Grosvenor Prints

[Tribute to Napoleon.] Sésostius et César, l'ancien, le nouvel âge, / Fredéric, à sa vue abaissent leur laurier, / Et sur le Nord brisé passant comme un orage, / Il à conquis le nom du plus grand des guerriers!!
[after V. Adam?]
à Paris chez Dopter, rue St Jacques, No. 21. Déposé [n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint. 250 x 320mm (10 x 12½") Trimmed to plate at sides, some damp staining.
Napoleon ushered to a heavenly pedestal, greeted by some of the greatest generals of history.
[Ref: 36066] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Tribute to Napoleon.] Ton souffle du chaos faisait sortir les lois ; / Ton image insultait aux dépouilles des rois. / Et, debout sur l'airain de leurs foudres guerrieres, / Entretenait le ciel du bruit de tes exploits. Casimir Delavigne.
Dessiné par V. Adam.
à Paris chez Dopter, rue St Jacques, No. 21. [n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed to plate at sides, some damp staining at top.
A tribute to Napoleon, showing the second statue of the former emperor on top of the Vendôme Column, showing Napoleon a tricorn hat, boots and a redingote (riding coat), as erected by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46). Around the statue are events from Napoleon's life, starting and ending in storm clouds, but his successes shining against a rainbow arching above. The verse is from Casimir Delavigne's 'À Napoléon', part of his 'Les Messéniennes, Livre II' (1835).
[Ref: 36064] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Tribute to Napoleon.] Ton souffle du chaos faisait sortir les lois ; / Ton image insultait aux dépouilles des rois. / Et, debout sur l'airain de leurs foudres guerrieres, / Entretenait le ciel du bruit de tes exploits. Casimir Delavigne.
Dessiné par V. Adam.
à Paris chez Dopter, rue St Jacques, No. 21. [n.d., c.1835.]
Mezzotint. 240 x 320mm (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed to plate.
A tribute to Napoleon, showing the second statue of the former emperor on top of the Vendôme Column, depicting him in a tricorn hat, boots and a redingote (riding coat), as erected by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46). Around the statue are events from Napoleon's life, starting and ending in storm clouds, but his successes shining against a rainbow arching above. The verse is from Casimir Delavigne's 'À Napoléon', part of his 'Les Messéniennes, Livre II' (1835).
[Ref: 55752] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

['The Downfall of Bonaparte'] The Western Luminary: The Family Newspaper of the Nobility & Gentry, Farmers & Traders of the Counties of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. Vol. II.--- Nº. 59. Price 8d.
Tuesday, April 19, 1814. Printed at Exeter by T. Flindell.
Letterpress newspaper. Folio (390 x 270mm), pp. (8), with tax stamp. Folds, tears with loss and surface dirt. Page 7 double-printed.
A regional newspaper giving a contemporary account of 'The Downfall of Bonaparte', with details of the new French constitution, an 'Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte' and a section on 'Bonaparte's Allies in Cornwall'.
[Ref: 62560] £250.00

[Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria & Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia.] Sehr drey Monarchen hier...
Jos. Ant. Natterer inv.t et pinx.t. Carl Pfeiffer sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1813.]
Scarce stipple. 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"), with large margins.
Portraits of the monarchs of Russia, Prussia and Austria (allies in the wars against Napoleon) amalgamated into one head, sharing three noses and two noses, surrounded by sunbeams, within a garland.
[Ref: 59803] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

République Française Liberté Egalité Au Quartier Général de Milan le an de la Republique Une, et Indivisible Bonaparte Général em Chef de l'Armée d'Italie.
Appiani dif. Mercoli fig. inc.
[n.d, c.1804.]
Engraving, 175 x 220mm (7 x 8¾"). Top right missing; stains bottom right; tatty at edges.
An engraving paying tribute to the French Repurblic and its hero, General Napoleon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 11198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Acte Additionnel aux Constitutions de l'Empire (du 22 Avril 1815.)
Paris chez Fatout, Boulevard Poissonniere 17 [n.d., c.1850].
Scarce aquatint with letterpress. 405 x 345mm (16 x 13½"). Tear near centre fold taped.
A triumphal plate featuring a youthful Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Imperial Eagle, surrounding the text of alterations to the French Constitution as decreed by Napoleon a month after he escaped from Elba. Charles Fatout (d.1882), a Parisian engraver and bookseller, worked from Boulevard Poissonnière 17 from c.1840 until his death in 1882.
[Ref: 61473] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Le Baptême du Roi de Rome. Allégories. Par M. Louason. Ex-Inspecteur en Chef de l'habillement de l'armée dl'allemagne. [&] Impromptu [letterpress card]
Paris, de l'imprimerie de Pillet, rue Christine, No 5. / 1811.
Engraving and letterpress, with small letterpress sheet, together on album sheet, sheet 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Both items glued to backing sheet.
Two items relating to the birth of Napoleon II, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Mary-Louise of Austria, in 1811. The frontispiece to Louason's poem on the baptism of Napoleon II includes the eagle (after which Napoleon II would be nicknamed), while below is a British response to the news in the form of a comic bulletin and poem (''Twill be a Die nasty indeed! ! !'). Napoleon II was King of Rome, Prince of Parma, and Duke of Reichstadt. He died of pneumonia in 1832, leaving no issue, and it was his cousin Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte who took over the Napoleonic claim to the throne and subsequently restored the empire as Napoleon III.
[Ref: 35936] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[In pencil:] "Marengo". Buonaparte's... Charger at the battle of Waterloo.
from a Drawing by James Ward R.A. [Etched in plate:] MB.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Etching. 222 x 305mm (8¾ x 12").
A reversed copy of 'Marengo, the favourite charger of Napoleon I' after James Ward. Marengo (c.1793-1831), the Arab horse purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte after the Battle of Aboukir in 1799 and named after the French victory at Marengo in 1800. Marengo was captured after the Battle of Waterloo and brought to England, where, after his death in 1831, his remains were preserved. His skeleton can now be seen in the 'Changing the World' gallery at the National Army Museum.
[Ref: 31227] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Imperial Barge.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Laid on album paper, some staining.
The funerary barge for the 'Retour des Cendres (Return of the Ashes)', the reburial of Napoleon's remains in Paris, 1840. In 'The Second Funeral of Napoleon', William Makepeace Thackeray quotes M. Guizot, an eye-witness: 'The vessel is of a very elegant antique form, and I can give you on the Thames no better idea of it than by requesting you to fancy an immense wherry, of which the stern has been cut straight off, and on which a temple on steps has been elevated. At the figure-head is an immense gold eagle, and at the stern is a little terrace, filled with evergreens and a profusion of banners. Upon pedestals along the sides of the vessel are tripods in which incense was burned, and underneath them are garlands of flowers called here "immortals." Four eagles surmount the temple, and a great scroll or garland, held in their beaks, surrounds it. It is hung with velvet and gold; four gold caryatides support the entry of it; and in the midst, upon a large platform hung with velvet, and bearing the imperial arms, stood the coffin'.
[Ref: 55896] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Souvenirs de Gloire et de Maleurs.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare engraving. Oval sheet 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾") Trimmed as oval, laid on album paper.
A design celebrating the triumphs and failures of Napoleon Bonaparte, with four verses within a circle within a collection of trophies, surrounded by a list of battles including Waterloo.
[Ref: 37383] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The life of Napoleon.]
[British, n.d., c.1825.]
Waxy scrap sheet with 14 lithographic images and 12 text labels. Sheet 430 x 315mm (17 x 12½").
A large portrait of Napoleon surrounded by scenes from his life, using famous images like Jacques-Louis David's portrait of Napoleon Crossing the Alps on Marengo, probably all cut from a single sheet.
[Ref: 36003] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The exact Representation of the Celebrated Standard presented by the Emperor Napoleon to His Guards at Elba a short Time before he invaded France in 1815. This splendid Standard is composed of the richest try coloured Silk, and the whole of the Ornaments are most elaborately Embroidered [...]
Drawn by G. Gwilt Jun.r
London Published by H. Cureton 81 Aldersgate St. Aug.t 1823
Etching, scarce, 1822 Whatman watermark, platemark approx. 440 x 330mm (17¼ x 13"), with large margins.
Etching by George Gwilt, the younger (1775-1856), architect best known for his restoration of Southwark Cathedral and his work on the Wren church of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside. Gwilt was also a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries who contributed to various publications on the subject.
[Ref: 44792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violette. This Print, which appears to consist simply of that beautiful Flower, the Violet, contains correct Profiles of the Emporer Napoleon, Maria Louisa, and the Young King of Rome; the first under the green Leaf on the right --- the second opposite, under the second Violet -- and the third one, on the right of the centrical Stems, near the lower Violet.
Radcliffe Sc.
213 Piccadilly. [n.d., c.1810].
Hand coloured engraving with two sections of letterpress text. Sheet size: 265 x 280mm (10½ x 11"). Cut and glued to scrap sheet.
An impression of an uncommon 'puzzle' portrait showing the concealed the profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" by his soldiers after having to return from Elba during Springtime. Explanatory letterpress above and below image.
[Ref: 33242] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. is quite the going Print in Paris, and in it may be traced the Portraits of Napole[on] Buonaparte, his Empress Maria Louisa, and his Son.
Lowe.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce coloured etching with letterpress title. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, affecting lettering at bottom.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" by his soldiers on his return from Elba in the Spring, during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace.
See Ref: 58951
[Ref: 58681] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet.
Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 205 x 155mm (8 x 6¼"). With rare 'Explanation' tipped on album sheet. Laid on album paper. Tears outside image top left and in margin bottom right.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace.
See Ref: 58681
[Ref: 58951] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. [&] ['Explanation' for the 'Corporal Violet' Napoleon Puzzle Print]
[Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth.] [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), with partial watermark '181'. [&] Stipple with engraving. Sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Trimmed to printed border. [&] Very trimmed, losing title 'Explanation' at top, glued to backing sheet.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace. The solution to the famous 'puzzle' portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), hidden in a bouquet of violets.
See Ref: 58681.
[Ref: 60825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

A Geographical & Historical Map Of Europe Exhibiting the new Divisions of it's Kingdoms & States agreeably to the late Congress of Vienna.
J. Wauthier. Davies sculp.t Compton Str.b Bruns.k Square.
Published as the Act directs by R. Juigné for the Second Edition of Le Sage's Historical Atles. 1817.
Hand coloured engraving with surrounding letter press text. Sheet size: 495 x 715mm (19½ x 28¼"). Central vertical crease as published.
A fine atlas map of Europe as divided up by the Congress of Vienna, 1815, at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. An article surrounding the map is titled, 'Most Remarkable Events Battles, And Treaties Between The French And The Different Powers of Europe. From 1792 Up To 1815.' The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 1815. Its objective was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Although representatives from all the states which had participated in the wars were invited, the principal negotiations were conducted by the 'Big Four' (Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria) and, later on, royalist France. Published as part of 'the Second Edition of Le Sage's Historical Atlas', by J. Wauthier, 1817.
[Ref: 36153] £280.00

Porto Ferrajo.
Published by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1815.
Engraving. Plate: 395 x 300mm (15½ x 12'').
A collection of images relating to Bonaparte's imprisonment on Elba including view of Porto Ferrajo on the Island of Elba and an engraved map, as well as small engraved portrait and facsimilies of his signatures.
[Ref: 50649] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

L'Ombre de Napoléon visitant son tombeau. 1821.
[n.d., c.1821.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 140 x 130mm (5½ x 5"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
The trunks of two willow trees, together with their branches and other foliage, form the outline profile of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821), beside a simple moonlit grave on Saint Helena. This one of several puzzle-type prints on the same theme published in the aftermath of Napoleon's death.
[Ref: 45768] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon, during the first three years of his captivity on the island of St. Helena: including the time of his residence at her father's house, ''The Briars''. By Mrs. Abell.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1844.
First edition. 8vo, publisher's cloth, gilt-illustrated on front board, blind stamp illustration on back board; illus. title, pp. xii + 244 + 16 (publisher's ads); lithographic frontispiece and five wood-engraved plates, as called for on the 'directions' slip. Spine faded, inner hinges strained, frontis. loose, some foxing throughout.
The remarkable story of the friendship between Napoleon and thirteen-years old Lucia Elizabeth "Betsy" Balcombe (1802-71), daughter of the Superintendent of Public Sales for the East India Company on St Helena and owner of 'The Briars', Napoleon's residence before Longwood was ready. She helped him learn English and kept him amused in exile and he allowed her to call him 'Boney'. Their relationship caused the governor much consternation: he suspected her of smuggling secret messages out of Longwood House. In 1818 the family left St Helena (possibly recalled because of this friendship) and Betsy married Edward Abell in 1821.
[Ref: 48148] £190.00 view all images for this item

Wahre Abbildung von Napoleons Thron.
Bei Friedr. Compe. [n.d., c.1810.]
Etching with small margins. 260 x 180mm (10¼ x 7").
'A True depiction of Napoleon's Throne'.
[Ref: 36028] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Timour the Tartar. The Equestrian Procession. Act 1 Scene 1.
[n.d., but watermarked 1812.]
Coloured engraving. 305 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Some creasing.
"Timour the Tartar" was a grand romantic melodrama in two acts by the prolific Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), with music by Matthew Peter King. First mounted at Covent Garden in 1811, it was a satire of Napoleon: Timour, of low origin, usurps the throne and raises up his needy relations to princely dignity. The play featured horses brought onto stage.
[Ref: 12758] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Colonne Nationale. Fastes militaires de la France de 1792 à 1815.
Houite Sculp.
Paris, chez Binet, Rue Aubrey-le-Boucher, 34.
Engraving. Sheet 900 x 625mm (35½ x 24½"). A few repairs, laid on backing sheet.
Napoleon's triumphal column in the Place Vendôme, originally erected in 1810 but here showing the statue of Napoleon in military dress replaced by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46), because the first statue had been melted down at the Bourbon Restoration. The Paris Commune pulled down the whole column in 1871, but it was re-erected three years later with a copy of the original statue. The column was based on Trajan's Column in Rome, with scenes from Napoleon's career in a spiral up the colymn. Here the column is flanked tables of events grouped by month rather than year
[Ref: 36852] £420.00

Napoleon Le Grand. Cloire Nationale.
Victor Baltard del. E. Conquy sculp.
Rare engraving. Sheet 900 x 625mm (35½ x 24½"). A few repairs and creases from rolling.
A print of Napoleon's triumphal column in the Place Vendôme with colourful informational timeline. The Column was erected in 1810 but here showing the statue of Napoleon in military dress replaced by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46), because the first statue had been melted down at the Bourbon Restoration. The Paris Commune pulled down the whole column in 1871, but it was re-erected three years later with a copy of the original statue. The column was based on Trajan's Column in Rome, with scenes from Napoleon's career in a spiral up the column. Here the column is flanked by tables of events grouped by month rather than year. Different version see Ref: 36852
[Ref: 55904] £750.00

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