Grosvenor Prints

[Albert] In Memory of H.R.H. Prince Consort, Born at Ehrenberg, August 26th, 1819. Died at Windsor, December 14th,1861. The Nation Mourns Her Loss.
[n.d., c.1861.]
Embossed card. 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Laid on album paper.
A blind-embossed card with a portrait of Prince Albert in a border of mourning angels with an hourglass.
[Ref: 63287] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

George Canning [facsimile signature].
[n.d., c.1827.
Blind-embossed card. Sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½"). Some spotting.
An blind-embossed (i.e. no ink) portrait of George Canning (1770-1827), prime minister for only 119 days in 1827, dying in office. The decorative border (also embossed, as is the signature), suggests this is a posthumous memorial.
See ref: 11932
[Ref: 16703] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

First Chin'as Sons, with early art elate, [/] Form'd the gay Teapot, and the pictured plate...
[n.d., c.1880.]
Embossed card with mss mss ink text and watercolour. Card: 215 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Foxing.
An embossed card with decorated letterpress, the poem discusses Chinese porcelain and its decoration. Above the text are four vignettes showing Chinese men at their craft.
[Ref: 46147] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed scene of cherubs sacrificing at an altar.]
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing. Sheet 55 x 65mm (2¼ x 2½").
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62350] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed scene of street musicians.]
Dobbs.
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing with Dobbs stamp. Oval sheet, 40 x 60mm (1½ x 2½"), edges scalloped.
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62349] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossing] London at Morning.
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Letterpress poem between two blind-embossed decorations, Sheet (at most) 90 x 230mm (3½ x 9"). Trimmed irregularly as scrap.
William Wordsworth's 1802 poem, now known as 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge', between two urns with fruit and leaves. Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62342] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed scene of a monkey with a straight-edge razor and mirror.]
Dobbs.
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing with Dobbs stamp. Oval, sheet 65mm (2½ x 3½"), edges scalloped and perforated.
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62351] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed lion.]
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing with Dobbs stamp. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62348] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed leopard.]
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing, with Dobbs stamp. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62346] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed Newfoundland dog.]
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing, with Dobbs stamp. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62345] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed greyhound.]
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing, with Dobbs stamp. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62344] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed horse.]
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing, with Dobbs stamp. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62343] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed stag.]
[Henry Dobbs. n.d., c.1850.]
Blind-embossing, with Dobbs stamp. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
Henry Dobbs led several incarnations of a firm of embossers, print publishers and 'ornamental stationers to the King'.
[Ref: 62347] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[A kitten playing with a ball of string.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare embossed card with watercolour and bodycolour, sheet 115 x 155mm. 4½ x 6". Vivid colour.
Specially designed for scrap album.
[Ref: 11929] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[A peacock standing on a fence.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare embossed card with watercolour and bodycolour, sheet 190 x 150mm. 7½ x 6". Vivid colour.
The impressed verso reveals the impressive level of detail in the bird's feathers and foliage beneath, from an intricately worked metal die. Specially designed for scrap album.
[Ref: 11927] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[A peacock standing on a fence.]
Dobbs. [Embossed in image.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Handcoloured embossed card. Sheet: 150 x 170mm (6 x 6¾").
A vibrantly coloured peacock stands upon a gate. Item specifically designed for scrap albums.
[Ref: 39853] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A Pheasant]
Dobbs. [Embossed image.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Handcoloured embossed card. Sheet: 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
A vibrantly coloured pheasant standing on a tree trunk facing right. An embossed item specifically designed for scrap albums.
[Ref: 39854] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Goldfinch.]
[Dobbs n.d., c.1840.]
Hand-painted embossed card. Sheet: 135 x 160mm (5¼ x 6¼''). Faint staining.
An embossed card with very fine hand-colour.
See Ref: 43955
[Ref: 49302] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Love Poem.] [Two embossed prints of a piper with dancing dogs & Lord Brougham.]
[n.d. c.1890.]
Hand-written ink & two embossed prints. Sheet 331 x 247mm. 13 x 9¾".
A love poem accompanied by two embossed images; above: a young pied piper dancing in the street, with two dressed-up dancing dogs, one wearing a clown hat and holding a small flag; below: a portraits in profile of Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), a British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom. He studied law and was called to the English bar in 1808. He took up the fight against the slave trade and opposed restrictions on trade with continental Europe.
[Ref: 19157] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed text pages from 'Memoirs of Constant'.]
[n.d., c.1838.]
Three sheets of card of embossed blind letterpress. Largest sheet 360 x 220mm (14¼ x 8¾"). 1 sheet trimmed with loss of text.
Three sheets of card containing twelve pages (of 340?) from an English edition of ''Memoirs of Constant, first valet de chambre of the emperor, on the private life of Napoleon, his family and his court", by Louis Constant Wairy (1778-1845)
[Ref: 53982] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Christmas Banquet menu.] Mercers Hall. Dec. 22nd. 1852.
Ring & Brymer, 15, Cornhill, and 62, Cannon Street, Successors to Birch, Birch, & Co.
A gilt-embossed menu. Sheet 250 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Laid on album paper.
A menu for a five-course christmas banquet, begun with 'Turtle and iced punch', followed by a huge selection including fish, turkey, beef, venison, woodcock, partridge, wild duck, pheasant, preserved ginger, and raspberry ice.
[Ref: 32417] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Missionary Hymn. Strengthen, Lord, their hearts and hands...
[n.d., c.1865.]
Chromolithograph and letterpress within a floral-embossed gilt border. Sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2½"). Laid on album paper.
A view of a mountainous island with a junk-type boat in the sea, suggesting China.
[Ref: 57587] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Moore.
[Whiting]
[c.1815]
Embossed, sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½").
Embossed profile portrait, with decorative surround, of Irish poet and singer Thomas Moore (1779-1852).
[Ref: 40857] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Mother and Puppies.]
[n.d., c. 1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph with embossed border and gilt decorations. Sheet: 105 x 165mm (4 x 6½"). Laid on album sheet.
A scene showing a mother feeding her two young pups while one jumps around infront of her.
See Ref: 49302
[Ref: 47727] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Embossed parrot with fine colour.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Embossed card with hand colour. Sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
A parrot on a perch with a red rose underneath.
See Ref: 49302
[Ref: 43955] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Passion Flower was discovered in the Brazil's, and its wonders soon proclaimed it to the Christian Kingdoms as representing the passion of our Lord, whence its present appreciation... On one of the species (the pass a flora alata) even the drops of blood are to be seen un the cross, or tree, the flower keeps open three days, and then disappears, emblematic of our Saviour's resurrection.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured, embossed, plate with hand-written text. Sheet 360 x 247mm (14¼ x 9¾").
The passiflora alata, the winged-stem passion flower, is native to the Amazon from Peru to eastern Brazil. The name refers to the passion of Jesus in Christian theology. Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of the plant as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion.
[Ref: 28692] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[A Pointer with a Pheasant.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Watercolour with embossed border. Sheet: 125 x 85mm (5 x 3¼").
An amateur watercolour portrait of a pointer carrying a pheasant.
[Ref: 47486] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair of pencil sketches of a poodle acrobat, acorns and other emblems]
[Dobbs]
[n.d., c.1830's]
Pair of pencil sketches on card with embossed borders. Sheets 110 x 155mm (4¼ x 6") & 90 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"). Mounted together on album paper.
Two scenes of the same poodle, with shaved rear half, jumping through a hoop and carrying a cane.
[Ref: 60842] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[In ink:] The Bard That's Far Awa'! Though cauldly now in dust he lies, Who heart sac warmly beat, His spirit frae the golden skies Shall auld acquaintance great...Let worldlings o' his genius boast, And praise his mighty mind; Love finds for Scott a prouder toast The friend of a' manking! Then fill the cup. [Plus embossed portrait of Scott.]
[n.d. c.1880.]
Hand-written ink & one embossed print. Sheet 336 x 246mm. 13¼ x 9¾". Slight mark on embossed print.
A poem to Scott which appeared in The Metropolitan and the Foreign Quarterly Review, January to June, 1834 (Edinburgh). There is no recording of Mrs Crawford's dates, the poet, however in 1786 she is recorded to have written 'A Review of Mrs. C. and Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of Belvidera". An embossed portrait of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) sits in the middle of the poem.
[Ref: 19159] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Embossed Tableaux. Tasso.
Dobbs, Bailey & Co. [n.d., c.1845.]
Embossed card with printed sepia in border. Sheet 255 x 275mm, 10 x 10¾". Spotted.
An embossed bust of Torquato Tasso (1544-95), Italian poet best known for his poem 'La Gerusalemme liberata' (Jerusalem Delivered), 1580. He died a few days before he was due to be crowned as the 'king of poets' by Pope Clement VIII.
See Ref: 16705
[Ref: 16704] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

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

[Various modes of travelling.]
Milton Welch Jan.y 1867.
Engraving on embossed card, 140 x 165mm. 5½ x 6½". Mounted inside cardboard sheet with tissue flap.
Small engravings depicting seven modes of transport (balloon, walking, horse-drawn carriage, ship, horse, train, riding on the back of a tortoise]) forming a cross shape in the centre of a sheet of embossed card. In ink on the cardboard mount is written 'these various modes of travelling are drawn by the left hand. J.M.'. On the reverse is a riddle, handwritten in ink, entitled 'The Oxford Puzzle.'
[Ref: 8695] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington.
Whiting.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Embossing with hand-colouring, sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½").
Embossed profile portrait, with decorative surround, of Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington (1769-1852).
[Ref: 40856] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington. Born May 1 1768. Died Sepr. 14. 1852.
[Whiting n.d., c.1820s.]
Embossed card, sheet 115 x 145mm. 4½ x 5¾", specially designed for scrap album. Some foxing, partially glued to scrap sheet.
Bust in profile commemorating Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. His portrait is surrounded by military standards lettered with his victorious battles; a crown above, Britannia weeping lower right, a recumbent lion at her feet. Also a winged angel of victory laying a wreath to right.
[Ref: 11932] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington. Born 1769. Died 1852.
[Whiting n.d., c.1852.]
Embossed portrait. Sheet 145 x 115mm (5¾ x 4½"). Mounted in album paper.
A black-bordered bust portrait of the Duke of Wellington with a recumbent lion underneath, published to commemorate his death in 1852.
[Ref: 37327] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Wellington. Born May 1, 1769. Died Sep.t 14. 1852.
Windsor London.
Embossed card. Sheet:155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Laid on card.
A funeral card of the death of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) showing an angel laying a wreath at the base of a monument, while the allegorical figure of Brittania weeps before his portrait.
[Ref: 41811] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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