Grosvenor Prints

Edward III King of England, & France and Lord of Ireland. He slew Two Kings in One Day and routed the Third; had Two Kings his Prisoners at one time. Upon y.e Death of Lewis of Bauaria He had the offer of the Empire; tho he declin'd it. He took Calais from the French & Instituted the Famous Order of the Garter & haveing Reigned in great Glory for y.e space of 50 Yeares. 4. Moneths & 28 Dayes. He Dyed at his Mannor of Shene in Surrey in y.e LXV year of his Age, An.o Din MCCCLXXVII & lyes Buried at Westminster.
[after Edward Lutterell]
[n.d. c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 320 x 190mm (12½ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on backing sheet.
Bust portrait of Edward III (1312-77), set within an oval on a pedestal, shown with a long beard, wearing a hat and crown, and holding an orb and sceptre, with his coat of arms beneath.
[Ref: 66935] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Thus arm’d fierce Edward did his Troops advance, Resolv’d to Wast yes: Stubborne Realm of France, Edward obeys his Great Creator’s Will: But Gracious Heaven stops his enraged Hand, To yield to Heave is but to Conquer still. [Up top left:]Honoratiss.o Viro D.e Iohani Peake, Militi, Orphanotrophy apud London: Hospiti Christi dicti Praesidi Meritiss: nec non Dignisso Dno Nathanaeli Hawes, Armigero, Ejust: Hospity Thesaurario, Religuisa illius Gubernatoribus Dignisss Colendissimisq Hanc Edvardi Tery Figuram, veluti & Educationis olim praebitae Mon:umentu Gratus dicat Iosua Barnes.
[n.d. c.1688.]
Etching and engraving, sheet 315 x 185mm (12½ x 7¾"),
Edward III, standing whole length, to the left, in armour and plumed helmet, holding spear; armies, fort and mountains in background, lightning in the sky. Edward III (1312-1377), King of England and Duke of Aquitaine, he married Philippa of Hainault in 1329 and in 1347 he was Founder of the Order of the Garter. Illustration to Joshua Barnes' 'The history of that most victorius monarch Edward IIId...together with that of his most renowned son, Edward, Prince of Wales' (1688). Frontispiece to Barnes's "History of Edward III".
[Ref: 66936] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Pierce Egan. Author of the Original Works Of Life In London, Tom & Jerry, Life of an Actor, Trip to Ascot Races, Boxiana, Show Folks, Walks through Bath. Book Of Sports, &c.&c. and Life In Dublin, produced at the Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin, on Tuesday, Feby. 18, 1834, with the most decided success.
Drawn by George Sharples. Engraved on Steel by C. Turner.
Printed for Pierce Egan, Jun.r June 1st. 1832, 4. Paget Place, Waterloo Road, London.
Mezzotint on steel. Sheet 320 x 225mm (12½ x 8¾"), large margins. with Egan's ink mss presentation label. Trimmed within plate, surface crack through image, mounted in album paper,
A very scarce portrait of Pierce Egan the elder (1772-1849), author of ‘Life of London' and other social journals. He wrote first about boxing in his serial publication, 'Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism' (1813-28). The presentation label, addressed to the Birmingham Theatre and dated August 9th 1838, consists of seven hand-written lines. This example is a reissue of the plate, first published in 1823, by his novelist son Pierce Egan the younger (1814-80).
Whitman: 175, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66473] £480.00

Pierce Egan. Author of the Original Works Of Life In London, Tom & Jerry, Life of an Actor, Trip to Ascot Races, Boxiana, Show Folks, Walks through Bath. Book Of Sports, &c.&c. and Life In Dublin, produced at the Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin, on Tuesday, Feby. 18, 1834, with the most decided success.
Drawn by George Sharples. Engraved on Steel by C. Turner.
Printed for Pierce Egan, Jun.r June 1st. 1832, 4. Paget Place, Waterloo Road, London.
Mezzotint on steel. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"), with large margins. Splits in lower plate mark taped, rubbed.
A very scarce portrait of Pierce Egan the elder (1772-1849), author of ‘Life of London' and other social journals. He wrote first about boxing in his serial publication, 'Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism' (1813-28). This example is a reissue of the plate, first published in 1823, by his novelist son Pierce Egan the younger (1814-80).
Whitman: 175, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66459] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A New Electrical Machine for the Table.
[Benjamin Martin?]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 185 x 105mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A man demonstrates a table-top electrical machine, probably a generator of static electricity, to a young woman.
[Ref: 66697] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Light Sovereigns.
Printed by W. Kohler.
London, Me.std Fores 41 Piccasilly. [n.d. c.1840]
Lithograph, sheet 445 x 305mm (17½ x 12"), large margins. Repeared tear in margins on left.
Satire of European monarchs: A hand holds the scales of justice, with Queen Victoria (1819-1901) on the left outweighing six European kings, including Ernest Augustus King of Hanover (1771-1851), Louis Philippe I (1773-1850), and Leopold I (1790-1865). After S W Fores's death in 1838 the business was continued as Messrs Fores by his sons, George Thomas Fores (1806-58) and Arthur Blücher Fores (1814-83), who moved from satirical to sporting prints. It continued to be run by the descendants of George Thomas Fores until well into the 20th century.
[Ref: 66779] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Excise Bill 1733] A Banner displayed To the Immortal Honour of those Worthy Patriots in the House of Commons who opposed and voted against the Excise Scheme April. 11. 1733. Exhibiting Each of their Coast-Armour with their Names and Places they Represent in Parliament.
[London, John Barber?, c.1733.]
Engraving. Sheet 650 x 590mm (25½ x 23¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides, small tears.
A broadside illustrating 205 coats of arms in a panel, plus the larger arms of the City of London and of John Barber, Lord Mayor of London 1732-3. The sheet celebrates the defeat of the 1733 Excise Bill, in which Robert Walpole's Whig government attempted to impose excise taxes on a variety of goods (including wine and tobacco) and give excise officers the right to search private dwellings to look for contraband. Despite being at his most powerful, Robert Walpole realised the bill was not going to pass and withdrew it. His reprisals against the rebels in his party led to a number of defections to the opposition.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 66603] £520.00

[Miss Harriet Eyre] This is the Age, when human bliss stands still, / Enjoys the good, without the fear of ill.
Cosway del. F. Bartolozzi sculp: 1778.
Published May 14, 1798 by J. Read, Coventry Court, Coventry Street.
Etching, 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½"). Laid on album paper at corners.
A young girl with her dog.
De Vesme 1073, v of v.
[Ref: 66685] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Clean Face Rewarded. L'Enfant Recompensé.
Painted and Engraved by Ja.s. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales.
London Published Oct.r 10. 1818, by T. griffiths, Printseller, 230, Oxford Street.
Mezzotint with later hand colour. 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"), with large margins. Margins stained.
The second of a pair of mezzotints depicting a mother's attempts to wash her child, a sequel to 'The Mother's Bribe. L'Enfant Tempté''. After been coaxed with a promise of a doll, the cleaned child stands happily on a table holding it in her arms, surrounded by her contented mother, maid and sisters. Behind them the boy tickles a sleeping infant with the tail of the cat. Originally published 1801.
Frabkau 18. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Ref: 35763 for the original issue of the pair.
[Ref: 66642] £320.00

The Clean Face Rewarded. L'Enfant Recompensé.
Painted and Engraved by Ja.s. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales.
Pub.d. April 2. 1801, by Mess.rs. Wards & C.o. N.o.6, Newman Street London.
Mezzotint, 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"). Trimmed into plate, time stained.
The second of a pair of mezzotints depicting a mother's attempts to wash her child, a sequel to 'The Mother's Bribe. L'Enfant Tempté''. After been coaxed with a promise of a doll, the cleaned child stands happily on a table holding it in her arms, surrounded by her contented mother, maid and sisters. Behind them the boy tickles a sleeping infant with the tail of the cat.
See Ref: 35763 for the pair.
[Ref: 66641] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Faerie Queene] Astrea Instructing Arthegal.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engrav'd by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd March 1st. 1785, by V. Green & Son, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 555 x 430mm (21¾ x 17"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, repaired tears, margins added. Damaged.
A scene from Edmund Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene'': Astraea, the virgin goddess of Justice, helps her adopted son Artegall become the 'Knight of Justice', holding up her scales containing little figures of justice and evil. On the ground is the sword Chrysaor, which she presents to him when he reaches adulthood.
Whitman 241.
[Ref: 66990] £420.00

The Happy Family. "A Quie Hint to the Wives of England."
George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare etching. Sheet 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½"). Trimmed and pasted onto album paper.
From a plate with five satirical scenes. A mother sits contently embroidering, while her family are all suspended in the air in baby jumpers. The young children sit sulking, with arms crossed, their doll also dangling, an older girl sits with her head in a book. Beside the wife is her husband, smoking a pipe, his slipper having fallen to the ground.
[Ref: 66806] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Les Oyes de Frere Philippe. Sur ces jeunes Beautez...
N. Lancret pinxit. De Larmessin Sculp.
A Paris chez de Larmessin graveur du Roy rüe des Noyers a la 4.e porte cocher adroite entrant par la rüe S.t Jacques A.P.D.R. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 320 x 365mm (12½ x 14½"). Thread margins, tear taped, paper toned and stained, creased.
Two pretty young women stand stand under a parasol held by a turned paged boy. A friar restrains a young man who is desperate to approach them. A scene from Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-1695) fable 'Friar Phillipes Geese'. a tale in which a friar takes a boy into the wilderness and brings him up free from temptation. However, at the age of twenty the young man meets the young women and becomes besotted: when he asks his father what they are the friar replies that they are geese, a slang name for prostitutes.
[Ref: 66743] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with anglers.]
Perel in et fe.
le Blond exc. Cum Privil. [n.d., c.1680.]
Etching. 245 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper
A fantasy landscape drawn and etched Gabriel Perelle (1604-77).
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66746] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Catherine Fitz-Gerald (the long lived) Countess of Desmond. From an Original Family Picture if the same size Painted on Board, in the Possession of The Right Honourable Maurice Fitz-Gerald, Knight of Kerry &c. &c. &c. To whom this Plate is most respectfully Dedicated by his very obedient and much obliged humble servant. Henry Pelham. This illustrious Lady was born about 1464, was married in the Reign of Edward IV, lived during the entire Reigns of Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIIII, Edward VI, Mary & Elizabeth. and died in the latter ed of James I. or the begining of Charles I.sts Reigns at the great Age (as is generally supposed) of 162 years.
Engraved in Cork by N. Grogan.
Published as the act directs at Bear Island June 4 1806 by Henry Pelham Esq.r. Sold by Edw. Evans, N.o 1, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Very fine mezzotint, 350 x 235mm (13¾ x 9¼''), with large margins. Partial 19th century watermark.
A portrait of Katherine FitzGerald (c. 1504-1604) as an old woman. In 1529 she became the second wife of Thomas FitzGerald (1454-1534), 11th Earl of Desmond, producing a daughter (also Katherine). The earl's will granted her a life tenancy in Inchiquin Castle: when the 14th earl was attaindered in 1582 his land was granted to Walter Raleigh, who let her keep her tenancy, but suprised him by lasting longer than he expected. Raleigh helped popularise the nickname of 'the old Countess of Desmond' as a nickname for her, thus helping to creat her legend. Irish interest. Henry Pelham (c.1748 – 1806) was an American painter, engraver, and cartographer, son of Peter Pelham (c.1697–1751) and half-brother of John Singleton Copley (1738–1815).
[Ref: 66889] £420.00

[Florence.]
SBella cum priv.
[n.d., c.1655.]
Etching. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at corners.
A woman on horseback descending a hill past a tree towards Florence.
[Ref: 66777] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Florist. Thus Fields of Joy youth's blooming seasons bless...
Painted by J. Hoppner. Engraved by J. Dean.
Published Dec.r 12.th 1786 by J. Dean, Bentinck Street, Soho.
Scarce mezzotint with aquatinted border. Sheet 365 x 240mm (14¼ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A young girl picks flowers under trees.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For a state without the aquatinted border see 62758.
[Ref: 66945] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The Florist. Thus Fields of Joy youth's blooming seasons bless...]
[Painted by J. Hoppner. Engraved by J. Dean.]
[Published Dec.r 12.th 1786 by J. Dean, Bentinck Street, Soho.]
Scarce colour-printed mezzotint, with black aquatinted border. Sheet 270 x 235mm (10¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed into printed border, crease.
A decorative image of a young girl picking flowers in a forest.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. For a state without the aquatinted border see 62758.
[Ref: 66946] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Defeat of the India Bill] The Fall of Dagon _ or Rare News for Leadenhall Street. And behold Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord & the head of Dagon and both the Palms of his hands were cutt off upon the threshold.
[Thomas Rowlandson]
Publish'd Jany. 4. 1784 by W. Humphrey, 227 Strand.
Coloured etching. Sheet 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A satire on the fall of the Coalition after the defeat of the India Bill in 1783. Dagon, a figure with a Janus-like head with the faces of Fox and North, has fallen from a pedestal, with head and hands severed. In the distance is Tower Hill, with a scaffold with an executioner with his axe raised. Rowlandson's sketch is in the BM (1854,0513.288).
BM Satires 6365; Grego I, p.112. See [Ref: 61809] for different colouring.
[Ref: 66873] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Wrangling Friends or Opposition in Disorder. I think myself justified in Saying this, because I do Know that there are People in this Country avowedly endeavouring to Disorder its Constitution its Government & that in a very Bold Manner - Vide Burk's Speech -
JN[ixon] [on right side]
Pub.d May 10 1791 by S W. Fores N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Rare hand-coloured etching, 270 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Damaged.
A satire on the famous scene between Fox and Burke on 6 May, which resulted in their permanent estrangement. In the House of Commons, Fox (1749-1806) and Burke (1729-97) stand side by side before a visibly agitated assembly. The Speaker (Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844)), just risen, watches from behind. Fox faces forward, weeping openly, handkerchief raised, lamenting the betrayal of 25 years’ friendship with Burke. A boy collects his tears in a bucket. Burke, turning away but glaring over his shoulder, curses Fox with a line invoking “Black Spirits & White…” while holding documents titled French Constitution and Treason Conspiracy Poor Old England. Papers labeled Bastile and Queen of France stick out of his pocket, and he tramples a paper titled Canada Bill. A demon fans his head with bellows, producing a cloud. The Speaker remarks it is the first time Fox has ever wept. On the Opposition side, Sheridan (1751-1816) demands order, accusing Burke of betraying a friend, while another man calls for “mops & pails,” and a youthful-looking member shouts “perfectly in order.” On the government side, Pitt (1759-1806) observes calmly, wishing the pair would fight to be rid of them, while another MP calls for the chair.
BM Satires 7855.
[Ref: 66900] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

"Crumbs of Comfort." or-old-orthodox, restoring consolation to his fallen children.
[James Gillray]
[n.d. c.1782]
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with large margins. On paper watermarked 'Fellows [1811?]'. Some surface dirt and staining.
Satire on Charles James Fox's (1749-1806) resignation. On a clouded mountaintop, the Devil stands between Fox and Burke (1729-97), wings outstretched. He appears as a stout man in contemporary dress with a legal wig, bands, horns, taloned toes protruding from boots, a beard, and moustache. Fox, depicted with a fox’s head, eagerly accepts a dice-box and dice from the Devil. Burke, in spectacles, kneels to receive a scourge and rosary, hinting at his alleged hidden Catholicism. A dark halo surrounds the Devil’s head, emphasizing his dominance over the pair.
BM Satires 6027.
[Ref: 66902] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Charles James Fox.
Painted by Ant: Hickel. Engraved by J.G. Huck.
[n.d., c.1793.]
Rare mezzotint. 490 x 385mm (19¼ x 15¼"), large margins. Spotting and stains.
A three-quarter portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), on a bench in an ornamental park, papers in hand. The original oil painting by Karl Anton Hickel, painted 1794, is in the National Portrait Gallery.
See NPG 743. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66649] £480.00

[Charles James Fox & Lord North] The Mask. Fronti nulla Fides.
J S f. [James Sayers]
Published 21st May 1783 by H. Bretherton New Bond St.
Rare stipple, 265 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Creased.
A composite mask, half Charles James Fox (with black hair, swarthy complexion, drooping half-closed eye and cynical smile) and galf Frederick North (with powdered wig, fair complexion, and puzzled frown). The publisher 'H Bretherton' is probably an error for James or possibly Charles.
BM Satires 6234. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66747] £320.00

[Untitled allegory of Free Trade.]
[Engraved by J. West Giles after Edwin Landseer.]
Published by Graves & C.º London. _ and Agnew, Manchester [n.d., c.1860].
Tinted lithograph. Framed, sight size 445 x 620mm (17¼ x 24½"). Unexamined out of frame.
A stout farmer, holding a banner 'Free Trade Warranted Sound', stands just behind a 'heavy horse' stallion with a rosette on its bridle, signifying a champion. Behind is a cityscape with factories and smoking chimneys. It was published as a pair to an image of a sick and limping racehorse, representing the baneful effects of protection of trade.
Wellcome Collection 42427i, & 42428i for the pair.
[Ref: 66854] £480.00

[Ménales pittoresques et historiques des paysagistes.]
[Etched and aquatinted by Louis Bacler d'Albe & A Guyot.]
[n.d., 1803.]
Oblong quarto (230 x 310mm, 9 x 12¼"), contemporary half morocco with marbled boards; 28 (of 32) rare etchings with aquatint, 22 printed in brown. Hinges strained, last plate loose, some spotting.
Plates after pastural paintings, many in the Louvre. Artists include Teniers, Claude Lorrain, Van Huysum & Poussin.
[Ref: 66613] £480.00 view all images for this item

The Sick British Lion and the French Quack Monkey.
George Cruikshank.
[n.d.,c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A satirical scene depicting a lion, with the demeanor and dress like a man, is approached by a french monkey who informs him that his health is in rapid decline. In the background a conversation between a mother and child, or lioness and cub; the cub asks their mother why they are not alarmed at what the doctor has said about their father, she replies that the French Republican Doctors are 'a parcel of quacks!'
[Ref: 66857] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[John Gamble.] Vera Effigies Joannis Gamble Philomusici.
Published as the Act directs, March 1 1795, by W.Richardson, Castle, Street, Leicester Square.
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate on left. Some faint foxing.
Portrait of John Gamble (died 1687), composer and musician in the courts of Charles I of England and Charles II.
[Ref: 67014] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Illustrations of Gay's Fables. Plate II. The Elephant and the Bookseller. The Scold and the Parrot. The two Cats and the Cheese. The Gardener and the Hog. The Monkey who had seen the World.
[after William Heath.]
E. Lacey, 76 S.t Pauls London. [n.d. c.1820]
Coloured etching. 235 x 320mm (9 x 12½"), with very large margins.
Five scenes from John Gay's Fables, around a central decoration featuring a putti wearing spectacles. Bookselling item.
[Ref: 66877] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius Primus D.G. Magnae Britanniae Franc. Et Hib. Rex Defensor. Fidei, Dux Brunsvic et Lunaeb. S.R.I. Archithes. Et Elector. &c. &c. &c.
B. Picart del, et scul 1716.
Fine engraving, 230 x 175mm (9 x 7") Small margins.
Half-length portrait of George I, turned slightly to the left, wearing fur lined robe and St George, set within an oval frame, with a crown, orb, and sceptres below and a coat of arms displayed beneath.
[Ref: 66969] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius I Rex Magn. Britania.
Mentzel fc. Lips 1717.
Very rare engraving, sheet 175 x 140mm (7 x 5½). With ink mss underneath. Trimmed and pasted onto backing sheet.
Full length portrait of King George I (1660-1727) in the robes of the Order of the Garter. Johann Georg Mentzel (1677-1743) was a German engraver based in Leipzig.
[Ref: 66968] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius I.mus G. Mag. Brit. Fran. et Hib. Rex. F.D. brun. et Lunen. Dux S.R.J. Arch. Thesau. et Princeps Elector &c. Inauguratus 20 die Octobris 1714.
D. Stevens pinx. John Faber Fecit 1722.
Sold by John Bowles Print and Map seller at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Very fine and rare mezzotint, 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Some creasing top right.
Bust portrait of George I in an oval, shown facing forward with his head inclined toward the right shoulder. He wears an ermine-trimmed cape, lace cravat, bow on the right shoulder, a long curly wig, and the chain of the Order of the Garter. After a painting by an unknown British artist, D. Stevens (fl. 1714-1722), whose only other painting was of Sir John Blunt (fl. 1732).
CS 154 II.
[Ref: 66905] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius D. G. Mag. Britanniæ Franciæ et Hibern. Rex. Fidei Defensor. Brun & Lunen: Dux SRI Arch Thesau: & Elector Inauguratus XX.die &c Octobris 1714.
Godfridus Kneller S.R.Imp et Mag: Brit: Baron:et pinxit. Nath.l Parr Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 290 x 195mm (11½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
Half-length portrait of George I (1660-1727), with his head turned slightly to the right; dressed in fur robes, a lace collar, and the collar of the Order of the Garter; set within an oval frame adorned with the coat of arms beneath.
[Ref: 66983] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[George III] His Majesty Reviewing the Third or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Dragoon Guards & the Tenth or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons attended by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Sir W.m Fawcit General & Adjutant General & Knight of the Bath Lieu.t Gen.l Dundas Quar.r Master General & Maj.r Gen.l Goldsworthy His Majestys First Equerry. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty this Print is (by her most gracious permission) dedicated by her most grateful & devoted Servant J. Ward.
Painted by Sir W.m Beechy R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by James Ward Painter & Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Pub April 10, 1800, by Mess.rs Ward & C.º 6 Newman Street London.
Mezzotint. 590 x 660mm (23¼ x 26"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, some restoration. Small margins on 3 sides.
A group portrait of George III on his white charger Adonis, with George, Prince of Wales and Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and other officers, a mock battle raging behind. James Ward engraved two plates of this scene, of which this is the second, with 'Light Dragoons' in italics. Frankau writes of seeing an impression of the first state with a note in Ward's handwriting, 'This plate has been retouched by a very bad engraver', a clue to why he felt he had to create a duplicate.
Frankau: 41; CS: 22. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66646] £420.00

[George III] His Majesty Reviewing the Third or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Dragoon Guards & the Tenth or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons attended by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Sir W.m Fawcit General & Adjutant General & Knight of the Bath Lieu.t Gen.l Dundas Quar.r Master General & Maj.r Gen.l Goldsworthy His Majestys First Equerry. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty this Print is (by her most gracious permission) dedicated by her most grateful & devoted Servant J. Ward.
Painted by Sir W.m Beechy R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by James Ward Painter & Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Published June 1 1799, by J. Ward & C.º, N.º 6 Newman Street London.
Mezzotint. 590 x 660mm (23¼ x 26"). Thread margins.
A group portrait of George III on his white charger Adonis, with George, Prince of Wales and Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, and other officers, a mock battle raging behind. Rare in good condition. James Ward engraved two plates of this scene, of which this is the first. Frankau writes of seeing an impression of this state with a note in Ward's handwriting, 'This plate has been retouched by a very bad engraver', a clue to why he felt he had to create a duplicate.
Frankau: 40, ii of iii; CS: 21. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66645] £580.00

[George III] His Majesty Reviewing the Third or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Dragoon Guards & the Tenth or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons attended by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Sir W.m Fawcit General & Adjutant General & Knight of the Bath Lieu.t Gen.l Dundas Quar.r Master General & Maj.r Gen.l Goldsworthy His Majestys First Equerry. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty this Print is (by her most gracious permission) dedicated by her most grateful & devoted Servant J. Ward.
Painted by Sir W.m Beechy R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by James Ward Painter & Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Published June 1 1800 by Mess.rs Wards & Co 6 Newman Street London.
Mezzotint. 585 x 655mm (23 x 25¾"). Stains, worm hole in inscription area and top right, tear in bottom margin.
A group portrait of George III on his white charger Adonis, with George, Prince of Wales and Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, with other officers, a mock battle raging behind. James Ward engraved two plates of this scene, of which the British Museum have multiple progress proofs. This is from the first plate, originally dated June 1 1799.
Frankau: 40, this later state not listed; CS: 21. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66647] £380.00

[George III] His Majesty Reviewing the Third or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Dragoon Guards & the Tenth or Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons attended by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Sir W.m Fawcit General & Adjutant General & Knight of the Bath Lieu.t Gen.l Dundas Quar.r Master General & Maj.r Gen.l Goldsworthy His Majestys First Equerry. [To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty this Print is (by her most gracious permission) dedicated by her most grateful & devoted Servant J. Ward.]
Painted by Sir W.m Beechy R.A. Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by James Ward Painter & Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
[Pub April 10 1800 by Mess.rs Wards & Co 6 Newman Street London.]
Mezzotint. 565 x 655mm (22¼ x 25¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing dedication and publication line, tear entering image at top, creased.
A group portrait of George III on his white charger Adonis, with George, Prince of Wales and Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, with other officers, a mock battle raging behind. James Ward engraved two plates of this scene, of which the British Museum have multiple progress proofs. This is from the first plate, originally dated June 1 1799.
Frankau: 40, this later state not listed; CS: 21. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66648] £620.00

[His Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth.]
Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.]
London, June 1829, Published by Colnaghi Cockspur Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 665 x 485mm (26¼ x 19"). Trimmed within plate, damage to edges, obscuring title, with restoration. Stain at top.
A full-length portrait of a youthful George IV, standing in ceremonial robes.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66665] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] The [scored through] My Ass in a Band-Box.
London Pub.d by R.A. Fores Aldgate, [May 1821 erased].
Coloured etching, 350 x 245mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. Some very light foxing.
George dressed as a Roman emperor, head and right leg protruding from a muff box, sitting on a masked donkey with the face of Lord Conyngham standing in a 'Harness Box' in which are a pair of antlers. A satire on George IV's friendship with Lady Conyngham. The title is a well-known phrase, a course answer to the offer of anything inadequate to the purpose.
BM Satires 14186 (not on line).
[Ref: 66753] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George, Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Gordon] A Racket at a Rout or Billingsgate Removed to the West.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d June 9.th 1803 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Small top and bottom margins. Tears in margins repaired with acid free tape.
Jane, Duchess of Gordon (c.1748-1812, a patron of Robert Burns), argues with the Prince of Wales at a function, to the embarrassment of the attendees. During the Peace of Amiens Jane visited Napoleon in Paris and bought a painted portrait (presumably the miniature around her neck here), leading to a row with the Prince. She then sent a message to the King and Queen that she would not attend the Birthday, but went and was ignored.
BM Satires 10007.
[Ref: 66829] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

His Most Gracious Majesty King George IVth Dedicated to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, by his very obliged and humble servant David Hatton.
Sir Henry Raeburn Pinx.t. Tho.s Hodgetts sculp.t. Printed by Chatfield.
Published by David Hatton, Printseller to His Majesty, 98 Princes Street, Edin.h.
Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Foxed. Small margins.
A portrait of George IV, seated in an upholstered arm-chair, a finger holding his place in a book.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66667] £360.00

A Lesson for Princes.
[Cruikshank]
London Pub by S.W. Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly October 12 1796.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 235 x 370mm (9¼ x 14½"). Trimmed within plate.
The Prince of Wales (1762-1830), overweight and in plain riding clothes, rides with Lady Jersey (1753-1821) toward Goodwood, where the Duke of Richmond (1735-1806) pointedly tells them he is “not at home.” Nearby, Barwell (1741-1804) also rebuffs them, prompting Lady Jersey to curse such “prudish” attitudes. Humorous signs warn of trespass and hint at scandal, with directions pointing to Goodwood, Barwell Hall, and Bognor.
BM Satires 8824.
[Ref: 66838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Baboo, Kashiprasad Ghosh [facsimile signature]. Author of The Shair, a Poem in the English Language.
Painted by Miss J. Drummond. Engraved by J. Cochran.
Fisher, Son & C.º London, 1834.
Mezzotint on steel. 230 x 145mm (9 x 5¾").
A half-length portrait of Bengali poet Kashiprasad Ghosh (1809-74), published in 'Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book', 1835
[Ref: 66722] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[William Gibbs.]
Painted by William Boxall, R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, R.A.
London, Published July 20th, 1864, by Holloway & Son, 25, Bedford Street, Strand.
Mezzotint on chine collé, signed in pencil by the engraver. 530 x 410mm (21 x 16"), with large margins.
''William Gibbs made his dibs, Selling the turds of foreign birds.'' William Gibbs (1790-1875), importer of guano from South America to sell as fertilizer. He retired in 1858 and in 1864, the year of this portrait, he started to withdraw his money from the firm he helped found, Antony Gibbs, becoming the richest non-noble in England. He became a major benefactor of Keble College, Oxford. Gibbs rebuilt Tyntesfield, near Wraxall, North Somerset, now a National Trust property. Part owner of SS Great Britain, supporter of the "Oxford Movement"
Whitman 66. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66661] £320.00

The Scotch Cottage of Glenburnia. Teggs Caracatures No.33.
Cruikshank del.
Pub.d by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside Sep.r 6 1810.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Crease where previously folded on right.
The interior of a cottage. Three visitors, a well-dressed man in top-boots (Mr. Stewart), a comely woman (Mrs. Mason), and a fashionably dressed young girl (Mary Mason), stand before the fire. Two box-beds are seen on the right with household items hanging over them, including twists of yarn, with a large cobweb against the wall. Small chickens peck at the contents of a large pot (a whey-pot) and plates on the floor. A cat laps from a bowl on a rough dresser above which plates and spoons are ranged. Through the doorway to the left is duck pond, beside which is a tall manure heap. An illustration to Elizabeth Hamilton's popular novel 'The Cottagers of Glenburnie', 1798.
BM Satires 11651.
[Ref: 66865] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. Late M.P. and Father of the City of London, President of the City of London, President of the Royal Hospitals Bethlem and Bridewell.
Painted & Engraved by T.L. Busby.
Publ.d July 1835 by T.L Busby, N.o1 Streatham Paragon, Brixton Hill.
Stipple, sheet 230 x 155mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Bust-length portrait of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, 1st Baronet (1755-1838), turned to the left, dressed in a coat with a fur collar. Glyn was a British banker and politician, and on his father's death in 1773 became a partner in his late father's bank, "Vere, Glyn and Hallifax", renamed as "Hallifax, Mills, Glyn and Mitton." He served as Alderman of Bishopsgate from 1790 to 1829, and subsequently of Bridge Without from 1829 until his resignation in 1835. In 1790, he was appointed Sheriff of London and was knighted in the same year. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1798, a role previously held by his father, and was created a baronet (of Gaunt’s House in the County of Dorset) the following year. From 1796 to 1802, he represented St Ives in Parliament.
[Ref: 66934] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Going up Highgate Hill] Two 3 Pounds in full speed to a shilling ordinary on Sunday. From London to Highgate, behold the Array, Of two Hearty Trenchermen now on the Way: Three Pounds they'l devour besides Beer & Bread, Who the Devil can feed them at Twelvepence a Head.
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett N.o53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith N.o 35 Cheapside, as the Act Directs 18 Dec.r 1780.
Rare engraving, sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Two portly 'cits' laboriously make their way up a dusty country road. One, hat and wig in hand, wipes his bald head; the other, coat slung over his shoulder and waistcoat unbuttoned, mops his brow. Their haste is driven by the hope of reaching the tavern in time for the 18th-century version of a “meal deal.”
See also BM Satires 8405.
[Ref: 66895] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[5th Duke of Gordon] [To Her Grace the Duchess of Gordon His Grace George, Duke of Gordon, G.C.B. &c. &c. &c. From the original picure in the posession of Her grace. Is by special permission respectfully dedicated by her most obedient humble Servant Thomas Boys.]
Painted by George Sanders. Engraved by John Lucas.
London Published Sept.r 1 1836 By Thomas Boys, Printseller to the King XI. Golden Square.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 505 x 320mm (20 x 12").
Three quarter portrait of George Duncan Gordon (1770-1836), 5th Duke of Gordon, in a mountainous landscape. He wears Scottish dress with kilt, dirk, two pistols in his belt, plumed beret and velvet jacket with a star, and holds a hunting horn.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66129] £480.00

[5th Duke of Gordon] [To Her Grace the Duchess of Gordon His Grace George, Duke of Gordon, G.C.B. &c. &c. &c. From the original picure in the posession of Her grace. Is by special permission respectfully dedicated by her most obedient humble Servant Thomas Boys.]
Painted by George Sanders. Engraved by John Lucas.
London Published Sept.r 1 1836 By Thomas Boys, Printseller to the King XI. Golden Square.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 505 x 320mm (20 x 12"). Narrow margins with chips.
Three quarter portrait of George Duncan Gordon (1770-1836), 5th Duke of Gordon, in a mountainous landscape. He wears Scottish dress with kilt, dirk, two pistols in his belt, plumed beret and velvet jacket with a star, and holds a hunting horn.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66130] £450.00

Thomas Gooch S.T.P. Episc. Norvic.
Heins Pinx. & Fecit 1741.
[1742]
Mezzotint, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper, watermark too faint to read.
Seated portrait of Sir Thomas Gooch (1674-1754), 2nd Baronet. He served as chaplain to Queen Anne, Master of Gonville and Caius from 1716, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1717, Bishop of Bristol in 1737, Bishop of Norwich in 1738 and Bishop of Ely in 1747. The print was advertised for sale in the Norwich Gazette in April 1742.
CS 3, ii of ii. BM 1853,0112.1881. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66948] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Il Gran Mogor.
C.V. [Claude Vignon] invent. [J. Falke]
F. L. D. Ciartres [François Langlois] excud. Cum Privil. [n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 180mm (8¼ x 7"). Trimmed, losing Falke's name. Laid on 18th century album sheet.
A head and shoulders portrait of the Grand Mughal, wearing crown and turban adorned with a feather set on a brooch, and a fur-trimmed cloak. From a series of thirty-six representing various kings and philosophers, engraved after Vignon, Rembrandt and Padovanino.
[Ref: 66859] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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