Grosvenor Prints

[Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac] Carolus de Cosse Polemarchus Sub Hen.o 2.o et Carolo 9.o
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Printer's crease.
Charles de Cossé, comte de Brissac (1505/6-1563), French courtier and soldier who played a prominent role in the Italian War of 1551-59. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 39892] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The habit of a Russian Virgin.
J. Hulett sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed from larger sheet.
A full-length portrait of a young Russian woman after Cornelis de Bruin, published in Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History: or the Present State of all Nations'.
[Ref: 45194] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Costumes Espagnols. No 5.
A. Lacauchie. Paris, Lith. de Godard , Q. des Augustins 55.
Paris, Hautecoeur frères, r. Vivienne, 41 et rue de Rivoli, 116.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour and gum arabic highlights. Printed area 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"), with large margins. Very slight spotting.
A bright, romantic image of a Andalucian couple in the colourful clothing familiar from the bullfight and flamenco.
[Ref: 49999] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Ury Lucerne Gouggisberg Oberhasli Berne Zurich.] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour with separate sheet. Watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman Turkey Mills'. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾").
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Ury, Lucerne, Gouggisberg, Oberhasli, Berne and Zurich. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 31998] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Argovie St. Gall Appenzell Schaffouse Soleure Fribourg allern] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour and backing sheet with manuscript. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"). Hole to top left corner where previously glued to sheet.
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Argovie, St. Gallen, Appenzell, Schaffouse, Soleure and Freiburg. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 31999] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Neuchâtel Vallais Jesoin Grisons Vaud Thurgovie] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"). Glued at corners with manuscript. Small stain to printed area.
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Neuchâtel, Vallais, Jesoin, Grisons, Vaud, and Thurgovie. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 32000] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Fribourg frane Bâle Glarus Zug Underwalden Schwyz] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"). Glued at corners to backing sheet.
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Fribourg frane, Bâle, Glarus, Zug, Underwalden and Schwyz. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 32001] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Paysan de la Samogitie. Femme de la Samogitie. Paysanne de la Podolie. Paysan de Cravovie qui travaille aux mines, Juif et femme Juive de Cracovie.
n.d., c.1780.
Coloured etching. Sheet 125 x 210mm (5 x 8½").
A costume plate with two groupings of three people. On the left are a Samogitian peasant and his wife (of Lithuania) and a Podolian woman (Ukraine). On the right are a Polish miner, and a Jewish man and wife of Cracow, Poland.
[Ref: 61471] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Young Woman.] No. 57. Jeune fille Wotiah dans le G.t de Casan.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a young woman in a long coat with a long headress.
[Ref: 46139] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Grec.
[Brussels: Librairie historique-artistique, 1843-1844.]
Wood engraving with fine hand colour. Printed area 160 x 80mm (6¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
A Greek man in traditional dress, pistol and sword tucked into his belt. From Auguste Wahlen's 'Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde'.
[Ref: 60837] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Villageois Grec.
[after Nicolas de Nicolay.]
[Paris: Mathieu Guillemot, 1650.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 160mm (10½ x 6¼"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into image on right. Small creases left and right corners.
A Greek villager playing the bagpipes. From Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s ''L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs'', with plates after woodcuts by Nicolas de Nicolay.
See BM 1927,0210.61 for Nicolay's original woodcut.
[Ref: 61243] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Costume Espagnol (Manola.)
Lith. par A. Deveria d'après Becguer.
Imp. Lith. de Cattier, rue de Lancry, 19.
Fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 375 x 240mm, 14¾ x 9½".
The costume of the Manola or Maja, lower-class Spanish women who dressed elaborately, exaggerating traditional Spanish dress. The style became the stereotypical foreign view of Spanish women, influencing the dress of Bizet's Carmen. Drawn by Joaquin Becquer (1805-41), a native of Seville.
[Ref: 25230] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Cossack Woman.] No. 47. Femme Cosaque de Tcher Kask sur les bords du Don.
Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
[n.d, c.1820.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a cossack woman in traditional dress with a scenic background behind her.
[Ref: 46131] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Cossack Peasant.] No. 48. Paysanne Cosaque sur les bords du Don.
Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
[n.d, c.1820.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a cossack peasant in traditional dress, hanging laundry, with a scenic background behind her.
[Ref: 46132] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman of Ingria.] No. 46. Femme russe de l'Ingrie.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Russian woman living in Ingria, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The woman turns her back to us, showing her tall hat.
[Ref: 46136] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Kalmyk Woman.] No. 52. Femme tartare Kalmouck.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Kalmyk woman, from Kalmykia by the Caspian Sea. Behind her are a figure on horseback and large tents.
[Ref: 46137] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Mari Woman.] No. 53. Femme Tcheremise sur les bords du Volga.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait Mari woman holding a basket, shown with the Volga in the background.
[Ref: 46141] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Cittadina di Bolognese 11 [parallel text in French]
Barbault Pinx. Angel Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A very suggestive middle-class woman from Bologna, with city view in background. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean Barbault (1718-62), who spent much of his career in Italy.
[Ref: 38344] £320.00

Contadina di Calabrese 22 [parallel text in French]
Barbault Pinx. Angel Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Woman from rural Calabria, with dramatic landscape and ancient ruins in background. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean Barbault (1718-62), who spent much of his career in Italy.
[Ref: 38343] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Florentina Collo Scuffino. 14 [parallel text in French]
J.B. Greuze delin. F.A. Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Middle-class woman from Florence, with city view in background. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38342] £320.00

Cittadina di Genovese col Mezzo in Testa. [parallel text in French]
J.B. Greuze delin. F.A. Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Middle-class woman from Genoa, with view of the city's port in background. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38341] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Plebea di Napoli riscaldandosi i Piedi ad un Focone [parallel text in French]
J.B. Greuze delin. Moitte Sculp [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 225mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Working-class woman from Naples, in her home, warming her feet. From 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean Barbault (1718-62), who spent much of his career in Italy.
See 38718 for uncut version.
[Ref: 38345] £320.00

[St. Petersburg Peasant.] No. 49. Paysan des environs de St. Petersbourg.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a peasant from the country around St Petersburg, shown in a thick, fur-lined coat and pulling a sledge.
[Ref: 46134] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[St Petersberg Woman.] No. 50. Femme du peuple à St. Petersbourg.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a woman from St. Petersburg, shown holding a basket over her arm, houses are shown in the distance.
[Ref: 46142] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Tartar Chief.] No. 54. Chef de Tartares de la Crimée.
Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
[n.d, c.1820.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins
A portrait of a Tartar chief from the Crimean standing with a curved sword.
[Ref: 46133] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Tartar Chief.] No. 56. Chef de Tartares Noguais.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Nogais chief, from a Turkic ethnic group in the Caucasus region.
[Ref: 46140] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Tartar Merchant.] No. 58. Marchand tartare de Tomsk.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a tartare merchant from Tomsk in Siberia shown wearing a large fur-lined coat; the city of Tomsk, one of the oldest in Siberia, is depicted behind the merchant.
[Ref: 46138] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Europe _ Russi. Tedeschi. Valacchi. Tav. LXXXIX.
G. Lago sc.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 284 x 425mm. 11¼ x 16¾".
The three early representations of Western Europe, the subregions of Russia, the Balkans and Western-Central Europe. Divided into three groups, with the Russians in the centre looking towards a church.
[Ref: 21068] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Council of Trent] Sacro Concilio Generale di Trento.
A. Schiavonetti Sc.
Trento presso Giuseppe Anton Marietti Librajo [Italian, n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving, 180 x 230mm. 7 x 9". Creasing; marginal chips and tears.
Locally-published image of the Council in session in Santa Maria Maggiore church, Trento, northern Italy; key below. As part of the Counter-Reformation, it is considered to be one of the Catholic Church's most important councils. It convened between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in 25 sessions. The council issued condemnations on what it defined as Protestant heresies and defined Church teachings in the areas of Scripture and Tradition, Original Sin, Justification, Sacraments, the Eucharist in Holy Mass and the veneration of saints. By specifying Catholic doctrine on salvation, the sacraments, and the Biblical canon, the Council was answering Protestant disputes.
[Ref: 26711] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Coupeurs de Glace.
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 166 x 241mm. 6½ x 9½". Trimmed to image and around title area.
Ice cutters putting blocks onto a wooden carriage pulled by a horse. From an uncoloured copy of "Moeurs et costumes des Russes représentés en 50 planches coloriées exécutées en lithographie -- par A. C. Houbigant".
[Ref: 26564] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[France] Thomas Sonnet Sieur de Courval Docteur en Medecine. Agé de 33 ans 1610.
L. Gaultier Sculp.
Very scarce & fine engraving. Plate: 75 x 130mm (3 x 5"). Some staining and paper tone.
A portrait set in an oval of French poet and satirist Thomas Courval (1577-1627), the frontispiece to his work 'Satyre contre les charlatans et pseudomedecins empirique, 1610, which discussed the tricks used by quacks in 17th Century France.
[Ref: 37167] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Germany] Theod. Craanen Ph. et Med. Dr. [...]
J. Toornvliet delineavit. A. Blooteling Sculp.
P. Van der Aa Excudit, Cum Privileg. D.D. Ordin. Holl. et West-frisiae [n.d., c.1685]
Line engraving, rare; sheet 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Creases from earlier folding; repaired damage on right; trimmed to plate on three sides.
Theodor Craanen (1620-1690), mathematician and physician.
Wellcome: 704.
[Ref: 31112] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Krass Phoroche or Cranbery liquor good.
G. Orlowski del.t. J. Godby sculp.t.
Pub.d March 25 1809 & Sold by Edw.d Orme Printseller to the King. Engraver & Publisher, Bond St corner of Brook S.t. London.
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate: 240 x 315mm (9½ x 12½"). Slight crease.
A portrait of a liquor seller wearing a fur hat and holding a jug. An illustration from 'Russian Cries, in Correct Portraiture from Drawings done on the spot by G. Orlowski...' 1809.
[Ref: 44603] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Franciscus Tensinus de Crema Aetatis Suae XXXXI.
[n.d. c.1600].
Engraving. 160 x 200mm. Trimmed to platemark.
[Ref: 179] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Female Dress.] Vol.2.Pl.22.
Geisler del.t Medland Sc.
[London: John Stockdale, n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving with large margins, offset; Stamp: Stamford Library. Plate 197 x 159mm (7¾ x 6¼").
Plate 22: a representation of dress prevalent amoung the females of Crim-Tartary. Two women in their best attire, such as is worn in domestic life, without an upper garment; the third figure is drawn with a white upper gown, and head is enveloped in a veil. From Volume 2 of "Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794".
[Ref: 31042] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Panoramic View of the Southern Coast of the Crimea From Cape Maganom to Kaffa.
Capt.n W.H. Parker Del.t.
Lithographed and Published by Dickinson Bro.s New Bond S.t.
Chromolithograph on four sheets, conjoined. Printed area 230 x 1915mm, 9 x 75½". Some spotting.
A monumental prospect of the south-east coast of the Crimea near Koktebel & Feodosiya, with a key naming the prominent landmarks, including Mount Chernai, the St Elias Monastery, with a smattering of ships.
NMM: PAH2659.
[Ref: 16980] £520.00 view all images for this item

[The Island of Serpents.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour. Repaired hole.
Ships in a gale off Ostriv Zmiinyi or Snake Island, a tiny Ukranian possession in the Black Sea near the Danube Delta. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17073] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Peaks of Mount St Peter.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
Ai-Petri, near Yatla, greek meaning `sacred Peter' or `sacred rock', and derives from the christian monastery which stood on the plateau behind the peak until it was destroyed in the middle ages. Precipitous crags swathed in cloud, a sparkling white limestone peak. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17072] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Entrance to the Harbour Of Balaklava.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
A view of the south coast of the Crimea. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17071] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A General View of the Coast, extending from Cape Fiolente to Sebastopol.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
A view of the south coast of the Crimea. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17070] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Valley of Termerd-Ji.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17068] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Mount Tchatyr Dagh.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured, as issued in the Subscription edition. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Mountainous plateau of Caves and alpine meadows near Alushta. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17067] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Remains of a large Genoese Fortress at Sudak.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour. Small tear.
From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Sudak on the Black Sea east of Simferopol. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17065] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Tomb of Mithridates, near the Lazaretto Kertch.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
Tourists viewing the interior of a famous 'kurgan' or burial mound of the ancient King Mithridates foe to the Romans at the end of the Republic. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17063] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The River Katcha.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
A river north of Sevastopol surrounded by rock escarpments and peaks that make up the Crimean ranges. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. The title, as above, is on a separate label on the reverse, probably cut from the List of Plates. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17058] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A Tartar House in the Village of Alupka.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
A chalet-like Tartar house of the seaside village of Alupka near Yalta. Alupka was the chosen location of The Vorontsovsky Palace designed by Englishman Edward Clore and built between 1830-1848. It was to be used as a summer residence of the governor-general of the Novorossiysky Krai, Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. The title, as above, is on a separate label on the reverse, probably cut from the List of Plates. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17055] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Fort Arabat.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
The Arabat Spit between Sivash and the Sea of Azov is a long narrow strip of land with this 17th sentury Turkish fort dominating the landscape. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17047] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Alushta.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour. Faint spotting.
Alushta viewed from Simferopol, depicting its Byzantine and Genoese defensive towers. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. The title, as above, is on a separate label on the reverse, probably cut from the List of Plates. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17053] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Simferopol.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour, slightly foxed.
Simferopol, now the capital of the Crimea. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. The title, as above, is on a separate label on the reverse, probably cut from the List of Plates. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17052] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[General View of Kara-su-Bazar.]
[Lithographed by Day & Son from a painting by Carlo Bossoli.]
[London: Day & Son, 1856.]
Subscription edition tinted lithograph, mounted on card and hand coloured. Image 185 x 280mm, 7¼ x 11". Fine colour.
A view of Bilohirsk, placed on the high road between Simferopol and Kerch, and in the midst of a country rich in cereal land, vineyards and gardens, Karasubazar used to be a chief seat of commercial activity in Crimea. Also the largest traditional settlement for Krymchaks, known by the name Crimean Jews. From the subscription edition of Bossoli's "Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea", a work with considerable ethnographic and geographic interest, especially in their depictions of Tartar life. The title, as above, is on a separate label on the reverse, probably cut from the List of Plates. Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
Abbey Travel 239.
[Ref: 17049] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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