Grosvenor Prints

Continuation of the Procession of Shakespear's Characters.
[London Magazine, 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7). Spotting.
Including Henry VIII, Shylock, the Apothecary from 'Romeo and Juliet' and the Gravedigger from 'Hamlet'. The Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 was organised by David Garrick to celebrate the Jubilee of the birth of the Bard. Bad weather affected the events, which included a gun salute, masquerade and dinner in a specially-constructed rotunda, which was flooded when the Avon burst its banks.
BM 4312.
[Ref: 59978] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Shakespeare ornament] To William Charles Macready, Esq. In commemoration of his management of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden...
T.D. Scott. T. Sherratt.
The London Printing and Publishing Company [n.d., c.1860].
Engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Repaired tear, surface abrasions, stains, pin hole in face.
An elaborate ornamental table piece with a full length portrait of Shakespeare. Originally published by John Tallis.
[Ref: 61246] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Procession at the Jubilee at Stratford upon Avon.
[London Magazine, 1769.]
Etching. 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7).
Characters from Shakespeare's works, including Falstaff and Mrs Ford, the Three Witches, Caliban and Richard III. The Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 was organised by David Garrick to celebrate the Jubilee of the birth of the Bard. Bad weather affected the events, which included a gun salute, masquerade and dinner in a specially-constructed rotunda, which was flooded when the Avon burst its banks.
BM 4311.
[Ref: 59984] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Particulars of Shakespeare's House At Stratford On Avon, For Sale By Auction By M.r Robins. At The Mart London. On Thursday Sep.tr 16 at 12 o'clock.
M & N Hanhart Lith.r [n.d. c. 1847]
Lithographic booklet, sheet 330 x 255mm (13 x 10"). Surface dirt. Slightly stained pink. Incomplete.
A rare auction catalogue for the 1847 sale of Shakespeare's house at Stratford. With lithographed title and 8 vignettes (4 portraits; 4 views) on the cover (William Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Lord Southampton, Ben Johnson)(Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford Church, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Globe theatre). On the inside; a ground plan of the house and surrounding properties.
[Ref: 58922] £280.00

Mr. William Shakspeare. 'His True Effigies.' To the Right Honorable the Earl of Essex, an Admirer of Shakspeare, of Polite Literature, and of the Fine Arts.
Engraved by W.m Ward A.R.A. from a Painting by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. after a Cast by G. Bullock, from the Monumental Bust, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Printed by Lahee.
This Print is Published April 23, 1816, being the Second Centenary after the Poets Decease, by J. Britton, Tavistock Place, London.
Fine mezzotint, printed in brown. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"), with large margins.
From the commemorative bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) writing at a table, sculpted by George Bullock (1782/3 - 1818) in Stratford Church. James Lahee was a printer renowned for the quality of his work.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 53490] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Shakspeare seated between the Dramatic Muse & the Genius of Painting who is pointing him out as the proper subject of her penal. The Alto Relievo in the Front of the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall.
I. Banks R.A. fecit. James Stow Sculp.t
Pub.d Decr 1. 1798 by J & J Boydell No90 Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall.
Engraving. 380 x 271mm (15 x 10¾"). Soiling.
Shakespeare on a rocky pedestal, one hand on the shoulder of the genius of painting standing to the right, holding a palette and brushes, while the dramatic muse with a lyre reaches to crown him with laurel from the left; after a sculpture by Thomas Banks outside Boydell's 'Shakespeare Gallery'. From that building he published his Shakespeare (1798) to which this was the frontispiece.
See also Ref: 18149 for printed copy of the medal.
[Ref: 28933] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Shakspeare. From an original Picture in the Possession of the late Duke of Chandois.
S. Harding delin. Le Goux Sculp.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple, portrait with vignette of the Globe Theatre, Southwark below. 190 x 140mmm, 7½ x 5½".
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), dramatist and poet, after the so-called 'Chandos portrait' attributed to John Taylor (died 1651), the first portrait to be acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in 1856.
[Ref: 19180] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

William Shakespeare [&] The Globe on BankSide Where Shakespere Acted.
Engrav'd by W. Sherwin from the Original Folio Edition [portrait]
Two engravings, dimensions 200 x 140mm (8 x 5¾"), portrait, and 105 x 70mm (4 x 2¾"), Globe. Both trimmed and glued to album sheet.
Two prints from the late 18th century showing William Shakespeare and the Globe theatre where he acted and had his plays performed. During this period, the publisher John Boydell instigated an increase in prints related to Shakespeare by commissioning leading artists to paint pictures which he displayed at his 'Shakespeare Gallery' and sold prints of.
[Ref: 37640] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Will.m Shakespear.
H. Gravelot Sculps.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Image 248 x 170mm. 9¾ x 6¾".
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) the English poet and playwright.
[Ref: 20975] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[William Shakespeare] ''The Earth hath bubbles, as the Water hath, and This Is of them.''
W. Holl sculp.t.
London, Published by A. Wivell, 40 Castle Street, East 1827.
Stipple and engraving. 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Trimmed within plate at sides.
A full-face portrait of William Shakespeare, set in an oval surrounded by text in old English, Greek and Latin.
[Ref: 61088] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

William Shakespeare.
From the original Picture by Cornelius Jansen. Engraved by Cha.s Turner Mezzotinto Engraver in ordinary to His Majesty.
[n.d. c.1883.]
Mezzotint. 184 x 126mm. 7¼ x 5". (sheet size) Rare, trimmed inside plate mark.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) dramatist and poet.
Whitman: 519.
[Ref: 24553] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Shakespeare from the First Folio Edition.
J. Swaine sc.
[n.d. c.1824.]
Etching and engraving. 178 x 114mm. 7 x 4½".
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) dramatist and poet, half length portrait, turned to the left, glancing at viewer, wearing a wing collar and doublet with embroidered stripes. Illustration to Boaden's 'Inquiry into the Authenticity of Portraits of Shakespeare' (1824).
[Ref: 24552] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

W.m Shakespeare at the age of 40.
Engraved by J. Hall 1772.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Feb. 1.st 1773.
Engraving with etching. Plate 165 x 96mm. 6½ x 3¾". Cut along right edge; foxing in margins.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) dramatist and poet. Portrait of William Shakespeare after the 'Chandos' portrait; head and shoulders to the right, with hair waved over ears, short moustache and beard; wearing white collar and dark doublet; in oval on pedestal, with trumpets, sword, ribbon, and laurel crown at top, a gargoyle below. Frontispiece to John Bell's edition of the "Works of Shakespeare", 1773.
[Ref: 24551] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

From Mr. Ozias Humphry's Drawing of the Chandos. Picture made for the late Mr. Malone in the Year 1783.
Scriven Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1824.]
Etching and stipple on chine colle, rare. 179 x 127mm. 7 x 5".
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) dramatist and poet. Portrait of William Shakespeare after the 'Chandos' portrait; bust to the left, with hair curled over ears, short moustache and beard; wearing earing in left ear, and white collar with tassles; a vignette. Illustration to Boaden's 'Inquiry into the Authenticity of Pictures and Prints of Shakespeare', 1824.
[Ref: 24550] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Wm. Shakepeare.
J. Miller Sculp.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Fine copper engraving, with large margins. Plate 127 x 95mm. 5 x 3¾".
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) dramatist and poet. Single plate from a double portrait of David Garrick and Shakespeare.
See NPG: D20571.
[Ref: 24549] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

William Shakespeare. From an original Picture formerly in the possession of Prince Rupert, Now in the collection of His Grace Archibald Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, &c. &c. at Marylebone Park London.
R. Dunkarton sculp.t
London Published by S. Woodburn, 1811.
Mezzotint, stamped on verso: Denstone College Library. Plate 158 x 108mm. 6¼ x 4¼". Crease.
Portrait of Shakespeare, aged 46, bust directed to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing a dark doublet embroidered with silvery threads, and a stiff, pointed ruff. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) dramatist and poet. From "Woodburn's Portraits of 100 Illustrious Characters".
CS: p.236-7.
[Ref: 24548] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Shakespeare. 1596 WS [etched in plate]. [From an original Portrait in the possession of the Publisher.]
Engraved by Robt. Cooper.
Pubd January 1 1811 by Machell Stace, 5 Middle Scotland Yard, Whitehall
Stipple engraving printed in sepia with very large margins, rare, platemark 465 x 360mm. Proof before title on india paper.
Portrait of William Shakespeare taken from the so-called 'Stace' portrait. Proof before the publisher 'had the audacity to write under it the name of Shakespeare' (Wivell).
O'D 136; see Abraham Wivell, 'Inquiry into the History...of the Shakespeare Portraits...'. p.189
[Ref: 28494] £320.00

The Birth of Shakespeare. .....Shakespeare Whom on the winding Avon's willowed banks Fair Fancy found and bore the smilimg Babe...On her soft lap he sat, and caught the sounds. The Enthusiast by Wharton Dodsley Vol.III.
From a Picture by Angelica Kauffman in the possession of Lady Rushout. To whom this Plate is dedicated by her Ladyship's obedient servant Anthony Poggi.
[London Publish'd as the Act directs Feby. 1st. 1782. by A. Poggi, No. 4, Orchard Street Portman Square.]
Rare stipple. 424 x 305mm (16¾ x 12"). Trimmed. Loss on left off image.
A young woman with wings on her head, seated in a landscape, holding a child in her left arm; the child, upper body bare, looking up at her, and stretching arms up; two masks on ground on the right.
De Vesme: 1819.
[Ref: 30842] £320.00

[William Shakespeare] The Alto-Relievo in the Front of the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. Represents Shakespeare seated between the Dramatick Muse and the Genius of Painting, who is pointing Him out as the proper Subject for her Pencil.
I. Banks R.A. fecit. Benj. Smith sculp.
Published June 4 1796, by John & Josiah Boydell, at No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall.
Stipple. 560 x 420mm (22 x 16½"), with large margins.
A bas-relief sculpture that decorated the front of Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. This was the frontispiece to the series of large plates of Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
See Ref: 28933 for smaller version.
[Ref: 56262] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. William Shakespear. Ob. A.D. 1616 AEt. 53
Louis du Guernier sculp
[c.1720]
Rare engraving, sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ 3¾").
Rare portrait of William Shakespeare in oval, surrounded by allegorical figures.
Not in O'D
[Ref: 40080] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. William Shakspeare. 'His True Effigies.' To the Right Honorable the Earl of Essex, an Admirer of Shakspeare, of Polite Literature, and of the Fine Arts.
Engraved by W.m Ward A.R.A. from a Painting by Tho.s Phillips Esq.r R.A. after a Cast by G. Bullock, from the Monumental Bust, at Stratford-upon-Avon.
This Print is Published April 23, 1816, being the Second Centenary after the Poets Decease, by J. Britton, Tavistock Place, London.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in brown. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"), with large margins. Slight foxing.
From the commemorative bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) writing at a table, sculpted by George Bullock (1782/3 - 1818) in Stratford Church.
[Ref: 53491] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Shakspeare. The Property of George Nicol Esq.r.
R. Burbage pinx.t 1597. J. Cochran sculp.t.
London, Pub.d by A. Wivell, 40, Castle Street East 1827.
Fine stipple with engraving, on chine collé. 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"), with very large margins.
An engraving of the so-called 'Felton Portrait' of William Shakespeare, bought at a London auction in 1792 by Mr. S. Felton of Drayton, Shropshire. Wivell's attribution of the painting to Richard Burbage (c.1567-1619, one of the most famous actors of the Globe Theatre and a friend of Shakespeare;s) is based on initials on the reverse.
[Ref: 57890] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Shakespeare's Tomb.]
Ang. Kauffman Pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliment July 1st. 1782. by A. Poggi, London.
Stipple, rare proof before title, printed in sanguine. 440 x 345mm (17¼ z 13½"). Thread margins.
A young woman with wings on her head decorating William Shakespeare's tomb with flowers. Published as a pendant to 'The Birth of Shakespeare' by Kauffman & Bartolozzi.
De Vesme: 1820, between state ii & iii of iv.
[Ref: 57676] £380.00

Gulielmus Shakespear Anno Post Mortem CXXIV Amor Publicus Ponuit. Mr. Fleetwood, & Mr. Rich, masters of ye two Theatres, having Generously given a Benefit Play each, towards erecting a Monument to the Memory of that Inimitable Poet, Shakespear, which is now set up in Wesminster Abby, by the Direction of The Rt: Honble: the Earl of Burlington, Dr: Mead, Mr: Pope, and Mr: Martin. This Plate is most Humbly Dedicated to them, by their most Obedient Humble Serv:t. Andrew Miller.
Gul: KLent Inv. P. Scheemakers Fecit 1740. Ch: Delaffontaine del. Andrew Miller fec.t 1741.
Mezzoint, very scarce & rare Plate 406 x 265mm (16 x 10½"). Small tears to upper edge; slight toning.
Portrait after Scheemakers' memorial statue of Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey; full length standing, leaning with right elbow on a pile of books, pointing with left hand to an excerpt of Propero's lines from the Tempest.
See CS: 46. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34623] £550.00

William Shakespeare Obt. Ano. Dom: 1616. Aetat 53. Shakespeare! such Thoughs inimitable shine, Drest in thy Words, thy Fancy seems Divine; 'Tis Natures Mirrour where she views each Grace, And all the various Features of Face. Done from the Original now in the Possession of Robert Keck of the Inner Temple Esq.r.
[after John Taylor.] Geo: Vertue Londini Sculpsit 1719.
Engraving, proof before publisher's address, very scarce in this state. Sheet 360 x 240mm (14¼ x 9½"). Trimmed and mounted in album sheet.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), dramatist and poet, copied from the so-called 'Chandos portrait', the only one belived to be painted from life, attributed to John Taylor, painted c.1610. The painting, the first portrait acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, was first recorded on the death of Robert Keck, the year this print was engraved.
[Ref: 39710] £360.00

[William Shakespeare.]
[engraved by Cosmo Armstrong after the 'Felton' picture']
[London: Edward Walmsley, 1824.]
Very fine etching and engraving on chine collé, proof before letters. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8").
An image of the "Felton" Shakespeare.
[Ref: 52969] £380.00

[Anne Hathway's Cottage. Stratford-on-Avon]
W H Sweet [pencil signature.]
[British, n.d. c.1920.]
Etching, 175 x 275mm (7 x 10¾"), with large margins. With Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp to lower margin.
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, in the village of Shottery, one mile from Shakespeare's Birthplace, was the early home of Shakespeare's wife and of her family. The property was in the Hathaway family from the time of Henry VIII to 1838. It is a thatched cottage of the Elizabethan period, and is preserved with much furniture of corresponding date. No building in England is more famous than this "humble" cottage, and no place excepting Shakespeare's Birthplace has more visitors. The cottage, or house, is furnished in a homely style. In one room is the famous courting settle beside the hearth, where it would be well in view of the parents sitting at either end of the chimney corner. The house is of interest as a typical thatched Elizabethan farmstead, but it is its association with Shakespeare that has made it a centre of attraction for visitors to Stratford. Walter Henry Sweet (1889-1943), prolific Devon artist who painted street scenes, moorland views and seascapes.
[Ref: 60418] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Hathaway's Cottage.] The Cottage at Shottery, near Stratford-Upon-Avon, Where Shakespeare wooed and won his wife, Anne Hathaway; Whose Name Has Suggested the Following Exquisite Jeu de Mots.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Broadside, woodcut and letterpress on blue paper. Sheet 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Small stain at top edge, corners chipped.
A flyer for visitors to Anne Hathaway's cottage. The 'Jeu de Mots' is a pun on Anne's name, ''Anne hath a way'.
[Ref: 61089] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Taming of the Shrew. Act III. Scene 3. I am Lucentio disguised thus to get your love.
J.K. Sherwin Inv.t et sculp.
Publishe'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 8.d 1774 by J. Bell in the Strand.
Etching, very fine impression, 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). With old ink mss. ''No 13. 1774. Prize of 20 Gs. from y Society of Arts'. Large margins on 3 sides.
Romantic scene in library and musical instrument. Published for 'Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays, as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London'.
[Ref: 57852] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Shakspeare. Tempest. Act IV. Scene I. Prospero's cell . _ Propsero, Miranda, &c. &c.
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark, open letter proof before quote from play. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"), with large margins. Tears in bottom margin repaired, faint damp stains on left.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59329 for normal state.
[Ref: 59327] £320.00

[The Tempest] [Prospero Disarming Ferdinand.]
[H.W. Bunbury. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.]
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, progress proof before title, scratched publication line only, scarce. 410 x 480mm, 16 x 19".
Outside Prospero's grotto, the Duke stands waving a wand in the direction of Ferdinand at left, while Miranda kneels beside her father, tugging at his arm; behind in the cave Ariel plays a harp. Illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (Act 1, Scene 2), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery', After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
[Ref: 17192] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Tempest] Miranda's first sight of Ferdinand. The fringed curtains of thine eye advance...It carries a brave form: But 'tis a Spirit. Eléve tes yeux embragés de leurs longues paupières : Il offre une forme bien noble. Mais c’est un espirit. Shakespeare Tempest Act Ist. From an Original Drawing in the Collection of Charles Boddam Esq.r.
S. Harding delin.t P.W. Tomkins sculp.t pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London Publish'd April 13. 1783 by Tho.s Mackling No.39 Fleet Street.
Stipple. Plate 370 x 330mm. 14½ x 13". Trimmed to the plate.
Miranda with her father Prospero on the shore, as the turn to see Ferdinand, Alonso's on for the first time. Ariel hovers on a cloud playing a pipe.
[Ref: 17334] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Shakspeare. Tempest. Act IV. Scene I. Prospero's cell . _ Propsero, Miranda, &c. &c.
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, very fine impression, 1794 watermark. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"). Repairs to margins and edges of plate. Small margins.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59327 for Open letter Proof.
[Ref: 59329] £320.00

Shakspeare. Tempest. Act IV. Scene I. Prospero's cell . _ Propsero, Miranda, &c. &c.
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"), very large margins. Some restoration.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59330] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Prophecy.
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Hand-coloured lithograph with fine colour and large margins; printed on J. Whatman 1829 paper. Plate 279 x 355mm (11 x 14").
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 30626] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Prophecy.
XXX. [John Doyle.]
London, Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket April, 1829.
Hand-coloured lithograph with very fine colour and large margins; printed on J. Whatman 1829 paper. Plate 279 x 355mm (11 x 14").
Satire on the intrigues of the Duke of Cumberland with the ultra-Tories: Cumberland, as Macbeth, addresses the three witches who hold wands: Eldon, Lord Redesdale and Lord Manners. From Doyle's "Political Sketches"
BM Satires: 15742.
[Ref: 48384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Timon of Athens From the Original Picture, painted by Mr. Nathanl. Dance: In the Collection of his Majesty.
N. Dance Pinxit. John Hall Sculpsit.
Published June 1st. 1771, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Line engraving, 565 x 600 mm, 22¼ x 23 ¾". Tears in inscription space.
Timon in the forest, sitting with a spade at left and turning away with expression of disgust as he tosses coins towards the two prostitutes Phrynia and Timandra, one of whom catches them in her skirts. The banished Athenian captain Alcibiades on right watching the scene with concern, others gathered in the background Illustrates William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Numbered 'Vol.II. No.45..' lower left, with the dimensions of original painting,by Nathaniel Dance (1735 - 1811) in the Royal Collection.
[Ref: 8594] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Shakspeare. Titus Andronicus. Act IV. Scene I.
Painted by Tho.s Kirk. Engrav'd by Tho.s Kirk.
Publish'd Dec.r 24 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, open letter proof, without lines of verse. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with wide margins, uncut. Damp stains in top right margin.
Lucius flees from his aunt Lavinia, fearing that she is crazed. In fact, she merely wants to get to the book he is carrying, Ovid's Metamorphoses. She then turns through its pages until she reaches the story of Philomela and Tereus (Tereus rapes his sister-in-law Philomela and then cuts off her tongue so that she cannot reveal the crime), which she shows to her father and uncle to indicate what has been done to her. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Angelica Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious, and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 54000] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Mrs. Tollemache, in the Character of Miranda. Vide. Shakespears Tempest.
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds, 1773. Engrav'd by John Jones, 1785.
London, Pubd. as the Act directs June 14, 1814, by A. Wivell 57 Great Portland Street Marylebone.
Mezzotint. Plate 617 x 381mm. 24¼ x 15". Laid on card.
Portrait after Reynolds; as Miranda in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'; standing whole-length to right with arms open, wearing pale dress with sash and her hair high; Caliban with bundle of sticks emerging from hole in ground at right, with Prospero peering through tree at left, landscape and ship seen on choppy sea beyond. Anna Maria Tollemache, Countess fo Dysart (1746-1804), wife of Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart.
CS: 73, iii/iii. Hamilton: p.136, iii/iii. See
[Ref: 24809] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Ellen Tree as Rosalind.]
[n.d., c.1838.]
Pencil and watercolour, 323 x 224mm. Light surface soiling.
Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) (1805 - 1880), actress, and wife of Charles John Kean, as Rosalind in 'As You Like It'. A finely executed drawing with strong colour, most probably by Richard James Lane (1800 - 1872), sculptor, engraver and lithographer, and Associate of the Royal Academy. His lithograph published by J. Mitchell in 1838 would have been based on this.
For the litho see NPG: D22073, Harvard: pg. 172, 31. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7870] £480.00

Miss Tree as Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona.
I.R. Chriukshank, Fecit.
Pub.d by F. Humphrey 27 St James's St. March 1822.
Coloured etching. Printed area 210 x 140mm, 8¼ x 5½", watermarked 'J.Whatman 1821'.
Ellen Tree (1805-80), actress, later Mrs Charles Kean, shown here the year of her profession debut. In 1846 she was Julia in the first production of the 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' in America.
Not listed in Hall.
[Ref: 12122] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Shakespeare. Troilus & Cressida. Act V. Scene II.
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engraved by I. Schiavonetti.
Published Jan.y 1:st 1795, by John & Josiah Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & at No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Stipple, very fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play. 495 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins.
Ulysses restrains Troilius, who watches from behind hangings in Calchas' tent, as Cressida sits holding Diomedes by the hand, agreeing finally to give him the sleeve Troilius gave her as a love token. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
Alexander: 297 [Kauffman].
[Ref: 59326] £420.00

Viola. [She never told her Love, / But let Concealment, like a Worm i'th'Bud / Feed on her Damask Cheek: / Shakespear's Twelfth Night.] From the Miniature in the Collection of Nathaniel Chauncy Esq.r.
Painted by S. Shelley & Engrav'd by Caroline Watson. Engraver to her Majesty.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Oct. 1 1788 by Caroline Watson Fitzroy Street.
Stipple, state before before quotation. 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"), with wide margins.
Viola from Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', engraved and published by Caroline Watson (c.1760-1814), one of the most significant and prolific female printmakers of her day.
[Ref: 53329] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Winter's Tale] [The Finding of Perdita.]
Painted by Henry Thomson, R.A. Engraved by I.S. Agar.
Published Aug. 21. 1832: for the Chalcographic Society, by I.S. Agar, Angel Lane, Hammersmith, and may be had of the principal Printsellers in the United Kingdom.
Stipple and engraving on india paper, proof before title with a royal crest below the image. A fine impression, with wide margins.
An illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' (Act I, Scene III): the shepherd kneels in the shelter of rocks, lifting a rich fringed shawl covering the baby Perdita with both hands; he looks up to right at a boy, who carries a basket and spade and looks down on the child in surprise and delight. A dog standing to left, a scroll and casket on the ground. This is actually a re-published plate; the print was first published in 1824. After Henry Thomson RA (1773 - 1843).
[Ref: 23926] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Shakspeare. Winter's Tale, Act III. Scene III.
Painted by J.h Wright. Engrav'd by S. Middiman.
Publish'd June 4. 1794, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Engraving with etching. 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins. Creasing where rolled.
Attempting to return to the baby, Perdita, whom he has just abandoned on the coast of land-locked Bohemia, Antigonus is chased away by a wild animal. This action creates Shakespeare's most famous stage direction: ''Exit Antigonus, pursued by a bear''. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59324] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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