Grosvenor Prints

The Ælian Bridge and Castle of S.t Angelo, with part of the City of Rome.
Bowles Sculp[.t.]
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 __ in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with hand colour. Sheet 285 x 405mm (11¼ x 16"). Trimmed within plate, into image at sides, surface scuffing, laid on card. Rubbed.
A view of the Castel Sant'Angelo (the former mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian) and the Aelian Bridge, with the Vatican behind.
[Ref: 64033] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Place and Church of S.t John de Lateran at Rome. La Place et l'Eglise de S.t Jean de Lateran a Rome. 1. St Johns Church. 2. The Palace Built by Sixtus the Fifth. 3. The Holy Ladder. 4. Constantine's Font 5. Hospital for Men 6. D.o for Women.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Hand-coloured etching, with printseller's label glued on verso. Sheet: 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 12"). Title removed and glued to verso as issued.
A view of the Lateran in Rome with key. On the reverse is the printseller's label of John Hogben Master of the Mathematical Free School, at Rye in Sussex now Rye College. A wonderful & rare country printseller's descriptive label. The label lists the variety of books, prints and stationary he stocks including account books, penknives, pens, sealing wax, inks mathematical instruments, globes, maps, spectacles and fishing tackle 'Sold as Cheap as in London'.
Label different from 41619.
[Ref: 41620] £420.00 view all images for this item

The Church of St. Mary ye Great at Rome With ye additional Buildlings on each side. Also ye Antique Collumn brought hither from ye Temple of Peace, by Pope Paul V. L'Eglise de St. Mary... 7.
Piranesi Delin. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
View of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome; with the column from the Basilica of Constantine in the left foreground, a fountain, rubble and many people, with other city buildings to left and beyond.
[Ref: 61279] £320.00

Veduta della Basilica di S.Paolo fuor delle Mura, eretta da Costantino Magno.
Piranesi F.
[Paris, c.1800.]
Etching. 410 x 625mm (16 x 24½"), with very large margins. Laid on backing sheet.
The façade of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, founded by Constantine I over the burial place of St. Paul. The building was destroyed by fire in 1823 (an event documented by Luigi Rossini in four views of the aftermath), and a replica rebuilt.
Hind: 6, state iv of vi, first Paris edition.
[Ref: 68382] £360.00

Chiesa di S. Paolo fuori delle Mura.
Piranesi fe.
[n.d. c.1745.]
Etching with very large margins as normal. There is a partial watermark. Plate 139 x 190mm (5½ x 7½"). Folding as normal.
A view of the Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura, commonly known as St Paul's Outside the Walls; one of Rome's four ancient papal basilicas. From "Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna".
[Ref: 30959] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Church of St. Peter at Rome. L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome. 1.
Bowles delin & Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Unexamined out of frame.
View of St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome from Via della Conciliazone; figures in the square, a small procession on the steps in front of the basilica.
[Ref: 61278] £320.00

The Church of St. Peter at Rome. L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome. 1.
[Engraved by Thomas Bowles]
London Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with hand colour. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), with large margins.
View of St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome from Via della Conciliazone; figures in the square, a small procession on the steps in front of the basilica.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62132] £320.00

[Tarpeian Rock] Veduta degl' Avanzi della Rupe Tarpeja.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15½"), with large margins, uncut. With some creasing in the top left corner
The Tarpeian Rock, a cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill, from which criminals were hurled to their death if their crimes were deemed shameful.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51508] £500.00

[Tarpeian Rock] Veduta degl' Avanzi della Rupe Tarpeja.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15½").
This plate shows part of the Capitoline Hill which is thought to be the Tarpeian Rock, form which criminals were hurled to their death.
[Ref: 5159] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Veduta del Tempio di Antonino, e Faustina..~
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 360 x 460mm (14¼ x 18¼"), with large margins, uncut.
The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman Rorum, dedicated to Antonius Pius (emperor from 138 to 161) and his consort Faustina. Although the building was given a baroque façade in the 16th century the original pronaos of 56ft columns still survives.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51538] £600.00

Ristavro del Tempio della Fortuna Prenestina.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1826.
Etched plan, 690 x 520mm. 27¼ x 20½". Tear into title at top of plate.
Principal elevations and plan with key text, showing the excavations and restoration to the Santuario della Fortuna Primigenia, a large archaeological site at Palestrina, Rome. Numbered 'T.69' lower right. From 'Le Antichita` dei contorni di Roma ossia le piu` famose citta` del Lazio' by Luigi Rossini (1790 - 1857).
[Ref: 13120] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Temple of Hadrian] Veduta dell'avanzo del fianco del Portico, che circondava la Cella del Tempio di Antonino Pio, in oggi Dogana di Terra, e Piazza di Pietra.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 400 x 540mm (15¾ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
The Temple of Hadrian (or Hadrianeum), was built by Antoninus Pius, his adopted son and successor. The wall of the cella and eleven columns of the right side were incorporated into a 17th-century papal palace by Carlo Fontana, and is the home of the Borsa Italiana, Italy's main stock exchange.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51524] £900.00

[Temple of Hercules Victor] Interno del Pronao del Tempio di Vesta, in Roma.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1819.
Etching. 470 x 370mm (18½ x 14½"), with large margins, uncut.
A view under the colonnade of the Temple of Hercules Victor in the Foro Boario which, because it is a 'tholos' (a round temple with an external colonnade) was mis-identified as a Temple of Vesta. Built at the end of the 2nd century BC, it is earliest surviving marble building in Rome, although the tile roof is a later replacement.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51534] £600.00

[Temple of Mars Ultor] Avanzi del Tempio di Marte vindicatore. dal volgo arco de Pantani~
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 545 x 445mm (21½ x 17¾"), with large margins, uncut.
The three Corinthian columns of the Temple of Mars Ultor and the tower of the Basilian basilica, with the Arco de' Pantani leading out of the Forum of Nerva.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51558] £400.00

Avanzo del Tempio di Minerva Medica, da altri un sepolcro, vicino a Porta Maggiore.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 500 x 615mm (19¾ x 24¼"), with large, uncut margins. Repaired tear in the top margin, entering image.
Although still known as The Temple of Minerva Medica, it is a 4th century nymphaeum, a building devoted to the nymphs, connected to the nearby Aqua Claudia. It is a ten-sided brick building with a door in one side and recesses with arched windows above on the other nine sides and with a cement cupola, which collapsed five years after Rossini drew it.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51504] £450.00

[Temple of Romulus] Veduta del Tempio di Remo nel Foro Romano.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 470 x 370mm (18½ x 14½"), with large margins, uncut.
The Temple of Divus Romulus, along the Via Sacra in the Roman Forum. Valerius Romulus, son of Emperor Maxentius, was consul in AD 308 and 309, and was deified when he died in 309. It is now the basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano. The bronze doors are the originals of the 4th century, with a lock that still works; the two columns are porphyry columns; the entablature was taken from another classical building and has now been removed.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51562] £400.00

Tempio di Romolo in oggi S. Theodoro.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1819.
Etching. 365 x 460mm (14¼ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
The Temple of Divus Romulus, along the Via Sacra in the Roman Forum. Valerius Romulus, son of Emperor Maxentius, was consul in AD 308 and 309, and was deified when he died in 309. Although Rossini calls it the church of Saint Theodorus, it is now the basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51546] £400.00

[Temple of Saturn] Avanzi del Tempio della Concordia.~
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1819.
Etching. 460 x 365mm (18 x 14½"), with large margins, uncut.
An oblique view of the porch of the enormous temple, in the west end of the Forum of Rome. In the background is a 44-foot fluted Corinthian column, dedicated to the Eastern Roman Emperor Phocas in 608, who was overthrown two years later.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51526] £600.00

[Temple of Serapis.] Veduta dei grandiosissimi avanzi del Tempio di Giove, dal volgo il frontespizio di Nerone, sul Monte Quirinale, negl' Orti Colonna.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 360 x 455mm (14¼ x 18"), with large margins, uncut. Crease in the centre.
The ruins of the Temple of Serapis on the Quirinal Hill, torn down during the persecution of pagans in the late Empire, with most of the structure reused on other buildings.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51548] £600.00

Veduta del Tempio Delle Camene, da Altri del Dio Ridicolo___fuori di Porta Latina nella Valle Della Caffarella.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 460 x 615mm (18 x 24¼"), with large margins, uncut. Tear just touching plate at bottom.
A building in the Park of the Caffarella, possibly the tomb of Aspasia Annia Regilla, wife of Herodes Atticus, once owner of the estate. Rossini attributed the building to either the Temple of the Camenae (four goddesses of childbirth, wells and fountains) or the Temple of the God Rediculum (the god that Romans honoured at the beginning and end of each journey). It is believed to be the spot where Hannibal turned back from Rome.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51539] £600.00

[Temple of the Dioscuri] Avanzi del Tempio di Giove Statore nel Foro Romano.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 460 x 390mm (18 x 15¼"), with large margins, uncut.
Rather than being the Temple of Jove, these are the remains of the Temple of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) in the Roman Forum. First built in 494BC, it was restored many times, so these columns date from the temple, dedicated by Tiberias in 6AD. The Dioscuri were the patrons of the Knights who every year held an impressive parade outside the temple. Under the columns is a little scene of riders driving bulls through the forum, drawn by Bartolomeo Pinelli to add life to Rossini's architecture.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51528] £750.00

[Temple of Venus & Rome] Veduta Generale del Tempio di Venere, e Roma.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 375 x 540mm (14¾ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
The Temple of Venus and Rome on the Velian Hill, between the eastern edge of the Forum Romanum and the Colosseum. A double temple (having two apses back to back, one dedicated to each deity), it was built by Hadrian, probably to his own design, and dedicated in AD 135. It is believed to be have been the largest temple in Rome.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51554] £600.00

[Theatre of Marcellus] Avanzi del Teatro di Marcello.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 415 x 510mm (16¼ x 20"), with large margins, uncut.
The Theatre of Marcellus was started by Julius Caesar and completed by Augustus in 13 BC, who dedicated to his heir Marcellus who had died aged 20. It was an enormous building, 115 ft. high and 127 ft. in diameter, capable of holding 15,000 people.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51540] £750.00

[The banks of the Tiber] Veduta dell' Antiche sostruzioni fatto da Tarquino, dette il bel Lido, e da altri, da Marco Agrippa à tempi di Augusto quando ripurgò le Cloache sino di Tevere.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 420 x 650mm (16½ x 25½"), with large margins, uncut. Tears and creasing to margins top and right.
A view of the banks of the Tiber near the Foro Boario, before the modern embankment. In the centre of the plate ('A' in the key) is the outflow of the Cloaca Maxima, one of the world's first sewers, supposedly built by Tarquinius Priscus c.600BC. Above is the Temple of Hercules Victor, the colonnaded circular form of which led it to be misidentified as a Temple of Vesta.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51488] £750.00

[Tiber Island] Veduta Dell' Isola Tiberina.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of Tiber Island, showing the bank modelled to look like the prow of a ship as homage to the legend of the founding of the temple to Aesculapius, god of medicine, on the island. The highest tower is that of the Basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51536] £600.00

[Tomb of Caius Vibius Marianus] Veduta del Gran Sepolcro volgarmente detto di Nerone _ Sulla Via Flaminia, 5. Migla lontano da Roma.~
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 565 x 410mm (22¼ x 16"), with large margins, uncut.
The tomb of Caius Vibius Marianus, a pro-consul, five miles outside Rome on the Flavinian Way. Like other classical tombs it is divided in two, the base being plain and strong, the upper part decorative.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51537] £750.00

Veduta del Gran Sepulcro di Cecilia Metella. situato nella Via Appia
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 460 x 630mm (18 x 24¾"), with very large margins on three sides, uncut. Torn, with some creasing.
The tomb of Cecilia Metella, daughter-in-law of Marcus Crassus the Triumvir, built on the Appian Way c. 20 BC. It has a strong square base from which rises a circular tower (66 ft. in diameter), faced in marble with a frieze of garlands and ox sculls. On the top are medieval battlements, from when the building was used as part of a castrum owned by the Gaetani family.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51507] £400.00

[Tower of Belisarius] Veduta degl' Avanzi delle Torri di Belisario_Dalla parte che guarda l'interno della Citta, vicino a Porta S.Giovanni. T28
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 425 x 556mm (16¾" x 21¼"), with very large margins.
A view of the city side of the Tower of Belisarius, built into the Aurelian Walls. In 536 the great general Belisarius took Rome for the Eastern Empire and strengthened the walls against the Ostrogothic counter attack.
The second state, with plate number.
[Ref: 26980] £320.00

[Tower of Belisarius] Veduta degl' Avanzi delle Torri di Belisario_Dalla parte che guarda l'interno della Citta, vicino a Porta S.Giovanni. T28
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 425 x 556mm (16¾" x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of the city side of the Tower of Belisarius, built into the Aurelian Walls. In 536 the great general Belisarius took Rome for the Eastern Empire and strengthened the walls against the Ostrogothic counter attack.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51552] £600.00

[Trajan's Market] Veduta del secondo Ordine dei Bagni di Paolo Emilio da altri chiamatala Calcidica del Foro Trajano.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 365 x 455mm (14½ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
Trajan's Market, on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, probably built in 100-110 AD by Apollodorus of Damascus, is believed to be the world's oldest shopping mall.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51559] £600.00

[Trevi Fountain] The Great Cascade of Spring Water at Rome, call'd Travi Fountain.
Nicol Salvi Architectura delin. Bowles sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, at N.o 58, Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with fine hand colour. Framed. 290 x 430mm (11½ x 17"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
The Trevi Fountain, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762, in front of the Palazzo Poli.
[Ref: 61294] £320.00

[The Vaticano Obelisk.]
Si stampano in Roma da Gio: Iacomo De Rossi alla Pace. [n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. 490 x 360mm (19¼ x 14¼"). With very large margins ragged, creased in middle as normal.
The Vaticano Obelisk, the centrepiece of the St. Peter's Square, with the Basilica behind. An Egyptian obelisk of unknown origin (lacking hieroglyphics), the obelisk was moved first to Alexandria around 30-28 BC by the Roman Prefect, then to Rome by Caligula in AD37. Having been placed in Nero's circus, it was moved to Saint Peter's Square by Pope Sixtus V in 1586, making it the first monumental obelisk raised in the modern period. The only obelisk in Rome that has not fallen since Roman times, it is topped by a gilt ball once believed to contain the ashes of Julius Caesar.
BM: 2006,U.827.
[Ref: 28666] £380.00

A View of the Piazza del Popolo in the City of Rome.
Parr Sculp.
[London, c.1740.]
Engraving with large margins. 205 x 260mm, 8 x 10¼". Margins chipped on left; rubbed.
The Piazza del Popolo, dominated by the obelisk of Ramesses II, in front of the twin churches of Santa Maria in Montesanto (built 1662-75) and Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1675-79).
[Ref: 26736] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Veduta della Basilica di S: Pietro in Vaticano. No.1. Colonnato e Piazza di S: Pietro. No.2. obelisco Alsato dal Cavr. Fontaana. No.3. Nuova Sacristia. No.4. Palazzo Vaticano.
Jo Jovanni Brun delinio e Sculp nel anno. 1785.
Presso Carlo Losi l'anno 1785:
A very fine copper engraving. Plate 431 x 605mm. 17 x 23¾". Loss of margin in the top right inside the platemark.
A beautiful view looking down on to the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter. A late renaissance church at the heart of the Vatican City, and the head of the Catholic Church.
[Ref: 16341] £490.00

A View of the Seat of Belvedere in Vaticano near Rome. Vue de la Maison de Belvedere dans la Vatican aupres de Rome.
Piranese delin. T. Bowles fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament November, 12. 1750. [London, Printed for Robt Sayer Map & Print Seller opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, and I.G.Printseller in St Anns Court Dean Street Soho.]
Hand-coloured engraving, with black borders. Plate 274 x 431mm. 10¾ x 17".
Elevated perspective view of formal garden, buildings and surrounding landscape of the Belvedere in the Vatican. A copy in the same direction of the etching by Piranesi from the 'Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna' of 1741-8.
[Ref: 25566] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Veduta Della Cappella Sistina nel Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano, edificata dal Pontefice Sisto IV, per opera di Baccio Pintelli, Architetto Fiorentino, e adornata sotto i Pontefici Guilio II, Clemente VII e Paolo III.
Fran.co Panini delin. Francesco Barbazza incise.
In Roma dalla Calcografia della Rev. Camera Aposolica presso la Curia Innocenziana l'Anno 1766.
Engraving. Sheet 485 x 700mm (19 x 27½"). Cut nearly to image on 3 sides.
A large illustration of the Sistine Chapel, taken from a corner looking towards the screen and the ceiling at the far end. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling first opened to the public in November 1512. The artist, Francesco Pannini (brother of Guiseppe Pannini who completed the Trevi Fountain), specialized in making preparatory drawings for etchings of architectural subjects.
[Ref: 46185] £480.00

Veduta Intiera Della gran Piazza, e Chiesa di S. Pietro in Vaticano Ornata Dal Colonnato, Obelisco, Fontane, e parte del Palazzo Pontificio.
Fran.co Panini delin. F. Polanzani inc.
Data in luce nella Calcografia nella Rev. Camera Apos.ca presso la Curia Innocenziana l'Anno 1765.
Engraving. 480 x 720mm (19 x 28¼"), with very large margins. Very slight central crease as normal, crease on the right, to the extremity of the margins.
A fine large plate, looking across St Peter's piazza towards the basilica. The artist, Francesco Pannini (brother of Guiseppe Pannini who completed the Trevi Fountain), specialized in making preparatory drawings for etchings of architectural subjects. The engraver, Francesco Polanzani, is best known for his portrait of Piranesi for Piranesi's 'Antichita Romane'.
[Ref: 46186] £800.00

Veduta Presa parte destra del Colonnato della gran Piazza, e Chiesa di S. Pietro in Vaticano con l'Obelisco nel mezzo all due Fontane.
Fran.co Panini delin. Dom.co Cigni inc.
Data in luce nella Calcografia nella R.C.A. presso la Curia Innocenziana l'Anno 1765.
Engraving. 450 x 725mm (17¾ x 28½"). Few tears on left in very large margins. Central crease as normal.
A large plate, looking towards the colonnade on the south side of St Peter's Piazza, with the obelisk and fountain. The artist, Francesco Pannini (brother of Guiseppe Pannini who completed the Trevi Fountain), specialized in making preparatory drawings for etchings of architectural subjects.
[Ref: 46184] £580.00

Veduta Intiera Della gran Piazza, e Chiesa di S. Pietro in Vaticano Ornata Dal Colonnato, Obelisco, Fontane, e parte del Palazzo Pontificio.
Fran.co Panini delin. F. Polanzani inc.
Data in luce nella Calcografia nella Rev. Camera Apos.ca presso la Stamperia Cammerale l'Anno 1790.
Engraving. 480 x 720mm (19 x 28¼"), with very large margins. Central crease as normal. Crease top right; tatty.
A large plate, looking across St Peter's piazza towards the basilica. The artist, Francesco Pannini (brother of Guiseppe Pannini who completed the Trevi Fountain), specialized in making preparatory drawings for etchings of architectural subjects. The engraver, Francesco Polanzani, is best known for his portrait of Piranesi for Piranesi's 'Antichita Romane'.
[Ref: 46183] £650.00

St. Peters Haupt-Kirch in Rom. Jübel Jahr auf das 1700 Jahr.
Johann Ulrich Krausen sc. et ex.
Cut Grat: et Privil Sacræ Cæsaræ Majestatis. [Augsburg, c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 485 x 430mm (19 x 17"). Trimmed to plate, corners reinforced. Repaired tear left & right.
A broadside illustrating the jubilee celebrations for the year 1700 in St Peter's Basilica, Rome. The main image shows the cathedral packed with pilgrims during the ceremony; underneath are five compartments, showing a plan of the basilica, the entrance porch, St Peter's Square, the exterior of the basilica and an altar. This jubilee, a special year of remission of sins and universal pardon, crossed the tenures of two popes, Clement XI, who died in September, and his successor Innocent XII.
[Ref: 46182] £650.00

Veduta di Villa Lodovisi.
Piranesi F.
[n.d. c.1745.]
Etching, with very large margins as normal. Partial watermark. Plate 121 x 197mm (4¾ x 7¾"). Folding as normal.
The seat of Boncompagni Lodovisi, Rome. From "Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna".
[Ref: 30957] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Inside of S.t Pauls Church in Rome built by Constantine the Great. L'Interieur de L'Eglise de S.t Paul a Rome... 8.
Piranesi delin. Bowles sculp.
Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined outside of frame. Glass cracked.
An interior view of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
[Ref: 61275] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Romeo and Juliet. O Speak Again, bright Angel. [&] Othello. Kill me to-morrow, let me live to-night.
[by William Heath.]
[London pub.d by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly Sept. 1827.]
Pair of coloured etchings. Sheets 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼") & 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to printed border and around title.
A anthropomorphic satires: a monkey playing Romeo serenading another as Juliet on the balcony; and a scene from Othello, with a dog Moor smothering a cat Desdemona.
[Ref: 41800] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene IV.
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Juliet at the Balcony.]
[Painted by B. R. Haydon.] [Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles.]
[London, Published July 1st. 1823 by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street/Printed by C.Hullmandel.]
Lithograph. 236 x 190mm. 9¼ x 7½".
Romeo and Juliet embraving on the balcony at night. Romeo's hand points towards the rising sun, indicating that he must leave.
[Ref: 14881] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Romeo and Juliet in Friar Lawrence's Cell. From the original drawing in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York.]
]H. Bunbury Esq.r del. J.J. Vandenbergh, sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1794 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.]
Stipple with etching, unfinished proof before letters. 375 x 480mm (14¾ x 19"). Trimmed into blank inscription area.
The young lovers meet under the protection of Friar Lawrence. Act 2, Scene 6 from 'Romeo & Juliet', produced for 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 64410] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Romeo and Juliet in Friar Lawrence's Cell. From the original drawing in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York.
H. Bunbury Esq.r del. J.J. Vandenbergh, sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1794 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Stipple with etching. 420 x 485mm (16½ x 19"), with large margins.
The young lovers meet under the protection of Friar Lawrence. Act 2, Scene 6 from 'Romeo & Juliet', produced for 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 64409] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Emma Romer [facsimile signature]. Amina_ ''While my heart its joy revealing / Beats Oh! beats with grateful feeling. / La Sonnambula. Proof.
Drawn & Lithographed by J. Deffett Francis.
London, Published Jan.y 20.th 1838 by Welch & Gwynne Printsellers & Publishers (from Colnaghi's Cockspur S.t) 24, St James's St.
Rare coloured lithograph. Framed, window mounted around title, sight size 430 x 275mm (17 x 11"). Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of English soprano Emma Romer (1814-68), in Vincenzo Bellini's 'La sonnambula'. The image is the same hexagonal shape as the mount. After her marriage to George Almond in 1835 she continued to sing, but in 1852 Mrs Almond took over management of the Surrey Theatre for three seasons.
[Ref: 68236] £360.00

Sir Samuel Romilly. Proof.
Painted by Sir Tho Lawrence R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Bayswater.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Proof mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Creases.
A half-length portrait of lawyer and Whig MP Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818). An abolitionist and reformer, he successfully introduced bills repealing an Elizabethan statute that make pickpocketing a capital offence (1808) and abolishing hanging, drawing and quartering (1814).
Whitman 251. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67158] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Portrait of Romney Robinson.
Rob.t Cooper Sculp.t
Published April 14.th 1809 by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple. 272 x 204mm (10¾ x 8").
Thomas Romney Robinson (1792-1882) as a young boy. Romney Robinson was an astronomer and physicist and served as the longtime director of Armagh Astronomical Observatory. He is also noted for his invention of a device used for measuring the speed of the wind, the Robinson Anemometer (1846). The crater Robinson on the Moon is named after him.
[Ref: 30026] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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