Grosvenor Prints

Rembrandt as an Etcher: A Study of the Artist at Work. Second edition.
Christopher White.
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1999.
4to, red cloth gilt & illus. d/w; pp. xii + 284, 359 illustrations.
A thorough examination of Rembrandt's etchings.
See Ref: 59906 & 59908
[Ref: 59760] £60.00

The Viscount Downe Collection of Rembrandt Etchings. Part II.
[Sotheby & Co.][1972.]
4to, original cloth gilt; pp. 135, profusely illustrated.
An auction catalogue of the collection of Rembrandt etchings formed by the 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965) and sold by Sotheby & Co.
See Ref: 59906
[Ref: 59908] £60.00

The Viscount Downe Collection of Rembrandt Etchings. Part II.
[Sotheby & Co.][1972.]
4to, original cloth gilt; pp. 135, profusely illustrated.
An auction catalogue of the collection of Rembrandt etchings formed by the 10th Viscount Downe (1903-1965) and sold by Sotheby & Co. Includes a loose results list.
See Ref: 59908
[Ref: 59906] £80.00 view all images for this item

Rembrandt's Etchings. An Essay and a Catalogue With some Notes on the Drawings, with thirty-four plates illustrating the drawings & a complete series of reproductions (330) of the etchings. In two volumes. Vol. I The Text
by Arthuer M. Hind.
Methuen and Co. Ltd. 36 Essex Street W.C. London. First Published in 1912.
Book: 4to (249 x 177mm). Cloth binding with stamped title and embossed patterning on the spine. pp. ix-xi + 185. With 34 b/w illustrations. 1 vol only. Binding slightly worn and a few little tears. Some sporadic spotting on the first few pages.
A compilation of biographical notes, a chronological catalogue and illustrations on the etchings by Rembrandt.
[Ref: 10156] £220.00

Sir Joshua Reynolds. First President of the Royal Academy.
By Sir Walter Armstrong.
London: William Heinemann. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. MDCCCCV.
8vo, original cloth gilt; pp. x + 236, profusely illustrated.
An account of the career and work of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
[Ref: 59932] £15.00 view all images for this item

Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters. Samuel William Reynolds.
by Alfred Whitman of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum.
London. George Bell & Son. 1903.
Book: 4to (290 x 211). pp. v-ix + 168. Illusrated with 29 plates. Cloth binding with title stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Ex Libris APA. Goodall. Binding worn and scuffed.
This catalogue does not claim to be a catalogue raisonné, but has aimed to compile the majority of the portrait work engraved both by Samuel Reynolds Jr and Senior.
[Ref: 10173] £80.00

Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters. Samuel William Reynolds.
by Alfred Whitman of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum.
London. George Bell & Son. 1903.
Book: 4to (290 x 211mm). pp. 168.. With 29 b/w illustrations. Cloth binding with title stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Complete. Binding worn and scuffed.
This catalogue does not claim to be a catalogue raisonné, but has aimed to compile the majority of the portrait work engraved both by Samuel Reynolds Jr and Senior.
Ex: Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36441] £65.00

Catalogue of The Library of the Royal Geographical Society. May, 1865.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1865.
Book: 8vo (222 x 142mm). pp 541. Paperback. Very worn, torn and dirty binding, book split into three at page 240, 256 & 257 Front and back cover loose from binding.
A complete one volume bibliography of the library contents at the Royal Geographical Society.
[Ref: 10195] £60.00

The Life of David Roberts, R.A. Compiled from his Journals and Other Sources with Etchings and Facsimiles of Pen-and-Ink Sketches by the Artist.
by James Ballantine.
Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge. MDCCCLXVI [1866].
Book: 4to (290 x 233mm). Cloth binding with 'David Roberts R.A.' stamped in gilt onto front cover, and title area stamped onto spine in gilt. 225 textual pages plus illustrations. Broken binding, some spotting. Some pages coming away.
A comprehensive narrative and catalogue of the life and works of David Roberts.
Ex Leggatt.
[Ref: 10441] £250.00

Rococo. Art and Design in Hogarth's England.
The Victoria and Albert Museum. [1984.]
4to, illustrated soft covers; pp. 333, profusely illustrated. Slightly creased cover.
An exhibition catalogue published to accompany the exhibtion 'Rococo. Art and Design in Hogarth's England', 16 May - 30 September 1984, at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
[Ref: 59937] £30.00

Salvator Rosa.
Arts Council. 1973.
4to, illustrated soft covers; pp. 88, with 48 b/w plates. Slightly creased.
An exhibition catalogue published to accompany an exhibition on Salvator Rosa, 17 October - 23 December 1973, at the Hayward Gallery, London.
[Ref: 59795] £30.00

A Collection of Engraved Portraits Exhibited by the late James Anderson Rose at the Opening of the new Library and Museum of the Corperation of London, November 1872. Vols 1. [&] Vol 2.
Marcus Ward & Co. Limited. 1894.
Books. 4to (280 x 240mm). (i) pp. 168. (ii) pp. 198. Half velum. Profusely illustrated with half tone illustrations. Uncut. Complete. Front and back boards stained.
Two volumes of the illustrated catalogue of engraved portraits lent by businessman James Anderson Rose (1819-1890) to the Corporation of London for an exhition in 1872 marking the opening of their new Library and museum.
Ex: Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36443] £130.00

Rowlandson The Caricaturist. A Selection from his Works with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries with about four hundred illustrations. In Two Volumes - Vol. I. [&] Vol. II
by Joseph Grego Author of 'James Gillray, The Caricaturist; His Life, Works, and Times'.
London. Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly 1880. London: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co, New-Street Square and Parliament Street.
2 Volumes. Book: 4to (278 x 214mm) (i) pp. xii-xv 377. (ii) pp. vi-xi 453. Both profusely illustrated with b/w images. Morocco leather binding. Top edges gilt (i) Binding and cover worn. Some spotting on pages. (ii) Leather spine almost completely detatched, worn cover.
An illustrated narrative of a selection Rowlandson's works.
[Ref: 14209] £460.00 view all images for this item

Rowlandson. Watercolours and Drawings.
John Hayes.
Phaidon Press Limited, 5 Cromwell Place, London SW7. First published 1972, by Phaidon Press Limited.
Book: 4to (280 x 215mm). pp. 214. With 16 colour and 193 b/w illustrations. Paperback with glossy illustrated cover. Slight tear to top left-hand corner of cover.
An illustrated narrative of some of Rowlandson's watercolours and drawings, including some biographical notes.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-190599.
[Ref: 10069] £45.00

Fine Prints of the Year. An Annual Review of Contemporary Etching and Engraving. Volume One. Containing reproductions of etchings, etc., issued or made during the year ending October, 1923.
Edited by Malcolm C. Salaman. Hon. Fellow, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers.
London: Halton & Truscott Smith, Limited. 1924.
Book: 4to (289 x 222mm). Cloth binding with gilt title stamped onto spine and front cover. pp. v-viii + 208. Profusely illustrated with b/w and colour images. Binding worn and scratched. Some sporadic spotting.
An illustrated catalogue of the finest prints of 1923.
[Ref: 10456] £120.00

Fine Prints of the Year. An Annual Review of Contemporary Etching and Engraving. Volume Seven. Containing reproductions of Etchings and Engravings issued or made during the year ending October, 1929.
Edited by Malcolm C. Salaman. Hon. Fellow, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. American Section by Helen Fagg.
London: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd. New York: Minton, Balch & Company.
Book: 4to (281 x 220mm). 20 pages of narrative. 100 plates. 24 pages for 'Directory of Etchers and Engravers'. Cloth binding with gilt title stamped onto spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Binding worn and torn slightly. Slightly dirty covers.
An illustrated catalogue of the finest prints of 1929.
[Ref: 10455] £120.00

Sayer and Bennett's Catalogue of prints for the year 1775. [Original title page:] For 1775. Sayer and Bennett's Enlarged Catalogue of New and Valuable Prints, in Sets, or Single; also Useful and Correct Maps and Charts; Likewise Books and Architecture, Views of Antiquity, Drawing and Copy Books, &c. &c. In Great Variety, At No.53, in Fleet-Street, London; Where Gentlemen for Furniture, Merchants for Exportation, and Shopkeepers to fell again, May be supplied with the greatest Assortment, on the most reasonable Terms.
Reprinted by The Holland Press. 112 Whitfield Street, London W1P 6DP in 1970. Reproduced and Printed by Redwood Press Limited, Trowbridge & London.
8vo., red cloth gilt and illust. d/w. Dust jacket worn with tears and creases, ex-libris blind stamp on endpaper.
An exact reprint of Sayer and Bennett's 18th century trade catalogue of prints. The catalogue includes the following sections: Portraits of every conceivable person, Royalty, Celebrated Beauties, Racehorses; Perspective Views; Sets of Small and Fine Prints; Architectural Prints; Drawing Books, Writing Books, Japanning Prints; Pot-Sheets, Quarto-Sheets; Lotteries; Designs in Miniature for Watch-Cases; etc. A very valuable reference book.
[Ref: 59753] £130.00

Samuel Scott c.1702-1772.
Guildhall Art Gallery. [1955.]
8vo, illustrated soft covers; pp. 20, with one b/w illustration. Surface dirt.
An exhibition catalogue published to accompany the exhibition of painting and drawings by Samuel Scott c.1702-1772, 12th July - 6th August 1955, at the Guildhall Art Gallery.
[Ref: 59785] £30.00

Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. Etchings and Engravings. What they, and are not, with some notes on the care of prints
by Sir Frank Short, R.A. President of the Society.
Published by the Society, at the Gallery. 5A, Pall Mall East, London, S.W. 1912.
Book: 8vo (222 x 174mm). pp. 40. 17 b/w illustrations icluding back cover. Board binding with cloth spine. Edition of 500. Binding scuffed and rubbed with edgewear. Some gentle spotting on the first few pages.
An illustrated narrative outlining the different techniques of engraving, the various states and proofs, and the printing methods.
[Ref: 10425] £45.00

On the Making of Etchings.
by Frank Short.
London. Robert Dunthorne, at the sign of the Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street. W. 1888.
Book: 8vo (212 x 175mm). pp. 34 with 4 b/w plates. Small b/w illustrations throughout. Board binding with cloth spine. Printed title and illustration front and back. Binding scuffed and rubbed with some staining. Spotting across the pages.
An illustrated narrative on the making of etchings. Outlines the methods, techniques and tools required to produce etchings.
[Ref: 10424] £60.00

The Liber Studiorum Mezzotints of Sir Frank Short R.A., P.R.E. after J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
Catalogue & Introduction by Martin Hardie C.B.E., R.E.
Publication Number Seventeen. The Print Collectors' Club 5A Pall Mall East, London, S.W.1. MCMXXXVIII [1938].
8vo (247 x 185mm), limited edition 310/500. Green cloth gilt, pp. 129 + (2) (ads and collophon), 24 collotype plates. Binding worn.
[Ref: 10328] £90.00

The Etched and Engraved Work of Sir Frank Short Vol. II. The Mezzotints and Aquatints of Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.P.R.E. other than those for the Liber Studiorum.
Catalogue & Introduction by Martin Hardie C.B.E., R.E.
Publication Number Seventeen. The Print Collectors' Club 26 Conduit Street, London, W.1. MCMXXXIX [1939].
Book: 8vo (247 x 185mm). Limited edition 52/400. pp. 75. 16 b/w illustrations. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn and peeling away from text at spine.
An illustrated catalogue of the mezzotints and aquatints of Sir Frank Short.
[Ref: 10329] £90.00

The Etched and Engraved Work of Sir Frank Short. Vol. III. Etchings, Dry-Points, Lithographs by Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.P.R.E.
Catalogue & Introduction by Martin Hardie C.B.E., R.E.
Publication Number Nineteen. The Print Collectors' Club 26 Conduit Street, London, W.1. MCMXL. [1940].
Book: 8vo (247 x 187mm). pp. 90 including 16 b/w illustrations. Limited edition 142/400. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn and scuffed.
An illustrated catalogue of Sir Frank Short's etching, drypoints and lithographs. Sir Frank Short (1857-1945) painter and engraver, Master of the Art Workers Guild in 1901, 1902.
[Ref: 10330] £90.00

Silhouette.
Mrs. E. Nevill Jackson.
Methuen & Co. Limited. 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. [1938.]
4to, original cloth gilt; pp. xviii + 1554, profusely illustrated. Stained cover, distressed binding.
Notes on and a dictionary of the art of silhouettes.
[Ref: 59910] £75.00 view all images for this item

An Eighteenth Century Artist & Engraver. John Raphael Smith His Life and Works with Thirty Photographs.
by Julia Frankau. Author of 'Eighteenth Century Colour Prints'
London. Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1902.
Book: 4to (255 x 171mm). pp. vi-xiv + 259. 30 b/w plates. Original cloth binding. Binding worn with some stains. Sporadic spotting.
An illustrated biographical collection of various examples of the work of John Raphael Smith.
[Ref: 10126] £85.00

An Eighteenth Century Artist & Engraver. John Raphael Smith His Life and Works.
by Julia Frankau.
Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited. London. 1902.
Book. 4to (180 x 260mm). pp.vi-xiv + 259. Illustated with 30 b/w plates. Cream cloth binding with gilt title stamped on spine and front. Binding worn, some staining. Foxing on pages.
The definitive work on the paintings and mezzotints of British artist and engraver John Raphael Smith (1752-1812). Since updated by D' Oench.
Ex: Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36438] £65.00

Sport and the Horse. The Virgina Museum of Fine Arts.
Introduction by Basil Taylor.
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings Assembled at the Museum in Richmond From April 1 through May 15, 1960.
Book: oblong 4to (237 x 271mm). pp. 88. Cloth binding with gilt title on cover and spine. Tatty and torn dust jacket.
An illustrated and concise catalogue of the exhibition held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-10152.
[Ref: 10084] £45.00

Sporting Aquatints and Their Engravers. Vol. 1. [&] Vol. 2.
by Charles Lane.
F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited. Publishers by Appointment to the Late Queen Mary. The Tithe House, Leigh-on-Sea, England. First Published 1979.
Two vols: 4to (280 x 220). Limited to Five Hundred Copies only. Vol 1 pp. 118. Vol 2 pp. 93. Both profusely illustrated with b/w images. Slight tear and scuffing to dust jackets.
A catalogue of sporting and hunting aquatints including illustrations.
[Ref: 10081] £160.00

Sporting Art England 1700-1900. Stella A Walker.
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher New York Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc. Published 1972.
4to (300 x 230). pp. 200. 100 b/w and 23 colour illustrations. Cloth bound with gilt title on spine. With colour illustrated dust jacket. Tears and rips to the dust jacket.
A comprehensive reference book on British sporting art compiled with illustrations and subdivided into genres.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 70-187507.
[Ref: 10088] £45.00

Old English Sporting Books
Ralph Nevill. Edited by Geoffrey Holme.
Published by The Studio Limited, London MCMXXIV [1924].
Book: 4to (314 x 252mm). pp. v-xi + 24 with 107 colour and b/w images. Cloth binding with gilt title on cover and spine. Top gilt edge. This Edition is limited to one thousand five hundred copies of which this is number 144. Limited edition. Worn cover with a few markings and stains.
Catalogue of illustrated sporting prints.
[Ref: 10089] £65.00

Steel Engravings in Nineteenth Century British Topographical Books.
A Bibliography Compiled by Merlyn Holloway.
Holland Press London 1977.
4to, blue cloth gilt; pp. vii + 206. Bonhams ink stamps on front endpaper.
A biliography listing the plates of topographical books by the likes of Allom, Brayley, Shepherd and Tombleson.
[Ref: 45207] £45.00

Steel-engraved book illustration in England.
Basil Hunisett.
London: Scolar Press 1980.
4to, blue cloth gilt, with illus. d/w; pp. xvi + 263, with b/w illustrations. Ownership inscription on endpaper.
An analysis of the use of steel engraving in books.
[Ref: 59742] £50.00

The Etchings of William Strang & Sir Charles Holroyd being a Lecture delivered to the Print Collector's Club on Wednesday 5th April 1933
by Campbell Dodgson C.B.E., Hon. R.E.
Publication Number Twelve. The Print Collectors' Club. 5A Pall Mall East, London, S.W.I. MCMXXXIII [1933].
Book: 8vo (249 x 185mm). Limited edition 212/500. Illustrated catalogue of 61 pages. Board and cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front. Binding worn. Some spotting.
William Strang [1859-1921 and Sir Charles Holroyd [1861-1917].
[Ref: 10333] £25.00

The Engraved Work of George Stubbs 1724-1806. An Exhibition curated by The British Sporting Art Trust at Bonhams...
[Compiled by Nicholas Price et al.]
[Newmarket.] The British Sporting Art Trust, 2005.
4to, illustrated wrappers; pp. 82, illustrated in colour & b/w.
An exhibition of over 90 engravings by Stubbs.
[Ref: 45206] £50.00

George Stubbs. Atonomist and Animal Painter.
Judy Egerton.
Published by the Tate Gallery Publications Department, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG. 1976.
Book: Quarto. pp. 64. Illustrated wrappers. Containing monochrome illustrations. Damaged.
An exhibition catalogue published by the order of the Trustees to accompany the exhibition of 25th August - 3rd October 1976, 'George Stubbs; anatomist and animal painter', at the Tate Gallery.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 59751] £30.00

George Stubbs. The Complete Engraved Works.
Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Rob Dixon. Tim Clayton.
Stipple Publishing Limited 1989.
Book: 4to (321 x 237mm). Title stamped on spine in gilt. pp. xvii + 411. Profusely illustrated, some in colour. Dust jacket a little creased along edges, but otherwise in very fine condition.
A very comprehensive, concise and coherent illustrated complete one volume narrative of the life and the entire engraved works of George Stubbs.
[Ref: 10097] £160.00

George Stubbs. Anatomist and Animal Painter.
Judy Egerton.
Published by the Tate Gallery Publications Department, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG. 1976.
Book: Quarto. pp. 64. Illustrated wrappers. Containing monochrome illustrations; four exhibition photographs. Damaged. Lightly annotated.
An exhibition catalogue published by the order of the Trustees to accompany the exhibition of 25th August - 3rd October 1976, 'George Stubbs; anatomist and animal painter', at the Tate Gallery.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28990] £45.00

Stubbs.
Basil Taylor.
Phaidon Press Limited. 5, Cromwell Place, London, SW7. Second edition 1975.
Book: Quarto. pp.220. Colour illustrated wrapper. 157 illustrations, including 16 in colour. Slightly messy wrapper.
A critical account of the work of George Stubbs by Basil Taylor. Taylor's text summerizes the main findings of a quarter of a century's study.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 59750] £60.00

Stubbs' Dogs. The Hounds and Domestic Dogs of the Eighteenth Century as seen through the Paintings of George Stubbs.
Robert Fountain & Alfred Gates.
Published by Ackermann. 3 Old Bond Street, London, W1.
Book: Quarto. pp.117.Colour illustrated wrapper. Illustrated, containing in colour and in monochrome eighty-eight subjects.
In this fascinating work the authors have recorded the paintings by Stubbs that portray dogs either as individuals or as part of a larger composition. At the same time the history and development of the breeds is given , with details about the paintings themselves and about those for whom they were painted. The catalogue is of particular value in that it lists all known paintings by Stubbs that contain canine studies.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28075] £60.00

George Stubbs and the Wedgwood Connection.
Ruth Vincent-Kemp.
Printed and produced in Great Britain by Rushton and Turner., Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. First edition limited to 2000 copies.
Book: Octavo. pp.64. Colour illustrated wrapper. Illustrated throughout.
An account of the important episodes of both George Stubbs' and Josiah Wedgwoods' lives. The author Dr. Ruth Vincent-Kemp, also comments on other great figures of that period, mainly from the medical profession, such as Erasmus darwin and John Hunter.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28081] £45.00

George Stubbs.
Martin Myrone.
First published by order of the tate Trustees by Tate Publishing, a division of Tate Enterprises Ltd. Millbank, London SW1P. 4RG.
Book: Octavo. Colour illustrated wrapper. Illustrated with 50 colour and 11 black and white images. pp.80.
In this highly original study, Martin Myrone presents a less familiar account of George Stubbs. From his earliest anatomical studies through to his depictions of exotic animals and experiments with the industrialist Josiah Wedgwood, Stubbs is shown to have been dynamically engaged with the science, technology and popular culture of his day.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28082] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

George Stubbs. Walker Art Gallery.
Published for the Libraries, Museums and Arts Committee of the Corporation of Liverpool. 1951.
Book: Octavo. pp.26. Illustrated wrapper. Containing 8 monochrome illustrations.
A catalogue for an exhibition held from 13th July to 25th August at the Walker Art Gallery, 1951.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28087] £45.00

Stubbs & Wedgwood. Unique alliance between Artist and Potter.
Bruce Tattershall.
Published by the Tate Gallery Publications Department, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG.
Book: Quarto. Illustrated coloured wrapper. pp. 119. Extensively illustrated in both monochrome and colour throughout.
Published by order of the Trustees for the exhibition of 19th June - 18th August 1974, Stubbs & Wedgwood.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28110] £60.00

Stubbs. Portraits in Detail.
Judy Edgerton.
Published by Tate Gallery Publications, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG.
Book: Oblong quarto. pp. 46. Illustrated colour wrappers. Heavily illustrated throughout with colour images.
Published by order of the Trustees for the exhibition, 18th October 1984 - 6th January 1985, Stubbs: Portraits in Detail. Selected and introduced by Judy Egerton.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28111] £30.00

The Prints of George Stubbs.
Basil Taylor.
Published in Great Britain by The Paul Melon Foundation for British Arts. 38, Bury Street, London, SW1.
Book. Oblong quarto. pp. 60. Illustrated wrappers. Extensively illustrated in monochrome throughout.
A book published by The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, including descriptions and analysis of the prints of George Stubbs.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28112] £45.00

George Stubbs. 1724 - 1806. Science into Art.
Herbert W. Rott.
Published by Prestel Publishing Ltd. 4 Bloomsbury Place, London, WC1A 2QA.
Book: D/W. Quarto. pp. 240. Illustrated colour wrappers. Profusely illustrated in both colour and monochrome throughout.
Although George Stubbs is best known for his images of hounds and horses charging round the British countryside, the painter was also an avid student of the broader animal world. This volume features gorgeous colour reproductions of paintings that highlight the painter's genius for combining realism and lyricism. It includes numerous drawings and prints - among them the exceptional studies for his 'The Anatomy of the Horse' series. Informative essays discuss Stubbs' superb aesthetic sensibility, his far-reaching scientific studies, and his place in the pantheon of eighteenth-century European painters.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28113] £120.00

The Art of George Stubbs.
Venetia Morrison.
Published in Great Britain in 1989 by Headline Book Publishing PLC.
Book: D/W. Quarto. pp. 191. Colour illustrated wrappers. Heavilly illustrated in both monochrome and colour throughout.
This book presents Stubbs' celebrated horse images and explores his fascination with anatomy and dissection, as well as his erratic relationship with the establishment.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28114] £60.00

George Stubbs. 1724 - 1806. Whitechapel Art Gallery. February - April, 1957.
Printed in England by the Chaseton Press of H. Williams and Son Ltd.
Book: Quarto. pp. 28. Illustrated wrappers. Containing 22 monochrome illustrations.
Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and engravings held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, from 27th February - 7th April, 1957.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28119] £40.00

George Stubbs. Rediscovered Anotomical Drawings from the free Public Library Worcester, Massachusetts.
Published by The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1958.
Book: Octavo. pp. 32. Illustrated wrappers. Containing four monochrome illustrations.
Includes an essay by Basil Taylor, a 63 item catalogue and four black and white illustrations.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28123] £45.00

Stubbs in the 1760s. November 3rd - December 5th. A Loan Exhibition of Paintings in aid of the Westminster Division of the British red Cross Society to celebrate their centenary in 1970.
Published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., 43 old Bond Street, W. 1.
Book: Oblong quarto. pp. 41. Colour illustrated wrappers. Including 17 monochrome illustrations.
A catalogue for the exhibition, 'Stubbs in the 1760s', including an introductory essay by Basil Taylor and 17 monochrome illustrations.
Ex Collection of Judy Egerton, author and former curator at the Tate Britain.
[Ref: 28124] £45.00

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