🎄 Christmas Listing: Catalogue 150! 🎅


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The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta, Prince & Princess of Wales. Prince William Born 14 Nov.r 1743. Prince George Born 24 May 1738. Prince Edward Born 14 March 1738/9.
Du Pan Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at N.º 13 in Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, at N.º 69 in St Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint, fine & scarce impression. Sheet 355 x 500mm (14 x 19¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, very slight staining at bottom.
A group portait in a garden, with: George (later George III) firing an arrow at a popinjay; Edward (Duke of York & Albany), holding a gun; William Henry (Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh), still in skirts, holding a garland of flowers; Elizabeth in a small carriage drawn by a dog; and Augusta holding the baby Henry.
CS 147, state iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67545]   £480.00  

We dedicate this final listing of 2025 to our very good friend and colleague, Christopher Mendez. 
He helped us set up Grosvenor Prints with advice and wisdom on all things antique prints. He will be missed for his company and very many lunches.


A few highlights:


George the Third King of Great Britain &c. &c. &c. [&] Charlotte Queen of Great Britain &c. &c. &c.
[Tho.s. Gainsborough Esq.r. R.A. Pin.t. Gainsborough Dupont, Sculp.t.
Pub.d Dec.r 30 1790 by Gainsborough Dupont, N.º 87 Pall Mall.
Pair of mezzotints, 18th century watermark. Each 620 x 375mm (24½ x 14¾"). 'George' with narrow margins top and bottom; 'Charlotte' with repaired tear through inscription area into plate.
A pair of full-length standing portraits of George III (1738 - 1820) and Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) after Thomas Gainsborough. George wears a dark frogged coat, garter, sash, star and powdered wig; Charlotte wears a voluminous dress and holds a closed fan, with a spaniel at her feet.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 6 & 2.
[Ref: 67551]   £700.00 


[Campi Phlegraei] XXVI. [Pozzuoli]
[after Pietro Fabris.]
[Naples, 1776-9.]
Etching with superb hand colour, pt 18th century watermark. 215 x 395mm (8 x 15"), with grey washed margins, as issued, very large margins.
A view looking down at Pozzuoli and the sea, with Sir William Hamilton and his artist Pietro Fabris in the foreground, a plate from Hamilton's famous work on Italian volcanos, the 'Campi Phlegraei'. Hamilton was 'Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies' in Naples from 1764 until 1800, during which time he published books on his two favourite subjects, classical vases and vulcanology. He and Fabris visited both Etna and Vesuvius, often risking their lives to record volcanic events. The resulting book of 1776, the rare 'Campi Phlegraei', with a supplement of 1779, is regarded as one of the best colour-plate books of the 18th century.
[Ref: 67556]   £950.00  



The Prospect of Cambridge from the West. Prispectus Cantabrigiae Occidentalis.
[engraved by Johannes Kip.]
[London: David Mortier, c.1707.]
Engraving. 470 x 595mm (18½ x 23½"). Trimmed to platemark, repaired tear on left and repaired wormholes on right.
A view of Cambridge with a 19-point key, published in 'Britannia Illustrata'. In the foreground a cornfield is being harvested.
[Ref: 67413]   £980.00  

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