Grosvenor Prints

Harmonie..
Peint par A. Weisz. Gravé par Paul Giradet.
Berlin - Verlag von Goupil & Co. Imprimé et Publié par Goupil & Cie Editeurs le 1er 8bre 1878 - Paris - Londres - La Haye. New York - Published by M. Knoedler.
Mixed-method engraving. 550 x 440mm (21¾ x 17¼"). Tear in margin taped.
A man stands by an open window, in 18th century embroidered waist coat, playing a violin as his mother sits listening with hands clasped. A caged bird hangs in the window. A spinning wheel sits by the mother's side.
[Ref: 54283] £350.00

Amores Naturales. Ex. Plinio Lib. 36. Cap. 5. Varroni docto celebratum opus Arcesilia, Pulchre haec, Spectator, picta Tabella refert. Marmoreo lapidj torua est incisa Leaena, Parte omni aligeris cincta Cupidinibus. [...]
Ioan. Stradanus delineabat. Theodor. Galle Sculp. Phl.s Galle excud.
Antwerp, [n.d. c.1600]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed to plate. Some minor creasing.
An allegorical scene of Natural Love in which a group of putti play with a marble lion sculpted by Arcesilaus, celebrated for his art throughout Rome in the first century BCE. This scene is from Pliny the Elder's 'Natural History' book 36 chapter 4, rather than 5 as the inscription claims.
[Ref: 54098] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Parable of the Unforgiving Servant] Dominus servo suo debitum decies mille Talentorum condonat. Matt. 18.23.
[Engraved by Gerard de Jode?]
CJVisscher excudit [Amsterdam, c.1643].
Engraving. 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9¾"), with wide margins. Slight tear at top.
A scene from the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, with the king forgiving his huge debt. This plate was probably engraved by Gerard de Jode for his 'Thesaurus Novi Testamenti', 1585. This second state was published in Clanz Janz. Visscher's reissue, 'Theatrum Biblicum'.
[Ref: 54146] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Peat Cart] Plate 27.
Geo. Walker Del.t. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, June 1. 1814.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), with wide margins.
One man stands at a cart as another man cuts peat on a hillside. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54265] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Praise
Painted by R. M. Paye. Engraved by W. Ward.
London publish'd May 12th 1785 by J. R. Smith N.o 83 Oxford Street.
Stipple. 255 x 225mm (10 x 8¾"), with large margins. Some creasing at the corner. A little discolouration.
An angel reading intently from an open book, in an oval design. Appears to be a pair with 'Praise' by William Nutter (After Paye), published by John Raphael Smith (1785).
[Ref: 54113] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Preemer Boy]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Jan.y 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with sheet of letterpress. Trimmed inside platemark.
A boy sitting on a flagstone floor, using a metal toothed comb to remove the flocks of wool from the teasels discarded by the two croppers working on a bench behind. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54262] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Predicazione de' Quacheri. Tom. XII
[n.d. c.1744].
Engraving. 185 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed on top, right and bottom sides. Vertical creases as issued.
A scene depicting a congregation of Quakers, with a central figure preaching to the meeting. The meeting is largely attended by simply dressed men and women wearing either hats or head coverings, however in the lower left corner is a group of three elaborately dressed people, two women and a man, who seem to be expressing shock. The three clearly aristocratic figures may be illustrating the radical attitude of Quakers, who refused to follow the social traditions expected of the lower echelons of society. For example, in accordance with their view on equality they would not remove headware in the presence of upper classes, as here, nor would they address anyone by their earthly titles, or follow socially accepted forms of address.
[Ref: 54091] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger Almanack 1839. Hieroglyphic for the eventful year 1839. Herin the Aspect of the Heavens learn / And of the times the mystic Signs discern.
London Published by William Charlton Wright 4 Paternoster Row.
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 230 x 265mm (9 x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, binding folds flattened. Creasing as normal.
Nine vignette scenes of 'events' forefold for 1839. In the centre is Queen Victoria receiving a deputation of the poor, as arms houses are being built behind. Other scenes include a man entering a bank with money bags; lawyers being stoned by a mob; rural victims of a plague; highwaymen killing travellers; a blacksmith's forge with a locomotive in the background; and a skeleton raising a bottle in toast at a dinner party.
See BM 1902,1011.9731 for one from the series dated 1863.
[Ref: 54150] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mamma, Don't Make Me Beg in Vain; / Pray Read That Pretty Book Again. [&] [A seated woman holding a book, speaking to a child.]
[Mamma inscribed] [Ada]m Buck Delin.t. M.N. Bate Sc[...]
London, Pub. April 15th, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Pair of rare stipple, printed in colours. Sheets 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾") & 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Mamma trimmed into image at sides affecting inscriptions, into plate top and bottom, second trimmed, losing title and inscriptions.
A pair of scenes of a woman dressed in neoclassical style a child begging to be read to. The woman resembles Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, whose portrait was published by Buck in 1810. The original watercolour of 'Mamma' is in an album the Victoria and Albert Museum.
V&A: P.69-1930.
[Ref: 54182] £320.00 view all images for this item

[The Infant Samuel.]
[after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[London: Samuel Knight? c.1823.]
Stipple. Proof before all letters. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Thread margins.
An oval depicting the prophet Samuel as a boy, wearing a shift, kneeling as he says his prayers, beams of light landing on his face. The BM has a larger plate, engraved by George Maile and published by Knight, which they title 'Hallowed be thy Name'. The original oil, painted c.1776, is in the Tate Gallery.
Tate Gallery N00162.
[Ref: 54186] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sheffield Cuttler] Plate 39.
Geo. Walker Del.t. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, June 1. 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1811'.
Four men standing at benches, hammering cutlery into shape. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54264] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Death of Sydney. S.r Philip Sidney mortally wounded (the victorious) at the battle of Zutphen; being extremely thirsty, asked for water, but as he was going to drink it, he saw a poor wounded Soldier half expiring, casting up a wishful look to it; instantly without tasting it, he gave it to him, saying, here honest fellow take it, thy wants are greater than mine.
GCarter pinxit. J. Jones fecit.
London Publish'd as the Act Directs Oct.r 21, 1782 by Gcarter Margaret Street, Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint, Sheet 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"). Trimmed to plate.
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), poet and courtier, was shot in the thigh fighting the Spanish at the Battle of Zutphen (22nd September 1586), dying of gangrene three weeks later. Interred in the Old St. Paul's Cathedral, his grave was lost in the Great Fire of 1666.
[Ref: 54256] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Stone-Breakers on the Road] Plate 7.
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. & D. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Sept 1. 1813.
Fine hand coloured aquatint. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1811', with sheet of letterpress, with wide margins.
Thee men working with shovel, pick and wheelbarrow, breaking down rocks to repair roads. From George Walker’s 'The costume of Yorkshire' published in 1814, containing forty-one coloured aquatint plates based upon the author’s original drawings of social and economic scenes in Yorkshire.
[Ref: 54263] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Suspicious Lover. From a Picture in the Possession of V.M. Picot.
Terberg [Gerard Ter Borch] pinx.t. Picot Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d March 1 1784 by V.M. Picot No.83 St Martin's Lane.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½"), with very large margins.
A man peers over a woman's shoulder as she writes a letter.
[Ref: 54207] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

David Teniers et sa Famille.
D. Teniers, pinx. Jac. Ph. Le Bas Sculp.
[AParis chez l'Auteur au bas de la rue de la Harpe] [n.d., c1747.]
Etching. 370 x 495mm (14½ x 19½"). Trimmed into inscription area, losing dedication and publication line, new margin added, remarque armorial replaced with manuscript.
Portrait of David Teniers and his family, sitting on a terrace, with the artist playing the cello, his wife holding a book, and his son singing.
[Ref: 54289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Time. 'Tis I who measure vital space _
S. Shelley pinx.t. W. Nutter Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
Oval portrait of an old man with wings. The line of verse comes from John Gay's 'Fable XIII: Plutus, Cupid, and Time'.
[Ref: 54201] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Venus Instructing Cupid. Melt to Love the yielding Fair / Teach her not to give dispair. / Anacron.
Design'd by Kirk. Engraved by A. O[***}
London, Published March 10. 1801, by A.C. de Poggi, No 91, New Bond Street.
Fine stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed losing parts of inscriptions, including engraver's name.
A circular stipple.
[Ref: 54210] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Waggoner and Fisherman.
Ostage pinx.t J. Wilson fecit.
[London. Printd for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"), Trimmed at bottom, losing two lines of verse and publication line. Small margins on 3 sides.
Two smiling men in a tavern, one holding a mug, the other a pipe.
[Ref: 54216] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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