Grosvenor Prints

Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship. Columbiad.
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"), a large-paper example.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 66300] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Columbiad: a Poem.] [Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship.]
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, small hole in unprinted area.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Joel Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 62291] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Columbine.]
Frank Hill [pencil signature.]
[British, n.d., c.1935.]
Etching from a limited edition limited, numbered '14/20' in pencil by the artist. Watermarked laid paper. 225 x 150mm ( 9 x 6").
A ballerina looking at the viewer over her shoulder, smiling coyly.
[Ref: 24285] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Columbo.
[John & Awnsham Churchill.]
[London: Henry Lintot & John Osborne, 1744.]
Engraved map. Plate: 295 x 360mm (11½ x 14") with large margins. Vertical folds as normal..
A map of the town and Dutch fortifications in the port town of Columbo in Sri Lanka. The map is embellished with ships shown on the sea and animals such as elephants and goats in the landscape. From 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels' by John and Awnsham Churchill having been used previously in Philip Baldaeus's 'Description of Malabar and Coromandel and also the Island of Ceylon' in 1672.
[Ref: 46287] £320.00

The first discovery of America by Columbus.
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Dec. 21 1861 by Rich.d Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 10¼'') very large margins.
An imagined historical scene showing Columbus landing on the shores of the West Indies.
[Ref: 48305] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus presenting the Production of the new World to Ferdinands & Isabella.
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Jan. 11.1817 by Rich. Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼'') very large margins.
A historic scene showing the explorer Christopher Columbus returning to the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella who had funded his expeditions. Columbus presents a group of Native Americans who carry baskets full of fruit that look like coconut.
[Ref: 48303] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Columbus, (or Great American Raft). Commanded by Cap.t M.cKellar. R.N. Dimensions_ length 301 Feet. breadth 50 Feet 6 Inches; depth of hold 30 Feet. 3690 Register Tons. built at Quebec 1824 by Charles Wood.
Engraved by Permission from an Accurate drawing made on the Spot.
Published for the Proprietors Nov.r 1824 by Lamb, Gracechurch St. London.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 385mm (10½ x 15¼") Slight damage in corners. Blotchy colour in sky.
A depiction of the Columbus, a four-masted barque which was the largest ship ever built at the time of launch. It was basically a raft, designed to carry large tree trunks for use as masts across the Atlantic, and to be dismantled after one voyage and its timbers sold for reuse. Her first crossing took three months, but instead of being dismantled her owners sent her back, but she was wrecked in the English Channel on 17 May 1825. An even larger version, 'The Baron of Renfrew' was wrecked the following year, making such vessels uninsurable.
See 52925 for similar item.
[Ref: 53089] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Landing of Columbus.
Turner R.A. Goodall.
London, Published 1833, by Moon, Boys, & Graves, Pall Mall.
Engraving. Sheet size: 290 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Very large margins. Trimmed inside plate at upper edge. Slight foxing.
A coastal view with a line of figures landing on the shore on the right, with a boat and ships in the bay on the left, and the sun settingon the horizon behind. After JMW Turner. Avignette to poem 'The Voyage of Columbus' in 'Poems' by Samuel Rogers.
Rawlinson: 402: III.
[Ref: 37293] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus setting sail.
Turner R.A. Goodall.
London, Published 1833, by Moon, Boys, & Graves, Pall Mall.
Engraving. Sheet size: 290 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Very large margins. Trimmed inside plate at upper edge. Slight foxing.
A view of a busy harbour in Genoa, with a crowd on the quay in the left foreground waving hands towards leaving ships in the bay on the right. A church and other buildingscan be seen on higher ground in the left background. After JMW Turner. Avignette to poem 'The Voyage of Columbus' in 'Poems' by Samuel Rogers.
Rawlinson: 399: III.
[Ref: 37294] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Indians Astonished at the Eclipse of the Moon foretold by Colombus. Engraved for Drake's Voyages.
[n.d.]
Coloured engraving. 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Paper toned.
Desperate for supplies, Columbus impressed the natives of Jamaica by correctly predicting a lunar eclipse for February 29, 1504. He threatened that the gods would turn off the moon if they did not continue to feed his crew.
[Ref: 45052] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Christophorus Columbus Liguriensis Indiarum Primus Inventor Anno 1492
[after de Bry]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3½").
Portrait of Christopher Columbus, derived from the early engraved portrait attributed to Theodore de Bry (itself after Sebastiano del Piombo), and retaining the latin text from that engraving.
[Ref: 29804] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Land! Land! Land! Christopher Columbus, 1492.]
Thos.J. Gullick [signed in pencil]. [Engraved by Franz Hanfstaengl.]
[Published by Henry Graves & Co., 1891.]
Photo-engraving, signed artist's proof, image 533 x 415mm. Trimmed to image on three sides. Stabilised tears into image at right and left.
From an edition limited to 250 artist's proofs. Printseller's Association blindstamp lower left (half missing).
Printseller's Association: pg.147.
[Ref: 7693] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Ship Columbus, from a Drawing on the Spot Immediately after her launch, with near 4000 Tons of her cargo on board, Built at Quebec, 1824, by Charles Wood of Port Glasgow. The Length of this Immense Vessel is 300 Feet, Breadth of beam 50 Feet; depth of Hold 30 Feet, She is flat bottom'd, Measures 3900 Tons Register.
M. van Ogg Lith.o.
Printed and Sold by S. Vowles, 3 St Michael's Abbey, Cornhill [n.d., c.1824].
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 235 x 245mm (9¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
A depiction of the Columbus, a four-masted barque which was the largest ship ever built at the time. Built by Charles Wood, it was basically a raft, designed to carry large tree trunks for use as masts across the Atlantic, and to be dismantled after one voyage and its timbers sold for reuse. Her first crossing took three months, but instead of being dismantled her owners sent her back, but she was wrecked in the English Channel on 17 May 1825. An even larger version, 'The Baron of Renfrew' was wrecked the following year, making such vessels uninsurable.
See 53089 for similar item.
[Ref: 52925] £360.00

Christophorus Columbus Liguriensis Indiarum Primus Inventor Anno MCCCCXCII.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. 145 x 100mm. Trimmed to neatline and mounted on album paper.
[Ref: 163] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Christopher Columbus in the Convent of La Rábida Explaining his Intended Voyage.]
[Engraved by Henry Thomas Ryall after Sir David Wilkie.]
[n.d., 1843.]
A very rare mezzotint, proof before letters on chine collé. 595 x 705mm (23½ x 27¾"), with very wide margins, edged with silk. Mint.
Columbus sits at a table using a pair of compasses on a map watched by three men and his son Diego.
Wilkie's original oil is in the North Carolina Museum of Art.
[Ref: 52069] £360.00

The first Interview of Christopher Columbus with the Natives of America.
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[n.d., c.1777.]
Etching and engraving. 295 x 175mm (11½ x 7"). Trace of water stain to lower left corner.
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) landed within the Bahamas Archipelago in October 1492 at a locale he named San Salvador. Mistaking the Carribean island for the East-Asian mainland, he referred to its inhabitants as "Indians". Severely underestimating the circumference of the Earth, Columbus had hypothesized that a westward route from Iberia to the Indies would be shorter and more direct than the overland trade route through Arabia. If true, this would have allowed his royal Spanish patrons entry into the lucrative spice trade. Plate to Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography ... Embellished ... with ... copper plates, etc.', London 1777-78.
[Ref: 9664] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Christopher Columbus and his Sons Diego and Ferdinand. From an ancient Spanish Picture in the possession of Edward Horne Esq.r of Bevis Mount near Southampton.
Wilson Sculp.t
Publish'd Dec: 13, 1794 by I. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Engraving. 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Stamp of Royal Engineers Library verso.
Christopher Columbus and family. Cartographic elements include charts, globe, dividers and other navigational tools. Also includes dog and woman holding bowl of fruit. Frontispiece to "The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies ... Vol II".
[Ref: 33985] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

An Indian Cacique of the Island of Cuba, addressing Columbus concerning a future state.
B. West delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾"). Trimmed inside plate.
A meeting between Christopher Columbus and a cacique (Taino for chief) and his people. Columbus is backed by a priest and some soldiers to the left. The natives appear to have an offering of fruit, including pineapples, shown on the right. After Columbus' arrival, Cuba became a Spanish colony, ruled by a Spanish governor in Havana. In 1762, Havana was briefly occupied by Great Britain, before being returned to Spain in exchange for Florida.
[Ref: 37611] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus presenting an Account of his Discovery of America to the King and Queen of Spain. Engraved for Middletons Complete System of Geography.
Wale delin. Grignion sculp.
[n.d., c.1780]
Etching with small margins. 260 x 200mm (10 x 8"). One tear in margin into plate. Crease across bottom left corner.
Interior scene in which Christopher Columbus presents an account of his discover of America to the King and Queen of Spain. Several figures stand in the background and a ship can be seen in the distance.
[Ref: 33268] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus presenting an Account of his Discovery of America to the King and Queen of Spain.
Wale delin. Grignion Sculp.
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography. [London 1777.]
Engraving. Plate 209 x 260mm. 8¼ x 10¼". Some foxing and toning around the edges.
Christopher Colombus (1451-1506) depicted on his knee presenting documents to Carlos II King of Spain after his return after his third voyage in 1698. From Charles Theodore Middleton's "A New and Complete System of Geography Containing a Full, Accurate, Authentic and Interesting Account and Description of Europe, Asia, Africa and American Consisting of...etc".
[Ref: 23230] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus.
Cipriani pinx.t. J. Godby sculp.
[Published either by Edward Orme in 1815 or William Darton, c.1820.]
Stipple with engraving. Sheet 380 x 305mm (15 x 12"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line.
A full length portrait of Christopher Columbus, standing with one hand on a globe, the other holding a telescope. According to the BM (1880,0110.131) the original Cipriani portrait was of Galileo.
See also reference 60531.
[Ref: 60368] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Christopher Columbus and his Sons Diego and Ferdinand. From an ancient Spanish Picture in the possession of Edward Horne Esq.r of Bevis Mount near Southampton.
Wilson Sculp.t
[Publish'd Dec: 13, 1794 by I. Stockdale, Piccadilly.]
Engraving. 235 x 171mm. 9¼ x 6¾". Cut and laid on album page.
Christopher Columbus and family. Cartographic elements include charts, globe, dividers and other navigational tools. Also includes dog and woman holding bowl of fruit. Frontispiece to "The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies ... Vol II".
[Ref: 24685] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus. Den Abonnenten des Kunst-U. Unterhaltungs-Blattes pro 1854.
G. Wappers pxt. F. Wagner sct.
Druck u. Verlag von S. Sax in Stuttgart. [n.d. 1865.]
Mezzotint, rare. 415 x 350mm (16¼ 13¾"), large margins. Edges spotted.
Christopher Columbus in chains, having being imprisoned for mismanagement while Viceroy and Governor of the Indies, with charges of brutality and tyranny. Although released on the orders of King Ferdinand and allowed to go on his fourth voyage he was given no authority.
[Ref: 45018] £320.00

Retrato de Cristóbal Colon.
Antonio Calliano lo dib.ó. Rafael Esteve lo. grabo.
Se hallará en la Calcografia de la Imprenta Real. [n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. 550 x 370mm (21¾ x 14½"). Tears in very large margins.
An imaginary portrait of Columbus, apparently taken from a painting by Van Loo by Antonio Raffaele Calliano (1785 - 1824). Shown as a young man, he stands by a table embellished with the arms of Castille, on which are two globes.
[Ref: 37117] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Cristofano Colombo Promo Scopritore dell'America.
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage. Pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Italian explorer Christopher Colombus (1451-1506), the first known European to visit the West Indies. Various seafaring instruments shown. Published as the frontispiece portrait of volume 1 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

D. Christoval Colon Entdecker der neuen Welt.
Maella p. Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving and etching with large margins. Plate 127 x 82mm (5 x 3¼").
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) the Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer. He completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents, and led to the establishment of permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola and the Spanish colonization of the New World. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29560] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Christopher Columbus.]
[Basel, Petrus Perna, 1575-7.]
Woodcut. Sheet 165 x 150mm (6½ x 6"). Trimmed from sheet with text. Laid on sheet.
One of the earliest printed portraits of Columbus (1451-1506), half-length within an ornate border containing female allegorical figures of Europe and America. It was published in a combined volume of 'Elogia Virorum Bellica Virtute Illustrium' and 'Elogia Virorum Literis Illustrium' by Paolo Giovio, Bishop of Nocera, with illustrations of notable figures taken from Giovio's own large collection of portraits housed at his Como residence.
[Ref: 29672] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Christofel Colonus.
[Pieter van der Aa.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 295 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾"). Very large margins.
Portait of Christopher Columbus (1451- 1506), with a sextant in hand and sea charts before him. Within a decorative oval made up of sea monsters on either side, while one of his ships sails in the background Plate 23 from the scarce series of historical portraits, 'Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, qua fama, qua eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines', published Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) c.1710.
[Ref: 39271] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus Breaking the Egg.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching. 160 x 235mm (6¼ x 9¼''). Trimmed to plate at top.
A print after a scene by William Hogarth which shows Christopher Columbus demonstrating, having cracked an egg in order to make it stand, that a discovery appears simple only after an inventive mind has made it known. Etching published by William Davison, publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick after the Northumberland town where he lived. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures often based on better known prints.
After BM Satire 3192.
[Ref: 55382] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus Breaking the Egg.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick [n.d., c.1815].
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼'').
A print after a scene by William Hogarth which shows Christopher Columbus demonstrating, having cracked an egg in order to make it stand, that a discovery appears simple only after an inventive mind has made it known. Etching published by William Davison, publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick after the Northumberland town where he lived. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures often based on better known prints.
After BM Satire 3192.
[Ref: 54535] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Columbus and the Egg.]
Design'd & etched by W.m Hogarth Decem 1. 1753.
[18th century impression.]
Etching. 165 x 195mm (6½ x 7¾")
Christopher Columbus cracking an egg on a table to make it stand, demonstrating that a discovery appears simple only after an inventive mind has made it known. This plate was originally published in 1752 as the subscription ticket for the 'Analysis of Beauty', with etched text underneath. For this second state the plate was cut down, leaving two sworls of the letters of the text.
Paulson 194, state ii of ii. BM Satires 3192.
[Ref: 62065] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus.
Cipriani pinx.t. J. Godby sculp.
London: William Darton & Son, 58 Holborn Hill.]
Hand-coloured stipple with engraving. Sheet 415 x 270mm (16¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, pinholes in unprinted area of plate.
A full length portrait, standing with one hand on a globe, the other holding a telescope. According to the BM (1880,0110.131) the original Cipriani portrait was of Galileo. The plate was also published by Edward Orme in 1815.
See Ref: 60368.
[Ref: 60531] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The first Interview of Christopher Columbus with the Natives of America.
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching and engraving. 295 x 175mm (11½ x 7").
Christopher Columbus' crew interacting with naked islanders. From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography ... Embellished ... with ... copper plates, etc.', London 1777-78.
[Ref: 67682] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Christophorus Colombus.
Henri Lefort fecit Anno 1891. Printed by A. Samon & Ardail, Paris.
Copyright M Knoedler & Co. 1891. Published by M. Knoedler & Co, 170 Fifth Avenue, New York
Engraving on vellum, 20½ x 16".
[Ref: 3627] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Columbus Breaking the Egg.
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d., c.1815.]
Etching, printed in sanguine. Plate: 160 x 235mm (6¼ x 9¼''). Trimmed, staining.
A print after a scene by William Hogarth which shows Christopher Columbus demonstrating, having cracked an egg in order to make it stand, that a discovery appears simple only after an inventive mind has made it known. By William Davison (1780 - 1858), publisher of popular prints and satires, and pharmacist, usually referred to as Davison of Alnwick. In the period between 1812 and 1817, Davison produced a number of caricatures, amusing if somewhat crudely executed plates often based on better known prints. Peter Isaac suggests that the majority date to about 1816.
After BM Satire 3192.
[Ref: 51104] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[General Sir Charles Colville.] CS Colville [facsimile signature].
Painted by Sir Henry Raeburn R.A. Engraved by G.T. Payne.
London, Published Oct.r 15.th 1844, by J.S. Welch, 24, S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint. 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait of General Sir Charles Colville (1770-1843) in dress uniform. During the Napoleonic Wars he served in the West Indies (1791-7), the Irish Rebellion (1798), Egypt (1801, Martinique (1809), the Peninsular War (1810-1814) and the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. In 1819 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and sent to Bombay as commander-in-chief until 1825. From 1828 to 1833, Colville was Governor of Mauritius during a semi revolt by the inhabitants.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66238] £320.00

Daniel Colwal Armiger, Musaei Regalis Societatis Fundator.
R. White delin. et Sculp. 1681.
Engraving. Plate: 245 x 160mm (9¾ x 6¼'') very large margins.
A portrait of merchant and philanthropist Daniel Colwal who was a Fellow of the Royal Society and governor to Christ's Hospital.
Wellcome: 653 not in.
[Ref: 48644] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Colworth House, Bedfordshire, 1861.
[c. 1861.]
Tinted lithograph, image 215 x 330mm. 8½ x 13". Creases; tatty lower extremity with marginal tear to right. Very rare.
Colworth House was an 18th century on the edge of the village of Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire. It was for a time home to Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett (1898 – 1949), who sold it to Unilever in 1947. The company restored and developed the house into a research laboratory in 1948, with the first staff moving in in 1950. Unilever still uses Colworth House as a research and development site.
[Ref: 9596] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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Com. Macdonough's Victory on Lake Champlain Sep.r 11.th 1814. Engraved for the Naval Monument.
[Abel Bowen.] M. Corne px. W. Hoogland sc.
[Published by George Clark. 1840.]
Engraving. 133 x 215mm. 5¼ x 8½".
Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough led the successful counter attack on the Royal Navy, and at the mouth of Otter Creek, he constructed a battery which which he repelled the attack and drove the Royal Navy back to Isle Aux Noix in Canadian waters. From Bowen's "Naval Monument".
[Ref: 23809] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Comb Makers.
[London, Printed for the Author Rich Wallis Citizen & Arms painter of London & are to be sold by him at his Shop against ye Royall Exchange 1677.]
Engraving. 200 x 155mm, 8 x 6". Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
The arms of the Comb-Makers of London, with three combs, a lion, and an elephant as a reference to their use of ivory. The Company was incorporated by Charles I in 1636. Various craft guilds were established in London as early as the 12th century, later becoming known as City Livery Companies because they often wore a distinctive livery or uniform (although the Comb-makers' Company had no livery or Hall). The companies decided who could work or trade in their crafts, controlling prices and wages, working conditions and welfare. In return for exercising rigorous quality control they received monopoly powers. In continental Europe, various revolutions in the 18th and 19th centuries swept away the guilds, but in England they continued, and several new Companies have appeared in recent years. From "Londons Armory Accuratly delineated in a Graphical display of all the Arms, Crests, Supporters, Mantles and Motto’s of every distinct Company and Corporate Societie in the Honourable City of London".
[Ref: 17849] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

George Comb, Pastor of the Baptist Church, Oxford Street.
G. Phillips pinxt. C.Phillips Sculp.t [c.1820]
Aquatint on india, very rare, sheet 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9").
[Ref: 43435] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Coombank, near Sevenoak in Kent, the Seat of the Hon.ble Lieu.t.Gen.l Campbell.
W.m Woollett delin.
Printed by Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1770.]
Copper engraving. 175 x 270mm, 7 x 10¾". Corner creased.
Combe Bank, near Sevenoaks in Kent. It was built for General John Campbell by the architect Roger Morris, but when he became Duke of Argyll he passed the house to his younger son, Lord Frederick Campbell. He was a patron of the architect Robert Adam, and commissioned him to remodel the building. From "Twelve Views of Gentlemens Seats and Gardens by Woollett &c.".
[Ref: 16930] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Hospitality Kicking Avarice out of Doors. Or, New Tenants at a Mansion House.
[John Nixon.]
Sold by all the Printsellers in London, Nov.r. 9, 1799.
Very fine etching. 440 x 295mm (17¼ x 11½"). Trimmed close to plate and some album paper on verso.
A satirical scene depicting the new Lord Mayor of London, Harvey Combe (1752 - 1818) stands center in a hall, surrounded by a group of people who kneel and beg.
[Ref: 66299] £380.00

The Court of Assistants of the New Plantation in Ulster within the Realm of Ireland. This Print of Harvey Christian Combe Esqr. M.P. Governor of the Honble. the Irish Society, London, From the original Picture, in the Irish Chamber, Guildhall London.
Painted by J. Opie Esqr. R.A. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London, Published June 12.1812, by C. Turner, No.50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, Mr.Lee, St.Martins le Grand & Messrs. Wade & Merle, Aldgate.
Mezzotint. Plate 502 x 350mm.
Harvey Christian Combe (1752-1818), fishmonger and brewer, who went on to become an Alderman by 1790 (through 1817), and Lord Mayor in 1799.
WH: 135.
[Ref: 4475] £320.00

[Harvey Combe] No. XVII. The Amiable Letitia Lutestring. No. XVIII. The Billing Brewer.
London Published by A. Hamilton Jun.r. Fleet Street 1 July 1790.
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Moustache added in ink. Small margins.
Two portrait busts set in ovals. On the right a portrait of Harvey Combe (1752-1818) who made his fortune in the brewing industry and elected Alderman of London in 1790, on his left is a portrait of an unknown courtesan. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 7703.
[Ref: 38577] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Come la Trovate?
Sicardi inv et del. Copia sculp.
Paris chez Sicardi Rue et Faubourg Poissonier, au coin de la Rue Bergère, No. 158. et 16 de la Section. Et chez Jeaufret M.d. d'Estampes au Palais de l'Egalité à côte du Café de Foy, No 61. [n.d., c.1804.]
Stipple. 455 x 360mm.
Engraved by Copia, after the miniaturist Louis Marie Sicard of Avignon.
[Ref: 7012] £520.00

Come, Maria, do walk faster, for the young mean do stare so! Funny Characters No.3.
London W. Spooner 377 Strand. [n.d. c.1840.]
Fine coloured lithograph. 318 x 242mm. 12½ x 9½". Cut. Laid on separate sheet.
A woman with a parasol urges her companion to move along more hastily, for the looks of passing men is all too much for her.
[Ref: 15227] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Come, Maria, do walk faster, for the young mean do stare so! Funny Characters No.3.
London W. Spooner 377 Strand. [n.d. c.1840.]
Fine coloured lithograph. 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Stains in corners.
A woman with a parasol urges her companion to move along more hastily, for the looks of passing men is all too much for her, probably not for their beauty.
[Ref: 54465] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Air _ Johny M.cGill, or the High way to Dublin. Come under my Plaidy. She crept in ayont him, beside the stane wa, Whar Johny was listening, and heard her tell a.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraved oval, 110 x 160mm.
'Plaidy' is a plaid garment that was used as a blanket. The lyrics for this song were written by Hector MacNeill (1746-1818), and concern the appeal that worldly goods have for certain women who, upon receiving an offer of marriage, are not unduly worried by the age of a suitor as long as he is wealthy. This is one of several songs by MacNeill that appear in 'The Scots Musical Museum'. The air that these song lyrics are sung to is 'Johnny McGill'.
[Ref: 164] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Comedy To the Baron Obendorff, Minister to His most Serence Highness the Elector Palatine, this Plate is Dedicated by His most humble and obedient Servant H. Sitzenich.
Angelica Kauffman del.t Sintzenich Sculpt.
John Boydell exc.t 1782. publish'd Oct.r 1.st 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Stipple, 280 x 215mm. Fine.
A young woman holding a mask in her left hand.
[Ref: 8419] £330.00

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