Grosvenor Prints

[Anna Countess Cowper.]
W. Hamilton R.A. pixit. F. Bartolozzi R.A sculpt.
Published as the Act directs August 1.st 1789 No.27 Queen Street Golden Square.
Stipple, proof before title. Plate: 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10½"), with very large margins.
A portrait of Anna Countess Cowper (1806-1880) shown wearing a veil.
De Vesme: 1062 III of V
[Ref: 47497] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

William Cowper - Author of "The Task"
T. Lawrence R.A. ad vivum del: 1793. W. Blake sculp. 1802
Publish'd Nov.r 5 1802 by J Johnson St. Pauls Church Yard
Stipple engraving, sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8½").
Portrait of poet William Cowper (1731-1800), engraved by William Blake from a drawing by Thomas Lawrence (Olney, Cowper Museum) and published as the frontispiece to volume two of William Hayley's Life of Cowper (1802). Hayley was a patron of Blake and employed him to provide a series of engravings for this project. Cowper's poem 'The Task' (1784) was an immediate success, condemning slavery and advocating the humane treatment of animals in a way slightly ahead of public opinion.
O'D 4
[Ref: 31329] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

William Cowper. Carmine Nobilem. Hor.
From a Portrait in Crayons Drawn from the Life by Romney in 1792. Engravd by W Blake 1802.
Publish'd Novemb.r 5. 1802 by J. Johnson St Pauls Church Yard
Engraving, sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½"). Very slight foxing.
Portrait of poet William Cowper (1731-1800), engraved by William Blake from a famous sketch by Romney (London, National Portrait Gallery) and published as the frontispiece to volume one of William Hayley's Life of Cowper (1802). Hayley was a patron of Blake and employed him to provide a series of engravings for this project. Unfortunately Cowper's cousin Lady Harriet Hesketh criticized Blake's engraving of her beloved relation, contributing to the breakdown in the relationship between Hayley and Blake.
O'D 7.
[Ref: 31333] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Cowper Chyrurgus.
I. Closterman pinxit. I. Smith fecit.
[n.d., c.1698.]
Mezzotint. Platemark: 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11").
A portrait of English surgeon and anatomist William Cowper (1666 - 1709) , half-length in an oval. This portrait was prefixed to Cowper's 'Anatomy of Humane Bodies' (Oxford, 1698).
Chaloner Smith. 64. Wellcome: 701
[Ref: 39383] £380.00

William Cowper Esq.r. Born 1731. Died 1800.
T. Lawrence R.A. del.t. F.Bartolozzi R.A. sc.t.
Published by J. Johnson, S.t. Pauls Church Yard. January 1. 1806.
Stipple. Rare. Sheet: 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-portrait of William Cowper (1731-1800) English poet and hymnodist, depicted wearing a turban. Period copy of De Vesme: 795
Not in De Vesme.
[Ref: 35482] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Cowper. Hail your benign Instructor, Age and Youth! Charm'd by his Fancy! tutor'd by his Truth! Hail Him a fav'rite Bard of Natures Quire. For all her Heartstrings vibrate to his Lyre!
Lawrence delin.t ad vivum 1793. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
Published May 1. 1805, by William Miller, Albermarle Street.
Etching with crayon-manner. Plate 280 x 203mm. 11 x 8". Fine impression with large margins.
William Cowper (1731-1800), was an English poet and hymnodist. He managed to change the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing about everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. He was seen as one of the forerunners to the Romantic era of poetry.
Calabi & de Vesme: 795: ii.
[Ref: 17129] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

Herefordshire Cow.
Pub by G. Garrard, London, Aug.t 1.st 1800.
Hand-coloured engraving, very fine. Paper watermarked: J Whatman 1794. Plate 324 x 476mm. 12¾ x 18¾". Crease to lower edge
A Hereford Cow, known for its distinct red colour, white head and underbody. It is from a beef cattle breed, widely found in intemperate and temperate areas around the world. International export trade began in 1817 starting in Kentucky, United States. These are the original coloured prints issued at 5 shillings each. George Garrard (1760-1826) the animal painter and sculptor.
Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27429] £320.00

Bull.
Howitt.
Published Jany. 2. 1809 by Ed. Orme London.
Etching. Plate 165 x 216mm. 6½ x 8½".
Head of a bull, part of a series. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher of animals, hunting, horse-racing and landscape scenes.
[Ref: 21512] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Group of Cattle.] 4. [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T. Sidney Cooper 1838.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
A group of long-horned cattle; two seated at the front, one standing in the centre, and a further two, one seated and one standing, in the background. Plate 4 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22733] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

An African Bull. from the Banks of the River Sierre Liona.
London, Pub: July 20. 1801, by George Garrard, Agricultural Museum, 28, George St. Hanover Squ.r
Hand-coloured engraving with large margins, very fine first issue. Plate 299 x 431mm. 11¾ x 17". Four wormholes.
An African cow with short horns, found in Sierra Leone. George Garrard (1760 - 1826) was an animal painter who turned his attention to the making of casts and models of many subjects, but mainly of domestic animals. He was sponsored by the fifth Duke of Bedford, who was the first president of the Smithfield Club (founded I798), and by the third Earl of Egremont, as well as by other members of the Board of Agriculture. Garrard called his house in Hanover Square, London, 'The Agricultural Museum,' and from there he sold his paintings, engraving and models. Issued with original colour like this, Garrard's Cows cost 5 shillings each.
Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27445] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Cattle.
Drawn by R.Hills. Etched by Letitia Byrne.
Published Jan.y 2, 1809 by Tho.s Palser, Surry Side, Westminster Bridge.
Etching. 240 x 290mm, (9½ x 11½"), large margins.
Cattle and sheep in a highland landscape. Letitia Byrne (1779-1849), daughter of William Byrne the landscape engraver and publisher. She is best known for etching the 40 plates of Paul Amsinck's 'Description of Tunbridge Wells and Its Neighbourhood' in 1810.
[Ref: 68272] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Cow and Sheep.] 9 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T Sidney Cooper. Cumberland 1835.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
A cow seated on the ground with its back to the viewer; two horned sheep stand behind. Plate 9 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22739] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Group of Cattle.] 10 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T S Cooper 1838.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
A group of horned cattle sat by a lake, with three further cows drinking in the distance. Plate 10 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22740] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cows and Sheep.] 12 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
1838 T Sidney Cooper.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
Cows and sheep seated and standing, one cow eating from a tree over five seated sheep in the shade. Plate 12 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22741] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Group of Cows.] 14 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T Sidney Cooper 1838.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½". Small tears to right-hand edge.
Four cows resting, one standing, by a lake with a village church and sailing boats in the background. Plate 14 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22742] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Cow and Calf.] 15 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T S Cooper 1838.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½". Publication slightly rubbed.
A cow standing by her calf seated on the ground. Plate 15 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22743] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Group of Calves.] 17 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T S Cooper 1838.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
A group of calves under a tree; three seated resting, a fourth standing making noise to the left, and a fifth standing at the back scratching its head with its left back hoof. Plate 17 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22744] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Group of Cattle.] 19 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T S Cooper 1838.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
Cattle in a field; some cooling off and drinking in a stream, others standing and seated on the banks; farmhouses in the background. Plate 19 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22745] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Cattle and Sheep.] 23 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T Sidney Cooper 1838.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
Two cows, one standing and seated, amongst resting horned sheep. Plate 23 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22748] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Group of Cattle, Barnet Fair.] 24 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
TS Cooper. Sketch at Barnet Fair 1839.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
A large group of cattle at Barnet Fair. Barnet Fair was founded in 1588 when Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the Lord of the manor of Barnet to hold a fair twice yearly. In 1834, 'The Times' newspaper reported that Barnet Fair was England's largest cattle market, with up to 40,000 animals on display. Plate 24 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22749] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Cows, Calf and Sheep in a Barn.] 25 [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T Sidney Cooper 1836.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
Two cows standing in a barn, one facing forward and the other turned away eating hay. A calf stands to the right next to a wheelbarrow, spade and broom, and two sheep are seated to the left. Plate 25 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22750] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Our Herds, No.4, Dairy Cows.
Painted by T.S. Cooper, A.R.A. On Stone by J. West Giles. [Etched in image:] T.S. Cooper RA. 1851.
London, Published November 20th. 1851, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners, St. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.
Coloured lithograph with gum-arabic, very rare. 616 x 736mm. 24¼ x 29". Some spotting.
A group of long-horned cattle; a group seated at the front, with two further cows, one drinking and one standing, in the stream behind. A further group of cows and a cottage can be seen in the distance. Frrom Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 23348] £620.00

A Bull of the Largest Breed of East Indian Cattle Common in Guserat.
Pub by G. Garrard, London, Jan.y 1.st 1801.
Hand-coloured engraving with large margins very fine First issue. Paper watermarked: J Whatman 1801. Plate 374 x 451mm. 14¾ x 17¾". Five wormholes.
Kankrej Cattle are a breed of Zebu cattle from the district of Kankrej in the state of Gujarat in India. They are a very important race to india and are prized as powerful draught animals. These are the original coloured prints issued at 5 shillings each. George Garrard (1760 - 1826) was an animal painter who turned his attention to the making of casts and models of many subjects, but mainly of domestic animals. He was sponsored by the fifth Duke of Bedford, who was the first president of the Smithfield Club (founded I798), and by the third Earl of Egremont, as well as by other members of the Board of Agriculture. Garrard called his house in Hanover Square, London, 'The Agricultural Museum,' and from there he sold his paintings, engraving and models. Issued with original colour like this, Garrard's Cows cost 5 shillings each.
Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27425] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Wild Bull, Gisburn Park.
W. Fryer, del. S. Alken, fecit.
[n.d., 1805.]
Coloured aquatint with etching, 235 x 315mm. 9¼ x 12¼".
Plate to Thomas Dunham Whitaker's (1759 - 1821) ‘History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven,’ 1805, 2nd edition. Gisburne Park in Lancashire's Ribble Valley was home to a herd of cattle said to be descended from the ancient wild cattle of Britain. In the 19th century the cattle became tame and decreased in numbers to around seven or eight animals, these were kept on the estate and became more and more "in bred". Eventually only bulls were born and the Gisburne 'White Bulls' died out by 1859.
[Ref: 9443] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Cow.] 5. [numbered top right-hand corner.]
T. Sidney Cooper from Nature 1839.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. 30th. March, 1839. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Lithograph. 368 x 546mm. 14½ x 21½".
A horned cow sat in a field with its back to the viewer; further horned cows standing and seated in the field in the background. Plate 5 from Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 22735] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

Wild Cow, Gisburn Park.
W. Fryer, del. S. Alken, fecit.
[n.d., 1805.]
Coloured aquatint with etching, 235 x 315mm. 9¼ x 12¼".
Plate to Thomas Dunham Whitaker's (1759 - 1821) ‘History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven,’ 1805, 2nd edition. Gisburne Park in Lancashire's Ribble Valley was home to a herd of cattle said to be descended from the ancient wild cattle of Britain. In the 19th century the cattle became tame and decreased in numbers to around seven or eight animals, these were kept on the estate and became more and more "in bred". Eventually only bulls were born and the Gisburne 'White Bulls' died out by 1859.
[Ref: 9442] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Graphic Illustrations Of Animals, Shewing Their Utility To Man, In Their Services During Life And Uses After Death. Pl.2. Bull, Cow and Calf.
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 440mm (12½ x 17½''). Repaired tears.
A central illustration of a bull, cow and calf, surrounded by eight vignette scenes of of their uses and products, including transport, portage and clothing. Drawn by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms.
[Ref: 48547] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Four Bulls] Quadro esistente nella Galleria di S.M. il Re di Sarddegna.
Paulus Potter f 1649. Paolo Potter dipinse. A. Boucheron disegno. L. Poggioli, litografo.
Torino, lit di D. Festa 1835.
Lithograph, rare; Blind stamp in bottom right margin. 425 x 550mm (16¾ x 21¾"). Small hole on left. Slight creasing at top.
After Paulus Potter (1625-54), a Dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point. He executed 100 paintings before dying young, of tuberculosis, at the age of 28.
[Ref: 35389] £420.00

Portrait of a Heifer. Bred by Bell Loyd Esq.r and fed by Mr Charlton of Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex.
G.H. Laporte Pinx.t.
Printed by Redman. Published by G.H. Laporte, 21 Winchester Row, Edgeware Rd. [c.1830's]
Rare coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 380mm (10½ x 15").
Cattle portrait by George Henry Laporte (1802-73), animal and military painter. That this is an early work is indicated by the address, that of Laporte's father (also a prominent artist), which Laporte used until 1827.
[Ref: 40247] £790.00

La Basse Cour. Dediée a Monsieur le Marquis de Mirabeau Par son tres humble serviteur J.P. Le Bas.
D. Teniers pinx. J.P. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris Chez l'Auteur Graveur du Roy rue de la Harpe 1743.
Etching, fine impression. 365 x 450mm (14½ x 17¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
The interior of a stable, with cows, pigs and chickens. A couple feed the cattle.
BM 1850,0713.62.
[Ref: 43465] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Cattle and sheep in a field] Paul Potter. D'après le Tableau Original peint sur Bois, d'un Pied 3 Pouces 6 Lignes de haut, sur 1 Pied 7 Lignes de Large.
Gravé par Couché.
AParis chez Michel Vauthier, Peintre, rue de la Liberté, ci-devant des Fossés M.r le Prince No 43, Faub. St. Ger.n. [n.d., c.1800.]
Soft ground etching on blue paper. Sheet 470 x 395mm (18½ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate.
An atmospheric rustic scene after Paulus Potter (1625-54) who produced about a hundred paintings before dying of tuberculosis at only 28.
[Ref: 43463] £320.00

Herrest November.
Pieter Nolpe fecit & Excud. [after Paulus Potter.]
[n.d., c.1650.]
Rare etching. Sheet 400 x 510mm (15¾ x 20") Thread margins, repaired tear in centre of image.
The interior of a stable, with a woman washing clothes and three cows tethered in stalls. A rustic scene after Paulus Potter (1625-54) who produced about a hundred paintings before dying of tuberculosis at only 28. This was one of a series of the Twelve Months planned by Pieter Nolpe but incomplete when he died in 1652. The plates were bought by Frederick de Wit, who renamed this plate 'Autumn' and issued it as one of a set of 'Four Seasons'; with some of the other plates becoming the 'Four Elements'
See BM 1871,0812.3941 - 3944 for de Wit's 'Seasons'.
[Ref: 43464] £480.00

[Cows in a field.]
Hills pinxt.
London, _ Drawn, Printed & Published at Friedel's Litho Estab.t, 252, Tottenham C.t R.d & at the Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 255 x 325mm (10 x 12¾"). Repaired tears.
A bull and two cows in a field, barn behind. The Royal Polytechnic Institution was the UK's first polytechnic. Now the University of Westminster, its headquarters are still at 309 Regent Street.
[Ref: 43473] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Les Races Bovines au Concours Universel Agricole de Paris en 1856. Études Zootechniques publiées par ordre de S. Exc. le Ministre de l'Agriculture du Commerce et des Travaux Publics par M. Emile Baudement [...]
Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, MDCCCLXI [1861, but 1862].
Plate volume only (lacking 3 text volumes); oblong folio, original half morocco gilt; pp. iv + 5 half-titles, 87 numbered mixed-method plates. Binding worn and faded.
The cows of Europe, divided into five regions: the British Isles, Holland & Denmark, Switzerland and Germany, the Empire of Austria and France. Many of the plates are copied from photographs by Adrien Nadar and artists like J. Mélin, Emile van Marcke and Rosa and Isodore Bonheur. The images are copied onto the plate using heliography, then manually enhanced using methods including soft ground etching, mezzotint and aquatint, and finished off with a lithographic background tint. The work usually contains five maps, which are not present here. As there is no evidence they were ever included it is likely they were folded into the text volumes in this issue.
[Ref: 52960] £2,000.00 view all images for this item

A Fat Highland Scotch Ox. Which Obtained a Prize at Smithfield Xmas 1805. Fed by Mr. Joiner.
Pub.d by G. Garrard, 28 George St.t Hanover Sq.re March 1.st 1806.
Hand-coloured engraving with large margins, very fine first issue. Plate 248 x 380mm. 9¾ x 15". Creasing into the image from upper margin.
A breed of the Highland cattle with long horns. These are the original coloured prints issued at 5 shillings each. George Garrard (1760-1826) the animal painter and sculptor.
Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27442] £320.00

Druid, A Polled Angus Bull bred by and the Property of the Earl of Southesk.
Gourlay Steell [signed in plate.] Clark Stanton Lith.
Steam Lithographing & Printing Coy. Published at The Farmer Office 150 Fleet Street London. [c.1870s.]
Lithograph, printed area 185 x 230mm. 7¼ x 9". Trimmed.
A prize bull; the owner's Scottish castle in the landscape in the background. After Gourlay Steell (1819 - 1894), animal painter dubbed the 'Scottish Landseer' who received many aristocratic commissions for his work.
[Ref: 16043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Alderney Breed. Cow and Calf, the property of M. Brehaut, of Jersey. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published October, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51320] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

An Alderney Bull, from Earl How's Stock.
London, Pub: July 29, 1801, by G. Garrard Agricultural Museum, 28, George St. Hanover Squr.
Etching in red ink. Plate 300 x 426mm. 11¾ x 16¾".
The Alderney was a breed of dairy cattle originating from the British Channel Island of Alderney, though no longer found on the island. The pure breed is now extinct, though hybrids still exist. George Garrard (1760 - 1826) was an animal painter who turned his attention to the making of casts and models of many subjects, but mainly of domestic animals. He was sponsored by the fifth Duke of Bedford, who was the first president of the Smithfield Club (founded I798), and by the third Earl of Egremont, as well as by other members of the Board of Agriculture. Garrard called his house in Hanover Square, London, 'The Agricultural Museum,' and from there he sold his paintings, engraving and models.
[Ref: 18224] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Cows and Sheep.] No.2.
R. Hills delin.t
Pub.d by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Printed area: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½''). Slight foxing.
A rural scene showing a man driving a cart carrying calves while the a herd of cows and a flock of sheep follow from behind.
[Ref: 48522] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Ayrshire Breed. Cow, 5 Years old, the property of Mr Finlay, Lyonstone, Maybole, bred in the upper district of Ayrshire. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April, 1842 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Edges foxed.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Devon Breed. Bull, aged 2 years and 9 Months, bred by Mr Denny, Egnore, County of Norfolk. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13") large margins. Slight mount burn around image.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51334] £350.00

The Fifeshire Breed. Cow, 6 Years old, the property of Mr Mr B. Ferney of Kilmux. _ bred by Mr Anderson, Kinglassie. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published October, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Mount burn.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Galloway Breed. Heifer 3 Years Old, the property of the Right Honourable the Countess of Selkirk. _ Bull. 4 Years old, bred by Mr Marshall, St Mary's Isle, Kircudbrightshire. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published August, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13") large margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51328] £360.00

The Glamorgan Breed. Cow, 5 Years old, bed by Mr Bradley, of Treguff Place, in the County of Glamorgan. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51323] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Hasli _ Race. Bulle aus der Heerde der Grindelwald_Alpe. Race du Hasli. Taureau du troupeau de la Grindelwald-Alp.
[by Witte?]
[German, c.1851.]
A rare etching, with original colour. 265 x 415mm (10½ x 16¼"). Trimmed into image at top.
A portrait of a Swiss bull, snow-covered mountains behind.
See 43461 & 43462
[Ref: 43468] £360.00

[Cows out to pasture.]
Imp Lemercier & C.ie Paris.
Lithograph sheet 400 x 575mm (15¾ x 22¾"); colouring chart at bottom. Some light foxing in margins.
A view of cows out to pasture in a field. The scene focusses on three cows in the foreground, two seem to be about to have a drink from the marsh and one scratches its head on a post. Imprimeries Lemercier & Cie was a French publishing house in Paris at 57, rue de Seine and 44, rue Vercingétorix and operated between 1803 and 1901.
[Ref: 56034] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Cows in the woods]
Inv. Juzy Cub. Eng Vag Mauki.
Imp. Haugard Munge a Taus. chromo.
Coloured lithograph with colouring data below; 455 x 560mm (17¾ x 22"). Two small tears to edges of margins.
A herd of cows grazing in the woods.
[Ref: 56146] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Long Horn Breed. Bull, 4 Years old, bred by Mr Wyatt of Hanwell Castle, Oxfordshire; by a Bull bred [by] Mr Smith of Snidderfield, in the the County of Warwick. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published February, 1842 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Mount burn aroound image.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51330] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Pembroke Breed. Bull, 3 Years old, bred by Mr Innes Achland of Boulston: _ Cow, 5 Years old, bred by the same Gentleman. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published February, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51329] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Set of six aquatints of cows at rest]
[Anon, c.1810]
Six aquatints in original wrappers, 1 plate watermarked 1808; each platemark approx 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Staining. Inscribed 'Laetitia [Hansard?] 1821' inside cover in ink.
[Ref: 43329] £360.00 view all images for this item

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