Grosvenor Prints

[Word puzzles] Ses Caucaus de la Portière.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Eight wood engravings on one sheet, each block and title c. 55 x 40mm (2¼ x 1½"). Some creasing.
Eight images of people standing in doorways, holding a poster with a message made up of letters and images. Being in French makes the puzzles more difficult!
See Ref: 60253
[Ref: 60252] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Word puzzles] Ses Caucaus de la Portière.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Eight wood engravings on one sheet, each block and title c. 55 x 40mm (2¼ x 1½"). Some creasing.
Eight images of people standing in doorways, holding a poster with a message made up of letters and images. Being in French makes the puzzles more difficult!
[Ref: 60253] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

W.m Wordsworth [facsimile signature].
Painted by Miss Margaret Gillies. Engraved by Edward M.c Innes.
London Published Aug.t 6 1841 by F.G. Moon, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 20, Threadneedle Street.
Rare mezzotint on india, private plate. 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"); very large margins.
A seated portrait of William Wordsworth (1770-1850), before an arched window. The painter, Margaret Gillies (1803-87), a Scottish painter known for her portraits of Wordsworth & Charles Dickens. For many years she lived with Thomas Southwood Smith, the physician who dissected Jeremy Bentham in 1832: Bentham's 'auto-con' (the box holding his preserved body) lived with them until 1850 when it was acquired by University College London.
[Ref: 39303] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

William Wordsworth.
Painted by W. Boxall. Engraved by J. Bromley.
London, Published June 10, 1832 by Moon, Boys & Graves, 6, Pall Mall, James Ryman, Oxford, and Robert Roe. Cambridge.
Mezzotint. 425 x 355mm (16¾ x 14"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), with arms crossed. This was the first portrait by William Boxall, started in 1831 and was not highly regarded. Wordsworth told John Gardner that 'it has mortified me much that I cannot get any of my Friends and Acquaintances to be pleased with [it] or the Print - both of which they say are much too dark and gloomy'. The finished portrait was engraved in mezzotint by Bromley: 'except for my sister I cannot get anyone to look at it with pleasure'. The original oil is still in the possession of the Wordsworth family.
See NPG 4211 for a preliminary version of the oil with description.
[Ref: 63957] £320.00

The North Prospect of Worksop Mannor, in the County of Nottingham, one of the Seats of the Most Noble Edward Duke of Norfolk...
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp.t.
publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t July 2nd 1745. No I Garden Court Middle-Temple, London.
Rare engraving. 390 x 600mm (15½ x 23½"), with large margins. Repaired tear entering plate on left, edges scrappy.
Worksop Manor, built in the 1580s for the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, probably designed by Robert Smythson, burnt down in 1761.
[Ref: 49824] £380.00

[Worksop Manor, Nottinghamshire.] To the most Noble Edward, Duke of Norfolk...
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck del et sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t July 2.d 1745 N.o1 Garden-Court Middle Temple London. I Laughten le Morthen, in Yorkshire.
Engraving, sheet 400 x 570mm (16 x 22½"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Creases where folds have been restored.
A south view of Worksop Manor with the gardens; built in the 1580s for the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, probably designed by Robert Smythson, burnt down in 1761.
[Ref: 63057] £380.00

A General Chart, on Mercator's Projection, to Shew the Track of the Lion and Hindostan from England to the Gulph of China, and of their Return to England, with the daily statement of the Barometer and Thermometer as observed at noon; containing also the limits of the Chinese Empire, as extended by the Conquests of the present Emperor, Tchien-Lung.
J. Barrow del.t. B.Baker sculp.t.
Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 620 x 960mm (24½ x 37¾"). Creasing top left. Binding folds, one with a small split.
Map of the route taken by the George Macartney to China, heading the first British embassy to that country, 1792–94. It was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 38155] £450.00

[Double-hemisphere world map.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Ink and watercolour on card. Sheet 45 x 60mm.
A charming miniature map.
[Ref: 51159] £130.00

The World Displayed; or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from The Writers of all Nations. In which the Conjectures and Interpolations of Several vain Editors and Translators are expunged, Every Relation is madde concise and plain, And The Divisions of Countries and Kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted. With Variety of Maps and Prints By the best Hands,. Vol IV.
[Edited by Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith & Christopher Smart.]
London: Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Hoey, jun. in Skinner-Row, Dublin MXCCLX (1760).
One volume only (of 20); 6to, contemporary full calf, maroon morocco title labelpp. (viii)(title & contents)+214+(2)(ads); 8 engraved plates. Front cover detached.
The volume relating to the English discoveries in America, starting with John & Sebastian Cabot, with chapters on voyages include those of Drake, Raleigh & Davis, and the settlment of New England, Virginia, Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Bermuda, Bahamas and Jamaica.
[Ref: 38000] £220.00

Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraved map with hand colour. Sheet: 180 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Trimmed around globes. Some staining.
A double-hemisphere world map, with a separately-printed, frame-like border. The map illustrates the discoveries of Cook's three voyages (1769-1779), with New Zealand, New South Wales and Hawaii following his surveys. Also, Tasmania is separate from mainland Australia, as proved by Flinders & Bass in 1802.
[Ref: 39456] £320.00

A Chart of the World, Exhibiting the Three Voyages of Capt.n Cook.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraved map. 195 x 310mm, 7¾ x 12½". Narrow margin on right due to binding.
A reduced version of the map of the world by Lieutenant Henry Roberts, who drew many of the maps published in the Official Account of Captain Cook's Third Voyage, during which he discovered Hawaii, where he was killed.
[Ref: 26390] £160.00

Typus Orbis Terrarum.
[Engraved by Jodocus Hondius.]
[London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635.]
Engraved map, 140 x 200mm, 5½ x 8", set in a page of letterpress. Impression of the map weak.
Originally engraved in 1607 by Jodocus Hondius for his "Atlas Minor", the printing plate of this map was sold to a London publisher when new, up-to-date plates were introduced. It was first used to illustrate Samuel Purchas's "Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes" in 1625, then Sparke & Cartwright's "Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas", as this example. After thirty years' service the plate had become worn, resulting in a rather grey impression.
[Ref: 17431] £450.00

A New Mercator's Chart Drawn from the Latest Discoveries.
W. Harrison sc.
London, Published January 1st. 1794, by Rt. Wilkinson No.58 Cornhill.
Engraved map of the world, in original hand colour. 280 x 450mm, 11 x 17¾". Vertical centrefold as normal, stained from reinforcement to verso.
Australia is captioned 'New Holland', while what is now the western part of the USA beyond the Rocky Mountains is 'New Albion'.
[Ref: 13066] £320.00

[The World is a Stage, Everyone Acts his Part and Gets his Portion.] De waereld is een speel toneel, elk speeld zyn rol en krygt zyn deel.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 440 x 380mm (17¼ x 15'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the chaos following the collapse of the South Sea and Mississippi Bubbles. Several figures are shown upon a stage being directed by the devil. In vignettes around the edge men are shown trading in Europe and in the West and East Indies.
BM Satire 1659.
[Ref: 48483] £350.00

Apollo, on Cornelian, Duke of Marlborough.
T. Worlidge sculp.
[British, n.d., c.1770.]
Etching with drypoint with very wide margins, laid paper. 135 x 95mm. 5¼ x 3¾". Fine.
A cameo of the Greek god Apollo, holding a lyre. Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766), portrait painter and etcher. Pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow issued his plates in 1766 and 1767 after his death; very few impressions were issued and sold by Worlidge during his lifetime.
[Ref: 26464] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Sarah Delaval, Countess of Mexborough]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
Etching with very large margins, platemark 105 x 85mm (4 x 3¼"). Good impression on laid paper.
Portrait of Sarah Delaval (d.1821), countess of John Savile, first earl of Mexborough. It was at a visit to their residence at Cannon Park, Hampshire, that actor and playwright Samuel Foote suffered his famous accident after being thrown from the Duke of York's horse. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W42; D65.
[Ref: 36931] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Pietro da Cortona
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, platemark 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾"). Trimmed on platemark; on india paper and glued to backing.
Portrait of Pietro da Cortona (?1596-1669), one of the leading artists of the Roman Baroque. Pietro was also an architect, in which he was less influential. All of Pietro's major works were engraved in his lifetime or the late 17th century, spreading his influence across Europe. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
W41; D61; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33042] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs Worlidge] [married 1.stly Worlidge the artist, 2.ndly M.r Ashley, 3.rdly Captain Robinson. She kept the "Star and Garter" at Richmond; died 1790.] [in ink below print]
T. Worlidge pinx.t. G. Powle sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament. [n.d. c. 1776]
Very rare mezzotint, 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with good margins. Tipped into album sheet at edges. Slight crease.
Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Worlidge (nee wickstead) (1743-c.90). She wears a lace cap tied at the top of her head, and a dark cape with a cross hanging at her neck. She was Thomas Worlidge's (1700-66) third wife and assisted him in his artistic work, and gained a reputation for herself by her skill in copying paintings in needlework. After Worlidge's death she carried on the sale of his etchings at his house in Great Queen Street; but she let the mansion to Hester Darby and her daughter, Mary Robinson ('Perdita'), on her marriage to a wine and spirit merchant James Ashley, using the name Mrs Ashley until 1771. She later remarried again a Captain Robinson, and kept the 'Star and Garter' at Richmond.
CS II of II.
[Ref: 61577] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Select Works of Tho.s Worlidge, containing Fifty Etchings of Portraits, Fancy Heads, and Miscellaneous Subjects.
London: Published by C.G. Dyer, 55, Old Compton Street, Soho. Printed by Gold and Swalton, 24, Wardour Street. 1823.
Quarto, original card covers with label 'Fifty Select Etchings by Tho.s Worlidge', bound. Title page and fifty plates as called for (including portrait of Worlidge as frontispiece). Occasional offsetting and spotting. Includes an amateur watercolour portrait after Worlidge. Some sheets on watermarked 1823 Whatman paper.
A posthumous collection of prints by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), known as the 'English Rembrandt' for his etching technique and fondness for copying subjects by Rembrandt and his contemporaries. The subjects here include several Rembrandt copies and other Dutch genre scenes, along with religious subjects, portraits and oddities such as a camel, écorché figure, and portraits of 'Mahomet, a Turkish Merchant' and his companion 'Hamet'. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. His widow issued his plates in 1766 and 1767 after his death with the numbers in the corners, but very few impressions were issued and sold by Worlidge during his lifetime.
We have early impressions of many of prints in this collection, eg. refs 23970 (Hamet); 28369 (John Evelyn); 32573 (self-portrait); 32572 (Turk's Head); 32576 (écorché) etc. Ex: Collection of The Hon
[Ref: 32566] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

[Self-portrait by Thomas Worlidge] [No 33 & 434]
[n.d., c.1740-66]
Etching with small margins, 200 x 160mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate; glued to backing sheet at corners.
Posthumous impression of Worlidge's self-portrait, with the number '33' added in the top right to correspond with the numbering of the catalogue of prints which Worlidge's widow produced. Like many of Worlidge's plates this remained 'unfinished'. In later publications Worlidge's name was inscribed along the bottom of the print. The 'English Rembrandt', Worlidge (1700-66) was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
O'D 4; W33; D231. BM website (incorrectly) describes this as second state, but do not take into account impressions without any numbers in the top right. See 32573. Ex: Collection of the Late Honour
[Ref: 32597] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomas Worlidge.]
Tho.s. Worlidge. Fecit 1754.
Fine frontispiece drypoint etching. 200 x 155mm (8 x 6"). Small margins. Laid on album paper at edges.
Frontispiece to a Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems. Half length portrait of Worlidge (1700-66), seated at table to left, etching plate from bust of Cicero, looking towards the viewer, in cap and fur-trimmed gown, with easel behind him, in the style of Rembrandt.
[Ref: 63202] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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Worlingworth Hall. The Property of the Hon.ble John Henniker. [&] View of Worlingwort Church, from Worlingworth Hall. Dedicated to the Right Hon.ble Lord Henniker, Patron.
Lithographed by G.E. Madeley, 3, Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. Sheet 345 x 254mm (13½ x 10"). Rare.
A view of Worlingworth Hall, the former medieval manor house dating back to the 13th century; and a view of St Mary's Church; Suffolk.
[Ref: 31074] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Hans Wormbergh] John Wormberg, Aged 38 Years, only 31 inches high.
Pub.d July 22 1813 by R.S Kirby. 11 London House Yard.
Engraving, sheet 240 x 140mm (9½ x 5½"). Trimmed within plate left and right.
Full-length portrait of Hans (John) Wormbergh (1650-1695), a man of short stature, aged thirty-eight, with long curly hair and a goatee. He stands slightly turned to the left, resting both hands on a stick. He is dressed in a plumed hat, an ornate jacket, breeches, a sword, and detailed lace cravat and cuffs.
[Ref: 65996] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Johnny Worral.
W. Williams Delin et Fecit 1759. Price 1 S.
[1867?]
Etching. 160 x 110mm, 6¼ x 4¼".
While the original publication line is printed at the bottom on the print, this portrait is listed in the 'Catalogue of Portraits of Old Halifax Worthies; exhibited at the Annual Soiree, Jan. 3, 1867'.
[Ref: 23130] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

James Worsdale Esq.r. Ridendo, dicere, verum.
R.E. Pine pinx.t. W. Dickinson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1769.
Rare mezzotint. 405 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"). Thread margins, nicks in edges, creased, old ink mss. in inscription area.
A three-quarter portrait of Irish artist and rake James Worsdale (c.1692-1767), a roll of papers inscribed 'Taste' in his pocket, a palette on the balcony behind him, gesturing towards a beehive.
CS 91. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67572] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Tho: Worsley Esq.
G. Kneller pinx:
I Beckett ex: [n.d. c.1685]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed to image and mounted in album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Worsley (1649-1715), of Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, in wig and lace cravat.
CS 99, i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65499] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Worsted Winder.]
[Drawn & engraved by William Henry Pyne.]
Published by William Miller Albermarle Street, Jan.y 1. 1805.
Hand-coloured aquatint, with letterpress page. Sheet: 365 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾"), Charles Wise watermark 1819. Staple in bottom left corner.
A scene in a workshop showing a worsted winder winding worsted upon a bobbin. From 'The Costume of Great Britain', a book containing 60 plates of people at work and scenes of everyday life. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate the book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Abbey Life 430.
[Ref: 44617] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Worster
T Murrey pinx: J. Smith fc: & ex: [c.1690]
Mezzotint, platemark 325 x 235mm (12¾ x 8¾") small margins.
Portrait after Thomas Murray (1663-1735), a popular portrait painter whose sitters included Queen Ann. Engraved by John Smith (1652-1743), a first-class mezzotint engraver who made the mezzotint portrait a serious rival to the traditional engraved portrait (in which the French specialised). In the first half of the 18th century no serious print collection, whether in Britain or abroad, was without examples of Smith's work.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 282
[Ref: 40238] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Portraits of the Worthies of Westminster-Hall, with their Autographs; being Fac-Similies of Original Sketches, Found in the Note-Book of a Briefless Barrister.
London: Thomas & William Boone, 480 Strand. 1823.
Small quarto, later C19th half morocco with marbled boards and endpapers; containing the printed wrappers, contents page, 20 coloured engravings of judges with facsimile signatures, a photograph of Sir Frederick Pollock and two a.l.s. signed by Pollock, all mounted on album paper.
Only Part I of this work was published: an attempt to fund Part II by subscription failed.
[Ref: 725] £850.00

Fisherman going out at Worthing.
P. J. de Loutherbourg R.A. Del.t. J. C. Stadler Sculp.t.
London, Published by R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint, sheet 440 x 580mm (17¼ x 22¾"). Trimmed to plate, mount burn around image. Some stains, nicks and repaired tears on margins.
From 'Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain' after designs by the landscape painter and scene designer Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812).
Abbey Scenery: 6. For more in the series see ref: 31391, 20598, 30784.
[Ref: 60624] £360.00

The Rev.d Mr. Hugh Worthington.
Wm. Read Pinx.t Harding Sculp.t
Publish'd as ye Act Directs, For W. Read, 157, Fleet Street & R. Eynon, Back of ye Royal Exchange. [n.d. c.1790.]
Etching. 254 x 215mm. 10 x 8½". Trimmed.
Portrait of Hugh Worthington (1752-1813), Arian divine. He was a pastor at Salter's Hall, London, from 1782. In 1785 he wasmad a trustee of Dr. Williams's Foundations, the library of Dr. Daniel Williams. He was a lecturer on classics and logic from 1786 to 1789.
O'D: 1 (only engraved portrait listed for sitter).
[Ref: 27180] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Edwd. Wortley Montagu Esq. in his Turkish Dress.
Romney pinxt. Conde sculpt.
Published by J. Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 April 1793.
Engraving, 145 x 100mm. 5¾ x 4". Large margins.
Bust portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu (1713 - 1776), writer and traveller; son of traveller Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He wears a turban and long beard. Edward Wortley Montagu was a traveller, linguist and eccentric. He was much influenced by his childhood visit to Constantinople with his parents between 1716-18. Using his inheritance as security against his creditors he left England permanently in 1762 and travelled in the Middle East as an enthusiastic archaeologist for a little over a decade. In 1773, Edward settled in Venice and lived, according to one of his contemporaries, with 'the manners, habit and magnificence of a Turk.' For the 'European Magazine' periodical.
[Ref: 22345] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Edw.d Wortley Montagu Esq. in his Turkish Dress. European Magazine.
Romney pinx.t Conde Sculp.t
Published by J. Sewell, 32 Cornhill, 1 April 1793.
Engraving with large margins. Plate 152 x 102mm. 6 x 4".
Bust portrait of Edward Wortley Montagu (1713 - 1776), writer and traveller; son of traveller Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He wears a turban and long beard. Edward Wortley Montagu was a traveller, linguist and eccentric. He was much influenced by his childhood visit to Constantinople with his parents between 1716-18. Using his inheritance as security against his creditors he left England permanently in 1762 and travelled in the Middle East as an enthusiastic archaeologist for a little over a decade. In 1773, Edward settled in Venice and lived, according to one of his contemporaries, with 'the manners, habit and magnificence of a Turk.'
[Ref: 26441] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Mary Wortley Montague. From an enamel Miniature by zink in the possession of Charles Colville Esqr.
A.Deveria del. Lith de Villain.
[n.d., c.1800.] London published by Bull & Churton, 26, Holles St Cavendish Square.
Lithograph, in pencil verso "Exhibited at Popes Twickenham Lot 264 Aug 1888". Sheet 440 x 320mm (17¼ x 12½"). Crease in lower left corner. Bit messy.
Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet.
[Ref: 65874] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Garden at Wotton Rectory near Dorking, Surrey belonging to the Hon. and Rev. J. Evelyn Boscawen [***] to the celebrated John Evelyn.
C.B. 1841.
Scarce lithograph, titled in old ink mss. Sheet 325 x 450mm (12¾ x 17¾"). A small tear and toning on bottom edge.
An amateur lithograph of an ornamental garden.
[Ref: 51672] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The True Effigies of S.r Henry Wotton K.t Embassadour in Ordinary to the Most Serene Republique of Venice, And Late Provost of Eaton Colledge. Anno Aetatus Suae 72.
[n.d., 1657.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Trimmed, paper toned, mounted in album paper at edges.
Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) was a diplomat and author, ambassador to Venice for nearly twenty years. From 1624 he was Provost of Eton and followed a literary career, writing the lives of his friends John Donne and Izaak Walton. The frontispiece to his 'The State of Christendom'.
[Ref: 62076] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Henry Wotton.]
[After Pierre Lombart.] W.Dolle f.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper. Small margins.
Portrait of Sir Henry Wotton (1568 - 1639), English author, diplomat, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. When on a mission to Augsburg in 1604, he famously said "An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country".
[Ref: 67022] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A Would-be Cromwell Tooke Horne Mad Attempting to Disperse the Short Parliament. Dec.r 1790.
Pub. Dec.r 18 1790 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Picadilly.
Etching. Sheet: 380 x 240mm (15 x 9½"). Stain in centre. Trimmed and torn in right edge. Manuscript sceptre and book added. Slight central crease.
A scene in the House of Commons in which John Horne Tooke rises through the floor setting off an explosion, Horne Took having been defeated in the election of 1790 petitioned government against the return of Charles James Fox against whom he had stood for the Westminster seat. When the petition was presented to Parliament it was denounced as libellous.
BM Satire 7691A.
[Ref: 44867] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Wounded Bittern. From the Original Picture in the Painter's Possession.
Drawn by Stephen Taylor. Drawn on Stone by T. Fairland. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler.
London, Published November 1st 1834 by J. Mc.Cormick, 147, Strand.
A rare lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 330 x 365mm. 13 x 14½". Lower left corner chipped; small closed tears to upper edge. Sheet trimmed to india.
A cocker spaniel emerging from water to attack a wounded bittern among the reads. Bitterns are in the heron family of wading birds, and are now fairly scarce around Britain's waterways, but were hunted extensively in the 19th century.
[Ref: 19420] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Le Boxeur Blessé et ses Parieurs Consternés. Scènes Anglaises dessinées à Londres, par un français prisonnier de Guerre.
A Paris chez Demaison Rue St. Jacques N.o 43 [n.d., c.1820].
Rare coloured etching. 260 x 330mm (10¼ x 13") very large margins.
The aftermath of a casual street-contest, recorded by a French prisoner of war. A lean pugilist, stripped to the waist, sits on the knee of a supporter as a fat publican pours the contents of a tankard into his mouth, trying to revive him. The punters stand around grim-faced at the loss of their bets. First published in 1814 by Aaron Martinet (BM Satires 12352).
[Ref: 60500] £650.00

Wounded Buffalo Bull. No.16.
Catlin del._on Stone by Mc.Gahey. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
(From Catlins N.A. Indian Collection.) [London: Geo. Catlin, 1844.]
Tinted lithograph. 411 x 565mm (16¼ x 22¼"). Tear to lower edge.
Buffalo wounded by a spear or arrow in the snow. "The reader has here, a striking illustration of the deadly effects of the Indian's arrow, and also as an emphatic representation of one of the largest specimens of the buffalo bull, shot through the heart, at his last halt; his legs bending under his great weight, and his huge carcass ready to tumble down from loss of blood, which is pouring from his nostrils and mouth, as well as from the wounds in his side. Not only shot, but pinioned, by the arrows of the hunter, (who has already counted him amongst his victims and passed on to claim others of the throng,) the bull is thus left to struggle with death; and in that struggle, hobbles and reels along but a brief distance, wheezing and sighing through streams of frothy blood until he sinks upon his haunches, where he invariably rests for a few moments, bracing up with his fore legs, the noblest object of pity, until his last deep-drawn breath is gushed out, when he falls and rolls in death, without a kick or struggle." An exhibition of Catlin's 'American Indian Portraits' is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery. George Catlin (1796-1872) was a Pennsylvanian-born artist who made five trips to the western United States to document the Native American peoples and their way of life. From Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio".
Abbey Travel: 653.16.
[Ref: 29517] £620.00

[The Wounded Soldier.]
Herbert Dicksee [pencil signature].
Published at 8, Clare Street, Bristol, by Frost & Reed Ltd, Print Sellers of Bristol and London, May 19th 1915 Copyright. Copyright 1915 by Frost & Reed Ltd (of Bristol, England,) in the United States vof America.
Fine & scarce etching, proof on vellum, signed by the artist in pencil. 500 x 615mm (19¾ 24¼"), very large margins. Mint.
A trained service dog finds a wounded soldier lying in a field.
Provenance: From the Descendants of Herbert Dicksee.
[Ref: 63080] £850.00

Alte de Cavalerie Ce Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens est de la meme grandeur 6
Wouvermens Pinxit. Beaumont sculp
AParis chez Beaumont, Graveur Ord.re de la Ville, rue St. Jacque, dans la porte Cochere vis-à-vis la rue de la Parcheminerie [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 345 x 455mm (13½ x 18"). Very large margins.
Military encampment with farrier mending horseshoes. One of several good-quality engravings made in the early 18th century after Philips Wouwermans (1619-68), Dutch painter specialising in horses, who was well represented in important collections during this period. He painted many battle scenes, army camps and stables and is well represented in the collection of London's National Gallery.
[Ref: 38602] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Le Manege Dedié à Messire Marc-René de Voyer Marquis d'Argenson, Maréchal de Camp [...]
Ph. Wouvermens Pinxit. T. Major sculp
A Londres chez l'Auteur Graveur de S.A.R. Frederic Prince de Galles, à la Tete d'or dans West-Street [c.1758]
Engraving, platemark 590 x 470mm (23¼ x 18½"). Folded as issued. Very large margins.
'The riding school': gathering around a post for training horses, with children playing. One of several good-quality engravings made in the early 18th century after Philips Wouvwerman (1619-68), Dutch painter specialising in horses, who was well represented in important collections during this period. Engraved by the English engraver Thomas Major, who had lived and worked in Paris during the 1740s. While published in London, this print was clearly intended to appeal to the French market.
[Ref: 38599] £380.00

La Fontaine De Venus. Grave d'apres le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens de 20 puces de large, Sur 15 puces de haut, Qui est au Cabinet de Monsieur L Marquis Se Voyer D'Argenson, Marechal des Camps et Armees du Roy, Lieutenant General de la Haute et BAsse Alsace, Inspecteur General de la Cavalaire.
P.pe Wouvermens. Pinxit. J Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris ches Moyreau Graveur du Roy, rue de Petit Pont S.t Severin a l'Image Notre-Dame. Avec Privilege du Roy 1750.
Fine etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
Group of falconers on horseback rest and drink from an ornate fountain representing Venus on a chariot drawn by two dolphins, both supporting a cupid blowing a conch.
[Ref: 63829] £360.00

Le Boufon Des Chasseurs. Grave d'apres le Tableau de P.pe Wouvermens qui a deux pieds de large sur dix huit puces de haut. Qui est au Cabinet de Monsieur D'Ormesson Du Cheray Conseiller Honaraire Au Parlement.
P. Wouvermens. Pinx. J Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris ches Moyreau Graveur du Roy, rue S.t Jacques a la Vieille Poste vis-a-vis la rue du Platre. Avec Privilege du Roy 1746.
Fine etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
Group of hunters on horseback, waiting near a grand house located on the left, and about to go hawking; among them is a buffoon sticking out his tongue at a man carrying an owl on his arm.
[Ref: 63830] £320.00

Dedie A Monseigner Le Duc Chartres Prince Du Sang Le Present Du Chasseur. D'apres le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens de 2 pieds de large, sur 18 pouces dehaut, qui est au Cabinet de Monseigneur Le Duc D'Orleans.
Ph. Wouvermens. Pinx. Par son tres humble et tres Obeissant Serviteur J. Moyreau Graveur du Roy.
A Paris chez Moyreau, rue Gallande vis avis la Chapelle de Saint Blaise.Avec Privilage du Roy. 1738.
Fine etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
Group of hunters on horseback gathered outside a house. The house is decorated with a statue of Diana placed on a high pillar and covered in vines. One woman holds a sparrow hawk.
[Ref: 63831] £320.00

Petite Chasse A L'Oyseau. Grave d'apres le Tableau Original de P.pe Wouvermens de deux pieds Sept pouces de large, fur vingt pouces de haut. qui est au Cabinet de Monseigneur Le Chevalier D'Orleans.
P.pe Wouvermens. Pinx. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau, rue Gallande, vis-avis la Chapelle Saint Blaise. Avec Privilage du Roy. 1739.
Fine etching with engraving, 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"), with very large margins. Some light foxing, mostly localised to the margins.
Landscape with hunters on horseback approaching a river one carries a hawk. Some hunters are already resting on the bank.
[Ref: 63832] £320.00

[Dutch landscape] Engraved from the Original Picture.
Ph. Wouvermans Pinxit. Aliamet Sculpsit.
Published Oct.r 2.d 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving with sepia wash. 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"), on wove paper. Glue stains in very large margins at corners.
A river with a half-dead tree on the bank.
[Ref: 55617] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Retour De Chasse Et Curee, Le Tableau Original de P. Wouvermens qui est au Cabinet de Monseigner Le Duc D'Orleans a 2.pieds de large sur 18. pouces de haut.
P. Wouvermens. Pinx. J. Moyreau Sculp.
A Paris chez Moyreau, rue Galand vis a vis la Chapelle de S. Blaise Avec Privilage du Roy. [n.d. c.1733]
Etching with engraving, sheet 340 x 445mm (13¼ x 17½") Trimmed to plate and glued to wove backing paper with additional margin added at top. Brown stain going into publication line.
Hunters return to a grand house after the hunt; one has a small hawk on his arm. On the right a man starts butchering the game.
[Ref: 63834] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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