Grosvenor Prints

William Shakespeare.
J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747.
Engraving. Plate: 235 x 375mm (9¼ x 14¾"). Repaired damage in left edge, with marking. Tipped into album sheet.
A portrait of the world famous playwright William Shakespeare (c1564-1616) set in an oval.
[Ref: 41953] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

William Shakespeare.
Engraved by C. Picart from the original Print by Martin Droeshout.
London, Published April 23d 1827 by A. Wivell, 40, Castle Street East.
Engraving, printed on india. Plate: 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼'') very large margins.
A portrait of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare after Martin Droeshout's frontis piece to the Shakespeare folios first published in 1623.
[Ref: 48353] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A Sketch by Compass of the Coast of the Promontory og Shan-tung with the Track of the Ships and the Soundings from the place of first making the Land to the Strait of Mi-A-Tau. By J. Barrow 1793.
Engraved by B. Baker Islington.
Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. 695 x 540mm (27½ x 21¼") Staining top & bottom.
A chart of the coast around Shandong, mapped by members of the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94. A view shows the passage between Zhifu Island and Kongtong Island. The chart was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38161] £260.00

Billy Shane, A Shawnee Chief, Who fought for the Americans and was wounded at the Battle of the Thames Upper Canada.
Painted by J.O. Lewis at the Treaty of Missinnewa Indiana 1827. T. Barincoy [on Stone] Lehman & Duval Lithrs.
[Philadelphia, Published July 1835.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet size approx 270 x 490mm.
From the rare folio edition of the 'Aboriginal Portfolio', with original hand colouring.
[Ref: 3873] £450.00

Shanghae. One of the Five Ports opened by the Late Treaty to British Commerce.
Drawn by B. Clayton from an original Painting by Piqua. On Stone by Dean & Co.
London, Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. [n.d., 1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 165 x 230mm (6½ x 9").
A view of Shanghai soon after it was opened to European trade after the First Opium War, with junks filling the foreground. From Julia Corner's 'The History of India & China'.
[Ref: 39345] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Shanghai.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 75 x 230mm (3 x 9").
A view of Shanghai as a westernised city, with clippers and steamers, a very rare letterhead.
[Ref: 39346] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Shanghae.
R.E. del et lith. Hullmandel & Watson, Imp
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Colour lithograph, printed area 130 x 180mm (5 x 7"), with large margins.
A view the Chinese town of Shanghai. From: Robert Elwes Sketches Tour Around The World.
Abbey: 9
[Ref: 46898] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Shanghae-One of the Five Ports opened by the Late Treaty to British Commerce.
Drawn by B. Clayton, from an original painting by Piqua. On Stone by Dean & Co.
[1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼'').
A view of the port of Shanghai, one of the five ports opened to British Traders following the Treaty of Nanking which ended the First Opium War. An illustration from 'The History of China and India Pictorial and Descriptive...' by Julia Corner 1847.
Abbey 468.
[Ref: 50119] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of Shanghai Harbour showing sections and position of wharves, docks, buoys, etc. Buoys shown in red owned by Chinese maritime customs.
October 1930.
Chromolithograph, sheet 385 x 270mm (15¼ x 10½").
Map showing the docks and wharves lining the Huangpu river as it passes through the city of Shanghai. At the time this map was published Britain, France and the United States all operated concessions in the city.
[Ref: 45875] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight.
J. Fry del.t. 1790.
Ink and watercolour, 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9") within mss. border, total 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"). Laid on album paper.
The cliffs on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, with Shanklin Chine, a ravine cut through the soft rock by a stream. Fry appears to have been a local artist.
[Ref: 12101] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Villa near Shanklin, and Sandown, Isle-of-Wight. For Sale by Auction by M.r Geo. Robins at the Auction Mart, London on Thursday June 9th 1836, at 12 o'Clock.
Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand. [1836.]
A rare lithograph. Sheet: 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼''). Trimmed and stained.
A view of a house with a veranda.
[Ref: 48942] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Shanklin Church, Isle of Wight.
Painted by J. Dennis. Aquatinted by T. Cartwright.
Published 1. Jan.y 1805, by J. Dennis, Redmans Row, Mile End.
Scarce coloured aquatint. 295 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"), with very large margins.
Shanklin Church, surrounded by trees and cows.
Not from a publication listed in Abbey.
[Ref: 45789] £360.00

John Shanks. Cicerone of Elgin Cathedral.
[n.d., c.1830.
Rare etching. Sheet 260 x 175mm (10¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, some cockling of paper.
Full-length sketch portrait of John Shanks (c.1759-1841), an Elgin shoemaker who was paid by a local gentleman to clear the derelict Elgin Cathedral of rubbish. According to an obituary in the Inverness Courier ''he removed, with his pick-axe and shovel, 2866 barrowfuls of earth, besides disclosing a flight of steps that led to the grand gateway of the edifice. Tombs and figures, which had long lain hid in obscurity, were unearthed and every monumental fragment of saints and holy men was carefully preserved, and placed in some appropriate situation ... So faithfully did he discharge his duty as keeper of the ruins, that little now remains but to preserve what he accomplished''. Shanks was officially appointed the site's Keeper and Watchman in 1826.
[Ref: 54391] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Four views of the sea battle between H.M.S. Shannon & the American Frigate Chesapeake.]
Painted by J.C. Schetky Esq.re & on Stone by L. Hague. Designed by Capt R.H. King R.N.
London Pub.d by Smith Elder & Co. 65 Cornhill. Printed by Day 17 Gate Street. London Pub.d by Smith Elder & Co. 65 Cornhill. Printed by Day 17 Gate Street. [n.d., c.1830.]
Set of four coloured lithographs. Printed area: 390 x 430mm (15¼ x 17") large margins.
Four stages in the most famous Anglo-American sea-battle, June 1st, 1813. The plates depict the commencement of the battle; the crippling of the Chesapeake by the Shannon's first two broadsides; the boarding of the Chesapeake; and the Shannon leading her prize into Halifax harbour. The plates are dedicated to the Shannon's Captain, Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke (1776 - 1841). After John Christian Schetky (1778 - 1874).
Parker: 231.
[Ref: 45798] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

[Shaoguan] The City Shau-Chew 100 miles North of Canton.
G. Child Sculp.t.
[London, n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), with large margins.
A view of Shaoguan from the North River, once the home of Matteo Ricci's mission house. This view illustrates the account of the VOC's embassy to China (1655-7) by Johan Nieuhof. From an edition of Astley's 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 49637] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Falsely-Fair Share-Sphinx Springs Down from the High Rocks, Oedipus Having Discovered the False Secret.] De schynschoone Actie-Sphinx springt hier zig zelven dood, Zo dra als Edipus het vals geheim ontbloot.
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13¼'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch print satirising the chaos following the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. One man lies across a barrell vomiting paper which are picked up by figures in the centre and handed to a group on the left.
BM Satire 1677.
[Ref: 48467] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Sharp Between Two Flats.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver N.o 69 St. Paul's Church Yard London. [n.d. c.1793]
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), on wove paper with large margins. Creasing in margins.
A grinning lawyer about to eat an oyster stands between two discomfited litigants, offering them half a shell each.
BM Satires 3762.
[Ref: 63341] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Flat Between Two Sharps.
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1792.]
Coloured mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), on wove paper with large margins.
A solicitor and a barrister flank a countryman in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer as the countryman scratches his head.
[Ref: 63342] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Sharp Between Two Flats.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver N.o 69 St. Paul's Church Yard London. [n.d. c.1793]
Mezzotint, sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed within plate at bottom. Abrasion losing 'N.o 69'.
A grinning lawyer about to eat an oyster stands between two discomfited litigants, offering each of them one half of the shell. Earlier states of the print before the partnership of Henry Carington Bowles II and Samuel Carver have a secondary title 'A pearly shell for him and thee - the oyster is the lawyer's fee.'
BM Satires 3762.
[Ref: 62893] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Death of Archbishop Sharp. To Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford Bart. this Print from the original Picture in the possession of William Lockhart Esq.r of Germiston, Is respectfully dedicated by his obliged Servants, William Allan & James Stewart.
Painted by William Allan. Engraved by James Stewart.
London, Published April 3.d 1824 by Hurst, Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside & 8, Pall Mall.
Copper engra with large margins. 480 x 640mm, 19 x 24¼".
The assassination of Archbishop Sharp by a band of Covenanters in 1679 on Magus Muir, outside St Andrews. Jailed during the Interregnum, Sharp was appointed Archbishop of St Andrews in 1661, just after the Restoration of Charles II. Despite being Presbyterian he sides with Charles against the Covenanters he had formerly represented, enforcing policies such as the Act of Supremacy (1669) which gave the King complete authority over the Church. After the Battle of Rullion Green in 1666 he is reported as having condemned to death eleven prisoners who had surrendered on a promise of mercy, telling them 'You were pardoned as soldiers, but you are not acquitted as subjects'. Such was his unpopularity in Scotland that when a group of Covenanters waiting to ambush the Sheriff of Cupar found Sharp instead they wasted no time in putting him to the sword, in front of his young daughter. This painting is hardly sympathetic to the Covenanters, who are depicted as ruffians, just as interested in looting the luggage as killing the defenceless Sharp. This conflicts with the Scottish perception of heroes dispatching a turncoat in league with the Devil.
[Ref: 24582] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Granville Sharp. From a Model in Wax by Miss C. Andras.
W. Worthington sculp.
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, Jan. 1. 1810.
Engraving. 235 x 178mm (9¼ x 7").
Granville Sharp (1735-1813), scholar and philanthropist, one of the first English campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He formulated the plan to settle blacks in Sierra Leone, and founded the St George's Bay Company, a forerunner of the Sierra Leone Company. His efforts led to both the founding of the Province of Freedom, and later on Freetown, Sierra Leone, and is thus considered to be one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone. Taken from a white glass medallion by Catherine Andras (1775-1860).
[Ref: 24533] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Granville Sharp Esq.r.
Painted by L. Abbot Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner.
[London Published Nov.r 2, 1805, by C. Turner, N.º 40, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line. Small margins.
Half-length portrait of scholar and philanthropist Granville Sharp (1735-1813), holding 'Tracts against Slavery'. Sharp was one of the first English campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade, and formulated a plan to settle freed slaves in Sierra Leone, leading to the founding of Freetown in 1792.
Whitman 520, ii of iii, title still in open letters.
[Ref: 65229] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Granville Sharp Esq.r.
Painted by L. Abbot Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published Nov.r 2, 1805, by C. Turner, N.º 40, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10") large margins.
Half-length portrait of scholar and philanthropist Granville Sharp (1735-1813), holding 'Tracts against Slavery'. Sharp was one of the first English campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade, and formulated a plan to settle freed slaves in Sierra Leone, leading to the founding of Freetown in 1792.
Whitman 520, ii of iii, title still in open letters.
[Ref: 65230] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Granville Sharp. [From a Model in Wax by Miss C. Andras.]
W. Worthington sculp.
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, Jan. 1. 1810.
Engraving. 145 x 120mm, (5¾ x 4¾"). Cut within plate mark. Some creasing, very small abrasion near top of head.
Granville Sharp (1735-1813) was a Scholar and philanthropist and was one of the first English campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He formulated the plan to settle freed slaves in Sierra Leone, and founded the St George's Bay Company, a forerunner of the Sierra Leone Company. His efforts led to both the founding of the Province of Freedom, and later on Freetown, Sierra Leone, and is thus considered to be one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone. Taken from a white glass medallion by Catherine Andras (1775-1860).
[Ref: 55259] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Granville Sharp Esqr.
Engraved by T. Blood, from an original Drawing by Geo. Dance Esq.r R.A.
London. Published for the European Magazine by James Asperne No.32, Cornbill 1st. Jan.y 1817.
Stipple engraving. 205 x 155mm (8 x 5").
Granville Sharp (1735-1813), campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade, regarded as one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone.
[Ref: 1500] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Granville Sharp. To whom England owes the glorious Verdict of her Highest Court of Law. that "The Slave who sets his Foot on British ground becomes at the instant Free." Prince Hoare Esq.r Scrip.t
Chantry Sc.
T. Stackhouse. Lithog.r 5 Copthall Build.s
215 x 100mm. 8½ x 4". Slight staining and wrinkling in paper.
Silhouette of the bust by Chantry of Granville Sharp (1735-1813), one of the earliest British campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He was also instrumental in establishing Freetown, Sierra Leone.
[Ref: 11127] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Reverendisimus in Christo Pater et Dominus Jacobus Sharp St Andreae Archi-Episcop [...]
Lillie Eques pinx: Da. Patton delin: G: Vertue Londini sculp 1710
Engraving, sheet 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼"). Rich impression. Trimmed inside platemark.
Portrait of James Sharp (1613-79), Archbishop of St Andrews who was murdered by covenanters in 1679. The earliest engraved portrait of Sharp, and also one the first prints engraved by the prolific George Vertue. This print derives from a portrait by Lely of c.1670, by way of a drawing by Scottish artist David Paton.
O'D 1; Alexander 71; for a scene of his murder see ref. 24582
[Ref: 31320] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[John Sharp, Archbishop of York.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. Sheet: 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4''). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of clergyman John Sharp (1645-1714).
[Ref: 50548] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[William Sharp.]
[Engraved by William Sharp after George Francis Joseph.]
[n.d., 1821.]
Stipple, proof before letters. 370 x 315mm (14½ x 12½"), very large margins. Faint mount burn around image.
William Sharp (1749 - 1824), engraver.
[Ref: 45819] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Bishop Sharpe's Fight with J. Street (Greenwich Coachman) £25 a side 100r. 1h45m. Charlton 1819. and caus'd him to rise in the Air as shown in this Engraving. A List of Successful Battles by Bishop Sharpe. Weight 10st. 10lbs. hight 5ft. 5¾in. And Challenged to Fight Any One of his Weight. 10 Years for Any Amount.
Drawn by F. Shephard. Engraved by Ellis, 51 Jewin St City, London.
[n.d., c.1819.]
Engraving. Sheet: 440 x 295mm (17¼ x 11¾"). Some staining.
A portrait of boxer, Bishop Sharpe (b. 1794) and a scene showing him knocking a man off his feet.
[Ref: 44870] £480.00

Shave Close, or the Political Barbers. How the Deuce Master Bull cou'd your Breast ever harbour ... Monsieur give a jog, - Then your Fates past escaping.
Sold facing the Union [Coffee House] in the Strand. [Anon., c.1762.]
Etching. 190 x 265mm (7½ x 10¼"). Bit messy, creasing & some marks. Sheet has been trimmed to plate.
Political satire: scene in a barber’s shop, at centre John Bull being shaved by the Earl of Bute, who is assisted (right) by the Duc de Nivernois (1716 - 1798), French Ambassador to Britain for the conclusion of the peace 1762-63. The Duc, here halfway through dressing a wig on a stand, stands opposite a second assistant with his own wig, obviously a Scotsman. The familiar chief target is Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713 - 1792), unpopular as a Scot and for his influence on the young George III. Pitt and the majority of public opinion opposed his concessions to France during the peace negotiations of 1762. Bute was blamed for making peace with France in 1763 at the expense of Prussia and was forced to resign, but continued to retain the King's confidence despite criticism of his role in public affairs. Eight lines of verse in two columns below image.
BM Satires 3959.
[Ref: 53557] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Man Shaving.]
D.V. Del.t. 1788. B.N. Sculp.t. 1788.
[1788.] Bit later.
Etching. Plate: 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½''), with very large margins. Creasing.
A scene showing a man shaving himself before a large meeting.
[Ref: 50369] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Moustache shaving satire] Wholesale Shaving Department Established 1870.
[Illegible monogram] 780.
Two sheets, pencil and grey wash. Sheets 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"). Glue stains in corners.
Pair of satires. In the first a bearded man in a top hat, pulls a chain gang of mustachio'd men into a barber's to be shaved. In the second, the clean-shaven men rebel and kick the barber out the door, with one man changing the sign to read 'dis-Established'.
[Ref: 57561] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Rev.d Barnabas Shaw. Missionary to South Africa.
Painted by J. Jackson, R.A. Engraved by W.T. Fry.
By appointment of the Wesleyan Book Committee 14, City Road. [n.d. c.1860.]
Stipple. 215 x 120mm (8½ x 4¾"). Soiling.
Barnabas Shaw (1821-1902) was sent by the Missionary Committee to join his father in South Africa. His first appointment in Africa was to the Cape Town Circuit, from whence he removed to Raithby, where failure of voice began to trouble him.
[Ref: 28555] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

George Shaw, M.D., F.R.S. Author of General Zoology. Back View of the British Museum. E.W. Thomson del et scu.
Russell, R.A. Portrait Painter to their Majesties, pinx.t Holl sculp.t
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Sept.r 1, 1803.
Stipple and engraving, sheet 480 x 345mm (19 x 13½"). Slightly dusty at top.
George Shaw (1751-1813), natural historian. This portrait celebrates his authorship of the multi-volumed 'General Zoology', begun in 1800 but left unfinished at his death. Below the portrait is a view of the British Museum, where Shaw was appointed assistant keeper of the natural history section in 1791, before being promoted to keeper in 1807. It was at his residence at the museum that Shaw died in 1813. This print was published as a plate to Robert Thornton's 'New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus' (popularly known as the 'Temple of Flora') in 1803.
W2718; O'D 1
[Ref: 46742] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[George Bernard Shaw] M.r Shaw 1939 [pencil.]
Henry Rayner.
Drypoint etching on steel, limited to 20 impressions signed in pencil. 245 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A head and shoulders portrait of author George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), books on a shelf behind. Australian artist Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-57) worked in Australia and New Zealand before studying at the Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Walter Sickert. Unable to afford copper plates or proper engraving equipment, Raynor used any type of metal he could get his hands on, such as oil containers and sweet tins and tools such as second-hand dentists’ drill bits.
[Ref: 66082] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[George Bernard Shaw.]
Low.
Supplement to The New Statesman, February 27, 1926. (7)
Photo-lithograph. Plate 278 x 190mm. 11 x 7½".
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), playwright. One of the literary giants of the modern period, his writings span a vast spectrum of subjects and ideas. An active Fabian socialist, Shaw's influence was felt in politics and society at large; during the eighties and nineties he wrote important musical and dramatic criticism, introduced the British public to the work of Ibsen, and wrote some of his best plays. Successful seasons at the Royal Court Theatre (1904-7) established Shaw's reputation and many of his plays, including Majora Barbara (1905) and Pygmalion (1914) later reached wider audiences as popular films. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. By Sir David Low (1891 - 1963), cartoonist, born in Dunedin, New Zealand; for a periodical.
In the International Institute of Social History: IISG BG C1/413.
[Ref: 27884] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

G.B.S. [George Bernard Shaw.]
[David Low, signed upper right.]
[n.d., c.1925.]
Original drawing, pen and ink over pencil with black body colour; sheet 295 x 230mm. 11½ x 9". Horizontal centre crease.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), playwright. One of the literary giants of the modern period, his writings span a vast spectrum of subjects and ideas. An active Fabian socialist, Shaw's influence was felt in politics and society at large; during the eighties and nineties he wrote important musical and dramatic criticism, introduced the British public to the work of Ibsen, and wrote some of his best plays. Successful seasons at the Royal Court Theatre (1904-7) established Shaw's reputation and many of his plays, including Majora Barbara (1905) and Pygmalion (1914) later reached wider audiences as popular films. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. By Sir David Low (1891 - 1963), cartoonist, born in Dunedin, New Zealand; for a periodical.
[Ref: 13394] £790.00

[George Bernard Shaw.]
Simpson.
[Rider, 36 St. Martins Court W.C. n.d., c.1935.]
Woodcut, printed area 180 x 130mm, 7 x 5¼", titled and signed by the artist in pencil, limited edition of 175. Time stained.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), one of three caricature portraits of the literary giants of the age, published as 'Three Living Lions', the others being G.K.Chesterton and H.G. Wells. Joseph Simpson (1879 - 1939), painter and etcher of portraits and sporting subjects, born in Carlisle and studied art at Glasgow School of Art. He designed covers for Edinburgh publishers and was a prolific designer of bookplates. In 1918 he became an official war artist for the RAF and was stationed in France. Simpson was already forty-five when he took up etching in 1925, at the height of the boom period for the medium. His first twenty or so plates were etched with a gramophone needle and printed by the artist himself on the small press lent to him by a local Carlisle printing firm. His first exhibition of etchings took place in Glasgow at Wishart Brown in March 1926, for which his friend Frank Brangwyn wrote the catalogue introduction.
[Ref: 8932] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[George Bernard Shaw.]
Low.
Supplement to The New Statesman, February 27, 1926. (7)
Photo-lithograph, plate 278 x 190mm (11 x 7½"). Creasing.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), playwright. One of the literary giants of the modern period, his writings span a vast spectrum of subjects and ideas. An active Fabian socialist, Shaw's influence was felt in politics and society at large; during the eighties and nineties he wrote important musical and dramatic criticism, introduced the British public to the work of Ibsen, and wrote some of his best plays. Successful seasons at the Royal Court Theatre (1904-7) established Shaw's reputation and many of his plays, including Majora Barbara (1905) and Pygmalion (1914) later reached wider audiences as popular films. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. By Sir David Low (1891 - 1963), cartoonist, born in Dunedin, New Zealand.
In the International Institute of Social History: IISG BG C1/413.
[Ref: 34527] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable James Shaw, Lord Mayor and One of the Representatives in Parliament for the City of London.
Painted by J. Hoppner Esq.r. Engraved by J.H. Meyer.
Published as the Act Directs, November 8th. 1806, by the Engraver No.52 G.t Russell S.t Bloomsbury.
Mezzotint. Plate: 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10'') very large margins. Repaired tears in margins. Creasing.
A half-length portrait of the Scottish-born politician and alderman Sir James Shaw (1764-1843) who led the funeral of Lord Nelson in 1806 and also served as Chamberlain of London.
[Ref: 48975] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

M.r John Shaw.
J. Ellys Pinx. Faber Fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Scarce mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Thread margins. Unidentified collector's stamp 'I F P' on reverse.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Shaw (d. 8th December 1725), one of the few known portrait of dancers of the period. He had played the title role in the Drury Lane production 'Harlequin Doctor Faustus' (what would now be called a pantomine). Kellom Tomlinson, in his 'The Art of Dancing' (London 1735), described Shaw as ''one of the finest Theatrical Dancers''.
CS 324, three known. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67268] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

M.r John Shaw.
J. Ellys Pinx. Faber Fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Scarce mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate at sides. Wormhole.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Shaw (d. 8th December 1725), one of the few known portrait of dancers of the period. He had played the title role in the Drury Lane production 'Harlequin Doctor Faustus' (what would now be called a pantomine). Kellom Tomlinson, in his 'The Art of Dancing' (London 1735), described Shaw as ''one of the finest Theatrical Dancers''.
CS 324, three known. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67271] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

M.r John Shaw.
J. Ellys Pinx. Faber Fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Scarce mezzotint. 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Thread margins, tears on right, paper toned.
A half-length portrait in oval of John Shaw (d. 8th December 1725), one of the few known portrait of dancers of the period. He had played the title role in the Drury Lane production 'Harlequin Doctor Faustus' (what would now be called a pantomine). Kellom Tomlinson, in his 'The Art of Dancing' (London 1735), described Shaw as ''one of the finest Theatrical Dancers''.
CS 324, three known.
[Ref: 67272] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1843. Proof.
Painted by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, 15½ Holland St Kensington. Printed by Brooker & Harrison.
Published (with permission) by Charles Augustus Mornewick Jun.r.
Mixed-method engraving. 705 x 455mm (27¾ x 18"); With very large margins, which have tears.
Charles Shaw-Lefevre (1794-1888), 1st Viscount Eversley, Whig Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857, in his robes. The original oil is in the Parliamentary Art Collection.
[Ref: 51418] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

She Stoops to Conquer.
Rowlandson Del.
Pub.d 181[1] by Tho.s Tegg No.111 Cheapside. Price One Shilling.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾''), large margins. Creasing in top margin.
A scene in a dungeon, a young woman sits paying attention to an ugly turnkey, her hand hovering over his set of keys as she attempts to steal them to set her lover free. A later edition with the date partially removed.
BM Satire 11799.
[Ref: 50737] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Queen of Sheba's Visit to King Solomon. From the Original Picture, Painted by Le Sueur, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire; To whom this Plate is Dedicated, by his Grace's most Obliged, & most humble Servant, John Boydell.
Le Sueur pinx.t E. Edwards delin.t Gabriel Smith Sculp.t
Published by J. Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London; Jan.y 1.st 1767.
Copper engraving, 345 x 380mm. 13¼ x 15". Uncut sheet.
The Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon of Israel, who she visited after hearing of his great wisdom, as described in the Book of 1 Kings in the Bible. Engraved after the painting of 1650 by Eustache Le Sueur (Paris 1616-55), now in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham. The scene was one of a pair (with 'The Dream of Solomon') painted by Le Sueur to hang above a fireplace in the Paris mansion of the Countess de Tonnay-Charente. A pupil of Simone Vouet, Le Sueur followed a clasically-inspired course in his works. He is now remembered chiefly for his St. Bruno series painted for Chartreuse (now in the Louvre). Numbered 'No. 31', from "The Most Capital Paintings in England", a series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three of which (1769 to 1773) were originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
Christopher Wright, 'The World's Master Paintings from the Early Renaissance to the Present Day'.
[Ref: 14556] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Dr. Shebbeare.
From an orig. Draw.g Armstrong sculpt.
Published by Harrison & Co. Nov.r 1. 1795.
Engraving and letterpress. 210 x 114mm. 8¼ x 4½".
John Shebbeare (1709-1788) was a British tory political satirist and entered into a partnership with a chemist in 1736 when he moved to Bristol. In 1740 he published 'A New Analysis of the Bristol Waters; together with the Cause of Diabetes and Hectic, and their Cure, as it results from those Waters'.
In the National Library of Medicine. W: 2720-2.
[Ref: 24615] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Breed of the Zetland and Orkey Breed. Ram, 3 Years old, of the Ancient Breed, from the Isle of Enhallow. _ Ewe, 3 Years old, from the Island of Rousay, bred by William Traill, Esq.r of Woodwick. _ The lamb a cross with the pure Cheviot.
Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland.
Published April 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼". Faint mount-burn around image small hole top left.
From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by Professor David Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike most C19th animal portraits, which accentuate the 'useable portions of the beast' to glorify the breeder, Low's purpose was educational and so he insisted on accuracy, here even noting the breeder.
[Ref: 23357] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Sheep and goats on a meadow]
Roos f1789 [top left of image]
Etching, platemark 210 x 310mm (8¼ x 12¼"). Slight foxing to margins.
Rural etching by Joseph Roos (1726-1805), a German artist who after making stage designs for the opera early in his career travelled in Italy from 1777-1800. In Italy he became known as 'Rosa da Tivoli', hence the signature on this print. This etching comes from his 'Premiere suite de six pieces de differents animeaux'.
[Ref: 23412] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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