Grosvenor Prints

Napoleon. (Retraite de Russie.) Ne a Ajaccio, le 15 Aout 1769. mort a S.te Helene, le 5 Mai 1821.
V. Adam del. Lith de Lemercier.
a Paris, chez Rittner et Goupil b.ard Montmartre No.12. London published by Ch. Tilt, 86, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph, sheet 535 x 365mm (21 x 14½"), with publisher's blind stamp. Repaired tear.
Portrait of Napoleon on horseback retreating from Russia with the Grande Armée before they separated on 5 December 1812.
[Ref: 55933] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The life of Napoleon.]
[British, n.d., c.1825.]
Waxy scrap sheet with 14 lithographic images and 12 text labels. Sheet 430 x 315mm (17 x 12½").
A large portrait of Napoleon surrounded by scenes from his life, using famous images like Jacques-Louis David's portrait of Napoleon Crossing the Alps on Marengo, probably all cut from a single sheet.
[Ref: 36003] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Le Volant Corse Ou Un Joli Joujou Pour Les Alliés. [The Corsican shuttlecock or a pretty plaything for Ye Allies.]
[After George Cruikshank]
[n.d. c.1814]
Scarce etching, 270 x 320mm (10¾ x 12¾"), with large margins
Satire on the final campaign against Napoleon had been characterized by Schwarzenberg's caution and diplomatic hesitation. Blücher (1742-1819) and Schwarzenberg (1771-1820), play badminton, batting a puppet-like Napoleon (1769-1821) back and forth as if he were a shuttlecock. Blücher calls out: “Bravo, Schwartzenberg! Keep the game going! Send him back this way, and—damn him—I’ll drive him off again.” Schwarzenberg replies: “There he goes! Why, Blücher, he used to be quite a heavy plaything—but damn me if he isn’t light as a feather now!” Both wear military uniforms, though Blücher is bareheaded. In the distance lies Paris, shown as a grand city of palaces and spires; three buildings display the double-headed-eagle flag, and one dome flies that flag above the tricolour.
Close copy of BM 12217A.
[Ref: 67692] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Le Sabot Corse En Pleine Deroute. [The Corsican Whipping Top in Full Spin!!!]
[After George Cruikshank]
[n.d. c.1814]
Scarce etching, 270 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"), with large margins.
Satire on Napoleon's (1769-1821) defeat by the Allies at the Battle of Leipzig, 1813. A spinning top with Napoleon’s head whirls above the ground while representatives of the Allied powers, Wellington (1769-1852), Schwarzenberg (1771-1820) (or Francis I (1768-1835)), the Tsar (1777-1825), Bernadotte (1763-1844), and Blücher (1742-1819), stand in a circle striking it. Napoleon’s severed limbs lie scattered around, each labeled with the name of a territory from his former empire. To the left, the future King of Holland (1772-1843) raises one of the legs, while in the distance to the right, Napoleon’s (1791-1847) wife and son (1811-32) flee in a carriage. Overhead, a demon carries off a despairing Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844).
Reversed copy of BM 12218A
[Ref: 67690] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon in St. Helena]
[n.d., c.1828.]
Coloured lithograph. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Napoleon Bonaparte in uniform relaxing against a rock. He holds a book in his left hand while the other is in his signature pose. His hat and gloves rest next to him.
[Ref: 55928] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The exact Representation of the Celebrated Standard presented by the Emperor Napoleon to His Guards at Elba a short Time before he invaded France in 1815. This splendid Standard is composed of the richest try coloured Silk, and the whole of the Ornaments are most elaborately Embroidered [...]
Drawn by G. Gwilt Jun.r
London Published by H. Cureton 81 Aldersgate St. Aug.t 1823
Etching, scarce, 1822 Whatman watermark, platemark approx. 440 x 330mm (17¼ x 13"), with large margins.
Etching by George Gwilt, the younger (1775-1856), architect best known for his restoration of Southwark Cathedral and his work on the Wren church of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside. Gwilt was also a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries who contributed to various publications on the subject.
[Ref: 44792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Capture of French trophies during the Battle of Waterloo] Among the Trophies of the memorable 18th of June the Standard of the 45th and 105th Reg.ts form no inconsiderable feature [...]
J Atkinson del.t. R Ackermann's Lithography [n.d., c.1815]
Lithograph, printed area 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 12").
Print made to commemorate the famous capture of two French standards (those of the 45eme and 105eme de la ligne) during the Seventh Coalition's victory in the Battle of Waterloo. It is not known who captured the eagle of the 45eme (the text here only noting it was taken by Scotch Greys), but Corporal F. Stiles was credited with the capture of the 105eme eagle, as recorded here. Stiles was the only officer rewarded for the capture by being made a sergeant and later given and ensigncy, although competing accounts credit another officer, Captain Alexander Clark, with the capture. The eagle standard of the 105eme is now in the collection of the National Army Museum, London. By John Augustus Atkinson (1775 - 1830), painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He spent 1784-1801 in Russia and subsequently made many prints during the Napoleonic Wars. Following the Battle of Waterloo Atkinson actually visited the battlefield as research for a large painting of the battle (exhibited 1817). The duke of Wellington was one of Atkinson's patrons.
[Ref: 37537] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[The Statue of Napoleon on the Vendôme Column.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼").
The second statue of Napoleon to top the Vendôme Column, him depicting him in a tricorn hat, boots and a redingote (riding coat), as erected by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46) The column, based on Trajan's Column in Rome, was completed in 1810 with a statue of Napoleon as a Roman emperor, which was melted down after the Bourbon restoration. A third, classical statue was installed by Louis-Napoléon when first President of France (1846-52), which was destroyed when the Paris Commune pulled the whole column down in 1871. Three years later the column was rebuilt with a copy of the original statue.
[Ref: 55820] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Northumberland & Myrmidon Conveying Napoleon to the Island of St. Helena, Oct.r 15, 1815.
T.H. Shepherd, del
Engraving, sheet 70 x 130mm (2¾ x 5"). Rare.
British ships transporting Napoleon to the island of St Helena, where he was taken after surrendering to Captain Frederick Maitland in 1815, and remained until his death in 1821.
[Ref: 41285] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Traité de Bayonne.
Demais del.t Lith: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
On 5 May 1808, Carlos IV of Spain abdicated his rights to the throne of the Spains and Indies in favour of Napoleon I in accordance with the Treaty of Bayonne which he signed that very day. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30827] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. is quite the going Print in Paris, and in it may be traced the Portraits of Napole[on] Buonaparte, his Empress Maria Louisa, and his Son.
Lowe.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce coloured etching with letterpress title. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, affecting lettering at bottom.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" by his soldiers on his return from Elba in the Spring, during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace.
See Ref: 58951
[Ref: 58681] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet.
Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 205 x 155mm (8 x 6¼"). With rare 'Explanation' tipped on album sheet. Laid on album paper. Tears outside image top left and in margin bottom right.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace.
See Ref: 58681
[Ref: 58951] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. [&] ['Explanation' for the 'Corporal Violet' Napoleon Puzzle Print]
[Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth.] [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), with partial watermark '181'. [&] Stipple with engraving. Sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Trimmed to printed border. [&] Very trimmed, losing title 'Explanation' at top, glued to backing sheet.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace. The solution to the famous 'puzzle' portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), hidden in a bouquet of violets.
See Ref: 58681.
[Ref: 60825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violette. This Print, which appears to consist simply of that beautiful Flower, the Violet, contains correct Profiles of the Emporer Napoleon, Maria Louisa, and the Young King of Rome; the first under the green Leaf on the right --- the second opposite, under the second Violet -- and the third one, on the right of the centrical Stems, near the lower Violet.
Radcliffe Sc.
213 Piccadilly. [n.d., c.1810].
Hand coloured engraving with two sections of letterpress text. Sheet size: 265 x 280mm (10½ x 11"). Cut and glued to scrap sheet.
An impression of an uncommon 'puzzle' portrait showing the concealed the profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" by his soldiers after having to return from Elba during Springtime. Explanatory letterpress above and below image.
[Ref: 33242] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon visitant l'atélier de David.
Norblin del. Litho. de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with large margins.
Napoleon and Josephine visiting the studio of David. There was great fanfare when David announced the completion of his picture. The royal couple, accompanied by a large entourage from the court, made a special visit to the artist's studio to see the work on 4 January 1808. It was an official display of royal patronage with music and a cavalry escort for the parade of carriages. Pleased with David's work and overwhelmed by the realism of the enormous canvas, Napoleon exclaimed, "What truth! This is not a painting, I can walk in it!" Surrounded by his court and all those assembled, the emperor continued: "Well done, David, very well done! You have correctly guessed my own intention in representing me as a French knight [chevalier français]. I am grateful to you for having given future generations proof of my affection for the woman with whom I share the burdens of government." Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30816] £320.00

Napoleon's Bivouac on the Night Preceding the Memorable Battle of Austerlitz.
Engraved by Mr George Cruikshank from the original French Print, published at Paris.
Published May 1, 1824 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split, small tear in title, album paper stuck over left edge.
An adaptation of Adolphe Roehn's painting of Napoleon asleep in a chair, surrounded by his officers, however showing him in full uniform rather than bare-headed and in an overcoat. Also the next day;s battle was Wagram (1805) not Austerlitz (1809). From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53356] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon's Divorce] Die Scheidung Napoleons.
Lith v. Orell Füssli & Comp.e.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph. Sheet 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾").
Napoleon stands by a door with a candle, about to leave Josephine slumped in the arms of an aide.
[Ref: 55760] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Monkey. The above is a faithful portrait of a monkey belonging to Bonaparte during his residence at Longwood House, St. Helena. After Bonaparte’s death it was purchased by Captain Thompson, of the Abundance, and given by him, on his return to Spithead, to Mr. Stephen Taylor, the artist, then residing at Winchester. The monkey was very mischievous, and upon one occasion, made his way into a dressing closet, broke a glass, opened the dressing case, and was viewing himself in the looking glass, when discovered by Mr. Taylor, who made a sketch at the time, from which he afterwards painted a fine picture, and from which this print is taken. The monkey died after being in Mr. Taylor’s possession two years, and was buried in his garden at Winchester.
[Painted by M.r S. Taylor. Lith. by M.rs Hamilton.]
[Published Feb.y 18. by W. Soffe, 388 Strand, Corner of Southampton Street.] [c.1830.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Image 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"), with original title and text pasted underneath. Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions and publication line, pasted on album paper with other scraps. Two Pin holes bottom of image.
A monkey seated on a dressing table, looking at itself in a mirror, a smashed glass to one side. Stephen Taylor, a British painter, was active 1817-1849, he specialized in dogs, portraits, and dead game. The shop, W. Soffe sold animal prints and other popular images.
Princeton Graphic Arts Collection GA 2005.00490. Last in our stock 2007.
[Ref: 62437] £490.00

Chart Illustrative of the Campaigns of the Wars of the French Revolution. In Germany, Poland, Russia & France, from 1803 ro 1813.
Published by Edw.d Baines Leeds March 4th 1816.
Engraved map. 240 x 400mm (9½ x 15¾"). Repaired, nicks to edges, central fold as normal.
A map of Northern Europe, marking the route of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, 1812. From Baines' 'History of the Wars of the French Revolution'.
[Ref: 37620] £140.00

Palamide Napoli di Romania.
Drawn by Capt. Frankland. Engraved by J. Clark.
Pub: by H. Colburn, London, 1829.
Coloured aquatint. 132 x 216mm. 5¼ x 8½". Some water staining.
A view of the Palamide, Napoli di Romania, which was the capital of the Morea during the Venetian rule. The town of Nafplio, the seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece. The Venetians retook Nafplio in 1685 and strengthened the city by building the castle of Palamidi, which was the last major construction of the Venetian empire overseas. It was however defended by few soldiers and was easily retaken by the Ottomans in 1715.
[Ref: 25649] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[French victory over the Saracens in the Battle of Narbonne, 731] Bataille de Narbonne, ou les Sarrazins furent vaincus par les François, l'an 731. page 34
[Anon., c.1750]
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet. Stamp of bibliothèque Talhouet, du cabinet de la Lambardais lower right.
After the French town of Narbonne was captured by Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, governor of Al-Andalus in 719/720 it was later regained by the Franks as shown here.
[Ref: 38550] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Narcisse. P.3.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching, pt 18th century watermark. 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), with large margins. Slightly foxed, crease on bottom margin.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing narcissism, with a man reflecting himself in a pool of water.
[Ref: 59315] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Narcissus.
W.W. Ryland Del. et Sc.
published Jan:y 1775 at No 159 in the Strand.
Stipple, printed in reddish-brown. Sheet 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man in a robe.
[Ref: 54718] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Narcisse. Metam. d'Ov. Liv. III Fab. V. et VI [...]
Fr. le Moyne pinx. Pelletier Sculp.
A Amsterdam chez Pierre Fouquet junior / A Paris chez Basan [c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 560 x 410mm (22 x 16"). Trimmed inside platemark; tears to edges. Old ms in ink verso.
The story of Narcissus, a young man of extraordinary beauty who fell in love with his own reflection, as described in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. The theme has been a popular one in the visual arts, with perhaps the most famous rendering of the subject executed by Caravaggio.
[Ref: 38384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Narcissus and the Nymph Echo. 341. Ye Fates what made me chance to stroll that way; _Where Young Narcissus self admiring lay.
London: Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard. Publish'd as the Act directs, [date erased from this impression, but c.1782.]
Fine mezzotint with some etching, Collector's mark verso F.R.H. Plate 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins.
The myth of Echo and Narcissus updated for the Georgian period: a young military officer in full regimentals wearing a gorget and fringed sash, with a toupet-wig, lies on the grass admiring his reflection in a pool. His hat and sword lie beside him. A young woman, fashionably dressed, wearing a hat over a large frilled cap, stands behind a low bank holding out her hands in despair.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires: 6157 (cf).
[Ref: 52769] £420.00

Pietro Nardini.
Marco Vestri del. G. Batta Cecchi.
[n.d., c.1782.]
Scarce engraving. 245 x 205mm (9¾ x 8"). Narrow margins.
An oval portrait of Pietro Nardini (1722-93), violinist and composer, holding a music sheet, within an ornate border.
[Ref: 64227] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

James Nares Mus. Doct.
Engraved by T. Hardy from an original Painting.
[Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill June 1 1795.]
Stipple, laid on album page. 140 x 115mm (5½ x 4½").
James Nares (1715-1783), the English composer of mostly sacred vocal works, though he also composed for the harpsichord and organ. His career began as Deputy Organist of St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, and was later appointed Organist of York Minster in 1735. In 1756 he was made a chorister at the Chapel Royal, and the University of Cambridge bestowed the degree Doctor of Music upon him. In the same year he was made organist of the Chapel Royal and composer to George III.
[Ref: 34581] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of the Gardens and Plantations of Narford in the County of Norfolk, the Seat of the Honourable Sr. Andrew Fountain Vice Chamberlain to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. &c. Les Jardins &c de Narford dans l' Comte' de Norfolk Maison de Sr. Andrew Fountain. p: 95. Vol: 3.d
Ca: Campbell del: H: Hulsbergh Sculp:
[n.d. c.1731.]
Engraving. Plate 375 x 247mm. 14¾ x 9¾".
Garden plan from Henry Hulsberg's "Vitruvius Brittanicus" series. Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676-1753) bought Narford Hall in Norfolk in 1690. He was an amateur architect and designer who commissioned Henry Bell to over see a grand project. Being a follower of Lord Burlington is is said that Burlington gave to Fountaine the Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini designed inset canvases on hallway walls. Narford is noted for its monkey ceiling, painted by Andien de Clermont, 1739-40. Fountaine was made vice-chamberlain by Queen Caroline, consort of Geroge II, and tutor to her third son, William August.
[Ref: 18011] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Narrow and the Broad Way.]
Romijn de Hooghe des. et sculpsit. 1670.
[Leige & Amsterdam: Ex officina Danielis, Abrahami & Adriani a` Gaasbeek, 1670.]
Etching. 185 x 345mm (7¼ x 13½"). Narrow margins, laid on card.
An allegory of the choices of life: children stream from between the legs of a woman in the foreground to pass through an arch to live their lives, with the middle ground filled with people partying and brawling. On the left others are being tortured in a cave, a gallows above; on the right is a burning church. Far fewer people pass a narrower arch and join a steep path up to Heaven. Published in 'Epicteti Enchiridium', this is an illustration of Matthew 7:13: ''Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it''.
[Ref: 54298] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Adam-Stanislas Naruszwicz. Historien et poete Polonais [...]
Jean-Pierre Norblin del. Camille Huard sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Adam Stanislaw Naruszewicz (1733-96), a Polish nobleman who wrote the first modern history of the nation. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21277] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle of Naseby] The Description of His Majestie's Army of Horse and Foot, and of His Excellencies S.r Thomas Fairefax: as they were drawn into severall Bodies at the Battail of Naseby June the 14th 1645.
J. Sturt sculp [after Robert Streeter].
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare etching with engraving. 300 x 480mm (11¾ x 19"). Trimmed into plate left and bottom, binding folds. Pair of small wormholes in right margin.
A topographical battle plan showing the army of Charles I and Prince Rupert facing that of Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax at the beginning of the Battle of Naseby in 1645. This is a reduced copy of the plate by Robert Streeter in Joshua Sprigg's 'Anglia rediviva', 1647. This example has the pagination guide lower right removed and a new one bottom left.
See BM Y,1.123 for an earlier state and Y,1.122 for Streeter's original.
[Ref: 67424] £360.00

The Battle of Naisby. This Battle which gave the fatal turn to the Kings Affairs happen’d on the 14 June 1645, the first charge was given by the right wing of Horse & Foot commanded by Prince Rupert & his Brother, who bore down all before them; the left wing & the Northern Horse engaging Cromwell & the Enemies right wing against odds of num.rs & ye advantage Ground were put to Flight...caused them all to turn their Horses & ride upon ye Spur as if every Man was to shift for himself after this Disorder ye K. not being able to prevail w.th his Troops to rally & charge ye Enemy He retreated as well as He could & left Fairfax entire Master of the Field. [Translated into French].
Parrocel Pinx. Dupuis Sculp.
London 1727.
Fine etching and engraving, 18th century watermark. 412 x 470mm (16¼ x 18½"), on watermarked paper, large margins. Some creasing and scuffing to paper.
The Battle of Naseby was the key battle of the first English Civil War, where the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. Extensive letterpress description below image.
See NAM: 35605.
[Ref: 68697] £340.00

A Representation of the Armies of King Charles I and Sir Thomas Fairfax, exhibiting the exact Order in which the Several Bodies of Infantry and Cavalry were drawn up, Preparatory to the Battle of Naseby, fought the 14th of June 1645.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet: 260 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A topographical battle plan showing the armies of Charles I and Prince Rupert and Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax at the Battle of Naseby in 1645, with a portrait of Fairfax in an oval in the top right corner. The Battle of Naseby was a decisive battle in the First Civil War as it all but destroyed the Royalist force and within a year Parliament had won the war. A later copy of a larger print by John Streater.
[Ref: 42938] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Description of the Armies of Horse and Foot of his Majesties, and S.r Thomas Fairefax his Excellency, as they were drawn into severall bodyes, at the Battayle at Naseby; the Fowerteenth day of June 1645.
Streeter fecit.
[Printed for John Partridge.][n.d., c.1647.]
A very scarce engraving. Sheet: 490 x 735mm (19¼ x 29''). Backed and edged with cotton backing, damage, folds and creases as normal. Some foxing in plate.
A topographical battle plan showing the armies of Charles I and Prince Rupert and Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax at the Battle of Naseby in 1645, with a portrait of Fairfax in an oval in the top right corner. The Battle of Naseby was a decisive battle in the First Civil War as it all but destroyed the Royalist force and within a year Parliament had won the war.
A different state to image in 'Anglia Rediviva 1647'.
[Ref: 50424] £850.00 view all images for this item

John Nash The Prince Regent's Architect.
Terence Davis.
First published in 1966. London Country Life Limited.
Book: 4to (248 x 188mm). Cloth binding with title stamped along spine in gilt. Complete with dust jacket. 115 textual pages plus illustrations. Binding and dustjacket worn.
An illustrated narrative on the life and work of John Nash; outlining his developments and life progression.
[Ref: 10459] £45.00

John Nash Esq. Alderman of Worcester, born in the Year 1590, gave various Charities to the Citizens. To honest young Tradesmen 300L. to be lent without Interest...
J. Ross sculp.
[n.d. c.1781].
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 350 x 230mm (13¾ x 9"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Crease. Light stainng.
Illustration to Treadway Russell Nash's (1725-1811), 'Collections for the History of Worcestershire,' published in two volumes (1781-82). Half-length portrait of John Nash, aged 68, seated, his face turned to the right but gazing toward the viewer, dressed in a plain collar and gown; accompanied below by a record of his charitable works.
O'Donoghue 1908-25 1.
[Ref: 66950] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

John Bull & the Archi_tect Wot Build's the Arches_ &c_ &c_ &c_ &c_ (The Architect Glory consists in the designment and Idea of the work; his ambition should be to make the form triumph over the matter.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 5 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Pub. of P Prys caricatures None are original without Mc Lean's Name.
Fine hand-coloured etching. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Satire on the cost of John Nash's reconstruction of Buckingham House (now Palace) with perhaps the only contemporary printed likeness of the architect. Nash stands between the two wings of the house, confronted by John Bull who scrutinises a scroll on which the word 'Commission' is many times repeated. By this time more than double the original estimate had already been spent and an alteration to the wings had cost £50,000 (both issues alluded to in the speech between Nash and John Bull). Nash admitted that he had profited by exchanging his salary for a percentage commission on expenditure (hence the scroll). During 1829 a thousand men were toiling to finish the Palace by the King's birthday (August 12) in 1830, making the publication of this print particularly timely.
BM Satires: 15794.
[Ref: 52761] £420.00

Paul Nash Book Designs.
Researched and Written by Clare Colvin.
A Minories Touring Exhibition. Copyright The Minories and Clare Colvin, 1982. Printed in Essex Telegraph Press Limited, Colchester.
4to (252 x 203mm. 10 x 8".), black covers with gold printed title on cover and spine.
Paul Nash (1889-1946) was a British landscape painter, surrealist and war artist, as well as a book-illustrator, writer and designer of applied art. This illustrated catalogue includes a small biography of his life and then focuses on five sections: book illustrations; bookjackets and illustrations for periodicals; bookbindings; wood engravings not publised as book illustrations; and bookplates.
[Ref: 22097] £35.00

Richard Nash Esq.r.
T. Hudson pinxt. 1740. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Scarce mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate.
The celebrated 'Beau' Nash (1674-1761), who became Master of Ceremonies at Bath in 1705 and reigned absolute monarch of the fashionable world there until his death.
CS:253, i of.iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68798] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Alx.r Nasmyth. 1818 [fascimile signature].
Will.m Nicholson R.S.A. Pinxt. Edward Burton, Sculpt.
[c.1818.]
Mezzotint, laid on album paper at edges. Sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of Scottish painter Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), most famous for the portrait of Robert Burns (a close friend) in the Scottish National Gallery. He set up a drawing school, with pupils including both David Wilkie and David Roberts.
[Ref: 61641] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838.] Ascent of the [N]assau Balloon. Combined with the Evening Entertainments. The Ascent Conducted by Mr. Green. Places in the Car for Ten Persons.
[Balne, Printer, 38, Gracechurch Street.] [c.1838].
Cut and glued to backing sheet. Damage losing some of the text.
A scarce advert for one of Charles Green's (1785-1870) ascensions in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens. Charles Green was the first man to ascend in a balloon filled with coal-generated hydrogen gas in 1821. He made over 500 ascents and airborne excursions between 1821 and 1852, one of which was a record journey of about five hundred miles from Vauxhall Gardens in London to Weilburg in Germany. He regularly ascended a balloon above Vauxhall Gardens.
[Ref: 56935] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Nassau de Zuylestein] The Right Honourable Bessey Countess of Rochford.
Char: D'Agar pinx. J. Smith Fec. & ex. 1723.
Fine mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (14 x 9¾").
A three-quarter seated portrait of (1699-1746), holding a coronet. The illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, by Elizabeth Colleton, Bessy married Frederick Nassau van Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford.
CS 213, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68689] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Elizabeth Nassau de Zuylestein] The Right Honourable Bessey Countess of Rochford.
Char: D'Agar pinx. J. Smith Fec. & ex. 1723.
Mezzotint. 345 x 245mm (14 x 9½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom
A three-quarter seated portrait of Elizabeth (Bessy) Savage (1699-1746, holding a coronet. The illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, by Elizabeth Colleton, Bessy married Frederick Nassau van Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford.
CS 213, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68690] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Bessey Nassau van Zuylestein.] The Right Honourable Bessey Countess of Rochford.
Char: D'Agar pinx. J.Smith Fec & ex.
1723.
Mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
A three-quarter seated portrait of (1699-1746), holding a coronet. The illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, by Elizabeth Colleton, Bessy married Frederick Nassau van Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford, and later wife of Reverend Philip Carter.
CS 213.
[Ref: 68669] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Hendrik van Nassau-Ouwerkerk] Henry Comte de Nassau D'Auverquerk Feld Marshal des Armes de L. H. P. Les Estats Generaux des Provinces Unies. &c.
G. Kneller S. R. Imp. & Ang. Eques Aur. pinx. J. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1706].
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, bottom left corner torn.
A half-length portrait in oval of Hendrik van Nassau-Ouwerkerk (c.1640-1708), in long wig and armour. A second cousin of William of Orange, he saved William's life in the Battle of Saint-Denis (1678). He joined William in the invasion of England in 1688 and fought at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. He then returned to the Netherlands, fighting in the Nine Years' War and War of the Spanish Succession, commanding the Dutch troops at Ramillies and Oudenarde as a field marshal.
CS 79, ii of iii.
[Ref: 68606] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Hendrik van Nassau-Ouwerkerk] Henry Comte de Nassau D'Auverquerk Feld Marshal des Armes de L. H. P. Les Estats Generaux des Provinces Unies. &c.
G. Kneller S. R. Imp. & Ang. Eques Aur. pinx. J. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden [n.d., c.1706].
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, bottom left corner of margin torn off, rust hole in image.
A half-length portrait in oval of Hendrik van Nassau-Ouwerkerk (c.1640-1708), in long wig and armour. A second cousin of William of Orange, he saved William's life in the Battle of Saint-Denis (1678). He joined William in the invasion of England in 1688 and fought at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. He then returned to the Netherlands, fighting in the Nine Years' War and War of the Spanish Succession, commanding the Dutch troops at Ramillies and Oudenarde as a field marshal.
CS 79, ii of iii.
[Ref: 68605] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jean Maurice Comte de Nassau, Gouverneur du Brésil Conquis par les Provinces-Unies, emsuite Général de la Cavalerie de la République.
Ingouf Sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to printed border, paper toned.
Half-length portrait of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen (1604-79), governor of the Dutch possessions in Brazil (1636-44), in armour and sash. He became rich by running the sugar plantations with slave labour. His need for slaves was so great he took Elmina, the famous slave fort in Ghana, from the Portuguese in 1637.
[Ref: 47544] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Offrandes Faites a l’Assemblée Nationale par des Dames Artistes le 7 Septembre 1789. No. 26.
Prieur inv. & del. Berthault Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. Plate 235 x 280mm (9¼ x 11"). Some foxing to margins.
Offerings Made to the National Assembly in the Salle des Menus-Plaisirs by Women Artists, 7th September 1789. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28296] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

National Bankruptcy or Iohn Bull takeing the benefit of the Insolvent Act. 206.
[William Elmes.]
Th. Tegg No.111 Cheapside. [n.d. c.1816.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed; paper toning.
A satire on the distressed state of the country due to a crisis in agriculture, stagnation in trade, home and foreign, with many bankruptcies. John Bull, a 'cit' with a gouty foot in a large shoe, stands in court facing the judge (perhaps intended for Lord Ellenborough), who sits in a high carved chair of Gothic design. Clerks sit in the foreground writing. On their table is a paper with the Royal Arms and the words 'London Gazette'.
BM Satires: 12779.
[Ref: 30566] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Members of the National Club cultivating various skilful and manly exercises, at the Stadium at Chelsea, being a British Arena for such Persuits.
Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the King, 17 Gate St.
Chelsea, Pub.d May 28th 1831 by the Proprietor at the Stadium, at Chelsea Farm, late Lord Cremornes.
A pair of rare coloured lithographs with the same title and lettering. Each sheet 195 x 280mm, 7½ x 11". 1 sheet with tear entering printed area.
A pair of scenes of target shooting with rifles. In 1831 Charles Random de Berenger, self-styled Baron de Beaufain & Baron de Berenger, turned Cremorne House and grounds into a National Club for athletics, known as the Stadium. Unprofitable, in the 1840s it was changed into a pleasure gardens, with mock tournaments, pony races, banqueting halls, theatre, an American-style bowling saloon, and staged circus acts, balloon ascents and firework displays. It was De Berenger who had instigated the 'Great Stock Exchange Fraud' of 1814, which resulted in Admiral Thomas Cochrane's disgrace, keeping him out of the Royal Navy from 1814-32.
Longford Images of Chelsea: 357.
[Ref: 13275] £390.00 view all images for this item

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