Grosvenor Prints

[The Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond Hill.]
Sydney R. Jones [signed in plate and in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 235 x 385mm (9¼ x 15¼"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view looking up at the Royal Star and Garter Home from the Twickenham riverside, before the towpath was built up. Sir Edwin Cooper's home for injured servicemen was opened in 1924 and closed for conversion to flats in 2013.
[Ref: 50329] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Peterus Paulus Rubens & c.
P. Pelham fec: et Excud: 1724.
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Thread margins, mounted in album paper at edges. Repairs left centre border.
A half-length self-portrait of Flemish baroque painter Petrus Paulus Rubens (1577-1640).
CS 33, apparently predating the listed first state, which has the address of John Bowles.
[Ref: 61642] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sancta Barbara Der Hochgebornen Reichsgraefin Luise von Wallmoden Gimborn unterthaenigst gewidmet von J Gerh Huck. as Orginal befindet sich in der Gallerie des H Feldmarshall Reichsgrafen von Wallmoden Gimborn.
Parmegianino pinx.t J: Gerh Huck Sculp
Hannover 1803.
Rare mezzotint, 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"), with large margins. Paper aged. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
Depiction of Saint Barbara holding her tower and a quill.
[Ref: 61604] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Sandown Hotel. Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight. Walter Mew, Proprietor. Wine & Spirit Stores - Posting Establishment. Six Miles from Ryde.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Wood engraving on porcelain card. 90 x 120mm (3½ x 4¾").
In 1881's '' Murray's Handbook for Travellers'' Walter Mew (a mason) advertised the hotels billiard room, croquet and tennis lawns.
[Ref: 61443] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Santorini] A View of the Bay of Santerini, with a Burning-Island, which lately rose out of the Sea.
Gent. Mag. April 1770.
Engraved map. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate on right. Time staining.
A map of Santorini (Thera), with a new volcanic island.
[Ref: 61416] £130.00

Madam Philadelphia Saunders.
P.Lely Eques pinxit.
Sold by Alex Browne at ye Balcony in little Queen Street.
Mezzotint. 250 x 400mm (9¾ x 15½"). Trimmed close to plate on all sides.
CS:33:II. Turner B44ii. See Ref: 3831
[Ref: 61549] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Carolina Lady Scarsdale. And Her Son the Honourable John Curzon.
S. Paul fecit. Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhil [n.d., c.1775].
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), large margins. Slight tear in margins centre right.
Portrait of Lady Caroline Scarsdale (née Colyear) (1733-1812), wife of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale. She cradles her infant son John Curzon (1759-94), naval officer; curtain behind, landscape through window at left. Engraved by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832) under the pseudonym 'S. Paul', after Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792).
Hamilton p.130. Chaloner Smith 5. See Ref: 22475.
[Ref: 61547] £360.00

The Man Wot Drives The Opposition.
A Sharpshooter, fec.
Pub. April 1829, by S.Gans, 15, Southampton S.t Strand.
Rare etching with fine hand colour, sheet 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"). On paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkish Mill 1827.' Trimmed within plate to coloured border.
A caricature of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) dressed as coachman. His right hand holds a way-bill headed 'Windsor', his left a whip, its butt resting on the ground. A. Sharpshooter was the pseudonym of John Philips (fl. 1825-31) a satirical printmaker, who worked for many publishers from 1825 who mostly pirated William Heath.
[Ref: 61465] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Shade of Napoleon.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾"). Laid on album paper.
The trunks of two trees create the figure of Napoleon standing by his grave on St Helena.
[Ref: 61446] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Eliezer Shahamir] [Lettered below image with four lines in Armenian dated 1758]
London 1790.
Very scarce engraving with stipple, 455 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"), with margins. Slightly dirty. Repaired tears.
A rare half length portrait of Armenian apothecary Eliezer Shahamir (1758-87), wearing tall triangular hat. In an oval within a rectangle; trading apparatus below. He was born in Madras, India, to a wealthy Armenian family; he is the youngest son of merchant Aga Shahamir (1723-97).
[Ref: 61515] £580.00

[Dedication to Bell's Shakespeare] To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales [...] Your Royal Highness's most dutiful devoted Servant John Bell.
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.]
London. Printed 1.st March 1788, for J. Bell, British Library, Strand.
Stipple with engraving. Sheet 145 x 185mm (5¾ x 7¼"). Laid on album paper. Cut.
A dedication page engraved by Bartolozzi for 'The Dramatick Writings Of Will. Shakespeare', a twenty-volume edition published by John Bell, illustrated by Francesco Bartolozzi. Bell (1745-1831) specialised in literature with illustrations to encourage readership. He also was instrumental in rendering the elongated 's' in typography obsolete.
De V. 1847.
[Ref: 61355] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Terrace. Sidmouth.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 200 x 450mm (8 x 17¾"). Trimmed, losing inscriptions, titles(?) laid on, creasing on right.
A view of Sidmouth looking east to Salcombe Hill.
[Ref: 61367] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Skeggs, In the Character of Seignor Bumbasto.
Tho.s King pinx.t. Rich.d Houston fecit.
Sold by the proprietors M. Jackson the corner of Bride Court, in fleetstreet, & M. Skeggs at the Hoop and bunch of Grapes in St Albans Street. [London, c.1752.]
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Narrow margins, vertical crease on left. Laid down on card.
Portrait of Matthew Skeggs (d.1773), proprietor of the Hoop and Bunch of Grapes (a public house in St Albans Street). He also performed in a burlesque called 'Mother Midnight's Oratorio' at the Haymarket, in which he 'played' a concerto on a broomstick, making the sound of the instrument with his mouth. Horace Walpole saw the 'Oratorio' in 1752, calling it the 'lowest buffoonery in the world'.
Chaloner Smith: 111, iii of iii.
[Ref: 61543] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Socrates.
Angelica Kauffman inv.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
Pub.d as the Act directs April 28th 1780.
Stipple, plate 250 x 200mm (10 x 8"), with margins. Some foxing. Tipped into album sheet at edges.
Illustration to 'The adventures of Telemachus', by François Fénélon. Socrates seated on steps in prison writes on a piece of paper with pen leaning against his knee. He holds a scroll in his other hand.
DeV 1729 II of IV
[Ref: 61650] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

His Grace Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough, Master General of the Ordnance, General in Chief of His Majesty's Foot Forces, Knight of ye most Noble Order of ye Garter, & oneof his Maj.ties most hon.ble Privy Council &c. Done from a Picture in the Possession of the Rt. Hon.ble the Earl of Pembroke; to whom this Plate, is most humbly Inscribed by His most Dutiful and Obedient Servant. Rich:d Houston.
J. Reynolds Pinx.t 1758. R. Houston Fecit.
Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross. Price 2.s.
Mezzotint. Sheet 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, repaired tear in inscription area, mounted in album paper. Repaired left corner.
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-58), soldier and politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1755 and led the British forces during the Raid on St Malo in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. Colletor's mark. Lugt: 572, John Charrington, Conservtor Fitzwilliam Museum.
CS: 77, state ii of ii. Hamilton: p.51. See Ref 24423 for Proof before letters.
[Ref: 61646] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Giant Octopus] Le Poulpe Colossal.
Denys-Montfort del. E. Voysard S.
[n.d., 1801.]
Engraving. Printed area 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Stamp of Brooklyn Public Library.
Very unusual image showing a giant octopus, Kraken, grappling with a ship. From Buffon's ' Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques, animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc'.
[Ref: 61382] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

View in the Island of Saint Christopher In The Parish of Nicola Town. Proof.
Drawn by J. Johnson. Engraved by T. Fielding.
[London Published Feb. 1. 1827 by T. & G. Underwood, Fleet Street.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Framed, sight size 300 x 435mm (11¾ x 17"). Hand colour faded, framed over publication line? Unexamined out of frame.
A rare view of slaves at work in the cane fields of the Eastridge Estate on the north east side of St Christopher's, with a windmill and mountains behind. From the series 'Views of the West Indies', which was proposed to be five parts. The first two parts were published by the Underwoods in 1827, with a third by Smith & Elder in 1829, before the series was wound up. A map of Antigua and 11 plates were issued.
Abbey: 678, ''a pity, for these plates were excellent''.
[Ref: 61568] £520.00

S.t Paul's from the River. From the picture in The Art Gallery of the Corporation of Birmingham.
Painted by Henry Dawson. Etched by W.A. Reid.
The Art Journal, London, H. Virtue & C.º Ltd.
Etching, printed in brown. 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). Glue stain bottom right. Small margins.
The painting, which shows St Paul's Cathedral from downstream, is still held by the Birmingham Museums Trust.
[Ref: 61407] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Strawberry Girl.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engrav'd by Tho.s Watson.
Publish'd Nov 1st 1774 for W.Shropshire, No. 158 & T.Watson, No 142, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), very large margins.
Possibly Theophilia Palmer, niece of Reynolds known as 'Offie'.
Goodwin, 52, iii of iv. CS 43, ii of iii.
[Ref: 61380] £370.00

Her Royall Highness Mary Princess of Orange, eldest daughter of King Charles Ye first, & Mother to King William the Third.
Van Dyke Pinx.t. Will.m Farthorne [Faithorne] Fecit.
[London, Laurie & Whittle? c.1790.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"), on wove paper. Trimmed to image on three sides.
Three-quarter portrait of Mary Henrietta Stuart (1631-1660) after Adriaen Hanneman. not Van Dyke. The daughter of Charles I and the first Princess Royal, Mary married Prince William II of Orange, but both died of smallpox. Their only child became King of England as William III after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. This print was first published when William was king and had the correct attribution (and spelled Faithorne's name correctly).
CS 27, state iii of iii. Fagan: Pg 10.
[Ref: 61546] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Scraps from my sketchbook]
C.D. Barraud. Del. G. M.c Cullock Lith.
C.F. Kell Lithographer, Castle S.t Holborn, London. E. C. [1877]
Tinted lithograph, sheet 550 x 425mm (22 x 16¾"), very large margins.
From plate 6 of Barraud's 'New Zealand graphic and descriptive', London, 1877. Showing 14 scenes from Maori life. Reading from top left: Te Raku [Maori man poling a laden canoe along a river]; Whata [Maori provision house on low poles]; Te Rangatira [Maori man o horseback]; Bird catcher; Maori whare [wharenui with carved entrance porch]; Fishmonger; Rubbing noses "Tena-koe" [a man and a woman, both carrying produce, hongi-ing]; Maori hack-race in full costume [horse race by a man wearing nothing but a long shirt and a woman in elaborate hat and European dress]; Maori woman going to a tangi; Going to market [a woman and a man with a child on his back leading a pig]; Travelling [a man in bowler hat and feather cloak leading a horse, accompanied by a dog]; One of the old Wellington Police force [head and shoulders portrait of a man with full moko and Police uniform]; Gathering pipis [women and children on a beach with flat kete digging up seafood]; Te Kiore [a seated man with kiwi feather cloak, moko, a pipe in his mouth, a blanket under the cloak].
[Ref: 61506] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Table for Baits.
J. Scott del, et sculp.
Published May 1, 1801, by Bunney & Gold, 103 Shoe Lane, London.
Etching with engraving. 415 x 250mm (16¼ x 9¾"). Folds, stains, a tear just entering plate taped.
A guide for anglers, with instructions on how to catch 17 British river fish, types of worm and flies, and how to make pastes.
[Ref: 61450] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

In Vino Veritas. Vot Femme Voyez-Vous, J'La Connais Mieux Que Vous. Your wife, I Know Her Better Than Ye Do Yourself.
F. Grenier [in image]. F. Grenzier del. Litho de Ch. Motte.
[n.d. c.1830's]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 200 x 230mm (8 x 9"). Embossed stamp of C Motte.
In wine, there is truth. A tavern scene. A man drunkenly admits to another that he has been with his wife.
[Ref: 61671] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Tenducci.
Painted by T. Beach of Bath, 1782. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
London, Publish'd June 24th 1782 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No 158 New Bond Street.
Scarce mezzotint, 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"), with large margins. Rubbed.
Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci (c.1735-1790), Italian castrato and composer, holding sheet music. From 1758 to 1765 he was in London where he was heard at both the King's Theatre and the Royal Opera House, after which he spent most his time in London and Italy. He taught singing to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Paris in 1777-1778, and Mozart, impressed with his teacher's singing abilities, wrote a concert aria for him. Engraved after a portrait by the Bath painter Thomas Beach (bap.1737-d.1806), now in a private collection.
CS: 83 ii/ii.
[Ref: 61687] £480.00

A Humorous Scene at the Regatta. Lon. Mag.
Publish'd as the Act directs Aug.t 1. 1775.
Engraving. 105 x 165mm (4 x 6½"), large margins.
A satire of a regatta on the Thames, with spectators taking every opportunity to see the race. Held on Friday, 23rd June 1775, and watched by the Duchess of Devonshire, boats with crews of 12 watermen rowed from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge and back, followed by a procession to Chelsea Hospital and on to the Rotunda at Ranelagh. The event is regarded as the first regatta on the Thames, although 'Doggett's Coat and Badge', a watermans' race from London Bridge to Cadogan Pier, has been held since 1715 and is the oldest continuous rowing race in the world.
[Ref: 61417] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

S. Thomas. 9. Credo in Spiritu, Sanctum. S. Thomas Parthis et Medis Evangelizans, in idolorum Indiæ sano hasta transfixus est.
Jodocus Winghæus invent. Crispin d. passe fe. et excudit.
[n.d., 1594.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate. Some staining.
St Thomas, half-length, reading a large tome with a spear.
[Ref: 61389] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Hans Carl L.B. de Thungen S.C.M. Gen. Camp. Maresch. Excellentiae sua D.D. Humillin, Servus Christoph: Weigel.
E.C Heiss excud. Aug Vin. Cum Priv. S. C. Majest.
[n.d. c.1700]
Rare mezzotint, 320 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"), with margins. Laid down on Album sheet. Slightly damaged and foxed.
Half-length portrait of Austrian Imperial Field Marshal, Johann Carl Thüngen (1648-1709). He wears a cravat, armour, sash and his right eye is covered. He is within an oval frame with a crest surrounded by swords, guns, cannons and balls.
[Ref: 61616] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Trial of Patience.
Painted by Heywood Hardy. Engraved by W.H.Simmons.
London Published 6th August 1881 by L.H. Lefevre 1a King Street, St. James's.
Photogravure 625 x 710mm (24¾ x 28"), with very large margins. Some light foxing.
A girl in victorian dress sits in a wicker chair covered in fur blankets and pillows reading. She keeps an eye on her fox terrier who waits for a cat to finish drinking milk out of a saucer.
[Ref: 61528] £450.00

The House of Moses Hart Esq.r between Twickenham & Isleworth. Maison de Sieur Moses Hart entre Twickenham et Isleworth.
A. Heckell delin.t. Ant. Walker Sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r 1.st 1750. London Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Engraving. 250 x 415mm (9¾ x 15¼"), with large margins.
Gordon House, Isleworth, home of Moses Hart between 1718-56, whose brother Aaron was Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Community. Moses funded the rebuilding of the great Synagogue, Duke's Place, Aldgate, in 1721. The next owner was Mrs Elizabeth Bland, who gave Robert Adam his first commission in England, a wing containing a drawing room, a staircase to small rooms above and minor improvements to the entrance hall.
Gascoigne, Twickenham 7A.
[Ref: 61678] £350.00

Twickenham.
A. Evershed. 1881.
Etching. 155 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"), with large margins.
A view of Twickenham riverside, with St Mary's Church and the trees of York House gardens. Dr Arthur Evershed MRCP (1835 - 1919). After retiring from a medical career specialising in tuberculosis, he dedicated himself to etching, gaining renown for his ability to draw directly onto a copper plate, reversing the image without mirrors. He exhibited at the Royal Academy regularly and became treasurer of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers.
Gaiscogne, Twickenham 173.
[Ref: 61679] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph Hide. Undertaker. Market Place, Kingston-on-Thames [...] Wills & Hide, Cabinet Makers. Upholders and Bedding Manufacturers. Carpets of Every Description. Goods Warehoused.
Waterlow & Sons, London Wall, London.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Engraved trade card, printed on both sides. Sheet 110 x 150mm (4¼ x 6"). Glue stains on reverse.
Joseph Hide also ran a drapers from the same premises.
[Ref: 61348] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

United States Capitol.
Engraved upon Steel by C.E. Loven. From a Photograph of the Drawings by T. U. Walter, Architect, Washington D.C.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by A.J. Johnson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Steel engraving, sheet 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired Tears. Crease left corner.
A view of the Capitol Building, the seat of the United States Congress, in Washington D.C. Pedestrians, a man on a horse and a carriage all pass by outside. Thomas Ustick Walter (1804–87) was an American architect of German descent who was the fourth Architect of the Capitol and responsible for adding the north (Senate) and south (House) wings and the central dome.
[Ref: 61498] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures, by William Hunter, Physician Extraordinary to The Queen, Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy, and Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies.]
[Printed at Birmingham by John Baskerville, 1774.]
Large folio, rebound in half morocco gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. [iv], with 29 engraved plates (of 34), each with a page of letterpress in English and Latin. Lacking title, one leaf of preface, plate list, plates 30 to 34, with text; plates 1, 2, 6, 8 trimmed into image at top by binder; plate 24 with long tear repaired; damp stains and toning throughout.
A scarce but incomplete example of the first edition of William Hunter's study of the uterus, with photographs of the missing pages. William Hunter (1718-1783), a Scottish anatomist, physician and and obstetrician. He worked with the artist Jan Van Rymsdyk to produce this work, one of the greatest achievements in the history of medical illustration.
[Ref: 61558] £1,450.00 view all images for this item

[The Warning.]
Heywood Hardy pinx.t [ink signature]. E.G.Hester [pencil signature.]
[Published 1891 by I.P.Mendoza, St.James Gallery, London.]
Photogravure proof on india signed by the artist and engraver, with etched remarque, ltd to 225 impressions. India 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18½), with very large margins. Margins time stained.
The Warning also known as Half Afraid / Don't Fear. Three girls in late Victorian dress are on a lawn, one on the right coaxing a smaller child to feed a dog a biscuit while the third stands to the left of the dog with her arms around its neck. There are roses at their feet, a rose bush behind them, and dense foliage in the background.
[Ref: 61527] £320.00

The Entrance of Warwick Castle from the Lower Court.
P. Sandby Fecit.
Publish'd Jany. 1776. by J. Boydell Cheapside.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 480mm (13½ x 18¾"). A very fine impression. Trimmed to plate, repaired tears off image.
A view of the walls of Warwick Castle, plate two from a set of four by Paul Sandby (1725 - 1809). In the foreground a man tries to disentangle a kite from a tree.
[Ref: 61483] £420.00

Waterloo Bridge [within image and in pencil].
Frank Harding. [in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 150 x 350mm (6 x 13¾"), with very large margins.
The bridge from the Thames, the dome of St Paul's Cathedral looming behind.
[Ref: 61707] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Welsh Costumes. [Marked under each figure:] Cottager. Farmer's Wife. Labourer's Wife. Farmer's Daughter. Markey Boy. Cottager's Daughter.
H. Jones, Del. J.H. Lynch, lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen.
Published by T. Catherall, Eastgate Row, Chester. July 1st. 1851.
Lithograph, sheet 270 x 335mm (10½ x 13").
Traditional Welsh Costume of the 19th century.
[Ref: 61493] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Welch Costumes, Taken On A Market Day in Wales.
Rb.t S. Groom & C.o Lith.rs 44, Paternoster Row, London.
Published by Hugh Humphreys, Castle Square, Carnarvon. [n.d. c.1853]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 270 x 355mm (10¾ x 13").
Seven figures wearing Welsh national costumes, an elderly woman on the left leads a piglet on rope to a pond, another woman on the right carrying a cooking pot on her head, others knitting or carrying baskets and umbrella; cottage seen behind. A small man is in the foreground is either a dwarf or a child.
[Ref: 61492] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Chart of y.e West-Indies or the Islands of America in the North Sea &c.
By H. Moll Geographer.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraved map. 285 x 350mm (11¼ x 13¾"). Original binding folds.
A sea chart of the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies, with the eastern coast of North America north to Charleston. It still marks 'New Caledonia', the ill-fated Scottish colony on the Darien Isthmus. From Josiah Burchett's 'A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea, from the Earliest Account... to the Conclusion of the Last War with France''.
[Ref: 61704] £550.00

[West Wycombe Park] A View of the House and Part of the Garden of S.r Francis Dashwood Bar.t at West Wycomb in the County of Bucks.
W. Hannan pinx. W. Woollett sculp.
London Published according to Act of Parliament, Jan. 1757, & Sold by John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleetstreet & Tho.s Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Yard, Jn.o Bowles & Son in Cornhill & Rob.t Sayer in Fleetstreet.
Etching. 370 x 535mm (14½ x 21"), with large margins.
A view of the north front and east portico of West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire, the pleasure palace of Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the 'Society of Dilettanti' and the 'Hell-fire Club'. A group are taking tea on the lawn. One of a set of four views, engraved by William Woollett after William Hannan, that were first published by John Tinney alone and then by a consortium of publishers.
Fagan XXVII, unrecorded state between I & II. See BM 1853,1210.662 for the original drawing.
[Ref: 61385] £450.00

View of the magnificent Box erected for their Majesties, in Westminster Abbey, under the Direction of M.r James Wyatt, at the Commemoration of Handel.
J. Dixon del. W. & J. Walker sculp.t.
[Publish'd by J.Sewell 30 June, 1784]
Rare engraving, sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate losing publication line. Tipped into album sheet at edges. Foxing on album sheet.
From a series illustrating Handel's memorial in 1784. View of the nave of Westminster abbey with huge crowds of spectators, dominated by the box at the end, with tiered seating and window behind.
[Ref: 61645] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Westminster Bridge. [pencil.]
Frank Harding [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, 155 x 355mm (6 x 14"), with very large margins
Boats on the Thames in front of Westminster Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben beyond.
[Ref: 61708] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A Design for Fortifying Duncannon Fort towards the landside, which can be executed for a less Expence by one Eighth part than the Plan proposed by M.r Skinner. N:B: The Dotted lines represent the form of the old Works as they Stand at present. A. Shews the Barracks and new Buildings how they may be dispos'd.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Section of a manuscript watercolour map. At most 170 x 245mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Old ink mss description on album sheet. With a pen description of the 5 Regiment of Foot verso on 18th century Album page. Trimmed with loss, title excised and pasted on opposite page of album sheets.
A plan for improving the landward defences of Duncannon Fort, a star fort that had been built 1587-88 to defend Waterford from possible invasion by the Spanish Armada. The 'Skinner' mentioned in the title is probably William Skinner (1700-80), who was Chief Royal Engineer from 1757 until his death, working on Gibraltar, St Philip's Castle on Menorca and Fort George near Inverness.
[Ref: 61555] £160.00

The most Hono.ble Thomas Lord Marquiss of Wharton Lord Privy Seal.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Magna Brit: Baro.tt pinx.
Sold by J. Smith [sic] at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden. [n.d. c.1712.]
Fine mezzotint, old ink mss. in inscription area. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Horizontal central crease.
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1716). Politician; a brilliant political manager; he was thought the most 'universal villain' by the Tories. Engraved and first published by John Simon.
CS 267; Russell 162a state ii.
[Ref: 61369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Whitton Park] A View of the Canal and of the Gothick Tower in the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Argyl at Whitton.
W. Woollett del. et sculp.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t, June 1757, & Sold by John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleetstreet & Tho.s Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Yard, Jn.o Bowles & Son in Cornhill & Rob.t Sayer in Fleetstreet.
Etching. 370 x 535mm (14½ x 21"), with large margins.
A view of an ornamental waterway and folly in Whitton Park, built by Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, who bought the estate in 1722. In the foreground are promenaders and lady anglers. A founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Cambell planted many exotic species of plants and trees, making his gardens famous and and earning him the nickname 'the Treemonger' from Horace Walpole. After his death many plants, including mature trees, were moved to Princess Augusta's gardens at Kew, which evolved into the Royal Botanic Gardens. Some of his trees are still alive.
Fagan XXX, unrecorded state between 2 (first published state) & 3 (of 4).
[Ref: 61386] £420.00

[Whitton Park] A View of the House and part of the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Argyl, at Whitton.* * near Hounslow Middlesex.
W. Woollett del. et sculp.t.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t, June 1757, & Sold by John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleetstreet & Tho.s Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Yard, Jn.o Bowles & Son in Cornhill & Rob.t Sayer in Fleetstreet.
Etching, 18th century watermark. 370 x 535mm (14½ x 21"), with large margins.
A view of the house of Whitton Park, built by Roger Morris for Archibald Campbell, third Duke of Argyll, in 1735, surrounded by exotic trees. In the foreground are promenaders. A founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Cambell planted many exotic species of plants and trees, making his gardens famous and and earning him the nickname 'the Treemonger' from Horace Walpole. After his death many plants, including mature trees, were moved to Princess Augusta's gardens at Kew, which evolved into the Royal Botanic Gardens. Some of his trees are still alive.
Fagan XXXI, unrecorded state between 2 (first published state) & 3 (of 4).
[Ref: 61387] £420.00

The Right Honourable S.r John Willes, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Comon Pleas, And one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council.
Johnson fecit [after Thomas Hudson].
[n.d., c.1746.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Three-quarter seated portrait of Sir John Willes (1685-1761), the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas since the 15th century. He was also notorious for gambling and womanising, and was said to have several illegitimate children. William Hogarth portrayed Willes unflatteringly in a pair of paintings, 'Before' and 'After' (sex). now in the Tate.
CS p.731.
[Ref: 61648] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

His Highness the Prince of Orange.
W Sherwin ex. [After William Wissing]
[.n.d. c.1680]
Very scarce mezzotint, 17th century watermark; sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet at sides.
Half-length oval portrait of the future William III (1650-1702). He wears a long wig, lace cravat and armour. Appears to be after the oil by Dutch artist William Wissing (1656-87).
Not in CS.
[Ref: 61584] £380.00

His Majesty, William the Fourth. Presented gratis with the Court Jornal, Sept.r 10th 1831. [&] The Ramains of our late most Gracious Sovereign William IV Lying in State at Windsor Castle. Died. June 20th 1837. Reigned 6 Yeras & 11 Months.
[Portrait] Printed by R. Martin.
[1831 & 1837.]
Lithographic portrait on chine collé, sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾") & lithograph, sheet 165 x 210mm (6½ x 8¼"). Lithograph laid on album paper.
Two prints: a portrait of William IV in his coronation robes; and a view of the honour guard around his coffin during his lying in state.
[Ref: 61542] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

To the most High Puissant & Noble Prince Charles Duke of Marlborough &c: &c: &c: This Plan of Windsor Park is most hum.bly Inscrib'd by His Graces most Devoted * Obe:t hum.ble Servant J: Rocque.
J: Rocque 1738
Very rare engraved plan. 475 x 630mm (18¾ x 24¾"), with margins. Central fold.
Plan of Windsor Castle and gardens, with smaller images on top showing the north view of the castle with cows in the foreground to the right; west view with a couple in the foreground to the left; the Duke of Marlborough's lodge, with a couple in the foreground looking at the house; the greenhouse with a worker in front; large decorative plate with dedication to Prince Charles Duke of Marlborough; and at the bottom the plan of the proposed gardens.
[Ref: 61710] £680.00

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