Grosvenor Prints

Thadé Reyten. Confédéré de Bar, Nonce de Nowogrodek en Litvanie, à la Diete de Warsovie de 1773 [...]
François Smuglewicz, del. James Hopwood sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Thadé Reyten (1742-80), Polish lawyer and politician. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21275] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Catalogue of The Library of the Royal Geographical Society. May, 1865.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1865.
Book: 8vo (222 x 142mm). pp 541. Paperback. Very worn, torn and dirty binding, book split into three at page 240, 256 & 257 Front and back cover loose from binding.
A complete one volume bibliography of the library contents at the Royal Geographical Society.
[Ref: 10195] £60.00

Rhaidder Fawr, A Great Cataract, three Miles from Penmaen Mawr. No.4
J. Boydell Delin & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver 1750. Price 1s.6d.
Engraving, plate 344 x 481mm (13½ x 19"). Very good margins.
A view of Rhaidder Fawr near Snowdonia and Penmaenmawr, Northern Wales, with spectators admiring it.
[Ref: 32443] £320.00

Rhaidder Fawr, A Great Cataract, three Miles from Penmaen Mawr. [plate number scratched out, '76' in ink]
J. Boydell Delin & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver 1750. Price 1s.6d.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 344 x 481mm (13½ x 19"). Trimmed to platemark along lower edge.
A view of Rhaidder Fawr near Snowdonia and Penmaenmawr, Northern Wales, with spectators admiring it. 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: 29402] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[The Rheinfall waterfall near Schaffhausen] Vue de la Chute du Rhin à Lauffen près de Schaffhouse en Suisse / Cette fameuse Cataracte, la plus considérable de l'Europe, se voit à une petite lieu de la Ville de Schaffhouse[...]
Peint d'après Nature par J:J: Schalch / Gravé à Basle par G:F: Gmelin en 1783
Publié à Basle par Chr: de Mechel, Graveur et Membre de diverses Académies
Engraving, sheet 480 x 640mm (19 x 25¼"). Large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed inside lower platemark. Some foxing.
The Rheinfall, the largest waterfall in Europe, located between the cantons of Zurich and Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland. Engraved by Wilhelm Friedrich Gmelin (1760-1820) after Johann Jakob Schalch (1723-89), little-known Swiss painter. Extensive text below describing the location and significance of the waterfall, and noting that Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, had visited and been impressed by the spectacle on a visit in 1777.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38494] £420.00

Confédération du Rhin.
Litho de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
The Confederation of the Rhine, a confederation of client states of the First French Empie. It was formed initially from 16 German states by Napoleon after he defeated Austria's Francis II and Russia's Alexander I. The confederation lasted from 1806 to 1813. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30806] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A View on the Rhine near Bingen.
I.F. Mannskirsch Delin & Sculp.
London Pub.d July 16. 1798, at R. Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 227 x 287mm (9 x 11¼").
View of a ruin on the edge of rocks, with the sea beyond and a river running past into the left foreground, and two men sitting on the opposite bank; with the moon in the sky above. Transparency print with a broad border.
[Ref: 30698] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Rhinoceros des Indes. Animal Stupide et Féroce: Aime les Lieux Humides: Vit d'Herbes et de Branches d'Arbes.
Dessiné par P. Oudart. Imp: Lith: de F. Noel.
A Paris, chez Noel aine et Cie Editeurs, Rue de Vaugirard No 34.
Lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 270mm (14 x 10½") large margins.
A portrait of an Asian rhinoceros.
[Ref: 42728] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Rhinoceros Caught at Stamford Hill Nov. 21 1867.
Ink drawing. Sheet: 90 x 165mm (3½ x 6½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A drawing of a rhino.
[Ref: 51143] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Rhino].
3/50. A Radclyffe Dugmore [pencil signature].
[n.d. c. 1910]
Etching, signed by the artist. 205 x 250mm (8 x 9¾), with large margins. Laid on paper.
Landscape with a rhino in the foreground and a herd of Antelope in the background by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955), Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author.
[Ref: 54768] £350.00

The African Rhinoceros.
S. Daniell del.t. T. Medland sculp.
Published Feb.y 14. 1806 by Mess.rs Cadell & Davies, Strand London.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 11'').
A portrait of a Rhinoceros. From 'African Scenery and Animals at the Cape of Good Hope' (1804-1805).
[Ref: 48084] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Rhinoceros Bicornis. Unicornis. Plate CCCCXXXVIII.
A. Bell Prin. Wal. Sculptor fecit.
[n.d., c.1790's.]
Engraving, 1789 watermark; Plate: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½").
Two portraits of rhinoceros, the top being a Sumatran rhino and the lower an Indian rhino. An illustration from the 3rd edition of Andrew Bell's 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' published in 1797. Together with Colin Macfarquhar, Andrew Bell (1726-1809) founded the Encyclopaedia Britannica in Edinburgh.
[Ref: 46428] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

De Algemeene en Byzondere Natuurlyke Historie. Byvoegzel tot de Natuur luke Historie van den Rhinoceros...
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved caprice chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with stylised depictions of a rhinoceros, zebra, lama and other animals, being managed by two putti.
[Ref: 41271] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Rhodes Harbour.
[Edward Morrison de Courcy Short]
[1887]
Pencil sketch, 90 x 200mm. 3½ x 8".
A view of the harbour on the Greek island of Rhodes, from an album of 'sketches made on a trip round the world'. By Edward Morrison de Courcy Short, b.1857, who attended Charterhouse School, Surrey (1870-6). He passed the Ceylon Civil Service exam in 1878, and in 1905 became Chairman of the Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo, retiring in 1910.
List of Carthusians, 1800-1879, by W.D. Parrish
[Ref: 11239] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

A Grotto Cut in the Rock, near Lindo, in Rhodes. Grotte Taillée dans le Roc, prés de Linde, dans l’Ile de Rhodes.
L. Mayer del.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1803.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 305 x 386mm. 12 x 15¼".
Part of a hidden Doric columned temple at Lindos on the Island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Founded by the Dorians led by the King Tlepolemus of Rhodes, Lindos became a major trading centre by the 8th century. In medieval times most buildings fell into disuse and in the 14th century many were partly overlaid by a massive fortress built on the acropolis by the knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans. The acropolis is one of the greatest sites in the world.
[Ref: 25736] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Colossus of Rhodes.] Die der Sonnen gemidttmete Wünder-Statua, Colossus zü Rhodis [...] Le merveilleux Colosse de Rhodes dedié au Soleil [...]
J: B: F: v: E: delin:
[Leipzig, 1725.]
Engraving with very large margins. 305 x 430mm (12 x 17"). Spotting, creasing.
The Colossus of Rhodes, standing astride the entrance to the harbour. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was built in BC 280, when it was one of the tallest statues in the world. It stood for a little over 50 years, brought down by an earthquake in BC 226. The plate was published in Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwürst Einer Historischen Architectur', a study of the architecture of the ancient world. Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) was a successful Austrian architect: his baroque works include the Schönbrunn Palace, Karlskirche, and the Austrian National Library in Vienna. He also studied ancient architecture, publishing 'A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture' in 1721, taking on classical influences in his building.
[Ref: 33739] £420.00

C.J. Rhodes [signature facsimile.]
W. & D. Downey, Photo. Art Repro. Coy. London, po. sc.
Published by Marion & Co. London, W [n.d., c.1900].
Photogravure, 340 x 240mm. 13¼ x 9½".
Cecil John Rhodes (1853 - 1902), Imperialist and statesman in South Africa. Rhodes shaped the economic and political development of South Africa,and extended British influence into what is now Zimbabwe; compromised by the Jameson Raid in 1895, but remained enormously influential. He endowed the Rhodes scholarships.
[Ref: 8931] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Cecil Rhodes.
William Nicholson.
[London, 1899 by William Heinemann].
Lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut. Printed area: 245 x 230mm. (9½ x 9"). Some foxing. Laid on board as issued.
Cecil John Rhodes born in July 1853 (1853 - 1902) was an imperialist and benefactor who shaped the economic and political development of South Africa and extended British influence into what is now Zimbabwe. From the folio of twelve portraits by William Nicholson published in 1899, although the print was first included in the 'New Review' in 1897, shortly after he appeared before a Parliamentary Inquiry for his role in the overthrow of the Boer government in the Transvaal, which was subsequently vindicated by Parliament. The 'decision to include Rhodes' portrait in the 'New Review' (a journal with strong imperialist sympathies) was probably made at the time of Rhodes' exoneration' (Campbell).
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works': 36B
[Ref: 28327] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

W. Rhodes
A. Chevallier Tayler 1905 [facsimile signature.]
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. Lith London.
Chromolithograph, 381 x 254mm (15 x 10").
Wilfred Rhodes (1877-1973), first Englishman cricketer to complete the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches. Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862-1925), the English artist who specialised in portrait and genre painting. From 'The Empire's Cricketers'.
[Ref: 27640] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Albina di Rhona.
I.H. Baker, sc.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Etching on steel. Sheet 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
Portrait of Albina di Rhona (b.1837) in costume. A Serbian actress, dancer and singer, she arrived in London in 1860, becoming director of the Soho Theatre, redecorating it and renaming it the New Royalty Theatre. The opening programme featured a 13-year-old Ellen Terry, whose main role was to scream when a large snake appeared..
[Ref: 44470] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Rhossili [in pencil].
A J Lavender [in pencil].
[n.d. c.1930]
Etching with artists signature, 175 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"), with large margins.
A view of Rhossili Bay on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Wales.
[Ref: 62611] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A North West View of Rhuddlan Castle, in Flint Shire. Rhuddlan Castle is so call’d from the reddish Banks of the River Cluid on which it stands It is almost decay’d thro’ Age, and was built by a Welsh Prince, Tho. Rhuddlan is now a mean Village, it appears to have once been a considerable Town; from the Footsteps of an Abbey, an Hospital and a Gate half a mile from the Village. Anne Dom 794, a great Battle was fought here, between a King of Mercia, and another of Wales. [71 in ink]
J. Boydell del. et sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell 1749. Price 1s.
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¾"). Small hole in sky; wormhole in top right; repairs to platemark lower left.
A view of Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales. It was built by Edward I in 1277 following the First Welsh War; situated next to the River Clwyd.
[Ref: 32454] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A North West View of Rhuddlan Castle, in Flint Shire. Rhuddlan Castle is so call’d from the reddish Banks of the River Cluid on which it stands It is almost decay’d thro’ Age, and was built by a Welsh Prince, Tho. Rhuddlan is now a mean Village, it appears to have once been a considerable Town; from the Footsteps of an Abbey, an Hospital and a Gate half a mile from the Village. Anne Dom 794, a great Battle was fought here, between a King of Mercia, and another of Wales. [71 in ink]
J. Boydell del. et sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell 1749. Price 1s.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¾"). Few very small fox marks.
A view of Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales. It was built by Edward I in 1277 following the First Welsh War; situated next to the River Clwyd. 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: 29398] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Rythme.
Peint par C.H.Dufau. Photogravure Goupil & C.ie.
Imprimé & Publié par Goupil & C.ie Editeurs, Imprimeurs, Manzi, Joyant & C.ie Imprimeurs, Successors _ Paris _ Londres.
Photogravure, printed in colours and hand-finished. 535 x 735mm, 21 x 29". Some damage at top, entering platemark but not image.
Clementine Helene Dufau (French, 1869-1937).
[Ref: 10050] £420.00

Rhythm [in pencil].
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine etching, titled and signed by the artist. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with mint, uncut margins.
Two women play on a makeshift seesaw at the beach. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62502] £320.00

[Jean Ribault at Charlesfort.]
[from a wall map by Abbé Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet.]
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 150mm (5½ x 6"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, mounted on card.
A vignette scene of Jean Ribault (1520-65) at Charlesfort, the settlement he founded in Florida (but now South Carolina), shown on good terms with the local native Americans. Unfortunately relations were not so good with the Spanish: following the destruction of his fleet by a hurricane Ribault surrendered his destitute army to a Spanish force, who promptly knifed Ribault and his predomininately Huguenot followers. This is one of twenty vignette scenes decorating the borders of Abbé Clouet's wall map of the Americas, 'Carte d'Amerique Divisee en ses Principaux Pays Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Recents...'.
[Ref: 39090] £450.00

Marchand de Rubans. Bruxelles.
J.J. Eeckhout fc. Déposé. Lith: de Burggraaff.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand coloured lithograph. 241 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Scene in Brussels: a lady in the market with a make-shift stand to sell her ribbons.
[Ref: 16222] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate nine of a series of 18 landscapes after Ricci dedicated to Joseph Smith.]
Mar. Rizzi inv. Juli. Giampicoli scul.
[Venice: n.d., c.1740.]
Etching with very large margins, printed in sepia. 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"). Stitch holes in left margin, damp stains in top margin.
An Italianate landscape by Marco Ricci, one of eighteen dedicated to Joseph Smith (c.1682-1770), his patron. Smith, the British consul at Venice 1744-60, was a patron of artists, most notably Canaletto, and as a collector and connoisseur was a major draw on the British Grand Tour. His collection of drawings were bought for George III and form the nucleus of the Royal Collection of drawings in the Print Room at Windsor Castle.
BM: 1871,0812.3981
[Ref: 31773] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A New Book of Landskips after Marco Ricci Sold by J. Jarvis in Bedford Court Covent Garden. Price 6d.
[Anon, c.1750]
Engraving with central crease and very large margins, scarce, platemark 130 x 170mm (5 x 6¾")
Frontispiece to a volume reproducing landscapes by Marco Ricci (1676-1730). Like his compatriot Canaletto, Ricci spent several years working in England, hence the demand for his works in printed form.
[Ref: 33776] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Matteo Ricci] Pere Matthew Ricci.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the first European to enter Beijing's Forbidden City in 1601, where he used his knowlege of astronomy to gain influence in court. He is famed for his world map with Chinese characters, which introduced European cartography to China.
[Ref: 59870] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Rice cultivation] Reaping.
AH [Augustin Heckel] delin.
[London: John June, n.d., c.1770.]
Etching, 18th century watermark, 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Paper toned and spotted. Small margins.
Plate 16 of a series about the cultivation of rice in China.
[Ref: 60919] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Jane Rice. The Celebrated Teignmouth Bathing Guide.
On Stone, & Printed by W. Spreat, Exeter. [n.d. c.
Published by E. Croydon, Public Library, Teignmouth. [n.d c.1815.]
Rare lithograph. 380 x 272mm. 15 x 10¾".
At the time in Teignmouth, ladies and gentlemen were separated on the beach by the pier. The bathing machines were moved and tended by bathing attendants; Jane Rice was one such person.
[Ref: 27725] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[The Rt. Honble. Thos. Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchequer &c.]
Painted and Engraved by John Linnell.
London Published March 15. 1836 by Frs.Graves & Co late Colnaghi & Co 23 Cockspur St Charing cross & by Mr.J Linnell 38 Porchester Terrace Bayswater.
Mezzotint. 692 x 556mm. proof before letters. Water stain in left margin.
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle (1790-7 February 1866), English statesman. John Linnel was an English painter who made a good living as a fashionable portraitist, but preferred to paint landscapes. In 1837, he married the daughter of Samuel Palmer, one of his influences. He gave up portraiture in the 1840's and moved to Redhill to devote his career to his landscapes. These paintings were highly desired and caused Linnel to amass a great deal of wealth. However, he was not favored among his colleagues and was denied membership to the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 3918] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Miss Rich.]
Sam.l Cousins [pencil signature] [after William Hogarth.]
London Published 1st November 1877, by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co 13 & 14 Pall Mall East.
Mixed-method mezzotint on chine collé, signed artist's proof. 405 x 305mm (15¾ x 12").
A half-length portrait of a little girl, wearing a dress with a frilled trim and bow and a small lace cap also with a bow.
Whitman 136. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67807] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Rich and rare were the gems she wore (T. Moore) Sir Knight I feel not the least alarm; / No son of Erin will offer me harm. / For thoug they love woman and golden store, / Sir Knight they love honour and virtue more. 16.
London: Printed & Published by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 14 Newman St, March 1830.
Pen lithograph, printed on J. Whatman 1829 watermarked paper, larger margins; printed area 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½").
Illustration to the poem by Thomas Moore (1779-1852), one of his 'Irish Melodies' (1808-34) in which he wrote words for characteristic Irish airs.
[Ref: 32560] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[The Lady Rich.] In His Majesty's Collection.
From an Original Drawing by Hans Holbein. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver to his Majesty.
Published as the Act directs, Jan.y 1 1795, by I. Chamberlaine.
Coloured stipple, J. Whatman 1794 watermark paper. 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"). With separate letterpress description.
Elizabeth Jenks, daughter of a well-to-do London spice merchant, married Richard Rich in 1535, with whom she had fifteen children. Richard served as Solicitor General under Henry VIII, playing a part in Cromwell's fall, and as Edward VI's Lord Chancellor 1547-1552. Elizabeth died in 1588. Their great-grandson was Nathaniel Rich, a colonel in the New Model Army. After Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8 - 1543), for 'Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII Engraved in imitation of the original drawings of Hans Holbein in the Collection of His Majesty, with biographical and historical memoirs' issued in parts between 1792 and 1800.
[Ref: 33147] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Lady Rich. In His Majesty's Collection.
From an Original Drawing by Hans Holbein. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Historical Engraver to his Majesty.
Published as the Act directs, Jan.y 1 1795, by I. Chamberlaine.
Coloured stipple on roseate paper. 430 x 330mm (17 x 13"). Tears to edges.
Elizabeth Jenks, daughter of a well-to-do London spice merchant, married Richard Rich in 1535, with whom she had fifteen children. Richard served as Solicitor General under Henry VIII, playing a part in Cromwell's fall, and as Edward VI's Lord Chancellor 1547-1552. Elizabeth died in 1588. Their great-grandson was Nathaniel Rich, a colonel in the New Model Army. After Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8 - 1543), for 'Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII Engraved in imitation of the original drawings of Hans Holbein in the Collection of His Majesty, with biographical and historical memoirs' issued in parts between 1792 and 1800.
[Ref: 33148] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Jeremiah Rich.]
[n.d., c.1669.]
Very rare engraving. Sheet 55 x 35mm (2¼ x 1¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Jeremiah Rich (died 1669), leading stenography specialist of the period who perfected the system invented by his uncle, William Cartwright, but without giving him credit, claiming it to be his own invention. Frontis to "The Whole Book of Psalms in Meter", 1669.
[Ref: 68003] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Jeremiah Rich.]
[n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 75mm (4¼ x 3"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Jeremiah Rich (died 1669), leading stenography specialist of the period who perfected the system invented by his uncle, William Cartwright, but without giving him credit, claiming it to be his own invention.
[Ref: 68006] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Jeremiah Rich.] The Penns Dexterity. By Theife incomparable Contractions by which a Sentence is Writt as soone as a Word Allowed by Authority and past the two Universitys with great aprobation and aplause Invented and taught by Jeremiah Rich 1659.
[n.d., c.1659.]
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Jeremiah Rich (died 1669), leading stenography specialist of the period who perfected the system invented by his uncle, William Cartwright, but without giving him credit, claiming it to be his own invention. Frontispiece to "Penns Dexterity", 1659.
[Ref: 68007] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Robert, Earle of Warwicke, and Lord Rich of Leeze, etc.
[engraved by William Faithorne, c.1640-5]
Engraving, 96 x 73mm (3¾ x 2¾"). Laid on backing sheet with surrounding frame added in watercolour.
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587-1658), naval officer and colonial promoter mostly associated with the island of Catalina (Providencia) off Nicaragua, where he arrived in 1629 to set up plantations. He was a supporter of Puritan and Parliamentarian causes. Engraved by William Faithorne (c.1620-91), one of the most significant and prolific printmakers in seventeenth-century Britain. This print was originally engraved on the same plate as a portrait of Henry Rich, Earl of Holland
see Fagan p.66, state ii/ii (the plate divided). Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25475] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard II.]
[James Bretherton?]
[n.d. c.1780.]
Drypoint etching, very rare, proof. Plate 108 x 82mm. 4¼ x 3¼".
Richard II (1367-c.1400) was King of England, and as a member of the House of Plantagenet.
[Ref: 24856] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Richard III.d Act 5, Scene 3.
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by W. Sharp.
[Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1794 by Mr. Woodmason, Leadenhall Street, London.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom, mounted in album paper.
Richard sleeps restlessly in his tent holding his sword in left hand, dreaming of the ghosts of those he has killed, who appear as menacing figures on the left, one brandishing a dagger. From the series 'Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 57851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

The Play-house Habit of King Richard the 3.d. Habit de Theatre du Roi Richard III.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark. Very slight staining bottom left.
William Shakespeare's Richard III, in full costume, directed to the left, with his right hand on his hip, holding up a scroll with his left hand. Plate 223 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34883] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Richard III. Scene a Tent - ''Give me another ass, bind up my wounds! "Have mercy, there I say, you'll break my bones.'' Duncombe's, Miniature Caricature Magazine. No.9.
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard III] Smothering the Princes in the Tower.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two men, one holding a lamp, the other dressed in armour, lean towards the sleeping boys with a pillow.
[Ref: 57888] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Will: Richards.
G: Kneller Pinx. I: Smith Fec: et ex:
[n.d., c.1688.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½''), with very large margins.
A portrait of William Richards (1643-1705) rector of Helmdon, Northamptonshire and author of ''Wallography or The British Described''.
CS 211.
[Ref: 49187] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Will: Richards.
G: Kneller Pinx.
I. Smith Fec: et ex: [n.d., c.1688.]
Mezzotint. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½"). Tipped into album page.
Half-length portrait of William Richards (1643 - 1705), divine and author, engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652-1743) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723),
CS 211, ii of iii.
[Ref: 11432] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Will: Richards.
G: Kneller Pinx.
I. Smith Fec: et ex: [n.d., c.1688.]
Fine mezzotint. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½"). Small margins.
Half-length portrait of William Richards (1643-1705), divine and author, engraved and published by the famous early mezzotinter John Smith (1652-1743) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723),
CS 211, ii of iii.
[Ref: 49564] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Sr. Henry Blount. Loquendum cum Vulgo Sentiendum cum Sapientibus.
Publish'd Nor.1st.1801, by W.Richardson, York House,31,Strand.
Line engraving. 184 x 126mm.
Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682), Traveller. In 1636, Sir Henry Blount made his way to Turkey to learn all he could about that rival to his country's ambitions.
[Ref: 4881] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

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