Grosvenor Prints

[Rugby players.]
Gregorio Prieto. 1938.
[Dolphin Book Co (Tredwr) Ltd, 1938.]
Woodcut. Printed area 245 x 240mm (9¾ x 9½"), on laid paper, with large margins.
From ''Students: Oxford and Cambridge'', by Gregorio Prieto, a collection of twenty woodcuts, limited to 100 copies. Prieto (1897-1992), a Spanish avante garde artist whose work often featured homoerotica, moved to London to avoid the Spanish Civil War, only returning to Spain in 1950.
See also reference 60883.
[Ref: 60882] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Rugby Match.]
L.L.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Ink drawing. Sheet: 180 x 280mm (7 x 11'').
A sporting scene showing a rugby player kicking a football into a mass of players.
[Ref: 51065] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[A Dash on the Goal Line.]
Ernest Prater.
[n.d., 1902.]
Photolithograph. Sheet 205 x 300mm (8 x 12"), mounted on original green backing paper, with sheet of descriptive text.
A try being scored, a rare early rugby scene. Accoring to the text sheet Prater's painting was exhibited at the R.A. in 1897. From B.F. Robinson's 'Sporting Pictures', 1902. After Ernest Prater (1864–1950), a war correspondent during the Anglo-Boer War and illustrator for newspapers and books, including works by Henty.
[Ref: 40252] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Scenes in New Zealand. To James Baxter. Esq., Manager of the British Rugby Football Team. From the New Zealand Government August, 1930.
Album of 25 Photographs. Small, oblong folio, Morocco binding with gilt. 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Rubbing to binding, some foxing.
A scarce early Rugby Lions item, with a copy of "History of the British Lions" by Clem Thomas, 1997. A presentation copy of an album of photographs of scenery of New Zealand presented to James Baxter with a dedication from George Forbes (1869-1947), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930-1935, in celebration of the first British 'Lion's' tour to New Zealand in 1930. The team was the first bona fide British team to tour New Zealand. Dedication reads: 'With complts & best wishes George Forbes, Prime Minister N.Z. Augt. 14th 1930.'
[Ref: 42852] £700.00 view all images for this item

To the Right Hon.ble & Hon.ble The Trustees of Rugby School, Warwickshire, this South East View of the Buildings Erected under their Authority is most respectfully dedicated by their ,uch obliged & obedient serv.t, George Hawkins.
G. Hawkinds del et sculp. Henry Hakewill Architect 1808.
London Published Feb.y 1.st 1817 by Geo. Hawkins. 21 Panton Street Leicester Square.
Engraving. 280 x 400mm (11 x 15¾"), very large margins. Tear and some nicks in the lower margin.
A south east prospect of Rugby School, founded in 1576, but re-established during the first half of the 19th century. In foreground boys are holding cricket bat.
[Ref: 56309] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Southern Schools & Dormitories of Rugby School _ from the Play Ground.
W. Westall del.t. J. Stadler sculp.t.
London: Pub.d Nov. 1, 1816, at 101, Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Charter House School.
Fine coloured aquatint. 250 x 300mm (6 x 11¾"). Mint.
A view of Rugby School, with pupils playing cricket in the foreground.
[Ref: 60872] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

View from the Quadrangle. Rugby School.
W.Westell del.t. D.Havell sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 1 1816, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Rugby School.
Fine hand coloured aquatint, plate 300 x 250mm (12 x 10"), large margins.
A view from the Quadrangle at Rugby School, designed and built by architect Henry Hakewill. From Ackermann's 'History of Rugby School'.
[Ref: 62902] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Great School Room of Rugby.
J.Gendall del.t. D.Havell sculp.t.
Pub.d. Nov.r 1 1816, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Rugby School.
Fine hand coloured aquatint, plate 300 x 250mm (12 x 10"), large margins.
A view of the great school room at Rugby School. Pupils are sat on benches around the room, some are reading. From Ackermann's 'History of Rugby School'.
[Ref: 62903] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Head Master's House. Rugby School.
W.Westall del.t. J.Stadler sculp.t.
Published Oct.r 1, 1816, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Rugby School.
Fine hand coloured aquatint, plate 300 x 250mm (12 x 10"), large margins.
A view of the Head Masters house at Rugby School, built in 1809. From Ackermann's 'History of Rugby School'.
[Ref: 62904] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

View of Rugby School. From the Northampton Road.
W.Westall del.t. D.Havell sculp.t.
Fine hand coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1812 watermark, plate 300 x 250mm (12 x 10"), large margins.
A view of the Rugby School from the Northampton Road. A woman and her child are walking in the forground, the school amongst the trees in the distance. From Ackermann's 'History of Rugby School'.
[Ref: 62905] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Rugby School as it appear'd in the Year 1809, Is by Permission respectfully dedicated to the Honorable the Trustees By their much obliged and Obedient Servant E. Pretty.
Drawn & Etch'd by E. Pretty. Aquatinted by R. Reeve.
Rugby, Published by E. Pretty, Drawing Master, June 1811.
Etching with aquatint. 280 x 490mm (11 x 19¼"). Foxed, creased.
The school with cricketers in the foreground, by Edward Pretty (1792-1865).
[Ref: 66614] £480.00

Rugby School as it appear'd in the Year 1809, Is by Permission respectfully dedicated to the Honorable the Trustees By their much obliged and Obedient Servant E. Pretty.
Drawn & Etch'd by E. Pretty. Aquatinted by R. Reeve.
Rugby, Published by E. Pretty, Drawing Master, June 1811.
Etching with aquatint. 280 x 490mm (11 x 19¼"). Occasional foxing to sky area upper right.
The school with cricketers in the foreground, by Edward Pretty (1792-1865).
[Ref: 4720] £480.00

[Rugby School entrance on Hillmorton Road, looking towards the Temple Speech Room.]
Gertrude Hayes.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 255 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Very large margins.
Gertrude Ellen Hayes (1872-1956), who married Alfred Kedington. Both were art tutors at Rugby School.
[Ref: 37882] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Rugby School from the Temple Speech Room.]
Gertrude Hayes.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Very large margins.
Gertrude Ellen Hayes (1872-1956), who married Alfred Kedington. Both were art tutors at Rugby School.
[Ref: 37884] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Football. (Rugby) St. Dunstan's v. Royal Naval School 8.10.98 at Catford. St. D. lost by 17 pts [...]
Sketched after the match by F.A. Brooker -98
Pen and ink, scarce item; sheet 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Hole on left.
Unique sheet of sketches showing events during an 1898 rugby match between the Royal Naval School in New Cross (now Goldsmiths College) and St Dunstan's College in Catford. Several players in the match are identified by name (Elgin, Silvester, Christie).
[Ref: 44820] £390.00

[Battle Scene.]
G.P. Rugendas pinx. et del. Li 3 di Marzo Ao 1696 in Augusta. Christian Rugendas Sculps et excud Aug. Vindelicor.
Mezzotint printed in different coloured inks, platemark 165 x 240mm (6½ x 9½") very large margins. Good impression.
Violent battle scene by two members of the Rugendas family of artists in Germany. The image derives from a painting by Georg Philipp Rugendas I, a painter and graphic artist who established a print publishing house in Augsburg in 1735. It was engraved and published by his son Christian (1708-81).
[Ref: 40226] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle Scene.]
G.P. Rugendas pinx. Roma Ao 1694 Christian Rugendas Sculps et excud Aug. Vind.
Mezzotint printed in different coloured inks, platemark 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾") very large margins. Good impression.
Violent battle scene by two members of the Rugendas family of artists in Germany. The image derives from a painting by Georg Philipp Rugendas I, a painter and graphic artist who established a print publishing house in Augsburg in 1735. It was engraved and published by his son Christian (1708-81).
[Ref: 40227] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle Scene.]
G.P. Rugendas pinx. et del. Ao 1696 li15 Novembre in Augusta / Christian Rugendas Sculps et excud Aug. V
Mezzotint printed in colours, platemark 180 x 225mm (7 x 9"). Thread margins.
Battle scene by two members of the Rugendas family of artists in Germany. The image derives from a painting by Georg Philipp Rugendas I, a painter and graphic artist who established a print publishing house in Augsburg in 1735. It was engraved and published by his son Christian (1708-81).
[Ref: 38655] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinoiserie designs]
John. Lorenz Rugendas Sculpsit et excudit Aug. Vind. [c.1770]
Etching, platemark 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Small margins.
Chinoiserie designs by Johann Lorenz Rugendas I (1730-99), one of a family of German painters, draughstmen and engravers descended from Georg Philipp Rugendas I, an esteemed painter who established a publishing house in Augsburg in 1735.
[Ref: 41397] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinoiserie designs]
John. Lorenz Rugendas Sculpsit et excudit Aug. Vind. [c.1770]
Etching, platemark 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Small margins.
Chinoiserie designs by Johann Lorenz Rugendas I (1730-99), one of a family of German painters, draughstmen and engravers descended from Georg Philipp Rugendas I, an esteemed painter who established a publishing house in Augsburg in 1735.
[Ref: 41398] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

So wechselt Freud und Leid: [...]
Georg Philipp Rugendas inv. del. et Sculpsit.
Johann Christian Leopold excudit Augustæ Vindelicorum cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacræ Cæsareæ Magestatis. [Augsburg, n.d., 1730.]
Mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20¼"). Thread margins, holes patched, central crease.
A camp scene: a woman cooks eggs as a man starts to pluck a goose; a soldier dances with another woman; and, in the background, a man is being held down and beaten with a stick.
[Ref: 51359] £320.00

[Battle scene] Militis Hungarici prima est audacia Virtus [...]
Georg Philipp Rugendas Junior fecit.
G.P. Rugendas Senior excud. Johann Christian Leopold excudit Augustæ Vindelicorum cum Gratia et Privilegio Sacræ Cæsareæ Magestatis. [Augsburg, n.d., 1730.]
Rare mezzotint. 410 x 515mm (16 x 20¼"). Thread margins, holes patched, repaired tear central crease.
A battle scene, with cavalrymen in melée.
[Ref: 51361] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Frontis to George Ruggle's Ignoramus]
[n.d. c.1630]
Engraving, sheet 115 x 65mm (4½ x 2¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
Full-length portrait of George Ruggle, standing in a library, facing right, wearing a hat, lace collar, and academic gown, with short hair and a moustache. He holds a closed scroll in his left hand and an open scroll in his right inscribed “Ignoramus.” A speech scroll bears the words “Currat Lex,” with bookshelves visible in the background. George Ruggle (1575-1622), author of Ignoramus, a Latin college farce with English and French passages, created one of the most notable academic plays of the English Renaissance, adapted from Giambattista della Porta’s, 'La Trappolaria' (1596). It premiered at Clare College, Cambridge, on March 8, 1615, for King James I’s visit. After Ruggle’s death, Nicholas Ferrar praised him as a “Brother of the [Virginia] Company,” noting his three years of service there. In his will, Ruggle bequeathed £100 for the education of American Indian children in Virginia.
[Ref: 67644] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Ruined abbey.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink & watercolour, coloured on both sides as a transparency. Sheet 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼"). Creased.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40420] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[A campfire in a ruined abbey.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Watercolour, coloured on both sides as a transparency with some varnish. Image 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"). Some creasing.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters and the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40439] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[A ruined abbey.]
Drawn by W.m Westall. Etched by George Cook.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching, proof before title? 230 x 300mm (9 x 11¾").
A ruined abbey, with a cowherd driving three cows in the foreground
[Ref: 41784] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Ruined Tower and Gateway.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching, 18th century watermark. Plate: 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8'').
[Ref: 48233] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[A ruined tower above a river.]
Sanby [sic] inv.t.
Published as the Act directs by Fran.s Vivares Nov.r 4 1780.
Rare etching, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark; 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"). Slight creasing, small marghins.
Ex Collection of Sarah Baynton-Williams.
[Ref: 57663] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Ruins with two figures]
[Perhaps by J. T., c.1820]
Etching, sheet 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Trimmed to platemark.
[Ref: 43600] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Ruislip - Middlesex.
William J. Phillips.
[n.d. c.1905.]
Etching, signed in pencil. Plate 204 x 152mm. 8 x 6".
A view of Ruislip High Street, with St Martin's Church in the background, the waterpump sits next to the road sign, a girl behind with two water jugs; a Hovis Bread store to the right, a cart and horse outside.
[Ref: 20039] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Music Bouquet. Rule Britannia! The National Song and Chorus, Performed by Julien's Band; by the French Guides' Band; and by the Bands of the Grenadier & Coldstream Guards.
With all the correct words, Composed by D.r Arne.
London, Musical Bouquet Office , 192, High Holborn; & J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row.
Frontis and music sheet. Sheet: 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Light foxing. Part of music missing bottom right.
A song sheet for Rule Britannia, the frontis shows the figure of Britannia flanked by a sailor and a soldier.
[Ref: 46061] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Freedom. Rule Britannia Britannia rules the waves [/] Britons never shall be Slaves.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Engraving. Sheet: 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 9"). Trimmed and laid on an album sheet.
A scene in a blacksmiths in which several smiths work hard at their various tasks while a large man in a hat shouts at them from the left.
BM Satire 8497.
[Ref: 43966] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Fancy, the Ruler of the Guild of Smoke-Sellers, Paints Mississippi, Which Wastes France's Treasures.] De Inbeelding; Heersseres van't Rookverkopers-gild, Maald Missisippi hier, 't geen Vrankryks schat verspild.
[1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Plate: 335 x 295mm (13¼ x 11½'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical scene showing the allegorical figure of Fancy painting a prospect of Mississippi while putti sit and play around her. In the corners of the image are four scenes showing traders in North America and share holders purchasing shares. The bursting of the Mississippi contributed to the financial crisis of 1720.
BM Satire 1657.
[Ref: 48478] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Skittles Ground. Plan of a double Skittle Ground half an Inch to a Yard [image.] [Text:] Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles. By a Society of Gentleman. As the Game of Skittles is now a favourite Amusement, a general Guide to remove Doubts, and prevent Disputes, is become necessary. Stimulated by these considerations, a respectable Society of Gentlemen (who are esteemed good Players) have been induced to print the following Rules and Instructions, which thay have themselves often lamented the want of; hoping they will be found generally useful, but particularly to Learners. Rules. I. The Bowler must stand at the mark with one foot, and from thence deliver his Bowl fairly out of his hand; which Bowl must run upon the Board, fixed for that purpose, before it arrives at the Frame...XIII. If you Bowl and Top, for a limited number, at the close of the Game, and throw down more than you want, you must for Nine. N.B. In the Ground where these Rules are observed, a disinterested person is generally appointed to Score the Game, and in disputes, (if the case differs from any of those herein states, which is hardly possible) his decision is, or should be, final. Instructions. Bowling. The Art of Bowling well must be acquired in a great measure through practice, yet a little instruction will soon be found very useful, and a proper attention will enable a Learner to become a good Player...Tipping. When the Learner is going to Tip, he should hold the small circumference or opposite side of the bias in the palm of his hand, grasping it very strong his finger...if not struck hard, without the danger of their rolling, especially if they are tipped down hill; to do which, he must make the Sixth his first Pin. For the benefit of the Learner the Skittles are all numbered in the above Plan. Dimensions of a Double Covered Ground, by which, and the above Plan, either a Single of Double Ground may be formed. aa The whole length of the inclosed Ground 17 yards and an half. bb Breadth of the Ground, from side to side, 4 yards. The Dots shew the curves Line which Bowl should form. The just proportion of a Skittle is 15 inches round in the largest part, and 12 inches high...The Bowl should be 18 inches in circumference; each angle of the Frame for the Pins 3 feet 4 inches....The proportions and distances of ever part, as well as those already described, may be ascertained by the Scale.
Printed for G. Kearsley, at No.46, in Fleet-Street, 1786. __ Price 6d. Plain, or 1s. coloured. --- Entered at Stationers-Hall. A later copy c. 1900.
Coloured engraving with letterpress. Sheet 481 x 311mm. 19 x 12¼".
Rules and instructions for playing skittles. A printed sheet with hand coloured panel of a skittle ground and plan.
[Ref: 24964] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Joseph Rullier. Se portant très bien âgé de Cent-Sept-Dix et Cinq Mois, Né le 6 avril 1673, 3, au bourg Ste Maurice en Savoye
Permis d'imprimer et Debiter à Paris ce 25 Mars 1780 Le Noir.
Etching. 210 x 135mm (8¼ x 5¼"), with large margins.
Contemporary scene of French centenarian Joseph Rullier being presented to the French court, aged 110, apparently published to raise money for him. Earlier states of the plate give his age as 107 and 109.
[Ref: 55758] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph Rullier. Se portant tres-bien, age de cent Neuf ans...[etc.]
C.L. Desrais Del. Dorgez sculp.
Avec l'Approbation de Mr. le Lieutenant General de Police [n.d., c.1780].
Etching, 265 x 165mm. Printer's crease into upper part of image.
Contemporary portrait of a French centenarian, Joseph Rullier, who is here depicted aged 109. After Claude Louis Desrais (1746 - 1816) by F J Dorgez (1780 - 1814; fl. in Paris).
[Ref: 7917] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Part of the Island of Rum.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell, 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, April 1, 1818.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Large margins, uncut.
Rùm in the Inner Hebrides, now owned by the Nature Conservancy Council. 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: 36290] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Rum Characters in a Shrubbery.
Rowlandson.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Aquatint with hand colour. 330 x 260mm (13 x 10¼"). Framed Unexamined out of frame.
Two hideous prostitutes stand at the counter of a gin-shop (or vault), each with a glass. A stout man fills a glass from a bottle on the counter. Behind him are huge casks, one inscribed 'Booths Best Gin' (for Booth & Co., the famous firm of distillers).
BM 11115, originally published by Reeve and Jones in 1808.
[Ref: 51838] £350.00

I Say say Dick, what rum cove is this I wonder! / ''Why 'tis a Ratcatcher to be sure don't you see the Rat on hi collar? / No. No. That's a Fox. he's a Sportsman. / ''You are right. You are right Sir."
S. Jenner Berkeley.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 240 x 305mm (9½ x 12"). Nicks in edges of sheet.
A scene in Petticoat Lane, with two men accosting a third in a fur-collared red coat.
[Ref: 58408] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

CERumbold [facsimile signature.] Dec 27th. 1832.
[n.d. c.1832.]
Lithograph. 317 x 265mm. 12½ x 10½".
Charles Edmund Rumbold (1788-1857) was a British Whig politician. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1812 he began his Grand Tour, which was a traditional travel of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. By 1818 he was elected MP for Great Yarmouth, a seat he held until 1835. In the general election of 1837 he returned to the House of Commons and sat for the constituency again until 1847; however he was successfully elected a third time for Great Yarmouth and represented it until his death in 1857.
[Ref: 17482] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

A Rummage for Document for more Impe ------nts.
Invt Engd & Published by Knight La.beth May 1806 and sold at N° 7 Cornhill.
Hand-coloured etching. 235 x 342mm (9¼ x 13½"). Cut to platemark.
Paull's head and shoulders emerge from a long table, covered with papers, at which he has been writing; he is terror-struck at a beam of light issuing from the head of Wellesley which appears among clouds in the upper right. Wellesley looks down at Paull with raised forefinger. The papers on the table are blown about by a blast from Wellesley. Under the table partly raised cloth reveals sacks of money: '10-000 L R' and '20-000 Lac Rup'. An enormously long scroll hangs from the table by Paull, lying in fused folds on the ground. Piled up on the left of the table are two large bundles; a large bundle of 'Love Letters' lies on a package of 'Eastern delights or the Loves of India Manuscript'; this stands on a large volume: 'Portr[aits of t[he] Beauties of India'. Against it lies a small book: 'Man of Feeling [by Mackenzie]'. A paper is 'the Revenge'. With these is a small picture of an Indian woman holding a sword. Behind these piled-up objects stands a figure of 'Wisdom' with wide eyes, enormous ears, and two fingers held to his mouth to keep it closed. Above, discarded on a shelf, is a battered volume: 'Duty of Man'. On the wall behind Paull is a long framed picture of the Woman taken in Adultery: three-quarter length figures of Christ, the Elders, and the woman, with a bold inscription: 'He that is without sin among you let him cast the first stone.' A signature, 'Coricio', is perhaps intended for Correggio.
BM Satires 10561.
[Ref: 52284] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Elinour Rummin, The famous Ale-wife of England.
Published, March 1st, 1821, By W. Baynes and Son. Paternoster Row.
Slight damage to upper right corner.
The title page and illustration from 'A Biographical History of England' by J Granger, which included the works of John Skelton (c. 1460 - 1529), poet laureat in the reign of King Henry VIII, such as this commemoration of the celebrated 'ale-wife' of England, Eleanor Rummin. She is depicted holding two black tankards of ale to her sides. Underneath is a verse which reads: 'When Skelton wore the Lawrell Crowne, My Ale put all the Ale - wives downe'.
[Ref: 33248] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Thos. Rumbold Bt.
European Magazine.
Published June 1, 1782, by I.Fielding, Pater-noster Row, J. Sewell, Cornhill, & I. Derbett, Piccadilly.
Engraving. 167 x 107mm.
Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet (1736-1791) was a British administrator of India who served as Governor of Madras from 1777 to 1780. He joined the East India Company's naval service as a writer at the age of 16, then transferred to the Company's military service. Promoted to Captain in 1757, he served as Clive's aide-de-camp at the Battle of Plassey. He subsequently transferred back to the Civil Service, becoming chief at Patna in 1763 and a member of the Bengal Council from 1766 to 1769; he was mentioned as a possible Governor of Bengal in 1771, but Warren Hastings was appointed. He was elected to Parliament in 1770, initially as MP for New Shoreham, a notoriously corrupt and expensive borough where he probably bribed extensively. At the next election, in 1774, Rumbold was embroiled in another election-bribery scandal at Shaftesbury: he and Sir Francis Sykes were initially declared elected, but their defeated opponent, petitioned to have the result overturned and produced copious evidence of corruption. In the meanwhile, Rumbold had been a director of the East India Company in 1772 and again from 1775 to 1777, and in June 1777 he was appointed Governor of Madras. During his governorship, British troops occupied Guntur (then French), which shortly afterwards was annexed to Madras, and also captured Pondicherry and Mahé. He was created a baronet in 1779. However, Sir Thomas was also responsible for negotiations with Haidar Ali, and was unable to dissuade him from invading the Carnatic or to prevent him from succeeding. He resigned the governorship for reasons of ill health in 1780, and was subsequently dismissed from the service of the company by the court of directors, who held him responsible for the Carnatic invasion and the Second Anglo-Mysore War. A parliamentary enquiry was also imminent, and he was anxious to be in the Commons to defend himself, but he had once more been unseated for electoral corruption and had to buy himself a seat at Yarmouth. Rumbold supported the establishment of a parliamentary committee of enquiry into the causes of the war in the Carnatic, and spoke repeatedly during the debates that followed. However, the committee did not call him to give evidence, and eventually passed a motion for his impeachment. He was alleged to have diverted a staggering £600,000 into his own pockets, and it was proved that he had been consistently remitting back to England sums three times as big as his salary. But Rumbold's defence was vigorous, no useful evidence to back the charges against him was forthcoming from India, and he was acquitted. Nevertheless, it seems to have been widely believed that he had bribed Henry Dundas and Richard Rigby, the members in charge of the proceedings against him.
[Ref: 12622] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Run Out.]
Ernest Prater.
[n.d., 1902.]
Photolithograph. Sheet 205 x 300mm (8 x 12"), mounted on original green backing paper, with sheet of descriptive text.
A cricketer being run out. From B.F. Robinson's 'Sporting Pictures', 1902. After Ernest Prater (1864–1950), a war correspondent during the Anglo-Boer War and illustrator for newspapers and books, including works by Henty.
[Ref: 40250] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Running away with an Heiress.
Giles Grinagain inv.t et fec.t.
Pub.d by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly Jan.y 2.d 1804.
Coloured etching; 18th century watermark; bottom right stamped in ink S.W.F.. 200 x 230mm (8 x 9"). Trimmed to plate at bottom with slight loss to right.
A fat middle-aged woman, lightly clad in indoor dress, sits on the shoulders of a man smaller and older than herself, who runs in profile to the right. He bends under his burden, using a stick, and saying, 'I think I have got a great Prize at last! 40,000 £ in Bank Stock is a weighty Consideration'. She says: 'How I do long for the Blacksmith! When shall we get to Gretna Green!". Behind them is a short ladder leading from a ground-floor window. 'Giles Grinagain' (fl. 1801-7) made a series of prints published by Samuel Howitt in 1801-2, so is probably a pseudonym for Howitt himself. Some were re-issued by S W Fores in 1804, and in 1807 he is listed as a publisher at 7 Artillery Street, of a print by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10337.
[Ref: 40615] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Running to Cover, with the Bore Family in Full Cry.
London Published by Thos McLean, 26 Haymarket. [n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Cut to platemark.
Two young men rush through a doorway as a family with children bear down towards them.
BM: 1990,1109.70.
[Ref: 31497] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Running to Cover, with the Bore Family in Full Cry.
London Published by Thos McLean, 26 Haymarket. [n.d., c.1830.]
Coloured etching. Plate: 245 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾''). Trimmed and toned.
Two young men rush through a doorway as a family with children bear down towards them.
[Ref: 50959] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Great Lansquenet or Standard Bearer.]
[Engraved by Wallerant Vaillant after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, after Pietro Muttoni, called della Vecchia.]
[n.d., c.1660.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 195 x 130mm (7¾ x 5"). Very trimmed and backed onto album paper. Crease.
Copy of the 1658 mezzotint by Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619 - 1682), the original painting is attributed to Giorgione. He first rose to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War. Rupert was the third son of the German Prince Frederick V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King James VI and I of England and Scotland. He was a soldier as a child, fighting alongside Dutch forces against Habsburg Spain during the Eighty Years' War (1568 - 1648), and against the Holy Roman Emperor in Germany during the Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. CS: 5 (Early example Prince Rupert)
[Ref: 65524] £550.00

Prince Rupert Published as the Act directs, 30th, Jan.y, 1787. by John Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Samuel Cooper pinxit.
John Stockdale, Piccadilly. 1787.
Stipple engraving, trimmed. 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Minor toning.
Head and shoulders portrait of Prince Rupert (1619-1682) inclined to the right, in an oval frame. He turned his efforts to science later in life and is credited with many military based discoveries. He was the third founding member of the Royal Society in 1660 and one of the first mezzotinters.
[Ref: 53775] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Prince Rupert of the Rhine] Roberto Principe [Palatino del Rheno.]
[Italian, c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Trimmed, losing half of title.
A portrait of Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-82), half length in armour. The son of Frederick, Elector Palatine, and Elizabeth, daughter of James I & VI, he was given command of the cavalry of his uncle, Charles I, in 1642, becoming captain-general of all Royalist forces in 1644. Rupert had artistic and scientific interests and played an important role in the development of mezzotint as well as experimenting with gunpowder, metallurgy, gunnery, and glass manufacture.
[Ref: 52579] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

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