Grosvenor Prints

Outline of the Attack upon Algiers exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square.
R. & E. Williamson sculp.t [after Henry Aston Barker].
[London: Henry Aston Barker, n.d., 1818.]
Engraving. Sheet 285 x 440mm (11¼ x 17¼"), with letter press key label stuck on. Folds and staining.
A visitor's keyplate for the exhibition of a 360º painting on the inside of the rotunda of Barker's Panorama, a purpose-built gallery in Leicester Street. Visitors would climb stairs to a viewing platform and use this as a guide to the painting. It was issued as a folding plate in a leaflet, 'Description of Lord Exmouth's attack upon Algiers : painted by Henry Aston Barker', written by James Jennings. The rotunda is preserved within the French Catholic 'Church of Notre Dame de France'.
[Ref: 50454] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Outline of the View of Athens exhibiting in the Panorama Strand.
Engraved by R & E Williamson.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 245 x 440mm (9¾ x 17½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A key plate to a view of Athens exhibited in Barker's Panorama in the Strand. This alternative venue to the more famous Panorama in Leicester Square was opened in 1801 by Thomas Edward Barker and Ramsay Richard Reinagle.
[Ref: 46205] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Keyplate] Chelsea Pensioners reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo.
[after David Wilkie, R.A.] J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
[London, Moon, Boys, & Graves, c.1831.]
Very rare letterpress broadside with woodcut vignette. Sheet 850 x 570mm (33½ 22½"). Folds with worn holes, foxed.
Keyplate and list of subscribers for David Wilkie's lively scene of Chelsea pensioners sitting round a wooden table outside the Duke of York inn, listening to one reading the news of the Battle of Waterloo. The key lists the variant uniforms of the old soldiers. The extensive list of subscribers include the Duke of Wellington, the artist and Francis Moon, one of the publishers.
For Chelsea Pensioner's Print: Ref: 32632
[Ref: 36975] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Key to a Series of Eight Views, Forming a Panorama of the city of Constantinople and its Environs taken from the Tower of Galata by Henry Aston Barker.
Henry Aston Barker. [Richard Sawyer].
[Published by Thomas Palser]
Scarce etching with engraved lettering, sheet 465 x 320mm (18¼ x 16½"). Trimmed close to image on right side. Some time staining. Remnants of some prints glued to the reverse.
Henry Aston Barker (1774-1856), spent months in Constantinople making sketches and studies before his drawings were translated into two paintings produced in collaboration with his father Robert Barker. When the painting was finished it measured 10,000 square feet, and was displayed in the lower circle of Robert Barker’s celebrated ‘Panorama’. This was a purpose-built cylindrical building in the heart of Soho where spectators could enjoy the experience of being enveloped in a massive all-embracing view. Visitors were given a circular orientation key diagram to the panorama painting to identify key signs and locations.
[Ref: 56300] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Explanation of a View of the Island and City of Corfu, exhibiting in the Panorama, Strand.
Engraved J. Lea
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 270 x 430mm (10½ x 17"). Trimmed and laid on an album sheet. Creasing.
A keyplate to a panorama showing the island of Corfu shown at the panorama on the Strand owned by Henry Aston Barker.
[Ref: 46206] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Keyplate for two paintings responding to the French Revolution] Exhibition, 97, Pall-Mall, (late the Star & Garter Tavern). (No. 1.) In this Picture, Robespierre, with his infurate Gang, takes Possession of the Infernal Regions [...]
J. Barfield, Printer, Wardour-Street, Soho [c.1800]
Etching and letterpress, sheet 400 x 275mm (15¾ x 10¾"). Damage to edges; small holes.
Keyplate for two paintings of revolutionary subjects, to accompany an exhibition in London. The first painting is almost certainly 'Triumph of the Guillotine' by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (1795?), now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The second, showing the family of Louis XVI and other victims of the Terror in Elysium, has not been identified.
[Ref: 41531] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Fall of Babylon, M.R. West Side. 176. 1. The Great Tower of Babel. 2. Temple of Belus, the external Buildings by Nebuchadnezzar. 3. Temple of Venus. 4. Dragon, one of the Images of Worship, which are placed one mile apart, to express the vast extent of the Streets. 5. The Street Gates leading to the River, half a mile distance from each other... At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. Isaiah, chap. xiii. verse 19, and chap. xiv. verse 13. Jeremiah, chap. 50, ver.2, 22, 43, and 53.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching, scarce, large margins. 166 x 209mm. 6½ x 8¼".
An etched key plate to John Martin's 'The Fall of Babylon".
See Wees & Campbell: p.36; 28.
[Ref: 21036] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Key plates to the Coronation of George IV, Trial of Queen Caroline & Portraits in the House of Lords.]
[After James Stephanoff.]
[Robert Bowyer, n.d., c.1813.]
Etched key plate. Platemark 380 x 495mm (15 x 19½") with thread margins. Two splits in crease where previously folded. Some very light foxing and surface dirt.
Keys to prints published by Bowyer including the Coronation of George IV engraved by Dobourg, and "View of the interior of the House of Lords, during the important investigation in 1820", engraved by Murray, both after James Stephanoff.
BM: 1873,0712.562.
[Ref: 60060] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[George IV] Explanation of the Coronation Procession, Exhibiting in Henry Aston Barker's Panorama, Leicester Square.
[after Henry Aston Barker]
[n.d., 1822.]
Lithograph. Sheet 310 x 455mm (12¼ x 18"). Edges frayed. & tatty.
The keyplate to Barker's panorama of the Coronation of George IV in 1821, with a 70-point index. This was Barker's last panorama: the success of the 'Panorama' exhibition rooms off Leicester Square, allowed him to retire two years later, aged only 48.
[Ref: 62128] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Explanatory Key to the Grand Historical Print of the Coronation of his Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth.
Published by G.Humphrey, 27, St James's Street, London, Jan.y 25.th 1822.
Coloured aquatint, watermarked 1828. 235 x 530mm.
Representation of the royal procession on foot from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey, with a key to the buildings above and the people below.
for proof impression see ref. 28485
[Ref: 7327] £320.00

Key to Whichelo's Picture, Destruction of Jerusalem, 22ft by 14, at Dobbs & Co's, 13 Soho Square.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce wood-engraved keyplate with scene and plan, each within embossed border. Sheet 390 x 250mm (15¼ x 9¾"). Damage to lower edges, stains & creases, laid on album paper.
The keyplate to John Whichelo's painting of the 'Destruction of Jerusalem' by the Romans, with an accompanying plan of Classical Jerusalem. Charles John Mayle Whichelo (1784-1865) was 'Marine and Landscape Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent', although he painted the last professional portrait of Nelson from life in 1805.
[Ref: 59778] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

General Williams and his Staff leaving Kars. Painted by T.J. Barker, as companion to ''The Allied Generals Before Sebastopol".
Published by John Garle Browne, Leicester, the sole owner of the Picture.
Rare lithographic keyplate. 530 x 640mm (20¾ x 25¼"), laid on board for hanging under the original print. A little wear.
The keyplate to the print ''Sir Fenwick Williams and the Officers of his Staff parting with the citizens of Kars'', engraved by Charles George Lewis (1808-60) after Thomas Jones Barker (1815-82), with an index of 38 people and places. The original painting, ''The Capitulation of Kars, 26 November 1855'', is now in the National Army Museum. The Siege of Kars (June 1855) was the last major operation of the Crimean War. The Russians attacked the most important fortress of Eastern Anatolia, which was defended by Ottoman troops led by Canadian general William Fenwick Williams (1800-83). Williams managed to galvanise the dispirited garrison and repulse three major Russian attacks, but eventually cold, famine and an outbreak of cholera forced it to surrender, after which they were allowed to march out with the honours of war and into captivity.
[Ref: 51399] £360.00

Reference to the Swearing In of Alderman Newnham Lord Mayor on Nov.r 8th 1782.
[After William Miller.]
Published June 4th, 1801, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & at the S, Gallery, Pall Mall.
Etched key plate. 275 x 330mm. 10¾ x 13". Large margins.
Key plate to Benjamin Smith's stipple engraving of Miller's scene of the Lord Mayor of London swearing the Oath of Allegiance at the Guildhall, with a key of 120 people, including John Boydell, and other points of interest. Nathaniel Newnham (1742 - 1809), was sheriff of London 1775-6, Lord Mayor 1782-3, MP for London 1780-90, as well as being a joint-founder of the banking firm Everett & Co.
[Ref: 23650] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Descriptive Sketch of the Print of The Death of Gen: Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
London Published June 4th 1804 by John P. Thompson, G.t Newport Street, Printseller to His Majesty and the Duke and Duchess of York.
Rare engraved keyplate. 380 x 540mm (15 x 21¼"). Very foxed. Nicks to edges.
Engraved keyplate to Robert Ker Porter's 'The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie', as engraved by Giovanni Vendramini, with a 49-point key (41 people and eight landmarks. Under the key is a description of the scene in English and French. General Abercromby died at the Battle of Alexandria (21 March, 1801) having been struck by a spent musket ball that went septic.
BM: 1872,1012.1686.
[Ref: 60057] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Descriptive Sketch of the print of the Death of Gen: Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
London Published June 4. 1804 by John P. Thompson St. Newport Street. Printseller ro His Majesty & the Duke & Dichess of Kent.
Engraved keyplate. Sheet size: Small tear to left edge of sheet. Vertical crease where folded. Very messy.
A keyplate; Outline sketch showing General Abercrombie attended by surgeons after the battle of Alexandria. A list of those depicted is inscribed in the uper left, with a short description of the event below the image in both English and French.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37346] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Keyplate] The Garth Hunt.
[after Cecil Aldin.]
[n.d., 1925.]
Rare etching. Sheet 300 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"). Some creasing top left.
The keyplate to Alden's fox hunting scene, with 56 named dogs and riders (19 is not used, apparently an unidentified dog).
[Ref: 57954] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Keyplate] The South Berks Hunt.
[after Cecil Aldin.]
[n.d., 1925.]
Rare etching. Sheet 430 x 555mm (17 x 21¾"). Creasing and soiling in topedge.
The keyplate to Alden's fox hunting scene, 'The South Berks Hunt. Away from Perman's Covert', published by Alfred Bell in 1925. The key lists 48 riders and 21 dogs.
[Ref: 57956] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Keyplate] The Waddon Chase.
[after Cecil Aldin.]
[n.d., 1925.]
Rare etching. Sheet 300 x 355mm (10¾ x 14"). Slight soiling in right edge.
The keyplate to Alden's fox hunting scene, with 82 named dogs and riders.
[Ref: 57955] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Explanatory Accompaniement to the Print Commemorating the Battle of the Nile. References to the View of the Engagement when L'Orient blew up on the Night of the 1st of August.
Published as the Act directs, March 30th, 1799 by G. Riley, Old Bailey.
Rare etching, plate 325 x 270mm (12¾ x 10½"). Small margins left and right. Some foxing, dusty.
A key plate, with a copy of Nelson's Despatches as published in the London Gazette Extrordinary, October 2nd 1798, and a list of the lines of battle.
NMM: PAI7831.
[Ref: 60059] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Reference to the Print Representing the Battle of the Nile. Engraved and Publish'd as the Act directs by Ja.s Fittler, London.
Printed by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent Garden.
Engraved key plate with letterpress, total 480 x 290mm, 19 x 11½". Creased. Water mark 1799.
Keyplate of P.J. de Loutherbourg's 'Battle of the Nile', as engraved and published by Fittler, naming the ships, a description of the painting a copy of Nelson's despatch, and the Line of battle.
From the Reference Library of the Parker Gallery.
[Ref: 22807] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The British Army in Egypt.] Key of Reference to a Centre Print to Two Engravings; one of the Landing of the British Forces in Egypt, and the other the Battle of Alexandria.
[After P.J. de Loutherbourg.]
Printed by A, Strahan, [?] Printers Street, London. [n.d., 1806.]
Engraving with letterpress, watermark 1804. Sheet 395 x 310mm (15¾ x 12¼"). Edges browned and chipped, losing part of printer's inscription.
A key plate, not to the pair of views of the military action by de Loutherbourg, but to his memorial to Sir Ralph Abercromby, called 'The British Army in Egypt'. The full plate takes the form of an acute pyramid made up of medallion portraits of Abercromby's officers, surrounded by soldiers and sailors, including a sepoy and a mamluk, some bringing more portraits to be added to the pyramid. This key describes the troops, with the Pharos and Pompey's Pillar.
See Refs: 21581 & 21582 for prints.
[Ref: 60056] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Key Plate to Mr. Barrett's Picture Florence Nightingale at Scutari.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Published by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Exchange Street, Manchester.
Lithograph, scarce; printed area 290 x 260mm (11½ x 10¼"). Staining to top right margin.
Keyplate identifying the figures portrayed in Jerry Barrett's painting 'The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari' (1857) which hangs in London's National Portrait Gallery. The scene portrays Nightingale's invaluable medical assistance during the Crimean War. The publishers of this keyplate, Thomas Agnew & Sons, also published a large engraving of the picture.
for the print of the picture, see ref. 8486. Ex: Collection of Thomas Agnew.
[Ref: 32262] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Key to the engraving of the trial of William Lord Russell.
Published by Rob.t Bowyer, and Mary Parkes. [n.d., c.1835.]
Engraved key plate. Platemark: 165 x 230mm (6½ x 9"). Horizontal crease near lower edge of sheet.
A key pate; Outline sketch of the principal figures in Sir George Hayter's painting of the trial of Lord Russell. Lord Russell is seen on the witness stand to the right, before a panel of several judges.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37343] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Keyplate] The Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers, July 22 1620. The Government Prize Picture of the Westminster Hall Exhibition. (The Scene is taken from the point of Embarkation, Delft Haven.)
Painted by Charles Lucy, Esq. Engraved by John Burnett, Esq.
Published by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Her Majesty's Printsellers & Publishers, Exchange Street, Manchester. August 1, 1855.
Lithograph with letterpress, scarce item; sheet 275 x 450mm (10¾ x 17¾").
Keyplate identifying the figures in Charles Lucy's painting 'The departure of the ‘primitive puritans’, or ‘Pilgrim Fathers’, to the coast of America, AD 1620' (1847), painted for a Palace of Westminster fresco competition. The painting is now in the Pilgrim Hall Museum (Plymouth, Mass.).
Ex: Collection of Thomas Agnew.
[Ref: 32261] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Key to Mr Walker's Engraving of the Passing of the Reform Bill.
[after S.W.Reynolds.]
London June 1836; Published by Mr Walker, 64 Margaret Street, & 22 London Street, Edinburgh.
Steel engraving, sheet 305 x 375mm (12 x 14¾"). Creases; stains; repaired tears. Damaged.
The key plate to Samuel William Reynolds's 'The Reform Bill Receiving the King's Assent by Royal Commission, 7 June 1832', identifying seventy-six figures represented including Grey, Durham, Holland, Brougham, Lansdowne, and Wellesley. The passing of the Great Reform Bill was one of the major legislative landmarks of the nineteenth century
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37229] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Key to Mr Walker's Engraving of the Passing of the Reform Bill.
[after S.W.Reynolds.]
London June 1836; Published by Mr Walker, 64 Margaret Street, & 22 London Street, Edinburgh.
Rare steel engraving. Sheet 290 x 330mm. Edges chipped and stained; tears into image and publication line.
The key plate to Samuel William Reynold's 'The Reform Bill Receiving the King's Assent by Royal Commission, 7 June 1832'.
From the Reference Library of the Parker Gallery.
[Ref: 56076] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Description of the Print of the Grand Attack on Valenciennes by the Combined Armis under the Command of his R.H. the Duke of York, July 25th, 1793, Engraved by Mr William Bromley, from a Picture Painted by P.J. de Loutherbourg, Esq. R.A.
[n.d. c.1801.]
Rare engraved key plate with letterpress, watermark 1800; sheet 375 x 470mm (14¾ x 18½").
Keyplate with a 28-point key of the important Allied officers, and a short description of the scene in English and French.
BM: 1917,1208.1231. .
[Ref: 60058] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Key of Reference to the print of The Battle of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815. The period of time is towards the Close of the Day when the whole French Army were thrown into Confusion. The Marquis of Anglesey having broken the French Lines and pass'd the high road, pursues the Enemy into a hollow, and the Cavalry charge and capture their Artillery.
London; Published June 18th, 1819, by R.Lambe, 96, Gracechurch Street, and T.Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill.
Etched key plate. Sheet 540 x 755mm (21¼ x 29¾"). On paper watermarked 'Turkey Mills J Whatman 1819'. Folded at centre. Taped tears. Trimmed to plate left and right.
Keyplate to a painting by Alexander Sauerweid, as engraved by H.R.Cook, with a 19-point key of persons and a 15-point key of the battle.
BM: 1872-5-11-449.
[Ref: 60061] £320.00

Index to the View of London. [Lettered A-Z; and; Numbered 1-90 listings of specific locations.]
[J. Swertner.]
Published as the Act directs by J. Swertner Aug.t 1.st 1789.
Etching with aquatint. Sheet 125 x 750mm (4¾" x 29½"). Folds with some creasing through the image.
Key to an aquatint view of Westminster and the City of London from Islington by The Rev. John Swertner (1746-1813). Swertner was a Moravian Minister who, when not producing views such as this, was a prolific writer of hymns.
Guildhall Library Print Room: p7494442.
[Ref: 53659] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Key Plate to Mr. F.C. Lewis's Picture now Engraving / The Installation of His Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic at Madras 1. His Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic / 2. The Honourable Sir Edward Gambier, Chief Justice [...]
[after F.C. Lewis, c.1845]
Very scarce lithograph backed onto linen, varnished; sheet 435 x 555mm (17 x 21¾").
Keyplate made to accompany the engraving of the painting by Frederick Christian Lewis junior's (1813-75) of the installation of the nawab of the Carnatic, Ghulam Muhammad Ghaus Khan, at Chenauk Palace by Lord Elphinstone on 25 August 1842. The huge (6ft x 7½ft) painting, now in the Fort Museum in Madras, included between sixty and seventy portraits and took Lewis eighteen months to complete. The principal Indians and English are seated to left and right of the nawab, seated on the Musnud, and among the high ranking officials depicted, from all departments of the colonial administration, are Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Madras, General Sir Robert Clark, Commander-in-Chief, Sir Edward Gambier, Chief Justice, members of the judicial bench, the Board of Revenue, gentleman agents and residents, and local Indian princes and potentates. The keyplate notes some figures are not identified by name and that they were members of the Nabob retinue and Durbar. Lewis (often called 'Indian Lewis' to distinguish him from his artist father and brother), was one of the foremost British artists working in Asia in the ninenteenth century.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 37227] £490.00

[A Musical Assembly] Drawn by J. Farrer from the Original Picture by Hogarth.
Etched by G.Cruikshank [after Marcellus Laroon the Younger].
[n.d., 1819.]
Etching. Sheet 175 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper with letterpress title and description underneath.
The keyplate of a painting once believed to be by William Hogarth but is now attributed to Marcellus Laroon the Younger. It shows a fashionable salon during a 'musical assembly', with a key of 24 personages of whom only 12 are identified, with the central figure, '15', named as Lord Castlemain and '16' as Frederick, Prince of Wales (father of George III), with other members of the Royal Family. The letterpress describes how Hogarth painted the scene for Castlemain's house at Wanstead but was still in the painter's possession when he died. The painting, now in the Tate (T13316), is now attributed to Laroon (1679-1772) and the main figure identified as Charles Mordaunt (1658-1735), 3rd Earl of Peterborough, at a soirée at his house in Fulham. The only other identification the Tate suggests is the woman next to Mordaunt (14 here), ''possibly Anastasia Robinson, a distinguished singer then at the outset of her operatic career'', whom Mordaunt secretly married in 1722.
Reid 844.
[Ref: 61444] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Key to the Splendid Mezzotinto Engraving, by G.H. Phillips, Esq from Danby's Sublime Painting of the Opening of the Sixth Seal.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare etching with letterpress, printed in blue. Sheet 285 x 225mm 11¼ x 9"). Laid on canvas, paper age toned.
The key and prospectus for an engraving of Francis Danby's 'An Attempt to illustrate the Opening of the Sixth Seal'. According to the text 'Each Subscriber of One Guinea shall receive one Share, securing One of the Splendid Mezzotinto Engravings of the Picture; and the chance of obtaining either the Grand Original Painting, valued at 1000 Guineas, or the Engraved Steel Plate, which cost 650 Guineas; and shall also receive a Free Admission Ticket admitting one person during the Exhibition'. Danby accused John Martin of stealing the idea of his 'The Deluge' from this painting, which Martin saw during a visit to Danby's studio.
Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36968] £350.00

Explanation of a View of the City of Paris, exhibiting in the Panorama, Strand.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Etched keyplate. Sheet 305 x 425mm (12 x 16¾"). Original folds, old repairs, slight soiling and creasing.
The keyplate to a panorama of Paris from the Place de la Concord (here named 'Place Louis 16', used 1826-30), exhibited at the Panorama in the Strand, London. Thomas Edward Barker, son of the Robert Barker who coined the word 'panorama', opened a rival exhibition site with artist Ramsay Richard Reinagle in 1801, at 168-9 The Strand.
See: Ref: 56281, 53539 & 59116
[Ref: 58762] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Index to the House of Peers on the 7th April 1778 when the Earl of Chatham was taken Ill.
[after John Keyse Sherwin.]
London, Published 4th. of June 1794 by Robert Wilkinson, N.o 48 Cornhill.
Etching, scarce. 335 x 415mm (13¼ x 16¼"), with very large margins. Creasing, ink spot.
The key plate to Sherwin's painting of the seizure suffered by William Pitt the elder (1708-78, 1st Earl of Chatham) in the House of Lords, during a debate on seeking peace with the American revolutionaries. He died a month later.
[Ref: 47426] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Keyplate to the Grand Picture of the Allied Generals and their Staff Officers Before Sebastopol. Painted by T. Barker Esq. K.L.H. from Photographs and Sketches taken in the Crimea expressly for this picture by Roger Fenton Esq. for Mess.rs Tho.s Agnew & Sons, of Manchester, and Mr John Garle Browne of Leicester.
Published May 18th, 1859 by Mess.rs Tho.s Agnew & Sons, Manchester, and Mr John Garle Browne, Leicester, The owners of the Picture.
Etched keyplate, scarce. 470 x 645mm (18½ x 25½"), laid on board for hanging under the original print. A little wear at the top in the title.
The keyplate with an index of 97 people and places on a hillside overlooking Sevastapol. Thomas Jones Barker (1815-82) based his painting on photographs by Roger Fenton (1819-69), whose 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death', showing a road littered with spent cannon balls, is regarded as the first iconic photograph of war. Fenton was commissioned to photograph the Crimean War by the publishers of this print, Thomas Agnew & Sons.
[Ref: 51398] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Explanation of the North Coast of Spitzbergen, exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square.
[London: Henry Aston Barker, n.d., 1819.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 265 x 450mm (10½ x 17¾"). Tears, repairs to folds, spotting.
A keyplate from the brochure for a panorama exhibited 1819-20 in Barkers's Panorama in Leicester Square, painted by Henry Aston Barker after drawings by Lieutenant Frederick William Beechey. It was the first panoramic image of the Arctic. Beechey (1796-1856, son of painter Sir William Beechey, later Rear Admiral and President of the Royal Society), was part of John Franklin and David Buchan's 1818 expedition to Spitzbergen (Svalbad). This scene shows the Dorothea and Trent at anchor, with the crew making repairs to storm damage. In the foreground of the lower half are Franklin and Buchan.
See: Ref: 56281, 58762 & 53539
[Ref: 59116] £380.00

Henry Aston Barker's Panorama, Leicester-Square. View of the City of St. Petersburgh, Taken on the Tower of the Observatory. The Battle of Waterloo is in the Lower Circle. Open from Ten until Dusk. Admission to each Painting One Shilling.
1817. J. Adlard, Printer, 23, Bartholomew-Close, West Smithfield.
Wood engraved broadside with letterpress. Sheet 280 x 270mm (11 x 10½"). Some wear. Creases & foxed.
A circular wood engraving with a 25-point list of important landmarks, the key to a painted panorama of St Petersburg exhibited at the 'Panorama', the first building to be erected for the purpose of displaying panoramas. It is likely that the view was painted by either Barker (1774-1856) himself or John Burford (fl.1812 - 1850). He went to Paris to research for a panorama of the Battle of Waterloo (on display at the same time as St Petersburg') and his sketches were issued as a set of eight etchings by John Burnett. During his lifetime Barker's celebrity opened doors: he met Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Nelson in Naples, and Napoleon Bonaparte on Elba. He married Admiral William Bligh's eldest daughter in 1802.
See Ref: 37171
[Ref: 37063] £360.00

Description of the Historical Print and Picture of Earl St. Vincent's Victory Over the Spanish Fleet, off Cape St. Vincent, on the 14th of February, 1797. [&] Key to the Large Print & Picture of Adm.l Nelson's Boarding of the Spanish Ships in L.d St. Vincents Victory.
[Edward Orme, 1806.]
Engraved keyplate and letterpress, pt of watermark 01. Each sheet: 375 x 265mm (15 x 10½''), with large margins.
A keyplate to Daniel Orme's print, published by Edward Orme. Orme's print shows Nelson, having boarded the San Josef, with lieutenant Pearson beside him and Captain Berry pointing at the fallen Spanish ensign, receiving the sword of the Spanish admiral, Don Francisco Xavier Winthuysen, who expires beside a cannon to left, from the Spanish first lieutenant, while Spanish sailors and officers mourn their commander, a priest, O'Brien, standing to right, raising a crucifix and pointing towards him, with men cheering aboard the ships behind to left and right and other ships in the background. The keyplate shows the outline of the portraits with a key identifying 17 figures. The accompanying text describes the events of the battle. A plate from 'Orme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Horatio Nelson', published only three days after the funeral.
[Ref: 50900] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Key-Plate to the Interesting Historical Picture, The Trial of Earl Strafford in Westminster Hall, 1641. ainted by William Fisk, Esq., and now Engraving in the Most Finished Style of Mezzotinto as a Companion-Plate to 'The Trial of William, Lord Russell'.
London: Published by Thomas Boys, Printseller to the Royal Family, 11 Golden Square, Regent Street. and Sold by Leggatt and Neville, 79 Cornhill. [n.d., c.1841.]
Etched keyplate, with letterpress key. Sheet 285 x 450mm (11¼ x 17¾"). Creases.
The keyplate to William Henry Simmon's mezzotint of William Fisk's oil now in the Walker Gallery. Underneath is a 61-point key of references to the figures represented; on the reverse is a letterpress history by Lawrence Echard.
BM: 1858,1009.57. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 44234] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Description of the Picture and Print Representing the Death og Lord Viscount Nelson, in the Battle off Trafalgar. [&] Key to the large Historical Engraving of the Death of Lord Nelson.
Painted by W.M. Craig, Esq.
The Print is published by Edward Orme. 59, Bond Street, the Corner of Brook Street, London. Printed by J. Nichols, Earl's-court Newport-street, soho. [&] Publish'd by the Edw.d Orme, 59 Bond Street.
Engraved keyplate and letterpress. Each sheet: 375 x 265mm (15 x 10½''), with large margins. Creasing and surface dirt.
A keyplate to Robert Cooper's print after W.M. Craig showing Nelson's death on the deck of H.M.S Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar. The key shows outlines and identifies 15 portraits within the painting. A plate from 'Orme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Horation Nelson', published only three days after the funeral.
[Ref: 50902] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Explanation of the view of Venice, exhibiting in the Panorama, Strand.
Ja.s Lee sculp [after Henry Aston Barker].
Printed by Ja.s W. and Chas. Adlard. 23, Bartholomew-close [n.d., 1819].
Wood engraving. Sheet 325 x 470mm (12¾ x 18½"). Laid on canvas, some creasing.
A key to a panorama of Piazza San Marco, with a 37-point key. A keyplate to a view of Athens exhibited in Barker's Panorama in the Strand. This alternative venue to the more famous Panorama in Leicester Square was opened in 1801 by Thomas Edward Barker and Ramsay Richard Reinagle.
See: Ref: 53539, 58762 & 59116
[Ref: 56281] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Key To Mr. Leslie's Celebrated Picture Of The Queen Receiving the Holy Sacrament At Her Coronation.
Mr. Moon... 20, Threadneedle Street, London, December 14th, 1839.
Rare pen lithograph. Sheet 275 x 440mm (11 x 7¼"). Trimmed. Creases where previously folded and outer edges. Nicks to edges. Tear losing a tiny section of the key numbers.
Explanatory key to a plate representing Queen Victoria receiving the Holy Sacrament at her coronation. The painting is in the Royal Collection.
See reference 45923 for key to the christening of Victoria.
[Ref: 60456] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

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