Grosvenor Prints

Tom Raw Between Smoke & Fire.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw is introduced to smoking a hookah at a gathering of a mixture of soldiers, civilians and wives, attended by Indian servants. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 5.
[Ref: 66582] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Treats Lucy to a Ride.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw and Lucy ride in a carriage by a harbour, two pelicans flying above. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 6.
[Ref: 66583] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Rather Awkward at the Dance.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw dances self-consiously in his East India Company uniform. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 7.
[Ref: 66585] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Sits for his Portrait.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw in the artist' studio, dressed in his East India Company uniform. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 8.
[Ref: 66586] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw's Misfortune at the Ball.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), watermarked 1826.
Tom Raw, in his East India Company uniform, prods a woman's leg with his scabbard. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 9.
[Ref: 66587] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Mistakes a French Milliner for a Hindoo Goddess.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), watermarked 1826.
Tom Raw recoils in horror at the approach of a woman in a turban A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 10.
[Ref: 66588] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw at a Hindoo Entertainment.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), watermarked 1826.
Tom Raw and another officer watch Hindu musicans and dancing girls. Behind is a frieze with a six-armed god, probably Shiva. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 11.
[Ref: 66589] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Rejects the Embraces of the Nabob of Bengal.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
In a palace Tom Raw pokes an court official with his scabbard while attempting to escape the Nabob's clutches. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 12.
[Ref: 66590] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Brought Face to Face with the Enemy
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
On a boar hunt Tom Raw is thrown from his horse and lands in the path of a charging boar. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 13.
[Ref: 66591] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Mounts an Elephant for the First Time.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
After a a boar hunt Tom Raw clings on as the mahout makes the elephant stand up. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 14.
[Ref: 66592] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Tom Raw] The Royal Hindoo Hunt.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Leopard hunting on elephants. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 15.
[Ref: 66593] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Tom Raw] The Ferocity of the Tiger.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), on paper watermarked '1826'.
An Indian on an elephant aims his gun at a leopard (not a tiger) leaps down from a tree towards his howdah. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 16.
[Ref: 66594] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw in Danger.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
A wounded tiger attacks Tom Raw in a howdah on an elephant. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 17.
[Ref: 66595] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Carried Up the Country.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw breaks through the bottom of a palanquin, his luggage on the roof. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 18.
[Ref: 66596] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Gains the Victory.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw proposed to the daughter of his colonel and is accepted. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 20.
[Ref: 66597] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw in the Midst of Difficulties.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw, now with three children, is visited by an Indian looking to be paid, to the consternation of his wife. To the left stands a sepoy; two ayahs look after his children; and a cockatoo is chained to a perch. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 21.
[Ref: 66598] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw on Short Commons.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw sits at a camp table, head in hands, berated by his wife for his financial difficulties. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 22.
[Ref: 66599] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Disappointed at Hearing the Will Read.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw had hopes of a way out of his financial difficulties. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 23.
[Ref: 66600] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Wounded.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw lies on a battlefield before a fort, a ball in his leg. Behind the battle continues. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 24.
[Ref: 66601] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Raw Obtains a Staff Appointment.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Having lost his leg, Tom Raw's new post gives him and his family financial security. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''.
Abbey Travel 450, 25.
[Ref: 66602] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Tom Tack's Ghost. I Courted Polly of Spithead, / And ax'd her to be married; / At first she was most cruel kind [...] 38
[by Charles Williams.]
London, Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Feb. 7 1808
Etching with hand-colouring, 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within the plate. Some very light staining.
Etching illustrating a popular song (the words to which printed below) in which a sailor recounts how he shot Tom Tack, a rival for his love Polly, only to be tormented by his ghost. As the illustration shows, the 'ghost' was Tom Tack, not dead but wearing a white sheet to disguise himself.
BM Satires 11154.
[Ref: 65668] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Tom Tit Family].
Winifred Austen [signed in pencil lower right].
[n.d.]
Coloured aquatint 190 x 260mm Some printing stains in outer margins. Previously laid on card backing, however removed.
By Winifred Austen, R.I., R.E. (1876-1964). Although she also worked in both oils and watercolours, Austen is most highly regarded as an etcher. She made some two hundred etched plates and the naturalist Sir Peter Scott said she was 'certainly the best bird etcher of this century'. illustrator, painter, etcher and aquatint engraver of birds and mammals.
Guichard British Etchers: pg.24. "Warwick Galleries" stamp lower right.
[Ref: 471] £320.00

Percy Honeywood Courtenay Knight of Malta &c. &c. &c.
Published by Henry Ward, Canterbury. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman Str.
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 125mm (8½ x 5''). Trimmed.
A portrait of John Nichols Tom (1799-1838) who was known by several names, he was a Cornish wine-merchant who re-invented himself as Sir William Percy Honeywood Courtenay, he took to wearing exotic costumes and stood for MP of Canterbury in 1832, though he was unsuccessful.. After being convicted of perjury after intervening for some smugglers he spent some time in a lunatic asylum. After being released he gathered a group of followers which ended in a confrontation with some soldiers in Basseden wood in which Tom was killed.
See 49949 for coloured version.
[Ref: 49935] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Percy Honeywood Courtenay Knight of Malta &c. &c. &c.
Published by Henry Ward, Canterbury. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman Str.
Fine & rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 230 x 200mm (9 x 8''). Dusty, trimmed.
A portrait of John Nichols Tom (1799-1838) who was known by several names, he was a Cornish wine-merchant who re-invented himself as Sir William Percy Honeywood Courtenay, he took to wearing exotic costumes and stood for MP of Canterbury in 1832, though he was unsuccessful.. After being convicted of perjury after intervening for some smugglers he spent some time in a lunatic asylum. After being released he gathered a group of followers which ended in a confrontation with some soldiers in Basseden wood in which Tom was killed.
See 49935 for uncoloured version.
[Ref: 49949] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Woman and Naked Child Mourn.]
G.B. Cipriani inv.t F. Bartolozzi sculp.t
[n.d. c.1766.]
Etching, proof before title. Plate 300 x 229mm (11¾ x 9"). Large margin top and bottom.
A woman with a veil, standing in profile to right, holding a tomb in form of a large pot; on the right, a winged naked child, mourning by the side of the pedestal, hiding his face under a veil, looking down, placing his torch upside down.
See Calabi & De Vesme (1928): 1794.
[Ref: 52400] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Chambre Ardente De Napoleon. construite a Toulon en Juillet 1840, dans la Fiegate, la Belle Poule.
dessinee d'apres nature par Arnout._ L'entourage par V. Adam. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et Co.
Paris, publie par Jeannin, Place du Louvre 20.
Lithograph sheet 355 x 480mm (14 x 18¾"). With publishers embossed stamp.
Print of Napoleon's tomb on board the French frigate Belle Poule, which had been painted black for the occasion, on the retour des cendres. In Napoleon's last will he gave directions to the priest Vignali how he wished his body to be laid out in a 'chambre ardente' (a state room lighted with torches).
[Ref: 55931] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Tomb of Napoleon.
Sketched Etched & Published by G. Cruikshank.
[n.d. c.1830 but later.]
Etching. 204 x 254mm (8 x 10").
A collection of vaguely satrical images surround the central image of Saint Helena. The pictures depict Napoleon I on his steed, a successful stance holding the French standard, two eagles, and an image of Josephine holding her sceptre.
See BM: 1891,1117.438 [for original drawing of the study of the rocks.]
[Ref: 16770] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Guillelmo Comiti Cadogan &c.
Carolus Vanloo inv. et delin. Eques Nicolaus Dorigny Sculp. anno 1737.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. 650 x 410mm, 25½ x 16". Tears to margins, creased, some staining.
An allegorical monument to William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (1675–1726), one of Churchill's senior officers during the War of the Spanish Succession and commander of the army during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715.
From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
[Ref: 10622] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Joanni Churchill Duci dse Marlborough, Forti Felici, Invicto.
F.Boucher invenit et delin. Lau: Cars Sculpsit.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. 640 x 415mm, 25¼ x 16¼". Tears to margins, stained.
An allegorical monument to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), famed for his military triumphs in the Nine Years' War (1688-97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
[Ref: 10619] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Guillelmo Comiti Cowper &c. Magnæ Britanniæ Cancellario.
F.Boucher invenit et delin. Beauvais Sculpsit.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. 640 x 415mm, 25¼ x 16¼". Tears to margins, creased.
An allegorical monument to William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, (c.1665-1723), Lord Chancellor of England, who conducted the negotiations that led to the Act of Union in 1707. From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
[Ref: 10617] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sydneio Comiti Godolphin & c. Magno Angliæ Thesaurario.
F.Boucher invenit et delin. C.N.Cochin Sculpsit.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. 640 x 415mm, 25¼ x 16¼". Tears to margins, creased.
An allegorical monument to Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (c. 1645-1712). From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
[Ref: 10613] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Carolo Sackville Comiti de Dorset et Middlesex & c. sui termporis Mœcenati.
F.Boucher invenit et delin. M.Aubert Sculpsit.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. 640 x 415mm, 25¼ x 16¼". Tears to margins, creased.
An allegorical monument to Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex (1638-1706), with a winged horse, putti and a pair of leopards. From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
[Ref: 10616] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

D.O.M.. & Piæ Memoriæ Johannes Tillotson Proventia Divina Archiepiscopi Cantuar. & c.a.
F.Boucher invenit et delin. N. de Larmessin Sculpsit.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. 640 x 415mm, 25¼ x 16¼". Tears to margins, stained.
An allegorical monument to John Tillotson (1630-94), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 until his death. From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
[Ref: 10621] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Tombleson's Panoramic Map of the River Thames from its Source to the Sea; Exhibiting the Picturesque Scenery, and Principal Objects of Interest on its Banks, with the Distances from London Bridge, &c. Also Panoramic Map of the River Medway. Engraved on Steel and Beautifully Coloured, on a sheet Four Feet in Length.
London: James Reynolds & Sons, 174, Strand. [n.d., 1876.]
Original printed wrapper, advert pasted on inside front cover; folded steel-engraved map with chromolithographic colour, sheet 1285 x 255mm (50½ x 10"). Wrappers loose and distressed, splits in folds of map. Some pencil annotations.
A later edition of the famous 'bird's-eye' map of the Thames, showing from the source in Gloucestershire to the North Sea. Originally published as the index map to William Tombleson's ''Tombleson’s Views of the Thames and Medway'' (1833-4), the map was so popular that it was sold separately well into the 20th century. This version has been updated to show the railways.
[Ref: 50442] £750.00 view all images for this item

[Pair of images of elaborate tombs, one with title.] The Tomb of the worthy Patroness of the Hon.ble & Ancient Family of the Cousins. Born in the 719th Year of the World, Died 1201 Years before the Birth of the Messiah. Æt 81.
[n.d., .1780.]
Two etchings, printed in sepia. Each 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). One trimmed within plate, repaired tear, both with old ink mss., laid on album paper.
One tomb has a classical theme; the second has Masonic symbolism.
[Ref: 55247] £320.00 view all images for this item

Albane. Tombeau des Horaces et des Curiaces. Albano. Sepolcro degli Horzai e Curazi.
Dessiné d'après nature par Ph. Benoist. Imp par Lemercier à Paris. Lith par. Bachelier.
Paris. Bullas éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et (Mon. Aumont) François Delarue, succ. rue J.J.Rousseau 10.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 460 x 320mm (18 x 12½"), with very large margins. Very slight foxing.
A view of the so-called Tombs of the Horatii and Curiatii on the via Appia leading to Rome. According to Livy, the Horatii, triplets from Rome, and the Curatii, triplets from Alba Longa were called to fight to death instead of outright war between the two states. The three Curiatii were wounded but after killing two of the Horatii, the third Publius turned to flee the Curiatii followed but wounded soon became separated allowing Publius to kill them all.
[Ref: 41869] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Mr Tomkins.
George Engleheart Rsq.r Pinx.t. Engraved by L.Schiavonetti.
London Published for the Proprietor, January 1, 1807. Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Pater-Noster Row.
Stipple. Sheet 190 x 120mm (7½ x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Thomas Tomkins (1743-1816), calligrapher and author of ‘Rays of Genius', of which this is the frontispiece.
[Ref: 19024] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Tomkins] Mr. Tomkins. From the original Picture, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The last Portrait Sir J. Reynolds Exhibited 1789. Engraved by Charles Turner.
Published by the Proprietor, Foster Lane, London, May 6 1805.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins.
Portrait of Thomas Tomkins (1743 - 1816), calligrapher and author of ‘Rays of Genius' and other works on penmanship. He sits to left at a small table with inkstand, eyes to front, holding paper in his left hand and a quill pen in his right; curtain behind.
Whitman 561, ii. Hamilton p.69, ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66450] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Tomkins] Mr. Tomkins. From the original Picture, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The last Portrait Sir J. Reynolds Exhibited 1789. Engraved by Charles Turner.
Published by the Proprietor, Foster Lane, London, May 6 1805.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Slight mount stain. Unidentified collector's stamp 'I F P' on reverse.
Portrait of Thomas Tomkins (1743 - 1816), calligrapher and author of ‘Rays of Genius' and other works on penmanship. He sits to left at a small table with inkstand, eyes to front, holding paper in his left hand and a quill pen in his right; curtain behind.
Whitman 561, ii. Hamilton p.69, iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68017] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Capt.n Nicholas Tomlinson. R,N.
Page. Sculp.t
Pub.d 28 Feb.y 1811 by Joyce Gold, 103 Shoe Lane Fleet Str.t London.
Stipple. 203 x 132mm.
Nicholas Tomlinson (1764-1847) was a naval officer of the Royal Navy, however c.1790 with a recommendation from Lord Hawke, he joined the Russian navy and had command of a Russian ship of the line, which he resigned on the imminence of the war between England and France in the beginning of 1793.
[Ref: 19044] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The Political Drama. No. 27. John Bull and Tommy Grey.
[C.J. Grant.]
Printed and Published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market. [n.d., c.1830.]
Wood-engraving. Sheet: 440 x 290mm (17½ x 11½"), with very large margins. Central vertical crease as normal. Staining and tears in edges.
A political satire in which John Bull and his wife are disturbed at night by the noise made by Charles Grey, drawn as a cat, John Bull looks out of his window with a gun.
[Ref: 44912] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Tommy Playfair, drawn by his Favourite Dog.
Printed and Sold by Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with original hand colour. Sheet 165 x 240mm (6¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
A boy in a haycart drawn by a dog. Playfair appears to have been a well-known character: Robert Dighton the Elder drew a scene called 'Tommy Playfair's Cart'.
[Ref: 32846] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Tom, Jerry and Logic, backing Tommy, the Sweep, at the Royal Cockpit.
Drawn & Eng.d by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, April 1821.
Fine hand-coloured etching and aquatint. 146 x 230mm. 5¾ x 9". Small rust spot lower right outside title area.
The Royal Cockpit was an early theatre in London, located at the rear of the Palace of Whitehall. It was originally built by Henry VIII, and it was used as a cockpit for cockfighting. From Pierce Egan's "Life in London". Spectators surround the pit with the 'feeders' in the arena, each behind his bird; Tom makes a bet, signalling across the pit.
BM Satires: 14343.
[Ref: 19662] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

R. Tompson.
From a Rare Print by F.Place. Engraved by W. Bond.
London. Published by John Major. 50 Fleet Street. Feb.y 15th 1828.
Stipple. 215 x 135mm, 8½ x 5¾".
Richard Tompson (died c,1693), printseller. A copy of a portrait by Place after G. Zoest, engaved by Bond for Walpole's ‘Anecdotes of Painting’.
[Ref: 19027] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

IV. Tomyris. Reine des Scythes Massagetes, outré de la mort de son fils Sargapises, qui s’etoit tué tuy meme. Après avoir êté vaincu par Cyrus, marcha contre l’armée victorieuse de ce Prince, et la desit dans un combat ou Cyrus fut tué. Elle fit plonger sa teste dans un basin de sang, pour luy reprocher la Soif qu’il avoit euë du sang humain. Ce fut vers l’an 529 avant Iesus Chrit.
Iean Baptiste [Bonnart].
[n.d., c.1700] H Bonnart, ex rue St. Iacques, au Coq.
Engraving. 345 x 210mm (13½ x 8¼").
Tomyris, from the Persian Tahm-Rayis, was a queen who reigned over the Massagetae, and Iranic people of Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, c.530 B.C.
[Ref: 14409] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Groote Waterval Naby Tornado. Cataracte Pred De Tornado.
C.W.M. van de Velde. P. Lauters.
UItgegeven by, Frans Buffa en Zonen te Amsterdam. [n.d. c.1846.]
Lithograph with hand colour, printed on chine laid on paper with printed title. Image area 310 x 210mm (12¼ x 8¼"). Foxed.
A view of the waterfall on the river Tondano, Sulawesi, Indonesia, with a canvas tent to the left, and a mountainous landscape in the distance. Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-98), was a sailor, doctor and watercolourist. From "Gezigten uit Neèrlands Indië, naar de natuur geteekend en beschreven", of which the drawings were made when Van de Velde was a midshipman on the ZM Triton and later when he was working in Batavia for the Commission for the Improvement of Maps and Charts of Indonesia.
[Ref: 35200] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Tonbridge Castle, in the County of Kent, the residence of W. Bailey, Esq.
Published by G. Wise, Tonbridge, May 1, 1813.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 150 x 245mm (6 x 9¾").
A view of the gatehouse of the Norman castle, with the residence built in the 1740s. William Bailey bought the estate in 1813, living there until his death in 1831. Published by George Wise, print publisher and Tunbridge Ware Manufacturer.
[Ref: 66431] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Grammar School at Tonbridge in Kent. From a Picture painted & presented to the Worshipful Company of Skinners, London, (Governors of the School) by Jonah Smith Wells Jun.r, Esq.r Master, 1831.
Drawn on Stone by J.Hakewell. Printed by C.Hullmandel.
[Published March 1st 1832 by James Hakewill, 9 Manchester S.t, Manchester Sq.re.]
Lithograph. Sheet 300 x 425mm. Trimmed to printed border, losing publication line, laid on card.
A grand scene showing coaches of the wealthy arriving.
[Ref: 8299] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Tonbridge.____"The Head Master's Study and Old Library.
Painted by F.P. Barraud. Etched by W.J. Allingham. [Etched in image:] F.P. Barraud.
London, Published December 1892 by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond St, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Plate 414 x 545mm. 16¼ x 21½". Some overall toning.
The headmaster's study and library at Tonbridge School, Kent, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judd. After Francis Philip Barraud (1824-1900).
[Ref: 22073] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Tonbridge.____"The Head Master's Study and Old Library.]
[Pencil signatures:] F.P. Barraud. William J Allingham. [Etched in image:] F.P. Barraud.
London, Published December 1892 by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to The Queen. 114, New Bond St, W. Copyright Registered.
Etching. Proof before title, signed in pencil. Plate 412 x 540mm. 16¼ x 21¼". Some creasing and soiling in the margins.
The headmaster's study and library at Tonbridge School, Kent, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judd. After Francis Philip Barraud (1824-1900).
[Ref: 22074] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

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