Grosvenor Prints

The Hon.ble Mrs. Tollemache, in the Character of Miranda. Vide. Shakespears Tempest.
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds, 1773. Engrav'd by John Jones, 1785.
London, Pubd. as the Act directs June 14, 1814, by A. Wivell 57 Great Portland Street Marylebone.
Mezzotint. Plate 617 x 381mm. 24¼ x 15". Laid on card.
Portrait after Reynolds; as Miranda in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'; standing whole-length to right with arms open, wearing pale dress with sash and her hair high; Caliban with bundle of sticks emerging from hole in ground at right, with Prospero peering through tree at left, landscape and ship seen on choppy sea beyond. Anna Maria Tollemache, Countess fo Dysart (1746-1804), wife of Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart.
CS: 73, iii/iii. Hamilton: p.136, iii/iii. See
[Ref: 24809] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Tourilere Comedien.
Watteau de. Du Bosc Ex.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Etching, 304 x 227mm. Occasional stain spots. Pin hole centre of image.
A French comic actor, by Claude Dubosc (1682 - 1745), French engraver and dealer who in 1712 came with Charles Dupuis to England. Very scarce.
Not in the Harvard Theatre Collection. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7823] £330.00

[Ellen Tree as Rosalind.]
[n.d., c.1838.]
Pencil and watercolour, 323 x 224mm. Light surface soiling.
Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) (1805 - 1880), actress, and wife of Charles John Kean, as Rosalind in 'As You Like It'. A finely executed drawing with strong colour, most probably by Richard James Lane (1800 - 1872), sculptor, engraver and lithographer, and Associate of the Royal Academy. His lithograph published by J. Mitchell in 1838 would have been based on this.
For the litho see NPG: D22073, Harvard: pg. 172, 31. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7870] £480.00

Miss Tree as Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona.
I.R. Chriukshank, Fecit.
Pub.d by F. Humphrey 27 St James's St. March 1822.
Coloured etching. Printed area 210 x 140mm, 8¼ x 5½", watermarked 'J.Whatman 1821'.
Ellen Tree (1805-80), actress, later Mrs Charles Kean, shown here the year of her profession debut. In 1846 she was Julia in the first production of the 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' in America.
Not listed in Hall.
[Ref: 12122] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Ellen Tree, as Ion. Designed for and presented Gratis with No 125 of the Fly.
W. Clark lith. 202 High Holborn.
London Published by Glover & Co., Water Lane, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1836.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Slightly trimmed into text at bottom.
Ellen Tree (1805-80, later Mrs Charles Kean) in a travesti (breeches role) as the king of Argos Ion in Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd's tragedy of that name. It was privately printed in 1835 and produced at Covent Garden theatre the following year. Despite the inscription the figure of Tree was copied from a portrait by Margaret Gillies (1803-87).
[Ref: 53238] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Cave Underhill ye Famous Comedian in ye Habit of Obadiah ye Fanatick Elder.
R Bing pinx J. Faber Junior fecit 1712.
Rare mezzotint, sheet 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed; false margins added.
Cave Underhill (1634-1713), actor, here playing the role of Obadiah in 'The Committee' by Sir Robert Howard. Underhill had an acting career of almost fifty years, in which he specialised in eccentric and stupid characters. In the words of Colley Cibber, Underhill was 'a correct and natural Comedian, his particular Excellence was in Characters that may be called Still-life, I mean the Stiff, the Heavy, and the Stupid; to these he gave the exactest and the most expressive colours, and in some of them look'd as if it were not in the power of human Passions to alter a Feature of him … His Face was full and long; from his Crown to the end of his Nose was the shorter half of it, so that the Disproportion of his lower Features, when soberly compos'd, with an unwandering Eye hanging over them, threw him into the most lumpish, moping Mortal that ever made beholders merry!' Engraved after the oil painting by Robert Byng, now in the Garrick Club, London.
[Ref: 42091] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Issac van Amburgh with his big cats.]
Madeley, lith.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Timmed losing Madeley's address, indelible pencil in bottom corner.
Isaac van Amburgh (1808-65), American animal trainer, wearing Roman dress on stage, resting on a lion, while a tiger licks his face. Van Amburgh arrived in London in 1838, performing first at Astleys then at Drury Lane. In 1839 Queen Victoria saw van Amburgh's show six times, and later commissioned Landseer to paint a portrait of him and and his cats. By George Edward Madeley.
[Ref: 55483] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Issac van Amburgh with his big cats.]
Madeley, lith.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Timmed losing Madeley's address, indelible pencil in bottom corner.
Isaac van Amburgh (1808-65), American animal trainer, wearing Roman dress on stage with a lion, tiger and three leopards. Van Amburgh arrived in London in 1838, performing first at Astleys then at Drury Lane. In 1839 Queen Victoria saw van Amburgh's show six times, and later commissioned Landseer to paint a portrait of him and and his cats. By George Edward Madeley.
[Ref: 55480] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Maria Anna Veronese] M.lle. Coraline.
Allais Pinxit. Vispré Sculp.
[n.d., c.1700s.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾").
Portrait of Maria Anna Veronese (French: Marie Anne Véronèse) (died 1782) was a Franco/Italian actress active at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris. She became the mistress of Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, by whom she had two illegitimate children, born in 1761 and 1767. Nicknamed "Mademoiselle Coraline", Anna Veronese was the daughter of Italian Pantalone-actor Carlo Veronese and the sister of actress Giacoma Antonia Veronese (d. 1768). She debuted with her sister at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1744. The Veronese sisters are considered two of the most notable interpreters of the soubrette-parts of the commedia dell'arte. They were known as Corallina (Coraline in French) and Camilla, respectively, after their standard parts. Anna was particularly known for her quick costume changes.
[Ref: 63171] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Vestris, as Venus, in the Paphian Bower. (No.2."Fair Favorites.")
London_.Lithographed, Printed & Pubd.by G.E. Madeley 3, Wellington St. Strand. [n.d. c.1835.]
A rare lithograph. 381 x 285mm. 15 x 11¼". Tear to right hand side.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797-1856), actress whose contralto voice and attractive appearance helped her obtain many successful roles.
[Ref: 15714] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mad.me Vestris as Orpheus.
Printed by Maguire, Lemercier & Co.
London: Published Aug. 28, 1832, by Tho.s McLean 26, Haymarket.
Lithograph on india, title on backing paper. Printed area 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½"). Surface soiling.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797-1856, granddaughter of engraver Francesco Bartolozzi) in the 'breeches' role of Orpheus in the pantomime 'Olympic Devils or Orpheus and Eurydice'. Orpheus is swimming across the River Styx, dressed in a brief costume, calling for Eurydice. A success, the play ran for 131 nights.
[Ref: 50675] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Marie Therese Villetle F. La Ruette De La Comedie Italienne. Recu en 1761. Quel air pur,/ Le Ciel tranquile/ La paix regne dans cette asile; Isabelle Gertrude Scene VIII.
Avec privilege du Roy [n.d., c.1765].
Engraving, sheet 229 x 173mm. Trimmed within plate.
A French comic actress.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7875] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Vining as Octavian. Roque.__Do you not know these features. Octavian.__No, Nature has stubber'd them in haste. Moutaineers.
R.Jean pinxt. H.R.Cook, sculp.
Published Jany,20th.1814, by John King, County Press, Ipswich.
Stipple engraving. Plate 243 x 172mm.
George James Vining (1824-1875), performing in George Colman's play, 'The Mountaineers'.
[Ref: 3438] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[James William Wallack.]
Baugniel 1849.
Fine & rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 415 x 305mm (16¼ x 12"). Trimmed, creased.
Seated portrait of actor and manager James William Wallack (c. 1794-1864). Born in London, he performed at Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatre, before spending more time in America. He conducted the New York National Theatre from 1837 and, after permanently settling in the U.S. in 1852, bought Brougham's Lyceum, renaming it Wallack's Lyceum. In 1861 he built a new Wallack's Theatre at 13th Street and Broadway.
[Ref: 45638] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Tryphosa Jane Wallis] Miss Wallis. This Print is humbly inscribed To the Right Honb.le Lady Loughborough, by her Ladyships most obedient & devoted Servant, David Gibson.
Painted & Engraved by D. Gibson Miniature Painter.
Publish'd by A. Molteno, No 76 St James's Street, Jan: 28, 1795.
Stipple. 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"), with large margins. Foxed.
Tryphosa Jane Wallis (1774-1848), actress known as 'Miss Wallis from Bath', where she started her career. She posed for George Romney's 'Mirth and Melancholy' in 1788 (now in Petworth House).
[Ref: 52642] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Walpole 3
H.Bunbury Delint. Watson & Dickinson Excudt.
London, Publish'd Jany. 22d. 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158, New Bond Street.
Stipple and etching, printed in brown ink, sheet 245 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate.
Actress Charlotte Walpole (c.1758 - 1836) dressed as a sentry at Cox Heath as Nancy in Sheridan's 'The Camp'; she stands on a hill above the military camp at left which she points towards, a cabin with letters 'CW' on the side and smoking chimney behind. The print was issued in series with 'A Visit to the Camp' and 'The Recruits' (see BM Satires 4765-66). 'The Camp' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan was first produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 15 October 1778 and was frequently performed 1778-80. The production concluded with 'a perspective Representation of the Grand Camp at Cox-Heath, from a View taken by De Loutherbourg and executed under his direction' (quoted in The London Stage, part 5, ed. C. B. Hogan, Carbondale, Illinois, 1968, I, p. 208). After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
For later impression with altered title see ref. 39803 & 43939.
[Ref: 43940] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Charlotte Walpole] Nancy. 3.
H.Bunbury Delint. Watson & Dickinson Excudt.
London, Publish'd Jany. 22d. 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158, New Bond Street, & No. 33, Strand.
Stipple and etching, printed in brown ink. Sheet: 250 x 205mm (9¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate;
Actress Charlotte Walpole (c.1758 - 1836) dressed as a sentry at Cox Heath as Nancy in Sheridan's 'The Camp'; she stands on a hill above the military camp at left which she points towards, a cabin with letters 'CW' on the side and smoking chimney behind. The original title of the print was 'Miss Walpole'; it is the third in a series with 'A Visit to the Camp' and 'The Recruits' (see BM Satires 4765-66). 'The Camp' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan was first produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 15 October 1778 and was frequently performed 1778-80. The production concluded with 'a perspective Representation of the Grand Camp at Cox-Heath, from a View taken by De Loutherbourg and executed under his direction' (quoted in The London Stage, part 5, ed. C. B. Hogan, Carbondale, Illinois, 1968, I, p. 208). After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
For impression with different publication line see ref. 39803 & 43940.
[Ref: 43939] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

M.dm Caroline Walter. Qu'a t'elle besoin d'art? [...]
Dessiné par C. Hoyer. Gravé par T. Kleve
à Coppenhague 1777
Very scarce stipple, platemark 340 x 270mm (13½ x 10½"). Small margins.
Caroline Walter, née Halle (1755-1826), actress and singer.
[Ref: 37096] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Anne Warren.]
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by C. Hodges.
[n.d. c.1790.]
A scarce mezzotint. 500 x 340mm (19¾ x 13½"), with large margins. Time stained.
Portrait of Anne Warren, who was one of two daughters to William Powell the actor and theatre manager (1735/6-1769). According to Chaloner Smith, this was the only state from a private plate and that it was never published.
CS: 32, ii; Horne: 126.
[Ref: 21925] £850.00

Mr. George Wild as Demosthenes Dodge Esq.re, in E.L. Blanchard's Original Farce entitled, "The Artful Dodge". [Facsimile autograph:] George Wild Royal Olympia.
Madeley Lith 3 Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1842.]
Rare coloured lithograph. 458 x 318mm. 18 x 12½". Cut, small tears in lower edge. Soiling.
George Wild (1805-1856) was an actor and manager. Edward L. Blanchard (1820-1889) was a drama critic and a playwright who specialised in pantomimes.
Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 19926] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

'Gemini Cracks!' if be isn't going to give me as much trouble as any of the others!'' Mr. Wilkinsonas Geoffrey Muffincap, in the Musical afterpiece produced at the Theatre Royal English Opera House, called Amateurs & Actors.
Drawn & Engraved by R.B. Peake.
Published Dec.r 1. 1818, by Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, & by Fearman, Library, 170 Old Bond Street.
Engraving. Plate: 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"), with large margins. Foxing in margins.
A portrait of James Pimbury Wilkinson (b.1787) depicted in the comic character of Geoffrey Muffincap. Under in pencil "J. Taylor Esq. with RBK compliments"
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46709] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. W.H. Williams As Humphrey Clinker.
Wageman Del. Scriven Sculp.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 90 x 120mm. Trimmed, horizontal crease through paper at top.
'The Expedition of Humphry Clinker' was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, first published in 1771, and is considered by many to be Smollett's best and funniest work. The title character is a stableman at an inn who, after various romantic interludes, suffers false imprisonment but is rescued and returned to his sweetheart, the maid Winifred Jenkins.
[Ref: 6362] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Wilson. in the Character of Harriet, in the Comedy of Seduction.
S. Harding delin. W.N. Gardiner sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directsJuly 1st, 1787, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street.
Stipple. Platemark: 205 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to platemark.
A portrait of British actress Sarah Harlowe, also known as Sarah Wilson (1765 - 1852), in character as Harriet in Holcroft's 'Seduction'. A quotation from the play is incribed below the title. Harlowe was a popular actress of the London stage around the turn of the 19th century. She was married to actor, playwright and theatre manager Francis Godolphin Waldron. It was at Sadler's Wells theatre, where, as a singer, actor, and performer in pantomimes, Harlowe gained some celebrity, notably for her comedic roles.
[Ref: 35083] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Phebe.
P. Van Bleeck Pinx.t 1747. PVB [mongram] 1747.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm. Creased.
Margaret Woffington (c. 1720-60), an Irish actress known as Peg. She danced and acted at various Dublin theatres until 1740, when her success as Sir Harry Wildair in 'The Constant Couple' led to her being given her London debut at Covent Garden. She lived openly with David Garrick, the foremost actor of the day, and her other love affairs were notorious.
CS: 11, unclear whether first or second state. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Chrisopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 7561] £330.00

[William Samuel Woodin] W.S. Woodin's Characters in the New Song ''Off by the Train.''
[n.d., c.1856.]
Woodcut. Sheet 170 x 265mm (6¾ x 10½"). Laid on album paper.
A selction of characters assumed by quick-change artist William Samuel Woodin (c.1825-88), during his song 'Off by the Train', part of his show, 'Olio of Oddities', at his own theatre, the Polygraphic Hall on King William Street (now part of the police station in William IV Street, near Charing Cross) According to 'The Times' of 31st December 1856: ''One of the most recent additions is a speaking-song, called the "Railway Train," in which the rapid succession of characters is perfectly marvellous. Passengers of both sexes and every shade of temper, peremptory officials, boys for luggage, "touters" in the service of hotels, are all hurried in, discussing or squabbling with each other, and every individual has his appropriate head-dress, the lower man being concealed by the table. As a mere exhibition of physical dexterity the rapid exchange of hats for caps, and caps for hats, might fairly excite admiring wonder; but still more singular are the variations of Mr. Woodin's countenance, which is twisted into as many forms of expression as would illustrate a respectable edition of Lavater.''. His 'Olio' was one of the most popular shows in London, running until late 1860, before being replaced by ' Blanchard & Woodin's Cabinet of Curiosities'
[Ref: 56054] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Harry Woodward]
[James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, c.1770]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters; platemark 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed to platemark; crease; collector's stamp of Alfred Morrison (1821-97) verso. Thread margins.
Harry Woodward (1714-77), actor and pantomimist who opened the Crow-street Theatre in Dublin in 1758, but after the venture failed enjoyed a successful career in London. Mezzotint after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. This impression formerly owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-97), autograph and art collector, some of whose prints are now in the collections of the British Museum and the Fondation Custodia, Paris,
CS 156; Goodwin 6; Hamilton p.73; L.151
[Ref: 46856] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Wroughton.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins; glued to backing sheet; m.s. in ink verso.
Richard Wroughton (real name Richard Rotten) (1748-1822), actor and theatre manager. Wroughton made his debut at Covent Garden in 1768, staying there until an argument with management led to the familiar defection to Drury Lane. Wroughton briefly retired between 1798 and 1800 before returning to Drury Lane as an actor-manager (he had previously managed Sadlers Wells so had management experience), remaining in the position until the end of the 1814-5 season. While unpopular with critics, Wroughton was a competent actor liked by audiences. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), as part of a series of small portraits of actors published by Richardson in 1779. Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; O'D 3.
[Ref: 36695] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Wroughton.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, Richard Wroughton (1748-1822), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36696] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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