Grosvenor Prints

Bristol High Cross.
[J. Seago.][n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate: 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7"). Light foxing and small hole in bottom of engraved area.
A print of Bristol High Cross which was erected in the centre of Bristol market in 1373; it was moved to various locations in Bristol until it was finally moved to Stourhead in 1780.
[Ref: 45399] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

A Map of the Country Eleven Miles Round the City of Bristol.
Engraved for Chillcott's Guide to Bristol, Clifton, Hotwells and its Environs. By Permission from M.r Donne's Map of the Country 21 Miles round the City.
Sold in Bristol, Bath, &c. by all the principal Booksellers. [n.d., c.1805.]
Map. Plate: 240 x 230mm (9½ x 9''). Small margins
A detailed map showing the towns and villages surrounding Bristol.
[Ref: 48053] £130.00

[Avon] Looking Down the Avon to the Black Rock and Cook's Folly. The Hotwell House. The Black Rock _ View Looking Up the Avon. Looking Up the Avon from Without the West Wall of the Down.
on Stone by L. Haghe. W. Day lithog. 17 Gate Str.t.
Pub.d by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34 Rathbone Place & by O.C. Lane Clifton [n.d., c.1835].
Four lithographs on chine collé, laid on original printed backing sheet with a 'Minerva Head' blindstamp. Total printed area 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15") very large margins. Some marking.
Very rare as a complete sheet. Four matching views of the Avon near Bristol, usually found separated.
[Ref: 57719] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mathews's New & Correct Plan of the City and Suburbs of Bristol. including the Hotwells and Clifton and the new Buildings down to the year 1815 taken from actual Survey.
[c.1815.]
Engraved map, on verso in ink "Rich Champney". 330 x 460mm (13 x 18"). Tears taped, creasing.
A map of Bristol with a 54-point key, originally published in 'The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol' in 1794. This example has the date changed and the arms of the city and merchants of Bristol added.
[Ref: 56095] £260.00

To the most Noble the Marquis of Worcester, this View of the City of Bristol is humbly Inscribed by His Lordships most Obed.t Serv.ts T. Jones & J. Hassell.
Drawn & Engraved by J. Hassell
London, Pub.d March 2d 1795 by T. Jones No.23 Clarges Street, and J Hassell, No.2 Castle Street, Leicester Square.
Very fine & rare coloured aquatint, platemark 275 x 345mm (10¾ x 13½"). Very large margins. Bit dusty on left margin.
Fine view along the river Avon towards Bristol.
[Ref: 37020] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Opening of the Bristol & Exeter Railway. As Seen from Exwick Hill.
W. Hake.
[n.d., 1844.]
Lithograph. Printed area 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed around image, title excised and stuck on mount.
A view looking down on Exeter St Davids Station, the terminus of the Bristol & Exeter Railway, on its opening in 1844. The city can be seen behind.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 56782] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Opening of the Bristol & Exeter Railway. As Seen from Exwick Hill.
W. Hake.
[n.d., 1844.]
Scarce lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed around image.
A view looking down on Exeter St Davids Station, the terminus of the Bristol & Exeter Railway, on its opening in 1844. The city can be seen behind.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 56781] £380.00

Bristol Daily Post. Second Edition. Wednesday, December 10, 9.45 a.m. The Latest News from America. - Arrival of the ''Etna''.
[Bristol, 1862.]
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 460 x 105mm (18 x 4¼"). Folded horizontally.
A news sheet, noting the arrival of the screw steamship Etna, but mostly concerned with events of the second year of the American Civil War, including: a failed Confederate attempt to retake New Bern, North Carolina, on November 25th; Union general Ambrose Burnside's movements in the week before Fredericksburg, December 11-15th; and the pursuit of the CSS Alabama, the British-built Confederate warship. The Bristol Daily Post ran from January 1860 to January 1878, when it was incorporated with the Bristol Mercury.
[Ref: 52614] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Bristol Daily Post. Second Edition. Tuesday, December 16, 10.15 a.m. The Latest News from America.
[Bristol, 1862.]
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 605 x 110mm (23¾ x 4¼"). Folded horizontally, small tear in right margin. Small brown stain above the fold.
A news sheet, mostly concerned with events of the second year of the American Civil War, including: Confederate general Stonewall Jackson joining Robert E. Lee in the defence of Fredericksburg and Union general Ulysses S. Grant's advances in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Also reported is a meeting of the New York Chamber of Commerce, in which sending a ship of grain to relieve Lancashire is discussed, necessitated by the Lancashire Cotton Famine and two poor European grain harvests. The Bristol Daily Post ran from January 1860 to January 1878, when it was incorporated with the Bristol Mercury.
[Ref: 52615] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Bristol Fire-Office, New Buildings, Small-Street, near the Exchange. Established in 1769. Received of [The Treasurer of the Orphan Asylum] the Sum of [Ten Shillings & sixpence] for One Year's Premium on [£600] insured in Policy No. [18665] in this Office, from the 21st December [1824] to the 21st December [1825]. [James Powell] Secretary.
[1824]
Engraved receipt, filled in with ink mss. Sheet 130 x 150mm (5¼ x 6").
[Ref: 40915] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Crest of Bristol Fire Office]
[c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 105 x 180mm (4 x 7"). Thread margins.
[Ref: 40872] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Crest of Bristol Fire Office.]
Johnson sc. [c.1840]
Engraving, sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Creases.
[Ref: 40873] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

View of Bristol from Clifton Wood. To the Right Worshipful John Kerle Haberfield Esq.re Mayor of the City of Bristol. This View is most respectfully dedicated by The Publisher.
Drawn by S.C. Jones from a Painting by W. Muller in the possession of George Jones Esq.re On Stone by L. Haghe. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by George Davey 1 Broard S.t Bristol. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph with large margins. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15").
View of Bristol from a hillside, with a couple and two children conversing on a path in foreground at left, and three goats seen nearby at centre.
[Ref: 34730] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Bristol Grammar School. Founded by Robert Thorne, 1536. Re-Established January 1848.
Lander sc. Exchange.
[c.1850.]
Engraving. Sheet 135 x 200mm (5¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to design.
The name and crest of the school, probably published soon after the school was reopened after a four-year hiatus in 1848.
[Ref: 40938] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

In Commemoration of the Grand Procession, (As it appeared passing over the drawbridge, and along St. Augustine's-Parade), On the memorable Colston's Day, the 13th November, 1848, In honour of the restoration of the port and harbour to the city of Bristol, and the adoption of free port principles by the mayor and corporation, This Engraving Is Presented to the Subscribers of the Bristol Mirror and Free Port Advocate for the 6th of January 1849; and is respectfully inscribed to the United Trades of Bristol, Who organised and conducted the Procession throughout in the most admirable manner.
Drawn by S.G. Tovey. Engraved by J.L. Marcke.
1849.
Engraving, 440 x 290mm (17¼ x 11½"). Hole in bottom right, outside printed area.
Image commemorating a procession in 1848 advocating the restoration of a free port to Bristol. 'Colston' refers to Edward Colston (1636-1721), a wealthy merchant whose philanthropy earned him great respect in Bristol, where he was commemorated with statues, a concert hall and street names. However he kept secret his role as a highly placed officer in the Royal African Company (which held the monopoly on trade with Africa for gold, ivory, spices and slaves from 1672 to 1698) so successfully that early biographies do not mention it. In 2020 his links to the slave trade were the focus of the 'Black Lives Matter' protests in Bristol, during which his statue was pulled down and dumped in Bristol Harbour.
[Ref: 8423] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Bristol electoral politics; five handbills relating to Henry Hunt (1773-1835).]
[All Bristol: H. Bonner (2), J.M. Gutch (2) & P. Rose. n.d., c.1810.]
Five letterpress broadside handbills printed on coarse rag papers (incl. two watermarked laid sheets). Four approx. 200 x 150mm, 8 x 6", one 230 x 180mm, 9 x 7"; (5). Some a little creased. Tatty extremities, as normal; minor spotting and soiling.
These rare survivors of cheap popular printing, handed out as flyers on Bristol's streets, attack Henry Hunt and his politics. A radical politician and demagogue, Hunt was born in Upavon, Wiltshire and became a supporter of Francis Burdett during the Napoleonic Wars. His talent for public speaking came to notice in the electoral politics of Bristol, where he denounced the complacency of both the Whigs and the Tories. His reputation as a great public speaker earned him the name 'Orator Hunt'. The authors or sponsors of these broadsides are anonymous (in one case a pseudonym, 'Captain Jee', is used), and they employ satirical verse or thinly-veiled metaphors to attack their opponent. Some are embellished with very basic decorative vignettes, to complement the letterpress. Hunt was imprisoned after the Peterloo massacre, 1819, when the cavalry was used to disband a peaceful demonstration resulting in eleven dead and hundreds injured. He was popularly regarded as a martyr of reform and took pride of place in the Chartist pantheon.
[Ref: 27987] £450.00 view all images for this item

Design for Improving the Harbour of Bristol, by W.m Jessop Civil Engineer W. White Surveyor.
Engraved by W. Faden.
Charing Cross 1803.
Engraving. Sheet: 450 x 1070mm (17¾ x 42''). Trimmed, time stained with folds as normal.
A proposed design for the harbour at Bristol, but also including a quite detailed plan of the city. William Jessop (1745-1814), had been Chief Engineer to the Grand Junction Canal Company (1793), the West India Docks (1800-2) and the Surrey Iron Railway (a tramway, 1801-3.). In Scotland he helped Thomas Telford survey the Caledonian Canal and was engineer to the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway (1807-12), the first railway in Scotland authorised by Act of Parliament.
[Ref: 48056] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Bristol High Cross was erected An.º 1373...
Sam.' & Nath.l Buck delin et sculp 1734.
Etching. 470 x 290mm (18½ x 11½"); large margins on 3 sides. Original folds. Cut to platemark.
One of the few folding plates in 'Buck's Antiquities'. The cross is now on the right of the Stourhead Estate.
[Ref: 39706] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The City of Bristol. As it appeared on Sunday night (taken from 6 to 12 o'Clock) 30th Octb.r 1831. When the New Gaol, the Toll Houses, the Bisghops Palace, two sides of Queen Square, including the Mansion House, Custom House, excise Office, Warehouses,, with various othe buildings & other property to the Amount of One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling, was totally Destroyed,
From a Sketch Taken from Brandon Hill, by C.H. Walters.
London, John Bysh, 8, Cloth Fair, West Smithfield. [n.d. c.1831.]
Aquatint, very scarce. 290 x 395mm, 11½ x 15¾". Trimmed to plate on three sides, several tears.
[Ref: 27537] £320.00

[Bristol during the Reform Act Riots of 1831] View of the New Prison & Two Toll Houses, on Fire. As it Appeared, Oct. 30th 1831
J. Jones sc. Pub.d by A. Giudice [c.1832]
Etching and aquatint, sheet 95 x 120mm (3¾ x 4¾"). Very rare.
One of several prints made in the wake of the 1831 Bristol Riots. These were amongst the several manifestations of civil unrest which took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The Reform Bill aimed to improve 'rotten boroughs' standards and to give Britain's fast growing industrial towns greater representation in the House of Commons. The riots continued for three days during which the palace of Robert Gray the Bishop of Bristol, the Mansion House, and private homes and property were looted and destroyed, along with the demolition of much of the gaol and toll houses. Work on the Clifton Suspension Bridge was halted and Isambard Kingdom Brunel was sworn in as a special constable.
[Ref: 41070] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

View of the City of Bristol. As it appeared from Pile Hill, during the dreadful riots on the night of Sunday October 30.th 1831, when the New Prison and Two Toll Houses, seen on the left of the Picture, the Bishop’s Palace near the Cathedral in the centre, the Mansion House, Custom House, Excise House, and nearly Fifty Dwelling and Ware-Houses in Queen Square & Streets adjacent occupying the distance beyond Redcliff Church on the right (exclusive of the Bridewell and Lawfords Gate Prisons which do not fall within the limits of the Picture) were plundered & burnt and property to the amount of nearly One Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling totally destroyed.
T.L. Rowbotham del.t Drawn on Stone by L. Haghe.
Published by Daley & Muskett Booksellers Broad St. Bristol and sold by Charles Tilt Fleet St. London & all other Booksellers. ... London. [n.d. c.1831.]
Fine coloured lithograph with large margins. 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼"). Nicks, tears and chip to lower left edge; some text faint.
One of several prints made in the wake of the 1831 Bristol Riots. These were amongst the several manifestations of civil unrest which took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The Reform Bill aimed to improve 'rotten boroughs' standards and to give Britain's fast growing industrial towns greater representation in the House of Commons. The riots continued for three days during which the palace of Robert Gray the Bishop of Bristol, the Mansion House, and private homes and property were looted and destroyed, along with the demolition of much of the gaol. Work on the Clifton Suspension Bridge was halted and Isambard Kingdom Brunel was sworn in as a special constable.
for other views of the riots see refs. 20072 and 20926
[Ref: 28736] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Bristol Road School, Birmingham. In Union with the Society of Arts & Commerce, London.
T. Underwood Lith.
Castle St. Birmingham. [n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured and toned lithograph with engraving, rare, 224 x 285mm. 8¾ x 11¼". Paper toning, some creasing.
Bristol Street Board School? At the junction of Irving Street and Bristol Street. Demolished 1960s for widening of the Horsefair road. Was used as a meeting place for the Christian Society from 1877 until 1892.
[Ref: 21113] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

An Exact List of the Votes of the Freeholders and Freemen, of the City and County of Bristol, Taken at the Election of Members of Parliament before John Rich Esq; and Noblet Ruddock, Esq: Sheriffs [...]
Bristol: Printed by and for Joseph Penn, Bookseller, in Wine Street, 1722. Bit later?
Letterpress, 2pp, 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5").
Frontispiece to a volume publishing the votes of freeholders and freemen of Bristol in 1722. The candidates were the merchant Joseph Earle (c.1658-1730), Sir Abraham Elton, and William Hart. Earle was elected with 2141 votes. Elton received 1869 and Hart 1743. Elton was successful in two later elections (1734 and 1741).
[Ref: 41086] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Jack Bristowe.
J. Shackleton pinxt. I. Faber fecit 1746.
Mezzotint. 225 x 330mm. Thread like margins outside the platemark
John Faber the Younger [c.1695 - 1756]. In pencil on the reverse is a claim that the sitter is Colonel in the Guards, while the British Museum supports the suggestion he is Robert Bristowe, a clerk comptroller in the royal household whose sister married John 1st Earl of Buckingham, and also keeper of the Punch House on London Bridge.
CS:46:ii
[Ref: 13870] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Jonathan Britain. What villains set the Portsmouth Yard on Fire...
T. Parkinson ad vivam del. J.R. Smith Fecit.
Publish'd by W.m Humphrey, at the Shell Warehouse, opposite Cecil Court, S.t Martins Lane, Nov.r 20.th 1771.
Mezzotint. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Repaired tears, margins messy.
A portrait of the criminal Jonathan Britain who was executed for forgery in 1772. Having commited forgery he wrote several letters claiming responsibilty for a fire in Portsmouth and requested a pardon in return for surrendering himself and his accomplices, this was disregarded and he was arrested for his crimes.
[Ref: 46470] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Jonathan Britain. What Villains Set the Portsmouth Yard on Fire? / Twas Jonathan & Co by whose desire? / For due Rewards Ill own, before a Bench, / My Name is Britain, but my Heart is French.
T.Parkinson ad vivum del. J.R.Smith Fecit.
Publish'd by Wm Humphrey, at the Shell Warehouse, opposite Cecil Court, St Martin's Lane, Novr. 20th 1771.
Mezzotint, lettered state, very scarce; 350 x 250mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Creased and rubbed, with scruffy extremities.
Portrait of Jonathan Britain, forger and informer; half-length, three-quarter to left, resting his left elbow on a table and holding a scroll on which can be read the title of the newspaper 'The Whisperer'; in oval frame. Britain confessed when brought to trial in 1771, for forging bills, that he was concerned in setting fire to the Portsmouth docks, naming others of high rank as conspirators, but his statements were not believed. Thomas Parkinson (1744-1789?).
D'Oench 11. Chaloner Smith 24, II. Frankau 46, III.
[Ref: 27211] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Tableau Allégorique. Exécuté en dentelle de Bruxelles et points à l’aiguille par Madame T Kint, fabricant de dentelles à Bruxelles pour le quell elle a remporté la médaille d’or à l’exposition de Gand le 24 Aout 1820. Industrie Nationale Exposition de Gand Médaille d'Or Remportée le 24 Aout 1820 par l'épouse de J.T' Kint à Bruxelles. Belgar Industriae Artes Renumeratae Ex Decreto Reg.
Moitie de la grandeur de l'original. Lith de G. Engelmann.
[n.d. c.1825.]
A very scarce lithograph. 748 x 635mm. 29½ x 25". Burn hole. Tears and nicks to the edges. Vertical and horizontal folds.
An allegorical message for the British. A lion reclining lazily under an oak tree with the balance of justice under one paw and the sword in the other. The Crown Jewels lay over and above him. The left of the image represents the infantry of the British Army. The merchant ships in the top right represent trade and prosperity. The anchor represents the Royal Navy, and the eagle staff entwined with snakes represents life-giving powers. The bees respresent sustinance.
[Ref: 14512] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia.
Drawn by R. Smirke, R.A. Engraved by J. Neagle.
London, Published 1.st Nov.r 1805 by W. Byrne, Titchfield Street, and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.
Etching and engraving, small margins. Plate 228 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Britannia enthroned in centre with lions at either side and four allegorical figures surrounding, including angel at right; frame surrounding. The drawing for this print is in the Smirke album in the National Gallery of Scotland (no. 125).
[Ref: 28950] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia.
Sep.r a. 1824, Publish'd by C. Taylor, No.105, Hatton Garden, Holborn.
Stipple. Plate 140 x 147mm. 5½ x 5¾".
Britannia seated on a throne holding her shield and spear, with the regal British lion lying to her right; Triton rising from the sea blowing his horn to lower right; a muse blowing a trumpet behind Britannia.
[Ref: 22608] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia 1696.
MB [M Burghers] d. et sculp.
[n.d. c.1699.]
Engraving. 70 x 166mm (2¾ x 6½"). Cut.
From "Musarum Anglicanarum Analecta" by Joseph Addison, a book on English wit, poetry and satire.
[Ref: 29012] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Prosperity of Great Britain, Contrasted with the Misery of France]
[T. Martyn inv. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp]
[London Published June 1794, by Thos. Martyn, No. 10 Great Marlborough Street.']
Stipple very rare Proof impression, 605 x 480mm Trimmed to plate nicks and tears around outer edges.
On an obelisk, 'by King Lords and Commons MDCCXCIV', is inscribed under portraits of George III and Charlotte. St Paul's in the background along side the Customs House. Britannia with lion, shield and spear acknowledges Abundance while Justice rests and Prudence holds up a Mirror to France in distress.
De Vesme:565
[Ref: 25360] £360.00

O Fair Britannia Hail.
Drawn and Etched MDCCLX by I.B. Cipriani a Florentine from a Picture Painted by Himself in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R. and A.SS.
[n.d. c.1761.]
Engraving, fine with large margins. 305 x 222mm. 12 x 8¾". Very slight repaired hole in title, not visible from front.
Statue of Britannia seated holding a figure of abundance, flanked by a lion to left and an owl to right. This is one of the plates commissioned by Hollis, and used in his edition of Toland's Life of Milton of 1761. The plates were also included as illustrations in Francis Blackburne's 'Memoirs of Thomas Hollis' (London, J. Nicholls, 1780).
In the Royal Academy of Arts Collection.
[Ref: 26076] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegorical scene with Britannia welcoming shipwrecked family]
F. Hayman delin.t Ant. Walker Sculp.t et donavit
Engraving, platemark 220 x 175mm (8½ x 7"). Small margins.
Probably one of a series of engravings after designs by Francis Hayman for a planned history of Britain which was abandoned after the first part of its publication.
[Ref: 44793] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia in Fetters. Engrav'd for the Political Register.
[1768.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed to image on left side.
A satirical scene showing the figure of Britannia being shackled to a chair by Viscount Weymouth who was criticised for placing soldiers at the command of civil authorities during the disturbances which led to the St George's Fields riot.
BM Satire 4240.
[Ref: 45481] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia Holding the Magna Carta.] Frontispiece London Mag. 1767.
Engraving. Sheet: 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼''). Trimmed.
An allegorical frontispiece showing the figure of Britannia holding the Magna Carta, on the right a figure holds a pair of papers stating 'Humble, Petition, Commerce, Dearness, Provision' and 'Act for Improving City of London'.
[Ref: 47953] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia receiving homage from allegorical figures of the Four Continents.]
C. Mosley scu[lp.]
[n.d., c.1751-74]
Engraving. Sheet 350 x 225mm (13¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate with slight loss of engraved text. Repaired tear in left margin.
The frontispiece to Malachi Postlethwayt's 'The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce', used in four editions, 1751, 1755, 1766 & 1774.
[Ref: 60532] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia.] Reform
W.Clerk. lith. 41. Dean S.t Soho.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Old ink numeral top right, horizontal crease.
A full-lengh portrait of Britannia in armour, holding a banner with a pennant 'Reform'. In the folds of the banner can be seen the portraits of politicians including Lord John Russell, Lord Chancellor Brougham, Charles Grey, Sir Francis Burdett and King William IV . In the background are two British warships, one sinking.
BM Satires: 16924
[Ref: 51945] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Revolutionary Fury setting out to enslave or destroy the nations of Europe, is stopped by the interposing Shield of Britannia, who launches her thunders on the lawless Fiend.
W.M. Craig, del.t. I Brown, scp.t.
Published by T. Kinnersley, August 1 1814.
Engraving. Sheet 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate,
An allegorical figure of Britannia fights a gorgon-like figure, a crown and the Scales of Justice on the ground.
[Ref: 45043] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia, who seat is as permanent as a Rock, supported by Wisdom and Strength, under the Characters of Minerva and Hercules; whilst Mars and Neptune as protectors of Commerce introduce her with Product of the Universe in her Train.
Stothard del.t. Trotter. sculp.
Published as the Act directs, by Ja.s Mackgowan, & W.m Davis, Aug.t 26, 1780.
Etching. 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 10½") large margins.
A patriotic allegorical plate published during the American War of Independence: Britannia sits surrounded by Roman gods. Bottom left is a scroll with a map of Cul de Sac Bay on St Lucia, commemorating the Battle of Cul de Sac (or Battle of St Lucia), 15th December 1778, in which the British drove off a French fleet attempting to stop the occupation of St Lucia.
[Ref: 43458] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia.
Drawn by R. Smirke, R.A. Engraved by J. Neagle.
London, Published 1.st Nov.r 1805 by W. Byrne, Titchfield Street, and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.
Etching and engraving, small margins. Plate 228 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Britannia enthroned in centre with lions at either side and four allegorical figures surrounding, including angel at right; frame surrounding. The drawing for this print is in the Smirke album in the National Gallery of Scotland (no. 125).
[Ref: 34678] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia flanked by owl and lion] Drawn and etched MDCCLX by G.B. Cipriani a Florentine from a Picture painted by Himself in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R. and A.SS
[1760]
Etching with very large margins, platemark 310 x 225mm (12¼ x 8½"). Slight staining; good impression.
This plate was commissioned by the collector Thomas Hollis and used in his edition of Toland's 'Life of Milton' (1761).
[Ref: 34843] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Deputies from the four Quarters of the Globe do homage to Britannia, who dismisses them with the Olive Branch of Peace.
Dodd delin. Pass sculp.
Engraving. Plate: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Cut to platemark.
An allegorical scene in which four figures representing the four corners of the world offer gifts to a seated Britannia who holds out an olive branch in her right hand. The British lion prowls at her feet.
[Ref: 38610] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia Mourning for Amelia.
London Publish'd Jan.y 1, 1811, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Rare stipple, sheet 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
Britannia kneeling at small funerary monument over a portrait of Princess Amelia (1783-1810), the youngest of George III and Queen Charlotte's fifteen children who died of tuberculosis at a young age.
O'Donoghue 10.
[Ref: 60417] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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Britannia attended by British & Prussian Officers, Victory descending and placing the laurel on the brows of Wellington, while Europe is presenting badges of Honour to the Military Heroes of Waterloo.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, August 28 1816
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed.
Allegorical frontispiece to a volume of scenes relating to the Napoleonic Wars.
[Ref: 46103] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Britannia Bridge.
T. Picken. Day & Son, lith.rs to the Queen.
Bangor, Published by W. Shone, June 19th 1849.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 290 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Light staining and tears in very large margins.
A view of the Britannia Tubular Bridge which was designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) and completed in 1850. The bridge served as the crossing for the Chester and Holyhead Railway over the Menai Straits of Angelsey and Holyhead. The trains ran through the rectagular metal structure. Details of the bridge are given below the image.
[Ref: 45795] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[A group of figures arranged around a statue of Britannia.]
W. Strang 97. [etched in plate lower left.] W.m Strang [signed in pencil lower right.]
[1897.]
Etching, 305 x 380mm, 12 x 15". Faint residue from old mount.
William Strang R.A. R.E. (Scottish, 1859 - 1921), chief pupil of Alphonse Legros. He was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, and his work was a part of their first exhibition in 1881. Some of his early plates were published in Portfolio and other art magazines; this possibly a book illustration. A classical temple and sun setting over water in the background. On watermarked laid paper.
[Ref: 10090] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia instructing Asia, Africa, Europe and America in the Science of Geography.
Stothard del Heath sculp
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co March 1784
Engraving, platmark 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate on left, with slight creasing.
Frontispiece with Britannia sat by a celestial globe and emblematic figures of the continents in attendance. After Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), painter and book illustrator who in addition to having a high reputation amongst his contemporaries (Turner likened him to Giotto), was a prolific designer, as here, of book illustrations on British historial themes.
[Ref: 40844] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The Britannia Tubular and Menai Suspension Bridges.
G. Hawkins. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen.
Published by T. Catherall Chester & Bangor 1852.
Lithograph. Sheet: 275 x 350mm (11 x 13¾"). Mounted into an album sheet. Repaired tear top right.
A view of the Britannia Tubular bridge built over the Menai Strait between Wales and Angelsey, the bridge was built to allow trains to cross the strait. The bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and was opened in 1850.
[Ref: 45967] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits. R. Stephenson Esq. M.P. Engineer.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by J. Ambrose, Bangor [n.d., c.1850].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 240 x 315mm (9½ x 12½"). Small tear in left edge.
Robert Stephenson's Britannia Tubular Bridge, completed in 1850, built to carry trains of the Chester and Holyhead Railway across the Menai Straits. The stone lions guarding both ends of the bridge were carved by John Thomas.
[Ref: 56712] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Wonders of the Menai, in its Suspension and Tubular Bridges.
S. Hughes del _ J. Fagan, lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen.
Published by S. Hughes, Bangor, 1850.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 295 x 460mm (11½ x 18"). Tear in margin.
Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge, the first bridge to spain the Menai Strait, opened in 1826 and the Britannia Bridge, built by Robert Stephenson to a design by William Fairbairn, opened 1850, the year of this print. Guarding both ends of the Britannia Bridge the limestone lions by John Thomas can be seen, now obscured by the A55 road.
[Ref: 35369] £390.00

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