Grosvenor Prints

Odd Fellows from Downing Street complaining to John Bull. 168
Woodward Del. Rowlandson scul.
[n.d., c.1808.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''), with wide margins. Cut to platemark at bottom.
A scene in Westminster in which John Bull addresses a group of men. A satire on the prevailing theme that there was little to choose between the 'Ins' and the 'Outs', both parties when in office being plunderers of the public.
BM Satire 10988.
[Ref: 50809] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Old Bailey.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. Stadler aquat.
London Pub. 1st. March 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1808. Platemark: 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate at top but large margins on other the three sides.
An interior view of the Old Bailey, London. The court at Old Bailey held sessions eight times a year. It heard the most serious crimes commited in the city of London and Middlesex. In this image a witness is being cross-examined in one of these sessions. The court has been demolished and the present court building dates from 1907. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 58325] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Couple conversing.]
Rowlandson Delin. Manskirchen Sculp.
Publish'd [date effaced] by R. Ackermann 96 Strand
Rare aquatint, platemark 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Small margins, mounted on card.
Aquatint after the great social satirist Thomas Rowlandson by Franz Joseph Manskirch (1770-1830), German artist who lived in England (1793-1819) before ending his career in Gdansk, Poland.
[Ref: 38527] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Quakers Meeting.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Stadler aqua.t.
London. Pub 1st April, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 230 x 270mm.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 5245] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The Return.]
Rowlandson. 1788.
[Pub. Jan.y 1st. 1788 by J Harris No 38 Dean St. Soho.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 450 x 515mm (17¾ x 20¼"). Trimmed to printed border, losing title, nick in top edge, several small repaired tears at edges.
One of a series of six hunting scenes, showing the party dismounting outside a Palladian mansion, dog pack bottom right.
[Ref: 45236] £420.00

Reconciliation or the Return from Scotland.
T. Rowlandson fec.t.
Pub.d Nov.r 22. 1795. by S.W. Fores N.o3 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14"). Trimmed within plate, surface dirt.
An interior scene showing the reconciliation of a newly-wed couple and the bride's family following her elopement to Scotland. The bride wipes her eyes while her father and mother regard the couple's entrance with shock, two servants clasp their hands in delight in the doorway.
For a 1785 version see BM 9669.
[Ref: 43645] £360.00

[View Near Richmond]
[Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson. Stadler Aquatinta.]
[London: Thomas Tegg, n.d., 1822.]
Fine coloured aquatint with etching. Sheet 135 x 200mm (5¼ x 8"). Trimmed into image, losing inscriptions, mounted in album paper.
A view of the Thames from the Twickenham bank, Richmond Hill in the background. From Rowlandson's 'Sketches from Nature': The plate was first published by Rowlandson in a fortnightly series: it was not published in a book until 1822.
Abbey 33; Gascoigne Images of Richmond 782.
[Ref: 61108] £360.00

[Estuary with ship and ruined forts, St Maws?]
[Etched by Thomas Rowlandson.]
[London: J. Rowlandson, c.1813.]
Coloured etching. 170 x 255mm (6¾ x 10"), with large margins. Notch in edge of margin on left. Taped in mount.
From Rowlandson's 'Views in Cornwall', without an identified location.
Abbey 105-13.
[Ref: 58147] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Village with stream, bridge and stepping stones, near Helston?]
[Etched by Thomas Rowlandson.]
[London: J. Rowlandson, c.1813.]
Coloured etching. 170 x 255mm (6¾ x 10"), with large margins. Slight mount burn. Taped in mount.
From Rowlandson's 'Views in Cornwall', without an identified location.
Abbey 105-9.
[Ref: 58148] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Everdingen.
[Etched by Thomas Rowlandson.]
[London: J. Rowlandson, c.1813.]
Coloured etching. 165 x 175mm (6½ x 7"), with large margins. Taped in mount.
Two carts on a truck before a church and distant hills. From Rowlandson's 'Views in Cornwall'. Abbey is uncertain whether 'Everdingen' is the title or the artist.
Abbey 105-7.
[Ref: 58146] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Rowlandson The Caricaturist. A Selection from his Works with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries with about four hundred illustrations. In Two Volumes - Vol. I. [&] Vol. II
by Joseph Grego Author of 'James Gillray, The Caricaturist; His Life, Works, and Times'.
London. Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly 1880. London: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co, New-Street Square and Parliament Street.
2 Volumes. Book: 4to (278 x 214mm) (i) pp. xii-xv 377. (ii) pp. vi-xi 453. Both profusely illustrated with b/w images. Morocco leather binding. Top edges gilt (i) Binding and cover worn. Some spotting on pages. (ii) Leather spine almost completely detatched, worn cover.
An illustrated narrative of a selection Rowlandson's works.
[Ref: 14209] £460.00 view all images for this item

Chelsea Volunteer. Prime & Load 4th priming motion (Front Rank). When the Cartridge is opened, the hand is brought to the Pan. which by a couple of shakes is filled.
Rowlandson delin.
London Pub. Aug. 7 1798 at Ackermann Gallery No. 101 Strand
Etching and aquatint, coloured and heightened with gold. Platemark 250 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Outside of frame 425 x 380mm (16½ x 15").
Plate thirty-five from 'Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs. Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms. Representing the whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise, in 87 Plates. Designed & etched by T. Rowlandson, and Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester'.
Ogilby 778.35; Abbey: Life 379. For complete volume see ref. 7433
[Ref: 18955] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Fulham Volunteer. Ground Arms 2.d Motion. At the motion, the left foot makes a firm step out; the right hand at the same time quits the muzzle, takes the Firelock by the middle & brings it to the ground with the right knee upon the lock & the left hand straight down the left calf
Rowlandson delin.
London Pub. June 10. 1798 at Ackermann Gallery No. 101 Strand
Etching and aquatint, coloured and heightened with gold. 250 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Outside of frame 425 x 380mm (16½ x 15").
Plate twenty-seven from 'Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs. Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms. Representing the whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise, in 87 Plates. Designed & etched by T. Rowlandson, and Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester'.
Ogilby 778.27; Abbey: Life 379. For complete volume see ref. 7433
[Ref: 18953] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Westminster Volunteer Attention. An Upright Position, the muzzle of the Piece placed in the Interval of the right Shoulder. Right hand extended down the Sling, Left hand straight down the thigh.
Rowlandson delin.
London Pub. June 1. 1798 at Ackermann Gallery No. 101 Strand
Etching and aquatint, coloured and heightened with gold. Platemark 250 x 200mm (10 x 8").
Plate two from 'Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs. Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms. Representing the whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise, in 87 Plates. Designed & etched by T. Rowlandson, and Dedicated by Permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester'.
Ogilby 778.2; Abbey: Life 379. For complete volume see ref. 7433
[Ref: 18948] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Rowlandson. Watercolours and Drawings.
John Hayes.
Phaidon Press Limited, 5 Cromwell Place, London SW7. First published 1972, by Phaidon Press Limited.
Book: 4to (280 x 215mm). pp. 214. With 16 colour and 193 b/w illustrations. Paperback with glossy illustrated cover. Slight tear to top left-hand corner of cover.
An illustrated narrative of some of Rowlandson's watercolours and drawings, including some biographical notes.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-190599.
[Ref: 10069] £45.00

Royal Exchange.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t./ Hill aqua.t.
London Pub 1.st.May 1809, at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 270 x 230mm (10½ x 9").
Abbey Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34356] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Rum Characters in a Shrubbery.
Rowlandson.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Aquatint with hand colour. 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼"). Framed Unexamined out of frame.
Two hideous prostitutes stand at the counter of a gin-shop (or vault), each with a glass. A stout man fills a glass from a bottle on the counter. Behind him are huge casks, one inscribed 'Booths Best Gin' (for Booth & Co., the famous firm of distillers).
BM 11115, originally published by Reeve and Jones in 1808.
[Ref: 51838] £350.00

Single Combat in Moor-fields or Magnanimous Paul O' - challenging All O'.
[By Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d 30 January 1801 by R. Ackermann N 101 Strand.
Etching with small margins, printed in sepia and hand finished. 290 x 345mm (11½ x 13½"). Repair in top edge, laid on card.
On a raised platform an armoured William Pitt prepares to duel a Russian bear with the name of 'Paul' on its collar, while the bear's showman nearsightedly reads the script promising to take on all comers. It is a satire on the increasingly aggressive posturing of Tsar Paul I (1754-1801). Annoyed by Britain's refusal to return Malta to the Knights of St John (and Russian control) after it was retaken from the French in 1800, Russia turned from being a British ally in the invasion of Holland in 1799 to joining with the Scandinavian countries to prevent British ships entering the Baltic and plotting an invasion of British India by early 1801. Pitt's strengths are listed on his shield: Howe, Duncan, Nelson, Jervaise, Warren & Parker, the names of the admirals that made the Royal Navy unbeatable. George posits that the location of Moorfields is designed to connect 'Bedlam', the mental hospital there, with Paul's increasingly erratic behaviour. Three months after this satire was published Nelson bombarded Copenhagen before pushing towards St Petersburg. However before he arrived Paul had been assassinated; his successor, Paul's son Alexander I, sued for peace. Military interest.
BM Satire: 9702.
[Ref: 32692] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[A Sailor's Family.]
Rowlandson. 1787.
Rare etching, proof before title; 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Small margins.
A scene in the interior of a cottage, with a sailor and his wife playing with their infant child, with another woman and child behind and a dog by their side. A sword and musket are on a shelf.
Metropolitan Museum 33.7(20), also without title.
[Ref: 57787] £320.00

Capt.n Huxley Sandon.
Engraved by Hopwood from a sketch by Rowlandson.
Published by J. Stratford, n2, Holborn Hill, March 2.nd 1809.
Etching. Sheet size: 170 x 95mm. (6¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight creasing.
A portait of Captain Huxley Sandon, at a desk, looking out of a window. Sandon was a captain of the marines and most well known as being a witness at the Duke of York's trial in 1809.
[Ref: 31664] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The School of Eloquence.
A. Robertson fecit.
[c.1800, first published 1780]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark approx 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"), 'Ivy Mill' watermark, wide margins. Repaired tears, tatty;
'The interior of a fashionable debating society of the period; the members are the quality of both sexes' (Grego). One member uses an ear trumpet; another takes snuff. Social satire after an early drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, first published by Archibald Robertson in 1780. This later state has the publication line effaced.
Grego vol. 1, p.98; an early impression is in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
[Ref: 38625] £390.00

The School of Eloquence.
A. Robertson fecit [after Thomas Rowlandson].
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching with hand-colouring, 18th century watermark 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"), very large margins. Small repaired tear in title, creases.
'The interior of a fashionable debating society of the period; the members are the quality of both sexes' (Grego). One member uses an ear trumpet; another takes snuff. Social satire after an early drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, first published by Archibald Robertson in 1780. This later state has the publication line effaced.
Grego vol. 1, p.98; an early impression is in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
[Ref: 56612] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sensual love,- or A Sop in the Pan.
[Engraved by Charles Williams after Thomas Rowlandson.]
[London Published May. 31. 1807 by T Tegg Apollo Library in Cheapside.]
Songsheet, coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 215mm (9 x 8½"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, losing verse and publisher's inscription. Bit time stained.
An enormously fat cook sits by a kitchen fire, caressing a young man, to whom she has given 'a sop in the pan', a slice of bread placed under roasting meat to catch the juices. He eats the delicacy, but looks warily at the cook.
BM Satires 10928, 'One of several prints by Rowlandson published by Thomas Tegg in 1807'.
[Ref: 51904] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Society of Agriculture.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. J.C.Stadler aqua.t.
London. Pub. June 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint, watermark W. Balston 1809; plate 225 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"), very large margins.
The Society of Agriculture, meeting at 32 Sackville Street, off Piccadilly. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 56118] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Somerset House, Strand.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t./ Bluck aqua.t.
London Pub 1.st. June 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint with large margins. J. Whatman/W. Balston 1809 watermark. Plate: 270 x 230mm (10½ x 9"). Some faint foxing.
View of the quadrangle of Somerset House looking towards what would have been the Admiralty. In the foreground one-legged beggar approaches a soldier accompanied by two women while other groups of figures stand in conversation. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 46888] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

South Sea House. Dividend Hall.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Sutherland aqua.t.
London. Pub. Feb 1, 1810 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 225 x 270mm. 9¾ x 10½".
The Foundling Hospital in Guildford Street. It was founded in 1742 by Captain Thomas Coram, whose friends included William Hogarth (later a governor of the institution) and Handel (who donated an organ to the chapel and gave performances of the 'Messiah' on it, raising £7,000). Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 11445] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

St Margarets, Westminster.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J. Bluck aqua.t.
London, Pub. Aug.t 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 275 x 230mm (10¾ x 9"), paper watermarked 1836, large margins.
The interior of the parish church of the House of Commons, situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 47222] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

S.t. Paul's Cathedral.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t. et sculp.t./ J. Bluck aqua.t
London, Pub. Aug.t. 1.st. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repoistory of Arts 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 230 x 270mm, (9 x 10½").
Interior scene in which several groups of figures examine the sculpture and architecture of St. Pauls Cathedral. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34169] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Drawing Room St. James's.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck aquat.
London Pub. July 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 280mm (9¼ x 11") with large margins.
A social gathering in a plush interior at St. James's Palace. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 76.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 76.
[Ref: 58324] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

St. Luke's Hospital.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J.C. Stadler aquat.
London Pub, Augt. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 230 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾".
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable lunatics. It was the second public institution in London created to look after mentally ill people, after the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlem (Bedlam, founded in 1246). The hospital was originally housed in a converted foundry in Windmill Street, Upper Moorfields, close to Bedlam. It moved to purpose-built premises on Old Street, on the north-west corner of Providence Row, in 1786. Behind the main building were two gardens for the exercise of the less disturbed inmates, one for men and another for women. The patients were transferred to other institutions in 1916, and the buildings were acquired by the Bank of England to become the St Luke's Printing Works, used for printing bank notes until the early 1950s. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 77.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 77.
[Ref: 9873] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Stamp Office, Somerset House
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. et Sculpt. J. C. Stadler Aquat.
London. Pub. July 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 278 x 230mm.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 5254] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Stamp Office, Somerset House.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J.C. Stadler aquat.
London Pub, July 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 235 x 280mm. 9¼ x 11".
An industrious scene inside the Stamp Office, Somerset House. Along with the Tax Office, it helped form what was to become the Inland Revenue. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 74.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 74.
[Ref: 9875] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham]. A Portrait.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d January 10th 1812 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 270 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), with very large margins.
Caricature portrait of Regency buck Charles Stanhope (1780-1851), known as 'Beau Petersham, standing as if on a flight of steps. He has large whiskers, and wears a brown double-breasted tail-coat with high collar and sleeves gathered at the shoulders to form a peak with long close-fitting breeches and spurred Hessian boots with large tassels. Two months after the publication he was appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King George III, a post that continued under King George IV until 1829, when he became 4th Earl of Harrington. Serving in the army he reached the rank of major-general.
BM Satires: 11925.
[Ref: 50825] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington] A Portrait.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d January 10th 1812 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 270 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Margin missing from bottom edge and lower right corner.
Major-General Charles Stanhope (1780-1851), 4th Earl of Harrington but styled Viscount Petersham until 1829. Lord Petersham stands full-face, as if on a flight of steps, the right foot advanced below the left, with his right hand on hip, holding a long cane and his hat in his left hand. He looks to the left, with a pleasing smile (for which he was noted). He has large whiskers, and wears a 'a Petersham', a brown double-breasted tail-coat with high collar and sleeves gathered at the shoulders to form a peak, with long close-fitting breeches and spurred Hessian boots with large tassels. Companion print to item ref: 32086.
BM Satires ref: 11925.
[Ref: 32088] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Surrey Institution.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J.C. Stadler aquat.
London Pub. Septr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 230 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾".
The packed Lecture Hall of the Surrey Institution, an organisation devoted to scientific education and research on Blackfriars Road on the south side of the Thames, at the time part of the county of Surrey. It was founded by private subscription in 1807, but the Institution lasted only until 1823, when it was dissolved. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 81.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 81.
[Ref: 9870] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Syntax & Bookseller.
Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson.
Published. June.1.1819, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand. Pl.25.
Coloured aquatint and etching. 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼") Paper toning, foxing and water staining.
Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated British periodical published from 1809-1829. It covered all fields from arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics. From "The Tours of Dr. Syntax," depicting the various escapades of the fictional 19th-century English clergyman, Dr. Syntax.
BM Satires: 11686.
[Ref: 30382] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Doctor Syntax at an Auction.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Published July 1, 1820, at R.Ackermann's. 101 Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 155 x 250mm (6¼ x 10"). Folds in bottom edge.
The escapades of the fictional 19th century clergyman 'Dr. Syntax' were a satire on William Gilpin’s series of picturesque journeys to different parts of England. A book auction.
[Ref: 52816] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Tattersall's, Horse Repository.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. Sunderland aquat.
London Pub. Septr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 235 x 270mm. 9¼ x 10½".
A horse is inspected by prospective buyers as it goes under the hammer at Tattersalls, to this day the main auctioneer of race horses in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1766 by Richard Tattersall (1724 - 1795), who had been stud groom to the second Duke of Kingston. The first premises occupied were near Hyde Park Corner, in what was then the outskirts of London. Two "Subscription rooms" were reserved for members of the Jockey Club, and they became the rendezvous for sporting and betting men. Among the famous dispersal sales conducted by "Old Tatt" were those of the Duke of Kingston's stud in 1774 and of the stud of the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV) in 1786. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 83.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 83.
[Ref: 9868] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Temple Church.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. Bluck aqua.t.
London, Pub. Sep.r 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint J. Whatmark 1808 watermark. Plate: 275 x 230mm (10¾ x 9"), with large margins.
The late 12th-century church in the City of London, built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 47220] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

View Of The Tower.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. Sunderland, aquat.
London Pub. Octr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 230 x 280mm. 9 x 11". Slight offsetting.
Tower Hill, London. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 85, Second.' upper right. On Whatman paper watermarked 1808.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 85.
[Ref: 9867] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

View Of The Tower.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. Sunderland, aquat.
London Pub. Octr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1808. Plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
Tower Hill, London. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 85, Second.' upper right. On Whatman paper watermarked 1808.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 85.
[Ref: 58327] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Views of London. No. 6. Entrance from Hackney or Cambridge Heath Turnpike with a distant view of St Paul's.
Rowlandson Delin. Schutz sculp.
[London: R. Ackermann, either 1798 or 1813.]
Coloured aquatint. Framed. Visible area 340 x 425mm (13½ x 16¾"). Paper toned. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical view of Cambridge Heath Turnpike: a 'cit', resembling John Gilpin, gallops over a sow and pigs, losing his hat and wig. A horse rears, upsetting a fat couple from a two-wheeled gig. Far right is a Punch & Judy show. From a set of six views of the turnpikes of London, all but the first after Rowlandson. The engraver, Heinrich Joseph Schütz, worked in London from 1792-8.
BM Satires 9320
[Ref: 47217] £450.00

Views of London. No. 3 Entrance of Tottenham Court Turnpike, with a view of St James's Chapel.
Rowlandson Delin. Schutz sculp.t.
[London: R. Ackermann, either 1798 or 1813.]
Coloured aquatint. Framed. Visible area 340 x 425mm (13½ x 16¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical view of the road traffic at the turnpike, with inept riders of both horses and donkeys, a lecherous man ogling milkmaids and obese pedestrians. From a set of six views of the turnpikes of London, all but the first after Rowlandson. The engraver, Heinrich Joseph Schütz, worked in London from 1792-8. St James's Chapel, Hampstead Road, was built by Thomas Hardwick, a pupil of Sir William Chambers, and was consecrated in 1791.
BM Satires 9317.
[Ref: 47214] £450.00

Views of London. No. 4 Entrance of Oxford Street or Tyburn Turnpike, with a View of Park Lane.
Rowlandson Delin. Schutz sculp.
[London: R. Ackermann, either 1798 or 1813.]
Coloured aquatint. Framed. Visible area 340 x 425mm (13½ x 16¾"). Some creasing. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical view of what is now Marble Arch, with the wall of Hyde Park and some of the buildings of Park Lane above it to the right. Beggars approach the coaches passing through the turnpike. From a set of six views of the turnpikes of London, all but the first after Rowlandson. The engraver, Heinrich Joseph Schütz, worked in London from 1792-8.
BM Satires 9318.
[Ref: 47215] £450.00

Madame Very Restaurateur. Palais Royal Paris. La Belle Liminaudiere au Caffee de Mille Collone, Palais Royale Paris.
Rowlandson Scul. J.N. [John Nixon]
[London, Thomas Tegg, 1814 but later.]
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾").
Two scenes of Parisian high life on one plate: above is Madame Very, the foremost restaurateur of the period; below is Madame Romain, who presided over the Café des Mille Colonnes, renowned for its gilt columns and mirrors. Usually the two scenes are found separately. John Nixon visited Paris in 1814 after the fall of Napoleon.
BM Satires 12409 & 12410.
[Ref: 41132] £320.00

Loyal Volunteers Of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms. Representing the whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise, In 87 Plates.
Designed & Etch'd by T. Rowlandson. and Dedicated by Permission to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.
[London: Rudolph Ackermann, n.d., plates dated 1798 - 1799.]
Subscriber's copy, with large 4to, original marbled boards, rebacked, uncut; pp. viii incl. dedication, plus list of subscribers & foreign subscribers, and contents; hand-coloured etched titlepage & 86 hand-coloured aquatint plates, many heightened with gold or silver, total 87 as called for. Binding worn, plates generally good with well-preserved vivid colour, occasionally stained. Some offsetting of image to facing text.
The volunteer corps were established as a direct response to the perceived imminent danger of invasion by Napoleon's forces. A volunteer from each London regiment is placed by Rowlandson in a particular drill position, with an etched description below. The corresponding adjacent text sheet gives a brief history and description of the composition of the corps, and lists the commanding officers. Arguably the greatest of all military costume books, no mere record of uniforms but an important social document in its own right that should be viewed in the context it was published - a time of great national peril with Britain under threat of invasion from France.
Abbey Life In England: 379, "Later impressions can be recognised by not being heightened with gold".
[Ref: 7433] £4,900.00 view all images for this item

West India Docks. Plate 92.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. Bluck aquat.
London Pub. Jany. 1. 1810, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint. Plate 235 x 280mm. 9¼ x 11". Slight staining.
A view of the newly-built West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. Outraged at losses due to theft and delay at London's riverside wharves, Robert Milligan (c. 1746 - 1809) headed a group of powerful businessmen, including the chairman of the West India Merchants of London, George Hibbert, who promoted the creation of a wet dock circled by a high wall. The Docks were constructed in two phases. The two northern-most docks were constructed between 1800 and 1802 (officially opened on 27 August 1802) for the West India Dock Company to a design by leading civil engineer William Jessop (John Rennie was a consultant), and were the first commercial wet docks in London. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 92.' upper right. On Whatman paper watermarked 1808.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 92.
[Ref: 21310] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Westminster Mendicant. Ye Christians charitable food and Civil. Pray something give to this poor wondering Devil. By Men cast out, perhaps, by God forgiven, Then may one Judas find a road to Heaven.
[Etched by Thomas Rowlandson]
Publd 11th.1784 by H. Humphrey no.227 Strand.
Hand-coloured etching, scarce. 208 x 146mm. 8¼ x 5¾".
Sir Cecil Wray, represented as a blind beggar, sings in the streets, being led by his dog. He was the rejected candidate for Westminster .
BM Satires: 6578. Grego I 137.
[Ref: 16011] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Outlines of figures and landscapes.]
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub Jan 20 1791 by S.W. Fores N50 Piccadilly. the corner of Sackville Street.
Etching. 247 x 280mm (9¾ x 11").
One of sixteen drawing book sheets by Thomas Rowlandson published by Fores 1790-2, cut down and losing a coach and horses originally at the top of the sheet. A windmill at the side of a river; a large docked ship being loaded in the foreground. To the top left: a young maiden dances whilst a man plays the violin, an older gentleman onlooker leans on his stick. To top right: a young girl and father walk carrying wood for the fire, accompanied by a dog.
See BM:1867,1214.439 for full sheet.
[Ref: 23629] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Cecil Wray] The Westminster Mendicant. Ye Christians, Charitable, good and Civil / Pray something give to this poor wandering Devil / By Men cast out, perhaps, by God forgiven, / Then may one Judas find a road to Heaven.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Publ.d 11 [May] 1784 by H. Humphrey No 225 Strand.
Etching. 125 x 155mm (5 x 6").
Sir Cecil Wray (1734-1805), a landowner known for being parsimonious, satirised as a blind beggar in Covent Garden, with a dog identified as John Churchill, the Chairman of his Election Committee. Wray contested the Westminster Election of 1784, in which he tried to oust Charles James Fox: At the close of the poll on 5 May a wag hoisted a poor box, upon a staff bearing this inscription; 'Pray remember Sir Cecil Wray's SCRUTINY'.
BM: 6578.
[Ref: 45049] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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