Grosvenor Prints

Wild Cow, Gisburn Park.
W. Fryer, del. S. Alken, fecit.
[n.d., 1805.]
Coloured aquatint with etching, 235 x 315mm. 9¼ x 12¼".
Plate to Thomas Dunham Whitaker's (1759 - 1821) ‘History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven,’ 1805, 2nd edition. Gisburne Park in Lancashire's Ribble Valley was home to a herd of cattle said to be descended from the ancient wild cattle of Britain. In the 19th century the cattle became tame and decreased in numbers to around seven or eight animals, these were kept on the estate and became more and more "in bred". Eventually only bulls were born and the Gisburne 'White Bulls' died out by 1859.
[Ref: 9442] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Graphic Illustrations Of Animals, Shewing Their Utility To Man, In Their Services During Life And Uses After Death. Pl.2. Bull, Cow and Calf.
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 440mm (12½ x 17½''). Repaired tears.
A central illustration of a bull, cow and calf, surrounded by eight vignette scenes of of their uses and products, including transport, portage and clothing. Drawn by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms.
[Ref: 48547] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Four Bulls] Quadro esistente nella Galleria di S.M. il Re di Sarddegna.
Paulus Potter f 1649. Paolo Potter dipinse. A. Boucheron disegno. L. Poggioli, litografo.
Torino, lit di D. Festa 1835.
Lithograph, rare; Blind stamp in bottom right margin. 425 x 550mm (16¾ x 21¾"). Small hole on left. Slight creasing at top.
After Paulus Potter (1625-54), a Dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point. He executed 100 paintings before dying young, of tuberculosis, at the age of 28.
[Ref: 35389] £420.00

Portrait of a Heifer. Bred by Bell Loyd Esq.r and fed by Mr Charlton of Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex.
G.H. Laporte Pinx.t.
Printed by Redman. Published by G.H. Laporte, 21 Winchester Row, Edgeware Rd. [c.1830's]
Rare coloured lithograph, sheet 265 x 380mm (10½ x 15").
Cattle portrait by George Henry Laporte (1802-73), animal and military painter. That this is an early work is indicated by the address, that of Laporte's father (also a prominent artist), which Laporte used until 1827.
[Ref: 40247] £790.00

La Basse Cour. Dediée a Monsieur le Marquis de Mirabeau Par son tres humble serviteur J.P. Le Bas.
D. Teniers pinx. J.P. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris Chez l'Auteur Graveur du Roy rue de la Harpe 1743.
Etching, fine impression. 365 x 450mm (14½ x 17¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
The interior of a stable, with cows, pigs and chickens. A couple feed the cattle.
BM 1850,0713.62.
[Ref: 43465] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Cattle and sheep in a field] Paul Potter. D'après le Tableau Original peint sur Bois, d'un Pied 3 Pouces 6 Lignes de haut, sur 1 Pied 7 Lignes de Large.
Gravé par Couché.
AParis chez Michel Vauthier, Peintre, rue de la Liberté, ci-devant des Fossés M.r le Prince No 43, Faub. St. Ger.n. [n.d., c.1800.]
Soft ground etching on blue paper. Sheet 470 x 395mm (18½ x 15½"). Trimmed within plate.
An atmospheric rustic scene after Paulus Potter (1625-54) who produced about a hundred paintings before dying of tuberculosis at only 28.
[Ref: 43463] £320.00

Herrest November.
Pieter Nolpe fecit & Excud. [after Paulus Potter.]
[n.d., c.1650.]
Rare etching. Sheet 400 x 510mm (15¾ x 20") Thread margins, repaired tear in centre of image.
The interior of a stable, with a woman washing clothes and three cows tethered in stalls. A rustic scene after Paulus Potter (1625-54) who produced about a hundred paintings before dying of tuberculosis at only 28. This was one of a series of the Twelve Months planned by Pieter Nolpe but incomplete when he died in 1652. The plates were bought by Frederick de Wit, who renamed this plate 'Autumn' and issued it as one of a set of 'Four Seasons'; with some of the other plates becoming the 'Four Elements'
See BM 1871,0812.3941 - 3944 for de Wit's 'Seasons'.
[Ref: 43464] £480.00

[Cows in a field.]
Hills pinxt.
London, _ Drawn, Printed & Published at Friedel's Litho Estab.t, 252, Tottenham C.t R.d & at the Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 255 x 325mm (10 x 12¾"). Repaired tears.
A bull and two cows in a field, barn behind. The Royal Polytechnic Institution was the UK's first polytechnic. Now the University of Westminster, its headquarters are still at 309 Regent Street.
[Ref: 43473] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Les Races Bovines au Concours Universel Agricole de Paris en 1856. Études Zootechniques publiées par ordre de S. Exc. le Ministre de l'Agriculture du Commerce et des Travaux Publics par M. Emile Baudement [...]
Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, MDCCCLXI [1861, but 1862].
Plate volume only (lacking 3 text volumes); oblong folio, original half morocco gilt; pp. iv + 5 half-titles, 87 numbered mixed-method plates. Binding worn and faded.
The cows of Europe, divided into five regions: the British Isles, Holland & Denmark, Switzerland and Germany, the Empire of Austria and France. Many of the plates are copied from photographs by Adrien Nadar and artists like J. Mélin, Emile van Marcke and Rosa and Isodore Bonheur. The images are copied onto the plate using heliography, then manually enhanced using methods including soft ground etching, mezzotint and aquatint, and finished off with a lithographic background tint. The work usually contains five maps, which are not present here. As there is no evidence they were ever included it is likely they were folded into the text volumes in this issue.
[Ref: 52960] £2,000.00 view all images for this item

A Fat Highland Scotch Ox. Which Obtained a Prize at Smithfield Xmas 1805. Fed by Mr. Joiner.
Pub.d by G. Garrard, 28 George St.t Hanover Sq.re March 1.st 1806.
Hand-coloured engraving with large margins, very fine first issue. Plate 248 x 380mm. 9¾ x 15". Creasing into the image from upper margin.
A breed of the Highland cattle with long horns. These are the original coloured prints issued at 5 shillings each. George Garrard (1760-1826) the animal painter and sculptor.
Boalch The Rothamsted Collection.
[Ref: 27442] £320.00

Druid, A Polled Angus Bull bred by and the Property of the Earl of Southesk.
Gourlay Steell [signed in plate.] Clark Stanton Lith.
Steam Lithographing & Printing Coy. Published at The Farmer Office 150 Fleet Street London. [c.1870s.]
Lithograph, printed area 185 x 230mm. 7¼ x 9". Trimmed.
A prize bull; the owner's Scottish castle in the landscape in the background. After Gourlay Steell (1819 - 1894), animal painter dubbed the 'Scottish Landseer' who received many aristocratic commissions for his work.
[Ref: 16043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Alderney Breed. Cow and Calf, the property of M. Brehaut, of Jersey. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published October, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51320] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

An Alderney Bull, from Earl How's Stock.
London, Pub: July 29, 1801, by G. Garrard Agricultural Museum, 28, George St. Hanover Squr.
Etching in red ink. Plate 300 x 426mm. 11¾ x 16¾".
The Alderney was a breed of dairy cattle originating from the British Channel Island of Alderney, though no longer found on the island. The pure breed is now extinct, though hybrids still exist. George Garrard (1760 - 1826) was an animal painter who turned his attention to the making of casts and models of many subjects, but mainly of domestic animals. He was sponsored by the fifth Duke of Bedford, who was the first president of the Smithfield Club (founded I798), and by the third Earl of Egremont, as well as by other members of the Board of Agriculture. Garrard called his house in Hanover Square, London, 'The Agricultural Museum,' and from there he sold his paintings, engraving and models.
[Ref: 18224] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Cows and Sheep.] No.2.
R. Hills delin.t
Pub.d by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Printed area: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½''). Slight foxing.
A rural scene showing a man driving a cart carrying calves while the a herd of cows and a flock of sheep follow from behind.
[Ref: 48522] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Ayrshire Breed. Cow, 5 Years old, the property of Mr Finlay, Lyonstone, Maybole, bred in the upper district of Ayrshire. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April, 1842 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Edges foxed.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51326] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Devon Breed. Bull, aged 2 years and 9 Months, bred by Mr Denny, Egnore, County of Norfolk. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13") large margins. Slight mount burn around image.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51334] £350.00

The Fifeshire Breed. Cow, 6 Years old, the property of Mr Mr B. Ferney of Kilmux. _ bred by Mr Anderson, Kinglassie. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published October, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Mount burn.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Galloway Breed. Heifer 3 Years Old, the property of the Right Honourable the Countess of Selkirk. _ Bull. 4 Years old, bred by Mr Marshall, St Mary's Isle, Kircudbrightshire. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published August, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13") large margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51328] £360.00

The Glamorgan Breed. Cow, 5 Years old, bed by Mr Bradley, of Treguff Place, in the County of Glamorgan. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April, 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51323] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Hasli _ Race. Bulle aus der Heerde der Grindelwald_Alpe. Race du Hasli. Taureau du troupeau de la Grindelwald-Alp.
[by Witte?]
[German, c.1851.]
A rare etching, with original colour. 265 x 415mm (10½ x 16¼"). Trimmed into image at top.
A portrait of a Swiss bull, snow-covered mountains behind.
See 43461 & 43462
[Ref: 43468] £360.00

[Cows out to pasture.]
Imp Lemercier & C.ie Paris.
Lithograph sheet 400 x 575mm (15¾ x 22¾"); colouring chart at bottom. Some light foxing in margins.
A view of cows out to pasture in a field. The scene focusses on three cows in the foreground, two seem to be about to have a drink from the marsh and one scratches its head on a post. Imprimeries Lemercier & Cie was a French publishing house in Paris at 57, rue de Seine and 44, rue Vercingétorix and operated between 1803 and 1901.
[Ref: 56034] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Cows in the woods]
Inv. Juzy Cub. Eng Vag Mauki.
Imp. Haugard Munge a Taus. chromo.
Coloured lithograph with colouring data below; 455 x 560mm (17¾ x 22"). Two small tears to edges of margins.
A herd of cows grazing in the woods.
[Ref: 56146] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Long Horn Breed. Bull, 4 Years old, bred by Mr Wyatt of Hanwell Castle, Oxfordshire; by a Bull bred [by] Mr Smith of Snidderfield, in the the County of Warwick. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published February, 1842 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Mount burn aroound image.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51330] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Pembroke Breed. Bull, 3 Years old, bred by Mr Innes Achland of Boulston: _ Cow, 5 Years old, bred by the same Gentleman. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published February, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51329] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Set of six aquatints of cows at rest]
[Anon, c.1810]
Six aquatints in original wrappers, 1 plate watermarked 1808; each platemark approx 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Staining. Inscribed 'Laetitia [Hansard?] 1821' inside cover in ink.
[Ref: 43329] £360.00 view all images for this item

Schlesische Race. Mastoche vom Amt Neuenhagen. Race de Silesie. Boeuf engraissé à Neuenhagen.
[by Witte?]
[German, c.1851.]
A rare etching, with original colour, watermarked paper. 275 x 390mm (10¾ x 15¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Silesian bull.
See 43461 & 43468.
[Ref: 43462] £360.00

The Sussex Breed. Oxen, 6 years old, bred by Mr Putland, Firle, County of Sussex. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
[Published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London, n.d., 1842.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51333] £350.00

Tyroler Race. Ferse von der Pfauen Insel bei Potsdam. Race du Tyrol Génishe de l'Isle des Paons près Potsdam.
Witte ad viv del et sc. 1851.
[German, c.1851.]
A rare etching, with original colour. 275 x 390mm (10¾ x 15¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Tyrolese cow.
See 43462 & 43468
[Ref: 43461] £380.00

West Highland Breed. Bull, 4 years old bred by Colonel M.cNiel of Barra...
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published February, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"). Paper toned.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51321] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

West Highland Breed. Cow, bred by Mr Maxwell of Aross Mull...
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published February, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"). Paper toned.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51322] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Wild or White Forest Breed. Cow 8 Years Old, from Haverford West in the County of Pembroke.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published February, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Some spotting.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51324] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Wild or White Forest Breed. Bull from Cillingham Park, the property of the Right Hon. The Earl of Tankerville. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April, 1842 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51325] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Zetland Breed. Cow, 5 Years old, the Property of Mr Andrew Duncan, of Coninsburgh. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published August, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13"), with wide margins. Edges toned.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
[Ref: 51331] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Cowthorpe Oak. Yorkshire.
Drawn by W.H. Hammer Esq.r. F.A.L.S.S. Engraved by J. Laporte.
Publish'd Sep.r 1, 1806, by J. Laporte, 21 Winchester Row, Edgware Road.
Lithograph. In ink under artist "girth 47 feet". Sheet 360 x 525mm (14 x 20¾"). Some small stains, creasing.
Portrait of an ancient oak tree, so famous that it was sketched by J.M.W. Turner. Believed to pre-date the Norman Conquest, it was already on the decline when this view was taken, but it was only when it was hit by lightning in 1950 that it died. However acorns from it have been planted as far away as New Zealand.
See Ref: 57657
[Ref: 53584] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

To Lady Jervis This Print of The Cowthorpe Oak is Most Respectfully dedicated by her Ladyships most obliged Servant Charles Empson.
Painted by Geo. W. Fothergill. Drawn on Stone by W. Monkhouse, York.
[London: Ackermann & Co., 1842.]
Rare & scarce tinted lithograph, heightened in white. Sheet 340 x 400mm (13¼ x 15¾"). Small stain in sky.
A famous oak tree at Cowthorpe, near Wetherby, Yorkshire, said to predate the Norman Conquest. By the 19th century many of its branches had to be propped, but it lasted until 1950, when it fell and died, apparently after being hit by lightning. Dugdale wrote in his 'Antiquities of England': 'At this village may be seen the famous oak, exceeding in size even the Greendale oak at Welbeck in Nottinghamshire. The principal branch was rent off in 1718 in a storm, and being accurately measured was found to contain upwards of five tons of timber. Its present circumference at the ground is 60 feet, its principal limb extends 45 feet from the trunk, and its shadow is said to cover half an acre'.
[Ref: 57657] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Cox] Miss Cox.
[Engraved by Robert Laurie after Hugh Douglas Hamilton.]
R. Sayer Excudit. London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.º 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 August 1772.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11). Trimmed into plate at bottom, surface rubbed.
A half-length portrait of a woman, within an oval border. After Irish artist Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740-1808). After building up a reputation at home, Hamilton moved to Italy for thirteen years in 1779, where his work was popular among Irish Grand Tourists, before reluctantly returning to Ireland due to political events on the continent.
CS 15, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66960] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

To the Gentlemen of the Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Association this Print of Lieut. Colonel Cox is inscribed by their obedient humble Servant George Hounsom.
Painted by G. Hounsom. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A.
London Publish'd Jan.y 1st 1799, by, G. Hounsom No. 167. Fleet Street.
Stipple. Sheet 430 x 285mm (17 x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate, creasing and surface soiling.
Samuel Compton Cox (d. c.1839), Master of the High Court of Chancery of Foundling Hospital, in the uniform of a Volunteer Regiment, leaning on a cannon. Cox's great-great-great-grandson was Robin Leigh-Pemberton (1927-2013), governor of the Bank of England 1983-93.
[Ref: 56676] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Yours faithfully, William Sands Cox [facsimile signature].
T. H. Maguire 1854. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
[Published by George Ransome, Ipswich, n.d. c.1854]
Tinted lithograph. 560 x 385mm (22 x 15¼").
William Sands Cox (1802-75), a surgeon who founded Birmingham's first medical school, The Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery in 1825. It became the Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery in 1836 and then the Queen's College in 1843. Cox also founded the Queen's Hospital in Bath Row in 1841. This print was published for Ipswich Museum Portraits.
W: 702.
[Ref: 4020] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

William Coxe, AM. FRS. FAS. Engraved by Jn.o Young, Engraver to H.R.H the Prince of Wales, from an Original Picture Painted by C.Grignon.
[n.d., c.1790.
Mezzotint. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"), with large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of priest and historian William Coxe (1747-1828), dressed in a dark fur-trimmed gown, seated on a chair with one arm resting on a large book and holding a small book in the other. He travelled throughout Europe as a tutor and travelling companion to various grand tourists including Samuel Whitbread and Lord Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke. He toured Switzerland with Herbert, after which he published 'Mont Blanc and the Adjacent Alps' in 1789, an early alpinist work.
CS 14, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 64381] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Shandy Hall, Coxwold. Formerly the Residence of the Revd. Laurence Sterne.
Drawn on Stone by O.Jewitt from a sketch by Mr. W. Atkinson.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph, rare, 102 x 138mm. 4 x 5½". Cut.
The home of Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) who was known for writing 'Tristram Shandy' and 'A Sentimental Journey', amongst others, both of which were written here.
[Ref: 15112] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Coy. But if you meet with one that's forward, Haughty, prudish and untoward, Never play the whining Coward, Let her, Let her go never mind her &c.
C. Williams Delin.t I. Freeman Sculp.t
London, Pub.d May 1. 1813 by S.W. Fores, No.50 Piccadilly.
Coloured stipple, printed in colour. 300 x 204mm. 11¾ x 8". Crease.
A coy young lady evading the prudish advances of a young man.
[Ref: 20146] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Widow looking in a mirror.] Entre deux mouvements, sans cess partagée, / La veuve, en cet instant les exprime ala fois [...]
Peint par C. Coypel. gravé par Lepicié [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Trimmed to platemark.
A woman sits at her make-up table. Verses below explain that she is a widow caught between 'the freedom to make a new choice' and 'the fear of being changed'. On the table is a portrait miniature, presumably of her former husband. After french painter Charles Antoine Coypel (1694 - 1752), who became 'premier peintre du roi' and director of the Académie Royale in 1747. He received a number of commissions for paintings for the Palais de Versailles.
[Ref: 38501] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Si Sapies, si te bene jungere... Dedié a Monsieur le Nostre Con.er du Roy et Controlleur gñal des Bâtimens de sa Maj.té. Par son très humble Serviteur Ant. Coypel.
Ant. Coypel In. et pinx. C.Vermeulen Scul.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 310 x 255mm.
Antoine Coypel (1661 - 1722).
[Ref: 7277] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Noel Coypel Peintre ordinaire du Roy, ancien Directeur des Academies de Paris et de Rome, mort le 24, Decembre 1707, age de 79 ans.
Grave d'apres le dessin de N. Coypel par J. Audran pour sa Reception au l'Academie en 1708.
Engraving mounted onto original 18th century French paper embellished with green and gold, 370 x 265mm. 14½ x 10½". Two stain spots to image.
Self-portrait by Noël Coypel (1628 - 1707), founder of a dynasty of French artists. After Jean Audran (1667 - 1756).
[Ref: 10664] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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)

Effects of a Crab Supper.
W.S. Printed by L.M. Lefevre.
London: Published Dec.r 22.d 1838, by T. Preston, Burlington Arcade.
A very scarce coloured lithograph. 217 x 286mm (8½ x 11¼").
A man sleeping, on his chest creeps a crab with a human face crying; on the wall hangs a picture of the man seated eating crab.
[Ref: 26854] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Cradle Hymn.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Hand-coloured etchind. Sheet: 185 x 200mm (7¼ x 8"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A scene showing a young mother and father watching over their sleeping child, from above angels shower the cradle with flowers.
[Ref: 43802] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Lieu.t General Sir John Cradock, K.B. & K.C. Commander in Chief at Madras.
Painted by T. Lawrence Esq.r R.A. Engraved by W.m Way.
Published by Edw.d Orme, 59 Bond Street, London, 1805.
Fine stipple engraving. 200 x 260mm, large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of John Cradock (1762 - 1839), in uniform, pyramids behind, a reference to him serving in Egypt under Abercromby. Cradock served as Governor of Gibraltar (1809) and Cape Colony (1811-4).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66114] £320.00

James Craggs Sen.r Esq.r, Post Master Gen:l of Great Britain.
G. Kneller Baron.t pinx: 1709. Geo Vertue Sculpsit 1728
Copper engraving. 381 x 275mm. 15 x 10¾". Trimmed to plate, laid on album page.
James Craggs the Elder (1657-1721) was an English politican. In 1715 he was appointed Post-Master General.
See BM: 1849,1031.16 [proof]. Alexander: 574.
[Ref: 17132] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Rt. Honble. James Craggs Esqr. His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State &c.
G. Kneller Esq Baront. pinx. I. Simon fec. et ex. 1720.
Fine mezzotint. Mounted on an album page. Image 348 x 248mm. 13¾ x 9¾". Cut and laid on sheet. Some glue staining to the corners.
James Craggs the Younger (1686-1721). Part of his early life was spent abroad, where he made the acquaintance of George Louis, Elector of Hanover, afterwards King George I. In 1713 he became member of parliament for Tregony, in 1717 Secretary at War, and in the following year Secretary of State for the Southern Department. Craggs was implicated in the South Sea Bubble. Among Craggs's friends were Alexander Pope, who wrote the epitaph on his monument in Westminster Abbey, Joseph Addison, and John Gay.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12855] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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