Grosvenor Prints

On The Thames.
Drawn & Etched by Sam.l Prout.
Published Jan. 1, 1814 by T. Palser, Surry fide Westminster Bridge.
Soft-ground etching with colouring by hand, image 195 x 300mm. 7¾ x 11¾". Margins a little soiled and trimmed.
A vessel moored alongside docks and in the background a vessel sailing; two barges and a crane to foreground. From a folio of 12 seascapes by Samuel Prout (1783-1852), T. Palser 1814.
NMM PAJ1582. See Cambridge University Library: Harley-Mason.bb.97.
[Ref: 26350] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Thames Scene.]
Rowland Langmaid [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1920]
Etching. 245 x 125mm.
A pupil of W.L Wyllie, Langmaid [1897 - 1956] served in the Royal Navy and attained the rank of Lt. Commander. He exhibited at the R.A.
[Ref: 3725] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Thames Tunnel.
[J.D. Harding.]
[n.d., c.1845.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area: 255 x 260mm (10 x 10¼"), with large margins on 3 sides.
A view of the interior of the Thames Tunnel built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel between 1825-1843 linking Rotherhithe and Wapping under the Thames.
[Ref: 46668] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Thames Tunnel: 5 illustrations from 'Memoranda and views relating to the tunnel now excavating under the Thames, from Rotherhithe to Wapping'.]
[1840.]
5 engraved illustrations, various sizes. Trimmed and laid on two album sheets.
Illustrations from a guidebook sold to the first visitors to the Thames Tunnel, being built by Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849). Work began in 1825 and finished in 1843, but the tunnel was opened to visitors in 1827, the year of the first edition of this guidebook. Brunel wrote much of the text, but draughtsmen and engineers working on the project provided the illustrations, including Pinchback, Richard Beamish and Brunel's son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The illustrations include a view of the tunnel with the figures of Brunel: Richard Beamish, William Gravatt and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a diagram of Cochrane and Brunel's newly-invented tunnelling shield with an overlay, and a cross section of the Thames at Wapping with the shield.
[Ref: 49505] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Thames Tunnel: 5 illustrations from 'Memoranda and views relating to the tunnel now excavating under the Thames, from Rotherhithe to Wapping'.]
[1840.]
5 engraved illustrations, various sizes. Trimmed and laid on two album sheets.
Illustrations from a guidebook sold to the first visitors to the Thames Tunnel, being built by Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849). Work began in 1825 and finished in 1843, but the tunnel was opened to visitors in 1827, the year of the first edition of this guidebook. Brunel wrote much of the text, but draughtsmen and engineers working on the project provided the illustrations, including Pinchback, Richard Beamish and and Brunel's son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The illustrations include a map of the area, diagrams of Cochrane and Brunel's newly-invented tunnelling shield (including one with an overlay), longitudinal sections, a plan showing the progess of the digging (this example dated 1840) and a view of the tunnel with the figures of Brunel: Richard Beamish, William Gravatt and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
[Ref: 32420] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

G.W.'s Transparencies. The Thames Tunnel.
London: Published for G.W., by Reeves and Sons, Cheapside, W. Morgan, 49, Judd Street, New Road; T. Fisher, 1, Hanway Street, Oxford Street; and J. Reynolds, 174, Strand [n.d., c.1845].
Lithograph, mounted in card with title label, Card 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"). Tear in bottom edge.
Pedestrians walking in the Thames Tunnel, built by Marc & Isambard Brunel between 1826-1843, showing the lights on in the light.
[Ref: 60989] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Divers Views of Villages, Noblemens & Gentlemens Houses, & Bridges, Situated on & near the River Thames, from Gravesend to Twickenham.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1750.]
Set of 12 numbered engravings, stitched. Sheet: 250 x 385mm (9¾ x 15¼''), with very large margins. Frontis few tears in margins, last plate torn on left.
A rare complete set of twelve views on the Thames including views in Twickenham, Richmond, London and Gravesend.
[Ref: 49592] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

Money Makes the Man. Tregear's Flights of Humour No.54.
Published at Tregears Comic Print Shop, Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1835.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"(, Laid on album paper at corners.
A Thames Waterman berates a passenger for meanness, Westminster Bridge and Abbey in the background. Published in a series of social satires by Gabriel Shire Tregear (1828 - 1840; fl.).
[Ref: 57701] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Cranes, Waterloo Bridge.]
H. Macbeth-Raeburn Sc. [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1910.]
Etching. Plate: 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾'') very large margins.
An atmospheric image of a boatyard at Waterloo Bridge on the River Thames, London. by Sir Henry Macbeth-Raeburn RA, RE (1860 - 1947).
[Ref: 49419] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Facsimile mss.] Cumberland Fleet. Sir/ You are desir'd to attend a Meeting of Members of this Society...[etc.] Josh: Wood Secy. [facsimile signature.]
J. Hall Sculp 1770.
Unfilled printed invitation with etched illustration on laid paper, sheet c.275 x 215mm. 10¾ x 8½". Creases where folded; age toned and laid on tissue backing. Left margin partially missing.
The Cumberland Fleet is an alternative name still occasionally used of the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC), the oldest sailing club in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are located at 60 Knightsbridge, London, overlooking Hyde Park. The club was first formed in 1775 by Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, younger brother of King George III, who made a silver cup available for a race on the River Thames. This cup is held aloft in the illustration by a figure of Neptune who rides on the waves in an oyster shell with a British maritime flag accompanied by three other allegorical/mythological figures. This group heads towards racing sailing boats in the distance far left. Members of the club in these early years met in coffee houses. The club owned various properties in London from 1857 onwards and moved to its present location in 1923.
[Ref: 11717] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Isle of Thanet] Mappa Thaneti Insule.
[n.d., 1655.]
Etched map. 410 x 365mm (16 x 14½"). Splits in folds, some creasing and spotting.
A map of the isles of Thanet in the time of Augustine of Canterbury, from a manuscript map in Trinity College, Cambridge. Orientated with north to the left, it depicts the religious houses. An illustration from William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum'.
[Ref: 61224] £160.00

[Country Cottage Scene.]
W.H. Pyne. 1806.
Pen lithograph. 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A country scene of three thatched cottages along a lane; a woman and child walking past a stream and a horse and cart crossing over a small stone bridge. By William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), painter, etcher, draughtsman on wood and publisher. Author of 'Microcosm of Great Britain' 1803.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 19983] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Bride. And no, in spotless garb arrayed, was never seen a fairer maid. Vide, Belle of a Season, p.91.
A.E. Chalon, R.A. H. Cook.
A. Fullarton & Comp.y [n.d. c.1839.]
Etching and stipple. Plate 310 x 229mm. 12¼ x 9".
A young woman in bridal dress, holding hands with her admiring father, looking at her mother seated in the right foreground with back to the viewer. Illustration to Lady Blessington's "The Belle of the Season".
[Ref: 19942] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Farm.
London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No.53 Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1820.]
Copper Engraving. Plate 254 x 368mm. 10 x 14½". Worm hole in left-hand tree.
A rural scene outside a farm house; women and children around milking a cow and collecting the wheat; the men, one cutting wood, the other returning to the stable with the horse; a plough in the lower left corner.
[Ref: 19374] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Incantation Scene. Der Freischütz.
[Charles Hullmandel.]
London Pud.d. March 1825 by Tomkins, 35, New Bond Street.
Lithograph. Sheet 365 x 295mm (14¼ x 11½").
A scene from Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz. Der Freischütz is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun from their 1810 collection Gespensterbuch. It premiered on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin. The incantation scene depicts Kaspar summoning Samiel (Satan) through a ritual in order to cast magic bullets to win a sharpshooting competition and win the right to marry his lover.
[Ref: 68536] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Wolf's Glen Scene.] Der Freischütz. Zamiel Appearing to the Summons of Casper in the Wolf's Glen.
Printed by C.Hullmandel.
London Publish'd by Goulding, d'Atmaine & Co, 20, Soho Squ're.
Lithograph. Sheet 365 x 295mm (14¼ x 11½").
A scene from Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz. Der Freischütz is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun from their 1810 collection Gespensterbuch. It premiered on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin. This scene depicts the dramatic climax of Act II in Carl Maria von Weber’s 1821 German Romantic opera, Der Freischütz. It is widely considered one of the most powerful supernatural scenes in operatic history, often referred to as the "Wolf's Glen Scene."
[Ref: 68634] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Hoo. To Gilbert Hoo Keate Esq. This Draught is humbly Presented by John Drapentier.
[Sir Henry Chauncy c.1700]
Engraving. 285 x 375mm (11¼ x 14¾"), with very large margins. Centre fold. Some damage around the centre fold towards the lower middle.
Published for the first edition of Sir Henry Chauncy's (1632 - 1719) Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire 1700. A Grade II listed country house in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire. Sir Jonathan Keate, 1st Baronet (1633-1700) was a merchant who during the Interregnum imported sugar from Barbados. He retired from business after his wife inherited the Hoo estate, rebuilt the mansion there, and later acquired two adjacent manors. His son Sir Gilbert Hoo Keate, 2nd Baronet (c.1661 - 1705) later took over the estate. In 1944 the house was in use as a maternity home.
[Ref: 56220] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The New Meeting. The New Meeting. This edifice, erected in the year 1730, was a considerable pile; its walls lofty and substantial; in so much as to have survived the rage of the flames, and the still fiercer and more dangerous fury of the Mob... De cet endroit la populace se rendit à la Vieille Eglise des Prebytétiens (Old Meeting) qui fut ruinée de fond en comble.
Drawn by P.H. Witton Jun.r Engraved by W.m Ellis.
[London. Published, 1 May 1792, by J.Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard.]
Aquatint with descriptive text in English and French. Sheet 406 x 260mm. 16 x 10¼". Laid on album page, foxing.
The New Meeting Chapel following its destruction during the Priestley Riots, the Birmingham Riots of 1791, which targeted religious Dissenters, most notably the politically and theologically controversial Joseph Priestley. On 14th July 1791, rioters approached the Quaker House until it was decided that the Quakers never troubled themselves with anything, and thus convinced themselves to attack the New Meeting Chapel, where Priestley presided as minister. From "Views of the Ruins of the Principal Houses destroyed during the Riots at Birmingham. 1791." On the 14th of July, 1791, a party having met at an hotel to celebrate the anniversary of the French revolution, collected together as a mob, and proceeded for several days their devastations, setting fire to several meeting-houses and private mansions, but on the arrival of the military from Oxford and Hounslow, order was restored: at the ensuing assizes four of the ring-leaders were convicted, two of whom suffered the penalty of the law. Shortly after this occurrence barracks were erected on the Vauxhall-road, near the town, consisting of a range of handsome buildings, enclosing a spacious area for the exercise of cavalry, and a smaller for parades, a riding-school, a magazine, and an hospital.
[Ref: 21105] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

El Prior.
J.F. Lewis 1836.
Hand-coloured lithograph, very fine colour, subscriber's first state. Image 261 x 342mm. 10¼ x 13½".
From "Sketches of Spain"; the interior of the friar's office in a Spanish monastery. John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876) was an Orientalist English painter. He lived in Spain between 1832 and 1834. In 1859 he became an Associate of the Royal Academy and in 1865 a member.
[Ref: 19220] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Romp.
R. Delin.
Publishehed Jan.y 3.d 1786, by S. W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse N.o 3 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 290 x 440mm (11½ x 17¼"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate. Tears to edges. Staining.
A boxing scene from The Romp, Act II, shows Young Cockney, played by James William Dodd (c.1740-96) and Priscilla Tomboy, played by Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816) facing off with clenched fists. He is fashionably dressed and portly, while her hat and mittens lie on the floor. Captain Sightley, played by William Barrymore and Miss La Blond, played by Mrs Barnes (fl. 1782-1808) watch from behind, with a folding screen and framed pictures in the background. The Romp is a comic opera (altered from Bickerstaffe's 'Love in the City' for the Dublin stage c. 1780) becoming a favourite due to Mrs. Jordan's acting. Female boxing image.
BM Satires 6875.
[Ref: 68039] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Siege of Namur by Captn. Shandy & Corporal Trim. - What an honest triumph in my Uncle Toby's Eyes as he march'd to / the Ramparts with the Gazette in his hand & Trim with a pickax / ready to execute the Contents: what intense pleasure in his Eyes, / as he stood over the Corporal! Heaven! Earth! Sea!
H.W.Bunbury del. 1772 J.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 26. Jan. 1773. By J.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. Sheet 396 x 270mm (15 ½ x 10½). Trimmed within plate.
One of series of illustrations from 'Tristam Shandy'.
BM Satire 5213.
[Ref: 62231] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Sheet music cover] The Star Vol I New Series 1841.
[London, 1841.]
Lithograph, illustrated titlepage to sheet music; fragment trimmed to frame. Sheet 235 x 190mm. 9¼ x 7½". Very slight horizontal centre crease.
The design features a young woman at the centre of a star in the middle, and six further female figures holding staffs and an elongated trumpet or horn. The miniature figures of the Queen and Price Albert appear to be set into either side of the surrounding decorative frame (in the manner of theatre boxes).
See BL: 004237348. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18540] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

L'Escarpolette.
I. Dankerts exc. cum Privilegio. [n.d. c.1689]
Engraving, sheet 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper at corners. Slight vertical crease.
Two women push a third on a swing between two trees. By engraver and publisher, Justus Danckerts (1635-1701), brother of Dancker Danckerts, and father of Theodor and Cornelis II, active in Amsterdam 1662-1694 and from 1684 was working with his sons.
[Ref: 68716] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

His Majesty's Servants.
Spy [Leslie Ward]. Gilb.t Whitehead & C.o L.td, New Eltham S.E.
Supplement To "The World," December 21ST, 1909.
Chromolithograph, sheet 365 x 480mm (14¼ x 19"). Vertical fold as issued. Tears repaired by being laid on archival paper.
A lightly caricatured group portrait of actors. They are from left to right: Miss Gertie Millar (Our Miss Gibbs) [Gertrude Ward, Countess of Dudley (née Millar (1879 -1952)], Miss Irene Vanbrugh (The Thief) [Dame Irene Boucicault DBE (née Barnes .1872 -1949)], Mr. Edmund Payne (Our Miss Gibbs) [Edmund James "Teddy" Payne (1863 -1914)], Mr. George Alexander (The Thief) [George Alexander Gibb Samson (1858 -1918)], Mr. H.B. Irving (The Lyons Mail) [Harry Brodribb Irving (1870 -1919)], Miss Violet Vanbrugh (The Women in the Case) [Violet Augusta Mary Barnes (1867 -1942)], Mr. George Grossmith, Junr. (Our Miss Gibbs.) [(1874 -1935)], Mr. Lewis Waller (Sir Walter Raleigh) [William Waller Lewis (1860 -1915)], Sir Herbert Tree (Trilby) [Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852 -1917)], Mr. Arthur Bourchier (Making a Gentleman) [(1863 -1927)] and Mr. Weedon Grosmith (Mr. Preedy and the Countess) [Walter Weedon Grossmith (1854 -1919)].
[Ref: 63825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre-Royal, Dundee. For the Benefit of the Poor of Dundee. On Friday Evening the 6th July, An Amateur Play will be Performed by the Officers of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, Colman's Comedy, in Three Acts, of Ways & Means... After which, the Farce of High Life Below Stairs... A Prologuem Written for the Occasion, will be spoken.
[1832.]
Letterpress theatre bill, 325 x 200mm, folded. Album paper stock on edge of front.
[Ref: 7100] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Album of set designs after important Italian theatre designers connected with La Scala, Milan.]
[Milan, c.1800-1820.]
Large folio (585 x 445mm, 21¾ x 17½"), 19th century quarter morocco, gilt lettered "Invenzioni teatrali" on spine; 38 full-page plates (a hand-coloured etching, a hand-coloured aquatint, 29 sepia aquatints, a black aquatint and 5 etchings), 25 half-page plates (4 sepia aquatints, 4 aquatints printed in colours, 1 black aquatint, 16 etchings, proofs?, one printed in red with pencil additions), plus 4 half-page etched topographical views, total 67 plates. Losses to head and foot of spine, boards scuffed, some of the half-page plates trimmed and joined to match book size.
The larger plates include: the hand-coloured title and 10 sepia aquatint plates (of 24) of Gaspare Gallieri's ''Numero XXIV invenzioni teatrali'', c.1801, with an uncaptioned hand-coloured aquatint after Galliari; 17 sepia aquatints by Francesco Fontanesi & Ludovico Pozzetti (numbered 1-18, lacking no. 6); an aquatint and six proof etchings before aquatint by Luigi Rados after Pietro Gonzaga; and two sepia aquatints (''Carcere'' and ''Ampia Volta'') by Carolo Zucchi after Frencesco Fontanesi. The 29 smaller prints include four colour-printed aquatints by Zucchi after Galliari (numbered 1-4), and a number of scenes (one of a courtyard, printed in red with pencil additions) after Sanquirico. The final four etchings have no theatrical connection.
[Ref: 59407] £7,200.00 view all images for this item

Courtois, Chef des Postes et Receveur des Abonnements. à Messieurs les Abonnés et habitués du Thèâtre.
Lith. G. Jacqmain, R. Basse, Gand.
1844.
Chromolithograph on porcelain card. 105 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾").
A trade card for a theatre company with vignette scenes, addressed to the 'subscribers and habitués of theatre'.
[Ref: 41750] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre: the Age of Garrick. English mezzotints from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
by Christopher Lennox-Boyd, Guy Shaw and Sarah Halliwell.
published London, Christopher Lennox-Boyd, 1994
Book: 4to [28 x 22cm, 11 x 8½"], illustrated throughout, pp.148.
Indispensible catalogue of 64 theatrical mezzotints of Garrick and his peers, with meticulous research into publication histories and details of scenes depicted.
[Ref: 29758] £35.00

A Messieurs les Abonnés et habitués du Thèâtre. Courtois, Chef des Postes et Receveur des Abonnements.
Lith. G. Jacqmain, R. Basse, Gand.
1843.
Chromolithograph on porcelain card. 105 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾").
A trade card for a theatre company with a central image of a theatre interior, addressed to the 'subscribers and habitués of theatre'.
[Ref: 41749] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. Mr. Sinclair, continues to attract crowded and fashionable Houses-Not and Order can be given on the nights of his Performance-He will act Prince Orlando (for the 8th time) on Tuesday-and on Saturday Trumore in the Lord of the Manor, which was last night acted to a crowded audience with the most brilliant success. On Tuesday, the Opera of the Cabinet...Macklin's Comedy of the Man of the World...Cortez; Or, the Conquest of Mexico...Timour, the Tartar...Shakespeare's Tragedy of King John...[on verso:] This Present Friday, December 12, 1823, For the first time, will be produced, a New Tragedy, in five acts, called The Vespers of Palermo...Cortez: or, The Conquest of Mexioc...Spanish Cavalry.
Printed by W. Reynolds, 9, Denmark-Court, Strand. [n.d. c.1823.]
Letterpress broadside. 361 x 215mm (129 x 8½"). Paper toning, paper chipped lower left corner.
A theatre bill for the week of 19 December 1823 with Mexican interest. The actors included John Sinclair (1791-1857), Charles Mayne Young (1777-1856), Daniel Egerton (1772-1835); William Abbott (1789-1843), Charles Kemble (1775-1854), George John Bennett (1800-1879) and many more.
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Comedy. [&] Tragedy.
Publish'd Decr. 8, 1778, by I. Mortimer [but reissues on 19th century paper].
Pair of etchings, each c.295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). Decent impressions, with margins.
Two allegories: 'Tragedy' is the Muse Melpomene in classical dress standing over the body of a man laid at left, a chalice in her hand and leaning upon an altar at right, urn below; smoke rising behind and another grieving figure cloaked at left. 'Comedy' the the Muse Thalia, standing pointing to figure sketch labelled 'nature' within a book resting on plinth beside; a child sitting on step below looking into a hand-mirror, watched by a satyr beside with jester's staff. For a series of 15 etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779) dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, originally published shortly after Mortimer's election as ARA in November 1778 - which suggests that he began work upon them before the elections. These prints appeared in 'Mortimer's Works...' published by Thomas Palser, London, 1816.
See Sunderland pgs.92-96 for a detailed discussion of the set. See V&A E.450-1961.
[Ref: 22480] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Royal Family at Covent Garden Theatre.
E. Pugh Del / J. Fittler Sc.
Published Aug. 11 1804, by Richard Phillips, 71, St. Paul's Church Yard.
Engraving. Platemark: 175 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"). Small tear in upper right margin. Small area of damage to printed area. Large margins on 3 sides, cut into plate at bottom.
An interior view of a full Covent Garden Theatre, (the original Royal Opera House - built by Edward Shepherd for John Rich in 1732). An animated scene with an elaborate backdrop featuring a waterfall takes place on the stage, as the crowd, including the Royal family, watches on. An illustration to Phillips' 'Modern London', published in 1804.
[Ref: 33253] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Kueche in dem Lustspiel: der Braeutigam aus Mexiko.
[Karl Friedrich Schinkel, n.d. c.1825.]
Very fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 285 x 400mm. 11¼ x 15¾". Very rare.
A theatrical set to a scene from Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun's comedy "Der Bräutigam aus Mexiko". He was a German writer who used the pseudonym Heinrich Clauren (1771-1854). From Karl Friedrich Schinkel's " Decorationen auf den beiden ko¨niglichen Theatern in Berlin".
[Ref: 27273] £390.00

The Carlton. The Criterion.
Fred Thompson.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Ink & watercolour on card. Card 180 x 285 mm (8 x 11¼").
Two sketches satirising the patrons of two theatres, both shown with drinks in their hands: the Carlton Theatre, Haymarket, catered for the upper classes while the Criterion in Piccadilly Circus was more populist.
[Ref: 39327] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre du Fanatisme sous les auspices de l'Hierarchie.
Marq. Wocher. Fc. 1787.
Aquatint printed in sepia 100 x 70mm.
An actor with a balloon headress. Marquard Fidel Domenikus Wocher (1760-1830), Swiss artist and engraver.
[Ref: 6673] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Le Theatre Italien de Gherardi. Tom III.
[London, Jacob Tonson, 1714?]
Engraved titlepage. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper.
The decorative titlepage to volume three (of eight) of 'Le Theatre Italien de Gherardi'. It shows an orchestra of putti playing a violin, cello, lute, flute and piano. On the plinth is written an early modern usage of 'E pluribus unum', now famous as a motto of the United States of America. Evaristo Gherardi (1663-1700) an Italian actor and playwright, compiled this collection of anonymous plays between 1694 and 1700, when he was assassinated. This 8vo version went through several editions, including by Adrian Braakman in Amsterdam in 1701 and Tonson & les Libraires François in London in 1714.
[Ref: 53646] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[LS] Dear Dubourg, May I ask your attendance at the Meeting referred to in the accompanying Circular?... It is proposed among some lovers of the drama, who believe that a move might be made at this time towards the establishment of a theatre having in view the encouragement of the dramatic Art rather than pecuniary profit... to hold a meeting with a view to consider the preliminary steps...for the realization of this object. The first meeting...will be held at ¼ past four on Monday the 24th of July at 8, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall.
Local Government Act Office, July 17th, 1871.
Letter signed, 12mo leaflet (200 x 130mm, 8 x 5", one sheet folded); imitation mss. addressed by hand in ink to A. W. Dubourg and signed by him in ink; also signed by sender Taylor. Fold creases.
A fascinating piece of correspondence relating to the proposed establishment of a new London theatre, or academy of drama. Augustus W. Dubourg was the author of several plays and great-grandson of Matthew Dubourg (1703 - 1767), violinist.
[Ref: 16859] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

A View of ye Grand Theatre & Fireworks erected on ye water near ye Court of ye Hague (on Occasion of ye General Peace concluded at Aix la Chapelle Oct. 18, 1748.) & exhibited June 18, 1749. N.S.
Ridge sculp.
Engraved for S. & I. Exshaw Dub: 1749.
Engraving. 195 x 430mm. Very fine Irish copper engraving.
In essence, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and the War of Austrian Succession concluded status quo ante bellum. In the commercial struggle between Britain and France in the West Indies, Africa, and India, nothing was settled; the treaty was thus no basis for a lasting peace.
[Ref: 7192] £450.00

Theatre Royal Malta. Saturday 13th May 1848. For the total benefit of the Basso Generico Salvatore Vinco. The First, Second, and Fourth Acts of the Leonora. After the first act, the following pieces will be performed: Fantasia on the Clarionett, by the Amateur Mr. Philip Galea, who has kindly offered his services. Air from the Prigioni d'Edimburgo-(Fuoco e sciabla, Bu) - by Mr. Del Riccio. Duet in the Borgomastro di Sardaam, in the Maltese language by Miss Servoli and S. Vinco. Indulgent Public, Noble Garrison and Royal Navy,-Mr. Vinco having seen with what love and zeal, you so kindly and nobly came forward to patrionise his fellow Actors;-humbly trusts, that you will, also, as kindly extend your favors to him;-the more so, as he has the good fortune to be a native of this free and happy soil. To begin at half past eight o'clock.
Letterpress, scarce. 253 x 178mm. 10 x 7".
A theatre bill for an 1848 benefit performance in Malta of the opera 'Leonora' or "Léonore ou L’Amour conjugal" by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. This piece was well known at the time and is based on the same source as "Fidelio" by Beethoven, who is said to have owned a score of the Paer opera. It was first performed at the Kleines Kurfürstliches Theater, Dresden in 1804.
[Ref: 18361] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[David Garrick Admission Ticket.] [This Plate was given by Tho:s. Miller Esqr, to_ Bowles Esqr. as an Admission Ticket to his private and elegant Theatre.] [in ink]
J.K.Sherwin.
[n.d., c.1781.]
Proof engraving, 18th century watermark. 120 x 105mm (4¾ x 4"), large margins.
Ticket of admission to the Theatre Royal.
[Ref: 64263] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre Royal Covent Garden. No.80.
London, Read & Co.10. Johnson's Ct. Fleet St. [n.d., c 1860.]
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 215mm (10¼ x 8½").
View of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history.
[Ref: 65312] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbill.] Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. The Publick are most respectfully informed, that they will find Mr. Mathews at Home On Thursday next, March 9th, with an entirely new Entertainment, Full Particulars of which will be speedily announced.
[n.d, c.1826.] Lowndes, Printer, Marquis Court, Drury Lane.
Letterpress, sheet 315 x 220mm (12½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper. Small tears on right side.
Playbill for the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand for the showing of 'Mr. Mathews at Home'.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65945] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Theatre Royal Bath, as it appeared at the Royal Dramatic Fete. In Honour of His Majesty's Birthday.
L.Quicke. del.t. et Lith. Printed by P.Simonau.
[Apr.l. 23, 1824.]
Very rare lithograph. Sheet 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8"). Trimmed into plate.
View of the Theatre Royal in Bath, England, built in 1805.
[Ref: 64244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Total Destruction of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, by Fire. On Wednesday, March 5, 1856; discovered just at the conclusion of a Bal Masque, given by Professor Anderson, when the company, rushing to the doors, made their escape, and fled into the neighbouring streets for means of conveyance to their respective residence, the grotequeness of their dresses contrasting strangely with the scene which the neighbourhood presented from so fearful a calamity occurring at that hour (5 o'clock) of the morning. The loss of property by this sad event is estimated at upwards of £250,000.
London: Published March 8, 1856, by Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Printed area 380 x 420mm (15 x 16½"). Tears in title and margins repaired.
A view of the exterior of Theatre Royal Covent Garden (in Bow Street, now the Royal Opera House) in flames, with firemen pumping their fire engines, and theatre-goers in masquerade dress mixing with the passers-by.
[Ref: 64738] £390.00

Theatre Royal Cheltenham [...] Boxing Night, December 26th, 1882 [...] Grand Christmas Comic Pantomime entitled Robinson Crusoe.
Shenton, Printer, Wichcomb Street, Cheltenham [1882].
Letterpress playbill with wood-engraved border. 4pp, sheet 245 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), folded once. Splits at horizonal fold.
[Ref: 62205] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

View of the East Front of the New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden This Edifice erected under the patronage of his Majesty, stands nearly on the site of the former Theatre.
Drawn & Engraved by William Daniell A.R.A.
Published by William Daniell No. 9 Cleaveland Street, Fitzroy Square and by Messrs Longman, Hurst Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row, Sept.r 1 1809
Aquatint with etched border, sheet 300 x 395mm (11¾ x 15½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
The second Theatre Royal Covent Garden, opened in 1809. It was designed by Robert Smirke and modelled on the Temple of Minerva at Athens, with a frieze by Johns Flaxman under the portico. In 1855 this theatre, like the previous incarnation, burned down. Only Flaxman's frieze survived, and this was incorporated into the third theatre on the site, designed by E.M. Barry, which survives to this day as the Royal Opera House. Original print designed and engraved by William Daniell (1769-1837), who besides his skilful engravings was an accomplished topographical watercolourist celebrated for his views in Britain and India.
[Ref: 38695] £350.00

Theatre Royal Malta. Thursday 4th May 1848. For the Total Benefit of the Seconda Donna Ermelinda Jacobacci. The First and Second Acts of Robert Devereux. After the first act, the following pieces will be performed: A Duete from Vestale, sung by Misses Servoli and Jacobacci. A Duet from Lucia, sung by Messrs; Coletti and Bianchi. A Duet from Elena da Feltre, sung by Mr. Del Riccio and Miss Jacobacci. Generous Public, Garrison and Navy, the humble actress in offering the above entertainment, trusts solely in your goodness, feeling convinced that she will be honoured and assisted, for which she makes bold to return her anticipated acknowledgements. To begin at hald past eight o'clock.
Scarce Letterpress. 306 x 235mm. 12 x 9¼".
A theatre bill for Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera 'Robert Devereux'. The performance is for the benefit of Ermelinda Jacobacci, whose debut was at the Teatro Ducale in Parma in 1844. See ref: 18361 for a similar handbill.
[Ref: 18358] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Theatre set] Interno della Cittá di Babilonia.
A.Basoli inv e dip. L. Martinelli dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 315 x 3905mm (12½ x 15½").
A theatre set for a play set in Babylon, looking from the interior of a temple to ziggurats Published in Antonio Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62138] £320.00

[Theatre set] Palazzo Cinese.
A.Basoli inv. I Basoli dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾").
A theatre set for a play set in a Chinese palace, published in Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
[Ref: 61456] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Theatre set] Osteria.
A.Basoli inv. P. Candeglieri dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 305 x 380mm (12 x 15"), with very large margins.
A theatre set for a play set in Italy outside an osteria, or bar, where people are playing boules. Published in Antonio Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 63056] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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