Grosvenor Prints

Nero From the Life
B.E. Duppa Esq.r Del.t R. Roe fec.t [c.1850]
Etching, rare, printed area 195 x 180mm (7¾ x 7").
Head of a lion named Nero. This is presumably the same lion which the menagerie owner George Wombwell (1777-1850) attempted to make fight against a pack of dogs in Warwick in 1825. In a notorious event which provoked public outcry, Wombwell sold tickets (prices varied), but Nero took no notice of the dogs and so was replaced by another lion, Wallace. When the dogs were introduced into the cage with Wallace, two at a time, they were immediately destroyed. Lithograph after portrait painter Bryan Edward Duppa (1804-1866).
[Ref: 43375] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Lion and Lioness].
3rd proof.
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching, proof before letters. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"), with large margins. Minor creasing. Laid on paper.
A lion and lioness sheltering under a rock by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54780] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Peril.]
H.D. 1910.
Frost & Reed, 1910.
Proof etching on vellum, signed by the artist. 330 x 550mm (13 x 21¾"). Faint horizontal crease through the image.
A lioness protecting her two cubs.
[Ref: 1800] £720.00

[Study of a Lion.]
[After Sir Edwin Landseer] [Engraved by J. Cother Webb.]
London, Henry Graves & Co. Decr. 1st 1892. Copyright.
Mixed-method engraving, india proof from a limited edition, 200 x 265mm. 8 x 10½". Presented with original descriptive text leaf. A fine impression, with untrimmed margins.
From a study by Edwin Landseer (1802 - 1873) for his sculpted Lions at the base of Nelson's Column; the sketch was exhibited at the RA in 1869. From 'The Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., "Library Edition"', H. Graves (in parts, 1880s-90s). Printsellers' Association blindstamp lower left.
Printsellers' Association p.153.
[Ref: 23477] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Study of a lion's head.]
Heywood Hardy [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1880.]
Etching with large margins, 330 x 250mm, 13 x 9¾". Faint spotting.
Heywood Hardy (1843-1933).
[Ref: 18314] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Lioness Sleeping.]
Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature].
[Frost & Reed, c.1917.]
Scarcep proof etching, signed by the artist. 185 x 305mm (7¼ x 12"). Limited edition 100. Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Mint.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52092] £820.00

[Lion and skull in a landscape] A Study from Nature.
[George Hayter.]
Etching, 250 x 295mm. 9¾ x 11½".
Numbered '44' upper right. Sir George Hayter (1792 - 1871).
[Ref: 19236] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[An African Monarch.]
HD. Herbert Dicksee [signed in pencil.]
Published at 8, Clare Street, Bristol by Frost & Reed Ltd. Printsellers of Bristol and London, October 1.st 1915 Copyright. Copyright October 1.st 1915 by Frost & Reed Ltd. (of Bristol, England) in the United States of America.
Etching signed in pencil, framed. Plate 514 x 425mm (20¼ x 16¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
Herbert Dicksee, R.E. (British, 1862-1942). The head of an African lion.
[Ref: 22886] £620.00

Lion and Lioness. Before cutting down sign & still pacing / 6.
1/60. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching, signed by the artist. 205 x 245mm (8 x 9½"), with large margins. Laid on paper.
A lion and lioness sheltering under a rock by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54770] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Lionne avec ses petits. Lüwin mit ihren Jungen. A’nïs Oroszlán es kölykei. 89.
[n.d. c.1847.]
Lithograph. 240 x 369mm (9½ x 14½").
A young man inside a lion cage sits on the ground with the lioness's head nestled in his lap, and her two cubs relaxing with their paws on him. From "Panorama der Saeugethiere lithographirt und herausgegeben von H. Reichert".
See Ref: 12182 for a different and coloured version; see Ref: 29473 & 29474 for different versions.
[Ref: 29472] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Die Löwin mit ihren Jungen, und ihr Wärter. La Lionne avec ses Petits, et son Gardien. 85.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph. 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼").
A lionness, her cubs, and probably a lion tamer. The man seen here is slightly older than Ref: 12182 and 29494.
See Ref: 12182 for a different and coloured version; see Ref: 29472 & 29474 for different versions.
[Ref: 29473] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Die Löwin mit ihren Jungen, und ihr Wärter. La Lionne avec ses Petits, et son Gardien. 53.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph. 240 x 335mm (9½ x 13¼").
A lionness, her cubs, and probably a lion tamer. The man seen here is younger than Ref 29473.
See Ref: 12182 for a different and coloured version; see Ref: 29472 & 29473 for different versions.
[Ref: 29474] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Along the Ridge.]
H.D. 1927. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature]
Rare etching, signed by the artist. 260 x 450mm (10¼ x 17¾"). Limited edition 150. Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Mint.
A lion and lioness prowling.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52095] £850.00

[The Alarm.]
Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature]
Published at 8, Clare St. Bristol, by Frost & Reed, Printsellers of Bristol, Lonon 2nd April 1918. Copyright.
Etching, limited edition of 325 signed by the artist. 505 x 760mm (20 x 30"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Mint.
A lion and lioness in a hillside cave, alerted to danger. The lioness picks her small cub up in her mouth.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52097] £650.00

[Lion. Plate I. (Felis Leo).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.] G. Bx & Up.
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½").
An African lion and lioness. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30175] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Lion and Lioness].
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching, proof before letters. 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"), with large margins. Minor creasing. Laid on paper.
A lion and lioness sheltering under a rock with vines hanging across by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54783] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Peace.]
Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Published at 8, Clare Street, Bristol by Frost & Reed, Printsellers of Bristol, Clifton and London, November 30th. 1906. Berlin Stiefbold & Co. No.25, Maingragenstrasse. Copyright Registered. Copyright 1906, in the United States of America by Frost & Reed, Bristol, England.
Etching, signed artist's proof on vellum, only state. 350 x 565mm (13¾ x 22¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Mint.
A lioness and two cubs drinking at the side of a stream.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52104] £950.00

[Idlers.]
HD [Herbert Dicksee].
[n.d., c.1910.]
Etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 230 x 490mm (9 x 19¼"), with large margins, five blindstamps including the Fine Art Trade Guild. Mint.
A pair of dozing lions.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52086] £1,250.00

[Lion and Lioness].
31/. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910].
Etching, proof. 250 x 200m (9¾ x 8"), with large margins. Vertical creasing. Laid on paper.
A lion and a lioness lie on the ground, by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54785] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Lioness on Rock.]
HD. Herbert Dicksee. [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 160 x 260mm (6¼ x 10¼"), with publisher's blind stamps. Framed. Unexamined out of the frame.
[Ref: 52964] £950.00

[Lions.]
A. Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1945.]
Etching on india paper, limited edition signed by the artist. 205 x 255mm (8 x 10") very wide margins.
Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 52803] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Markhor. Capra Megaceros.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 355 x 245mm (14 x 9½"), with very large margins.
The markhor or Screw Horn Goat, the national animal of Pakistan. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50356] £320.00

[Monkey Dressed as a Sailor Petting a Sheep.]
R. Proks [?] Fecit.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 170 x 220mm (6¾ x 8¾'').
A scene set on the deck of a ship in which a monkey, dressed as a sailor, is shown stroking the nose of a sheep. He is standing on box with captured birds. The words 'Natural History' is painted along a timber plank. Manuscript on verso states 'Caught at a glimpse A scene at sea on board Brig. Collingwood Jacko's Judgment in ye [?] By RP'.
[Ref: 48230] £420.00

Imago Simiarumquae.
Joh. Ph. Aubry fecit.
[Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1691.]
Engraving. Printed area 290 x 375mm. (11½ x 14¾"). Trimmed, false margin added, some staining..
Illustrations of monkeys, from Hiob Ludolf's 'Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius'. A key describes them eating ants, lifting rocks for worms and throwing dust in the eyes of attacking lions. Ludolf (1624-1704), a German orientalist, learned the Ethiopian language from Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara. He used this knowledge to research the country, even visiting England to promote a trade scheme, unsuccessfully. The modern scholar Edward Ullendorff called Ludolf 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'.
For a portrait of Ludolf see ref. 26060.
[Ref: 30157] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[...] Guereza. Animalculum e genere eorum quae Hollandi Sanguinen vocant Callitrix veterum ut videtur Nobis Cercopitheculum vel Galeopitheculium appellare visum suit.
Joh. Ph. Aubry fecit.
[Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1691.]
Engraving. Printed area 300 x 250mm. (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, false margin added, some damp staining.
Illustrations of two monkeys from Hiob Ludolf's 'Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius'. Ludolf (1624-1704), a German orientalist, learned the Ethiopian language from Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara. He used this knowledge to research the country, even visiting England to promote a trade scheme, unsuccessfully. The modern scholar Edward Ullendorff called Ludolf 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'. The guereza is an inhabitant of Ethiopia, but the Callithrix (marmoset) is a New World Monkey. It seems Ludolf, who never left Europe, got confused.
For a portrait of Ludolf see ref. 26060.
[Ref: 30160] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Dansant. [In pencil.]
L.R. Brightwell. [Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c. 1923.] James Connell & Sons in an edition of 100 signed proofs.
Drypoint etching. Plate: 375 x 250mm (14¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins. Uncut, with original mount and attachment.
A scene showing several monkeys on a branch eating fruit. Leonard Robert Brightwell (1889-1962) produced his comical animal etchings from about 1920 to 1932 - Monkeys were his favourite!
See 38926 for his Elephants.
[Ref: 44416] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Mandrill. Plate XII. (Maimon mormon).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
Two mandrills, found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Congo. They mostly live in tropical rainforests and forest-savanna mosaics. They are closely related to the baboon and drill. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30183] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Petaurus australis. The Southern Petaurus. 60.
London Published March 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o N.o15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a yellow-bellied glider also known as the fluffy glider, is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria.
[Ref: 61939] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Macropus Giganteus. The Great Kangaroo. 33.
[After George Stubbs]
London, Published June 1.st 1790 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Three rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. A Kangaroo after the painting by George Stubbs 'The Kongouro from New Holland.'
CLB Stubbs 388.
[Ref: 61944] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Painted Ocelot. Felis Picta.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾").
An illustration of sub-species of ocelot, a wild cat native to South America. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45773] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Petaurine Opossum.
[Anon., c.1806-7]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 130 x 205mm (5 x 8"). Trimmed.
From Australia probably copied from an illustration in the natural historian George Shaw's 'Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807'.
[Ref: 45702] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

The Orang-Outang.
[n.d. c.1880.]
Hand-coloured woodcut. 250 x 298mm. 9¾ x 11¾". Laid on album page.
An ape with a human-esque face looks towards the viewer, leaning on a staff.
[Ref: 19381] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Pampas Fox] Azara's Fox. Canis Azaræ.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
The Pampas Fox from the pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, etc. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45775] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[The Duckbill or Playpus. Plate XXXVIII. (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 241 x 171mm (9½ x 6¾").
A platypus, the semiaquatic mammal of eastern Australia, and Tasmania. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30201] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Duck-Billed Playpus. Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus.
Published under the Direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. [n.d., c.1853.]
Coloured wood engraving with letterpress. Printed area 250 x 250mm (9¾ x 9¾"). Slight tear on right.
A platypus, the semi-aquatic mammal of eastern Australia, and Tasmania.
[Ref: 39129] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Duck Billed Platypus.
[Anon., c.1806-7]
Etching with hand-colouring, sheet 115 x 185mm (4½ x 7¼"). Trimmed.
From Australia probably copied from an illustration in the natural historian George Shaw's 'Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807'.
[Ref: 45703] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[A Polar Bear.]
[n.d. c.1900.]
Etching, signed artist's proof, limited to 150 impressions; framed. Plate 215 x 279mm (8½ x 11"). Paper lightly toned.
Polar bear facing up rocky slope taking scent. The only recorded state; the plate was then destroyed.
[Ref: 25915] £590.00

Der Eisbär. Ursus polaris. L’ours polaire. 1/9. 29.
[H.R. Schinz.] [C.J. Brodtmann.]
[Brodtman, 1827.]
Lithograph. 222 x 330mm (8¾ x 13"). slight foxing
A Polar bear. From "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Menschen und der Säugethiere".
[Ref: 29468] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Polar Bear.]
HD. 1912. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Copyright 1912 by Frost & Reed Ltd. (of Bristol, England) in the United States of America.
Proof etching, limited edition signed by the artist (plate destroyed). 455 x 700mm (18 x 27½"). Framed. Light foxing. Unexamined out of frame.
A fine detailed image of a polar bear, facing to the left, within an icy landscape.
[Ref: 35762] £1,250.00

Rhinoceros des Indes. Animal Stupide et Féroce: Aime les Lieux Humides: Vit d'Herbes et de Branches d'Arbes.
Dessiné par P. Oudart. Imp: Lith: de F. Noel.
A Paris, chez Noel aine et Cie Editeurs, Rue de Vaugirard No 34.
Lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 270mm (14 x 10½") large margins.
A portrait of an Asian rhinoceros.
[Ref: 42728] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Rhinoceros Caught at Stamford Hill Nov. 21 1867.
Ink drawing. Sheet: 90 x 165mm (3½ x 6½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A drawing of a rhino.
[Ref: 51143] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The African Rhinoceros.
S. Daniell del.t. T. Medland sculp.
Published Feb.y 14. 1806 by Mess.rs Cadell & Davies, Strand London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 11'').
A portrait of a Rhinoceros. From 'African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope' (1804-1805).
[Ref: 48084] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Rhinoceros Bicornis. Unicornis. Plate CCCCXXXVIII.
A. Bell Prin. Wal. Sculptor fecit.
[n.d., c.1790's.]
Engraving, 1789 watermark; Plate: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½").
Two portraits of rhinoceros, the top being a Sumatran rhino and the lower an Indian rhino. An illustration from the 3rd edition of Andrew Bell's 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' published in 1797. Together with Colin Macfarquhar, Andrew Bell (1726-1809) founded the Encyclopaedia Britannica in Edinburgh.
[Ref: 46428] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ringtail] The Bassaris. Bassaris Astuta.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A ring-tailed cat, a member of the racoon family, native to south-west North America. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45777] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Serval. Felis Serval.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
An illustration of a pair of servals, an African wild cat golden fur spotted in black. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45770] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Sika Deer] The Formosan Deer. Cervus Taivanus.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 245 x 355mm (9½ x 14"), with very large margins and text sheet.
The sika deer (Cervus nippon), also known as the Japanese deer or the spotted deer (being one of the few deer species that does not lose its spots upon reaching maturity), From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50358] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk] The Patagonian Skunk. Mephitis Humboldtii.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
Also known as the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45778] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Small Indian Civit] The Rasse. Viverricula Malaccensis.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 230 x 335mm (9 x 13¼"), with a letterpress description, very large margins.
The small Indian civet, Viverricula indica, widespread through India and Incochina. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50353] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Bengal Tigers.]
Evert van Muyden '87. [in plate]. E. van Muyden [signed in pencil].
[1887.]
Etching on vellum, signed by the artist. 420 x 315mm (16½ x 12½"). Mount burn, taped stain in top margin, crease in margin.
Bengal Tigers at a riverside, with a remarque of a tiger's head bottom left. Evert Louis van Muyden (1853-1922), born in Italy to Swiss parents. In 1894 the Art Institute of Chicago held an exhibition of over 200 of his 'Water Colors, Sketches, Pen Drawings and Etchings' including four states of this print. It was also illustrated in Frederick Keppel's 'The Golden Age of Engraving', 1910.
[Ref: 50330] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Le Cheval Arabe. Le Zébre. 5.
Ed. Traviés. Imp. Lemercier, r. de Seine 57 Paris.
Paris, Ledot Ainé, Rue de Rivoli 174. [n.d., c.1864).
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Small tear in edge.
A pair of illustrations of an Arab horse and a zebra after Eduard Traviés (1809-76), printed from two stones, published in the rare children's natural history book, ''Types du re`gne animal. Buffon en estampes'' by Henry-Alexis de Conty (1828-96).
[Ref: 50368] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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