Grosvenor Prints

[Le Tandem]
Heywood Hardy [in pencil]
Printed in Paris - Copyright 1896 by Boussod, Valadon & C.o Successors to Goupil & C.o Publishers Paris, London & New York
Very rare and fine photogravure on india. India 640 x 465mm (25¼ x 18¼"), with very large margins. Limited edition of 125 signed proofs before letters. Printsellers Association blindstamp.
Two women in a horse and cart on a dirt road watch fox hunting in the distant hills.
[Ref: 61526] £550.00

[Charles-Maurice Le Tellier.]
R. Nanteuil ad vivam pinge. et sculpebat. 1664.
Engraving. Sheet: 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 9¾''). Trimmed within plate, laid on conservation tissue.
A portrait of French cleric Charles Maurice le Tellier (1642-1710) Archbishop of Reims.
Petitjean & Wickert 120. IV.
[Ref: 49275] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Messire Michel le Tellier Chancelier de France.
Ferdinandus Voet pinxit. G. Edelinck sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 225mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, creased, mounted in album paper at edges.
Michel Le Tellier (1603-85), marquis de Barbezieux, seigneur de Chaville et de Viroflay, Chancellor of France from 1677, a proponent of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, leading to the persecution of the Huguenots.
La Blanc 247.
[Ref: 64038] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Le Tsing. Musiciens Comiques ou Pittoresques. No. 14. Revue et Gazette musicale 24.
par Garvani. Imp. par Thierry frères à Paris.
Bureaux 97 rue Richlieu. [1844].
Lithograph, with very large margins. Print area dimensions are 310 x 220 mm (12'' x 9'')
A Chinese mandolin player, after Garvani, (real name Hippolyte Chevalier, 1814-66).
[Ref: 51291] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Héroïsme des Marins qui montoient le Vaisseau Le Vengeur, le 3 Juin 1794: ou 3 Prairial, An 2 de la République. No. 99.
Ozanne inv. & del. Le Gouaz Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. Plate 229 x 291mm (9 x 11½").
The sinking of the Venguer de Peuple (1794), at the battle of the Glorious First of June. She engaged in a duel with HMS Brunswick and was badly beaten, and eventually destroyed by HMS Ramillies. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
Not in Parker.
[Ref: 28286] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sir John Leach, Knt. Vice Chancellor of England
Drawn by C. Penny. Engraved by H. Dawe
London Pub.d Sep.r 12th by Zach.h Sweet 38 Chancery Lane
Fine and rare mezzotint, platemark 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Large margins.
Sir John Leach (1760-1834), politician and lawyer. Beginning his career as a whig MP for Seaford in Sussex, Leach developed a close relationship with the prince regent, becoming his first legal officer (seen as a betrayal by whigs). Leach was instrumental in the divorce proceedings against queen Caroline following the scandal of her affair with Bergami, and was widely criticised in caricatures and poems (he was the 'leech' of Shelley's 'Oedipus Tyrannus') for his perceived deceit. Leach never achieved his great ambitions of becoming lord chancellor and obtaining a peerage.
[Ref: 37372] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Leaden Hall Market
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. Et Sculpt. J. Bluck, Aquat.
London. Pub 1st Jany, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 263 x 222mm.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 5227] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Leading Out a Hunter.
Seymour delin. T. Burford fecit. 236.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm.
'Little Driver' racehorse.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5477] £320.00

John Leake. M.D.
D. Gardner pinx. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1781].
Stipple engraving. Sheet 135 x 215mm (5¼ x 8½"). Grubbiness & staining outside image.
Man-midwife [1729 - 1792]. Frontispiece to his 'Medical Instructions' of 1781.
[Ref: 2630] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[John Leake. M.D.]
[D. Gardner pinx. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
[n.d. c.1781]. Proof before letters.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 135 x 215mm. Trimmed inside the platemark, general soiling.
Man-midwife [1729 - 1792]. Frontispiece to his 'Medical Instructions' of 1781.
Not in Welcome.
[Ref: 8975] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Entrance to the Jephson Gardens, Leamington.
J.A. Spencer, Photo. John Lane & Co Lith. London.
London, Published for the Proprietors by Kelly & C.o. [n.d., c.1850.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet Sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11").
A view of the Lodge Entrance to Jephson Gardens, a formal gardens in Leamington Spa.
[Ref: 60792] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

To Henry Jephson Esq.re President, and The Directors and Proprietors of the Leamington College, this View ist most respectfully inscribed by their very obedient servant D.G. Squirkill, Architect.
G. Hawkins, lith. Day & Son, lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d. c.1850.]
A rare hand-coloured lithograph. 318 x 463mm. 12½ x 18¼".
Binswood Hall - Leamington College for Boys. This tudor style building was built in 1847. Amongst its successful pupils were Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine who was a scholar here between 1918 and 1923. The school subsequently became part of the North Leamington Community School and the hall is used as part of the Sixth Form Centre.
[Ref: 22284] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[In ink:] The Regents Hotel Leamington.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Engraving. 90 x 121mm. 3½ x 4¾".
South and West views of the Regent Hotel Royal, Leamington Spa. In 1849 another Parade entrance was added to the west side. Queen Victoria stated at the Regent Hotel when she visited Leamington Spa in 1830.
[Ref: 19111] £35.00 (£42.00 incl.VAT)

H.M.S. Leander, 50 Guns. Constructed by R. Blake Esq.
T.G Dutton, del et lith. Day & Son. lith.rs tothe Queen.
T. G. Dutton. 1849.
Proof. Lithograph, rare. Size: 520 x 375mm. (20½ x 14¾"). Trimmed. Tear to lower right edge of sheet.
Launched in 1848, H.M.S. Leander was converted to screw propulsion in 1861 but sold in 1867. During the Crimean War, Leander served at the Siege of Sevastopol, which lasted from September 1854 until September 1855. Although defended heroically and at the cost of heavy allied casualties, the fall of Sevastopol would lead to the Russian defeat in the Crimean War.
[Ref: 31541] £420.00

The Kettle Pool, Straun [in pencil].
Norman Wilkinson [signed in pencil].
[n.d. c. 1920s].
Etching with artist's signature in pencil, Limited edition 100; 145 x 200mm (5¾ x 8"), very large margins
An etching of a salmon fish leaping from the water. Norman Wilkinson [1878-1971] was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, and during both World Wars worked developing camouflage techniques.
[Ref: 56123] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[An allegory of learning and scientific enquiry.]
A. Walker Inv. Del. et Sculp.
Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1756.
Etching, frontispiece(?), image 170 x 105mm. 6¾ x 4¼". One small tear to upper margin.
The composition includes scholars pouring over a globe, one with a compass, also an orrery, boys with writing tablets and books in a library in the background. For Benjamin Martin's 'General magazine of arts and sciences' (W. Owen, 1755-1757). Following initial issue as monthly parts, directions were provided for binding annual volumes.
See Wellcome Library 35600/B.
[Ref: 27237] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegory of learning.] A Little Learning is a dangerous thing; / Drink Deeper taste not ye Pierian Spring [...]
[Anon., c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). 'Universal Magazine' letterpress verso. Cut inside platemark.
Putti studying various arts and sciences within a classical rotunda, with accompanying entreaties to study from Pope and Buckingham. Frontispiece to a volume of the popular miscellany 'The Universal Magazine'.
[Ref: 38628] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Picking and Drying Leaves.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. Sheet: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9''). Damaged. Trimmed.
A scene in a workshop, on the left figures are shown picking leaves from a tree, inside the workshop figures are shown collecting the leaves and arranging them on racks to dry.
[Ref: 49746] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Leaving a Gambling House] La Sortie d'une Maison de Jeu.
L. Boilly 1825. J. lith de Delpech.
Very finely hand coloured lithograph, sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Foxing and surface dirt.
From the series, ''Recueil de grimaces'' (1823-1828). Four men have different reactions on leaving a gambling house. One smug holds his coins in a hat, another enviously has his hand on his shoulder and points to his mouth as if contemplating robbing him. On the left a man points his pistol in his mouth and behind one pulls out his hair.
[Ref: 67482] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Betéddin, the Palace of the Emír Beshir.
Capt.n E. [?]esmy, R.A. del. H. Warren lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 130 x 185mm (5 x 7¼") large margins.
Bayt ad Din in Lebanon.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 41445] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Sidon, on the Approach from Beirout.
Lith. Brocktorff, 111 Str. Reale.
Sold by Mrs Muir, 43, Str. Mezzodi.
Writing sheet with lithographic view, scarce complete. Printed area 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½), on sheet 270 x 430mm (10½ x 17"), folded once as normal. Some spotting and creasing.
Published in Valletta, Malta.
[Ref: 58211] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Dinner party of lechers.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, very scarce proof. Image 380 x 505mm (15 x 20"), with large margins. Edges chipped and tears in margins. Light foxing.
A 19th century dinner party, all the men wearing powdered wigs except for a fat friar, leering over a naked young woman who is collecting cherries that have spilled onto the floor. Her clothes are to one side.
[Ref: 54284] £500.00

[The Battle of Lechfeld, 955AD] Augspurg. St. Ulrichs Schlact.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Fine & rare engraving. 245 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Creases.
A prospect of Augsburg with a view of the Battle of Lechfeld, August 955 AD. It shows Ulrich, Bishop of Augsburg, unarmed and wearing only a stola while mounted on a warhorse, helping defeat the Hungarian invasion.
[Ref: 57558] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[François Leclerc du Tremblay] Vraye effigie du R.P. Joseph de Paris predicateur Capuchin Provincial de Tournaine superior des missions estrangers er de Poitou fondateur des Religieuses de Calvaire A rendu lespirit entre les mains de ses superieurs le December 1638.
[Balthasar Moncornet, n.d., c.1660.]
Engraving. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4¼"), very large margins.
François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577-1638, also known by his monastic name Father Joseph), a Capuchin friar who was the confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu. He was the original 'éminence grise' (grey eminence), a powerful advisor working behind the scenes.
[Ref: 56412] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

La Lecon d'Equitation.
..gihaut ..des.. [text rubbed.]
[n.d. c.1835.]
Lithograph. 268 x 380mm. 10½ x 15". Spot to top left-hand corner.
A riding lesson at the military training academy. To the right; generals ride around on their horses, trotting around with precision. To the left; an officer laying across the horse holds on for his life as it gallops around the field. In the foreground; a horse bucks with an officer gripping onto its mane as a startled general stands behind the horse with his whip ready to control the horse. Seen in the centre middle-ground standing is a senior military figure wearing a bicorne.
[Ref: 17393] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Adrienne Le Couvreur Morte a Paris le 20 Mars age de trente sept ans.
Peint par Ch. Coypel. Gravé par P. Drevet.
[French, n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving, 415 x 300mm. 16¼ x 11¾". Good impression with large margins. Some foxing off image.
Portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692 - 1730), French actress, as Cornelia in Pierre Corneille's tragedy 'The Death of Pompey'. In lettered oval masonry frame, on a pedestal inscribed with tribute verse. After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694 - 1752).
BNF FRBNF41506932.
[Ref: 33768] £320.00

Adrienne Le Couvreur Morte a Paris le 20 Mars age de trente sept ans.
Peint par Ch. Coypel . Gravé par P. Drevet.
[French, n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving, 415 x 300mm. 16¼ x 11¾". A nice impression, with large margins. Unidentified collector's stamp verso
Portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692 - 1730), French actress, as Cornelia in Pierre Corneille's tragedy 'The Death of Pompey'. In lettered oval masonry frame, on a pedestal inscribed with tribute verse. After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694 - 1752).
BNF FRBNF41506932.
[Ref: 27212] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Le Lutrin.
chez Basset rue S.t Jacques N.º 64 [n.d., c.1820].
Coloured etching. Sheet 320 x 250mm (12½ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, spotting.
Five caricatured men stand at a lectern, four singing and one playing a horn. In front of the lectern two boys in chorister dress, fight.
[Ref: 63408] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Lecture Hall. Of the Greenwich Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Opened Wednesday, 15th Feb.y 1743.
E. Walker del & lith. G. Smith Esq. Arch.t_ Greenwich.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen. [n.d., c.1843.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 440 x 340mm (17½ x 13½"), with large margins. Some tears in edges,
A view into the new lecture hall of the Greenwich Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
[Ref: 44877] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Lecture on Gadding.
Painted by J.R.Smith. Engrav'd by F.Bartolozzi R.A.
Publish'd Jany 1.1789 by J.R.Smith, No.31 King Street, Covent Garden.
Stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 400 x 330mm. Slight spotting, mainly in margins.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 5608] £520.00

Frontispiece to the Lecture on Heads.
Designed by Charles Fox. Engrav'd by Thomas Trotter.
Published as the act directs, August 2nd 1785 by G. Kearsley No.46 Fleet Street London.
Engraving. Sheet: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed within plate, creases and laid on album sheet.
A scene showing a group of figures listening to a lecture of heads. A frontispiece to George Alexander Steven's (1710-1780) 'Lecture on Heads' a satirical lecture on fashion and heads which was first performed in 1764, it was so popular that it was performed all over Great Britain and even the American colonies.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 44863] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Leda. Tiré du Cabinet de M.r Watelet. Dediée à Monsieur Pierre. Chevalier de l'Orde du Roy, Professeur de l'Academie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture, et premier Peintre de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans. Par son très humble et très obeissant Serviteur et Ami Lempereur.
J.B.M. Pierre pinx. N. Delaunay sculp.
A Paris, chez Lempereur, Graveur du Roy, rue et porte St Jacques, au dessus du petit Marché [n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving with etching. 18th century watermark, 320 x 370mm (12½ x 14½"), Small margins.
An oval scene of Leda lying naked and looking at the swan. A pair with 'Endymion'.
[Ref: 55071] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The "Leda" Yacht, R.W.Y.C.
Painted by N.M. Condy. T.G. Dutton, Lith.
London, Published Jany 1st. 1850, by Messrs. Fores, At Their Sporting & Fine Print Repository, & Frame Manufactory, 41 Piccadilly, Corner of Sackville Street.
Lithograph with very fine hand colouring. Printed area: 315 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Framed.
A view of the 'Leda' yacht, off the coast of Cornwall, with the Eddysone Lighthouse in the distance to the right. Founded as the Port of Plymouth Royal Clarence Regatta Club in 1827, the Royal Western Yacht Club was founded in 1833 with the intention of holding an annual regatta as part of an active social programme and to stimulate improvements in naval architecture through yacht racing.
NMM: PAH8679. For another Dutton/Condy view of the same yacht see 59548.
[Ref: 39379] £1,250.00

The "Leda" Yacht, R.W.Y.C. Dedicated by permission to the owner William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, Esq.r by His obedient Servants Messers Fores.
Painted by N.M. Condy. T.G. Dutton, Lith. Day & Son. Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published Jan.y 1st. 1850, by Messrs. Fores, At Their Sporting & Fine Print Repository, & Frame Manufactory, 41 Piccadilly, Corner of Sackville Street.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area: 315 x 450mm (12½ x 17¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame. Slight marking in sky.
A view of the 'Leda' yacht, probably in the mouth of Plymouth Harbour, looking seaward. Founded as the Port of Plymouth Royal Clarence Regatta Club in 1827, the Royal Western Yacht Club was founded in 1833 with the intention of holding an annual regatta as part of an active social programme and to stimulate improvements in naval architecture through yacht racing.
For another Dutton/Condy view of the same yacht see 39379.
[Ref: 59548] £950.00

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Thomas Lediard Linguarum Ocidentalium Professo [...] Anno 1735
T. Lediard inven.
Rare engraving, sheet 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 8"). Trimmed to image.
Thomas Lediard (1685-1743), writer and surveyor whose varied career included organising firework displays, teaching languages and managing the opera (all in Hamburg), working as justice for the peace in Westminster, and playing a key role in the development of the first bridge across the Thames at Westminster. He also wrote various historical works including the 'Naval History of England' to which this is the frontispiece (the Muse can be seen resting upon a copy of the book while drawing a map of Georgia). Lediard himself designed the ornate border to this portrait, including allegorical representations of various branches of learning.
[Ref: 31327] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Prince Lee Boo, Second fils d'Abba Thulle.
Miss Keate Del. H. M.le S. Jouan, Scup.
1788.
A rare stipple. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼") Trimmed within plate.
Prince Lee Boo (c.1764 - 1784), from the Palau Islands (modern Micronesia). Captain Henry Wilson brought him back to England in 1783, having spent three months on the islands where his vessel was shipwrecked. Lee Boo died of small pox soon afterwards. After Georgiana Keate (1770 - 1850), daughter of landscape painter George Keate (1727-97). She married John Henderson (1764 - 1843), the patron of Girtin and Turner and became mother of John Henderson (1797 - 1878).
[Ref: 46687] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Lee House - Isle of Wight.
J. Aresti, Litho.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph, rare. 248 x 375mm. 9¾ x 14¾". Tear into title area; creasing.
Lee House, a Tudor cottage near Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight.
[Ref: 25004] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The American General Lee taken Prisoner by Lieutenant Colonel Harcourt of the English Army, in Morris Country New Jersey, 1776. Engraved for Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of England.
Hamilton delin. Hawkins sculp.
[1783.]
Engraving. Sheet: 365 x 215mm (14½ x 8½''). Trimmed, title excised.
A scene from the American Revolutionary Wars showing General Charles Lee (1732-1782), general in the Continental Army being arrested by William Harcourt following the Battle of White Plains. An illustration from Bernard's 'History of England' 1781-83 published by Alexander Hogg.
[Ref: 49596] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Lee Esquier. Major Général d'Armee des XIII Provinces unies d'Amerique, Prisonier de Guerre, fait par les Anglois.
peint par Thomlinson a Novelle Yorck.
Se vend a Londres chez Thom. Hart. [n.d. c.1778.]
Mezzotint, 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"), with very large margins. Paper lightly toned, three small worm holes in frame and background.
Portrait of Charles Lee (1731-82), British-born general during the American Revolution. After successes at Charleston in 1776 he was captured by Banastre Tarleton and held as a prisoner of war until he was exchanged in 1778. Returning to the Continent army he led a frontal assault the Battle of Monmouth (1778), but ordered his men to pull back instead of attacking the retreating English. Washington had him court-martialed and dismissed. The artist's name 'Thomlinson' is regarded as a pseudonym for a plagiarist.
BM Satires 5404. Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 43388] £790.00

The Right Hon.ble Lady Elizabeth Lee, Daughter of Simon Earl Harcourt.
J. Reynolds pinxt.
Engrav'd & Sold by E. Fisher, at the Golden Head in Leicester Fields. [n.d., c.1775.]
Mezzotint, title area uncleaned, 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), large margins. Ink collector's stamp 'E.M.H.' on reverse. Light foxing and creasing.
Lady Elizabeth Lee (1739 - 1811), painter, daughter of Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt; married Sir William Lee. She sits in a garden, wearing a voluminous dress and resting her left elbow on an ermine cloak draped over a stone slab. After Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792).
Chaloner Smith: 37, II. Hamilton: pg.114, II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Mrs. E. M. Hamilton.
[Ref: 68484] £320.00

[John Lee.] 28.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published by Ja.s Bretherton 14.th July 1784.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Attorney-General John Lee (1733-1793), standing with his arms folded. Known at the bar as "Honest Jack Lee", he was distinguished for his integrity.
BM Satires 6641.
[Ref: 59981] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

John Lee Esqr. L.L.D. F.R.S. &c.
C. Crow [in plate lower left].
[n.d., c. 1840.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 278 x 205mm. Foxing outside india.
Rare portrait of John Lee (1783 - 1866), astronomer, meteorologist and collector.
Wellcome: 1717-2.
[Ref: 7503] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

John Lee.
T H Maguire. 1849. M. & N. Hanhart, Lith. Printers.
[Published by George Ransome, Ipswich, n.d. c.1849]
Lithograph signed on stone by the artist with "John Lee" signature facsimile. 526 x 338mm.
Scientist and Astronomer. [1783 - 1866]. This print published for Ipswich Museum Portraits.
W: 1717-3.
[Ref: 4015] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

John Lee Esqr. L.L.D, F.R.S, &c.&c.
[Anon., c.1870.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, proof?, 320 x 245mm. 12½ x 9¾".
John Lee (1783 - 1866), astronomer, meteorologist and collector of antiquities, resting a book in his left hand on his lap.
Wellcome: 1717-1.
[Ref: 14024] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John Lee.]
JS[ayers] f.
Published by Jas Bretherton 14th July 1784 [but a later impression?].
Etching on wove paper, 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Faint trace of vertical crease, evident to verso. A decent impression, with good margins.
Caricature portrait of John Lee (1733 - 1793), Attorney-General in 1783, M.P. for Clitheroe; standing with his arms folded, looking left. His portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1786, and was exhibited in that year at the Royal Academy. By James Sayers (1748 - 1823). Sayers's caricatures were so powerful and direct in their purpose that Fox is said to have declared that they did him more harm than all the attacks made on him in parliament or the press.
See BM Satires 6641. NPG D9832. DNB.
[Ref: 21324] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert E. Lee] Sold by authority of the Lee Memorial Association for the erection of a monument at the Tomb of Genl. R.E. Lee, at Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.
After a Photo from Life [by Julian Vannerson]. A.B. Walter Eng.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1870 by Bradley & Co [...]. W. W. Bostwick & Co. 177 & 178 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, General Agents for the Lee Memorial Association
Stipple on steel, facimile signatures of Lee, Chas. A. Davidson & Genl. W. N. Pendleton. 580 x 520mm (22¾ x 20½"), with wide margins.
A head and shoulders portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-70), published to raise money for a memorial and mausoleum, eventually completed in 1883.
[Ref: 56254] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Red.d Samuel Lee M.A. Professor of Arabic.
J. Gooch del.t Cambridge 1821. J. Thompson sculp.
Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, Nov. 1, 1821.
Stipple. 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½").
Samuel Lee (1783-1852), Orientalist scholar, professor of Arabic at Cambridge then Hebrew. He also helped create the first dictionary of 'te Reo', the Maori language.
[Ref: 60402] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Children of the Mobility [8 plates]
John Leech delt.
London, Published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington St., February 1, 1841.
Eight lithographs with hand-colouring, each sheet approx 315 x 245mm (12¼ x 9½"). Soiling to first plate; all laid on backing sheets.
Early set of prints by John Leech, illustrating the satire by his friend Percival Leigh, which upon publication was so popular that Leigh and Leech were recruited to work on 'Punch' when it was formed a few months later. Leech pointedly illustrating the disparity between lower and upper class, the 'nobility and the mobility' as he called them. Leech forcefully rendered the effects of poverty through the feelings of children at work and play.
A preparatory drawing for plate 1 is in the British Museum (1893,0612.4).
[Ref: 32273] £850.00 view all images for this item

Droll Doings No. 12. Well, Lucy dear, how do you do dear? I'm so glad you're come dear!/ (Aside) I wish the fright was at Jericho!
J: Leech delt. [On stone lower left.]
London: W. Spooner, 377, Strand. Printed by L.M. Lefevre. [n.d., c.1840.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 270mm. 14¼ x 10½". Hole upper left. Lightly soiled.
Social satire; two women greet each other, one in a bonnet. After John Leech (1817 - 1864).
[Ref: 12460] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Topsy Turvey, __or, our Antipodes.
[n.d., c.1854.]
Coloured etching, sheet 211 x 308mm. Water stains.
A light-hearted illustration of life in a nineteenth century Australian settlement, featuring a game of cards. The 'Regent Street' sign is probably a reference to Melbourne in Victoria. This image originally appeared as the frontispiece to the 1854 edition of Punch's Pocket Book. By John Leech (1817 - 1864), draughtsman on wood, comic illustrator, lithographer, etcher and painter; born at London. He contributed to 'Punch' between 1841-64, and also practised book illustration, including Dicken's 'Christmas Carol.'
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7879] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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