Grosvenor Prints

Admit one Person at the West Door of the Cathedral, on Thursday, the 4th of June 1835, when a Sermon will be preached by The Right Reverend Robert James, Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Wood engraved scrap. Image 105 x 180mm. Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Robert James Carr (1774-1841). Carr was the prelate who attended George IV during his last illness.
[Ref: 7002] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Ashburton, President of the Royal Geographical Society, requests the honor of Mr Winkworth's [ink] Company on the Evenings of Wednesday May 15th. and June 19th. at Bath House, Piccadilly, at ½ past 9 o'Clock.
[n.d. c.1861.]
Ticket. 95 x 140mm. 3¾ x 5½".
A ticket requesting the company of Mr Winkworth to the parties of 1861 hosted by the President of the Royal Geographical Society, William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton.
[Ref: 25551] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Ball at The Mansion House. April XVII. MDCCLXXV. The Right Hon.ble Iohn Wilkes, Lord Mayor.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1775.
[1775.]
Etching with engraving in black ink, fine impression. 241 x 216mm. 9½ x 8½". Trimmed.
Ticket. A young woman is seated with her upper body bear and crowned with flowers, in the right hand she holds a caduceus. Three putti dance on the floor; two fly above holding grapes and a basket of flowers. The host is politician and agitator John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), elected Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
De Vesme: 1963; iii/iv. See Ref 14666 for same state in red/brown ink & 14667 for earlier state, & 21223 for same state.
[Ref: 20524] £340.00

The Ball at The Mansion House. April XVII. MDCCLXXV. The Right Hon.ble Iohn Wilkes, Lord Mayor.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1775.
[1775.]
Etching with engraving in black ink. A very fine impression, mint. Plate 241 x 216mm. 9½ x 8½". Foxed. Very large margins.
Ticket. A young woman is seated with her upper body bear and crowned with flowers, in the right hand she holds a caduceus. Three putti dance on the floor; two fly above holding grapes and a basket of flowers. The host is politician and agitator John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), elected Lord Mayor of London in 1774.
De Vesme: 1963; iii/iv. See Ref 14666 for same state in red/brown ink & 14667 for earlier state. See Ref: 20524 for same state.
[Ref: 21223] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Ball at the Mansion House, April 23. 1821. The Right Honourable J. T. Thorp, Lord Mayor. No admittance til /2 past 9. Wm. Borradach. [Ink signature.] [Red Seal of the Lord Mayor.]
Engraving. 275 x 218mm. 10¾ x 8½". Wax Seal peeled away around edges.
During 1817–1835, J.T. Thorp was mercer for alderman and livery companies. This being an invitation to a Ball hosted by the Lord Mayor.
[Ref: 13014] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Ball at The Mansion House. April XVII. MDCCLXXV. The Right Hon.ble Iohn Wilkes, Lord Mayor.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et del. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1775.
Very fine etching with engraving, fine impression. 240 x 215mm. 9½ x 8½" large margins.
Ticket for a ball at the Mansion House, hosted by politician and agitator John Wilkes (1725 - 1797), who was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1774. The design depicts Iris, messenger of the gods, holding a caduceus and watching three putti dancing, with two more flying above holding grapes and a basket of flowers.
De Vesme: 1963; iii/iv.
[Ref: 40268] £340.00

Public Banquet To The Suite Of His Majesty Louis Philippe, King Of The French, and the Officers of the French Squadron, by the Mayor & Inhabitants of the Port of Portsmouth & Vicinities Saturday 12th. Octr. 1844.
Charpentier, Sct. Portsmouth [c.1844].
Ticket, lithograph on laminated paper, 115 x 150mm. 4½ x 6". Some staining.
An unallocated ticket to an 1844 banquet in honour of the visiting Louis Philippe (1773 – 1850), King of the French from 1830 to 1848. With vignette of the French and British crowns and flags, a representation of the 1830 French constitution adjacent to the British royal coat of arms.
[Ref: 9263] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr. Dragonetti.
E.F. Burney del._ F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1792.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet size: 105 x 135mm (4¼ x 5¼"). Cut in an octagonal shape.
A ticket for the benefit of Mr Dragonetti. A woman stands holding a naked child who plays the lyre. On the right stands Apollo. Domenico Dragonetti (1763 - 1846) was a violinist and double-bass player. For a proof impression of this ticket, see item ref: 28892.
De Vesme: 1918.
[Ref: 35625] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Dragonetti.]
E.F. Burney del._ F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
[n.d. c.1792.]
Etching with engraving. Plate 120 x 152mm. 4¾ x 6". Light foxing; tipped into album page.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Dragonetti. A woman stands holding a naked child who plays the lyre. On the right stands Apollo. Domenico Dragonetti (1763 - 1846) was a violinist and double-bass player.
De Vesme: 1918; ii/iii. See Harvard p.383.
[Ref: 28892] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mrs. Banti.]
F. Bartolozzi inv.t Sculps.t 1797 aetatis suae 69.
138 x 172mm. 5½ x 6¾". Slight foxing.
Ticket for the benefit of Mrs Banti. Muse seated on clouds holding a lyre with three putti; one holds a trumpet, another two laurel crowns and the third holding a banner over Muse. Brigitta Giorgi Banti (1756 - 1806), singer.
De Vesme: 1914; iv/vii.
[Ref: 20507] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert ticket; For the Benefit of Mrs. Banti.]
[F. Bartolozzi invt. Sculpst.]
[London, c.1797.]
Etching, proof before letters trimmed so roundel, diameter 185mm, 7¼". Small tear into plate lower left, plate mark cut small blemish in paper ower edge centre.
Muse seated on clouds holding a lyre with three putti; one holds a trumpet, another two laurel wreaths, the third holding the (unlettered) above. Ticket for the benefit of Brigitta Giorgi Banti (1756 - 1806), singer.
De Vesme: 1914, ii of vii. See item 20507.
[Ref: 21299] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert ticket; For the Benefit of Mrs. Banti].
F. Bartolozzi inv.t Sculps.t.
Aetatis suae 69. 1797.
Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 138 x 172mm (5½ x 6¾").
A concert ticket for the benefit of singer Mrs Brigitta Giorgi Banti (1756 - 1806). A muse is seated on clouds, lifting her left hand, holding a lyre in her right. On the right, are two putti, holding a trumpet and two laurel crowns. On the left, another putto holds a banner over Muse.
De Vesme: 1914, iv of vii. See item 20507 and 21299 for earlier states.
[Ref: 32428] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Two concert tickets] Tempio di Mercurio, a Baja. [&] Sepolcro di Vergilio e Castel S. Elmo.
D. Pronti inc in Roma 1790 [but issued c. 1810].
A very scarce pair of etchings, reworked as tickets to a concert by Maria Bland and inscribed 'Mrs: Bland' in ink mss. to image. Each image c.60 x 75mm, 2¼ x 3". Trimmed within plates.
Two late 18th century etchings of Roman antiquities first published in Rome by Domenico Pronti; cartouches have been inserted for mss. inscriptions. The vocalist Maria Theresa Bland (1769 - 1838) was the daughter of Italian Jews named Romanzini. She first sang at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1786, at the age of about 17 and four years later, in 1790, married an actor named Bland. Over the following three-and-a half decades, from 1789 to 1824, she was attached to Drury Lane almost continuously, but sang also at Haymarket and Vauxhall. Bland retired in 1824, reportedly after having developed melancholia, and died in 1838.
[Ref: 21160] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

University College Hospital, St Pancras. For the Relief of Poor Sick and Maimed Persons, and for the Delivery of Poor Married Lying-in Women... Festival in Aid of the Funds of the Hospital. Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street. Tuesday, June 9th, 1840.
Cole, Sculp. 54 Theobald's Road, Holborn.
Engraving. 360 x 260mm. Repaired tear.
Fundraising ticket.
[Ref: 7159] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Commemoration Dinner, at the Freemason's Hall. Wednesday, June 18th, 1828. his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in the Chair, Wm. Smith, Esq. M.P, Deputy Chairman. [with list of stewards]
J. Moyes, Took's Court, Chancery Lane [printer]
Two sheets engraving and letterpress, each approx 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheets; soiling, offsetting, small tears and creases. Other prints verso.
Ticket (numbered '409' in ink) for a dinner commemorating the 'Royal Assent to the Bill for the Repeal of the Sacramental Test, May the 9th 1828' and signed by William Smith, Chairman of the United Committee for conducting the application to Parliament, and Robert Winter, Secretary to the Committee. The Bill repealed an Act which stated all mayors and officials in municipal corporations had to receive the sacrament of Holy Communion (although the law was not always enacted). The passing of the Bill gave greater religious liberty and led to much discussion of Catholic Emancipation, which was to follow soon after.
[Ref: 32274] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Concert Ticket, held at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.]
Smirke Invt. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1792.]
Engraving and etching, scarce proof. Plate 217 x 185mm 8½ x 7¼". Trimmed close to the plate. Light foxing.
St Cecilia is seated playing at an organ, with two winged figures standing looking over her. The relief below depicts Charity and three children, with a lion and a unicorn to either side.
De Vesme: 1948; v/v. See Ref 16047 for earlier state in red/brown ink & 20503 for earlier state.
[Ref: 21215] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, printed in black ink. 115 x 108mm. 4½ x 4¼". Trimmed inside plate.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed.
De Vesme: 1915; iii/iv. See 9718, 10558, 10559 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 21208] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching in black ink. 109 x 88mm. 4¼ x 3½". Trimmed.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed. Before publication line added.
De Vesme: 1915; i/iv. See 9718, 10558, 10559 and 21208 for other states.
[Ref: 21209] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, printed in red/brown ink. 120 x 106mm. 4¾ x 4¼". Trimmed inside plate to left and right side.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed.
De Vesme: 1915; iii/iv. See 10559, 9718, 21208 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 10558] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

For The Benefit Of Mr. Jones.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Concert ticket, etching. 95 x 90mm. 3¾ x 3½". Trimmed to plate, glued to album page at upper edge.
Two putti, one winged putto playing a lyre while the other holds a sheet of music. Edward Jones (1752 - 1824), known as Bardd y Brenin, or the King's Bard, was a musician and Welsh writer. He taught music to many persons of rank and was appointed bard to the Prince of Wales, an honorary office, in 1783. In 1784 he published ‘Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, preserved by Tradition and Authentic Manuscripts from very remote Antiquity, with a Collection of the Pennillion and Englynion, Epigrammatic Stanzas or native Pastoral Sonnets of Wales, a History of the Bards from the Earliest Period, and an Account of their Music, Poetry, and Musical Instruments’. This work, largely based on the author's original researches among unpublished Welsh manuscripts, rescued and preserved some of the oldest Welsh airs extant. In many ways Jones can be said to have invented Wales as the 'land of song', while defining its people as 'aboriginal Britons' and as the oldest musical nation in Europe.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. De Vesme: 1932. See Ref: 20522.
[Ref: 9717] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
G.B. Cipriani Inv. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Unidentified collector's mark on verso. 114 x 102mm. 4½ x 4". Trimmed just inside place.
With artist's and engraver's surnames fully inscribed. The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry.
De Vesme: 1915; iii/iv. Not in Lugt. See 10558, 9718, 21208 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 10559] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching in sepia, with small margins. Plate 115 x 115mm. 4½ x 4½". Glued to album page at right edge.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed. Before publication line added.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. De Vesme: 1915; i/iv. See 10558, 10559, 21208 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 9718] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Felicity, Come see rural felicity,/ which Love & Innocence ever enjoy.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
Pubd. Septr. 1st. 1789 by I. Read Coventry Court.
Etching, sheet 107 x 110mm. Trimmed to just outside plate, glued to album page.
An attractive scene with two putti dancing to the accompaniment of the pipe and drum of a third. A concert ticket (the cartouche uninscribed) originally published in 1781 and reissued by Read with this title.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. See item 7844.
[Ref: 9720] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert ticket- proof before lettering]
[Anon., c1770]
Scarce etching, platemark 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"); very large margins. Creased.
Woman next to sheet music with harp behind. Unusual etching probably used (in its later lettered state) as a concert ticket. The style suggests it may be continental.
[Ref: 40671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[An unattributed concert ticket featuring three putti.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
Pubd. Septr. 1st. 1781. by A. Poggi.
Proof etching, sheet 107 x 110mm. Trimmed inside plate, light foxing.
An attractive scene with two putti dancing to the accompaniment of the pipe and drum of a third. Proof before cartouche above image lettered.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7844] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert ticket. held at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.]
[F. Bartolozzi.]
[c.1792.]
Engraved ticket to a concert at St Margaret's Church, Westminster; proof before all letters, printed in red/brown ink. Plate 222 x 190mm, 8¾ x 7½". Laid to backing sheet, few repairs.
St. Cecilia seated playing the organ; on the left, two winged figures standing; in an oval. Below, a block of low-relief which depicts Charity and three children; a lion and a unicorn on either side. Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and of Church music. It is said that this came about because she sang to God as she was dying. After Robert Smirke (1752 - 1845) by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815).
De Vesme: 1948; iii/v. See Ref 20503 for earlier state & 21215 for later state.
[Ref: 16047] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Bal Paré à Versailles Pour le Mariage De Monseigneur Le Dauphin Le Jeudi Neuf Fevrier 1747. De Bonneval. Porte et gradins à droit.
[Charles-Nicolas] Cochin filius.
[c.1800.]
Etching. 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾"), on wove paper, large margins. Crease in lower margin.
A design issued as an invitation to a ball celebrating the second marriage of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729-65), to Maria Josepha of Saxony, a union that begat three kings of France, including Louis XVI.
[Ref: 58505] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Bal Paré à Versailles Pour le Mariage De Monseigneur Le Dauphin Le Mercredi 24 Fevrier 1745. De Bonneval. Porte et gradins a gauche.
[after Charles-Nicolas Cochin fils.]
[c.1800.]
Etching. 120 x 160mm (4¾ x 6¼"), on wove paper. Small margins.
A design issued as an invitation to the 'Yew Tree Ball', held overnight on Thursday 25th February (not 24th as here), celebrating the marriage of Louis (1729-65, Dauphin of France, father of Louis XVI) to Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain. This example has 'Cochin fils' removed.
[Ref: 58501] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

For Mr. Didelot's Benefit.
L.Legoux Pupil of F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple and engraving, scarce. 157 x 120mm. 6¼ x 4¾". Trimmed.
Ticket Muse dancing and playing cymbals, followed by Cupid, who adorns her with a garland of flowers. Charles-Louis Didelot (1767 - 1837) was a French dancer and choreographer.
See De Vesme: 1936 [for different version. & description].
[Ref: 20513] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Nuremberg and Rothenburg. Some Water Colours by Wilfrid Ball are to be seen at Dunthorne's Gallery 5 Vigo Street on Saturday 5th. Dec.r and following 14 days.
[n.d. c.1891.]
Etching. Plate 76 x 113mm. 3 x 4½". Laid on album sheet.
An invitation to an exhibition by Wilfrid Williams Ball (1853-1917); a British artist. His early career was as an accountant but he spent his spare time at the Heatherley School of Art in Chelsea and by 1877 he was exhibiting his work. His Thames etchings attracted the attention James Whistler, with whom he later worked. He then went on to paint landscapes and marine subjects, exhibiting widely at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and many others. In 1886 he became president of the Society of British Artists and was also a member of The Arts Club from 1896 until 1916. He died of heat exhaustion in Khartoum during WWI while working as an administrator for the British Army.
[Ref: 16888] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Portals of Rheims A New Etching by Axel Herman Haig. To be seen at Dunthorne's Gallery 5. Vigo Street, London, W.
On Saturday 20th February 1892, and following days.
Rare woodcut. 120 x 165mm. 4¾ x 6½".
An invitation to an exhibition of works by Axel Haig (1835-1921); an architectural watercolourist and etcher, the 'Piranesi of the Gothic Revival'. He was born in Sweden, but worked in Britain.
[Ref: 16891] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Robert Dunthorne has the honour to invite [in ink:] J. Levien Esq. and Friends, to inspect some Sketches and Bas_Reliefs by the late Randolph Caldecott. On View at The Rembrandt Head Vigo Street.
London Oct_1887.
Photo etching. 107 x 131mm. 4¼ x 5¼". Laid on album sheet.
A personal invitation to an exhibition of works of Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886); a British artist and illustrator. His work primarily consisted of book illustrations, however he was promptly and generously recognised by the Royal Academy. He was an important figue in the development of children's books illustrations during the 19th century. He illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, and made many humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life. He also drew cartoons and sketches of the Houses of Parliament inside and out; exhibiting also his sculptures and painting at the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 16890] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Netherland Waterways. Rob.t Dunthorne has the honour to invite [in ink:] F. Levein Esq. to the Private View of Water Colours painted by W.L. Wyllie, on a cruise from Hoo to the Islands of Zeeland, Brabant, and the Zuyder Zee.
The Rembrandt Head Vigo Street London. W. Saturday 14th. April. 1888.
Etching. 108 x 102mm. 4¼ x 4". Tear into image at bottom. Cut along top edge inside plate.
Very rare item of Wyllie ephemera. A personal invitation to an exhibition of the works of William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931); a prolific English painter of maritime themes. He studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and then moved on to the Royal Academy Schools. There he studied under Edwin Henry Landseer, John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton. He exhibited all over the place, and by 1875 he had become a member of the Society of British Artists and in 1889 he was made an associate of the Royal Academy. In 1903 he became a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and by 1907 he had been elected a full member of the Royal Academy. As a nautical fanatic, he campaigned extensively for the restoration of HMS Victory as a founding member of the Society for Nautical Research.
[Ref: 16889] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Through Normandy. Rob.t Dunthorne has the honour to invite [in pencil:] F. Levien Esq. and friends to see some Drawings in Watercolour by Charles J. Watson RPE. done in and around Normandy.
The Rembrandt Head 5 Vigo Street. W. February 21. 1891.
Photo engraving. 95 x 120mm. 3¾ x 4¾". Laid on album sheet.
A personal invitation to the watercolour exhibition of Charles John Watson (1849-1927); an English painter and etcher known for his depictions of ports, markets and streets, churches, animals, land and rivers. He was an original member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, which was founded in 1881. He won medals for his work at the International Exhibition in Chicago, 1893, and Paris in 1900. A lot of his works depict his travels around Italy and France.
[Ref: 16883] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

The Etched Work of Chs. J. Watson and Col. R. Goff. An Exhibition will be opened at Mr. Dunthorne's Gallery on Saturday, November the eleventh. The favour of your compeny is requested on that day, or any other during the month. The Rembrandt Head. Five Vigo Street London.
[n.d. c.1893.]
Photo engraved letterpress. 145 x 107mm. 5¾ x 4¼".
An invitation to Charles J. Watson's and Colonel R. Goff's exhibition of etchings at the Rembrandt Gallery. Colonel Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922) was a British artist who would etch scenes that he saw during his military travels. Charles John Watson R.E. (1846-1927) was a British painter and etcher known for his depictions of his general street and topographical views of busy life. Similar to Goff he also worked for some years in Italy, it possibly here where they met.
[Ref: 16877] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Fishmonger's Shop. [Explanation:] The Drawing of Frederick Walker's which Mr. Macbeth is adding to his series of etchings after the most charming of modern English masters, is one of the most exquisite examples of the painters' power of extracting beauty and delight from the commonplace scenes and incidents of daily life...Mr. Macbeht is now working on the plate, and it is hope that a finished proof will be ready early in May. Subscribers' names received by the publisher.
Photogravure with printed letterpress. 139 x 109mm. 5½ x 4¼". Stuck to album sheet and folded.
This is a slip advertising the commision and work-in-progress of Robert Walker Macbeth, to be presented later at the Rembrandt Gallery. A scene with fish laid out on a stand in front of a fishmonger's. A man leans in to pick-up some fish, with a lady standing at his side holding a basket and with a dog waiting in the right foreground. A boy in the left foreground walks by wheeling a hoop.
See BM: 1902,0108.1 (for the final image.)
[Ref: 16882] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

[Mr Fiervilles Ball.] Rural Felicity, Come see rural felicity. Which Love & Innocence ever enjoy.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
Pub. Sep.r 1789 by I. Read Coventry Court.
Etching and engraving. Plate 133 x 179mm. 5¼ x 7". Cut to just outside the platemark.
Ticket. A naked child seated under a tree playing the chalumeau; on the right two children dancing. It seems Italian composer and violinist Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) performed at Mr. Fierville's balls.
De Vesme: 1970; iii/iv, see 20514.
[Ref: 21184] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Fiervilles Ball.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
[n.d. c.1781.]
Etching and engraving. "Maybe used at Carlisle House Thursday 5 April 1781" 95 x 120mm. 3¾ x 4¾".
Ticket. A cherub seated under a tree playing the chalumeau; two more dance. It seems Italian composer and violinist Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) performed at Mr. Fierville's balls.
De Vesme: 1970; ii/iv. See Ref 21184.
[Ref: 20514] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Invitation to a meeting of an artistic society, etching of the venue.] The Friends of the Etchers will meet Friday 24 March 1922 7.15 for 7.30 Dinner at The Queens Larder Queen Square Bloomsbury WC 1....[in ink] Please reply to Hanslip Fletcher 41 Russell Square WC.1 [in ink]
Hanslip Fletcher [pencil signature.]
[London, 1922.]
Artist's autograph mss. invitation in ink to "Frank L Emanuel Esqr"; signed etched illustration of buildings at the corner of Cosmo Place and Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, where the Queens Larder pub still trades. Etching 95 x 90mm (3¾ x 3½"), sheet 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Horizontal fold crease above mss.
Frank Lewis Emanuel (British, 1865 - 1948) was a printmaker and draughtsman. Privately printed by Hanslip Fletcher (1874 - 1955), watercolourist and architectural etcher.
Guichard: pg.71, Appendix 1 'Minor Etchers'.
[Ref: 19832] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini A Concert of Musick.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. [c.1776].
Engraving, sheet 120 x 135mm (4¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of the Judgement of Midas: Apollo stands on the left holding his lyre, watching as Marsyas plays his pipes; Midas between them. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving 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.
De Vesme: 1928
[Ref: 46019] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1780
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 4th 1780
Engraving, sheet 120 x 105mm (4¾ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of woman touching a lyre and looking at a putto while Cupid weeps on the floor. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving 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.
De Vesme: 1923 III of IV
[Ref: 46022] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street. n.d. c.1782.]
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾". Small margins. Slight foxing.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; ii/iv. See Ref: 20519 & 21175 for later states.
[Ref: 21210] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini] Plate 1
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Stipple, sheet 130 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Apollo, playing the harp with the nine Muses in attendance. Ticket for a benefit held for Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), Italian composer and violinist. Giardini, an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Later state as published in 'A General History of Music' by the musicologist Charles Burney.
De Vesme 1927 iii/iii.
[Ref: 42474] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving, very scarce. Proof before all letters. 166 x 196mm. 6½ x 7¾". Cut, few fox marks.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1921; i/iii.
[Ref: 20490] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street. [n.d. c.1779.]
Etching and engraving. Collector's mark SP, plate 127 x 146mm. 5 x 5¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on the ground with two putti surrounding her, one of whom is holding a torch. Five putti, to the right, in front of a water fountain; one playing the trumpet, one playing the lute and three singing. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1925; v/v. See 20497 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20498] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1780.]
Publish'd as the Act directs Feby. 4th. 1780.
Etching and engraving. Plate 146 x 132mm. 5¾ x 5¼". Small margins. very slight foxing
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. A young woman seated on a pedestal touching a lyre and holding a quill pen; a putto stands behind her. Cupid is seated on the floor holding an arrow and covering his face with his hands. Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1923; i/iv.
[Ref: 20496] £320.00

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Etching with engraving, scarce proof, uncut very large margins, title only half removed. Plate 95 x 115mm. 3¾ x 4½". Title scratched, very slight foxing.
Bill-head for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on a bed with a putto talking to her from behind her; another putto playing the lyre and a third putto pulling a bow, aiming towards right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1922; between i/ii.
[Ref: 20577] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street.
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; iv/iv, see 20519 & 21210.
[Ref: 21175] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1763.]
Very fine etching with engraving. Sheet 135 x 120mm (5¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Apollo seated on a pedestal holding a lyre with a Muse crowning him. Mercury standing on the right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1919.
[Ref: 44530] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 150 x 160mm (6 x 6¼"). Trimmed.
Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton
De Vesme: 1921.
[Ref: 44532] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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