Grosvenor Prints

Port Hacking R. 16 Feb. 89.
Pencil drawing with white highlights. Image 320 x 240mm, 12½ x 9½". Glued in mount. Small surface abrasion in edge, page time stained.
The Hacking River flows through the Royal National Park before emptying into Port Hacking, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The river and Port Hacking are named after Henry Hacking (1750-1831), quartermaster on Governor Phillip's HMS Sirius, part of the First Fleet.
[Ref: 22325] £350.00

The Port in an Uproar or Who Comes off at the Worst.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce hand-coloured etching. Plate: 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11''), with large margins. Creasing.
A amateurish print showing a woman heading a Scottish crowd chasing after a gentleman.
BM Satire Undescribed. Ex: Collection of Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 50990] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

View in Port Jackson, New Suoth Wales.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 220mm (7 x 8¾'').
A view of Aboriginies fishing, with a canoe with a fire on board, within a neo-classical border. This plate is an enlarged version of a vignette on the titlepage of John White's ''Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales'', attributed to the author. White (c. 1756-1832) was principal naval surgeon for the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia in 1787.
[Ref: 64018] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

View in Port Jackson, New South Wales.
Engraved from a Drawing made on the Spot.
Published by Alex.r Hogg, March 1. 1794.
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 220mm (7 x 8¾'').
A view of the bay of Port Jackson near Sydney, an illustration from Portlock's New Collection of Voyages & Travels.
[Ref: 51095] £210.00 (£252.00 incl.VAT)

Vue prise dans l’interieur de la N.lle Hollande près le torrent de Kinkham. Rélâche au port Jackson.
Jas. Arago fect. Lith de Langlamé de t'Abbaye N.4.
[Paris : Leblanc, 1822.]
Lithograph. 268 x 362mm. 10½ x 14¼". Some tearing around the edges. Spotting.
Pl. no. 24 of: "Promenade autour du Monde" by Js. Arago. [Jacques Arago, 1790-1855.]
NLA:Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK1757.
[Ref: 15488] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

South Head, Port Jackson.
McGready, Thomson & Niven, Glasgow [n.d. 1878].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 210 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½"), large margins.
A view of cliffs and the Macquarie Lighthouse of Port Jackson, New South Wales. From David Blair's 'The History of Australasia', the first such history to be published.
[Ref: 62383] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

A View near the Town of Pelew the Capital of the Pelew-Islands representing the Causeway or Landing Place &c. [&] A View in Port Jackson, New South Wales. Engraved for Baldwyn's New System of Universal Geography.
Eastgate Sculp.t
Published by Alex.r Hogg, Jan.y 25. 1794.
Engraving. Plate 386 x 248mm. 15¼ x 9¾".
A view of the Palau Islands in the Pacific and Port Jackson, the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. From George Augustus Baldwyn 'A New, Royal, Authentic, Complete, and Universal System of Georgraphy...'. c.1794.
[Ref: 20875] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Port Jackson, New South Wales.
S. Prout. J. Saddler.
London, Virtue & Co. [n.d. c.1874.]
Engraving. 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10¾").
A view of Port Jackson, the natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the South Pacific Ocean.
[Ref: 27696] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Ansicht des Hingangs von Port Jackson. aufgenommen am Fusse des Leuchtthurms. Neu=Süd=Wallis. [&] Wohnung der Seehundsfänger. im Port Western. (Neu=Holland.)
de Sainson pinx. J. Werner del. Lith de J. Brodtmann.
[n.d. c.1836.]
Lithograph. 356 x 253mm (14 x 10").
A view of Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia; and hunters returning home with a seal, Port Western. From a German translation of 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe'.
[Ref: 20896] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Port Louis.
Engraved by J. Luffman for Mr Serres, Little Sea Torch. Published June 1801.
Engraving with fine hand colour. Printed area 130 x 165mm, 5¼ x 6½". Some faint toning.
A plan of the defences of Port-Louis in Brittany, published while England was at war with Revolutionary France. From Serres's scarce marine pilot, 'The Little Sea Torch', an acknowledged English edition of Bougard's 'Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer', although extensively revised by Serres.
Abbey Life: 344.
[Ref: 13660] £80.00

A New & Exact Plan of the Harbour of Port Louis, with ye Attack on Fort St. Louis Taken by Admiral Knowles Mar:8: 1747/8.
by F. Vallnight.
London Mag: for June, 1748.
Engraving. 210 x 122mm. 8¼ x 4¾". Rust mark.
Plan with key of the attack on Port Louis, Hispaniola, by Admiral Sir Charles Knowles d.1777. Published in the London Magazine.
[Ref: 15591] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Six Views in the Neighbourhood of Port Madoc.] [2:] Port Madoc from the Rock Walk 1850. [3:] [Traeth Mawr near Port Madoc.] [4:] [Barmouth with beached sail ships at the estuary.] [5:] Snowdon From Capel Curig 1850. [6:] Pass of Aberglaslyn 1850.
C.F. Williams. Angel, Lithographer. Exeter.
[n.d. c.1850.]
In light grey paper covers, folio; five of six plates, incomplete. Foxing, soiling wth some nicks and tears to the edges. 381 x 559mm. 15 x 22".
William Maddocks (1773-1828) a property developer and politician built a sea wall across Traeth Mawr, the Cob, to reclaim a large proportion from the sea for agricultural use. A road was also constructed along the embankment, and formed the line of communication between the counties of Caernarfon and Merioneth. The work was completed in 1811, at an expense of about £60,000. The town of Tremadoc (Tremadog), was built by Maddocks on Penmorfa at his own expense. From "Six Views in the Neighbourhood of Port Madoc, Respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Wm. Alexander Maddocks and Mrs. Gwynne. by their obliged and obedient Servantm C.F. Williams".
[Ref: 26163] £380.00 view all images for this item

[View of the port of Livorno]
SDBella.
[n.d. c.1655]
Etching, 17th century watermark; 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Slight creasing and surface dirt.
A view of Livorno (Leghorn) in the Tuscany coast of Italy. A fortified port: men work on the quay at right, lifting a plank and sacks, while the fortifications extend behind them. To the left is a large boat, with smaller rowing boats clustered in the centre and foreground.
De Vesme 849.
[Ref: 68058] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Port of London [in image].
JDH [Harding?] 1834 [dated on stone, with artist's monogram.]
Sepia-tinted lithograph heightened in white, with wide margins, image 260 x 375mm. 10¼ x 14¾".
Water-level perspective of a variety of vessels on the River Thames in the Port of London. Showing the Custom House in the background and looking west, with a view of the Monument and St. Paul's Cathedral.
[Ref: 26241] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Port Patrick.
E. Walsh Esqr_delt. J.Sculp.
No.39 of R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub.March 1-1812, at 101 Strand London.
Aquatint, printed in colour and hand-finished. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼").
A view of the fishing village Portpatrick on the Rhins of Galloway, the peninsula on the end of south-west of Scotland. Port Patrick is a village on the extreme south-western tip of mainland Scotland, cut into a cleft in steep cliffs. It was a village founded on fishing origins with the crescent shaped harbour being constructed for that purpose. Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it did cover all of these fields. At the time, it was considered to be of great influence to the English taste in fashion, architecture, and literature.
[Ref: 55915] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Port Patrick, Wigtonshire.
Drawn & Etched by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs. Longman & C.o. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell 9 Cleveland S.t. Fitzroy Square London, August 1. 1816.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 300 x 225mm (12 x 9"). Some foxing in publication line.
Harbour scene looking across the harbour out to sea. Boats sail in the harbour and out in the open water, figures walk along the pier and along the beach. Plate 52 from Vol II of 'Voyage Round Great Britain'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 33899] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Port Patrick, Wigtonshire.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs Longman, & Co. Paternoster Row, & W. Daniell, 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square, London. Aug.st, 1, 1816.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Large margins, uncut.
A view of Portpatrick harbour with moored boats and ships, and a boat leaving for the sea to the right. A lighthouse is in the centre, with buildings on the hillside to the left. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 36117] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Port Phillip Heads.
S. Prout. E. Brandard.
London, Virtue & Co Limited. [n.d. c.1873.]
Engraving. 215 x 272mm. 8½ x 10¾". Some water staining in lower right corner.
A view of 'The Heads', which connect Port Phillip and Bass Strait. Very strong tidal flows and the narrow channel with a high rocky seabed have claimed many ships and lives. Published in Booth's "Australia".
[Ref: 26171] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Dock workers gathered around a fire.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Oval ink & watercolour, coloured on both sides as a transparency. Sheet 280 x 240mm (11 x 5½").
The barrels and sail suggest a sea port.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40419] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Porter and Hare. From a most Capital Picture of Mr Zoffany in the Possession of Mr Sayer.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. Rich.d Earlom fecit.
Rob.t Sayer Excudit. London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer in Fleet-Street; Published as the Act directs 10 March 1774.
Mezzotint. 610 x 435mm (24 x 17¼"), with large margins. Slight spotting. Mounted at corners.
A pair of young boys acquire a hare from an old man, apparently for Zoffany, whose name is on the paper one boy holds up. The other boy eats a sandwich, the newly fashionable snack. The author Pierre-Jean Grosley saw sandwiches in London in 1765: his account ('Londres', published Neuchâtel in 1770 and translated as 'A Tour to London' in 1772) contains the first published version of the popular legend that the Earl of Sandwich invented them. The original oil is in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, bequeathed in 1955 by Ernest Edward Cook, grandson of travel agent Thomas Cook.
[Ref: 46189] £480.00

England.
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12 1800 by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint with hand colour. 455 x 400mm (18 x 15¾"), with large margins. Tear touching plate mark, laid on card.
A young milk-maid walking along a country path holding a milk pail against her hip and carrying her stool. One of a set of four allegories of the four nations that became the United Kingdom later in the month of publication.
See Ref: 62149 & 62150. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 49978] £320.00

Ireland
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12, 1800, by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint, J. Whatman watermark. 440 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"), with large margins.
A figure representing Ireland as a barefoot young boy, sitting on a boulder outside a cottage with thick walls and thatched roof, hugging a sheepdog. One of four plates representing the four nations about to be joined by the Act of Union.
See ref: 62149 & 49978
[Ref: 62150] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Porter Macaroni. V.3. 2.
Pubd. by MDarly Apl. 3d. 1772 accor to Act (39) Strand.
Etching. 179 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Cut to platemark.
Standing figure of a slim man. The profile and the enormous looped queue ae caricatured. In his left hand he holds a long tasselled cane. He wears a three-cornered hat and ruffled shirt.
BM Satires: 5006.
[Ref: 38201] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Scotland.
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12, 1800, by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint, J. Whatman watermark 1800. 440 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"), with large margins. Crack in platemark.
A figure representing Scotland as a young boy in a kilt, walking up a hill in the wind, holding down his tam o' shanter. One of four plates representing the four nations about to be joined by the Act of Union.
See ref: 62150 & 49978
[Ref: 62149] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Wales.
Drawn by R.K. Porter. Engraved by W. Barnard.
Pub.d March 12 1800 by W. Barnard, No. 1 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square London.
Mezzotint with hand colour. Sheet 435 x 395mm (17 x 15½"). Trimmed, spotted and scuffed.
A young girl knits outside a cottage, sitting on an upturned basket, watched by a cat. Behind, in a mountainous landscape, are two goats. One of a set of four allegories of the four nations that became the United Kingdom later in the month of publication. The title is hidden within the cartouche at bottom.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 66626] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Robert Ker Porter, K.C.H.
H. Harlow Pinx.t. W.O. Burgess. Sculp.
Published, at No 14 Pall Mall East by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co. Publishers to the Queen & Royal Family March 11th 1843.
Rare mezzotint. 465 x 325mm (18¼ x 12¾"), with very large margins. Cracks in margins, slight surface soiling.
Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), artist and diplomat, noted for his accounts of travels in Spain, Portugal and Russia, and his panoramic paintings. His 'Storming of Seringapatam', 120 feet (37 m) long was exhibited at the Lyceum, displayed as three-quarters of a circle, causing a sensation. He was knighted for his services to the diplomatic corps.
[Ref: 40542] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Sarah Porter Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells.
Vander Smissen Pinxit. [engraved by William Pether.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint, 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 10"), with large margins. Tears to edges of margins.
An oval portrait of an old woman, ledger with 'Ladies' Subscriptions', quill and ink. When Richard ‘Beau’ Nash became Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms in 1735, he employed Sarah Porter to assist in touting or enlisting subscribers. She would greet visitors at the door of the ballroom is if she knew them, enquiring after a relative, before asking them to pay a subscription: if they refused, she would shadow them around the room, ledger and quill in hand, until they gave in and paid up. However rude people became Sarah never responded in kind. She continued in the role until 1762.
CS 27.
[Ref: 66887] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Sarah Porter Queen of the Touters at Tunbridge Wells.
Vander Smissen Pinxit. [engraved by William Pether.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 335 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate, corners nicked.
An oval portrait of an old woman, ledger with 'Ladies' Subscriptions', quill and ink. When Richard ‘Beau’ Nash became Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms in 1735, he employed Sarah Porter to assist in touting or enlisting subscribers. She would greet visitors at the door of the ballroom is if she knew them, enquiring after a relative, before asking them to pay a subscription: if they refused, she would shadow them around the room, ledger and quill in hand, until they gave in and paid up. However rude people became Sarah never responded in kind. She continued in the roll until 1762.
CS 27.
[Ref: 58073] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Facchini Napolotani.
L. A. Ledoux.
[1834]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 345 x 275mm (13½ x 10¾") large margins. Light foxing.
A scene in which a group of Italian porters stand in conversation, one is shown napping in a basket.
[Ref: 44729] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Revd. Beilby Porteus, D.D. Lord Bishop of London. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Porteus Esq.e. Proof.
Painted by J. Hopner Esq.re R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Bayswater.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Small margins.
A half length portrait of Beilby Porteus (1731-1809), in wig, dark coat and hat. Chaplain to King George III (1769), Bishop of Chester (1777) & Bishop of London (1787 until his death). He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.
Not in Whitman. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66951] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Portfolio of Sporting Prints.
[After Thorburn, Caldwell, Millais, Keulemans, Napier, Hemy, Fahey, etc.]
Swan Electric Engraving Co. [n.d. c.1910.]
Very scarce collection of 26 plates; unbound portfolio of photogravure plates. In original cloth, gilt titled pouch. Sheet 185 x 285mm. 7¼ x 11¼". Some stained.
A collection of sporting prints with images of leopards, zebra, rhino, grouse hawking, Stag hunting, Snipe, fox hunting, canoeing, and many more.
[Ref: 26161] £300.00 view all images for this item

Five Ships of the Line & a Frigate engaging off Portipea under their Double-Reef Topsails.
London Mag: for June, 1748.
Etching, 120 x 200mm. 4¾ x 8". Holes for stitches to bound edge, as normal.
A naval engagement, probably off the South American coast. Ships and other features are lettered in the image, with a key enclosed within the same cartouche as the title. The British ships are the Cornwall, Plymouth, Strafford, Lenox, Worcester and Wager. Illustration for the London Magazine.
[Ref: 9606] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Britain] A Draught of Portland, the Shambles, and the Race of Portland.
Dunbar delin.
[London, Mount & Page, c.1774.]
Engraved sea chart. 430 x 620mm.
Sea chart, also showing the town of Weymouth.
[Ref: 4338] £320.00

View of Portland near Weymouth.
On Stone by W.m Gauci. from a Sketch by H. Haseler.
Published by W. Thomas, Bookseller & Librarian, Weymouth Augst. 1832. Printed by Graf & Soret.
Rare lithograph, image 85 x 130mm (3¼ x 5").
A prospect of the Isle of Portland, close to Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset. Cows in foreground. William Gauci (1826 - 1854; fl.).
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 26235] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Island of Portland from the Look Out.
J. Nixon Esq.r delin.t F. Bernie Aqua tint. Etch'd & Finish'd by J. Fittler.
Pub. as the Act directs Jan.y 1790 by I. Fittler, London, I.Love, Weymouth.
Aquatint and etching in brown ink. 260 x 300mm (10¼ x 11¾"), on J. Whatman paper with large margins.
A view of the Isle of Portland, the limestone tied island, in the English Channel, Dorset.
[Ref: 31117] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Ferry & Passage-House of Portland.
J. Nixon Esq.r delin.t F. Bernie Aqua tint.
[published by James Fittler, July 1790]
Aquatint and etching, sheet 250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line; tears and creases.
A view of the Isle of Portland, the limestone tied island, in the English Channel, Dorset. Before 1839 there was no bridge connection Portland to the Mainland, and passage between the two was only possible in a small boat as seen here. On the mainland two men wait with their horses to take them across to the island. From a set of twelve views of Weymouth and the surrounding area.
Abbey Scenery 339.8; for the complete set see ref. 35799.
[Ref: 37974] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Bow & Arrow Castle on the Island of Portland.
J. Nixon Es.r delin.t. F. Bernie Aqua tint. Etch'd & Finish'd by J. Fittler
Pub.d as the Act directs Jan.y 1790 by I. Fittler, London and J.Love, Weymouth.
Coloured aquatint and etching with watercolour wash, plate 260 x 299mm (10¼ x 11¾"). Very large margins.
A view along the Jurassic coast in Dorset; the Grade 1 listed Rufus Castle, also known as Bow and Arrow Castle, the ruined castle overlooking Church Ope Cave on Portland. Named Rufus as it was probably built by that king. Soon after this print was made, William Penn's grandson John built a mansion nearby and enclosed the castle, restricting the free access to the castle which had previously been available to visitors. From the oblong folio 'Views of Waymouth' (1791, 12 plates) after J. Nixon, A. Beaumont; T. Morris, F. Bowles, and J. Love.
Abbey Scenery 339.1 for the complete set see ref. 35799.
[Ref: 37978] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The North View of Portland Castle.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Ink and watercolour. 245 x 325mm (9½ x 12¾"). Mounted in album paper, marks top left.
A view of Portland Castle, built by Henry VIII, looking north towards the mainland.
[Ref: 45131] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Ferry & Passage-House of Portland.
J. Nixon Esq.r del.t. F. Bernie Aqua tint
Pub.d July1790 by I. Fittler, London and J.Love, Weymouth.
Coloured aquatint and etching with watercolour wash, plate 260 x 299mm (10¼ x 11¾"). J Whatman watermark; very large margins.
A view of the Isle of Portland, the limestone tied island, in the English Channel, Dorset. Before 1839 there was no bridge connection Portland to the Mainland, and passage between the two was only possible in a small boat as seen here. On the mainland two men wait with their horses to take them across to the island. From a set of twelve views of Weymouth and the surrounding area.
Abbey Scenery 339.8 for the complete set see ref. 35799.
[Ref: 37979] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

National Fortifications__Portland Harbour and Breakwater__Dorset.
Drawn by E. Duncan. Engraved by T.A. Prior
London. Published by J. Robins, Tooley Street [1863].
Steel engraving with hand-colouring, printed area 215 x 405mm (8½ x 16"). Slight time staining around image.
First engraved by Thomas Abiel Prior (1809-66) after Edward Duncan (1803-82) for the Stationers' Company Almanack for 1863.
[Ref: 20318] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Portland Harbour & Breakwater.]
E. Duncan, pinx. T.A. Prior, sculp.
[n.d., c.1860s.]
Steel engraving on india laid paper, proof, 255 x 455mm. 10 x 18". A fine impression.
View of shipping in Portland Harbour, beside the Isle of Portland, off the Dorset coast. With separate text sheet.
[Ref: 11819] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Pennsylvania & Bow & Arrow Castles. Portland.
Drawn by H. Horsnell. C. Graf, Lith. to Her Majesty.
Published by B. Benson, Library, Weymouth. [n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph on india, very large margins. Sheet 222 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼").
A view along the Jurassic coast in Dorset; Rufus Castle, also known as Bow and Arrow Castle, the ruined castle overlooking Church Ope Cave on Portland; the castle was reportedly built for William II. Beyond is Pennsylvania Castle, the Gothic Revival mansion, built in 1797-1800 by James Wyatt and John Penn, the grandson of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
[Ref: 31297] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Portland Place.
Published May 15.th 1800 by T. Malton.
Colour etching with aquatint, sheet 305 x 415mm (12 x 16¼"). Trimmed within the plate. Mountburn.
Illustration to Thomas Malton's 'Picturesque Tour'. View down Portland Place in Marylebone, looking north; a small crowd gathers to watch a man taunting a bear on the street to the left, a couple of carriages in street.
Abbey Scenery 204.88.
[Ref: 63792] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Convict Prison, Portland, Dorset.
[Anon., c.1850]
Chromolithograph printed in colour, sheet 105 x 140mm (4 x 5½").
Early view of the prison on the island of Portland, Dorset, which opened in 1848. The convicts moving carts full of rubble and laying roads in the foreground refer to the work on a new coastal defence scheme that early convicts at the prison were required to contribute to. Since the early twentieth century the prison has functioned under various guises as an establishment for young offenders.
[Ref: 41627] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Sandsfoot Castle and Portland.
[Drawn by H. Horsnell.] C. Graf, Lith. to Her Majesty.
Published by B. Benson, Library, Weymouth. [n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph on india, very large margins. Sheet 222 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼").
Sandsfoot Castle, one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, built c.1541 to the west of Weymouth, Dorset, opposite Portland Harbour.
[Ref: 31302] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Portman Square. North Side.
[John Papworth.]
N.º 56 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub.d 1 Aug.t 1813, at 101 Strand, London.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The buildings on Portman Square. The only surviving building is Robert Adam's Home House, the home of the Courtauld Institute of Art until 1998.
[Ref: 61978] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Portman Square] The Night of an Illumination.
R.M. [after Augustus Pugin.]
Published by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, 1806.
Aquatint, one plate of two. Sheet 480 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Trimmed within plate.
The right plate of two of the 'Illumination For Peace', a view of figures gathered at the residence of the French envoy, L. G. Otto, in Portman Square to watch an illumination celebrating the Peace of Amiens, 1802, between Britain and France. A single-sheet version engraved by Stadler was published by Orme in 1802.
See also reference 4496.
[Ref: 63864] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Porto Ferrajo.
Published by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1815.
Engraving. Plate: 395 x 300mm (15½ x 12'').
A collection of images relating to Bonaparte's imprisonment on Elba including view of Porto Ferrajo on the Island of Elba and an engraved map, as well as small engraved portrait and facsimilies of his signatures.
[Ref: 50649] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Oporto From Fontainas. Proof.
Painted by Lieu.t Col.l Batty. Eng.d by R. Brandard. Triggs Printer.
London Published Dec.r 1 1829 by Moon, Boys & Graves, Printsellers to the King, 6 Pall Mall.
Etching, proof on chine collé. 235 x 305mm (9¼ x 12") large margins. Ink stamp of the "Robinson Collection" on back.
Porto from up the Douro River. From 'Select Views of some of the Principal Cities of Europe from Original Paintings by Lieut. Col. Robert Batty', 1832. Batty (1789-1848) was wounded when serving with the 1st Foot Guards (now the Grenadier Guards) at Waterloo, but was still serving when this book was published.
[Ref: 52052] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Porto Ferajo.
Engraved by J. Luffman for Mr Serres, Little Sea Torch. Published June 1801.
Engraving with fine hand colour. Printed area 130 x 165mm, 5¼ x 6½".
A chart of the environs of Portoferraio on Elba, published while England was at war with Revolutionary France. From Serres's scarce marine pilot, 'The Little Sea Torch', an acknowledged English edition of Bougard's 'Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer', although extensively revised by Serres.
Abbey Life: 344.
[Ref: 13674] £170.00

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