Grosvenor Prints

Glacier des Bussons (Inferieur). Chamonix.
[after Morel?]
[Geneva, c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Image 90 x 120mm (3½ x 4¾") plus title. Trimmed as scrap, to image and around title, some spotting.
The end of the Glacier des Bussons, looking up towards the Aiguille du Midi. This view was probably published in 'Chamonix et Ses Environs', one of Morel's 'Souvenirs de la Suisse' series. It contained 23 tinted lithographic views by Morel, Mottu, Linck and others.
[Ref: 33785] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Le Mont-Blanc prez Servoz. Route de Chamonix.
[after Morel?]
[Geneva, c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Image 90 x 120mm (3½ x 4¾") plus title. Trimmed as scrap, to image and around title.
A view of Mont Blanc from the foothills. It was published in 'Gene`ve, le lac et Chamonix', one of Morel's 'Souvenirs de la Suisse' series, containing tinted lithographic views by Morel, Mottu, Linck and others.
[Ref: 33786] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Cascade des Pélerins. Chamonix.
Mottu.
[Geneva, c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Image 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½") plus title. Trimmed as scrap, to image and around title.
A waterfall with a rock formation that forces the flow to arch out from the rock face. Ruskin records a visit in his diary. This view was probably published in 'Chamonix et Ses Environs', one of Morel's 'Souvenirs de la Suisse' series. It contained 23 tinted lithographic views by Morel, Mottu, Linck and others.
[Ref: 33795] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Coire.
CR Knight Delt. Dickinson & Son. Lith.
[London: Dickinson & Son, 1846.]
Tinted lithograph with colour added by hand, image 300 x 410mm. 11¾ x 16". Tatty extremities.
Fine view of Chur or Coire, capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden; goats and cattle being herded in the foreground. From Captain Charles Raleigh Knight's 'Scenery of the Rhine' (16 plates)
Abbey Travel 220, 13.
[Ref: 22310] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mont Blanc as Seen, from the Valley of Chamouni.
Painted by Will.m Delamotte. Engraved by Thomas Lupton.
London. Published by Ja.s Bulcock, 163, Strand, (11 doors East of Somerset House,) May 1st 1828.
Mezzotint, rare. 295 x 360mm (11½ x 14"). Large margins. Surface wear on left corner mainly in margins and inscription area.
A view looking past Chamonix towards the glaciers and ridges of Mont Blanc.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35792] £320.00

[Alpine photograph.]
[n.d., c.1890.]
Collotype. 250 x 280mm (9¾ x 11") Creasing, tear.
A photographic view of the end of a glacier, probably Switzerland.
See Ref: 59890
[Ref: 59887] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Alpine photograph of ice formation on a glacier, near Lucerne.]
[n.d., c.1890.]
Collotype. 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Creasing.
A photographic view of ice formations on a glacier near Lucerne, Switzerland.
[Ref: 59890] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Peasant of the Alps.
Pubd. accordg to Act of Parllt. June 7th: 1771 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 150 x 105mm. 6 x 4".
A pregnant? woman facing left with her hands in a huge muff. Possibly after Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811). From '24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists, etc.', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.1' upper left and '6' upper right.
BM Satires: 4674.
[Ref: 14158] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Le Pont Du Diable sur la Reuss. (St. Gothard.)
Villeneuve 1826. les figures par V. Adam.
Lith. de Engelmann.
A very rare lithograph, image 505 x 335mm. 19¾ x 13¼". A few nicks to extremities.
The Teufelsbrücke ('Devil's Bridge') spanning the Schöllenen Gorge across the river Reuss in central Switzerland. The bridge provides access to the St. Gotthard Pass. From a folio of scenery, after Louis Jules Frédéric Villeneuve (1796 - 1842), the figures by Victor Adam (1801 - 1866).
[Ref: 13999] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[ALS] Mr Godwin, Sir, In answer to your enquiry of yesterday respecting the hire of a Marquee to dine 150 Persons with two long Tables and cross table. [Price list follows.] I will allow you 10 Percent off the above prices... If you require a boarded floor it will require 3 men, if not - 1 man. Awaiting your reply I am, Sir your obedt Servt for Benjn Edgington J W Williams.
Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke Street, Southwark 3rd October 1860.
Autograph letter signed, ink; from a marquee hire company itemising charges, company letterhead stamp, with recipient's note of receipt on reverse. Very scarce and unique. Sheet 250 x 205mm, 9¾ x 8". Folds; chipped edges.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16517] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Dame D'Alsace.
de Jean Veigel.
Paris chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 277 x 165mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 1986] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Alsatian [pencil]
H.Rayner.
[n.d., c.1939]
Drypoint etching, signed in pencil. 180 x 140mm.
Limited to 15 impressions, 'Exhibited London 1939' [pencil] Rayner (1902-1957) worked in the Antipodes before studying at the Royal Academy. He was a friend of Sickert.
[Ref: 4784] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Alsatian] Bergers [pencil].
Paul Wood [pencil.]
© Paris Etching Society NY U.S.A. [n.d., c.1935.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. 170 x 225mm (6¾ x 9"). Ink stamp 'Made in France' on verso.
The heads of a pair of Alsatian dogs (or German Shepherds), by Paul Wood (1897-1964). Wood, who studied art at both the Springfield School of Fine Arts in Massachussetts and at the Art Students League in New York, specialised in watercolours and etchings of dogs.
[Ref: 46167] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Alsatian] Berger allemagne [pencil].
Paul Wood [pencil.]
© Paris Etching Society NY U.S.A. [n.d., c.1935.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. 170 x 225mm (6¾ x 9"). Ink stamp 'Made in France' on verso.
A alert Alsatian (or German Shepherd), by Paul Wood (1897-1964). Wood, who studied art at both the Springfield School of Fine Arts in Massachussetts and at the Art Students League in New York, specialised in watercolours and etchings of dogs.
[Ref: 46169] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Alsatian.]
David Gee [Pencil Signature]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Signed etching, scarce. Plate: 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"), with very large margins.
A portrait of an Alsation.
[Ref: 47731] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The Alsatian May Not Look Too Mild But He'd Never Do Harm To A Really Good Child.]
[n.d., c.1940.]
Pencil drawing. Sheet: 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Glued to an album sheet with title stapled to sheet.
A drawing of an Alsatian.
[Ref: 47732] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Alsatians.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Coloured etching signed by the artist. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Limited edition: 29/250. Mint.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 59710] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Inseparable.]
Cecil Aldin [signed in pencil.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching, with pencil signature; numbered edition 62/100. Sheet 285 x 420mm. 11¼ x 16½".
An alsatian and young keeshond puppy.
[Ref: 24301] £990.00

[Argentina] Dr Valentin Alsina. Governeur de Buénos-Ayres.
Carl Mayer. Nbg.
[n.d., c.1855]
Engraving. 4¼ x 3".
Valentín Alsina (1802-69), Argentine lawyer and politician. He was elected governor of Buenos Aires in 1852, but resigned after a few months, shortly before a military coup. In 1853 Buenos Aires left the Argentinian Federation and declared itself an independent state, of which Alsina became governor in 1857. However the Argentine army recaptured the province in 1859 and he was forced to resign again. Alsina became a member of the Argentine Senate in 1862, serving until his death.
[Ref: 4163] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

[George Alsop] This but the shade of him adorn'd in White...
W. Sherwin fecit.
[London: R. Reynolds, 1669.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 110 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed to image, notch in bottom edge.
Portrait of George Alsop, the frontispiece of his ''An Orthodox Plea for the Sanctuary of God, Common Service, and White Robe of the House''. This was a polemic in support of church worship. While he does not mention any nonconformist sects by name, he condemns 'wretches' who claim to have 'a quickening spirit within them that informs them of all things', apparently a reference to the Quaker 'inner light'. Alsop was ordained deacon by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester c.1666, then priest in 1669.
[Ref: 54812] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George Alsop, colonist] View here the Shadow whose Ingenious Hand / Hath drawne exact the Province Mary Land...
Anno Do. 1666 Ætatis Suæ 28.
Extremely rare engraving. Trimmed to image on 3 sides.
On oval portrait of George Alsop (b. c.1636), who went to the the colony of Maryland as an indentured servant in 1658, although he became ill and had to return to England. Back in London he wrote a panegyric called 'A Character of the Province of Mary-Land', for which this is the frontispiece. It extolled the benefits of the colony to encourage emigration.
[Ref: 55530] £650.00

Alstadt von West.
V. Morstadt ad nat. del. J. Eisner sc. aqua forte Vienna, J. Axmann sculpt direx.
Verlag von Borrosch & André in Prag.
Engraving with etching. 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"), with wide margins. Some creasing.
A view of Prague's 'Old Town' in which the historic Charles Bridge can be seen as well as St.Vitus Cathedral. In the foreground a family with a dog can be seen looking out over the view.
[Ref: 35070] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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The Tower of William Tell at Altorf.
[Probably by Mary Anne Theresa Whitby, c.1828]
Rare lithograph. Printed area 140 x 140mm (5½ x 5½"). Foxing around edges.
The 13th century tower in the market place at Altdorf, Switzerland, where according to legend William Tell shot an apple from his son's head. In 1895 a memorial statue was erected in front of the tower. The printmaker, Mary Anne Theresa Whitby (1784-1850), was married to Captain John Whitby, flag captain for Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. They lived on the admiral's estate, Newlands: after John's death in 1806, Mary stayed on, spending much of her time with Cornwallis, who left his estate to her on his death in 1819. Being a keen amateur lithographer, Whitby established a private press at Newlands, but she is better remembered for the first successful sericulture (silk production) to England after three centuries of attempts, presenting twenty yards of damask to Queen Victoria in 1844. She performed genetic experiments on her silkworms for Charles Darwin, who published her results in his 'The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication' (1868).
Ex: Collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35713] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Altdorf vers le Bristenstock
Winterlin ad natur del F Hirchenhein sculpt.
Hasler & Cie éditeurs à Bale. [c.1830]
Aquatint, sheet 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Slightly foxed.
Altdorf, the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri, looking south towards the Bristen mountain. After Anton Winterlin (1805-94), Swiss artist based in Basle.
[Ref: 41108] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Altenburg en Meissen, te zien van den weg naar Glaucha. Altenburgum, urbs in Misnia, qua prospectus ad eam est versus Glaucham.
Pet: Schenk ex: Amstelod: cum Privil.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
A view of Altenburg, with the castle seen to the right. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
[Ref: 28702] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Althrop in the County of Northampton...]
[after Leonard Knyff.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Some wear, borders coloured.
A decorative view of Althrop House, after a view by Leonard Knuff which had been engraved by Johannes Kip for the 'Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces as also of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain'.
[Ref: 64119] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

The Substance of Two Letters addressed to Lord Althorp, on the Subject of the Renewal of the Charter of the Bank of England and the further Regulation of Banking in England and Wales, on the 12th and 15th of the 6th Month (June), 1833.
[n.d. c.1833.]
Letterpress, scarce, 3 sides, 4to. Remains of red seal. Addressed to Charles Jackson Bank Doncaster; 342 x 209mm (13½ x 8¼"). Creasing, folds and soiling.
In 1833 Lord Althorp, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Grey's ministry, sought to appoint a Committee of Secrecy to inquire into the question of the renewal of the Bank's Charter, together with a grand enquiry into the 'existing system of banking by Banks of Issue in England and Wales'. The evidence given in this inquiry throws much light on banking history and the policy of the Bank of England: there was a general demand for more public information about the Bank's affairs. Against all precedent, the Report and the evidence leading to it were ordered to be printed; this caused a rapid fall in the price of Bank stock. On 6 August 1832 a specially convened General Court was held, when the accounts which had been rendered to the Secret Committee were submitted to the Proprietors. At a further Court, held on 20 September, the Proprietors expressed their complete confidence in the Directors. In 1833 the Bank Charter was extended, but one clause of the Act extending its Charter was very strongly contested by the Bank. This permitted the establishment of joint-stock banks in London 'and within 65 miles thereof', provided that they were banks of deposit only and did not issue their own notes. The Bank and its legal advisers contended that the clause infringed its existing privilege of exclusive banking, which should, they urged, be interpreted as a prohibition of all joint-stock banks in London and its environs, whether they issued notes or not. Althorp and his advisers were convinced, however, that under existing statutes such non-issuing joint-stock banks were legal and refused to give way. When the Bill passed into law, the prospectus of a London joint-stock bank had already been prepared and was thereupon published: it was that of the London and Westminster Bank.
[Ref: 29023] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Elevation of Althrop in Northampton Shire, The Seat of the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Sunderland &c: to whom this Plate is most humbly Inscrib'd.
Ca: Campbell Delin: H. Hulsbergh Sc:
[n.d. c.1725.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 255 x 500mm (10 x 19¾"), very large margins. Original binding folds.
Althorp House, built by Robert Spencer (1641-1702), 2nd Earl of Sunderland, in 1688, the childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales. Published in Colen Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'.
See ref: 56260, 56258
[Ref: 58769] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Town of Alton Hampshire.
C.J. Greenwood, Del.t & lith. Printed by Standidge & Co, 36 Old Jewry, London.
Published by D. Walden, Bookseller, Alton. [n.d., c.1850.]
Scarce tinted lithograph, locally published. Printed area 280 x 350mm. Repaired tear in edge. Sky messy.
[Ref: 51235] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Alton Towers.
From Nature and on Stone by S. Rayner, Derby.
Published by R. Moseley. [n.d., c.1830.]
Rare proof lithograph. Sheet: 230 x 280mm (9 x 11").
A view of Alton Towers, the former Staffordshire seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Charles Talbot started redeveloping his hunting lodge as a gothic style stately home and over the next twenty years or so the building was developed and eventually renamed Alton Towers. In 1839 the grounds and house were opened to the public at certain times of the year.
[Ref: 47375] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Siege of Altona] Altona in brant gesteken door den Zweedsen Veltoversten Steenbok [...] [parallel text in Latin]
P. Schenk exc: Amst: Cum Priv. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate.
A scene showing the fire set to the town of Altona by Swedish troops at the end of a month-long siege during the Great Northern War (1700-1721).
[Ref: 59296] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour. Sheet 155 x 230mm (6¼ x 9").
An amateur watercolour of Alum Bay, showing the famous multi-coloured sand cliffs.
[Ref: 38843] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate XXXII Alum Works.]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), watermark 'J. Whatman 1811', with sheet of letterpress,
A view of an alum works on the Yorkshire coast, north of Scarborough. From 'The Costume of Yorkshire' by George Walker.
[Ref: 47008] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Alum Works]
Geo. Walker Del. Engraved by R. Havell
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, March 1, 1814.
Aquatint printed in colour with accompanying text sheet, each 260 x 370mm (10¼ x 14½").
Trades print, from George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire', with explanatory text sheet which reads: 'There are various alum works on the coast of Yorkshire, to the north of Scarborough, and particularly in the neighbourhood of Whitby, which carry on a very extensive trade. It is impossible, within the compass of a print or drawing, to give an adequate idea of the sublimity of the alum rocks and neighbouring scenery; the annexed Plate therefore can only be given as a very faint and humble miniature.'
[Ref: 43699] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Lili Alvarez].
[Helen Wills]
[n.d. c.1930s].
Etching, proof. 170 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"), with very large margins. Slight creasing.
A portrait of Lili Alvarez 1905-1998) playing tennis. A pioneer in Spanish tennis, she reached the Wimbledon finals three times and was twice defeated by Helen Wills, who described her play as 'unusually daring'. Etching by Helen Wills (1905-1998), who painted all her life and exhibited her paintings and etchings in New York galleries.
[Ref: 54845] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Parish Alvars.
Muenzer [after Kriehuber, c.1842]
Steel engraving, sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark; paper tone.
Elias Parish Alvars (1808-49), harpist and composer. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, Alvars travelled widely in continental Europe and beyond to Russia and Turkey, studying and performing. Finally returning to England in 1842 Alvars played to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace but found the establishment unsympathetic to his pioneering of the harp as a solo instrument, and returned to continental Europe. There his work excited contemporaries such as Berlioz, Liszt and Mendelssohn, the latter being particularly helpful in Alvars' career. In 1847 he settled in Vienna, where he remained until his death. Appointed 'chamber musician' to the emperor, he was known in the city as the 'Paganini of the harp'. He is still regarded as one of the greatest harpists of all time, and a pioneer in not just playing but also composing for the instrument.
[Ref: 37953] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba]
[n.d., 1584.]
Engraving. 170 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in armour of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (1507-82), 3rd Duke of Alba, famed for his role as Spanish Governor of the Netherlands during the Dutch Revolt and the Eighty Years' War.
[Ref: 62421] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Alveston House Academy, 10 Miles from Bristol on the Gloucester Road. Conducted by Mr W. Libert. For the Education of a select number of Young Gentlemen intended for the Universities & Professional or Mercantile Pursuits.
W. Baker Engraver Bristol.
[n.d., c.1861.]
Steel engraving on card, printed on both sides. Sheet 95 x 125mm (3¾ x 5"). A little staining.
The trade card for a school, with an illustration of the school on one side and a list of the subjects taught on the other. W. Libert was a schoolmaster in Cardiff before becoming headmaster at Alveston in 1861.
[Ref: 55196] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Aly. Osman. Fig. 6. Fig. 5.
J.B. Hilaire, Del. Ingouf, junior, Sculp.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Etching and engraving, paper watermarked. 203 x 269mm. 8 x 10½".
Two Turkish men, slightly turned towards each other, seated on carpet on each side of a small table; the man on the right holds a small book; a sword lies on the left. From Ohsson's 'Tableau général de l'empire Ottoman' (Paris, 1787-1820).
[Ref: 25051] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Bay of Amalfi. _ From the Convent.
from a sketch by C.W. Tho.s Picken, lith.
[London, n.d., c. 1845.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 270 x 320mm (10½ x 12½"), very large margins. Some spotting.
A view of the city of Atrani, squeezed into a small gap in the sea cliffs. Plate 3 of an unidentified publication, probably of a voyage through the Mediterrean
[Ref: 60905] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Atrani. _ Coast of Amalfi.
from a sketch by C.W. Tho.s Picken, lith.
[London, n.d., c. 1845.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 270 x 320mm (10½ x 12½"), very large margins. Some spotting.
A view of the city of Atrani, squeezed into a small gap in the sea cliffs. Plate 5 of an unidentified publication, probably of a voyage through the Mediterrean.
[Ref: 60904] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Para - an Amazon.
[Anon., c.1820]
Pencil sketch with watercolour, sheet 160 x 160mm (6¼ x 6¼").
A Brazilean Amazon diving off a waterfall at top.
[Ref: 44790] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Yuracares Plantation.
[Sketched by Lieutenant L. Gibbon. Lith. of P.S. Duval & Co. Phil.]
[Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, c.1853.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 140 x 210mm (5½ x 8¼"). Inscriptions weakly inked.
From ''Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department'' by USN Lieutenants William Lewis Herdon and Larder Gibbon. Leaving Lima on 21 May 1851, Herndon and Gibbon split their group took different routes to gather even more information on this vast area. After travelling 4,366 miles, Herndon reached Pará, Brazil, on 11 April 1852. Herndon wrote the first volume of 'Exploration', Gibbon the second.
[Ref: 52028] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Destruction by Fire of the Amazon Mail Steamer. of 2250 Tons burden, in the Bay of Biscay, Jan.y 4th 1852, on Her first voyage from Southampton to Chagres, with 50 Passsengers and 106 Crew and attendants, the greater number of whom were lost.
Engraved from a sketch made by one of the Survivors.
Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet St. London [n.d., c.1852].
Rare steel engraving with hand colour. 265 x 330mm (10½ x 13"). Trimmed close to plate, slight scuffing in inscription area.
RMS Amazon was a wooden barque with three masts and a paddle wheel, launched in 1851. On her maiden voyage the bearings on her two side-lever steam engines kept overheating, which possibly led to a fire in the hay bales kept for animal feed. The order to abandon ship was given, but heavy seas swamped most of the boats launched. The brig 'Marsden', seen in the background, rescued 21 people from a lifeboat, at one stage believed to be the only survivors but, over the course of the next few days, two other boats were recovered. It is estimated that over two-thirds of the passengers and crew died. At the time the Admiralty supervised UK merchant ships contracted to carry mail, demanding that they all have wooden hulls. After the Amazon disaster this order was rescinded, so iron hulls became the norm.
[Ref: 56510] £360.00

Lez Amazones D'après Alfred de Dreux. I. [&] 2.
Lith Par Eug. Ciceri et Ach. Giroux. [&] Lith Par Ach. Giroux et Eug. Ciceri.
Paris. Goupil & Vibert, Éditeurs. London P.d 15 Ap.l /45 by E. Gambard Junin & Co 25 Berniers S.t. Oxf.d S.t. Berlin. Verlag von L Sachsé & C.te Imp. Lith de Cattier à Paris.
Pair of lithographs with fine hand colour. Printed areas 535 x 380mm (21 x 15"), with very large margins. Some spotting to margins.
A pair of equestrian portraits, with women riding side-saddle, accompanied by a hound. Plate 1 has the woman in medieval dress, plate 2 in contemporary riding outfit. Alfred de Dreux (1810-60) painted portraits of both people and horses, often together. In 1848 he followed King Louis-Philippe into exile in Surrey, but returned to France in 1852, taking commissions from Napoleon III. He died on a visit to England.
[Ref: 46252] £750.00 view all images for this item

Amazones Historiques. Camille, Reine des Amazones.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph, Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, with helmet, sword and tiger-skin blanket. Plate 1 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55554] £320.00

Amazones Historiques. Combat a l'Arc.
Composé et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, bow drawn, with a lion-skin blanket. Plate 2 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55555] £320.00

Amazones Historiques. Chasse au Tigre.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, swinging an axe down on a tiger biting her horse's haunch. Her saddle cloth is a black panther's skin. Plate 4 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55556] £320.00

Amazones Historiques. Victoire de l'Amazone.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman on horseback, swinging an axe down on a centaur. Her saddle cloth is a tiger's skin. Plate 5 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55557] £320.00

Amazones Historiques. Défaite de l'Amazone.
Dessiné et lith. par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, à Paris.
Paris, H. Gache, rue de la Victoire 66 [n.d., c.1840].
Fine coloured tinted lithograph. Sheet 370 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"), with publisher's blindstamp. Some faint spotting. Small margins.
A half-naked woman pulled from her horse by a centaur. Her axe lies broken on the ground. Plate 6 of a series of scenes of the mythical female warriors drawn and lithographed by Victor Adam (1801-66).
[Ref: 55558] £320.00

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