Grosvenor Prints

[Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate-Neuburg.]
J.A. Thelot del. Jacob Muller Sculps.
[n.d. c.1695.]
Engraving. Plate 336 x 209mm. 13¼ x 8¼". Large margins.
This portrait of Eleonor Magdalene of Palatinate-Neuburg (1655-1720) was Holy Roman Empress as the spouse of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. She also adopted the roles of Queen of Bohemia and Hungary, German Queen, and Archduchess of Austria. She had 11 children, seven of whom are pictured in small oval busts around her: Joseph I. Maria Elisabeth, Maria Theresia, Charles VI, Maria Anna, Maria Josepha & Maria Madgalena.
[Ref: 15458] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Magdeburg aan de Elve, een groot Stadt in Duytschland, vermaert fowel door haare Verwoestinge als weder opourwinge. Magdeburga, ad Albim urbs Germaniae amplissima, (suo pariter excidio, et instauratione) famigeratissima.
Pet Schenk exc. Amst: vum Privil.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 210 x 260mm. 8¼ x 10¼".
Magdeburg, on the Elbe River, Germany. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
[Ref: 24912] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Hernando Magalilaens Erster Weltumseegler. Geb. in Portugal, ward erschlagen auf Matan, in den Philippinen den .27. April. 1521.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 134 x 87mm (5¼ x 3½").
Ferdinand Magellan (c.1480-1521), the Portuguese explorer, whose expedition of 1519-1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean, and the first to cross the Pacific; it completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Magellan did not complete the voyage as he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29554] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Natalis Thomas Maggi. Natus Forijulii Nonis Marti i Anno MDCCXXXV.
B. Rebecca delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pubd. June 20. 1788 by Molteno, Colnaghi & Co, No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple with etching printed in brown ink, with large margins, 275 x 225mm. 10¾ x 9". Repaired hole to title.
Portrait in an oval of Natalis Thomas Maggi (1735 - 1787), musician; he holds a book in his right hand. After Biagio Rebecca (1735 - 1808).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18235] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Lago Maggiore.] Lac Majeur.
Dis. et gravée par A. Sala Laveno.
[Laveno c.1840.]
Aquatint. Sheet 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides. Slight repaired tear in top right.
View of Lago Maggiore in the southern Alps, traversing the Swiss-Italian border, from above Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, looking towards the Borromean islands.
[Ref: 39772] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

La Curiosité. Dédiée à Monsieur le Compte de Vence, Maréchal de Camp des Armées ru Roy, Colonel Lieutenant de Régiment Royal Infanterie Italienne, Corse. Par son très-humble et très-obéissant serviteur, N. le Mire. Grave d'après le Tableau Original du Cabinet de M.r le C.te de Venc.
Reinier Brakenburg Pinxit 1660. Noel le Mire Sculpsit.
Se vend à Paris, ruë St Jacques, au Soleil d'Or, vis-à-vis le Plessis chez l'Auteur. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 360 x 410mm (14 x 16"). Trimmed close to plate, damage to lateral margins entering plate restored, many holes in image and inscription area, some filled. Damaged.
A showman with a magic lantern.
[Ref: 45632] £480.00

Sketches by Seymour. Vol. 4. 10's 6d. Galanty Show!
[Robert Seymour.]
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1836.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper, one corner lacking. Some surface dirt.
A one-eyed showman with a magic lantern, projecting a scene of a baker chasing the devil with his peel (his shovel-like tool for getting his bread in and out of the oven) An illustrated titlepage by Robert Seymour (1798-1836), an illustrator best known for his illustrations of the works of Charles Dickens.
[Ref: 52592] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Magic Lantern] City of London Grand Hydro-Oxygen Microscopic Exhibition, No. 4, Charlotte Row, Opposite the Private Entrance to the Mansion House.
J. Brimmer, Printer, 59a Greek Street, Soho [n.d., c.1830].
Broadside, letterpress and wood-engraving. Sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼), printed on both sides. Slight staining, old ink mss. on reverse "commencing every hour".
An advert for a show with a 'Oxyhydrogen Microscope', a magic lantern capable of projecting images from microscope slides using limelight, illustrated with an image of a cheese mite. Altrick, shows of London, pg. 370-1, "never indeed until the advert of the monster mile panorama at the end of the next decade was the in-fighting livelier than it was among rival microscopes".
[Ref: 60770] £490.00 view all images for this item

Travestissemens. No.7. Magicienne.
Gatine sculp.
[La Mèsangère.][n.d., c.1828.]
A rare engraving with hand colouring. Plate: 300 x 200mm (12 x 8").
A scarce costume plate showing a female magician. The magician wears a costume decorated with devils, snakes and daggers. From the series 'Travestissemens' published by La Mèsangère between 1827-1830.
[Ref: 46689] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Political Drama. No. 14. Magisterial Justice- A Fact.
[C.J. Grant.]
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market. [n.d., c.1830.]
Wood-engraving. Sheet: 440 x 290mm (17½ x 11½"). Central vertical crease as normal. Staining and tears in edges.
A scene is a magistrates court in which two policemen, one with a dripping nose and one with messy hair, bring a poor man and his family before the magistrate for selling caricatures without a licence stamp.
[Ref: 44906] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Bosky Magistrate. Custos. Nemo. Comes. Testis. Sus. Bosque. Canisque. rules for the Gender of Nouns. [...].
Drawn by J. Nixon E.s.q.r. Engraved by Zeigler.
London Pub. by Will.m Holland. No. 50. Oxford Str.t Nov.r 25. 1796.
Framed hand coloured etching. Printed area: 460 x 320mm. (18¼ x 12½"). Some foxing to printed area.
The interior of a well-furnished room with an open door. By the fire (left) in an arm-chair is a magistrate. In his left hand is a glass spilling its contents, in his right a smoking tobacco-pipe. Beside him (right) is a table with books and writing-materials behind which sits his clerk, pen in mouth, spectacles on forehead, scrutinizing a group of three. On the wall over the clerk's head is a picture of an ass kicking over a statue of Justice.
BM Satires: 8910
[Ref: 31506] £520.00

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The ratifying Magna Charta by King John. To those Gentlemen who advanced the Purchase Money for this Place, it is most respectfully inscribed by their Obliged and Obedient Servant, Mary Ryland.
Painted by J.H. Mortimer. Engraved by William Wynne Ryland.
Publish'd May 4th; 1785 for the Proprietors at W Palmers No. 163 Strand.
A rare engraving. 500 x 620mm (19¾ x 24½"). Trimmed close to plate, a few nicks in edges.
King John confronted by his barons in 1215. Despite the title it was only after the death of John in 1216 that either Crown or nobility attempted to abide by the terms of the document. Despite Ryland's name as engraver this plate is not all his work, the result of him being executed for forging bills of exchange in 1783. His widow continued his business, and had Bartolozzi finish this plate.
De Vesme: 576.
[Ref: 47327] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Magna Carta. Regis Johannis. A.D. M.CCXV. Ex Orig. in Archiv. Eccl. Cathed. Lincoln.
James Basire Sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 470 x 505mm (18½ x 20"). Trimmed, stained, original folds, old ink mss. on reverse.
A facsimile of the Magna Carta, from the example held in Lincoln Cathedral, probably engraved for the Society of Antiquaries. Basire engraved another example of the Magna Carta for Hansard's 'Report on the Public Records of the Kingdom, Appendix'.
[Ref: 58093] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

By Permission of [the]… Trustees of the Cottonian Library. This Plate Being a Correct Copy of King John's Great Charter [...].
Sold by J. Pine, in Old Bond Street Near Piccadilly and by the Bookseller of London and Westminster. [n.d., c.1733.]
Early hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 720 x 510mm (28¼ x 20"). Damaged.
A facsimile of the Magna Carta, with a series of 25 hand-coloured coats of arms of the Barons in columns on either side, a heading and dedication panel at the top and bottom, and a panel containing notes and a representation of the remains of King John’s Great Seal at the bottom. All panels surrounded by oak leaf, acorn and bell decorated borders.
[Ref: 39334] £1,500.00

Magna Carta. Regis Johannis. With the Seals of the Kings Securities to Magna Charta and Shields on ye Barrons in Arms.
Facsimile by Express Permission from the original Document in the British Museum.
London Published by Chatto & Windus 214 Piccadilly. [n.d., c.1880.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 760 x 555mm (295 x 21¾"). Sheet toned. Laid on board
A facsimile of the Magna Carta, with a series of hand-coloured (some finished in gold) coats of arms of the Barons in surrounding the text, and the Seals of the Kings Securities below.
[Ref: 39339] £780.00

Magna Charta Island & Cottage. From Fishing Wear looking towards Runnymede.
George Delamotte Lithog.
[n.d. c.1810.]
A very rare hand-coloured lithograph. 196 x 255mm. 7¾ x 10".
Magna Carta Island, is in the River Thames on the reach above the Bell Weir Lock. It is considered as one of the several contenders for being the place where, in 1215, King John sealed the Magna Carta.
[Ref: 15599] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Ratification of Magna Charta, by King John.
Mortimer Pinx.t Wilson Sculp.
Published by J. & J. Cundee, Albion Press, London, 1813.
Engraving. 420 x 255mm (16½ x 10"). Creasing, nicks around edges.
King John seated on throne below canopy, pointing at the Magna Carta held by churchman. King John confronted by his barons in 1215. Despite the title it was only after the death of John in 1216 that either Crown or nobility attempt to abide by the terms of the document.
[Ref: 28942] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Magna Charta. Frontispiece to Barnard's New & Complete History of England. Explanation of this Elegant Plate. History (emblematically representing the Author of this Work) attended by Wisdom & Justice, presenting to Britannia the Manuscript of This New History of England...for which this kingdom has been so long conspicuous, are also alluded to in the various Emblematic Figures.
Hamilton delin. Pollard sculp.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 311 x 213mm (12¼ x 8½") Some staining to lower edge.
Frontispiece allegory with History, Wisdom and Justice presenting the History to Britannia.
[Ref: 34707] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

I-I-I-I say J-J-J-Jack c-c-c-c-can yout m-m-m-magpie t-t-talk? Yes Sir, a tidy bit better than you or I'd wring his precious neck off. Sixpence.
Printed and sold by J. Barker, 19 Throgmorton St City [n.d., c.1840].
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 320 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Tear in edge, spotting and soiling.
A yokel mocks a man with a stutter. James Barker, a bookseller, newsagent and occasional print publisher. He appeared before the Court of Insolvent Debtors on 19th February 1844, but was still advertising himself in The Athenaeum as a newsagent at Throgmorton Street in 1853, offering to post London newspapers out of the city.
[Ref: 60894] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mah-to-toh-pa. (The Four Bears) 2nd Chief of the Mandans.
G. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
A reduced version of the portrait of a Mandan of Dakota by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31512] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Mahadagee Scindia.
Drawn by W. Daniell R.A. Engraved by W.D.Taylor.
London, Published October 1, 1833 by Edw.d Bull, 26, Holles Street, Cavendish Square.
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed
Portrait of Mahadagee Scindia (1730-94), later known as Mahadji Scindia or Madhava Rao Scindia, statesman and general of Maratha Empire who served as the Maharaja of Gwalior from 1768 to 1794. He was the fifth and the youngest son of Ranoji Rao Scindia, the founder of the Scindia dynasty. He is reputed for having restored the Maratha rule over North India and for modernizing his army.
[Ref: 66792] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Wamans autaer, de vyfde.
[London: John Ogilby, 1673.]
Engraving 285 x 175mm (11¼ x 7"), with large margins. Some spotting in margins.
The god Mahadu, in the form of a dwarf called Vanan, tricking Bell Ragia. Asking for alms, he requests the grant of all the land he he can cover in three strides. When Bell Ragia agrees Mahadu makes one step from Bell Ragia, then steps from the Earth into the Clouds. The third step is onto Bell Ragia's heart, forcing him into an infernal pit 'Patalam', making him prince of the pit. From John Ogilby's edition of Arnoldus Montanus's 'Asia'.
[Ref: 47535] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Hill Fort of Vesshallgheen. Vesshallgheen in the dustance.
Sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army. Printed by Friedel.
Published by A. Friedel, 24, Greek Street, Soho, London.
Lithograph on india. Printed area 205 x 250mm (8 x 9¾").
A camel train at rest. From 'Eight Most Splendid Views of India, sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army', showing hill forts in forts situated in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, western India. Although Baron Adam Friedel is sometimes quoted as the artist as well as the publisher, it is unlikely that he served as a soldier in India; he was already a successful publisher, particularly of portraits of the leaders of the Greek revolution.
[Ref: 35525] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Ghats. At Sunrise from the South.
Sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army. Printed by Friedel.
Published by A. Friedel, 24, Greek Street, Soho, London.
Lithograph on india. Printed area 190 x 265mm (7½ x 10½").
A rural scene with with two figures in arab dress and elephants with mahouts. From 'Eight Most Splendid Views of India, sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army', showing hill forts in forts situated in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, western India. Although Baron Adam Friedel is sometimes quoted as the artist as well as the publisher, it is unlikely that he served as a soldier in India; he was already a successful publisher, particularly of portraits of the leaders of the Greek revolution.
[Ref: 35527] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Town of Wall, and Hill Fort of Pandoghar.]
[Sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army. Printed by Friedel.
[Published by A. Friedel, 24, Greek Street, Soho, London.]
Lithograph on india, proof before letters. Printed area 175 x 245mm (7 x 9½").
The river-side defences of the town of Wall with Pandokhar in the distance. From 'Eight Most Splendid Views of India, sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army', showing hill forts in forts situated in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, western India. Although Baron Adam Friedel is sometimes quoted as the artist as well as the publisher, it is unlikely that he served as a soldier in India; he was already a successful publisher, particularly of portraits of the leaders of the Greek revolution.
[Ref: 35530] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[West Point of Sattarah.]
[Sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army. Drawn on Stone by A. Picken.]
[Printed and published by A. Friedel, 24, Greek Street, Soho, London.]
Lithograph on india, proof before letters, very scarce. Printed area 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 9").
The fort at Satara near Pune, a seat of Maratha power in the 17th and 18th centuries, used as a British cantonment in the 19th. From 'Eight Most Splendid Views of India, sketched by an Officer in the Indian Army', showing hill forts in forts situated in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, western India. Although Baron Adam Friedel is sometimes quoted as the artist as well as the publisher, it is unlikely that he served as a soldier in India; he was already a successful publisher, particularly of portraits of the leaders of the Greek revolution.
[Ref: 35532] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Hindoo Excavations in the Mountain of Ellora Near Aurungabad in the Decan: In Twenty Four Views Respectfully Dedicated to Sir Charles Warre Malet Bar.t Late the British Resident at Poonah:
Engraved from the Drawings of James Wales, By and Under the Direction of Thomas Daniell.
London June, 1st. 1803.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 482 x 648mm. 19 x 25½".
Title plate to part five of Thomas and William Daniell's plates on Ellora and the Ellora caves near Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The temples and monasteries are of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain religions.
Abbey Travel Vol.II: 420.101.
[Ref: 20673] £750.00

Sultan Mahmud II.] The Sultan in his State Caïque.
[after Thomas Allom.]
[London: Fisher, Son & Co, c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 265 x 250mm (10½ x 9¾"). Trimmed from a larger sheet.
Portrait of Mahmud II (1789-1839), 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in a ceremonial boat. The title page of 'Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy', with the title and publisher's inscription trimmed.
[Ref: 39160] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mahmud II.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Engraving. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"). Crease top left.
Mahmud II (1789-1839), 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1808. During his reign the loss of the Battle of Navarino (1827) led to his recognition of the independence of Greece, and the French occupied Algeria. He realised that the Empire needed reforming and succeeded in the abolition of the Janissary corps. He also introduced the Fez as part of clothing reforms (this portrait shows him in the old style) and acquired the navy's first steam ships after Navarino.
[Ref: 29875] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Commanders during the Greek War of Independence.] Khosref Pascha. Mehemet Ali. Mahmud II. Ibrahim Pasha. Soliman Pascha.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Creased.
Portraits of five Ottoman leaders during the Greek Revolt, including Mahmud II (1789-1839), 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1808, Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769-1849) and his son Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848); Soliman Pasha (born Joseph Anthelme Sève in Lyon, 1788-1860); & Khosref Pasha 1769-1855), Ottoman admiral and vizier.
[Ref: 29876] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Mahmoud II. Empereur des Turcs.
Devéria 1829.
Imp. lith. de Gihaut frères.
Fine lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Foxing at edges.
A portrait of Mahmud II (1785-1839), 30th sultan of the Ottoman Empire. A portrait by French artist (1800-1857) famed for his portraits of famous artist and writers.
[Ref: 47051] £360.00

Mahmoud II, Empereur des Turcs.
à Paris, chez Chaillou Editeur rue St. honoré, 140. Lith. de Frey, rue Montmatre, 154.
Lithograph. Publishers blindstamp. Sheet: 265 x 175mm (10½ x 7").
A portrait of Mahmud II (1785-1839) who served as the 30th sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death.
[Ref: 47054] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Mahmut The Turkish Spy. Ætatis suæ 72.
F. H. Van. Hove. sculp:
[London, n.d., 1691 or later.]
Engraving, frontispiece to Giovanni Paolo Marana’s 'The First Volume of Letters Writ by a Turkish spy'. 120 x 75mm, 4¾ x 3”. A reasonably strong impression; slightly tatty margins.
The fictional bearded spy is seated at a table in his study, holding a quill; hour glass, mathematical instruments, ink bottle, and paper on table. Sphere in the lower left foreground, scrolls strewn on floor, next to two sacks of coins; bookshelf with books, three with inscribed spines, 'Alcaran', 'Tacitus', and 'St. Austin', behind his head. Room also contains a hanging lamp, mirror, and clock in background to centre; window, below which a framed picture of a man with a net and fish, on wall to right. Engraved by Dutch-born Frederick Hendrik van Hove (1628 - 1698).
See item Ref: 22497.
[Ref: 22496] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mahmut The Turkish Spy. Ætatis suæ 72.
F. H. Van. Hove. sculp:
[London, n.d., originally 1691 but a later impression.]
Engraving on laid paper, frontispiece to Giovanni Paolo Marana’s 'The First Volume of Letters Writ by a Turkish spy'. 120 x 75mm, 4¾ x 3”. A slightly faded impression from a reworked plate, likely from an 18th century edition. Some creasing, with tatty and chipped margins.
The fictional bearded spy is seated at a table in his study, holding a quill; hour glass, mathematical instruments, ink bottle, and paper on table. Sphere in the lower left foreground, scrolls strewn on floor, next to two sacks of coins; bookshelf with books, three with inscribed spines, 'Alcaran', 'Tacitus', and 'St. Austin', behind his head. Room also contains a hanging lamp, mirror, and clock in background to centre; window, below which a framed picture of a man with a net and fish, on wall to right. Engraved by Dutch-born Frederick Hendrik van Hove (1628 - 1698).
See item Ref: 22496.
[Ref: 22497] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

S. D. Mahomed. Shampooing Surgeon. Brighton.
Maddocks sc.
Published June, 1822, by J. Cordwell, at his Repository, 20, Great East Street, Brighton.
Stipple. Sheet size: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Trimmed inside upper, left and right platemarks.
A bust portrait of Indian-born author Sake Dean Mahomet (1759-1851). Mahomed was an Indian traveller, surgeon and entrepreneur who was the first Indian to have written a book in English. He also established 'shampooing' baths in Great Britain, where he offered therapeutic massage, and was one of the most notable early Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
[Ref: 35772] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Gertrude Mahon] The Bird of Paradise.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 2 Jan 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand-colouring. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, paper lightly toned and chipped in top edge, ink smear in publication line.
Gertrude Mahon, seated on a settee smiling, holding a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card ''Admit Mrs M_ to the Mask'd Ball''. She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, with a muslin apron. Her coiffure is extravagantly large, with curls on her neck, and is covered by an elaborately frilled muslin cap. Gertrude Mahon (née Tilson, 1752-c.1808) was the Dublin-born daughter of the dowager countess of Kerry. Left £3000 at the age of twelve, she became famous for her love of clothes and notorious adulteries. Needing money, she attempted to become an actress but supplemented her income by being a courtesan. She was last heard of in 1808.
[Ref: 58489] £590.00

Capture of the Mahonesa, Oct.r. 13.th.1796.
Painted by Whitcombe. Engraved by Sutherland.
Published Nov.r. 1.1816, at 48 Strand for J. Jenkins's Naval Achievements.
Handcoloured aquatint; J. Whatman watermark 1831. Plate: 300 x 215mm, (11¾ x 8½"). Very large margins.
A naval scene showing the capture of the Spanish frigate Mahonesa by the British ship Terpichore under the commmand of Captain Richard Bowen. From 'The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817' by J.Jenkins.
Parker: 118.
[Ref: 39037] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ladys Maid Soaping Linnen.
Hen. Morland pinx.t. Phil. Dawe fecit.
Carington Bowles excudit. [n.d. c.1769.]
Mezzotint, sheet 490 x 360mm (19¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate on bottom edge losing publication line. Slightly creased top left. Time stained.
A young woman wearing a cap and printed cotton dress, standing over a basin in which she is washing linen. A good example of an 18th century "risque" image.
CS 21.
[Ref: 59410] £450.00

A Ladies Maid Purchasing a Leek. 2.
Brandoin Pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Rare etching, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½") very large margins.
A vegetable seller sits at his basket offering a bunch of large carrots to an attractive, well-dressed young maidservant who responds by holding a leek in a suggestive manner. First published by John Smith of Cheapside and Robert Sayer, 1772. This example has had the publication line removed and a plate number added.
BM Satire 4603. See Goddard Payes: pg. 198-203
[Ref: 58287] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Art of Dressing Fish, Most humbly dedicated to the Hon.ble Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce, by his most obedient humble Servant Joh. Elias Haid. [&] The Cook Maid, Most humbly dedicated to Samuel More Esq.r, Secretary to the Hon.ble Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce, by his most obedient humble Servant Joh. Elias Haid.
Johann Caspar Heilmann pinxit. Johann Elias Haid sculpsit. Aug Vind:1773. [Cook Maid - '1774'].
Pair of fine mezzotints. Each 485 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"). Slight damp staining.
Johann Casper Heilmann [1718 - 1760], a Swiss painter and draughtsman working in Rome and Paris. Johann Elias Haid [1736 - 1809] was a German engraver and publisher. Son and pupil of Johann Jakob, he published his own prints in Augsburg. These pictures were produced in the same year the Society moved into a purpose built home, designed by John Adam. The Honourable Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce, was founded by William Shipley as a fund to support improvements in the liberal arts, sciences, and manufactures. In 1758, the Society awarded medals divided into catagories: Agriculture, Chemistry, Colonies & Trade, Manufactures, Mechanics, and Polite Arts (painting and the plastic arts). Samuel More was secretary to the society between 1770 and 1773, and was one of the most important supporters of the society's awards.
[Ref: 3161] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

The Old Maid's Thermometer. [&] The Old Bachelor's Thermometer.
McQueen & Co. Lithog. Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand.
Published by S. and J. Fuller 34, Rathbone-Place. [n.d., c.1820.]
Pair of hand coloured lithographs with letterpress, very scarce pair in fine condition with large margins; J. Whatman watermark paper 1820 (1/2 on each). Sheet size: 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7¼") each.
A humerous representation of the 'tragic consequences that awaited those who put off marriage'. 'The Old Maid's Thermometer' starting at age 15, descibes an attractive and amiable young lady who was so fond of charming those around her that she refused to settle on one suitor and grew up to be an unmarried, 'illhumoured', lonely woman who 'turns all her sensiblilty towards cats and dogs', and becomes disgusted with the world by the age of 50. Likewise, 'The Old Bachelor's Thermometer' explains how a prideful and handsome young man, who is too pleased with his own virtues to marry the woman he truly loved, soon finds himself to be an unwell 50 year old who unhapilly marries his prudent young housekeeper. Both tales are illustrated above the text.
[Ref: 34320] £360.00 view all images for this item

The Old Maid's Thermometer. The Old Bachelor's Thermometer.
McQueen & Co. Lithog. Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand.
Published by S. and J. Fuller 34, Rathbone-Place. [n.d., c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph with letterpress, very scarce. Sheet size: 285 x 355mm (11¼ x 14"). Creased along top and sides where previously folded. Small tear in top edge.
A humerous representation of the 'tragic consequences that awaited those who put off marriage'. 'The Old Maid's Thermometer' starting at age 15, descibes an attractive and amiable young lady who was so fond of charming those around her that she refused to settle on one suitor and grew up to be an unmarried, 'illhumoured', lonely woman who 'turns all her sensiblilty towards cats and dogs', and becomes disgusted with the world by the age of 50. Likewise, 'The Old Bachelor's Thermometer' explains how a prideful and handsome young man, who is too pleased with his own virtues to marry the woman he truly loved, soon finds himself to be an unwell 50 year old who unhapilly marries his prudent young housekeeper. Both tales are illustrated above the text. For a separated pair of the same print, see item ref: 34320.
[Ref: 36665] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[A young woman shielding a candle.]
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins. Nicks in edges of margins.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60175] £320.00

[A young woman shielding a candle.]
Moreland Pinx.t. Purcell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.].
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate.
Engraved by Richard Purcell after Henry Morland (1716-97), father of George Morland.
CS 85.
[Ref: 60176] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Maid of Corinth.
F. Bartolozzi inv. T. Kirk sculp.
Published Jan. 1. 1794, by A.C.de Poggi, No. 91 New Bond Street, London.
Very rare stipple. 175 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½") with large margins.
A story of Pliny: the unnamed 'Maid of Corinth', in love with a young man, marks the outline of his show on a wall, thus inventing drawing. The image is within a decorative border suggesting a Græcian pottery plate.
[Ref: 41949] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Maid of the Mill.][in pencil]
J. Richards pinx.t. W. Woollett sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Fine engraving, proof before title. Platemark: 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"), with large margins on three sides. Small top margin.
An exterior scene; a barn to the left, with two women by the entrance, one mending a net, a mill in the centre, from which a person looks out of the window, and a house to the right, with a woman reading in the upstairs window. This scene is taken from the stage design of John Inigo Richards for the opening scene of 'The Maid of the Mill' (1765) by Irish playwright Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733 - 1812).
Fagan LX. State bIV of V. Provenance: Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
[Ref: 68482] £490.00

Maiden Speech of a certain would-be M.P. respecting the re-issuing of One Pound Notes. Scene The House of Commons.
Robert Kay, Printer, Bury; in ink "1832".
Letterpress broadsheet. Scarce local printing. Sheet 350 x 290mm, 13¾ x 11½". Old folds, faint damp staining.
A satire on the debate on repealing the Bank Notes Act of 1826, which prohibited notes under £5 in England. Relaxing the regulations was particularly advantageous for areas away from the Bank of England in London, so the satire is based on the speech given by the Honourable Member for Bury (Lancashire) whose dialect is unintelligable despite interpreters being called in. One of the names mentioned is 'Mr Irving', probably John Irving who, at this time, sat on the Commons' banking committee alongside Alexander Baring of Baring Brothers.
[Ref: 21338] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Maiden Speeches in the New Parliament of 1796.
J. Nixon Esq.r delin.
London, Pub by Will.m Holland, No 50, Oxford Str.t Feb 18 1797.
Etching with aquatint, printed in black and sepia. Sheet 420 x 315mm. Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Caricatures of four new members of Parliament and their first speeches to the House of Commons, including a puritanical Scot.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 50685] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Maiden Speeches in the New Parliament of 1796.
J. Nixon Esq.r delin.
London, Pub by Will.m Holland, No 50, Oxford Str.t Feb 18 1797.
Etching with aquatint, printed in black and sepia. Sheet 420 x 315mm. Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Caricatures of four new members of Parliament and their first speeches to the House of Commons, including one warning of probable invasion by Revolutionary France.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 50686] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Maidenhead Bridge.
W.Westall. A.R.A. del.t. J.Bailey sculp.t.
Published 1828, by R.Ackermanm, 96 Strand, London.
Coloured aquatint. 220 x 280mm.
ABBEY: Scenery 435.
[Ref: 6537] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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