Grosvenor Prints

Part of the Bridge at Blackfriars. As it was in July 1766.
Edw.d Rooker delin et Sculp.
Published Jan:y 1st 1777 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Coloured engraving. 420 x 660mm (16½ x 26"), with large margins. Tear in margin taped, slightly toned overall.
The first Blackfriars Bridge, built by Robert Mylne from Portland stone, opening 1769. This plate was first published by Rooker in 1766.
[Ref: 44471] £620.00

[Blackfriars Bridge, with a view of St. Paul's Cathedral.]
A. J. Bond [pencil signature].
[British, n.d. c.1930]
Etching, watermarked laid paper, 250 x 175mm. 9ï¿½ x 7".
Attractive view across the River Thames towards the City of London; barges and a tugboat on the water in foreground. By Arthur J F Bond. Born in Devonport in 1888, he moved to Twickenham, Barnes and Richmond and exhibited at the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 22823] £320.00

Part of the Bridge at Blackfriars. As it was in July 1766.
Edw.d Rooker delin et Sculp.
Published Jan:y 1st 1777 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Fine engraving. Plate: 420 x 660mm (16½ x 26"). Frame: 800 x 620mm (31½ x 24½"). Unexamined out of frame.
The first Blackfriars Bridge, built by Robert Mylne from Portland stone, opening 1769. This plate was first published by Rooker in 1766.
[Ref: 44965] £850.00

Blackfriars from Southwark Bridge.
T.S. Boys Del et Lithog. [Printed by Charles Hullmandel.]
[London: T. S. Boys, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph. 175 x 450mm (7 x 17¾"), very large margins.
View of Blackfriars Bridge from Southwark Bridge with boats on the River Thames. St Paul's Cathedral can be seen on the right of the picture. From 'Original Views of London As It Is' by Thomas Shotter Boys, published in 1843.
Abbey 239, "A book of considerable importance".
[Ref: 39693] £300.00

Blackfriars from Southwark Bridge.
T.S. Boys Del et Lithog. [Printed by Charles Hullmandel.]
[London: T. S. Boys, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph with added hand colour. 175 x 450mm (7 x 17¾"). Large margins.
View of Blackfriars Bridge from Southwark Bridge with boats on the River Thames. St Paul's Cathedral can be seen on the right of the picture. From 'London As It Is' by Thomas Shotter Boys, published in 1843.
[Ref: 53840] £480.00

Surrey Side near Blackfriars.
Nathaniel Sparks [pencil].
[n.d. c.1921.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6").
Nathaniel Sparks R.E. (1880-1956)
[Ref: 5681] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Parsonage House Blackheath Park. Rev.d Joseph Fenn Late Missionary in India and the Father of 13 Children - 10 Sons & 3 Daughters. [in pen underneath image.]
C.J. Sprat 1835. [ink signature to right.]
Pencil sketch. 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Laid on album sheet.
The home of Rev. Joseph Fenn, who was minister of Blackheath Park Chapel, London.
[Ref: 29978] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Victoria & Albert at a Military Review at Blackheath.] Die Königl. Grossbrittanische Armée Revûe. I.te Abth. Dedié à Son Altesse Royal Mos. Albrecht Duc de Saxe Cobourg Gotha etc. etc. par son trés humble serviteur Louis de Kliest à Dresde 1841.
Opitz del. Hilscher Sc.
[Dresden, 1841.]
Extremely fine & rare aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 570 x 720mm (22½ x 28½"). Superb condition.
A large and colourful scene of a young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert riding through a military review held at Blackheath, with Greenwich Hospital at the bottom of the hill and London on the horizon. The uniforms of the soldiers are recorded carefully. The print is dedicated to Prince Albert, the year after his marriage to Victoria. The painter, Georg Emmanuel Opiz (1775-1841), was born in Prague but moved around the cities of Europe, including Dresden, Vienna, Paris & Liepzig. In 1840 Opiz, Hilscher & Kliest published a similar view of the Hessian army in revue above Maintz.
[Ref: 30068] £2,500.00

Blackheath Park [in pen underneath image.]
C.J. Sprat 1838. [ink signature to right.]
Pencil sketch. 179 x 252mm (7¼ x 10¾"). Laid on album sheet.
A view of Blackheath Park, near Greenwich, with large Georgian houses seen in the background.
[Ref: 29976] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Woodlands. The villa of J.J. Angerstein Esq.r.
Drawn by J. Hassell.
London Pub.d by J. Hassell 1st Aug.t 1804.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 195 x 275mm (7¾ x 10¾"), very large margins.
Woodlands House, a Grade II* listed Georgian villa, in Westcombe Park, Greenwich, described in Daniel Lysons' The Environs of London (1796) as occupying 'a situation uncommonly beautiful'. John Julius Angerstein, chairman of Lloyd's from 1790-6, was a friend of George III, Pitt the Younger and Sir Thomas Lawrence. His art collection, which included 'The Rape of the Sabines' by Rubens and Sir Joshua Reynolds's portrait of Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy, was bought by the government for £60,000 to form the nucleus of the National Gallery's collection. Until the Trafalgar Square site was opened the 38 works from Angerstein's collection were displayed in Angerstein's town house in Pall Mall.
[Ref: 58207] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sr. Richard Blackmore Kt.
I.Closterman pinx. R.Williams fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Very scarce and fine mezzotint, 17th century watermark. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins, some foxing and creasing. Damage to upper right corner.
Portrait of Sir Richard Blackmore (1654 - 1729), English poet and physician, who is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an epic poet, but he was also a respected medical doctor and theologian.
CS: 8. W318. Not in. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65442] £320.00

Blackrock Castle. Dedicated by permission to Councillor Hewitt, Vice Chairman of The Cork School of Design by His obedient servants, R. & W. Clarke.
R.L. Stopford, Del. T. Picken, Lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d. c. 1840.]
Lithograph. Printed area 310 x 410mm (12¼ x 16"). Maple framed. Unexamined out of maple frame.
Blackrock Castle, on the River Lee, just outside Cork, painted by Robert Lowe Stopford (1813-1898). Built in Elizabethan times to defend Cork, the castle has burned down twice, the last time in 1827. The scene here shows the castle as it was rebuilt in 1829 by architect George Richard Pain (1793-1838). It is now owned by Cork Corporation, and houses 'Ireland's first fully interactive astronomy centre'.
[Ref: 28647] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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A Blacksmith's Shop.
Engraved by Miss Hawksworth from a Picture by G. Jones Esq.r.
Published Feb.y 1.st 1813 by J. Hawksworth. 9 Barnsbury Street, Islington.
Rare engraving. Sheet size: 370 x 415mm (14½ x 16¼"). Small mark below title on left.
An interior view of a workshop with a blacksmith leaning at the right beside the forge, watching a child taking a rod of metal from the bath before him. Various tools and instruments hang on the wall behind.
[Ref: 38434] £320.00

[Blacksmith's Forge.]
Done from a Capital Picture of Brouwer in the Collection of B: Cleeve Esq:r By Jas. Mc.Ardell.
Sold by J Mc.Ardell at the Golden Head in Covent Garden. Price 2s.
Scarce mezzotint. 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Narrow margins, some creasing. Repaired tear.
The interior of a blacksmith's forge: one man pulls a chain above him, bending his head down and holding a piece of metal in the embers; another hammers at a piece of metal on an anvil.
Goodwin: 206.
[Ref: 57800] £490.00 (£588.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Blackwall, looking towards Greenwich
J. Boydell Del & Sculp.
Published according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver 1750. Price 1s. No.11.
Engraving. 430 x 265mm.
[Ref: 833] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Blackwall.] London. Sheet LXXVIII. Edition of 1894-96.
Photozincographed and Published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1897.
Zincograph with hand colour, sheet 700 x 990mm, 27½ x 39". With stencilled sheet number and mss. notes. Laid on linen, some surface soiling, tears, edges chipped.
A large-scale plan (1/2500) of Blackwall with parts of West India Docks, and Blackwall Point, site of the Millenium Dome. This sheet has been used to record the property of the Port of London Authority, noting sales.
From the Port of London Authority archives.
[Ref: 10964] £220.00

A View of Blackwall, looking towards Greenwich. No.11.
J. Boydell Del & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell Engraver 1750. Price. 1s.
Engraving, paper watermarked with very large margins. Plate 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16¾").
A fine view from the river of Blackwall, looking towards Greenwich (the hospital can be seen on the left); a cluster of sailing ships anchored near docks, other small boats surrounding. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
Adams (London): 47.11.
[Ref: 29304] £300.00

Brunswick Dock on the Thames at Blackwall. This noble bason was excuted from the design & at the individual expence of John Perry Esq.r [...] & the Dock was opened for the reception of Shipping on the 20th of Nov.r 1790. To John Perry Esq.r this Print is with his permission inscribed by his obedient Servant William Daniell.
Drawn & Engraved by W.m Daniell, & Published by him at No.9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Oct.r 20. 1803.
Coloured aquatint, sheet 505 x 870mm (19½ x 34¼"). Surface loss in places, general paper tone, scratch centre right.
Brunswick Dock, Blackwall, named after the ducal house in honour of George III, with text describing its history. The dock was the first wet dock with gates on to the Thames, and its main feature was a large tower containing a crane for raising or fitting masts to tall ships, visible here. One of six large aquatints by William Daniell of the new docks then being excavated to reduce congestion in the Pool of London. Daniell (1769-1837) was one of the few artists of the period who was as skilled as an aquatinter as he was a painter. It was common practice to add engraved or etched lines to give shape to the tonal effect of the aquatint; this plate is pure aquatint, with no added lines, not even on the rigging of the boats. The margins have been given a grey wash in imitation of watercolour presentation of the period. A painting of the same scene by Daniell, which may have been executed in preparation for this engraving, is in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (BHC1867).
Adams: 92.D
[Ref: 23321] £1,950.00

[Blackwell Dale][in pencil]
Rare lithograph, sheet 345 x 445mm (13½ x 14½") Trimmed and glued to backing card, as issued.
A view of Blackwell Dale in the Peak District. A boy pulls his mother across a stoney crossing over the river towards a building with a water mill attached. A man fishes in the craggy hilled background.
[Ref: 56569] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The true Effigies of that Valiant Kt. and Marchant Taylor Sir Ralph Blackwell.
[London, 1668.]
Engraving, rare. 159 x 109mm. 6¼ x 4¼". Fine.
Frontispiece to William Winstanley's "The Honour of Merchant-Taylors". Sir Ralph Blackwell (1327 - 1377 fl.)
[Ref: 15385] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Blackwood] Henricus Blacuodaeus Henrici Filius Parisiensis Doctor Medicus [...]
Cl. Mellan Gall. del et scul [1626]
Etching, sheet 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4"). Trimmed to image.
Henry Blackwood (1588-1634), Scottish physician active in Paris and Rome. Engraved by Claude Mellan (1598-1688), French artist who made this print soon after moving to Rome. In Rome he found a new master in the great painter Simon Vouet. Mellan's simple, spare style makes him one of the most immediately distinctive of all major printmakers.
O'D 1; Wellcome: 319-1.
[Ref: 39433] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Colonel John Blackwood.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by W. Say, Engraver to T.R.H the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
London, Published May 1st. 1821 by the Engraver. 92, Norton Street Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins,
Col. John Blackwood (19thC); sitter turned and looking to the right, wearing military uniform. A handsome portrait. After an untraced portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Mannings (cat. 188) cites several appointments Reynolds had in 1755 with sitters surnamed Blackwood, but notes 'it is not entirely certain that they are... all with the same person'.
Hamilton undescribed.
[Ref: 21782] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Blades' Upper Show Room.
J. Gendall delt.
No.4 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. April 1 1813 [101 Strand, London].
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, image 115 x 195mm. 4½ x 7¾". Trimmed within plate.
View inside the premises of an upmarket retailer of lamps, light fittings and chandeliers; after John Gendall (1790 - 1865). From Rudolph Ackermann's 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature.
[Ref: 18962] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Fac Similes des Dessins Extraits des Livres de Croquis de Géricault et Lithographiés par Plusieurs Artistes.
Publiés par Blaisot M.d d'Estampes de S.A.R. M.gr le Duc d'Orléans / Palais Royal 1825 / Imp.e Lithog.e de P. Ducarme, Rue des Fossés Saint Germain l'auxerrois, No. 24
Ten lithographs in original wrappers, sheets each approx 365 x 270mm (14¼ x 10½"). Collector's stamp of [?]Paul and Véronique Sanchez on verso of each (probably variant of L.3289.
Ten lithographs of 20? after drawings by Théodore Géricault (1791 - 1824) and published shortly after his death. Subjects include military and oriental costume studies, fighting bulls, the philosopher Helvetius presenting his son to Voltaire, and a fragment of Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment'. After Géricault's death at the age of 32, his works were auctioned in a sale which contained around 220 paintings and an estimated 1600-1800 drawings and watercolours. Géricault sold very little in his lifetime, and so he owned most of his work at the time of his death. The drawings reproduced here were probably purchased at the auction by Blaisot. While he had little financial success in his lifetime, Géricault's postuhumous influence was on the likes of Delacroix and Courbet was great.
[Ref: 35578] £600.00 view all images for this item

Basso Relievo Basso-relievo round a Capital in the Cathedral of Carrara; Basso-relievo of Zethus Antiope & Amphion; Altars
Blake sc.
[Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, Novemr. 11th 1818]
Stipple and line engraving, sheet 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed, losing publication line.
Plate from Abraham Rees' 'The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature', engraved by the visionary artist and poet William Blake (1757-1827) to illustrate a text by sculptor John Flaxman. After a period of coolness, Blake and Flaxman were on good terms again at this time, and the sculptor intervened to secure Blake several engraving commissions (including this one) in the 1810s. Without these commissions, Blake might well have fallen into dire poverty at this time.
Russell 105.ii
[Ref: 40867] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Basso Relievo Basso-relievo round a Capital in the Cathedral of Carrara; Basso-relievo of Zethus Antiope & Amphion; Altars
G.M.
[Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, Novemr. 11th 1818]
Stipple and line engraving, sheet 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed.
Plate from Abraham Rees' 'The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature', copied from the engraving by the visionary artist and poet William Blake (1757-1827) to illustrate a text by sculptor John Flaxman.
Russell 105.ii (copy)
[Ref: 40868] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Cowper Mother of the Poet
D. Heins Pinx / W Blake sculp
Publish'd Novemb.r 5. 1802 by J. Johnson St Pauls Church Yard
Engraving, sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½"). Slight foxing off image.
Portrait of Ann Cowper (d.1737), mother of poet William Cowper (1731-1800) and engraved by William Blake after a painting by Norwich portrait painter Heins. Published as an illustration in William Hayley's Life of Cowper (1802). Hayley was a patron of Blake and employed him to provide a series of engravings for this project.
O'D 1
[Ref: 31335] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Robert Blake. General and Admiral of the Forces of England &c. Denatus 17. Aug. 1657 Ætat. 59. Was heard in the thunder through th'affrighted shores [/] Of pale Iberia, of submissive Gaul, [/] And Tagus trembling to his utmost source, [/] O ever faithful, vigilant, and brave [/] Thou bold asserter of Britannia's Fame, [/] Unconquerable Blake! Mr. Glover's London. p. 21.
Done from a painting in the possession of M.r. J. Ames. By Tho: Preston and Dedicated to ye citizens of London.
Sold by M.r. King in the Poultry, and the Print Sellers of London and Westminster, and Published according to Act of Parliament Jan.r. 24 1740.
Mezzotint with some etching decoration, very rare. Plate: 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½").
Half-portrait in a roundel of Admiral Robert Blake (1598-1657) whose actions in battle served as the foundations of England's naval supremacy. Blake commanded and fought in the English Civil War, the first Anglo-Dutch War, against the Bey of Tunis and in the Anglo-Spanish War.
BM. 1849,0721.2228.
[Ref: 35049] £320.00

Adm. Blake.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 197 x 158mm. 7¾ x 6¼".
Admiral Robert Blake (1599-1657) was one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England during the 17th century. He is recognised as the chief founder of England's naval supremacy. From Frederic Hervey's 'The Naval History of Great Britain ... to ... 1779', numbered 'Vol.II pa.184' upper right.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18752] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

William Blake.
Painted by T. Phillips R.A. Engraved by L. Schiavonetti V.A.
London Pub.d March 1.1813, by R. Ackerman, 101 Strand.
Etching on india. Plate: 260 x 375mm (10 x 14¾"); very large margins. Foxing, india slightly lifting at bottom right.
A half-length portrait of poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). Forgotten almost immediately after his death it wasn't until the late nineteenth century that he was rediscoverd and is now considered one of the seminal figures in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic movement.
[Ref: 40787] £420.00

The Hon.ble William Blakeney Esq.r Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, Colonel of His Majesty's Iniskillin Regim.t of Foot & Lieutenant Governor of Minorca.
G. Chalmers Pinx.t Minorca 1755. J.s M.cArdell fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t 1756, by G Hawkins at Miltons head in Fleet street, London.
Mezzotint, 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 9"), with small margins. Repaired nicks and tears on tom margin, nick on top right corner.
Half-length portrait of William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney (1672-1761), turned to face front, wearing uniform and short wig and holding a baton in his right hand. Lord Blakeney was an army officer and politician, born Limerick; lieutenant-general in 1747, and lieutenant-governor of Minorca; created KB and an Irish peer in 1756. MP for Kilmallock, 1725-57.
Goodwin 50.II. CS 21.II.
[Ref: 59611] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes, in the Character of Mons:r le Medicine.
J. M.cArdell delin. et fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Behind a corpse rises from a coffin. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, iii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 4 of 4.
[Ref: 68442] £320.00

[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes, in the Character of Mons:r le Medicine.
J. M.cArdell delin. et fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at N.º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, paper toned, slight damage, lower right corner, laid on album paper at edges
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Behind a corpse rises from a coffin. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, iii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 4 of 4.
[Ref: 68443] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Blakes] Mr. Blakes, in the Character of Mons:r le Medicine.
[Drawn and engraved by James McArdell.]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament & Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1747].
Fine mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Small margins.
A full-length portrait of actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), on a plain stage in character 'Monsieur le Médecin' in the farce 'The Anatomist', wearing dark wig and a muff on his left arm, holding a cane to his mouth. Only in Robert Sayer's reissue was MacArdell's name added. Edward Ravenscroft's farce 'The Anatomist or the Sham Doctor' was first performed in 1696; it was revived in 1743 and remained popular into the 19th century. Blakes was originally a peruke-maker; his speciality was playing French fops.
Chaloner Smith 22, ii of iii; Goodwin 167. Harvard p.120. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state 2 of 4.
[Ref: 68444] £360.00

Mr. Blakes as Monsr. la Medicine [faint pencil mss. below image in blue wash frame.] Mr Blakes [ink mss.]
De Wilde [in image lower right.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Pen and ink and watercolour, image 239 x 165mm.
Portrait of the hatter and actor Charles Blakes (d.1763), in the character of 'Monsieur le Médecin', copied from the mezzotint portrait by James McArdell. The signature suggests the painter and watercolorist Samuel De Wilde (1751 - 1832), who was noted for his theatrical subjects. Probably this though is a copy by George Perfect Harding (1781 - 1853), portrait painter, copyist and antiquary.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7807] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Blanchard. Citoyen de Calais Pensionaire de S.M.T..C. et Correspondent des plusieurs Accademies.
A.W. Küffner del. et sc.
[n.d., c.1800]
Stipple engraving. Printed area 75 x 55mm. Trimmed inside platemark left and right; foxing.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) took part in one of the earliest manned balloon flights, in Paris on March 2nd 1784. After moving to England later that year, he was part of the first balloon flight to cross the English Channel.
[Ref: 8222] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Jean Pierre Blanchard. The first Aerial Mariner, Citizen of Calais...
R. Livesay pinxit. J. Newton sculpsit.
March 24 Pub. for the Proprietor by S. Hooper No 212, High-Holborn, London.
Stipple with etching and engraving. Sheet 230 x 205mm (9 x 8"). Trimmed within plate. Slight vertical crease.
A half-length portrait of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, published shortly after he and American doctor John Jefferies made the first balloon flight across the English Channel when they travelled from Dover to Calais, January 7th 1785.
[Ref: 56777] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard.
London, Pub.d. July 1; of 1785 by I. Sewel, Cornhill.
Engraving, 170 x 115mm. Trimmed close to platemark. Fine impression.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) took part in one of the earliest manned balloon flights, in Paris on March 2nd 1784. After moving to England later that year, he was part of the first balloon flight to cross the English Channel.
[Ref: 8204] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

La Gloire de la Normandie. Mr. Blanchard.
à Rouen Chez Guedra et Gosselin M.d d'Est. [n.d., c.1785.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 190mm.
A rare portrait of the balloonist. French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight born 4 July 1753.
[Ref: 2862] £520.00

Mr Blanchard in the Character of Ralph. The Passage. Theres no harm in putting a civil question be there Why you look as cross and ill natured.
Engraved by Leney from the original Picture which was painted from life by De Wilde, from the Maid of the Mill by Bickerstaff in the Celebrated Edition of Bell's British Theatre, which is now Publishing. Periodically.
Printed for J. Bell British Library London May 29.th 1792.
Coloured stipple, printed in colour, plate 295 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), very large margins. Slight creasing and time staining.
Full length portrait of the comic actor and tenor singer Thomas Blanchard (c.1760-1797), the second, as the character from Bickerstaff's 'The Maid of the Mill'. He stands head turned slightly and thoughtfully looking to left; wearing coat, long waistcoat, breeches and a cravat. His left hand dips into his waistcoat pocket and he holds his hat in the other. There is a watermill in the background and some trees.
[Ref: 56077] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Blanchard, Liston, and Mathews. In the Farce of Love, Law and Physic. LOG: Do you mean as you can prove black is white? FLEXIBLE: Sir, black is white: shall a timber merchant dare contect with me in points of law?
Painted by G.Clint, A.R.A. Engraved by Tho.s Lupton.
London, Published April 22nd, 1832, by Tho.s Lupton, 4 Leigh Street, Burton Crescent, & R.Ackermann, 96 Strand.
Mezzotint. 480 x 380mm, 19 x 15". Tear entering plate on right, small worm hole, large margins.
The actors William Blanchard (1769 - 1835), John Liston (1776 - 1846) & Charles Mathews (1776 - 1835), in 'Love, Law and Physic' by James Kenney (1780 - 1849), first performed 1812.
[Ref: 20556] £450.00

Franc. Blanchart Abbas S.t Genov Parisiensis Nec Non Praepos. General. Canon. Recvl. Congreg .Cal.
Nanteuil ad vivum ping. et sculpebat 1673.
Engraving. 405 x 325mm (16 x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate mark. Two wormholes near lower left corner. Small stain near lower corner.
A half portrait of Francois Blanchart (1606-1662) in clerical dress with a simple crucifix. Blanchart was appointed abbott of St. Genevieve in 1644.
PW 18. ii/iii
[Ref: 57422] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The situation of La Pique of 40 Guns, 400 Men, a French Frigate, & His M.tys Ship Blanche of 32 Guns, and having on board only 180 Men, about 2 o' Clock in the Morning after the Blanche had lost her Main, & Mizen Masts. The Action began about half past 12, and continued till half past 5 in the Morning; Captn. Faulknor fell when the Ships were in the above situation. [&] The situation of His Mtys. Ship Blanche, of 32 Guns & 180 Men, & the French Frigate La Pique, of 40 Guns & 400 Men, at a quarter past 5 o'Clock in the Morning, about a quarter of an hour before the Pique surrendered, having been towed in that way near 3 hours and a half, and having made frequent attempts to board the Blanche without success. _ The Blanche 8 killed & 12 wounded, the Pique 106 killed & 110 wounded.
Drawn by Lieutt. Thos. Orde. C. Rosenberg Fecit.
[Published London by J. Bretherton, 1797.]
Pair of aquatints, each image 295 x 435mm (11½ x 17¼"). Trimmed to plates. Paper time stained, vertical crease through second plate.
The engagement between the frigate HMS Blanche and French frigate Pique off Guadaloupe in the Caribbean. After seven hours the Pique surrendered, in what was considered the longest engagement ever fought. The House of Commons ordered a monument to be erected in St. Paul's Cathedral to the memory of Captain R. Faulknor, who had died in the struggle.
Parker: 105, b.
[Ref: 10034] £720.00 view all images for this item

Blandford Agricultural Society, Established 1839, for the Encouragement of Industrious Labourers and Servants. Certificate of Merit.
Designed and Drawn by I.J.Wood. Engraved by Shaw & Sons, Fetter Lane London.
[1865.]
Wood engraved certificate on card with mss text. Sheet 285 x 230mm. Some toning.
For 14 years work the society awarded John Woolridge a coat.
[Ref: 7156] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Blandy at the place of Execution near Oxford attended by the Rev.d Mr Swinton
[Anon., c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5").
Mary Blandy (1718/9-1752), murderer, ascending the ladder to her execution. Blandy was found guilty of murdering her father by poisoning him, after he refused to consent to her marrying Captain William Henry Cranstoun. Cranstoun, who many believed the real villain, fled to France to avoid prosecution.
[Ref: 45471] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Blank, the Property of His Grace, the Duke of Ancaster. [...] by the Earl of Godolphin's Arabia, his Dam the little Hartley Mare...
[Engraved by Richard Houston after William Shaw.]
[Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles] N.º 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription at bottom, losing publisher's name, repair lower left with loss of text.
Blank, the horse of General Peregrine Bertie (1714-1778), 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. He was Master of the Horse from 1766 to 1778 and from 1765 for a year he held the position of Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte. All matters connected with the horses of the sovereign, the stables, the coach houses, the stud, mews were all within his jurisdiction. This plate was originally published in 1757; in this state the plate was cut down and the inscriptions re-engraved.
[Ref: 65675] £320.00

Arthur Blayney Esq.r.
Painted by W.m Beechey A.R.A Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engrav'd by T. Hardy. [n.d. c.1800]
Rare mezzotint, 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), with margins. Thread margin on right. Laid on linen. Crease through publication area. Small margins.
Half length portrait of philanthropist Arthur Blayney (1715-95). He wears a powdered wig tied at the nape, with a plain collar and the top of a brocaded waistcoat visible beneath a plain coat. He was known as the 'Father of Montgomeryshire'
CS 1 I of II.
[Ref: 61564] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honourable Cadwallader Lord Blayney. Baron Blayney of Monaghan, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the said County, Major General of His Majesty's Forces, and Colonel of the 38.th Regiment. Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Rare mezzotint, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾") with large margins.
Three-quarter length portrait of Cadwallader, 9th Baron of Blayney (1720-1775), wearing heavy robes decorated with plaid, a masonic apron and collar. Cadwallader was one of the most famous and influential Freemasons, elected Grand Master of England in 1764-66.
CS 25 i; pg. 1719
[Ref: 60332] £360.00

"Blea Tarn" [in pencil]
H.W. Williamson [inked inside the image]. Horace W Williamson [pencil signature]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching. 298 x 371mm. 11¾ x 14½".
Blea Tarn, on the Lake District's innumberable small tarns, occupies a ridge between the Little Langdale Valley and Dungeon Ghyll in Great Langdale. The name blea derives from 'dark blue'.
[Ref: 14370] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Plate IX. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Bangor, This Plate Representing a Complete Perspective View of all the Machinery of a Bleach Mill, upon the Newest and most approved Constructions. Consisting of the Wash Mill, Rubbing Boards moved by a Crank, and Beetling Engine for Glazing the Cloth, with a View of the Boiling House. Is most respectfully Inscribed by his Lordships obedient humble Servant. Wm. Hincks.
Wm. Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by R. Pollard, Spafields June 20. 1791.
Fine stipple. Plate 353 x 424mm. 13¾ x 16¾". Large margins.
An interior view of a mill where three men and a woman are engaged in washing, rubbing, glazing and boiling fabric. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 19682] £400.00

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