Grosvenor Prints

[France] Mr. Thiverny Oeconome de Bicestre.
Mareuil fecit.
[n.d. c.1700]
Etching, rare. Plate 114 x 83mm. 4½ x 3". Scarce.
De Mareuil engraving, Bicetre, in the 17th century Louis XIII built a hospital for for invalid soldiers, on the ruins of this fortress which was a hospital, lunatic asylum and a Parisian jail. "Oeconome" suggest that Mr.Thiverny must have been the finance officer of that institution.
[Ref: 24428] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Thlinkit and Man from Copper River.
A. Hoen & Co. Lith. Baltimore.
[New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1880.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Paper toned. Right corner creased.
Two tribesmen from the Alaska/British Columbia region. The plate was published to accompany the 'Map of Alaska and Adjoining Regions compiled by Ivan Petroff, Special Agent, Tenth Census 1880. Showing the Distribution of Native Tribes.
[Ref: 43343] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Emeric Comte de Teckely Chef des Mécontents en Hongrie.
S. Thomassin Sculptor Regius
Se Vend a Paris chez Thomassin rue St. Jacques vis a vis la rue du Platre a l'Image St. Jean avec Privil du Roy [c.1700]
Engraving, sheet 225 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet.
Count Imre Thököly de Késmárk (1658-1705), Hungarian nobleman who led an anti-Habsburg uprising, following his father Istvan (who died when he was a child) in doing so. He led an army of rebels, reinforced by Turkish and Transylvanian forces, and established himself as Prince of Upper Hungary (1682-5). Having formed an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, Thököly assisted the Turks in the Battle of Vienna in 1683, in which intervention from the Polish army of Sobieski led to a decisive defeat for the Ottoman army. Thököly then tried to reconcile himself with Habsburg Emperor Leopold I, offering to lay down his arms in exchange for recognition of Thököly as Prince of Upper Hungary and confirmation of Protestant religious rights in Hungary. Leopold, however, demanded complete surrender, and Thököly renewed hostilities. This 1685 campaign was also a failure and ended in imprisonment. Although Thököly achieved subsequent victories with diminished forces, he lost his principality of Upper Hungary and finally retired to Galata, near Istanbul, with large estates granted him by Sultan Mustafa II.
[Ref: 43001] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Emerici Tokoly Hungarici Comitis, Vera Effigies.
a Plasse pinx: P. Stephani F. Sculp.
ex Formis Nicolae Visscher cum Privil: Ordin: General Belgii Foederati. [n.d., c.1790.]
Rare etching, watermarked laid paper, 370 x 280mm. 14½ x 11". Horizontal creases to centre of plate.
Handsome bust portrait in oval frame of Count Imre (Emerich) Thököly de Kesmarkium (1657 - 1705) was a Hungarian statesman and national hero. He led an anti-Habsburg uprising; significantly, as inscribed below the title, this plate was (re)issued in the United States of Belgium, a short-lived confederation of the Southern Netherlands which existed from January to December 1790, during a revolt against the Habsburg Emperor Joseph II.
[Ref: 20764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

S. Thomas. 9. Credo in Spiritu, Sanctum. S. Thomas Parthis et Medis Evangelizans, in idolorum Indiæ sano hasta transfixus est.
Jodocus Winghæus invent. Crispin d. passe fe. et excudit.
[n.d., 1594.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate. Some staining.
St Thomas, half-length, reading a large tome with a spear.
[Ref: 61389] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Thomas Dyke Acland's speech and reaction to it.]
[British, c.1835.]
Three letterpress broadsides. Some staining and folds, as normal. Generally good.
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Bt (1787-1871), philanthropist, was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet. He inherited the family estates when his father died in 1794. While he was at Oxford he helped to found Grillion's Club (1812), which attracted many eminent politicians. Acland was MP for Devonshire from 1812 to 1818 and again from 1820 to 1831. He then sat for North Devon for twenty years from 1837. His family had extensive properties on what is now the Holnicote Estate and particularly the village of Selworthy. Two sheets are signed in ink.
[Ref: 26254] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Thomas D'Urfey Poeta Lyricus. Whilst D'Urfey's voice his verse do's raise, When D'Urfey sings his Tunefull Layes, Give D'Urfeys Lyrick-Muse the Bayes. E.G.
E. Gouge pinx. G. Vertue Sculp.
[n.d. c.1719.]
Engraving. 134 x 83mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Cut.
Portrait; half length, to the left, wearing long curled wig, jacket, and cravat; in lettered oval; frontispiece to 'Songs Compleat Pleasant and Divertive set to Musick' (1719). O'Donoghue notes this as a frontispiece to his 'Wit and Mirth' (1719). It may well have been used as a frontispiece for both, signed in ink verso, Cornelius Paine. Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), poet and dramatist.
Alexander (2008): 103.
[Ref: 52394] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Freeman Thomas Esquire, on his Favorite Horse 'The Rover'. This Engraving is respectfully dedicated tot he Members of the South Down Hunt, by their obedient Servants, Mess.rs Fores.
Painted by Stephen Pearce. engraved by James Scott.
London; Published July 1st, 1858, by Mess.rs Foresl 41 Piccadilly.
Mixed-method engraving, printed in colours and hand-finished. 540 x 650mm, 21¼ x 25½". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait, astride his hunter with a hound looking up, pictured on top of the Downs, with the sea far right. The South Down Hunt frequented the area just north of Brighton and Lewes in Sussex.
[Ref: 24867] £360.00

[Thomas Somerset, Viscount Somerset of Cashell]
[Anon., c.1800.] Edward Harding, From the picture at Badminton.
Stipple with etching, proof before letters with uncleaned title area. Sheet 205 x 135mm. 8 x 5¼". Trimmed on or close to plate; a fine impression.
A fine and rare portrait, according to a pencil note in an old hand below plate and to verso Thomas Somerset, died 1651, created Viscount Somerset of Cashel, co. Tipperary, Ireland in 1626. His father, Edward 4th Earl of Worcester, was one of the greatest statesmen of his times. Adolphus's ~British Cabinet pub. E. Harding 1800. Edward Harding (1755-1840), Engraver, publisher and librarian to Queen Charlotte.
[Ref: 16970] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon'ble James Thomason. Late Lieutenant Governor, N.W.P. [Text in Urdu.]
[n.d., c.1855.]
Lithograph. Printed area 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾").
James Thomason (1804-1853), lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces of India from 1843 to 1843, when he was appointed governor of Madras, although he died before he could assume the post.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 395] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.t Tho.s Thomason, A.M. Chaplain to the Hon.ble East India Company,
Painted by Hume, Esq.r Calcutta. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London Published April 12 1830, by L.B. Seeley & Sons, 169 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Some soiling of margins.
A half-length portrait of Rev.d Thomas Truebody Thomason (1774-1829), in ecclesiastical robes and bands. In 1808 he accepted a post in Bengal, where he became a student of Indian languages and culture, a promoter of Indian education, a noted churchman and chaplain to Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Governor-General of India. His wife, Elizabeth (neé Fawcett), founded the European Female Orphanage, Calcutta. Their son James Thomason (1804–1853) was lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces of India from 1843 to 1853, when he was appointed governor of Madras, although he died before he could assume the post.
Whitman 555, state ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66145] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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, 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)

[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)

[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)

Sr. James Thornhill Kn.t of Thornhill in Dorset, Hist: Painter to his Maj: King George, & F.R.S. Anno D.ni 1732 Ætat.56.
J. Highmore pinx.t I. Faber fecit 1732.
Sold by I. Faber at ye Green Door in Craven Buildings Drury Lane.
Mezzotint. 350 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some foxing. Small margins.
Sir James Thornhill (1676-1734), the English painter of historical subjects, in the Italian Baroque tradition. He was one of the twelve original directors of Sir Godfrey Kneller's academy at Great Queen Street, London. In 1716 he succeeded Kneller as Governor there and held the post until 1720. Thornhill's major works included the eight scenes from the life of St Paul in the cupola of St. Paul's Cathedral and the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. His daughter Jane married William Hogarth.
CS: 345, i of ii.
[Ref: 69004] £240.00 (£288.00 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

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

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