Grosvenor Prints

[The Holy Family.] [From an Orig.l Picture by Bar.o Schidone in the Collection of Doctor Brag.]
[Captain William Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Fine mezzotint, early proof before letters, inscription area uncleaned, faint 18th century watermark. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼").
The Holy Family; the Virgin holding the infant Jesus in her lap, with St John as a child leaning in towards them from left, and St Joseph, leaning on a stick. Engraved after Bartolomeo Schedoni by Capt William Baillie (1723 - 1810) who retired from the army and became a picture dealer. He was also an amateur then semi-professional printmaker, later selling his plates to Boydell who reissued them in 1792 and 1806.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 1 of 3. See [Ref: 68479] & [Ref: 68477] for later states.
[Ref: 68478] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Holy Family.] [From an Orig.l Picture by Bar.o Schidone in the Collection of Doctor Brag.]
[Captain William Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, inscription area not completely cleaned, faint 18th century watermark. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼").
The Holy Family; the Virgin holding the infant Jesus in her lap, with St John as a child leaning in towards them from left, and St Joseph, leaning on a stick. Engraved after Bartolomeo Schedoni by Capt William Baillie (1723 - 1810) who retired from the army and became a picture dealer. He was also an amateur then semi-professional printmaker, later selling his plates to Boydell who reissued them in 1792 and 1806..
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 3. See [Ref: 68478] for earlier state & [Ref: 68477] for later state.
[Ref: 68479] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Ambulabunt Gentes in Lumine tuo, et Reges in Splendore Ortûs tui. Ex collectione Sim: du Bois Londini.
Fredericus Borocius Urb: pinx. J. Smith Fec. 1704.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel-street Covent Garden.
Fine & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 295 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"). Narrow margins, slight cockling, tipped onto album paper. Ink collector's stamp in image.
The Madonna and the infant Christ, with the infant John the Baptist holding the reed cross.
Ex: collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Dr E. Peart (c.1756-1824), Lugt 891.
[Ref: 68694] £420.00

[Virgin and Christ child.]
From a Drawing by Luti. CWB [monogram of Captain William Baillie] 1767.
Etching, printed in sepia, 210 x 210mm (8¼ x 8¼"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
Etching after Benedetto Luti (1666-1724) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68845] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin and Christ child.]
From a Drawing by Luti. CWB [monogram of Captain William Baillie] 1767. [But later]
Etching, printed in sepia. 210 x 210mm (8¼ x 8¼"), with large margins.
Etching after Benedetto Luti (1666-1724) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810), who retired from the army in 1761 and devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68846] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin and Child.] From a Painting by Parmegiano in the Collection of D.r Bragg.
WBaillie sculp. 1769.
Fine mezzotint, printed in colours. 255 x 205mm (10 x 8"), large margins Left corners of margin rebuilt.
A portrait of the Madonna, holding a peach, and Christ holding a bird engraved by Captain William Baillie after Parmigianino . Baillie (1723-1810) devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 3 of 3, with date added.
[Ref: 68858] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin and Child.] From a Painting by Parmegiano in the Collection of D.r Bragg.
WBaillie sculp. 1769.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 255 x 205mm (10 x 8"), large margins. Crease lower right.
A portrait of the Madonna, holding a peach, and Christ holding a bird engraved by Captain William Baillie after Parmigianino . Baillie (1723-1810) devoted himself to printmaking and dealing after retiring from the army in 1761. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 3 of 3, with date added.
[Ref: 68859] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin and child]. Le Dessin original se trouve a la Bibliotheque J. et R. de Vienne.
R. LaFage. inv: / A: Bartsch sc: 1783 / N.o 7.
Vienna, 1783.
Etching. 230 x 200mm (9 x 8"), with large margins on 3 sides. Toning around upper left and some foxing in left and lower margins.
A depiction of the virgin Mary and Christ as a child with St. Anne, Mary's mother. A facsimile of a drawing by Raymond La Fage and part of the Hofbibliothek zu Wein series.
[Ref: 54010] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin Mary with Jesus and two angels.]
Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi Engraver To His Majesty sculp.
[J. & J. Boydell., n.d., c.1790s]
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine. 220 x 320mm (8½ x 12½"), with small margins. Thread margin at top. Few fly marks on left.
The Virgin Mary sits on a cloud with Jesus, who plays with a necklace, upon her knee while two angels above them place a crown on the Virgin's head.
de Vesme: 2187, II of II.
[Ref: 53319] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin Mary.] Dedie A La Reine.
Peint par sa Majeste d'apres le Tableau de J.M. Vien Ptre. du Roy. L'Original est Peint en Cire.
A Paris ches Demarteau Graveur et Pensionre. du Roi, rue de la Pellerie a la Cloche. [n.d., c.1770.]
Etching and crayon-manner printed in sanguine, 285 x 230mm. 11¼ x 9". One tear outside plate.
Dedicated to Maria Leszczynska, Queen of France (1703 - 1768). A re-issue of the plate originally published in 1759 by Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769). Published by engraver Gilles Demarteau (1722 - 1776), specialist in crayon manner, and numbered 'No 425' lower right. He numbered his plates from 1-560, and these numbers are followed in Leymarie's catalogue. Numbers 561 onwards (as this impression) are the work of his nephew and successor Gilles Antoine, who in 1788 published a catalogue listing 664 plates. There is in the BM a 1788 catalogue/price list that gives the subjects of numbers up to 664; so numbers from 665 onwards are later than the catalogue. After Joseph Marie Vien (1716 - 1809).
De Leymarie: 425. See BM: 1926,0519.4.
[Ref: 11104] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin in the Clouds with a Rosary.] All'Ill.mo S.r Co: Nicolo Calderini, Uno de S.ri del Popolo E Priore nella Comp.ia del S:mo Rosario di Bologna.
D.M.C.F. Virgilio Sirani D.D.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Etching. Sheet: 280 x 190mm (11 x 7½''). Trimmed, stained, laid on album sheet. Repairs.
A religious scene showing the Virgin and child seated upon a cloud, below is the town of Bologna. Etched by Virgilio Sirani who was related to the family of apothicaries and painters including Elisabetta Sirani.
BM: 1869,0410.2280.
[Ref: 49721] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin Mary and Child] Imago B. Mariae Virginis de Rotuna Civit: Albanen [...]
Pietro Belli scolpi in argento. Gio: Petrini incise [c.1829]
Engraving, platemark 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Small margins.
Virgin and child, apparently engraved from a work in the Vatican by Pietro Belli (1780-1828), part of a famous Italian family of gold- and silversmiths.
See Grove Dictionary of Decorative Arts.
[Ref: 37664] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin Mary and Child.]
W. Vincent fc: et ex:
[n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 240 x 190mm. Scarce. Trimmed to plate and laid on backing. Some rubbing.
The Virgin Mary cradling Christ. John the Baptist kneels before them, holding a reed cross.
[Ref: 11999] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin and Child.]
Engraved by Capt. Baillie Painted by Rottenhammer? Breughell.
Published 17 March 1774.
Stipple engraving, 250 x 200mm. 10 x 8". Later issue c.1800.
The Virgin Mary with infant Christ plucking grapes. Engraved after Johann Rottenhammer and Jan Breughel who often worked in collaboration, with Rottenhammer providing figures for Breughel's landscapes. Engraved by William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Timothy Clayton and Anita McConnell, ‘Baillie, William (1723–1810)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
[Ref: 12221] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Holy Family.] From an Orig.l Picture by Bar.o Schidone in the Collection of Doctor Brag.
WB. [monogram of Captain William Baillie.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Mezzotint. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Margins foxed.
The Madonna and child, engraved by Captain William Baillie after a painting by Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615). Baillie (1723-1810) retired from the army in 1761 and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
[Ref: 12226] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin and Christ child.]
From a Drawing by Luti. CWB [monogram of Captain William Baillie] 1767.
[n.d., c.1800).
Etching, 210 x 210mm (8¼ x 8¼").
Etching after Benedetto Luti (1666-1724) by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a variety of printmaking techniques.
Timothy Clayton and Anita McConnell, ‘Baillie, William (1723–1810)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[Ref: 12227] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Doctor Parvulorum.
J. Smith exc:
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint, 240 x 180mm. Tear c.1cm into plate lower right.
A representation of the holy Mother and Child by John Smith, the celebrated London engraver in mezzotint born around 1655. This may be from a retouched plate issued c.1690 and originally engraved by Isaac Beckett, and then in turn probably re-issued by Boydell in the 18th century.
Not in Chaloner Smith.
[Ref: 7388] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Virgin and Child. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Domenichino Pinxit [but Il Sassoferrato]. G. Farington delin.t. Val. Green fecit Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty.
Published Oct.r 1.st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 175mm (10 x 6¾"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of the Virgin with Jesus in her arms, both looking towards the viewer. A mezzotint by Valentine Green for 'A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk', 1773-1788. For some reason this plate was replaced by a stipple in 1782. The painting, formerly in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, had been attributed to Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino. Today it is recongnised as the work of Giovanni Battista Salvi, 'Il Sassoferrato'.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60141] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Virgin and Child under a tree, with St John the Baptist.]
V. Salimbene in. B. Lens F.
E. Cooper Ex. [n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 170 x 135mm (6¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed slightly into image upper left, thread margins elsewhere.
After Ventura Salimbeni (1568-1613) of Siena, originally published by Bernard Lens II, the engraver.
[Ref: 60138] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child] Ego dilecto meo, et ad me conversio ejus. cant. 7.10. Ex Musæo Sim: du Bois Londini.
Scidon pinx: J. Smith fec: 1700.
Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel-Street Covent-garden.
Fine mezzotint. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"). Small margins.
The Madonna and child, a shallow basket with bottle and cloth beside them. An example of the second state, with year added. Engraved by John Smith after Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615).
[Ref: 60139] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Madonna.] From a Picture in the Collection of Robert Wigram Esq.r M.P. To whom this Plate is dedicated by his obedient Servant. C. Turner.
Painted by Carlo Dolce. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published Jan.y 10 1810 by C. Turner N.50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, printed in sepia. 355 x 230mm (14 x 9"). Faint staining to inscription, marginal foxing.
The Madonna, after Carlo Dolci (1616 - 1686). With arms in centre of inscription bearing motto 'Dulcis Amor Patriae'.
Whitman: 720. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 8073] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin and Child.]
Antonius de Alegris Corrgiensis pinx: N. Edelinck sculp.
Extat venetiis in Museo D:D: Jacobi Chertemps Galli. 1708.
Copper Engraving, 435 x 320mm. 17 x 12½". A fine impression.
Virgin holding sleeping Child in her arms, sitting in front of an arched window opening onto a landscape. Erroneously attributed to Antonio Correggio (1489 - 1534).
[Ref: 18839] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

La Vierge et L'Enfant.
Warner Sculp.
[French, c.1805.]
A very rare engraving, sheet 330 x 255mm. 13 x 10". Trimmed within plate.
The Madonna and Child, in an oval.
[Ref: 13958] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[The Holy Virgin teaching the Infant Jesus to read.]
[Guercino inv. F. Bartolozzi sc.]
[London: J. & J. Boydell, c.1790s.]
Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper, first state before all letters. Inked initials inside image on right, maybe an artist's proof. 255 x 285mm (10 x 11¼"). A very fine impression with full margins. Uncut.
After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. One of a number of prints after drawings by Guercino and other masters in the Royal Collection, etched by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728 - 1815). The original drawings by the Bolognese artist were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III. The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. This brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 under Dalton’s employ. The plates were later bought by the London publishers John and Josiah Boydell, and published in two folio volumes. This appeared in Boydells' 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
De Vesme 2167 [undescribed state].
[Ref: 21270] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Madonna of the Rocks]
[Charles William Campbell after Leonardo da Vinci]
[n.d., c.1880]
Rare mezzotint on chine collé, platemark 740 x 490mm (29 x 19"). Very large margins. Damage to margins, extending inside platemark bottom right but without damaging chine collé.
The Virgin with John the Baptist adoring the Christ-child; angel on right. After the central panel of the altarpiece executed by Leonardo for the church of S. Francesco in Milan, executed in 1508. Charles William Campbell (1855-87) studied mezzotint engraving with Hubert Herkomer and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1887.
[Ref: 23369] £360.00

[Madonna and Child. From the Original Picture of the same size Painted by Carlo Dolci; In the Collection of Will.m Locke Esq.r.] Vol. II. No. 52.
Carlo Dolci Pins. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
J. Boydell excudit 1769.
Fine engraving, scratched-letter proof before title. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with large margins. Laid on album paper.
The Virgin Mary holding the infant child close to her breast for feeding.
[Ref: 53318] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Maria Vergine dipinta in Tavola da Gio. Ant. Razzi detto il Soddoma alta B.a 3. larga B.a 2 5/6.
Carlo Bozzolini dissegnio Carlo Lasinio fece all'acqua forte. Gio. Batta. Cecchi termino a bulino.
[published by N. Pagni & G. Bardi, c.1791-5]
Etching with large margins, platemark 325 x 275mm (12¾ x 10¾"). Nicks and tears to margins; creasing.
Virgin and Child with saints, after Italian Renaissance artist Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, 1477-1549). Plate from Lastri's 'L'Etruria pittrice' (2 vols, Florence 1791-5).
[Ref: 27296] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Madonna con Santi pittura a dio di Pier di Cosimo alta B.a 3 1/3. larga B.a 3 1/3.
Gius. Calendi dis. Gio Bat. Galli inc.
[published by N. Pagni & G. Bardi, c.1791-5]
Etching with large margins; platemark 310 x 275mm (12¼ x 10¾"). Nicks and tears to margins; creasing.
The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, after the 1493 painting (Florence, Museo dell'Ospedale degli Innocenti) by Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521). Plate from Lastri's 'L'Etruria pittrice' (2 vols, Florence 1791-5).
[Ref: 27297] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

La Purificazione di Maria Vergine. Tavola in legno di Fra Bartolomeo di S. Marco. alta B.a 2. 14. Larga B.a 2. 12. XXXVIII.
Luigi Nuti dis. Gaetano Cecchi inc.
[published by N. Pagni & G. Bardi, c.1791-5]
Etching and engraving with large margins. Plate 330 x 275mm. 13 x 10¾". Nicks and tears to margins; staining.
The presentation of Jesus at the Temple, also know was the Purification of the Virgin. Plate from Lastri's 'L'Etruria pittrice' (2 vols, Florence 1791-5).
[Ref: 27307] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin and Child] Flores mei fructus honoris [...]
Carolus Marrattus pinx. R.V. Auden Aerd sculp.
Cum privil Summi Pont, et Regis Shrist.mi Rome Apud Iacobum Frey [n.d., c.1725]
Fine copper engraving, with large margins, 660 x 390mm (26 x 15¼") to platemark. Central fold as issued.
Engraving by Robert van Audenaerde after Carlo Maratti. Audenaerde worked for some time in the studio of Maratti, engraving his paintings, but onleaving Rome for Ghent in 1723 his stock of plates passed to Jakob Frey, who became Maratti's preferred engraver. This print dates from that period.
[Ref: 19709] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna with a veil]
TW [Thomas Worlidge] 1751
Etching, platemark 125 x 100mm (5 x 4"). Thread margins; on cream laid paper.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Early impression.
State i/iii; W27; D128
[Ref: 32766] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Madona [sic]. From the Orig:l Picture of the same size painted by Carlo Dolci In the Collection of Clothworthy Upton Esqr. Vol. II, No. 54.
Carlo Dolci pincs: J. Boydell exudi 1769. F. Bartolozzi del. sculp.
Published Nov.r 1st 1769 by Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Etching on india, 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Paper browned.
Bust of the Virgin Mary, weeping, her head covered with a veil; in a roundel; below, two angels with a laurel wreath flanking a cross. After Carlo Dolci (1616 - 1686). With arms in centre of inscription bearing motto
De Vesme 115, II of II.
[Ref: 21183] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child.]
[G.B. Cipriani. F. Bartolozzi.]
[London: J. Boydell, c.1768.]
Etching, proof before letters on india paper, 230 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Some foxing; slight creasing to india paper.
The Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus; his arms stretched out to front, looking up to the sky. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme 123, I.
[Ref: 21185] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[The Offspring of Love. From a Painting by Guido Reni, in the Possession of Rob.t Strange.]
[Guido Reni Pinxit. Rob.us. Strange delineavit et Sculpsit.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 380 x 440mm (15 x 17¼"), with large margins.
The Virgin Mary contemplating the infant Jesus who sleeps on a large cushion with a tassel, her hands joined in prayer. After Guido Reni (1575 - 1642).
[Ref: 40341] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child] Als Moeder en Maghet: mueght ghij v. verblijden Want ws ghekijcken: en is tot gheenen tijden.
[Hieronymus Wierix?]
[n.d., c.1600.]
Scarce engraving. 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"), with separately-printed illustrated borders, total 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"), large margins. Glue stains in corners. Folds.
A portrait of the Madomna and Christ child, within a separately-printed border with seven vignette scenes from Mary's life. The plate is included in Louis Alvin's 'Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des frères Jean, Jérôme et Antoine Wierix', but marked 'doubtful'.
[Ref: 61390] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Nativity]
Carolus Maratus in et fecit Romae con licentia de supr [c.1660]
Etching, platemark 175 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet at corners, on verso of which 'C. Maratti fc 1660' in old hand.
The newly-born Christ adored by the Virgin and angels. Original etching by Carlo Maratta or Maratti (1625 - 1713), Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. The leading Roman painter of his day, Maratti was the last exponent of the great classical tradition of Roman painting that had originated with Raphael (1483-1520) and was continued into the seventeenth century by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) and Maratti's teacher Andrea Sacchi. This is one of Maratti's few original prints (he usually worked with professional engravers to make prints from his paintings).
[Ref: 38356] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus] This Plate is Inscribed to John Gideon Loten, Esq.r late Governor of Ceylon by his most devoted humble Servant Francis Bartolozzi.
F. Bartolozzi invent et sculp. 1775.
Published'd according to Act of Parl.t 12th Jen.y 1775.
Stipple and etching, printed in sanguine. 195 x 165mm (7¾ x 6½") with very wide margins.
Johan Gideon Loten (1710-89) was Dutch East India Company's Governor of Zeylan, taking the opportunity to collect natural history specimens. Soon after he returned to Europe in 1758 he moved to London, where he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1760. He donated watercolours, stuffed birds and mineral stones to the newly-founded British Museum and allowed Thomas Pennant and George Edward access to his personal collection, which they described in their books. However, after the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1780 Loten decided to return to Utrecht.
[Ref: 53317] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child, with St John the Baptist.] Ecce Tibi Deus Hîc; et tantium non Dea, Virgo est; / Sanctíor an fingi Hac úlla Tabella potest: Bern: Bauhusius P.S.I.
P. Schenck Fe: et Excu: cum Privil: Amst. [n.d., c.1720.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"), with large margins.
Mary with a sleeping Jesus, accompanied by John the Baptist, with a short text by Bernard Bauhuysen (1576-1619) a Flemish Jesuit priest and song writer.
[Ref: 60140] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin Mary.]
F. Bartolozzi inv. et sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament de 15 June 1776.
Fine stipple printed in sepia. Plate: 170 x 130mm (6¾ x 5¼") with large margins Slight foxing.
A portrait of the Virgin Mary shown in profile.
De Vesme 117. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46714] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child.] Illustrissimo Marchioni Vincention Iustinano.
L. Carratius pinxit. Corneli Bloemaert sculpsit et D.D.
Cum privil: S.C.M.tis et Regis Christ.mi. Romae Superioru licentia. [n.d., c.1630.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Plate: 295 x 215mm (11½ x 8½''). Small margins.
A biblical scene showing Madonna and Christ sitting in a landscape, the enfant Christ cuddles a lamb.
[Ref: 50379] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vera Effigie della B.V.M. che appresso dise riteneva il V. Servo di Dio F. Crispino da Viterbo Cappuccino, la qte si venera nella Chiesa de P.P. del medesmio Ordine, in Tivoli.
Ignatius Benedicti incidit, et in benevolentiae argumentu R.P. Marino ab Aletrio, D.D.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving printed in red ink, with very large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 179 x 127mm (7 x 5"). Soiling.
The Virgin Mary and Jesus with St Joseph behind with his staff topped with flowers.
[Ref: 29691] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Mother & Child] Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi
Cipriani inv: P. de Colle sculp. ap Cavalli Venes.
[c.1775]
Engraving, platemark 235 x 170mm (9 x 6½") very large margins.
The Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, His arms stretched out to front, looking up to the sky. Crest flanked by angels below image. Italian engraving after a design by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785), Italian-born artist working in London. Probably copied from an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, published in London by John Boydell in 1768.
For Bartolozzi's engraving of the same image see ref. 11757.
[Ref: 43117] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna and Child] Memores erunt nominis tui In omni generatione et generationem
A.C. pinxit. Ferd. Gregori del e Scul [c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 430 x 270mm (17 x 10½"). Very large margins, uncut. Crease through centre as normal.
Religious scene engraved by Florentine printmaker Ferdinando Gregori (1743?-1804), perhaps after a painting by either Annibale or Agostino Carracci.
[Ref: 38470] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Virgin and Child with Saints.]
Fra Bartolomeo della Porta del. Gius. Zocchi Sc.
[n.d. c.1760.]
Etching. 239 x 196mm (9½ x 7¾"). Small tear into lower edge; cut.
The Virgin and Child enthroned with two apostles and the child St John Baptist.
[Ref: 31187] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus. From the Original Picture, of the same Size, Painted by Guido Reni; In the Collection of the Right Honourable Lord Grosvenor: To whom this Plate is humbly Dedicated by the Lordship's most obliged & most abedt. Humble Servant. J. Boydell.
Guido Reni Pinxt. J. Mortimer delint, S.F. Ravenet Sculpsit.
No. 25 under. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell. Engraver in Cheapside London; November 1765.
Engraving 535 x 425mm, 21 x 17inches. Large paper.
"The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 14557] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Madona and Child. From the Original Picture of the same size, Painted by Carlo Dulci; In the Collection of Willm. Locke Esqr.
Carlo Dolci pinxit. J. Boydell excudit 1769. F. Bartolozzi Sculpt.
Published Augt:1st 1769, by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving, 230 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Marginal staining.
The Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus to her exposed left breast. Crest below image. Numbered 'Vol.II. No.52.' lower left.
[Ref: 11761] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Madonna with Jesus and S.t Mary Magdalene.]
Denon. [after Antonio Correggio.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching, scarce. Plate: 245 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"), with large margins. Foxing.
A bibical scene showing the Madonna and Jesus with Mary Magdalene and an angel. A detail from 'Il Giorno' by Antonio Corregio.
[Ref: 47582] £450.00

[The Madonna of the Mount.]
Wilfred Huggins [signed inside plate in pencil.] W.H.
[Printed at the Oldfield House Studios and Published by W.R. Howell & Co. The Gallery Bedfore Row Chambers. 42, Theobald's Road, London, W.C.1.] [n.d. c.1920.]
Etching printed in colour. Limited edition 27/200. 565 x 451mm. 22¼ x 17¾".
From: "Four New Original Etchings (Florentine Idylls) by Wilfrid Huggins Printed in Old Time Style of Colour Printing and Limited to Two Hundred Signed Artist's Proofs, Numbered. The Plates Will Then Be Destroyed."
[Ref: 16313] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[John Madox] The Author, in his Turkish Costume.
Drawn on Stone by R.J. Hamerton. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published by R. Bentley New Burlington Street. [n.d. c.1834.]
Lithograph. 229 x 145mm (9 x 5½"). Slight foxing.
John Madox in Turkish costume, holding pen and parchment. He travelled around the Levant in the 1820s, visiting Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor, including some excavations. This is the frontispiece of his 'Excursions in the Holy Land, Egypt, Nubia, Syria, &c.'.
[Ref: 53530] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Madras.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper with very large margins, 295 x 390mm. 11½ x 15¼".
The three-masted ship 'La Favorite' sailing off the coast of Chennai (formerly Madras), on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, south India. She is sailing close to a smaller, two-masted vessel flying British colours. Here La Favorite is engraved for the account of her own voyage: 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27824] £450.00

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