Grosvenor Prints

Siskin IIIa.
Geoffrey Watson [signed in pencil]
Etching, 260 x 340mm. 10¼ x 13¼". Slight line across sky.
Etching by Geoffrey Watson, who produced a series of prints showing aircraft in flight. The Armstrong Whitworth Siskin, one of the first RAF fighters designed after World War I. They were used by RAF squadrons between 1924 and 1932. First RAF air display took place at Hendon in July 1920.
[Ref: 14828] £350.00

[St. Etienne du Mont, Paris. Interior.]
Charles J. Watson 1906
Etching, 205 x 230mm. (8 x 9"). Outside of frame 530 x 440mm (21 x 17¼"). Pencil signature bottom left. Unexamined out of frame.
Atmospheric view of the spiralling staircases of the famous church of St.-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris. The church contains the shrine of St. Geneviève, patron saint of Paris, and contains the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. Jean-Paul Marat is buried in the church's cemetery. Etched by Charles John Watson (1846-1927). Born in Norwich, Watson was a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and chief Founder and first President of the Norwich Art Circle. After leaving Norwich to move to London in 1888, he exhibited successfully at Robert Dunthorne's Gallery in Vigo Street.
'Catalogue of the Etched and Engraved work of Charles J. Watson, R.E.' cat. 159. For this reference book see ref. 10362. For other material relating to Watson' exhibitions at Robert Dunthorne's galler
[Ref: 18220] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Brook Watson.] 35.
JS f. [James Sayers.]
Pub.d by Ja.s Bretherton 31.st March 1788.
Etching, 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (1735 - 1807), bending forward, his wooden leg concealed behind a bench, and holding out a document with a pendent seal inscribed 'Pension for Services'. Watson was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London. At 14 years old, he was attacked by a shark resulting in the loss of his right leg below the knee.
BM Satires 7290.
[Ref: 59983] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Charles Watson Esq.r Vice Admiral of the White.
T. Hudson pinx.t. E. Fisher sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Mezzotint with large margins. Platemark: 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Very fine impression. Small stain in left margin.
A portrait of Vice Admiral Charles Watson (1714 - 1757), an officer of the Royal Navy, who served briefly as colonial governor of Newfoundland. Watson's quick rise through the ranks is thought to be attributed from his uncle, Sir Charles Wager, who was first lord of the admiralty. Three-quarter length standing to the left, Watson is wearing naval uniform with large, decorated cuffs and a wig tied at the nape. He is seen holding a telescope diagonally before him with his right hand, with his left on his sword-hilt. The sea and a battery are in the background.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Chaloner Smith: 59.
[Ref: 36553] £330.00

The Late Coll. Hen.y Watson. Chief Engineer of Bengal.
T. Prattent Sculp.
[n.d. c.800.]
Etching and stipple. 128 x 100mm. 5 x 4". Trimmed and laid on card.
Col. Henry Watson (1737-1786), Chief Engineer to the Company, established Bengal's first dockyard in Khidirpur. He is linked with Fort William and brought about many improvements in Calcutta, including the layout of surrounding Esplanade.
[Ref: 26037] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Watson Bishop of Landaff.
Painted by George Romney. Engraved by I. Jones Engraver Extraordinary to His R.H. the Prince of Wales, and Principal Engraver to His R.H. the Duke of York.
Published as the Act directs May 29.th 1793, by I. Jones Engraver No.74 Great Portland Street.
Very fine mezzotint with large margins, and collector's marks, A Anderson Weston. Image area 495 x 349mm (19½ x 13¾").
Portrait standing three-quarter length to right with his left hand on stick, eyes to front, wearing dark hat and walking dress, landscape behind. Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff (1737-1816), and author of several religious and political works; chemist.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 129. CS: 80. Lugt: 65.
[Ref: 29143] £420.00

British Mezzotinters. Thomas Watson, James Watson, Elizabeth Judkins with six plates
by Gordon Goodwin.
London A.H.Bullen. 47, Great Russell Street, W.C. MCMIV [1904].
Book: 4to (251 x 193mm). Cloth binding with title stamped on spine in gilt. pp. v-viii + 232. Illustrated with six b/w plates. Ex Libris M. Sainsbury. Binding rubbed and scuffed. Some sporadic spotting.
An illustrated catalogue of the mezzotints by Thomas & James Watson, and Elizabeth Judkins.
[Ref: 10340] £90.00

Sr. Wm. Watson, M.D.
Abbott pinx.t Thornthwaite sculp.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. 140 x 101mm. 5½ x 4".
Sir William Watson (1715-1787) was a British physician, botanist and natural scientist, best remembered for his work on electricty. He did much to introduce Linnaeus' system of classification into Britain and was one of the earliest experimenters on electricity, being to investigate the passage of electricity through a rarefied gas. His experiments in 1747 to determine the velocity of electricity are of particular interest. The general belief at that time was that electricity was faster than sound, but no accurate test had as yet been devised to measure the velocity of a current. Watson eventually decided not to pursue his electrical experiments concentrating instead upon his medical career, but he continued to support others in presenting evidence to the Royal Society and became a champion of Benajmin Franklin.
W: 3127-2.
[Ref: 24621] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Watson-Wentworth] The Right Noble Charles Marquis of Rockingham, &c. &c. 1.
[engraved by Richard Houston after Benjamin Wilson.]
Printed for R. Sayer, Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck, near Sergeants Inn Fleet Street, London [n.d., c.1760].
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, some creasing in bottom left corner.
Three quarter length portrait of Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-82), 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, standing in profile to the left. Rockingham was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister, in 1765-6 and 1782. For this third state a Garter star has been added to his jacket.
CS 104, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 62704] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Watson-Wentworth] [The Right Noble Charles Marquis of Rockingham, Earl of Malton and of Wath and Harowden, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of the County of York and Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of the said County and Vice Admiral of all the Maritime Parts thereof and F.R.S.]
[Painted by B. Wilson. R. Houston Sculp.]
[Sold by R. Houston near Drummond's, Charing Cross.] [n.d., c.1760].
Rare mezzotint, proof before letters. 390 x 275mm (15¼ x 10¾"). Repaired tears, creasing. Small margins. Title area uncleaned.
Three quarter length portrait of Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-82), 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, standing in profile to the left. Rockingham was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister, in 1765-6 and 1782.
CS 104, state i of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68323] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham.] 1.
JS. [James Sayers.]
Published 17.th June 1782 by C. Bretherton.
Etching, 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins. Tape stains on outer margins.
Portrait of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham (1730 - 1782), standing in profile to the left. Rockingham was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain, in 1765-6 and 1782.
BM Satires 6069.
[Ref: 59997] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[James Watt and the Steam Engine.]
Painted by James Eckford Lander. Engraved by James Scott.
London. Published by Henry Graves & Compy. Novr. 12th 1860: Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Scarce mixed method engraving. Sheet 395 x 620mm (15½ x 24½"). Trimmed, losing title, a few repairs at top.
Watt conducting an experiment in his laboratory. The original painting by James Eckford Lauder (not Lander as here, 1811-69) is in the Scottish National Gallery.
[Ref: 54952] £880.00

[James Watt.]
S.M. Litten [pencil signature].
Published 1922 by The Museum Galleries, 26, Museum, London, W.C. Copyright.
Mezzotint on chine collé, printed in colours, signed by the engraver, publisher's blind stamp lower left. 335 x 270mm (13¼ x 10¾"), large margins, with a letterpress biography.
Seated portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor whose improvements to the steam engine in 1776 was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. The original oil, painted by Carl Fredrik von Breda in 1779, in now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 186a).
[Ref: 57847] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

James Watt.
Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff. From a picture by Sir W. Beechey in the possesion of J. Watt Esq. of Aston Hall.
London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East. [n.d., c.1845].
Stipple with etching. Laid on India paper. Proof. Platemark: 290 x 192mm (11½ x 7½"). Very large margins.
Portrait of engineer James Watt (1736 - 1819). A mechanical engineer who trained as a mathematical instrument-maker, James Watt invented the condensing steam-engine in 1765. He took Matthew Boulton as his partner in 1775, and developed an improved version of this engine which revolutionised industry and immortalised Watt's name, inaccurately but effectively, as the 'inventor of the steam-engine'.
From Watt Collection Sotheby.
[Ref: 32616] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Statue of the Late James Watt.
F. Chantrey RA. Drawn by Permission, on Stone from the Marble Statue, by I. Zeitter.
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Lithograph on india paper, scarce, india 320 x 165mm. 12½ x 6½".
James Watt Memorial: In 1825 a very large white marble statue was erected in St Paul’s chapel in Westminster Abbey in memory of James Watt, civil engineer. It was made by Sir Francis Chantrey and cost over £6,000. The introduction of this colossal monument into the little chapel meant that the pedestal had to be divided into three pieces and was dragged in over the medieval tomb of Sir Lewis Robessart, destroying the ancient coffin lid. The statue only just went through the door and the floor gave way under its weight and disclosed “rows upon rows of gilded coffins” beneath. Had the area not been planked over the workmen and the statue would have fallen in. The epitaph was by Lord Brougham and read: “Not to perpetuate a name which must endure while the peaceful arts flourish, but to shew that mankind have learned to know those who best deserve their gratitude. The King, His Ministers, and many of the Nobles and Commoners of the Realm raised this monument to JAMES WATT who, directing the force of an original Genius, early exercised in philosophic research, to the improvement of the Steam Engine, enlarged the resources of his Country, increased the power of Man, and rose to an eminent place among the most illustrious followers of science and the real benefactors of the World. Born at Greenock MDCCXXXVI Died at Heathfield in Staffordshire MDCCCXIX.” In 1960 the statue was removed from the Abbey and a bronzed plaster bust was given in its place by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The bust stands on the window ledge in the north choir aisle and a memorial stone was inserted in the floor of St Paul’s chapel to mark the site of the statue, with the same inscription as above carved on it. The Chantrey statue is now at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
[Ref: 21981] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Your Obedient Sert James Watt [facsimile singature].
Painted by John Mc. Donald. Engraved by John Le Conte. Printed by A. Mc.Glashon.
Edinburgh. Published. May 1858. By William H. Vannan, Printseller & Published, 46 Home Street.
Mezzotint on chine collé. 570 x 410mm (22½ x 16"), large margins. Six wormholes top margin outside platemark.
A seated portrait of Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819), before a window with a factory behind. The design of one of his engines is at his feet.
W: 3128. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66132] £320.00

Your Obedient Sert James Watt [facsimile singature].
Painted by John Mc. Donald. Engraved by John Le Conte.
Edinburgh. Published. May 1858. By William H. Vannan, Printseller & Published, 46 Home Street. 1st. Class Proof. Printed by A.Mc.Glashon.
Mezzotint. 505 x 365mm (20 x 14¼").
James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution.
W: 3128
[Ref: 3783] £320.00

James Watt [facsimile signature.]
E. Finden, sculpt.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Stipple on india laid paper, 280 x 225mm. 11 x 9".
James Watt (1736 - 1819), engineer, a profile view of the sculptured bust by Sir Francis Chantrey (1782 - 1841). A mechanical engineer who trained as a mathematical instrument-maker, James Watt invented the condensing steam-engine in 1765. He took Matthew Boulton as his partner in 1775, and developed an improved version of this engine which revolutionised industry and immortalised Watt's name, inaccurately but effectively, as the 'inventor of the steam-engine'. Inscribed 'Proof' lower left.
Wellcome: 3128-12.
[Ref: 15388] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Feste Bacchique. [&] La Balanceuse. [&] Partie de Chasse. [&] Le May.
Watteau Pinxit. 1. J. Moyreau Sculp [&] 2. Le Bas Sculp [&] 3. G. Scotin Sculp [&] 4. P Aveline Sculp
a Paris chez Gersaint M.d Pont N.D. et chez Suruque graveur du Roy Rüe [Ruë] des Noyers Avec Privilege du Roy. [n.d. c.1730.]
Set of four copper engravings. circa 600 x 355mm (23¼ x 14"). Some repairs.
Four wonderful decorative engravings after Jean Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721). Four representations of high society of the 18th Century: drinking, leisure and hunting.
[Ref: 9351] £950.00 view all images for this item

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Con Fouï ou femme du palais de l'Empereur de la Chine.
A. Watteau pinxit. Boucher Sculp.
Tire du Cabinet du Roy Avec Privilege. [Paris, n.d., c.1731.]
Etching, sheet 215 x 155mm, 8½ x 6". Trimmed within plate.
A woman from the Chinese Imperial Palace: she sits on a stone bench in a landscape, in robes, head turned to the right. After Antoine Watteau ( 1684 - 1721), from the 'Recueil Jullienne' series, plate 240 to 'L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy'. Jean de Jullienne (1686 - 1766) was a Parisian collector and patron of the arts who owned some 450 drawings by Watteau, and had them engraved. Also plate 5 from a subset 'Diverses Figures Chinoises et Tartares' formed by the twelve plates etched by François Boucher (1703 - 1770), published as a set on its own.
[Ref: 19620] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Untitled ornament design.]
A. Watteau inv. Huquier Sculp.
a Paris chez la Veuve de F. Chereau rüe St. Jacque aux deux pilliers d'Or avec privillege du Roy. [n.d., c.1730.]
Etching, 260 x 235mm, 10¼ x 9¼". Sheet trimmed; a crease through upper right corner.
A heart-shaped cartouche design with two entwined flower wreaths surmounting a wreath of heart-shaped leaves, with two of them pierced by arrows. Vines and foliage to parts of frame. After Antoine Watteau ( 1684 - 1721), from the 'Recueil Jullienne' series, plate 188 to 'L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy'. Jean de Jullienne (1686 - 1766) was a Parisian collector and patron of the arts who owned some 450 drawings by Watteau, and had them engraved.
[Ref: 19616] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Idyllic scene] From a Picture by Watteau in the possession of M.r Canton.
J. Pye Sculp.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 190mm (6¾ x 7½"). Trimmed within plate on three sides.
A group of young people gather around a statue in an Italianate parkland, one playing a guitar.
[Ref: 65314] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair of trophies] H. 6.
A. Watteau, inv.
I.G. Merz exc. A.V. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins. Old ink numeral in margin.
Two decorative trophies, one with bagpipes, the other with weapons, after Jean-Antoine Watteau, from 'Neu inventierte Siegs und Ehren Zeichen'.
[Ref: 63751] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair of trophies] H. 3.
A. Watteau, inv.
I.G. Merz exc. A.V. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins Old ink numeral in margin.
Two decorative trophies after Jean-Antoine Watteau, from 'Neu inventierte Siegs und Ehren Zeichen'.
[Ref: 63749] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair of trophies] H. 5.
A. Watteau, inv.
I.G. Merz exc. A.V. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins. Old ink numeral in margin.
Two decorative trophies, one representing the arts & sciences, the other preforming arts, after Jean-Antoine Watteau, from 'Neu inventierte Siegs und Ehren Zeichen'.
[Ref: 63750] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Neu inventierte Siegs und Ehren Zeichen. Anderer Theil. Second Livre de Trophée. N.º 8. H.
A. Watteau, inv.
Joh. Georg Merz exc. A.V. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1750.]
Etching. 145 x 245mm (5¾ x 9¾"), large margins. Old ink numeral in margin.
A maritime-themed title illustration to a book of trophies after Jean-Antoine Watteau, paired with an image of a trophy including a set of bagpipes.
[Ref: 63740] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

G.F.Watts Reminiscences "What is, is, - and one should not desire to make it seem to be other" G.F.Watts.
by Mrs. Russell Barrington. Author of "The Reality of the Spiritual Life," "Lena's Picture," "Helen's Ordeal," "A Retrospect," etc.
London. George Allen, 156, Charing Cross Road, 1905.
Book: 4to (241 x 174mm). Cloth binding with gilt title on spine and 'G.F.Watts' in gilt on front cover, plus gilt patterning. 210 textual pages plus illustrations. Binding worn. Some sporadic spotting.
An illustrated narrative of the life and work of G.F. Watts.
[Ref: 10451] £50.00

[George Frederick Watts.]
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1887 by Robert Dunthorne, at The Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street, W.
Photogravure on chine collé. 330 x 247mm (13 x 9¾").
After a self-portrait. George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in an universal symbolic language.
See Ref: 23409 [unique proof mezzotint on chine collé touched by Watts with his initials bottom right]; Ref: 23410 [proof mezzotint on chine collé]; both are larger impressions.
[Ref: 24133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[George Frederick Watts.]
[Charles William Campbell after George Frederrick Watts.]
[n.d., c.1885]
Unique proof mezzotint on chine collé touched by Watts with his initials bottom right, platemark 500 x 365mm (19½ x 14¼"). Paper missing top right, resulting in creasing to chine collé; foxing in margins.
Extremely rare touched proof of Charles William Campbell's engraving from the 1664 half-length self-portrait by George Frederick Watts (London, Tate Gallery). Watts has made correction to the print himself, and initialled the print in the lower right. One of the few prints by Campbell (1855-87), who studied mezzotint engraving with Hubert Herkomer. His total 'oeuvre' consisted of twelve finished and seven unfinished plates.
For another impression see ref. 23410.
[Ref: 23409] £2,500.00

[George Frederick Watts]
[Charles William Campbell after George Frederrick Watts]
[n.d., c.1885]
Proof mezzotint on chine collé. 500 x 365mm (19½ x 14¼"). Full margins.
A half-length self-portrait by painter and sculptor George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), painted in 1864 and now in the Tate Gallery. One of the few prints by Campbell (1855-87), who studied mezzotint engraving with Hubert Herkomer. His total 'oeuvre' consisted of twelve finished and seven unfinished plates.
For a proof touched by Watts himself see ref. 23409
[Ref: 23410] £450.00

I. Watts. D.D.
Drawn by Hilton.
London, Published by J. Barfield, Wardour Street, March 1 1810.
Stipple. 279 x 209mm. 11 x 8¼". Slightly time stained.
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. He was recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody".
NPG: D19430.
[Ref: 24633] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Isaac Watts D.D.
[Anon, pub. W. Richardson 1803]
Mixed-method, sheet 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark; laid on backing sheet.
Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Independent minister and writer. Watt's most lasting impact was as a poet (in which capacity his abilities were recognized by Samuel Johnson) and hymn-writer. The success of Watts' hymns and psalms was partly due to the Methodists, as John Wesley included many of them (with modifications) in his first hymnbook, in 1737. Watts' 'Divine Songs' were imitated and parodied by, amongst others, William Blake (''Songs of Innocence', 1789) and Lewis Carroll ('Alice in Wonderland', 1865).
O'D 13
[Ref: 35272] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Richard Watts Esq.r died 1580 from a Bust in Rochester Cathedral.
Pub.d as the Act Directs by J. Seago. [n.d., c.1790.]
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins.
A portrait of Richard Watts (1529-1579) who served as M.P. for Rochester.
[Ref: 46326] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Waveney below St. Olaves [pencil].
W.P. Robins 1921 [pencil].
Etching, signed and dated by the artist in pencil. 145 x 295mm (5¾ x 11½"), large margins. Faint mount burn.
A view of from the bank of the Waveney, the river that divides Norfolk from Suffolk, with a windmill. William Palmer Robins (1882-1959), member of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, and the Chicago Society of Etchers.
[Ref: 62563] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Combats de Wavre et de Hamme. (14. 15. Septembre 1792. Tome 1er page 93 des Vict. et Conquets.) ''Suis moi situ veux la Mériter.''
F. Grenier. 1818. Lithog. de C. de Last.
au dépot gén.al de Lithog ruë Jacob. No.14.
Lithograph. Printed area: 350 x 300mm (13¾ x 11¾"), with very large margins. Loss at top right corner missing.
A view of the Battle of the Wavre and Hamme Rivers in 1792. A scene from ''The Victories, Conquests, Disasters, Reverses and the Civil War of the French from 1789-1815'' published in 1818.
[Ref: 44804] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Cathédrale de Cracovie.
Ed. Montulé del. Brocas lith.
Lithograph. Sheet: 370 x 260mm, (14½ x 10"). Bit dusty left corner.
A view of the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill, in Krakow. From 'Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendent les années 1821, 1822 et 1823' by Edouard Montulé published in 1825 in which he described his travels to Great Britain and Eastern Europe.
[Ref: 39446] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Whitening of Wax. [&] The Working of Wax into Rolls. [&] The Making of Wax-tapers and Candles.
[n.d., 1763.]
Three engravings. Each sheet c. 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with three sheets of letterpress. Original folds, slight offset from text.
From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60859] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Way of the World.
Published March 20 1786 by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 6¾ x 7¾" [paper size].
Inscribed with a quote from Shakespeare: 'Now by two headed Janus, Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time, Some that will evermore peep thro' their eyes, And laugh like parrots at a Bag-piper; And others of such vinegar aspect, That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Tho' Neston swear the Jest be laughable.'
Not in BM.
[Ref: 404] £320.00

[Two portraits of William Waynflete]
Two engravings and letterpress, trimmed and pasted to album sheet covering area 345 x 200mm (13½ x 8").
William Waynflete (c.1400-1486), bishop of Winchester and founder of Magdalen College, Oxford.
[Ref: 44070] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[William Waynflete.] Gulielmus Patten. als: Waynfleet totius Angliae Cancells: Episc: Winton Coll: B: Mariae Magd: Oxon et Aulae adjunctae fund. Ao 1459 Hanc effigiem Revdo: Viro Jo Harwar, S.T.P. et istius Coll: Praesidi Dignissmo: a Tabula in suis AEdibus asservata fact:m.
Summa cum Humil & Observantia. D.D.D. J.Faber. A. 1712.
[n.d., c1740.] Printed and Sold by Tho.s Bakewell next door to the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to platemark. Backed onto album paper at corners.
Portrait of William Waynflete (c. 138 - 1486), born William Patten, was Headmaster of Winchester College (1429-1441), Provost of Eton College (1442-1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447-1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456-1460). He founded Magdalen College, Oxford, and three subsidiary schools, namely Magdalen College School in Oxford, Magdalen College School, Brackley in Northamptonshire and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire.
CS 34 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65129] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[William Waynflete.] Gulielmus Patten. als: Waynfleet totius Angliae Cancells: Episc: Winton Coll: B: Mariae Magd: Oxon et Aulae adjunctae fund. Ao 1459 Hanc effigiem Revdo: Viro Tho. Jenner, S.T.P. et istius Coll: Praesidi Dignissmo: a Tabula in suis AEdibus asservata fact:m.
Summa cum Humil & Observantia. D.D.D. H.Parker.
[n.d., c.1740.] Printed for Henry Parker, Print and Bookseller at No.82 in Cornhill, London.
Mezzotint. 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed close to plate. Very small margins.
Portrait of William Waynflete (c. 138 - 1486), born William Patten, was Headmaster of Winchester College (1429-1441), Provost of Eton College (1442-1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447-1486) and Lord Chancellor of England (1456-1460). He founded Magdalen College, Oxford, and three subsidiary schools, namely Magdalen College School in Oxford, Magdalen College School, Brackley in Northamptonshire and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire.
CS 34 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65128] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Ways and Means Why they don't Marry. Because [as symbol] Several letters had appeared in the Times complaining of the prevalent extravagance which rendered it impossible for people of moderate means to marry. - July, 1861.
[Punch, 41, 13 July 1861.]
Engraving. 354 x 526mm (14 x 20¾"). Foxing; folded as normal.
Two images showing the extravagence of marriage. A woman to the left holding a print of a carriage, whilst her chamber-maid attends to her hair; the room contains ornate furniture, prints of horses and of a 'Design of a Cottage'. In the opposite image, a gentleman sat in a reading chair holding The Times newspaper; his butler appears with a tipple.
[Ref: 52371] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A Burlesque on Mr & Mrs Clark - or the Flitch of Bacon. Sung by Mr Fawcett, at Covent Garden, in the Popular Farce of We Fly by Night.
Publish'd April 1, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Coloured etching. Sheet 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate.
A farmer and his wife look forward to claiming 'The Dunmow Flitch', a prize for couples who have been married a year and do not regret it. However by fighting about how to cook the bacon they negate their claim. The farce 'We Fly by Night', by George Colman the younger (1762-1836), was first played on 28 Jan. 1806. Fawcett played Ferrit, a servant.
BM Satires 10673.
[Ref: 54357] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Wealth and Respectability.
Ambery del.t. Vain Right Sculp.
Pub.d March 12th 1805 by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly.
Coloured etching. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9½"), on watermarked Whatman paper.
A ragged old peasant woman collecting firewood is confronted by a devil serving as a gamekeeper. She begs in vain to be allowed to take the wood to her daughter's poor children. The artist and engraver's names are probably pseudonyms.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 68506] £590.00

The Worship of Wealth.
Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank. _ 23 Myddleton Terrace.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
A large money bag drawn in a carriage, gentlemen bowing as it passes. Several highly caricatured character studies either side, and four lines of verse below main image. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12020] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Walking Philosopher.
DeBruyn del. Rothwell sc.
[Published by Harrison & Co 1/8/1802]
Rare engraving, sheet 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3½"). Trimmed within plate.
A man with a balloon strapped to his body and paddle-shaped wings in each hand.
[Ref: 57061] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Wearmouth Bridge.
Rich.d Wallis sculpt.
Sept.r 28th 1795.
A very rare etching. Plate: 180 x 220mm (7 x 8¾") with large margins.
A view of the bridge across the River Wearmouth in Sunderland before its completion in 1796.
From Kedleston.
[Ref: 46311] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Weasel. The Stoat.
P. Paillou pinx. P. Mazell sculp.
[n.d., c.1766.]
Hand-coloured etching, 18th century watermark. Plate: 225 x 440mm (9 x 17¼'') very large margins.
An illustration of a weasel and a stoat facing each other, from 'The British Zoology' 1766 by Thomas Pennant.
[Ref: 48380] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Complete Weather Guide; a collection of Practical Observations for Prognosticating the Weather, Drawn from Plants, Animals, Inanimate Bodies, and also by means of Philosophical Instruments; including The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules, Explained on Philasophical Principles. with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Oberservations on Meteorology, a curious Botanical Clockm &c. &c. &c.
By Joseph Taylor.
London: Printed for Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, Paternoster Row: Sold also by John Harding, St James's Street; and John Martin Holles Street, Cavendish Square. 1813.
12mo, paper boards; pp. viii + 160; with folding wood-engraved frontis. Front hinge very strained.
A rare guide to predicting the weather, based on the behaviour of animals and plants, astronomy, winds and even barometers and thermometers. The frontispiece is 'Flora's Dial', a decorative table listing when different plants open and close their flowers. Joseph Taylor (c.1761-1844).
[Ref: 40551] £290.00

St Swithins Chapel _ Cold bath fields -(NB not a Chapel of Ease.)
Sketched Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Myddleton Terrace Pentonville Dec.r 1833.
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
A preacher addresses a crowd under umbrellas in the rain outside Coldbath Fields Prison (later also known as Clerkenwell Gaol) in the Clerkenwell area of London. Also other vignettes of figures under umbrellas in the rain, and Napoleon wrestling with a huge globe lower left. A satirical print on wet British weather from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878). Swithun is one of the few Anglo-Saxon saints still known to most ordinary people because of his patronage of the English weather. He gives his name to a British weather lore proverb, which says that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15th July, it will rain for 40 days.
[Ref: 12021] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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