Grosvenor Prints

[The Act of Union.] The Master Piece of her Majesty. The two Parliaments reunited in one and the Same Pallace; Which are conducted by the Concord and her Company, Present them to ye Queen: for to make ye happy Union; of which all the Elements do Solemnize their Joy.
Ingraved by S: Conniand at Mrs Hodge in Angel Court near the May pole in the Strand Just by Surrey Street near St Clement Church.
Sold by the Author at the Cock the 2d door ye upper end of West Street near Grafton Street, Soho. [n.d., c.1707.]
Engraving. Sheet 300 x 375mm (11¾ x 14¾"). Trimmed into image at top, some browning, laid on album paper. Slight central crease.
An allegorical scene: Queen Anne stands presiding over the union of female figures of England and Scotland, attended by the figures of Abundance, Fidelity, Concord, Prudence and Justice. To the right is the sea with tritons and a sea battle. Above two angelic figures have been partially excised.
Not in BM, with no entry for Conniand. The only other reference to him we could find is as engraver of 'The Brawl of Audenarde, Mr: Siris new dance for the year 1709'.
[Ref: 45306] £480.00

The Duke of Queensbury & Diver presenting the Act of Union to Queen Ann.
Hamilton delin. A.W.Warren sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs September 3; 1803 by J.Stratford N.o.112 Holborn Hill.
Engraving. Plate: 215 x 170mm, (8½ x 6¾"). Large margins. Some light creasing.
An interior scene in which Queen Anne (1665-1714), who sits on the throne, is presented with the Acts of Union, signed 1st May 1707, which united Scotland and England and formed Great Britian.
[Ref: 36828] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Triumphal Arch erected for William III in the Hague] Arc de Triomphe dans l'Avant Cour, erige pour sa Majesté Britannique, 1691 [parallel text in Dutch]
J. V. D. Avele fec.
Apud Carolum Allard cum Priv. ord. Holl et Westvrisiae.
Etching, 17th century watermark; sheet 250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Tipped into album sheet; central fold. Trimmed to border.
Huge triumphal arch erected in the Hague on the occasion of William III's visit in 1691 (the first time he had returned to the Netherlands since being crowned king of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1688). The arch was one of a series which channelled the procession towards the town hall. Plate from a Dutch publication comprising twenty plates depicting key episodes from the Glorious Revolution.
[Ref: 42804] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Triumphal Arch erected for William III in the Hague] Eere Poort op de groote markt, opgerecht voor Z.K.M. van Groot Britanje. 1691. [parallel text in Dutch]
Hugo Allard f [in image lower right]
Apud Carolum Allard cum Priv. ordinum Hollandiae et Westvrisiae.
Etching, 17th century watermark; sheet 250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Tipped into album sheet; central fold. Trimmed to border.
Triumphal arch erected in the marketplace in the Hague on the occasion of William III's visit in 1691 (the first time he had returned to the Netherlands since being crowned king of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1688). The arch was one of a number which channelled the procession towards the town hall. Plate from a Dutch publication comprising twenty plates depicting key episodes from the Glorious Revolution.
[Ref: 42805] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Earl of Argyle, Only two Hours before his Execution, and the Distress and Astonishment of one of the Council who condemned him, on seeing him in a transquil Sleep. Vide Fox's Hist.y of the Reign of James II. Page 218.
Published and Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. Davidson Alnwick.
Very scarce wood engraving. Sheet size: 465 x 340mm (18¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate. Horizontal central crease. Glued to backing sheet at corners.
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish Protestant leader, about to be executed for his opposition to the Roman Catholic James II of Great Britain and Ireland (James VII of Scotland), yet found fast asleep beside a letter inscribed, 'Your Affectionate Husband ... Argyle'. Two council members enter from the right, astonished with his composure, with the executioner holding a raised axe in the shadows of the cell behind the door. A rare illustration to 'A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James II', written by Charles James Fox. It was left unfinished at his death in 1806 and was not published until 1808.
Ex collection of Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39022] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Armstrong Binnen Londen, gehangen en gevierendeelt.
J.L. [c.1690]
Etching, rare, sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Glued to backing sheet.
The execution of army officer and conspirator Sir Thomas Armstrong (1633-84). Armstrong associated with Charles II's natural son the duke of Monmouth and plotted to secure Monmouth's succession to the throne. Following disclosure of the Rye House plot (to murder Charles II and the future James II to spark an insurrection) Armstrong was indicted for high treason. He moved to the continent but was captured, brought back to England, and executed. His head was affixed to Westminster Hall, three of his quarters displayed in London, and the fourth at Stafford.
[Ref: 42544] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Bill of Rights ratified at the Revolution by King William, and Queen Mary, previous to their Coronation.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Etching and engraving. plate 305 x 210mm (12 x 8¼"). Cut into platemark.
William III and Mary II, enthroned, a cleric standing before them , holding out text of Bill of Rights; passed on 16 December 1689 as a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention of Parliament to William and Mary, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England.
[Ref: 34705] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Boadicea. Queen of the Iceni, leading the Britons against the Roman army under Suetonius, Seeing her troops defeated with the slaughter of 80,000 men, She terminated her life by poison, in order to avoid falling into the power of the Roman General.
Painted by Henry Singleton. Engraved by William Bond.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Queen Boadicea in a chariot being drawn to left, spear in her right hand, with her daughters slumped in despair at her knees.
[Ref: 44094] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Signing of the Treaty of Breda, 1667] D'Eeuwige Gedenck-Teekene van de Engelse en Nederlandtse Oorlog en Vreede [...] fo.249
[Anon., c.1672.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 235mm (9½ x 9¼"). Tipped into backing sheet at sides. Slight creasing where folded into volume.
The signing of the Treaty of Breda, which brought to an end the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7) in favour of the Dutch. This plate also appears on a large broadside comprising several scenes relating to the war, with letterpress, although the text here differs, indicating a different publication. The Breda Peace Conference is an important moment in the history of the North American colonies: the Dutch officially conceded New York and the surrounding colonies in New Jersey and Delaware to English control.
[Ref: 55141] £480.00

[Treaty of Breda] Vreede-Handelingh tot Breda, Gesloten op den XXXI Iuly, inde Kamer van Conferentie, door de Gevolmachtighden van hare Koninckl: May.stn van Groot-Brittannien, Vranckryck, Deenmarcken, en hare Hooghm: de H.rn Staten Generael op den 24 Augusti 1667.
R. de Hooghe f. et. inv.
[Nicolaes Visscher excudit.] [n.d. c.1667.]
Etching. Sheet 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12¼"). Trimmed around the image, two worm holes.
The interior of a conference chamber at Breda Castle, with delegates negotiating the Treaty of Breda in an attempt to end the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7). The treaty confirmed Britain's ownership of New York. This is the central scene only, lacking eight further panels relating to the gathering.
See: Muller 2284. Hollstein 77. Landwehr p.56 See Ref: 55139 for complete image.
[Ref: 60229] £320.00

[Bristol during the Reform Act Riots of 1831] View of the New Prison & Two Toll Houses, on Fire. As it Appeared, Oct. 30th 1831
J. Jones sc. Pub.d by A. Giudice [c.1832]
Etching and aquatint, sheet 95 x 120mm (3¾ x 4¾"). Very rare.
One of several prints made in the wake of the 1831 Bristol Riots. These were amongst the several manifestations of civil unrest which took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The Reform Bill aimed to improve 'rotten boroughs' standards and to give Britain's fast growing industrial towns greater representation in the House of Commons. The riots continued for three days during which the palace of Robert Gray the Bishop of Bristol, the Mansion House, and private homes and property were looted and destroyed, along with the demolition of much of the gaol and toll houses. Work on the Clifton Suspension Bridge was halted and Isambard Kingdom Brunel was sworn in as a special constable.
[Ref: 41070] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

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 manner of Burning a Woman convicted of Treason.
Dodd delin. J. Lodge sculp. [c.1770.]
Engraving, sheet 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Small margins on 3 sides.
Engraving published in the 'Tyburn Chronicle'.
[Ref: 46568] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

(No. 1) View of Cato Street. Description of the Plate. A. Front view of the Stable in Cato Street [...].
W. H. Harriott delin.t 26 Feb.y 1820. Printed by F. Moser 4 Greenland Place Cromer St. London. Published by J & S Fuller Rathbone Place Feb. 26. 1820.
London, 1820.
Lithograph. 370 x 270mm (14½ x10½"). Laid on album paper. Some light foxing across the print. Horizontal crease across the centre.
A view of the stable on Cato Street where the Cato Street Conspirators assembled, including a key and description. Plate 1 of the 'Cato Street Conspiracy' series. A black and white version of the coloured lithograph.
[Ref: 54124] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

M.r. Chancellor's first Audience of the Czar of Muscovy.
Drawn by Corbould. Engrav'd by George Cooke.
Engraving. Sheet: 180 x 225mm, (7 x 9"). Trimmed within plate. Stains in corners.
An interior scene showing the first meeting between English explorer Richard Chancellor (d. 1556) and Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) Tzar of Russia in 1554. Chancellor had set out to find a north-east passage to China, on hearing of Chancellor's arrival Ivan summoned him to Moscow. It was through this and subsequent meetings that a trade was opened between England and Russia.
[Ref: 38612] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Charter of Liberties. Cardinal Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, producing to the Barons and the rest of the Assembly at S.t Edmund's Bury, the Charter granted by Henry the 1st, in which that Monarch pledged himself to abolish the arbitrary Laws of the Normans then in force... Engraved from the Original Picture in the Gallery of the University of Oxford.
Painted by W. Martin. Engraved by W. Ward.
London. Pub.d Dec.r 16, 1795 by W.Martin, Hamilton Street, Piccadilly.
Mezzotint. 580 x 650mm (22¾ x 25½"). Repaired tears, crack in platemark at bottom.
Cardinal Stephen Langton standing behind the altar in Bury St Edmund's in 1213, pointing to the charter of liberties, the barons of England raising their hands in agreement. The Charter of Liberties was issued by Henry I upon his ascension to the throne in 1100, addressing abuses of royal power, such as over-taxation of the barons, the abuse of vacant sees, and the practices of simony and pluralism. It was generally ignored by monarchs until 1213, when Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, reminded the nobles that their liberties had been guaranteed a century before. In the face of such unified opposition King John opened negotiations and the Magna Carta was signed two years later.
Frankau 55, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4110] £980.00

Charter of Liberties. [Cardinal Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, producing to the Barons and the rest of the Assembly at S.t Edmund's Bury, the Charter granted by Henry the 1st, in which that Monarch pledged himself to abolish the arbitrary Laws of the Normans then in force... Engraved from the Original Picture in the Gallery of the University of Oxford.]
Painted by W. Martin. Engraved by W. Ward.
[London. Pub.d Dec.r 16, 1795 by W.Martin, Hamilton Street, Piccadilly.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 515 x 610mm (20¼ x 24"). Trimmed within plate, losing explanatory text, multiple repaired tears.
Cardinal Stephen Langton standing behind the altar in Bury St Edmund's in 1213, pointing to the charter of liberties, the barons of England raising their hands in agreement. The Charter of Liberties was issued by Henry I upon his ascension to the throne in 1100, addressing abuses of royal power, such as over-taxation of the barons, the abuse of vacant sees, and the practices of simony and pluralism. It was generally ignored by monarchs until 1213, when Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, reminded the nobles that their liberties had been guaranteed a century before. In the face of such unified opposition King John opened negotiations and the Magna Carta was signed two years later. The quality of the colour printing is particularly good.
Frankau 55.
[Ref: 55215] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Christian Slavery at Algiers. Capt. Croker Visiting the Hospitals at Algiers. [&] Cap.t Croker Horror Stricken at Algiers.
G. Cruikshank fec.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Pair of etchings. Sheet: 250 x 100mm (9¾ x 4"). Images and title trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Two scenes showing Captain Croker's discovery of European slaves in Algiers, between the 16th-19th centuries the corsairs of the Barbary states would raid small coastal towns in the Mediterrenean and ships, selling those they captured into slavery. Croker had been a commander of one of the ships Lord Exmouth had sent to attack Algiers in an attempt to end the slavery practices and free European slaves. The scenes show Croker visiting the hospital in which many slaves were treated for injuries and Croker watching lines of slaves being driven back to the city after working in the fields. Illustrations from 'Cruelties of the Algerine pirates...',1816 by William Hone.
[Ref: 41902] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Cinque Ports' Ball. To His Grace the Duke of Wellington, at Dover, Sept.r 5.th 1839.
On stone from a Drawing on the Spot by W.m Burgess. Printed at A. Ducote's Lithographic Establishment, No 70, St Martin's Lane, London.
Pub.d Oct.r 25th 1839 by Thomas Rigden, Dover; and in London by Ackermann & C.o 96, Strand, and Charles Tilt, 86, Fleet Street.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). Dusty in margins.
A view of the interior of the Wellington Pavilion, erected on the Priory Meadow (now St Martin's Terrace), during the Wellington Festival Ball in August 1839. The Duke can be seen in conversation. One of a set of three prints by William Burgess, with a view of the exterior of the pavilion and an interior during the Wellington Dinner, held a week before the ball.
[Ref: 60227] £360.00

The Cinque Ports' Banquet. To His Grace the Duke of Wellington, at Dover, August 30.th 1839.
On stone from a Drawing on the Spot by W.m Burgess. Printed at A. Ducote's Lithographic Establishment, No 70, St Martin's Lane, London.
Pub.d Sept.r 25th 1839 by Thomas Rigden, Dover; and in London by Ackermann & C.o 96, Strand, and Charles Tilt, 86, Fleet Street.
Lithograph with fine hand colour. 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 19¾"). Nick in left edge, slight staining in unprinted area on right.
A view of the interior of the Wellington Pavilion, erected on the Priory meadow (now St Martin's Terrace), during the Wellington Festival Banquet in August 1839. The Duke can be seen on the top table. One of a set of three prints by William Burgess, with a view of the exterior of the pavilion and an interior during the Wellington Ball, held a week after the dinner.
[Ref: 60226] £360.00

The Deaths of the Two Most Valiant Knights St. Charles Lucas & St. George Lisle, who for their Loyalty to their Soverein Charles the 1st, Honourably suffered at Colchester, the 28. Aug. 1648. To The Right Hon.ble Jemima, Marchioness Grey & Baroness Lucas. This Plate is with Great Respect dedicated, by Her Ladyships most Obed.t Humble Serv.t B. Strutt.
B. Strutt Colcest. Pinx. et Aqua Fort. Fecit. F. Jukes Aquatint F. 1784.
Aquatint and etching, very scarce. Plate 405 x 457mm (16 x 18"). Some creases and repaired tears in margin areas. Bit messy.
The Siege of Colchester of 1648, part of the English Civil War, saw a Parliamentary victory led by Sir Thomas Fairfax. Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle were found guilty of High Treason and sentenced to death by firing squad. The claims were that Lucas had executed Parliamentary prisoners in cold blood; that he had broken his parole given by the First Civil War; and that the Royalists had continued to fight in an indefensible position. Within days of their execution, pamphlets were produced pronouncing Lucas and Lisle as martyrs to the Royal cause.
In the Archives of Essex County Council. Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 29049] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Conservative Festival] To Sir John Tyssen Tyrell Bart. Charles Gray Round Esq.re Thomas William Bramston Esq.re George Palmer Esq.re Sir George Henry Smyth Bart. Richard Sanderson Sq.re Quintin Dick Esq.re John Round Esq.re, John Attwood Esq.re & William Beresford Esq.re This Representation of the Conservative Festival, held at Chelmsford, on the 22nd September 1841, To Commemorate their Return to Parliament fro the County Boroughs of Essex, is (with their permission) respectfully dedicated by their obedient Serv.t, Henry Guy.
Drawn & Lith.d by Tho.s Picken. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1841.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 425 x 510mm (16¾ x 20"). Several small tears, most have been repaired.
A banquet, held in a specially-contructed pavillion, to celebrate the Return to Parliament of ten Conservative M.P.s for Essex.
[Ref: 51438] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Viscount Deerhurst & The Turnpike-Man. [&] Viscount Deerhurst & Sophia. [&] The Cock Inn, at Sutton.
J. Finlay del. Roberts. sc.
London, Published by J.J. Stockdale, 24, Opera Colonnade 10, Sept.r 1825.
3 Hand-coloured aquatints on one sheet. Sheet: 485 x 200mm (19 x 8''). Paper tone.
Three scenes, the first shows a carriage leaving an inn, the middle shows George Canning, Viscount Deerhurst leaving a wine and brandy shop with his mistress Sophia Dubochet, the final image shows Canning in a boxing fight with a toll road man. Perhaps illustrations to the memoir of Harriette Wilson, sister of Dubochet, which were published in 1825.
[Ref: 51107] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Cromwell at Marston Moor, who made a desperate Charge after being wounded in his right Arm. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Collection of Robert Franland Esq.r M.P. to whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his oblidges Servants, A. Cooper & J. Bromley.
A Cooper Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. John Bromley Sculp.t.
Published for the Painter and Engraver by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square. Feb.y 1st 1826.
Mezzotint. Sheet 235 x 265mm (9¼ x 10½"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into inscription area at bottom; small repaired hole in sky.
The original painting by Abraham Cooper (1787-1868) is now in Chequers Court, home of the Prime Minister, in one of the largest collections of art and memorabilia pertaining to Oliver Cromwell in the country.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48997] £130.00

[Oliver Cromwell discovering M.r Jeremiah White his Chaplain at his daughter's knees.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculps. 1787.
[Published according to Act of Parliament 19 April 1787, by Anne Bryer, N.o 5. Poland Street, Soho.]
Stipple and etching, printed in brown; proof before title and publication, very large margins. Plate 330 x 394mm (13 x 15½ Some slight toning.
Oliver Cromwell surprising his chaplain Jeremiah White, kneeling at the feet of Frances Cromwell. White had ambitions to marry Frances, daughter of the Lord Protector; however, found in a compromising position, he pretended he was asking Frances's permission to court her lady in waiting. Cromwell immediately called for another chaplain and had White and the maid sent away.
De Vesme: 537: iv/v. Tuer: 1245. Collection: Northwick
[Ref: 31207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The beheading of Captn: Doughty by Drake.
J: June. Sc.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Sheet 100 x 165mm. 4 x 6½".
Thomas Doughty was an English nobleman, soldier, scholar and personal secretary of Christopher Hatton. In 1577, on an expedition with Francis Drake to attack Spanish treasure fleets, he fell out with Drake and was put on trial for treason and witchcraft and executed on July 2, 1578. His execution established the idea that a ship's captain was its absolute ruler, regardless of the rank or social class of his passengers and crew.
[Ref: 8688] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Druids.
[Taylor, Holborn, excudit.] [n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple. 260 x 165mm. 10¼ x 6½".
A druid holding an offering to the elements; other druids around. A girl to the right holding a sheep, possibly as a sacrifice. The druids were priests who carried out religious rituals in Iron Age Britain and France.
[Ref: 22847] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Druid's Altar. Then all returning from the Altar's height...
Painted & Engraved by W.O. Geller.
John Kendrick, 54, Leicester Sq. London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet: 150 x 225mm (6 x 9''). Foxing.
A scene showing a druid with his arms outstretched before a large crowd of followers. By artist William Overend Geller.
Ex: Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 51116] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Du Vall Robbing Squire Roper, Master of ye Buck Hounds to King Charles II in Windsor Forest.
T. Bowles Sculp.
[n.d. c.1734.]
Copper engraving. Plate 330 x 210mm. 13 x 8¼". Trimmed to the plate along bottom and sides. Slight crease.
From "A General History of Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Robbers, &c" by Captain Charles Johnson. Claude Du Vall (1643-1670) was a French-born gentleman highwayman. He reputedly never used violence, and would wait for stagecoaches along the roads to London. One such victim was Squire Roper, Master of the Royal Buckhounds, from whom he stole 50 guineas and then tied to a tree.
[Ref: 19208] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Duel.] Vol. II p.255.
F. Hayman inv. et del. C. Grignion sculp.
[n.d., c.1753.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 225 x 180mm (9 x 7''). Small margins. Creasing and tears.
A scene showing a duel between two Hanoverian men, one man lies on the ground while a woman and child kneel next to him. An illustration to Jonas Hanway's 'An Historical Account of British Trade over the Caspian Sea'.
[Ref: 49894] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

A Copy of Mr Pines 100 Pounds Premium Picture of the Surrender of Calais to Edward the 3rd Anno 1347.
[After Robert Edge Pine.]
[n.d., c.1765.]
Engraving. 115 x 195mm (4½ x 7¾"). Trimmed at bottom.
An engraving of the lost painting by Robert Edge Pine, the first premium winner in the category of national history painting in the competition started by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce. Pine published his own engraving of the painting in 1762, republished by John Boydell in 1771.
[Ref: 44247] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Four plates from the 'Histoire d'Angleterre.] L'Impératrice Métilde... [&] Henri II et Rosamonde... [&] Edouard I et Eléonore... [&] Jeanne de Flandre et sons Fils.
G.B. Cipriani del. Dirige par A.Suntach.
[Antonio Suntach, c.1790.]
Four engravings, stitched on left edge. Each c. 240 x 300mm, 9½ x 11¾".
Four scenes from a pirate edition of the series of the 'History of England', showing: the Holy Roman Empress Matilda (1102-67), uncrowned queen of England; her son Henry II (1133-89) with his mistress Rosamund at Woodstock; Edward I (1239-1307), Hammer of the Scots and banisher of the Jews from England in 1290, with his consort Eleanor; and Jeanne of Flanders addressing her supporters with her young son in her arms following the capture of Montford in 1342. Antonio Suntach (1744 - 1828) was a reproductive stipple engraver, active in Paris, who produced work after Kauffman and Morland. He published some of his own prints, but specialised in engraving his own versions of the most popular English prints.
[Ref: 16740] £520.00 view all images for this item

[The Compilers of the English Liturgy.]
P. La Vergne Inv. M. V.dr Gucht Scul.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 105mm (8¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, closing title at top, key shaved bottom left, laid on album paper with mss. title.
Thirteen churchmen, including Cranmer and Ridley, debating around a table, all named under the image.
[Ref: 58050] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Compilers of the English Liturgy.
P. La Vergne. Hinchliff.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Steel engraving. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Binding marks on right edge.
Thirteen churchmen, including Cranmer (1489-1556) and Ridley (c.1500-55), debating around a table, all named under the image.
[Ref: 60108] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Dedicated by Permission to The Right Hon.ble Sir Robert Peel Bar.t Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Exchequer Tally. Facsimile from an Original [...]
Published by S.S. Folker, 3 Bridge St. Wesminster [sic], April 1835.
Lithograph with letterpress, scarce, sheet 440 x 550mm (17¼ x 21½"). Creases.
The fire which burnt down the Palace of Westminster in 1834 was caused by the burning of tally sticks which had been used in the accounting procedures of the Exchequer. This print, published the year after the fire, depicts these tallies, now objects 'of considerable interest', with an extensive account of their history and usage.
[Ref: 47406] £380.00

Guy Fawkes detected & seized under the House of Lords Nov.r 5th 1606. Percy & Catesby slain in attempting their escape from Holbeach.
London Pub by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster row, Oct 16 1813.
Engraving, sheet 330 x 210mm (13 x 8¼").
Two famous scenes from British history.
[Ref: 39218] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Perspective View of the Execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn. May 5th 1760, for the Murder of his Steward.
[Anon.]
Printed for Rob.t Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill. [n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet size: 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13").
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720 - 1760) was hung at Tyburn for the murder of his steward John Johnson who was attempting to collect money due to Ferrers's estranged wife. A ring of soldiers keep back the spectators, while others watch from wooden stands built to the left and right. Ferrers was driven to Tyburn, dressed in a silver embroidered suit, in his own coach drawn by six horses.
[Ref: 39316] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A true Sketch of ye Fire which caused W.J. Lanes death.
taken on the spot by a surgeon given D E H [?]
[c.1820]
Pen and ink sketch, sheet 180 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Glued to album sheet with other scraps overlapping. Tears, staining etc.
Remarkable sketch of a fire with people fleeing the burning building and valuable depictions of firefighting equipment.
[Ref: 44789] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Chinese Bridge in St. James's Park. [&] A View of the Temple of Concord in the Green Park as seen at Midnight on the 1st August. in Celebration of the Glorious Peace of 1814.
Exec.d by F. Calvert.
Published as the Act Directs, by Burkitt & Hudson, 85 Cheapside London. [n.d., 1814.]
Pair of aquatints with hand colour. Ea. c. 395 x 470mm (15½ x 18"). Trimmed to plate mark top & bottom. "Temple of Concord" without publication line
Two scenes of the firework displays designed and directed by Colonel William Congreve to celebrate the supposed end to the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. Planned by the Prince Regent, the display was watched by Frederick William III of Prussia, Tsar Alexander and Prince Metternich. Frederick Calvert (fl. 1814-44).
[Ref: 199] £1,250.00 view all images for this item

Procession of the Flitch of Bacon, at Dunmow, Essex.
[after Thomas Stothard]
Printed & Sold by W. Belch, 6 Bridge St Union St Boro' [n.d., c.1835].
Rare etching with hand-colour. Sheet 185 x 285mm (7¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet (with popular print of a zebra verso). Foxing.
The procession of the flitch of bacon, part of the 'Flitch Trials' in Dunmow, Essex, which could be claimed by any couple who could swear that in 'twelvemonth and a day', they have 'not wisht themselves unmarried again'. This popular print is copied from the painting of the subject by Thomas Stothard R.A., which was published as a large engraving in 1832.
For the engraving of Stothard's 'Flitch' see ref. 8614.
[Ref: 43850] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Drawn from the most minute observation. An Exact representation of the Car, that conveyed the remains of the R.t Hon.ble Cha.s Ja.s Fox, Oct.r 10.th 1806_respectfully dedicated to the Electors of Westmin.r & the Noblemen & Gentlemen of the Wig Club.
Pub.d Oct.r 19.th 1806 by A. Beugo Maiden Lane, Cov.t Garden.
Very rare aquatint. 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed into image at top.
A representation of the funeral car of politician Charles James Fox (1749-1806), which was drawn by six horses.
[Ref: 27802] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Colonel Gardiner's Conversion.
Topham Leeds.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4").
A scene showing the conversion of Scottish solider James Gardiner (1688-1745) who following being wounded at the Battle of Ramillies had a religious conversion. Gardiner died at the Battle of Prestonpans during the Jacobite rising in 1745.
[Ref: 46894] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Death of George I] Op den 22 Iuny 1727. is George Lodewyk Koning van Groot Britt [...] [parallel text in Latin]
Pet:Schenk exc Amst: cum Pr. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to plate,
A scene showing the death of King George I (1660-1727). He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.
[Ref: 59239] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Assembly presided over by William III, with vignette of the House of Lords top centre] Het plechtig zitten van het 1 Laager-Huys en des Konings in de zelve zo 2 Publiyk als [...]
Carolus Allard Excudit cum Privilegie
Etching, sheet 245 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Tipped into album sheet; fold through centre. Trimmed to border especially at top.
Plate from a Dutch publication comprising twenty plates depicting key episodes from the Glorious Revolution.
[Ref: 42800] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The arrival of William of Orange in London, 28 January 1689] Intreede van Zyn Koninglyke Hoogheid, Willem de Derde, binnen Londen, den 28 January, 1689
Hugo Allard f.
Etching, sheet 255 x 295mm (10 x 11½"). Trimmed. Tipped into album sheet.
Good view of London showing William of Orange (soon to become William III) arriving in London in January 1689, having landed on the south coast of England in November 1688. James II had already left England for France by this time, leaving the way clear for William's wife Mary to join him in February. They were crowned king and queen at Westminster Abbey in April 1689.
[Ref: 42564] £520.00

[Arrival in England of the Princess of Orange, 12 February 1689] Aankomst van Haar Koninglyke Hooghesse in Engeland den 22 Februar 1689.
J. van den Avele fecit.
Carolus Allard Excudit Cum Privilegio [1691]
Etching, sheet 250 x 295mm 9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed. Tipped into backing sheet; hole top left.
Mary. princess of Orange, arrives in England, some three months after her husband William. In April 1689 their coronation took place at Westminster Abbey. Etched by Johannes van den Avelen (1655-1727), designer of historical and satirical subjects who also worked for several years in Stockholm.
[Ref: 42561] £380.00

[James II fleeing London; stranded at Faversham; and leaving Rochester] de k: wert by feversham in kent ongeworpen, gensundert en mishandelt [...]
[Anon., c.1688]
Three etchings dimensions between 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼") and 105 x 225mm (4 x 8¾"). All glued to one backing sheet.
Three etchings depicting James II's departure from England in 1688. After William of Orange landed in England in November 1688, James decided to flee. Leaving London, he got as far as Faversham in Kent before his boat was intercepted and he needed a company of guards to rescue him. James then briefly attempted resume government before receiving a request from William to remove himself. This he did, travelling to Rochester in Kent and from there on to France. These etchings are all copied from prints in a set of twenty-five by Adriaan Schoonebeek depicting events in the struggle for the British crown from the civil war to the coronation of William III and Mary II.
[Ref: 42556] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Louis XIV welcomes James to his Paris at St Germain-en-Laye] De ko: van vrankryk, louis de XIIII, ontfangt de ko: van engelant Jacob de II [...]
[Anon., c.1688]
Etching, sheet 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11"). Trimmed. Tipped into backing sheet.
After William of Orange landed in England in November 1688, James decided to flee to France, where Louis XIV gave him the chateau of St Germain-en-Laye. Louis XIV had handsomely refurbished the chateau for James and his court. Copied from one of a set of twenty-five prints by Adriaan Schoonebeek depicting events in the struggle for the British crown from the civil war to the coronation of William III and Mary II.
[Ref: 42560] £350.00

[William of Orange's Invasion of England.]
[n.d., c.1688.]
Engraving. Sheet: 335 x 380mm (13¼ x 15"). Trimmed, creases; not visible from front.
A naval scene depicting William of Orange's fleet which invaded England in November 1688, the fleet was twice the size of the Spanish Armada and consisted of about 463 ships. The portraits of William of Orange's military and naval leaders Count von Schomberg and Lord Herbert flank his own at the top of the print.
[Ref: 42976] £680.00

[James II visits Louis XIV at Versailles] Kon. Jacob word, met alle de zyne, te Versailles, van Kon. Ludewyk de Groote [...]
[Anon., c.1690]
Etching, sheet 250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed. Tipped into album sheet; tear from top.
After William of Orange landed in England in November 1688, James II decided to flee to France, where Louis XIV gave him the chateau of St Germain-en-Laye. Louis XIV had handsomely refurbished the chateau for James and his court. Here he visits Louis XIV at nearby Versailles.
[Ref: 42562] £360.00

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