Grosvenor Prints

  Christopher Lennox-Boyd who died in 2012 aged 71 stood in the great tradition of great eccentric English antiquarian scholars and formed the finest collection of British Mezzotints in private hands. Christopher Lennox-Boyd was a most unusual collector. Much more than either the excitement of the chase or the satisfaction of ownership, it is the acquisition of information and knowledge that motivated him. He undoubtedly possessed the best impression of many a famous print, but much dearer to him, was a battered proof or intermediate state which provided him with data, as he called it, which was previously unrecorded. He was like an untypical lepidopterist, one who does not have to pin down his specimens, each with its label, in display cases and glass topped drawers. The label itself is what ultimately mattered to Christopher, once catalogued his captures may fly where they will. Mezzotint engravings provide a perfect field for collecting. The standard reference work, by John Chal...

  Cover: Cupid.  C. Vanloo pinx.t. C. Corbutt [Richard Purcell] fecit. London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller; at N,,º 53 in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1765]. Very rare mezzotint with fine hand colour. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere.  Very decorative image, Cupid stands by a rosebush, drawing his bow and aiming at the viewer, his quiver and loose arrows at his feet. A mezzotint copy of an etching, 'L'Amour menaçant' by Christian von Mechel after Carle van Loo, 1764 (BM 1875,1009.356), engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym Charles Corbutt. Lennox-Boyd records it being listed in the catalogues of Sayer in 1766 & Sayer & Bennett in 1775, but we have found no other mention.   Not in CS or BM. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.  [Ref: 65315 ]  We are pleased to present our listing: Catalogue 143. It contains just under 400 items, consisting mostly of wonderful 18th-19t...

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      Christmas 1882. The Sunday Schools. St John's Parish, Detroit, Michigan. [1882] Pamphlet, 4pp, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), printed in green. The programme for a Christmas service, with the lyrics of ten carols. American interest. [Ref: 63756 ]   £60.00   Season's Greetings!  Grosvenor Prints is now closed until 10am 2nd January 2025. If you would like anything reserving over the festive period, please place an order and follow up with an email. Orders automatically reserve the prints and you won't be charged. We'll reply in chronological order when we reopen, so please be patient with us.   We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!   The New Christmas Pantomime. HB. Sketches N.o 846. H.B. printed at 70. St Martins Lane. Published Dec.r 22.nd 1845, by Tho.s M.cLean, 26 Haymarket. Lithograph, sheet 305 x 4...

  Cover image: [Charles Edward Stuart.] Routed, oer Hills the young Adventurer flies, / And in a cottage sinks to this Disguise. / Fled his gay Hopes, defeated his fond Scheme, / His throne is vanish'd like a golden Dream. / By manly Thoughts He'd charm His Woes to rest: / In vain! Culloden still distracts His Breast. J. Williams Fecit. Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"), with large margins. A few faint creases. Bit rubbed. Portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender (1720-1788), disguised as a woman, three-quarter length in an oval directed to right, looking towards the viewer with head turned to left, holding the frilled edge of a cap in front of him, wearing a lace-trimmed fichu and cap. J. Williams is named on the print as engraver and it is the only known work so inscribed. Sharp: 218. CS: 1. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. [R...

  Father Christmas - ''Up-to-Date.'' JT [monogram of John Tenniel] Swain sc. Punch, or the London Charivari. - December 26, 1896. Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8"). Very early motoring image. Father Christmas, dressed in red with a green wreath on his brow, drives a motor vehicle, seated astride a great log. [Ref: 64185 ]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)  Just a reminder to get in your orders for Christmas as soon as possible! Our last posting days are as follows: Via Royal Mail : UK Thursday 19th December (make sure you have paid by 10am that day so we can take it to the Post Office!) . International from Monday 2nd December. Via Parcelforce : UK -Thursday 19th December. International- from Monday 2nd December. Via FedEx :  International- from 12th December.  Unfortunately we cannot guarantee delivery in time for Christmas due...