Grosvenor Prints

Morceau Capital de L'Exposition. On ne sait ce qu'on doit le plus admirer, ou de la patience du fabricant ou de celle du public qui attend chaque jour, pendant quatre ou cinq heurres, au concert que ne commence jamais.
[G. Vennier facsimile signature] Imp. Aubert & Co.
Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse [n.d., c.1850].
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 357 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Scuffing to sheet. Small tear in lower edge of sheet. Crease to lower right corner.
Plate number 6 from the French, 'Croquis du Jour' or 'Sketch of the Day' series. A group of well dressed figures gathered around a row of squirrels with instruments, patiently waiting for them to start playing.
[Ref: 32192] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Crosby Hall Literary and Scientific Institution. [Entrance Ticket.] Admit......... Hon: Sec:
[n.d.,c.1800s.]
Etching. 125 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Foxing. Lower right corner of very large margin, torn away.
Entrance ticket for Crosby Hall Literary and Scientific Institution.
[Ref: 63133] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Crosby Hall February 28 1839[?]
[Anon., c.1840]
Lithograph on grey paper with white highlights added by hand, printed area 220 x 295mm (8¾ x 11½"). Scarce.
The Banqueting Hall of Crosby Hall, a Medieval house built on Bishopsgate by merchant and diplomat Sir John Crosby (d.1476). It remained in the City until the early twentieth century when it was relocated to Cheyne Walk, Chelsea (it is now the only extant example of domestic architecture built for a London merchant in the middle ages). In the 1830s many prominent citizens were involved in campaigning for the restoration of the hall, which the event shown here may have been related to.
[Ref: 37667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honorable Brass Crosby Lord Major of the City of London 1770, Member of Parliament for Honiton, Governor of the Irish Society, President of Bethlem and Bridewell Hospitals, of the honorable Artillery Company &c. &c. &c.
Lithog. de C. Moite [after Robert Edge Pine].
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 235 x 185mm (9¼ x 7¼"), with very large margins.
Brass Crosby (1725-93), an English radical lawyer and supporter of John Wilkes, a Lord Mayor of London best known for allowing the publishing of parliamentary debates, as noted in the text here. After his victory in 1771 the next attempt to prevent publication of Parliamentary debate was by the law firm Carter Ruck in 2009.
[Ref: 44295] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Deux Natures Excentriques. Uncommon Specimens!
Dessiné par Guebard. Bettannier Freres lith.
Paris_ Publié par F.Sinnett 1o Rotonde Passage Colbert. London_ Gambart & Co 25 Berners S.t Oxford S.t. [n.d. c.1860.]
Coloured tinted lithograph. Printed area 440 x 260mm. Some surface soiling.
Two cross-dressing women.
[Ref: 15035] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Odd Readings Near Pall Mall. to be read downwards.
Drawn on Stone, by I.S.M.
Printed by W. Clerk 202 High Holborn. [n.d., c.1838.]
Rare hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 220 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾". Trimmed, laid on album paper at corners, crease in top edge.
A London fence covered with overlapping advertisements and theatre bills, arranged for humorous effect. For example ''To be Sold by Auction / Mad.lle Duvernay's / Finely Carved Legs, &c''.
[Ref: 51581] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Cross Readings. Sixpence.
E.S. Hall.
Printed & sold by W. Jeffery 7 Geo.e Yd. Lombard St: [n.d., c.1840.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Tear into upper image. Damage to extremity upper right.
A fence covered with overlapping advertisements and theatre bills, arranged for humorous effect.
[Ref: 12598] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Cross Readings]
[Anon, c.1830]
Lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 205 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed to border and glued to backing sheet.
'Cross Readings' were a curious Victorian print genre depicting a palimpsest of notices pasted against fences so they could be read downwards as complete sentences. These prints both anticipated Surrealist techniques and recorded the interests and events of the period. This print includes references to ballooning, steam transport, entertainment, punishment and trade. An example sentence is 'Mr. G. Robins will / on Monday next at twelve o'clock precisely Swallow / 8 fine male elephants three Kangaroos and an enormous Bengal Tigress / Without Reserve The Proprietor retiring from Swallow Street.' Australian interest.
for another version of this image see ref. 14145
[Ref: 32271] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Cross Readings No 3.
London. W.H.J. Carter, Printseller, Bookseller, &c. 12 Regent St, Pall Mall. [n.d., c.1864.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 420mm (11¾ x 16½"). Narrow left margin with chip affecting printed border.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads ''Cremorne Godard's Monstre Baloon will ascend carrying / Two Elephants a Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus and Two Giraffes just arrived from Dahomey''. London's first hot-air balloon ascent was by Eugène Godard in 1864, who flew 'L'Aigle' from Cremorne Gardens to Greenwich. He later piloted Jules Verne on the author's only balloon flight.
For similar see Refs: 51582, 53283, 53284, 45764
[Ref: 54548] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[A 'cross readings' satire.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 285 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Wear to edges.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads 'Her Majesty who has been graciously pleased to say she will take' ... 'Any Old Iron Saucepans or Frying Pans in exchange for' ... 'Lords Melbourne and Russell'.
[Ref: 45764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Cross Readings.
E.S. Hall.
Printed & sold by W. Jeffrey 7 Geo:e Y.d Lombard St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 300 x 240mm (11¾ x 9½"). Laid on album paper.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads 'Her Majesty who has been graciously pleased to say she will take' ... 'Any Old Iron Saucepans or Frying Pans in exchange for' ... 'Lords Melbourne and Russell'. Above the fence is a swivel cannon, designed to repel boarders. 'Drury Lane Theatre Mr. Power' 'A cargo off Barbary Apes just landed from Chichewang'.
See 12598 for different colouring.
[Ref: 53284] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Cross Readings]
[n.d., c.1835.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 265 x 225mm (10½ x 9").
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned for humorous effect. For example one column begins: 'Important Notice - Mess.rs Christie and Manson respectfully inform the public that they are - [exh]ibiting Daily. Ojibbeway Indians'. Above the fence is a swivel cannon, designed to repel boarders. 'The singing mouse whose extraordinary performance in his'.
[Ref: 53283] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Cross Readings. To be read downwards, commencing at the Top of each column.
E.S. Hall.
Printed & sold by W. Jeffrey 7 Geo. Yard Lombard St. Price Sixpence [n.d., c.1850.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Sheet 310 x 245mm (12¼ x 9¾").
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads 'Her Majesty who has been graciously pleased to say she will take' ... 'Any Old Iron Saucepans or Frying Pans in exchange for' ... 'Lords Melbourne and Russell'. Top right is a swivel cannon, designed to repel boarders, with a sign 'Bill stickers beware'. Looking over the fence is a grotesque man saying 'Tunder and Turf, I should just like to cotch one o' the Wagabones'. 'The Chinese Saloon the celebrated Jugglers ..'.
See 12598 for an earlier version.
[Ref: 60763] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Dawson's Humorous Scraps No 9. Cross Readings. Bill Stickers Beware.
Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman Street.
London. Published by Tho.s Dawson, 29 Bedford St. Covent Garden. [n.d., c.1840.]
Very fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned to be read for humourous effect. An example reads ''Her Majesty's most gracious Pardon will be Granted to any Person who will / Abuse or in any way ill use / The New Police''. This example differs from the usual 'Cross Readings' by having an illustrated satire about bills in each corner. The one bottom left combines racism with an advert for another of the the publisher's products, 'Dawson's Ink. An actor reads an advert for the ink, which is described as 'a beautiful rich black which will never fade'; he exclaims 'Never!! I did try it once when I played Othello and have been a confirmed black ever since'.
[Ref: 57702] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Cross Readings.
E.S. Hall.
Printed & sold by W. Jeffrey 7 Geo:e Y.d Lombard St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 275 x 220mm (11 x 8¾'').
A satirical print showing broadsides pasted on a fence, though the broadsides are not connected they seems to run into each other in a comical fashion, for example 'Lost: A Lady's Memorandum Book containing among other things''About 1 ton & Half Wrought Iron'; 'the Company's Engines now running on the Birmingham Railway'; The Colosseum, 'Vauxhall Ducrow's valuable Stud of Horses'.
[Ref: 48908] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Cross Readings. (Price Sixpence).
Printed and sold by W. Jeffrey 7 Geo:e Y.d Lombard St. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½''). Staining at edges.
A satirical print showing broadsides pasted on a fence, though the broadsides are not connected they seems to run into each other in a comical fashion, for example 'N.B. Shortly will be exhibited for Public inspection the arms, legs &c''of Mrs. Honey who has kindly consented to''Rise Rapidly''No charge for inspection'. Other references are made to ballooning, performances at Covent Garden, steam ships, Jim Crow, punishment, tigers and kangaroos.
For another version see 32271.
[Ref: 48938] £360.00

Cross Readings.
E.S. Hall. Bellamy lith, 26 G.t. S.t Helens.
[n.d., c.1840's.]
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper at corners.
A fence covered with overlapping bills, positioned for humorous effect. An example reads 'The Royal Nassau Balloon will again ascend from Vauxhall, taking up... Four Acres Arable Land A Farm House 2 Hackney Coaches... A four Post Bed...". Another starts "Lunardi who journey'd in a Balloon to the Moon..."
[Ref: 51582] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Le Jeu de la Cross.
Gravelot inv. Bachelet sculps.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Framed, sight size 95 x 260mm (3¾ x 10¼"). Paper toned, unexamined out of frame.
Children playing cricket, a reversed version of Gravelot's 1739 engraving, which is believed to be the first representation of cricket to be published. In 1748 a version of this print was used by George Bickham as the heading to a page in “The British Monarchy,” a two-volume work on the counties of England. In this, it was used as the heading to the section on Shropshire. The original showed a right-handed batsman, but Bickham’s printers reversed the engraving so that the batsman appears left-handed. They also added the arms of Shrewsbury at the top of the picture and excluded one figure at the side. The rococo border was extended to the top of the picture and has flowers added. The number 3 in the top right corner would suggest that this is one in a series of prints. “La Crosse” was used in French to define cricket for many years, starting with Cotgrave’s French/English Dictionary of 1611
[Ref: 67037] £580.00

R. Crosse, Esq.r. Painter in Enamel to His Majesty.
Painted by Himself. Engraved by R. Thew [published 1 September 1792].
Stipple, sheet 165 x 120mm (6½ x 4¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Richard Crosse (1742-1810), miniature painter who while not now ranked among the pre-eminent miniaturists of the 18th century, was probably appointed painter in enamel to George III circa 1789. Crosse's ledger in the National Art Library reveals that during his most productive years he painted around 100 miniatures per year. He appears to have given up his London practice in 1798 and to have retired to Somerset. This engraving reproduces Crosse's self-portrait of circa 1780 (Victoria & Albert Museum).
In BM 1852.0214.316.
[Ref: 35829] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Crossed Trails [(Venezuela) pencil, to lower margin].
Philip Kappel [signed in pencil and in plate.]
[American, c.1935.]
Rare drypoint etching, laid paper, 250 x 300mm. 9¾ x 11¾".
A man on a mule or donkey in a wide-brimmed hat looks over his shoulder at a laden mule-train being led into the distance (right) by another man on foot. Suggestion of mountains and landscape beyond. Offered with original frame labels, one recording details including price ($75), a second annotated in pen by the artist "One of the rarest prints I made...out of print now". By Philip Kappel (American, 1901 - 1981), etcher, illustrator and painter. Born Hartford, Connecticut in 1901.
Library of Congress 2003667546.
[Ref: 23189] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Crossing a Brook. She_ I see a Fish He_ I see something else.
[Anon., c.1820.]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed; tear lower left.
A young couple on a makeshift bridge over a stream. The woman looks into the water and sees a fish while the man uses the reflection in the water to look up her dress.
[Ref: 41477] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Burmah Crossing the creek.]
Charles W. Cain [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1924]
Drypoint etching, on J. Whatman 'Handmade' watermarked paper, 90 proofs. 105 x 210mm, 4¼ x 8¾". A fine impression.
A scene in Burma showing oriental men in boat being rowed towards shore, warehouse buildings and moored larger boats in the background. Charles William Cain (1893 - 1962) travelled in the Middle East, and lived in Baghdad for some years. A student of Camberwell School of Art, he was then an illustrator and cartoonist for the Johannesburg Star. During the Great War, he served with the Border Regiment in India and Mesopotamia until the Armistice. In 1920-21, he studied at the Royal College of Art under Frank Short.
[Ref: 13903] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Crossing the Ford. Plate 9.
Painted by W. Barraud. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland.
London, Published by Cha.s Tilt, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, rare. Sheet: 275 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½").
A Scottish scene showing a man wearing a kilt leading a pony while his dog walks behind.
[Ref: 47724] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Crossing the Line.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 205 x 280mm (8 x 11'').
A scene showing the ceremony held when a ship crosses the equator, sailors dress up as Neptune and his entourage. Sailors who have previously crossed the equator have specific roles to iniate those crossing the line for the first time.
[Ref: 47957] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Crossing the Line.
Drawn & Engraved by Tho.s. & Will.m. Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs. Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row, Jan.y.1.1810.
Hand-coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼").
Plate from Thomas and William Daniell's 'Picturesque voyage to India; by way of China'. A crew surround four figures dressed in furs, one sits in a tub. A traditional celebration to crossing the Equator.
[Ref: 36375] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Adverts for Crosskill's Prize Reaping Machines, Waggons, and Carts, plus three verso adverts.
Hare [in image lower right, c.1850]
Woodblock printed on both sides, sheet 230 x 370mm (9 x 14½").
Advertisement for agricultural machinery.
[Ref: 44129] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Six Studies from Nature of Mountainous, Marine, & Rural Scenery.] Holywell Mill, Oxford. [&] Hastings, from East Cliff. [&] Deptford. [&] The Brill Mills, from Woodperry, near Oxford. [&] Merton Fields, Oxford. [&] The Castle Tower, Oxford, from M.r Bricknell's Meadow.
Drawn & Etch'd by W.m Crotch. Prepar'd & Aquafortis by J. Girtin.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Extremely rare set of six soft-ground etchings, printed on coloured chine collé and backing sheet. Sheets 265 x 385mm (10½ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line? Some damage to edges with glued paper remnants.
The complete set of six landscapes, lacking the illustrated title, from a series also called 'Six studies from nature drawn and etched in imitation of chalk by William Crotch'. The BM examples, not printed on chine collé, has a date on the title of 1809 but Girtin's publication line dated 1810. William Crotch (1775-1847) was an infant prodigy as musician but also an amateur draughtsman and etcher.
[Ref: 67496] £950.00 view all images for this item

[William Crotch] The Musical Phænomenon.
London Mag.e April 1779.
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Portrait of the musical child prodigy William Crotch (1775-1847) published when he was only four years old. After showing an interest in his father's pipe organ well before his second birthday, Crotch had already toured East Anglia and peformed in London (playing before George III) by the time this print was made. Crotch continued to play the organ in later life, adding composition and lecturing on music to his activities.
[Ref: 39101] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs. Crouch.]
[G: Romney pinxit. F. Bartolozzi R:A: sculpt.]
[n.d. c.1788.]
Very rare stipple, proof before all letters. Plate 318 x 255mm (12½ x 10"). With the collector's mark of A. Anderson Weston.
Portrait of the singer and actress Anna Maria Crouch; three-quarter length portrait, seated under a cliff, lower body facing three-quarter to right, upper body turned and looking three-quarter to left, right hand on chest, book in left hand, necklace with a miniature portrait attached hung from neck; yacht on sea in distance to extreme right. Anna Maria Crouch (1763-1805), the singer and stage actress in the London theatres; she was, briefly, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Alexander Anderdon Weston (d. 1901) inherited a fine collection of English portraits after Reynolds and other artists, formed by his uncle James Hughes Anderdon.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 21 (a). De Vesme: 1063. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29121] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

In constant Industry (deserving Praise) Honest Will: Crouch has Spent his youthfull Days. He pious Bounties, undistinguish’d gave; Intomb’d the *Princess, and reliev'd the Slave. Age he undaunted bears, nor fears decay; Since Art preserves, what Time would take away. *She call’d the German Princess.
N. Tucker pinx. 1725. P. Pelham fecit.
Rare mezzotint. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Thread margins.
A half-length portrait of William Crouch (d. after 1725), philanthropist, wearing a plain greatcoat with a broad collar. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS: 14, only state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64858] £360.00

In constant Industry (deserving Praise) Honest Will: Crouch has Spent his youthfull Days. He pious Bounties, undistinguish’d gave; Intomb’d the *Princess, and reliev'd the Slave. Age he undaunted bears, nor fears decay; Since Art preserves, what Time would take away. *She call’d the German Princess.
N. Tucker pinx. 1725. P. Pelham fecit.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Thread margins, slight damage in inscription area.
A half-length portrait of William Crouch (d. after 1725), philanthropist, wearing a plain greatcoat with a broad collar. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS: 14, only state.
[Ref: 65630] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

In constant Industry (deserving Praise) Honest Will: Crouch has Spent his youthfull Days. He pious Bounties, undistinguish’d gave; Intomb’d the *Princess, and reliev'd the Slave. Age he undaunted bears, nor fears decay; Since Art preserves, what Time would take away. *She call’d the German Princess.
N. Tucker pinx. 1725. P. Pelham fecit.
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom.
A half-length portrait of William Crouch (d. after 1725), philanthropist, wearing a plain greatcoat with a broad collar. The engraver, Peter Pelham, emigrated to Boston in 1727, becoming America's first mezzotinter. In 1748 he married John Singleton Copley's mother.
CS: 14, only state. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65631] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Crow's Nest]
Geo~Marples. [Pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching. 205 x 300mm.
[Ref: 4080] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Mitford Crowe Esq.r.
T. Murray Pinx. J. Smith fec: et ex:
[n.d., c.1703.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins. Top left corner slightly damaged to the plate.
A portrait of Mitford Crowe (1669-1719), in wig and armour. A merchant, politician, diplomat and colonial administrator, he was governor of Barbados 1707-11. He is best known for his career during the War of the Spanish Succession, where Crowe negotiated the Pact of Genoa with the Principality of Catalonia, which brought them into the Grand Alliance. West Indies/Barbados interest.
CS 72, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68814] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mitford Crowe Esq.r.
T. Murray Pinx. J. Smith fec: et ex:
[n.d., c.1703.] [Boydell] [But later]
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 10"). Small margins.
A portrait of Mitford Crowe (1669-1719), in wig and armour. A merchant, politician, diplomat and colonial administrator, he was governor of Barbados 1707-11. He is best known for his career during the War of the Spanish Succession, where Crowe negotiated the Pact of Genoa with the Principality of Catalonia, which brought them into the Grand Alliance. West Indies/Barbados interest.
CS 72, iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68815] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Crown and Anchor Desper[d]ado or the Cracked Member belonging to the Bedlam Ranger.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 8.th 1803 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures let out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 250 x 335mm (9¾ x 13''). Trimmed to image and creased.
A political satire commenting on a speech made at the Crown & Anchor tavernby Sir Francis Burdett on his re-election. In his speech he criticised the government and questioned why soldiers and sailors would volunteer to fight as they were not given just reward. Burdett is shown hanging out of a window while a crowd of disgruntled sailors and soldiers listen to him speak.
BM Satire 10054.
[Ref: 50839] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Krone, Scepter und Reichsapfel der Konigin Victoria.
[Signed in plate.] Stdr: v.A. Kneisel.
Zu Euopa's Salon. Leipzig, E. Guntz. [n.d., c.1838.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 320 x 260mm. 12½ x 10¼".
The regalia of Queen Victoria. For a series of German prints of the regalia of European monarchs titled 'Europa's Salon'. Fine colour.
[Ref: 11909] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Imperial Crown of State.
Drawn by Edwd. Orme. Engd. by J. Swaine.
Publish'd & Sold Jany. 1st. 1807, by Edwd. Orme, 59, Bond Stt. Corner of Brook Stt. London.
Rare transparency, hand coloured stipple and etching, with varnish and watercolour to verso. Sheet 300 x 235mm, 11¾ x 9¼". Tatty margins, one tear into plate at left.
From 'An Essay on Transparent Prints and Transparencies in General by Edward Orme' 1807, with instructive text in French and English and sixteen plates including engraved title-page; seven are hand-coloured transparency prints. After Edward Orme (1775 - 1848).
[Ref: 12585] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Les Croyables au tripot.
[engraved by Salvatore Tresca.] [
[n.d., c.1797.]
Rare stipple. Sheet: 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾''). Trimmed. Nicks to edges. Crease right centre.
A scene showing three young gamblers in exaggerated costume with overlarge lapels and cravats.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65890] £320.00

Croydon Canal, view from the locks above Deptford.
H. Browne.
London, Published 19th Sept.r. 1815, by R. Wilkinson, No.58 Cornhill.
Very rare engraving. 235 x 85mm (9¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed into plate.
View of Croydon Canal, from the locks above Deptford. Two men and a woman are in the right foreground, one sketching.
[Ref: 63207] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Croyland Abby. This was a most magnificent mitred Abby of Benedictines founded Ethelbald King of the Mercians about the Year 716 dedicated to St.Guthlake and St.Bartholomew.
W.Williams Delin et Fecit Aq'fort.
[n.d., c. 1800].
Etching with large margins, very scarce. Platemark: 355 x 250mm. (14 x 9¾"). Small tears to lower and left edges of sheet. Glued to verso are articles from 'Antiquities found in Lincolnshire', including 'an account of an ancient shrine, formerly belonging to the Abbey of Croyalnd'.
A view from the south-west of the ruined west front and nave of the Medieval Abbey Church. Three figures climb over a wall in the left foreground. A short history of the abbey is inscribed below the print.
[Ref: 31604] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Croyland Bridge Lincolnshire.
W. Stukely f. 1721 & Jonathan Sisson Mathematico, conterraneo suo amiciticæ pignus offert.
Etching. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾")., very large margins.
A view of Trinity Bridge, the unique three-legged footbridge built c. 1390 over the river Welland and a tributary. Both rivers are now diverted, leaving the bridge high and dry. It was drawn by Jonathan Sisson from a sketch by antiquarian William Stukley and published in the 'Itinerarium curiosum'.
[Ref: 51302] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Crucifix over a Harbour.]
G. Huardel-Bly. [signed in pencil.]
Etching. Plate: 150 x 130mm (6 x 5'') very large margins.
A view down a cliff to a harbour with a monastery with huge crucifix on the battlements.
[Ref: 49372] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The crucifixion]
Dessiné par Ch. Eisen Gravé a Paris par Ch. de Mechel 1758
Etching, platemark 230 x 130mm (9 x 5"). Thread margins; glued to album sheet at corners.
Etching after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44939] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Alto-relievo by Niccola Pisano, over the door of the Cathedral Church at Lucca.
Wy.O. [monogram of William Young Ottley] del.t. Ja.s Godby Sc.t.
Pub.d March 16th 1809 by W.Y Ottley. London.
Stipple, half circle. Image area (at most) 150 x 265mm (6 x 10½), set in letterpress.
A relief of Christ being taken down from the Cross, a chapter heading for William Young Ottley's 'The Italian School of Design: Being a Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by the Most Eminent Painters and Sculptors of Italy'.
[Ref: 59177] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Crucifixion] Clamans voce magna Iesus ait, Pater in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum et hæc dicens expiravit.
A van Dyke Equess pinx. J. Smith fecit.
Sold by John Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1711].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 425 x 285mm (16¾ x 11¼"). Thread margins, creasing in corners, some toning.
The Crucifixion, with cherubs catching the Holy blood in chalices. In the upper right is an eclipsed sun. The plate was originally published by Alexander Browne, but reworked by John Smith with his own publication line.
Wessely 302. Le Blanc 303. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii.
[Ref: 68541] £360.00

The Crucifixion.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Wood engraving with bright original hand colour. Printed area 160 x 345mm (6¼ x 13½").
Christ on the Cross with two weeping women, the thieves and the Roman soldiers plating dice for his robe. The soldier about to spear Jesus is mounted on a splendid stallion.
[Ref: 53450] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Engraving of the Crucifixion embellished with mss. illumination.]
[n.d., c.1840.].
Engraving with fine hand colour, image 85 x 60mm (3½ x 2½"), with mss. border, total 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾"), with further scrap above, on album paper.
An extremely fine border imitiating mediaeval illumination, with a vine motif highlighted with gold leaves. On the reverse are two watercolours of pens.
[Ref: 44305] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Delineatio Crucifixæ in Cappella Sereniss.æ ac Potentiss.æ Princ: ac Dom.æ DN.æ Catharinæ M. Brit. Gall. et Hib. Reginæ Viducæ, Natæ Princ. R. Portugall ^c. Ipsi Reg Majestati Suæ quam humillme dedicata ab Is: Beckett.
A van Dyke p. I:B: [Isaac Beckett] fe.
J. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1711.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 285 x 175mm (11¼ x 7"). Thread margins, laid down at corners.
The Crucifixion, with cherubs catching the Holy blood in chalices. The dedication is to Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II, died 1705.
New Hollstein, Van Dyck, 528; Le Blanc 4.
[Ref: 68545] £460.00

[Crucifixion.]
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 210 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A scene of the crucifixion showing Christ, dressed in robes and an ornate crown upon the cross, the sun in the top left corner and the moon in the top right. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 16th century.
[Ref: 49647] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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