Grosvenor Prints

Napoleon Asleep in his Study. Taken Shortly Before the Battle of Waterloo.
Drawn by Dr Memes from a sketch by David. _ Eng.d by W.H. Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 180mm (4¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper. Foxed.
Napoleon Bonaparte in uniform, asleep in a chair in a tent.
[Ref: 55824] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon as he Appeared after the Battle of Waterloo.
On stone by A. Picken.
W. Day, Lith.r to the King, Gate St. [n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 140 x 160mm (5½ x 6¼"). Trimmed close to image, laid on album paper, artist's name indistinct.
Napoleon mounted on Marengo, before the horse was captured by William Petre.
[Ref: 55899] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Souvenirs de Gloire et de Maleurs.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare engraving. Oval sheet 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾") Trimmed as oval, laid on album paper.
A design celebrating the triumphs and failures of Napoleon Bonaparte, with four verses within a circle within a collection of trophies, surrounded by a list of battles including Waterloo.
[Ref: 37383] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Bataille de Waterloo [parallel text in Dutch]
Mangion del [?- in image lower left]
Lithograph, scarce, printed area 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½"). Title cut out and pasted over border.
Popular print of the battle of Waterloo (1815), in present-day Belgium in which Napoleon's French army was decisively defeated by the Anglo-led Allied army of the duke of Wellington and Prussian led by Blucher. Dramatic image.
[Ref: 43157] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon at Waterloo.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph, sheet 150 x 125mm (6 x 5"). Time stained.
Napoleon sits on his horse Marengo at the Battle of Waterloo amongst a foggy backdrop of cannon fire and fighting, mill in distance.
[Ref: 55856] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Observatory. To view the Battle of Waterloo, June 18-1815.
London Published by Thomas Kelly Paternoster Row. [Oct. 14-1815].
Engraving. 245 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Spotting and some foxing near the lower margin, creasing. A couple of nicks in the bottom edge.
A figure, presumably Napoleon, looking through a telescope with two escorts atop the viewing platform of a trestle tower.
[Ref: 55851] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Observatory. To view the Battle of Waterloo, June 18-1815.
London Published by Thomas Kelly Paternoster Row. Oct. 14-1815.
Coloured engraving, watermark 1814; 245 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Trimmed with partial loss of the publication line; laid onto album sheet at sides.
A figure, pressumably Napoleon, looking through a telescope with two escorts atop the viewing platform of a trestle tower.
[Ref: 55848] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Battle of Waterloo. Bonaparte in his Retreat, Passing La Belle Alliance, After having witnessed the flight of his Imperial Guard, and the British in pursuit from the opposite height.
Drawn by Capt.n Geo. Jones, & Engraved by Mr S. Mitan for Kelly's Battle of Waterloo.
London, Pub. by Thomas Kelly, No. 53 Paternoster Row, March 15, 1817.
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed.
Napoleon galloping his horse, gesturing behind. From Christopher Kelly's 'The Memorable Battle of Waterloo'.
[Ref: 55840] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The Terror & flight of Buonaparte after the Battle of Waterloo, leaving his hat & Sword in his Carriage.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster row, Feb. 29 ~ 1816.
Engraving. 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed. Nicks to edges.
Napoleon galloping his horse, looking over his shoulder at the chasing troops.
[Ref: 55839] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Flight of Buonaparte from the Field of Waterloo accompanied by his Guide.
Drawn & Etch'd by G. Cruikshank. Rouse sculp.
Pub.d by H. Colburn, Conduit Street, London, 1816.
Rare coloured aquatint. 250 x 315mm (9¾ x 12½"). Trimmed to plate on right, chip entering plate on left, stains.
Napoleon Bonaparte on horseback with two guards and a guide.
[Ref: 55800] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Waterloo] Napoleon at his Advanced Position, Viewing the entre of the Prussians; With La Coste & Marshal Bertrand to his Right.
Engraved by Tho.s Crabb from a Drawing by G.M. Brighty.
London, Published by Tho.s Crane Court, West Street, 1816.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 180 x 90mm (7 x 3½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, mounted in album paper, stain in sky.
Napoleon uses a telescope to watch the arrival of the Prussian army onto the field of Waterloo, the turning point of the battle.
[Ref: 55897] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Carriage.
[No. 2 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. Feby. 1 1816.]
Coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 135 x 215mm. (5¼ x 8½"). Trimmed into image at top, and losing publication line at bottom.
Napoleon Bonaparte's near-capture after the Battle of Waterloo; the French Emperor rides away from the Prussian troops that have captured his carriage. The Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, quoted below the image, presented the carriage to the Prince Regent, who subsequently sold it to William Bullock, who made it the centrepiece of a Napoleon exhibition at his Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. In 1842 it was sold to Madame Tussaud, who displayed for 80 years before it was completely destroyed in a fire. Numbered 'Pl. 9, Vol. I', for Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 55741] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon Terminating his Military Carreer, at the Memorable Battle of Waterloo.
[Engraved by George Cruikshank.]
Published Sep.r 15, 1827 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
Napoleon, mounted on a prancing Marengo, in the middle of the battlefield. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53364] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Sketch of the Operations of the Campaign in the Netherlands. June 1815.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 305 x 205mm (12 x 8"). Trimmed to printed border and mounted in album paper. Some offset.
A map of the approaches to Brussels, showing the French advance and the array of the British defences.
[Ref: 37310] £160.00

Vredetocht naar Waterloo. 23 Juni 1890.
Drukk, van Flandria, Schaarbeek-Brussel.
4pp. scarce letterpress and music. Each page 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Text not complete, mounted on album paper.
Part of a programme of Belgian celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The central two pages contain the music and five verses (in Dutch) of 'The Peace Trip of Waterloo'.
[Ref: 37133] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of the Military Operations in the Netherlands. June 1815.
London, Published by Rich.d Edwards, Crane Court, Fleet Street, 1816.
Coloured engraving. Printed area 295 x 180mm (11½ x 7") Hole in binding folds taped on reverse.
A map of the approaches to Brussels, showing the French advance and the array of the British defences around Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
[Ref: 37317] £140.00

Theatre of War, 1815. From the Straits of Dover, to the Rhine at Strasburg, and from Holland to Paris.
Published February 1 1816. by John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place.
Engraved map with hand colour. Sheet 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11¼"). Trimmed, affecting title and publisher's address, mounted in album paper.
Map of the campaign that culminated with the Battle of Waterloo. Published in John Booth's 'The Battle of Waterloo, Containing the Series of Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, with Circumstantial Details, Previous, During and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original Sources, with Relative Official Documents, Forming an Historical Record of the Operations in the Campaign of the Netherlands'. He used the pseudonym 'A Near Observer'.
[Ref: 37314] £120.00

Waterloo. Conveying the French Cannon from the Field of Battle, on the 24th July, 1815. From a Drawing made on the Spot, July 24th, 1815.
Publish'd by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1816.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 290 x 410mm (11½ x 16"). Centre fold as normal.
An illustration from Bowyer's 'Campaign of Waterloo', a sequel to his 'Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe', the narrative of which had ended after the first abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte in April 1814.
Abbey Life: 354.
[Ref: 37130] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Battle of Waterloo June 18th. 1815. Dedicated with permission to Lieu.t General the Most Noble Henry William Paget, Marquis of Anglesey & Earl of Uxbridge G:C:B: K.M.T. & K.S.G. [By Lieu.t R.P. Read.]
Drawn & Etched by W. Heath. Aquatinted by R. Reeve.
[London. Publish'd, June 4th 1816. for the Porprietor: by J. & M. Rippin No.21 Theobald's Road.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 395 x 545mm (15½ x 21½") Trimmed within image on three sides, losing end of the dedication and publication line at bottom; some surface abrasion, colour faded.
An intense battle scene, with British infantry closing in on the French cavalry from both sides. A mortar explodes in the foreground and cannon balls streak across the sky.
[Ref: 36817] £450.00

Plan of the Battle of Waterloo.
Published Aug.t 31 1816 by Thomas Kelly No. 53 Paternoster Row London.
Engraved map with some hand colour. Sheet 405 x 265mm (16 x 10½"), watermarked 1818. Original folds, one split, staining in title.
A plan of the battlefield, showing the deployment of the British & Belgian, Prussian and French troops. From Christopher Kelly's 'The Memorable Battle of Waterloo'.
[Ref: 37066] £140.00

The Terror & flight of Buonaparte after the Battle of Waterloo, leaving his hat & Sword in his Carriage.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster row, Feb. 29 ~ 1817.
Engraving, printed in red and hand-finished. Sheet 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
Napoleon galloping his horse, looking over his shoulder at the chasing troops.
[Ref: 37127] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Battle of Waterloo. Bonaparte in his Retreat, Passing La Belle Alliance, After having witnessed the flight of his Imperial Guard, and the British in pursuit from the opposite height.
Drawn by Capt.n Geo. Jones, & Engraved by Mr S. Mitan for Kelly's Battle of Waterloo.
London, Pub. by Thomas Kelly, No. 53 Paternoster Row, March 15, 1817.
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed and mounted on album paper.
Napoleon galloping his horse, gesturing behind. From Christopher Kelly's 'The Memorable Battle of Waterloo'.
[Ref: 37126] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Plans of the Battle of Waterloo, at Different Periods on the 18th June 1815.
London, Published by John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, Feb.y 2nd 1816.
Engraved map with hand colour. Sheet 215 x 315mm (8½ x 12¼"). Trimmed to printed border, and mounted in album paper.
Maps of the battle at noon, 2pm and at the close of action. Published in John Booth's 'The Battle of Waterloo, Containing the Series of Accounts Published by Authority, British and Foreign, with Circumstantial Details, Previous, During and After the Battle, from a Variety of Authentic and Original Sources, with Relative Official Documents, Forming an Historical Record of the Operations in the Campaign of the Netherlands'. He used the pseudonym 'A Near Observer'.
[Ref: 37303] £190.00

The unexpected meeting of Lord Wellington & Blucher at La Belle Alliance.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster row, June 22~ 1817.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
The Prussian field-marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, shake hands outside La Belle Alliance Inn to celebrate Napoleon's final at the Battle of Waterloo.
[Ref: 37128] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Capture of Napoleon's Carriage at Genappe by Prussian Cavalry.
[Anon, c.1815]
Engraving with hand-colouring, rare; sheet 150 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"), Trimmed around image and title; glued to album sheet.
Following the Battle of Waterloo, Johannes Horn, who drove Napoleon's coach (or 'dormeuse') tried to bring the vehicle to safety. He drove from La Belle Alliance to near Genappe where the Prussian cavalry captured the carriage and left Horn for dead. The aftermath of the battle is suggested by the scattered cannons, barrels and cannonballs.
[Ref: 32294] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Explanation Of the Battle of Waterloo, Painted On the largest Scale, from Drawings taken on the Spot, by Mr. Henry Aston Barker, (The Figures composed and painted by Mr. John Burnet,) Now Exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square. The Upper Circle contains a Representation of the Battle of Paris, Fought by the Allies in March, 1814, With a View of the City and Environs. 1817. Open from Ten until Dusk. Admission to each Painting One Shilling.
[J. Adlard, Printer, 23, Bartholomew-Close, West Smithfield.]
Wood engraved broadside with letterpress. Sheet 365 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Mounted in album paper, wear to folds reinforced with tape on reverse.
A circular wood engraving with a 68-point key, the guide to a painted panorama of the Battle of Waterloo exhibited at the 'Panorama', the first building to be erected for the purpose of displaying panoramas. According to the letterpress he went to Allied Headquarters in Paris to research the battle. His sketches were issued as a set of eight etchings by John Burnett. During his lifetime Barker's celebrity opened doors: he met Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Nelson in Naples, and Napoleon Bonaparte on Elba. He married Admiral William Bligh's eldest daughter in 1802.
See Ref: 37063
[Ref: 37171] £360.00

[Waterloo] A near View of the Observatory.
Engrav'd by R. Reeve from a Drawing by Mr S. Wharton.
[n.d., 1816.]
Sepia aquatint. Sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of a 60 ft. wooden trigonometrical observatory erected by Dutch engineers for a survey of the surrounding countryside, south of Hougoumont and east of the Mon Plaisir farm. Built only six weeks before Waterloo, Napoleon used it to reconnoitre the ground in the early morning of the battle. By 1817 the observatory had fallen down. From 'Twelve Views of Waterloo, la Belle Alliance, Chateau Gomont, and la Haye Sainte, the scene of the Battle of the 18th of June 1815". The Prince Regent ordered a set of porcelain plates decorated with the scenes from Chamberlain & Co of London in 1816, which are still in the Royal Collection.
[Ref: 55744] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] Waterloo. Le Vainqueur des Vainqueurs de L'Europe.
The Portrait drawn from a Gem by Satchwell, the Battle piece drawn by Duplessi Bertaux, the whole engraved by Freeman.
Published by Samuel Leigh, Strand, 1816.
Stipple and engraving, rare. Platemark: 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6"). Large margins.
A bust portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1769-1852), in profile to the right, within a decorative circle, with ornate plaques on either side inscribed with 'Toulouse', 'St. Sebastian', 'Vittoria', 'Salamanca' and others. A small scene depicting the Battle of Waterloo is below the portrait.
[Ref: 37459] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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