Grosvenor Prints

[Drapers] Linlithgow. Bo.t of David Shiels, Linen & Woollen Draper. Haberdasher, Silk Mercer, Hosier, Hatter & Glover. West of England & Yorkshire - Broad & Narrow Cloths & Cassimeres - Cantoons & Cassinets, Drills & Vestings - Tartan Mantles. - Prints, Ginghams, Shawls &c - Sareenets, Merinos, Bombazeens, Crapes, - & every description of Family Mourning.
[mss. dated 1838.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Folds.
With a vignette of a man shearing a sheep.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33449] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Outdoor Supplier] Bought of James Smith, Merchant & Manufacturer. Wide Bargate, Boston. Sheep netting. Mill-cloths, Tarpaulings, & Stack Covers, on the most Reasonable Terms. Dealer in Twines & Lines of every Description Oil Cloths, Varnishes, Pitch Tar, &c.
[mss. dated 1827.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Folds.
A billhead illustrated with a vignette of a man pulling line from a spindle, a ship behind.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33455] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Drapers] Edinburgh. Bo.t of John Clapperton & Co.
[mss. dated 1824.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 155 x 195mm (6½ x 7¾"). Folds.
A billhead illustrated with a vignette elevation titled 'John Clapperton & co, Drapers. 371, High Street'.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33457] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Drapers] Printed Furniture and Moreen Warehouse. 7 George Street, Edinburgh. Bo.t of Richard Whytock & Co., Manufacturers of Merino & Silk Damask, Taborets, Brussels and Wilton Carpets, Fringes, &c.
C. Tompson sc. Edin.
[mss. dated 1831.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 160 x 200mm (6¼ x 8"). Folds, hole from a paper spike.
A billhead illustrated with a vignette of Whytock's premises, with a column in the background.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33462] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Mercers] No 32 Princes Street Edinburgh. Bo.t of Leechman & Edington, Silk Mercers. India & British Muslins and French Cambrics. Foreign & British Laces.
W.H. Lizars sc.
[mss. dated 1823.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 225 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Remains of wax seal. Folds, tear from opening of wax seal.
A billhead illustrated with an elevation of the 'Shawl Warehouse'. W.H. Lizars was Edinburgh's most famous engraver: he was employed to engrave the first of Audubon's 'Birds of America', including the Wild Turkey. However, because of a conflict of interest (his working on John Prideaux Selby's series of life-size birds), Audubon dropped him for Havell. However this billhead shows that even the best engravers had to engrave more than bookplates.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33493] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Drapers] Melrose. Bought of James Isaac, Woollen Draper, Haberdasher & Silk Mercer, Grocer, Wine & Spirit Merchant.
[mss. dated 1830.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 300 x 185mm (12 x 7¼"). Folds.
A billhead illustrated with an elevation of Melrose Abbey. The very detailed bill covers over 35 items everything from stockings to sugar.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33497] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Mercers] No 20. New Street Birmingham. Boucher & Jackson, Clothiers and Man's Mercers. Successors to Bate's Tailoring Establishment, Exactly opposite King Edward's School.
W.H. Lizars sc.
[mss. dated 1842.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 250 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"), folded vertically. Creases.
A billhead illustrated with an elevation of King Edward's School and a vignette of a tailor taking a man's measurements, with a text 'Funerals Completely Furnished'. Addressed to Charles Hancock Executor [in ink]. A very detailed bill of over 20 items.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33494] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Florist] 53 George Street Edinburgh. Boought of John Mozzi Artificial Florist and Feather Manufacturer. Importer of French Flowers. Wholesale and Retail. A large assortment always on hand. Feathers redressed, dyed and altered. Gold and Silver Laces, Cords, Tassels &c. Scarfs, Bandeus. Gold, silver and Pearl Head Ornaments.
[mss. dated 1834.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 160 x 200mm (6¼ x 8"), with 1d receipt stamp. Folds.
A billhead illustrated with a vignette of the Prince of Wales's Feathers.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33459] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Marlborough and Devises. Bo.t of Jonah Reeve, From London. Appraiser, Auctioneer, Cabinet Manufacturer, Upholsterer & Paper Hanger. Agent for the Crown Life Assurance Company. Funerals furnished.
Unwin Sc.
[Manuscript to Rev Meyler date 'Xmas 1846'.]
Engraved billhead with mss. Folds.
An engraved billhead with the logo of the Crown Life Assurance Company. In 1849 Jonah Reeve served as Master of the 'Worshipful Company of Upholders of the City of London'.
[Ref: 33988] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Wine merchants.] Bought of F. Townsend, Importer of Foreign Wines and Spirits. Hastings. Bottled Porter, Ale, and Cider.
Neele and Son, 352 Strand.
[mss. for the church wardens of Ewhurst, dated 1826.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"). Tear with loss of blank area, folds, remains of wax stamp.
With a vignette of a castellated building.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33435] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Grocer.] Quay, Waterford. Bo.t of James Doyle, Importer of Teas, Raw & Refined Sugars, Wines, Spirits, &c. Cheese, Foreign Fruits, Pickles, Sauces &c. Coffee, Cocoa & Chocolate. Wax, Spermaceti & Kensington Candles. White and Brown Windsor Soup. Fancy snuffs & cigars. Teas direct from China.
Fox J. Pool.
[mss. dated 1837.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, plate 60 x 175mm (2½ x 7"), sheet 155 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
With one vignette of a Chinaman with a pagoda, chests & barrels, and another of an East Indiaman ship.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33438] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Grocer.] Bought of John Teeds, Tea Dealer & Grocer. No. 85, Bishopsgate St.t. Without.
[mss. dated 1841.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 200 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Folds
With a vignette of a Chinaman sitting on a chest marked 'Foreign Fruits, &c.'.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33441] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Grocer.] Bought of W.m Edward Grocer. Wines, Spirits, Teas, &c. as Imported. King Street, Aberdeen. Pickles and Fish Sauces. Oils. Wax and Sperm Candles. Curious Old Brandys. French Liqueurs. Green & Dry Fruits & Provision Merchants. Hams, Tongues. Claret.
[mss. dated 1840.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½"). Folds
With a vignette of a beehive marked 'Industry'.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33442] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Grocer.] Aberdeen. Bought of William Smith (Late Cornwall & Smith) Wine & Tea Merchant. 106, Union Street, (Importer of Foreign Wines.)
[mss. dated 1834.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7¾"). Folds.
With a vignette of an Indian standing before crates, titled 'Teas direct from the India House'.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33445] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Apothecaries] Apothecaries Hall, 11 & 12 Church Place, Dumfries. Bo.t of Walter Duncan, Manufacturer of Soda Water & Lemonade. Fancy Snuffs & Cigars. Paints, Oils, Colors & Varnishes. Dealer in Patent Medicines & Perfumery.
Reeves & Hoare f.c London.
[mss. dated 1844.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 170 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"). Folds, hole from a paper spike.
With a vignette elevation of the Apothecaries Hall.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33446] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Grocers] Market Place Huddersfield. Bo.t of John Carr, Wholeslae & Retail Grocer and Tea-Dealer. Fine Virginia Tobacco. Pontefract Moulds & Dip Candles.
[mss. dated 1831.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 115 x 125mm (4½ x 5"). Folds.
With a vignette of a chest of 'Superfine Teas'.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33447] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Confectioner.] Edinburgh. Bought of James Weddell, Confectioner and Grocer, No 8 South Hanover Street, West Side.
C. Thomson sculp. Edin.
[mss. dated 1827.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 115 x 185mm (4½ x 7¼") Folds, hole from a paper spike.
A billhead illustrated with a vignette elevation of Weddell's premises.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33454] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Lead merchant.] Bot. of Cox Brothers & Co. Lead Merchants & Manufacturers of White Lead, Derby And Nottingham. Red Lead, Litharge Patent Lead Pipe, & Patent Shot.
Derby, 1843.
Engraved billhead & bill, addressed to "Braddock Druggist Oldham" on verso, with one penny stamp attached and postmark dated 20th August 1843. Sheet 170 x 105mm. 6¾ x 4¼". Several folds, two holes.
Featuring vignette of the factory with shipping on adjacent river upper left, inscribed 'Derwent Lead Works' on banner.
From the Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 12079] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Nursery invoice.] Bought of Dickson's Brothers, Nursery, Seeds=Men & Florists. / Plants & Seeds exported to all parts of the United Kingdoms.
1823
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 255 x 210mm (10 x 8¼"). Folds; paper watermarked 'M. Booth 1818'
Billhead for Dicksons' Brothers at the Adelphi [ie 'brothers'] seed warehouse, Edinburgh, decorated with a vignette of a bread fruit tree. Pacific interest. The family running this business were apparently unrelated to the London seedsman James Dickson (1738?-1822), and was seemingly run by James Dickson (1777-1834) and his half-brother George (1783-1825).
Ex: Norman Blackburn; see Mark Lawley, 'James Dickson 1738-1822'.
[Ref: 33084] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Nursery invoice.] Bo.t of Francis & James Dickson, Nurserymen, Seedsmen & Florists. Plants & Seeds exported to all parts of the United Kingdoms. Seed Warehouse, Eastgate Street, Chester. Nurseries at Rache Pool and Pipers Ash.
W. Dean at the +.
[mss. dated 1840.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 250 x 205mm (9¾ x 8"). Paper watermarked 'A Fonwen 1837'. Folds, pair of small holes from paper spike.
Billhead for Dickson's Nursery in Chester, decorated with a vignette of sprig of oak with acorns.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33426] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Nursery invoice.] Bo.t of Eagle and Henderson, Nursery, Seedsmen & Florists. No 99 High Street Edinburgh. Nurseries Princes Street Fronting the Castle. Nurseries Wigmoneyebank West Side Leigh Walk. Fine Kent Hops. Best Durham Mustard.
[mss. dated 1834.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 7¾"). Folds.
Despite listing hops and mustard on the billhead the invoice relates to trees, including 150 oaks, 15 limes and 10 horse chesnuts.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33429] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Nursery invoice.] Bought of Thomas Kennedy, Seedsman, Nurseryman & Florist. Seed Shop 110 High Street Dumfries. Nurseries at Pleasants and Nith Bank.
[mss. dated 1833.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Folds.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33431] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Pottery] Bo.t of Doulton & Watts. Stone Ware Manufacturers. High Street Lambeth, London. Lambeth Pottery. London S.E. 187[-].
[c.1870.]
Engraved receipt on card. Sheet 160 x 225mm, 6¼ x 9". Minor spotting.
Receipt ftom Doulton & Watts, from the studio set up by Henry Doulton (son of the founder John) in Lambeth in the 1870s. The Lambeth factory lasted until 1956, when new clean air regulations stopped the production of salt glaze in urban areas.
[Ref: 12049] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Print dealer] The Rembrandt's Head, Vigo Street, London, W. To "F. Levien Esq. Chestnuts Maple Road Surbiton" Enclosed I have the pleasure to hand you receipt for Cheque value £4-0-0 received this day, and for which I thank you. Yours Obediently, Robert Dunthorne.
9 July 1890.
Receipt from the Rembrandt Head Gallery at 5 Vigo Street, London; engraved lettering on paper, 100 x 115mm. 4 x 4½".
Robert Dunthorne, born around 1850 was a successful print dealer and publisher in London. His Gallery "Rembrandt" in Vigo Street held exhibitions of the major artists of the times between 1880's-1930's. Some of these artists included Williams Strange, James McNeill Whistler, Axel Haig and W. L. Wyllie.
[Ref: 16925] £45.00

[Quarry owner/mining company.] Woodhouse Quarries near Leeds.
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Engraved billhead (fragment), vignette of stone being extracted from the quarry using cranes with pullies powered by horses. Sheet 70 x 195mm, 2¾ x 7¾".
[Ref: 15786] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Shippers.] London Shipping Co.s Office. Banff
Eng.d on steel by J. Swan, Glas.w.
[mss. dated 1826.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 125 x 200mm (5 x 8"). Folds.
A bill for the frieght of a chest on 'the Banffshire from London', illustrated with a vignette of a sailing boat passing a lighthouse.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33433] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Tailors] Bo.t oF Alex.r Craig & Co. (Late of Gibsons Thomson & Craig) Edinburgh 104 South Bridge Street.
Forrester Scrip.t. Lizars sculp.t.
[mss. dated 1823.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, 1822 watermark; sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Folds.
A bill for a coat, illustrated with an elevation of the company's premises. W.H. Lizars was Edinburgh's most famous engraver: he was employed to engrave the first of Audubon's 'Birds of America', including the Wild Turkey. However, because of a conflict of interest (his working on John Prideaux Selby's series of life-size birds), Audubon dropped him for Havell. However this billhead shows that even the best engravers had to engrave more than bookplates.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33453] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Billiard Match - [Set Four] 'Left, Kissing, The Canon, Snookered'.
L. Thackeray.
Copyright 1902 By Landemer & Brown, London England.
Chromolithograph, 416 x 303mm. Unfaded impressions, full paper size, laid on old boards.
[Ref: 6109] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

The Billiard Table.
Design'd & Etched by Rowlandson.
[London, R. Ackermann, c.1820 (publication line faint).]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 150 x 235mm. 6 x 9¼".
Doctor Syntax playing billiards in an interior with five women; one lady scores the match using a wall-mounted dial above the fireplace to left. From 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife' by William Combe. The various tours following the escapades of the fictional 19th century clergyman 'Dr. Syntax' were a satire on William Gilpin’s series of picturesque journeys to different parts of England. By Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827).
Abbey Life: 267, 8.
[Ref: 56175] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Billiards.
Anibalo Scratchi I. & F. 1798. H.Bunbury.
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 270 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"). Narrow margins, hole in top left.
A copy of the famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811).
[Ref: 58041] £380.00

Billiards.
H.Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. Watson & Dickinson Excud.t.
[London, Publish'd Nov.r 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street.]
Stipple. Sheet 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with an 18th century watermark. Trimmed into plate top and bottom, losing publication line.
The famous caricature of a billiards game by Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), probably inspired by the introduction of leather-tipped cues, as used here.
BM: 5803; see F.L. Wilder, 'English Sporting Prints', pp.190-1.
[Ref: 58476] £420.00

[Billiards.]
[Mr.Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f.]
[Published 27th Jan. 1781.]
Engraving. Sheet 275 x 405mm (10¾ x 16"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, losing title and inscriptions, laid on album paper with other scraps.
A caricatured game of billiards, with a player with a long pigtail queue, taking exaggerated care with his show.
BM: 5913.
[Ref: 59292] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Billiards]
In pencil. Hillmacher pinx Thielley Lith.
Lithograph. 568 x 444mm. Slightly foxed.
Continental scene of a family gathering playing billiards.
[Ref: 3192] £950.00

[Billiards scene]
[Anon., c.1800]
Etching, very rare, sheet 180 x 275mm (7 x 10¾"). Trimmed to image.
Unusual and scarce billiards scene (we have found no other impression) reminiscent of Henry Bunbury but presumably made by an amateur printmaker.
[Ref: 43841] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

"Billing Mill" Northants. [Billing Mill, Northamptonshire.]
J.S. Adams [pencil signature].
[1924.]
Dry-point etching. 260 x 180mm (10 x 7”).
Two young boys sit fishing on a boat across the Billing river from a Mill.
[Ref: 62583] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The View and Humours of Billingsgate.
The Wonders of ye Deep, often attempted, and never perform'd but by Arnold Vanhaecken, 1762.
[1762.]
Engraving with 18th century watermark. Plate: 575 x 445mm (22½ x 17½"). Very small margins. Central staining on right centre margin.
A satire on the fish market at Billingsgate, showing a large variety of fishmongers selling their wares. In the centre a man with a basket is knocked down by a dog sprinting across the scene. A later re-print of the 1736 and is the first plate to a series of fish prints engraved by Giles King.
BM Satire 2284.
[Ref: 44414] £550.00

Billingsgate Market.
Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculpt. J. Bluck, Aquat.
London. Pub March 1, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint with large margins. Platemark: 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼").
A general view, from the north, of Billingsgate Quay and market with stalls. In the foreground there is a crowd of streetsellers and larger retailers. In the 19th century, boats delivered fish to this small inlet of the Thames and business was conducted on the quayside. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 46882] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The London Fish Market At Billingsgate. Erected By The Corporation Of The City Of London.
Chromolithographed By C.F. Kell, 8 Castle St. Holborn, E.C [n.d., 1877].
Chromolithograph trimmed to image and laid on publisher's card as issued, image 295 x 650mm. 11¾ x 25½". Card trimmed/damaged. Missing some of the text below image.
View of Billingsgate market from the river. In 1849, the famous London fish market was moved off the streets into its own riverside building, which was demolished c. 1873 and replaced by this arcaded market hall. It was designed by City architect Sir Horace Jones and built by John Mowlem & Co. in 1875. This building, known as Old Billingsgate Market, is now used as a corporate events venue.
Guildhall Library Record: 21750.
[Ref: 8814] £450.00

Billingsgate Market 1851.
G. Hawkins Lith. J.B. Bunning Archt. J. King Litho. College Hill.
[n.d. c.1851].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 381 x 554mm. 15 x 21¾". Staining in the sky to the left-hand side.
In 1849, the old riverside fish market in the City of London ward of Billingsgate was moved off the streets and into this building, which was later demolished c.1873 and replaced by an arcaded market hall in 1875, now known as Old Billingsgate Market and used as a corporate events venue.
[Ref: 16263] £320.00

[William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck & Elizabeth Billington] The Bulstrode Siren. Blest as th'immortal Gods is he / The youth who fondly sists by thee, / And sees and hears thee all the while / Softly Sing and sweetly smile.
J. Gillray del.t. 1803.
London, Published by John Miller, Bridge Street & W. Blackwood, Edinburgh. [n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured engraving. 285 x 215mm (11¼ x 8½").
Caricature of William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck (1738-1809), 3rd Duke of Portland and Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818), a famed opera singer whom he paid to sing for him at his estate at Bulstode. A copy of Gilray's original caricature, as published by Humphrey.
BM: 10168.
[Ref: 42447] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs. Billington in the character of S.t. Cecilia, Engraved by M.r. Cardon from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Published by John Bull, Southampton Street, Strand, May 1.st. 1812.
Stipple. Sheet: 135 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Half portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1765-1818), a British opera singer. After a painting by Johsua Reynolds on which Hayden is reported to have stated, 'You have made her listening to the angels; you should have made the angels listening to her.'
[Ref: 35524] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Billington.] Clara _ a Bavura.
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub.d Jan.y 4th 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Wax stains in top corners of margins. Bit messy.
A full-length caricature portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818) as Clara in Sheridan's opera 'The Duenna', her second leading part.
BM Satires 9914.
[Ref: 58380] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs Billington as S.t Cecilia. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Proof mezzotint. 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"), with large margins.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Billington (1765-1818), a British opera singer. On seeing the painting Hayden is reported to have stated, 'You have made her listening to the angels; you should have made the angels listening to her.' She was caricatured by James Gillray after the 3rd Duke of Portland paid her to sing for him at his estate at Bulstode. From "Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds', a four-volume set (later nine) with over 350 small mezzotints.
See Whitman Appendix; state ii of iv.
[Ref: 59580] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck & Elizabeth Billington] The Bulstrode Siren. "Blest as th'immortal Gods is he The youth who fondly sists by thee, And sees and hears thee all the while Softly Sing and sweetly smile.
J. Gillray inv. & f.t.
Pub.d April 14.th 1803 by H. Humphrey, 27 St.James's Street.~
Fine coloured engraving. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins.
Caricature of the Duke of Portland and Elizabeth Billington (1768-1818), a famed opera singer who appeared at Covent Garden & Drury Lane Theatre, as well as Naples, Florence, Milan & Venice. William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), after whom the Portland Vase was named, paid her to sing for him at his estate at Bulstode.
BM Satires 10168.
[Ref: 68224] £490.00

Billy the Gamekeeper.
Design'd from Life by R. Frankland Esq.r. Engrav'd by J.s Gillray.
Publish'd April 23d 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London.
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A man dressed as a coachman, holding a long-lashed coach-whip. According to Grego, he was first a gamekeeper of the Earl of Aylesford, then his coachman.
BM Satires 11592.
[Ref: 61761] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Billy-Button, Master-of-the-Ceremonies, To an Eighteen Penny Rout & Assembly.
Pubd. by MDarly accord. to Act Dec.r 1.st 1771 (39 Strand)
Etching with large margins. Sheet 209 x 303mm. 8¼ x 12".
A man standing (whole length) in profile to right. He appears to be bowing, his right hand is held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword. Billy Button is a character in Foote's play of 'The Maid of Bath', first played 26 June 1771, the part being taken by Weston. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c', an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates..
BM Satires: 4988.
[Ref: 27982] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Billy-Button, Master Of The Ceremonies, To an Eighteen Penny Rout & Assembly.
Pubd. by MDarly accorg. to Act Decr. 1st 1771 (39 Strand).
Etching. 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4").
A man who seems to be bowing, his right hand held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword. Billy Button is a character in Samuel Foote's play of 'The Maid of Bath', first played 26 June 1771, the part being taken by the actor Thomas Weston (1737 - 1777). From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters by sundry ladies gentlemen artists &c.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.2' upper left and '3' upper right.
BM Satires: 4988.
[Ref: 14179] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

James Bindley Esq.A.M.F.S.A. Aetat Suae.48.
Engraved by W.Say, from an Original Drawing.
London, Published June 1.1819, for the Revd.T.F.Dibdin's Typographical Antiquities, by Messrs.Longman,Hurst,Rees & Co.
Mezzotint. 314 x 233mm.
James Bindley (1737-1818), Commissioner of stamps; book collector.
[Ref: 5372] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

James Bindley, Esq.r M.A. FSA. one of His Majestys Commissioners of Stamps.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Etching and engraving. 210 x 140mm. 8¼ x 5½".
James Bindley (1737-1818) was one of His Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and a book collector.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25317] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Here Pope Sung. The above was carved on Popes Beech Tree at Binfield, Berks, by another celebrated Poet Lord Lyttelton when on a Visit at Bill Hill, the seat of the late General Gower.
Wm. DelaMotte fec. 1830. [etched in image.] William DelaMotte delt. et fecit.
Etching with faint hand colour. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Slightly foxed.
A broad tree trunk with one single curling branch in a field in Binfield, Berkshire, with scattered trees and a shepherd leaning on his staff to left, his sheep grazing nearby. A tribute to Alexander Pope has been carved into the tree by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley (1709 - 1773). Lyttelton was secretary to Frederick Prince of Wales, and author of many poetical and historical works.
[Ref: 11490] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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