Grosvenor Prints

A North West View of the Tower of London. Vuë du coté de Nord-Ouest de la Tour de Londres.
J. Maurer Delin.
London Printed for & sold by T. Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street, and Henry Overton without Newgate.
Engraving, 18th century watermarked paper. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 16"). An exceptional example, on thick paper with very large margins.
A view of the Tower of London, looking towards the Thames, so showing the moat and defences, after John Maurer (fl.1713 - c.1761).
[Ref: 37772] £450.00

The Terrific Conflagration of the Tower of London, On the Night of the 30th of October, _ 1841. Loss to the Nation £10,000,000.
[n.d., c.1841.]
Lithograph. Sheet 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed into image at top and close to title at bottom.
The worst fire in the history of the Tower of London, destroying the Bowyer and Brick Towers and damaging the White Tower and the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula. The Martin Tower, where the crown jewels were kept, was threatened and, as the Keeper of the Jewel House had only the key, the security bars had to be bent to get in to save them. The uniform of the policeman who passed out the crown jewels was actually charred. Published in 'The Fly'.
[Ref: 49481] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Tower of London.
Drawn, and Lith, by T. Turner.
Hatton Garden. [n.d. c.1830.]
Tinted lithograph. 171 x 222mm. 6¾ x 8¾".
Two docked flotilla ferries at the southside of the Tower of London; a procession leads into the tower.
[Ref: 20335] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Tower.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving, paper watermarked. 171 x 253mm. 6¾ x 10". Crease.
South view of the Tower of London with boats on the River Thames.
Collage: p5412457.
[Ref: 25573] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Tower of London.
J. Gendall Del.t. D. Havell sculp.t.
London. Published Octo.r 1819, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. Framed, visible area 410 x 520mm (16 x 20½"). A little spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Tower of London from the Thames, looking towards Traitor's Gate. The river is filled with ships docked in the busy Port of London, despite the development of larger docks downstream. After John Gendall (1790-1865), for Ackermann's 'Views of London', a series of 18 large aquatints published 1811-22.
[Ref: 57224] £1,800.00

[The Fire at the Tower of London] Interior of the Armory.
Will.m Oliver linotint. C. Hullmandel's Patent.
Colnaghi and Puckle, 23, Cockspur Street [n.d., c.1842].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 310 x 410mm (12¼ x 16¼"). Some spotting, laid on card.
People being given a guided tour of the ruined interior of the armory of the Tower of London, with the upper floors and roof gone, and melted piles of ordnance. A plate from the rare series 'Six Views taken after the Great Fire at the Tower of London on the 31.st Oct. 1841; by Mess.rs J. Cater & W. Oliver.
Abbey: 214, only listing an issue in paper wrappers.
[Ref: 62010] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fire at the Tower of London] Ruins from Avenue on the Parade.
J. Cater & W. Oliver linotint. C. Hullmandel's Patent.
Colnaghi and Puckle, 23, Cockspur Street [n.d., c.1842].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 310 x 410mm (12¼ x 16¼"). Laid on card.
People wandering around the courtyard of the Tower of London, as workers erect scaffolding on the ruined buildings. A plate from the rare series 'Six Views taken after the Great Fire at the Tower of London on the 31.st Oct. 1841; by Mess.rs J. Cater & W. Oliver.
Abbey: 214, only listing an issue in paper wrappers.
[Ref: 62011] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fire at the Tower of London] Long Room leading to the Brick Tower.
Will.m Oliver linotint. C. Hullmandel's Patent.
Colnaghi and Puckle, 23, Cockspur Street [n.d., c.1842].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 310 x 410mm (12¼ x 16¼"). Laid on card.
People viewing the damage in the roofless Long Room, attended by a beefeater. A plate from the rare series 'Six Views taken after the Great Fire at the Tower of London on the 31.st Oct. 1841; by Mess.rs J. Cater & W. Oliver.
Abbey: 214, only listing an issue in paper wrappers.
[Ref: 62012] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fire at the Tower of London] Entrance to the Armoury &c.
Will.m Oliver linotint. C. Hullmandel's Patent.
Colnaghi and Puckle, 23, Cockspur Street [n.d., c.1842].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 310 x 410mm (12¼ x 16¼"). Laid on card.
People viewing the damage to the Tower of London, surrounded by cannon and mortars. A plate from the rare series 'Six Views taken after the Great Fire at the Tower of London on the 31.st Oct. 1841; by Mess.rs J. Cater & W. Oliver.
Abbey: 214, only listing an issue in paper wrappers.
[Ref: 62013] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fire at the Tower of London] Inside of the Brick Tower.
Will.m Oliver linotint. C. Hullmandel's Patent.
Colnaghi and Puckle, 23, Cockspur Street [n.d., c.1842].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾"). Laid on card.
People viewing the damage to the Tower of London, led by a beefeater. A plate from the rare series 'Six Views taken after the Great Fire at the Tower of London on the 31.st Oct. 1841; by Mess.rs J. Cater & W. Oliver.
Abbey: 214, only listing an issue in paper wrappers.
[Ref: 62015] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Great Fire in the Tower of London, On the night of October 30th 1841.
R. Newman Litho.
Printed by Roberts & Co, 61 Eagle St, Holborn London.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 205 x 270mm (8 x 10¾"). Narrow margins.
A view of the Grand Armory on fire with soldiers in the courtyard tying to fight the fire. Some 60,000 items from the historical collection of armaments were destroyed.
[Ref: 56603] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Menagerie in the Tower.
[London: Tabart and Co., n.d., c.1808.]
Etching. Sheet 120 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Trimmed and stuck onto album paper.
A view of the Menagerie in the Tower of London. Two men and two children gaze up at a tiger inside the menagerie. The Menagerie closed for good in 1835, with many remaining animals sold to other zoos or travelling circuses. The Lion Tower was later demolished.
[Ref: 63138] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

This Armoury was Honoured by the Presence of Their Majesties King William the 4th and Queen Adelaide on the 5th August 1830.
Drawn by C. Caplin. Engraved by Ja.s Bedaway.
Printed by Gaywood & Longworth.
Scarce engraving. 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12¾"). Repaired tear on right.
A representation of a trophy commissioned to celebrate the State Visit of William IV and Queen Adelaide to the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London, 5th August 1830. They were received by Arthur, Duke of Wellington, who was Constable of the Tower. Placed on the Grand Staircase, it features a bust of the king surrounded by a variety of weapons, including relics of Blenheim and Waterloo. The trophy was destroyed in the fire in the Tower of London of 1841
[Ref: 54747] £380.00

This Armoury was Honoured by the Presence of Their Majesties King William the 4th and Queen Adelaide on the 5th August 1830.
Drawn by C. Caplin. Engraved by Ja.s Bedaway.
Printed by Gaywood & Longworth.
Scarce engraving. 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12¾").
A representation of a tablet commissioned to celebrate the State Visit of William IV and Queen Adelaide to the Royal Armories in the Tower of London. They were received by Arthur, Duke of Wellington, who was Constable of the Tower. Placed on the Grand Staircase, it features a bust of the king surrounded by a variety of weapons, including relics of Blenheim and Waterloo.
[Ref: 17488] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Tower Street Ward with their Divisions into Parishes according to a New Survey..
B. Cole sciulp.
[London, 1756.]
Engraved map with later hand colour. 370 x 245mm (14½ x 9¾"). Thread margins.
A plan of Tower Street Ward with the important buildings shown as elevations, including All Hallows Barking, and Custom House. It is dedicated to the local alderman, Thomas Chitty of the Salter Livery Company, who became Lord Mayor of London in 1759. Underneath are elevations of East India House in Leadenhall Street and Westminster Hall, neither of which are in the ward. From Maitland's Survey of London.
[Ref: 54193] £140.00

[ALS] D[ea]r Sir The proper quantity of chloroform to be taken in case of sea sickness is 20 drops in a cup of ...[?] or dram glass of brandy and at same time tighten` the belt around the body as much as you can bare. Both to be done before going on board. Yours Alex Miller[?]
Autograph letter signed, ink, addressed to 'Mr. A. Towgood', from his doctor, advising on the prevention of sea sickness prior to a voyage. Sheet 170 x 105mm, 6¾ x 4". Folds; sheet trimmed. Scarce item.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16508] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Town and Country Magazine] Frontispiece Vol VII. No 1.
I. Taylor f.
[1775.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½") very large margins.
An allegorical frontispiece for the 'Town and Country Magazine', featuring classical gods, including Apollo and Cupid, around a globe. Isaac Taylor's original artwork, a pen and ink sketch with grey wash, is in the Yale Center for British Art.
[Ref: 56786] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Dutch fortified towns.]
Jac. Harrewyn f. 1684.
Engraving. 300 x 380mm, 11¾ x 15".
25 plans of fortified city walls in Belgium and the Netherlands including Maestricht, Kampen, Devernter, Groningen.
[Ref: 16482] £180.00

Town Talks a Great Liar.
Pub March 5.th. 1812 by S W Fores 50 Picadilli.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Eighteenth Century watermark. Sheet: 380 x 255mm (15 x 10"). Trimmed within plate.
A figure, his head in his hands faces a second figure who sits across the table and holds up a publication headed 'Town Talk', behind him a third man raises his arm and shouts. On the floor lies a large sheet of paper signed TC (Thomas Coventry). The seated man, Thomas Coventry (1792-1869), a country parson, is being blackmailed by his rakish brother Lord Deerhurst for some indiscretion. On the wall behind them is a portrait of courtesan Suk Conway.
BM Satire: 11949.
[Ref: 38760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Honorable Lord John Townshend. To the Gentlemen of the Whig Club, and the Electors of the City and Liberty of Westminster This Plate is Dedicated by their most obedient faithful and humble Sert.t Will.m Austin.
Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones.
Published as the Act directs Mar. 25 1789 by Wm. Austin private Teacher of Drawing and Etching in York Street near St James's Church and the Surry Side of Westminster Bridge.
Fine mezzotint. 505 x 360mm (19¾ x 14¼"), with large margins. Repaired tear in left margin
Lord John Townshend (1757-1833), Whig M.P. for Cambridge University in 1780-4, Westminster from 1788-90 and Knaresborough 1793-1818. He became a Privy Councillor in 1806 and served as Paymaster of the Forces 1806-7.
[Ref: 55690] £360.00

The most noble George Marquis Townshend. Field Marshall of the Majesty's Forces, Colonal of the 2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards. Governor of Jersey. High Steward of Tamworth and Yarmouth. Lord Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of the County of Norfolk &c &c &c.
Painted by Sir Jos.a Reynolds. Engraved by C. Turner.
London Published Jany. 1. 1807, for the Proprietor by Charles Turner No.50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 660 x 380mm (26 x 15"). Scuffing to sheet.
Full length portrait of Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724 -1807), wearing armour, with his hand resting on a table, and a tent and cavalry behind him. Townshend fought at the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite Rising in 1745 and the Battle of Lauffeld during the War of the Austrian Succession in 1747. He served as a brigadier in Quebec, under General James Wolfe, and took command of the British forces during the siege of Quebec. He held General Wolfe in much contempt and was harshly criticized upon his return to Great Britain. Townshend was eventually promoted to general in 1782, and elevated to the marquessate in 1787. He became a field marshal on 30 July 1796, and was appointed Governor of Jersey until 1806.
[Ref: 32479] £420.00

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Townshend. Died in the26th Year of his Age (June 24th 1762) of the Wounds which he received in the Battle fought that day at Wilhelmstahl, between the Allied Army under the Command of H.S.H. Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick & the French Army commanded by the Marshalls d'Estrees and de Soubise.
J. M.Ardell Fecit [after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[n.d., c.1762.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 395 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Some toning of paper.
Henry Townshend, grandson of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, who died at the Battle of Wilhelmstahl, the last major battle fought by Ferdinand before the end of the Seven Years' War. He is shown in uniform, with a bust of John Manners, Marquess of Granby and overall commander of the British forces on the continent, behind him.
Chaloner Smith: 177, only state, but a proof-before-letters state recorded by CLB. Goodwin: 94 II of II; Hamilton: Not in. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See 34339 for uncoloured
[Ref: 34331] £350.00

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Townshend. Died in the 26th Year of his Age (June 24th 1762) of the Wounds which he received in the Battle fought that day at Wilhelmstahl, between the Allied Army under the Command of H.S.H. Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick & the French Army commanded by the Marshalls d'Estrees and de Soubise.
J. M.Ardell Fecit [after Sir Joshua Reynolds.]
[n.d., c.1762.]
Mezzotint, very fine impression with large margins. 395 x 280mm (15¼ x 11").
Henry Townshend, grandson of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, who died at the Battle of Wilhelmstahl, the last major battle fought by Ferdinand before the end of the Seven Years' War. He is shown in uniform, with a bust of John Manners, Marquess of Granby and overall commander of the British forces on the continent, behind him.
Goodwin: 94; Chaloner Smith: 177, state 1a, but another proof-before-letters state is recorded by CLB. From the Collection of Earl Mount Edgecombe. See 34331 for a printed in colour version. Ex Coll
[Ref: 34339] £360.00

Sydney [pencil autograph of John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney.]
[Painted by H. Von Angeli. Engraved by T.L. Atkinson.]
[London: Colnaghi & Co., 1881.]
Mezzotint on india laid paper, scarce presentation proof before all letters, limited to 25 impressions. 445 x 355mm, 17½ x 14". A strong impression.
A haughty looking John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney (1805 - 1890), politician and landowner. Printseller's Association blindstamp lower left. After Heinrich von Angeli (1840 - 1925).
Printseller's Association: pg.372.
[Ref: 15861] £330.00

[Thomas Townshend & Miss Warton] No. X The delectable Miss Wh_rt_n. No. XI. The Vigilant Secretary.
London, Publish'd by A. Hamilton Jun.r Fleet Street May 1. 1784.
Engraving. Sheet: 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate.
Two bust portraits set in ovals illustrating the account of Thomas Townshend (1733-1800) later Baron Sydney who served as Secretary of State for the Home department during Pitt's administration and a Miss Wharton who was the daughter of an apothecary. Sydney, Australia, was named after him. Wharton, after being left in financial difficulty following the death of her father, was induced to become the mistress of a French marquis and then the Duke of Queensbury until she was saved by Sydney. From the 'Histories of the Tête à Tête annexed...' series that appeared in 'Town and Country Magazine', a monthy magazine which featured articles on the scandals and romantic affairs of the nobility.
BM Satire 6681.
[Ref: 45514] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord Sydney.] 29.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Published by Ja.s Bretherton 14.th July 1784.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Caricature portrait of Thomas Townshend (1733 - 1800), 1st Viscount Sydney, standing with his hat held out in his right hand, his left on his sword. He served as Pitt's Secretary of State for the Home Department. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is named after him.
BM Satires 6640.
[Ref: 60067] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Townsville, Queensland.
J. Carr. S. Bradshaw.
London, Virtue & Co. Limited. [n.d. c.1873-76.]
Steel engraving. 216 x 272mm. 8½ x 10¾".
Townsville, Queensland. A view looking across the Ross River, which no runs through the city. From "Australia" by Edwin Carton Booth.
NLA:265697
[Ref: 20769] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Toy Shop.
[n.d., c.1790].
Etching, very rare. Sheet: 120 x 125mm (4¾ x 5"). Trimmed within plate. Sightly foxed.
Scene set within a decorative oval in which two woman stand in a toy shop, one looks in a box and weeps while the shop keeper leans over the counter looking concerned. The eighteenth century 'toyshop' was not restricted only to children's playthings but sold all sorts of trinkets and decorative items and 'toymen' would often double as jewellers and watchmakers.
[Ref: 35104] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Grandmother Easy's] Wonders of a Toy-Shop.
[London: Dean & Co., 1852.]
8 hand-coloured wood-engravings, last 2 sheets repro; each sheet c. 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Laid on album sheets with other scraps.
The complete set of eight scenes of a toyshop owner showing children around his stock, explained with humourous quadrains, including cricket bats, racquets and stuffed animals etc. but lacking the illustrated covers of the pamphlet.
[Ref: 56186] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Cut-outs for a toy theatre] No. 74.
Albrecht Schmidt excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1720.]
Engraving with hand colour, 18th century watermark. Sheet 305 x 370mm (12 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears.
Figures and furniture for a bedroom scene, with a bed with awnings, toys including a horse on wheels and a hobby-horse, babies in swaddling and nurses.
[Ref: 57595] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Cut-outs for a toy theatre] No. 53.
Albrecht Schmidt excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1720.]
Engraving with hand colour. Sheet 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"), with an 18th century watermark. Creasing.
Figures for an outdoor scene, with men, women and children, dogs, cats and fowl.
[Ref: 57596] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Toy theatre stage with two backdrops and seven actor pieces] Théâtre de société.
All lithographed with hand-colouring and gum arabic, in original green folder. Incomplete
Incomplete set of a French toy theatre.
[Ref: 41220] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ichander
[probably published by William West, 1818]
Mixed-media, total area 110 x 85mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet.
One of a set of toy theatre figures depicting characters from the play 'El Hyder' as performed at the Royal Coburg Theatre.
[Ref: 44499] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

La Francaise
[probably published by William West, 1827]
Mixed-media, with glued on material additions, total area 110 x 85mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet.
One of a set of toy theatre figures.
[Ref: 44498] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Michael Burne.
[probably published by William West, 1827]
Mixed-media, with glued on material additions, total area 110 x 85mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet.
One of a set of toy theatre figures depicting characters from the play 'Casco Bay, or the Mutineers of 1727'.
[Ref: 44496] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Omar
[probably published by William West, 1827]
Mixed-media, with glued on material additions, total area 110 x 85mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet.
One of a set of toy theatre figures depicting characters from the play 'El Hyder' as performed at the Royal Coburg Theatre.
[Ref: 44497] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Sprite. No 38.
London Published by J. Redington, 73, Hoxton Street, Formerly called 208 Hoxton Old Town. [n.d., c.1849.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 215 x 175mm (8½ x 7").
A fantastical character with pointed ears. John Redington published toy theatres; this seems to be a figure to be cut out and mounted on board for use with the theatre.
[Ref: 44230] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

St. David of Wales.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. Image: c. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 9"). Cut around and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of St David, patron saint of Wales, mounted on horseback.
[Ref: 44730] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Centenary Souvenir 1835-1935 Toye & Co Ltd. Masonic Specialists Goldsmiths Silversmiths Embroiderers Lacemen Liverpool London Manchester.
Embossed gold leaf on card, 230 x 175mm.
A 1935 souvenir album cover commemorating 100 years of Toye & Company, specialists in masonic regalia. They still trade to this day in insignia, uniforms and accoutrements as Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd.
[Ref: 7396] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Marchande de Moulins a vent. pleurez, pleurez petits enfants, vous aurez des moulins de vent. No. 64.
Carle Vernet. S. lith de Delpech.
[Paris, n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 300 x 140mm (11¾ x 5½").
A woman selling toys including windmills, parasols and drums from a basket. One of a series, 'Cris de Paris', depicting Parisian street vendors, lithographed by François Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825) after Antoine Charles Horace (Carle) Vernet (1758-1836).
[Ref: 33232] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Trade Card/Advertisement.] Gueusquin Restaurateur, Au Bois D'Aulnay.
Ryikebus.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Woodcut, sheet 175 x 110mm. 7 x 4¼". Sheet trimmed. Horizontal creases.
A curious tree-house restaurant flying the French flag atop; figures including a waiter in the foreground. Presumably a gimmicky piece of advertising from a periodical for a French restaurant.
[Ref: 12207] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Mc. Lean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No. 53. A Meeting of the Trades's Union. A Sunday ''Turn Out'' of the Trades' Unions.
[by Robert Seymour.] A Du Cote Lithog. 70 St Martin's Lane.
[Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London. May 1st, 1834.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 350 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Small tear in bottom margin.
Two satires on one sheet. At top a speaker lists what he doesn't want: ''No king, no Lords... no taxes, no transportation, no nothing''. Underneath columns of workers march out of gin palaces.
BM: 1868,0808.12343.
[Ref: 51682] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Susanna Assner.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Etching. Sheet size: 60 x 95mm (2½ x 3¾"). Trimmed to image.
A late 18th century German carte de visite for Susanna Assner. A young woman sits reading by a tomb in a woodland scene.
[Ref: 37268] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Frame Label.] Richard Farrington, Carber and Gilder, In the Painter-Heugh, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sells all Sorts of Looking Glass Frames, Picture Frames, &c. Ornaments and Moldings of all kinds, in Wood or Stone, for the Decoration of Chimney Pieces, Rooms, &c. Executed in the Newest Taste...
[n.d., c.1800.]
Very rare letterpress. Sheet: 175 x 140mm (7 x 5½''). Paper tone.
A frame label for a framer in Newcastle.
[Ref: 51128] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[A collection of Trade Cards in four Albums.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Scrap albums. Sizes: 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). 255 x 360mm (10 x 14"). 295 x 445mm (11½ x 17½").
A fabulous collection of Trade cards in four albums 1840-1860's, Business cards, and invitations put together by Fanny van Beveren as titled on the cover board of one of her albums of over 1500 items including most trades, hotels, kitchen equipment, perfumes etc. A unique record of mainly Belgium industrial and shop industry. Includes in ink a listing of a journey from Colbenz on 21/7/1844 amd finishing 20/10/1844 in Bruxelles, via Germany, Sweden, Russia, Odessa, Constantimople, Greece, in quarantine, Ancona, Trieste, Verona then Germany and finally Bruxelles by Pierre van Derbon and Edward de Doncker. They travelled to the cities of Liege, Gand, Bruges, Louvain, Anvers, Brussels, Lille, Constantinople, Stockholm, Athens, Ems, Cologne, Bonn, Berlin, Amsterdam.
[Ref: 39564] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

[Trades.] Tab: XX.
D. Chodowiecki del. Schleuen fc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 190 x 240mm (7½ x 9½"), with large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed to plate on left edge.
Four scenes showing various trades including blacksmiths, carriage makers, men working a spit and wagons and barges being loaded. From a series engraved by Johann David Schleuen (1711-1771) after Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46416] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Trades and Professions.] Tab XLVIII.
D. Chodowiecki inv: & sculp.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"), with large margins. Marking.
Three scenes showing various trades and professions. The first shows figures walking to a classical building, the second shows a teacher instructing a class of young boys, on the walls are various diagrams of anatomy, botany and a rhinoceros. The final scene shows a preacher leading a congregation. From a series by German artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46417] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Trades and Professions.] Tab LV.
[D. Chodowiecki.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9½"), with large margins.
Four scenes showing various trades and professions. The top left scene shows men working on various furs to make hats and coats, the second scene shows a tanner working on a hide. The third scene shows a potter working at a potter's wheel while other figures work in the pottery; the final scene shows a glass blower blowing glass. The final scene shows a preacher leading a congregation. From a series by German artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46418] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Trades and Professions.] Tab. XIV.
D. Chodowiecki del. G. Chodowiecki sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9½"), large margins. Light foxing.
Two vignettes, the first showing a carriage driving through a landscape, the second shows various barges and rafts being sailed or pulled down a river. From a series by German artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
[Ref: 46419] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

John Tradescant (the younger.) Physick Gardener to Cha.s I. "From a Drawing" - Woodburn's Gallery. [in pencil]
[n.d. c.1800]
Stipple with etching, plate 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5½"). Tipped into album sheet.
Half length portrait of John Tradescant the younger (1608–62) with shoulder length curled hair and short beard. His left hand sits at chest, holding key on chain. Tradescant was a botanist and gardener and son of John Tradescant the Elder. The standard author abbreviation Trad. is applied to species he described.
W 2966-3.
[Ref: 61116] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

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