Grosvenor Prints

[Athens] View of the Temple of Jupiter Olympia.
Lith by C. de Brochtorff. Malta 1837 from a Sketch by D. White R.N.
Rare & scarce lithograph. Sheet 210 x 265mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Creasing.
A view of the ruins of a temple, with the Parthenon behind. By German-Danish artist Charles Frederick de Brocktorff (c. 1775/1785 - 1850).
[Ref: 67857] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Temple of Jupiter Olympus at Athens. Vue du Temple de Jupiter Olimpien a Athens.
LeRoy delin J.Boydell excudit.
Sold by H, Overton at White Horse without Newgate.
Fine hand coloured engraving on 18th century water marked paper. Plate 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾), with large margins.
A view of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens (Olympieion) showing the ruin built up with shops trading in contrast to the sparse open space Museum that it has become today.
[Ref: 56299] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Athens, from the Academy.
C.R. Cockerell R.A. del. L. Haghe Lith.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King [1837]
Rare lithograph, sheet 135 x 225mm (5¼ x 8¾"), large margins. Staining from glue.
View of Athens after a design by Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863), who first trained with the distinguished watercolourists Thomas and William Daniell. Cockerell was on the continent from 1810-17, spending much of his time studying ancient Greek architecture and sculpture. Frontispiece to 'Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There' by Christopher Wordsworth, bishop of Lincoln (1837).
[Ref: 42106] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Columns of a ruined temple, Athens.]
[by and after Mrs F. Cunningham?]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph, image 170 x 225mm (6¾ x 9").
A very rare early lithograph, similar in style to 'Nine views taken on the continent drawn on stone by Mrs. F. Cunningham'. Cunningham, a talented amateur artist, was born Richenda Gurney, in a prominent Quaker banking family) and was sister to Elizabeth Fry.
[Ref: 35542] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Outline of the View of Athens exhibiting in the Panorama Strand.
Engraved by R & E Williamson.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 245 x 440mm (9¾ x 17½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A key plate to a view of Athens exhibited in Barker's Panorama in the Strand. This alternative venue to the more famous Panorama in Leicester Square was opened in 1801 by Thomas Edward Barker and Ramsay Richard Reinagle.
[Ref: 46205] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Temple of Hephaestus, Athens.]
[D. Costantin á Athens]
[n.d., c.1860]
Albumen silver print, mounted on album paper. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). A little discolouration in sky.
An early photograph of the Temple of Hephaestus (formerly the Temple of Theseus because it was believed his remains were inside), a well-preserved Doric temple on the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, inaugurated 415BC. P. Constantin in Athens not signed in plate.
[Ref: 47440] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[View of the Parthenon from the Propylea.]
[Engraved by J. Bailey after Simone Pomardi.]
[London, published September 1, 1819, by Rodwell and Martin, Bond-street.]
Scarce aquatint. Sheet 270 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', no date. Trimmed close to printed border (never with printed title).
A view looking across rooftops to the Parthenon, from 'Views in Greece' by Edward Dodwell (1767-1832), published in parts between 1819 and 1821 to accompany 'A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806'. Dodwell produced 400 drawings and Pomardi 600 during their travels around Greece, many of which are now in the Packard Humanities Institute.
Abbey Travel 130.
[Ref: 59683] £390.00

Athens, South View of the Acropolis. To J. Spencer Smith, Esq.r M.P. F.R.S. & F.S.A. &c. The Print from the Original Drawing in his Collection, is respectfully inscribed by E. Orme.
Drawn by Préaux on the Spot 1799. Engraved by J. Jeakes.
Published Nov.r 1 1804, by Edw.d Orme, His Majesty's Printseller, New Bond Street London.
Rare coloured aquatint. Sheet 440 x 590mm (17¼ x 23¼"), watermarked 'Russell'. Trimmed within plate, a little creasing.
A view looking up at the Acropolis, with the pediment of the Parthenon just visible above the walls. The artist, Jean Francois Préaulx, was a draughtsman in the service of the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier in the Levant and near east. He also engraved several pictures in the collection of John Sydney Smith (1796-1845, younger brother of Admiral Sydney Smith), who served in the British Embassy at Constantinople 1793-1801, first as private secretary to the ambassador and Secretary of Legation from 1798.
[Ref: 59676] £480.00

[The Aqueduct of Hadrian.]
Stuart del.t. Lerpiniere Sculp.t.
[London: Elizabeth Stuart, 1794.]
Engraving, with large margins. 330 x 500mm, 13 x 19½".
A view of the remains of the Aqueduct of Hadrian, on the slopes of Anchesmos, to the north east of the Acropolis in Athens, published in the 'Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece' by James 'Athenian' Stuart & Nicholas Revett. Stuart (1713–88) and Revett (1720–1804) joined Gavin Hamillton and Matthew Brettingham on a Grand Tour of Italy, the Balkans & Greece between 1748-55. On their return they started work on the 'Antiquities', which was the first accurate survey of the surviving classical buildings of Athens, with the first volume published in 1762, the second 1789, third 1794, fourth 1816 and fifth 1830 (nearly 80 years after the first). The work was incredibly influential, fueling the Greek revivalist style in 18th-century English architecture. The attention to detail was such that it attracted the attention of Hogarth, who satirised the work with his 'Five Orders of Periwig'.
[Ref: 26794] £350.00

[The Arch of Hadrian.]
Stuart del.t. Lerpiniere Sculp.t. [&] Stuart del.t. W. Lowry sculp[&] N. Revett del.t.
[London: Elizabeth Stuart, 1794.] [&] Published as the act direct. [&] Pub.d as the Act directs April 3 1792.
Three engravings with large margins. 330 x 455mm, 13 x 18"; 395 x 300mm, 15¼ x 12"; & 400 x 300mm, 15¾ x 11¾".
A view and elevations of the front and sides of the Arch of Hadrian, south east of the Acropolis in Athens, published in the 'Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece' by James 'Athenian' Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The view shows the existing remains, with a family of shepherds; the elevations show it as it would have been complete, although not guessing what statuary would be used. Stuart (1713–88) and Revett (1720–1804) joined Gavin Hamillton and Matthew Brettingham on a Grand Tour of Italy, the Balkans & Greece between 1748-55. On their return they started work on the 'Antiquities', which was the first accurate survey of the surviving classical buildings of Athens, with the first volume published in 1762, the second 1789, third 1794, fourth 1816 and fifth 1830 (nearly 80 years after the first). The work was incredibly influential, fueling the Greek revivalist style in 18th-century English architecture. The attention to detail was such that it attracted the attention of Hogarth, who satirised the work with his 'Five Orders of Periwig'.
Stuart's gouache of the Arch is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, RIBA Library Drawings Collection, SD145/9.
[Ref: 26791] £390.00 view all images for this item

The Temple of Erictheus at Athens. Le Temple d'Erictheus a Athénes.
R. Dalton del: J.S.Muller Sc:
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament April 12.th 1751.
Engraving. Plate: 380 x 245mm (15 x 9¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the Erectheion, an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis in Athens. One of the six cariatyds supporting the porch, depicted here on the left, was removed by Lord Elgin in 1801 and now resides in the British Musuem. This is a plate from Richard Dalton's 'Antiquites and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the spot A.D. 1749' 1751. The plates were popular and were reprinted in various studies of antiquities and are some of the earliest images of Greec and Egypt compiled by an Englishman.
[Ref: 41359] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Temple of Erictheus at Athens. Le Temple d'Erictheus a Athénes.
R. Dalton del: J.S.Muller Sc:
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament April 12.th 1751.
Engraving. Plate: 380 x 245mm (15 x 9¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the Erectheion, an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis in Athens. One of the six cariatyds supporting the porch, depicted here on the right, was removed by Lord Elgin in 1801 and now resides in the British Musuem. This is a plate from Richard Dalton's 'Antiquites and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the spot A.D. 1749' 1751. The plates were popular and were reprinted in various studies of antiquities and are some of the earliest images of Greec and Egypt compiled by an Englishman.
[Ref: 41358] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[View of the Bridge over the Ilissus River connecting the Panathenaic Stadium with the city of Athens. ]
Stuart del.t. Tho.s Medland Sculp.t.
Published Jan.y 30th 1791 by Eliz:th Stuart Leicesterfields.
Engraving with large margins on 3 sides. 350 x 490mm, 13¾ x 19".
A view of the bridge over the Ilissus, south-east of the Acropolis, published in the 'Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece' by James 'Athenian' Stuart & Nicholas Revett. In the foreground are shepherds, two with musical instruments, a third with a pipe. The bridge led to the Panathenaic Stadium, now rebuilt and site of the first modern Olympic Games. Stuart (1713–88) and Revett (1720–1804) joined Gavin Hamillton and Matthew Brettingham on a Grand Tour of Italy, the Balkans & Greece between 1748-55. On their return they started work on the 'Antiquities', which was the first accurate survey of the surviving classical buildings of Athens, with the first volume published in 1762, the second 1789, third 1794, fourth 1816 and fifth 1830 (nearly 80 years after the first). The work was incredibly influential, fueling the Greek revivalist style in 18th-century English architecture. The attention to detail was such that it attracted the attention of Hogarth, who satirised the work with his 'Five Orders of Periwig'.
Stuart's gouache of the bridge is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, RIBA Library Drawings Collection, SD146/1.
[Ref: 26796] £330.00

Plan of the Antiquities of Athens as Surveyed by J. Stuart. 1752.
[Drawn by A. Arrowsmith?]
[London: Elizabeth Stuart, 1794.]
Engraved map. 535 x 700mm, 21 x 27½". Small margins.
Map of Athens showing the classical buildings surveyed made by James 'Athenian' Stuart and published in the 'Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece' by Stuart & Nicholas Revett. To Stuart's dismay the local authorities would not allow him to survey the Acropolis because of an outbreak of plague. Stuart (1713-88) and Revett (1720-1804) joined Gavin Hamillton and Matthew Brettingham on a Grand Tour of Italy, the Balkans & Greece between 1748-55. On their return they started work on the 'Antiquities', which was the first accurate survey of the surviving classical buildings of Athens, with the first volume published in 1762, the second 1789, third 1794, fourth 1816 and fifth 1830 (nearly 80 years after the first). The work was incredibly influential, fueling the Greek revivalist style in 18th-century English architecture. The attention to detail was such that it attracted the attention of Hogarth, who satirised the work with his 'Five Orders of Periwig'. This map was published in Volume 4; the general map of Attica in the same volume was signed by Arrowsmith.
[Ref: 26784] £260.00

[Athens Polytechnic]
[Unsigned, c.1870]
Lithograph and tintstone, scarce, printed area 255 x 315mm (10 x 12½"), with large margins.
The Averof building, which remains at the centre of the Patision Complex of the National Technical University of Athens (also still known as the Athens Polytechnic). Designed by Lysander Kaftanzoglou, the building is a key example of European Neoclassicism.
[Ref: 47632] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Temple of Jupiter Olympius, Athens. Le Temple de Jupiter Olympius, Athènes. Der Tempel Jupiter Olympius, Athen.
Drawn by Wolfensberger. Engraved by J. Sands.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. [n.d. c.1841.]
Steel engraving. 208 x 279mm. 8¼ x 11".
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympeion, in the centre of Athens. Although begun in the 6th century BC, it was not completed until the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. In the Hellenistic and Roman periods it was the largest temple in Greece. Its foundations were laid on the site of an earlier temple by the tyrant Pisistratus in 515 BC, but the work was abandoned when Pisistratus's son, Hippias, was overthrown in 510 BC.
[Ref: 20158] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Dun Nose. Isle of Wight.
Atkins Pinxt. R. & D. Havell Sculp.nt.
London Published March 25th, 1813 by James Daniell, 480 Strand.
Colour printed aquatint, 530 x 540mm.
[Ref: 456] £1,450.00

Opening of the Henley Water Works, by the Right Hon. W.H. Smith, M.P., June 17th, 1882. A large and influential party...assembled at Henley-on-Thames...on the occasion of the Public Opening of the Water Works, to inspect the working of the 'Atkins' Patent System of Softening and Purifying Water... [List of dignitaries in attendance, report of the proceedings and some speeches follows.]
The Atkins Water Softening and Purifying Company (Limited), 62, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
[London, 1882.]
Promotional ephemera relating to the Atkins Water Softening and Purifying Co: letterpress leaflet report, small 4to (page 260 x 190mm, 10¼ x 7½"); letterpress testimonial 'Certificate' from the London, Brighton, & South Coast Railway Company, sheet similar size; and ink ALS on company headed paper to George Bowen of St. Neots from W. A[tkins?] (sheet 205 x 130mm, 8 x 5"); altogether 3 items. Folds; certificate with tatty and chipped extremities.
The letter from scarce collection, details the estimated charges applied by the company to install their apparatus in the home of Geo. Bowers Esqr, St. Noets.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16546] £240.00 view all images for this item

[John Atkins, Lord Mayor of London] Smoak Jack the Alarmist, Extinguishing the Second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!
G C.k [George Cruikshank].
Pub.d Oct.r 12 1819 by T. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small hole in edge of plate top right. Time stained.
The Lord Mayor stands on a balcony of the Mansion House, wearing his robes and a fool's cap, as London burns, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Tower of London in flames. He holds a hose between his legs, directing a spray down on the heads of the Jacobins and their torches, with the reference to Gulliver suggesting he is urinating. John Atkins (c.1754-1838, Lord Mayor of London 1818-9) had made a speech in which he claimed the radicals wanted 'to fire the Metropolis and murder the inhabitants', after which he was heckled with cries of 'Fire Fire!' & 'Smoke Jack'
BM Satires 13272.
[Ref: 58372] £320.00

The true and perfect manner of the execution of one Richard Atkins, Englishman at Rome. Anno. 1581.
[n.d., c.1600?]
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11''). Trimmed. Creasing.
A series of four vignettes showing events that led to the execution of the Protestant martyr Richard Atkins. Atkins was travelling in Rome with his New Testament where he was arrested by the Inquisition. He was tortured and finally burnt at the stake.
[Ref: 49702] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

South West View of St. Nicholas Church, Lower Tooting, Surrey. Erected by the Parish from the Design of Thomas Whitham Atkinson, Architect, at an Expence of 4619 pounds, with accomodation for 1083 persons. This plate of the New and Old Church is most respectfully dedicated to the Rev.d I.Ravenhill, D.D. Rector, the Rev.d Richard Greaves, M.A. Patron, And the Gentlemen Constituting the Building Committee, By their Obedient and Humble Servant W.J. Wade.
Drawn by T.W.Atkinson, Stanford Street. Engraved by C.Rosenberg.
London. Published Jan.y 1832 by W.I. Wade, Picture Frame Maker, 86, Leadenhall Street, and Mr Hudson, Lower Tooting.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 470 x 570mm. Trimmed within plate at top.
In Tooting Graveney, published the year before it opened.
[Ref: 459] £480.00

Revd. Charles Atkinson, late of Ipswich. 38 Years Minister at the Independent Meeting, Jacket Street.
Painted by R. Willoughby. On Stone by J. Smart Junr.
Published July 1830, by T. Jennings, Carver & Gilder, Tacket Street, Ipswich.
Lithograph on india paper, india 240 x 205mm. 9½ x 8". A little soiled; margins with chips and tears.
Portrait of Charles Atkinson (1762 - 1830), nonconformist minister at Ipswich. Seated at desk, looking towards the viewer, right hand tucked into his waistcoat; ink well and quill behind.
[Ref: 27075] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A General Chart of the Sea Coast of Europe, Africa & America. According to E. Wrights or Mercator's Projection.
By H. Moll Geographer.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraved map. 345 x 285mm (13½ x 11¼"). Original binding folds.
A sea chart centred on the Atlantic Ocean, but also showing all of South America, Africa and the Black Sea. Of interest in the mythical Peypys Island off South America. From Josiah Burchett's 'A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea, from the Earliest Account... to the Conclusion of the Last War with France''. Edward Wright (1561-1615), a mathmatician and surveyor, not only corrected Mercator's Projection but also published a guide explaining how to use charts using that projection, something that Gerhard Mercator had never done. His work gave British navigators a particular advantage over the competition.
[Ref: 61702] £250.00

To His Excellency George M. Dallas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, this Print of the Vessels engaged in laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, is respectfully dedicated by his most obedient Servant, [...]
Josiah Taylor Del. Vincent Brooks Lith.
London: Published August 4th 1857, by W. Foster, 114, Fenchurch Street.
A large and fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 530 x 880mm (20¾ x 34½"). Trimmed into inscription area, losing dedicatee, a few repaired tears.
The first attempt to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable, beaten when the cable kept breaking. The British ships are named as 'Agamemnon' & 'Leopard', the American 'Niagara' & 'Susquehanna'.
[Ref: 45849] £1,800.00

Atlas.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on collapse of the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles. Figures, including Atlas and John Law hold up giant bubbles above their heads.
[Ref: 48482] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Illustrated General, and Elementary Physical Atlas: with Descriptive Letterpress... Recommended by the Minister of Public Instruction to be used in the Schools of Prussia and Germany.
By Dr. Karl, Vogel. Director of Schools, Berlin, and the Editor of the 'University Atlas of the Middle Ages,' &c.
London: Edward Gover, Sen., Princes Street, Bedford Row; Whittaker and Co; Simpkin and MArshall; Aylott and Jones. Dublin: J. Robertson. 1850.
4to, limp boards titled in gilt on front board; pp. 24, 1 folding steel-engraved world map and 7 double-page maps, all in original hand colour. Pages loose, some slight foxing, ink ownship inscription dated 1856 on prelim.
A basic atlas with maps of the World, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and the British Isles. All the maps have decorative borders; the continents have illustrations of the peoples and wildlife. On the maps the British Empire is marked in red.
[Ref: 40554] £390.00 view all images for this item

[Atlas.]
F. Verdier jnvent. J. Bap. de Poilly Sculp. C.P.R.
[Paris, n.d., 1747.]
Fine engraving. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾").
Atlas the Titan, supporting a large celestial globe on a rocky outcrop. A pair of compasses and a slab with scrolls of diagrams are resting against the base of the rock lower left. Although he was frequently depicted holding up the world, the original myth has Atlas supporting the sky. From 'Recueil de plusieurs figures d'Académie, dessinées d'après nature par François Verdier'.
[Ref: 19614] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

La Terre et Son Atmosphere. Pl. X.
[After John Emslie] Depose. Kiessling & Comp a Bruxelles.
Librairie de W. Nitzsche a Hall, Wurttemburg. [n.d., c.1862].
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
A section of the Earth and its atmosphere at the equator, higlighting the effects of reflection and refraction and the uneven nature of the Earth's surface. The oceans and continents are indicated as are some islands and volcanoes. One of twelve from the French version of the Astronomischer Bilder Atlas 'Astronomie Populare en Tableaux Tansparents', from Wilhelm Nitzschke, 1862.
[Ref: 56895] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Earth and its Atmosphere.
Drawn and Engraved by John Emslie.
Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. March 10.th 1849.
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
One of a set of 12 hand-tinted astronomical prints with explanatory text from the series 'Astronomical Diagrams'. Several of the images were drawn and engraved by John Emslie, who also collaborated with Reynolds on the set of diagrams, 'Popular Diagrams of Natural Philosophy'. A section of the Earth and its atmosphere at the equator, higlighting the effects of reflection and refraction and the uneven nature of the Earth's surface. The oceans and continents are indicated as are some islands and volcanoes.
[Ref: 56884] £360.00

Atmospheric Refraction.
[London: David Bogue, c. 1845.]
Coloured lithograph on card. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½"). Edges clipped at corners.
Optical illusions caused by atmospheric refraction, with mirrored images of ships. Plate 93 of 'The Beauty of the Heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe' by Charles F Blunt.
[Ref: 56796] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Atom.
Corbould del. Walker sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co. APril 15 1786.
Engraving. 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed to plate on left, damp stains. Large margins on 3 sides.
A 'Japanese' man sits in his study holding up a piece of paper lettered with 'Hob Nob', surrounded by books, a globe and a pair of compasses. A frontispiece to 'The Novelist's Magazine' when it published Tobias Smollett's novel 'The History and Adventures of an Atom', a satire of British politics during the Seven Years' War.
[Ref: 56784] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Attack on Gibraltar in 1781, by the Spanish Floating Batteries.
Hamilton R.A. del.t Wells delt.
[Bunney & Gold, 1804.]
Aquatint. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9". Slightly cut.
The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. It was the longest siege endured by the British Armed Forces. In November 1781 the British garrison filed silently out of the defence works and made a surprise sortie. They routed the whole body of the besieging infantry in the trenches, set their batteries on fire, blew up and spiked their cannon, destroyed their entrenchments, and killed or took prisoner a large number of the Spaniards.
Parker: 92, i. NMM: PAI2904; for another item demonstrating the floating batteries used to attack Gibraltar, see ref. 13789
[Ref: 25156] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Attack on the Strong Fort of Grijo, on the 11.th of May 1809. Respectfully Dedicated to Major General the Honorable Sir Charles Stewart, K.B. by his most obed.t hum.ble Ser.t H. L'Eveque.
Painted by H. L'Eveque. Engraved by Ch.e Heath.
London: Pub.d Jan.1.1813 for the Proprietors by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur St.t
Copper engraving. Plate 356 x 489mm. 14 x 19¼". Tear into lower right-hand edge and image.
The Battle of Grijó was a battle that ended up in victory for the Anglo-Portuguese army commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley over the French Army commanded by Marshal Nicolas Soult during the second French invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War.
[Ref: 20874] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Attacking the Badger. From the Original Picture by S. Taylor.
Painted by Stephen Taylor. Drawn on Stone by Fairland. Printed by Fraf & Soret.
London Published June 1st 1833 by J. McCormick No. 147 Strand.
Coloured lithograph. 300 x 240mm. Framed. Single crease effecting title.
[Ref: 5875] £380.00

La liste de presence [in pencil.]
P. Renouard [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1892.]
Etching, very large margins, signed in pencil. Plate 291 x 221
A young girl in ballet dress leans over a table to read her instructions for her class. No. 1. from a series published as 'A l'Opera 30 Eaux-Fortes par P. Renouard preface de Ludovic Halivy'.
[Ref: 34643] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Attentative Nurse]
A. Kauffman R.A. pinxit. Rob.t Lowrie fecit.
R. Sayer excudit.
Mezzotint, sheet 370 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Trimmed within plate at right and bottom possibly losing title. Glued onto backing paper. Creasing.
Three-quarter length oval portrait of a young woman swathed in fabric holding a baby.
[Ref: 61597] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Attention. [&] Serenity.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.y. 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi Sala & Co. (late Tore) No.132 Pall Mall.
A pair of printed stipple. Framed. Image: 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Frame: 210 x 175mm (8¼ x 7"). Unexamined out of frame.
A pair of allegorical scenes, one showing the figure of attention writing at her desk, the second shows serenity looking towards the sky.
[Ref: 45409] £420.00 view all images for this item

Attention.
Taylor, Holborn, excudit. [n.d. c.1820.]
Stipple. Plate 172 x 115mm. 6¾ x 4½".
A young boy standing next to a young girl who is seated holding a small nest with three baby birds tweeting up at her as she holds a small flower above them. Charles Taylor printmaker and publisher, 1756 - 1823, in Holborn London from 1779.
[Ref: 22614] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Attention]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[London Publish'd March 6th. 1782 by Sus. Vivares]
Stipple printed in colours, sheet 125 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Trimmed inside platemark, possibly losing text.
Attention: woman sat at desk, writing. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani.
De Vesme 575 iii[?]/v
[Ref: 36633] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Franciscus Atterbury S.T.P. Episc: Rossensis & Decs West Mons.
J. Faber ad vivum Del.t & Fecit.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper. Damaged.
Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster 1713-21. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was imprisoned in the Tower in 1722 for communicating with the Old Pretender and banished for life the following year.
CS 4.
[Ref: 59424] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Francis Atterbury] The Lord Bishop of Rochester.
J. Smith excud [n.d. c.1740].
Mezzotint. 195 x 150mm (7¼ x 6") Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester, who was deprived of his offices in 1723 for corresponding with James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender).
CS: 3, 'possibly by G. White. Sharp 283, ii of ii.
[Ref: 68518] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Francis Atterbury] The Right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster.
[G. Kneller S.R. Imp & Mag. Brit. Bart.ts pinx. 1718.]
J. Simon fec et ex. [n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing inscriptions at bottom, old ink mss. in title area.
A half=length portrait of Francis Atterbury (1662 - 1732), Bishop of Rochester, who was deprived of his offices in 1723 for corresponding with James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender).
CS: 19. Sharp 279.
[Ref: 68519] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Francis Atterbury] The Right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp & Mag. Brit. Bart.ts pinx. 1718.
J. Simon fec et ex. [n.d. c.1720].
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins.
Francis Atterbury (1662 - 1732), Bishop of Rochester, was deprived of his offices in 1723 for corresponding with James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender). The letterpress relates to the Lords' passing of the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury.
CS: 19. Sharpe 279. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67212] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Francis Atterbury] The Right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp & Mag. Brit. Bart.ts pinx. 1718.
J. Simon fec et ex. [n.d. c.1720].
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Surface rubbing. Bit messy. Small margins. Repaired tear left margin.
Francis Atterbury (1662 - 1732), Bishop of Rochester, was deprived of his offices in 1723 for corresponding with James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender). The letterpress relates to the Lords' passing of the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury.
CS: 19. Sharpe 279. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67213] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Francis Atterbury] The Right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster.
G. Kneller S.R. Imp & Mag. Brit. Bart.ts pinx. 1718. J. Simon fec et ex.
Sold by Phil: Overton at ye Golden Buck ag.t S.t Dunstans Church Fleet Street [n.d. c.1740].
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper with strips of letterpress at sides.
Francis Atterbury (1662 - 1732), Bishop of Rochester, was deprived of his offices in 1723 for corresponding with James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender). The letterpress relates to the Lords' passing of the bill of pains and penalties against Atterbury.
CS: 19. Sharpe 279. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64540] £350.00

[Albion Mill fire] Conflagration! or the Merry Mealmongers, A New dance, as it was performed with Universal Applause, at the Theatre Blackfriars March 2d. 1791. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Collings. Etch.d by Barlow.
Publish.d as the Act directs, by Bentley & C.o, April 1.st 1791.
Etching, plate 195 x 230mm (7¾ x 9"). Small margins. Folding creases, as normal.
A scene on Blackfriars Bridge, with the Albion Mills on fire in the background, while a dense crowd on the bridge rejoices at the spectacle. In the foreground three men are dancing: two face each other holding hands, but looking at the fire, the third waves his hat and a toy windmill. One holds out a broadside: 'A New Song', he carries a sheaf of papers over his shoulder inscribed 'Success to the Mills of Albion but no Albion Mills'. The print was issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 8022.
[Ref: 59541] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Crops Last Shift. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Cruikshanks. Etch.d by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by W.Locke Nov.r 1.st 1791.
Etching, sheet 210 x 230mm (8¼ x 9"). Small margins. Trimmed to plate on two sides, folding creases, as normal.
Four young bloods have attacked an old woman on a donkey with a pannier of potatoes. Their hair is cropped, and they have bludgeons. One has cut off the donkey's tail; another, who holds it, has fallen backwards. A third fills his hat with potatoes which have fallen from the donkey's basket, while a fourth stands with clenched fists facing the old woman. On the collar of a bulldog beside him is inscribed 'Barrymore' (reversed, and only legible in a mirror). The print was published in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 7998.
[Ref: 59536] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Nicolas Pedrosa. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Collings. Etch.d by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by Bentley & C.o Feb.y 1.st 1791.
Etching, plate 195 x 230mm (7¾ x 9"). Folding creases, as normal, small tear and stain to bottom edge. Small margins.
A scene from 'The History of Nicolas Pedrosa, and His Escape from the Inquisition in Madrid. A Tale'. Surgeon and male-midwife Nicolas Pedrosa on a horse causes havoc among a group of friars wearing cassocks, carrying crosses and rosaries. The next morning, Pedrosa receives a summons from the Inquisition, an especially worrisome situation for him as he is secretly a Jew. Jewish interest. The print was issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 59543] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Gretna Green. Striking the Iron while it is hot. Attic Miscellany.
Drawn by Collings. Etch.d by Barlow.
Published as the Act directs, by W. Locke Aug.t 1.st 1791.
Etching, sheet 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate on one side, folding creases as normal, stains. Small margins.
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green. Gretna Green's runaway marriages began in 1753, following the introduction of the Marriage Act, prohibiting young couples to marry without their parents' permission. The act however did not apply in Scotland. The print was issued in the 'Attic Miscellany' in 1791.
BM Satires 7992.
[Ref: 59544] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Attica from an Actual Survey by Mr. Stuart.
Drawn by A. Arrowsmith. J. Walker Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act directs by Elizabeth Stuart Feb: 12th 1794.
Engraved map. 660 x 620mm, 26 x 24½". Folded as issued, Two tears repaired.
Map of the peninsula of Attica, the region dominated by Athens in classical times. It was drawn by Aaron Arrowsmith, one of the leading English cartographers of the period, based on the survey made by James 'Athenian' Stuart and published in the 'Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece' by Stuart & Nicholas Revett. Stuart (1713-88) and Revett (1720-1804) joined Gavin Hamillton and Matthew Brettingham on a Grand Tour of Italy, the Balkans & Greece between 1748-55. On their return they started work on the 'Antiquities', which was the first accurate survey of the surviving classical buildings of Athens, with the first volume published in 1762, the second 1789, third 1794, fourth 1816 and fifth 1830 (nearly 80 years after the first). The work was incredibly influential, fueling the Greek revivalist style in 18th-century English architecture. The attention to detail was such that it attracted the attention of Hogarth, who satirised the work with his 'Five Orders of Periwig'.
[Ref: 26783] £260.00

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