Grosvenor Prints

Tableau Allégorique. Exécuté en dentelle de Bruxelles et points à l’aiguille par Madame T Kint, fabricant de dentelles à Bruxelles pour le quell elle a remporté la médaille d’or à l’exposition de Gand le 24 Aout 1820. Industrie Nationale Exposition de Gand Médaille d'Or Remportée le 24 Aout 1820 par l'épouse de J.T' Kint à Bruxelles. Belgar Industriae Artes Renumeratae Ex Decreto Reg.
Moitie de la grandeur de l'original. Lith de G. Engelmann.
[n.d. c.1825.]
A very scarce lithograph. 748 x 635mm. 29½ x 25". Burn hole. Tears and nicks to the edges. Vertical and horizontal folds.
An allegorical message for the British. A lion reclining lazily under an oak tree with the balance of justice under one paw and the sword in the other. The Crown Jewels lay over and above him. The left of the image represents the infantry of the British Army. The merchant ships in the top right represent trade and prosperity. The anchor represents the Royal Navy, and the eagle staff entwined with snakes represents life-giving powers. The bees respresent sustinance.
[Ref: 14512] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia.
Drawn by R. Smirke, R.A. Engraved by J. Neagle.
London, Published 1.st Nov.r 1805 by W. Byrne, Titchfield Street, and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.
Etching and engraving, small margins. Plate 228 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Britannia enthroned in centre with lions at either side and four allegorical figures surrounding, including angel at right; frame surrounding. The drawing for this print is in the Smirke album in the National Gallery of Scotland (no. 125).
[Ref: 28950] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia.
Sep.r a. 1824, Publish'd by C. Taylor, No.105, Hatton Garden, Holborn.
Stipple. Plate 140 x 147mm. 5½ x 5¾".
Britannia seated on a throne holding her shield and spear, with the regal British lion lying to her right; Triton rising from the sea blowing his horn to lower right; a muse blowing a trumpet behind Britannia.
[Ref: 22608] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia 1696.
MB [M Burghers] d. et sculp.
[n.d. c.1699.]
Engraving. 70 x 166mm (2¾ x 6½"). Cut.
From "Musarum Anglicanarum Analecta" by Joseph Addison, a book on English wit, poetry and satire.
[Ref: 29012] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Prosperity of Great Britain, Contrasted with the Misery of France]
[T. Martyn inv. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp]
[London Published June 1794, by Thos. Martyn, No. 10 Great Marlborough Street.']
Stipple very rare Proof impression, 605 x 480mm Trimmed to plate nicks and tears around outer edges.
On an obelisk, 'by King Lords and Commons MDCCXCIV', is inscribed under portraits of George III and Charlotte. St Paul's in the background along side the Customs House. Britannia with lion, shield and spear acknowledges Abundance while Justice rests and Prudence holds up a Mirror to France in distress.
De Vesme:565
[Ref: 25360] £360.00

O Fair Britannia Hail.
Drawn and Etched MDCCLX by I.B. Cipriani a Florentine from a Picture Painted by Himself in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R. and A.SS.
[n.d. c.1761.]
Engraving, fine with large margins. 305 x 222mm. 12 x 8¾". Very slight repaired hole in title, not visible from front.
Statue of Britannia seated holding a figure of abundance, flanked by a lion to left and an owl to right. This is one of the plates commissioned by Hollis, and used in his edition of Toland's Life of Milton of 1761. The plates were also included as illustrations in Francis Blackburne's 'Memoirs of Thomas Hollis' (London, J. Nicholls, 1780).
In the Royal Academy of Arts Collection.
[Ref: 26076] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia, who seat is as permanent as a Rock, supported by Wisdom and Strength, under the Characters of Minerva and Hercules; whilst Mars and Neptune as protectors of Commerce introduce her with Product of the Universe in her Train.
Stothard del.t. Trotter. sculp.
Published as the Act directs, by Ja.s Mackgowan, & W.m Davis, Aug.t 26, 1780.
Etching. 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 10½") large margins.
A patriotic allegorical plate published during the American War of Independence: Britannia sits surrounded by Roman gods. Bottom left is a scroll with a map of Cul de Sac Bay on St Lucia, commemorating the Battle of Cul de Sac (or Battle of St Lucia), 15th December 1778, in which the British drove off a French fleet attempting to stop the occupation of St Lucia.
[Ref: 43458] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia.] Reform
W.Clerk. lith. 41. Dean S.t Soho.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Old ink numeral top right, horizontal crease.
A full-lengh portrait of Britannia in armour, holding a banner with a pennant 'Reform'. In the folds of the banner can be seen the portraits of politicians including Lord John Russell, Lord Chancellor Brougham, Charles Grey, Sir Francis Burdett and King William IV . In the background are two British warships, one sinking.
BM Satires: 16924
[Ref: 51945] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Revolutionary Fury setting out to enslave or destroy the nations of Europe, is stopped by the interposing Shield of Britannia, who launches her thunders on the lawless Fiend.
W.M. Craig, del.t. I Brown, scp.t.
Published by T. Kinnersley, August 1 1814.
Engraving. Sheet 290 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate,
An allegorical figure of Britannia fights a gorgon-like figure, a crown and the Scales of Justice on the ground.
[Ref: 45043] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia.
Drawn by R. Smirke, R.A. Engraved by J. Neagle.
London, Published 1.st Nov.r 1805 by W. Byrne, Titchfield Street, and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.
Etching and engraving, small margins. Plate 228 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Britannia enthroned in centre with lions at either side and four allegorical figures surrounding, including angel at right; frame surrounding. The drawing for this print is in the Smirke album in the National Gallery of Scotland (no. 125).
[Ref: 34678] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia flanked by owl and lion] Drawn and etched MDCCLX by G.B. Cipriani a Florentine from a Picture painted by Himself in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R. and A.SS
[1760]
Etching with very large margins, platemark 310 x 225mm (12¼ x 8½"). Slight staining; good impression.
This plate was commissioned by the collector Thomas Hollis and used in his edition of Toland's 'Life of Milton' (1761).
[Ref: 34843] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegorical scene with Britannia welcoming shipwrecked family]
F. Hayman delin.t Ant. Walker Sculp.t et donavit
Engraving, platemark 220 x 175mm (8½ x 7"). Small margins.
Probably one of a series of engravings after designs by Francis Hayman for a planned history of Britain which was abandoned after the first part of its publication.
[Ref: 44793] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia in Fetters. Engrav'd for the Political Register.
[1768.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed to image on left side.
A satirical scene showing the figure of Britannia being shackled to a chair by Viscount Weymouth who was criticised for placing soldiers at the command of civil authorities during the disturbances which led to the St George's Fields riot.
BM Satire 4240.
[Ref: 45481] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia Holding the Magna Carta.] Frontispiece London Mag. 1767.
Engraving. Sheet: 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼''). Trimmed.
An allegorical frontispiece showing the figure of Britannia holding the Magna Carta, on the right a figure holds a pair of papers stating 'Humble, Petition, Commerce, Dearness, Provision' and 'Act for Improving City of London'.
[Ref: 47953] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Britannia receiving homage from allegorical figures of the Four Continents.]
C. Mosley scu[lp.]
[n.d., c.1751-74]
Engraving. Sheet 350 x 225mm (13¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate with slight loss of engraved text. Repaired tear in left margin.
The frontispiece to Malachi Postlethwayt's 'The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce', used in four editions, 1751, 1755, 1766 & 1774.
[Ref: 60532] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia Mourning for Amelia.
London Publish'd Jan.y 1, 1811, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Rare stipple, sheet 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
Britannia kneeling at small funerary monument over a portrait of Princess Amelia (1783-1810), the youngest of George III and Queen Charlotte's fifteen children who died of tuberculosis at a young age.
O'Donoghue 10.
[Ref: 60417] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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Deputies from the four Quarters of the Globe do homage to Britannia, who dismisses them with the Olive Branch of Peace.
Dodd delin. Pass sculp.
Engraving. Plate: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Cut to platemark.
An allegorical scene in which four figures representing the four corners of the world offer gifts to a seated Britannia who holds out an olive branch in her right hand. The British lion prowls at her feet.
[Ref: 38610] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia attended by British & Prussian Officers, Victory descending and placing the laurel on the brows of Wellington, while Europe is presenting badges of Honour to the Military Heroes of Waterloo.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, August 28 1816
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed.
Allegorical frontispiece to a volume of scenes relating to the Napoleonic Wars.
[Ref: 46103] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Britannia Bridge.
T. Picken. Day & Son, lith.rs to the Queen.
Bangor, Published by W. Shone, June 19th 1849.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 290 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Light staining and tears in very large margins.
A view of the Britannia Tubular Bridge which was designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) and completed in 1850. The bridge served as the crossing for the Chester and Holyhead Railway over the Menai Straits of Angelsey and Holyhead. The trains ran through the rectagular metal structure. Details of the bridge are given below the image.
[Ref: 45795] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[A group of figures arranged around a statue of Britannia.]
W. Strang 97. [etched in plate lower left.] W.m Strang [signed in pencil lower right.]
[1897.]
Etching, 305 x 380mm, 12 x 15". Faint residue from old mount.
William Strang R.A. R.E. (Scottish, 1859 - 1921), chief pupil of Alphonse Legros. He was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, and his work was a part of their first exhibition in 1881. Some of his early plates were published in Portfolio and other art magazines; this possibly a book illustration. A classical temple and sun setting over water in the background. On watermarked laid paper.
[Ref: 10090] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia instructing Asia, Africa, Europe and America in the Science of Geography.
Stothard del Heath sculp
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co March 1784
Engraving, platmark 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate on left, with slight creasing.
Frontispiece with Britannia sat by a celestial globe and emblematic figures of the continents in attendance. After Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), painter and book illustrator who in addition to having a high reputation amongst his contemporaries (Turner likened him to Giotto), was a prolific designer, as here, of book illustrations on British historial themes.
[Ref: 40844] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

The Britannia Tubular and Menai Suspension Bridges.
G. Hawkins. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen.
Published by T. Catherall Chester & Bangor 1852.
Lithograph. Sheet: 275 x 350mm (11 x 13¾"). Mounted into an album sheet. Repaired tear top right.
A view of the Britannia Tubular bridge built over the Menai Strait between Wales and Angelsey, the bridge was built to allow trains to cross the strait. The bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and was opened in 1850.
[Ref: 45967] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits. R. Stephenson Esq. M.P. Engineer.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by J. Ambrose, Bangor [n.d., c.1850].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 240 x 315mm (9½ x 12½"). Small tear in left edge.
Robert Stephenson's Britannia Tubular Bridge, completed in 1850, built to carry trains of the Chester and Holyhead Railway across the Menai Straits. The stone lions guarding both ends of the bridge were carved by John Thomas.
[Ref: 56712] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Wonders of the Menai, in its Suspension and Tubular Bridges.
S. Hughes del _ J. Fagan, lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen.
Published by S. Hughes, Bangor, 1850.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 295 x 460mm (11½ x 18"). Tear in margin.
Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge, the first bridge to spain the Menai Strait, opened in 1826 and the Britannia Bridge, built by Robert Stephenson to a design by William Fairbairn, opened 1850, the year of this print. Guarding both ends of the Britannia Bridge the limestone lions by John Thomas can be seen, now obscured by the A55 road.
[Ref: 35369] £390.00

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Britannia's Glory. A View of the British Grand Fleet prpearing to sail on a Cruise.
Published Feb.y 16, 1795 by J. Marshall, Nº 4 Aldermary Church Yard London.
Rare etching. 370 x 475mm (14½ x 18¾"). Paper toned, unexamined out of frame. Slight creasing.
A rare popular print of the a Royal Navy fleet setting sail during the French Revolutionary Wars. The ships, identified by names on their sterns, are those that fought in the 'Glorious First of June' the previous year, including Royal Sovereign, Royal George, Queen Charlotte, Culloden, Russell, Alfred, Bruswick & Marlborough.
[Ref: 61192] £690.00

[S.S. Britannic.] White Star Lines.
Printers, Sir Joseph Cuaton & Sons, London. Entered at Stationers Hall.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Chromolithograph on card, printed on both sides. Sheet 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"). Glue stain on front, remains of album sheet on reverse.
An advertisment for the White Star Line, showing S.S. Britannic (1874-1903) steaming from Liverpool harbour for New York. The details of the route are printed on the reverse, including ''Steerage Fare only £3 to New York, Boston or Philadelphia''.
[Ref: 56337] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Monthly Extracts from the Correspondence of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
No.23. June 30, 1819. Tilling and Hughes, Printers, Chelsea.
Letterpress leaflet, 4to (275 x 225mm, 10¾ x 9"), 4pp., single sheet folded; apparently from a larger volume, pages numbered 14 - 16. Horizontal centre fold.
The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply as the Bible society, is a non-denominational Christian charity that exists to make the Bible available throughout the world. The Society was formed on 4 March 1804. Here are printed in two columns extracts of reports and correspondence from sympathizers and affiliated organisations from around the world. These include a transcript of a letter from Bermuda informing the 'Parent Society' of the formation of a 'Bible Society of the Bermuda Islands' and requesting bibles for distribution among the island's inhabitants.
[Ref: 16971] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

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A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers, 1714–1820.
David Alexander.
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Distributed by Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 2021.
Small 4to, hard covers and illustrated s/w; pp. xii+ 1047.
The first reference work to cover all engravers working on copper in Britain and Ireland 1714-1820. Shortlisted for the 2022 William Berger Prize for British Art History.
[Ref: 59954] £75.00

Évacuation de la Hollande par Les Anglo-Russes, et Capitulation de Duc D’Yorck, le 10 Brumaire An 8. No. 143.
Duplessi-Bertaux inv. aqua forti. Dupréel sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching with 4 pages of text. Plate 254 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Some foxing and creasing.
A scene from the end of the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland (27th August - 19th November 1799), showing the English and Russian evacuating Holland after the Convention of Alkmaar, signed 18th October. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
RMG: PAD5627. NAM: 1995-02-9.
[Ref: 28292] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The British Army. Dedicated by permission to The General Commanding-in-Chief, His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge K.G.K.P.G.C.B., &c. By his obliged and most privileged servant, Rudolph Ackermann.
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by J. Harris.
London. Published Feb.y 1. 1863, by Rudolph Ackermann, 101 Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint, 480 x 745mm. 19 x 29¼".
A large aquatint depicting soldiers of many units of the British army, each identified below the image.
[Ref: 11292] £480.00

[The British Army. ]
M.Angelo Hayes del. E.Walker, lith.
London; Published Jan.y 1.st 1846, by Henry Graves & Co., 6, Pall Mall. And A, Le Sage, Sackville S.t. Dublin.
A very scarce complete set of 15 coloured lithographs, numbered, of the major regiments at this time. Each c. 460 x 350mm. Some age-toning on paper, plate 2 with tear reinforced.
1. The Cavalry of the Guard. 2. The Dragoon Guards (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th). 3. The Dragoons (1st, 2nd, 6th). 4. The Light Dragoons (3rd, 4th, 13th, 14th). 5. The Hussars (7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 15th). 6. The Lancers (9th, 12th, 16th, 17th). 7. The Horse Artillery. 8. The Foot Artillery, Engineers, Sappers & Miners. 9. The Infantry of the Guard. 10. The Fusiliers (5th, 7th, 21st, 23rd, 87th). 11. The Light Infantry (13th, 43rd, 51st, 52nd, 68th, 85th, 90th). 12. The Highlanders (42nd, 71st, 72nd, 74th. 78th, 79th, 92nd, 93rd). 13. The Rifles (60th, Rifle Bgde, Cape Mounted Rifles, Ceylon Rifle Regt.). 14. The Line (8th, 22nd, 24th, 36th, 44th, 46th, 58th, 88th, 97th, 1st West India). 15. The Staff (Field Marshal, General, Lt. General, A.D.C. to The Queen, A.D.C., Q.M.G., Adj. Gen., etc., Fort Adj., Town Major).
Ogilby Trust: 396.
[Ref: 3108] £3,000.00 view all images for this item

The British Army. Dedicated by permission to The General Commanding in Chief His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, K.G. K.P. G.C.B. &c. By his obliged and most obedient Servant, Arthur Ackermann. [Names of the various regiments underneath the respective uniformed soldiers.]
Drawn by Orlando Norie. Engraved by E.G. Hester.
London: Published Feb.y 7.th 1879, by Arthur Ackermann, 191, Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 541 x 840mm. 21¼ x 33". Minor paper discolouration.
Groupings of various British Army regiments, including 1st Life Guards, Royal Horse Artillery, 79th Highlanders, 1st Royal Dragoons, 7th Hussars, Queen's Aide de Camp, Grenadier Guards, 37th North Hampshire, Scots Guards, and many others.
Ogilby 16: 3 (Ackermann's Large Groups 1859-1902).
[Ref: 22920] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A Chart of British Artists 1560-1860. With Short Lives of the Principal Artists.
By H.S. Ede.
Faber & Faber Limited. 24 Russell Square. London [1934.]
8vo, disbound folded chart with soft covers. Scarce. Slightly stained binding.
A folding chart showing the ages of British artists between 1560 and 1860, with short biographies of the principal artists on the back.
[Ref: 59793] £25.00

The British Bull Baited by Mungrels. [Plate 3.]
[n.d., c.1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed into plate and around title, losing plate number, repairs to old folds, backed with archival paper. Damaged.
The bull, wearing a collar marked 'Liberty' attacked by dogs. A satire of the Massacre of St George's Fields, 1768, when troops read the Riot Act and opened fire, killing half-a-dozen people, including William Allen, who was shot after he had been chased to a nearby inn. His name appears on the obelisk.
BM Satires 4328, their example dated 1769 in ink.
[Ref: 55379] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

High Land on the British Coast.
Pillement delin. Smith Sculp.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Engraving. 190 x 285mm, 7½ x 11¼". Creased, mounted on album paper.
A pair of figures on a rough path.
[Ref: 11605] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

A Table of English Silver Coins. No. 1 [&] A Table of English Gold Coins. No. 2.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariæ Lond. [n.d., c.1760.]
Pair of engravings. Each 270 x 450mm, 10½ x 17¾".
A pair of engraved tables listing the types of coins issued by English monarchs, silver ones from 1066, gold since Edward III in 1344, both within a decorative frame-like border.
[Ref: 26856] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Callicum and Maquilla. Chiefs of Nootka Sound.
T.Stothard del. R.Pollard, sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet 270 x 205mm. Trimmed within plate.
From John Meares's 'Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the Northwest Coast of America'. Meares, a fur trader, caused an international incident by upsetting the Spanish who had already established a base at Nootka Sound, leading to George Vancouver's important expedition to the area.
[Ref: 11082] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Come Over Here!]
Lilian Cheviot.
Copyright, Published April 17, 1915, by Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd, 157a New Bond St, London W.
Photogravure, artist's proof, signed in pencil, printed in colour. 450 x 520mm (17¾ x 20½") with very large margins. Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp. Worm holes filled.
A bulldog, an Irish Terrier & a Scottish Terrier guard the south coast of England. First World War interest. Lilian Cheviot (fl. 1894 - 1920), who lived in South Molesey in Surrey, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1895 and 1899. She is best known for her painting 'On the way to the Horse Fair'.
[Ref: 52137] £480.00

'All the Majesty of the British Empire'. Price One Penny.
[Charles Jameson Grant.]
[n.d., c.1832.]
Etching. Sheet: 195 x 285mm (7¾ x 11¼''). Trimmed, stained, creased and laid on album sheet at corners.
A satirical print from 'The Caricaturist' series showing William IV sitting on a throne and Queen Adelaide in a large feathered hat. By Charles Jameson Grant (fl. 1830-1852).
BM Satire 17346.
[Ref: 50260] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

A Map of the King of Great Britain's Dominions in Europe, Africa, and America.
G. Bickham Fecit.
[n.d., 1748.]
Engraving. 280 x 315mm (11 x 12½"). Binding folds, worm holes in bottom margin.
A map centred on the Atlantic Ocean, showing from the Arctic Circle to the Equator, marking British possessions including Gibraltar, Minorca, the Gold Coast of Guinea and the colonies in North America and West Indies. From George Bickham's 'The British Monarchy or a Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain'.
[Ref: 45602] £280.00 view all images for this item

[British Empire Exhibition] Wembley 1925.
[1925.]
Scarce wood-engraving on linen, printed in cerise with touches of blue and yellow. 655 x 710mm (25¾ x 28"). Some faint staining, mounted on board, '1925' faded?
A souvenir from the British Empire Exhibition of 1924-5, celebrating the Commonwealth. A central image of a Mughal palace is surrounded by roundels containing portraits of the Royal Family (George V & Queen Mary; Edward Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII; and the Duke & Duchess of York, later George VIII & Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) and views representing Australia, Canada, West Africa, India, South Africa & Hong King.
[Ref: 63924] £480.00

A British Female bordering upon the Picts.
[A. van Buysen.]
[n.d. c.1753.]
Engraving. 319 x 221mm (12½ x 8¾"). Cut. Laid upon album sheet.
A British female warrior with spear and sword bordering upon the Picts, a group of Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Celtic people living in ancient eastern and northern Scotland.
[Ref: 28981] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

British Fire Engines. First Alarm. A struggle for the Start. [/] Near Approach. Take care, take care, we ar very near it now. [/] The Fire. See that no Lives are lost. [/] The Ruins. The Fire is out & now for Home.
H. Alken Del.t. B. Hughes. Sculp.t.
Lewis & Co. 79, Leadenhall St. London. [n.d., c.1860].
Very rare aquatint. Overall sheet size: 300 x 370mm (11¾ x 14½"). False margin at bottom edge. Creases. Repaired tear to top edge.
Four scenes on one sheet illustrating the stages of a fire; from the first alarm, in the top left, with a horse drawn fire engine from the 'Sun Fire Office 1820' racing along a street watched by onlookers; to the approach to the fire in the top right, where a fire engine inscribed 'Atlas Office' halts as it reaches the scene; then in the bottom left is the fire itself, as two fire engines, one named 'Westminster', pump water into a burning building, smoke billowing from the windows, with the sign above the door to the right reading, 'Fire Proof Linnen'; finally in the bottom right is a view of the ruins of the building, with the firefighters packing up two engines inscribed 'London', and 'County Fire Office 1800'. A very rare print after English painter and engraver Henry Alken (1785 - 1851), chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes.
[Ref: 33565] £650.00

England and Wales with the Channel Islands and parts of Scotland Ireland and France.
[James Reynolds, London 1863]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"). Folded as issued, time staining along taped fold.
From 'Reynolds's Geological Atlas of Great Britain'. A geological map of Britain with the land colour coded by rock type.
[Ref: 56924] £30.00

[History of Great Britain.]
Published by E.C. Edlin, 37 New Bond Street. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured engraving, with small margins, paper watermarked: J Whatman 1830. Plate 275 x 410mm (10¾ x 16¼").
Popular print depicting 24 key historical scenes from early English history, from 'The Landing of Caesar' to 'The Body of Richard 3 thrown across a horse after the Battle of Bosworth', A.D. 1485.
[Ref: 29984] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

British Institution (Pall Mall) Plate 13.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculpt. J. Bluck aquat.
London. Pub 1.st April 1808. at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101. Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 275mm (9¼ x 10¾"), with very large margins.
View inside the institution; paintings hang from walls, artists set up around sides with canvases supported by easels copying the displayed work; a table in centre of room with paints and brushes; an arch leads on to the next room with a similar set up. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62697] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Catalogue of the Works of British Artists in the Gallery of the British Institution, Pall Mall, for Exhibition and Sale. 1836.
[London: The British Institution, 1836.]
4to, disbound; pp. (18) (numbered 7-20+(6)).
A list of 503 pictures and sculptures, with works by David Roberts (from his Spanish tour), Edwin Landseer, John Constable, J.M.W. Turner and William Beechey.
Ink ownership inscription of Richard James.
[Ref: 40885] £120.00

Anglie, Scotiae et Hiberniae Sive Britannicarum Insularum.
David Custodis Sculpsit.
[Frankfurt, 1627.]
Engraved map. 270 x 315mm (10¾ x 12½"). Repaired tear in bottom printed border.
Unusual map of the British Isles orientated east to west, based on the 1570 map by Abraham Ortelius but with details.
[Ref: 59230] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Les Isles Britanniques Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Mess.rs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. Augmentées de Nouveau. [&] l'Europe [...]
A Amsterdam Chez Covens & Mortier [n.d., c.1730].
Two engraved maps. Both 235 x 305mm (9¼ x 12"). Pasted back to back. Tape over edge of Europe.
Two maps originally published in Pieter van der Aa's 'Atlas Curieux'.
[Ref: 57340] £260.00 view all images for this item

A Chart of the Sea Coast of Great Britain and Ireland.
By H. Moll Geographer.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraved map. 320 x 285mm (12½ x 11¼"). Narrow margin on left. Original binding folds.
A sea chart of the British Isles, from Josiah Burchett's 'A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea, from the Earliest Account... to the Conclusion of the Last War with France''.
[Ref: 61703] £380.00

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