Grosvenor Prints

The East Prospect of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp. According to Act of Parliam.t May 26th 1753. Garden Court No 1. Middle Temple London [but published by Robert Sayer c.1774].
Coloured engraving. 315 x 820mm (12½ x 32¼").
A detailed prospect of Birmingham, with a 17-point key below. From the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales', as re-issued by Robert Sayer, with a plate number top right.
[Ref: 48186] £450.00

The South West Prospect of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
S. & N. Buck delin. et sculp.t 1731.
Engraving. Plate: 305 x 800mm (12 x 31½"). Central fold as issued, old ink mss. plate number. Slight offsetting in top title.
A detailed prospect of Birmingham, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right. From the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales'; an early printing, before the addition of a plate number top right.
[Ref: 46949] £480.00

The Plan of Birmingham Survey'd in the Year 1731. To the Honourable Edw.d Digby & Will.m Peyto Esq:rs Members of Parliament for the County of Warwick, this Plate is humbly Dedicated by their most obed.t humble Serv:t W. Westley.
Copied from the Original Engraving and Published by Thomas Underwood, Castle St. High St. Birmingham [n.d., c.1860].
Engraved map. Printed area 400 x 490mm (15¾ x 19¼"), with large margins. Repaired tears.
A Victorian facsimiles of one the first detailed printed map of Birmingham, originally published the year that Samuel and Nathaniel Buck issued their prospect of the city. It names the streets and shows important buildings in perspective. The Corn Market next to St. Martin’s Church is now the Bull Ring. Underneath are statistics for the city: in 1700 it contained 30 streets, 100 courts and alleys, 2,504 houses and 15032 inhabitants; by 1730 there were 25 additional streets, 50 courts and alleys, 1252 houses and 8254 inhabitants, representing a doubling in size. William Westley, a local surveyor, owned land in the city's south-easst, commemorated with ‘Westley’s Row’.
[Ref: 59156] £280.00

Town of Birmingham.
John Kempson, Surveyor & Land Agent, Birmingham.
[Birmingham, c.1827.]
Engraved map. 420 x 300mm (16½ x 11¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1827'. Ink stain causing paper loss lower right, splits in folds.
A town plan of Birmingham with a table of Hackney-Coach Fares.
[Ref: 56097] £230.00

[Playbill.] Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Last night but three of Mr.Blanchard, Mr.Simpson and his Wonderful Dog. On Monday, August 6, 1827, His Majesty's Servants will perform the admired Play of the Mountaineers [...]
Letterpress, sheet 325 x 215mm (12¾ x 8½"). Trimmed, some creasing.
Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Birmingham for the showing of 'Mountaineers' and 'Woofman and His Dog; or The Castle of Roscella'.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65946] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Views in Birmingham and its Vicinity, comprising Birmingham, from the London Railway, St. Philip's Church, King Edward's Grammar School, The Society of Arts and Town Hall, The Market Hall, High-Street and St. Martin's Church, Edgbaston Church, Handsworth Church.
Drawn and Lithographed by Charles Radclyffe.
Birmingham: Knott, Hawker, and Coburn [n.d., c.1845].
Book, oblong folio (330 x 415mm, 13 x 16¼") in original printed limp grey boards, vignette of Nelson's Monument to upper cover. Additional pictorial title page (from same stone), title and dedication leaf, followed by eight lithographic plates in sepia, complete as list. Description of views to rear of volume. Very scarce as complete book. Covers soiled and stained, bumped at extremities; some staining and foxing throughout.
A fine selection of views by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817 - 1903).
Abbey Scenery 49.
[Ref: 22517] £690.00 view all images for this item

General Hospital, Birmingham.
Drawn & Engraved by T. Radclyffe.
Published by W. Emans Birmingham. [n.d. c.1830.]
Engraving. Plate 141 x 222mm. 5½ x 8¾".
The Birmingham General Hospital with the two side-wings as added in 1790. From 'A New and Compendious History of the County of Warwick, from the earliest period to the present time comprising views of the principal towns, buildings, modern improvements, seats of the nobility and gentry, ecclesiastical edifices, &c.' by William Smith, published, Birmingham 1830.
[Ref: 21894] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[The Birmingham Hospitals Centre.]
Stanley Anderson. [signature in pencil.]
[1938.]
Dry-point etching. Rare. Edition of 50. Framed. Plate: 345 x 230mm (13½ x 9"), Frame: 550 x 435mm (21¾ x 17"). Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the old Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, designed by Thomas Arthur Lodge. The hospital was opened in 1939 by George VI and Queen Elizabeth after whom the hospital was named. The artist, Stanley Anderson (1884-1966) was famed for his detailed depictions of modern British life.
[Ref: 41344] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Old Houses, Moor Street.
From a Sketch made in 1866.
[n.d. c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph. 272 x 375mm. 10¾ x 14¾".
Bill boards and posters attached to the outside of an old building on Moor Street, Birmingham. Some read: "Dudley Castle Fete Monday and Tuesday May 27 and 28"; "Earp Tailor High St."; "Dr. Miller Lecture Love and Courtship"; Train to Hull"; Thorley's Food for Cattle"; Kirbys Pool Great Diving Feat Whit Monday"; and "Australian Curiosity Aston Road" - Australian interest. Plate from "Old Buildings of Birmingham".
[Ref: 21483] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Rocket Tavern & adjoining Premises as they appeared immediately after the Explosion.
Sketched & Drawn, on Stone by F. Lucas.
Printed & Published at T: Underwoods Lithographic Estab.t Cherry St. Birm.m [n.d. c.1825.]
Lithograph, very scarce. 380 x 488mm. 15 x 19¼".
Ruins of the Rocket Tavern in Birmingham following an explosion.
Ex: Watt Collection.
[Ref: 21684] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Styles's Hotel. Temple Row, Birmingham.
T. Hollins del.t F. Eginton Sculp.t.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Aquatint. 195 x 254mm (7¾ x 10").
The Hotel as seen from the churchyard to St Philip's, Birmingham. Carriages and horses seen in the coach-house, stable and main road. In 1858 the hotel was renamed and became the Royal Hotel.
[Ref: 21604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre Royal, Birmingham.
Drawn & Engraved by T. Radclyffe.
Published by W. Emans, Sep.r 12.th 1829, Bromsgrove St. Birmingham.
Engraving. Plate 146 x 228mm (5¾ x 9"). Repaired tear bottom right off image.
The 1820 rebuilt, Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham, with the 1780 Samuel Wyatt facade still in place. This third theatre on the same site was designed by the architect Samuel Beazley, who designed and replaced everything behind the facade, which had remarkably survived the second fire as well as the first. From 'A New and Compendious History of the County of Warwick, from the earliest period to the present time comprising views of the principal towns, buildings, modern improvements, seats of the nobility and gentry, ecclesiastical edifices, &c.' by William Smith, published, Birmingham 1830.
[Ref: 21895] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Torque Field House.
R.B. Moody Lithog 12, Cannon St. Birmingham [n.d., c.1840s].
Rare lithograph. 190 x 265mm. 7½ x 10½". Cut.
View of the front elevation of a (fairly new) house, with walled garden in front; a gentleman on horseback with dogs and a drover herding cattle to foreground. Robert Boucher Moody was trading as a lithographic printer in Birmingham 1834 - 1868.
See University of Birmingham British Book Trade Index.
[Ref: 24049] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Birmingham Town Hall. now erecting by Hansom & Welch Arch.ts. The Exterior of this Building is of Anglesey White Marble. It is intended to celebrate the next Musical Festival in this Building, in October 1833. The Hall for the purposes of Town's Meetings will contain upwards of 8000 persons.
Drawn On Stone By Henry Harris. Printed By C. Hullmandel.
Published March, 1832, by the Artist, Hagley Row, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Lithograph on chine collé. 355 x 470mm (14 x 18½").
A handsome view of Birmingham Town Hall in Victoria Square, Birmingham. Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch were chosen as the architects. Construction began on April 27, 1832 with an expected completion date of 1833. However, Hansom went bankrupt during construction, having tendered too low. The contractors were also losing money. Three guarantors donated money for the building; W. P. Lloyd, John Welch and Edward Tench. With the injection of this money, the building was successfully opened for the delayed Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival on October 7, 1834, despite the building still being unfinished. During construction, on January 26, 1833, two workers were killed when a 70 foot crane constructed to install the roof trusses broke and the pulley block failed. Architect Charles Edge was commissioned in 1835 to repair weaknesses to the design of the building. He was also commissioned for the extension of the building in 1837 and again in 1850.
[Ref: 9465] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Birmingham Town Hall. now erecting by Hansom & Welch Arch.ts. The Exterior of this Building is of Anglesey White Marble. It is intended to celebrate the next Musical Festival in this Building, in October 1833. The Hall for the purposes of Town's Meetings will contain upwards of 8000 persons.
Drawn On Stone By Henry Harris. Printed By C. Hullmandel.
Published March, 1832, by the Artist, Hagley Row, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Lithograph on chine collé. 355 x 470mm (14 x 18½"), with large margins. Repaired tears in margins.
A handsome view of Birmingham Town Hall in Victoria Square, Birmingham. Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch were chosen as the architects. Construction began on April 27, 1832 with an expected completion date of 1833. However, Hansom went bankrupt during construction, having tendered too low. The contractors were also losing money. Three guarantors donated money for the building; W. P. Lloyd, John Welch and Edward Tench. With the injection of this money, the building was successfully opened for the delayed Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival on October 7, 1834, despite the building still being unfinished. During construction, on January 26, 1833, two workers were killed when a 70 foot crane constructed to install the roof trusses broke and the pulley block failed. Architect Charles Edge was commissioned in 1835 to repair weaknesses to the design of the building. He was also commissioned for the extension of the building in 1837 and again in 1850.
[Ref: 59617] £360.00

[Birth Certificate.] These are to Certify, That Priscilla Moginie Daughter of John Moginie and Maria- his Wife, who was Daughter of James & Elizabeth Elsworthy, was born in St. John's Street in the Parish of St. John's Clerkenwell in the County, of Midx. the first Day of May in the Year one thousand eight hundred five. At whose Birth we were present. [...] Registered at Dr William's Library, Redcross-Street, near Cripplegate, London. Dec. 30th 1806. Tho. Morgan, Register. Attendance at the Library every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, between the Hours of Ten in the Morning and Three in the Afternoon; except during the Month of August, and the Whitsun and Christmas Weeks, when the Library is shut up.
Printed by C. and W. Galabin, Ingram-Court, London.
Certificate, 175 x 200mm. 7 x 8". Horizontal and vertical creases.
Birth certificate describing the birthplace and lineage of a child. Registered at a library.
[Ref: 8780] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Birth notice] Madame la Comtesse Charles de Cadignan est heureusement accouchée d'un Garçon. Monsieur le Comte Charles de Cardignan a l'honoeur de de vous en faire part. La Mere et l'Enfant se portent bien. Ce 24 Mars 1823. Rue Saint-Dominique, No. 29.
Engraved birth notice, red-bordered. Sheet 130 x 110mm. Torn, glue stains.
[Ref: 48811] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Johannes est nomen eius. 7.
Andrea del Sarto pinxit. Camillus Tinit sculpsit Romae 1771.
Florentiae in Aede vulgo della Compagnia della Scalzo.
Engraving. Plate 292 x 432mm (11½ x 17"). Water staining to left edge; creasing and tears. Bit messy.
The birth of St John the Baptist, with St Elizabeth on the right sitting in her bed dictating the child's name to Zacharias who is sitting by her side; a servant carrying the infant Baptist stands at centre with two more to the left. After the fresco by Andrea del Sarto for the Chiostro dell Scalzo, Florence. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates.
[Ref: 31005] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Nativitas Gloriosae Virginis Mariae
Anibal Caracci Inven. R.V. Auden Aerd Sculp.
Romae Apud Iacobum Frey an. 1728 Cum privil Sumni Pont. Et Regis Christianissimi
Fine copper engraving, with large margins, 590 x 340mm (23¼ x 13½") to platemark. Central fold as issued.
The birth of the Virgin, from Carracci's painting now in the Louvre.
[Ref: 19706] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Birth of the Virgin. From the Original Picture Painted by Pietro da Cortona in the Collection of Robt. Cary Esqr. Size of the Picture 1F. 8½I by 2F. 5I in height. Vol. II. No.28.
Pietro da Cortona Pinxt. Joan: Baptista de Cipriani del. Carlo Fauccij Sculpt.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London 1768.
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 489 x 342mm (19¼ x 13½"). Very large margins.
Birth of the virgin; after the painting from the Chiesa Nuova of Perugia (now Pinacoteca Perugia).
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38253] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Bisham Abbey.
J. Farington R.A. del.t J.C. Stadler sculp.t
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell. Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & No.90, Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Image with border 210 x 317mm. 8¼ x 12½". Sheet 299 x 406mm. 11¾ x 16".
View with the Thames in the middle distance, a boat passing, two figures in the foreground strolling along the river towards a bridge on the right, the abbey on the other side of the river, a woody hill in the background. Plate 33 to the first volume of "A History of the River Thames" within 'A History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain' (1794).
Abbey Scenery: 432.33.
[Ref: 25864] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop.]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Good impression on cream laid paper; good margins.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow issued new impressions in 1767 with number '4' added in top right.
State i/iii; W31; D21; Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32771] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Trimmed on platemark; false margins added.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression before Worlidge's widow issued new impressions in 1767 with number '4' added in top right.
State i/iii; W31; D21; Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32772] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop] [top left 32 in reverse]
TW [Thomas Worlidge.]
Etching, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression with number '4' added in top right.
State ii/iii; W31; D21.
[Ref: 32773] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of a bishop] [top left 32 in reverse; 4 top right]
TW [Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 5½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
By Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression. Reworking to lower part of plate.
State iii/iii; W31; D21.
[Ref: 32774] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate XXXVII Bishop Blaize.]
Geo. Walker Del.t. Engraved by R. Havell.
Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, June 1, 1814.
Hand-coloured aquatint, with letterpress, J. Whatman wartermark 1811. Plate: 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), with large mrgins.
A print showing the procession of the Bishop Blaize, which was a celebration in the wool trade. The procession was made up of the masters, their sons and apprentices as well as the figure of Bishop Blaize, patron saint of woolcombers, and Jason who captured the Golden Fleece. From 'The Costume of Yorkshire' by George Walker.
[Ref: 47009] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Bishop Mackenzie's Grave _ The Cross placed there by Dr Livingston 1863.
From a Sketch taken on the Spot, by Dr. Mellor. Drawn by Mrs. R. Mountain.
Bowells Anactastic Press, Ipswich. [n.d. c.1863.]
Lithographic etching, rare. 228 x 285mm. 9 x 11¼".
Charles Frederick Frazier Mackenzie (1825-1862) was a Church of England bishop of Central Africa. Following Dr David Livingstone's request to Cambridge, Bishop Mackenzie took on the position of being the first missionary bishop in Nyasaland (now Malawi). He opposed the slave trade causing the enmity of the Yao and he worked among the people of the Manganja country until January 1862 when he went on a supplies trip. The boat they were travelling on sank and as their medical supplies were lost, Bishop Mackenzie's malaria could not be treated. Dr Livingstone erected a cross over his grave.
[Ref: 23725] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry R. Bishop.]
[Painted by T. Foster. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.]
[London Published July 1822 by J. Power 34 Strand and Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters 510 x 355mm (20 x 4"), large margins.
Seated portrait of early Romantic composer Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1787-1856), holding a score and a document granting the Freedom of the City of Dublin on a table. Despite his success he died in poverty. He is the only 19th century British composer represented on the Albert Memorial's 'Frieze of Parnassus'.
Whitman 29 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64911] £320.00

Henry R. Bishop.
Painted by T. Foster. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds Engraver to the King.
London Published July 1822 by J. Power 34 Strand and Colnaghi & C.o 23 Cockspur Street. To be had of C. Lonsdale, 26, Old Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 510 x 345mm (20 x 13½"). Trimmed into image at sides, to plate at bottom.
Seated portrait of early Romantic composer Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1787-1856), holding a score and a document granting the Freedom of the City of Dublin on a table. Despite his success he died in poverty. He is the only 19th century British composer represented on the Albert Memorial's 'Frieze of Parnassus'.
Whitman 29 iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64909] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

H. R. Bishop. Esq.r [&] [Pen signature]
Wageman. del. Woolnoth. sc.
[n.d. c.1820]
Stipple, sheet 325 x 255mm (12¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
Three-quarter-length portrait of early Romantic composer, Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855), turned and gazing to the right, dressed in a jacket and cravat. Despite his success he died in poverty. He is the only 19th century British composer represented on the Albert Memorial's 'Frieze of Parnassus'.
[Ref: 68157] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Bishopric. Gentlemens Designs Eccecuted Gratis.
Pub.d Jan.y 4. 1787 by S W Fores's Caricature Warehouse N° 3 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching, pt 18th century watermark. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A lady dressed in the fashion of the day, with large feathered hat and an enormous muff, lifts the back of her petticoats to show that her bustle is the backside of a bishop, strapped upside-down.
BM Satires 7224.
[Ref: 51876] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Bishops Court] The Gallant Action off the Isle of Man where the brave Cap.t Elliott defeated and took the Marshal Belleisle, Commanded by the famous Thurot and two other French Ships of War, the 28th of Feb.y 1760.
F. Swain pinx. J. Smith sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Print & Mapseller, No.53 in Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine hand-colouring, 5 in right top corner; platemark 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Laid on card as issued.
Action off the Isle of Man during the Seven Years' War in which Captain Elliott engaged a French squadron headed for the north coast of Ireland. The French were commanded by 'the famous Thurot' (Francois Thurot, 1727-1760), privateer, smuggler and captain, who was killed during the battle. From of a series of prints made from paintings by marine painter Francis Swain (c.1719-82) recording celebrated naval battles which were probably reduced copies of other engravings issued by the same publisher.
Parker 66 (not in, although a larger engraving, probably from the same picture by Swain, is listed and dated to c.1770)
[Ref: 32268] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Bishops Court] The Gallant Action (off the Isle of Man) where the Brave Cap.t Elliot Defeated & took the Marshall Belleisle, Commanded by the Famous Thurot, and two other French Ships of War the 28th. of February 1760.
Fran.s Swaine Pinx.t. P.C. Canot Sculp.
Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Chiurch Yard, & J.no Bowles No 13 Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760s].
Engraving. 335 x 465mm (12¾ x 18¼"), with large margins.
The Battle of Bishops Court, in which privateer François Thurot's ships, the ships Maréchal de Belle-Isle, Terpsichore and Blonde, were brought to battle off the Isle of Man. After a close-fought action, Thurot's force was battered into submission, with his ships dismasted and reduced to a sinking condition. Thurot was hit by a musket ball and died during the action, with his body being thrown overboard. Around 300 of the French had been killed or wounded, while British losses amounted to four killed and 15 wounded on Aeolus, one killed and five wounded on Pallas and 11 wounded on Brilliant. Thurot's body was washed ashore at Port William and was buried with full military honours at Kirkmaiden, Galloway, Scotland. Plate 6 of a series of naval battles by marine painter Francis Swain (c.1719-82).
Parker 1256.
[Ref: 54810] £380.00

The Bpp.s Council. [Lettered beneath each oval portait:] Sr. Robert Sawer Att: Generall 1687; Sr. Cresswell Levins Iust of ye Com. Pleas 1684; Sr. Geo. Treby Recordr. of London 1683; Sr. Francis Pemberton Kt. Lord Chief Iustice of England 1681; Henry Polixfin Esqr. Councillr. at Law.; Iohn Summers Esqr. Councillr. at Law.; Heneag Finch Esqr. Solic Gen.ll 1686.
[c.1811.] [Boydell]
Fine mezzotint, 175 x 140mm (7 x 5½"), with very large margins. Slight central crease.
Sir Robert Sawyer, attorney-general; Sir Henry Pollexfen, Chief justice of the common pleas; Right Hon. Sir Francis Pemberton, Chief justice of the King's bench; Sir Creswell Levinz, judge, one of the counsel for the seven bishops; Sir George Treby, MP for Plympton and active in Parliament under Charles II and William III; Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford, solicitor-general, defended the seven Bishops who refused to accept James II's declaration of indulgence to Roman Catholics in 1688; and John Somers, Baron Somers, lawyer and politician who was a central figure in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
CS: 7 (page 1648).
[Ref: 68898] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The New Gateway at the Archbishop of York's Palace at Bishopthorpe - 1769. Tho.s Atkinson Architect.
Michael Angelo Rooker delin.t. Edward Rooker Sculp.t.
[c.1775.]
Rare etching. 340 x 555mm (13½ x 21¾"). Thread margins on three sides, top right corner damaged, repaired tears in title right.
The Gothic Revival gateway of Bishopthorpe Palace, built by Thomas Atkinson in 1769, now Grade 1 listed.
[Ref: 49827] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The New Front of the Archbishop of York's Palace at Bishopthorpe - 1769. Tho.s Atkinson Architect.
Michael Angelo Rooker delin.t. Edward Rooker Sculp.t.
[c.1790.]
Rare etching. 340 x 555mm (13½ x 21¾"), on wove paper watermarked 'J Whatman', large margins. Some creasing, pinholes in corners of margin.
The facade of Bishopthorpe Palace, remodelled by Thomas Atkinson in 1769, now Grade 1 listed. Sold by Messrs. R S Todds Book & Printsellers York 1820.
See: Ref 52082 & 49827 for other views of Bishopthorpe.
[Ref: 59321] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

The New Gateway at the Archbishop of York's Palace at Bishopthorpe - 1769. Tho.s Atkinson Architect.
Michael Angelo Rooker delin.t. Edward Rooker Sculp.t.
Publish'd as the Act Directs June 24th: 1773.
Rare etching. 340 x 555mm (13½ x 21¾"), with large margins. Small repaired tear in bottom right
The Gothic Revival gateway of Bishopthorpe Palace, the residence of the Archbishop of York, built by Thomas Atkinson in 1769, now Grade 1 listed.
[Ref: 52082] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Bismarck.
Engraved by W. Holl, from a photograph.
William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Glasgow.
Engraving. Printed area 200 x 115mm (8 x 4½"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Prussian statesman Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen, apparently just before he was awarded the rank of Fürst (Prince) in 1871.
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works' (p.65)
[Ref: 41244] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Prince Bismark.
William Nicholson.
[London, 1899 by William Heinemann.]
Lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut. Printed area: 265 x 245mm. (10¼ x 9¾"). Foxing to edges; mounted on board as issued.
A portrait of Prussian statesman Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen, after Sir William Nicholson. From the folio of twelve portraits published in 1899. 'Nicholson traced Bismarck's features from an old photograph, and then added an invented torso [...] 'Bismarck' was a portrait for posterity' (Campbell).
Colin Campbell, 'William Nicholson: The Graphic Works' (p.65)
[Ref: 28322] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Bismarck. Versailles. 1870-1871.
Gemalt v. W. Camphausen. Lithgra. V. G. Engelbach. Druck v. Hesse in Berlin.
Verlag u. Eigen hum d. C.G. Lüderitz-schen Kunst-Verlagshandlung in Berlin. Das Original-Gemälde befindet sich in der Gallerie des Herrn Adolf Liebermann in Berlin.
Lithograph. 750 x 623mm. 29½ x 24½". Laid on board.
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (1815-1898) was a Prussian German statesman and aristocrat of the 19th century. As Ministerpräsident of Prussia from 1862-1890, he oversaw the unification of Germany. In 1867 he became Chancellor of the North German Confederation. When the German Empire was formed in 1871, he served as its first Chancellor until 1890 and practiced Realpolitik, which gained him the nickname "The Iron Chancellor". As Chancellor, Bismarck held an important role in the German government and greatly influenced German and international politics both during and after his time of service. The Treaty of Versailles of 1871 ended the Franco-Prussian War and was signed by Adolphe Thiers, of the French Third Republic, and Otto von Bismarck, of the German Empire on February 26, 1871. This was a preliminary treaty used to solidify the initial armistice of January 27, 1871 between the two states. It was later ratified by the Treaty of Frankfurt on May 10 of the same year. The 1871 Treaty of Versailles made the decline of France obvious to the rest of the continent, and at the same time demonstrated the strength of a unified German empire. Paris's governing body, the Government of National Defense, initiated the armistice by surrendering to the Germans after the siege of Paris. Jules Favre, a prominent French politician, met with Otto von Bismarck in Versailles to sign the armistice to be put into effect January 28, 1871.
[Ref: 12778] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Bison. Plate XXXI. (Bos (Bison) bonasus).]
W. Kuhnert [facsimile inside image.]
[London. Frederick Warne & Co. & New York.] [1912.]
Chromolithograph. Plate 171 x 241mm (6¾ x 9½").
The European bison, also known as the wisent, found in northern Europe and particularly around the Bialowieza Forest, on the Poland-Belarus border. From "Animal Portraiture being Fifty Studies", by Wilhelm Kunhert (text by Richard Lydekker). Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), the German painter, author and illustrator who specialised in animal images.
[Ref: 30196] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Hunting bison]
[Anon.]
[ n.d., c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph, stamp of John Jerrard, 172 Fleet St, London on verso, image 260 x 355mm. 10¼ x 14". Margins trimmed. Closed puncture to centre of image. Small tear from upper edge
The hunters in this scene are wearing typical spanish style costumes. Hunting bison is offered by large ranches in the New Mexico highland to this day and traditionally bison was hunted in Texas.
[Ref: 22596] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Album of 9 Watercolours of England.]
[Painted by Rev. Thomas Bisse.]
[1785-1805.]
An album containing nine albumen-based watercolours in limp marbled wrappers. Album: 310 x 255mm (12 x 10").
A collection of 9 watercolours including views of Beaconsfield, Bristol and Malvern by the Rev. Thomas Bisse who lived at Portnall Park, now known as the Wentworth Estate, Virginia Water.
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Bitlis. (Kurdistan.)
Dessine d'apres nature et lith par Jules Laurens. Imp. par Lemercier, r. de Seine 57, Paris.
Publie par Pierre-Bertrand, Editeur. [n.d., c.1859.]
Lithograph, image 314 x 445mm.
Bitlis is a town in eastern Turkey, and the capital of Bitlis Province. Kurds form the majority of the population. The history of Bitlis extends back to 2000 BC, and the city contains traces from the Urartian, Armenian, Persian, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Joseph Auguste Jules Laurens (1825 - 1901) travelled with the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell on a scientific journey to Turkey and Persia, making over a thousand drawings of the sites, costumes and people he encountered. After Hommaire died of cholera in 1848 Laurens sent his notes back to his widow in Paris who completed a full account of their travels, 'Voyage en Turquie et en Perse, exe´cute´ par ordre du Gouvernement Francais pendant les anne´es 1846, 1847 et 1848', containing many lithographs by Laurens.
[Ref: 7705] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Bitter Draught.
[Illegible] Fecit.
Printed & Sold by W. Belch, 258, High Street, Borough [n.d., c.1830].
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 185 x 150mm (7¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A man sitting in a chair, holding a cup in one hand and a small bottle of medicine in the other; on a table to the right is a container labelled Pills and a large bottle of medicine.
National Library of Medicine: 101393485.
[Ref: 58360] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Bittern Shooting.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 197 x 254mm. 7¾ x 10". Frame 394 x 439mm. 15½ x 17¼".
Two gentlemen in long reeds at left, one shooting a bittern in the sky at right, one dog barking at the shot bird, preparing to retrieve it, and the other running away; windmills seen in the far background and a flock of swans flying overhead. Plate 33 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25712] £320.00

Bittern Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. J. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A scene in marshland in which a man flushes out a bittern while another takes aim at the flying bird. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46243] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d John Blachford D.D. Chancellor of S.t Patrick's and Minister of S.t Werburgh's Dublin. Died 25th of October 1748 Aged 64.
Ja.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Creases bottom left.
A half-length portrait in oval of the Rev Dr John Blachford (1684-1748), who benefited from the friendship of Dean Jonathan Swift. According to family tradition, Swift was staying with the family and chanced upon Blachford's wife Elinor reading aloud to her children. Swift derisively remarked, ''Is it a woman pretending to teach?''; ''Yes, Sir'', Mrs Blachford replied, '''tis a very foolish book lately published called 'Gulliver’s Travels'''. The Blachfords were the grandparents of poet Mary Tighe (1772-1810)
CS 20. Goodwn 134. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68363] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Champion Benham Busybody.
N.Emms.
Published by Fawcett McGuire & Co Ltd, Birkbeck Bank Chambers, London. [n.d., c.1920.]
Chromolithograph. 175 x 245mm. Trimmed to image, mounted on printed card, as issued.
Blank & Tan Terrier.
[Ref: 2338] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Flying_Beadles. Oh my goodness there is a mouse!!! Oh! My good gracious! Here is a great "Black Beadle"!!! !!!'
Designed and etched by George Cruikshank.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching. Sheet 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A satirical scene depicting two vignettes, the first; a gentleman seated with a book and a poker in his hand, a lady fleeing from the room, both having seen a small mouse, the table falling over;. The second; a company of ladies, shocked and standing on furniture to avoid an insect-like 'black beadle', who wears his robes of office and carries his staff, a maid to the left, ringing the bell; five smaller insect-like 'black beadles' below the image, fleeing to the left and right.
[Ref: 66908] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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