Grosvenor Prints

Henry Simon Thomassin A celebrated Engraver died at Paris 1741 Aged 53. for an account fo hin see Strutts, dictionary.
etching 100 x 145mm, 4 x 5¾inches. [n.d. c.1740]. trimmed with false margins added.
Henry Simon Thomassin French engraver 1688-1741, son of Simon Thomassin engraver.
[Ref: 12885] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Benjamin Count Rumford. F.R.S. V.P. P.R.I. Acad. R.Berol. Elect. Boicæ et Palat et Amer S o c. &c.
[n.d.,c.1800.]
Etching. 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Faint offset.
Silhouette of Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (1753 - 1814) was an American-born British military officer, scientist, inventor and nobleman. Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, he supported the Loyalist cause during the American War of Independence, commanding the King's American Dragoons during the conflict. After the war ended in 1783, Thompson moved to London, where he was recognised for his administrative talents and received a knighthood from George III in 1784. A prolific scientist and inventor, Thompson also created several new warship designs. He subsequently moved to the Electorate of Bavaria and entered into the employ of the Bavarian government, heavily reorganising the Bavarian Army. Thompson was rewarded for his efforts by being made an Imperial Count in 1792 before dying in Paris in 1814.
[Ref: 64113] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Charles Thompson Baronet, Vice Admiral of the Red. Obiit 17 March 1799.
Painted by Gainsborough Anno 1774. Engraved by Earlom Anno 1800.
Mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with large margins.
Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet (c.1740-99), naval officer. After long service in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence (fighting at the Battle of the Chesapeaks) and War of the First Coalition, he was Admiral John Jervis's second in command at the battle of Cape St Vincent. However, his disregard for Jervis's signal to tack to counter a Spanish attacking move nearly lost the battle, and began an enmity with Jervis that eventually led to Thompson's retirement. From 1796-99 he was also MP for Monmouth.
CS: 40 ii/ii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34414] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

This Print of Geo: Thompson [facsimile signature] Esq.r is with permission dedicated to The British India Society by their very obedient humble Servant George Evans.
Painted by George Evans, Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner ARA.
London: Published Nov.r 12.th 1842 by Mr. G Evans, No.15 St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square.
Mezzotint on steel. 390 x 290mm (15½ x 11½"), with large margins.
Portrait of abolitionist George Thompson, three-quarter length; standing to right, with head turned to look towards front; wearing a long coat, white shirt, and dark striped neckerchief; on left, a table covered with cloth, with inkwell and pen, sheet of paper, and books lettered in scraped lettering "Oriental Herald 14 1827", Friend of India Vol III", and "American Antislave Magazine". George Donisthorpe Thompson (1804-78) was an anti-slavery orator and activist who worked towards the abolition of slavery through tours and legislation while serving as a Member of Parliament. He was arguably one of the most important abolitionists and human rights lecturers in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Whitman: 556, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65215] £380.00

This Print of Geo: Thompson [facsimile signature] Esq.r is with permission dedicated to The British India Society by their very obedient humble Servant George Evans.
Painted by George Evans, Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner ARA.
London: Published Nov.r 12.th 1842 by Mr. G Evans, No.15 St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square.
Mezzotint on steel. 365 x 245mm (14½ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to image.
Portrait of abolitionist George Thompson, three-quarter length; standing to right, with head turned to look towards front; wearing a long coat, white shirt, and dark striped neckerchief; on left, a table covered with cloth, with inkwell and pen, sheet of paper, and books lettered in scraped lettering "Oriental Herald 14 1827", Friend of India Vol III", and "American Antislave Magazine". George Donisthorpe Thompson (1804-78) was an anti-slavery orator and activist who worked towards the abolition of slavery through tours and legislation while serving as a Member of Parliament. He was arguably one of the most important abolitionists and human rights lecturers in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Whitman: 556, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65216] £320.00

This Print of Geo: Thompson [facsimile signature] Esq.r is with permission dedicated to The British India Society by their very obedient humble Servant George Evans.
Painted by George Evans, Esq.r. Engraved by C. Turner ARA.
London: Published Nov.r 12.th 1842 by Mr. G Evans, No.15 St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square.
Scarce mezzotint and etching on steel. 392 x 290mm (15½ x 11½").
Portrait of abolitionist George Thompson, three-quarter length; standing to right, with head turned to look towards front; wearing a long coat, white shirt, and dark striped neckerchief; on left, a table covered with cloth, with inkwell and pen, sheet of paper, and books lettered in scraped lettering "Oriental Herald 14 1827", Friend of India Vol III", and "American Antislave Magazine". George Donisthorpe Thompson (1804-78) was an anti-slavery orator and activist who worked towards the abolition of slavery through tours and legislation while serving as a Member of Parliament. He was arguably one of the most important abolitionists and human rights lecturers in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Whitman: 556.
[Ref: 52484] £450.00

G. Thompson.
A. Chevallier Tayler 1905 [facsimile signature.]
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. Lith London.
Chromolithograph, 381 x 254mm (15 x 10").
George Joseph Thompson (1877-1943), mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship. Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862-1925), the English artist who specialised in portrait and genre painting. From 'The Empire's Cricketers'.
[Ref: 27635] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Thomson Esq.r M.P.F.S.A. Chairman of the Dock Company at Kingston upon Hull.
Painted by Russell, 17, Newman Street. Engraved by Collyer, 8, Constitution Row.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, spotting.
A portrait of Thomas Thompson, whose Dock Company employed John Rennie and William Chapman to build Humber Dock, 1803-9. Closed in 1968, it is now the Hull Marina.
[Ref: 63548] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Wm Thompson [facsimile signature]
T. H. Maguire. 1849. M. & N. Hanhart, Impt.
Published by George Ransome, Ipswich, 1851.
Lithograph signed on stone by the artist with "Wm. Thompson" signature facsimile. 607 x 442mm.
Irish Naturalist. [1805 - 52] This print published for Ipswich Museum Portraits.
W: 2922
[Ref: 4023] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Frederic de Thoms] [Fredericus. Comes de Thoms.]
[Engraved by John Faber Jnr after V. Tucker.]
[n.d., c.1736.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, notch in top left margin.
A half length portrait of Frederic de Thoms (1696-1746), a German diplomat and art collector. As the Duke of Brunswick's envoy, he came to London in 1719 and became secretary to George I. He was the first Freemason in Germany, a fact commemorated in later states of this print, which had a masonic jewel added.
CS 343, state i of iii, 'one known'. Russell i of iv. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67533] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Frederic de Thoms] Fredericus. Comes de Thoms.
[Engraved by John Faber Jnr after V. Tucker.]
[n.d., c.1736.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, but with title of state iv pasted on. 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins Tatty
A half length portrait of Frederic de Thoms (1669-1746), a German diplomat and art collector. As the Duke of Brunswick's envoy, he came to London in 1719 and became secretary to George I. He was the first Freemason in Germany, a fact commemorated in later states of this print, which had a masonic jewel added. This proof state is the only one in which he looks to the side rather than the front.
CS 343, state i of iii, 'one known'. Russell iv of iv for title. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67534] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Wyville Thomson.]
C.H.Jeens 75.
[n.d. c.1875]
Engraving on india paper, proof before title. Plate 215 x 137mm.
Naturalist [1830-1882]
W: 2926.
[Ref: 3463] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[George Thomson.] Vera Effugies Georgy Thomsoni, M.D. Ætat suæ 50.
W.Sherwin ad viu faciebat.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾/2). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders. Some time-staining.
Portrait of George Thomson (c. 1619 - 1676), English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer. He was a leading figure in an attempt to create a "College of Chemical Physicians", a rival to the established Royal College of Physicians. He rejected the traditional Galenic approach to medicine and argued against medical bloodletting, purging and the doctrine of curing by "contraries". He performed a splenectomy on a dog which stimulated debate in scientific and medical circles, and challenged prevailing medical theories about the body.
W2927.
[Ref: 68026] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir William Thomson, first Baron Kelvin of Largs]
C.H.Jeens 76 [Etched in plate]
[n.d. c.1875]
Engraving on india paper, proof before title. Plate 211 x 137mm.
Physicist [1824-1907].
W: 1579.
[Ref: 3454] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Thompson.
G. Soust pinxit. F. Place fecit.
I. Smith excudit [n.d., c.1680.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 265 x 210mm (10½ x 12¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A head and shoulders portrait in oval of printseller, auctioneer and dealer Richard Thompson (d.1693).
CS 13, iii of iii.
[Ref: 65781] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Edward Thornbrough, K.C.B. Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief, &c, &c, &c. Portsmouth.
Painted by A. Huey. Engraved by W.T. Fry [c.1815].
Stipple engraving on india with very large margins, platemark 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Uncut sheet.
Sir Edward Thornbrough (1754-1834), naval officer. Serving for nearly fifty years at sea, he fought in the American War of Independence, commanded the frigate 'Hebe' on which the future William IV served as lieutenant in 1785; helped thwart the planned French invasion of Ireland in 1798 and guarded Sicily and blockaded Toulon during the Napoleonic Wars. In later years he was commander-in-chief of the Irish station and then in Portsmouth.
[Ref: 34526] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Gatehouse belonging to Thornton Abby near Barton upon Humber in Lincoln Shire Founded by William Crassus Earl of Albermarle in 1139. Drawn in 1727.
Millecent delin. E. Kirkall sculp.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Rare copper engraving, 310 x 415mm. 12¼ x 16¼". A fine impression with very large margins.
Thornton Abbey was founded as a priory in 1139 close to the small North Lincolnshire village of Thornton Curtis by William le Gros, the Earl of Yorkshire, and raised to the status of Abbey in 1148. It was a house for Augustinian or black canons. The Abbey's enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest in England.
[Ref: 16364] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Cupid, Flora, Ceres, and Esculapius, Honouring the Bust of Linnaeus.
Russell R.A. & Opie R.A. pinx.t. Maddocks sculp.t.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1 1812 by Dr. Thornton.
Stipple. 375 x 270mm, 14¾ x 10½".
One of the frontispieces to the Lottery Edition of Dr Robert Thornton's 'Temple of Flora'. In an attempt to bring in revenue to pay for the publication of his large botanical plates, Thornton had this small folio edition produced and held a lottery with them as prizes. This too failed and Thornton became destitute.
See 47882 for coloured impression
[Ref: 16742] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

A Group of Carnations.
Henderson pinx. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published April 2nd, 1803 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 390mm.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Third and last state.
[Ref: 6133] £1,700.00

Hyacinths.
S. Edwards pinx.t. Warner sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 550 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¾"). On Whatman paper. Cut to plate on three sides.
Four varieties of hyacinths, published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. This is one of the few plates drawn by a professional botanical illustrator, in this case Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819).
Dunthorne: p.245, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 30322] £1,250.00 view all images for this item

Hyacinths.
S. Edwards pinx.t. Warner sculp.t.
London. Published June 1, 1801 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours, no added hand colouring. 550 x 450mm.
Four varieties of hyacinths, published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. This example is unusual in having no additional hand colour, instead relying on the quality of the colour printing. It is also one of the few plates drawn by a professional botanical illustrator, in this case Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819).
Dunthorne: p.245, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 40878] £850.00

Indian Reed.
Henderson pinxt. Caldwall Sculpt.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton. 1804.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 538 x 412mm. 21¼ x 16¼".
From Dr. Thornton's "Temple of Flora" London: 1799-1807. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, whish is when he begain his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which, he produced a total of thirty-three coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
[Ref: 16504] £720.00

The Maggot-bearing Stapelia.
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published July 1, 1801, by Dr. Thornton, Hinde Street.
Aquatint with some stipple & line, printed in colours, hand-finished. 530 x 400mm, 20¾ x 16". Smith watermark Tears repaired.
Stapelia hirsuta L. or Carrion Flower, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here this South African plant is shown in an almost alpine environment. Hiding underneath is a snake. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 250, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 19482] £450.00

The Narrow Leaved Kalmia.
Reinagle A.R. pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published June 1. 1804 by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint and stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. 545 x 415mm (21½ x 16¼"), watermarked 'H. Smith 1810'. Small tear in edge of top margin, slight mount burn.
An illustration of the Kalmia angustifolia, a native of eastern North America known now as narrow-leaved laurel, dwarf laurel and lambkill (because of an andromedotoxin poisonous to grazing animals). It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, in this case with ships in the background.
Dunthorne: p.251, only state.
[Ref: 60146] £850.00

The Oblique-Leaved Begonia.
Reinagle pinx.t. Caldwell sculp.t.
London. Published July 1, 1800 by Dr. Thornton.
Coloured aquatint with stipple and line, printed in colours and hand-finished. 510 x 380mm (20 x 15") very large margins. Two small tears in margin.
'Begonia nitidia', introduced from Jamaica by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on Cook's first circumnaviation. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne: p. 248, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 53465] £850.00

The Pontic Rhododendron.
Henderson del. Caldwell sculp.
London. Published by Dr. Thornton, Dec.r 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple & line engraving, small margins,printed in colours and hand-finished. 530 x 405mm (21 x 16"). Two small fly spots in sky.
An illustration of Rhododendron ponticum, or Common Rhododendron. It was published in Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat.
Dunthorne, p.250, only state.
[Ref: 30321] £850.00 view all images for this item

The Quadrangular Passion Flower.
Henderson pinx.t. Hopwood sculp.t.
London. Published by Dr Thornton June 1st 1802.
Aquatint with stipple, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 520 x 405mm (20½ x 16"). Trimmed within plate, small tear in top edge.
Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to have the plant in its natural habitat. Although originally from South America the plant is shown here climbing a column, with a Grecian temple in the background.
State iii of iii. Dunthorne, p.251: "One of the best examples of colour printing".
[Ref: 55285] £950.00

The Snowdrop.
Pether pinx.t. W.Ward, Engraver to H.R.H., the Duke of York, sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr Thornton, Sept.r 1804 [-1810].
Mezzotint and aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished, on heavy Whatman paper. 490 x 345mm, 19¾ x 13½".
Snowdrops and crocuses in the foreground, with a snow-covered cottage and village in the distance. Published in Thornton's 'Temple of Flora', the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat, and regarded as the finest English botanical colour-plate book.
Dunthorne: p.244, state III of III.
[Ref: 21383] £650.00

The Superb Lily.
Reinagle pinx.t. Earlom sculp.t.
London, Published June 1, 1799 by D.r Thornton.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 475 x 355mm (18¾ x 14"), with large margins, watermarked 'J. Whatman 1794'. Colour faded.
An illustration of Lilium superbum, called the Turk's-cap lily or American Tiger Lily, native to the eastern and central regions of North America. One of the most desirable and plates from Dr Robert John Thornton's (1768-1837) 'Temple of Flora' (1799-1807), the greatest English colour-plate flower book, the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Thornton had two plates engraved (the other by William Ward), an extravagence that helped Thornton into bankruptcy.
Dunthorne p.249: plate 'B', state I of IV.
[Ref: 54698] £850.00

The White Lily with Variegated-leaves.
Henderson pinx.t. Stadler sculp.t.
London Published Aug.t 1, 1800, by Dr. Thornton.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 400mm, 21¼ x 16". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum), native of the Middle East, from Dr Robert John Thornton's 'Temple of Flora' 1799-1807, considered by many to be the greatest English colour-plate flower book, and the first series of flower prints to show the plant within a habitat. Here the plant is growing under the shadow of trees, with a clearing behind with a Grecian temple. Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. At Trinity College, Cambridge he turned away from the church towards medicine, having been inspired by the works of Linnaeus and Thomas Martyn's lectures. He went on to work at Guy's Hospital, London, where he later lectured in medical botany. Ht took some time off to travel abroad, which is when he began his ambitious work, the 'Temple of Flora', for which he produced a total of 33 coloured plates. His original plan was to publish seventy folio-size plates, however the lack of public interest spelled disaster and Thornton died in poverty.
Dunthorne: p. 249, state i of iv.
[Ref: 52905] £650.00

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James Thornton.
J. Zoffany pinx.t. R. Houston fecit.
London, printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs, 1.t July 1770.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Some creasing and small tear at top. Small margins.
Portrait of James Thornton, gardener at Kew; within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing flower-patterned waistcoat beneath open coat and short wig. After Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810).
Chaloner Smith 116, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57083] £320.00

Robert John Thornton, M.D. Public Lecturer on Medical Botany. [also] Entrance into that most noble Public Gallery and admirable Medical Establishment Guys Hospital.
Russell, R.A. pinx. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. [also] Elmes, Archt.t del.t. W. Woolnoth Sculp.t.
London Published May 1 1799.
A single plate with a stipple portrait and an engraved view. 480 x 360mm (19 x 14¼"), with wide margins.
A portrait of Dr Robert Thornton, famed for his 'Temple of Flora' flower prints, with a view of Guy's Hospital underneath. The view was published in Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus'.
[Ref: 51370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Thornton, ESQ.RE.
Painted by Thomas Phillips, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C. Turner. Mezzotinto to Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published Dec.r 19. 1827, by Mr. Martin Colnaghi, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint with very large margins, very fine. Proof impression. Platemark: 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). Light foxing in margins.
A portrait of Samuel Thornton (1754 - 1838) seated in an armchair in front of a pillar, directed and facing towards right. He holds a letter in his right hand and to left, is a draped table on which lies a letter, lettered "To S Thornton Bank", and an inkwell and pen. Thornton was one of the sons of John Thornton, a leading merchant in the Russian and Baltic trade, and was a director of the Bank of England for 53 years. He was, for many years, a governor of Greenwich Hospital, governor of the Russian Company, and president of Guy's Hosptital.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 557.
[Ref: 35060] £420.00

A Thoroughbred November & London Particular.
Drawn by M.E. Esq,r. Engraved by G.Hunt.
London, Pub.d by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.
Coloured aquatint. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"). Some soiling to edges.
A pedestrian through yellow-brown fog. Drawn by Egerton.
BM Satires 15004; Christine L. Cotland, 'London Fog: the Biography'. Hickman p.59.
[Ref: 2322] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Thorp Cloud &c. This Pyramidal Mountain in Derbyshire, the River Dove washes its foot; the front (where the View was taken) is in Staffordshire at the bottom of the Gardens of Geo. Port, of Ilam Esq.r. To whom This View is Inscrib'd by his most hum.le Serv.t T. Smith.
T. Smith pinx. J. Mason Sculp.
Publish'd pursuant to an Act of Parliament Decem.r 1751 by T.Smith.
Engraving. Plate: 540 x 390mm (21¼ x 15½"), with very large margins. Tear in lower edge into plate.
A view of Thorp Cloud on the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire at the southern end of Dovedale.
[Ref: 42782] £420.00

Rob.t Thorpe [facsimile signature.]
Painted by A.W. Wilkins. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. [Jnr.]
Manchester: Published July 2nd..1852, by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Printsellers to the Queen.
Mezzotint and etching. Plate 509 x 381mm. 20 x 15". Some tearing in the margin. Foxing.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. See BM: 1931,1211.80. Not in Whitman.
[Ref: 17305] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Albertus Thorwaldsen.
Nach der Natur Gezeichnet von F. Krueger. Gestochen von Gustav Luederitz.
Berlin C.G. Luederitz'sche Kunstverlagshandlung. [n.d., c.1860.]
Mezzotint on india laid paper, 395 x 310mm. 15½ x 12¼".
(Albert) Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 – 1844) was a Danish/Icelandic neo-classical sculptor. Publisher's blindstamp.
[Ref: 12381] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Albert Thorwaldsen.
D. Stäbli sc.
Impr. di l'imprimerie en t. d. de l'académie royale des arts à Dusseldorf de C. Sohulgen Bettendorff. [n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving, printed on india. Plate: 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½"), with large margins, large margins. Toning and foxing in margins.
A bust portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) a Danish/Icelandic sculptor who spent most of his career in Italy.
Provenance: Edge Hill, Cheshire
[Ref: 46730] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Three lithographs after bas-reliefs by Thorvaldsen for the Bethmann-Hollweg family tomb in Frankfurt] Bas-reliefs exécutés en marbre dans le caveau de la famille Bethmann, par le chevalier Thorwaldsen.
Trois planches, lithographiées par F. Leuchtweiss.
Francfort a/M. Publiés par Charles Jugel, Libraire. 1837.
Three lithographs in original wrappers, bottom right in pencil "Lord Ryland"; each sheet approx 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼").
Lithographs of the three relief panels executed by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768/70-1844) for Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg's funerary monument in the Bethmann-Hollweg family tomb in Frankfurt. In the left-hand panel Johann Philipp's mother and daughters express their grief; in the right-hand panel Florence (where Johann Philipp died) is referenced by the presence of a river god (the embodiment of the river Arno flowing through the city) and the city's emblem of a lion); in the central panel Johann Philipp is flanked by his younger brother and a youthful spirit extending poppy heads over his shoulder as a symbol of sleep. The three marble tablets are now in the Liebieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung, Frankfurt.
[Ref: 41712] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Jacq. Aug. De Thou, Encien President au Parlement de Paris. Tire en Partie de la Galerie des Grands Hommes de l'Hotel de Pr. Pdt.
Touze d. Femme Duflos. S.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos le Jeune. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 276 x 163mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2151] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Thou comest in such questionable shape.
Gordon Browne 1902. Gordon Browne Pinx. Gravure Hanfstaengl.
Published by Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich, London & New York. Printed in Munich.
Photogravure. 342 x 431mm. 13½ x 17".
A man on his horse with a woman sitting behind him, tries to control his startled horse as a man on stilts and a walking band come from the opposite direction. Gordon Frederick Browne (1858-1932) was an English artist and children's book illustrator. Browne worked in watercolour and pen and ink. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Society of British Artists. See 18401 for signed copy.
[Ref: 18436] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Messire Christophe de Thou Premier Président MDLXXXII.
Morin scul.
[n.d., c.1640.]
Etching. Sheet 310 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Fine impression. Trimmed to plate.
Christophe de Thou (1508-82), Magistrate and First President of the Parlement of Paris 1554-62.
[Ref: 49422] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Thoughts.]
Marcus Stone 97. Marcus Stone E. Gilbert Hester [pencil signatures.
London, Published December 5th 1898 by Artur Lucas the Proprietor, 31, New Bond St, W.
Mezzotint, proof signed by the artist and engraver. Sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A young woman in late Victorian dress, with a soft velvet hat and a shawl,holding a book. Marcus Stone (1840-1921) R.A.
[Ref: 55426] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Trhaia.
[Hartmann Schedel, c.1493.]
Woodcut engraving with letterpress text, rare. Image area 230 x 224mm. 9 x 8¾". Cut.
A view of Thrace, modern Greece, a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains in the north, the Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea in the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara in the east. From "Schedelsche Weltchronik" published by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) in 1493 in Nuremberg. Maps in his Chronicle were the first ever illustrations of many cities and countries.
[Ref: 26187] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Thrale] The Southwark Macaroni. 3.
Publish'd according to Act. Aug.t 24 1772 by M Darly, No.39 Strand.
Etching. Platemark 125 x 180mm (5 x 7"). Large margins.
A portrait of Henry Thrale, holding a stick in one hand with the other in his pocket. Thrale was a Member of Parliament for Southwark from 1765 to 1780 and was a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Plate 3 from 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by Mdarly'. (Vol.4).
[Ref: 38701] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Hester Thrale] Hester Lynch Piozzi.
P. Violet pinx.t. M. Bovi Sculp.
Publish'd Dec.r 22, 1800 by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Stipple and etching. 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate right and bottom, old ink mss. on bottom edge.
An oval portrait of Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts, published as the frontispiece to her 'Retrospection'. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781; she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 64224] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Hester Thrale] Mrs Piozzi. European Magazine.
Engraved by T. Holloway from the Original Painting [by Sir Joshua Reynolds].
Publish'd by J. Sewell Cornhill 1786.
Stipple. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"), with large margins.
Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts. After marrying the rich brewer Henry Thrale she became friends with Samuel Johnson, travelling with him to Wales in 1774. After his death she published 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) and their letters to each other (1788), both important sources about Johnson's life. Henry Thrale died in 1781 (shortly after Reynolds painted this portrait, showing Hester aged 40); she married Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, in 1784.
[Ref: 51947] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Thrashing Grain.] Vig.13. General Remarks on the Peninsula of the Crimea.
[Geisler del. Medland sc.]
[John Stockdale.] [n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving with letterpress printed page, offset; stamp: Stamford Library. Sheet 266 x 203mm (10½ x 8").
Vignette 13: delineations of the Tartar mode of trashing of treading out the grain. From Volume 2 of "Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794".
[Ref: 31060] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

[Titian's 'Three Ages of Man'.]
P. Schenck Excud: Cum Privil: [n.d., c.1690].
Untitled mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate, almost to image, top right corner repaired.
A classical scene of a shepherd and shepherdess seated under a fountain, both holding musical pipes. An adaptation of part of Titian's 'Three Ages of Man', now in the National Galleries of Scotland.
Holl 2037; See BM 1876,1111.8 for a reversed copy by John Smith.
[Ref: 45178] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Three cows in a landscape]
London, Publish'd March 1. 1806 by RHills
Hand coloured etching plate 230 x 345mm (9 x 13½") very large margins. Tears to edges. Creases in margins Some very light time staining.
One cow sleeps curled up on the ground as two others wander up to it. Robert Hills (1769–1844) was an English painter and etcher who primarily focussed on rural scenes, particularly farm animals.
[Ref: 56033] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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