Grosvenor Prints

[Measuring instruments and scale] Meta del Piedi Vicentino. Diviso in sei oncie, ed ogni oncia in quattro Minuti.
M. Vd. Gucht Sculp [c.1720]
Rare engraving; platemark 310 x 215mm (12¼ x 8½").
[Ref: 42482] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[La Compassion.]
[J.B.Greuze pinxit. J.Massard fecit.]
[n.d., 1777.]
Mezzotint with very large margins, proof before letters, rare. 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). SIGNED BY THE ENGRAVER ON REVERSE.
Head and shoulders of a young girl throwing up her hands in pity, set in an oval against a blank frame. The artist Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), who specialised in domestic genre scenes, signed prints after his designs to prevent undeclared impressions being run off without his knowledge; here, however, only the signature of the engraver, Jean Massard (1740-1822) is visible, albeit faintly.
See BM 2004,0430.9 for published state, 'the only example known of a mezzotint after Greuze made in France'. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36312] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Compensation. Old TAOW-KWANG, being now tired of the war, sent Commisioners to treat for peace. Accordingly, on the 26th of August, 1842, they arrived, and a Treaty was immediately commenced.- China to pay 21,000,000 dollars in the course of the present and three succeeding years.- Five Large Ports to be thrown open to British trade, and the Island of Hong-Kong to be ceded for ever to England. - Who retains possession of Nankin and the Grand Canal until the first installment of 6,000,000 dollars is paid.
Wood engraving, printed in blue 135 x 150mm (5¼ x 6"). Glued to backing sheet.
A rare satire on the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) a peace treaty that ended the First Opium War (1839-1842). The image shows the Emperor Daoguang (otherwise known as Tao Kuang) (1782 -1850) handing the money over to the English Soldiers and presenting sacks, the one in his hand reads ' Holland & Wood to Burn,' and behind his men are jars containing Opium. The Chinese Court spectates. This could possibly be a Tea Wrapper.
[Ref: 55017] £300.00

With the Compliments of the Season.
W.M.Trood. S.Arlent Edwards.
[n.d., c.1885.]
Photogravure, mounted on card bearing Artist & engraver's signatures.
A puppy being confronted by a stag beetle.
[Ref: 6182] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Composer. If You Doubt What I Say Take a Bumper and Try. Hodgson's Special Originals No. 2.
[London: Orlando Hodgson, n.d., c.1835.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Faint soiling.
A sour-looking and unkept man is carpet slippers lifts a large goblet to drink. Behind is a table with a large corked bottle with a label 'A Goblet full to be taken every ten minutes', and a pocket watch.
[Ref: 58367] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Composition]
J. B. Cipriani del.t. Rob.t Sa.l Marcuard Scu.t.
London, [n.d. 1784]
Stipple and etching, proof before title and publication line, watermark 1784; 165 x 225mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Light foxing
An allegorical scene of a classical female figure painting a figure of Athena; she is being advised by a cherub over her shoulder, while another cherub holds her drawing board. A companion print to 'Study' also by Marcuard (after Cipriani), published by Palmer 1784.
[Ref: 54116] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble Catherine Compton, Countess of Egmont, Daughter of Charles Compton Esq.r and Sister to Spencer Compton, now Earl of Northampton. With Master Charles Perceval, Her Eldest Son.
T. Hudson pinxit. J. M.cArdell fecit.
Pub.d accord.g to Act of Parliam.t 1765.
Mezzotint. 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Laid on album paper at margins.
A three-quarter seated portrait of Catherine Compton (1731-84), second wife of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, wearing ermine-trimmed robes, holding her eldest son, Charles George Perceval (1756-1840, later Baron Arden) on a table in front of her. Her fourth child was Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), the only Prime Minister to be assassinated in office.
CS 60, Russell ii of ii. Goodwin 112 ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68356] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Most Noble Charles Marquess of Northampton, Dedicated by Permission to the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton by her Ladyships obedient Servant George Perfect Harding.
G.P. Harding pinx.t. T.A. Dean sculp.
Published June 1st 1830 by G.P. Harding, 18 Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Engraving on india. 305 x 240mm, 12 x 9½". Collector's blindstamp.
Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton (1760-1828), MP for Northampton from 1784 until he inherited the earldom of Northampton in 1796. He was made Marquess of Northampton. in 1812.
[Ref: 13978] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Compton] Henry Bishop of London.
J Rily pinx: I. Beckett sc.
Sold by J. Smith att the Golden Lyon in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"), unidentified collector's stamp of a palette on reverse. Trimmed within plate.
Henry Compton (1632-1713), youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Northampton, Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713. Before the Glorious Revolution of 1688 he officiated at the weddings of princesses Mary and Anne before being suspended for his anti-catholic stance by James II. He was one of the 'Immortal Seven' who signed the invitation for William and Mary to take the English throne from James and performed their coronation. He was a commissioner for the Act of Union of 1707 and helped set up the Anglican church in Maryland, where he had a land grant.
CS 26, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65379] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Bishop of London.
J Rily pinx: I. Beckett sc.
Sold by J. Smith att the Golden Lyon in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Henry Compton (1632-1713), youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Northampton, Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713. Before the Glorious Revolution of 1688 he officiated at the weddings of princesses Mary and Anne before being suspended for his anti-catholic stance by James II. He was one of the 'Immortal Seven' who signed the invitation for William and Mary to take the English throne from James and performed their coronation. He American interest.
CS 26, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65380] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t Hon.ble Spencer Compton. Baron of Wilmington. Receiver & Pay Master General of all his Maj.ties Guards Garrisons & Forces Pay Master of the Royal Hospital of Invalids at Chelsea, One of the Lords of his Maj.ties Privy Council, One of ye Commis.rs for building 50 new Churches & Knight of the Bath.
G. Kneller pinx. P. Pelham fecit.
[London, Printed & Sold by J. Bowles Printsel.r at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside.] [n.d. c.1728.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, narrow margins elsewhere.
Half-length portrait of Spencer Compton (c.1674-1743), 1st Earl of Wilmington, wearing velvet coat, white cravat, and long brown wig. He stands with a tree behind him and mountains in the background to right. His crest with the motto of the Bath 'Tria Juncta in Uno', and 'Sola Bona Quae Honesta' splits the title. Compton was a Whig politician, favourite of King George II, and prime minister of Great Britain from February 1742 to July 1743. He was created Baron Wilmington in 1728 and Earl of Wilmington two years later. Kneller's original oil, painted c.1710, is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 3234). The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS 8, state ii of iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64845] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Spencer Compton, second earl of Northampton]
Silvester Harding 1801
Watercolour and wash, sheet 180 x 160mm (7 x 6¼").
Spencer Compton, second earl of Northampton (1601-43), army officer. A courtier loyal to the crown, Compton was appointed master of the robes to Prince Charles in 1622 and became a close friend of the future king. He raised troops for the bishops' wars of 1639 and 1640 and was quick to side with the king after the outbreak of civil war in 1642. During the Battle of Hopton Heath in Staffordshire the following year he was killed by a blow to the head from a halberd. Watercolour by Silvester Harding (1745/51-1809), artist and publisher. After setting up a shop in Fleet Street with his brother Edward in 1786, Harding was chiefly employed in drawing portraits of theatrical celebrities, and in copying ancient portraits in watercolours, as here. The partnership was dissolved by 1798 (before this watercolour was made). Harding was known to, and esteemed by the collectors of his day, and many examples of his work are in the British Museum. His son George Perfect Harding also specialised in watercolour copies of early portraits.
[Ref: 42320] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

S.r William Compton. From an Original Picture at Castle-Ashby, Northamptonshire.[original ink mss.
T. Athow.
[c.1810.]
Ink, watercolour and wash with inscription in ink. Image 170 x 150mm (6¾ x 6").
Sir William Compton (1625-1663), a Royalist Commander elected Member of Parliament for Cambridge in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament. Three similar works by Thomas Athow (1802-1820, fl.) are in the British Museum and a collection are in the National Portrait Gallery.
[Ref: 42311] £350.00

Adelaide entering in disguise the Abbey of La Trappe, hears her lovers voice in the Choir. mem: of the Comte de Comminge.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
London, Publish'd Oct.r 20;th 1782, by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 New Bond Street.
Stipple and aquatint, 18th century watermark. 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). Thread margins top and bottom.
A scene from Claudine Guérin de Tencin's tragedy ''Les Amants malheureux ou Le Comte de Comminges'', adapted for the stage by Baculard d'Arnaud. A girl, dressed in male clothing, is apprehended by two Trappist monks.
[Ref: 54587] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Count de Peltzer mortally wounded by some Austrian Foragers on ye Eve of his Marriage. [&] Fred. Zemmerman having escaped from ye Abbey of La Trappe & recover'd his beloved Mistress is seiz'd & thrown into a Dungeon for Life. [ink mss titles.]
Mr Bunbury del. J.s Bretherton f. [ink mss]
[n.d., c.1787.]
Pair of mixed method engravings, proofs before all letters with colour wash. Sheets 485 x 570mm (19 x 22½"), 1st on Whatman laid paper, 2nd with large 18th century watermark. Creasing and slight staining. Cut inside platemark.
Two well-executed sketches, with the titles and inscriptions of the smaller etchings published by James Bretherton in 1787. The first shows the Count lying on a bed, attended by his fiancée M.lle de Benskow, her mother and her brother, as a boy brings soup for the dying man. The second shows a young man being captured by soldiers as a pair of monks watch, a scene from Claudine Guérin de Tencin's tragedy ''Les Amants malheureux ou Le Comte de Comminges'', adapted for the stage by Baculard d'Arnaud.
[Ref: 54536] £550.00 view all images for this item

[Comus] The Enchanted Lady. Vide Milton's Comus.
S. Harding Inv.t. P.W. Tomkins Sculp. Pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London: Published June 8th 1785 by Tho.s Macklin, Fleet Street.
Stipple, open lettered title, printed in brown with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 275mm (10 x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Comus, holding a necromancer's wand, urges 'The Lady', stuck in an enchanted chair, to drink from his magical cup (representing sexual pleasure and intemperance).
See [Ref: 45215] for uncoloured version
[Ref: 67872] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Comus] The Enchanted Lady. Vide Milton's Comu[s]
S. Harding Inv.t. P.W. Tomkins Sculp. Pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London: Published June 8th 1785 by Tho.s Macklin, Fleet Street.
Stipple, printed in brown. Sheet 240 x 255mm (9½ x 10"). Trimmed to printed border.
Comus, holding a necromancer's wand, urges 'The Lady', stuck in an enchanted chair, to drink from his magical cup (representing sexual pleasure and intemperance).
See [Ref: 67872] for version with colour.
[Ref: 45215] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Comus and Lady, Milton's Comus.
Shelley pinx.t C. Taylor excudit. W. Nutter Sculp.t
London, Published by C. Taylor, Holborn, Oct.r 1, 1824.
Stipple. Plate 158 x 152mm. 6¼ x 6".
The point in Milton's masque 'Comus', when Comus urges the Lady to "be not coy" and drink form his magical cup (representing sexual pleasure and intemperance), but she repeatedly refuses, arguing for the virtuousness of temperance and chastity.
[Ref: 22607] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Hill Fort of Sidghur, Northern Concan.
Drawn by Capt.n Barton. R.Ackermann's Lithography.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Printed area 230 x 330mm.
From '12 Views of Hill Forts in the Western Ghats near Bombay' by Captain James Barton (1793-1829), an artillery officer in the Fourth Anglo-Maratha War, 1817-19. The Western Ghats are a range of hills that reach from the state of Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu and separate Bombay, on the western coast, from central India.
[Ref: 7629] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Hill Fort of Bhow Mullen, Northern Concan.
Drawn by Capt.n Barton. R.Ackermann's Lithography.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Printed area 230 x 330mm.
From '12 Views of Hill Forts in the Western Ghats near Bombay' by Captain James Barton (1793-1829), an artillery officer in the Fourth Anglo-Maratha War, 1817-19. The Western Ghats are a range of hills that reach from the state of Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu and separate Bombay, on the western coast, from central India.
[Ref: 7627] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

View in the Northern Concan.
Drawn by Capt.n Barton. R.Ackermann's Lithography.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Printed area 230 x 330mm. Ink stamp on verso.
From '12 Views of Hill Forts in the Western Ghats near Bombay' by Captain James Barton (1793-1829), an artillery officer in the Fourth Anglo-Maratha War, 1817-19. The Western Ghats are a range of hills that reach from the state of Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu and separate Bombay, on the western coast, from central India.
[Ref: 7626] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[View in the Conkan.]
[Sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army. Drawn on Stone by J.Lynch.]
[Printed and published by A. Friedel, 24, Greek Street, Soho, London.]
Lithograph on india, proof before letters. Printed area 180 x 255mm (7 x 10").
A river scene under steep hills in the Koncan. From 'Eight Most Splendid Views of India, sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army', showing hill forts in forts situated in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, western India. Although Baron Adam Friedel is sometimes quoted as the artist as well as the publisher, it is unlikely that he served as a soldier in India; he was already a successful publisher, particularly of portraits of the leaders of the Greek revolution.
[Ref: 35529] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Public Concert by Well-Known Performers
[anon., c.1830]
Lithograph, sheet 190 x 205mm (7½ x 8").
Group of Scottish musicians.
[Ref: 40815] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Con-Cert. From the Original Picture, painted by Michel Angel da Caravaggio in the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire;_To Whom this Plate is most humble inscribed, by his Grace's most Obliged,_and most Obedient humble Servant, _ J. Boydell. Size of the Picture, 3F. 1In. by 4F. 3In in Length. No.7.
Michel Angel da Caravaggio Pinx.t. E. Edwards delin.t. Thomas Chambars Sculpsit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 1st. 1764, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside: London.
Engraving. 431 x 532mm (17 x 21").
Very fine image of three musicians, seen half-length, to the left a man playing guitars and looking towards the viewer; nearby his companion, who has put his hand around his shoulders, is singing whilst raising his glass; to the right is a flute player; on the far right, a pitcher. After a painting attributed on plate to Caravaggion, and to Valentin. Dedication to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38266] £420.00

Le Concert Agreable.
Peint par Lavreince, Peintre du Roi de Suede et de l'Acad. Rle. de Stokolm. Grave par C.N. Varin.
A Paris chez Vidal, Graveur, rue des Noyers No.29. [n.d., 1785.]
Copper engraving on laid paper, 385 x 460mm. 15¼ x 18". Fine impression with full margins.
An attractive outdoor scene demonstrating the leisurely pursuits of fashionable French society. A group of men and women partake in a musical recital; featuring flute, guitars and a lute, one woman preparing to sing from the open song-book she holds. Engraved by Charles Nicolas Varin (c.1741 - 1812). The artist Nicolas Lavreince was a Swedish miniature painter who trained and worked in Paris until the onset of the Revolution. The print was advertised in Mercure de France, 26th March 1785, and in the Journal de Paris, 30th March 1785.
BNF: FRBNF40279153.
[Ref: 21361] £420.00

"Hark! Music I' The Air." Ant. & Cleop. IV.3. Mansion House. The Right Honourable John Whittaker Ellis, Lord Mayor. Thursday, May 18th, 1882. [Inside:] Cavatina... "Nobil Signor" (Les Huguenots)... Meyerbeer...Song... "Waiting"... E.H. Flagg. Melodie... "Si Tu M'Aimais!"... L. Denza. At the Pianoforte-Mr. Alfred Gilbert. [On verso:] Programme of Music. To be performed during Dinner by the Coldstream Guards' Band. Conductor... Mr. C. Thomas. [list follows.]
F. Bartolozzi inv. Sherborn Sculp.
Etching and letterpress, printed in brown ink. 222 x 146mm. 8¾ x 5¾". Crease through centre.
Programme for a concert held in honour of Sir John Whittaker Ellis (1829-1912), a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Lord Mayor of London from 1881-2. The programme includes music by Meyerbeer, Mendelssohn and Berlioz.
[Ref: 21006] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Le Concert de Famille. Dedié à Sa Majesté Christian VII. Roi de dannemark, Norwege des Vandales et des Goths, Duc de Sleswic, Holstein, Storman et des Ditmarses, Comte d’Oldenbourg et de Delinenborst &c.&c. Par son très humble très obeissant et très soumis Serviteur, Jean George Wille.
Peint par G. Schalken. Gravé par I.G. Wille Graveur du Roi et de S.M. Imp et Royale d’apres le Tableau Original que est dans son Cabinet.
a Pars chez l'Auteur Quay des Augustins. [n.d. c.1768.]
Engraving, collector's stamp on verso. Plate 484 x 369mm (19 x 14½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A family of six sitting around a table, playing music and singing. Engraved by Johann Georg Wille (1715-1808).
Lugt: 2764 [unidentified].
[Ref: 28783] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Concert.]
Peint par Giorgion. Grave a Dresde par Stoelzel.
Dessine par Vignaud le Jne. [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving. Image 310 x 350mm. 12¼ x 13¾".
A depiction of Titian's "The Concert" attributed to Giorgione. Giorgio Vasari claimed that Giorgione was Titian's master thus demonstrating the close association and confusion behind said image as to who was the true artist.
[Ref: 13931] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Grand-Théàtre de Bordeaux. Fossés de l'Intendance ch du Chapeau-Rouge.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet 95 x 115mm (7¾ x 4½").
A trade card for a concert hall, illustrated with a view of the exterior. It is pasted on the back of another trade card, for the Hôtel de Rouen.
[Ref: 41765] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A Concert out of Tune!!
London Published by J.L Marks, 11 Artillery St.t Bishopsgate. [n.d. c. 1824-1832.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 210 x 335mm (8½ x 13¼"). Trimmed on three sides. Surface dirt. Creased. Tears. Laid on album paper.
An orchestra coming to blows, using their instruments as weapons. Among the music sheets tossed around are: 'Grand Battle Sinforna' and 'Britons Strike Home'.
Yale Center for British Art B2019.17.49, also unidentified. Not in BM.
[Ref: 68056] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert ticket] The Concert of Antient Music in Tottenham Street.
[Smirke del. Heath sc.]
[London, c.1792.]
Stipple, printed in sepia. Oval, 70 x 55mm (2¾ x 2¼"). Trimmed, losing the border of a laurel wreath topped by a medley of musical instruments.
A classical bust portrait in profile, used c.1789-96: the colour signifies this is a lady's ticket (men's were black, blue & green). The concert room at Tottenham Street, Fitzrovia was built by Francis Pasquali in 1772, apparently with the support of the Earl of Sandwich and others. In 1786 Pasquali and Michael Novosielski, architect of His Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket, leased the building to Lord Sandwich and his friends for the "concerts of ancient music" which had been inaugurated elsewhere in 1776. The building was enlarged and fitted under the direction of James Wyatt with a royal box for George III and Queen Charlotte, who were constant patrons, and became known as The King's Concert Rooms. In 1794 the concerts were removed to the King's Theatre, Haymarket, and thence to the Hanover Rooms. After Robert Smirke (1752-1845).
See BM C,3.54-63 for a collection of 10.
[Ref: 63518] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

For The Benefit Of Mr. Jones.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Concert ticket, etching. 95 x 90mm. 3¾ x 3½". Trimmed to plate, glued to album page at upper edge.
Two putti, one winged putto playing a lyre while the other holds a sheet of music. Edward Jones (1752 - 1824), known as Bardd y Brenin, or the King's Bard, was a musician and Welsh writer. He taught music to many persons of rank and was appointed bard to the Prince of Wales, an honorary office, in 1783. In 1784 he published ‘Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, preserved by Tradition and Authentic Manuscripts from very remote Antiquity, with a Collection of the Pennillion and Englynion, Epigrammatic Stanzas or native Pastoral Sonnets of Wales, a History of the Bards from the Earliest Period, and an Account of their Music, Poetry, and Musical Instruments'. This work, largely based on the author's original researches among unpublished Welsh manuscripts, rescued and preserved some of the oldest Welsh airs extant. In many ways Jones can be said to have invented Wales as the 'land of song', while defining its people as 'aboriginal Britons' and as the oldest musical nation in Europe.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. De Vesme: 1932. See Ref: 20522.
[Ref: 9717] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, printed in red/brown ink. 120 x 106mm. 4¾ x 4¼". Trimmed inside plate to left and right side.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed.
De Vesme: 1915; iii/iv. See 10559, 9718, 21208 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 10558] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching in sepia, with small margins. Plate 115 x 115mm. 4½ x 4½". Glued to album page at right edge.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed. Before publication line added.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. De Vesme: 1915; i/iv. See 10558, 10559, 21208 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 9718] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
G.B. Cipriani Inv. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Unidentified collector's mark on verso. 114 x 102mm. 4½ x 4". Trimmed just inside place.
With artist's and engraver's surnames fully inscribed. The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry.
De Vesme: 1915; iii/iv. Not in Lugt. See 10558, 9718, 21208 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 10559] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street [n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, printed in black ink. 115 x 108mm. 4½ x 4¼". Trimmed inside plate.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed.
De Vesme: 1915; iii/iv. See 9718, 10558, 10559 and 21209 for other states.
[Ref: 21208] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Apollo holding his lyre, concert ticket.]
I.B.C.Inv. F.B. sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching in black ink. 109 x 88mm. 4¼ x 3½". Trimmed.
The cartouches above and below uninscribed. In classical mythology, as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, their initials only inscribed. Before publication line added.
De Vesme: 1915; i/iv. See 9718, 10558, 10559 and 21208 for other states.
[Ref: 21209] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert Ticket, held at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.]
Smirke Invt. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1792.]
Engraving and etching, scarce proof. Plate 217 x 185mm 8½ x 7¼". Trimmed close to the plate. Light foxing.
St Cecilia is seated playing at an organ, with two winged figures standing looking over her. The relief below depicts Charity and three children, with a lion and a unicorn to either side.
De Vesme: 1948; v/v. See Ref 16047 for earlier state in red/brown ink & 20503 for earlier state.
[Ref: 21215] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert ticket- proof before lettering]
[Anon., c1770]
Scarce etching, platemark 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"); very large margins. Creased.
Woman next to sheet music with harp behind. Unusual etching probably used (in its later lettered state) as a concert ticket. The style suggests it may be continental.
[Ref: 40671] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Rural Felicity, Come see rural felicity,/ which Love & Innocence ever enjoy.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
Pubd. Septr. 1st. 1789 by I. Read Coventry Court.
Etching, sheet 107 x 110mm. Trimmed to just outside plate, glued to album page.
An attractive scene with two putti dancing to the accompaniment of the pipe and drum of a third. A concert ticket (the cartouche uninscribed) originally published in 1781 and reissued by Read with this title.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth. See item 7844.
[Ref: 9720] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[An unattributed concert ticket featuring three putti.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi scu.
Pubd. Septr. 1st. 1781. by A. Poggi.
Proof etching, sheet 107 x 110mm. Trimmed inside plate, light foxing.
An attractive scene with two putti dancing to the accompaniment of the pipe and drum of a third. Proof before cartouche above image lettered.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7844] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Concert ticket, held at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.]
[F. Bartolozzi.]
[c.1792.]
Engraved ticket to a concert at St Margaret's Church, Westminster; proof before all letters, printed in red/brown ink. Plate 222 x 190mm, 8¾ x 7½". Laid to backing sheet, few repairs.
St. Cecilia seated playing the organ; on the left, two winged figures standing; in an oval. Below, a block of low-relief which depicts Charity and three children; a lion and a unicorn on either side. Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and of Church music. It is said that this came about because she sang to God as she was dying. After Robert Smirke (1752 - 1845) by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815).
De Vesme: 1948; iii/v. See Ref 20503 for earlier state & 21215 for later state.
[Ref: 16047] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Concerto Spirituale.
Bretherton f
Publis'd 23d March 1773
Scarce etching, 18th century watermark; sheet 275 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Partially trimmed to plate on left. Tear repaired with tape.
Three men playing a viol da gamba, flute and horn. Etching after Henry Bunbury (1750-1811), amateur artist who enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. Tim Clayton writes: 'Prints by Bunbury and his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it.' He designed many prints of rural life such as this, which always remained attactive and picturesque.
BM Satires 5217.
[Ref: 61925] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Conchology of Tenby [in image]
Drawn by C. Norris Esq.r Engraved by S. Rawle
Published for the Repository at Tenby, 10 April, 1813
Rare engraving, platemark 235 x 300mm (9¼ x 11¾"). Small margins.
Engraving of shells found in Tenby, South Wales, after a drawing by the topographical artist Charles Norris (1779-1858) who moved there in 1810. In Tenby Norris researched architectural antiquities, and published several volumes of prints made from his drawings.
[Ref: 44785] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Conclusion, or the Last Stage of Elopement.
Publish'd by I.Phillips No.164, Piccadilly London. [c.1786.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 235mm. 14 x 9¼". Trimmed to the image top and sides. Some creasing. Glue stain to the bottom left-hand corner.
A woman with her arm held by a young man who directs her towards a waiting coach.
CS: undescribed.
[Ref: 16346] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Der Condor. Vultur Gryphus.
[Lithographed by J. Richter after Carl Wilhelm Medau.]
[Prague: Leitmeritz und Teplitz, 1836.]
Rare lithograph, watermark L. Ziegler Zurich. Sheet 400 x 315mm (15¾ x 12½"). Paper sligtly cockled.
A condor of the Andes, published in Medau's 'Das Erntefeld. eine Bildungschrift für die reifende Jugend' ('The Harvest Field: an educational journal for the maturing youth').
[Ref: 52786] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Clerical Sketches, No.2. The New Conductor. The Opposition.
Augs. Butler, Lith. Stannard & Dixon, Imp. ['WP' monogram in image lower right.]
London, Published Novr. 6th. 1857, by Stannard & Dixon, 7, Poland St.
Lithograph, sheet 380 x 280mm. 15 x 11". Horizontal and vertical crease.
A politician caricatured as a London coachman.
[Ref: 8990] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Clerical Sketches, No.1. The Old Conductor. The Regular.
Augs. Butler, Lith. Stannard & Dixon, Imp. ['WP' monogram in image lower right.]
London, Published Novr. 6th. 1857, by Stannard & Dixon, 7, Poland St.
Coloured lithograph, sheet 380 x 280mm. 15 x 11".
Although it is apparently a public coach, with destinations including Lambeth, Westminster and St Paul's, it is decorated with a bishop's mitre. It is a satire on the old school of preachers, capable of putting their congregation to sleep.
[Ref: 8989] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

H.M.S. Cambrian, 36 Guns. This print is prespectfully dedicated by permiision to Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, by his obliged and very obedient Servant N.M. Condy.
Painted by N.M.Condy. Engraved by E.Duncan.
London Published by Edward Ramsden, Ackermann & Co. Strand _ Plymouth Edmund Fry _ Bristol Philip & Evans.
Coloured aquatint. 450 x 320mm [image]. Margins have minor discolouration, minor tears at publication line.
H.M.S. Cambrian was lauched in 1841, Henry Ducie Chads R.N. sailed the Cambrian to and from the East Indies until 1845, James Hanway Plumridge R.N. in the same seas until 1847 and then under acting Captain Henry Gage Morris R.N. when it became the flagshirp of Commodore James Hanway Plumridge, East Indies.
[Ref: 1352] £1,800.00

The Confectioner.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Woodcut, with two sheets of letterpress. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½''). Foxing.
A confectionary shop in which a woman and a child choose treats while a woman weighs them out, with text.
[Ref: 50500] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

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