Grosvenor Prints

[Cambridge. Gonville & Caius College, Gate of Honour.] 60. [Gonville and Caius College was founded in 1348 as the Hall of Annunciation by Edmund Gonville, who intended it to be a purely theological institution. It was removed to its present site in 1351, and re-founded in 1557 by Dr. Caius, who set his mark so firmly on the College that to-day it is commonly known as Caius (pronounced Keys). Now the College is famous for its association with natural sciences and medicine. In the early days, the College was entered through a small and insignificant doorway, called the Gate of Humility, now placed in the Master's garden. From there the student passed along a straight roadm shaded as now by trees, until he reached the Gate of Virtue (sometimes called the Gate of Wisdom). In the chambers adjoining, the student spent three years practising humility and acquiring virtue, after which he passed through the Gate of Honour to the Schools, where he received his degree. The Gate of Honour, besides being a university curiosity, is a most interesting example of early renaissance work.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] [Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.]
Etching, 280 x 260mm (11 x 10¼"), with very large margins. Mint.
The gate of honour at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
[Ref: 62265] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. King's College, The Chapel.] 62. [The original designer is believed to have been Richard Close, Fellow of the College, and Bishop of Lichfield. The first stone of the Chapel was laid in 1446 by Henry VI., but the stonework was not complete until 1515, and the high altar was set up in 1545, ninety-nine years after the laying of the foundation stone. No building of the same date in England is better known that this Chapel, which is in many respects the most beautiful and most complete in this country. It is the standard specimen of that period of English pointed architecture to which the name of 'perpendicular' has been applied. The design is most striking and combines richness with simplicity of decoration, which justifies its being regarded as the pride and glory of Cambridge architecture. The workmanship throughout is of the most careful finish and of the boldest execution. The beautiful Italian scene was set up when Anne Boleyn was queen, and has her initials together with those of Henry VIII. It was the College of the poet, Rupert Brooke.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 259 x 284mm (10¼ x 11¼"), with very large margins. Mint
[Ref: 62263] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

King's College Chapel Cambridge University Almanack 1836.
Drawn & Engraved by E. Challis. Printed by R. Lloyd.
Coloured engraving. Plate 335 x 485mm (13¼ x 19"). Small hole repaired bottom left in image (not visible). Small margins.
[Ref: 62172] £360.00

[Cambridge. King's College, Gateway.] 57. [King's College was founded on its present site in 1440 by Henry VI., a second site being purchased in 1443-49, the King's intention being to unite the College exclusively with the school at Eton which he had recently founded. The influence of the royal founder lasted for many years, and up to 1850 undergraduates of the College received their degree without undergoing the University examinations. For many years it was the most unpopular college in Cambridge by reason of the privileges granted by the King and its immunity from University control. From the very beginning the King had intended the foundation to be regarded as separate from other colleges, at least in degree if not in kind. The gateway to the College is of elaborate but tasteless design, although at the time of its erection it was highly praised. It consists of a rectangular tower and dome 82ft. high standing in the centre of the four pairs of turrets ending in three spires with small pinnacles at each corner of the building. The whole design seems incongruous and lacking in dignity, standing as it does near to and overshadowed by the magnificence of the chapel.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 250 x 280mm (9¾ x 11"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62267] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

S.t John's College, - New Bridge. Cambridge University Almanack 1837.
Drawn & Engraved by E. Challis. Printed by R. Lloyd.
Coloured engraving. Plate 335 x 485mm (13¼ x 19"), with large margins.
The New Bridge, built across the River Cam in 1831 to designs by Henry Hutchinson, is now known as the Bridge of Sighs.
[Ref: 62173] £320.00

[Cambridge. St. John's College, Bridge of Sighs.] 58. [The Bridge of Sighs connects the main buildings of St. John's College to the new court. It was designed by Thomas Rickman, an interesting man who started life as a grocer. The date of the building is early nineteenth century. The design of the structure was suggested by the Bridge of Sighs at Venice, which has sometimes given rise to unkind comparisons. It is certainly less graceful than Wren's bridge further down the river, but it nevertheless has charm and distinction. It is a single span, covered over, which gives it the appearance of a cloister; the sides are pierced with open perpendicular windows, the gratings being intended to prevent any nocturnal escape from the College. Only one under-graduate is known to have managed to squeeze between the bars.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 281 x 260mm. (11 x 10¼").
[Ref: 62256] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. St. John's College, Gateway.] 55. [The building of this College was commenced in 1516 by John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. Fisher is one of the most renowned of all Cambridge men, being noted fro his charity to all men and particularly to the sick and destitute. His firm refusal to recognise Henry's divorce led to his arrest and execution in 1535. Thw tower which today forms the main entrance to the College is a delightful example of what may be achieved by the skillful use of red brick. The groining is of stone, as are also the elaborate decorations. In the centre a richly canopied niche contains the statue of St. John the Evangelist, holding his usual emblems, the chalice and serpent, and at his feet is the evangelist's symbol, the eagle. This statue was set up in 1662, and immediately above the gate is to be seen Lady Margaret's shield, the three lions of England and the three lilies of France, surmounted by two yales, beasts that in the zoology of heralds form the sub-species of the antelope.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 280 x 255mm. (11 x 10").
[Ref: 62257] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Cleopatra's Needle and Waterloo Bridge] [No.5]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"), with very large margins.
View along the Embankment with Cleopatra's Needle in the Foreground against the backdrop of Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House.
[Ref: 62215] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Explanation of the Cosmorama.
[Printed Dec.r 1.st 1821, for La Belle Assembleé N.º 155.]
Aquatint. Sheet 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A diagram of the viewing room of the Cosmorama, an indoor peepshow at 29 St James's Street (later 207-209 Regent Street). The viewer would look through a confex lens at a small painting, which would look much larger and more distant.
[Ref: 62309] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabethan Houses, Holborn. No. 11]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"), with large margins.
View of Elizabethan Houses in High Holborn, London. Once home to Dr. Johnson from 1759-60, and it is recorded that here he wrote "Rasselas". The archway beneath the houses gave access to the Staple Inn.
[Ref: 62217] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. Trinity College, King Edward's Gate.] 54. [Trinity College was founded in 1546 by Henry VIII., whose statue is above the gateway. It was formed by the amalgamation of a number of older foundations dating from 1324-1336. The Library of Trinity College was built by Wren, who took as his example the Sansovino Library of St. Mark, Venice. The north side of the court is occupied partly be the Chapel with a gateway-tower in the middle (at west end of the Chapel) known bu the name of King Edward's Gate. It was built about 1426-30, and is of quite a different character from that of the later and heavier gate (or Queen's Gate). Thiw was the first gateway-tower with four turrets to be erected in Cambridge; a form of tower which became characteristic of Cambridge colleges. Thomas Neville built westwards of the Gate a new range containing the Library, thus completing the north side of the quadrangle. Among the famous men of the college are John Donne, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Sir Issac Newton, George Crabbe, Lord Morley, Lord Byron and Lord Tennyson.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching. 280 x 255mm (11 x 10"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62268] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Langley Park, Norfolk. The Seat of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor Bar.t.
E.F.P. [Payne?] del et lithog. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet 340 x 420mm (13½ x 16½"). Trimmed within printed border at sides, inscription area with repaired cracks and tear, top right corner cracked.
The facade of the 18th century Palladian hall built by Matthew Brettingham, set in a landscape park attributed to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. It is now home to Langley School. The print predates Sir William changing his surname to Proctor-Beauchamp in 1852.
[Ref: 62171] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Laxy, Isle of Man.
On Stone by K. Haghe. Sketched from Nature by G. Pickering. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King, Gate S.t, London.
Pub.d by G. Pickering. Chester. 1832.
Lithograph. Sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Slight spotting.
A view of Laxey, with a cattle and horse market being held on the shore of the Laxey River.
Not on Abbey.
[Ref: 62297] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Magdalen College and Bridge, Oxford.] [No.47.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 140 x 202mm (5½ x 8"), very large margins. Mint.
A view of Magdalen College and the bridge that crosses the River Cherwell. The large, square tower of the college, has a tradition that the college choir sings from the top at 6 a.m. on May Morning, a tradition carried since the days of Henry VII.
[Ref: 62260] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Magdalen College from the Quadrangle, Oxford.] [No.48.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 202 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), very large margins. Mint.
A view of the Founders Tower from the Cloister Quadrangle, Magdalen College, Oxford University.
[Ref: 62259] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Oriel College.] [No.50]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 201 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), very large margins. Mint.
The front entrance to Oriel College, Oxford University looking north along Oriel Stret towards the Spire of the University Church St Mary the Virgin.
[Ref: 62258] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Clock Tower, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament.] [No.10.] [The Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament overlooking Westminster Bridge, contains the famous bell, so named in compliment to Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner of Works at the time the bell was cast. It weighs 13½ tons, and its chimes, which can be heard over a wide area of London, are broadcast daily as time signal by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Clock, reputed to be finest time keeper in the world, is wound by an electric motor. The faces of the Clock are illuminated when the House of Commons is in session. The minute hands are 14 feet long, and the minute spaces are one foot square. A Latin inscription round the dial four times asks God to save Victoria the First.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[Copyright. F.&M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.] [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"), very large margins.
A view of the Big Ben clocktower from Westminster Bridge.
[Ref: 62210] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Houses of Parliament from the South West.] [No.2]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching with letterpress text slip. Plate 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"), with very large margins.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from across the river looking towards the Lord Chancellor's chambers.
[Ref: 62209] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Clarkson. Playford Hall. Aug. 31. 1846, aged 87. Thomas Clarkson penned the original Autograph, (of which the above is a perfect facsimile, obtained by the Anastatic Press) in ink pre-pared for the purpose; about 4 weeks before his death, which took place on the 26th of the 9th month, 1846, in his 87th year. The windows immediately opposite the gate are these of his usual sitting room, the two above them of that where he ended his mortal career. WDS.
W.m Dillwyn Sims [facsilimile within plate].
Ipswich Anastatic Press. [n.d., c.1846.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 275 x 385mm (10¾ x 15¼"), with very large margins.
A view of Playford Hall, Suffolk, with abolitionist Thomas Clarkson (1760 - 1846), walking towards the gates. Clarkson was founding member of The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which ended British trade in slaves. Clarkson rented Playford Hall in around 1813 and lived there until his death in 1846.
[Ref: 62208] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

April 24. Sunday Afternoon, Primrose Tavern, Chalk Farm.
Percy Cruishank del.
[n.d., 1854.]
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 690mm (9¾ x 27¼"). Splits in binding folds.
A satirical scene of the exterior of the Primrose Tavern (now 75 Regents Park Road), with various entertainments including swinging gondolas, a rifle range and a set of scales for weighing people. The pub, known for its rough clientele, closed in 1853, becoming a dairy. From the series 'Sunday Scenes in London and the Suburbs'. Percy Cruikshank (b.1817, active to 1880) was the son of Isaac Robert Cruikshank.
[Ref: 62293] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. Queen's College, President's Gallery.] 59. [Queen's College was founded in 1446 by Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth Wydvil. The whole of the first court, together with the Library and Chapel, was finished within a few years of the foundation. The President's Gallery, which was superimposed on the older northern cloister, is a beautiful and little altered specimen of the domestic architecture of the 16th Century. It was panelled by Humphrey Tindal, who was President between 1579 and 1614. The Gallery, one of the oustanding buildings in Cambridge, consists of one large room; in addition to the fine timber work and picturesque windows, it is notable for some fine paintings, including one by Reynolds and one by Holbein of Erasmus, who is the most famous of all the names associated with the College. The exterior of the Gallery was originally even more striking than it is now; 17th century prints show that all the windows on the court side were double decker bow windows resting on wooden pillars and surmounted by lofty turrets. They proved too heavy, and were reduced to the present proportions, the middle window remaining closest to the original design for all three of them.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 10"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62266] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Reading] Part of Castle Street from the Turnpike.
Drawn and Engraved by W.H. Timms.
Published May 1823 [by J. Rusher, King Street Reading].
Aquatint, printed in colour and and finished. Plate 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾").
From 'Views of Reading Etc.' The colour is particularly fine.
Abbey 294.
[Ref: 62386] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Reading] Caversham Bridge.
Drawn and Engraved by W.H. Timms.
Published April 1823 [by J. Rusher, King Street Reading].
Aquatint, printed in colour and and finished. 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1822'.
A view looking down on Caversham Bridge, mostly stone but with a wooden span. The colour is particularly fine. From 'Views of Reading Etc.'
Abbey 294.
[Ref: 62385] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Sketches at Richmond, Surrey.
Printed by W. Day 17 Gate S.t.
Richmond, Pub.d by James Darnill (Public Library & Reading Room) Hill Street [n.d., c.1840].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11").
Four views of the Thames at Richmond on one sheet (clockwise from top left): view near Petersham; the bridge from upstream, Richmond Bank; the Star and Garter from Twickenham Ferry; and the bridge from upstream, Twickenham Bank.
Gascoigne 456-9.
[Ref: 62063] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Thames Wherries. Richmond.
Drawn & Etched by E.W. Cooke.
London, Published 1829.
Etching. 135 x 205mm (5¼ x 8"), with very large margins.
Ferry boats beached on the shore.
[Ref: 62064] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Sketches at Richmond, Surrey.
Drawn from Nature and on Stone by T. Lindsay. Printed by W. Clerk 26 Dean S.t Soho.
Published by James Darnill (Public Library & Reading Room) Hill S.t Richmond [n.d., c.1840].
Four rare lithographs on chine collé, laid on sheet with printed title. Sheet 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼").
Four views of the Thames at Richmond on one sheet (clockwise from top left): view from Twickenham bank towards Old Deer Park; from Petersham bank towards Twickenham; view near Petersham; and from Richmond Hill towards Twickenham.
Gascoigne 460-3.
[Ref: 62176] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Courtyard of the Mermaid Inn, Rye.] 43. [The best view of the Mermaid Inn from the exterior is of the courtyard, which is of typical sixteenth century construction, and has been described as the most photographed inn in Sussex. It is certainly one of the most famous, for as far back as can be traced there has always been a Mermaid Inn at Rye. The town was for many years the headquarters of gangs of smugglers, who committed many violent crimes in the neighbourhood, and who used to frequent this famous inn. Many exciting stories are told of their association with the place. It is reported to have a secret staircase and a hidden well used by the smugglers. Whether all the stories are true or not, the Inn is still a most picturesque and fascinating survival from a very early age.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng. [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 280 x 255mm (11 x 10"), very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62270] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Six original sketches for the Sados Restaurant and Winter Gardens, Brighton.]
G. Mareshal. Artist. 35 Liverpool R.d Kingston Hill, Kingston on Thames.
[c.1930.]
Six watercolours. Sheets c.260 x 305mm (10¼ x 12") First sheet soiled, with tear.
Six interior design sketches. The three with pencil titles are: 'Front of Bar in Lounge 1st Floor Sado's Restaurant, Brighton', with a fantastical Chinoiserie pheasant; 'Proposed scenery for Walls Sado's Winter Gardens, Brighton', with a southern Italianate terrace; and 'Decorative Scheme for Bathing Pool'. The others are a view of a river from under an Arabesque colonade; another Chinoiserie pheasant on a wall; and a room with a fireplace and two large window-like paintings.
[Ref: 62306] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Saint Pancras Wells. These Well's are situate about a Mile Northward from London the Mineral Waters of which are surprisingly successfull in curing the most obstinate Scurvy, Kings Evil, Leprosy & all other breakings out & cancers, eating ulcers, the piles (herin for excelling the waters of Holt) surfeits or any corruption of the blood & juices, the rheumatism, and all inflamatory distempers, most disorders of the eyes and pains of the stomach and bowels [...]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A view of St Pancras Wells, looking north towards Primrose Hill, Hampstead and Highgate, with tree lined avenues for strolling after drinking the sprint water. Underneath a text extolls the powers of the water, with illustrations of stones said to have been passed by people after they drank it.
BM: 1927,1126.1.24.1 & 1880,1113.4776 for a drawing in the Crace Collection.
[Ref: 62300] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Radlett Camera, Oxford.] [No.46.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 201 x 139mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Mint.
Brasenose College, Oxford, an entrance seen from the quad showing the domed-roof of the Radlett Camera building behind, now part of the Bodleian Library.
[Ref: 62261] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ Church College, Oxford.] [No.53.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 202 x 140mm (8 x 5½"), with very large margins. Mint.
A view of the Tom Tower, named for its bell, Great Tom, which is the main entrance to Christ Church College, Oxford. The tower with its octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681-82.
[Ref: 62262] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Prison Gate S.t Albans.
J.C.B. del.t [John Cart Burgess].
Pub.d 1816.
Rare pen lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
A view looking through a medieval archway, after John Cart Burgess (1798-1863), painter and writer. He was the son of William Burgess and brother of Henry William Burgess and Thomas Burgess.
[Ref: 62107] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Cambridge. St. John's College. Chapel.] 61. [St. John's College was founded in 1511 through the beneficence of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII., on the suppression of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist (founded about 1200). The College was brought into existence by the exertions of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who supervised the building and drew up the first statutes. The original Master's Lodgings and Chapel, which formerly stood on the north side, were pulled down in 1869. The new Chapel was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, and stands on the site of what was previously a maze of rooms known as "The Labyrinth" which once housed many of the poorer scholars. It contains effigies and monuments to eminent benefactors, removed from the old Chapel, together with the fine old stalls and the piscina of early 13th century workmanship. Of the famous men associated with the College, the best known are William Cecil, Lord Burghley (who was Chancellor 1559-98) Sir John Cheke, and his pupil Roger Ascham, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Richard Green, Samuel ("Erewhon") Butler, Bishop Wilberforce and William Wordsworth.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 259 x 284mm (10¼ x 11¼"), with very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62264] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[London St. Paul's From the River. No. 7.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching with letterpress text slip. Plate 195 x 140mm. (7¾ x 5½"). Mint.
View across the Thames to St Paul's Cathedral, from the south bank; sailing craft on the river in foreground. Offered with original printed title label (with descriptive text).
[Ref: 62218] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[St. Paul's Cathedral from the Great West Door.] [No.3]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 140mm. (7¾ x 5½"), with very large margins.
St Paul's Cathedral looking towards the Great West Door.
[Ref: 62214] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Staple Inn Courtyard.] [No.12]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 195 x 140mm. (7¾ x 5½"), very large margins. Offered with original letterpress sheet.
The quiet courtyard that is just behind the attractive façade of Staple Inn.
[Ref: 62213] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Tower Bridge] [No.8]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 140 x 197mm. (5½ x 7 ¾"), with very large margins.
A View of Tower Bridge with Construction and a working Dock for the City in the background; traffic on the bridge and barges on the River Thames.
[Ref: 62216] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[London. The Tower of London From the Thames. No.4.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching, plate 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7¾"), with very large margins, with accompanying descriptive letterpress label with title (as above).
The most famous view of the Tower of London.
[Ref: 62219] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[St Martin-in-the-Fields Church] [No.13]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. Plate 200 x 135mm. (8 x 5¼"), with very large margins. Offered with original letterpress sheet.
A view of the Western Door to St Martin-in-the-Fields Church on Trafalgar Square, with the front of the National Gallery on left.
[Ref: 62212] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[London. Westminster Abbey, West View. No.1]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature]
[F. & M. Ltd, Bedford. n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 200 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"). With title (as above) and description on separate letterpress label.
View of Westminster Abbey with the Westminster Scholars War Memorial, also known as the Crimea and Indian Mutiny Memorial, outside.
[Ref: 62211] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Westminster Abbey. Six Etching With Selections.
[John Sloan.]
[A. Edward Newton, 1891.]
Oblong 8vo, disbound; etched frontispiece and twelve plates (six views and six verses with vignettes, titles for the plates), as called for, printed in sepia, each sheet 195 x 265mm (7¾ x 10½"), tissue guards. Lacking cardboard covers, first two plates separated from binding block, holes for original ribbon in left margin, frontis. spotted, occasional spotting elsewhere.
A rare complete set of 13 etchings of Westminster Abbey by the American etcher John Sloan (1871-1951). Sloan was commissioned by A. Edward Newton (1864-1940), later a well-known book collector. As Sloan never left America, he based his illustrations on photogravures by English artist Alfred Dawson (1843-1931). The set was issued in cardboard covers with a gilt illustration of the exterior of the abbey and hand-painted flowers, lacking here.
Philadelphia Museum of Art: 1953-105-1--13. Morse 11-23. Member of the Ashcan School.
[Ref: 62179] £650.00 view all images for this item

[The Strand Gate, Winchelsea.] No. 44. [Winchelsea was once a Cinque Port of first magnitude, but owing to the action of the sea it is now some distance inland and "where fisherman once dropped their nets shepherds now watch their sheep." For many years the town was frequented by smugglers, and William Thackeray in "Dene Duvel" dramatically recalls those thrilling bygone days. It was here that John Wesley preached his last open air sermon under what is now known as Wesley's Tree at the west side of the churchyard. The Strand Gate was one of three gates ereceted under royal patronage when the "New" Winchelsea was replanned in 1287. The monasteries and other religious houses were quickly reproduced and a prosperous town was soon established. It was at Old Winchelsea some three miles away that William the Conqueror landed. The stone bearing the Arms of the Cinque Ports, which was taken from the Gate at the time of its destruction, may be seen fixed to one of the remaining walls.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng. [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 259 x 281mm (10¼ x 11¼"), very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62269] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Scrap sheets with the engraved title and 63 plates from 'Views in York, Wood Engravings Printed by John Hill, Marygate, 1838.]
[York, 1838.]
26 scrap book pages, each 410 x 260mm (16 x 10½"), with many other scraps, both prints and letterpress.
A collection of 64 wood engravings from the extremely scarce series 'Eighty Three Views in York'.
[Ref: 62249] £400.00 view all images for this item

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