Grosvenor Prints

[Blenheim Palace] From Private Gardens.
C.W. Radcliffe del et lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[Oxford: James Wyatt & Son, 1842.]
Tinted lithograph with large margins, rare. Printed area 275 x 375mm (10¾ x 14¾").
From 'The Palace of Blenheim' by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903), a book dedicated to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-83), grandfather of Winston Churchill.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 34921] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Blenheim Palace] Monument. [&] Rosamond's Well.
C.W. Radcliffe del et lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[Oxford: James Wyatt & Son, 1842.]
Tinted lithograph with large margins, rare. Printed area 400 x 260mm (15¾ x 10¼").
Two views on one sheet: the Column of Victory & Rosamund's Well, named after Rosamund Clifford, a mistress of Henry II. From 'The Palace of Blenheim' by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903), a book dedicated to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-83), grandfather of Winston Churchill.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 34922] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Blenheim Palace] High Lodge. [&] Cascade.
C.W. Radcliffe del et lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[Oxford: James Wyatt & Son, 1842.]
Tinted lithograph with large margins, rare. Printed area 400 x 260mm (15¾ x 10¼").
Two views on one sheet: High Lodge & the Cascade, the water flowing from the Great Lake. From 'The Palace of Blenheim' by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903), a book dedicated to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-83), grandfather of Winston Churchill.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 34923] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Blenheim Triumph] The Glory of the Confederate Armes, Illustrated in A Blazonry Description of 128 Ensigns, and 25 Standards, taken from the French and Bavarians, in the Famous Battle of Blenheim, by the Forces under the Comand of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough. ye 2d of Aug.st O.S. 1704. Which Colours were brought into Her Maj.ty's Tower of London, & thence Carried in Triumph thro ye said City being now placed in Westminst.r Hall [...]
R.t Spofforth Sculp.
[n.d., c.1705.]
Engraving with original partial hand colour. Sheeet 640 x 480mm (25¼ x 19"). Framed. Some restoration
A record of the battle flags captured at the Battle of Blenheim, the hugely important victory won by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy during the War of the Spanish Succession. Under the text is a small view of the battle with a five-point key. The Duke returned to England on the 14th December (Julian calendar); the flags (recorded elsewhere as 110 cavalry standards and 128 infantry colours) were borne in procession to Westminster Hall in early January, 1705. The British Museum has a version engraved by Spofforth in French, dedicated to Prince George of Denmark (BM 1927,1008.389).
[Ref: 57226] £780.00

[Blenheim Triumph] The Glory of the Confederate Arms, Illustrated in a Blazonary Description of 128 Ensigns, and 35 Standards, Taken from the French and Bavarians, in the Famous Battle of Blenheim, by the Forces under the Command of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, the 2d. of August, O.S. 1704 Which colours were brought into Her Majesties Tower of London, and from thence carried in Triumph through the said City, being now placed in Westminster-Hall. With an Inscription...
London: Printed and s[old by J.] Bradford at the Bible in Fetter-Lane. [n.d., c.1706.]
Extemely rare woodcut broadsheet with letterpress. 600 x 470mm (23½ x 18½"). Laid on old linen, damaged with some loss.
A broadsheet commemorating the Duke of Marlborough's victories at Blenheim and Ramillies, fought during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). At the top is a portrait of the Duke, within a garland, surrounded by trophies; down the sides are representations of the flags taken from the defeated French and Bavarian troops with, edged with an ornamental border; at the bottom is a scene of the British ally Prince Eugene of Savoy's victory at Hochstadt.
[Ref: 25993] £950.00

"Aviation." Louis Bleriot. (The First to Fly the Chanel.)
F.W.
Supplement to "The Throne and Country." August 7, 1909.
Chromolithograph, sheet 360 x 250mm (14¼ x 9¾"), large margins. Tears to edges, some creasing and surface dirt. Messy.
Full length portrait of Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot (1872 – 1936) French aviator, inventor and engineer. In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel, winning the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper.
[Ref: 56967] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

La Blessé. Le Bon Génie, Journal des Enfans, 2e. année, No.44. Lith. No.10.
Marlet del. Lith. de Marlet.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph, rare. 165 x 204mm (6½ x 8"). Creases and offsetting, cut.
The injured soldier, helped by three children. One of a series published in a children's magazine.
[Ref: 29684] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

A Blessing. May the blessing of God await thee...
J.T. Wood [n.d., c.1840.]
Etching on porcelain card. 60 x 95mm (2½ x 3¾"). Some oxidisation of bottom edge, laid on album paper. Damaged.
A blessing within a foliate border.
See: Ref: 56335
[Ref: 56338] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Blessings of Military Law-Givers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry - John Phillips?] Esq.r.
Pub by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St. Strand, July 28 1829_Sole publisher of Paul Pry's Caricatures.
Etching with fine hand colour. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14"). Trimmed to printed border and laid on album paper.
A court scene with the accused (a coachman) being the only civilian, the judge and lawyer all wearing huge bearskins. Wellington stands next to the accused, dressed as a Grenedier Guard. According to the prosecutor, the coachman was guilty of 'breaking the line of a Corporal's guard, my Lud, to the great damage and detriment of the military honor of this vast empire'. A satire of Wellington as a military autocrat. Although 'Paul Pry' was initially a pseudonym of William Heath (1794-1840), this print is a pirate, probably by John Philips. Eventually Heath gave up the monogram because of its wide use.
BM Satire 15841.
[Ref: 55413] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington] Woman. The Greatest Social Gift.
E.T. Parris J.B. Forrest
Engraved for this Work [c.1850]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼").
Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington (1789-1849), author. Marguerite's best-known book is her 'Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron', initially published in installments in 1832-3 before appearing in one volume eleven years later. It was based on Marguerite's daily encounters with Byron after they both settled in Genoa in 1823. Engraved after a portrait by Edmund Thomas Parris (1793-1873), whose drawings were published alongside verses by Marguerite in 1836-8.
[Ref: 41384] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

A Draught of Blewfields Lagoon on the Moskito Shore.
London, Printed for Robert Sayer, No.53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, Jan 1.st 1788.
Engraving with large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Paper toning.
A rare plan of Blewfield's Lagoon on the east coast of Nicaragua. Abraham Blauvelt (Blewfield) was a Dutch privateer and explorer, who was responsible for mapping much of the east coast of Central America in the 1630s. Blauvelt was first recorded exploring the coasts of present day Honduras and Nicaragua in service of the Dutch West India Company. He later travelled to England in an effort to gain support to establish a colony in Nicaragua near the city where Bluefields, Nicaragua presently stands. Around 1640 Blauvelt became a privateer serving the Swedish East India Company and in 1644 he commanded his own ship successfully raiding Spanish shipping from a base in southwest Jamaica, today known as Blewfields Bay, and selling the cargo and prizes to the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (New York). After peace between Spain and the Netherlands was reached with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Blauvelt, unable to stay in New Amsterdam, instead sailed to Newport, Rhode Island in early 1649 to sell his remaining cargo. However the colonial governor seized one of Blauvelt's prizes and with his crew arguing over their shares, the local colonists, fearing that Rhode Island would acquire a reputation of trading with pirates, forced Blauvelt to leave the colony. For the next several years Blauvelt commanded a French ship called La Garse, later living among the natives of Cape Gracias a Dios near the border of Honduras and Nicaragua, until the early 1660s when he was recruited for Christopher Myngs' raid on the Spanish colony of Campeche Bay in 1663.
[Ref: 30439] £420.00

"When A Man's A Little Bit Poorly," The Celebrated Comic Song as Sung by Mr. C. Taylor, The Words by T. Hudson, The Music Arranged by J. Blewitt.
Jos. Lisle Delc.
London. Published by T.E. Purday, 50, St Pauls Church Yard, Successor (in this branch of the business) to Collard & Collard (late Clementi & Co)
Etching with music verso, platemark 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"). Small margins. Repaired tear on right.
A man in various stages of an illness. Cover to a popular ballad by composer Jonathan Blewitt (1782-1853), the son of a prominent organist, who is said to have been taught by Haydn! In his later career Blewitt wrote pantomimes, musical plays and light operas for most of the London theatres, and hundreds comic songs and ballads in the Irish style. Etched by Joseph Lisle (1828 - 1830; fl), satirical designer and lithographic draughtsman. He worked for Tregear, and occasionally published his own work.
[Ref: 40075] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Blight.
Drawn on purpose by George Simpson.
[?London. Published April 12th 1806 by Jeffery, Pall Mall.]
Stipple, rare. Sheet 200 x 110mm (8 x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's inscription.
Portrait taken during a famous murder trial at the Session House, Newington. Richard Patch was accused of shooting Isaac Blight, his former master. Such was the interest in the case that special accomodation was made for two sons of George III to attend, the Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex. Patch was found guilty and was sentenced to death & dissection. A full account of the trial was also published.
For Simpson's portrait of the murderer see 13585.
[Ref: 44302] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Schools of the London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read, Avenue Road, _ Regent's Park. H.E. Kendall, Jun.r Arch.t F.S.A. 33 Brunswick Square.
E.T. Dolby, lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1847.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 350 x 440mm (13¾ x 17¼"). Small tear in edge taped, slight soiling.
A view of the exterior of a purpose-built building, designed by Henry Edward Kendall (1776-1875), opened 1847. Avenue Road, between Swiss Cottage and Regent's Park, is now known as 'Billionaire's Row', with an average house price of £21 million.
[Ref: 67109] £380.00

The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Thread margins, tears entering plate on right. Slight vertical crease.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49969] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"), with large margins. Surface abrasions in inscription area. Small tear on left.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49970] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.]
[Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.]
[London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 560 x 475mm (21¾ x 18¾"). Very fine colour. Trimmed to image on all sides, title reinstated in manuscript, laid on thick paper.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'.
CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49971] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green.]
[Painted by Wm Owen.] [Engraved by Willm Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Roual Highness the Duke of York.]
[London. Pubd. April 2 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co. No.6 Newman Street.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. Plate 601 x 482mm. 23¾ x 19". Trimmed along lower edge; creasing.
Open landscape; the old man seated directed to left, white hair dishevelled by the wind, holds out hat in right hand. Pretty Bessie stands by him, facing front; a large hat, low bodice; her left hand on the beggar's shoulder, with the right she indicates his supplicating action; to right, corner of cottage.
Ex Collection: Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Frankau: 30. CS: 95.
[Ref: 27651] £380.00

A Blind Girl teaching her Blind Brother to read.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Engraving. 183 x 127mm. 7¼ x 5". Laid on album page.
Seat on a balcony with a view over the sea, a blind young lady holds a braille book and teaches her blind brother to read. More books on the table in front
[Ref: 24193] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Blind Leading the Blind. From the Original Picture of the same size, Painted by Jacopo Robusti, commonly called Tentoretto; In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield.
Tentoretto pinxit. Gab.l Smith sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit, London, 1767.
Engraving. Platemark: 290 x 365mm (11½ x 14¼"). Very large margins.
A group of three blind figures, walking on a hill to the left. The leading figure takes the hand of an elderly man,, both men with staffs and hats, as a boy follows behind. A dog is chained to a cup hung at the elderly man's hip. A landscape view in seen in the background.
Ex: Collection of Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 39475] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Blind Plaintiff, lame Defendant Share The friendly laws Laws impartial Care; A Shell for him, a Shell for thee, The middle is the Lawyers Fee.
London Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No.53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 17 April 1779.
Mezzotint, very scarce. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Some damage.
Satire on lawyers; a well-dressed lawyer standing in front of a table covered with papers, books and a dish of oysters, on the right, settles a dispute between two poor men over an oyster; he eats the oyster itself, taking it from a knife that he holds to his mouth, and holds out the empty half-shells to a blind man and to a hunchback, who angrily shakes one of his crutches; a picture of lawyers on the wall behind.
[Ref: 25868] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

L'Aveugle Joueur de Violon.
Dav. Wilkie Peint. Jazet Sculp.t
A Paris, chez Jazet. Faub.g St. Martin, No.71, et Ch.les Bance, Rue J.J. Rousseau, No.10. Déposé à la Direction. [n.d. c.1820.]
Aquatint with etching. 300 x 394mm (11¾ x 15½"). Soiling to right corner,
The blind violinist: rustic interior with at left a blind man sitting on a chair and playing violin for a family of country folk; one of the boys mocks the musician by pretending to play on bellows.
[Ref: 31313] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Blind-man's Buff.
[Robert Cruishank fecit.]
[Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill.] [n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet, with title pasted below.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
[Ref: 43851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Blind-man's Buff.
Robert Cruikshank fecit.
Pub.d by G. Tregear St Peters Alley Corn Hill. [n.d., c.1825.]
Fine aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album sheet.
A rowdy game of blind-man's buff at a soirée, with a blindfolded man causing havoc by seizing the dress of a fleeing woman, knocking over an elderly man and knocking a tray of glasses out of the black servant's hands.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 53386] £320.00

Blindmans Buff.
London, Published as the Act directs by S. Fryett, 41, Banner Street, St. Lukes.
Hand coloured aquatint with etching. On watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman. 1826.' Platemark: 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18¼"). Repaired tear in lower right corner. Small tear in upper edge.
A vibrant scene with a group playing a game of blind man's buff outside a cottage, in the clearing of a wooded area. The blindfolded figure is seen in the centre, with a number of people surrounding him, with one young woman crouching behind him, so not to be caught. In the foreground to the right, two men are seen eating and drinking, gesturing towards the game. In the lower left, a dog chews a piece of meat on the floor.
[Ref: 36663] £490.00

[Hunting scene after Thomas Blinks.]
Thos. Blinks [Signed in pencil]. T. Blinks [within plate].
Published by The Berlin Photographic Company Berlin - London W.133 New Bond Street - New York 14 East 23rd Street. [n.d., c.1890.]
Photogravure printed in colour. Rare. Blind stamp in lower left corner, 'Berlin Photographic Society. 23.' Platemark: 650 x 320mm (25½ x 12¼"). Grubby in margins. Very light foxing in margins.
A young woman in Edwardian dress leads three other hunters on horse-back over a fence. Fields can be seen in the distance. After British sporting and animal painter, Thomas Blinks (1860 - 1912), who worked in Abbey Road and exhibited paintings at the RA from 1883.
See ref: 37686
[Ref: 37687] £320.00

[Hunting. After Thomas Blinks.]
Thos. Blinks [Signed in pencil]. T. Blinks [within plate].
Published by The Berlin Photographic Company Berlin - London W.133 New Bond Street - New York 14 East 23rd Street. [n.d., c.1890.]
Photogravure printed in colour. Rare. Blind stamp in lower left corner, 'Berlin Photographic Society. 21.' Platemark: 645 x 320mm (25¼ x 12¼"). Very light foxing in margins.
A young man in hunting dress rides directly towards the viewer, with another figure following, behind to the right. Fields can be seen in the distance. After British sporting and animal painter, Thomas Blinks (1860 - 1912), who worked in Abbey Road and exhibited paintings at the RA from 1883.
See Ref: 37687
[Ref: 37688] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

''The Run of the Season.'' Messrs. Frost & Reed, have the honour to invite [ink mss.] & Friends to view a series of Four Important Pictures ''Found'', ''Gone'', ''Check'' & ''Finish'' by M.r Thomas Blinks which are now on Exhibition at the Gallery 12, Clare Street, Bristol.
[n.d., c.1887.]
Rare etched invitation. 130 x 200mm (5 x 8") on card.
An invitation to see four hunting pictures by Blinks, illustrated with foxhounds with riders in the background. The four were published as mixed-method engravings in 1887.
See BM 2010,7081.6629 for the published plate this detail comes from.
[Ref: 62313] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Rabbit Boy]
Thos. Blinks [Pencil signature].
Berlin Photographic Company, 1899.
Photogravure on india paper. 310 x 340mm.
[Ref: 685] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Pheasants. After Thomas Blinks.]
Thos. Blinks [Signed in pencil]. T. Blinks [within plate].
Copyright 1904, by Photographische Gesellschaft.
Photogravure printed in colour. Rare. Blind stamp in lower left corner, 'Berlin Photographic Society. PP.' Platemark: 580 x 380mm (22¾ x 15").
A flock of pheasants in flight over a field, two birds falling as they are shot. After British sporting and animal painter, Thomas Blinks (1860 - 1912), who worked in Abbey Road and exhibited paintings at the RA from 1883.
[Ref: 37689] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Bliss-and Ton. No. 2. Sketches from the King's Theatre.
[by John Doyle.]
London: Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 1, 1835. Printed by Lefevre & Koller.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8½").
A portrait of two opera-goers in a box.
[Ref: 53707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Blockhaus entre Hernani et Tolosa. Les Français avaient construit sur les grandes routes d’Espagne des petits forts en bois-occupés par de l’infanterie destinée à escorter les courriers et à protéger les convois.
Bacler-d'Albe ft. Lith de G. Engelmann.
[n.d., 1820-2.]
Lithograph. 266 x 356mm (10½ x 14").
One of the forts built by the French on the road between Hernani and Tolosa in the Basque Country, Spain, for the infantry destined to escort and protect any convoys. From 'Souvenirs pittoresques du Général Bacler d'Albe. Tome II, Campagne d'Espagne', a collection of landscapes by Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe (1761-1824) drawn during the Napoleonic Wars. A soldier, cartographer and painter, Bacler d'Albe was a close companion of Napoléon Bonaparte from Toulon in 1793 until 1815. Napoleon's will tasked him with the education of his son Napoleon II.
[Ref: 17313] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Blockhead and Boot Of all ye Fools that Pride can Boast...But Blunders on from its to ill.
[n.d. c.1762.]
Etching. 120 x 127mm. 4¾ x 5". Paper toning and foxing. Small nicks to the edges.
Pocket-sized satire. A centre pole rises from a large jack-bute. The person bowing profoundly before the boot is Arthur Murphy. Coming down the stairs is the Duke of Cumberland armed with a whip, followed by Edward, the Duke of York.
See BM Satires: 3977**.
[Ref: 17567] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Farmyard scene.]
Abraham Bloemaert inven. Fre: Bloem Sculp.
N. Visscher exc.
Etching printed on 17th century watermarked paper, platemark 130 x 185mm (5 x 7¼").
From a set of rural scenes with morals below in latin.
[Ref: 32539] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Farmyard scene]
AB [Abraham Bloemaert]
Etching 17th century watermarked paper, platemark 130 x 185mm (5 x 7¼").
From a set of rural scenes with morals below in latin.
[Ref: 32540] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Cow in a cabbage field.]
[Engraved by Boëtius Adamszoon Bolswert after Abraham Bloemaert.]
[n.d., c. 1611.]
Etching. Collector's embossed mark; 115 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾").
From the 12-plate series 'The Animals'.
[Ref: 41723] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Blondin's Gigantic Arena. Dimensions. Length of Fence 400 English feet. Width of Fence 800 English Feet. Height of Fence 8 English Feet. Length of Tent 250 English Feet. Width of Tent 200 English Feet. Height of Tent 50 English Feet. [Accompanying Sheet]: Explanations of further measurements and details of erecting the tent.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Very scarce lithograph. Sheet size: 265 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"). Very slight central crease.
Jean François Gravelet Blondin (1824-1897) was a French tight-rope walker and acrobat. Blondin went to the United States in 1855 to perform with the Ravel troupe in New York City. It was in 1861 that Blondin first appeared in London, at the Crystal Palace. His success continued with a series of performance at the Crystal Palace in 1862, and elsewhere in England, and on the continent. His final performance was in Belfast in 1896 and a year later he passed away in Ealing aged 72.
[Ref: 40011] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Blondin's Gigantic Arena. Dimensions. Length of Fence 400 English feet. Width of Fence 800 English Feet. Height of Fence 8 English Feet. Length of Tent 250 English Feet. Width of Tent 200 English Feet. Height of Tent 50 English Feet. [Accompanying Sheet]: Explanations of further measurements and details of erecting the tent.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Very scarce lithograph 265 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"), and etched sheet folded in half 280 x 256mm (11 x 10").
Jean François Gravelet Blondin (1824-1897) was a French tight-rope walker and acrobat. Blondin went to the United States in 1855 to perform with the Ravel troupe in New York City. It was in 1861 that Blondin first appeared in London, at the Crystal Palace. His success continued with a series of performance at the Crystal Palace in 1862, and elsewhere in England, and on the continent. His final performance was in Belfast in 1896 and a year later he passed away in Ealing aged 72.
[Ref: 56068] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Bloodhounds.]
Henry Wilkinson.
Etching signed by the artist. 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Edition: 9/250.
An etching by artist Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) who specialised in sporting dogs and scenes.
[Ref: 47903] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Bloodhound - 'The Veteran'.]
HD 1921. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Copyright Frost & Reed, Ltd. 1921.
Etching, limited edition of 250 signed proofs. 430 x 410mm (17 x 16¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A circular image of a bloodhound head. As the plate was destroyed at the end of the printing this etching is most uncommon.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele. See 20834 for unframed version.
[Ref: 52124] £950.00

[Bloodhound - 'The Veteran'.]
HD 1921. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Copyright Frost & Reed, Ltd. 1921.
Etching, limited edition of 250 signed proofs. 430 x 410mm (17 x 16¼"). Uncut sheet, mint.
A circular image of a bloodhound head. As the plate was destroyed at the end of the printing this etching is most uncommon.
Not in PSA.
[Ref: 20834] £950.00

[The Sentinel.]
HD 1913. Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature.]
Published at 8, Clare Street, Bristol by Frost & Reed Ltd. Printsellers of Bristol and London April 2nd. 1913 Berlin Stiefbold & Co. Postdamerstrasse 40 Copyright. Copyright by Frost & Reed Ltd (of Bristol England) in the United States of America.
Etching on vellum, remarque proof, limited edition of 300 signed by the artist. 375 x 650mm (14¾ x 25½"). Frame with Frost and Reed label with the print's details. Unexamined out of frame.
A bloodhound lying down yet alert, with a remarque of a gauntlet. The plate was destroyed at the end of this print run so this etching is most uncommon.
[Ref: 50011] £1,200.00

[Bloodhound head]
Herbert Dicksee [signed in pencil.]
[Fine Art Society?, c.1900]
Rare etching, signed artist's proof. 435 x 365 (17 x 14½"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'O.W.P. & A.C.L.'.
O.W. Paper & Arts Co. Ltd. was established by the English painter John William North (1842-1924) in 1895 to create fine paper for artists. It was used by printmakers including Whistler and Strang.
From the celebrated collection of Bryan & Valerie Steele.
[Ref: 52657] £1,350.00

[Detectives.] No.1.
Maud Earl.
Copyright 1902, by Photographische Gesellschaft. Published by the Berlin Photographic Company Berlin - London W. 133 New Bond Street_New York 14 East 23rd Street.
Photogravure. Plate 304 x 375mm. 12 x 14¾".
Bloodhounds, 'Panther' & 'Champion Wandle Welcome'. Owner - A. Croston-Smith Esqr.
No.1 British Hounds & Gundogs.
[Ref: 15998] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Bloodhounds seizing their Prey_ie_Bow Street Patrole upon Private Business. "Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began, Almighty hunter and his prey was Man". Pope.
Pub.d July 1816 by T.Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching, printed on 1817 watermarked paper; Plate: 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Tears and creasing in edges, paper tone. Crease through print.
A satrical print showing two theives being caught and held by two Bow Street Runners while a third runs off to the left. The Bow Street Runners were London's first police force. Watch & clock maker's shop to left.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 43644] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

L'Homme Condamne a la Peine ou Talion
[French n.d., c.1780.]
14 colour-printed stipples cut to image and pasted onto a card, title underneath. Total 590 x 750mm (23¼ x 29½"). Some surface wear.
An extremely rare series of images illustrating a fable in which animals get revenge on Man the hunter. Around the outside are ten matching hunting scenes, including coursing, ferreting, goat shooting, hunting a bull with dogs and lion hunting. (The two scenes in the top corners differ in being identifiable mythological scenes: top left is Saint Eustace's vision of a stag with a crucifix lodged between its antlers; top right is Actaeon turning into a stag.) The two larger central scenes show a hunter and his dogs being led into a court headed by a lion, and the hunter being cooked on a fire, basted by a bear and goat, while his dogs are lynched as collaborators.
[Ref: 51971] £780.00

Bloomerism in the Ascendent, or Men no longer Lords of the Creation.
London. - Published by G. Purkess, Compton Street, Soho [n.d., c.1851].
Scarce wood engraving & letterpress. Sheet 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Trimmed at bottom affecting publication line, wear at edges, creases.
A rare satire of the introduction of 'bloomers', loose Turkish-style trousers for women. More comfortable than the stiff pettycoats and long skirts of the period, they came to be seen as symbols of feminist reform. In the six scenes on this sheet, the adherents of bloomerism take on the characteristrics of men as they smoke, race horses, brawl, skate, etc. An early feminist image.
[Ref: 63484] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A Bloomer - one that will ''go ahead''.
[n.d., c.1851].
Writing sheets, 4pp. with a coloured lithographic front cover. Cover 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Some creasing, small tear.
A woman woman wearing bloomers races her cart down a street, with her male passenger losing his top hat. A rare satire of the introduction of 'bloomers', loose Turkish-style trousers for women. More comfortable than the stiff pettycoats and long skirts of the period, they came to be seen as symbols of feminist reform. Driving past shop front "The transatlantic express". An early feminist image.
[Ref: 64181] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Progress of Bloomerism; or a Complete Change. Punch's Pocket book for 1852.
John Leech [in image]
[London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1852]
Coloured etching, sheet 125 x 315mm (5 x 12½"). Folded as issued. Some time stains. Small holes in fold where bound.
A rare satire of the introduction of 'bloomers', loose Turkish-style trousers for women. More comfortable than the stiff pettycoats and long skirts of the period, they came to be seen as symbols of feminist reform. The adherents of bloomerism take on the characteristrics of men as they talk, smoke and ride a rocking horse not side sadle. Illustration for Follies of the Year by John Leech, a series of coloured etchings from Punch's Pocket Books, 1844–1864, published by Bradbury Evans & Co. John Leech (1817 - 1864), draughtsman on wood, comic illustrator, lithographer, etcher and painter; born at London. He contributed to 'Punch' between 1841-64, and also practised book illustration, including Dicken's 'Christmas Carol.'
[Ref: 63857] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Bloomfield.
Adam Buck del. T Cheesman Sculpsit.
London Published April 25, 1803 by William Holland. No.11, Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street).
Hand-coloured stipple with etching, and large margins. Plate 297 x 209mm. 11¾ x 8¼". .
Portrait of a young woman, almost full-length, three-quarters to left with head in profile, left hand to hip; wearing white, low-necked, short-sleeved dress, hair tied back in Grecian style, with long diaphanous scarf fastened to a band in her hair and trailing down on either side, which she holds up with her right hand.
[Ref: 28168] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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