Grosvenor Prints

[Jesus Christ surrounded by angels]
J. Smith ex: [c.1720]
Mezzotint, rare, platemark 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½") large margins.
[Ref: 43595] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Peter Denieth Christ. St Luke XX. 1. 55.
J. Martin PX. F.W. Branston SC.
[n.d., c.1834.]
Wood engraving. Printed area 80 x 110mm (3¼ x 4¼"), with large margins.
Peter denying Christ after his arrest.
[Ref: 39949] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Adorrate eum omnes Angeli eius. psal 96.
Io. Cossiers in. A Lauwers Sculp.
I. Van Merle ex, rue S. Jacques ala Ville d'Anuers. Aves privilege du roy. [n.d., c.1660.]
Etching. Sheet size: 625 x 425mm (24¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed inside plate. Area of repaired damage. Light creases.
The Christ Child held aloft by the heads of three smiling putti. Surrounded by clouds and the heads of other putti. After Flemish painter and draughtsman Jan Cossiers (1600-1671).
[Ref: 40082] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ and Saints.]Illustrissimo ac Præstantissimo Viro, Petro Segnuier, Francæ Cancellario Humillimus Cliens Greg. Huret D.D.D. Non Habet Amaritudinem Conversatio Illorum. Sapientaie.
Huret jnu. et f. cum Privilegio 1636.
Engraving. Plate: 520 x 330mm (20½ x 13''), with large margins. Creasing & foxed.
A portrait of Christ and two saints walking in the Garden engraved by Gregoire Huret.
[Ref: 48588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Deus Benedicta Me e.r Operamea. Fabrica d'Seda è Organisi. Soprafinissimi d'Gio: Batti.a Maffeis d'Bergamo.
Giuseppe dalla Via scul.
Engraving. Sheet: 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Crease. Trimmed.
A scene showing figures in the fires of Hell being recused by an angel while Christ, holding a cross which says ' I am the lamb of God', watches over. Perhaps a religious souvenir?
[Ref: 46208] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Salvator Mundi.
R.t Browne Pinx.t. I. Faber Fecit.
Sold by J. Faber, at the Golden head y.e South Side of Bloomsbury Square. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet at edges.
A portrait of a young Christ, shown holding a cross with his foot resting on an orb.
Ex: Collection The Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47261] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Our Saviour and the Woman of Samaria. From the Original Picture, at Wilton House, in the Collection of the Earl of Pembroke; to whom this Plate is respectfully inscribed, by his Lordship's oblig'd & obed.t Serv.t John Dean.
Painted by Guiseppe Chiari. Engrav'd by Jn.º Dean.
Publish'd Jany 31:st 1786, by J. Dean, N.º12, Bentinck Street, Soho.
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 630 x 470mm (24¾ x 18½"), large margins.
Christ sits at a well, gesturing towards a pitcher of water.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
[Ref: 67615] £360.00

[Christ with angels.]
W.V. [i.e. William Vincent.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
Rare Mezzotint, 185 x 140mm. Trimmed to plate.
Christ holding a cross in the centre. Kneeling on the left and right are two angels, one offering a goblet, the other a crown of thorns.
[Ref: 12002] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ and the Apostles.]
[After Raphael. Engraved by Marcantonio.] Ant Sal Exc.
[n.d. c.1700.]
Twelve copper engravings. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Some soiling, dirt stained. Trimmed and laid on separate album sheets and bound at the top with string.
Twelve plates (of 14) representing Christ and the Apostles, after Raphael and Published by De Wit and Antonio Salamanca. This is a copy in reverse engraved by Marcantonio. The preparatory drawings are held at Chatsworth. The designs were also replicated in fresco on the pilasters of the church of S. Vincenzo and Anastasio alle Tre Fontane in Rome, and have been linked by Harprath to the designs used for the silver statuettes commissioned c.1518 by Leo X for the altar of the Sistine Chapel; these have since been lost. The first of the series is that of Christ, the only one published by Antonio Salamanca. The Apostles included in this set are: Petrus, Andreas, Jacobus Major, Joannes, Thomas, Philippus, Bartholomeus, Matheus, Simon, Thadeus, and Mathias.
BM: V,5.62 [V,5.76]; V,5.63; V,5.65-V,5.74.
[Ref: 16757] £950.00 view all images for this item

Christ Appearing to Mary in the Garden. In the Cabinet at the Houghton. Size of the Picture F1.I8. by F1.I9½ high.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxit. G. Farington delin.t Murphy Sculpsit.
Published Jany 1st. 1781 by John Boydell Engraved in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate 507 x 355mm. 20 x 14". Trimmed close to the platemark.
Christ standing in a garden holding a staff, looking down at Mary Magdalen who kneels distraught to his left. He is turned away pointing to the right. Behind him two angels sit on the empty tomb.
BM: 1980,U.1388. CS: undescribed. Rubenstein: II.25.
[Ref: 16828] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Christ Appearing to Mary in the Garden. From the Original Picture Painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Orford, at Houghton.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxit. W.m Walker Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1766.
Engraving. Platemark: 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Very large margins.
Christ standing in a garden holding a staff, looking down at Mary Magdalen who kneels distraught to his left. He is turned away pointing to the right.
Ex: Collection of Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 39472] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ as the Good Shepherd] Ego sum Pastor Bonus.
C. pre S.C.M. M. de vos inventit: Raphael Sadeler fec: Monarchij [c.1580]
Engraving, 16th century watermark; platemark 150 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Small margins.
Christ carrying a sheep, after design by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), Flemish painter and draughtsman.
[Ref: 46385] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ carrying the cross] Si quelqu'un veut venir apres moy, qu'il renonce a luy meme, et qu'il prenne sa Croix et me suive [...]
C. le Brun pinx. P. Picault Sculp. C.P.R.
A Anvers chez C. Vermeulen et a Paris chez B. Picart rue St. Jacques au Buste de Monseigneur [c.1785]
Engraving, platemark 435 x 550mm (17 x 21½"). Crease in centre as normal. Small margins.
Large engraving after painting (now in the Louvre) by Charles Le Brun (1619-90), most famous for painting the ceilings of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), Versailles. According to Louis XIV Le Brun was 'the greatest French artist of all time'.
[Ref: 43149] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Part of Christ Church Cathedral.
W. Westall del.t. W. Bennett sculp.t.
London Pub. June 1st 1814 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), with large margins on 3 sides.
View of the interior of Christ Church Cathedral.
[Ref: 62957] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Library of Christ Church.
F. Mackenzie del.t. J. C. Stadler sculp.t.
London, Pub. Dec.r 1 1814, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾") large margins.
The interior of the Library of Christ Church. A Scholar stands reading in the right foreground next to a large table.
[Ref: 62945] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Circumcision. From the Original Picture painted by Guido Reni in the collection of Sir Peter Leicester ... / ... most obedient humble servant. J. Boydell]
Guido Rheni Pinxit. Fr. Aliamet Sculpsit 1765
[Size of the Picture 23 1/4 in by 29 3/4 in height / Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London, May 1st 1765]
Copper engraving, platemark 515 x 390mm (20¼ x 15¼"). Proof impression; title in early ms in lower margin. Very large margins; uncut.
The circumcision of Christ, with numerous figures observing. Engraving from the painting by Bolognese artist Guido Reni (1575-1642), one of his final works (1638-9), which still remains in the church for which it was painted, San Martino in Siena. From "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a large series of engravings in five volumes published by John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and patrons, which played an important part in developing print culture in the 18th century.
[Ref: 38581] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Flagellation of Christ] O scelus; o pietas qui fers haec verbera Verbum? Erga te summus ferre coegit amor [...]
Christoff Swartz Monachiens pinxit Elias va den bosche sculp
Peter Overradt excudit [c.1610]
Engraving, pencil drawing verso; platemark 285 x 180mm (11¼ x 7"). Thread margins; staining. Later impression.
The Flagellation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ which precedes the Mocking of Christ and the Crowning with Thorns. Engraved by Elias van den Bossche (c.1594-1613, fl.) after Christoph Schwarz (1548-92), Munich-based painter and draughtsman who became the Bavarian court's foremost painter of religious pictures during the reign of Duke William V. Probably a reduced copy of a scene first engraved by Jan Sadeler I as part of his Passion after Schwarz.
[Ref: 39406] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Christ healing the Impotent Man at the Pool of Bethesda Now there is at Jerusalem by the Sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches. John c5, v2.
Sebastianus Ricci, pinxt. J.M. Liotard, sculpt.
London, Published by Freeman & Co No. 95, corner of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, Ap.l 1 1792
Rare engraving, sheet 530 x 425mm (21 x 16¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
Reissue of a plate first published c.1735-43, as part of a set of eight engraving after Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734) in the collection of Joseph Smith., English collector and patron based in Venice who also had a long association with Canaletto. By the time this plate was published in 1792 the painting was already in the Royal Collection, where it remains to this day (although it currently hangs at Osterley). One of few prints after Ricci, an itinerant Italian artist whose career took him all over Europe, including time spent in England.
[Ref: 38592] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ healing the sick] 4 [top left]
T.W. 1758 [Thomas Worlidge after Rembrandt, published November 1758]
Etching, 275 x 390mm (10¾ x 15½"). Fine impression printed in brown; thread margins; glued to backing sheet at corners, stain, one small hole top centre.
Thomas Worlidge's (1700-66) copy of Rembrandt's famous 'hundred guilder print', depicting Christ healing the sick and debating with the Pharisees. Its sobriquet originated with a story that Rembrandt himself had to pay this (then exorbitant) price to buy back an impression. Since Rembrant etched his plate in 1648 it was celebrated as his most complex and ambitious print, and its masterful lighting compared with his 'Night Watch'. Its lasting influence in England is demonstrated by both Worlidge's attempt to take up the challenge of emulating Rembrandt, and by Captain William Baillie's notorious reissuing of the (heavily-worked) original plate. Posthumous impression: after Worlidge's death, his prints were republished by his widow with numbers added in the plate corners to correspond with her 1767 sale catalogue of Worlidge prints. The 'English Rembrandt', Worlidge (1700-66) was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
State iii/iii; W4; D54.
[Ref: 32729] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

In the Collection of Richd: Richardson Esqr. from St. John Chap. 4. V. 46.
Francisco Mielly Pinxt. Chatelin et Vivares Sculp.
Publish'd by F. Vivares June 2d. 1749.
Etching, 430 x 505mm. 17 x 19¾".
Christ walking with his disciples, meeting the centurion's servant on the road half-way to Capernaum. A city at the foot of a mountain in the background to right, overlooking a river, and a family walking by the river, turning to look. After Italian painter Francesco Mielly (fl.1750). Numbered 'No.1' lower right.
[Ref: 11494] £360.00

[The Placing of Christ in the Sepulchre.]
L. Caracci pinxit. Va. Green fecit.
Published March 25.th 1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint with large margins. Plate 508 x 369mm (20 x 14½") Damaged; repaired tear to lower left of image.
The dead Christ, propped in a sitting position in a landscape, with St John leaning inwards on the left holding a torch, the Magdalen crouching on the right, dipping one hand into a pot of ointment to anoint the body, the Virgin behind, clasping her hands together in sorrow, and Joseph of Arimathea standing beside a cherub on the right.
From Houghton Gallery. Ref: Whitman 188.
[Ref: 31115] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Christ Preaching To The Doctors.
Published by Reeve & Jones No.7 Vere Street, Bond Street, Novr. 1st. 1808.
Mezzotint with etching in sepia, image 460 x 295mm. 18 x 11½". Trimmed within plate. Stain into image upper left.
Representation of the first time Christ preached, at around 12 years old, when he preached to the doctors in the temple.
[Ref: 8873] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Jesus Christ] Ecce Salvator Noster
Tiziano Pinx. Vitalba S. appo Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. 1781
Engraving, platemark 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾") very large margins.
Jesus Christ, taken from a detail of a painting by the great Venetian painter Titian (?1485-90-1576).
[Ref: 43593] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Christ's Hospital. ''Such are thy Youth, sweet spot! The children such [/] That tread thy walks, now silent when the hour...''
J. Cristall Pinx.t. F. Vincent Sc.
London Pub.d by H. Harrison, 41 Bedford St. Covent Garden.
Stipple, rare. Sheet: 240 x 145mm (9½ x 5¾"). Trimmed.
A portrait of a schoolboy from Christ's Hospital school shown wearing the recognisbale bluecoat which is still worn by pupils today.
[Ref: 46210] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Grammar School of Christ Church.
A. Pugin del.t. J. Stadler sculp.t.
Published Sept.r 1. 1816, at 101, Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Christ's Hospital.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), watermarked 'J. Whatman 1816'. Tear just touching platemark.
The interior of Christ's Hospital ('The Bluecoat School'), with the boys seated on either side of room in four rows. Originally in Greyfriars, London, the school moved to Horsham in 1902. One of the illustrations to Ackermann's 'History of the Colleges'. 1816.
Abbey: Scenery 438.
[Ref: 37859] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Christ Tempted in the Desert. To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria, &c. &c. &c., This Plate Engraved by His Gracious Permission from the Original Picture in the Electoral Gallery of Dusseldorf, is Dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, Rupert Green. In Mons.r Pigage's Catalogue of the Dusseldorf Gallery this Subject is no 153.
Painted by Luca Giordano. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Published July 1st, 1797 by V. & R. Green, No 14, Percy-Street London.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished, scarce. 640 x 425mm (25¼ x 15¾"), watermarked 'HS & S 1822' very large margins. Nicks in edges of wide margins.
The devil, dressed as a Franciscan monk with bare, clawed feet, holds out bread to Jesus Christ. Valentine Green (1739-1813) was granted exclusive rights to publish engravings of the pictures in the Duke of Bavaria's Düsseldorf gallery in 1789. After publishing more than twenty plates the siege of Düsseldorf by the French put an end to the project and caused him losses that contributed to his bankruptcy in 1798. His son Rupert (c.1767-1804) worked with him between 1785 and 1798.
[Ref: 47706] £420.00

Christchurch.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Aug.t 1, 1823.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"), with large margins.
A view of Christchurch in Dorset. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47157] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Christi Praecursor Ioannes.
a Titiano pictus Venetijs, in SS. aedibus D. M.ae Majoris.
[n.d. c.1691.]
Etching and engraving, with large margins. Plate 286 x 216mm (11¼ x 8½"). Creasing.
St John the Baptist standing in a rock landscape, his right hand pointing to the left, a lamb at his feet. From Patin's "Tabellae selectae ac explicatae"; a series of forty-three plates, representing patinting, published as a book in Padua, 1691. After the painting by Titian, now in the Accademia, Venice.
[Ref: 31085] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Christian Church. Bordeaux?]
D.D. [Signed D.Donald in pencil.]
Published 1923 by the Museum Galleries, Museum Street, London W.C. Copyright.
Etching printed in colours, signed by the artist. 125 x 220mm, 5 x 8¾".
A Christian church in a Latin setting.
[Ref: 13651] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Christian III of Denmark & Albert, Duke of Prussia] Cristianus D.G. Rex Daniæ et Norvegiæ Dux Slesvicen Holsatiæ Stormariæ et Ditmersiæ Comes I Oldeborg. Albertus Senior Dei Gratia Marchip Brandeburgensis Dux Prussiæ 1556.
PAVE [monogram of Pieter van der Heyden].
Cock Excud. [n.d., c.1556.]
Two portraits on one plate. 195 x 350mm (7¾ x 13¾"), with large margins. Trimmed into plate on right, to plate on left, old ink numeral in bottom margin, laid on card at edges.
A pair of portraits of Christian III of Denmark (1503-1559) and Albert (1490-1568), first Duke of Prussia and 37th grand master of the Teutonic Knights. From a series of 39 'Portraits of European Rulers', engraved by van der Heyden, Frans Huys and Jan Collaert. The British Museum's description of the series notes 'Most of these portraits are engraved two on a plate, but the pairs have almost always been cut apart'.
See BM 1854,0614.203 for the description of the series. Ex collection of Sir William Stirling Maxwell.
[Ref: 63111] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Christian the 4th by ye grace of God King of Denmark, Norway, Vandalls &c. Frederick Christian by ye grave of God Heire of Norway, Duke of Holstein &c.
Wilh. Passeus sculp.
[Are to be sold by Thomas Jenner in Cornhill next ye White Bear.] [engraved c.1620 but later.]
Etching. Sheet 300 x 205mm (11¾ x 8"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom.
A double portrait of King Christian IV (1577-1648) and his second son Frederick Christian (1603-47), with 20 lines of verse.
[Ref: 62566] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Christianus IV. Par la Grace de Diev Roy de Denmark.
Balth Moncornet excud [n.d., c.1660].
Engraving. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), very large margins.
A half-length portrait of Christian IV of Denmark (1577-1648), who reigned for nearly 60 years.
[Ref: 56405] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

N. Reverence you Maker. N.bE Let his name be always held sacred by you. NNE. Fear only to offend his Goodness. NEbN Let your love of him exceed your Fear. NE. Be not ashamed to Worship him. NEbE. Be grateful to him for his benefits. ENE. Put your confidence in him. EbN. Study to know, & then do his will. EAST. Vinidcate his cause before the World. EbS. Blush not to be Christian. ESE. Esteem all Mankind as your Neighbour. SEbE. Pity the Vicious, but abhor their vices. SE. He who suffers most, _help first. SEbS. Charity makes no distinction between Jew or Samaritan. SSE. Be punctual & just in your dealings. SbE. Be honest, even for your own Interest. SOUTH. Respect Superiors. SbW. Be condescending to inferiors. SSW. Leave off contention before it be meddled with. SWbS. Ingratitude is the basest of Vices. SW. Be upon your guard, untill you know a man. SWbW. Bad Company is the ruin of Morals. WSW. Let Reason always be at the Helm. WbS. Let passion be governed by Reason. WEST. Passions are excellent Servants but bad Masters. WbN. Drunkenness degrades a Man below a Brute. WNW. Detest Falsehood. NWbW. Want of decency, is want of Sense. NW. Regard yourself, or you will be despised by others. NWbN. Think before you Act. NNW. Do but one thing at a time. NbW. Steer by this Compass, & defy Storms.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Pen and ink drawing. 248 x 198mm (9¾ x 7¾").
A circle of 'Christian Standards'.
[Ref: 13036] £520.00

[Christian, Duke of Brieg] Christianus Dux Silesiæ Lignicensis Bregensis et Wolaviensis, etc.
M. v. Sommer f.
[n.d., c.1665.]
Engraving. 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Some text faded, time stained. Small margins.
Oval portrait of Christian, Duke of Legnica-Brzeg-Wolów-Olawa. (1618-72), candidate for the Polish throne in 1668.
[Ref: 57756] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Christian Slavery at Algiers. Capt. Croker Visiting the Hospitals at Algiers. [&] Cap.t Croker Horror Stricken at Algiers.
G. Cruikshank fec.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Pair of etchings. Sheet: 250 x 100mm (9¾ x 4"). Images and title trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Two scenes showing Captain Croker's discovery of European slaves in Algiers, between the 16th-19th centuries the corsairs of the Barbary states would raid small coastal towns in the Mediterrenean and ships, selling those they captured into slavery. Croker had been a commander of one of the ships Lord Exmouth had sent to attack Algiers in an attempt to end the slavery practices and free European slaves. The scenes show Croker visiting the hospital in which many slaves were treated for injuries and Croker watching lines of slaves being driven back to the city after working in the fields. Illustrations from 'Cruelties of the Algerine pirates...',1816 by William Hone.
[Ref: 41902] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Christian Slavery at Algiers. 1816. Cap.t Croker Visiting the Hospital at Algiers. [&] Cap.t Croker Horror Striken at Algiers.
G. Cruikshank.
Publish'd by W. Hone, 55 Fleet Street.
Etching. Sheet: 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½'').
Two scenes showing Captain Croker's discovery of European slaves in Algiers, between the 16th-19th centuries the corsairs of the Barbary states would raid small coastal towns in the Mediterrenean and ships, selling those they captured into slavery. Croker had been a commander of one of the ships Lord Exmouth had sent to attack Algiers in an attempt to end the slavery practices and free European slaves. The scenes show Croker visiting the hospital in which many slaves were treated for injuries and Croker watching lines of slaves being driven back to the city after working in the fields. Illustrations from 'Cruelties of the Algerine pirates...',1816 by William Hone.
[Ref: 48119] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Denmark] Christianus VII. D.G. Dan: Norveg: Vandal: Gothor: Rex. Nat: d: 29. Jan: 1749.
J.E. Nilson fec: et exc: A.V.
Cum Gr: et Pr: S.C.R.M. Acad. [n.d. c.1765.]
Etching. 222 x 158mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on album page.
Christian VII (1749-1808) was King of Denmark and Norway, and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was dreadful towards his wife, Princess Caroline Mathilda, a sister of King George III of Great Britain, declaring that it was not fashionable to loves one's wife, and thus he pursued a young courtisan, Stovlet-Cathrine. His neglected wife drifted into an affair with Johann Friedrich Struensee, the royal physician. Following a divorce, Struensee was arrested and later executed; the warrant was signed by Christian with indifference. He suffered from various mental problems, the symptoms of which leaned towards paranoia and schizophrenia.
See 17597 for Christian VII's wife Caroline Matilda; and 17598 for Juliana Maria, who saw Christian VII restored to the throne.
[Ref: 17593] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Christiana and her Children at Supper in the Interpreter’s House.
[J. Sturt?]
[London, n.d., c.1722.]
Engraving, image 160 x 95mm. 6¼ x 3¾". Trimmed just within plate on two sides.
A family in medieval dress sitting around the supper table in an interior; a man in armour at centre. A servant (right) brings a plate of food, jug and wine glasses to foreground. Illustration to an edition (the 10th?) of John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress'. Numbered 'Page 43 P.II' upper right.
See BL 04414.de.18. C.37.b.33.
[Ref: 21469] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Christina Ewartina Nata de Bareith, Duc & Elec: Saxoniae, & c.
I. Danckerts exc. cum Privilegio.
[n.d. before 1701, Antwerp?]
Mezzotint. 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼") very large margins. Slight vertical crease through the plate. Some foxing in the lower margin.
A portrait of Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671-1727), dressed lavishly. She married the Duke of Saxony, who would go on to become king of Poland, aged 21. Their marriage was unhappy, as the Duke was a serial adulterer, and her dislike of him only increased after he converted to Catholicism in order to become king. In response Christiane did not attend his coronation nor did she ever set foot in Poland and thus was never crowned queen in Poland. They had one child together.
[Ref: 53866] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

An Attempt to Ascertain the Resemblance which some Ornaments now used in China, Bear to those of the Most Polished Times of Grecian Sculpture and Architecture.
[by James Christie.]
London: printed by W. Bulmer & Co. Cleveland Row, St James's [n.d., c.1810].
Folio, 4pp. letterpress with loose plate engraved by P. Sansom, text watermarked 'J Whatman 1810', the plate 'Budgen'.
An examination of a Chinese cup belonging to Dorothea Banks, wife of the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks. The text suggests that the Chinese lotus pattern of the cup derived from the Greek palmette motif. A scarce item. According to the 'Catalogue of the Library of John Dent, Esq.r.' (1825), the author was James Christie (1773-1831), a noted antiquary and scholar, who took over his father's auctioneer business in 1803.
See V&A 28109 for the plate.
[Ref: 62367] £680.00 view all images for this item

Christie's Auction Room. Plate 6.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J.Bluck Aqua.t.
London. Pub. Feb.1. 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Fine hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with very large margins.
A auction of paintings, with the clientele a mixture of connoisseurs, clergy and rakes, all caricatured in Rowlandson's unique style. From Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London'.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62692] £360.00

Christie's Auction Room. Plate 6.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J.Bluck Aqua.t.
London. Pub. Feb.1. 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Fine hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with very large margins. With explanatory text.
An auction of paintings, with the clientele a mixture of connoisseurs, clergy and rakes, all caricatured in Rowlandson's unique style. In December 1788 James Christie held first sale in London. From Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London'.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62785] £360.00

Christina queene of Swethland, Goths & Vandalls,
R. Gaywood fecit.
Sould by P. Stent [n.d., c.1660].
Etching. Sheet 155 x 140mm (6 x 5½") at most. Trimmed around image.
A copy of Hollar's etched portrait of Christina (1626-69), Queen of Sweden, remembered as one of the most learned women of the 17th century. The publisher Peter Stent died of the plague in 1665; his widow sold his business to John Overton. Stent also published a reversed version of this portrait with the same date, title and wreath decorations.
[Ref: 53049] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year in London. [&] The Same to you_Sir,_ & Many of E'm._
M.E. Esq.r [M. Egerton] del. G.Hunt, sc.
London, Published by Thos. M.c.Lean, 26 Haymarket, 1827.
Pair of hand-coloured aquatints with etching. 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9¼"), with good margins. 'A Merry Christmas..' on paper watemarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1824'. The Same To You_Sir,_ & Many Of 'Em paper slightly toned.
A pair of English satirical prints: a man and women, both carrying umbrellas, fighting their way through a blizzard on the streets of London.
Hickman p.60. BM: 14999.
[Ref: 60696] £850.00 view all images for this item

Heere comes ye wellcomst man in all the yeare, / For New-yeeres guifts and for all his Christmas Cheere. De Hoogh-tyt van Kers-dach, en Nieuwe-jaarse gifte
T. Matham invent. J. Brouwer Sculp.
Lodewyc Lodewycx exc. [n.d., c.1650.]
Scarce engraving. 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Small margins.
A man brings gifts for Christmas. A Dutch print with the English translation of the title engraved in the image.
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66795] £350.00

Mistletoe Galop. Composed by Albert Keller
Bernasconi. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.
London: Brewer & Co 23 Bishopsgate St Within E.C. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
The cover of a music sheet, with vignettes of people dancing, two fiddlers and musicians playing in a snow-covered street.
[Ref: 41771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

A Christmas Box.
Leighton, Brothers. [n.d., c.1880s.]
Chromolithograph, illustration to a graphic newspaper/periodical. Sheet 275 x 195mm. 10¾ x 7¾". (Sheet trimmed.)
A little girl gives a coin as Christmas tip to the postman standing at the door and holding letters in his left hand; wintry landscape beyond. George Leighton printed and published the Illustrated London News 1858-1885. He trained under George Baxter, and patented a process of colour printing invented by Dean Wolstenholme, junior.
[Ref: 15174] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

A Christmas Box.
S.K. inv.t. G.Ck. fec.t.
[London, S. Knight?, c.1826.]
Etching. At top of sheet an envelope front signed by Daniel O' Connell. Sheet 160 x 125mm (6¼ x 5"). Laid on album sheet with printed strips 'G. Cruikshank's Holiday Scenes' pasted above and below.
Theatre box crammed with excited children. A playbill reads 'During the Xmas Holidays- Pantomime of Harlequin- Clown by Mr G [Joseph Grimaldi]'. A related drawing is in the V & A Museum. It was etched by George Cruikshank and originally published by S. Knight (also the artist?) in 1826.
See BM Satires 15190 for one with Knight's publication line.
[Ref: 43908] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Christmas Carol, with Music. I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day, on Christmas day. / I saw the Ship come sailing in / On Christmas day in the morning [...]
Designed & Etched by William B. Scott
Vizetelly & Co Published by Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street, London
Lithograph with tintstone, printed area 405 x 255mm (16 x 10"). Creasing and some ingrained dirt. Rare.
Decorative presentation of a Christmas carol, written by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), which remains popular to this day
[Ref: 41273] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Christmas Carols.
H.H.
Published 1835, by O. Hodgson. Fleet Street London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to image, tear in left edge.
A comic scene in which a battered young beggar selling songsheets informs a shopper that a pair of pickpockets have stolen her purse.
[Ref: 46890] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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