Grosvenor Prints

[Tommaso Aniello - Masaniello] Raccolta de' Fatti li più interessanti eseguiti dal Capo Brigante Massaroni per la strada che da Roma conduce a Napoli dall'anno 1818 fino al 1822.
Pinelli inventò disegnò e incise l'anno 1823.
[n.d., 1823.]
Etching. 205 x 280mm (8 x 11"), very large margins.
The titlepage to a set of ten scenes from the life of Tommaso Aniello (abbreviated to Masaniello, 1620-47), by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) Masaniello was a fisherman and smuggler who led a revolt against the Spanish Habsburg rulers of Naples. After taking the city he started behaving irrationally and was killed by his fellow citizens.
[Ref: 58080] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Geo. Back. [facsimile signature.]
Painted by G.R.Lewis. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Printed area 370 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾"). Wear to margins.
Sir George Back (1796-1878), British naval officer and explorer of Arctic America. He twice accompanied John Franklin to Canada's Northwest Territories (1819-22 and 1825-7) and later conducted two expeditions of his own to the same region. The first of these expeditions, in 1833, was to search for another British explorer, John Ross, who had disappeared on an Arctic voyage in 1829. In 1836, promoted to Captain and given command of HMS Terror, he returned to explore the coastal region east from the mouth of the river. Having been caught in the ice and striking an iceberg he nursed the sinking 'Terror' across the Atlantic, having to beach the ship on the coast of Ireland. Ill-health forced him to retire from active service, but he advised the Admiralty during the search for Franklin, and was promoted to vice-admiral in 1863 and admiral in 1876.
[Ref: 58180] £380.00

Count B. Bergami.
Engraved by R. Cooper from an original Drawing.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple and etching. Sheet 195 x 115mm (7¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Half length portrait of Bartolomo Pergami (or Bergami), believed to be Queen Caroline's lover, hand inside jacket, medals on chest.
[Ref: 58076] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

N. Bonaparte 1er Consul de la République Française.
Peint par Bacler Dalbe. Gravé par Mercoli fils.
Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale. Se vend à Paris chez Bacler Dalbe Ingenieur Géographe rue des Moulins No.542 au coin de la rue Thérèse [n.d., 1800].
Rare stipple. Sheet 510 x 395mm (20 x 15¼"). Trimmed to plate, some creasing and restoration.
Oval bust portrait of a young Napoleon wearing an embroidered jacket, published shortly after he seized power in the coup of 18 Brumaire (10th November 1799). According to the BM the print was deposited on 19 April 1800.
BM: 1850,0211.125.
[Ref: 58102] £480.00

Mr. H.M. Stanley's Explorations in the Dark Continent - Map of the Route and A Portrait Group of the Officers of his Expedition. Sketch Map to Illustrate H.M. Stanley's Route in the Emin Relief Expedition.
Drawn by W. and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh.
[London., 1890.]
Wood engraving, printed in colour. Sheet 390 x 600mm (15¾ x 23¾"). Some spotting. Central crease as normal. Repaired tears in central crease.
A map of central Africa and nine roundel portraits of members of Henry Morton Stanley expedition (1886-9) to relieve the governor of Equatoria (south Sudan) from Mahdist forces. Published in the Graphic Newspaper.
[Ref: 58150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Tho.s Frognall Dibdin D.D. Price 3/6.
George Richmond pinx.t. Lowes Dickinson lithog. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Published by J. Dickinson, 114 Bond S.t 1,st May 1840.
Lithograph on chine collé, on printed backing sheet. Printed area 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Some scuffing and creasing.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847), bibliographer who formed the Roxburghe Club in 1812. Each of the club's members was expected to produce a reprint of a rare work of English literature.
[Ref: 58103] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Frederick Sylvester Douglas Nat. 8 Feb. 1797. Mort 21 Oct 1819.
Ingres Rome 1815.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½").
A half-length portrait of Frederick Sylvester North Douglas, MP for Banbury from 1812 until his early death at 28, sketched in Rome by John Dominique Ingres. This portrait is a close copy from one of four drawn directly onto one stone by the painter, but designed to be cut, printed by Charles Hullmandel. This version has the title in italics, 'North' added to the name and extra lines with darker detailing. The other sitters were: Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford; and North's sister Lady Glenbervie and her husband, Sylvester Douglas, parents of Douglas.
Man 12.
[Ref: 58027] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

William Dove. as he appeared during his trial at the York Assizes, July 19th 1856.
[n.d., c.1856.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Some creasing.
Half length portrait in profile of William Dove, a tenant farmer, while on trial for poisoning his wife. Dove (1828-56) was deeply disturbed: as a child he had tortured cats, chased his sisters with a red-hot poker and was kicked out of school for bringing a gun. Falling under the influence of Henry Harrison, a charlatan fortune-teller, he was told he would marry a woman with 'auburn hair, light complexion and a good fortune'. Believing this was a neighbour, he decided to kill his existing wife with strychnine so that he could follow his destiny. Ending up on trial, he wrote a letter to the devil in his own blood, asking for help. Although being clearly insane, he was found guilty and sent to the gallows: his execution was watched by an estimated crowd of 10,000.
[Ref: 58082] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr [Henry] Fauntleroy.
Rare lithograph, watermark 1822. Sheet 335 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½"). Loss to the bottom of title.
A full-length portrait of banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy (1784-1824) who was one of the last criminals executed for the crime of forgery.
[Ref: 58085] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Oysters! Mar'm! Oysters! Oysters! Corney Harriman.
On Stone by J.P. Hunter. Printed by Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King, London.
Published by W. Watts Bookseller, Wisbech.
Scarce lithograph on chine collé. 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 7") very large margins.
A street trader selling oysters, with wicker basket and pipe.
[Ref: 58099] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Societatis Iesu Sacerdos R.P. Gulielmus Irlandus. fidei odio suspensus et dissectus Ad Tybourn prope Londinium 24. Januar. 1678. 3. febr: 1679.
[n.d., c.1805.]
Engraving. 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Glue stains, old ink mss in lower margin.
Portrait of Jesuit priest William Ireland (1636-79), depicted with a noose around his neck and a knife embedded in his chest. He was executed during the reign of Charles II for participating in the 'Popish Plot' against the king. The remains of the original publication line, 'Publish'd Au. 10. 1805 by W. Richardson York House Strand', can be seen under the image.
[Ref: 58075] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[King James I, Anne of Denmark and Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.]
[by Simon van der Pass.]
[n.d., c.1616.]
Engraving. Oval, sheet 60 x 50mm (2½ x 2") Trimmed to plate.
A triple portrait of James I, his wife and second son, printed from a silver medal by Simon van der Passe commemorating Charles being made Prince of Wales (after his elder brother Henry died in 1612).
BM: 1868,0822.2403; see BM 1872,0401.1 for the medal.
[Ref: 58142] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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Petrus Lely. Pictor Caroli II Magna Brittannia Regis.
P: Lelÿ delin. A: de Jode Sculp.
R. Thomson Excud [n.d., c.1666].
Scarce & fine engraving, 17th century watermark. 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11). Trimmed to the plate, small tear taped.
Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680), portrait painter and Principal Painter to Charles II. Born of Dutch parents, he trained in Haarlem, came to London in the 1640s and quickly established a reputation as a portraitist, becoming easily the most fashionable painter of his time. He formed a celebrated collection of paintings and drawings and was well known for his high living.
[Ref: 57868] £340.00

[His Excellency the Earl of Macartney, Embassador Extraordinary from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.]
Painted by T. Hickey. Eng.d by J. Hall Eng.r to his Majesty.
[London Published April 12. 1796 by G. Nicol.]
Engraving, scratched letter proof before title and publicaton line. J. Whatman 1794 watermark; 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"), with large margins. Repaired tear in bottom margin, faint printer's creases.
Seated portrait of George Macartney (1737 - 1806), 1st Earl Macartney, diplomatist and colonial governor, the first envoy of Britain to China in 1793. The frontispiece to Sir George Staunton's 'An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 58118] £360.00

James M.cKean at the Bar Edin.r.
IK [John Kay] Dec.r 12 1796.
[Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1842.]
Stipple with etching. 110 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼").
Edinburgh shoemaker James McKean in the dock, flanked by uniformed guards with daggers drawn. He was convicted of the murder of James Buchanan, a Lanark to Glasgow courier, in order to rob him of the £118 he was carrying. When he was arrested he admitted his guilt, returning the money. He was hanged in 1796. John Kay (1742-1826), an Edinburgh Barber-Surgeon, published a caricature of Laird Robertson in 1784, which was so successful that he abandoned his former profession and opened a print shop in Parliament Close before moving to the Royal Mile. His shop was destroyed in Great Edinburgh Fire of November 1824; he died two years later. This example comes from 'A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes', using plates collected by Hugh Paton.
[Ref: 58048] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Pas Noble dul.er ballet (M.r Montjoie) Dans la Lampe merveilleuse, Opera, (Acad.e R.le de musicque.) N.o8.
G.A. [within stone] [Auguste Garneray]. Lith. de G: Engelmann.
[Chez Martinet n.d., c.1822]
Fine hand watercoloured lithograph, sheet 230 x 160mm (9 x 6½"). Some foxing, trimmed.
A portrait of dancer Louis-Stanislas Montjoie (1789 – 1865) in costume in an operatic version of Aladdin. From 'Recueil des Costumes de Tours les Ouvrages Dramatiques représentés avec succès sur les grands théâtres de Paris.' Each issue contained 5 to 20 plates, lithographed by G. Engelmann after A. Garneray, A. Vizentini, A. Faure, H. Lecomte, Leprince, Albert, Fauconnier, Grandville, etc., depicting actors in costumes from plays, operas and ballets for the years 1819-1825.
[Ref: 58233] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Charles Oakeley, Bar.t, Governor of Madras 1790 - 1794.
Painted in 1816 by T. Barber. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
[c.1830.]
Mezzotint, 345 x 260mm. 13½ x 10¼". Small margins.
Sir Charles Oakeley (1751-1826), first Baronet, appointed governor of Madras in 1790. After Thomas Barber (1768/71 - 1843), pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Whitman: 219.
[Ref: 58105] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Omphale Queen of Lydia.
John Boydell exc.t 1782. Publish'd Oct.r 25th by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Stipple. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Thread margins, some staining & creasing.
Oval portrait of Omphale, queen of Lydia, best known as the mistress of the hero Heracles during a year of required servitude. She is depicted holding his olive-wood club and wearing the head of the Nemean lion as a headress.
[Ref: 58070] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Pinchbeck.
Isaac Whood pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small repaired tear into margin on left. Printer's crease bottom right in margin.
Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), maker of clocks and automata, here shown holding an open pocket watch. He also invented 'pinchbeck', an alloy of copper and zinc that resembled gold, which created a new market for costume jewelry. Among his clients was Louis XIV, for whom he made a music clock. In 1717 he advertised a clock at one thousand guineas (appoximately £140,000 today). From 1721 until his death his address was 'at the sign of ‘The Astronomico-Musical Clock' in Fleet Street.
CS 289 i/ii.
[Ref: 57864] £950.00

Mrs Sarah Porter Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells.
Vander Smissen Pinxit. [engraved by William Pether.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, corners nicked.
An oval portrait of an old woman, ledger with 'Ladies' Subscriptions', quill and ink. When Richard ‘Beau’ Nash became Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms in 1735, he employed Sarah Porter to assist in touting or enlisting subscribers. She would greet visitors at the door of the ballroom is if she knew them, enquiring after a relative, before asking them to pay a subscription: if they refused, she would shadow them around the room, ledger and quill in hand, until they gave in and paid up. However rude people became Sarah never responded in kind. She continued in the roll until 1762.
CS 27.
[Ref: 58073] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Pierre Paul Rubens. Naquit a cologne l'an 1577...mourut a Anvers en 1640, age de 63, ans.
Van Dyck pinxit. I.M. Nattier delin. J. Audran Scul 1710.
Se vend a Paris chez G. Duchange Graveur du Roy rue St. Jacques au dessus de la rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilege.
Engraving. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Repaired tears. Small margins. Taped into mount along top edge.
Petrus Paulus Rubens (1577 - 1640), Flemish baroque painter, in an oval decorated with wings and fruit and flowers, a coat of arms below. Frontispiece to a series of twenty-five engravings after Rubens 'La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg'.
[Ref: 58034] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles S. Stratton, General Tom Thumb.] [Le General Tom Pouce.] d'après nature.
F. Grenier. [Imp Lemercier R. de Seine, 57 à Paris.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph with some hand colour. Sheet 255 x 340mm (10 13½"). Trimmed, losing title, repaired tear, some soiling.
The American dwarf Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838 - 1883) in front of a coach presented to him by Queen Victoria during his visit to England during the 1840s, complete with ponies and boy coachman and footman. Standing by Stratton's side is the archetypal showman, Phineas Taylor Barnum, Stratton's patron. By François Grenier (1793 - 1867), painter, lithographer, pupil of David and Guérin.
See Ref: 48993, 37654 & 60364
[Ref: 58043] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[George Tappin, Old George the Grave Digger]
E. Butler, del & lith. London. Printed by L.M. Lefevre.
Published by E. Buter, Reading [n.d., c.1832].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 270 x 220mm (10½ x 8¾"). Repaired tear in right edge. Pencil writing.
George Tappin (1785-1842), gravedigger at St Mary's Church, Reading, shown up to his waist in a grave, pick in one hand, spade handle with his initials to one side. The original painting, by Edward Butler (1810-1894), a local artist, bookseller & stationer, is in the Reading Museum, without the open grave.
See Reading Museum 1947.45.1 for the painting.
[Ref: 58083] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Jno. Thurtell. Jos. Hunt. W.m Probert.
[Knight & Lacey, Publishers, 24, Paternoster Row.]
Stipple with etching. Sheet 115 x 195mm (4½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line. Slight creasing on left.
A portrait of John Thurtell (1794-1824) and his two friends, Joseph Hunt and William Probert, on trial for the murder of solicitor William Weare. Thurtell, a Royal Marine officer, amateur boxer and promoter, owed Weare a £300 gambling debt. Rather than pay he invited him for a weekend of gambling and, on the journey in his gig, first shot Weare in the face, then slit his throat and finally bashed his brains out with his pistol. Such was the publicity of the trial that Madame Tussauds exhibited a waxwork of Thurtell for 150 years after his execution.
[Ref: 58078] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

James Trail Esq.r. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Lord Glenbervie.
H. Edridge Del.t 1794. Anth.y Cardon sculp.t.
[c.1794.]
Fine & rare stipple on chine collé. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"), with large margins. Very slight creasing, uncut.
Seated, reading a letter. Probably James Trail (1745-1808), lawyer and Tory M.P. for Orford between 1802 and 1806.
[Ref: 58141] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Auguste Vestris.] A Stranger at Sparta standing long upon one Leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, / I do not believe you can do as much; 'True (said he) but every Goose can'. / See Plutarch's Laconic Apothegms Vol. 1. Page 406.
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi & Benedetto Pastorini after Nathaniel Dance.]
Published 2.st April 1781 by Torre No 44. Market Lane.
Etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark. Sheet 385 x 340mm (15¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate, hole in bottom edge repaired, faint crease.
A caricature portrait of dancer Auguste Vestris (Marie-Jean-Augustin, 1760-1842), on stage, poised on his right toe, his left leg and arms extended, a wide-brimmed hat with ribbon and flowers in his right hand. After a successful dancing career at the Paris Opéra, he trained many famous dancers including Fanny Elssler and Marie Taglioni. His son married Madame Vestris.
BM Satires 5905; De Vesme 2235, state iv (with Torres publication line).
[Ref: 58100] £390.00

[Richard Wilson, Esq:r Landscape Painter. From an Original Portrait by Mengs Painted at Rome 1752.]
Raphael Antonio Mengs Pinx.t. WBromley Sculpsit 1789.
[Published by J. Sewell Cornhill 1 Feb.y 1790.]
Stipple with etching, scratched letter proof before title. In ink [signature] D Dodd [?] verso; Sheet 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5"). Trimmed to plate and mounted in album paper.
Richard Wilson (1714-1782), the Welsh landscape painter, a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 58094] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

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