Grosvenor Prints

James Paine, Architect, and James Paine Jun.r.
Reynolds pinx.t. Watson fecit.
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1767.]
Mezzotint. 450 x 330mm (17¾ x 13"), with large margins.
James Paine (1717-89), the British architect, with his son James Paine (1745-1829) the British sculptor and architect. James Paine Senior was an architect of considerable practice and published plates of Mansion House at Doncaster, 1751. He edited volumes of "Vitruvius Britannicus," and published two large volumes on "Mansions" in 1783. In 1785 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.
CS: 111, ii of iii. Hamilton, p.54: ii of iii.
[Ref: 46990] £450.00

[Floris van Pallandt] Florentio Comiti Culenborch, Baroni de Pallant...
hanc ipsius com effigiem à Michael Johannis Mireveldio ad vivum depictam, et Guilielmo Jacobi Delphio coelo hac forma expressam, dedicant consecrantque ydem pictor ac sculptor.
Cum privilegio Illustr. D. D. Ordinum Generalium ad annos octo Anno Dom. MDCXXVII. [1627]
Engraving. 420 x 290mm (16½ x 11½"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on card.
Floris van Pallandt (1537-98), Count of Culemborg & Count of Kuilenburg. The 'Compromise of Nobles' of 1566, a covenant petitioning Margaret of Parma, Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands, to moderate the placards against heresy, was agreed at his house. He was condemned by the Council of Troubles (a tribunal instituted to publish the ringleaders of the religious conflict), forcing him into exile.
[Ref: 40529] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Sincerely yours John Piele [facsimile signature].
Painted by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A. Photogravure by T. & R. Annan & Sons.
[n.d., 1902.]
Photogravure on chine collé. 430 x 345mm (17 x 13½"), with very large margins. Laid on board.
John Peile (1838-1910), an English philologist, feminist, educated at Repton, St. Bees School and Christ's College, Cambridge, before being elected Master of Christ's in 1887. He took a great interest in the higher education of women and became president of Newnham College.
[Ref: 48504] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[To the King's most excellent Majesty, This plate, The Death of General Wolfe.]
[Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to His Majesty. Engraved by Theod. Falkerysen.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Proof working impression. Sheet size: 430 x 585mm (17 x 23"). Trimmed to image. Glued to backing sheet with ink borders.
A working proof impression by Theodore Falkeysen of Benjamin West's most celebrated painting, 'The Death of General Wolfe', 1770 (Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada), which represents the death of the British General James Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. Despite Wolfe's death, the result of the battle was a decisive British victory. For a completed impression by Falkeysen, see item ref: 39485.
[Ref: 39487] £520.00

[Francis Rawdon-Hastings.]
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones, Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales & Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
Published as the Act directs May 1. 1792 by J. Jones No.75 Great Portland Street.
Fine and rare mezzotint. 665 x 430mm (26 x 17"). Small margins. Slight repair in title area bottom right.
A portrait of politician and military commander Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess Hastings (1754-1826) who was a commander during the American and the French Revolutions and served as Governor General of India between 1813-1823. Rawdon-Hastings is shown in his uniform, with his arm resting on a sword, behind him ranks of troops charge into battle. He requested his right arm be buried with his wife.
Hamilton Page: 56; CS 67I
[Ref: 47587] £490.00

[Paul Julius Baron von Reuter.]
Painted by Rudolf Lehmann. Engraved by T. Oldham Barlow.
Private Plate. [n.d. c.1870.]
Mixed method engraving, on india paper. Plate: 385 x 510mm (15¼ x 20").
(Paul) Julius de Reuter, Baron de Reuter (née Israel Beer Josaphat) (1816-1899), founder of Reuter's News Agency. Reuter moved to London on October 29, 1845, he set up an office at the London Stock Exchange, and established a telegraph link between Britain and the European continent through the English Channel. This link was extended to the south-western shore of Ireland, at Cork in 1863 where ships coming from America threw canisters containing news into the sea. The news was telegraphed to London, arriving before the ships. He was created Baron in 1871.
[Ref: 41023] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Right Hon.ble Lord Rodney K.B. Vice Adm.l of Great Britain & Adm.l of the White &c &c &c]
[Painted by Thomas Gainsborough R.A. Engraved by G. Dupont]
[Published 12th. April, 1788. by B. Beale Evans in the Poultry, London.]
Mezzotint, a very fine proof before letters. 610 x 390mm (24 x 15¼"), with large margins. Slight paper tone.
A full-length portrait of George Bridges Rodney (1719 - 1792), first Baron Rodney, naval officer and politician, famous for his victories against the Spanish off Cape St. Vincent in 1780, relieving Gibraltar, and against the French at the Battle of the Saintes in the Caribbean in 1782. The Hon. Thomas Harley commissioned Gainsborough to paint this portrait (now Earl of Rosebery collection, Dalmeny) to commemmorate the Battle of the Saintes. It was engraved by the artist's nephew Gainsborough Dupont.
Horne 57 ii; CS 9 (undescribed state); Russell 9 i.
[Ref: 36624] £950.00

Sapho [sic], Peinture Antique.
B. Desnoyers delt. Girard sculpt.
[French, n.d., c.1800.]
Rare stipple. 390 x 325mm (15¼ x 11¾"), with large margins. Some foxing.
Roundel portrait of Sappho (c.630 - 570BC), ancient Greek lyric poet, holding tablet, writing tool to her lips. Numbered 'Pl.16' upper right. After Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779 - 1857).
[Ref: 25400] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Standard Bearer (Floris Soop)]
Rembrandt Pinx.t W.m Pether fecit
R. Sayer Exc.t [c.1770]
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed to platemark; fine impression.
Engraving after Rembrandt's 1654 painting 'The Standard Bearer', believed to be a portrait of the collector Floris Soop (1604-1657). The painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is one of numerous engravings made after Rembrandt by William Pether (c.1738-1821), mezzotint engraver and painter, best remembered as the engraver of prints after Rembrandt and Joseph Wright of Derby. These prints stand amongst the finest mezzotints ever produced in Britain, demonstrating how mezzotint was the printed medium which most effectively reproduced the chiaroscuro effects of these painters.
CS 42 i/ii; Charrington 127 ii/ii.
[Ref: 46868] £450.00

The Glorious Victory of Vittoria in Spain. This Glorious Battle was fought June 21 1813 near Vittoria in Spain when that Noble Veteran the Marquis Wellington and the Brave Army under his command who drove the French and gained a complete Victory...
Published July 16, 1813 by G. Thompson No.43 Long Lane.
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 370 x 470mm (14½ x 18½''). Damaged.
A scene showing the Battle of Vittoria which took place on June 1813 between the British Army under Wellington and the French commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. The British were victorious and this victory ultimately led to victory in the Peninsular War. A key below the image identifies various figures shown in the scene as well as major events.
[Ref: 51030] £380.00

[William IV] [His Royal Highness Prince William Henry. Serving as Midshipman on board His Majesty's Ship Prince George.]
B. West Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t. P Sandby Aquat.t.
Publish'd as the Act Directs Jan.y 15 1782 by A. Poggi No.4 Orchard Street, Portman Square.
Etching and aquatint in sepia, rare; sheet 565 x 445mm (22¼ x 18¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; creases and tears, some professionally repaired.
King William IV (1765-1837) when a prince. Prince William was sent into the Royal Navy at the age of thirteen, 'chiefly to prevent him from falling under the influence of his eldest brother, George' (Oxford DNB). He joined the (ironically named) 98-gun ship 'Prince George' in 1779 as a midshipman, an event commemorated here. After a portrait (c.1781) by Benjamin West, the American artist later to become President of the Royal Academy. The print was made by Francesco Bartolozzi and Paul Sandby, both printmakers with strong connections to the Hanoverian monarchy.
De Vesme 926 ii/iii.
[Ref: 36361] £420.00

[Ladies Amabel and Jemima Yorke.]
[Sir. J. Reynolds. Fisher.]
[n.d. c.1762.]
Mezzotint, uncleaned proof before letters. Platemark: 507 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Excellent impression.
The two daughters of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl Hardwicke, and his wife, Jemima, Countess De Grey and Baroness of Crudwell. The two children stand in a garden beside a sphinx on a pedestal, Lady Amabel Grey on the left with a dove perched on her right hand, and Lady Mary Jemima running towards her holding another dove, a poodle at her heels. The children grew up to become: Amabel Hume-Campbell, Countess de Grey (1751-1833), the political writer and amateur artist; and Mary Jemima Robinson, known as Lady Grantham (1757-1830), mother of Prime Minister Viscount Goderich.
Hamilton: p.139. Russell: 61. CS: 61.
[Ref: 35736] £950.00

[The Young Shepherdess.]
[In Pencil: J. Grozer delin.]
[n.d. c.1784.]
Fine mezzotint, proof before letters. 445 x 356mm (17½ x 14").
A young shepherdess sitting on a fence within a wood, her head resting on her left hand, her crook leaning against her left shoulder; a lamb standing to nibble at leaves beside her at right, two others on the ground.
CS: 26. Hamilton: p.157: i/ii.
[Ref: 24373] £460.00

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