Grosvenor Prints

A Fashionable Lady in Dress & Undress.
Drawn & Pub.d by Dighton 1807.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 300 x 195mm (12 x 7¾''), with large margins. Staining.
A scene in a dressing room showing the same woman twice, once undressed with no wig on and on the right fully made-up.
BM Satire 10807.
[Ref: 50999] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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A Fashionable Party Pl.t 4.
Drawn & Etch'd by H. Heath.
Published Nov.r 15 1824 by S.W.Fores, 41 Picadilly, London Jan.y. 1.st 1825.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 155 x 190mm (6 x 7½''), with large margins.
A scene showing two young couples at a party.
[Ref: 50834] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Pair of Fashionables. Enough to Turn any one's Head.
[William Heath.]
Pub. Oct. 4 1827 by T. McLean Haymarket London.
Hand-coloured etching, 1822 watermark. Plate: 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼''). Foxing at bottom.
An upside down print showing a man and a woman dressed in exaggerated fashions.
[Ref: 50800] £320.00

The Female Court Marshall.
[n.d., c.1757.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. Plate: 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8''). Creasing, repaired tears, surface dirt and stains.
A burlesque on Admiral Byng's court martial in the form of a mock trial for adultery of a fashionably-dressed lady. Admiral John Byng (1704-1757) was court martialled and executed for 'failing' to relieve the besieged British garrison at the Battle of Minorca. Fashionably dressed women, in wide skirts sit around a large, round table.
BM Satire 3568.
[Ref: 50732] £320.00

[Female fellah.]
Drawn by E. Prisse Esq.re. On stone by Mouilleron.
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 575 x 460mm (22¾ x 18''). Foxing, damage in corners.
A portrait of a woman with a veiled face, carrying a child on her shoulders. A plate from 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50923] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbills.][Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, 1829.] Signori Maestri Compositori dell' Accademia de' Filarmonici di Bologna che in Occasione della Festa del Loro Protettore Sant' Antonio di Padova...
[1829.]
Two letterpress playbills; verso in ink "List of the Musee ..... when a part of Lord B! Mass was executed. Nov 1829" Largest sheet: 415 x 280mm (16¼ x 11''). Creases, foxed and tears.
A pair of playbills listing the performances by the masters of Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna held in San Giovanni in Monte on 12th-13th and 17th November 1829. The playbills are engraved with decorative borders and the academy's moto 'Unitate Melos' in a crest with an organ.
[Ref: 51154] £320.00 view all images for this item

The Finish. Oh, what a thing for a man of renown. To make an escape with the louss of his gown.
Pub.d by O. Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair. [n.d., c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 245 x 385mm (9¾ x 15¼'').
A satirical print showing Wellington and Robert Peel running out of a door, Peel holds a cage from which several rats escape.
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50826] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

An Universal Fish Table. The Spots signify when the Fish are in Season and the Blanks when they are not. Plate 6. Vol. 5.
Printed at R. Ackermann's Lithographic Press. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 235 x 145mm (9¼ x 5¾''). Creasing.
A table listing 28 types of fish and the months of the year in which they are in season.
[Ref: 51062] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Charles Flower] The Misfortune of having Short Legs or the Flower of the flock loseing his stick! Vide city police.
W. Heath.
Pub. Jan.y 26 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarker Sole Publisher of W. heath Etchings.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14''). Paper tone, foxing, messy. Small margins.
A caricature of Alderman Sir Charles Flower attempting to get into a carriage, behind him a shop keeper carrying a large turtle.
BM Satire 16414.
[Ref: 50805] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Frontispiece. The Four Quarters of the World. Plate. 1. No. 1.
H. Gravelot inv. C. Grignon sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate: 235 x 160mm (9¼ x 6¼''). Trimmed on left.
An allegorical scene showing Asia, America, Africa and Europe represented by female figures by a large column.
[Ref: 51031] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Filets Sautés au Vin de Madère.
Estienne pinx. Bettannier lith.
Paris Boivin, 3 rue de Valois, Palais Royal. Imp. Lemercier, Paris.
Hand-coloured, tinted lithograph. Sheet: 350 x 265mm (13¾ x 10½''). Foxing.
A French scene showing a chef sautéing filets in a kitchen, while swigging Madeira straight from the bottle. On the left a cat attempts to steal a bird from a table.
[Ref: 51066] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Oriental Album. By E. Prisse Esq.r.
[1848.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 555 x 450mm (22 x 17¾''). Foxing.
Ornate frontispiece in the style of an Ottoman tiled floor, to 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50919] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[HMS "Galatea" amongst icebergs in the Southern Ocean, 23 April 1868.]
O.W. Brierly [in image].
[n.d., c.1869.]
Zincograph, printed in colours. Sheet 380 x 670mm (15 x 26½"). Trimmed to image and laid on board, as issued. Board replaced.
A view of HMS Galatea, an Ariadne class 26-gun, sixth-rate, wooden screw frigate, launched in 1859 and broken up 1883, in rough seas. In 1867 Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-94) was invited to join what was intended to be a world voyage by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900) as captain of the 'Galatea', with the specific intention of visiting the Australian colonies. The voyage was cut short when Alfred was shot in the back during an assassination attempt. The same scene was lithographed in a smaller format by Dutton for Rev. John Milner's official account of the voyage, 'The Cruise of HMS Galatea, Captain HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, in 1867-1868'. published 1869.
[Ref: 51160] £450.00

[Landscape with Gamblers.]
[Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi.]
[n.d., c.1670.]
Etching. Plate: 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13'') with large margins. Very slight central crease.
A landscape scene with three figures playing a game of dice in the foreground. By Italian printmaker Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606-1680).
BM 1874,0808.682. Bartsch 38
[Ref: 51157] £380.00

[Game Birds.]
G. Stevens pinx.t et del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 180 x 145mm (7 x 5¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A still life showing game birds in a larder.
[Ref: 51074] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Garibaldi.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 205 x 155mm (8 x 6''). Trimmed, laid on album sheet, foxing.
An unusual image showing portrait of Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) who fought for the unification of Italy.
[Ref: 50979] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

General Peace & General War._or the Interview at R[oe]hampton.
London Published by W. Holland Oxford St. October 20 1801.
Hand-coloured etching. Bibliotheca Hedervarian stamp verso. Plate: 385 x 285mm (15 x 11¼''). Creasing, repaired damage, staining.
A political satire showing William Pitt standing before a French general, complimenting him on his uniform.
[Ref: 50793] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Genius of Bazaar arrived at London.
[by John Cawse?]
pub 29th 1816 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 340 x 235mm (13¼ x 9¼'').
A monster with bat's face, wings & tail and hoofs, in quasi-oriental dress, strides from 'Turkey' to London', holding a fool's bauble and a paper: 'Plan for turning St Pauls to a Bazaar'. The 'Bazaar' was established by John Trotter in 1815, to enable the widows and daughters of Army officers to raise money by selling their handywork. Counter-space was rented at 3d. a foot a day, the only recommendation required being 'an irreproachable character'. The Bazaar, the first of its kind, extended from the west side of Soho Square to Oxford Street and proved a source of great wealth to Trotter.
BM Satires 12836.
[Ref: 51078] £320.00

Georgius II. Magnae Brittaniae Rex S.R. Elector Dux Brunsv.
J. E. Ridinger inv. fec. et excud. [n.d., c.1750.]
Rare engraving. Plate: 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾''). Trimmed within plate on right edge. Toned.
An equestrian portrait of George II (1683-1760) shown with the navy and army in the background.
[Ref: 50851] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] A Sudden & Unexpected Change.
Published by Winnes 28 Little Bell Alley Coleman St. late Ino. Luffman's. 4.d Plain. 8.d. Col.d.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 210 x 315mm (8¼ x 12½''). Trimmed.
A political satire showing a minister standing before George III, who is seated in a throne.
[Ref: 50769] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] A Sudden & Unexpected Change.
Published by W Innes 28 Little Bell Alley Coleman St. late Ino. Luffman's. 4.d Plain. 8.d. Col.d.
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 195 x 325mm (7½ x 12¾''). Trimmed.
A political satire showing a minister standing before George III, who is seated on a throne.
[Ref: 50951] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] Which is the Dirtiest so foul the Stains will be Indelible.
[William Heath.]
Pub. Sep. 5th. 1820 S.W. Fores 41 Picadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Watermark 'Weatherley & Lane 1820'. Plate: 250 x 360mm (9¾ x 14''), with wide margins. Publisher's inscription faint; slight crease top right.
A satirical scene showing George IV and Caroline of Brunswick throwing mud at one another, the barrels of mud are labelled 'Italian Filth' and 'Filth from St Giles's, St James'.
BM Satire 13848.
[Ref: 51170] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV as Prince of Wales] Barataria.
J.S.
Publ. 11.th March 1789 by Tho.s Cornell Bruton Street.
Etching. 300 x 335mm (11¾ x 13¼''). Trimmed to plate.
The Prince of Wales is seated in a magnificent dining-hall before a bare table. The Duke of Leinster offers him across the table a dish of 'Potatoes from Leinster'; the Prince extends his arms to take them, but turns his head to look at the forbidding Thurlow, dressed as a doctor, who stands on his right. A satire of the Irish offer to the Prince of an unrestricted Regency. Here Ireland is called Barataria (the non-existant island that Sancho Panza is offered governorship of, in 'Don Quixote'), a term used in satirical letters in the style of Junius published in newspapers.
BM Satires 7517.
[Ref: 50977] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Gibbon after the original in the possession of Mons.r le Porf.r Levade de Lausanne.
Brandoin del. lith. de C. Constans.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 255 x 200mm (10 x 8'').
A portrait of Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), historian; author of 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'.
[Ref: 51020] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Gig.
Wells del.
Pub. May 8 1781 by W. Well[s No. 132], Fleet Street, London.
Rare engraving. Sheet: 220 x 250mm (8¾ x 9¾''). Trimmed.
A satire showing two sailors dancing around a Dutchman standing in a spinning top. A satirical print celebrating George Rodney's recapture of St Eustatius in the West Indies during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.
BM Satire Undescribed.
[Ref: 50760] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Vil you give us a Glass of Gin. I'll see you D-n'd First.
R. Dighton sc.
Pub. Jan.y 4 1793 by R. Dighton.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin.
A scene showing two street sellers: an oyster woman and a vegetable seller, standing next to each other, the woman looks imploringly at the cross-looking man.
BM Satire 8396.
[Ref: 50995] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Grand Country Dance. ''This Life is like a Country Dance, the World a spacious Ball Room''. Dublin.
Argus del.
London, Pub. by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly & 312 Oxford Street.
Hand-coloured etching. 'J Whatman 1818' watermark. Sheet: 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½''). Trimmed within plate, repaired damage and staining.
A political satire showing figures representing England, Ireland and Scotland as well as a sailor looking unimpressed as a French dancing master waves his arms with his fiddle and bow infront of them. A commentary on Nelson's chase of the French fleet and Villeneuve during the Napoleonic wars. An 1818 reissue by S.W. Fores of an 1805 print published by C. Knight.
BM Satire 10423.
[Ref: 50750] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Marchand grec.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour and a collage of materials including silk and felt. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15 x 11").
A full length portrait of a Greek merchant, with his cloak, shirts, trousers, hat and shoes made from different materials, but the background, his features, belt and fur edgings inked in.
[Ref: 50677] £360.00

An East View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe. Vue du Fort Royal, dans l'Isle de Guadaloupe, du Cote de l'Est.
Drawn on the Spot by Lieu.t Arch. Campbell Engineer. Engraved by Peter Mazell.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Sheet: 315 x 510mm (12¼ x 20''). Trimmed within plate, damage in edges at corners.
A view of the military fort on the island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies, the island was highly fought over and changed hands between the French and English several times until 1815 when the Treaty of Vienna acknowledged French control.
[Ref: 50853] £490.00

G.F. Handel.
T. Hudson, Pinx.t. J.J. Hinchliff, Sculp.t.
[n.d., c. 1840.]
Engraving. Sheet: 280 x 255mm (11 x 10''). Trimmed.
A portrait of composer George Handel (1685-1759) who spent most of his career in London writing for Royalty and the general public.
[Ref: 50472] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Small Game Birds and a Hare.]
G. Stevens pinx.t et del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 180 x 145mm (7 x 5¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A still life showing game hanging in a larder.
See Ref: 51074
[Ref: 51075] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

West View of Harrow School. Dedicated to the Students and to the Nobleman and Gentlemen who have been Eductaed in that Seminary, by their humble Servant W.m Nicholls. [&] East View of Harrow School, Dedicated by Permission to the Governor's of that Institution, by their humble Servant, W.m Nicholls.
Drawn by T. Richards. Engraved by W. Nicholls.
Published by John Warren, Harrow. [n.d., c.1820.]
Pair of aquatints, laid on chine collé. Plate: 320 x 400mm (12½ x 15¾''). Trimmed to plate.
A pair of views of Harrow School.
[Ref: 51138] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Venus presenting Helen to Paris, after his retreat from Combat with Menelaus. Homer Iliad. Venus presemtant Helen a Paris, apres le Combat quil eut avec Menelaus.
Angelica Kauffman ex academia Regali Artium Londini Pinx.t. Guiliemus Wynne Ryland Chaleographus Regis Britannia sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 1 1781 for the Proprietor W.W. Ryland No. 159 Strand London. A Paris Chez Challiou Stelle Neuve du Palais Marchand.
Stipple. Plate: 380 x 320mm (15 x 12¾''), with very large margins. Uncut.
A classical scene showing Venus bringing Helen before Paris to comfort him, a scene from Homer's Illiad.
[Ref: 50885] £320.00

Portraits of the Officers and Men who were preserv'd from the Wreck of the Centaure [...]
James Northcote pinx.t. T. Gaugain fecit.
Published Oct.r 1784 by T. Gaugain, No. 4 Little Compton Street, St. Ann's, London
Rare stipple engraving. Sheet 525 x 650mm (20¾ x 25½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on archival paper; top right corner reinstated to image, with small tear repaired; small area of loss in English title.
A dramatic naval scene showing the twelve members of the crew of HMS Centaur taking to one of the ship's pinnaces and attempting to push away from their ship as it founders. HMS Centaur, a French frigate captured during the Battle of Lagos in 1759, was one of a fleet escorting prizes from the Battle of the Saintes back to Britain from Jamaica when the 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane hit off Newfoundland. Captain J.N. Inglefield and eleven crewmen reached the island of Faial in the Azores after more than sixteen days in an open boat. It is believed that 3,500 lives were lost from the various ships of the fleet. The painting, now lost, was exhibited at the Royal Academyin 1784.
[Ref: 51165] £650.00

Tregears Rum Jokes No23. The Celebrated Old Horse Blister Rode by Patch Doing a Match Against Time.
Printed by Lefrevre & Kohler 53 Newman St.
Published by G. Tregear 128 Cheapside London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11''). Slighty messy.
A comic print showing a man with an eye patch galloping on a horse.
[Ref: 51022] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Irish Stew. Not All Hot _ Rather Too Much So.
Political Sketches by Foz No.3.
London, Published by Mess.rs Fores, 41, Piccadilly. [n.d., c.1840
Coloured lithographers. Printed area 295 x 350mm (11½ x 13¾") large margins on 2 sides. Coloured lithograph.
British governement ministers around a tureen marked 'Irish Stew à la Normande'. A satire on the rivalry between Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and Robert Peel. 'Foz' is unidentified by the BM.
[Ref: 50715] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Jack in Office.
R.t Dighton del.
Pub. Jan.y 4 1793.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin.
A caricature portrait of exciseman William Jackson shown with his excise book in his pocket and a dog urinating on his legs.
BM Satire 8395.
[Ref: 50997] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Jack's Wedding Day.
H.y Alken Del.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1826.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾''), with large margins.
A scene by a quay in which a party is taking place in a tavern, in the foreground Jack and his friends have a conversation with the Deputy Port Admiral.
[Ref: 50969] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Juive Fiancée. Gravé d'apres le Tableau Original de Rembrandt, tiré du Cabinet de Monsieur le Comte de Kamcke, et didié au dit Seigneur par son tres humble et tres ob.t Serviteur Schmidt.
Rembrandt pinx. G.F.Schmidt fec. 1769.
Etching. Plate: 230 x 180mm (9 x 7''), with very large margins
A portrait of a young Jewish woman standing at a window.
[Ref: 51003] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Iohn Doe & Rich.d Roe. Brothers in Law.
Drawn & Etch'd by R. Dighton.
Pub.d Nov.r 6. 1796 by Dighton Char.g Cross.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½''), with large margins Staining in bottom margin.
A caricature showing two disgruntled men, both with papers in their pockets which state 'by Law & Ruin'd quite', 'mortgage' and 'officers fees'.
BM Satire 8912.
[Ref: 50986] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Kangooroo.
P. Mazell sculp.
Published as the Act directs June 15 1789 by J. Stockdale.
Etching. Sheet: 230 x 205mm (9 x 8''). Crease as issued. Thread margins. Trimmed at top.
A portrait of a kangaroo, based on George Stubb's 1772 painting 'Kongouro from New Holland', published in 'The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay' by Philip Arthur.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 51004] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

The description of y.e poysoning of King John by a Monke of Swinsted Abby in Lincolne shiere.
[n.d., c.1684.]
Engraving. Sheet: 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A series of vignettes in two columns showing the supposed murder of King John (1166-1216) who in reality died of dysentery. Illustration to the ninth edition of John Foxe, 'Acts and Monuments' ('Book of Martyrs')
[Ref: 51035] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

No.9. The Singer of the Empire. People in Punch. Rudyard Kipling.
Punch June 26, 1935.
Plate: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼'').
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) portrayed as an ancient Greek lyre player in front of the White Cliffs of Dover. From Punch, the British weekly magazine of humour and satire which was established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and Ebenezer Landells.
[Ref: 50893] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Knife Grinder at Kandarsteg, Canton of Berne, 1828.
J.H.
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 220 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼''). Image slightly messy.
A caricature portrait of a Swiss knife grinder at his whetstone.
[Ref: 51023] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

M.me Lafarge, Dessinée d'après nature à la première seance.
Lith. Couton et C.ie r. richer 7.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 160mm (10½ x 6¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at corners.
A portrait of a woman in a hat and veil. Marie Lafarge (1816-1852) was convicted of murdering her husband with arsenic. Her trial was one of the first to be closely followed by the press.
[Ref: 51115] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Lambeth Church upon the Thames. Vue de l'Eglise de Lambeth sur la Tamise et du Pont de Westminster.
L. Belanger le Romain London 1791. Guyot Sculpsit.
London Pub.d Juin 1791 [...] Colnaghi & Co. No.132 Pall Mall. A Paris chez Guyot Graveur et M.d d'Estampes Rue S. Jacques No...
Rare mezzotint. Sheet: 230 x 255mm (9 x 10''). Trimmed within plate, repaired damage in bottom edge losing part of publication line.
A view looking west along the Thames from London.
[Ref: 50847] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Die Godts Armen Hier Veracht Namaels syn Vergelding Wacht. Lazarus Ante Fores Ditis Iacet Ulcere Plenus et Misero Parvam Nemo Ministrat Opem. Luce 16.19.
[Engraved by Pietre Nolpe after Abraham Bosse.]
F. de Wit excudit. [n.d., c.1680.]
Etching. Sheet 415 x 520mm (16¼ x 20½"). Trimmed within plate, top right corner lacking. Damaged.
A broadside on the Parable of Lazarus, telling the story through one large and six small scenes. The cental scene has the rich man ('Dives') feasting while the beggar Larazus can be seen through the window, dogs licking his sores. Both men die: Lazarus is carried to heaven to be at Abraham's side; the rich man is dragged to hell where he spies Lazarus in Heaven and begs Abraham to send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool his tongue.
Rijks Museum: RP-P-1903-A-23998.
[Ref: 51057] £380.00

The Letter Founder.
[n.d., c.1805.]
Wood engraving. Sheet: 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½'').
A scene in a letter founders workshop.
[Ref: 51147] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of the Late George Lloyd Esq.r.]
Drawn on stone by Lemoine [after Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes].
Print.d by Lemercier, Paris. [n.d., 1848.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 450 x 555mm (17¾ x 22'').
A portrait of botanist George Lloyd of Brynestyn (1815-43) author of 'Travels in the Himalaya Mountains', shown reclining in arab dress. He accompanied his friend the artist Prisse d'Avennes on his travels through Egypt, dying at Thebes when his rifle accidentaly discharged. While dying he managed to write a letter to his father explaining his death. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour. Published in the 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile' by Achille-Constant-Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-79), a French orientalism who embraced Islam and took the name Edris-Effendi. The book was dedicated to Lloyd.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50932] £650.00

Locomotion Plate 2.nd. A few small inconveniences. There's nothing perfect.
Seymour Del. Shortshanks sculpt.
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d., c.1830.]
Rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13¾''). Trimmed to printed border.
A satire on the development of steam powered machines in the early 19th century. In the background a steam coach veers off course while figures fly through the air from an explosion, in the far distance a steam boat can be seen in distress. In the foreground a man in a steam powered body suit can't move stuck because the fire powering has gone out; various steam-powered aerial machines fly through the air in trouble; on the road to the right the occupants of a carriage are bothered by the thick smoke issuing from a smaller car powered by steam.
BM Satire 16438.
[Ref: 50828] £480.00

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