Grosvenor Prints

Nomade or Wild Laplander, in his Winter Clothing. Nomade or Wild Laplander, in his Summer Clothing.
E.D. Clarke delt. R. Pollard Sculpt.
Published Jany. 1. 1819 by T. Cadell & W. Davies Strand. London.
Engraving, 200 x 275mm. 8 x 10¾". Slightly soiled.
Finnish costume plate, two images from a single plate. From 'Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia & Africa' by Edward Daniel Clarke (1769 – 1822), English mineralogist and traveller. In 1799 Clarke set out with a Mr Cripps on a tour through the continent of Europe, beginning with Norway and Sweden, whence they proceeded through Russia and the Crimea to Constantinople, Rhodes, and afterwards to Egypt and Palestine. After the capitulation of Alexandria, Clarke was of considerable use in securing for England the statues, sarcophagi, maps, manuscripts, etc., which had been collected by the French savants.
[Ref: 13512] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

A Scene in Russian Finland. The Seat of a Nobleman near Wyburg. [&] A Scene in Russian Finland. The Seat of a Nobleman near Wyburg.
Mortinoff Pinx.t in the Possession of Baron Nicolay. Aquatinted by M. Merigot.
London Published May 1 1805 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Pair of rare coloured aquatints. Each c.420 x 520mm (16¾ x 20½"). Narrow margins; second plate with repairs, laid on archival tissue.
Two views of an estate on the Vyborg Bay, Russia, engraved by J. Mérigot after Andrej Jefimovitsh Martinoff.
[Ref: 57682] £680.00 view all images for this item

No 5. [A Woman of Finland in her Holiday Dress.]
[Engraved by J. Dadley.]
[London: John Stockdale, 1811.]
Coloured stipple with etching. Sheet 365 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
Portrait of a Finnish woman dressed in a heavily-embroidered dress, from E. Harding's 'Costume of the Russian Empire', with the title taken from the text.
See Abbey Travel 244-246, but an edition with this plate number not listed.
[Ref: 37870] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Vue du Village de Kyrö en Finland, 22 8.br 1839.
Dessiné par Lauvergne. Lith par Sabatier. Imp. Lemercier à Paris.
Paris. Arthu-Bertrand éditeur. [n.d., 1842.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 340 x 440mm (13½ x 17¼"). Very large margins.
The rocky scenery of Kyrö (Karinainen) in western Finland. It was published in 'Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et au Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la corvette La Recherche'.
[Ref: 37048] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Les Thermopiles (Environ de Tammerfors).
Dessiné et lith. par Lauvergne. Imp. Lemercier à Paris.
Paris. Arthu-Bertrand éditeur. [n.d., 1842.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 340 x 440mm (13½ x 17¼").
A narrow passage between two cliffs near Tammerfors (Tampere) in southern Finland. It was published in 'Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et au Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la corvette La Recherche'.
[Ref: 37053] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Lake view near Turku, Finland.] Vue de Sjolac près de la Gymnastique.
[Anon, c.1880.]
Watercolour, 95 x 150mm (3¾ x 6"). Glued to album sheet, with cut out watercolours of birds. Ms in pencil 'My cousins House in Finland nr Abo'.
Attractive Victorian watercolour showing a view in Finland, identified by manuscript naming it as near Abo (the Swedish name for the city of Turku in Southwest Finland). Swedish, while still widely spoken in Finland, was still more common in the 19th century.
[Ref: 39596] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert Bannatyne Finlay.]
H. Macbeth Raeburn Sct [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1917.]
Mezzotint with pencil signature, proof. Plate 489 x 323mm. 19¼ x 12¾".
Robert Bannatyne Finlay (1842-1929) the British lawyer, doctor and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in 1916 in Lloyd George's coalition government. In 1920 he was appointed a British member of the Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and in 1921 was elected a Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justivce.
GAC: 4494.
[Ref: 27745] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Finish. Oh, what a thing for a man of renown...
Pub.d by O. Hodgson 10 Cloth Fair. [n.d., c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 245 x 385mm (9¾ x 15¼'') large margins. Paper tone and tears.
A satirical print showing Wellington and Robert Peel running out of a door, Peel hold a cage from which several rats escape.
[Ref: 48892] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the New River Head.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Rare etching. Plate: 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼''), with 18th century watermark. Small margins. Slightly time stained.
A rare view of the water cisterns in Finsbury. In 1713, in order to bring clean water to London a network of cisterns were erected to collect and store the water brought in from the countryside.
[Ref: 48043] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[A Pair.] Easter Hunt. [&] [Peerless Pool.]
G. Carfrae del [Hunt]. [The Pool is totally unlettered, possibly after William Mason? Probably by G. Carfrae.]
[British, n.d., c.1787.]
Extremely rare pair of etchings in outline, image borders 230 x 360mm and 265 x 415mm. Centrefolds; one small marginal tear, generally good.
Popular pastimes for 18th century Londoners. The Easter Hunt at Epping Forest. The Peerless Pool, City Road, Finsbury, was London’s first outdoor public swimming pool. Perilous Pond, an ancient London spring whose overflowing waters formed a pond near Old Street, was a noted place for duck hunting in the 17th century. The pond acquired a dark name because of the many youths that had drowned in it. In 1743, a local jeweller named William Kemp converted this pond into London’s first outdoor public swimming pool, renaming it the Peerless Pool. Situated behind St. Luke’s hospital, the newly embanked pool was 170 x 108 ft in dimension and from 3-5 feet deep.
"Easter Hunt"British Museum:1876,1014.52
[Ref: 22565] £300.00

The Fir.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 170 x 270mm (6¾ x 10½") Trimmed.
From a series 'Trees and their Uses', with vignettes of the uses of fir wood, including artist's easels, arrows and rabbit hutches.
[Ref: 52796] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Four Elements Fire.
P. van Avont inu. R. Gaywood fecit. R. Walton Excudit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching, 17th century watermark, 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Creasing in the corners and some small tears along the top edge. Repaired tear in the centre of the lower margin. Small margins.
A scene depicting three cherubs playing with a gunpowder cannon and a discarded suit of armour. After Petrus van Avont's series the Four Elements, in which the first was fire, which were also done by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54114] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Le Feu. [Fire.] Dans de certains momens, je suis fort deplaisante...[etc.]
Chez HBonnart rue S.Iacques du Coq avec privil. [Paris, c.1690.]
Etching. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Holes to corners; some soiling/staining. Trimmed to plate.
A lady holding a tasting spoon beside an elaborate stove upon which a large pot is bubbling. From a series of allegorical representations of the Four Elements, published by Henri Bonnart (1642 - 1711).
[Ref: 13930] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Dean's Portable Steam Engine and Patent Irrigator and Fire Engine combined, Mounted on Four Wheels, With Shafts, &c. Complete, for Travelling.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 100 x 165mm, 4 x 6½". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A horse-drawn water pump, patented by A.Dean of Birmingham.
[Ref: 11576] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Preservation, in Imminant Danger, Or Families rescued from Destruction by Davis's Machines.
[n.d., c.1800.]
A rare aquatint. Sheet: 255 x 195mm (9 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A scene showing a group of men using a fire machine on a fire in a house. Several men work large pumps to create a spout of water. Illustrated is a balcony type rescue machine extended to the top of the building.
[Ref: 46218] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Representation of Mr. Joachim Smith's New invented Machine for Escaping from Fir[e]
[Anon., c.1800]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 175mm (4½ x 6¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet; bottom right cormer missing, losing text.
Rare and interesting image showing people escaping from a burning building by means of enclosed chutes; print made to publicise a new invention by Joachim Smith, possibly the modeller employed by Wedgewood.
[Ref: 44488] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Destruction of both Houses of Parliament, as seen from Abingdon St. on the Night of the 16.th Oct.r 1834. [&] The Destruction of both Houses of Parliament, as seen from the Surry-side of the 16.th Oct.r 1834.
T. Picken Lith.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the King. [n.d., c.1835.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10½"), with large margins.
Two views of the Houses of Parliament as they burnt down in 1834. The top view shows a large crowd gathered pouring water on the blaze, the bottom view shows the crowds and boats gathered to watch the spectacle.
[Ref: 47495] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Destruction By Fire Of Both Houses of Parliament. On Thursday Night 16.th Oct. 1834.
Sketched from the River Thames by H.O'Neill. Printed by Graf and Soret.
London. Published by W. Spooner 259, Regent Street Oxford S.t. [n.d. c.1834]
Very fine hand coloured lithograph, sheet 295 x 380mm (11¾ x 15") Some surface dirt at top and creasing.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames. On 16 October 1834, most of the Palace was destroyed by fire. Only Westminster Hall, the Jewel Tower, the crypt of St Stephen's Chapel and the cloisters survived.
[Ref: 61139] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Destruction of Both Houses of Parliament. October 16th 1834.
M. Joy & C. Simpson del.t. Printed by Graf and Soret.
London, Published by J. Dickinson, New Bond S.t.
Very fine and-coloured lithograph. Printed area: 260 x 315mm (10¼ x 12¼"), with large margins.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames, with attempts to stop the fire. On 16 October 1834, most of the Palace was destroyed by fire. Only Westminster Hall, the Jewel Tower, the crypt of St Stephen's Chapel and the cloisters survived.
See ref: 61139 & 61140
[Ref: 58585] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Destruction of Both Houses of Parliament by Fire On The 16.th Oct.r 1834. As it Appeared at 10 O'Clock At Night.
By an early spectator. Printed by Graf and Soret.
[n.d. c.1834]
Fine hand coloured lithograph, pt J. Whatman watermark; sheet 220 x 315mm (8¾ x 12½") Taped tear on right right.
A view of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames. On 16 October 1834, most of the Palace was destroyed by fire. Only Westminster Hall, the Jewel Tower, the crypt of St Stephen's Chapel and the cloisters survived.
See ref: 61139, 58585 & 61140
[Ref: 61129] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Fire in Broad-Street. .J. Girtin, Engraver, &c., 25, Old Compton-Street, Soho [...]
Broadsheet, 210 x 230mm (8¼ x 9"). Scarce.
An advert broadsheet decribing items which are to be sold cheaply following a fire.
[Ref: 9415] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Fire in London.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck, Aqua.t.
London. Pub 1st Sept, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 230 x 280mm (9 x 11") very large margins. Slight mount burn.
The fire that destroyed the Albion Flour Mills, on the Southwark side of Blackfriars Bridge, March 2nd, 1791. Also destroyed were John Rennie's steam-driven milling machines inside: it was rumoured the fire was deliberately set to prevent these innovations putting windmill-owners out of business. 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: 53466] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Fire King Steam Ship. Burthen 600 Tons _ 150 Horse Power _ Robert Ewing Commander _ getting under weigh off Liverpool. To the Chairman and Directors of the Ardrossan and Liverpool Steam Packet Company, This Print of their Spelndid and Powerful Vessel is Respectfully Dedicated by their Obedient Servant, Samuel Walters.
Painted by Samuel Walters. Fairland, lith. 45 St John's Squ.e London.
Published by S. Walters, 99 Mill Streetm & Mr Aylward, Lord Street, Liverpoolm & Ackermann & Co. London [n.d., c.1839].
Scarce tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾") very large margins.
A paddlesteamer, built in 1839 as a pleasure yacht for Thomas Assheton Smith, with engines by Robert Napier. In 1840 it was converted for passengers and served the Ardrossan-Liverpool route, a 13 hour journey, with departures coinciding with mail train arrivals from Glasgow and London. In 1847 it was sold out of the British register.
[Ref: 57870] £480.00

[Great Fire of London.] Abbildung der Statt London, sambt dem erschröcklichen brandt daselsten, so 4. tagen lange gewehrt hatt. Ao. 1666. im 7bris.
[Frankfurt: Heirs of Matthias Merian, n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Plate: 220 x 355mm (8¾ x 14''). Central crease as normal.
A German print showing the Great Fire of London which burned through London for four days destroying much of the medieval city.
[Ref: 49299] £580.00

E. de brandt van London, op den 12. 13. 14. 15. en 16 September Anno 1666.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving. Sheet 100 x 135mm, 4 x 5¼". Trimmed, laid in album paper. A very fine impression.
The Great Fire of London at night, from an elevated viewpoint south of the river.
[Ref: 11832] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Insurance policy receipt from Bristol Crown Fire-Office] Whereas Christopher Willougby Chamberlyne for the Use of the Mayor, Burgeses and Commonalty of the City of Bristol [...]
[filled out September 29, 1747]
Engraving, letterpress and manuscript, sheet 210 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Folded.
Document insuring against fire damage the post office was being built at the corner of Exchange Alley and Corn Street in Bristol, insured for £300.
[Ref: 40871] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A true Sketch of ye Fire which caused W.J. Lanes death.
taken on the spot by a surgeon given D E H [?]
[c.1820]
Pen and ink sketch, sheet 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Glued to album sheet with other scraps overlapping. Tears, staining etc.
Remarkable sketch of a fire with people fleeing the burning building and valuable depictions of firefighting equipment.
[Ref: 44789] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Fire-Engine. Plate II. Bramah's Improved Patent Fire Engine.
J. Pass sculp.t.
London, Published as the Act directs June 20 1805 by J. Wilkes.
Coloured engraving. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"), large margins.
Diagrams of the parts of a fire-engine designed by Joseph Bramah (1748-1814), who is best known for inventing the hydraulic press and the water closets for Osborne House, Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight. In 1806 he created a machine for printing bank notes with automatic sequential serial numbers.
[Ref: 56702] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

A Christmas Fire-Side. Intended as a present to the rising generation. HB Sketches 236.
HB [John Doyle]. A. Ducote's Lithography. 70 St. Martins Lane.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 8th 1833.
Lithograph. Size: 370 x 280mm. (14½ x 11").
Title followed by: "And can I ever cease to be / Affectionate and kind to Thee / Who wast so very kind to me / My Mother". About this period the newspapers informed the public that Lord Brougham was paying a visit to his mother at Brougham-hall, and gave some particulars of the domestic affairs of his Lordship, with anecdotes of his venerable parent. From these, H.B. has been able to sketch the scene, the primitive simplicity of which has suggested the quotation from the well-known poem of "My Mother."
[Ref: 31419] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

"Firefly".
D. Lewis Graves. '31. [pencil signature.]
Etching. Watermarked: David Strang. Limited edition: 19/30. 311 x 235mm. 12¼ x 9¼".
A ballerina in attitude en pointe.
[Ref: 19200] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 4: Fireman.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"), with 2pp. letterpress. Trimmed within plate.
A fireman working for the Sun Fire Office, standing before a fire engine. The letterpress records the history of insurance, five instances where fire nearly destroyed London, the fireman's uniform and the abilities of the fire engine. From 'The Costume of Great Britain', a book containing 60 plates of people at work and scenes of everyday life. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate the book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 52044] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[4. Fireman.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand coloured etching with aquatint. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 10").
A fireman holding an axe in one hand and a flare in the other, the logo of the Sun Fire Office on his arm. Behind him is a water wagon, with a dozen men manning the pump, another the hose. The print was published in 'The Costume of Great Britain', a work notable for portraying British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 28717] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

A l'Anglaise or the English Fireside [&] A la Francaise or the French Fireside
Cha.s Ansell del.t P W Tomkins sculp.t late pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
Published Sept. the 22nd 1787. by In.o. Matthews No. 441 Strand.
Pair of stipples part printed in colour, each sheet 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate;
Pair of scenes contrasing the decorous courtship of English men and women (reinforced by the neoclassical order of the objects on the fireside behind) and the uninhibited behaviour of the equivalent French fireside.
For the prints sold individually (uncoloured) see refs. 18068-9.
[Ref: 41226] £320.00

Fete Du 14 Juillet An IX. Vue des 3 Theatres construits aux Champs Elysees dans le Carre Marigny; Sur les quels on a Celebre aussi la Fete du 1.er Vendemiare An X.
A Paris chez B[as]set M.d d'[e]stampes et Fabriquant de Papiers Peints rue St.t Jacques, au coin de celle des Mathurins, No. 670. [n.d., c.1802].
Hand coloured engraving, plate 275 x 445mm (10¾ x 17½"), with margins. Slightly crea top right. Abrasions in publication line.
A view of a large crowd watching acrobatic, musical and theatrical entertainment happening in the three theaters built on the Champs-Élysées in the Marigny square. With a firework in the shape of a Masonic (a five pointed star) symbol lighting up the sky. In celebration of the national holiday of July 14 (25 Messidor) 1801 organized in Paris, by the architect Chalgrin, to commemorate the storming of the Bastille in 1789. They were reused on September 23, 1801 (1st Vendémiaire, year X) for the celebrations of the anniversary of the founding of the Republic in 1792.
[Ref: 57436] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Firework Macaroni. V.5. 15.
Pubd as the act directs by MDarly 39 Strand. Octr 26 1772.
Etching. Plate 178 x 128mm (7 x 5").
A man in an embroidered coat holding a stick in one hand and a firework with a threaded fuse in the other. A possible representation of Leoni (1772; fl.) the pyrotechnist.
BM Satires: 4664.
[Ref: 38216] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Artificier. Contenant Sept Planches.
Baratti s.
[Paris, Neuchâtel & Amsterdam: Briasson, le Breton, Durand & Panckoucke, c.1772.]
Folio, stitched extract; pp. (ii), 7 numbered engraved plates, as called for.
The complete set of seven plates relating to the work of pyrotechnicians or firework-makers. The plates show a workshop, tools and design of various fireworks, and the text contains a 145-point key. Published in the "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences" edited by Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784), French philosopher, art critic and writer. The 35 volumes took nearly 30 years to produce (1751-1780): the opposition from both the French State Prosecutor and Pope Clement XIII meant that much of the work was published secretly, although Diderot learned after publication that his printer was still censoring his final proofs.
[Ref: 17909] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Der Feuerwerks Platz im Prater. La Place du feu d'Artifice au Prater.
C. P. S. C. M. [Johann] Ziegler.
Artaria & Comp [n.d. c. 1783, Vienna.]
Etching with original colour. 330 x 435mm (13 x 17¼"). Faint toning and staining that creeps into the image.
A festive scene in Vienna's Prater Park in the 'Fireworks Square'. From Johann Ziegler's 'Views of the Royal City of Vienna' (1749-1802) a German and Austrian landscape artist known for both his paintings and copperplate engravings.
[Ref: 56474] £450.00

Surgere quæ rutilo spectas incendia coelo Ferdinandi succendit amor.
[Antwerp: Jan van Meurs, 1636.]
Scarce & fine etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17"). Trimmed to image, repair top right corner.
A fireworks display held on January 28th 1635 in the town square of Ghent, including a monster head breathing fire. held to celebrate Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (c.1610-41, brother of Philip IV of Spain) becoming Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. He watches from the balcony of the Saint Bavo Church. One of 42 plates in 'Serenissime Fernandi Cardinalis Infantis triumphalis introitus in Flandriae metropolim Gandauum'.
[Ref: 58261] £360.00

A View of ye Grand Theatre & Fireworks erected on ye Water near ye Court at ye Hague (on Occasion of ye General Peace concluded at Aix le Chapelle Oct:18, 1748) and exhibited June 13, 1749. N.S.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine according to Act of Parliament 1749, for J. Hinton at ye Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church-Yard London.
Etching and engraving, 180 x 300mm. 7 x 11¾". Vertical folds as normal, tearing at lower paper edge. Some staining.
Preparations for a display of fireworks to celebrate the second Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) of 1748, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession. Fold-out illustration to the Universal Magazine.
[Ref: 9672] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Artificier.
[Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert, c.1760.]
Set of seven engravings with letterpress contents sheet. Bound together in paper wrapper, some sheets loose. Each sheet: 255 x 390mm (10 x 15½") Staining.
Seven plates detailing the tools and equipment of a pyrotechnician, from Diderot and d'Alembert's 'Encyclopédia ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers' 17vols (1751-1765).
[Ref: 41357] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Royal Grecian Saloon, Pleasure Grounds and Olympic Temple, Eagle Tavern, City Road [...] Benefit, Tuesday, September 14, 1841. A Grand Ball Gala, Fire-works, and Illuminations [...]
J.W. Peel Printer, 9 New Cut, Lambeth, opposite the Victoria.
[1841.]
Letterpress handbill, 4pp., printed on two sides. Sheet 255 x 370mm, folded once. Tear taped, edges chipped, laid on album sheet.
After an evening of opera, pantomine and singing, the entertainment was 'To Conclude with a Magnificent display of Fireworks by Mr. Fenwick".
[Ref: 57166] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Fireworks] Francica Seqvantis Atollit Gloria Rebvs. Pacatori Orbis Vota Publica. Soclorum Vindici Principum Concordia. Iurium Assertori Victoria Perpetva.
[Feu de Ratisbone fait Par M.r Verius].
[Paris: I. B. Nolin c.1691]
Proof engraving, plate 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 6¾"), with small margins.
Print from 'Histoire du roi Louis le Grand, par les médailles, emblèmes, devises, jetons, inscriptions, armoiries, et autres monuments publics,' written by French author, heraldist, Jesuit and attendant of the royal court Claude-François Ménestrier (1631 –1705).
[Ref: 57361] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

L'Artifice. Q.6
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. Plate 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing fireworks, with timer, keys, measuring tools and smoking clay pots.
[Ref: 59103] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Fireworks for the wedding of Leopold I] Eigentliche Abbild ,, ünd vorstellüng des sehr künftlichen ünd tostbarn Feuerwerds welches auf dem Hochfeyerlichen Kayserl. Beylager zu Wien den 8, Decembris (28) Novemb.) dess 1666. Jahrs, angesündet und branet worden.
[after Melchior Küsel.]
[Frankfurt: Johann Görlin & Johann Bauer, 1703.]
Engraving. 300 x 345mm (11¾ x 13½"), with margins. Binding folds.
A fireworks display celebrating the marriage of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I to Margaret Theresa, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain. The fireworks are being launched from a baroque building, with centaurs fighting in the foreground. From 'Theatrum Europaeum', published by the heirs of Matthaus Merian.
[Ref: 54927] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Positively the last Night. Dobree's Theatre [...] he has at a considerable expence, engaged the Celebrated Madam Hengler, who will exhibit A grand Display of Fire Works, As performed by her with such unbpunded Applause at Vauxhall Gardens, London, last Season [...]
Printed by G. Norton, Henley.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Letterpress handbill Sheet 380 x 220mm (15 x 8¾). Folds and creasing, toning to edges, a few chips.
After an evening of comedy, Sarah Hengler would put on a show of fireworks, including 'a grand Metamophose Wheel, displaying in brilliant Fire, ''Prosperity to Marlow!'''. Hengler (c.1765-1845), second wife of the circus performer John Michael Hengler, ran her firework business from 4 Asylum Buildings, off Westminster Bridge Road. In 1818 three people died in explosions there; after retiring from the business she was killed in a fire on the premises.
[Ref: 57167] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A Representation of the Royal Fire-Work perform'd by the directions of Coll. Hopkey and Coll. Borgard on the River of Thames near Whitehall, y.e 7.th of July 1713. being y.e day appointed for a publick Thanksgiving for the General Peace.
B. Lens fec. et exc.
[n.d. 1713]
Extremely rare & fine mezzotint. 520 x 410mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed to plate mark. Horizontal centre fold crease with minor creasing and scratches across the image. Small nicks to the edges. Loss to bottom left corner filled in with ink.
An architectural facade of paired columns adorned with statues and the royal crest. Fireworks burst into the sky in the background as well as on the Thames in the foreground. The statues take the allegorical form of Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Justice, Courage, Victory, Peace and Conduct. The year of peace, or Anno Pacis, refers to the Peace of Utrecht signed in April 1713 by Queen Anne, Louis XIV and Philip V of Spain.
[Ref: 56467] £950.00

Afbeelding der Illuminatie voor het Huis van de WelEd. Geftr. Heer M.r W.C. Backer. Hoofd Officier &c. &c. der Stad Amsterdam, op den 8.sten Maart 1788.
W. Kok ad Vivum del. D.t Veebraard fecit.
De Wed: J. Doll. Excud:
Engraving, sheet 210 x 205mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
Dutch print of fireworks structure.
[Ref: 57294] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Chinese Bridge in St. James's Park. [&] A View of the Temple of Concord in the Green Park as seen at Midnight on the 1st August. in Celebration of the Glorious Peace of 1814.
Exec.d by F. Calvert.
Published as the Act Directs, by Burkitt & Hudson, 85 Cheapside London. [n.d., 1814.]
Pair of aquatints with hand colour. Ea. c. 395 x 470mm (15½ x 18"). Trimmed to plate mark top & bottom. "Temple of Concord" without publication line
Two scenes of the firework displays designed and directed by Colonel William Congreve to celebrate the supposed end to the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. Planned by the Prince Regent, the display was watched by Frederick William III of Prussia, Tsar Alexander and Prince Metternich. Frederick Calvert (fl. 1814-44).
[Ref: 199] £1,250.00 view all images for this item

[Saint Firmina] S. Firmina Verg. Mart. Padrona a Protetrice di Civita Vechia d'Amelia e d'Arles in francia, et Avocata delli Naviganti [...]
[Anon. Italian, c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Very damaged; glued to backing sheet. Losses to image.
Saint Fermina (272-304 AD), saint of sailors, Amelia, and Civitavecchia.
[Ref: 46088] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Ferozepore Races. Second Day. December 1842. First. The Ellenborough Cup on its Terms. Second. 50 Gold Mohurs from the Fund, all Horses, Heats Round the Course....Third. 30 Gold Mohurs from the Fund, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 Gold Mohurs, for all Maiden Galloways, 14 hands, to carry 9st. 7lbs. 1¼ mile, Heats. Fourth. Great Welter of 30 Gold Mohurs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 Gold Mohurs each, for all Horses 11st. 7lbs. Arabs allowed 4lbs. and Maidens 5lbs. G.R. Round the Course and a distance. Ferozepore Races, - Second Day, December 27, 1842. To start at One P.M. First Race. A Cup value 1,000 Rupees, given by the Governor General, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 G.M. each, for horses…Second Race. 50 G.M. for all horses. Heats R.C. Arabs, 9st…The winner of the Maiden Arabs, first day not allowed 5lbs….Third Race. 30 G.M. for all Maiden Galloways, 14 hands, to carry 9-7, 1¼ mile heats added to a Sweepstakes of 5 G.M….Fourth Race. Great Welter of 30 G.M….R. Knatchbull, Secretary. N.B.-Gentlemen are particularly requested to remit their subscriptions to Major Parson, or the Secretary, Horse Artillery Camp…Ferozepore Races, - Third Day, December 29, 1842. Lancer Cup, - 1842-43. First Race, A Gold Cup, value One Thousand Rupees, given by the Officers of Her Majesty’s 16th Lancers, for all horses…Subscriptions to be sent to Captain Reynolds, H.M’s 16th Lancers…In case of any difference arising relating to these terms, the same to be decided by the Officers of the Regiment, or such person or persons as they shall appoint…Second Race. The Little Welter of 10 Gold Mohurs each, with 20 Gold Mohurs from the Fund…Third Race. Charger Stakes of 15 Gold Mohurs, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 Gold Mohurs, ½ mile, G.R. same terms as regards qualifications as the Lancer Tankard…Fourth Race. 25 Gold Mohurs for all horses ½ mile heats…R. Knatchbull, Secretary. [&] A Day with the Etawah Hunt, a 25 Minutes run.
[1842.] Bellin & Co. lith.
Letterpress, three pages, and one lithograph, 4 items, very scarce collection. Sheet 432 x 260mm. 17 x 10¼".
Firzopur, India on the banks of the Sutlej River was of great strategic importance to the British during the First Anglo-Sikh War. This particular racing event was during the time of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871) who was Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844. His governance was riddled with criticism as Ellenborough was sent to “restore peace to Asia” but the whole term of his office was occupied by war. These races took place in the December of his first year. When Ellenborough arrived, he discussed the possibilities of a military occupation of the Punjab, and soon after infantry reinforcements began to arrive at the frontier posts of Firozpur and Ludhiana. [&] Etawah is on the Yamuna River and was an important centre for the Revolt of 1857.
[Ref: 18382] £420.00 view all images for this item

Quick Search

Search by Ref. Number

Browse by Subject

Browse by Artist

Browse by Engraver

New - Catalogue 148

Catalogue 147

Catalogue 146

Advanced Search