Grosvenor Prints

Le Geai du Pérou (Buffon) Grandeur naturelle. Corvus Peruvianus (Gmélin). 66. Pérou.
Edouard Traviés [lithographed into plate.]
Paris Ledot ainé Edit. rue de Rivoli 174. London, E. Gambart & Co. 25 Berners St. Oxf. St. [n.d. c.1857.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 533 x 432mm. 21 x 17".
A beautifully coloured and exotic Peruvian Jay. From Edouard Traviés (1809-1865) "Les Oiseaux Les Plus Remarquables".
[Ref: 21731] £330.00

Bewailing of the Peruvians during the Eclipse of the Moon [parallel text in French]
[after Bernard Picart, c.1740]
Engraving, sheet 165 x 200mm (6½ x 8"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
British copy of an engraving by Bernard Picart published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 47089] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Pest.
G. Hering del. J.B. Pyne lith.
[London: T. McLean, 1838.]
Tinted lithograph. Image 255 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"). Damage in left margin just entering image. Very large margins on 3 sides.
A view of Pesht, the part of Budapest on the east side of the Danube, seen from mid-river. From 'Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transylvania' (26 plates), by George Edwards Hering (1805-1879).
Abbey Travel 79.
[Ref: 39228] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Jean Pesne Peintre et Graveur.
Se ipse pinxit 1672. Trouvain Sculpsit 1698.
Se vend a Paris chez Mortain sur le pont de l'Hôtel Dieu ou l'on paye le passage. [later impression.]
Engraving. 340 x 265mm (13½ x 10½").
A self-portrait in oval of French painter and engraver Jean Pesne (1623-1700).
[Ref: 64043] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Pestalozzi.
Demarchi dis. T.T. inc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple with large margins. Platemark: 230 x 155mm (9 x 6¼").
A rare portrait of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 -1827), a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer. He founded several educational institutions both in German and French speaking regions of Switzerland and wrote many works explaining his revolutionary modern principles of education.
[Ref: 36992] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Pet.
Painted by A.E. Chalon R.A. Engraved by J. Richardson Jackson. [Etched inside plate:] A.E. Chalon R.A. Portrait Painter in Watercolors to Her Majesty. London 1850.
Printed by Holdgate Bro.s [Published Jan.y. 1873, by John Mitchell Bookseller & Publisher to Her Majesty, 33 Old Bond Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving. 461 x 369mm. 18¼ x 14½". Trimmed. Some damage to the margins. Crease top left-hand corner.
Portrait of a girl carrying her Bichon Frise.
[Ref: 19434] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter.] Ill.o et R:do D et prono maxine colendo...
Io. Fran.s Cent.s Inv. Superioru Permiss. Io. Bapt.a Pasqualinus Cent. Delia. et Sculp.
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet: 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾''). Trimmed, staining.
A biblical scene showing Christ handing the keys to St. Peter. Engraved by Giovanni Battista Pasqalini.
[Ref: 49750] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Penitant Peter.]
Guido R. [Reni]. F. Piloty del:
[Munich: J. Stuntz, 1811-1816.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 345 x 255mm (13½ x 10"), large margins.
An early tinted lithograph, a portrait of St Peter weeping, after Guido Reni. From 'Les Oeuvres lithographiques. Contenant un choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré des Musées de sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière.'
[Ref: 60948] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

S.t Peter. In the Collection of J. Barnard Esq.r.
Spagnolet pinx.t. Ja.s M.c Ardell fecit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark, plate 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins. Several creases to left edge, some spots.
Portrait of St Peter with a fish in right hand, holding the hook in left hand. Looking towards the viewer, wearing a loose dark garment, open at the throat.
Goodwin 103.
[Ref: 58898] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Peter and John Healing the Sick. From the Original Picture painted by Sebastien Bourdon, In the Collection of his Grace, the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this Plate is Dedicated, by his Grace's most Obliged and most Obedient Servant, John Boydell.
Seb. Bourdon, pinx.t, R. Earlom delin.t Tho.s Chambars Sculpsit.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, March 25.th 1768.
Copper engraving, 345 x 380mm. 13½ x 15". Large paper.
Engraving after Sébastien Bourdon (Montpellier 1616- Paris 1671). After a period in Rome, Bourdon became court painter to Queen Christina in Sweden. Medical interest. Numbered 'No. 45', from "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
Christopher Wright, 'The World's Master Paintings from the Early Renaissance to the Present Day'.
[Ref: 14559] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Petrus Alexeewitz Magnus Dominus Tzar Et Magnus Dux Moscoviae.
Iussu Britannicae Majestatis Godefridus Kneller Eques ad viuum Pinxit. 1697. I. Smith Fecit & excudit.
[n.d. c.1698]
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet. Slight nicks at edges.
A fine impression of this half length portrait of Peter I the Great (1672-1725) in an oval frame ornamented with branches. He has a thin moutache and wears armour and an ermine robe fastened by two large jewels and a string of pearls. On the base supporting oval frame lies a crown, orb, sword and sceptre.
CS 217.III.
[Ref: 58803] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Peter III. Feodorovitch, Emperor of Russia. Reigned VI Months. Catherine II. Alexievna, Empress of Russia. Reigned XXXV Years.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet: 110 x 185mm (4¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, tipped into album sheet. Some marking.
Two portraits, in profile set in ovals, one of Peter III (1728-1762) and the other of his wife Catherine II (1729-1796). Peter came to the throne in 1762 but was deposed by his wife later on that year, during the coup Peter III was transported to Ropsha where he was supposively assasinated. Catherine, known as Catherine the Great went on to rule in his stead until her death in 1796 after which her son Paul became king.
[Ref: 42142] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Peter the Great. The life of this singular sovereign has more the air of ancient romance than of authentick history. He was the son of the Czar Alexis Michaelowits, by his second wife, and born of the 30th of May 1672...He died January 28, 1725; at the age of fifty-three. The Czar wrote several productions on the subject of naval affairs; and his name must therefore be added to the short catalogue of Royal Authors.
Sir G. Kneller Pin.t Rothwell Sculp.
Publish'd by Harrison & Co. Dec.r 1.1794.
Engraving. Printed area 184 x 90mm (7¼ x 3½"). Cut, damaged on left.
Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (1672-1725), tsar of Russia and founder of St Petersburg.
[Ref: 28932] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Peter the Great.]
[St Petersburg.][n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Publishers blindstamp. Sheet: 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10½").
A portrait of Russian tsar Peter the Great (1675-1725) publised in Russia with title in Russian cyrillic.
[Ref: 47056] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Peter, the Wild Boy [parallel text in French] In the Year 1725, King George the I.s Hunting in the Herenhausen / This Boy was discover'd in a Hollow Tree [...]
P. Falconet pinx.t. Val. Green sculp.t
Sold by Ryland, Bryer; & Co. at the Kings Arms, Cornhill.
Mezzotint, platemark 510 x 360mm (20 x 14"). Creased and damaged (some repairs); artist and engraver names faded. Trimmed.
Peter 'the Wild Boy' (c.1712-85), a curiosity of the 18th century. Found in the woods near Hamelin (around 25 miles from Hanover in Germany) in 1725, contemporary pamphleteers claim he was walking on all fours, climbing trees like a squirrel, and living off grass and moss. Peter was taken to see George I who was visiting Hanover, he was brought to England in 1726, where unsuccessful attempts were made to teach him to speak. He was briefly a celebrity: Queen Caroline took an interest in Peter's education, he was painted by William Kent, was cared for by the prominent physicist John Arbuthnot, and was the subject of works by Defoe and Swift. After Queen Caroline's death. In 1728 he was given a pension to live in Hertfordshire, where he performed manual work under supervision. However, after repeatedly wandering away from the farm where he boarded, Peter was apprehended and fitted with a brass collar (shown in the lower right of this print). Peter died in 1785 and was buried at St Mary's, Northchurch, Hertfordshire, where his gravestone is now Grade II listed.
Ex: collection of the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 102.ii; Whitman: 2 II of II.
[Ref: 36363] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

No life to Lechery. Hugh Peters ye first and ye last.
[n.d., early 18th century.]
Etching and engraving. 103 x 60mm (4 x 2½").
Hugh Peters preaching 'Blasphemy. Rebellion. Heresie.' from his pulpit with an hour-glass in his hand, congregation below listening to the sermon, a motto on the wall 'I know you are good fellows Stay and take the other glass.' Hugh Peter (1598-1660); Puritan divine and parliamentarian; executed for treason.
[Ref: 52522] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Hugh Peters, A Remarkable Character in the Time of Oliver Cromwell, & who was supposed to be one of the two Masked Executioners of King Charles the First. [Wonderful Museum]
[Published by Alex.r Hogg & C.º] [n.d., c.1805-8.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4") Trimmed, losing subtitle and publication line.
A half-length portrait in oval of Hugh Peter (or Peters, 1598-1660), a Parliamentarian preacher who advocated the trial and execution of Charles I and is said to have been the headman's assistant. An illustration from 'The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine'.
[Ref: 67859] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Old Tithe Barn, Borobury, Peterborough.
Drawn & Lith.ed by Charles Moore. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph, scarce. Sheet 315 x 415mm (12¼ x 16¼") Some wear in margins; bit dusty.
The interior of Peterborough Abbey's tithe barn, built in the 13th century for the original abbey. In 1898 Rev. W.D. Sweeting wrote: "Until a very few years ago there was a mediaeval building at Peterborough of the greatest interest. This was the old Tithe Barn of the Abbey, situated in the Manor of Boroughbury, on the Lincoln Road. It was much the finest in the kingdom. Unhappily the ''enterprising builder'' has obtained possession of it, and it has been pulled down, the materials, all Barnack stone, having been employed in building houses. It was of good thirteenth century work, and in perfect condition. On the east side were two large porches, by which a waggon fully laden could enter the barn. The roof was supported by very massive timbers rising from the ground, the whole arrangement resembling a wooden church with aisles".
Sweeting: The Cathedral Church of Peterborough.
[Ref: 43290] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, July 1, 1822.
Coloured aquatint. Watermarked: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1821. Plate 228 x 299mm. 9 x 11¾".
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire; a view along the shoreline on which sits the town with Peterhead Old Parish Church. From William Daniell's Sixth Volume of "Voyage around Great Britain".
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 20203] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A View of the Coast near Peterhead.]
Fine lithograph with added hand-colour, mounted on board as issued, titled in ink on reverse. Sheet 324 x 480mm. 12¾ x 19".
Peterhead, situation at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. A settlement founded by fishermen and 1593 saw the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry. This encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port.
[Ref: 14962] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Iron Steam Yacht 'Peterhoff', 416 Tons. Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140 Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.
T.S. Robins Delt. E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
Published Novbr. 21st. 1850. By Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Coloured lithograph, image 310 x 450mm. 12¼ x 17¾".
A fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Also inscribed below the image with statistical details The ship's length was 195ft. with a breadth of 21ft. 7in.
[Ref: 8911] £1,250.00

The Peterloo Medal. Sacred To the Names of those unfortunate Victims of Lawless Power and Spanguinary Magist-racy, who fell in defence of their Rights and Liberties, on the ever memorable and fatal 16.th of August MDCCCXIX, at Machester. Inscribed to those far-fam'd ''Heroes'' the Manchester Yeomanry to perpetua their Gallant Atchievements on that Glorious Day, which crowned them with Immortal renown and never-fading Laurels.!!!
Nemo ad vivm delineavit. Justitia scripsit &c.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Very scarce, ink sketch. Sheet 185 x 230mm (7¼ x 9"). Some staining, cockling and laid on album paper.
A pastiche of a military service medal, with an unidentified bespectacled man on one side and a memorial to the victims of the cavalry charge on the other. Satire on the 'Peterloo Massacre' that took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when cavalry charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.
[Ref: 64356] £450.00

Vue de St. Petersbourg. Vue du Palais de Pierre 1.re au jardin d'été
S. nat. Sadovnikov [...]
Editeur H. Prévost [1833]
Lithograph, printed area 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Parallel text in French and Russian.
View in the gardens at Peterhof, Peter the Great's palace complex outside St Petersburg. Modelled on Versailles, the palace and gardens are a UNESCO world heritage site. Lithograph after Vasily Semyonovich Sadovnikov (1800-79), whose popular lithographic panorama of St Petersburg's main thoroughfare the Nevsky Prospect gained him considerable fame.
[Ref: 36956] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Petersham Lodge] A Front View of the Earl of Harrington's House &c. at Petersham in Surry. [French title]
A. Heckel delin. Stevens Sculp.
Published 12th. May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Hand coloured engraving. Plate: 260 x 405mm (10¼" x 16"), with large margins.
Petersham Lodge, house of Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, at Petersham, Surrey.
[Ref: 39827] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Petersham Lodge] A Front View of the Earl of Harrington's House &c. at Petersham in Surry. [Translated into French to right.]
A. Heckel delin. Stevens Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 8th. 1752. London Printed for and Sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter lane, Fleet Street._& Heny. Overton at the White Horse without Newgate.
Hand coloured engraving, 260 x 405mm. 10¼" x 16". A very fine impression in good colour; unexamined out of frame.
The principal facade of Petersham Lodge, the house of William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington 1690? - 1756) at Petersham, Surrey; figures and carriages to foreground. Numbered '66' upper right.
[Ref: 16216] £350.00

[Petersham Lodge] A View of the Earl of Harrington's House towards the Garden at Petersham in Surry. 67.
A. Heckel delin. Stevens Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 8, 1752. London Printed for and Sold by Rob:t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter lane, Fleet Street. _& Heny. Overton at the White Horse without Newgate.
Engraving with fine hand colour. 260 x 405mm (10¼" x 16"). Small hole in image patched.
Rear view from the grounds of Petersham Lodge, home of William Stanhope (1690? - 1756), Earl of Harrington at Petersham, Surrey; figures and sheep to foreground.
[Ref: 16218] £350.00

[Petersham Lodge] A Front View of the Earl of Harrington's House &c. at Petersham in Surry. [French title]
A. Heckel delin. Stevens Sculp.
Published 12th. May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Engraving, watermarked Hayes 18??. 260 x 405mm (10¼" x 16"), with large margins.
Petersham Lodge, house of Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington at Petersham, Surrey. Near Richmond on the River Thames, Petersham takes its name from having belonged to St. Peter's Abbey at Chertsey.
[Ref: 51989] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Petersham Lodge] A Front View of the Earl of Harrington's House &c. at Petersham in Surry. [&] A View of the Earl of Harrington's House towards the Garden at Petersham in Surry.
A. Heckel delin. Stevens Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 8th. 1752. London Printed for and Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter lane, Fleet Street._& Hen.y Overton at the White Horse without Newgate.
Fine pair of engravings. 260 x 405mm (10¼" x 16"), with large margins, 18th century watermarks.
A fine pair of views of Petersham Lodge, house of Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington at Petersham, Surrey.
Not in Gascoigne.
[Ref: 61685] £850.00 view all images for this item

Madame Petit, et son Cuisinier.
Cav.r Ghezzi delin. 10 Ap. 1722. AP sculp 1741.
Etching. Sheet 320 x 335mm, 12¾ x 13¼". Trimmed, scuff mark across middle.
Caricature of a cook wearing an apron on the left, facing a large lady on the right who holds out a circular dish. Etched by Arthur Pond after Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Based in Rome, he moved freely amongst the Italian nobility, even associating with Pope Clement XI. His satirical portraits include one of Vivaldi and several British grand tourists. Arthur Pond (1701-58), painter, engraver, print-seller, dealer and collector.
Hake: 75.
[Ref: 15963] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Petit Blanc. Chanson créole. Paroles de Mr Boucher de Perthes. Mise en musiques et dédiée a Melle Louise Lecomte, par Auguste Panseron, Professeur à l'Ecole Royale.
Moulin sculpt.
à Paris chez Aulagnier, Professeur et Editeur de Musique, rue de la Paix No. 9.
Illustrated songsheet. Sheet: 250 x 335mm (9¾ x 13"). Creases, foxing and paper tone.
An illustrated songsheet telling the story of a romance between a black woman and a white man.
[Ref: 42644] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Le petit famille. Gravé par P.C. Canot d'aprés le dessin Original de même grandeur inventé et dessiné par Jean Pillement.
C. Norton.
London Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec. 26th 1759.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 335 x 375mm (13¼ x 14¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of a ramshackle house by a river with goats in the foreground From a series of three plates, with 'La Petite Montagne' and 'La petite famille'.
Gordon Smith p.77. From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57494] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Petit Waux-Hall.
Dessiné et Gravé par P.A.Wille Fils 1780.
à Paris ches l'Auteur, rue de la Comedie Françoise Cour du Commerce F.S.G.
Etching. 380 x 535mm (15 x 21"). Trimmed into platemark at bottom.
A pretty young woman, dressed in the height of fashion and carrying a fan, strolls in a pleasure garden with her chaperone, ogled by much older men, one using a looking glass.
[Ref: 6618] £680.00

Mr. Peel having resigned his Seat in Parliament, and being deemed by us unfit to be re-elected at the present crisis, we, the under-signed Members of Convocation, have resolved to adopt such measures as may appear most effectual to secure the Election of a proper Representative for this University.
Oxford, February 13, 1829.
Printed at the Journal Office.
2 letterpress sheets. Sheet: 330 x 210mm (13 x 8¼''). Creased and laid on either side of an album sheet.
A broadside presenting the names of those opposed to the re-election of Robert Peel as the Member of Parliament for Oxford University. Robert Peel resigned as Home Secretary in 1828, he had served as MP for Oxford University from 1817. Sir Robert Inglis was elected in 1829 as MP for Oxford University and held the post until 1854.
[Ref: 49477] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Petition Mongers in full cry to St Stephens!! Beware of Wolves in Sheeps Cloath[ing.]
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
[London Published Nov.r 26 1795 by SW Fores No.50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.]
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 250 x 300mm (10 x 11¾"). Trimmed within plate losing some text and glued to backing sheet.
A satire on the petitions against the Treason and Sedition Bills, and on the attempts of the Opposition to delay their passing in order to give time for meetings of protest. There were actually ninety-four petitions, with a total of 131,284 signatures. Sheridan and Fox walk (left to right) one behind the other, bending under the weight of huge bundles of petitions which they carry on their heads. Both wear bonnets-rouges; Fox is dressed in a tattered shirt and breeches. Smaller petitions project from their pockets.
BM Satires 8697.
[Ref: 67304] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

No.13. Entrance To Petra. [Excised title glued to verso.]
L. Tenison [signed in plate.]
[London: Dickinson and Son, 1846.]
Hand coloured lithograph, image 390 x 255mm. 15¼ x 10". Trimmed to image and laid down on publisher's card(?) as issued.
Petra, meaning cleft in the rock, is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture. A camel and some Arab figures in the foreground. Plate to the rare book 'Sketches in the East by Lady Louisa Tenison. Drawn on stone by Dickinson & Son. [Comprising Views in Egypt, Arabia Petraca & Syria]', 30 lithographed plates including a lithographed titlepage. Lady Louisa Mary Anne Tenison was the daughter of Thomas William Anson (1795 - 1854), 2nd Viscount and 1st Earl of Lichfield and Louisa Catherine, daughter of Nathaniel Philips Esq. of Slebech Hall, Co. Pembroke. In 1838 she married Edward King Tenison of Kilronan Castle, Co. Roscommon, who became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1856. In 1843 she and her husband visited Egypt, Syria and Palestine.
Not in Abbey Travel. British Library: 004832822.
[Ref: 11723] £360.00

The Arch Crossing the Ravine. Triumphal Arch crossing the Ravine leading to Petra [in plate].
David Roberts R.A.
London Pub.d by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Aug. 18th 1842.
Tinted lithograph with later colour. Printed area 390 x 295mm (15¼ x 11½").
An ancient bridge over the ravine that leads to Petra. It collapsed in 1896.
From David Robert's monumental six volume ''Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. From drawings made on the spot by David Roberts...'', lithographed by Louis Haghe.
[Ref: 51294] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Acropolis, Lower End of the Valley. Petra March 9th 1839.
David Roberts.
London. Published by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Oct.r 1st 1842.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 370 x 530mm.
[Ref: 4997] £650.00

The Acropolis, Lower End of the Valley. Petra March 9th 1839. Lower end of the Valley shewing the Acropolis [in plate].
David Roberts.
London. Published by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Octr. 1st 1842.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 370 x 530mm.
[Ref: 7622] £650.00

The Late Lord Petre.
G. Romney Esq.r R.A. pinx. A. Freschi sculp.
Published & Sold May 1. 1803, by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to His Majesty, 59, New Bond Street, London.
Stipple with very large margins. Plate 531 x 410mm (21 x 16¼"). Some creasing and small tears.
Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre (1742-1801), the British peer. He was a member of the English Roman Catholic nobility, a philanthropist and responsible for employing James Paine to design a new Thorndon Hall and a house in Mayfair. Finger points to plan of Thorndon.
Horne: 94 (b). NPG: D40175.
[Ref: 29168] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Yours truly John Petrie [facsimile autograph].
G.B. Black, lith. Day & Haghe, lithrs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Scarce lithograph on india paper, india 150 x 130mm. 6 x 5¼". Damage to corner tips, else a fine impression with large margins.
John Petrie RA HRSA (1839-93) Scottish Artist.
Not in BM or DNB.
[Ref: 21632] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Stefano Egidio Petroni.
Drawn by G. Cardini. Engraved by C. Knight. 1823.
Stipple engraving. 160 x 230mm.
Author who wrote an Italian rhymed version of the bible 'Proverbi Di Salomone' in 1815.
[Ref: 1165] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The burial of St. Petronilla and her apotheosis as she is received by Christ] S. Petronillae Virginis. Quae Flacci Nobilis Viri coniugium spernens [...]
I.: Fran.cus Barberi in Templo Vaticano pinx. Iac: Frey delin. Et incid. Rome 1731
Fine copper engraving with large margins, 630 x 360mm (24¾ x 14¼") to platemark. Central fold as issued.
Engraving from Guercino's 1623 painting now in the Museo Capitolino, Rome. This engraving is the same size as that executed by Nicholas Dorigny in 1700.
[Ref: 19710] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Petrovaradin] The Battle of Piterwaradin. August the V. 1716.
A. Benoist inv. Cl. Du Bosc fecit.
Publish'd by Cl. Du Bosc, September the 22 1735, according to Act of Parliament.
Engraving. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"), with large margins.
A scene in the Austro-Turkish War (1716-18), with Prince Eugene of Savoy on horseback in battle. The Ottomans were besieging the fortress of Petrovaradin, on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, but were driven off by a much smaller army. A plate from 'The Military History of the Late Prince Eugene of Savoy, and of the Late John Duke of Marlborough: Including a Particular Description of the Several Battles, Sieges, &c. in which Either or Both Those Generals Commanded'. The scene is surrounded by a decorative frame.
[Ref: 64717] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Château de Petrovskoi, où séjourna quelque temps Napoléon.
Ed. de Montulé del. Lith de Langlumé. Brocas lith.
Lithograph. Sheet: 370 x 260mm, (14½ x 10"). Very large margins.
A view of the Petrovsky Palace in Russia. From 'Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendent les années 1821, 1822 et 1823' by Edouard Montulé published in 1825 in which he described his travels to Great Britain and Eastern Europe.
[Ref: 39445] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Ecclesiastical scrutiny- or the Durham inquest on duty.
[Pub].d March 19th 1798 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 270 x 445mm (10¾ x 17½"). Trimmed within plate on left and right. Staining. Repaired tears. Central crease where previously folded. Made up bottom left corner.
Bishop Barrington of Durham (1734-1826) and two other bishops oversee the ''reform'' of women’s clothing. Barrington, seated and peering through a glass, inspects a dancer wearing stiff stays and mismatched shoes, one elegant, one clumsy. She protests, ''I really now think it a shame to disguise such a leg as this why my fortune will be ruin’d,'' while Barrington replies, ''Aye the upper part will do very well, many a husband will bless me for introducing these Stays.'' He holds a paper titled ''Petticoat Reform to be observed by all good…'' and a biblical-style decree about removing women’s ''ornaments'' hangs from his chair. Behind him, another bishop (possibly Manners-Sutton of Norwich (1755-1828)) adjusts a young girl’s bodice to cover her chest as she objects, ''Pa Pa dont tell me these things must not be shewn but to private parties.'' Nearby, Bishop Porteus of London (1731–1809) measures a woman’s petticoat, leering as she insists, ''come come thats long enough for an under one I'm sure.'' He retorts, ''What! I suppose you'd like to have nothing but a fig leaf on.'' At the far right, a dancer examines her reflection with disgust, dressed in the new ''modest'' fashion, bulky bodice, long sleeves, full skirts, and awkward shoes, exclaiming, ''Oh Vat fright! I vonder vat figure dey vill make of Bacchus, dis is vat dey Call a Divine dress, eh?'' 'Bacchus and Ariadne' was a new ballet, composed by the Ballet Master Gallet, with which the season 1797-8.
BM Satires 9299.
[Ref: 67463] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Full-Blown Rose, and Petty Mushroom!!
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 5th 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly London.
Hand coloured etching. Platemark: 245 x 350mm. (9½ x 13¾"). Small margins.
A large rose, whose centre is the face in profile of politician George Rose (1744 - 1818), grows from straw inscribed 'Opposition-Hot-Bed'. It looks down at the head of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780 - 1863). Charles Fox (1749 - 1806), depicted as a gardener, on the right, leans on his spade, looking down at the figures, Beside him stands his 'Broad Bottom'd Watering Pot'. Rose, an ex-Treasury Secretary and friend of Pitt, was one of the most persistent Opposition speakers, and a critic of Petty on questions of finance and administration.
[Ref: 39509] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

George Petty.
T. Murray Pinx. R. Williams fec, et ex.
[n.d. c.1685]
Mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"), with large margins. Repairs.
A three-quarter length portrait of a young boy standing and facing forward. He has long hair, with his right hand placed inside his coat, which features large buttons, and his left hand resting on his hip. A hat is tucked under his arm.
CS 44 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65484] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

George Petty.
T. Murray Pinx. R. Williams fec, et ex.
[n.d. c.1685]
Mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Small margins. Glued to backing sheet
A three-quarter length portrait of a young boy standing and facing forward. He has long hair, with his right hand placed inside his coat, which features large buttons, and his left hand resting on his hip. A hat is tucked under his arm.
CS 44 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65486] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

George Petty.
T. Murray Pinx. R. Williams fec, et ex.
[n.d. c.1685]
Mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Collectors stamp of Queen Victoria. Trimmed to plate and glued to backing sheet. Small margins.
A three-quarter length portrait of a young boy standing and facing forward. He has long hair, with his right hand placed inside his coat, which features large buttons, and his left hand resting on his hip. A hat is tucked under his arm.
CS 44 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65487] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[John Petty, Earl Wycombe] ''Elegance Democratique''. _ a Sketch found near High Wycombe. '' _ whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans Mind, I observe his Manners & his Dress." _ Lord Chesterfield.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Pub.d July 8.th 1799 by H. Humphrey, 27 S.t James's Street.
Coloured etching. 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), paper watermarked ''Russell & Co''. Slight crease.
A caricature portrait of John Petty (1765-1809, later 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne), full-length in very casual dress, with a rustic walking stick. The son of Whig Prime Minister Lord Shelbourne, Petty found himself with a political career he didn't want, taking over his father's seat at Chipping Wycombe. Travelling often to avoid his father's control, visiting America and Revolutionary France, where he picked up Republican ideals that influenced his view of Ireland.
BM Satires 9438.
[Ref: 63376] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

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