Grosvenor Prints

A Russian Cossack.
[T. Palser.]
[n.d. c.1815.]
Fine hand-colorured etching and engraving, watermark 1815. Plate 350 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾"), with large margins.
A Russian Cossack on horseback hodling a spear facing forward; a sword around his waist and a rifle pointing out fro his saddlebag. Three soldiers on horseback, to the left, charge towards other mounted troops to the right.
[Ref: 52340] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Danse Russe.
Le Prince 1760.
Hand coloured etching and aquatint, image 300 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼".
A Russian man and woman dancing in front of an audience to the accompaniment of musicians with guitar-like instruments. A large tent behind. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), painter and etcher; inventor of aquatint: 1757-62 in Russia.
[Ref: 13303] £390.00

The Whole Russian Empire. The European Part of the Russian Empire With the Several Countries that are the Theatre of the Present War between the Turks and the Russians, from D'Anville's maps. [&] The Asiatic Part of the Russian Empire with the adjacent Coast of North America from D'Anville's Map.
London Printed for R. Sayer Map & Printseller No 53 Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 2.d March 1772.
Engraved map on two sheets conjoined, as issued, with original hand colour. 18th century watermark, Total 490 1280mm (19¼ x 50½"), with wide margins. Crack on binding fold taped.
A two-sheet map of the Russian Empire, each with its own title, but with a joint title across the two sheets. It shows from Poland (which was partitioned by Russia, Prussian and Austria later in the year) and the Balkans east to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. What the map calls the 'adjacent coast of North America' is an amorphous peninsula stretching under the eastern limit of the Asian coastline. In the Pacific are many large islands, including Schouten's mythical 'Company's Land' and the confused Jesso/Hokkaido.
[Ref: 54166] £480.00 view all images for this item

[Russian Frontispiece in Cyrillic.] [Architectural Drawings of the Ruins of Ancient Bolgar] A. Schmitt
[1827.]
Etching. Plate: 245 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Creasing.
On the banks of the Volga River, close to the Tatarstan capital Kazan, there are ruins of the legendary ancient city of Great Bolgar. Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (ancient Bolghar hill fort) was inscribed to the World Heritage List in 2014.
[Ref: 50521] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Easter Games.] Suite des Jeux aux Fêtes de Pâques. Le jeu du Ballon Woschtchikis. Jeu des Osselets appellé Backi. Fete Villageoise Prasnik. Le Jeu de l'Anneau Swaika.
A Paris chez Basset. M.d d'Estampes, rue St Jacques au coin de celle Mathurins, No. 64. [n.d., c.1800.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 300 x 200mm (11¾ x 8"), with good margins.
A series of scenes showing a variety of games played at Easter in Russia during the 18th Century, including a game resembling football and knucklebones.
[Ref: 44698] £520.00

Habit of a Russian Girl in 1764. Fille Russe. 69.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Large margins.
Portrait of a Russian girl, she is standing in profile to the right holding apples in both hands. Plate 69 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: 62884] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Cyrillic title - ''Russian Hunting. Chromolithographs after drawings by Pyotr Solokov. Series 2.
Published by Felten, St Petersburg.] [n.d., 1873.]
Chromolithograph. 490 x 645mm (19¼ x 25½") Some cracking and browning, pencil mss.
The cover of Series 2 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov, published by Franz Felen. The pencil mss. translates the titles of the three plates in this part. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51608] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Cyrillic title - ''Russian Hunting. Chromolithographs after drawings by Pyotr Solokov. First Series.
Published by Felten, St Petersburg.] [n.d., 1873.]
Chromolithograph. 490 x 645mm (19¼ x 25½") Damaged and brittle, some browning, pencil mss.
The cover of Series 1 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov, published by Franz Felen. The pencil mss. translates the titles of the three plates in this part. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51607] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Calling the hounds.]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"), Cyrillic publisher's label on reverse.
A huntsman blows a horn to call the hound to a rough shelter. A plate from Series 1 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil under the image, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51612] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Hunting the Wild Turkey.]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"), Cyrillic publisher's label on reverse.
A huntsman approaching a capercaillie in a tree. A plate from Series 1 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil under the image, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51613] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Dog Kennel.]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"). Backing card damaged, missing left corner.
A man uses a whip to hold the hunting pack back as another man pours their food into a trough, a butchered horse behind. A plate from Series 2 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil on the backboard, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51606] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The ***ing Hunter in the Marsh.]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"), Cyrillic publisher's label on reverse. Bottom right corner of backing card cracked.
A man creeping up to a lake, gun in hand, restraining his dog. A plate from Series 2 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil under the image, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51609] £350.00

[Ready for the Hunt.]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"), Cyrillic publisher's label on reverse. Bottom right corner of backing card cracked.
Hunters getting ready to leave for the hunt, one stroking the borzoi who has jumped up on him. A plate from Series 2 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil under the image, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51610] £350.00

[First Snow ('Fresh Snow' on title page)]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"), Cyrillic publisher's label on reverse.
Three borzoi chase a hare through a snowy landscape, followed by two riders with whips. A plate from Series 2 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil under the image, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51614] £350.00

[First Snow - Treeing the Lynx.]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"), Cyrillic publisher's label on reverse.
Three borzoi gather under a tree onto which a lynx has tried to escape. A plate from Series 1 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil under the image, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51611] £320.00

[Go for him!]
[by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov.]
[St Petersburgh: Franz Felten, 1873.]
Chromolithograph, trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, image 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"), Cyrillic publisher's label on reverse. Corner of backing card cracked.
A rider commands two borzoi to run. A plate from Series 1 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov. Although Solokov's signature appears in the plate in Cyrillic, there is no title other than the English version (as above), written in pencil under the image, translated from the printed cover of the series. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51615] £320.00

Russian Loyalty and Heroism. Anecdote of the Russian Peasant of Smolensk, who being forced by the French, cooly chopped off his hand, rather than serve Bonaparte on his March toward Moscow.
I. A. Atkinson del. Clark & Dubourg sculp.
Published & Sold Jan.y.1. 1816. by Edw.d. Orme, Publisher to his Majesty, and H.R.H the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London.
Very fine coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾").
Interior scene depicting a Russian peasants act of defiance. A central male figure with a beard, dressed in peasant costume holds an axe above his head in the act of chopping off his hand, his wife and child cower behind him. Four French soldiers enter the room, one of which holds his hands up in alarm. A soldier sits watching from a chair.
[Ref: 33599] £360.00

Habit of a Russian Market Woman in 1768. Marchande Ruse. 74.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Large margins. Small tear on the bottom right of lower margin, far from plate.
Portrait of a Russian market trader walking away from the viewer to the right. She is carrying a basket on her right arm and another on her shoulder. Plate 74 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: 62881] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Russian Nupials or the Lock'd Jaw and Frost-Bitten Nose. Sung with unbounded Applause by Mr Fawcett, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket , in the New Grand Melo-Dramatic Opera, called ''The Exile,'' written by John Frederick Reynolds, Esq. (The Music sold by Messrs. Goulding, and Co. New Bond Street.)
[Isaac] Cruikshank Del.
Publish'd Dec. 1. 1808. by Laurie & Whittle, 53. Fleet Street, London.
Etching with letterpress. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"), watermarked 1814. Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Outside a snowbound cottage a man is confronted by his wife, who breaks off his frozen nose. Both wear coats with fur hoods. Behind is a sleigh drawn by a reindeer. Underneath the image are six verses telling the story.
BM Satires 11210; non of the three examples listed on the BM site have the verses.
[Ref: 55367] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a Russian Orthodox Priest, titled in Cyrillic.]
H=Mibreulen [?] 1844.
Publié par Dazario à Moscou et à St Petersbourg.
Rare lithograph with hand colour with gum arabic highlights. Sheet 525 x 375mm (20¾ x 14¾"). Paper toned.
A Russian orthodox priest, wearing a jewel-encrusted medallion portrait of Jesus.
[Ref: 49142] £550.00

[Russian orthodox parish priest] Diacre Séculier en Habit de Choeur [Secular deacon in choir dress].
Le Prince 1764 [in plate].
[Paris, c.1782.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 225 x 145mm, 9 x 5¾". Full margins, stitching holes to upper part. Uncut.
His right arm rests on a pedestal upon which is a censer; he wears an alb and a stole. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), from a late 18th century collection of his sets of (mainly Russian) costume and character. This from the 'Divers Habillements des Prêtres de Russie' series (10 plates including title). Le Prince was a painter and etcher, inventor of aquatint; 1757-62 in Russia. A collected edition of his plates was published in 1782 by Basan.
[Ref: 21260] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Russian orthodox parish priest] Curé en Habit de Ville.
[J.B. Le Prince.]
[Paris, c.1782.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 230 x 145mm, 9 x 5¾". Full margins, stitching holes to upper part. One rust spot in plate edge upper left. Uncut.
With walking stick in right hand and fur hat in left hand; he wears a skullcap and a long robe over a tunic. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), from a late 18th century collection of his sets of (mainly Russian) costume and character. This from the 'Divers Habillements des Prêtres de Russie' series (10 plates including title). Le Prince was a painter and etcher, inventor of aquatint; 1757-62 in Russia. A collected edition of his plates was published in 1782 by Basan.
[Ref: 21259] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Russian orthodox parish priest] Curé en habit de Choeur [Parish priest in choir dress].
[J.B. Le Prince.]
[Paris, c.1782.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 225 x 145mm, 9 x 5¾". Full margins, stitching holes to upper part. Uncut.
Full ecclesiastical robes, making a blessing gesture with his right hand and holding a book in the other. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), from a late 18th century collection of his sets of (mainly Russian) costume and character. This from the 'Divers Habillements des Prêtres de Russie' series (10 plates including title). Le Prince was a painter and etcher, inventor of aquatint; 1757-62 in Russia. A collected edition of his plates was published in 1782 by Basan.
[Ref: 21261] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Russian orthodox abbot] Abbé Commandataire au Choeur [Abbot commandataire at the choir].
Le Prince 1764 [in plate].
[Paris, c.1782.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 230 x 145mm, 9 x 5¾". Full margins, stitching holes to upper part. Uncut.
Rosary beads in right hand and staff in the other, with long, hooded cape worn over tunic, and tall hat. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), from a late 18th century collection of his sets of (mainly Russian) costume and character. This from the 'Divers Habillements des Prêtres de Russie' series (10 plates including title). Le Prince was a painter and etcher, inventor of aquatint; 1757-62 in Russia. A collected edition of his plates was published in 1782 by Basan.
[Ref: 21258] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

First Russian Prisoners. (under French Guard) [&] First Russian Prisoners. (under English Guard).
[n.d., c.1850.]
Chromolithographs. Sheet size: 165 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½") each. Both trimmed around image and titles and laid on backing sheets.
Russian prisoners under the guard of, firstly, French soldiers; the prisoners, one of which are badly injured, are gathred in a cart pulled by cattle, surrounded by soldiers in military dress holding bayoneted rifles. Figures looking on can be seen at the side of the street in the background to the left. Russian prisoners under the guard of English soldiers in Constantinople; the prisoners are in a small boat travelling sailing aong river, with a brige, crowded with people, crossing behind, with another boat passing under it.
[Ref: 37412] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[A Russian Church.]
[Paper watermarked 'Fellows 1824'.]
Coloured lithograph. 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾").
A Russian scene with figures and a horse and sleigh in front of a large church.
[Ref: 38006] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Page historique.
Victor Adam del. Lith. de Lemercier.
London published by Ch. Tilt 86, Fleet Street. Paris, publie par Desmaisons-Cabasson quai Voltaire No.13. New-York published by Bailly Ward et Cie [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph, sheet 550 x 365mm (21¾ x 14½"). A full sheet; some light foxing. Repaired hole in design lower left.
Nine vignette scenes from Russian history after Victor Adam (1801 - 1866), surmounted by a battle scene captioned 'Pierre 1er a Pultawa' below to the decorative frame. The whole surrounded by a simple border. The Battle of Poltava on 27 June 1709 was the decisive victory of Peter I of Russia over Charles XII of Sweden in one of the battles of the Great Northern War. It is widely believed to have been the beginning of Sweden's decline as a Great Power; the Russians took their place as the leading nation of northern Europe. From a folio; numbered '5' in lower margin.
[Ref: 22450] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Russian Females Entering a Sledge. No.2. Les Femmes Russes Prêtes a Monter en Traineau.
Drawn by Mornay. Clark & Dubourg sculp.
London, Published April 28, 1815 by Edw.d Orme Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street.
Aquatint. Plate: 300 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾''), with large margins on 3 sides. Tears, stains and creasing.
Abbey Travel 226.
[Ref: 50537] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Russian Sledge or Public Carriage. No.3. Le Traineau Russe ou la Voiture Publique en Course.
Mornay del. Clark & Dubourg sculp.
London, Published April 28, 1815 by Edw.d Orme Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street.
Aquatint, watermark J. Whatman 1825. Plate: 300 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾''), with large margins on 3 sides. Tears, stains and creasing.
A print a Russian couple on a sledge. From 'A Picture of Saint Petersburgh, represented in a Collection of Twenty interesting Views of the City, the Sledges, and the People. Taken on the spot at the twelve different months of the year: and accompanied with an Historical and Descriptive Account' 1815.
Abbey Travel 226.
[Ref: 50538] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Sledge of a Russian Citizen. No.4. Le Traineau d'un Marchand ou Bourgiois Russe.
Mornay del. Clark & Dubourg sculp.
London, Published April 28, 1815 by Edw.d Orme Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street.
Aquatint, watermark J. Whatman 1825. Plate: 300 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾''), with large margins. Tears, stains and creasing.
A print showing a bourgeois family riding in a sledge. From 'A Picture of Saint Petersburgh, represented in a Collection of Twenty interesting Views of the City, the Sledges, and the People. Taken on the spot at the twelve different months of the year: and accompanied with an Historical and Descriptive Account' 1815.
Abbey Travel 226.
[Ref: 50536] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Winter Russian Travelling Carriage. No.7. Le Quibitka d'Hiver ou Voiture de Voyage Russe.
Drawn by Mornay. Clark & Dubourg sculp.
London, Published April 28, 1815 by Edw.d Orme Publisher to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street.
Aquatint. Plate: 300 x 400mm (11¾ x 15¾''), with large margins. Tears, stains and creasing.
A print showing a family riding in a carriage. From 'A Picture of Saint Petersburgh, represented in a Collection of Twenty interesting Views of the City, the Sledges, and the People. Taken on the spot at the twelve different months of the year: and accompanied with an Historical and Descriptive Account' 1815.
Abbey Travel 226.
[Ref: 50535] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Tambour des Strelits [Drummer from the Streltsy militia].
[J.B. Le Prince.]
[Paris, c.1782.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 225 x 145mm, 9 x 5¾". Full margins, stitching holes to upper part. Uncut.
A young Russian soldier walking to right, beating a drum. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), from a late 18th century collection of his sets of (mainly Russian) costume and character. This from the 'Les Strelits' series (8 plates including title). Streltsy (strelsi; Russian: “musketeers”) was an elite Russian military corps. Established in the mid-16th century, they provided the tsar's bodyguard. Le Prince was a painter and etcher, inventor of aquatint; 1757-62 in Russia. A collected edition of his plates was published in 1782 by Basan.
[Ref: 21263] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Ecrivain de la Chancellerie du Corps des Strelits [Chancellery writer from the Streltsy militia].
[J.B. Le Prince.]
[Paris, c.1782.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 225 x 145mm, 9 x 5¾". Full margins, stitching holes to upper part. Uncut.
Man standing wearing fur lined hat and coat; he holds a quill in his right hand, and carries an inkpot hung from his belt. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), from a late 18th century collection of his sets of (mainly Russian) costume and character. This from the 'Les Strelits' series (8 plates including title). Streltsy (strelsi; Russian: “musketeers”) was an elite Russian military corps. Established in the mid-16th century, they provided the tsar's bodyguard. Le Prince was a painter and etcher, inventor of aquatint; 1757-62 in Russia. A collected edition of his plates was published in 1782 by Basan.
[Ref: 21262] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Soldat du Corps des Strelits [Soldier from the Streltsy militia]. Sous les Armes.
[J.B. Le Prince.]
[Paris, c.1782.]
Etching on watermarked laid paper, 225 x 145mm, 9 x 5¾". Full margins, stitching holes to upper part. Uncut.
Russian soldier carrying axe over his left shoulder, shotgun over back, and sword at his left side. A horn and gunpowder hangs from his belt at right side. By Jean Baptiste Le Prince (1734 - 1781), from a late 18th century collection of his sets of (mainly Russian) costume and character. This from the 'Les Strelits' series (8 plates including title). Streltsy (strelsi; Russian: “musketeers”) was an elite Russian military corps. Established in the mid-16th century, they provided the tsar's bodyguard. Le Prince was a painter and etcher, inventor of aquatint; 1757-62 in Russia. A collected edition of his plates was published in 1782 by Basan.
[Ref: 21265] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Village Russe.
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 212 x 310mm. 8¼ x 12¼". Trimmed to image and around title area.
View of a Russian village with a couple at a wood shed to the left, a man and his doog seated inbetween two trees, and a cossack on his horse riding through. Probably from an uncoloured copy of "Moeurs et costumes des Russes représentés en 50 planches coloriées exécutées en lithographie -- par A. C. Houbigant".
[Ref: 26568] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Russian Woman.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾''), with very large margins.
A portrait of a Russian woman in a hat and traditional costume, standing in a garden.
[Ref: 49888] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Summer Habit of a Russian Woman with her Cloak on, in 1765. Femme Russe avec da Coësse. 67.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate 230 x 200mm (9 x 8"). Large margins.
Portrait of a Russian woman, she is standing in profile to left and wearing a cloak over her head and shoulders. Plate 67 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: 62883] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Habits of people in Russia. Engraved for Millar's New, Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Grainger sculp.
[London: A. Hogg, c.1782.]
Copper engraving, 290 x 180mm. 11½ x 7".
Russian male and female peasants conversing; sleigh loaded with large container is being pushed in the background. In distinctive decorative frosted border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 16689] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

No.10. Russian.
J. Brandard inv. et lith. Printed by Graf & Soret.
London; Published 1833, by Ackermann & Co No.96, Strand.
Lithograph with gum arabic in splendid original colour, sheet 245 x 320mm. 9¾ x 12½". Some faint stains.
A group of four dancers in Russian dress in a landscape. From a series of theatrical costumes by lithographer, engraver and illustrator John Brandard (1812 - 1863).
[Ref: 22598] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Russie. Chasse aux Cheaux Sauvages.
Hubert Clerget & V.Adam lith. J. B.te Gadola, Edit, Cour des Brosses, 2, Lyon.
Imp: Roche. r. Leregrattier, L. Paris. [n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 515 x 640mm. Marginal tear.
Chasing wild horses in a winter landscape.
[Ref: 25] £360.00

[Four maps relating to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5]. Russian Mine-fields off the Kuan-Tung Peninsula, Feb, - Aug. 1904. [&] Nan Shan. [&] Te-Li-Ssu. Situation from 13th to 15th June 1904. [&] Ta-Shih-Chiao. 24th July 1904.
W. & A.K. Johnston Ltd, Edinburgh & London.
Ordnance Survey, Southampton, 1910.
Four colour photo-lithographic maps, scarce, largest 420 x 450mm, 16¼ x 17¾". Folded as issued.
Four maps relating to the first year of the Russo-Japanese war (1904-5), which, to everyone's surprise, Russia lost badly. Fought because of both nations' expansionist policies in Manchuria and Korea, it was the first great war of the 20th century and saw the use of new technology and tactics including torpedo boats, submarines and mine-laying. The first map shows the Japanese blockage of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, showing the sites of mines and their victims on both sides. The second & third maps show the battles of Te-li-Ssu and Nanshan, during the Russian attempt to break the Port Arthur blockade by land, botched by the inept commanders. The fourth map shows the small-scale Battle of Tashihchiao for control of an important junction between the main line on the South Manchurian Railway and a spur which led to the old treaty port of Yingkou, needed by the Japanese for the movement of troops, again a Japanese victory.
[Ref: 26305] £350.00 view all images for this item

[Russo-Turkish War.] Übergang der Russen über den Balkan, den 20.ten July 1829.
Wunder del et fec.
[Nuremberg, c.1829.]
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 170 x 205mm (6¾ x 8"). Trimmed.
A scene from Russo-Turkish War (1827-29): the Russian army under the German general Hans Karl von Diebitsch crossing the Balkans to threaten Constantinople. They were within 40 miles of the city when the Sultan sued for peace. The war started after the Russians helped the Greek independence movement fight the Battle of Navarino in 1827: the Turks closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention. The war ended with the Treaty of Adrianople, which increased Russian dominance around the Black Sea area and Georgia, and, most importantly, forced the Sultan to promise autonomy for Greece.
[Ref: 29833] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Russo-Turkish War.] Die Ubersteigung des Balkan.
Wunder del et fec.
[Nuremberg, c.1829.]
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 170 x 205mm (6¾ x 8"). Trimmed.
A scene from Russo-Turkish War (1827-29): the Russian army under the German general Hans Karl von Diebitsch crossing the Balkans to threaten Constantinople in August 1829. They were within 40 miles of the city when the Sultan sued for peace. The war started after the Russians helped the Greek independence movement fight the Battle of Navarino in 1827: the Turks closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention. The war ended with the Treaty of Adrianople, which increased Russian dominance around the Black Sea area and Georgia, and, most importantly, forced the Sultan to promise autonomy for Greece.
[Ref: 30009] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Russo-Turkish War.] Mörderischer Ausfall der Türken aus Schumla den 26. August 1828.
[Etched by Wunder after Geissler?]
[Nuremberg?, c.1829.]
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 170 x 205mm (6¾ x 8"). Trimmed. Some colour oxidisation in the sky.
A scene of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, with the Russians overwhelming a Turkish army outside the fortress city of Schumen (now Bulgaria), although the Russian attempt to capture it was unsuccessful. During the Crimean War Schumen was the headquarters of the Turkish Army, but the Russians finally captured it in 1876. The Russo-Turkish War started after the Russians helped the Greek independence movement in the 1827 Battle of Navarino. The Turks closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention. The war ended with the Treaty of Adrianople, which increased Russian dominance around the Black Sea area and Georgia, and, most importantly, forced the Sultan to promise autonomy for Greece.
[Ref: 29808] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Rustic Assembly
Watteau del.t
London. Published by Rob.t Wilkinson 58 Cornhill [c.1770]
Engraving with very fine hand-colouring, scarce; platemark 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½"), with very large margins. 'J. Whatman 1809' watermark;
Scene showing dancing.
[Ref: 45162] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Rustic boors celebrating] Tra i campestri piacer Turba innocente/ Di molesto pensier cura non sente.
Ferg pinx.
Ex Calcographia I. Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. [Italian/German, n.d., c.1730s.]
Etching, laid paper, rare, image 240 x 305mm. 9½ x 12". Trimmed to platemark; some staining bottom; small hole top right.
Peasants drinking, cavorting and dancing to two musicians outside a rural inn. After Franz de Paula Ferg (1689 - 1740).
[Ref: 26755] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Rustic Cares Chuck Chuck Chuck.
G. Morland [signature facsimile in plate.] George Morland del. Thomas Williamson sculp.
London, Published Septr. 2. 1805, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall.
Stipple with soft ground etching, 430 x 503mm.
A farm-hand carrying buckets towards a trough at left in a yard, followed by pigs through the gate at right.
BM Registration no: 1872,0511.25
[Ref: 7691] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Concert Rustique ou la cabanne du Giesbach sur les bords du lac de Brienz.
[Johann Peter Lamy.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Very fine hand coloured aquatint. Sheet: 195 x 165mm, (7¾ x 6½"). Trimmed
A charming view in a rustic cabin on the banks of Lake Brienz in which a family sit and sing and play music.
[Ref: 40391] £320.00

Rustic Ease.
Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by J. Young Engraver to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, March 15th 1800. Published by J. Young No 58 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 390 x 450mm (15¼ x 17¾"). Very large margins.
A woman supporting a toddler, talking to a man who lies on the ground, a dog beside them and an old woman watching from her seat just inside the door of a thatched cottage
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 38203] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A mounted woman talking to a man and child.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Brown waxy tissue paper, paper and string. Oval image, 130 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½").
A transparency, with the image made up of darker areas created by the thicker paper and string, the colour coming from the tissue.
Ex: collections of the Spencer Sisters & the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 40412] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

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