Grosvenor Prints

    Cover image: [Untitled self-portrait of Ellis Martin.] Ellis Martin 1907. Watercolour, signed. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7") Mint A head and shoulders self-portrait of Ellis Martin (1881-1977), famed for his illustrated covers for Ordnance Survey maps, 1921-40. [Ref: 66855 ]   £650.00      We are pleased to present our autumn listing: Catalogue 148!   It contains just over 460 items including the following subjects: India Satire British Portraits Foreign Portraits Mezzotint Portraits Decorative Items Decorative Mezzotints Views Overseas Views UK Natural History Sports and Pastimes Military Naval Science Americana   A few highlights:   [India] [15 plates from ''Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being the Journal of a Tour in India''.] [Captain Godfrey Munday] London. Published by John Murray, April 1832. ...

Cover image: [Dr Mizer of Manchester.] [n.d., c.1780.] Rare mezzotint, proof before title, printed in brown. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Crease An oval portrait of a blind man, wearing dark spectacles, queue wig and cravat, identified by the BM as 'Dr Mizer of Manchester'. BM: 1874,1010.16, their example trimmed to oval. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. [Ref: 66212 ]   £320.00       We are pleased to present our summer listing: Catalogue 147!   It contains just under 480 items including the following subjects: India Portraits Satire Mezzotint Portraits Decorative Items Views Overseas Views UK Natural History Books Sports and Pastimes Military Naval Music Maps Napoleon   A few highlights:   [Francis Rawdon Hastings] Right Hon.ble Earl of Moira. ...

  T. E. Lawrence, 1928 [pencil]. [WITH STEEL PRINTING PLATE.] Henry Rayner. £990 Stock Ref: 66081 For more Frames click here.     We are pleased to present another small listing: Catalogue 146!   It contains just over 50 items including the following subjects: India Portraits Portraits Satire View the whole catalogue here Happy browsing!    A few highlights:   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: Collec...

    Mr. John Jackson. From an original Picture in the posession of Sir Henry Smyth Bart. Painted by B.Marshall. Engraved by Charles Turner. London Published May 19 1810, by C.Turner No.50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square. Mezzotint. 640 x 450mm (25¼ x 17¾"), with large margins. Central crease and repaired tears. Title area bit messy top left. Damaged. Full length portrait of the pugilist known as Gentleman Jackson (1769-1845), standing to front in a gallery beside a sculpture of a boxer, holding a top hat with his right hand on the pedestal, pictures of a fight between two boxers hangs on the wall, English champion 1793-1803. A very rare large boxing image. Whitman: 277. [Ref: 65936 ]   £1,800.00     We're participating in  Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair at the Saatchi Gallery 15th-18th May . You can download a complimentary ticket for the 16th ...

    Juvenile Tricks. Drawn & Etched by J.M.W. Turner Esq. R.A. Engraved by W. Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester Published Jan.y 1 1811, by Mr. Turner, Queen Ann Street West £350 Stock Ref: 27359   Joseph Mallord William Turner is turning 250 on the 23rd April. In celebration we have put together a Ten of the Best: J.M.W Turner!   You can browse more Turner online here and we have uncatalogued stock as well.   In honour of Turner being born in Covent Garden 250 years ago the Porterhouse are holding two events: 23rd April and 14th May. You can read more about them on @thecoventgardener 's instagram here .   In other news: Catalogue 145 will be online from lunchtime 7th May . We're participating in  Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair at the Saatchi Gallery 15th-18th May . You can download a complimentry ticket for the 16th & 17th here ! EASTER OPENING TIMES Please note we'll be closed on Good Friday 18th April and Easter Monday 21st...

  Cover: [Nicholas Largilliere & family.] N. de Largilliere Pinx. I.Beckett fe. I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1686.] Mezzotint. 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"). Trimmed to plate, crease in top right corner. Largilliere's portrait of himself and his family in an ornamental garden with statuary including a female nude and a fountain of a cherub riding on a dophin. He stands, leaning against a pedestal, looking down on his wife, who is seated with two small children, to whom she feeds grapes and other fruit. Also depicted are a peacock and a King Charles Spaniel. CS: Beckett 60, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. [Ref: 65321 ]   £360.00      We are pleased to present our listing: Catalogue 144: The Birth of Mezzotint! In the mid-17th century, a groundbreaking new form of engraving was introduced in Europe. Dur...