Grosvenor Prints

Plate from 'Amore prigioniero in Delo' by Giacinto Lodi.]
Gio: Batta: Coriolano [engraved in reverse].
[n.d., c.1630.]
Etching. Sheet 235 x 295mm (9¼ x 11½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into image on left, losing c.50mm. Very small wormhole centre bottom.
A festival float representing Venus with Nereids in a pool, accompanied by knights and soldiers. The last of 15 plates in Lodi's 'Love Held Prisoner on Delos', an account of a 1628 tornament in Bologna in honour of Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. This example is a reversed copy.
The BM also has one plate, Y,8.125, also reversed.
[Ref: 55421] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Lymington] Plate I. To Sir Will.m Heathcote Bar.t M.P. This View near Lymington in Hampshire is most respectfully inscribed by his obedient humble servant F. Jukes. [&] Plate II. To Will. Chute Esq.r M.P. This View... [&] Plate III. To Sir Harry Burrand Bar.t M.P. This View... [&] Plate IV. To N.B. Halhead Esq.r M.P. This View...
W.R. Bigg A Pinxt. F. Jukes Aqua.t.
London, Pub.d Jan. 1st 1795. By F.Jukes No 10 Howland Street.
Set of four aquatints, 2 have pt Whatman 1794 watermark. Sheet 260 x 295mm (10¼ x 11½"). Trimmed into image, losing edges of inscriptions at sides.
A set of four views of rural scenery around Lymington, Hampshire, after William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828)
[Ref: 55538] £350.00 view all images for this item

The Macaroni Haberdasher.
[by Matthew Darly.]
Pubd. by MDarly accor to Act (39) Strand May 7th 1772.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"), large margins.
A fashionably-dressed man holds an open chest full of caps and laces. In his right hand he dangles a woman's flat hat trimmed with ribbons. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c designed by the greatest personages, artists &c'.
BM Satires: 5007.
[Ref: 55585] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Macaroni Schoolmaster.
[by Matthew Darly.]
Publish'd as the Act directs Dec.r 7 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 18th century watermark, 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"), large margins.
A teacher in wig and gown over dark clerical clothes, holding a book and a menacing strap in his left hand.
BM Satires: 5051.
[Ref: 55579] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Great Wall of China, called Van-Lee-Tching, or Wall of Ten Thousand Lee taken near the pass of Cou-Pe-Koo.
Drawn by W. Alexander, from a sketch by H. W. Parish. Medland sculp.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving. 505 x 360mm. (19¾ x 14¼"), with wide margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1794'.
A view showing the Great Wall of China within a mountainous landscape, with a fort in the left foreground, and others at intervals along the way. Plate 24 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55446] £450.00

Chinese Military drawn out in Compliment to the British Embassador.
W. Alexander del. B. T. Pouncey sculp.t.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving very large margins. On watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman 1794.' Platemark: 395 x 300mm. (15½ x 12"). A little damaged at centre fold, faint mount burn.
A scene of soldiers on parade before a fortified city, as a flotilla passes by. On one junk a European ca be seen sitting with a sketchbook, perhaps William Alexander. Plate 18 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55443] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Chinese Barges of the Embassy passing through a Sluice on the Grand Canal.
W. Alexander del.t. B.T. Pouncy sculp.t.
London Published April 12, 1796, by G.Nicol.
Engraving with hand colour 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼"). Slight crease through lower right corner of plate, faint mount burn.
A scene depicting three barges on a canal, with a sluice gate in the centre, a pagoda and battlemented walls on the left bank. A number of figures can be seen on the banks of the canal, including two, smoking in the foreground. Plate 35 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55442] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Tchin-Shan, or Golden Island inthe Yang-Tse-Kiang, or Great River of China.
W. Alexander del.t. Wilson sculp.t.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, very large margins. Platemark: 495 x 360mm. (19¼ x 14¼"). Very slight foxing in sky.
A view of an island with two principle peaks, dotted with buildings, including a tall pagoda to the right. In the foreground several vessels on the water, including a two-masted ship to left. In the centre boat a European sits sketching, probably William Alexander, the official artist of the Macartney expedition. Plate 39 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55445] £350.00

[Henri Martin] Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore. Sadhusing extracating his Children from the Boa Constrictors, as performed at Drury Lane Theatre.
W. Clerk lith, 41 Dean Str Soho.
Published by S. Gans 15 Southampton Street, Covent Garden [n.d., c.1831].
Lithograph with fine hand colour. . Sheet: 160 x 185mm (6¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, two tears in right edge. Tear in left edge.
A scene from 'Hyder Ali, or the Lions of Mysore', a play shown at Drury Lane Theatre in 1831 which incorporated scenes of animal taming by the first famous lion tamer Henri Martin (1793-1882). Martin played the title of role of Sadhusing, the son of Hyder Ali who escapes into the forest during a battle and befriends the lions. This scene shows Martin performing with Boa Constrictors which were made to appear as if they were attacking the small boys.
[Ref: 55511] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Meditation.]
P. Violet pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
London Pub.d Dec.r 1. 1792 by I.F. Tomkins, No 49 New Bond Street.
Rare stipple, proof before title. 130 x 100mm (5 x 4") very large margins. Some spotting.
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a turban, head turned to her left. A pair to 'Admiration'.
Not in BM. De V: 657 II of IV
[Ref: 55512] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Abbildung de Stadt und Revier von Rochester, Chetham, etc. allwo die Statische oder holländische Kriegsfloote ein gefallen seindt / fo fefchehen den 19.20.21.22 under 23 Junÿ.1667
[after Willem Schellinks.]
[Frankfurt: Matthäus Merian, 1677.]
Engraving. Printed area 150 x 375mm (6 x 14¾"). Trimmed from larger sheet, losing second prospect.
A prospect of the River Medway during the raid by the Dutch in June 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Engraved after the view by Willem Schellinks as etched by Romeyn de Hooghe and published in the ''Theatrum Europaeum''.
[Ref: 55461] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Henry Middleton escapes from the Turks.
[London, J. Newbert, 1760.]
Engraving. Sheet 135 x 180mm (5¼ x 7").
Sir Henry Middleton (d.1613), Captain of the East India Company ship 'Darling'. escapes from captivity in Mocha, hidden in a cask. Attempting to establish trade in Yemen, he has been greeted warmly then arrested and robbed. From Vol IX of 'The World Displayed: or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 55509] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Rangoon. The Position of part of the Army previous to attacking the Stockades on the 9th July 1824.
Drawn by J. Moore. Engraved by G. Hunt.
Pub.d Oct.r 1. 1825, by Kingsbury & Co., 6, Leadenhall Street, and Tho.s Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill, London.
Very fine hand coloured aquatint. 330 x 425mm (13 x 16¾"). Large margins with repaired tears.
British troops forming squares prior to an assault. On the right a ground of artillerymen stand around a Congrieve-Rocket launcher. Lieutenant Joseph Moore's 'Views taken at or near Rangoon' illustrated the British campaign during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26), the first of three such wars in the 19th century.
Abbey Travel 404, 12. Hickman 237.
[Ref: 55465] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Storming of the Lesser Stockade at Kemmendine rear Rangoon on the 10th of June 1824.
Drawn by J. Moore. Engraved by G. Hunt.
Published Jan. 2nd , 1826, by Tho.s Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill, & Kingsbury & Co. Leadenhall Street London.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 330 x 430mm (13 x 17"), with lare margins. Some staining of edges, tears in margin taped.
A column of redcoats marching towards the breach in the wooden stockade. From Lieutenant Joseph Moore's 'Views taken at or near Rangoon' illustrated the British campaign during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26), the first of three such wars in the 19th century.
Abbey Travel: 404-10. Hickman p.236.
[Ref: 55466] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Attack upon the Stockades near Rangoon by Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.B. on the 28th of May 1824.
Drawn by J. Moore. Engraved by G. Hunt.
Pub.d. Nov.r 9th 1825 by Kingsbury & Co. Leadenhall Street, and Thos. Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill, London.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 330 x 425mm (13 x 16¾"). Some staining of edges.
A column of redcoats marching towards the breach in the wooden stockade. From Series 1 of 'Views taken at or near Rangoon, and Combined operations in the Birman Empire', by Lieutenant Joseph Moore, (89th Regiment) published in two series 1825-26, illustrating the actions of the First Anglo-Burmese War (5 March 1824 - 24 February 1826). Following Burmese incursions into British held territory in 1821-1823 (including the successful invasion of Assam), the Governor-General, Lord Amherst, declared war on Burma on February 24, 1824. The British were successful in expelling the Burmese from Assam, but Bandula, the ablest of the Burmese generals, repelled a British detachment at Ramu on the Chittagong frontier. In reply, the British sent an expedition of 11,000 men under Major-General Archibald Campbell and ship under Captain Frederick Marryat to attack Rangoon by sea. The expedition resulted in the capture of Rangoon on May 11, 1824, with the Burmese forces fleeing into the jungles of Pegu.
Abbey Travel: 404-6. Hickman 233.
[Ref: 55467] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[La Mere Indulgente.] [&] [Les Conseils Maternels.]
[Engraved by Louis Simon Lempereur after Pierre Alexandre Will.]
[Published by Lemprerur c.1775.]
Scarce pair of etchings, proofs before letters. Each 430 x 335mm (17 x 13¼") One sheet lightly toned. Small margins.
A pair of boudoire scenes with mothers and their adult daughters. In the first a young woman sits at a dressing table, letter in hand, with the mother leaning above her; in the second the daughter sits with a lapdog on her lap, with the mother standing above. In the title area is a coat of arms surrounded by various attributes.
[Ref: 55430] £480.00 view all images for this item

Les Nageurs. Dédié a Messire Françoi de Baussan, Chevalier Seig.r de Blanville, Richgroux, et autr.s Lieux...
P. Wouvermens pinx. Beaumont Sculp.
A Paris, chez Basset, Rue St Jacques No 64 [n.d., c.1815].
Rare etching with engraving. 345 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾") very large margins Slight stain bottom right.
Riders watering their horses under a rickety footbridge, with swimmers and washerwomen. Engraved by Pierre François Beaumont and originally published by him in 1738 as part of a set of four scenes after after Philips Wouverman. This example was printed after Paul André Basset moved the family firm to rue Saint Jacques no.64 in 1812.
[Ref: 55417] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Vuë de la Ruë des Marchants Chinoises a Nankin.
Gravé par F.X.Habermann apres Neuhoff.
Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imperiale at avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies. [n.d., c.1770.]
Fine coloured engraving. 330 x 425mm (13 x 16¾"). Tear in top margin, laid on album paper.
A vue d'optique of a shopping street in Nanjing, after Jan Nieuhoff, who travelled to China in 1656 as part of the Dutch embassy to Beijing.
[Ref: 55449] £460.00

[The Porcelain Tower, Nanjing.]
W.H. [Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Etching. 220 x 310mm (8¾ x 12¼"). Narrow top margin, nicks in edges.
A view of Da Bao'en Si, the famed Porcelain Tower in Nanjing, built of porcelain bricks in the C15th, during the Ming Dynasty, destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion, 1856. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johan Nieuhof's account of the embassy.
Pennington 1166. Probably I of II.
[Ref: 55454] £490.00

Iamcesu. Jamcesu. Vue de Iamcesu [reversed above image].
Gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comm de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendere les Copies. [n.d., c.1770.]
Hand coloured engraving. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16¼"). Some creasing, marginal repairs, repaired tear through lower right corner of plate. Old ink Dutch mss in lower margin.
A vüe-d'optique view of a city in Nanking province, China, engraved in reverse to be viewed through an optical viewer called a zograscope, which gave added perspective. From a 'Collection des Prospects' by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721 - 1796), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, Germany.
[Ref: 55448] £350.00

[Neath Abbey] Distant View of Neith Abbey, Glamorganshire.
Walmesley del. Hill sculp.
London, Published Sep.r, 9th 1809 by John Murphy, 19 Howland Street, Fitzroy Square, & at G. Testolines, 73, Cornhill.
Rare aquatint, printed in brown. 245 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), with very large margins, watermarked ''John Whatman 1809 [partial]'. Mint.
The ruins of the Cistercian Neath Abbey, dissolved 1539.
Not in Abbey Scenery.
[Ref: 55544] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Monument for Jacques Necker] La Vertu récompensée.
Borel inven.
Se vend A Paris chez l'auteur, rue sw Bretagne a coté du Potier d'Etain .
Rare mezzotint. 430 x 315mm (17 x 12½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears, some surface scuffing. Damaged.
A pyramidal monument with 'Necker' on it, surrounded by allegorical figures including Justice and France. It celebrates Jacques Necker's 1781 publication of the ' Compte rendu au roi', the French Royal accounts, showing the French people how the king (Louis XVI) was spending their money for the first time. Necker (1732-1804), a Swiss financier, was dismissed as Director-General of the Royal Treasury soon after, but became Controller-General of Finances in 1788 and Louis VI's Chief Minister in 1789.
[Ref: 55427] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The reception of the Dutch ambassadors at the Imperial Palace, Peking.]
[London, John Ogilby, c.1667.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 290 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Paper toned. Small margins.
The reception of the ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company in China, an illustration from Johan Nieuhof's account of his travels in China with the Dutch East India Company, 1665-7. This example comes from John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China', first published 1667, using plates from Olfert Dapper's 'Atlas Chinensis' with the English words added to the title. A later edition was published 1698.
[Ref: 55447] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Okinawa] Garden of the Temple at Lechew. Alceste's Voyage.
Lieut. Dwarris delin. J. Clark Sculp.
Published by J. Murray, London, 1817.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
A garden on Okinawa, with British sailors carrying casks to a storeroom, during a six-week stay there. From 'Narrative of a voyage in His Majesty's late ship Alceste', an account of Lord Amherst's diplomatic mission to China in 1817. On the return journey the Alceste hit a reef in the Java Sea and was wrecked, after which the crew had to cope with Malay Dyak pirates who burned the ship and surrounded their camp.
Abbey Travel 559.
[Ref: 55494] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A West Prospect of the City of Oxford. Veuë de la Ville d'Oxford du Côtè de l'Occident.
Jn.o Boydell Delin & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by the Proprieter Jn.o Boydell at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street in Cheapside London 1751. Price 1.s
Fine hand coloured etching, plate 260 x 430mm (10¼ x 17"), with very large margins. Glued to album sheet.
Workers picnic and bale hay against a background view of Oxford.
[Ref: 55549] £520.00

A South Prospect of the City of Oxford. Veuë de la Ville d'Oxford du Côtè du Midi.
Jn.o Boydell Delin & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by the Proprieter Jn.o Boydell at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street in Cheapside London 1751. Price 1.s
Hand coloured etching, plate 260 x 430mm (10¼ x 17"), with very large margins. Glued to album sheet. Slight vertical marking on right.
Workers scythe and bundle wheat against a background view of Oxford.
[Ref: 55548] £480.00

The Paris Shoe Cleaner.
[by Matthew Darly.]
Pub.d accord.g to Act of Parl.t July 1st. 1771 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching. 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼") very large margins. Very slight tear in lower right margin.
A rather miserable-looking French character sitting holding shoe and brush, with a sign 'De Croteur Monsieur on pratique pour un livre' suspended above him. From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.'.
BM Satires: 4679.
[Ref: 55584] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Der Pfau ein Vorbildt der Ketzer, Quacker, Freijgeister, Schwermer und Schein-heiligen.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 190 x 160mm (7½ x 6¼").
''The peacock is a model of the heretics, quackers, free jesters, Schwermer(?) and false saints.'' Quaker interest.
[Ref: 55493] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Welcoming dor by the Lipu half and hower without the Towne Pecking.
[Johannes Nieuhof.]
[London: John Ogilby, c.1673.]
Engravin, 17th century watermark. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Tears in lower margin. Time staining.
A view showing a meeting between ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company and the Chinese, as the Dutch attempt to convince China to open up their ports to Dutch trade. A plate from the English edition of Johannes Nieuhof's 'Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 55453] £320.00

The Royall Banquet.
[Johannes Nieuhof.]
[London: John Ogilby, c.1673.]
Engraving. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"), large margins. Central vertical fold as normal. Slight time staining.
A view of a Royal banquet in a large hall in which figures sit at multiple tables. With key beneath the image in English and Dutch. From the English edition of Johannes Nieuhof's account of the 'Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 55452] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Vue Perspective du pont et du Port de la Ville de Pekin, Ville de la Chine.
a Paris chez Daumont rue de St. Martin [n.d., c.1770].
Hand coloured copper engraving, image 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, laid on card in near-contemporary presentation, ink ownership inscription 'E J Myles' on reverse.
A prospect of the bridge and port of Peking, with several figures to foreground beside the water, loading boats with goods carried by ox-driven carts. The title in in reverse above the image identifies this as a vüe-d'optique, designed to be viewed through a zograscope, an optical viewer.
[Ref: 55456] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vue perspective de la grande Ceremonie du Couronnement de l'Empereur de la Chine.
A Paris chez Mondhare rue S. Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur [n.d., c.1770].
Hand coloured engraving, image 260 x 400mm 10¼ x 15¾") Laid on card in near-contemporary presentation, old ink ownership inscxription 'E J Myles' on reverse. Slightly soiled and stained.
A view of the Emperor's coronation ceremony at the Imperial Palace, Peking
[Ref: 55455] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Pheasant Shooting. La Chasse au Faisand. 216.
T. Buford fecit.
London Published May 1st 1787 by Rob.t Sayer 53 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Repaired tears, one affecting engraver's signature. Small margins. Title messy.
A man shoots at a pheasant while three dogs chase it. A second hunter watches. Since the plate was originally published by Burford in 1770 it has been reworked, with the addition of the second hunter.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 55418] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[9 plates from Pilgrim's Progress] 2. Christian and Pliable in the Slough of Despond. [&] 3. Christian's second meeting with the Evangelist. [&] 4. Christian's Burden falls off on his arrival at the Cross. [&] 5. Christian recovers his Roll. [&] 6. The Palace Beautiful and Christian in dread of the Lions. [&] 9. Christian passing the Caves of the Giants Pope and Pagan. [&] 10. Christian and Faithful confined in Vanity Fair. [&] 11. Christian and Hopeful escape from Doubting Castle. [&] 12. Christian and Hopeful passing the River.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 16 April 1781.
9 etchings [of 12], very rich impressions, some with 18th century watermark. Sheets 175 x 275mm (6¾ c 10¾"). Trimmed to plate.
9 plates of the series 'Twelve prints of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, representing the principal occurrences in Christian's journey'. The missing scenes are: '1. Christian declaring to his family his reasons for going on a pilgrimage'; '7. Christian's fight with Appollyon'; and '8. Christian in the Valley of the Shadow of Death'.
See BM 1935,0522.2.155 to 160 for a set reissued by Bowles & Carver
[Ref: 55424] £550.00 view all images for this item

[Pongok Island] Fort Maxwell.
J. McLeod delin. J. Clark Sculp.
Published by J. Murray, London, 1818.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
A stockade set up by British sailors marooned on Pongok Island, named after the ship's captain. From 'Voyage of His Majesty's late ship Alceste', an account of Lord Amherst's diplomatic mission to China in 1817. On the return journey the Alceste hit a reef in the Java Sea and was wrecked, after which the crew had to cope with Malay Dyak pirates who burned the ship and surrounded their camp. This plate did not appear in the first edition of 1817.
Abbey Travel 559.
[Ref: 55495] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Cupidon Habile en Hercule.]
Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi.
London, Publish'd May 25; 1785 by W. Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No 158 Bond Street.
Stipple, printed in brown, proof before title. 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼") very large margins.
Cupid dressed as Hercules. A naked Cupid, lion skin over his shoulder, holding a club and bow. One of three portraits of Cupid and Psyche after gem-cutter Protarchos, engraved for a fan titled 'The Power of Love', first published by Poggi in 1780.
De Vesme 2219, state iv of iv. See Royal Collection Trust RCIN 25378 for the fan.
[Ref: 55513] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Cupidon a Cheval d'un Lion & Jouant de la Lyre.]
Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi.
London, Publish'd May 25; 1785 by W. Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No 158 Bond Street.
Stipple, printed in brown, proof before title. 150 x 130mm (6 x 5") very large margins. Some spotting.
One of three portraits, Cupid riding a lion, playing a lyre. Cupid and Psyche after gem-cutter Protarchos, engraved for a fan titled 'The Power of Love', first published by Poggi in 1780.
De Vesme 2219, state iv of iv.
[Ref: 55514] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Psyche Enfant.]
Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi.
London, Publish'd May 25; 1785 by W. Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No 158 Bond Street.
Stipple, printed in brown, proof before title. 150 x 130mm (6 x 5") very large margins. Some spotting.
A naked Psyche holding stick and ball, one of three portraits of Cupid and Psyche after gem-cutter Protarchos, engraved for a fan titled 'The Power of Love', first published by Poggi in 1780.
De Vesme 2219, state iv of iv.
[Ref: 55515] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Prodigal Son taking leave of his Father. Plate 1. [&] The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlots. Plate 2. [&] The Prodigal Son in Misery. Plate 3. [&] The Prodigal Son returned Home Reclaimed, Plate 4.
[After Robert Dighton.].
Published 1st Aug.st 1791 by Rob.t Sayer & Co. Fleet Street, London.
Set of four mezzotints with early hand colour. Each 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾").. A little wear in margins, some restoration
Depicting the parable of the Prodigal Son in late 18th century England, where the Protestant interpretation of the parable required the son to repent, and be worthy of his father's forgiveness.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 55425] £650.00 view all images for this item

[Ramsgate] Nelson's Crescent and Royal Harbour, Ramsgate. [&] Wellington Crescent and Sand, Ramsgate.
Lithographed by Newman & Co. 43 Watling Str. London.
Published by F. Knott, Ramsgate [n.d., c.1840].
A pair of rare lithographs with hand colour. Sheets 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼") Mount burn, some surface scuffing, margins messy.
Two locally-publlished views of Ramsgate, depicting the town as a fashionable resort. F. Knott published several similar views as separate-issues.
[Ref: 55472] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Reading] East View of High Bridge. Pl.7.
[Printed by Snare and Man. Sold by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street; J. Richardson, Royal Exchange, London; and R. Snare, Minster Street, Reading. 1816.]
Aquatint. 200 x 260mm (7¾ x 10¼").
A view of High Bridge (or Duke Street Bridge) over the River Kennet, Reading, from which a boy fishes. From John Man's 'History of Reading'.
Abbey: 293: 6. Ex: Collection of David G. E. Smith
[Ref: 55531] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Chevaux de Races de tous pays. Avant La Charge!... Chevaux Tartares.
V. Adam. Imp. par Lemercier.
Paris _ Jeannin Édit. Place du Louvre, 20 [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 355 x 460mm (14 x 18"), with publisher's blindstamp, large margins. Some spotting.
Tartar riders prepare to charge, by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55561] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Prospect of Rome] Roma.
L. De Lincler Delineavit ad vivum. Isreal Silvestro Lincidit.
P. Mariette ex. excudit parisijs. cum privil. Regis. Anno D.ni 1642 [but c.1816].
Engraving on four sheets. Each 185 x 310mm (7¼ x 12¼"), with very large margins, two plates watermarked 'J. Whatman 1816'. Excellent condition with some faint scuffing in the margins.
A prospect of Rome from the north, with a 44-point key of places from the Porta del Popolo to the Vatican Gardens and 'Fortificationi Moderne'. The view was drawn by de Lincler, a French painter, engraved by Israel Silvestre and originally published in Paris by Pierre Mariette in 1642. The Whatman paper of this example suggests a London printing.
[Ref: 55565] £580.00 view all images for this item

[Royal Horse Artillery.]
Gilbert Holiday.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Photolithograph. 255 x 400mm (10 x 15¾"), trimmed to image and laid on board, as issued.
Charles Gilbert Holiday (1879-1937) worked as an illustrator at The Graphic, The Tatler and The Illustrated London News before the Great War. Receiving a commission with The Royal Field Artillery, he served with distinction at Arras, Passchendaele and the Third Battle of Ypres. After the war he returned to his main interest, painting horses. Lionel Edwards said: ''no one can, or ever could, paint a horse in action better than Gilbert could''.
[Ref: 55433] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Battles of Schooneveld.] Afbeeldinge Van De Twee Bloedige Zeeslagen gehauden op de 7 en 14 juny 1673, tussen de Maghtige Zee vlooten van Vranckryck en Engelandr, tegen die vande Vereen Nederlanden.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 180 x 295mm (7 x 11½"). Trimmed to printed border, losing letterpress, left corners slightly snipped.
An etched view of one of the Battles of Schooneveld (7th and 14th July 1673), from a Dutch broadsheet celebrating the victory of Admirals de Ruyter and Tromp over a combined French and English fleet led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and Jean, Comte d'Estrées.
[Ref: 55457] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Vera Effigies Clarissimi Déoq[ue] Repub: Optimè Meriti Herois D. Ottonis Henrici Comitis a Schwarzenberg... D. Wolfgango Jacobo Comiti a Schwarzenberg &c filio ac heredi dedicata. Ab sereniss. Bavar: Ducis Guilielmi scal: ptore Joane Sadelero.
[after Hans von Aachen?]
[Munich, c.1590.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 325 x 245mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, pin holes, repaired tears.
Otto Heinrich, Count of Schwarzenberg (1535-90), Councillor to the Emperors Maximilian II and Rudolf II, and to William V of Bavaria, wearing a ruff and a leopard fur-lined coat, seated at a table with papers, a compass, a skull and a clock. The skull and dedication suggests this was engraved after Schwarzenberg's death in 1590, when Sadeler was court engraver in Munich. A head-and-shoulders oil portrait with the same features is attributed to Hans von Aachen (1552-1615).
[Ref: 55499] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Part of Regents-Town a Settlement of Liberated Negros. (in the Colony of Sierra Leone)
Engraved on Steel by Illman & Pilbrown, N. York.
Boston, Published by Samuel Walker 1832.
Rare steel engraving on chine collé. Sheet 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾")
A view of Regent, originally Hogbrook, founded in 1812 for liberated slaves brought to Sierra Leone by the Royal Navy West Africa Squadron. It was published in ''The Origin and History of Missions: Containing Faithful Accounts of the Voyages, Travels, Labors and Successes of the Various Missionaries who Have Been Sent Forth to Evangelize the Heathen'' by Thomas Smith and John Choules, an account of the Moravian missionaries. The minister at Regent was William Johnson, paid for by the Church Missionary Society.
[Ref: 55484] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Small Breeze.
Brooking Pinx.t Tho.s Boydell Sculp. Harvarden 1755. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold by Jn.o Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside London.
London, 1755.
Very fine hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 290 x 420mm (11½ x 16½"), large margins. Top margin trimmed to platemark.
A seascape of ships and sail boats under a clearing sky.
[Ref: 55568] £360.00

[The Soveraigne of the Seas builte in the Yeare 1637.]
Thomas Jenner [scratched in plate] [after John Payne].
Thomas Jenner feicet 1653
Rare etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 205 x 245mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, losing title at top.
Extremely scare & wonderful image, a survivor of the 17th century. A portrait of 'The Sovereign of the Seas', one of the biggest warships of the Stuart navy, ordered by Charles I as part of the arms race with the Dutch and paid for with the notorious 'Ship Money' tax that made Charles so unpopular. This is a reduced copy of a two-sheet engraving by John Payne, published as a propaganda piece c.1638, with added key letters (key not present). Built by Peter Pett and launched in 1637, the 'Sovereign of the Seas' had 102 guns as specified by Royal command, but soon after she entered service the number was cut to make her faster and safer. The diarist John Evelyn described her as 'a monstrous vessel ... being for burthen, defense and ornament the richest that ever spread cloth before the wind'. During the Commonwealth she was renamed, first 'Commonwealth' then 'Sovereign', before being made the 'Royal Sovereign' on the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. She survived the three Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Nine Years' War with the French only to burn while laid up at Chatham in 1697.
BM 1881,0611.274, also trimmed and damaged; see 1854,0614.252 for Payne's original. Not in Hind.
[Ref: 55462] £1,350.00

[Spanish Armada] Classis Hispanica 30 Maii Anno 1588. Lisbona Angliam contra emissa...
[After Frans Hogenberg?]
[Cologne?, n.d., c.1600.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 225 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼") large margins.
The English fleet attacking the Spanish Armada in the Strait of Dover, at the Battle of Gravelines, 28th July, 1588. This later state has the Isle of Wight engraved east of Dover! Probably after Frans Hogenberg (1535-90), engraver of the Ortelius atlas and the Braun and Hogenberg townplans, who also produced broadsheets on the French and Netherlandish religious wars from 1569, continued after his death by his son Abraham.
[Ref: 55459] £650.00

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