Grosvenor Prints

The Judgement of Hercules. From the Painting of Nicolas Poussin, 3 feet high by 2 feet 4 inches Wide, in the Collection of Henry Hoare Esq.r.
Nicolas Poussin Pinx.t. Robertus Strange delin.t et sculp.t Londini 1759.
[London: Robert Strange, 1790.]
Engraving. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15"), with very large margins.
Hercules as a young man, visited by the figures of Vice and Virtue, who offer him the choice between a pleasant and easy life or a severe but glorious life. Hercules, of course, chose the latter. From a collected edition of the engravings by Sir Robert Strange (1721-92) after famous paintings, in this case one by Poussin, c.1636, owned by Henry Hoare (1705-85), a banker and patron of art, who built Stourhead in Wiltshire, where it still resides.
[Ref: 46535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Hercules and Omphale.]
G.B. Cipriani Delin.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Nov.r 1.st; 1787 by W. Dickinson Engraver No.158 Bond Street.
Stipple and etching, very decorative, fine impression. Plate 216 x 241mm. 8½ x 9½". Trimmed to the plate along left edge.
Hercules seated holding a spindle with Omphale opposite, half naked, wearing his lion's skin; her right hand on a club held by a putto. Cupid holding a bow to the right and two putti holding wreaths.
De Vesme: 425; iv/v. See 21176 for later state.
[Ref: 20445] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Hercules and Omphale.]
G.B. Cipriani Delin.t F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
London, Publish'd Nov.r 1.st; 1787 by W. Dickinson Engraver No.158 Bond Street.
A fine stipple and etching, very decorative. Plate 216 x 241mm. 8½ x 9½". Slight crease, large margins.
Hercules seated holding a spindle with Omphale opposite, half naked, wearing a lion's skin; her right hand on a club held by a putto. Cupid holding a bow to the right and two putti holding wreaths.
De Vesme: 425; v/v. See 20445 for earlier state.
[Ref: 21176] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Hercules and Omphale.]
G.B. Cipriani Delin.t. Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi.
[London, Publish'd Nov:r 1st 1787 by W. Dickinson Engraver No: 158 Bond Street.]
Stipple and etching, state before title, printed in sepia. Sheet 225 x 365mm (9 x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Hercules seated to left, holding a spindle; on the right, Omphale, half-naked, wearing his lion's skin over her head, seated with legs crossed, her right hand resting on a club held by a putto. On her left, Cupid, holding a bow, two putti holding wreaths; in a horizontal oval. In classical mythology Omphale was queen of Lydia; Herakles/Hercules was her slave for three years, as punishment for murdering his friend Iphitus. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-85).
De Vesme 425.
[Ref: 53316] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Hercules and Omphale.]
G.B. Cipriani Delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London, Publish'd Nov:r 1st 1787 by W. Dickinson Engraver No: 158 Bond Street.
Stipple and etching, state before title. 215 x 255mm (8½ x 10"). Crease through lower left corner.
Hercules seated to left, holding a spindle; on the right, Omphale, half-naked, wearing his lion's skin over her head, seated with legs crossed, her right hand resting on a club held by a putto. On her left, Cupid, holding a bow, two putti holding wreaths; in a horizontal oval. In classical mythology Omphale was queen of Lydia; Herakles/Hercules was her slave for three years, as punishment for murdering his friend Iphitus. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 425, iv of v.
[Ref: 21256] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Ercole a Mensa. Tom V. Tav. XIV.
V. Dolcibene dis. Ghigi inc.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. 311 x 330mm. 12¼ x 13".
A depictrion of Hercules holding a pot and reclining on a dragon; a young man holds out a platter from which falls a boar. After Vincenzo Dolcibene (c.1746-1820).
[Ref: 25407] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

André Hercules Cardinal de Fleury Grand Aumonier de la Reine Ministre d'Etat, Grand Maitre et Surintendant des Postes [...]
Peint par Antreau Graveé par G. Roy
[c.1750]
Engraving, trimmed. 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on backing paper. Toning. Right margin has been torn.
André-Hercules de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus (1653-1743), French cardinal who served as chief minister of Louis XV. Portrait after Rigaud in oval, held by representation of the Greek philosopher Diogenes.
[Ref: 53826] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Figures Herding Goats on Donkeys.]
peint par J. Pillement. Gravé par Jaques Wangner.
se vend à Vienne, Paris Augsbourgs et autres Lieux chez Messieurs les Commissionaires de l'Academie Imperiale avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imp. de n'en faire pas Copie par l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 305 x 420mm (12 x 16½''). Surface dirt. Small margins.
A rustic scene showing a group of figures on donkeys herding goats along a path. Published in France, Austria and Germany.
[Ref: 49044] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Here Today-Gone Tomorrow.
Morgan Dennis, [signed in pencil].
[n.d., c.1910]
Etching. 85mm x 130mm (3"x 5") Framed.
A terrier, tethered to the wall, leans against the side of his cage, a 'For Sale' sign hanging behind him. Morgan Dennis was an American artist reknowned for his ability to capture the character of dogs.
See Ref: 31907
[Ref: 32037] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

To the Right Hon.ble T: Harley This distant View of Hereford. Commencing a Series of Views on the River Wye, is most respectfully and humbly inscribed by his obedient and obliged Servant F. Jukes. Plate I.
Drawn by E. Dayes, Draftsman to His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Engraved by F. Jukes.
London Pub.d March 1. 1797, by F. Jukes [in ink:] 57 John St Fitzroy Sq.
Hand-coloured aquatint with very large margins, rare. Plate 355 x 459mm (14 x 18").
View from a hill with road in the foreground, on which a couple walk behind a descending covered wagon, a clump of undergrowth and trees framing the image at right, fields beyond with the town in the middle distance, the cathedral and spires of two churches visible, the Malvern hills in the distance at left. From "Views on the River Wye", E. Dayes & F. Jukes.
Ex Collection: The Late Hon.ble Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Abbey Scenery: 545.1.
[Ref: 28773] £320.00

To Edward Griffiths, Esq.re of Newcourt, this Print of The Hereford Grand Stand, Is most respectfully dedicated, by his obliged Servant, The Publisher.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph, framed. Visible area 297 x 394mm. 11¾ x 15½".
A view of horse racing past the grand stand at Hereford Racecourse. It is a thoroughbred horse racing venue which was opened in 1771 and is almost square in shape with a circuit of about half-a-mile.
[Ref: 25134] £320.00

Herefordshire.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph with added colour, fine. 178 x 132mm. 7 x 5¼".
Herefordshire: known for its celebrated orchard heritage. Here two women hold a basket full of apples, with a wooden press behind.
[Ref: 24175] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

The Heretical Synod at Salters-Hall.
[n.d., c.1719.]
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"). Trimmed.
The interior of the meeting house adjoining the Salters' Hall in Walbrook, with Four Moderators. On the sheet once atttached it states in ink that this was by Hogarth and frontis to a pamphlet called "the Scourge". In 1719 the Salters' Hall debates split the dissenting community on the issue of whether ministers should be obliged to subscribe to the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. The print is possibly the frontispiece to Thomas Lewis, ''The anatomy of the Heretical Synod of Dissenters at Salter's Hall ... collected from their late blasphemous writings ... by the author of the Scourge, in a letter to a country friend'', 1719.
[Ref: 56276] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

George Heriot Jeweller to King James VI who besides Founding & Endowing his Stately Hospital at Edinr. Bequeath'd to his Relations above Sixty Thousand Pounds Ster. Obiit 1623, Aetatis Anno LXIII. ...To the Right Honble. John Couts Esqr. Lord Provost of Edinr. The Town Council & Governrs. & Treasurer of Heriots Hospital this plate is humbly Dedicate by your Honrs. Most hunble Servts. Jo: & Chas. Esplens 1743.
Scougal pinxt.
Mezzotint. 235 x 350mm. Surface damage in bottom right corner of title area.
Jeweller to James I and founder of Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh [1563 - 1624].
[Ref: 5441] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Front View of Heriot's Hospital.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Repaired tear and creasing.
A view of the front of Heriot's Hospital, now George Heriot's school, which was established in 1628 by bequest of royal goldsmith George Heriot and opened in 1659.
[Ref: 30846] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Hubert Herkomer, solicits the honour of a visit from [***] & friends to a private View of his Portraits, Pictures & Engravings at Mess.rs Goupil and C.o's New Galleries, 116 & 117 New Bond Street, W. April 5th, 6th, & 7th 1883.
HH 83.
[London, 1883.]
Etching. 145 x 175mm (5¾ x 7"), with attached Change of Address note, very large margins. Vertical crease.
A group of men sitting around a table, one holding a tankard. A blank invitation from Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher of portraits, landscapes, genre subjects. In 1869 he began working as an artist for a newly-founded newspaper 'The Graphic'. Herkomer was also a pioneering film maker. He established a studio in Lululaund and directed a number of historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music.
[Ref: 45828] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Hubert Herkomer, solicits the honour of a visit from [***] & friends to a private View of his Portraits, Pictures & Engravings at Mess.rs Goupil and C.o's New Galleries, 116 & 117 New Bond Street, W. April 5th, 6th, & 7th 1883.
HH 83.
[London, 1883.]
Etching. 145 x 175mm (5¾ x 7") very large margins. Surface soiling.
A group of men sitting around a table, one holding a tankard. A blank invitation from Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher of portraits, landscapes, genre subjects. In 1869 he began working as an artist for a newly-founded newspaper 'The Graphic'. Herkomer was also a pioneering film maker. He established a studio in Lululaund and directed a number of historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music.
[Ref: 45827] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Carpenter's family, writing sheet?]
H.H. 8M. Hubert v. Herkomer [pencil signature.]
[London, c.1885.]
Etching, proof; watermark Herkomer. 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾").
A couple carrying a baby, the handle of a saw protruding from the man's pack. The blank area botom right would be for either overprinting or a hand written note. By Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher of portraits, landscapes, genre subjects. In 1869 he began working as an artist for a newly-founded newspaper 'The Graphic'. Herkomer was also a pioneering film maker: he established a studio at Lululaund (his Romanesque revival style house and studio in Melbourne Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire) and directed a number of historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music.
[Ref: 44093] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Jethou, Part of Herm, with Serk in the Distance. From the Coast near Mount Crevelt.
On Stone by L. Haghe. From Nature by T. Compton. [Printed by W.Day, 17 Gate Street.]
Published by M. Moss, Guernsey Feb.y 1829.
Lithograph. 222 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed, losing printer's address.
Jethou, Herm and Sark are three small islands to the East of Guernsey. Jethou is famous for its puffin population.
[Ref: 16136] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Jethou, Part of Herm, with Serk in the Distance. From the Coast near Mount Crevelt.
On Stone by L. Haghe. From Nature by T. Compton. Printed by W.Day, 17 Gate Street.
Published by M. Moss, Guernsey Feb.y 1829.
Lithograph. 222 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"), with large margins. Crease on right.
Jethou, Herm and Sark are three small islands to the East of Guernsey. Jethou is famous for its puffin population.
[Ref: 52198] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Herman, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel] Effigies Hermanni Hassiae Landgravii.
[Anon., German, c.1650.]
Etching, frontispiece?, 265 x 170mm. 10½ x 6¾". Coat of arms of Hesse-Cassel to verso. Chipped lower margin.
Portrait of Herman, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1607-1658), a principality of the Holy Roman Empire that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567. His toy spaniel sits up in a begging posture lower right. Four lines of Latin verse to cartouche below portrait.
[Ref: 19490] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Cutting Out the Hermione from the Harbour of Porto Cavallo, Oct.r. 25.th. 1799.
Painted by T.Whitcombe. Engrav'd by T.Sutherland.
Published Oct.r.1.1816, at 48 Strand, for J.Jenkins's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint. Plate: 300 x 215mm (11¾ x 8½"). Very large margins.
From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
Parker 148.
[Ref: 39014] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

S. Barrett, the Hermit of Cabbinteely, in Ireland.
C. Doyle sculp.t.
Pub. by Hogg & Co. June 1. 1807.
Stipple. Plate: 190 x 100mm (7½ x 4''). Small margins on 3 sides.
A portrait of a hermit from Cabinteely near Dublin. An illustration from the New Wonderful Museum and Extraordinary Magazine.
[Ref: 48392] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

S. Barrett, the Hermit of Cabbinteely, in Ireland.
C. Doyle sculp.t.
Pub. by Hogg & Co. June 1. 1807. [Later 19th Century.]
Stipple. Plate: 190 x 100mm (7½ x 4''). Damage to top corner, paper tone.
A portrait of a hermit from Cabinteely near Dublin. An illustration from the New Wonderful Museum and Extraordinary Magazine.
[Ref: 48393] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)

Hermitage.
Rt. Johnston delt. H. Dawe Sculp.
[London, 1815.]
Hand coloured aquatint, sheet 180 x 215mm. 7 x 8½". Sheet trimmed.
View of the Hermitage (now a museum) on the banks of the River Neva, Saint Petersburg, Russia. After Robert Johnston (1783 - 1839), for his 'Travels through part of the Russian Empire and the County of Poland, along the southern shores of the Baltic'.
Abbey Travel: 15, 8. BL: 001889216. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18587] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[14 Views of Herne Bay.]
Kershaw & Son, London.
Oblong 8vo, printed wrappers, lacking front cover and back torn; 14 steel-engraved vignette views.
Views of the town of Herne Bay, a seaside resort in Kent.
[Ref: 26542] £85.00

Hernes Oak. Windsor Forest. There is an old Tale goes, that Herne the Hunter, Sometime a 'Keeper here in Windsor Forest, Doth all the Winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with ragged horns. Vide "Merry Wines of Windsor."
Drawn on Stone & Pub.d Jan.y 1st 1830 by W.A. Delamotte Jun.r R.M. college, Sandhurst.
Printed by Chagrey, 310 Strand.
Lithograph. Rare. Sheet size: 215 x 155mm (8½ x 6½").
Herne the Hunter's Oak was located in Home Park, Windsor. Herne, a character from Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', seen seated below the tree with antlers on his head, was a forest keeper, said to have hung himself from the tree, his ghost haunted the forest at midnight.
Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39387] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Hero Frigate, sailing into Portsmouth Harbour.
Published 12th. May 1794. by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 255 x 360mm.
No records exist of a Royal Navy frigate named 'Hero'. A third-rate 'Hero' was launched in 1759, became a prison ship after 1793 and was renamed 'Rochester' in 1800. Very scarce.
[Ref: 3747] £450.00

[Heron and cormarants.]
[Etched by Hollar after Francis Barlow?]
[n.d., c.1660.]
Etching, 17th century watermark 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"), with large margins. Stitch holes in left margin.
A heron standing in a river, with two cormorants (one eating a fish) and two swifts above. An untitled and unsigned plate from the series 'Diversae avium species', which was mostly etched by Wenceslaus Hollar after Francis Barlow.
Pennington 2139, only state.
[Ref: 63607] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Herongate, Essex.
Frank Brangwyn [signed in pencil].
Etching, platemark 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½"), with very large margins.
The Boar's Head in Herongate, Essex, now a Grade II listed country pub. Etched by Frank William Brangwyn (Bruges, 1867 - London, 1956), one of the most influential etchers of the early twentieth century. Brangwyn had already established his reputation as a major painter and watercolourist at the time of his first etching in 1900. He was then quickly drawn more and more to the many possibilities of this artistic medium and by 1926 had completed 331 original etchings. Most of Brangwyn's art concentrated upon figure studies, architectural and marine subjects. He traveled extensively and many of his most famous etchings are of continental views, particularly scenes from Normandy, Belgium and Italy.
[Ref: 41222] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Herrenbæchli pris en hyver. No.10.
C. Wolf pinxit. Schellenberg sculpsit.
a Berne chez A. Wagner Imp de LL:EE:
Engraving. Sheet: 240 x 340mm (9½ x 13½"). Surface dirt. Cut to platemark.
A view in the Swiss Alps from 'Collection des Vues remarquables des Alpes de la Suisse' 1789 engraved after Caspar Wolf's paintings, showing two figures climbing up a mountain through the snow.
[Ref: 42759] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Robert Herrick. Tempora cinxisset Foliorum densior umbra...Omnibus Ingenio Mente Lepore, Stylo. Scripsit I.H.C. W.M.
[W. Marshall fecit.]
Published as the Act directs March 1, 1795, by W. Richardson, Castle Street Leicester Square.
Engraving. Plate 178 x 114mm. 7 x 4½".
Sculptured bust of Robert Herrick on a pedestal with inscription; the garden of the Hesperides in the background; above, putti with wreaths; to the right, Pegasus on Mount Helicon. Robert Herrick (1591-1674) was an English poet.
[Ref: 24707] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev:d John Herries, A. M.
Martin, Pinx.t 1775. Read fecit.
Publish'd March 1.st 1776 by H. Bryer in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides into inscription area at bottom, laid on album paper at corners.
Half-length portrait of Reverend John Herries (d.1781) clergyman and elocutionist in an oval. He wears a dark robe, bands and powdered wig and holds a scroll in his left hand. His book 'The elements of speech,' published in 1773 became widely used and frequently cited as an important work. However often criticised by his contemporaries as he was Scottish.
CS 1, ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66423] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev:d John Herries, A. M.
Martin, Pinx.t 1775. Read fecit.
Publish'd March 1.st 1776 by H. Bryer in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Narrow margins on three sides, trimmed into inscription area at bottom, affecting the publication line collector's blindstamp in inscription area,
Half-length portrait of Reverend John Herries (d.1781) clergyman and elocutionist in an oval. He wears a dark robe, bands and powdered wig and holds a scroll in his left hand. His book 'The elements of speech,' published in 1773 became widely used and frequently cited as an important work. However often criticised by his contemporaries as he was Scottish.
CS 1, ii of ii. Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Milne Cooper (Lugt L.1816c).
[Ref: 66424] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev:d John Herries, A. M.
Martin, Pinx.t 1775. Read fecit.
Publish'd March 1.st 1776 by H. Bryer in Cornhill.
Scarce mezzotint, sheet 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11"). Trimmed within plate. Bottom right corner repaired and loss.
Half-length portrait of Reverend John Herries (d.1781) clergyman and elocutionist in an oval. He wears a dark robe, bands and powdered wig and holds a scroll in his left hand. His book 'The elements of speech,' published in 1773 was became widely use and frequently cited as an important work. However often criticised by his contemporaries as he was Scottish.
CS 1 II of II.
[Ref: 61559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Herring Seller.] La Marchande D'Harengs. D'apres le Tableau Original, qui se trouve dans la Collection de Monsieur G.Crawfurd, de Rotterdam.
Peint par G.Metzu. Grave par C.H.Hodges.
[n.d., c.1803.] a Amsterdam, chez l'Auteur, sur le Keizersgragt.
Very rare mezzotint. 580 x 455mm (22¾ x 18"), large margins. Foxed.
Portrait of an elderly woman, selling herrings from a round dish set on a table formed of a board on a barrel, outside a cottage, taking money from a woman who stands on the right.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65650] £390.00

J.F. Herring's Farm Yard. No. 6.
J.F. Herring del.t J. West Giles lith.
M. & N. Hanhart lith. printers. London, Published 15th January 1850, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners St, Oxford St.
Fine coloured lithograph, printed area 455 x 410mm (18 x 16"). Loss in margins on right.
Atmospheric barn scene with three cows, after J.F. Herring.
[Ref: 23813] £480.00

[Thomas Herring] A Speech Made by His Grace, the Lord Archbishop of York, At Presenting an Association, Enter'd into at the Castle of York, Sept.r the 24.th 1745. My Lords; Gentlemen; My Rev.d Brethren of the Clergy...
William Hogarth Pinx.t. C.Mosley sculp. according to Act of Parliam.t 1745.
Scarce engraving. Sheet: 365 x 215mm (14½ x 8½''). Trimmed, creasing and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Thomas Herring (1693-1757) while Bishop of York, above the transcript of the rousing speech he gave at York Castle on the 24th September in response to the Jacobite Rising. Horace Walpole said this speech "had as much true spirit, honesty and bravery in it as ever was penned by an historian for an ancient hero". Herring was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1747.
Paulson Pg 15.
[Ref: 49293] £360.00

The most Rev.d Father in God D.r Thomas Herring by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury; Primate of all England; & Metropolitan And one of His Majesty's most Hon.ble Privy Council, &c. &c.
S. Webster Pinx.t. J,,s M,,cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine & scarce engraving, sheet: 365 x 215mm (14½ x 8½''), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed, creasing and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Thomas Herring (1693-1757) probably painted soon after he become Archbishop of Canterbury in 1747. William Hogarth painted Herring while he was Archbishop of York.
CS 105. Goodwin 155.
[Ref: 68367] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Herschel LL.D: RSS. From an Original Picture in the Possession of W.m Watson MD: FRS.
Painted by Abbott. Engraved by Ryder.
Publish'd as the Act directs 11th Feb.y 1788 by S. Watts, No 28 Walcot place Lambeth.
Stipple. Sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"). With etching of Herschel's telescope, sheet 285 x 325mm. Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at edges.
Frederick William Herschel, Hanoverian astronomer, who came to England during the Seven Years's War and was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society when it was founded in 1820. The owner of the painting, Sir William Watson, asked his friend Herschel to sit for Abbott, saying, ''When you are in town on full moon nights you may perhaps spare an hour early in the morning, & may sit three or four times running - & the thing may in this way be done without much inconvenience or loss of time''. The original oil is now in the National Portrait Gallery. The telescope in the second picture is Herschel's '40-foot telescope (i.e. with a 40-ft focal length), built in Slough between 1785-9. It was largest telescope in the world for 50 years. According to the scratched publication line under the image, it was 'Publish'd Feb 1 1791 by W. Herschel', issued in The Philosophical Transactions of t he Royal Society.
[Ref: 52941] £380.00 view all images for this item

Gulielmus Herschel LL.D: RSS. From an Original Picture in the Possession of W.m Watson MD: FRS.
Painted by Abbott. Engraved by Ryder.
Publish'd as the Act directs 11th Feb.y 1788 by S. Watts, No 28 Walcot place Lambeth.
Stipple. Sheet 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼") Small margins. Nicks to left margin.
Frederick William Herschel, Hanoverian astronomer, who came to England during the Seven Years's War and was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society when it was founded in 1820. The owner of the painting, Sir William Watson, asked his friend Herschel to sit for Abbott, saying, ''When you are in town on full moon nights you may perhaps spare an hour early in the morning, & may sit three or four times running - & the thing may in this way be done without much inconvenience or loss of time''. The original oil is now in the National Portrait Gallery. The telescope in the second picture is Herschel's '40-foot telescope (i.e. with a 40-ft focal length), built in Slough between 1785-9. It was largest telescope in the world for 50 years. According to the scratched publication line under the image, it was 'Publish'd Feb 1 1791 by W. Herschel', issued in The Philosophical Transactions of t he Royal Society.
See reference 52941 for stipple in brown ink.
[Ref: 61689] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Sir John Herschel.
G. Gabrielli Del.t. et Sculp.t.
Eton: Williams & Son, 1875.
Stipple and engraving on india laid paper. 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾") very large margins.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt (1792-1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel; in an oval. He followed his father in astronomical research, mapping the sky of the southern hemisphere; his many scientific achievements included contributions to early photography; he invented photographic use of sensitized paper, introduced ‘hypo' as a fixed agent, and coined the terms ‘photograph', 'negative', and ‘positive'.
Wellcome: 1378-1. NPG: D35722.
[Ref: 53513] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bar.t.
Engraved by D.J. Pound, from a Photograph by Mayall.
[London Illustrated News, 1862.]
Stipple and engraving. Printed area 260 x 170mm (10¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel. He also contributioned to early photography, indroducing sensitized paper, ‘hypo' as a fixed agent, and coining the terms ‘photograph', 'negative', and ‘positive'. From a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901), who is best known for his 1875 portrait of Karl Marx.
[Ref: 59700] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Herschel. European Magazine.
Published, Feby. 1, 1785, by J. Sewell, Cornhill.
Engraving. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"), very large margins. Spotting.
Frederick William Herschel (1738-1822), astronomer best known for his discovery of the planet Uranus in addition to several of its major moons such as Titania and Oberon.
W: 1379-1.
[Ref: 56470] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Fried. Wilh. Herschel. gebohr zu Hannover d:12ten Nov 1738. Sidera cuncta notat tacito labentia coelo. Virg. Aeneid. L.III.
C. Wester mayr fecit.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 178 x 102mm. 7 x 4". Tear to right-hand margin.
Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738-1822), astronomer. In 1781 the amateur astronomer Herschel identified Uranus, the first planet to be discovered since Antiquity. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year, 1782. Working with his sister Caroline, whom he had trained, he made four complete surveys of the night sky and was the first person correctly to describe the Milky Way. Using his great forty-foot telescope constructed over four years, he found two new satellites of Saturn in 1789. Herschel's discoveries astonished the public and inspired Romantic writers like Blake, Byron and Keats. He discovered more than two thousand nebulae and over eight hundred double stars.
After W: 1379-3.
[Ref: 24724] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

To the Red.d the Master, the Fellows & Scholars of St John's College, Cambridge, This Portrait of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, M.A. F.R.S.L. & E.. M.R.I.A., F.R.A.S., M.G.S. &c. &c. &c. And late Fellow of their Ancient & Religious Foundation, Is respectfully dedicated by the Publishers.
H.W. Pickersgill, Esq.r R.A. pinx.t. W.m Ward sculpt. Engraver to his Majesty.
Published 1835.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm, 14 x 10". Trimmed to plate.
From a painting in St. John's Cambridge, Sir William Herschel (1738 - 1822), astronomer, famous for his 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first new planet to be identified since classical times. He was appointed 'King's Astronomer' to George III the following year.
Wellcome:1378.2
[Ref: 24255] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Herschel LL.D: RSS. Sidera cuncta notat tacito labentia coelo Vir. Aeneid Lib.3. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Wm. Watson MD: FRS.
Painted by Abbott. Engraved by Ryder.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple engraving with etching in sepia, sheet 240 x 187mm. Some staining and mould residue.
Sir William Herschel (1738 - 1822), astronomer. In 1781 the amateur astronomer Herschel identified Uranus, the first planet to be discovered since Antiquity. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year, 1782. Working with his sister Caroline, whom he had trained, he made four complete surveys of the night sky and was the first person correctly to describe the Milky Way. Using his great forty-foot telescope constructed over four years, he found two new satellites of Saturn in 1789. Herschel's discoveries astonished the public and inspired Romantic writers like Blake, Byron and Keats. He discovered more than two thousand nebulae and over eight hundred double stars. A strong impression.
Wellcome: 1379-3. Not in BM.
[Ref: 7507] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Wm. Herschel.
H. Grevedon 1828 [facsimile signature in plate]. Litho. de C. Motte.
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 380 x 300mm. Foxing outside india.
Sir William Herschel (1738 - 1822), astronomer. In 1781 the amateur astronomer Herschel identified Uranus, the first planet to be discovered since Antiquity. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year, 1782. Working with his sister Caroline, whom he had trained, he made four complete surveys of the night sky and was the first person correctly to describe the Milky Way. Using his great forty-foot telescope constructed over four years, he found two new satellites of Saturn in 1789. Herschel's discoveries astonished the public and inspired Romantic writers like Blake, Byron and Keats. He discovered more than two thousand nebulae and over eight hundred double stars. By Pierre Louis ('Henri') Grevedon (1776 - 1860), published by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte. Blindstamp below title.
Not in Wellcome, BM or NPG.
[Ref: 7506] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Fr. Wilh. Herschel.
C. Muller f.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple engraving with etching, 212 x 152mm. Trimmed to plate.
Sir (Frederick) William Herschel (1738 - 1822), astronomer. In 1781 the amateur astronomer Herschel identified Uranus, the first planet to be discovered since Antiquity. He was appointed court astronomer to George III the following year, 1782. Working with his sister Caroline, whom he had trained, he made four complete surveys of the night sky and was the first person correctly to describe the Milky Way. Using his great forty-foot telescope constructed over four years, he found two new satellites of Saturn in 1789. Herschel's discoveries astonished the public and inspired Romantic writers like Blake, Byron and Keats. He discovered more than two thousand nebulae and over eight hundred double stars. After the oil painting by Lemuel Francis Abbott of 1785.
[Ref: 7753] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Russian cryllic.] [Herschel.]
H. Pinhas sc.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate 241 x 165mm. 9½ x 6½". Large margins.
Frederick William Herschel (1738-1822) was a British/Russian astronomer, technical expert and composer; emigrating to Britain aged 19. He is best known for his discovery of the planet Uranus in addition to several of its major moons such as Titania and Oberon.
[Ref: 15764] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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