland St. London.
Ackermann & Co London. Published as the Act Directs 1833.
Very scarce aquatint on several sheets conjoined, with original hand colour, incomplete. Total size c. 140 x 2800mm (5½ x 110"). All folds reinforced on verso, other signs of wear. Lacking approx 1600mm in the west and between Bedford Square and Preston Street.
A rolling prospect of Brighton's King's Road, illustrating the seafront architecture running from the publisher's premises on the corner of Ship Street, west to Waterloo Street in Hove. Among the existing buildings shown are Brunswick Terrace, The Norfolk Hotel (now the 'Mercure Brighton Seafront') and the west of Bedford Square. and street-life captured at a turning point in the town's history, just before its Victorian boom as a resort, precipitated by the arrival of the railway in 1841. William Henry Goodburn Mason (1810 - 1879) was a publisher and printseller, also carver and gilder, based in Brighton. We can trace no other work by the engraver Edington.
Abbey Life 527; Ford: 22.
[Ref: 54165] £750.00 view all images for this item

European Magazine. The Baths at Brighton.
Engrav'd by S. Rawle from an original Drawing by J. Nixon Esq.r.
Publishd by J. Asperne, Successor to Mr. Sewell, Cornhill May 1-1803.
Engraving. 123 x 171mm (4¾ x 6¾").
A view of the Bath House at Brighton, the cornerstone of which was laid in 1759.
[Ref: 24931] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Young Amphibious.
G. Earp del. Charles J. Besebe Lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published July 1.st 1844, by W.H. Mason, Repository of Arts, Brighton. London, Ackermann & Co. Strand,_Reeves & Son, Cheapside.
A very rare lithograph. 255 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Some foxing on right.
A view at Brighton, with the pier behind; a woman hold her naked child over the water, with a traditional beach bathing box on wheels to left. For Mason's "Fashionable Handbook for Visitors to Brighton", c.1846. In regency times and later when bathing at Brighton the bather floats or "Bobs" while being supervised. The supervisors where called "dippers" who pushed the bathers through the waves, keeping them afloat, then helped them back into the bathing machine. Brighton's most famous dipper was Martha Gunn, a large, sturdy woman whose fame exists to this day. See ref:Ref: 5306 for a portrait of Martha Gunn.
See Ford: 128. "Images of Brighton".
[Ref: 23960] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Beach at Brighton, Sussex.
Drawn by H. Edridge. Engraved by George Cooke.
London, Published by John Murray, Albermarle Street, June 1, 1814.
Engraving. 235 x 291mm (9¼ x 11½").
A view along the beach at Brighton, Sussex with boats on the shore. Horses help pull a tall-masted ship onto the beach; men on the ramp pull a smaller boat up out of the water. From "Picturesque views on the Southern Coast of England".
Tate: T05284 (proof).
[Ref: 28508] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Repton's design for a dining room for the Royal Pavilion.]
H. Repton Esq.r del. J.C. Stader sculp.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"), set in letterpress, watermarked 'Turkey Mill 1824'?, very large margins. Scuff mark on right of plate.
Humphry Repton's design for a dining room at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton which, despite having the same Mughal influences, was never implemented. Despite being primarily a landscape designer, Repton (1752-1818) was hired to remodel the Pavilion by the Prince Regent in 1805. The Prince's money problems caused the project to be shelved, but John Nash made use of Repton's proposals when he finally redeveloped the building from 1814.
[Ref: 60097] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[A Pair of Photographs of Brighton.]
[n.d., c.1890.]
Pair of photographs in oval frames. Image: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Frames: 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"). Unexamined out of frames.
A pair of very decorative French photographic views of Brighton. The first is a view of the West Pier built in the 1860s, the second is a view of the old Brighton Aquarium with the Chain Pier behind, the Chain Pier was destroyed in a storm in 1896. Labels on the back of the frames state 'From Soper's Emporium Brighton'.
[Ref: 44860] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

German Spa and Pump Room. Brighton.
Drawn & Engraved by M.U. Sears & Co. 1 Warwick Sq. London.
[Published by C. & R. Sickelmore. Printers & Stationers. 26 Kings Road, Brighton.][n.d. c.1835.]
Aquatint, sheet 220 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½"). Trimmed to image losing publication line and glued to album sheet. Small nicks and tears on edges, slightly stained on image and on inscription area.
A view of the German Spa in Brighton opened by Dr Friederich Struve of Dresden in 1825, who was able to manufacture mineral waters on the premises. The German Spa was located in Queen’s Park and the skeleton of the building still remains.
Ford: Images of Brighton n.988.
[Ref: 58980] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Brighton Brighthelmston Chain Pier Company.] Brighthelmston Suspension Pier Company, Incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1822.
1st July 1848.
Engraved billhead, watermark, . Sheet 265 x 140mm (10¼ x 5½"). Some creases, time-staining and very small tears on edge.
The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was the first major pier built in Brighton. Receipt of payment for the sum of Three Pounds to Edward Comford Esq. in ink verso.
[Ref: 64254] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Kempton, Brighton. Erecting on the East Cliff, on the Estate of T.R. Kemp Esq. M.P. To whom this plate is respectfully dedicated by his Obed.t Serv.t J. Bruce.
Published by the Artist at N.º 1 Steine Place & the first Tower on the Chain Pier, Brighton [n.d., 1830].
Fine coloured aquatint. 175 x 280mm (7 x 11"), with large margins.
From John Bruce's 'Select Views in Brighton'.
Ford Brighton 1134, i.
[Ref: 64086] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Thunder Storm at Brighton, 17th July, 1850, and Innundation of Pool Valley.
Taken on the Spot by F.E. Morrell. Lithographed by R.Canton, 48, Watling Street, London.
Published by Jn.o Smith, Pool Valley Brighton.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 195 x 270mm. Repairs.
Pool Valley was flooded to a depth of nearly six feet within an hour.
Ford: Images of Brighton, 1083.
[Ref: 4321] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

A Perspective View of Brighthelmston, and of the Sea Coast as far as the Isle of Wight, Inscribed (by Permission) to His Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught of the Kingdom of Ireland, Ranger of Hampton Court Park, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter By His Royal Highnesses most Obed.t & Devoted Serv.t James Lambert. Lambert's Correct View of Brightelmston in 1765.
Ja.s Lambert pinx.t P.C. Canot sculp.t
Publish'd as the Act directs, 1817. by Ja.s Edwards Brompton Middlesex and Published in his Topographical Surveys.
Copper Engraving. 425 x 635mm. 16¾ x 25". Folds, as normal.
A view of Brighthelmstone, the predecessor of modern-day Brighton. The field was known as Belle Vue Field. A coastal town, with farmers and town-dwellers engaged in the harvesting of the crop; cattle pulling hay to barns, people with scythes cutting the corn; three cloth sailed post-mills standing in the fields.
Ford: 23A.
[Ref: 19066] £330.00

The Triumphal Arch, Erected for the 30th. of August 1830, being the Day on which Their Majesties King William IV, & Queen Adelaide, Entered Brighton after their Accession to the Throne.
J.S, delin.
Printed & Published by W. Leppard, Brighton [n.d., c.1830].
Aquatint with etching, rare, sheet 310 x 255mm. 12¼ x 10". Lacking margins. A few closed tears to extremities.
A triumphal arch erected in Marlborough Place to celebrate the arrival of William IV and Queen Adelaide in Brighton. Fifty feet high and fifty wide, it was covered with foliage and flowers; at night it was illuminated by 4000 lamps.
Ford: Images of Brighton, 653.
[Ref: 27686] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Amphitheatre. Entrance. Interior. The above was very tastefully planned and beautifully decorated with Evergreens, Dahlias &c. for the reception of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria on Her first Visit to the Palace at Brighton on the 4th Oct.r 1837.
Published by W.Leppard, East Street. [n.d., c.1837.]
Aquatint, scarce. Sheet 120 x 190mm, 4¾ x 7½". Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A triumphal gateway erected at the north entrance to the Royal Pavilion to Queen Victoria on her first visit to Brighton as queen.
Ford: Images of Brighton, 648.
[Ref: 21577] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair.] The Encampment at Brighton. Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness George Price of Wales, by His Royal Highness's most devoted & obedient servants, Colnagi & Co. [&] The Departure from Brighton. Dedicated by Permission to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &c. by His Royal Highnesses's most devoted & obedient servants, Colnagi & Co.
F. Wheatley, R.A. pinx.t. J. Murphy sculp.t.
London: Published May 1st 1796, by Colnagi & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall.
Pair of mezzotints. Each 535 x 660mm, 21 x 26". Both plates creased, 'Encampment' with ink annotation and tear in margin.
Two scenes of the Militia Camp near Brighton, showing the friendly relationship between the troops and the locals, especially the traders and girls. The camp was a frequent event during the first years of the French revolutionary wars, as it was a good venue for recruitment to the regular army, with bounties offered. It was held every year between 1792 and 1796, then in 1798 and 1803, with militias coming from all over the country. In 1793 Jane Austen's brother Henry was there with the Oxfordshire militia: she refers to the camp in her novel 'Pride and Prejudice'. The paintings by Francis Wheatley from which these derive were both painted in 1788.
Webster E124-5;
[Ref: 22427] £850.00 view all images for this item

Brighton Characters, No. 4. The Fisherman. "Who'll have this Lot Cheap".
G. Nibbs lith. Printed by C.Moody, 257 High Holborn.
Published by W. Lane, 3 Market St, Brighton, Nov.r 9th, 1846.
Fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 280 x 180mm, 11 x 7". Tape remains on right edge.
A fisherman on Brighton Beach with assorted fish at his feet.
[Ref: 21578] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Brighton Characters, No. 2. The Fish Woman. "Fish T'day Marm"?
G. Nibbs lith. Printed by C.Moody, 257 High Holborn.
Published by W. Lane, 3 Market St, Brighton, Nov.r 9th, 1846.
Fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 280 x 180mm, 11 x 7". Tape remains on left edge.
A woman selling fish on the streets of Brighton, calling up to a potential customer at a window.
[Ref: 21579] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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