Grosvenor Prints

A Stack of Ancient Chimnies. A Stack of Modern Chimnies. Warranted not to smoke. 'Comparisons are odious.'__ Respectfully offered to the notice of the British Architects of the 19th Century. by An Amateur.
W.T. 1835.
Printed by Graf & Soret.
Lithograph, sheet 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Soiled; light spotting.
A wry look at contemporary architect's designs for chimney stacks, contrasting modern 'smoke-less' innovations with a traditional stone row. With old pencil annotations.
[Ref: 12932] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Chimpanzee.] To S.r Hans Sloane Bar.t President of the Royal Society [This Plate is humbly Inscribed.]
[H.] Gravelot ad Vivum delt. [Scotin sculp. A. D. 1738.]
Publish'd Nov. 27 1738 according to the late Act.
Scarce etching with engraving, sheet 320 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within image losing part of the dedication. Cut and glued back together losing title and engraver's name. One horizontal crease.
A chimpanzee stands in landscape, holding a bowl. In the background a man shoots arrows at two chimpanzees climbing a palm tree on the left, with three more chimpanzees on the right. Bought by Capt. Flower of the "Speaker" from Angola to London.
[Ref: 59038] £380.00

The Chimpanzee. Now at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regents Park.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Waterhouse Hawkins.
Published for the Artist, by R. Ackerman, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman St. Oxford Street. [n.d. c.1825.]
Very rare and fine lithograph. 482 x 348mm. 19 x 13¾". Uncut sheet.
A baby chimpanzee at London Zoo dressed in a smock.
[Ref: 20806] £520.00

Village Chinois.
Pâris del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing; stain in left margin..
A view of a Chinese village, showing boats on the river and houses built on its banks. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46791] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Sketch of A Journey from Hang-Tchoo-Foo To Quang-Tchoo-Foo or Canton in China. by J. Barrow.
Engraved by B. Baker Islington.
Published April the 12th, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. 670 x 500mm (26¼ x 19¾"). Staining top & bottom.
The second part of the route across China taken by the George Macartney mission after meeting the Emperor. Starting in Hangzhou on the Yangtze River delta they passed Nankin on route to Canton, where they met the ships that were to take them home. It was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', the first British embassy to China. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38163] £220.00

The Temple of Quong Ying.
Engraved by T. Fielding.
[London: Longman & Co., 1818 or 1819.]
Sepia aquatint, image 160 x 125mm. 6¼ x 5". Trimmed to plate.
A Chinese temple inside an aquatic cave; a boat in foreground. From 'Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817' by Clarke Abel (1780 - 1826). Abel was Naturalist to Lord Amherst's Embassy. The Alceste left Spithead on February 8, 1816 and first visited Madeira. From there she sailed to Table Bay, South Africa, then onwards to Java, from there to China, and then back to England via South Africa once more. On their return journey the ship was wrecked, but all passengers were rescued and they continued their voyage aboard the Termate.
Abbey Travel 537, 8. See BL: 981.f.17.
[Ref: 25039] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Landing Place at Pulo Leat.
Drawn from a Sketch by H. Raper Esqr. T. Fielding Sculpt.
[London: Longman & Co., 1818 or 1819.]
Hand-coloured aquatint, image 105 x 165mm. 4½ x 6½". Trimmed to plate. Faint offsetting.
European sailors on the rocky island of Pulo Leat (Pulau Liat) in the Gaspar Strait that separates Belitung and Bangka islands in Indonesia. It connects the Java Sea to the South China Sea. The men, some in rowing boats, observe what appears to be a ship in flames, sending up a cloud of smoke on the horizon. From 'Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817' by Clarke Abel (1780 - 1826). Abel was Naturalist to Lord Amherst's Embassy. The Alceste left Spithead on February 8, 1816 and first visited Madeira. From there she sailed to Table Bay, South Africa, then onwards to Java, from there to China, and then back to England via South Africa once more. On their return journey the ship was wrecked, but all passengers were rescued and they continued their voyage aboard the Termate.
Abbey Travel 537, 4. See BL: 981.f.17.
[Ref: 25038] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Nan Wang Hoo.
Drawn from a Sketch by Lieut. I. Cooke, R.M. Engraved by T. Fielding.
[London: Longman & Co., 1818 or 1819.]
Hand-coloured aquatint, image 105 x 165mm. 4½ x 6½". Trimmed to plate. Trace of crease through upper left.
A watery landscape in East Asia; small boats on the lake or flooded plain to foreground, a mountain in the distance. From 'Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817' by Clarke Abel (1780 - 1826). Abel was Naturalist to Lord Amherst's Embassy. The Alceste left Spithead on February 8, 1816 and first visited Madeira. From there she sailed to Table Bay, South Africa, then onwards to Java, from there to China, and then back to England via South Africa once more. On their return journey the ship was wrecked, but all passengers were rescued and they continued their voyage aboard the Termate.
Abbey Travel 537, 3. See BL: 981.f.17.
[Ref: 25037] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Einholung der gesanten zu ma t Inhalen vand' Ambassadeurs. The Reception of the Ambassadours.
[London, John Ogilby, c.1667.]
Copper Engraving. 245 x 345mm, 9¾ x 14". Middle crease as normal.
The reception of the ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company in China, an illustration from Johan Nieuhof's account of his travels in China with the Dutch East India Company, 1665-7. This example comes from John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China', first published 1667, using plates from Olfert Dapper's 'Atlas Chinensis' with the English words added to the title. A later edition was published 1698.
[Ref: 18779] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

China.
Drawn & Engraved by Alex.r Findlay.
London. Published by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1840.]
Steel-engraved map. Sheet 210 x 270mm, 8¼ x 10½". Binding stitches in edge, torn.
Map of China, just prior to the foundation of Hong Kong.
[Ref: 13232] £65.00

China.
Tyrer sc.
London Published Oct. 1821 by J.Souter, St Pauls Ch. Yard.
Engraved map with original hand colour. 250 x 205mm, 10 x 8".
Map from Clark's New School Maps.
[Ref: 13240] £65.00

A Sketch of a Journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by land to Pekin and from thence by Water to Hang-Tschoo-Foo in China.
By J. Barrow. Engraved by B.Baker, Islington.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by George Nicol.
Engraved map. 670 x 490mm, 26½ x 19¼. Creased and folded as normal.
Map of a journey made by the Macartney Embassy to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94, published in Sir George Staunton's account of the mission. Macartney had gone to the summer palace at Jehol (Chengde) to meet the Qianlong emperor, with little success. He returned to Beijing overland, before travelling south to Hangzhou on the Yangtze River delta via the 1000-mile Imperial Canal.
[Ref: 23586] £220.00

Asie. Chine. Musicien. Chef des Archers. Mandarin. Dame Tartare. Esclave.
Fossey del. Bocquin lith.
Imp. Lemercier, Paris.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 290 x 230mm, (11½ x 9").
View of a room in China in which a variety of people are situated. A musician plays music while sitting on the floor, a soldier looks out and a boy holds a parasol above the head of a well dressed man. On the right a woman sits in a chair and a slave carries a tray of dishes from the room.
[Ref: 35097] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Canton.
H.Melville, after a native painting. H.Jorden.
Fisher, Son & Co London, 1845.
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
A view of the port in Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, it is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.
[Ref: 65311] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

First Chin'as Sons, with early art elate, [/] Form'd the gay Teapot, and the pictured plate...
[n.d., c.1880.]
Embossed card with mss mss ink text and watercolour. Card: 215 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Foxing.
An embossed card with decorated letterpress, the poem discusses Chinese porcelain and its decoration. Above the text are four vignettes showing Chinese men at their craft.
[Ref: 46147] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[View in China probably Peking.]
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff 1936.
Watercolour, signed. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼'').
A view, probably Peking, on the banks of a river in which a seated woman and a man leaning on a staff look out across the view.
[Ref: 48037] £450.00

[A View of a Chinese Bridge.]
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff 1937.
Watercolour, signed 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼'').
A View of a Chinese Bridge, probably in the Forbidden City.
[Ref: 48038] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A New Map of China Drawn from Surveys made by order of the Emperor. Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Engraved by T. Kitchin Hydrographer to his Majesty.
[London, c.1785.]
Engraved map. 350 x 385mm (13¾ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Original folds, some slight staining.
A map of China and Korea, with a decorative title cartouche featuring a pagoda and Chinese merchants.
[Ref: 55317] £200.00

[Five plates from Nieuhof] Nanking. [&] Kanton. [&] [Porcelain Tower, Nanjing.] [&] Peking. [&] Prospect of the Inner Court of the Emperours Palace at Pekin.
[1 & 2 by Francis Place, 3-6 by Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1673.]
Five etchings, laid on contemporary paper, folded and stitched together. Plates c. 215 x 310mm (8½ x 12¼"). A few spots.
A collection of plates from the second edition of John Ogilby's edition of Johannes Nieuhof's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
Plate 3 Pennington 1166, state iii; Plate 4 P.1163, iii; Plate 5 P.1165, iii.
[Ref: 63516] £900.00 view all images for this item

China Taf. I. Abendescene bei eonem Dorfe und Wachposten.
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving with hand colour. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of a gateway, includes a draughts scene. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49758] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Chinese Prostitute, riding in Publick, with a Man going before, who makes known her Price. A View of a large Street in one of ye Trading Cities of China shewing how their Signs are placed & Shops disposed.
[n.d., c.1748.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Plate: 315 x 210mm (12¼ x 8¼''). Paper tone and tears.
Two views of China from John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'. Commissioned under King George II of England, published London, 1748.
[Ref: 49104] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

China.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co, in the Clerk's office in the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Wood-engraved map with printed colour. Printed area 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"). Tear in margin taped.
A mid-19th century map of China, marking Hong Kong, in fine colour.
[Ref: 61455] £230.00

A Chart on Mercator's Projection, containing the Track and Soundings of the Lion, the Hindostan and Tenders, from Turon-Bay in Cochin-China to the mouth of Pei-Ho River in the Gulf of P-Tche-Lee or Pekin by J. Barrow.
Engraved by B. Baker Islington.
Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. 740 x 520mm (29 x 20½"). Staining.
A map of the coast between Da Nang in Vietnam and Beijing in China illustrating the route taken by the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792–94. It was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. Shows site of Hong Kong. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38158] £420.00

A Bull in a China-Shop; [Written by Mr C. Dibdin; composed by Mr Reeve; and sung by Mr Grimaldi with unbounded Applause, in the New Comic Patomime [sic], called ''Harlequin Highflyer, or Off she Goes'', at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadlers Wells.]
Cruikshank Del.
[Publish'd Sept. 5. 1808. by Laurie & Whittle, 53. Fleet Street, London].
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 180 x 210mm (7 x 8¼"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into letterpress title at bottom.
A bull rampages among broken crockery in a China Warehouse, tossing the proprietor, John Mug, through the shattered window, to land on a scavenger's cart.
BM Satires 11206.
[Ref: 60778] £320.00

The History of China & India, Pictorial & Descriptive;
by Miss Corner, Author of "The Historical Library," "Questions on the History of Europe". &c.&c.
London: Hy. Washbourne New Bridge St.t Third Edition - Enlarged 1847. Dean & Co. Printers, Threadneedle-Street.
Book with calf spine and moroccan-board covers, thick 8vo; title in gilt on ribbed spine. Illustrated with 32 tinted lithographic plates: 18 of China and 14 of India, with a map of each country; numerous in-text woodcuts; 402 pages. Some foxing.
Chapters include the early history of both China and India, the Building of the Great Wall, The Han Dynasty, First Tartar Conquest, The Ming Dynasty, The Mantchow Dynasty, Kang-Hy, Yong-T-Ching, Kien-Long, Kea-King, Taou-Kwang; Invasion of the Greek, Arab and Afghan Invasions, Musselman Conquests, The Patan or Afghan Kings, Invasion of the Moguls, Portuguese Settlements, Mogul Empire, Jehanghir, Aurengzebe, Farokhsir, Fall or the Empire, Tippo Saib, British Government, Lord Auckland, and many more.
[Ref: 23817] £650.00 view all images for this item

Coast of China from Hie-che-chim Bay to Sun Moon Bay. Soundings in fathoms.
Weekly Dispach Atlas 139 Fleet Street. Engraved by Edw. Weller Duke St. Bloomsbury
Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen
Lithograph printed in colours, printed area 440 x 305mm (17¼ x 12"). Folds.
Map of part of the coast of China, divided in two. The top section shows the coast of South China, from the island of Hainan and the Guangdong province, including Macao, Guangzhou (Canton) and Hong Kong. The lower section continues to the East, including Xiamen (Amoy), Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and as far as Taizhou.
[Ref: 36964] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Chine_Infanterie_Reserve. Types Militaires. Pl. 55.
Dess et lith par Draner. Imp. Lemercier r. de Seine 57 Paris.
Paris, Dusacq et C.ie. 14 Boul.t. Poissonnière.
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, very large margins. Sheet: 310 x 450mm, (12 x 17¾").
Satirical depiction of a Chinese infantryman in a jar of conserved fruits, from the series entitled "Types Militaires: Galerie militaire de toutes les nations". "Draner" Jules Renard (1833 - 1926), from his series of 136 high quality lithographic military caricatures published by the firm of Daziaro in Paris 1862-1868.
[Ref: 36378] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A Chinese Pagoda.]
[London, W.H.Carter, n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph on thick paper. Sheet 305 x 240mm. Trimmed, losing title. A little damage at the edges.
The emperor sits on a mandarin, who sits on a soldier, who sits on a priest. On the bottom is a peasant. On verso is a printed catalogue of caricatures published by Carter.
For impression with title see ref.23512
[Ref: 6954] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Drie-Jarige Reize naar China; te Lande gedaan, door den Moskovischen Afgezant E. Ysbrants Ides. Nevens eene nieuwe Beschryvinge van dat magtig keizerryk.
T. Amsterdam gedrukt by François Halma, boekverkoper 1704.
Engraving. 215 x 162mm (8½ x 6½"). Cut.
Title-page with title written on a platform at centre, the platform occupied by Russian people and animals at left, and by Chinese people and animals at right, a medallion with Neptune in lower centre, flanked by indigenous people and animals; title to Evert Ysbrant Ides' "Drie-Jarige Reize naar China" (Amsterdam: 1704).
[Ref: 52447] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Modes of worship in China.]
[after Johann Nieuhoff.]
[London: John Obilby, 1670.]
Engraving. 290 x 355mm (11½ x 14") very large margins. Repaired splits in central fold.
Two scenes of the Chinese at worship, from Johann Nieuhoff's account of the Dutch embassy to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition of Arnoldus Montanus's 'Asia'.
[Ref: 64312] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese Magician] Subaleechee kooloolookah jumjum jowrah jikeekah chumchum chulah chowchee phf.
[Edward (Ned) Hull]
[n.d., c.1820]
Rare & scarce etching. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate on right, a few spots, small tear in margin taped.
A stereotypical Chinaman, with trailing moustache and pigtail and wearing a conical hat, cuts into a cake decorated with more Chinese figures, which fills a round table with serpentine legs. A miniscule figure of Harlequin stands on a cushion on the cake, reinforcing the theatrical theme. Etching from a fascinating series of 12 Columbinichee prints. The work of the artist printmaker and drawing teacher Edward Hull who lived at 1 Poplar Grove, Oval, South London.
[Ref: 54564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese dress] Habitus e China regno pretiose elegantie et rerun omnium affluentissimum Habitus Abissinorum quibus logo S. Baptismatis frons nutiritur.
AvLinschoten. Johannes à Doetechum fecit.
[Amsterdam: Joost Gillis Saeghman, 1596.]
Coloured engraving. 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½"), with very large margins. Hole in image, some spotting and toning.
Four Chinese figures. The title notes that China was the richest kingdom of them all. From ''Itinerario: Voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien'', an account to the travels of Jan Huygen van Linschoten to the Portuguese East India.
[Ref: 62370] £350.00

La Belle Chinoise de Pekin.
Dessine par Vauthier. Grave par Mecou.
A Paris chez Aumont Md. d'Estampes, Rue J.J. Rousseau No.10 [n.d., c.1810].
Stipple, 325 x 245mm. 12¾ x 9¾". Slight creasing.
A young Chinese woman in 'traditional' costume. From a French portrait/costume album.
[Ref: 23465] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese Lantern-bearer.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Watercolour. Sheet 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"). Pinholes in top corners.
A watercolour prepared as a transparency, with extra colour and gun arabic added on the reverse, similar to Orme's Transparencies. The lantern glows when held up to the light.
Ex: Collections of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Spencer sisters.
[Ref: 35555] £320.00 view all images for this item

Gou Nuen Foong. If you want to buy good silk I am your man. My ohop is a vely old & well-known one... each bale weighs exactly 80 catties. [&] Silk of the First Quality Selected by Kaou-Shaou-Pang of Kea-Hing. N.B. None is genuine but what has the name of the house in English and a picture of two wild geese among the reeds. [etc.]
[n.d., c.1870.].
Two adverts on paper, 320 x 330mm, 12½ x 13", & 260 x 280mm, 10¼ x 11", with a collection of other sheets. Some wear. Rare survivor.
Two adverts for silk merchants, printed in Chinese and English. A catty is c.1¼ lbs.
[Ref: 19590] £750.00 view all images for this item

[Album of watercolours, engravings and aquatints of China, etc.]
[Watercolours signed ELH, 1829-32.]
Plain brown paper wrappers, pp.28, bound with string. 6 watercolours, largest c. 130 x 180 (5¼ x 7"); 20 engravings, five coloured aquatints. All plates trimmed; some watercolours loose, apparently one missing.
The watercolours are: four of Chinese junks, a Japanese junk and a Maltese rowboat, titled 'Passage Boat'. The engravings are views of China from Ogilby's edition of Nieuhof, 1669. Four of the aquatints are from Henry Ellis's Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China, 1817, the fifth from John Barrow's 'Voyage to Cochinchina, 1806.
Abbey Travel 536 (Ellis) & 514 (Barrow).
[Ref: 31757] £1,600.00 view all images for this item

[A Chinese archer.]
[London: John Ogilby, 1673.]
Engraving. 130 x 165mm (5¼ x 6½"). Trimmed from a larger sheet.
A view from Jan Nieuhoff's account of first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition.
[Ref: 38853] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Chinese Army on the March.
Burney delin.t. Fittler sculpsit.
Published by Dr. Trusler April 1 1790.
Engraving. 195mmx 130mm (8" x 5"). Trimmed to plate mark.
Chinese view with a military procession taking place in the foreground including an armoured warrior driving a chariot.
[Ref: 32055] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Chinese Barber.
Drawn & Engraved by Thos.& Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs Longman Hurst, Ress & Orme Paternoster Row. Aug.st 1. 1810.
Aquatint. Plate: 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾'') large margins. On card as issued.
A portrait of a travelling barber, carrying his tools through the streets; text verso.
Abbey 516
[Ref: 48436] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Manners and Customs of the Chinese. An English Officer Has His Hair Dressed by a Chinese Barber.
Smith, Del et Lith.
London, Published at 26, Haymarket, 3 May 1858.
Rare tinted lithograph. Trimmed. Creasing in title.
A comic scene showing the shock of an English officer once he realises that his Chinese barber has styled his hair in the Chinese fashion.
[Ref: 48763] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Chinese Barges of the Embassy preparing to pass under a Bridge.
W. Alexander del.t. W. Byrne sculp.t.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, watermark J. Whatman 1794. 340 x 480mm (13¼" x 19"), with large margins.
A river scene with various boats, a stone bridge and an archway. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China. The artist William Alexander accompanied Macartney, and his watercolours were the basis for subsequent prints such as this one.
[Ref: 65317] £320.00

Chinese Barges of the Embassy preparing to pass under a Bridge.
W. Alexander del.t. W. Byrne sculp.t.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving. 340 x 480mm (13¼" x 19"), with large margins.
A river scene with various boats, a stone bridge and an archway. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China. The artist William Alexander accompanied Macartney, and his watercolours were the basis for subsequent prints such as this one.
[Ref: 53222] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese boat-people.]
[French, n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 325mm (8¼ x 12¾"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A man with a feathered cape punts the traditional Chinese hongtou sampan, with a woman holding a fish on the end of a line.
[Ref: 37801] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese Christian Almanac]. [Lee in ink}
[n.d. c. 1880.]
Scarce letterpress. 555 x 460mm (21¾ x 18"). Creasing and small holes along folds. Staining
Chinese Christian Almanac with three pictorial engravings, one engraved by Charles Dietrich 1880's; a view of a Chinese town, the profile of a ship at sea and a landscape with a steam train.
[Ref: 55114] £690.00

Natives of China at home, at the Chinese Collection, Hyde Park Corner. A-You. A Shing [with names in Chinese]
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen [c.1846]
Very rare lithograph with tintstone, sheet 325 x 210mm (12¾ x 8¼").
Portrait publicising the 'Chinese Collection', an exhibit of the vast collection of Chinese artefacts assembled by American businessman and philanthropist Nathan Dunn (1782-1844). The collection was displayed in Philadelphia in 1838, and London from 1842. A notice in The Times for 3 August 1846 announced that 'the interesting and intelligent Chinese, A-Shing and A-You, from the "flowery land," will be at home to receive visitors in the grand saloon of the Chinese Collection'.
[Ref: 39587] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Costumes Chinois. No.8.
Paris, Hautecoeur frères, rue Vivienne 41 et rue du Coq. 11.
Paris Lith de Godard, Q. des Augustus, 55.
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 430 x 300mm (17 x 11¾''), with large margins. Marking.
A portrait of two figures, a man and a woman, in Chinese costume.
[Ref: 49901] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Two Chinese costume sketches on rice paper.]
Samsing [red ink].
1848 [pencil.]
Two watercolours on rice paper. Each sheet 170 z 105mm (6¾ x 4"). Mounted on album paper.
Portraits of a mandarin and a monk.
[Ref: 53981] £600.00

Bal Chinois. Bal Chinois donné par l’empereur une fois tous les ans aux jours gras.
[Basset.]
A Paris chez carcano Saubourg St antonie a cote de la boule blanche. [n.d. c.1760.]
Hand-coloured engraving, rare, with large margins; paper watermarked. Plate 292 x 419mm (11½ x 16½").
Vue d'optique; Chinese court: dancers dancing to music played by a band, a presentation for the emperor.
[Ref: 30929] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese lanterns and partridge.]
Edw.d Orme delin. Scott sculp.
Published and Sold Jan.y 1. 1807 by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, London.
A transparency, coloured stipple with etching, the figures coloured on the reverse, the partridge and lanterns treated with varnish. Varnish on the partridge darkened, with slight cracking of the paper.
Two Chinese men standing on pedestals holding lanterns, a central image a trompe l'oeil partridge picture, pinned onto the background.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters and the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40437] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

La Reveuse. [The Dreamer.]
Fr. Boucher D. Aveline le jeune sc.
a Paris ches Audran rue S. Jacques a la Ville de Paris [n.d., c.1765.]
Etching, 315 x 205mm. 12½ x 8". Full margins.
A Chinese girl in robes sitting against a wall in a landscape; her fan is on the ground in front of her. After François Boucher (1703 - 1770).
[Ref: 19617] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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