Grosvenor Prints

[Eldred fights a duel with pistols.]
[after William Heath.]
London Pub by W. Sams, 1823.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 240mm (5½ x 9½"), with very large margins. Small area of foxing.
A scene from William Heath's 'Life of a Soldier': the hero, Eldred, fights a duel (in civvies) at Coombe Wood, near Croydon. Elsewhere in the text Eldred fights in India and the Peninsula War. The author, William Heath (1794-1840), is well known for his satires published under the pseudonym 'Paul Pry'.
Abbey Life 361.
[Ref: 41961] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Eight Scenes Showing the Life of Christ.]
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
16 woodcuts. Sheet: 90 x 65mm (3¾ x 2½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. One has hand colour.
Fifteen woodcuts showing scenes from the life of Christ, including the Annunciation, the Visitation, the birth in the stable, Christ teaching in the Synagogue and his arrest. The first scene is engraved IHS for Christ. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 17th century.
[Ref: 49649] £1,600.00 view all images for this item

Life on the Water _ The Grand Rowing Match, for Mr. Kean's Prize Wherry. Red House, Battersea. [&] Pierce Egan's Anecdotes Of The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, And The Stage
[Knight & Lacey. London, 1827.]
Coloured aquatint with two pages of double sided text. Sheet 125 x 220mm (5 x 8¾"). Time stained.
View of an annual waterman's race, funded by Edmund Kean, the actor. One heat was from Westminster Bridge to the 'Red House', a tavern famous for pigeon shoots.
[Ref: 62022] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

An Exact Representation of Mr. F. C. Daniels, Life Preserver, as exhibited on the 21st of July 1806, passing through London Bridge, To Gun Dock Wapping.
J. Bellamy Delin & Sculp.
[Published by J. Bellamy No. 90 Borough Road.] [n.d., 1806.]
Rare etching. Sheet 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Framed. Trimmed, losing publication line. Unexamined out of frame.
Six figures swimming in the River Thames near London Bridge, demonstrating an early life preserver design by F.C.Daniels, surrounded by spectators in boats. In 1807 Daniels won a gold medal from the Royal Society of Arts for his design, an air-tight leather bag.
[Ref: 52734] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Chromolithograph of a man overboard with a life-saving buoy with a signal fire.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 255 x 410mm (10 x 16"). Cut as issued.
A sailor, overboard from a warship, clings to a buoy with two flotation spheres and a thin chimney with a smoking flame. A longboat approches, guided by men in the rigging of the ship. Perhaps an artist's impression of the use of a new invention.
[Ref: 58708] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

No. 55. [Lifeboat.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street, Jan.y 1. 1805.
Coloured aquatint. 342 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼").
A lifeboat with men rowing away from ships sinking and being taken by the waves in the background. 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: 23302] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Lifeboat rescuing a steamer] The Sea and Gale had lost none of their force; and until they got well round the North Foreland, the struggle to get back was just as hard as it had been to get there.
[c.1874]
Lithograph printed in colour, sheet 125 x 195mm (5 x 7¾").
Probably an illustration to an edition of 'History of the Lifeboat and its work' by Richard Lewis (1874), a passage from which is quoted below the image.
[Ref: 43616] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Wreck'd and Saved. Descriptive Ballad Sung by M.r C. Bernard, in his Entertainment, ''La Bagatelle''.
Packer, & Griffin Lith. Stannard & Dixon.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed into inscriptions.
A music sheet cover depicting a lifeboat being launched from a beach and rowed through rough seas towards a striken ship.
[Ref: 60738] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Lifton Park. South Front.
Drawn by Gendall. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published by Cole & Gendall, Artist's Repository, Exeter. [n.d. c.1840.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph. 311 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾"). Tear into upper image area. Tears to edges Cut and laid on paper.
Lifton Park, built c.1815 for William Arundell of Kenegie in Cornwall, in 1857 it was partly remodelled in a more archaeological but still Gothic style.
[Ref: 56069] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Cubs Bred Between a Lion and Tigress, Three Months Old.
London, Published by G.B. Whittaker, Feb.y 1825.
Engraving. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A pair of 'Ligers'. From 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Léopold, Baron de Cuvier, published 1827-35.
[Ref: 53691] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Light Dragoon This Regiment was Created in 1759 & Commanded by Col. Geo. Augustus Elliott.
J. June sc.
[Printed for Jn. Smith, Cheapside, n.d., c. 1785]
Coloured engraving, 170 x 150mm. 6¾ x 6". Paper discoloration.
One of a series of ten military costume prints engraved by June and published by Smith.
Ogilby 872.2
[Ref: 11186] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Light Dragoon [16th] This Regiment was Created 1759 and Commanded by Colo. John Burgoyn.
J. June sculp.
[Printed for Jn. Smith, in Cheapside. N.d., c. 1762]
Coloured engraving, 170 x 150mm. 6¾ x 6". Some damage to surface of paper.
One of a series of ten military costume prints engraved by June and published by Smith.
Ogilby 872.3
[Ref: 11183] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A Private of the 18.th. Light Dragoons. (Hussars.)
C. H. S. delin.t. Aquatinted by I. C. Stadler.
London Pub.d. 1.st. May 1812 by Colnaghi & C.o. 23 Cockspur Street.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½").
Exterior scene in which a mounted soldier of the 18th Light Dragoons or 18th (Kings Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), now 18th Royal Hussars, rides across a plain. From 'Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations of 1812'.
Ogilvy 870
[Ref: 33547] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Private of the 13.th. Light Dragoons.
Drawn & Etched by C. H. S. Aquatinted by J. C. Stadler.
London Pub.d. April 1.st. 1812 by Colnahgi & C.o. 23 Cockspur Street.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½").
Exterior scene depicting a mounted private of the 13th Light Dragoons (now Light Dragoons) galloping across the landscape, brandishing a sword. A mounted soldier is depicted behind, exiting the scene. The 13th Light Dragoons were engaged in the Peninsular War in 1812 and went on to participate in the Battle of Waterloo and the Crimean War. From 'Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations of 1812'.
Ogilvy 870.
[Ref: 33554] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Light Dragoons Serving in the East Indies.
C. H. S. Aquatinted by J. C. Stadler.
London. Pub.d. 2.nd. July 1812 by Colnaghi & C.o. 23 Cockspur Street.
Very fine coloured aquatint, with large margins. Plate: 255 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Three small holes in left-hand margin from binding. Staining on lover edge of lower margin.
Exterior scene depicting three mounted soldiers from three Light Dragoon cavalry regiments galloping across the landscape, brandishing weapons. A small temple-like building and a man driving an elephant and camel can be seen in the distance. The 22nd Dragoons (disbanded in 1945), the 8th Dragoons (now 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) and the 24th Dragoons (disbanded in 1819) all served in India at the turn of the nineteenth-century. From 'Costumes of the army of the British Empire, according to the last regulation of 1812'.
Ogilvy 870.
[Ref: 33489] £360.00

The Light Guinea or Cap:t: Flash Detected.
Pubd Augt: 17 1774 by MDarly, 39 Strand.
Coloured etching. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed into image at top. Small margins on 3 sides.
Social satire: a prostitute weighs a coin paid to her by a military officer and finds it below weight, probably 'clipped'
[Ref: 54341] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Light Guinea or Cap:t Flash Detected.
Pubd Augt: 17 1774 by MDarly, 39 Strand.
Etching, 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Some staining and offsetting.
Social satire: a prostitute weighs a coin paid to her by a military officer and finds it below weight, probably 'clipped' From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.3' upper left and '5' upper right.
[Ref: 14517] £320.00

Light Horse...Created 1757 Intended to Act as Hussars,
J. June sculpt. 1762
[Printed for Jn. Smith, in Cheapside]
Coloured engraving, 170 x 150mm. 6¾ x 6". Paper discoloration.
One of a series of ten military costume prints engraved by June and published by Smith.
Ogilby 872.1
[Ref: 11182] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Light Infantry. V.5. 4.
Pub - Decr - 18 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching. Plate 183 x 129mm (7¼ x 5").
An obese man in military dress marching in profile to the right. In his left hand he carries a musket with bayonet. His hat has a feather plume and he wears spatterdashes.
BM Satires: 5041.
[Ref: 38219] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

An Officer in the Light Infantry, driven by his Lady to Cox-Heath. 391.
From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possesion of Carington Bowles.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9.th Nov.r 1778.
Extremely rare and fine mezzotint, 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Trimmed to plate at the bottom. paper toned. Mount burn. Light creasing.
A scene depicting the road 'To Cox Heath', as indicated on the sign post on the left, behind which is a wagon carrying three figures, with a sign inscribed, 'Maidstone Stage Wagon', on the side. In the foreground, a young woman in a quasi military costume is standing up in a small horse drawn cart, flourishing a whip in her right hand, driving two small ponies, both of which have head plumes. A stout officer sleeps at her side, with his hands locked in front of him, as a small dog sits beside him.
[Ref: 67695] £480.00

Artillerie légère de la garde Royale. Position du I.r Servant de droite au commandement (Charger).
Marshall I.er Lieut.t d'artillerie Del. Lith de Demanne rue d'Enghien No. 39.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet size: 360 x 470mm (14¼ x 18½"). Light foxing.
A French soldier of the light infantry of the Guard, loading a field cannon behind a tree stump to the right.
[Ref: 36191] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The Light of Other Days.
W. Clark lith. 202 High Holborn.
Published by F. Glover, Water Lane, Fleet St. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 200mm (10½ x 8") Slight soiling, small tear in edge.
A woman in a fancy-dress costume mixing medieval-revival with an early Victorian bustle, standing on a terrace. Behind a guitar leans against the balestrade.
[Ref: 53240] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[John Lightfoot] Vera Effigies Reverendi & Doctissimi Viri Iohannis Lightfoot S.T.P. Aulæ S. Catherinæ apud Cantabrigienses Præfecti, nec non Ecclesiæ Eliensis Canonici.
R. White Sculpsit.
Printed for R. Scot. T. Bassett, J. Wright, & R. Chiswell.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 295 x 190mm (11¼ x 7½") very large margins. Some staining.
Oval portrait of John Lightfoot (1602-72), rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College. It was engraved by Robert White as the frontispiece portrait to Lightfoot's 'Works'.
[Ref: 60927] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

To Robert Stevenson Esq.r F.R.S.E Civil Engineer who with distinguished credit to himself and advantage to his country held the office of engineer to the commisioners of the northern light houses for nearly half a century and has now retired from that honorable station: the officers and light keepers who served under him, have presented this piece of plate as a mark of thier respect for his strict and impatial exaction of duty as their Chief Officer and aslso their high esteem for all the private virtues which distunguish him as a man.
June 1843.
Very rare engraving with letterpress, sheet 320 x 245mm (12¾ x 9½"). Creases where previously folded. Some cockling and time staining.
An image of a dish with sea monster legs; wave handles and a lighthouse handle on the lid plus letterpress. Robert Stevenson (1772 –1850) was a Scottish engineer and famed architect of lighthouses. Most famous for the construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
[Ref: 56994] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Sketch book of Sir John Arrow Kempe during the Royal Commission on Electrical Communication with Lighthouses and Light Vessels, 1892-1897.]
Unique album containing a photograph and 28 watercolours.
Sir John Arrow Kempe KCB (1846-1928) was a Member of Royal Commission on Electrical Communication with Lighthouses and Light Vessels, 1892-1897, joining a voyage around British waters aboard HMS Enchantress to test wireless equipment . This album contains a photograph of the ship and 28 sketches of coastlines, many with lighhouses, including views of Holyhead, Wexford, the Scillys, Milford Haven, Orford Ness, the Firth of Forth and Solway Firth.
[Ref: 52629] £580.00 view all images for this item

1. The Edystone. 2. Leghorn. 3. Tour de Cordouan, N.E. 4. Chesseron Light & Signals House, E. b N. 5. Genova. 6. Balaino Light & Signal House, East.
[Engraved by J.C. Stadler after John Thomas Serres.]
Engrav'd for I.T. Serres's Little Sea Torch, & Publish'd by him, London, 1801.
Aquatint, printed in blue and hand finished. 240 x 390mm, 9½ x 15¼". Occasional spots.
Six finely-coloured views of lighthouses. Published in Serres's scarce marine pilot, 'The Little Sea Torch', an acknowledged English edition of Bougard's 'Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer', although extensively revised by Serres.
Abbey Life: 344.
[Ref: 13478] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Albert de Ligne, Prince of Arenberg and Barbançon.] Le Duc d'Arenberg. From the Original Picture in the Collection of Tho.s Will.m Coke Esq.r at Holkham in the County of Norfolk.
Vandyke Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
Publish'd August 12.th 1783, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, on verso in pencil "Achetez a Paris Juin 1910"; 630 x 460mm (24¾ x 18"), with large margins. Tear in bottom margin taped.
A magnificent equestrian portrait of Albert de Ligne (1600-74), Prince of Barbançon and Arenberg, a commander in the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. A reversed copy of the painting still at Holkham Hall.
CS 2, state ii of ii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64611] £420.00

[Albert de Ligne, Prince of Arenberg and Barbançon.] [Le Duc d'Arenberg. From the Original Picture in the Collection of Tho.s Will.m Coke Esq.r at Holkham in the County of Norfolk.]
Vandyke Pinxit. Josiah Boydell delin.t Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
Publish'd August 12.th 1783, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 630 x 460mm (24¾ x 18"). Trimmed just into plate, remargined on three sides.
A magnificent equestrian portrait of Albert de Ligne (1600-74), Prince of Barbançon and Arenberg, a commander in the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. A reversed copy of the painting still at Holkham Hall.
CS 2, state i of ii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64612] £420.00

[Hebe Watson & Earl Ligonier] No X. The Youthful Hebe. No. XI. The Old Soldier.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Cut.
A double portrait of Miss Hebe Watson and Earl Ligonier, Watson was a servant in the Earl's house. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 4461.
[Ref: 45416] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble John Lord Viscount Ligonier, One of His Majesty's most Hon.ble Privy Council, Knight of the most Hon.ble Order of Bath. Colonel of His Majesty's First Regm.t of Foot Guards, Field Marshall & Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces & Master General of the Ordnance.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. E. Fisher fec.t.
Sold by E. Fisher at the Golden Head in Leicester Square price 10.s. 6.d. [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare mezzotint Sheet: 470 x 645mm (18½ x 25½"). Trimmed on left inside platemark.
A mounted portrait of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680-1770), leading official of the Pitt-Newcastle ministery and officer in the British army and Commander-in-Chief during the Seven Years War. Ligonier is depicted upon a rearing horse, in the midst of battle, while the battle goes on behind him in the background.
Ex: Collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40633] £550.00

[John Lewis Ligonier. Earl of Ligonier 1766.] [Sir John Ligonier.] [Knight of the Bath Lieutenant General of His Majestys Forces, & of ye Ordnance, &c.
Worsdale pinxt. 1756. Price two Shillings
[n.d. c.1770.]
A very scarce mezzotint, proof before all letters. 343 x 246mm. 13½ x 9¾". Cut to image and inset into sheet.
John Ligonier, Earl Ligonier (1680-1770), the French-born British Field Marshal who later became a leading official of the Pitt-Newcastle Ministry that led Britain during the Seven Years' War, exercising extensive control over Britain's army as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.
Not recorded in CS.
[Ref: 26158] £480.00

Capture of the Liguria, Aug.t. 7.th. 1798.
Painted by T. Whitcombe. T. Sutherland sculp.t.
Publish'd July 1. 1816, at 48 Strand for J. Jenkins's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint. Plate: 300 x 215mm, (11¾ x 8½"). Very large margins.
Naval scene showing the capture of the Genoese pirate Liguria by the Espoir under the command of L.O. Bland near Gibraltar. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
[Ref: 39027] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A Likely Cast.]
Norman Wilkinson [signed in pencil and scratched in plate.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Drypoint etching, 200 x 265mm (8 x 10¼")
Norman Wilkinson (1878 - 1971) was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, and during both World Wars worked developing camouflage techniques.
[Ref: 56107] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[A Likely Cast.]
Norman Wilkinson [signed in pencil and scratched in plate.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Drypoint etching, 201 x 264mm. Glued to mount card at extremities.
Norman Wilkinson (1878 - 1971) was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, and during both World Wars worked developing camouflage techniques.
[Ref: 7663] £420.00

Mr. John Lilborne. 53.
from an original Painting. M. V.de Gucht fecit:
[n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving with large margins. 171 x 102mm (6¾ x 4").
John Lilburne (1614-1657) the English political Leveller, known as Freeborn John. He coined the term 'freeborn rights'.
[Ref: 29693] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert Lilburne, Heir of the ancient Family of Lilburne of Thickley Puncherdon in the Bishoprick of Durham...]
[S. Cooper pinx.t. C. Watson sculp.]
[London, Published 1st May 1807 by R.t Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill.]
[Stipple and etching, proof before all letters. Sheet 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). A little surface soiling.
Colonel Robert Lilburne (1613-65), a signatory to the death warrant of King Charles I in 1649 and forty-seventh of the fifty nine Commissioners. After the restoration he was found guilty of high treason: his sentence of being hung, drawn and quartered was commuted to life in prison. His younger brother was John Lilburne, the well known Leveller. According to Alexander this print was published to meet the demand from extra-illustrators, particularly those who wanted to enlarge Clarendon's 'History of the Great Rebellion'.
Alexander 89.
[Ref: 56660] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Lilford, the Seat of Thomas Powys Esq.r
T. Jeffrys Sculp:
[n.d. c.1791; but later.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 221 x 305mm. 8¾ x 12".
From John Bridges' "History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire".
[Ref: 27602] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Lilliputians.] Il Regalo. 9. Mira Marsisa bella il nobil dono, che trasportato fù già dalla senna: Spresso torna a guardar qiali ore sono, e altrui con grazia, e con stupor l'accenna.
[Italian, c.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene: a dwarfish man in wig and frockcoat gives a similar-sized woman a pocket watch while her parents look on. A servant struggles to bring in a boudoir chair as big as he is.
See 54694
[Ref: 54036] £360.00

[Lilliputians.] Accademia. Ecco spiega Marsisa il suo valore, E che sola beltà non è il suo vanto; Scioglie il libro leggiadro al dolee carito, Che le Insegnò di Maggio il gran Cantore.
[Firenze presso Lorenzo Bardi [n.d.1780.]
Rare etching with hand colour. 295 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"), with small margins. Repaired tear not visible.
A Lilliputian scene in a salon: a dwarfish woman sings accompanied by a violin and cello. The cellist, staning on a box to play his instrument, wears spectacles.
See 54036 for similar.
[Ref: 54694] £360.00

Lilla.
[Designed by Fanny Corbaux. Drawn on Stone by Louisa Corbaux.] F. Corbaux.
[London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1837.]
Tinted lithograph, with large margins. 380 x 279mm (15 x 11"). Chips to lower corners.
Lilla, a veiled prophet, a character from 'Lalla Rookh', the oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. Published in the 'Pearls of the East. Beauties from Lallarookh'. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. Her sister, Louisa (c.1808-1889), lithographed this print.
[Ref: 31079] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Bombardement de Lille, Par les Austriens, au Mois de Septemb. 1792.]
Peint par Watteau Pere à Lille. Gravé par Masquelier le J.ne à Paris.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching. proof before title. 505 x 675mm (20 x 26½"), with large margins. Repairs at original centre fold.
A large scene of the Austrian army bombarding Lille in 1792, defended by a Republican garrison during the War of the First Coalition. The figure mounted on a whte horse in the foreground is probably Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822), the Habsburg commander. After firing 60,000 shots into the city, the Austrians eventually withdrew to avoid being encircled by a French relief army.
[Ref: 59323] £420.00

[Lille] The Siege of Lisle in 1708.
A. Benoist del. C. Du Bosc fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. 1735 [by Claude Du Bosc].
Engraving. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"), with large margins.
A scene in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), with Eugene of Savoy and the Duke Marlborough on horseback before a view of the citty of Lille under bombardment. A plate from 'The Military History of the Late Prince Eugene of Savoy, and of the Late John Duke of Marlborough: Including a Particular Description of the Several Battles, Sieges, &c. in which Either or Both Those Generals Commanded'. The scene is surrounded by a decorative frame.
[Ref: 64723] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A. Lilley.
A. Chevallier Tayler 1905 [facsimile signature.]
Gilbt. Whitehead & Co., Ltd., Lith. New Eltham, S.E.
Chromolithograph, 381 x 254mm (15 x 10").
Arthur Frederick Augustus Lilley (1866-1929), English cricketer who played 35 Test matches from 1896 to 1909, more than any other England wicket-keeper in the first sixty years of Test Cricket. Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862-1925), the English artist who specialised in portrait and genre painting. From 'The Empire's Cricketers'.
[Ref: 27632] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Lilliputian Auction.
Woodward del. Cruikshank st.
Pub.d by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London [c.1804].
Coloured etching. Framed, sight size 25 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"). Unexamined out of frame.
Satire on ignorant collectors. In an auction, two pictures are on display, a landscape ('Lot 32 a Beutifull Claude in the highest preservation') and a portrait, which the auctioneer is opening the bidding for ('Lot 20- Cleopatra an undoubted Corregio'). A prospective buyer examines the latter through a looking glass while his advisor assures him of its authenticity ('I saw it myself in Egypt'). On the far left a man pays a deposit for the chinese figure he holds under his arm, while a bespactacled man in the centre reads a sales catalogue offering a piece of Noah's Ark, Alexander the Great's knee buckle, and Julius Caesar's wig.
Not in BM Satires, but BM 1990,1109.28.
[Ref: 68223] £360.00

[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] April. Don Diego Surly-Phyz and his boy Dumplin. Tis not in April showers alone. Wrapt in his cloark, you'll see the Don. His cloak and grave affected face. His haughty air and solemn pace. He wears as marks of Wisdom - whether, Tis hot or cold, dry or rainy weather.
Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 254 x 146mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in April, a dwarf and his son, the man dressed with cloak and large tricorne to cover himself from the April rain. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15955] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] August. Sr. Tony Watch-waters and Dame Grizell his beautiful wife. Hah Madam, have I caught ye napping, How luckily, for me things happen: This letter, then to one discovers, Some Assignation of your lovers, And should that prove the case to be, Expect a horse whip, lock and key.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. 255 x 147mm (10 x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in August, a dwarf catches his wife taking a nap. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in, in this case including a girl ducking a man's head under the water of a pond. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15959] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] December. Sir Machiavel Nietherside a Coffee house Politician and Nick Sitr-it-up the Coffee boy, Boy, bring my Osborn Fog and Danvers, and Walsingham - that I may canvas. The state of Billingsgate and know, Which does most dirt and scandal throw. Who gives the lie with the best grace, And who can best call names apace.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. 248 x 148mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in December, a dwarf is served coffee as he sits smoking. Below: a man kneels on top of a wild pig to cut it open.
[Ref: 15961] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] February. The Great Princess Pollichinella in Masquerade, &c Seignior Heidigger.
[London: Dicey & Co?, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 195 x 180mm (7¾ x 7"). Very trimmed, losing verse and decorative border. Damaged.
A dwarfish couple in elaborate costume with masks. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 48150] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures. January. Sr. Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs. Dear Duck, while thus abroad...and bid defiance to the Weather.
Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 151mm. (10¼ x 6"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
An affluent dwarfish couple, richly-dressed to keep out the January cold. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
see O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England' pp.159-60.
[Ref: 15953] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[The Twelve Months Represented by Lilliputian Figures.] July. Mr Item Dunwell my Lords Steward, and Gaffer Clodhopper a Tenant. The Steward by his spendthrift Lord is sent, To dun poor Hopp for some arrears of rent, The Farmer prays that he'll vouchsafe to say, Till he can thrash his corn, or sell his hay, The Steward swears his angry Lord is poor, And must have present Cash to game & whore.
[Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.] [n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 146mm (10¼ x 5¾"). Cut and laid on album sheet.
Scene in July, a dwarf steward discusses rent and tenancy with a farmer holding a pitch fork. The main scene is within an ornate border with little vignettes worked in. According to O'Connell: 'A genre of humorous dwarf figures appeared in Germany about 1604 in the first of several versions of 'Il Callotto resuscitato''. This series bears some resemblence to Jacques Callot's grotesque 'Gobbi' series, but linked to Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' by the title on 'January'. Thomas Bowles's 1754 catalogue included this set, 'Eleven Prints of Lilliputian Humours', 'Lilliputian Figures', 'Lilliputian Riding School twelve prints' & 'Lilliputian Dancing School twelve prints', showing the popularity of the genre.
[Ref: 15958] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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