Grosvenor Prints

Mr. Eyles Irwin.
Painted by George Romney. Engrav'd by James Walker.
London Publish'd as the Act directs July 2.d 1780; by James Walker No.50 Frith Street, Soho, and sold also, by I. Dodsley, in Pall Mall.
Mezzotint very rare with small margins and collector's mark. Plate 249 x 186mm (9¾ x 7¼").
Portrait, half length facing foward but looking to left, holding a rolled paper, wearing cloak and curled hair. Eyles Irwin (c.1751-1817), the Irish poet and writer. He rose in the East India Company from a servant in civil capacity to superintendent of the company's affairs in China.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 71, ii/ii. CS: 8.
[Ref: 29154] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Jubilee Meeting of the Baptist Missionary Society, held at Kettering (Northampton) on Wednesday June 1st. 1842.
From a drawing taken on the spot, by the Rev.d AG Fuller. On Stone by E. Walker.
R. Cartwright lith. Warwick Pl. Holborn [n.d. c.1842.]
A rare lithograph. 386 x 558mm. 15¼ x 22". Tearing and creasing into right-hand margin.
One of many missionary meetings in Kettering, England. William Knibb (1803-1845) was an English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica who is chiefly known for his work to free slaves; seen here in 1842 preaching in answer to criticism of the conduct of missionaries over the slaves. Here also he has returned to his home town to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Baptist Missionary Society.
[Ref: 20295] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Birds-Eye View of the Island, Harbours and Fortifications of Chronstadt. With a Distant View of the Mouths of the Neva, The City of St Petersburg and the Head of the Gulf of Finland.
Drawn by N.Whittock from a Survey and Sketches Made on the Spot in 1853, by Eric Sweynson, C.E. Edmund Walker Lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London: Published by Lloyd Brothers & Co. 22 Ludgate Hill May 1st 1854.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 350 x 520mm (13¾ x 20½"). Tear in bottom edge, slight staining in margins.
Kronstadt, on the Baltic island of Kotlin, was fortified by Peter the Great to protect the approaches to his new city of St Petersburg. This prospect was published during the Crimean War, when an Anglo-french fleet opened a second front in the Baltic, with very little success. With a 25-point key.
[Ref: 11030] £380.00

Lake Taupo.
C.D. Barraud del. E. Walker Lith. C.F. Kell Lithographer, Castle S.t Holborn, London E.C.
[London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1877.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid sheet printed with title etc as issued. Sheet 435 x 560mm (17 x 22").
From 'New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The Illustrations by C.W. Barraud.' Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-97) emigrated to New Zealand in 1849, opening a pharmacy in Wellington with such success that he opened branches in other towns.
[Ref: 61027] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Law. From the Original Picture of the same size, painted by Ostade, in the Collection of the Right Honourable William Beckford Esq. Lord Mayor of the City of London; to whom this plate is most respectfully inscribed, by his Lordship's most obliged, and most humble servant. J. Boydell
Anthony Walker sculpsit.
Mo. 4 under. Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside; March 1st 1763
Copper engraving 286 x 392mm. 11¼ x 15½".
After Adriaen van Ostade, for "The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints. Pair to Physick ref: 14389.
[Ref: 14391] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Physic.] [&] [Law.]
Ostade Pinx. [A Walker Sculpt. ]
[J. & J. Boydell, London.. 1775.]
Pair of engravings. 286 x 392mm.
Very fine pair of proof engravings after the paintings by Adriaen van Ostade in the Collection of Alderman Beckford.
[Ref: 4512] £580.00 view all images for this item

[An allegory of learning and scientific enquiry.]
A. Walker Inv. Del. et Sculp.
Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1756.
Etching, frontispiece(?), image 170 x 105mm. 6¾ x 4¼". One small tear to upper margin.
The composition includes scholars pouring over a globe, one with a compass, also an orrery, boys with writing tablets and books in a library in the background. For Benjamin Martin's 'General magazine of arts and sciences' (W. Owen, 1755-1757). Following initial issue as monthly parts, directions were provided for binding annual volumes.
See Wellcome Library 35600/B.
[Ref: 27237] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Lecture Hall. Of the Greenwich Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Opened Wednesday, 15th Feb.y 1743.
E. Walker del & lith. G. Smith Esq. Arch.t_ Greenwich.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d., c.1843.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 440 x 340mm (17½ x 13½"), with large margins. Some tears in edges,
A view into the new lecture hall of the Greenwich Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
[Ref: 44877] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lions at Play. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Rubens, Pinxit. Will.m Walker, Sculpsit. John Boydell excudit, 1782.
Published June 1st 1782 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¾").
[Ref: 5290] £320.00

A View of London Bridge with the Ruins of ye Temporary Bridge, Drawn the Day after the Dreadful Fire April the 11.th 1758, by A. Walker.
A. Walker delin et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 28. 1758. London Printed for John Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street.
Rare coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 385mm (9½ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate on all sides.
A view of Old London Bridge from upstream, showing the ruins of the bridge after a fire broke out during renovations that including the demolition of the houses on the bridge. It was believed that the fire was deliberate and a reward of £200 was offered for the capture of the arsonists.
[Ref: 62804] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A View of London Bridge with the Ruins of ye Temporary Bridge, Drawn the Day after the Dreadfull Fire April 11th 1758 by A. Walker.
A. Walker delin et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, June 28, 1758, by R. Wilkinson, 58, Cornhill. [but c.1800.]
Coloured engraving. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). '7' in m.s. top right.
While work to strengthen London Bridge, including the clearing of all buildings on the bridge, a fire broke out that destroyed the central drawbridge. Because the fire began on both sides of the bridge it is believed that it was arson. A temporary bridge was open to carriages less than a month later.
[Ref: 26410] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Andover's Beagles.
T.Sampson Del. E.Walker Lith.
Day & Son, Lith. to the Queen. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 450 x 610mm. Margins knocked.
[Ref: 5333] £480.00

St. Luke.
A. Walker Sculp. [c.1790]
Engraving, platemark 200 x 150mm (8 x 6") very large margins.
St. Luke writing at his desk with a cow looking on.
[Ref: 47989] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

With All Good Wishes. 1905 - 1904.
[Robert Walker Macbeth.]
1905.
Working proof impression with printers hand written annotations in large margins. On watermarked paper, 'O.W.P & A.O.L'. Platemark: 165 x 320mm (6½ x 12½"). Light creasing. Top right trimmed.
A working proof impression of a New Years greetings card from 1905 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). The manuscript annotations are addressed to Macbeth, from the printer, F. Goulding, stating that he 'will see to trimming & cleaning the plate', and asking 'what colour he would like it printed in'. For a colour printed proof of the same design, see item ref: 35536.
[Ref: 35535] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

With All Good Wishes. 1905 - 1904.
[Robert Walker Macbeth.]
1905.
Proof impression. Printed in brown ink: Artist's annotations to Printer, F. Goulding, on verso with very large margins. Platemark: 165 x 320mm (6½ x 12½").
A proof impression of a New Years greetings card from 1905 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). The manuscript annotations on the reverse are by Macbeth himself, written as follows, 'Print in this sort of paper and will do away with mounting. I have some of the old envelopes and boards. The colour of your proof is alright. R.W. Macbeth'. For a working proof impression in the same design, see item ref: 35535.
[Ref: 35536] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

New Year's Greeting. From Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Macbeth. 1904.
R.M [scratched in plate.]
1904.
Etching with very large margins, printed in red ink.
A New Years greeting from the Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A woman holds a banner which isinscribed with the greeting, with a small child sitting on her shoulder, holding an olive branch, reaching up to a dove in the top right corner.
[Ref: 35539] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

With All Good Wishes For A Better Year. Jan.y 1909. Time And Tide Waits For No Man.
[Robert Walker Macbeth.]
1909.
Etching printed in brown ink with very large margins. Platemark: 185 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼").
A New Years greeting card from 1909 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A Grim Reaper wearing a hooded gown, holding a timer in his outstretched right arm and a sythe in his left, wades through water to the left. A winged female figure clings to him as she holds up a banner inscribed, 'Time and Tide Waits For No Man', supported on both sides by three putti.
[Ref: 35540] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Good Luck To [___]. 1908.
[Robert Walker Macbeth.]
1908.
Etching printed in brown ink. Signed in pencil 'Mr. Schoder from Mr. Mrs. R.W. Macbeth', in lower right corner. Platemark: 160 x 225mm (6¼ x 8¾").
A decorative New Years greeting card from 1908 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910).
[Ref: 35552] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Best Wishes For 1897. From Bilbrook.
RM [Scratched in plate. Robert Walker Macbeth.]
1897.
Proof impression printed in blue ink with pencil annotations in lower margin. Platemark: 135 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼"). Vertical and horizontal folds.
A New Years greeting card from 1897 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A young girl wearing a hood with ears, holding a whip in her right hand, rides a horse towards the right. Annotation below reads, 'Get envelopes to take this allowing a little margin. 30.'
[Ref: 35547] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Best Wishes For 1897. From Bilbrook.
RM [Scratched in plate. Robert Walker Macbeth.]
1897.
Etching. Platemark: 135 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼").
A New Year's greeting card from 1897 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A young girl wearing a hood with ears, holding a whip in her right hand, rides a horse towards the right. For an impression printed in blue ink, see item ref: 35547.
[Ref: 35549] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

OW Papers For Water-Colour [/] Pen and Ink [/] Fine Art Printing. O.W Writing Paper. Mediums for Oil Painting. Guaranteed Pure By The Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours.
[Robert Walker Macbeth.] Made for the Company by John Bell & Co. London.
Issued Jan.y 15th 1897 by the OW Paper & Arts Company. Limited 100. Gt. Russell Street, London. W.C. Copyright registered.
Etching with large margins Printed on gold paper in brown ink. Platemark: 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"). Fine impression. Light creasing in margins.
An advertisement for the 'OW Paper & Arts Company', designed by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A female figure in the centre of the image stands before two large letters, 'OW', from which she hangs a painting. She holds outstretched, an artist's palette and paintbrushes with her right hand. She is wearing a flowing gown and laurel wreath on her head.
[Ref: 35620] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Marcus Curius Dentatus rejecting the Bribes of the Samnites. From the Original Picture if the same Size, painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To Whom this Plate is most humbly inscribed, By his Grace's most Obliged, and mopst devoted Servant. J. Boydell. N.o. 1.
J. Mortimer delin.t. Anth.y. Walker Sculpsit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1.st. of March 1763, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 530 x 430mm (21 x 17"), with wide margins. Foxing. Damage in plate.
An interior scene in which two men wearing armour, carrying armfuls of princely gifts approach a seated man roasting vegetables in the fire. From Ancient Roman history Marcus Curius Dentatus (d.270), a plebian hero of the Roman republic famously refused bribes from the Samnites stating that he preferred to rule the possessors of gold rather than possessing it himself.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38328] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Marcus Curius Dentatus rejecting the Bribes of the Samnites. From the Original Picture of the same Size, painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to whom this plate is most humbly inscribed, By his Grace's most obliged, and most devoted Servant, J. Boydell.]
[J. Mortimer delin.t. Anth.y Walker sculpsit.]
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st. of March 1763, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.]
Engraving, proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"). Tears in margins taped.
An interior scene, with Samnite ambassadors entering to find Manius Curius Dentatus, (d. 270 BC), sitting by the hearth roasting turnips. When offered their armfuls of treasure Denatus, a Plebian famous for being incorruptible, refused, stating that he preferred to rule the possessors of gold rather than possessing it himself. As consul in 290BC Danatus ended the Samnite War, celebrating with a triumph. This is one of three plates from drawings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79) after 17th century paintings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, the others being Cignani's 'Charity' and Poussin's 'The Shepherds in Arcadia'. They were published in John Boydell's ''The Most Capital Paintings in England'', a five-volume series published between 1769 and 1786. The series was a critical and financial success, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 54060] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Marcus Curius Dentatus rejecting the Bribes of the Samnites. From the Original Picture of the same Size, painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire,..[to whom the plate is dedicated by the publisher.]
J. Mortimer delin.t. Anth.y. Walker Sculpsit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st. of March 1763, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼").
An interior scene, with Samnite ambassadors entering to find Manius Curius Dentatus, (d. 270 BC), sitting by the hearth roasting turnips. When offered their armfuls of treasure Denatus, a Plebian famous for being incorruptible, refused, stating that he preferred to rule the possessors of gold rather than possessing it himself. As consul in 290BC Danatus ended the Samnite War, celebrating with a triumph. This is one of three plates from drawings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79) after 17th century paintings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, the others being Cignani's 'Charity' and Poussin's 'The Shepherds in Arcadia'. They were published in John Boydell's ''The Most Capital Paintings in England'', a five-volume series published between 1769 and 1786. The series was a critical and financial success, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints. One of a set of three plates from drawings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779) after 17th century paintings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire: the others were engraved by J F Ravenet, being 'Charity' by Carlo Cignani and 'The Shepherds in Arcadia' by Poussin (see nos. 1162 & 1163).
[Ref: 11764] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Marcus Curius Dentatus rejecting the Bribes of the Samnites. From the Original Picture of the same Size, painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to Whom this Plate is most humnbly inscribed, By His Graces most Obliged and most devoted Servant. J.Boydell.
J. Mortimer delin.t. Anth,y Walker Sculpsit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st. of March 1763, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 535 x 430mm (21 x 17"), uncut sheet. Tear to left just outside image area.
An interior scene, with Samnite ambassadors entering to find Manius Curius Dentatus, (d. 270 BC), sitting by the hearth roasting turnips. When offered their armfuls of treasure Denatus, a Plebian famous for being incorruptible, refused, stating that he preferred to rule the possessors of gold rather than possessing it himself. As consul in 290BC Danatus ended the Samnite War, celebrating with a triumph. This is one of three plates from drawings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79) after 17th century paintings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, the others being Cignani's 'Charity' and Poussin's 'The Shepherds in Arcadia'. They were published in John Boydell's ''The Most Capital Paintings in England'', a five-volume series published between 1769 and 1786. The series was a critical and financial success, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14355] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Marcus Curius Dentatus rejecting the Bribes of the Samnites. From the Original Picture if the same Size, painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To Whom this Plate is most humbly inscribed, By his Grace's most Obliged, and most devoted Servant. J. Boydell.
J. Mortimer delin.t. Anth.y Walker sculpsit.
Publish'd according to act of parliament 1st of March 1763, by J. Boydell. Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Engraving. 535 x 430mm. (21 x 17"), with large margins.
An interior scene, with Samnite ambassadors entering to find Manius Curius Dentatus, (d. 270 BC), sitting by the hearth roasting turnips. When offered their armfuls of treasure Denatus, a Plebian famous for being incorruptible, refused, stating that he preferred to rule the possessors of gold rather than possessing it himself. As consul in 290BC Danatus ended the Samnite War, celebrating with a triumph. This is one of three plates from drawings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79) after 17th century paintings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, the others being Cignani's 'Charity' and Poussin's 'The Shepherds in Arcadia'. They were published in John Boydell's ''The Most Capital Paintings in England'', a five-volume series published between 1769 and 1786. The series was a critical and financial success, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28418] £320.00

[Marcus Curius Dentatus rejecting the Bribes of the Samnites From the Original Picture of the same Size, painted by Pietro da Cortona, in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to Whom this Plate is most humnbly inscribed, By His Graces most Obliged and most devoted Servant. J.Boydell.]
P. da Cortona p. A Walker sc [ms]
[Vide Valer,,s Mar,,s Lib/ 4,, Cap 3-95 and Plutarch,, in Apophth No 1. under.Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st. of March 1763, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.]
Engraving. 430 x 535mm (17 x 21"). Proof impression; title in early ms lower margin. Very large margins; uncut; tear in margins centre top.
An interior scene, with Samnite ambassadors entering to find Manius Curius Dentatus, (d. 270 BC), sitting by the hearth roasting turnips. When offered their armfuls of treasure Denatus, a Plebian famous for being incorruptible, refused, stating that he preferred to rule the possessors of gold rather than possessing it himself. As consul in 290BC Danatus ended the Samnite War, celebrating with a triumph. This is one of three plates from drawings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79) after 17th century paintings in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, the others being Cignani's 'Charity' and Poussin's 'The Shepherds in Arcadia'. They were published in John Boydell's ''The Most Capital Paintings in England'', a five-volume series published between 1769 and 1786. The series was a critical and financial success, establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
For published state see ref. 14355.
[Ref: 38583] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Physick. From the Original Picture of the same size, painted by Ostade, in the Collection of the Right Honourable William Beckford Esq. Lord Mayor of the City of London; to whom this plate is most respectfully inscribed, by his Lordship's most obliged, and most humble servant. J. Boydell
Anthony Walker sculpsit.
Mo. 4 under. Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside; March 1st 1763
Copper engraving 286 x 392mm. 11¼ x 15½inches.
After Adriaen van Ostade, for "The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints. Pair to "Law" ref:14391.
[Ref: 14389] £320.00

[Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, G.C. St S. &c. & F.R.S.] [Ex-President of the Geological Society and Royal Geographical Societies; Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, & of the Academies of Berlin, Turin, Copenhagen, &c. Private Plate.]
[Engraved by Will.m Walker, from a Picture by W.H. Pickersgill, R.A.]
[London: Published 2.nd February 1851, by the Engraver, 64, Margaret St. Cavendish Square.]
Mezzotint proof before letters. 400 x 305mm (15¾ x 12"), large margins.
A half-length seated portrait of Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871), wearing a fur-lined cloak draped over his right shoulder and falling back on his chair, a dark coat and white shirt and cravat tied in a bow around a wing collar, with star, medal and cross on a ribbon around his neck. His hand rest on his own book, 'Silurian System'.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 2097-3.
[Ref: 67781] £460.00

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, G.C. St S. &c. & F.R.S. Ex-President of the Geological Society and Royal Geographical Societies; Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, & of the Academies of Berlin, Turin, Copenhagen, &c. Private Plate.
Engraved by Will.m Walker, from a Picture by W.H. Pickersgill, R.A.
London: Published 2.nd February 1851, by the Engraver, 64, Margaret St. Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint. 400 x 305mm (15¾ x 12"), large margins. Some age-toning.
A half-length seated portrait of Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871), wearing a fur-lined cloak draped over his right shoulder and falling back on his chair, a dark coat and whtie shirt and cravat tied in a bow around a wing collar, with star, medal and cross on a ribbon around his neck. His hand rest on his own book, 'Silurian System'.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 2097-3.
[Ref: 67784] £380.00

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, G.C. St S. &c. & F.R.S. Ex-President of the Geological Society and Royal Geographical Societies; Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, & of the Academies of Berlin, Turin, Copenhagen, &c. Private Plate.
Engraved by Will.m Walker, from a Picture by W.H. Pickersgill, R.A.
London: Published 2.nd February 1851, by the Engraver, 64, Margaret St. Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint. 400 x 305mm (15¾ x 12") very large margins. Foxing
A half-length seated portrait of Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871), wearing a fur-lined cloak draped over his right shoulder and falling back on his chair, a dark coat and white shirt and cravat tied in a bow around a wing collar, with star, medal and cross on a ribbon around his neck. His hand rest on his own book, 'Silurian System'.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 2097-3.
[Ref: 67785] £380.00

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, G.C. St S. &c. & F.R.S. Ex-President of the Geological Society and Royal Geographical Societies; Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, & of the Academies of Berlin, Turin, Copenhagen, &c. Proof. Private Plate.
Engraved by Will.m Walker, from a Picture by W.H. Pickersgill, R.A.
London: Published 2.nd February 1851, by the Engraver, 64, Margaret St. Cavendish Square.
Proof mezzotint. 400 x 305mm (15¾ x 12"), with large margins.
A half-length seated portrait of Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871), wearing a fur-lined cloak draped over his right shoulder and falling back on his chair, a dark coat and white shirt and cravat tied in a bow around a wing collar, with star, medal and cross on a ribbon around his neck. His hand rest on his own book, 'Silurian System'.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 2097-3.
[Ref: 67786] £380.00

Along the Murrumbidgee. N.S.W. Trial Proof. D.
F. Sidney Walker
1924.
Signed etching. 125 x 150mm (5 x 6"), with large margins. Minor toning.
A view of the Murrumbidgee River by Australian artist F. Sidney Walker (1888-1972).
[Ref: 54025] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Musters.
Painted by George Romney. Engrav'd by James Walker.
Publish'd as the Act directs Novr. 1st. 1780 by J. Walker No.51 Great Portland Street.
Mezzotint. 330 x 270mm (13 x 10¾") with title from separate plate 50 x 275mm (2 x 11"). Framed. Trimmed to just outside title plate at bottom. Unexamined out of frame.
Sophia Catherine Musters (née Heywood) (1758-1819). The wife of John Musters of Colwick Hall, near Nottingham, Sophia was a noted beauty and was the subject of a portrait by Reynolds, now at Petworth.
Chaloner Smith: 10, ii of ii. Cross: 3. Horne: 85.ii.
[Ref: 51843] £450.00

Nelson.
C.D. Barraud del. E. Walker Lith. C.F. Kell Lithographer, Castle S.t Holborn, London E.C.
[London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1877.]
Fine Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid sheet printed with title etc as issued. Sheet 435 x 560mm (17 x 22").
From 'New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The Illustrations by C.W. Barraud.' Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-97) emigrated to New Zealand in 1849, opening a pharmacy in Wellington with such success that he opened branches in other towns.
[Ref: 61024] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

New South Wales Compiled under the Seperintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. From the M.S. Maps in the Colonial Office, The Surveys of the Austral.n Agricult.t Company, And the Routes of Allan Cunningham.
J. & C. Walker Sculp.t.
[Published Sept.r 1st 1833 by Baldwin an Cradock 47 Paternoster Row London.]
Engraved map with outline colour. Sheet 405 x 355mm, 16 x 14". Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line.
Detailed map of New South Wales, with an inset of Sydney. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (or SDUK, from 1826-1848) published inexpensive scientific texts for the rapidly-expanding literate public.
[Ref: 25663] £220.00

New South Wales Compiled under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. From the M.S. Maps in the Colonial Office, The Surveys of the Austral.n Agricult.t Company, And the Routes of Allan Cunningham.
J. & C. Walker Sculp.t.
London, Edward Stanford, 7 Charing Cross. [n.d., c.1860.]
Engraved map with outline colour. 410 x 350mm, 16 x 13¾".
Detailed map of New South Wales, with an inset of Sydney. For this later edition of the SDUK atlas, the Walkers engraved a new plate, copying the original but slightly smaller and updated. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (or SDUK, from 1826-1848) published inexpensive scientific texts for the rapidly-expanding literate public.
[Ref: 25664] £180.00

New Year's Greeting from Billbrook for 1896.
RM [Etched in plate. Robert Walker Macbeth].
1896.
Etching with large margins. Platemark: 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Slight foxing in margins. Left bottom corner missing.
A decorative New Years greeting card from 1896 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A young girl holds a sprig above her head, as a fawn stands beside her to the right.
[Ref: 35614] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

New Year's Greeting. 1898. The Tower House Tite St. Chelsea SW.
RM [Etched in plate. Robert Walker Macbeth].
1896.
Etching. Printed in brown ink. Signed in pencil, 'From Lydia & The Laird, To Couky'. Platemark: 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Large margins.
A decorative New Years greeting card from 1898 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A young girl stands on the Chelsea embankment, London, holding a lit torch above her head with her left arm. She carries small bags, a book and a 'Punch' puppet under her right arm. A small dog can be seen below to the right. This impression is signed from Macbeth and his wife, Lydia & The Laird to Cocky. Macbeth shared a house with Whistler.
[Ref: 35616] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

New Year's Greeting. 1898. The Tower House Tite St. Chelsea SW.
RM [Etched in plate. Robert Walker Macbeth].
1896.
Etching. Printed on gold paper in brown ink. Platemark: 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed inside plate. Ink stains at bottom edge below image.
A decorative New Years greeting card from 1898 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A young girl stands on the Chelsea embankment, London, holding a lit torch above her head with her left arm. She carries small bags, a book and a 'Punch' puppet under her right arm. A small dog can be seen below to the right. Macbeth shared a house with Whistler.
[Ref: 35617] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

New Year's Greeting. 1898. The Tower House Tite St. Chelsea SW.
RM [Etched in plate. Robert Walker Macbeth].
1896.
Etching with very small margins. Printed on gold paper in blue ink. Platemark: 180 x 125mm (7 x 5").
A decorative New Years greeting card from 1898 by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910). A young girl stands on the Chelsea embankment, London, holding a lit torch above her head with her left arm. She carries small bags, a book and a 'Punch' puppet under her right arm. A small dog can be seen below to the right. Macbeth shared a house with Whistler.
[Ref: 35618] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Owen, F.R.S. Hunterian professor and conservator of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.]
[Engraved by William Walker, from the original picture by H.W. Pickersgill, R.A. In the collection at St. Bartholemews Hospital presented by Dr. Roupell.]
London. 1st. January 1852 by W. Walker, excudit, 64, Margaret St. Cavendish Sq.
Mezzotint, proof before title, artist and engraver's details. 430 x 340mm (17 x 13¼"), Tear just entering plate.
A portrait of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Sir Richard Owen FRS (1804-92). Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 2197-2.
[Ref: 67800] £360.00

[Richard Owen, F.R.S. Hunterian professor and conservator of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.]
[Engraved by William Walker, from the original picture by H.W. Pickersgill, R.A. In the collection at St. Bartholemews Hospital presented by Dr. Roupell.]
London. 1st. January 1852 by W. Walker, excudit, 64, Margaret St. Cavendish Sq.
Mezzotint, proof before title, artist and engraver's details. 430 x 340mm (17 x 13¼"),
A portrait of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Sir Richard Owen FRS (1804-92). Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 2197-2.
[Ref: 67801] £360.00

Paisley. The celebrated Priest of Hymen at Gretna Green. _'cui placet Impares Formas atque animos sub Juga aenea Saevo mittere cum Joco.' Hor. Car. 33 Lib. 1.
C. Turner F.S.A. Delt. 1800. J. Walker Sculpt.
Publis'd by C. Turnor Dec. 20 1800.
Etching with aquatint. Sheet 165 x 230mm. Foxing. Faint trace of crease through part of image. Trimmed to plate.
Gretna's most famous priest Joseph Paisley, described as 'a big, rough, hard-drinking borderer,' who moonlighted as a smuggler, a tobacconist, and a fisherman. Gretna became known as the 'Caledonian Temple of Hymen' in the late eigteenth century and lampooned as the centre of the 'marriage trade'. One of the main characters in Charles Stuart's comic operetta Gretna Green (1783), a hit afterpiece at the Haymarket theatre during the 1780s and 90s, was loosely based on Priestley.
[Ref: 6222] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Paisley. The celebrated Priest of Hymen at Gretna Green. _'cui placet Impares Formas atque animos sub Juga aenea Saevo mittere cum Joco.' Hor. Car. 33 Lib. 1.
C. Turner F.S.A. Delt. 1800. J. Walker Sculpt.
Publis'd by C. Turnor Dec. 20 1800.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 200 x 160mm (7¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Gretna's most famous priest Joseph Paisley, described as 'a big, rough, hard-drinking borderer,' who moonlighted as a smuggler, a tobacconist, and a fisherman. Gretna became known as the 'Caledonian Temple of Hymen' in the late eighteenth century and lampooned as the centre of the 'marriage trade'. One of the main characters in Charles Stuart's comic operetta Gretna Green (1783), a hit afterpiece at the Haymarket theatre during the 1780s and 90s, was loosely based on Paisley.
[Ref: 31073] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

W. R. Howell & Co. Fine Art Publishers. Bedford Row Chambers. 42 Theobolds Road. London. W.C.
[Robert Walker Macbeth.]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching printed in red ink with very large margins. On watermarked paper, 'O.W.P & A.O.L'. Platemark: 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"). Mint.
A trade card for 'W.R. Howell & Co. Fine Art Publishers', by Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, Robert Walker Macbeth RA (1848 - 1910).
[Ref: 35550] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[John Thomas Quekett]
[Engraved by William Walker after Edmund Walker.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Scarce mezzotint, proof before letters, printed on chine collé. 395 x 300mm (15½ x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate at top.
Three-quarter portrait of microscopist, botanist and histologist John Thomas Quekett (1815-61), seated before a microscope.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67782] £380.00

Our Race Course.
Capt. G.F. Atkinson, del. E. Walker lith.
Day & Sons, Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d., 1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½")
A slightly satirical scene of the racecourse of a backwater station in India, named in the text as 'Kabob'. Published in 'Curry and Rice (on Forty Plates) or The Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our Station' in India' by George Francklin Atkinson (1822-59). An officer of the Bengal Engineers, Atkinson is better known for his more serious work, 'The Campaign in India', about the Mutiny.
Abbey Travel 487.
[Ref: 52319] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Reform Bill receiving The King's Assent by Royal Commission. Proof.
Engraved by Will.m Walker & Sam.l W. Reynolds from a picture taken on the spot by the late S.am.l W. Reynolds Esq.re when the Assent was declared. _ The Portraits from Original and Authentic Sketches.
William Walker Excudit, June 1836, No 64 Margaret Street, Cavandish Square London, & 22, London Street, Edinburgh.
Mezzotint on india, proof. 850 x 605mm (33½ x 24½"). Laid on board. India slightly trimmed at bottom, losing part of secondary publication line.
The House of Lords on 7th June 1832, during the passing of The Great Reform Act, with distinct portraits of the notable characters. In the inscription area are the facsimile signatures of William IV (although he was not present), Grey, Holland, Durham, Brougham, Landsdowne and Wellesley.
[Ref: 27837] £520.00

The First Reformers Presenting their Famous Protest, at the Diet of Spires, on 19.th April 1529. The Picture presents Authentic Portraits taken from Albert Durer, Titian, Holbein, Lucas Cranach. &c.
G. Cattermole, Pinx.t. W. Walker, Sc.
[London: Hering & Remington, c.1843.]
Stipple on chine collé. 215 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"). Lacking printed backing sheet, mounted on album sheet.
A keyplate to George Cattermole's picture of the Diet of Speyer of 1529, with the delegates numbered (key on the backing sheet, not present). The diet's rejection of further reform of the church led a group of delegates to protest, coining the name 'Protestant'.
See BM 1872,0413.333 for the plate with key.
[Ref: 63231] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

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