Grosvenor Prints

Vue du Fort fe Porto Ferrajo et de la Maison du Gouverneur.
Peint par Copley Fielding, d'après l'esquisse de M.r le C.tr de Forbin. Gravé par Thalès Fielding.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Aquatint, printed on india. Sheet: 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12"). Damaged. Some cockling in title area.
A view of Fort Stella and the lighthouse in the town of Portoferraio on the Island of Elba. Napoleon took up residence in the Villa Mulini, located near the fort, during his exile on Elba.
[Ref: 46770] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Peasant Women Portofino.]
Signed in pencil by S. Tushingham.
Limited to 75 n.d.
Etching 385 x 245mm.
[Ref: 6226] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

L' Amour est Guerre et Batterie...[etc.]
C. David, fe. et: ex cu' privilegio.
Le Blond excud Cum Privilegio [n.d., c.1630.]
Etching, 250 x 180mm. 9¾ x 7". Light spotting, mostly marginal; sandwiched in mount.
An unidentified female portrait. Four lines of verse below extoll her charms. By Charles David (1595 c. - 1631?), engraver at Paris. Published by Jean Leblond I (c.1590/1594 - 1666).
[Ref: 10410] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Nell Gabinetto di S.M. il Re di Pol. Elet. di Sassonia.
OM [mongram of Matthias Oesterreich] Sculp 1750. Chevallier P.L. Ghezzi. delin. Matthaeus Oesterreich Sculp Dresde.
[Dresden, George Conrad Walther, 1752.]
Engraving. 320 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
A caricature portrait of a man with a beak nose, with hat under his arm, wearing a sword, engraved by Matthias Ostererich after Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755), who was regarded as the first professional caricaturist. Published in 'Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavallier Piet: Leon: Ghezzi'.
[Ref: 44170] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A.L.A. Portrait Index. Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and Periodicals.
Edited by William Coolidge Lane and Nina E. Browne.
Washington, Government Printing Office. 1906.
8vo, original cloth gilt; pp. lxxv + 1600. Distressed binding.
A list of portraits contained in books and periodicals published by the American Library Association.
[Ref: 59948] £75.00

[Portrait of a Man.]
[J. Chalon.]
Etching on thin laid paper, 115 x 90mm. 4½ x 3½". Some creasing.
Original etching by John Chalon (1738 - 1795). Born in Amsterdam, Chalon came to work in London to take advantage of the strong market in prints in England at the time. He is best known for his copies of Rembrandt's etched works. In 1802, after the artist's death, C. Josi published 'The Compleat Work of Etchings By John Chalon'. Limited to an edition of 50, it contains 100 of his plates, including this one.
[Ref: 23461] £380.00

From a Picture by Guido Rheni [&] From a Picture by Elisabetta Sironi in the Collection of the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Cremorn
Drawn by Anna Louisa Lane. Engraved by Blackberd.
Published as the Act directs May 21 1795 by the Proprietor No 13 Church Street Soho
Rare pair of stipple engravings, each platemark 250 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"), very large margins.
Pair of bust portraits engraved after pictures by Italian artists Guido Reni and Elisabetta Sirani. The intermediary draughtsman, Anna Louisa Lane (1778-1995, fl.) was probably the elder sister of the gem engraver William Lane, from whose address she exhibited miniatures.
[Ref: 41283] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Caricature of a gentleman.]
MDarly Scul.
Pubd. Accorg. to Act of Parlt. by MDarly, facing New Round Court, Strand.
Etching, 125 x 90mm. 5 x 3½".
Social satire; profile of a well dressed gentlemen with an extraordinary wig; his hat under his arm. Numbered 'No.10' upper right. Published by Mary Darly (1757 - 1776; fl), second wife of Matthew (who probably etched the plate), for a book of caricatures.
[Ref: 13077] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Caricature of a gentleman.]
1766. Pubd. by MDarly, facing New Round Court the Strand.
Etching, 135 x 105mm. 5¼ x 4¼".
Social satire; profile of a well dressed gentlemen. Numbered 'No.11' upper right. Published by Mary Darly (1757 - 1776; fl), second wife of Matthew, for a book of caricatures.
[Ref: 13078] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Caricature of a gentleman.]
Pub. by MDarly, facing New Round Court, Strand.
Etching, 115 x 80mm. 4½ x 3¼".
Social satire; profile of a well dressed gentlemen, in hat and wig. Numbered 'No=12' upper right. Published by Mary Darly (1757 - 1776; fl), second wife of Matthew, for a book of caricatures.
[Ref: 13079] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait study; a man with a beard.]
[H. Herkomer.]
[n.d., c.1880.]
Etching on Chinese applique paper, image 140 x 120mm, 5½ x 4¾". A fine impression.
A vivd and expressive portrait. By Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher of portraits, landscapes, genre subjects. In 1869 he began working as an artist for a newly-founded newspaper 'The Graphic'. Herkomer was also a pioneering film maker. He established a studio in Lululaund and directed a number of historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music.
[Ref: 19856] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait study; a man with a beard.]
HH [Herkomer's monogram in plate.]
[n.d., c.1880.]
Etching on Chinese applique paper, 145 x 100mm, 5¾ x 4". A fine impression.
A vivd and expressive portrait. By Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher of portraits, landscapes, genre subjects. In 1869 he began working as an artist for a newly-founded newspaper 'The Graphic'. Herkomer was also a pioneering film maker. He established a studio in Lululaund and directed a number of historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music.
Apparently the same sitter as 19856.
[Ref: 19857] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a middle-aged man in a hooded cloak (priest?).]
[after Guercino?] Guis. Zocchi sc.
[Italian/British, n.d., c.1800.]
Etching printed in brown ink on wove paper, proof?, 260 x 180mm. 10¼ x 7". Some light foxing; wide margins.
An intimate study of an man in profile a religious habit - possibly a monk, priest or penitent - after an old master drawing. Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767), draughtsman and etcher in Florence. Perhaps this is one of the series of plates registered in the BM under the title 'Luti collection', after drawings by Julio Romano, Michelangelo, Pietro Cortone, Titiano, Pietro Testa, Guercino, Rembrandt, Paolo Panini, Elsheimer, Benedetto Lutti. As well as by Zocchi, the plates were made by Bartolozzi and Zuccarelli. This seems to be a later impression, perhaps published in Britain.
See BM 1866,1114.694 to 734.
[Ref: 27220] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Notes on the Early British Engraved Royal Portraits. Issued in Various Series from 1521 to the End of the Eighteenth Century
by H.C.Levis.
100 Copies Printed for the Author at The Chiswick Press, London, 1917.
Book: 4to (261 x 201mm). pp. v-xix + 232. Illustrated with 109 b/w images. Cloth spine binding with card covers. Binding worn, torn and stained.
A narrative with black and white illustrations exmaning the progression and variations in Royal portraiture.
[Ref: 10174] £120.00

Catalogue Raisonné of Engraved British Portraits from Altered Plates
from the notes of George Somes Layard arranged by H.M.Latham with an Introduction by the Marquess of Sligo.
London, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd. Quality Court. 1927.
Book: 4to (284 x 222mm). pp. v-x + 134. 43 b/w illustrations. Cloth binding with 'Westminster Public Libraries' stamp on the front cover, and the title stamped on the spine in gilt. Binding worn.
A catalogue raisonné describing the origins and circumstances for which various British Portraits took the same form, with small alterations made to the plates, thus creating similar portrait features and surroundings for one or more different sitters. Limited edition 300.
[Ref: 10177] £120.00

A Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits From Egbert the Great to the Present Time. Consisting of the Effigies of Persons in Every Walk of Human Life; as well those whose services to their country are recorded in the annals of the English History, as others whose eccentricity of character rendered them conspiuous in their day. With an Appendix, containing the Portraits of such foreigneres as either by alliance with the Royal Families of, or Residence as visitors in this Kingdom, or by deriving from it some title of distinction, may claim a place in the British Series. Methodically disposed in Classes, and interspersed with a number of Notices Biographical and Genealogical, never before published.
by Henry Bromley.
London., Printed fro T. Paune, Mews Gate; J.Edwards. Pall-Mall; W. Otridge and Son; and R. Faulder, New Bond Street. MDCCXCIII. [1793].
Book: 4to (266 x 202mm). Marble board binding. Spine label peeled away. Some spotting.
A two part catalogue of engraved British portraits.
[Ref: 10193] £120.00

Portrait Miniatures.
Texy by Dr. George C. Williamson. Edited by Charles Holme.
MCMX 'The Studio' Ltd. London, Paris, New York. [1910].
Book: 4to (286 x 207mm). pp. iii-viii + 32. With 56 colour and 44 in b/w. Cloth binding with stamped title along the spine. Ex Leggatt. Some scuffing and rubbing to the binding. Some spotting.
A comprehensive narrative on miniature portraits.
[Ref: 10146] £30.00

A Catalogue of Twenty Thousand Engraved Portraits, chiefly of personages connected with the History and Literature of Great Britain, on sale at the annexed prices.
by John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square, W. London. MDCCCLXXXIII. [1883].
Book: 4to (211 x 142mm). pp. 52. 1 b/w image. Purple cloth binding with title stamped on spine in gilt. Binding word and rubbed, spine in particular.
A catalogue of the engraved portraits on sale by J.R. Smith.
[Ref: 10142] £60.00

(i) Illustrated Catalogue of a Loan Collection of Portraits of English Historical Personages who died prior to the Year 1625. Exhibited in the Examination schools, Oxford under the Auspices of a Committee of the Oxford Historical Society April and May, MDCCCCIIII [1904]. (ii) Illustrated Catalogue of a Loan Collection of Portraits of English Historical Personages who died between 1625 and 1714. Exhibited in the Examination Schools, Oxford April and May, MDCCCCV [1905]. (iii) Illustrated Catalogue of a Loan Collection of Portraits of English Historical Personages who died between 1714 and 1837. Exhibited in the Examination Schools, Oxford April and May, MDCCCCVI [1906].
Henry Frowde, M.A. Publisher to the University of Oxford, London, Edinburgh, New York (ii & iii) and Toronto.
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, (i) 1904. (ii) 1905. (iii) 1906.
Book: 3 Vols. 4to (282 x 221mm). Board binding with title stamped in gilt along spine. (i) 60 textual pages plus illustrations. (ii) 104 textual pages plus illustrations. (iii) 106 pages plus illustrations. Binding worn.
Three narrative catalogues with illustrations of a collection of British Historical portraits exhibited in Oxford.
Ex Leggatts.
[Ref: 10426] £120.00

[A Collection of Studies.]
Worlidge del. J. le Claussin f. 1808.
Pub. Mar. 1. 1815 by Ed Doreell. No.13 Upper Castle St Leicester Square.
Etching. Plate: 170 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½"). Small margins.
A plate from 'A Collection of Etchings by Joseph Claussin'.
[Ref: 47618] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Royal Family of France - the Family of Buonaparte. French Generals, Statesmen &c.
Pub.d by R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall, June 1. 1816.
Etching. 490 x 315mm (19¼ x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom, well away from image.
Fifty numbered roundel portraits: Louis XVIII is top centre; Napoleon, his wives and siblings fill the second row and his son Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte is on the left of the third row. Published as an illustration to 'The Campaign of Waterloo', it lacks the key of names.
[Ref: 35995] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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[Bound collection of 39 medallion portraits engraved by Simon Thomassin.]
[Published by Thomassin, plates dated between 1696-1710.]
Folio, large paper copy, contemporary full calf, 39 engraved plates, each c. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Rebacked, spine distressed, hinges strained, a little spotting throughout. Small foxing hole in 'Victor Amadeus II'.
39 portraits of European monarchs, nobles and popes, in medallions set on plinths. They include Louis XIV and the Dauphin, Louis Prince de Condé, Philippe V of Spain, Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, John III Sobieski of Poland, several German electors and Popes Innocent XII and Clement XI. For England there are portraits of William & Mary and Queen Anne.
[Ref: 55186] £4,000.00 view all images for this item

(i) Historical Portraits Richard II to Henry Wriothesley 1400-1600. The Lives by C.R.L. Fletcher; Formerly Fellow of All Souls and Magdalen Colleges. The Portraits chosen by Emery Walker; Fellow of the Society of Antiquities. With an Introduction on the History of Portraiture in England. [&] (ii) Historical Portraits 1700-1850. The Lives by C.R.L. Fletcher; Formerly Fellow of All Souls and Magdalen Colleges. The Portraits chosen by Emery Walker; Fellow of the Society of Antiquities. With an Introduction by C.F. Bell. Part I (Vol.III of the Series) 1700-1800. [&] (iii) Part II (Vol. IV of the Series) 1800-1850.
(i) Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1909 [&] (ii & iii) Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1919.
Book: three volumes. 4to (255 x 194mm). pp. (i)Blue cloth binding with gilt title stamped into the spine.(i) a hand written letter to Mr Leggatt from the Ashmolean Museum dated 1919. (i) Binding worn with some rubbing(ii)Binding slightly worn. Small tear hole in the first page. (iii) Binding worn with some staining.
Three illustrated volumes of historical portraits.
Ex Leggatt.
[Ref: 10143] £120.00

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British Mezzotinto Portraits; being a Descriptive Catalogue of these Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present Century. Arranged according to the Engravers; the Inscriptions given at full length; and the Variations of State precisely set forth; Accompanied by Biographical Notes; And Appendix of a Selection of the Prices produced at Public Sales by some of the Specimens, down to the present time. In Four Parts. Part the First.
by John Chaloner Smith, B.A. M.R.I.A., M. INST. C.E.
London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 36 Piccadilly; And J. Noseda, 109 Strand. 1883.
Book: 4to (258 x 179mm). pp. 476. Illustrated with 1 b/w plate as frontis. Cloth binding with title label stuck onto spine. Ex Libris Lionel Henry Cust. Broken spine. Rubbed and scuffed binding. Few pages loose.
A narrative catalogue of British Mezzotint portraits; part one.
[Ref: 10366] £65.00

British Mezzotinto Portraits; being a Descriptive Catalogue of these Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present Century. Arranged according to the Engravers; the Inscriptions given at full length; and the Variations of State precisely set forth; Accompanied by Biographical Notes; And Appendix of a Selection of the Prices produced at Public Sales by some of the Specimens, down to the present time. In Four Parts. Part the Second.
by John Chaloner Smith, B.A. M.R.I.A., M. INST. C.E.
London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 36 Piccadilly; And J. Noseda, 109 Strand. 1883.
Book: 4to (258 x 179mm). pp. 493. Illustrated with 1 b/w plate as frontis. Cloth binding with title label stuck onto spine. Ex Libris Lionel Henry Cust. Binding torn and worn. Some tears in the pages.
A narrative catalogue of British Mezzotint portraits; part two.
[Ref: 10368] £80.00

[Portraits of Hounds In the Hunting Hall at Houghton.]
[Wootton pinx.t. R. Earlom, sculp.]
[Published Sept.r 1, 1780, by John Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, with very large margins. 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼").
Four hunting dogs in a landscape, a whip and chain on the ground before them, other hounds racing across the hills behind. In the title area is only a coat of arms.
Wessely 140. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34573] £320.00

The entrance to Portreath, Cornwall.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs Longman, & Co. Paternoster Row, & W. Daniell, 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square, London. Feb.y, 1, 1814.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Large margins.
A view at Portreath, Cornwall, with a man seated on a wall in the foreground and another beside him, watching a ship at sea, tilting to the left near the entrance to a narrow harbour. A group of figures can be seen standing on a jetty 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: 37608] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Town and Harbour of Portsmouth, with his Majesty’s Fleet under Sail. Vüe de la Ville et Port de Portsmouth, avec la Flôte de sa Majesté sous les Voiles. 64.
A. Menageot Pinxit Scotin Sculp.
Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queens Street in Cheapside and R. Sayer Map & Printseller at the Roe Buck facing Fetter Lane Fleet Street 1755.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins, very rare. Plate 319 x 460mm (12½ x 18"). impression faint along
A view of Portsmouth Harbour and Porchester Castle to the right, from Portsdown Hill; His Majesty's Royal Navy setting sail. A very fine view showing the English Fleet. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
[Ref: 29391] £350.00

A South East View of Portsmouth. 1. South Sea Castle. 2. The New Hospital for Sick Seamen. 3. Block house fort. 4. Gosport. 5. The Saluting Battery & Magazine. 6. The Spur Battery. 7. The King's Baston. 8. Governour's House. 9. Portsmouth Church. 10. Feltons Gibbett. 65.
In.o Waters Pinxit.
London, Printed for Jn.o Ryall, at Hogarth's Head, Fleet Street. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March ye 28th 1765.
Rare engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¾").
A very fine view of Portsmouth, Hampshire with 10-point key identifying key locations. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
for a coloured impression see ref. 6481
[Ref: 29392] £400.00

The West Prospect of Portsmouth in Hamp-Shire.
Sam and Nath.l Buck del et Sculp.
Published according to Act of parliam.t Sep. 11. 1749. Garden Court, No.1. Middle Temple London.
Engraving. Sheet size: 330 x 810mm (13 x 31¾"). Trimmed. Damaged. Laid on tissue.
A detailed prospect of Portsmouth harbour, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right, indicating various landmarks and buildings such as 'North Dock', 'Portsmouth Church' and 'Isle of Wight'. A plate from 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales'.
[Ref: 40265] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

A South East View of Portsmouth. 1. South Sea Castle. 2. The New Hospital for Sick Seamen. 3. Block house fort. 4. Gosport. 5. The Saluting Battery & Magazine. 6. The Spur Battery. 7. The King's Baston. 8. Governour's House. 9. Portsmouth Church. 10. Feltons Gibbett.
In.o Waters Pinxit. London, Printed for Jn.o Ryall, at Hogarth's head, Fleet Street.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March ye. 28.th 1765.
A scarce engraving. Plate 305 x 457mm. 12 x 18". Some tears and soiling in the margins crease right sky.
A numbered-key prospect of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
See Ref. 6481 for coloured impression.
[Ref: 22969] £420.00

A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth, in the County of Hampshire, on the_British Channel. Vue du Chantier de La Majeste a Portsmouth, dans le Comte de Hampshire, sur la Manche. 25
J. Cleveley jun.r pinx.t
London, Printed for Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 in S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Engraving, plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾), very large margins.
A view of the dock with variously sized ships from sailing to rowing coming and going.
[Ref: 56585] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Review of the British Fleet &c. Portsmouth.
G. Baxter Inventor & Patentee, 11 & 12 Northampton Square.]
Baxter print, trimmed to image and laid on original backing card with blindstamped title and details. Total 215 x 325mm (8½ x 12¾"). Backing sheet soiled, tear taped.
Naval gunners fire a salute from a shore fortification, the fleet out in the harbour.
[Ref: 67681] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Portsmouth Harbour]
E. Duncan pinx. T. A. Prior sculpt.
[n.d. c.1870.]
Engraving. Plate size: 252 x 450mm. 10 x 18¾".
A view of Portsmouth Harbour and dockyard. Depicting the H.M.S. Duke of Wellington 131 guns and the H.M.S. Victory 100 guns.
[Ref: 27936] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Portugal. Oporto von San Joao aus.
[Emil Wendt.][n.d.,c.,1850]
[Leipzig, Berlag von Dürffling und Frante.]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins.
A collection of vignettes of views of Portugal arranged around a central view of of the Oporto, other views include 'Kloster Batalha', 'Leiria', 'Coimbra'. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 46033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Portugalliae Que Olim Lusitania, Novissima et Exactissima Descrtiption Auctore Vernando Alvaro Secco . . . anno 1600.
Baptista Doetecomius Sculp.
[Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, c.1636.]
Hand-coloured engraved map. 340 x 490mm (13½ x 19¼"). Split in upper centre fold.
A map of Portugal, engraved by Baptista van Doetecum in 1600 after Fernando Alvares Secco's map of 1561, here published in a German editon of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. It is one of the most striking of 17th century maps of Portugal, and one of the few in the atlas to be printed from a purchased plate rather than engraved in-house.
[Ref: 39400] £350.00

Vué du Palace Royal de Lisbonne. [&] Vué de Palais que le Roi de Portugal a achetér.
A Leide, Chez Pierre vander Aa. [n.d., 1729.]
Two engraved views printed within a separately-printed frame-like decorative border. Sheet 235 x 400mm (9¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Two views of Portuguese Royal Palaces, published in the 1729 special edition of the 'Galerie Agreable du Monde', a sixty-six volume atlas of which only 100 copies are said to have been published, with each plate augmented with these frame-like decorative borders.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33374] £350.00

Vué de la place du Palais á Lisbonne. [&] Palais du Comte d'Avero, a Lisbonne oú Charles III a été Logé. [&] Fête des Taureaux á Lisbonne. [&] Embarquement de la Princesse de Portugal, Cathérine, Epouse de Charles II Roi D'Angleterre.
[A Leide, Chez Pierre vander Aa.] [n.d., 1729.]
Four engraved views printed within a separately-printed frame-like decorative border, very scarce. Sheet 280 x 350mm (11 x 13¾"). Trimmed into the printed border, laid on album paper.
Four views of Lisbon, including bullfighting at the Royal Palace and the departure of Catherine of Braganza to marry Charles II in 1662. It was published in the 1729 special edition of the 'Galerie Agreable du Monde', a sixty-six volume atlas of which only 100 copies are said to have been published, with each plate augmented with a frame-like decorative border, here sadly mostly trimmed away.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33377] £350.00

[Lisbon] [Ca]roli Tertii, Hispaniarum regis justi palatium, Olisipone. [Repeated in Spanish, Dutch & French.]
P. v. d. Berge fec. et edit cum Privil.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Etching, rare. Sheet 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed into image on left, losing part of title, laid on album paper.
The Lisbon palace of Charles III, the Habsburg pretender to the throne of Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. Published in 'Theatrum Hispaniæ', a series of views of Spain drawn and engraved by Pieter van den Berge (c.1670-1737).
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33379] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Belém Tower] Bethlemi munitissima arx, urbis vincinæ propugnaculum. [Repeated in Spanish, Dutch & French.]
[P. v. d. Berge fec. et ed. cum Privil.]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Etching, rare. Sheet 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
The Belém Tower, a small fortress at the mouth of the River Tagus in Lisbon, published in 'Theatrum Hispaniæ', a series of views of Spain drawn and engraved by Pieter van den Berge (c.1670-1737). Built in 1519 it was included in the 2007 'Seven Wonders of Portugal'.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33384] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Gabriel Malagrida, Jean de Matos, Jean Alexandree autres Jesuites. Religion des Jesuites Parricide des Rois.
19, Janvier, 1759.
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 70mm (6 x 2¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portraits of Gabriel Malagrida, Jean de Matos, Jean Alexandree autres Jesuites. Following the attempted assassination of Dom José (1714 - 1777) on September 3, 1758. Father Gabriele Malagrida (1689–1761) was executed for these reasons as he was judged to have personally participated in the assassination attempt.
[Ref: 68097] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Alfonso de Albuquerque.
Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 120 x 82mm (4¾ x 3¼").
Alfonso de Albuquerque (c.1453-1515) the Portuguese general, 'great conqueror', statesman and a leading empire builder. He advanced the Portuguese grand scheme of combatting Islam, spreading Christianity and securing the trade of spices and the establishment of a vast Portuguese Asian empire. He was the first European to enter the Persian Gulf and led the first voyage by a European fleet into the Red Sea. He led the conquest of Goa in 1510 and the capture of Malacca in 1511. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29727] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Maria Isabel Francisca de Bragança Rainha de Espanha.
Lopes lith. D. Vicente Lopez Pint. Lith Franceza, Calçada do Cornbro No.45 Lx.a
[n.d. c.1816.]
Lithograph. Sheet 570 x 392mm. 22½ x 15½".
Maria Isabel de Bragança (1797-1818) was Queen of Spain from 1816 until her death. She was the second daughter of Juan VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina de Borbón. Her marriage to Fernando VII in 1816 helped to strengthen relationships between Spain and Portugal. They had two children; however the second birth had its complication resulting in both the child and Maria Isabel's death.
[Ref: 20375] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Maria.
[Anon, c.1840]
Pen lithograph, printed area 155 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Crease; slight foxing.
Dona Maria II (1819-53), queen regent of Portugal and the Algarves from 1826-28, and from 1834-53, here portrayed at the age of around thirteen. Maria had been nominated by the elderly King Joao VI to serve as regent (as his favoured son Pedro was emperor of Brazil), but in 1828 the Joao's exiled son Miguel deposed Maria, proclaiming himself king. Thereafter Maria travelled to various European courts in search of support. Pedro later joined forces with Maria, warring with Miguel and forcing him to abdicate, restoring Maria to the throne. From a series of portraits by lithographer Antoine Maurin dit l'aîné (1793 - 1860).
[Ref: 35274] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Joaõ Gomes da Silva Conde de Tarouca.
G.Kneller S.R Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Simon Fecit.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm, 13¼ x 9¾". Trimmed to image, laid on album paper, some suface wear.
Half-length portrait of Count Tarouca, the Portuguese ambassador to London, 1709, in amour.
CS: 149, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 19838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Isabel de Portugal, Esposa de Carlos V. El cuadro original existe en el R.l Museo de Madrid.
Tiziano lo pintó. C. Rodrigez lo lit.o. J. de Madrazo lo dirigió.
Imp. en el R.l Est.o lit.o de Madrid. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet 370 x 290mm (14½ x 11½"), with blindstamp in inscription area. Laid on album paper.
Portrait of Isabella of Portugal (1503-39), who, as wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was queen of Germany, Italy, Spain, Naples and Sicily. Titian's original oil is now in the Prado Museum. This lithograph is from the 'Colección lithographica de cuadros del rey de España el señor Fernando VII'.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33306] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Ioannes 4 Lusitanie Rex 21. natus 19 Mart. 1603. Ex Ducatu Bragantie_omnium voce clamante...suscepta cura, quatuor ab Hispanis reportatis victorijs, regalis Bragantie Do:mus perenniter firmatur in Solia. [In frame around portrait:] Neque alienam terram sumpsimus, neque aliena detinemus, sed hereditatem patrum nostrorum, queab inimicis nostris aliquo tempore possessa est. Machab.1.C.15.
[Andreas Antonius Horatiis Romanus pinxt. Bendictus Fariat sculp.t]
[n.d. c.1680.]
A rare engraving. 271 x 182mm. 10¾ x 7¼". Trimmed to image false margins added.
John IV of Portugal (1603-1656). He was patron of music and arts and was considered a sophisticated writer on music and of music. His library, one of the largest in the world, was destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. His most famous composition is a setting of the Crux fidelis, a work that remains highly popular during Lent amongst church choirs. His daughter, Catherine of Braganza, marrieed Charles II of England. In politics and military he led the Portuguese Restoration War against Spain, and was so successful that on the eve of his death in 1656, the Portuguese empire had reached its zenith spanning almost 3 billion acres.
[Ref: 20683] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Dom Miguel.
A. Maurin 1832 [in image]. Lith. de Lemercier rue du Four S.G. No.35
Paris chez Chaillou Editeur rue St Honoré No. 140
Lithograph, image 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"). Wove paper; uncut sheet; foxing; publisher's blindstamp.
Miguel I (1802-66), King of Portugal (1828-34). A son of João VI, Miguel revolted against his father, who exiled him to Vienna. After the death of João VI, the heir-apparent Pedro remained in Brazil, where he had become Emperor. Pedro abdicated the portuguese throne in favour of his daughter Maria regent of Portugal, but Miguel deposed her in 1828, with the support of the British Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington. In 1831 Pedro abdicated the Brazilian throne and led an invasion of Portugal, beginning a three-year civil war which ended with Miguel abdicating. He spent the rest of his life in exile in Italy, England and Germany. From a series of portraits by lithographer Antoine Maurin dit l'aîné (1793 - 1860).
For Maria II, see ref. 34516; for Pedro, see 34519; for a British satire criticizing Wellington's stance towards Miguel, see ref. 30580.
[Ref: 34520] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

D. Sebastiaõ Monteÿroda Vide Arcebispo de Bahia do Conselho de sua Magestade.
N. Oddi sculp.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving with large margins. 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Wormhole in image.
[To Finish?]
[Ref: 34983] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

S. M. F. Maria Pia. [facsimile signature] Rainha de Portugal.
A. Pinçon. Imp. Lemercier 57 r, de Seine Paris.
[n.d. c.1860] Paris. Bulla Frères 16 rue Tiquetonne. Liboa M. Costenta
Coloured lithogragh. 495 x 350mm. 19½" x 13¾". Some slight creasing.
Queen Maria Pia (1847-1911). Maria Pia de Savoie, last queen of Portugal.
[Ref: 8318] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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