Grosvenor Prints

La mort aux rats.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving, very rare. Plate 326 x 210mm. 12¾ x 8¼". Some light mount staining.
A tradesman selling rat traps and bellows to blow poison.
[Ref: 26660] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Vende pasta per i Sorci.
[Annibale Carracci.]
[n.d. c.1646.]
Etching. Plate 274 x 171mm. 10¾ x 6¾".
A seller of rat poison, walking holding a bowl of poison and a flag with four rats.
Original drawing held in the Louvre, Paris.
[Ref: 26659] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Rat Catchers.
Published by Thos. Robertson 33 South Frederick Street, Edinr.
Coloured etching. 270 x 230mm.
[Ref: 341] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The rat hunt; or John Bull and his master turning out the vermin. Tune-"A hunting we will go."' The straw is being mov'd, my boys, The Rats begin to run...
J. Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill London. [n.d. 1831]
Hand-coloured etching, fine colour, 250 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate and laid on backing sheet.
Satire on the 1831 dissolution of parliament to call a general election for the purpose of passing its Reform Bill. John Bull uses a pitchfork marked “Reform” to drive human-faced rats out of his barn. His dog, bearing Brougham’s (1778-1868) bewigged head, lunges at them, encouraged by William IV (1765-1837), who leans forward and commands, “Get out, you vermin.” The rats have been gnawing malt sacks; one reads “This is the Malt that lay in the house that Jack built.” Newcastle (1785-1851) still chews at it, with (London) Derry (1778- 1854) just below. Brougham moves toward a mitred rat-bishop (Robert Gray, Bishop of Bristol (1762-1834)) and Eldon (1751-1838) (“Old Bags”). John Bull’s fork has just knocked Wellington (1769-1852) and Peel (1788-1850), tagged “Water Rat” and “Orange Peel”, from the top of a sack. Other rats scatter toward their holes.
BM Satires 16689.
[Ref: 67693] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[A rat-catcher.]
I.G Wagner del: CH* sculps:
C.A. Grossmann exc: A.V. NoVI. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1790.]
A rare attractive soft ground etching printed in red ink, on watermarked laid paper. 235 x 180mm, 9¼ x 7".
The man holds his trap and some food bait (cheese?) in the other hand, with rats crawling about his person; his faithful dog lower left. After Johann Georg Wagner (German, 1744 - 1766); from a series.
[Ref: 19421] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Rat-Catcher.
Pubd. Jany. 1796 by G. Thompson No.50, Old Bailey, & I. Evans No.41 Long Lane Wt. Smithf.d
Stipple, printed in red. 142 x 114mm. 5½ x 4½". Trimmed.
A rat-catcher and his dog; to the right a woman looks on.
In the Wellcome Library Collection: 38229i
[Ref: 26667] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Rat-Catching. Brutus; Boxer; Vixen.
Edwin Landseer pinxit. Tho.s Landseer, Aqf.f. John Landseer, Sculpt. Engraver to the King & F.S.A.
London. Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside, March 10, 1823.
Engraving, 345 x 490mm. 13½ x 19¼".
Three dogs approaching two dead rats, whilst another rat timorously surveys the situation.
[Ref: 9302] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Ratcatcher] Achetez de ma mort aux Rats / Et défaites vous de vos Chats, / Qui partout font tant de ravage / Et vous cause trop dommage [...]
Gravé par Meheux
A Paris Chez Audran, rue St Jacques aux 2 Pilliers d'Or. [c.1700]
Rare mezzotint & fine, sheet 390 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to plate; creased.
A ratcatcher advertises his services with a rhyme explaining his efficiency and his superiority to reliance on cats. Scarce early mezzotint by Jacques Meheux.
[Ref: 43743] £320.00

Adam Sireh-goona Munhi Rathanal, (Formerly a High Priest of Boodhu,) Educated in England by the Revd. Adam Clarke, L.L.D.
A. Mosses del. R. Hicks sculp.
[Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, Liverpool.1821.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Cut before publication line and inside platemark.
[Ref: 55256] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Bataille de Ratisbonne. Salon 1810.
Gantherat Pinxit. Litho: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Printed area 300 x 405mm (11¾ x 16"), with very large margins.
Early in the Battle of Ratisbon (also Battle of Regensburg, 23th April 1809) Napoleon was shot in the ankle. However, because of the distance of the shot, it only caused a bruise. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 55867] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

les Rats de C... en désarroi.
[Louis Charles Ruotte the Younger?]
[n.d., c.1816.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾''). Creasing. Small margins.
A French satiricial print commenting on customs and excise, three rats the size of humans attempt to steal barrels from a cellar while two men and cats fight them off.
BM: 1866,0407.974.
[Ref: 49313] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

H.M.S. "Rattlesnake". Commanded by Captain Owen R.N. entering the Louisiade Archipelago, June 14th, 1849.
O.W.Brierly del. T.G.Dutton, Lith. Day & Son, Lit.rs to the Queen.
London, Published July 8th, 1852 by Ackermann & Co.96 Strand.
Coloured lithograph. 420 x 350mm (16½ x 13¾").
View of H.M.S Rattlesnake sailing into the Louisiade Archipelago in 1849. Some of the earliest depictions of Papua New Guinea are from the journey of the HMS Rattlesnake surveying Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and New Guinea. Captain Owen Stanley was commisioned to create the first detailed charts of the coast of Papua New Guinea.
[Ref: 67447] £420.00

H.M.S. "Rattlesnake". Commanded by Captain Owen R.N. finding an entrance through the Reefs into the Louisiade Archipelago, S.E. extream, New Guinea, June 14th 1849.
[O.W.Brierly del. T.G.Dutton, Lith. Day & Son, Lit.rs to the Queen.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Rare coloured lithograph. 420 x 350mm (16½ x 13¾"). Backed onto album paper.
View of H.M.S Rattlesnake sailing into the Louisiade Archipelago in 1849. Captain Owen Stanley was commisioned to create the first detailed charts of the coast of Papua New Guinea.
[Ref: 67449] £420.00

The Augean Stables. Rattlesnake or Adelaide Punch No. 1.
JH [monogram].
[Adelaide: Haddrick and East] Thursday, January 24, 1878.
Lithograph. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Trimmed, losing explanatory title, split in centre fold repaired, laid on archival tissue.
An allegorical figure of Adelaide thanks Hercules (holding a theatrical mask over his face), for cleaning out the ghostly figures of 'Fever', 'Contagion' and 'Malaria', referring to 'Mr Clark' and asks if he can help to get rid of another nuisance. A bearded man, possibly journalist John Howward Clark (1830-78), sits to one side. Unfortunately a second, explanatory title has been lost. An extremely rare satire from the first issue of the 'Rattlesnake or Adelaide Punch', a fortnightly Australian humorous magazine. It survived for only a few issues, before failing and being taken over by the printers, Scrymgour and Sons. Renamed 'The Adelaide Punch', it lasted until 1884.
[Ref: 54813] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[WITH SIGNATURE OF THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND] A Daily Report of the Progress made in the Equipment of His Majesty's [Ship Rattlesnake, Rio de Janeiro] Captain [William Hobson] the [15th] of [May] 18[35]. [W.Hobson Captain].
[1835.]
Letterpress form with ink mss, scarce. Sheet 170 x 410mm (6¾ x 16"). Creases.
A daily ship's report form signed by the captain of HMS Rattlesnake (1822), William Hobson (1792-1842), during its voyage to join the Far East squadron in Australia. Arriving in Australia in August 1836, Hobson and his officers thoroughly surveyed Port Phillip as part of the founding of the colony that is now Melbourne. In May 1837 the Rattlesnake sailed to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, to help the British Resident deal with a Maori tribal war. Back in England in 1838 Hobson proposed establishing British sovereignty in New Zealand; returning in 1840 he drafted the Treaty of Waitangi and became first governor of the British colony 1841. He died of a stroke the following year.
[Ref: 54176] £650.00 view all images for this item

F.se A.M. Raucour, Nee a Paris le 3. Mars 1756, Debutee a la Comedie Francoise le 23 Decembre 1772, Recue le 23 Mars 1773.
Toquet Pinx. Chatelin Sculp.
AParis chez Bligny Lancier du Roi Cour du Manege aux Thuilleries [n.d., c.1775].
Engraving. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7").
Francoise Marie Antoinette Raucourt (1756 - 1815), French actress.
Not in Harvard. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7856] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Mr. Rauzzini.]
[J. Hutchison Pinx.t. R. Hancock Sculp.t.]
[Bath Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 1.st 1800.]
Stipple. Sheet 230 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Trimmed, losing all inscriptions, laid on card.
Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810), Italian castrato, composer, pianist and singing teacher, for whom Mozart composed the motet 'Exsultate Jubilate' in 1773. He performed in London from 1774 until his retirement from the stage in 1778. He settled in Bath in 1780, becoming Director of the New Assembly Room Concerts the following year. He continued to promote concerts until his death, after which he was buried in Bath Abbey.
[Ref: 59918] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Rauzzini.
J. Hutchison Pinx.t. R. Hancock Sculp.t.
Bath Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 1.st 1800.
Stipple, sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed.
Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810), Italian castrato, composer, pianist and singing teacher, for whom Mozart composed the motet 'Exsultate Jubilate' in 1773. He performed in London from 1774 until his retirement from the stage in 1778. He settled in Bath in 1780, becoming Director of the New Assembly Room Concerts the following year. He continued to promote concerts until his death, after which he was buried in Bath Abbey.
[Ref: 65775] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Ravenfield near Doncaster in York Shire, the Seat of Wardell George Westby Esq.
Tho.s Badeslade Delin. Tho.s Bowles Sculp.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 440 x 575mm (17½ x 22½"), with very large margins. Tears in margins of centre fold.
A bird's-eye view of the county house at Ravenfield, from Colen Cambell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'. Originally published in three volumes between 1715-25, this plate comes from a fourth volume added 1739 and reissued with Volume Five, 1767-71.
[Ref: 45181] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Sepulchre of King Theodorick near Ravenna, the Roof of one Stone 38 Feet in Diameter about 12 Feet Thick, Erected A.D. 530.
Clerisau Pinxt. P. Sandby Fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs by P. Sandby S.t Georges Row, Oxford Turnpike March 1778.
Rare aquatint, scarce in good condition, printed in sepia. 340 x 495mm (13½ 19½), with large margins.
The Mausoleum of Theodoric, built in 520 AD by Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. who ruled Italy from 493 to 526 AD. Charles Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820), went to Rome in 1749 working for Robert Adam as a draughtsman during the architect's tour of Italy (1755-63). Many of the illustrations in Adam's 'Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro' (1764) were drawn by Clérisseau, without attribution. Paul Sandby etched this plate as a pair to the 'Triumphal Arch of Constantine at Fano', one of several aquatints he did after Grand Tourists.
[Ref: 59960] £680.00

F. philippus Aravenna. Ord. Min. Con. Tertiarius Laicus Humls Paulo Goraccio Tertiario C.s S.i Sepulcri Raphael.S.In.F.D.D.
Gio:Incomo Raffe formis Roma alla Pace.
[n.d. c.1601.]
Etching. Plate 178 x 120mm. 7 x 4¾".
St Filippo of Ravenna, standing holding a basket and leaning forward, speaking the words 'Laudato Sempre sia Il nome di Gesue di Maria'. Philip of Ravenna, was a Friar of the third order of the Franciscans.
[Ref: 24842] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Popular Chorus Of "Vive Le Roi"
Dean & C.o Threadneedle St. [n.d. c.1830]
Fine coloured lithograph, sheet 280 x 220mm (11¼ x 8½"). Some light time staining and surface dirt at bottom
Two men in a butchers sing "Vive Le Raw" instead of "Vive Le Roi".
[Ref: 58437] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Raw Material.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph with added hand-colour. 132 x 178mm. 5¼ x 7". Trimmed and laid on separate sheet.
Two officers stand by a poster that reads "Wanted. Active Young Men Glorious in Opportunity..."; one points his sword down to the floor issuing and order as three young men march by in a haphazard manner with a sitck, pitch-fork and broom acting as rifles.
[Ref: 17438] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Raw Meat System, or Gentlemen in training for Pedestrian Excercises.
[n.d., c.1810 .]
Coloured etching. Sheet 170 x 220mm (6¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed, folded twice for binding.
The interior of a butcher's shop, with the butcher feeding meat straight into a man's mouth, restraining another man and saying ''One at a time Gentlemen if you please''. Pedestrianism was a popular sport and attracted large wagers. This satire is suggesting that the participants are fed the same way as other sporting animals. The Library of Congress has a larger satire with the same title, drawn by G.M.Woodward, engraved and published by P. Roberts, undated. This version was probably issued in a periodical.
[Ref: 54274] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Île Rawak. 1. Para-Tourou; 2. Pahoro; 3. Bounor-Eri; 4. karrok, Habitant de l'Île Guébé; 5. Païssene.
J.s. Arago delin.t. Choubard sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820].
Hand coloured stipple with some engraving. Sheet: 320 x 240mm, (12½ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Portraits of inhabitants of an island near Papua New Guinea including a portrait of a bird of paradise. From 'Voyage autour du monde...' by Louis Freycinet.
[Ref: 35090] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Francis Rawdon Hastings Earl of Moira. Engraved from the Original Picture, in the Possession of Dr. Hayes.
Painted by C.G. Stuart. Engraved by J. Collyer A.R.A. Engraver to Her Majesty
Stipple, "Commander of the Forces serving" printed in Malta in ink; sheet 245 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and false margins added. Hastings' signature on separate sheet attached.
Francis Rawdon Hastings, first marquess of Hastings and second earl of Moira (1754-1826), army officer and politician. After serving with distinction in the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, he was appointed Governor-General of India in 1813, overseeing the victory in the Gurkha War (1814-16), the final conquest of the Marathas in 1818, and the purchase of the island of Singapore in 1819.
[Ref: 40807] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[India] [Francis Rawdon Hastings] Marquess of Hastings, Earl of Rawdon & Moira etc. etc. etc.
Kreihuber 843 [afrer Martin Archer Shee]. Ged. b. Höfelich.
[n.d., c.1834.]
Fine lithograph on chine collé, printed backing sheet. Printed area 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾").
A detail of Shee's full-length portrait of Francis Rawdon Hastings (1754-1826), 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira, with the background left blank. After serving with distinction in the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, he was appointed Governor-General of India in 1813, overseeing the victory in the Gurkha War (1814-16), the final conquest of the Marathas in 1818, and the purchase of the island of Singapore in 1819.
[Ref: 67129] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Earl of Moira. To the R.t Hon.ble the Countess of Loudown & Moira, This Engraving is most respectfully Inscribed by her Ladyship's obedient Servant, Edw.d Orme.
Bull pinx.t. Godby Sculp.t.
Published & Sold Sept.r 1. 1805, by Edw.d Orme, 59 Bond Street, London.
Stipple with very large margins. 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7").
Head & shoulders portrait of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira and later 1st Marquess of Hastings After serving with distinction in the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, he was appointed Governor-General of India in 1813, overseeing the victory in the Gurkha War (1814-16), the final conquest of the Marathas in 1818, and the purchase of the island of Singapore in 1819.
[Ref: 31988] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The British Rolla I have only to say my Lords, that I am perfectly Satisfied with whatever destination my Sovereign has been graciously pleased to allot me, and that were His Majesty to call upon to serve in the Ranks as a private, I would in that subordinate station unsheath my Sword with the same chearfull alacrity and ardent Zeal as if I were call'd to the Command of the most Numerous and Gallant Army. Vide, a noble Earl's speech in the House of Lords June 20th 1803.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d June 27.th 1803 by S W Fores N.o 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.'
Hand coloured etching, sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). On paper watermarked, 'J Ruse.' Trimmed within plate. Two printers creases. Some light staining.
Satire on Moira's speech. Lord Moira (Rawdon) (1754-1816) , dressed as Rolla from Sheridan’s Pizarro (1799), stands in profile with his right arm outstretched and left hand resting on a short sheathed sword. His costume, a short fringed tunic with bare muscular limbs, clashes with his whiskers and small pigtail. Two bench corners suggest the setting is the House of Lords. Joseph Ruse was a 19th century paper maker at the Upper Tovil Mill in Kent, England.
BM Satires 10020.
[Ref: 66828] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord Moira.] A Man of Importance.
Js. Gillray, ad vivam fec.
Pub.d May 16th 1799, by Humphrey 27 St James's Street, London
Coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed close to lower plate.
A satirical portait of Lord Moira or Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754 - 1826) standing in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots.
BM 9386
[Ref: 66275] £380.00

[Five portraits of the Rawlinson family]
A Pictoribus ad vivum Pictis delin. et Sculp. Jos Nutting [c.1710]
Rare engraving; sheet 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Trimmed. Tipped into backing sheet.
Portraits of Robert Rawlinson (1610-55), Curwen Rawlinson (1641-89), landowner and MP of Carke Hall, Lancashire, his wife Elizabeth Rawlinson (née Monk), and their son Christopher Rawlinson (1677-1733), antiquary. In the centre Nicholas Monk (c.1610-61), bishop of Hereford and father of Elizabeth Rawlinson. Nicholas Monk was affiliated with the royalist cause and at the Restoration Charles II appointed him provost of Eton (without even the pretence of an election) at the Restoration, swiftly followed by his appointment as bishop of Hereford. He died shortly after his appointment, having never visited his diocese. The antiquary Christopher Rawlinson published an edition of King Alfred's translation of Boethius's 'The Consolation of Philosophy' in 1698, and raised a vast monument over Nicholas Monk's grave in Westminster Abbey in 1723.
[Ref: 42826] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Christopher Rawlinson Esqr. died VIII. Januar. MDCCXXXIII. Aetat. 55.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, 250 x 180mm. 9¾ x 7". A good impression.
Christopher Rawlinson (1677 - 1733), antiquary.
[Ref: 17202] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Richd Rawlinson L.L.D.
Vertue delin. Smith Fecit.
[n.d., c. 1774.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Platemark: 255 x 175mm (10 x 7").
English clergyman and antiquarian collector of books and manuscripts Richard Rawlinson (1690 - 1755). He bequeathed his collection to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Bust portrait in an oval frame directed slightly to the left, head turned towards left shoulder, glancing towards the viewer. He is wearing a scholar's gown, bands and a chin-length wig with tight curls.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 3, state II of II.
[Ref: 36551] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Rich.d. Rawlinson L.L.D.
Vertue delin. Smith Fecit.
[n.d., c.1775.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet: 180 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A half-length portrait set in an oval of Richard Rawlinson (1690-1775), antiquarian, collector and Jacobite. He bequeathed most of his collection to the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
CS: 3 II. Sharpe: 602 II. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Collection of Sir Algernon Tudor Craig.
[Ref: 36866] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Sr. Thomas Rawlinson Kt. and Alderman, Sheriff of the City of London in 1687...
G. Kneller Esq: Baront, pinx: G. Vertue Sculp: 1719.
Rare etching, sheet 480 x 285mm. 19 x 11¼". Trimmed to plate.
Sir Thomas Rawlinson (c.1710 - 1769), Alderman and later Lord Mayor of London. After Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723).
[Ref: 16635] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Effigies Ric: Rawlyns.
R. Gaywood fecit 1656.
Etching. Sheet 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-length portrait in oval of Richard Rawlyns, a teacher of arithmetic at Great Yarmouth, the frontispiece to his 'Practical Arithmetick'. 1656 .
[Ref: 66356] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Martha Ray] Miss Martha Reay.
T. Steventon Pinx.t.
Publish'd June 7.th. 1779.
Rare stipple. Sheet 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
A half portrait in an oval of Martha Ray (1742-79), a singer who was the mistress of John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, by whom she had nine children. On 7th April, a jealous admirer, James Hackman, murdered her at the Royal Opera House, for which he was executed at Tyburn.
[Ref: 53154] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Martha Ray,
Painted by N. Dance, R.A. 1777. Engraved by H. Sintzenich.
Publish'd Augst: 10th: 1779, by V: Green, Mezzotinto Engraver, to his Majesty, &c: No:29, Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Stipple engraving in sanguine, 252 x 200mm. Slight paper discolouration.
Martha Ray (1742 - 1779) was a singer famous for her affair with John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. She lived with him from the age of seventeen as his mistress, while his wife had a mental illness. She gave birth to five children, one of whom was Basil Montagu. She was murdered in the foyer of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden by her former lover, James Hackman, a clergyman.
Not in BM. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7808] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Martha Ray, who was murdered April 7.th. 1779.
Painted by N: Dance R.A. 1777. Engrav'd V:Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd May 25.th. by V.Green N.o.29, Newman street, Oxford Street, & at N.o.52, Strand. Se vend à Londres, chez les Freres Forre, Marchands d'Estampes.
Mezzotint. 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A half portrait in an oval of Martha Ray (1742-1779), a British singer who was the mistress of John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich. On 7th April, a jealous admirer, James Hackman, murdered her at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for which he was executed at Tyburn.
Whitman: 74 IV of IV; CS: 106 II of II.
[Ref: 36842] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Martha Ray, who was Murdered April 7.th 1779.
Painted by N. Dance, R.A. 1777. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector Palatine, &c.
Publish'd May 25th 1779 by V. Green, N.º 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, & at N.º 32, Strand. Se vend à Londres chez les Freres Torre, Marchands d'Estampes.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark, 510 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Trimmed to plate.
A three-quarter seated portrait of singer Martha Ray (1742-79), music book on her lap. Ray was the mistress of John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, by whom she had nine children. On 7th April, a jealous admirer, James Hackman, murdered her at the Royal Opera House, for which he was executed at Tyburn. As this portrait was published the following month it is likely the plate was being engraved at the time of the murder.
CS 106, ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iv of v.
[Ref: 64950] £360.00

This Print of the 'Raymond' Hugh McKay Commander, The First Vessel direct from China to Hull, is published commemorative of her arrival on the 14th October 1843.
J. Ward Del et Lith.
Printed by W. Monhouse York
Rare lithograph with tintstone, printed area 235 x 290mm (9¼ x 11½"). Small margins.
The tea clipper 'Raymond' arriving in Hull, with other vessels on the river Humber in the distance.
[Ref: 41177] £360.00

The Late James Grant Raymond Esq.r
Painted by W.H. Bate Esq.r Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published Jan.y 14. 1818, by Mr. Bate, 43, Berners Street.
Mezzotint and engraving. Plate 393 x 306mm. 15½ x 12". Some tearing around margin edge. Slight creasing. Burn mark on verso, uncut.
James Grant Raymond (1771-1817) was an actor and manager of the English Opera at the Drury Lane Theatre.
Harvard: Vol.III, p.388.
[Ref: 20189] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Sr. Robert Raymond Lord Chief Justice of His Maj:ties Court of Kings Bench & one of His Majties. most Hon.ble Privy Council. Ano. Dni. 1724/5.
J. Richardson pinx. Geo: Vertue Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1725.]
Engraving. 375 x 270mm (14¾ x 10½"). Laid on album sheet. Small margins. Small repaired tears at edges.
Robert Raymond (1673-1733), 1st Baron Raymond PC, British judge. In 1725 he was invested as Privy Counsellor. Raymond, a Tory, was appointed as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench on March 2, 1725 until his death. In the House of Lords he tried to stop the House of Commons abandoning Law French and replacing it with English. To Raymond, ending the traditional language might lead to other 'modernisations' such as Welsh for courts in Wales. However his opposition failed and in 1733 the courts were anglicised.
Alexander: 447
[Ref: 46997] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

B.Raymundus Lullius Philosophus. Doctrinam Pandit Raymund Lullius omnem, Cui Deus infudit seibile quicquid crat. cx Vetustissimo prototypo chamahistico authentico .I: mittannour. Moucornet ex.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Engraving.160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of B.Raymundus Lullius Philosophus (1232 - c.1315), Majorcan writer, philosopher, logician and member of the Franciscan Order who is credited with writing the first major work of Catalan literature and pioneering election and computation theory.
W 1830-2
[Ref: 64443] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Raymundus Lullius Philosophus. LVLLIVS en tali pictura nobilis artem Subtili clifit Mente, novisq tipis.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Engraving.140 x 105mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of B.Raymundus Lullius Philosophus (1232 - c.1315), Majorcan writer, philosopher, logician and member of the Franciscan Order who is credited with writing the first major work of Catalan literature and pioneering election and computation theory.
W 1830-3
[Ref: 64444] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

G.me T.mas Raynal, De la Société Royale de Londres et de l’Academie des Sciences et Belles Lettres de Prusse.
[Charles Nicolas Cochin.]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching. 165 x 106mm (6½ x 4¼"). Cut to platemark.
Guillaume Thomas Raynal (1713-1796) the French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. His most important work was 'L'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Establissements et du Commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes', however its introduction was forbidden in France, and the book was burned and an order given for the arrest of the author, whose name had not appeared on the first edition.
[Ref: 29902] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Le Md. de Couteaux et Peignes. [Blade/razor and comb seller.]
[Anon.]
[Paris, n.d., c.1775.]
Etching printed in red, laid paper, very scarce, 175 x 120mm. 7 x 4¾".
Four lines of verse below title; numbered '42' upper right. After Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) famous series "Etudes dans le bas peuple prises ou les cris de Paris" Bouchardon executed drawings of Paris street merchants, Cris de Paris, that were widely distributed as engravings; some figures were reproduced in porcelain by the Meissen porcelain manufactory.
[Ref: 22949] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

'Razorbills' [pencil].
Winston Megoran [pencil signature.]
[British, n.d. c.1950.]
Aquatint with etching on thick paper, with large margins; 250 x 350mm. 9¾ x 13¾".
The Razorbill (Alca torda) is a seabird that only comes to land in order to breed. There is a colony on Staple Island, one of the Farne Islands, UK. Winston Megoran (1913 - 1971), born Newcastle upon Tyne; he exhibited at the RA.
[Ref: 27484] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Conte Filippo Re.
Demarchi dis. Sasso inc.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Etching. Plate 230 x 155mm. Sheet 316 x 240mm.
Filippo Re (1763-1817), botanist and Italian agronomist. He finished his studies in Reggio Emilia in 1781, obtaining a diploma in mathematics. Following that he devoted himself to the study of plants in the garden of S. Croce and a foundation in Villa Cella; he then went to make further in-depth observations on long journeys to Apennines and Tuscany. In 1790 he obtained the chair of agriculture from the high school in Reggio Emilia. He collected a herbarium of about 7835 different examples that are conserved at the Civic Museum of Reggio Emilia. In 1803 he became professor at the University of Bologna, and from 1809-1814 he carried out an agricultural survey that was published in Annals of Agriculture of the Kingdom of Italy. After the Restoration he became professor of agriculture and botany at the University of Modena. He died in 1817 of typhoid.
[Ref: 12654] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Beaumont Read.
[Illegible artist's signature.]
Hopewood & Crew, 42 New Bond St. W. [n.d., c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. Trimmed in oval, 225 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Trimmed from larger sheet, slight spotting.
Beaumont Read (1833-1910), an American singer said to be the greatest male alto singer to appear on the Australian stage. Having been a member of ''Hague's Georgia Slave Troupe'' (when it included white performers), he came to Australia via South Africa in 1874. After a failed attempt to run a photographic business in Melbourne he became a huge star with ''Hiscocks' Federal Minstrals'' in the 1880s. Read retired in 1903 and moved to Adelaide where he taught singing. This portrait is probably from the cover of sheet music.
[Ref: 54804] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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