Grosvenor Prints

[Six 'Sea Side Sketches']
[Various publishers, c.1870.]
Six steel engravings, each c. 100 x 115mm (4 x 4½"), trimmed and laid on album paper with three other prints.
Satires relating to bathing at Brighton. Publishers include ''J.S. & Co.'' & ''Kershaw & Son''.
[Ref: 50453] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Six 'Sea Side Sketches']
[Various publishers, c.1870.]
Six steel engravings, each c. 100 x 115mm (4 x 4½"), trimmed and laid on album paper with three other prints.
Satires relating to bathing at Brighton. Publishers include ''J.S. & Co.'', ''Newman & Co.'' & ''Kershaw & Son''.
[Ref: 50448] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[The Pavilion and Steyne at Brighton with the Promenade]
[Etched by Frank Holford after a view by Charles T. Cracklow and figures by William Marshall Craig.]
[n.d., 1889.]
Etching. 215 x 360mm (8½ x 14¼").
A view of the Royal Pavilion and Steyne, with the Promenade filled with the people that made Brighton the most fashionable resort of the period, with George, Prince of Wales, and Martha Gunn, the famous Brighton 'Dipper', named under the image. According to a pencil note on the reverse this was 'Etched by Frank Holford 1889 from Pictures in the Pavilion Brighton', although a second hand clarifies that it is copied from the aquatint after Cracklow and Craig. A painter called Frank Holford is said to have been churchwarden of St Michael, Brighton.
See Ford: Images of Brighton n.396 for the original.
[Ref: 58809] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Market-Cross at Chichester. Inscribed to his Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, Lenox and Aubigny & c. High-Steward of the City of Chichester, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter &c.
Willm. Ride Delin. Ao. 1749. G. Vertue Sculpsit Lond.n.
Fine engraving. 470 x 595mm (18½ x 23½"), with large margins. Uncut.
Chichester Cross, a market cross at the centre of the city, is believed to have been built by the Bishop of Chicheter 14-77-1503. This engraving was probably inspired by its restoration by Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, in 1746. One of only two surviving medieval covered English market crosses, it is now a Grade I listed building.
See Ref: 6324 for duplicate.
[Ref: 59322] £420.00

The South-West Prospect of the City of Chichester.
Sam.l and Nath.l Buck delin. et Sculp.
According to Act of Parliament. 1738.
Engraving. Sheet 310 x 780mm (12¼ x 30¾"), with large margins. Central vertical fold as normal.
A detailed view of Chichester, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right, indicating various landmarks and buildings. From the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales', before the addition of a plate number top right.
[Ref: 42781] £350.00

To His Grace Charles Duke Of Richmond, Lenox & Aubigny, Earl Of March And Darnley, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, High Steward of the City of Chichester, F.R.S. &c. &c. This Plate representing one of the most interesting Views in Chichester, is with permission, humbly inscribed, by His Graces very faithful and obedient Servant Joseph Francis Gilbert.
Painted by I.F. Gilbert. Engraved by M. Dubourg.
Published June, 1814, by I.F. Gilbert, High Street, Portsmouth, and may be had of E.A. Gilbert, East Street, Chichester.
Stipple engraving with etching and aquatint. 500 x 674mm. Trimmed to plate on all sides, platemark mostly just visible. Three small repaired tears into paper edge, largest lower right c.15mm into plate.
Fine impression of this splendid view of a sheep and livestock market in the West Sussex town of Chichester, printed on paper watermarked 'J. Whatman'. The famous Chichester Cross, built by the local bishop in the late 15th century, is clearly visible in the centre background of the composition. The armorial in the centre of the letterpress is that of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox [1764 - 1819], to whom the print is dedicated. By Joseph Francis Gilbert [1792 - 1855], painter who in 1813 was residing at High Street, Portsmouth, and exhibited at the Royal Academy a ‘Landscape and Figures.’ In 1814 he sent ‘The Rustic Traveller crossing the Style,’ and occasionally exhibited in the following years. Subsequently he removed to Sussex, and resided for many years at Chichester. He continued to exhibit at the British Institution, Suffolk Street, Royal Manchester Institution, and other exhibitions, principally views in Sussex.
[Ref: 2692] £1,250.00

The Market-Cross at Chichester. Inscribed to his Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, Lenox and Aubigny & c. High-Steward of the City of Chichester, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter &c.
Willm. Ride Delin. Ao. 1749. G. Vertue Sculpsit Londn.
Engraving. 470 x 595mm (18½ x 23½"). Central crease as is normal for this engraving.
Chichester Cross, a market cross at the centre of the city, is believed to have been built by the Bishop of Chicheter 14-77-1503. This engraving was probably inspired by its restoration by Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, in 1746. One of only two surviving medieval covered English market crosses, it is now a Grade I listed building.
[Ref: 6324] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The South-West Prospect of the City of Chichester.
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp.t According to Act of Parliament 1738.
Engraving. Plate: 305 x 800mm (12 x 31½"). Central fold as issued, old ink mss. plate number. Slight offsetting in top title.
A detailed prospect of Chichester, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right. From the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales'; an early printing, before the addition of a plate number top right.
[Ref: 46973] £380.00

Plan of the Park, Gardens and Plantations of Goodwood in Sussex the Seat of his Grace the Duke of Richmond and Lenox &c.
Ca: Campbell delin: H: Hulsbergh Sculp:
[n.d. c.1731.]
Copper Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate 375 x 495mm (14¾ x 19½"). Vertical fold through centre as usual. Two small splits in centrefold top and bottom. Some creasing to outer margins.
Garden plan from Henry Hulsbergh's "Vitruvius Britannicus" series by C. Campbell. Goodwood House, West Sussex. The 1st Duke of Richmond, a natural son of Charles II, first rented and then, in 1697, bought the house and park so that he could hunt in the neighbouring village of Charlton, where one of the earliest and most fashionable hunts in the country was based. The 2nd Duke enlarged and modified the existing house using the architect Roger Morris, who was also responsible for the charming banqueting house, Carné's Seat, situated in a commanding position on the hill overlooking Goodwood and its park. The 2nd Duke was very interested in trees, planting up not only High Wood, but also other areas around the house. Some of these trees still survive, including the cork oak trees and cedars of Lebanon.
[Ref: 60053] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Hastings. To Charles Sackville Bale Esq: this Engraving from the Original Drawing in his Collection Is respectfully dedicated by his obliged humble Servants, E. Gambart & Co.
J.M.W. Turner, R.A. R. Wallis, 1851.
London Published Nov.r 1 1851 by E. Gambart & Co, 35 Berners Street, Oxford Street.
Engraving with etching. 520 x 690mm (20½ x 27¼"). Slight cockling upper left, small tear in right margin.
A seascape in choppy water under the cliffs of Hastings, with the castle and ruined abbey.
Rawlinson 665, iv of iv.
[Ref: 56759] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Hastings Fishermen.
Drawn & Etched by J.A. Atkinson.
London. Pub. May 1. 1817, by W. Brown. (late Cutter & Brown) 22 Warwick Street, Golden Square.
Etching with brown wash. 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"), with wide margins.
John Augustus Atkinson (1775-1830) was a British etcher, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He spent 1784-1801 in Russia with James Walker who is thought to be his uncle. After returning to London in 1801, he made prints after his works, of Russian subjects, and made outline etchings for other artists. He also executed paintings on military subjects and battles.
[Ref: 51378] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Pl.1. Marine Parade, Pelham Place & Castle Cliff, Hastings. [&] Pl.2. Hastings from the Westward, Low Water. [&] Pl.3. Hastings, From Under the East Cliff. [&] Pl.4. Hastings Castle. [&] Pl.5. Entrance to Hastings, All Saints' Church &c. [&] Pl.6. Lovers' Seat & Scenery of the Govers.
I. Marten Lithog. Printed by Rowney & Forster.
[Only the last plate.] Published by Jas. Barry Marine Library Hastings. [n.d. c.1835.]
Set of six lithographs. Oblong folio: 221 x 280mm. 8¾ x 11". Some spotting.
Abbey Scenery: 161.
[Ref: 15616] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Lewes Priory, Sussex] Confirmatio Radulfi de Pleiz Monachis sci Pancratii de Ecclesia et Terris in Iford &c. [Com: Sussex] in libera elemosina. circa tempus R. Stephani.
Ex Autographo [sigillo carente] penes Ric: Rawlinson, L.L.D. Oxon R.et AT.S.S. 1754.
Engraved facsimile of a c.1150 Latin grant of land at Iford, East Sussex to the Priory of St Pancras. Watermarked laid paper, 200 x 160mm, 8 x 6¼". A good impression with wide margins.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. The Priory of St Pancras was the first Cluniac house in England and had one of the largest monastic churches in the country. It was set within an extensive walled and gated precinct laid out in a commanding location fronting the tidal shore-line at the head of the Ouse valley to the south of Lewes. The Priory was endowed with churches and extensive holdings, such as this one, throughout the country. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24891] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Leigh Place N.W. The Seat of Richard Caffyn Dendy Esq.r.
Drawn by G. Hawkins.
Rare lithograph 8 x 12" (205 x 305mm). Some surface dirt and cockled in areas outside the image where previously glued to sheet.
A north western view of Leigh Place in Surrey (built c.1810), the estate of Richard Caffyn Dendy (c.1758-1832). The house is surrounded by a moat and a white bridge crosses over. Two people stand next to the bridge in conversation, one sat on a horse the other carrying a gun probably having just come back from a hunt as there is an animal splayed at their feet, possibley a tired dog. Another larger dog stands close to it's master.
[Ref: 54775] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Lewes.
MS 1821.
Rare & early lithograph, very scarce. 191 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼").
A view from the road towards Lewes, set amongst the hills of East Sussex; Lewes Castle seen on the hill, and the River Ouse to the left.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34790] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

"The Cists of Earl de Warrenne & Gundrada," discovered at Lewes, Oct.r 28, 1845.
Eng. by J, Newman, 48, Watling St.
Pub. by W. Page, Lewes. [n.d. c.1825.]
Etching. 184 x 114mm. 7¼ x 4½".
The tombs and remains of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (d. 1088), a Norman noble who fought at the Battle of Hastings, and his wife Gundrada (d. 1085), probably born in Flanders. They both founded a Cluniac Priory at Southover, adjoining Lewes, where both were buried.
[Ref: 16825] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Pevensey Bay, from Crowhurst Park. Proof.
Drawn by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Engraved by W.B. Cooke.
London, Published March 1. 1819, by John Murray, Albermarle Street, and W.B. Cooke, 13 Judd Place East, New Road.
Engraving on chine colle. 255 x 330mm (10 x 13"), with very large margins. Some light creasing on india paper.
A view looking across fields towards Beachy Head. From the series ''Views in Sussex'.
Rawlinson 132, state II of III.
[Ref: 60601] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Pevensey Bay, from Crowhurst Park. Proof.
Drawn by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Engraved by W.B. Cooke.
London, Published March 1. 1819, by John Murray, Albermarle Street, and W.B. Cooke, 13 Judd Place East, New Road.
Engraving. 255 x 330mm (10 x 13") very large margins. Small area of surface abrasion in inscription area.
A view looking across fields towards Beachy Head. From the series ''Views in Sussex'.
Rawlinson 132, second published state.
[Ref: 56599] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[The Landgate, Rye.] 39. [Rye was on the places which was added, with Winchelsea, to the confederation of the Cinque Ports of Henry II. in the thirteenth century. The Lindgate, or as it is now called the Landgate, is the only survival of the three portals which were built by Edward III. in 1360 as a part of Rye's fortifications. It is a beautifully proportioned massive building consisting of a broad archway flanked by massive towers with upper chambers. The Gate, although well preserved, shows many scars of battle, proving it was built for use and not ornament. Some years ago it was renovated with great care, and now forms a picturesque and interesting relic.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 256 x 282mm. 10 x 11".
[Ref: 14620] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[Mermaid Inn, Rye.] 40. [The Mermaid Inn is a rambling, half-timbered building, and one of the best examples of old English domestic architecture in existence. It has broad open fireplaces, with great beams over its rafted ceilings, Dutch tiling and fine panelled rooms. Although the Inn has been modernized and is now a private hotel, the restoration work has been sympathetically done, and it still retains the atmosphere of a seafarers' inn of the old times. The Inn has many literary and historical associations, and was almost certainly known to John Fletcher, the well known Elizabethan dramatist, was was born in Rye. One of the interesting stories of the Inn is that concerning the ghost which is said to appear at midnight. Many writers and artists have lived in the town, including William Thackeray, Millais, Ruskin and Henry James.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 280 x 260mm. 11 x 10¼".
[Ref: 14621] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[Courtyard of the Mermaid Inn, Rye.] 43. [The best view of the Mermaid Inn from the exterior is of the courtyard, which is of typical sixteenth century construction, and has been described as the most photographed inn in Sussex. It is certainly one of the most famous, for as far back as can be traced there has always been a Mermaid Inn at Rye. The town was for many years the headquarters of gangs of smugglers, who committed many violent crimes in the neighbourhood, and who used to frequent this famous inn. Many exciting stories are told of their association with the place. It is reported to have a secret staircase and a hidden well used by the smugglers. Whether all the stories are true or not, the Inn is still a most picturesque and fascinating survival from a very early age.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng. [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 280 x 255mm (11 x 10"), very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62270] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Ypres Tower, Rye.] 42. [Ypres Tower is the oldest secular building in the Cinque Ports, with the exception of Dover Castle. At the time of its erection by William de Ypres, Earl of Kent, in the twelfth century, it was the only protection of the town, the walls and gateways being of a later date. The Tower was the last retreat of the people of Rye on the many occassions when the French sacked the town. Built on the summit of a rock rising sheer out of the sea, it was of great strength as a fortress. It is built of sandstone, with four circular turrets, of two stories and a basement. From the corners of each room massive iron-studded doors lead to the towers, the walls of which are four feet thick. For some two hundred years the tower was in use as a prison; to-day it stands as a picturesque reminder of the long history of the small town.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
[n.d. c.1920.] Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng.
Etching. 256 x 284mm. 10 x 11¼".
[Ref: 14623] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

Seaford Cliff. As it appeared immediately after the explosion (by voltaic battery) Sept.ber 19th 1850
Miss Nanny del.t
Chapé & Lefevre lith 99 Guildford St. Russell Sq.e
Lithograph and tintstone, very scarce; sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
The explosion at Seaford, Sussex in 1850, which was organised in order to blast away a huge mass of chalk cliff to create a large rock groyne and prevent pebbles from being transported from the Seaford Beach towards Beachy Head. As shown here, the event attracted vast crowds (including Charles Dickens, who wrote about it for 'Household Words'). The explosion took place successfully, but the chalk was blasted into very small fragments which, rather than retaining shingle at Seaford beach, merely accelerated the eastwards flow of sediment it was intended to prevent.
[Ref: 41284] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Norfolk Suspension Bridge, Shoreham. To his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, This Print is most Respectfully Dedicated By his obedient humble Servant, W.H. Mason.
Mr. G.Earp, Pinxt.
Repository of Arts, 1, Ship St. Brighton, May 1st 1833.
Rare coloured lithograph on chine collé, laid on printed backing paper. Sheet 270 x 365mm (10¾ x 14½"). Stains.
Norfolk Bridge, designed by William Tierney Clarke and Captain Samuel Brown, opened 1834, replaced 1923.
[Ref: 56708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Norfolk Suspension Bridge, Shoreham.
Mr. G.Earp, Pinxt.
[n.d., c.1834.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 190 x 275mm (7½ x 10¾").
Norfolk Bridge, designed by William Tierney Clarke and Captain Samuel Brown, opened 1834, replaced 1923.
[Ref: 52997] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Norfolk Bridge, New Shoreham. Built at the Expense of Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk, Hereditary Earl Marshal of England. Under the Direction of William Tierney, Esq.re Civil Engineer.
Mr. G.Earp, Pinxt.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Rare aquatint. 295 x 420mm (11½ x 16½"). Trimmed into plate at top, surface abrasions and cockling. Large margins on 3 sides.
The first Norfolk Bridge, a chain link suspension bridge across the River Adur, designed of W. Tierney Clark and Captain Samuel Browne, built in 1832 by Bernard and Edward Howard, opened in 1833.. The northern tower arch had a decorative lion and the southern had a horse.
See: Ref: 52997
[Ref: 57098] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Ploughing on the South Downs]
N.H [in image] Norman Hirst pinx. et sculp [in pencil].
Copyright. Published August 1.st 1924 by Vicars Brothers.12. Old Bond St. London
Mezzotint, 200 x 275mm (8 x10¾"). Taped into original mount at one corner.
A rural landscape; a farmer ploughs a field with a team of oxen. Norman Hirst (1862-1956), mezzotinter and etcher. Born at Liverpool, Hirst was a student at Leeds, Lucerne and in Germany, where he began to engrave in 1875. He subsequently worked at Bushey, Christchurch and Langport, Somerset, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1890 to 1929. Along with distinguished contemporaries such as Frank Short and Seymour Haden, Hirst was a member of the Society of Mezzotint Engravers, founded in 1898.
Ex Collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 62592] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Bramber on the South Downs. [in pencil]
R. Cresswell Boak. [in pencil]
[n.d.c.1920]
Etching with beautiful hand colour, plate 100 x 145 (4 x 5¾") with very large margins. Pinholes and leftover tape in margins.
Sheep graze on the rolling hill landscape of Bramber, near Shoreham, West Sussex Robert Cresswell Boak (1875-1949) was a landscape/portrait painter and etcher born in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. Robert was educated at the Londonderry School of Art and the Royal College of Art and then went off to Paris and Rome. He then turned to teaching art for a short time in Portsmouth and Southsea, Hampshire before making the decision to devote all of his time to his own work
[Ref: 58640] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Views at St. Leonards, Near Hastings. The First Stone Laid March 1, 1828. [1] Map of the Vicinity of St Leonards 1829; [2] Views of the Villa Cottage & Lodge. At the North End of the Vale of St. Leonards; [3] The Public Rooms; [4] The Imperial with the Baths Public Rooms and Adjacent Buildings on the Marina; [5] The Double Villas East & West of the Public Rooms; [6] The Baths, North Front; [7] The East Colonnade; [8] The West Villa and Adjoining Houses on the Marina; & [9] The East Gate & Adjoining House Facing the Sea.
[3-9] Drawn on Stone by T. Dighton & T. Bartholomew. Printed by C. Hullmandel. [3-9] J.B. 1829.
Oblong folio of nine lithographs. 240 x 310mm. 9½ x 12¼".
James Burton (1761-1837), a successful London architect, purchased land from the Eversfield estate and set about developing the new town and resort of St Leonards-on-Sea.
Abbey: 162 [different version.]
[Ref: 15649] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Eleven views of churches.]
Drawn & Etch'd by J.T. Smith,
& Pubd: Novr. 20. 1792 by Nathl. Smith, Rembrandts Head, Great Mays Buildings St. Martins Lane, London. Where may be seen one of the finest Collections of Ancient Prints particularly Etchings by the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Masters, perhaps ever offered the Public.
Etching in sepia, eleven images on one plate, 370 x 485mm.14½ x 19". Crease through lower left corner.
The parish churches depicted include St. Pancras, London, Gillingham, Kent, and Wormley, Hertfordshire, each from both the east and west. Steyning, Sussex, is the largest image at the centre. A rare uncut sheet, with full margins. Nathaniel Smith (1740/1741 - 1809) was a sculptor who became a print dealer and publisher. He began as assistant to Nollekens, then a drawing master, before becoming a major print dealer and minor publisher. He was the father of J.T. Smith, who drew and etched these views.
[Ref: 9305] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Surrey and Sussex. Railways. 28.
[James Reynolds, London 1863]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 185 x 240mm ( 7¼ x 9½"). Folded as issued, time staining along taped fold.
From 'Reynolds's Geological Atlas of Great Britain'. A map of the railways showing ones under constuction and stations.
[Ref: 56923] £40.00

[Ticehurst House Hospital.] Chinese Gallery. 'in Ms Newington's Pleasure Grounds.' [ink mss.]
T. Henwood del.t Westerholm Sculp.
Gad & Co. Printers London
Aquatint, 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7"). Laid on backing sheet.
An ornamental hallway in Ticehurst House Hospital, a lavish private lunatic asylum founded by Samuel Newington (1739-1811) in 1792 for 'exceptionally wealthy' patients. The house is still a private psychiatric hospital.
[Ref: 11201] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Seven untitled views of Tilgate Estate.]
[n.d., c1830.]
Seven scarce matching lithographs, most titled in pencil. Various sizes, largest 190 x 230mm.
The woods, ponds and farms of Tilgate Estate, now home to Tilgate Recreational Park.
[Ref: 59925] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Up Parke in Sussex
[Pieter Van der Aa after Johannes Kip, 1707]
Rare engraving, platemark 130 x 165mm (5 x 6½"), with wide margins, unfolded issue.
The house and gardens of Uppark in on the borders of West Sussex and Hampshire, near Petersfield. The house, set high on the South Downs, was built for Ford Grey, first Earl of Tankerville (c.1655-1701), politician and conspirator affiliated with the Rye House plotters who supposedly planned to kill Charles II and his brother to raise an insurrection. The house was sold in 1747 to Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh. It is now run by the National Trust. Plate from James Beverell's Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne et de L'Irlande. Formerly in the collection of Robert Johannes Meyer (1882-1976), Hamburg lawyer and print collector.
L.4536; Collector's stamp of Robert Johannes Meyer verso.
[Ref: 38541] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The Strand Gate, Winchelsea.] No. 44. [Winchelsea was once a Cinque Port of first magnitude, but owing to the action of the sea it is now some distance inland and "where fisherman once dropped their nets shepherds now watch their sheep." For many years the town was frequented by smugglers, and William Thackeray in "Dene Duvel" dramatically recalls those thrilling bygone days. It was here that John Wesley preached his last open air sermon under what is now known as Wesley's Tree at the west side of the churchyard. The Strand Gate was one of three gates ereceted under royal patronage when the "New" Winchelsea was replanned in 1287. The monasteries and other religious houses were quickly reproduced and a prosperous town was soon established. It was at Old Winchelsea some three miles away that William the Conqueror landed. The stone bearing the Arms of the Cinque Ports, which was taken from the Gate at the time of its destruction, may be seen fixed to one of the remaining walls.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature to the bottom left-hand side outside the image]
Copyright. F. & M. Ltd., Bedford, Eng. [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 259 x 281mm (10¼ x 11¼"), very large margins. Mint.
[Ref: 62269] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Fisherman going out at Worthing.
P. J. de Loutherbourg R.A. Del.t. J. C. Stadler Sculp.t.
London, Published by R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint, sheet 440 x 580mm (17¼ x 22¾"). Trimmed to plate, mount burn around image. Some stains, nicks and repaired tears on margins.
From 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' after designs by the landscape painter and scene designer Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
Abbey Scenery: 6. For more in the series see ref: 31391, 20598, 30784.
[Ref: 60624] £360.00

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