Grosvenor Prints

[Baucis and Philemon Entertaining Jupiter and Mercury.]
Rembrandt pinxt. Tho.Watson fecit.
Publish'd March 1st 1772 for S.Hooper, at No. 25 Ludgate Hill, W.Shropshire, New Bond Street, & T.Watson, No.8 Broad Street.
Mezzotint proof before title, 530 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Slight time-staining. Backed on album paper at edges. Thread margins.
Interior of a cottage, behind the table sits Jupiter and on his left sits Mercury. In the left of the image are Baucis and Philemon, the former with a live goose.
Charrington 182 ii of iii. Le Blanc 45. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65766] £380.00

King Belshazzar beholding the Handwriting on the Wall. From the original Picture in the Collection of Thomas Fullwood Esquire To who this Paint is most respectfully inscribed. By his obliged & obedt. Serv.
Painted by Rembrandt. Engraved by H.Hudson.
Published as the Act directs, 14 Feb. 1785, by H.Hudson, No.28 Newman Street Oxford Street, London.
Rare & fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Repaired tear in upper right image and lower centre of publication space. Mark in publication space. Very small margins. Slight time staining.
Belshazzar stands by a table bearing fruit, he looks to his left his hand raised in astonishment. To his right a man and woman are behind him looking fearful. The hand coming out of a cloud in the top right of the image writes Hebrew letters on the wall.
Charrington 92 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65736] £620.00

A Catechism.
Painted by J. Rising. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare mezzotint, open letter proof, inscription area partially uncleaned. Sheet 485 x 605mm (19 z 23¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Four children in a cottage interior, listening intently to a boy reading from a catechism.
Whitman: 286. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd.
[Ref: 54255] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Centurion Cornelius. From an Original Picture brought to this Country by M Bryan Esq. And when the Angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually And when he had declared all these things unto them he sent thme to Joppa. Acts. Chap.r X Verse 7 & 8.
Painted by Rembrandt. Engraved by Ja.. Ward Painter & Engraver to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London: Pub. April 10 1800 by Mess.rs Wards & Co. No. 6 Newman Street.
A large mezzotint. 585 x 660mm (23 x 26"). Thread margins, 2 tears through inscription area and top edge. Very light foxing.
Cornelius, following a vision of an angel, summons 'two of his household servants, and a devout soldier' in order to send them to Joppa to fetch the apostle Peter (Acts X: 1-8). The painting has also been seen as showing the parable of the Unmerciful Servant, in which a servant is forgiven for his debts by a king, but fails to show the same leniency to a fellow servant. The painting (London, Wallace Collection) is no longer believed to be by Rembandt, although its authorship is disputed.
Frankau: 22, ii of ii.
[Ref: 53758] £450.00

A Lady and her Children relieving a Cottager.
Painted by W.Bigg. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London Pub.d March 1 1784 by Ja.s Birchall 173 Strand.
Fine mezzotint. 550 x 455mm (21¾ x 18"). Small margins reinforced with blue paper.
A scene outside a cottage, a well-dressed woman, accompanied by her two daughters, a young black servant and a small dog, instructing her youngest child to give money to a poor woman who is kneeling beside her doorway and holding her sleeping baby. Slavery interest.
CS 180. Fr 204. D'O 194. iv of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66017] £480.00

Cotswold Games.
Pub.d by Caulfield and Herbert 1794.
Engraving, 170 x 130mm (6¾ x 5"), with large margins. Foxing in margins.
Illustration to James Caulfield's 'Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward III to the Revolution' 1794. It is a copy from woodcut prefixed to 'Annalia Dubrensia' (1636). An image of the Cotswold Olimpick Games, with the founder and director, Robert Dover (c.1575–1652), on horseback holding a stick. Depictions of the events are in the background including; horse-racing, coursing with hounds, running, jumping, dancing, sledgehammer throwing, fighting with swords and cudgels, quarterstaff, shin-kicking, and wrestling, as well as tents (which held games such as chess and cards) and a banquet. At the top of the image is a temporary wooden structure called 'Dover Castle' which was erected in a natural amphitheatre on what is now known as Dover's Hill, complete with small cannons that were fired to begin the events. The Cotswold Olimpick Games is an annual public sports festival held near Chipping Campden on the Friday after Spring Bank Holiday. Originating around 1612, the event ran, with interruptions, until 1852, before being revived in 1963 and continuing through 2025.
[Ref: 65963] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Cupid] This chamrning Archer of the Skies! His Dart a thrilling Please brings; Roses beneath his feet arise. Tis Pity such a God has Wings!
Carolus Vanloo eques Pinx.t. James Moore fecit.
London Published June 1.st by Rob.t Sayer N.o55 Fleet Street.
Very rare mezzotint, 345 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") Thread margins. Tear on right repaired with acid free tape.
Cupid stands leaning back against a rocky seat, his right hand resting on his bow and his quiver lying at his feet. He smiles warmly toward the viewer, a cloak draped over his left arm. To the left, a rose-bush blooms, while a rugged rock-face rises behind him. In the background to the right, a scenic view reveals trees and a valley stretching into the distance.
CS page 941.
[Ref: 65906] £320.00

[The Dutch Nursery.]
[after Adriaen van Ostade.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 135 x 115mm (5¼ x 4½"). Trimmed to image.
A humble interior with the father carefully feeding his baby, watched by his wife who holds some laundry in front of the fire-place.
See BM 2010,7081.991 for a Sayer & Bennett mezzotint of the same scene, with the title above.
[Ref: 65601] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Two Sleeping Pheasants in an Ale House]
ABrawer pinx. Vansomer fe. 1672.
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark, 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾") Thread margins, bottom left corner chipped to plate, ink stain upper right.
An interior, with two peasants asleep, one leaning back with his mouth open, snoring.
BM 1877,0210.171.
[Ref: 65598] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Ezzelin, Count of Ravenna. Surnamed Braccioferro or Iron Arm; musing over the Body of Meduna, slain by him for infidelity during his absence in the Holy Land.
Painted by H.Fusley. Engraved by J.R.Smith.
London, Published May 1781 by Ja.s Birchall, No.473 Strand.
Very rare mezzotint. 550 x 455mm (21¾ x 18"). Trimmed close to plate lower margin. Creasing across upper image.
The count, in armour, sitting despondently over the body of his wife, whom he has killed for betraying him. She lies at his feet, a blindfold over her eyes.
Fr 133. D'O 168. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65961] £420.00

[The Flood] And it rained upon the Earth forty days & forty nights. [repeated in Hebrew, German, Latin, French & Dutch]
G. Hoet delineavit. G. Vander Gouwen Sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Engraving. 355 x 430mm (14 x 17"). Repairs at centre fold.
Men, women and children scramble to higher ground to escape the Flood, joined by a lion and elephant. Behind are lightning forks and Noah's Ark.
[Ref: 65799] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fool of Quality]. Mrs Vindex, meeting with Master Harry Clinton.
[after P.W. Tomkins.]
Pub. 1795 by G.F. Cook.
Rare stipple, printed in sanguine. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½"). Crease.
A scene from 'The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland', written by the Irish writer Henry Brooke and published in five volumes 1765-70. Two ladies on a table drinking tea in background. It tells the story of Harry Clinton who, rejected by his decadent and aristocratic father, is educated on enlightened principles by his philanthropic uncle. Inspired by the Methodist movement, it was influential in its day: Charles Kingsley described it as 'more pure, sacred and eternal than anything since the Faerie Queene'. However to modern taste it is rambling and sentimental: Walter Allen, author of the important study 'The English Novel' (1954), called it 'one of the worst novels ever written, but a remarkable book'. A reversed copy of the plate engraved by Bartolozzi after Tomkins.
Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65669] £360.00

[Wooded landscape with herdsman and cows] 10.
Designed & Engraved by Thos. Gainsborough.
Pubd. as the Act directs Aug.t 1797, by J.&J.Boydell No.90 Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall. [Published by Iain Bain at the John Boydell Press, Newnham, Baldock, Hertfordshire. December 1971]
Soft-ground etching, 275 x 345mm (11 x 13½"), with huge margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1893'. Mount burn.
Landscape with four cows amongst trees, figure seen beyond at right. From the limited editioned of seventy-five numbered sets of the 1971 reprints from Gainsborough's (1727-1788) original copper plates. Each impression was printed by Philip McQueen, who represents the fifth generation of his family in the trade .The edition was printed on specially watermarked ‘Penshurst’ paper made by J.Barcham Green Ltd, at Hayle Mill, Maidstone. These were published by Iain Bain at the John Boydell Press, and the copper-plates then entered the Tate Gallery’s collection.
From Collection of Iain Bain.
[Ref: 60662] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Girl Gathering Mushrooms. [&] A Fern Cutter's Child. From the Original Drawing in the possession of Tho.s Streatfield Esq.r. [&] From the Original Drawing in the possession of Will.m Chamberlain Esq.r.
Painted by R. Westall R.A. Engraved by Meadow.
Pub. May 1. 1800 by J. & J. Boydell No. 90 Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall London.
A pair of stipples, sheet size 330 x 405mm (13 x 16"). Both slightly trimmed.
Two rustic scenes: A young girl kneels as she picks mushrooms on a bank, her left hand resting on the handle of her basket. To the left, cattle drink from a pond, with more grazing in the field beyond. In the background to the left, another girl stands next to a jug watching on. A girl with short, dark, curly hair sits on the ground to the right, her profile facing left as she entwines her fingers around her left knee. A dog sits beside her. Behind her, sheep graze near a forest, while a figure on the left is cutting ferns. In the background, to the left, there’s a house amidst the landscape.
[Ref: 65183] £550.00 view all images for this item

The Guardian Angels. N.o 1219.
F. Bartolozzi inv. G. Zancon Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1800]
Rare stipple 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"), with very large margins. Very light foxing.
A naked boy, asleep on a bed outside, is visited by three heads with wings. After the original print made by Bartolozzi and Published by Thomas Simpson in 1791; it omits the two verses by, 'S Collings.' Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816), engraver from Bassano, he produced individual plates and published various series of outline etchings after Old Masters, as well as reproductions of English prints.
R 732.
[Ref: 66022] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Hawk.
S. Elmer pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp [reworking a plate by Robert Laurie].
London. Published July 1. 1824 by Z. Sweet. 38, Chancery Lane.
Scarce mezzotint. 490 x 355mm (19¼ x 14"). Repaired tears, creasing. Small margins.
A hawk standing over its prey in a woodland clearing, its right foot on the smaller bird's chest, its wings outspread. The plate was originally engraved by Robert Laurie and published by B.B. Evens in 1803 as a pair to 'Trout'. For this reissue the plate was cut down, with some re-engraving.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65703] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Hawk.
S. Elmer pinx.t. R. Earlom sculp [reworking a plate by Robert Laurie].
London. Published July 1. 1824 by Z. Sweet. 38, Chancery Lane.
Scarce mezzotint. 490 x 355mm (19¼ x 14"). Slight mount burn. Small margins.
A hawk standing over its prey in a woodland clearing, its right foot on the smaller bird's chest, its wings outspread. The plate was originally engraved by Robert Laurie and published by B.B. Evens in 1803 as a pair to 'Trout'. For this reissue the plate was cut down, with some re-engraving.
[Ref: 65702] £420.00

[Dinner party of lechers.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, very scarce proof. Image 380 x 505mm (15 x 20"), with large margins. Edges chipped and tears in margins. Light foxing.
A 19th century dinner party, all the men wearing powdered wigs except for a fat friar, leering over a naked young woman who is collecting cherries that have spilled onto the floor. Her clothes are to one side.
[Ref: 54284] £500.00

The Meeting of Paris and Helen.
E. Burney Esq.r del.t. R. Cooper sculp.
Published June 21. 1814 by S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Stipple on india, 305 x 360mm (12 x 14"), with margins. Foxing and surface dirt. Tear in right bottom corner going into india paper.
Venus introduces Helen to a reclining Paris.
See [Ref: 65941] for one in colour.
[Ref: 65942] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Meeting of Paris and Helen.
E. Burney Esq.r del.t. R. Cooper sculp.
Published June 21. 1814 by S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Very fine stipple printed in colour. Sheet 280 x 265mm (11 x 10½") Trimmed within plate on three sides.
Venus introduces Helen to a reclining Paris.
See [Ref: 65942] for uncoloured version.
[Ref: 65941] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Missletoe. Engraved by Permission from the Original Painting, in the Possession of J. Slater Esq.r. Proof.
W. Kidd Pinxit. J.C. Zeitter, Sculp.
London, Published by James Bulcock, 163, Strand (11 Doors East of Somerset House) Jan,,y 1st,, 1828.
Mezzotint. Sheet 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate,slight surface soiling in edges.
A rustic couple embrace under the mistletoe, after William Kidd (1817 - 1863), Scottish painter and a life-long friend of David Roberts. A pair to 'Snow Balls'.
See also [Ref: 24987] & [Ref: 24702].
[Ref: 65670] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Harmonie..
Peint par A. Weisz. Gravé par Paul Giradet.
Berlin - Verlag von Goupil & Co. Imprimé et Publié par Goupil & Cie Editeurs le 1er 8bre 1878 - Paris - Londres - La Haye. New York - Published by M. Knoedler.
Mixed-method engraving. 550 x 440mm (21¾ x 17¼"). Tear in margin taped. Brown stain just enters plate mark top left.
A man stands by an open window, in 18th century embroidered waist coat, playing a violin as his mother sits listening with hands clasped. A caged bird hangs in the window. A spinning wheel sits by the mother's side.
[Ref: 54283] £350.00

[Old and Young Man]
[after David Teniers] VB.
[n.d. c.1680]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 155 x 130mm (6¼ x 5¼"), with very large margins.
An old man holding a sharp stake looks at a younger man over his shoulder who holds a small cauldron. Engraved and published by Jan van der Bruggen (c.1648-90) after David Teniers the younger (1610-90).
[Ref: 65916] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

_ ''like Patience on a Monument, smiling at Grief.'' Shakespear's Twelfth Night.
Painted by Maria Cosway. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, & to the Elector Palatine.
Publish'd June 4.th 173, by V. Green, N.º 20 Newman Street, & Sold by J. Brydon, N.º 7, opposite Northumberland House, CHaring Cross, London.
Scarce mezzotint, 540 x 410mm (21½ x 16"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Bottom margin repaired, nicks in edges. Thread margins.
A young woman sits on a stone slab, hands resting in her lap, looking down at an old woman hiding her head in her veils, a serpent twined around her waist.
CS 152a. Whitman 229.
[Ref: 65704] £360.00

[An old man showing a woman an erotic image.]
A. V. Houbrake In. N: Verkolje fec.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint, 18th century. 195 x 165mm (7¾ x 6½"), large margins.
An old man in a hat holds up an erotic picture, lit by candle. The bare-breasted woman he shows it to turns away in disgust.
[Ref: 65599] £480.00

Rembrandt's Marriage.
Rembrandt pinxt. S.W.Reynolds sculpt.
London Published & Sold June 4, 1811 by Edw.d Orme Printseller to the King Engraver & Publisher Bond Street corner of Brook Street.
Mezzotint. 520 x 400mm (20½ x 15¾"), large margins. Some faint foxing in along right edge of plate.
A scene depicting a man, kneeling and holding his right hand out to a girl who stands. A Priest in a turban stands behind them holding out his right hand.
Charrington 152 only state. W433. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65582] £360.00

Silence.
F. Bartolozzi inv. G. Zancon Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1800]
Rare stipple 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"), with very large margins. Very light foxing.
A naked boy, asleep on a bed, is visited by two putti; one shushes the other. After the original print made by Bartolozzi and Published by Thomas Simpson in 1791; it omits the two verses by, 'S Collings.' Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816), engraver from Bassano, he produced individual plates and published various series of outline etchings after Old Masters, as well as reproductions of English prints.
R 733.
[Ref: 66024] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Susanna and the Elders.]
Rembrandt Pinxt. J.Boydell Excudit. Rd Earlom Sculp.
Published June 12 1769.
Fine mezzotint. Scratched letter proof before title. 530 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Trimmed close to plate. Upper corners attached to card.
A scene depicting Susanna on the steps of a bathing-pool, the two elders behind her, one clutches her garment with his left hand and the other stands behind them.
Charrington 51 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65581] £380.00

Susanna and the Elders. From the Original Picture Painted by Rembrandt in the Collection of Sr. Jos.a Reynolds.
Rembrandt Pinxit. R. Earlom fecit.
Publish'd June 12, 1769 by J.Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.
Fine mezzotint. 535 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Small margins. Creases in upper plate. Some foxing.
A scene depicting Susanna on the steps of a bathing-pool, the two elders behind her, one clutches her garment with his left hand and the other stands behind them.
Charrington 51 ii of ii. Wessely 58 ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65729] £380.00

[Susanna and the Elders.]
Rembrandt Pinxt. J.Boydell Excudit. Rd Earlom Sculp.
Published June 12 1769.
Fine mezzotint. 535 x 455mm (21 x 18"). Crease across lower publication space and into image. Repaired tear in upper left corner of image. Small margins.
A scene depicting Susanna on the steps of a bathing-pool, the two elders behind her, one clutches her garment with his left hand and the other stands behind them.
Charrington 51 i of ii. Wessely 58 i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65728] £380.00

Tobias and the Angel. From an Original Picture in the Possession of Samuel Athawes Esq.r to whom this Place is Inscribedm by his very obliged & obedient Serv.t W.m Woollett.
The Landscape painted by Glauber, and the Figures by G. Lairesse. Engraved by W. Woollett and J. Emes.
Publish'd as the Act directs 2 May 1785, by W.m Woollett, No.1, North Street, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London.
Engraving, 380 x 450mm (15 x 17½"). Some scuffing and staining in margins.
Depiction of a scene from the book of Tobit, one of the Apocrypha in the King James Bible. Much of the narrative of this book is dedicated to Tobit's son, who is sent by his father to collect a sum of money from the land of Media, in which he is aided by the angel Raphael, who represents himself as Tobit's kinsman Azariah.
Fagan CXIX.
[Ref: 54253] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The Tribute Money.] From the Original in the Collection of John Blackwood Esqr.
Rembrandt pinxt. Js.McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 500 x 405mm (19¾ x 16"). Creases through left of image.
Interior view of a Temple. In front of an arch is Christ, he is surrounded by men, one holds out a coin for him.
Goodwin 215 iv of iv. Charrington 110 iv of iv. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65814] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Tribute Money.]
Rembrandt pinxit. Js.McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint proof, 18th century watermark. 505 x 405mm (20 x 16"). Small margins.
Interior view of a Temple. In front of an arch is Christ, he is surrounded by men, one holds out a coin for him.
Goodwin 215 ii of iv. Charrington 110 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65815] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Tribute Money.]
Rembrandt pinxt. J.McArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Very fine mezzotint, 18thg century watermark. 505 x 405mm (20 x 16"), large margins.
Interior view of the Temple. In front of an arch is Christ, he is surrounded by men, one holds out a coin for him.
Goodwin 215 ii of iv. Charrington 110 ii of iv. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd & Marquis of Bute.
[Ref: 65813] £380.00

[The Valentine,]
Cecil Aldin [in image and signed in pencil by the artist].
Printed and Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 4 Middle New St. London EC. 4. [n.d., c.1925.]
Very rare chromolithograph, sheet 540 x 440mm (21¼ x 17¼"), large margins. Blindstamp for Fine Art Trade Guild.
A scene outside the George Inn, on Borough High Street in London, a woman reads a letter. Below, a coaching scene. Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (1870 - 1935), artist and illustrator, was born in Slough, the son of a builder, and studied at the South Kensington school of Art. He worked as a comic illustrator in the 1890's before achieving great success as a sporting artist. He retired to Majorca in 1930.
[Ref: 65636] £350.00

Who this can view yet feell no kindling fire / Need keep no Lent to mortifie desire.
Lucas Jordanus Neopolitanus pinx: J. Smith fec: & exc.
[London: John Smith, c.1692.]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 205 x 285mm (8 x 11¼"), large margins.
A very decorative image showing a naked Venus reclining on a bed, embracing an infant Cupid, watched by a horned satyr and a woman. The original painting is at Chatsworth.
BM: 1876,1111.14, state iii of iv (the first two unlettered proofs).
[Ref: 65603] £390.00

[Untitled scene of a woman with a water jug on her head.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, printed in brown. 200 x 195mm (8 x 7¾"), with large margins on three sides. Some toning of paper. Small top margin. Foxing.
A woman stands at a spring, with her two young children, the girl cuddling a lamb.
[Ref: 65743] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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