Grosvenor Prints

[Young Greek Man.]
[n.d. c.1830.]
Very fine watercolour. 266 x 196mm (10½ x 7¾"). Laid on sheet.
A young Greek man with a green shawl over this shoulder, looking down towards the ground; dressed in traditional costume.
[Ref: 30700] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Greece, Archipelago and Part of Anadoli.
By L.S. de la Rochette MDCCXC. W. Palmer sculp.
Published by Will.m Faden, Geographer tot he King, January 1st 1791.
Engraved map. 550 x 640mm, 21¾ x 25¼". Left edge worn with loss in the bottom left corner, damaged.
Map of Greece, the Aegean and western Turkey, with mountains marked with hatchuring rather than contours, decorated with a title cartouche of classical ruins. A note acknowledges that 'use has been made of the Papers of M.r Stuart'. James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713–88) and Nicholas Revett (1720–1804) travelled on a Grand Tour of Italy, the Balkans & Greece between 1748-55. On their return they started work on the 'Antiquities', which was the first accurate survey of the surviving classical buildings of Athens.
[Ref: 26789] £180.00

Danse Grecque. La Grande Maîtresse guide la danse. Elle est suivie par nombre de jeunes Démoiselles qui imitent ses pas, & si elle chante c’est à ces filles à composer le choeur. Lettres de Lady M-y W-y M-es.
T. Stothard del. P. Zancon scul.
A Venise chez Joseph Remondini & Fils. [n.d. c.1790.]
Hand-coloured stipple in oval, small margins, rare. Plate 285 x 254mm. 11¼ x 10".
A clearing in the woods where women dance to music of a pipe played by a boy sitting at right and the tambourine played by central figure, all in late 18th century fashions. Associated with Lady Mary Wortley Montague (1689-1762) whose letters home from Constantinople in 1716-1718, where published as a travel book.
[Ref: 26133] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Jeune Grec.
Printed by Kohler & Co., 22, Denmark S.t Soho.
London J. M.cCormick, 147 Strand [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured lithograph with fine fresh hand colour. Sheet 340 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½").
Young Greek man turned to left, carrying a drapery over his right shoulder, wearing turban and embroidered waistcoat over stripped shirt. Detail from a painting by Baron François Gérard (1770 - 1837).
[Ref: 62340] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Greek Dancing]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Unique Watercolour on laid paper. Sheet 260 x 390mm (10¼ x 15¼"). Some wear to grey borders.
Two men dancing, with a turbaned tamborine player.
[Ref: 39237] £480.00

Le Mage Grec.
[Charles Waltner after Rubens.]
[n.d., c.1878.]
Drypoint etching. Sheet 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed.
An interpretative etching after Peter Paul Rubens.
[Ref: 59695] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Marchand grec.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour and a collage of materials including silk and felt. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15 x 11").
A full length portrait of a Greek merchant, with his cloak, shirts, trousers, hat and shoes made from different materials, but the background, his features, belt and fur edgings inked in.
[Ref: 50677] £360.00

Greek Merchant of Astrachan, in the Streets of Moscow, from a drawing by Geissler, given to the Author by Professor Pallas. P.48.
Published Nov.r 25th 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, London.
Rare aquatint and etching. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Published in 'Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa' by Edward Daniel Clarke.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 59694] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Greek Wife.
Drawn by E. T. Parris. Engraved by L. Stocks.
London, 1836. Charles Tilt, Fleet Street.
Line engraving with large margins. 220mm x 150mm (8¾" x 6").
A greek woman sits in an ornate balcony, looking outwards over the countryside, with a small child asleep in her lap. Illustration to 'The Keepsake' in a subsequent state.
[Ref: 31932] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Greeks at Prayer.]
[After Gerome] Rajon.
Etching. Early proof before all letters; Sheet: 280 x 400mm, (11 x 15¾").
An interior scene in an oriental style room, in which two men kneel in prayer while a third stands behind them with his head bowed.
[Ref: 40780] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Greeks Combating.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Fine pencil sketch with body colour. Sheet 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Glued to backing sheet
A fine sketch of two Greeks in national dress, fencing with rapiers.
[Ref: 25891] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Hesiodus. Apud Fulvium Ursinum in marmore.
[Antwerp, Plantin, c.1606.]
Copper engraving. 140 x 100mm, 5½ x 4". Trimmed close to plate.
A marble bust of the Greek poet Hesiodus (active c.750-650BC), from the collection of antiquities of Fulvius Ursinus (1529–1600), published in his 'Illustrium imagines. Ex antiquis marmoribus, nomismatibus, et gemmis expressae.'
[Ref: 19972] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[A Girl of Hydra.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Plate 222 x 152mm. 8¾ x 6". Creases in the margin.
A girl from Hydra, Greece.
[Ref: 14477] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ionic Temple on the Ilissus, Athens.]
E. Rooker sculp.t Chap. II Pl. I.
[John Haberkorn. 1762.]
Engraving. Plate 330 x 489mm. 13 x 19¼". Some tearing and staining around the edges of the margins.
A view of the Ionic Temple on the Ilissus, Athens. This distinctive temple on the bank of Anthens' Illisus River survived into the mid-18th century, and it was later taking apart for its materials c.1778. The temple's Ionic order, with its simple elegance, became a favourite for Greek Revival buildings throughout America. Published in "The Antiquities of Athens" by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett after their journey to Greece, and was used to help shape the European understanding of ancient Greece. It brought an entirely new design vocabulary to 18th-century Euroepan architecture and design, and later became an essential sourcebook for the 19th-century Greek Revival.
[Ref: 19243] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Calamata.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 94 x 152mm. 3¾ x 6". Trimmed.
A view of the Greek city Kalamata, with the old fortress set behind.
[Ref: 26190] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Constantine Canaris.] ]The devoted Hero of Ipsara. Chief Captain of the Grecian Fire-ships. Drawn from Life, and Published in London & Paris 1827, by A. Friedel. This Print forms one of the Series of Greek Portraits (2d part) now in course of Publication in London & Paris by A. Friedel, & sold by the principal Book & Printsellers in Town & Country.] [parallel text in French]
Lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Trimmed
Constantine Kanaris (1793/5-1877), key figure in the Greek war of independence (1821-9) and later a prominent politician. Plate from a series of twenty-four portraits of figures related to the Greek War of Independence, by the Danish painter Adam Friedel.
[Ref: 42772] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Femme de l'isle de Cassos. XXIV.
L. Ferretti sc.
[1828.]
Fine & rare hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8''). Light staining around edges and marking.
A portrait of a young woman from the island of Kasos, sitting on a cushion and braiding her hair. An illustration from 'Costumes & Usages des Peuples de la Grèce Moderne dessinés sur les lieux...' by Otto Magnus van Stackelberg (1787-1837).
[Ref: 50484] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Johannes Collettis Minister of the inteior & member of the excutive Body in Greece. Drawn from Life & Published in London & Paris, 1827, by A. Friedel.This Print forms one of the Series of Greek Portraits (2nd Part) now in course of Publication in London & Paris, by A. Friedel, & sold by the principal Book & Printsellers in Town & Country. [parallel text in French]
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 240mm (12 x 9½") Cut.
Ionnis Kolettis (1773-1847), politician, played an important role in Greek affairs from the War of Independence to the reign of king Otto, twice serving as Prime Minister Plate from a series of twenty-four portraits of figures related to the Greek War of Independence, by the Danish painter Adam Friedel.
[Ref: 25355] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Theodore Colocotroni. Commander in Chief of the Troops in the Morea. Commandant en Chef des Troupes de la Morea...
Drawn from Life, & Published in London & Paris, 1827, by A. Friedel. This Print forms one of a Series of Greek Portraits (1st Part) now in course of Publication by A. Friedel, & Sold by the principal Book and Printsellers in Town & Country.
Lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Theodorus Kolokotronis (1770-1843) a Greek general and commander during the Greek War of Independence. Plate from a series of twenty-four portraits of figures related to the Greek War of Independence, by the Danish painter Adam Friedel. Title in English and French.
[Ref: 42766] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Vuew de la Ville et du Chateau de Coron. Assiege par les Rouses en 1770.
Lemonier et Plou del. Lithographié à la Calcographie Royale de J. Goubaud à Bruxelles.
[Brussels, 1822-9.]
Lithograph rare with very large margins. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
The siege of Koroni by a Russian fleet during the 'Orlov Revolt', a Greek independence struggle in 1770. Prompted by a lavish promise of Russian aid, the Greeks rebelled but were shocked by the small fleet sent under the command of Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737-1808). Although Orlov crushed the Turkish navy at the Battle of Cesme (Chios), there were not enough land troops, so the rebellion was crushed, with huge reprisals. The view was published in a Brussels edition of Choiseul-Gouffier's 'Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce', but which also contained Melling's 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore'.
[Ref: 35162] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Femme de l'isle de Thermia. XX.
B. Conforti sc.
[1828.]
Fine hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8''). Light staining around edges.
A portrait of a woman from the Greek island of Kythnos. An illustration from 'Costumes & Usages des Peuples de la Grèce Moderne dessinés sur les lieux...' by Otto Magnus van Stackelberg (1787-1837).
[Ref: 50482] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Joannes, Lascaris.
N. L'armessin sculp.
[n.d., 1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 140mm, 7½ x 5½". Trimmed.
Janus Lascaris (c.1445-1535), a noted Greek scholar in the Renaissance. Born in Asia Minor, he came to Europe after the fall of Constantinople. In Florence he mediated between Lorenzo de' Medici and the sultan Bayezid II in the purchase of Greek manuscripts for the Medicean library. He later assisted Louis XII in forming the library of Blois. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'.
[Ref: 16997] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Lemnos.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Etching, with large margins. Plate 210 x 255mm. 8¼ x 10".
Lemnos, the Greek island in the Aegean Sea with a few of the town around Mount Vigla.
[Ref: 25668] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Habitans de l'Isle de Lemnos.
F. Eenens del. Lithographié à la Calcographie Royale de J. Goubaud à Bruxelles.
[Brussels, 1822-9.]
Lithograph rare with very large margins. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
Women and children with farm animals before a ruinous building on Lemnos The view was published in a Brussels edition of Choiseul-Gouffier's 'Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce', but which also contained Melling's 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore'.
[Ref: 35161] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Gulf of Lepanto, From Corinth. [Key under image:] Doric Temple. Sicyon. Parnassus. Helicon. Cithaeron.
From a drawing by F.W. Newton Esq.re Day & Haghe Lit. to the King.
London, J. Murray. Albemarle St. 1837.
Lithograph. 117 x 190mm. 4½ x 7½".
The Gulf of Lepanto, now known as the Gulf of Corinth, the deep inlet of the Ionian sea, separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. Travellers sat by two large columns, with sailing boats behind in the gulf. From "A Short Visit to The Ionian Islands, Athens, and the Morea. By Edward Giffard, Esq."
[Ref: 25706] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

John Logotheti Senator of the Executive Body of the Greek Government. [Greek facsimile signature].
Bouvier Lithog.
This Print forms one of the Series of Greek Portaits (4.th Part) now in course of publication in London, by A. Friedel & Sold by the principal Book & Printsellers in Town & Country. June 1826.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 486 x 350mm.
Portrait of Ionnis Logothetis, who represented Eastern Mainland Greece at the First National Assembly of 1821 during the Greek War of Independence. Provenance: Bracebridge Archive. Selina Bracebridge, maiden-name Mills, was a pupil of Samuel Prout. Her husband was the Bracebridge celebrated in Washington Irving’s Bracebridge Hall. From the mid-1830s, they settled for some years in Athens. He owned large properties in Karea and Euboca, the latter of which he sold to the Noel family; and they both lived in a large house on Adrianou Street. 1850, saw the publication of Mr. Bracebridge’s 'Letter on the Affairs of Greece'. Bracebridge was Florence Nightingale’s uncle. Their time spent in Athens and the Levant is not clear; however it seems likely that they were settled in Athens from about 1835 to 1839, with frequent trips to England. Similarly, it is most likely that on their return back to the UK, they continued to own property in Greece. A painting by Selina is in the possession of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
[Ref: 2581] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Makrijannis.
Hanfstaengl ft. 1828. [signed in plate.] Nach der Natur gez. v. Krazeisen. Gedr. v. Selb.
[Munich, 1828-31.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 335 x 230mm. 13¼ x 9".
Makriyiannis or Makrigiannis (1794 - 1864), Greek merchant, politician and warrior, hero of the Greek War of Independence. From the rare folio 'Bildnisse ausgezeichneter Griechen und Philhellenen/Portraits des Grecs et des Philhelle`nes les plus ce´le`bres...' by Carl or Karl Krazeisen, published in Munich, Germany, with text in German and French. Published in parts between 1828 and 1831, the work contains 21 portraits and seven views or scenes. Krazeisen accompanied von Heideck and the Bavarian philhellenes to Greece in 1826 where he served as a junior officer. The portraits are amongst the best-known of the leaders of the War of Independence and are frequently reproduced. The original drawings are preserved in the National Gallery, Athens.
British Library: 002020473. From: Charborough House, residence to the Erle-Drax family.
[Ref: 14909] £450.00

Madon. Daughter of Nicholas Mavrogyeni, the distinguished Heroine from Micona, a small Island in the Archipelago. Published in London & Paris, 1827, by A. Friedel. This Print forms one of the Series of Greek Portraits (2d part) now in course of Publication in London & Paris, 1827, by A. Friedel, & sold by the principal Book & Printsellers in Town & Country. [parallel text in French]
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 255mm (12 x 10"). Cut.
Portrait of Manto Mavrogenous (1796-1848). Born into an aristocratic family, she returned to Mykonos, the island of her origin, when the Greek War of Independence began, and funded military and naval campaigns from Mykonos and Samos. After the war she was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General by Kapodistrias. Plate from a series of twenty-four portraits of figures related to the Greek War of Independence, by the Danish painter Adam Friedel.
[Ref: 25342] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Madon. Daughter of Nicholas Mavroguennay the distinguished Heroine form Micona a small Island in the Archipelago.
Drawn from Life, & Published in London & Paris, 1827, by A. Friedel. This Print forms one of a Series of Greek Portraits (1st Part) now in course of Publication by A. Friedel, & Sold by the principal Book and Printsellers in Town & Country.
Lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Madon Mavrogiannis a Greek revolutionary during the Greek War of Independence. Plate from a series of twenty-four portraits of figures related to the Greek War of Independence, by the Danish painter Adam Friedel. Title in English and French.
[Ref: 42769] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Intèriuer de L’Ancienne Messène. [Key underneath:] Mt. Evan. Golfe de Messenie. Pointe de Coron. Mt. Themathea.
B.on de Stackelberg. Lithog. par Gavarni.
Lith: de Frey. [d'Ostervald. n.d. c.1834.]
Coloured lithograph. 292 x 444mm. 11½ x 17½". Some scuffing on image.
A view across the valley of Messene in southern Greece. From "La Grece : vues pittoresques et topographiques dessinees par O. M. Baron de Stackelberg".
[Ref: 25641] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Andrea Miaoulis. Admiral of the Greek Fleet. Amiral de la flotte grèque. [Greek facsimile signature] This Print forms one of the Series of Greek Portraits (3rd Part) now in course of publication in London & Paris by A. Friedel, & Sold by the principal Book & Printsellers in Town & Country.
[Bouvier lithog.]
Drawn from Life, and Published in London & Paris 1827, by A. Friedel.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 485 x 343mm.
Andreas Vokos (1768-1835), nicknamed Miaoulis, the Greek admiral during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829).
Provenance: Bracebridge Archive.
[Ref: 2583] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A Modern Greek.
London J. M.cCormick, 147 Strand [n.d., c.1830].
Coloured lithograph, with very fine fresh colour. Sheet 340 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½"). Slight soiling.
A portrait of a Greek man in a richly embroidered dress.
[Ref: 62339] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Antient Gate of Mycenae.
Drawn by William Hogarth. Engraved by Chas. Turner.
London, Published May 2. 1814 by G. & W. Nicol Pall Mall.
Aquatint in sepia. Plate 209 x 292mm. 8¼ x 11½". Chip to lower left corner of paper.
Weary travellers by the gate of Mycenae, Greece. It was once one of the major centres of Greek civilization, and a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece.
[Ref: 25637] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

People of the Isle of Mycone with a Greek Boat.
Woodeford delin.t. Fittler Sculp.t.
Published by J. Trusler April 1. 1793.
Engraving. 195mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
Greek scene with three figures and a boat in the background.
[Ref: 32060] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

People of the Isle of Mycone with a Greek Boat.
Woodforde delin.t. Fittler Sculp.t.
Publsihed by J. Trusler April 1, 1793.
Fine engraving. 125 x 185mm (5 x 7¼"), very large margins.
An illustration of costume of Mykonos. In the background is a building with a flagpole. From the Rev. Dr. John Trusler's 'The habitable world described: or the present state of the people in all parts of the globe, from north to south'.
[Ref: 60836] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Mytilene
[Edward Morrison de Courcy Short]
[1887]
Pencil sketch, 95 x 195mm. 3¾ x 7¾".
A view of Mytilene, the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos. From an album of 'sketches made on a trip round the world'. By Edward Morrison de Courcy Short, b.1857, who attended Charterhouse School, Surrey (1870-6). He passed the Ceylon Civil Service exam in 1878, and in 1905 became Chairman of the Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo, retiring in 1910.
List of Carthusians, 1800-1879, by W.D. Parrish
[Ref: 11259] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Nicodemos.
Hanfstaengl ft. [signed in plate.] Nach der Natur gez. v. Krazeisen. Gedr. v. Ios. Selb.
[Munich, 1828-31.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, gently laid on Album paper, sheet 330 x 230mm. 13 x 9". Slight lifting on india paper.
A leader during the Greek War of Independence. From the rare folio 'Bildnisse ausgezeichneter Griechen und Philhellenen/Portraits des Grecs et des Philhelle`nes les plus ce´le`bres...' by Carl or Karl Krazeisen, published in Munich, Germany, with text in German and French. Published in parts between 1828 and 1831, the work contains 21 portraits and seven views or scenes. Krazeisen accompanied von Heideck and the Bavarian philhellenes to Greece in 1826 where he served as a junior officer. The portraits are amongst the best-known of the leaders of the War of Independence and are frequently reproduced. The original drawings are preserved in the National Gallery, Athens.
British Library: 002020473. From: Charborough House, residence to the Erle-Drax family.
[Ref: 14915] £450.00

Panutzos Notaras. Minister of Finance in 1822, now President of the Executive Government in Greece...
Lithograph. Sheet: 225 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Trimmed. Foxing.
A portrait of Panutzos Notaras (1740-1849), President of the Executive Government following the Greek War of Independence. Title in English and French. Plate from a series of twenty-four portraits of figures related to the Greek War of Independence, by the Danish painter Adam Friedel.
[Ref: 42771] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Otto Koenig von Griechenland.
[after Joseph Carl Stieler.]
[Germany, c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Otto, prince of Bavaria (1815-67) became the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire). In 1862 he was deposed, dying in exile in Bavaria in 1867. After a painting celebrating his appointment by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1851), now in the Benaki Museum, Athens.
[Ref: 51306] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Otto I.]
Hanfstaengl ft. 1832. [facsimile under image.] I.M. Epmann.
[n.d. c.1832.]
Lithograph. 495 x 355mm. 19½ x 14". Slight creasing.
Otto (1815-1867), a royal prince of Bavaria who became the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London. From a collection relating to the Greek War of Independence, Otto I and Bavaria.
[Ref: 27798] £340.00

Vue du Couvent de Pathmos.
Petermanns del. Lithographié à la Calcographie Royale de J. Goubaud à Bruxelles.
[Brussels, 1822-9.]
Lithograph, rare. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
View of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos. The view was published in a Brussels edition of Choiseul-Gouffier's 'Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce', but which also contained Melling's 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore'.
[Ref: 35153] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)

Patmos.
W. Clerk, lith, 202 High Holborn.
Lithograph. Sheet: 280 x 205mm, (11 x 8").
A view of the island of Patmos in the Aegean sea with the monastary of St John the Theologian in the background.
[Ref: 39484] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Ruins of Philippi.
W. Devereux Delt.
Dickinson & Co. Lith. [n.d. c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. 362 x 533mm. 14¼ x 21".
The ruins of Direkler, Basilica B, at Philippi in eastern Macedonia, established by Philip II in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest.
[Ref: 25690] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Plain of Philippi.
Hon. Cap. Devereux Del.
Dickinson & Co. Lith. [n.d. c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. 362 x 540mm. 14¼ x 21¼".
The great plain of Philippi which lay to the west of the city where Mark Anthony and Octavian confronted the assassins of Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius, at the Battle of Philippi.
[Ref: 25692] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Plain of Philippi.
Hon. Cap.t Devereux Delt.
Dickinson & Co. Lith. [n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 540mm. 14 x 21¼" very large margins. Paper tone in margins.
The great plain of Philippi which lay to the west of the city where Mark Anthony and Octavian confronted the assassins of Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius, at the Battle of Philippi.
[Ref: 39955] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Chart of Port Piraeus, and the Bay of Phalerum, &c.]
Drawn by A. Arrowsmith.
[London: Elizabeth Stuart, 1794.]
Engraved map by T. Foot, with large margins. 325 x 495mm, 12¾ x 19½".
Map of Piraeus (the port of Athens) with Phaleron Bay (or Faliro) the original port, superceded by the construction of Piraeus, published in the 'Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece' by James 'Athenian' Stuart & Nicholas Revett. Stuart (1713–88) and Revett (1720–1804) joined Gavin Hamillton and Matthew Brettingham on a Grand Tour of Italy, the Balkans & Greece between 1748-55. On their return they started work on the 'Antiquities', which was the first accurate survey of the surviving classical buildings of Athens, with the first volume published in 1762, the second 1789, third 1794, fourth 1816 and fifth 1830 (nearly 80 years after the first). The work was incredibly influential, fueling the Greek revivalist style in 18th-century English architecture. The attention to detail was such that it attracted the attention of Hogarth, who satirised the work with his 'Five Orders of Periwig'. This map was published in Volume 4; the general map of Attica in the same volume was signed by Arrowsmith.
[Ref: 26785] £160.00

Ptolemy Soter.
J. Chapman sculp.t
London Published as the Act directs Dec.r 31, 1803 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple, very larege margins. Plate 165 x 115mm. 6½ x 4½".
Head and shoulders to right, head in profile, wearing armour, a ruff and ermine cloak and a circlet decorated with an alligator; in an oval; plaque below showing a temple surmounted by a smoking urn and smoking pillars to either side. Ptolemy I Soter (c.367 BC - c.283 BC) was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who later became ruler of Egypt and the founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Dynasty. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes'.
[Ref: 27011] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Rhodes Harbour.
[Edward Morrison de Courcy Short]
[1887]
Pencil sketch, 90 x 200mm. 3½ x 8".
A view of the harbour on the Greek island of Rhodes, from an album of 'sketches made on a trip round the world'. By Edward Morrison de Courcy Short, b.1857, who attended Charterhouse School, Surrey (1870-6). He passed the Ceylon Civil Service exam in 1878, and in 1905 became Chairman of the Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo, retiring in 1910.
List of Carthusians, 1800-1879, by W.D. Parrish
[Ref: 11239] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[The Colossus of Rhodes.] Die der Sonnen gemidttmete Wünder-Statua, Colossus zü Rhodis [...] Le merveilleux Colosse de Rhodes dedié au Soleil [...]
J: B: F: v: E: delin:
[Leipzig, 1725.]
Engraving with very large margins. 305 x 430mm (12 x 17"). Spotting, creasing.
The Colossus of Rhodes, standing astride the entrance to the harbour. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was built in BC 280, when it was one of the tallest statues in the world. It stood for a little over 50 years, brought down by an earthquake in BC 226. The plate was published in Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwürst Einer Historischen Architectur', a study of the architecture of the ancient world. Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) was a successful Austrian architect: his baroque works include the Schönbrunn Palace, Karlskirche, and the Austrian National Library in Vienna. He also studied ancient architecture, publishing 'A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture' in 1721, taking on classical influences in his building.
[Ref: 33739] £420.00

A Grotto Cut in the Rock, near Lindo, in Rhodes. Grotte Taillée dans le Roc, prés de Linde, dans l’Ile de Rhodes.
L. Mayer del.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1803.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 305 x 386mm. 12 x 15¼".
Part of a hidden Doric columned temple at Lindos on the Island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Founded by the Dorians led by the King Tlepolemus of Rhodes, Lindos became a major trading centre by the 8th century. In medieval times most buildings fell into disuse and in the 14th century many were partly overlaid by a massive fortress built on the acropolis by the knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans. The acropolis is one of the greatest sites in the world.
[Ref: 25736] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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