Grosvenor Prints

[Isaac Abrabanel.] [A Jew Rabbi.] From one of the most Capital Pictures ever Painted by Rembrandt: In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.]
Rembrandt Pinx.t. J. Boydell Exc.t. W.m Pether Sculp.t 1778.
Publishd Feb.y 2..d 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, proof before title. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with wide margins. Stains in lower margin.
Portrait of Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (1437 - 1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel, a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier.
Charrington 119. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65576] £420.00

Seyley, The Chimney Sweeper.
Pub.d Sept. 16, 1813, by R.S.Kirby, 11 London House Yard.
Etching. 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Small margin on left.
A later version of a print from the 1688, 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life.' Portrait of a chimney sweep walking to right with brushes over his shoulder; with sack slung over his left shoulder; wearing wide brimmed hat and simple clothes; behind him stands a boy
[Ref: 66000] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Cupid, from a Portrait in the possession of Sir Tho.s Heathcote, Bart. To whom this Print is respectfully dedicated by his most Obliges and Faithful Servant, S.W. Reynolds.
Painted by W. Owen, Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
Rare mezzotint. 330 x 380mm (13 x 15"), with large margins. Slight surface soiling.
Cupid sits on a cloud, an arrow in his crossed arms.
Whitman 423, after state iii of iii, with title and verse from Midsummer Night's Dream rather than Ovid's Metamorphoses. W: 423 iii of iii.
[Ref: 66078] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Rigep Dandulo. A Turke by 7. defcents (came into England with Abde Aga Agent from ye Illustrious Hamet Basha of Argier) and was here Baptized into ye christian Faith by Mr Gunning at Exeter chappel in ye Strand. November 8th 1657.
Pubd. Augt 17 1793 by J.Caulfield.
Etching. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾").
Portrait of (1633 -1661), Turkish convert to Christianity, of Venetian patrician and Greek origins. After a visit to England, he ended up converting to Christianity. Dandulo remained in England until his death.
[Ref: 65993] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert Henry Dick] Dedicated by Special Permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, This Portrait of Major General Sir Robert Henry Dick of Tullymet K.C.B. & K.C.H. &c.&c.&c. Who fell at the moment of Victory at Sabraon on the Banks of the Sutledge, 10th February 1846.
Painted by E.F. Green 1830. Engraved by Henry Haig, Edin.r 1847.
Mezzotint. Sheet 405 x 295mm (16 x 11½"). Trimmed to plate
A half-length portrait of Robert Henry Dick (1787-1846), in dress uniform. A Scottish soldier who had fought with the Black Watch during the Peninsular War and at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, he commanded the Third Infantry Division during the Sikh War. He was killed leading a charge against Sikh entrenchments at Sobraon.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See 65748 for a plate of his memorial in Madras.
[Ref: 65927] £420.00

Robert Dingley Esq.r Treasurer to the Magdalen House. Done from an Original Picture presented to that Charity by M,,r William Hoare.
W. Hoare Pinx.t. J. Dixon Fec.t.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Ruled in black around image. Small margins.
A portrait of merchant Robert Dingley (1709 - 1781), holding a book open on right knee to show the title-page of 'An Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Magdalen Charity' faced by a picture of a woman. Dingley founded the Magdalen Hospital for 'fallen women'.
CS 14.
[Ref: 66071] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Jonathan Duncan, late Governor of Bombay. Proof.
Painted by I. J. Masquerier, from a portrait taken in Bengal 1792. Engraved by W.m Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty & to H.R.H. the Duke of York.
London 1823.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9ï¿½"), very large margins Tear entering inscription area, creasing bottom right.
Half-length portrait of Jonathan Duncan (1756-1811), Governor of Bombay from 1795 until his death.
CS 33, i of ii. Russell ii of iii. Frankau 98. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65991] £360.00

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William Fairlie Esq.re.
Engraved from a Picture of M.A. Shee by John Young, Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. 1817.
Rare mezzotint. 660 x 390mm (26 x 15¼"). Creasing. Small margins.
A full length portrait of Scottish merchant William Fairlie (1754-1825), known as the 'Prince of Indian Merchants', a highly successful merchant in Bengal, independent of the East India Company. Fairlie Place in Calcutta is named after him. Shee's oil was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1816, no. 142.
CS 22 i of ii.. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65966] £480.00

[Ronald Craufurd Ferguson] Major General Ferguson.
Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York.
Published March 14 1810 by W. Sheardown, Gazzette Office, Doncaster, and by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Repaired tear in bottom margin.
Half-length portrait of Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841) in uniform He served in Flanders during the French Revolutionary Wars, India, the Cape of Good Hope and Peninsula Wars.
Russell 37a, ii of ii. Not listed in Frankau. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65975] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Ronald Craufurd Ferguson] [Major General Ferguson.]
[Painted by J.R. Smith. Engraved by W.m Ward. Engraver to their R.H. the Prince of Wales & Duke of York.]
[Published March 14 1810 by W. Sheardown, Gazzette Office, Doncaster, and by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"), large margins. Rubbed area on left platemark.
Half-length portrait of Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841) in uniform He served in Flanders during the French Revolutionary Wars, India, the Cape of Good Hope and Peninsula Wars.
Russell 37a, between i & ii. CS 371a. Not listed in Frankau. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65976] £350.00

Sir Robert Fletcher.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by W. Dickinson.
Publish'd Nov.r 24.th 1774. by W. Dickinson at M.rs Sledges Henrietta Street Covent Garden.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate, crease.
A half-length portrait in oval of Sir Robert Fletcher (c.1738-76) in uniform. A lieutenant the East India Company, he was cashiered for insolence, but was restored in time to serve in the Seven Years's War, leading to a promotion to captain and a knighthood for gallantry in action. However in 1766 he was court-martialled and cashiered again by Robert Clive for his involvement in the Monghyr Mutiny. He returned to England, became MP for Cricklade and campaigned for reinstatement to the the E.I.C. again, which he achieved in 1769, with a promotion to colonel. In 1772 he assumed command of the Madras Army, but came into conflict with the local E.I.C. governor, leaving India again in 1773. As an MP he called for an inquiry into the business of the East India Company; soon after the Company re-engaged his services, promoting him to brigadier-general in Madras, and he withdrew from the 1774 General Election. Back in India again he clashed with a different governor of Madras, Lord Pigot but, ill with tuberculosis, Fletcher left India, dying on Mauritius.
CS 23, iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65971] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

John Forbes of New Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, formerly of Bombay. Proof.
Painted by J.J. Masquerier 1813. Engraved by W. Ward, A.R.A. Engraver to His Majesty, & to H.R.H. the Duke of York. Printed by J. Fisher.
London 1822.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Ink numeral in bottom margin, repaired tear in small margins.
A half length portrait of Scot John Forbes (1743-1821), known as 'Bombay Jock', a Free Merchant in India. He founded 'Forbes & Company' in 1767, one of the oldest continuously operating firms in the world. He diversified into shipping & shipbuilding, and started a bank that, having become banker to the Government of Bombay, evolved into the State Bank of India. In this state Forbes' jacket is fastened with one button instead of three formerly.
Frankau 123, ii & ii of ii. CS 37B. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state iii of v.
[Ref: 65983] £320.00

The R:t Hon:ble Lady Susan O'Brien.
F. Cotes Pinx.t. James Watson Fecit.
Printed and Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1.st April 1776 by J. Brethertob. N.º 134 Bond Street.
Mezzotint. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11"). Repaired tear in narrow margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of Susan Fox-Strangways (1743-1827), cousin of Charles James Fox, who eloped and married Irish actor and playwright William O'Brien, after which the couple lived in New York for six years.
Goodwin: 88, iv of iv; CS 108, iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65849] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B., P.C.
Painted by F. Grant R.A. Engraved by J. Faed.
London Published November 1st 1851 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 13 & 14 Pall Mall East _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Mezzotint. 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½"), with large margins. Repaired tear just entering plate on right.
Henry Hardinge (1785-1856), 1st Viscount Hardinge, a field marshal, Governor-general of India (1844-8) and the commander-in-chief of the British Army during the Crimean War. He is wearing the star of the Bath, and the sword which Napoleon wore at Waterloo, presented to him by the Duke of Wellington at the Great Review of the Allied Army in 1816. He hides one cuff: he lost his left hand to a shot at the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815, which prevented him fighting at Waterloo two days later.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65922] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Right Hon.ble Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B., P.C.
Painted by F. Grant R.A. Engraved by J. Faed.
London Published November 1st 1851 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 13 & 14 Pall Mall East _ Publishers to Her Majesty.
Mezzotint. 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½").
Henry Hardinge (1785-1856), 1st Viscount Hardinge, a field marshal, Governor-general of India (1844-8) and the commander-in-chief of the British Army during the Crimean War. He is wearing the star of the Bath, and the sword which Napoleon wore at Waterloo, presented to him by the Duke of Wellington at the Great Review of the Allied Army in 1816. He hides one cuff: he lost his left hand to a shot at the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815, which prevented him fighting at Waterloo two days later.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65925] £320.00

The Right Rev.d Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Pinx.t. Sam.l Cousins Sculp.t.
London, Published by John Murray, Feb.y 1830.
Mezzotint. Sheet 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate. Slight crease bottom right.
Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was the Church of England's second Bishop of Calcutta. His missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the 'Society for the Propagation of the Gospel' in Wrexham, was widely sung until recently, but lost favour when it was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi as patronising, particularly the line ''the heathen in his blindness [bowing] down to wood and stone''. Other hymns, for example ''Holy, Holy, Holy'', remain popular. First published by Reynolds in 1824.
Ex: Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65977] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire.
Painted by T. Lawrence R.A. Engraved by R. Dunkarton.
Published Feb.y 20th. 1808, by W.m Richardson York House 31, Strand.
Rare mezzotint. 495 x 355mm (19½ x 14"). Trimmed to plate.
A three-quarter portrait of Tory politician Robert Hobart (1760-1816), 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire. In 1794 he was appointed Governor of Madras, in which post he remained until 1798. He later served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1801-4, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1805 and 1812, Postmaster General 1806-7 and as President of the Board of Control from 1812 until his death in 1816. Because he gave Governor King instructions to found a settlement at Port Dalrymple, North Tasmania, the town was given the name Hobart. The plate was originally engraved by Joseph Grozer, but was reworked by Dunkarton when Hobart became earl.
CS Grozer 13, ii of ii. Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 66080] £380.00

T. E. Lawrence, 1928 [pencil]. [WITH STEEL PRINTING PLATE.]
Henry Rayner.
Drypoint etching on steel, limited to 20 impressions signed in pencil. 245 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼". Framed. With printed plate in sleeve taped to reverse Unexamined out of frame. Plate with a few rust spots.
A portrait of Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), better known by his initials and as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Australian artist Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-57) worked in Australia and New Zealand before studying at the Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Walter Sickert. Unable to afford copper plates or proper engraving equipment, Raynor used any type of metal he could get his hands on, such as oil containers and sweet tins (this plate is thin and cut irregularly) and tools such as second-hand dentists’ drill bits.
[Ref: 66081] £990.00 view all images for this item

Kate Smith. The Merry Milk-Maid.
[After Marcellus Laroon II.]
Pub.d Aug.t 7, 1813, by R.S.Kirby, 11 London House Yard.
Etching. 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Thread margin on right.
A later version of a print from the 1688, 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life.' Portrait of a milkmaid walking to front with a display of tankards and silverware on her head
[Ref: 66003] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Nan Mills.
Pub.d Augt. 26, 1813 by R.S.Kirby 11 London House Yard.
Etching. 200 x 125mm (8 x 5").
Portrait of the beggar Nan Mills, carrying a small child on her back and leading a boy by the hand. Illustration to 'Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum' (London: 1813) and to James Caulfield's 'Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward III to the Revolution' (London: 1813 edition, opposite page 279); after a contemporary print.
[Ref: 65999] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Major Gen.l Sir David Ochterlony Bar.t K.C.B. From a Portrait in the possession of his Father in Law, S.r Isaac Heard, Garter, Principal King of Arms.
Engraved by Henry Meyer from a Picture by Devis.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Fine mezzotint. 370 x 265mm (14½ x 10½"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait in uniform of Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), the collar of the military Grand Cross and badge around his neck, star at his breast. He served as the British resident to the Mughal court at Delhi. This is an early state, before the addition of John Boydell's publication line dated 1816. A subsequent state replaces the collar with a sash.
See BM 1902,1011.3479 & 1859,0709.1438 for later states,
[Ref: 66002] £380.00

The Cryer of Poor Jack.
[after Marcellus Laroon II]
Pub.d Sep.t 16 1813. by R.S. Kirby. 11 London House Yard.
Etching, 200 x 130mm (8 x 5), with margins.
A later version of a print from the 1688, 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life.' A street vendor walks to the left, balancing a basket of goods on his head and holding a stick in his right hand. To the right, a woman follows behind, using two walking sticks for support.
[Ref: 65992] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Rembrandt as an Officer of State.]
Rembrandt Pinxt. Jn Boydell Ex. Wm Pether fecit.
1764.
Mezzotint before the Arms. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Trimmed close to plate.
Portrait of Rembrandt, looking slightly to the left. He wears a hat with a black feather in the front and a white feather on the brim. His right arm leans on a pillar and he holds a large sword.
Ch 125. ii of iii. CS28. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and Collector's Mark
[Ref: 65575] £480.00

[George Bernard Shaw] M.r Shaw 1939 [pencil.]
Henry Rayner.
Drypoint etching on steel, limited to 20 impressions signed in pencil. 245 x 135mm (9¾ x 5¼". Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A head and shoulders portrait of author George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), books on a shelf behind. Australian artist Hewitt Henry Rayner (1902-57) worked in Australia and New Zealand before studying at the Royal Academy where he was a pupil of Walter Sickert. Unable to afford copper plates or proper engraving equipment, Raynor used any type of metal he could get his hands on, such as oil containers and sweet tins and tools such as second-hand dentists’ drill bits.
[Ref: 66082] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[The Standard-Bearer.] Done from a Picture in the Collection of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy.
Rembrandt Pinxt. W.Pether, delin & fecit.
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller No.53, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Thread margins, laid down on card.
Portrait of a man, he wears a large hat with long white feathers, a sash over his right shoulder and his left hand is holding standard.
Charrington 127 iii of iii. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65820] £480.00

Lieut.t Gen.l James Stuart. Commander in Chief of his Majestys Forces at Madras & Col.l of the 72 Regt of Foot.
Painted by Thomas Lawrence Esq.r R.A. Principal Painter to His Majesty. Engraved by George Clint.
Published by G. Clint Mar 1. 1802 N.º 4 Hind Co.t Fleet St.t.
Rare mezzotint, open letter state. 510 x 355mm (20 x 14"), large margins. Some toning and spotting, slight scratch.
Three-quarter length portrait of General James Stuart (1741-1815), in uniform, hand resting on his sword. He served in the American War of Independence, commanded the centre column in the assault on Seringapatam in 1792 and captured Ceylon in 1796.
O'Donoghue 1. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of iii.
[Ref: 66012] £380.00

Roger Teasdell & Mrs. Parker.
Pub.d Sept. 16, 1813, by R.S.Kirby, 11 London House Yard.
Etching. 200 x 125mm (8 x 5").
A later version of a print from the 1688, 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life.' Portrait of Mrs Parker and the ballad seller Roger Teasdell.
[Ref: 66001] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Richard Colley Wellesley] Marquis Wellesley, Governor General of the British Possessions in the East Indies &c. &c. &c.
Painted by Jn.º Hoppner Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Jnº Young Engraver in Mezzotinto to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London May 20.th 1800, publishe'd by Jn.º Young, No. 58, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint. 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾").. Edges chipped, some creasing, small margins.
A three-quarter portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), in uniform. A politician and colonial administrator, he expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. The eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, he was the older brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
CS: 67, i of ii.
[Ref: 65969] £460.00

[Richard Colley Wellesley] Marquis Wellesley.
Engraved by Jn.º Young, Engraver to H.R.H the Prince of Wales from a Bust Modelled after Life by J.Nollekins, R.A. From a Drawing by G.A.Konan.
[London Published, Jany.1st.1809, by the Engraver No. 65, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 485 x 355mm (19 x 14"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, chips and tears in edges. Bit messy.
A bust portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842), politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland. The eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, he was the older brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
CS: 68. ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65967] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. James Weston.
J.Dowling pinx. J.Cole sculp.
[n.d., c.1743.]
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of the stenographer James Weston, the frontispiece for 'Stenography' (1743).
[Ref: 65995] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Hans Wormbergh] John Wormberg, Aged 38 Years, only 31 inches high.
Pub.d July 22 1813 by R.S Kirby. 11 London House Yard.
Engraving, sheet 240 x 140mm (9½ x 5½"). Trimmed within plate left and right.
Full-length portrait of Hans (John) Wormbergh (1650-1695), a man of short stature, aged thirty-eight, with long curly hair and a goatee. He stands slightly turned to the left, resting both hands on a stick. He is dressed in a plumed hat, an ornate jacket, breeches, a sword, and detailed lace cravat and cuffs.
[Ref: 65996] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

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