Grosvenor Prints

[Nicholas Vansittart] The Minister of Vice, or the Great Go, Parent of all the little Goes.
Marks fec.t
London Pubd. May 15th 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at margins.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Vansittart (1766-1851), Baron Bexley, stands between a quaker and a lottery contractor. The quaker questions him about the dichotomy of Vansittart’s religious views and his support for the lottery.
BM Satires 13236 with extensive description.
[Ref: 64191] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The fortunate escape of Capt.n Cook from the furious Natives of Erramangea.
Granger delin. Warren sculp.
[n.d. c.1778.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Trimmed within plate top and bottom. Slight stain top right.
The landing of Captain Cook's men on the island of Eromanga, Vanuatu, on the 4th August 1774, resisted by a crowd of hostile locals.
[Ref: 64006] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Ein Offizier unter der Varasdiner Infanterie. 47.
C.P. Maj. Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A. V.
[n.d. c.1746]
Fine hand coloured engraving, plate 300 x 190mm (11¾ x 7½") Small margins. Printer's crease on left. Some time staining.
The uniform of a Varasdin Officer, he stands holding a stick and smoking a pipe. From Englebrecht's, "Theatre de la milice etrangere: Schau-Bühne verschiedener bisher in Teutschland unbekant gewester Soldaten von ausländischer Nationen."
[Ref: 62855] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[John II Casimir Vasa] Johannes Casimirus Dei Gratia Rex = Poloniæ, Mag: Dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Masoviæ...
Avec privilegio [n.d. c.1660.]
Engraving. 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"), set in a wood-engraved border and German letterpress, very large margins.
John II Casimir Vasa (1609-1672), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, last ruler from the House of Vasa, abdicated 1668. From a German edition of Lundorp's 'Laurea Austriaca'.
[Ref: 57738] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John II Casimir Vasa] Johannes Rex Poloniæ Sueciæ, Magnus Dux Lithuania'. etc. Ao 1668.
W.P. Kilian sc.
[n.d. c.1692.]
Engraving. 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"), set in a wood-engraved border and German letterpress, very large margins.
John II Casimir Vasa (1609-1672), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, last ruler from the House of Vasa, abdicated 1668. Engraved by Johannes Wolfgang Philipp Kilian (1654-1732)
[Ref: 57739] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

2. [A vase with a scene of pagan devotion.]
Polydorus de Caravagio I. Romae CAB [monogram of Cherubino Alberti].
[Rome, c.1592.]
Engraving. 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"). Small margins. Mounted in album paper at edges.
One of ten numbered plates after Polidoro da Caravaggio, derived from a series that had been painted by Polidoro above the first floor windows of the Palazzo Milesi in the via della Maschera d'Oro in Rome.
BM: 1874,0808.562. B.162
[Ref: 62307] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Inscription on the reverse Side of the Vase. Presented By the Officers Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of the Earl of Chester's Legion to their Colonel Sir Iohn Fleming Leicester Bart. In Testimony of their Great Regard and As a just Tribute to his Active and unceasing Zeal and Attention towards them on all Occasions October 22.d 1813.
Drawn and Etched by G. Cuitt 1814.
Fine etching, printed on india. Plate: 470 x 315mm (18½ x 12½''). Slight foxing.
A print of a vase presented to Sir John Fleming Leicester (1762-1827).
[Ref: 49723] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Vases a la mode nouvelle.
chez Jean Martin Will à Augsbourg [c.1770].
Etching, platemark 195 x 260mm (7¾ x 10¼"), large margins.
Vases etched by Johann Martin Will (1727-1806), Augsburg-based engraver who designed mezzotints for the English market and also copied British prints.
[Ref: 41396] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Al Fondator di Roma io leggo in volto. Quanto di grande in quella entro è raccolto.
Caval Sebastian Conca inven. Guiseppe Vasi incise.
[n.d., c.1747.]
Etching. Plate: 290 x 200mm, (11½ x 8"); very large margins. Foxing in margins.
The frontispiece to 'Della magnificenze di Roma antica e modern, Roma', 1747 by Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782). A scene in which a figure in armour points to a fortified building, while the figure of the river Tiber holds a spade, his arm resting on a vase.
[Ref: 40784] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Captain Spencer Vassall, Royal Navy. [Ex-libris bookplate/label.]
Bunnell sc.
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Engraved armorial bookplate, on paper, with humorous motto 'Every Bullet has its Billet'. Sheet 115 x 75mm. 4½ x 3". A little creased; chipped at lower right edge.
The interesting design incorporates a goblet, three-masted warship, and the fortress at Montevideo, Uruguay; also the half-sun national symbol of that country. Britain was involved in various naval operations during the struggle for independence of European possessions in South America in the first half of the 19th century. The 1828 Treaty of Montevideo, fostered by the United Kingdom, gave birth to Uruguay as an independent state. Spencer Lambert Hunter Vassall was born on 17 May 1799 and died at 29, Hyde Park Gardens on 29 May 1846. He served in the Royal Navy, attaining the rank of Lieutenant in 1819 and Commander in 1827.
[Ref: 25959] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Lord Holland and Lord John Russell in consultation on the Bill for the abolition of The Sacramental Test, This Plate is dedicated to the friends of Religious Liberty.
Painted and Engraved by H. Hughes.
[n.d., c.1828.]
Rare hand-coloured mezzotint. Sheet: 455 x 340mm (18 x 13¼''). Trimmed and damage in margins, stains and paper tones.
A double portrait showing Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840) sitting in a chair and Lord John Russell (1792-1878) standing beside him. The portrait commemorates the Scramental Test Bill which repealed the requirement for MPs to take communion in the Church of England.
[Ref: 50551] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Vassall-Fox] The Right Hon.ble Henry Lord Holland.
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds.
London, Published Oct.r 13. 1806, by S.W. Reynolds, N.º 47, Poland Street.
Mezzotint. 655 x 460mm (25¾ x 18"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, tear entering image on left taped, very small worm hole in image. Small margins.
A full-length portrait of Henry Vassall-Fox (1773-1840), 3rd baron, seated by a bust of his uncle, Charles James Fox, spaniel by his chair. A Whig polititican, he served as Lord Privy Seal 1806-7 in the Ministry of All the Talents, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1830-4 and 1835-40.
Whitman 146, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67743] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Lord Holland.]
E. B. Morris Pinx.t. R. Woodman Sculp.t. 1838.
Stipple, very large margins, rare. On india. Plate: 150 x 230mm (6 x 9"). Some paper tone. Foxing. Damage to lower right corner.
A half portrait of Henry Vassell-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), a British politician, seated in a large armchair. In his hand Lord Holland holds a scroll titled 'A Circular The American Settlement for Jewish Proselytes.' Vassell-Fox was an advocate for Jewish emancipation in Britain and supported figures such as Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid who became the first Jew to be given a baronetcy.
[Ref: 35477] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

61. The Church of St. Peter at Rome. L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome. Built in the Pontificates of Pope Juilius II. Paul III. and Paul V. _Was more than 140 Years in compleating._Bramante, Michael Angelo, &c. Architects.
London. Printed for Bowles & Carver. No.69. St.Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving plate 280 x 420mm (11 x 16½), with large margins.
A bird's-eye view of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican with the Colonades of the St. Peter Plaza planned by Gianlorenzo Bernini. The Architect Bernini died in Rome in November 1680; best known for his paintings & sculpture.
[Ref: 56292] £380.00

Iohannes Vaughan Miles Capitalis Just. de Com: Banco. Ano: 1674.
R. White sculp.
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 160mm (9¾ x 6¼"). Trimmed to border and laid on album paper. Toning and foxing.
John Vaughan (1639-1731), 3rd Earl of Carbery and Governor of Jamaica (1675-78). He was known for being corrupt throughout his governance and had a general reputation for lewd decadence.
[Ref: 53746] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, Bart. M.P.]
[Charles Turner.]
[1833.]
A rare mezzotint on india laid paper, proof before letters, 560 x 410mm. 22 x 16". Tear from above to edge of image; a strong, well-inked impression.
Sir Robert Williames Vaughan (1768-1843), sitting on an attractive armchair in an interior. Of Nannan, Merionethshire, which county he representes in Parliament. After Sir Martin Archer Shee (1769 - 1850).
Whitman: 582 (unnumbered state).
[Ref: 14129] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[William Vaughan]
P.L. [Peter Lely] Pinxit. I.F. [John Faber jnr] Fecit. 1745.
Scarce Mezzotint. 125 x 100mm (5 x 4"), large margins. Margins spotted.
A bust portrait in a masonry oval of William Vaughan, wearing an embroidered jacket with a fur collar and fur hat. Challoner Smith describes him as being of 'Horsegeddol' (Corsygedol, Merioneth), probably William Vaughan (c. 1707-75), MP for Merionethshire 1734-68 and Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire 1762-75; the BM suggests he may be the Portsmouth-based merchant and colonial official William Vaughan (1640-1719).
CS 362, 'two known'. BM 1902,1011.1922.
[Ref: 67333] £350.00

How to Vault in the Saddle. Or a New Invented Patent Crane for the Accomodation or Rheumatic Rump'd Rectors. 270.
Rowlandson del 1813 [but later].
Coloured etching. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Staining in left edge.
A clergyman is hoisted onto his horse by a pulley-system attached to the wall of the rectory, with two girls pulling on a rope tied around his waist.
[Ref: 58297] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

N.as L.is Vauquelin (Chimiste), Membre de l'Académie des Science, de la société royale de Londres et Professeur au Jardin du Roi. Ne à Hebertot (D.t du Calvados) le 16 Mai 1763.
Dessiné d'apres Nature en 1824 et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 211 x 146mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Cut to platemark.
Nicolas Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829) the French pharmacist and chemist. In 1798 he discovered beryllium by extracting it from an emerald and reducing the beryllium chloride with potassium in a platinum crucible. A year prior to this he had discovered chromium in a red lead ore from Siberia. In 1806 he isolated the amino acid asparagine from asparagus, and also discovered pectin and malic acid in apples, and isolated camphoric acid and quinic acid. In 1809 he was made professor at the University of Paris.
W: 3036-5.
[Ref: 29636] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Bridge Now Building over the Thames at Vauxhall. The metropolis having extended upwards along the banks of the Thames, & inclosed within its bounds the villages of Lambeth & Vauxhall on one side, & Chelsea on the other, a magnificient Bridge, for the Purpose of connecting these western limits of the town is now constructing, of which this plate gives a correct view, & also of the intended range of buildings on Mill-bank. This important work promises to be not only a great public convenience, but an ornament to the Capital, equally honourable to the taste & public spirit of the Individuals at whose expence it has been undertaken. It will consist of seven arches of which the middle one will be 110 feet span, the two adjoining arches 106, the next two 100, & the two land arches 90 feet each; producing a water way of 702 feet & giving to the whole an extent of 920 feet from side to side. It will be composed of the Dundee stone which is of great hardness & durability. This Bridge is designed by John Rennie Esq.r Civil Engineer & is executing under his direction. To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, this print is dedicated by his Royal Highnesses most obedient and devoted servant. William Daniell.
Drawn & Engraved by W.m Daniell & Published by him at No.9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, and by Mess.rs Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown,Paternoster Row, London. Nov.r 15, 1810.
Coloured aquatint. 500 x 860mm (19¾ x 34"). Tears in edges repaired.
A view of London with John Rennie's proposed Vauxhall Bridge in the foreground, with Westminster Abbey behind on the left and Lambeth Palace and St. Paul's Cathedral on the right. The Thames is filled with small river craft depicted in fine detail. The scene was created in pure aquatint, with no engraved line, even for the rigging of the boats. The Vauxhall Bridge Company commissioned John Rennie to design and built this stone bridge, and the foundation stone was laid in May 1811. However the company got into financial difficulties and decided to build an iron bridge instead. A new plan by Rennie was rejected and a nine-arch iron bridge designed by Samuel Bentham was completed in 1816, demolished 1898.
Not in Adams.
[Ref: 23091] £1,950.00

[Vauxhall Bridge] This Plate exhibiting a Picturesque Elevation of the Iron Bridge Erected over the Thames at Vauxhall, under the Direction of James Walker, Engineer, & compleated A.D. 1816, Is respectfully Dedicated to the Vauxhall Bridge Company, by their very Obedient & humble Servant, Sam.l Cossart.
Sam.l Cossart del. J.s Basire, sculp.
Publishedas the Act directs, Nov.r 1, 1816.
Coloured engraving. 310 x 630mm (12¼ x 24¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, tears taped, some soiling.
The first Vauxhall Bridge, opened as a toll bridge in 1816, replaced 1906. A scale bar is drawn on a raft of timber lower right.
See [Ref: 68446] for one in black and white.
[Ref: 56685] £350.00

[Vauxhall Bridge] This Plate exhibiting a Picturesque Elevation of the Iron Bridge Erected over the Thames at Vauxhall, under the Direction of James Walker, Engineer, & compleated A.D. 1816, Is respectfully Dedicated to the Vauxhall Bridge Company, by their very Obedient & humble Servant, Sam.l Cossart.
Sam.l Cossart del. J.s Basire, sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Nov.r 1, 1816.
Engraving. 295 x 620mm (11¾ x 24½"). Trimmed and edges backed onto album paper at edges. Fold down right side.
The first Vauxhall Bridge, opened as a toll bridge in 1816, replaced 1906. A scale bar is drawn on a raft of timber lower right.
See [Ref: 56685] for one with colour.
[Ref: 68446] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Thames, Near Vaux[hall B]ridge.
Sketched from Nature & on Stone by Frederic Martens. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
[London Published by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. 14, Newman St. October, 1829.]
Etching. Sheet 135 x 200mm (5¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to image, losing publication line at bottom, title with printed loss.
A view of the Thames at Vauxhall, with river traffic, a windmill and chimneys. Frédéric Vincent Martens (born Friedrich von Martens, 1806–1885) was an Italian-French photographer, engraver, and inventor based mainly in Paris, though he also worked across Europe. He is best known as a pioneer of panoramic photography.
[Ref: 68831] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Vauxhall Bridge.
No.17, R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. Pub. May. 1. 1817.
Coloured aquatint. 152 x 235mm. 6 x 9¼".
Vauxhall Bridge, London with vessels on the Thames; the sun breaking through the clouds. Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it did cover all of these fields. At the time, it was considered to be of great influence to the English taste in fashion, architecture, and literature.
[Ref: 26088] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Taking Water for Vauxhall. Be cautious my Love_don't expose your Leg.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1790
Engraving. 200 x 150 (8 x 6"). Trimmed to plate at top, laid on album paper.
A woman, assisted by two men, gets into a small boat on the north side of the Thames to cross the river to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens. The topography is invented.
BM Satires 7801.
[Ref: 64208] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Taking Water for Vauxhall Be cautious my Love_don't expose your Leg.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1790.
Engraving. 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"), partial 18th century watermark.. Mint.
A woman, assisted by two men, gets into a small boat on the north side of the Thames to cross the river to the Vauxhall pleasure gardens. The topography is invented.
[Ref: 57791] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Vauxhall Gardens] The Adieu to the Spring-Gardens. To the R.t Hon. ye Earl of Anglesea, These four Plates are humbly Inscrib'd.
Bickham sc.
[n.d., 1737.
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 325 x 195mm (12¾ x 7¾"). Narrow margins.
A music sheet with a scene in Vauxhall Gardens, illustrating a song with words by John Lockman and music by William Boyce. No XIII of 'The Musical Entertainer'.
[Ref: 57799] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Vauxhall Garden.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. Octr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"), large margins. Tear into image.
An illuminated band stand at Vauxhall Gardens, a pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Revellers dance in the foreground. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 88.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 89.
[Ref: 56119] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Perspective View of Vaux Hall Garden.
J. Maurer delin et Sculp.
London Publish'd according to act of Parliament 1744. Printed for John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Etching and engraving 280 x 425mm (11 x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate and folded, one half glued to a backing sheet.
A busy scene in the pleasure garden, Vauxhall Gardens. Many people socialise amongst the trees and pavillions; some sit at tables eating and dining. One pavillion holds an orchestra providing musical entertainment to the visitors.
[Ref: 55021] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Inside of the Elegant Music Room in Vaux Hall Gardens. Le dedans du Concert Elegant aux Jardins du Vaux Hall. 5.
S. Wale delin. H. Roberts Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Bowles & Card, 69, S.t Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1800].
Etching. 295 x 445mm (11¾ x 17½"). Repaired tear left centre, mounted on card at corners.
An ornate roccoco interior with figures including a young man courting a woman to the right, watched by her chaperone behind; busts around the walls. First published by John Bowles c.1751.
[Ref: 62805] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Chinese Pavillions and Boxes in Vaux Hall Gardens.
S. Wale delin. T. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Bowles & Card, 69, S.t Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1800].
Coloured etching. 285 x 410mm (11¼ x 16"). Some creasing through inscription area and through top of plate.
A view of promenaders in a semi-circular colonnade interjected with three elaborately decorated domed structures. First published by John Bowles c.1751.
[Ref: 62806] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens. Showing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens. Vue Detaille des Jardins de Vaux Hall.
Wale delin.t I.S. Muller sculp.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 290 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate, cracks in folds, mounted in album paper. Publication line removed.
An elevated view of Vauxhall Gardens from Kennington Lane. On the left is the Chinese pavillion and the conical roof of the 'Elegant music room'; on the right is Roubiliac's statue of Handel.
[Ref: 62807] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Vauxhall Gardens, shewing the Grand Walk at the entrance of the Garden, and the Orchestra, with the Musick Playing. La Grande allée a l'entrée des Jardins de Vauxhall. L'Orchestra, et les Musiciens.
Wale delin. Muller sc.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Nov.r 25 1751. Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. et à Paris chez Mésard rue Grenelat a la Renomée de la Cornemuse.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark; 280 x 405mm (11 x 16"). Tear entering plate taped.
A vue-d'optique (with the image reversed) of promenaders in Vauxhall Gardens, under the bandstand.
[Ref: 62808] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

The Triumphal Arches, Mr Handels Statue &c, in the South Walk of Vauxhall Gardens. Les Arcs de Triomphe avec la Statue du celebre musicien Handel dans les Jardins de Vauxhall.
S. Wale delin.t. J.S. Muller sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1780].
Engraving with fine hand colour, 1809 watermark. 285 x 420mm (11¼ x 16½") large margins. Creasing, damps stains.
A view of the south walk of Vauxhall Gardens, close to the succession of triumphal arches; Roubiliac's statue of Handel to the right with the colonnade behind; elegantly dressed figures in foreground.
[Ref: 64326] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Vauxhall Garden. Plate 88.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. Octr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1808 watermark; plate 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"), with large margins.
An illuminated band stand at Vauxhall Gardens, a pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Revellers dance in the foreground. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 89.
[Ref: 62776] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Center Cross Walk & C. in Vauxhall Gardens. Vüe de Centre de la Grande Alleé du Jardin de Vauxhall.
[Ca]naleti delin.t. E. Rooker scu.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament [Laurie & Whittle, 1794?].
Coloured engraving. Mounted in album paper, sight size 245 x 385mm (9¾ x 15¼"). Left edge of image obscured by mount, losing part of inscription; some creasing and scuffing on image, pasted on backboard of a leather-bound album.
A view of promenaders in Vauxhall Gardens, in front of a theatrical backdrop with a view of a ruined Roman viaduct. Originally published by Sayer in 1751, this example has the date erased and a possible publication line hidden by the mount.
[Ref: 60356] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens, shewing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens.
Wale delin.t. I.S. Muller Sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 290 x 410mm (11½ x 16"). Repaired tear just entering plate but not image.
An elevated view of the pleasure gardens at Vauxhall as it was in the 1750s. On the left is the Chinese pavillion, and Roubiliac's famous statue of Handel is on the right. Probably published in an edition of Stowe's Survey.
Not in Longford; for the statue of Handel see ref. 17181.
[Ref: 19587] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens. Showing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens. Vue Detaille des Jardins de Vaux Hall.
Wale delin.t I.S. Muller sculp.
London, Printed for R. Wilkinson in Cornhill, and Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1809].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 285 x 405mm (11¼ x 16"), with wide margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1809'.
An elevated view of Vauxhall Gardens from Kennington Lane.
[Ref: 56291] £360.00

A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens. Shewing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens. Vüe Détaillee des Jardins de Vaux Hall.
Wale delin.t I.S. Muller sculp.
Published by F. West 83, Fleet Street, London. [n.d. c.1830.]
Engraving. Plate 292 x 412mm (11½ x 16¼").
A bird's eye view over Vauxhall Gardens with figures surrounding the Bandstand and the Prince of Wales's pavilion in the centre, triumphal arches at right and supper boxes at either side of the gardens; the conical roof of the 'Elegant music room' at extreme left.
[Ref: 30358] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Citizen at Vauxhall.
Collings del. Smith sculp.
Published as the Act directs, by Harrison & Co July 1, 1784.
Engraving. 180 x 225mm (7 x 8¾"). Original folds, wear to left edge.
A family stand outside the orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens. The stout wife puts a handkerchief round her husband's neck to protect him from the night air. Her daughter holds her fan to her face, flirting with a beau in the middle distance who inspects her through his glass. Musicians play on the first floor. The illustration was published as the frontispiece to the June issue 'The Wit's Magazine', accompanying the 'Humourous Description of a Citizen and his family at Vauxhall' which is transcribed without acknowledgement from the essay of Colman and Thornton in 'The Connoisseur' (May 10, 1755).
BM Satires 6741.
[Ref: 53394] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Building Houses with Cards from an Original Painting in Vauxhall Gardens.
[after Francis Hayman]
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1743].
Engraving, 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11"), with very large margins. Some surface dirt. Holes in left margin where previously bound. Nicks to edges of paper.
Interior scene of a group gathered around a man seated at a round table as he builds a house of cards. A figure leaning in from the left blows at the structure, causing it to collapse, while the seated man and another man standing behind him in outdoor dress look on in dismay. In the right foreground, two young children construct their own house of cards at a small table. Open doors in the background reveal a garden.
[Ref: 69487] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

View of Vauxhall Iron Bridge.
Publish'd Aug.t 20. 1816. by Whittle & Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Fine coloured engraving. Plate 285 x 440mm (11¼ x 17½"). Some creases, small margins.
View of the Vauxhall Iron Bridge, with moored boats to the left an the bridge beyond; a windmill can be seen in the distance to the left.
Adams (London): 191.29. Crace: IV.14.
[Ref: 53602] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Grand South Walk in Vaux Hall Gardens, with the Triumphal Arches, Mr Handel's Statue, &c. Vüe de la Grande promenade du Coté du Sud, des jardins de Vauxhalle, avec L'Arck de Triomphé, la Statue de Mr. Handels &c.
Canaleti delin. J.S.Müller sculp.
Re-Publish'd 12.th May 1794. by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Engraving. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed into plate at top, narrow margins left and bottom, small tear entering inscription area, creases.
View near the west end of the South Walk of Vauxhall Gardens, the succession of triumphal arches towards the end of the walk; Roubiliac's statue of Handel to the right on a plinth, the colonnade behind.
[Ref: 63584] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vazie's Royal Patent [To left:] Harness without Collar or Breeching. Horses having thus the free use of their Shoulders and Wind, are enabled to draw with greater Power, Speed, and Ease; and without Galling. 10 to 16 Guineas Pr. Pair. [To right:] Diagonal Girths, which, without Breast Plate or Crupper Completely secure the Saddle from removing, render it easy to the Rider, and particularly safe for Ladies. _ 6s to 10s. 6d. Pr. Pair.
No. 20 Vere Street, Oxford Street.
Etching, sheet 240 x 340mm. 9½ x 13½". Surface soiling.
Rare illustrated advertisement for a new type of harness and saddle.
[Ref: 8977] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Lavinia Vecellio.] Iohannina Vesella Pictressa, filie prima da Titiano.
Titanus pinxit, W.Hollar fecit. Francifous vanden Wyngarde excudit. Ex: Collectione Iohannis et Iacobi van Verle.
1650.
Etching. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½") large margins.
Portrait of Lavinia Vecellio (1530 - 1577), daughter of Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/0 - 1576) known in English as Titian, Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, 'from Cadore', taken from his native region.
Pennington 1511 iii of iii.
[Ref: 65525] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Adriaen Van Venne. Natieff de Delft en l'an 1599….il tient sa Residence a la Haye. '59' annotated in ink.
A van Veen pinxit. W: Hollar fecit.
[n.d. c.1694]. I: Meyssens excudit.
Engraving. Plate 165 x 114mm. 6½ x 4½". Laid on sheet.
Self-portrait of the Flemish artist and poet Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp. Below the portrait is a biographical note, as Pennington notes, 'in execrable French'. A black chalk drawing by Hollar for this etching is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Pennington: 1514 [iii/v.]
[Ref: 24058] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Adriaen Van Venne. Natieff de Delft en l'an 1599….il tient sa Residence a la Haye. '59' annotated in ink.
A van Veen pinxit. W: Hollar fecit. I: Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm. Some foxing and paper discolouration.
Self-portrait of the Flemish artist and poet Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp. Below the portrait is a biographical note, as Pennington notes, 'in execrable French'. A black chalk drawing by Hollar for this etching is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
P. 1356. III.
[Ref: 4227] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

A Vegetable Market.
Painted by Ja. Ward Painter & Engraver to H.R.H. Prince of Wales. Engraved by Wm. Ward.
London. Pub. May 1, 1803 by Messrs. Wards & Co. No. 6 Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 410 x 485mm.
A prolific artist, James Ward. R.A (1769-1859) was one of the finest animal, portrait, and landscape painters of Regency England. Brittle, pious, and argumentative, Ward worked well into the mid-19th century, creating dynamic compositions that epitomized Romanticism. He was devoted to the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, and emulated them more than any of his contemporaries.
Frankau, Ref: 303.
[Ref: 6468] £1,450.00

A Brief Description Of Prince Charles, (Charles The First) Painted at Madrid, in 1623, By Velasquez, When the Prince's Marriage with the Infanta was proposed- Now Exhibiting At No.21, Old Bond-Street, London.
[John Snare? n.d. c.1847]
Rare letterpress, sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½").
A letterpess advertising the Velázquez portrait of Prince Charles (later Charles I) that was exhibited at 21 Old Bond Street in London in 1847. John Snare (c.1808-84) was a bookseller and publisher from Reading, England, whose life was transformed by his 1845 discovery of a lost Velázquez painting, which he believed depicted a young Charles Stuart. Thought to have been painted during Charles’ 1623 visit to Spain, the portrait sparked a long legal battle with the Earl of Fife’s estate, leading to Snare’s financial ruin. He later emigrated to New York, where he died in 1884. The painting, last seen in 1885 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has since disappeared, with only Snare’s written accounts remaining.
[Ref: 66011] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Jan Vande velde Fecit.
Claes Janss Visscher Excudebat Anno 1616.
Etched titlepage. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Thread margins top and bottom, mounted on album paper.
The titlepage for one of the five parts of the series 'Sixty Landscapes' after Jan van der Velde II.
[Ref: 60217] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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