Grosvenor Prints

[Althrop in the County of Northampton...]
[after Leonard Knyff.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 350 x 500mm (13¾ x 19¾"). Some wear, borders coloured.
A decorative view of Althrop House, after a view by Leonard Knuff which had been engraved by Johannes Kip for the 'Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces as also of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain'.
[Ref: 64119] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

The Elevation of Althrop in Northampton Shire, The Seat of the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Sunderland &c: to whom this Plate is most humbly Inscrib'd.
Ca: Cambell Delin: H. Hulsbergh Sc:
[n.d. c.1725.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 255 x 500mm (10 x 19¾"), very large margins. Original binding folds.
Althorp House, built by Robert Spencer (1641-1702), 2nd Earl of Sunderland, in 1688, the childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales. Published in Colen Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'.
[Ref: 58769] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

"Billing Mill" Northants. [Billing Mill, Northamptonshire.]
J.S. Adams [pencil signature].
[1924.]
Dry-point etching. 260 x 180mm (10 x 7”).
Two young boys sit fishing on a boat across the Billing river from a Mill.
[Ref: 62583] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Plan of the Gardens at Boughton in Northamptonshire containing 110 acres. One of the Seats of the of the most noble John Duke of Montague...
T. Badeslade delin
[London: T. Badeslade & J. Rocque, 1739.]
Engraving. 360 x 483mm (14¼ x 19"), large margins Damage at centre fold in middle.
A plan of the gardens created by Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu, which extended over nearly 100 acres. From volume 4 of ''Vitruvius Brittanicus''.
[Ref: 67073] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of the Gardens, Plantations &c: of Boughton in Northampton Shire, The Seat of his Grace the Duke of Montague &c: Containing in all 100 Acres & 130 Sqr. perches.
Ca: Campbell Delin: H: Hulsbergh Sculp:
[n.d. c.1725.]
Engraving. 360 x 483mm (14¼ x 19").
A plan of the gardens created by Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu, which extended over nearly 100 acres. From ''Vitruvius Brittanicus''.
[Ref: 67072] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Monument of Sir Nicholas Griffin. in Braybrook Church, Northamptonshire. The Profits of this Plate to be devoted to the Relief of the Irish Clergy.
Printed by S. Straker, 3 George Yard, Lombard St. [n.d. c.1840.]
Rare lithograph on india. India 412 x 273mm. 16¼ x 10¾". India lifting and torn in top left.
All Saints Church, Braybrooke. The monument was laid to one the landowning families of the area, Nicholas Griffin, Lord Latimer.
[Ref: 23215] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Castle Ashby, the Seat of the Marquess of Northampton. [&] N.E. View of Castle Ashby, the Seat of the Marquess of Northampton.
Drawn by G. Clark, Nealdwell.
[n.d., c.1830.]
A pair of fine ink and wash drawings. Sheet: 355 x 460mm (14 x 18"). Marking in margins.
A pair of views of Castle Ashby, an Elizabethan House with a Palladian section, in Northampton.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46830] £550.00 view all images for this item

The South-West View of the Parish Church of Ecton in Northamptonshire. Ecton formerly Eketon, Echington, & in Domesday Book Echentone in Andferdesho Hundred) a Village in the Hundred of Hamfordshoe 5 miles Eastward of Northampton, 66 miles from London, in Lat: 52 Deg: 15 min: consists of about go Familys and 420 Inhabitants, Baptisms yearly about 14, Burials 10, Here were 3 manors...This Church was dedicated to St Mary Magdalen, and the Wake or Feast is kept on the Sund.y after ye. 22.d July. It consists of a Body, North and South Ile, North and South Porch, and Chancel...In removing the Earth many Sculls and Bones lying in order from East to West were dug up, and among them two Silver Coins of the Size of a Silvers pence of the following Impression (£) (The Reverse probably may be Folceard Monetarius Northamtoniae~). [a-e; lettered key with details of the corresponding buidlings.] [Below image and small oval portrait:] To John Palmer of the Inner Temple London Patron of this Church This Plate is inscribed by his Obedient and humble Serv.t Will: Hen: Toms. Ao. 1749.
J. Shipley delin.t W.H.Toms Sculp.t 1749. [Portrait:] W.Hogarth Pinx. B Baron Sculp. 1749.
A very scarce engraving. Plate 540 x 381mm. 21¼ x 15". Crease.
A large engraving of Ecton Church, Northamptonshire, at the foot of which there is a small portrait head of John Palmer, Esq. Lord of the Manor of Oogenhoe and Patron os the Church.
[Ref: 18910] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

To her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch, & Queensberry This View of Geddington Cross in Northamptonshire.
E. Bradley del: Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[British, n.d., c.1830.]
Fine & rare lithograph, sheet 305 x 225mm. 12 x 9".
The stately triangular Geddington cross, with its canopied statues surmounted by a slender hexagonal pinnacle, is the best-preserved of only three intact surviving 'Eleanor' crosses. The others stand at Hardingstone near Northampton, and Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire. The places where her body rested on the journey south to its tomb in Westminster Abbey were marked by stone crosses.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 27557] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Queens Cross near Northampton.
[W. Williams]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1776.
Scarce etching. Sheet 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Creases.
A view of the Eleanor Cross at Hardingstone, marking where the body of Queen Eleanor rested on the night of 8 December 1290, on its journey to burial in Westminster Abbey. Built at the cost of over £100, it is now one of only three that survive out of the orginal twelve.
[Ref: 57406] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Holdenby House.]
[n.d., c.1800.] Watercolour. Sheet: 240 x 200mm (9½ x 8").
A view of the ruins of Holdenby House near Northampton, originally built in 1583 the house was destroyed during the civil war but was rebuilt between 1873-78. This painting shows the ruins of the house before it was rebuilt.
[Ref: 44670] £350.00

The General front of Houghton in Norfolk the seat of the Right Honourable Robert Walpole Esq.r Chancellor of Exq.r and first Lord Com.r of his Majesty's Treasurym &c: designed by Colen Campbell Esq.r 1723.
Ca: Cambell Architectus: H. Hulsbergh Sculp:
[n.d. c.1725.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 255 x 500mm (10 x 19¾"), large margins on 2 sides Original centre fold.
Houghton Hall, a Neo-Palladian, Grade I listed building, the home of Sir Robert Walpole's art collection pror to its sale in 1779. Published in Colen Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'.
[Ref: 58766] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The East Prospect of the Church and Steeple of Kettering with Mr. Sayer's House to the South.
[n.d. engraved c.1791; but later publication.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 190 x 209mm. 7½ x 8¼".
St Peter and Paul Church, Kettering, Northamptonshire, which dominated the town with its crocketed spire. From John Bridges' "History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire".
[Ref: 27600] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Lilford, the Seat of Thomas Powys Esq.r
T. Jeffrys Sculp:
[n.d. c.1791; but later.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 221 x 305mm. 8¾ x 12".
From John Bridges' "History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire".
[Ref: 27602] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Longleat] Long Leate in Wiltshire, The Seat of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Weymouth &c:
Ca: Cambell Delin: H. Hulsbergh Sculp:
[n.d. c.1725.]
Engraving. 250 x 505mm (9¾ x 19¾"), large margins.
An elevation of Longleat, regarded as one of the finest examples of Elizabethan architecture, designed by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne and completed c.1580. Published in Colen Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'.
[Ref: 58770] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Marston. S.t Lawrence
W. Gauci lithog. Printed by Englemann, Graf Coindet & Co.
[n.d. c.1826]
Rare lithograph, sheet 265 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Foxing.
A view of a stream in the village of Marston St. Lawrence in Northamptonshire. A small sailboat bobs down the stream towards the buildings in the distance.
[Ref: 65184] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Marston. S.t Lawrence
W. Gauci lithog. Printed by Englemann, Graf Coindet & Co.
[n.d. c.1826]
Very rare lithograph, sheet 265 x 370mm (10½ x 14½"), with large margins. Foxing.
A view of a building in the village of Marston St. Lawrence in Northamptonshire. Most likely Marston house. The house dates back to either the Elizabethan or Jacobean era, with one wing featuring a panelled room that has an intricately carved overmantel inscribed with the date 1611. However, the house was entirely rebuilt between 1700 and 1730, making the current structure either Queen Anne or early Georgian in style. It is now a Grade II listed building.
[Ref: 65185] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Marston Trussell] The Hall Gates [pencil on rear of mount]
[Illegible pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½").
The late 17th century wrought-iron carriage gates of Marston Trussell Hall, originally made for the house of Erasmus Norwich at Brampton Ash but moved in the mid-1700s.
[Ref: 49395] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Norton Hall.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph on chine collé on printed backing paper. Printed area 395 x 300mm (15¼ x 11¾"), with large margins. Some soiling of original backing paper, tear in right edge.
Norton Hall, Northamptonshire, with deer in the foreground. The house was destroyed in 1952.
[Ref: 60942] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Western Entrance, Oundle Church.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by B. Rudge, Bedford. Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand.
Published by Richard Todd, Bookseller, Oundle. [n.d. c.1841.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 275 x 365mm (10¾ x 14½") very large margins.
A view of the churchyard, cemetery and western entrance to St Peter's parish church. From a collection of "Lithographic views of Oundle and Fotheringhay".
[Ref: 51670] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Queens Cross, near Northampton. [&] Holbech Cross Lincolnshire.
Sold by I.Seago Printseller Highs Street, St Giles.
A pair of engravings on one sheet. Plates: 150 x 80mm (6 x 3") and 140 x 200mm (5½ x 8"), with large margins.
A pair of views of medieval crosses, the first plate shows the Queens Cross near Northampton while the second shows a cross in Lincolnshire.
[Ref: 45405] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The East Prospect of Rushton in Northampton Shire. The Seat of the Right Hon:ble Charles Lord Viscount Cullen. To whom this Plate is most humbly inscribed, by his Lordship's most Obedient Serv.t William Winstanley. 80.
Will.m Winstanley Delin. 1741. WH Toms sculp.
Publish'd July 30th. 1750, by the Proprietor WH Toms Engraver at the Golden Head over ag.st Surgeons Hall, near Ludgate Hill.
Engraving with very large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 450 x 640mm (17¾ x 25¼"). Centre fold as normal, large repaired tear at bottom. Other nicks and repairs to margins.
Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, seat of Sir William Cockayne, Lord Mary of London. From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In England and Wales". John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after he turned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. The first collection was issued in 1770, and included some plates by printmakers other than himself.
[Ref: 29406] £420.00

The Great Salcey Oak in Northamptonshire. Circumference on the ground 46 feet, 10 inches, at one yard high 39 feet, 10 inches. Estimated age 1500.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pencil sketch. Sheet 175 x 200mm (7 x 8").
A gnarled old oak, with much of its trunk hollowed out. The remains can still be seen in Salcey Forest, near Hartnell, Northamptonshire.
[Ref: 34958] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Stoke Park, Northamptonshire; The Seat of Vernon Wentworth Esq.re. From a Design of an Italian Villa by Palladio, 1630. Copied from an Original Drawing in the Poession of the late Levison Vernon Esquire, by his friend, Gilbert Flesher, Dep.y Lieu.t.
Dickinson, Bond S,t lithog.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Printed area 260 x 235mm (10¼ x 9¼"), with large margins. Foxing on right margin.
The front of Stoke Park, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, the first Palladian country house built in England, believed to have been constructed by Inigo Jones c.1630. Only the two side pavillions survive.
[Ref: 64046] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Warkworth Hermitage]
Drawn by T. Girtin Engrav'd by T. Powell Pupil to the late Mr. B.T. Pouney 1801
London, Published July 4. 1801, by S.W. Reynolds, No. 47, Poland Street, Oxford Street.
Very scarce copper engraving, printed area 450 x 565mm ( 17¾ x 22¼"). Some repairs.
The late medieval hermitage at Warkworth, hewn from deep rock above the River Coquet, as celebrated in Bishop Percy's ballad 'The Hermit of Warkworth'. Engraved after a watercolour by Thomas Girtin (now in the Victoria & Albert Museum).
Greg Smith, 'Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour' (catalogue for 2002 Girtin exhibition at Tate Britain)
[Ref: 14110] £380.00

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