Grosvenor Prints

  Greetings. A. Bauerle [pencil signature]. [n.d., c.1900.] Etching, signed by the artist. 80 x 130mm, 3½ x 5¼". Glued into a mount. An angel embracing a small boy, at the head of a queue of children, apparently an alternative Christmas card. Amelia Bauerle (or Bowerley), died 1916. Guichard: "Competant lady etcher with a penchant for mermaids". Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. [Ref: 17780 ]  Seasons Greetings! Grosvenor Prints is now closed for the holiday period.  We shall reopen at 10am 4th January 2022. Feel free to browse the website however please note that we won't be answering enquiries. If you are worried an item might sell before you can ask us a question we suggest you order it, as it will be automatically placed on reserve for you and we process our orders manually so you won't be charged.   Check out our latest Ten of the Best! Merry Christmas...

 In case you've missed it the Tate Britain are having a Hogarth exhibition from 3 November 2021 – 20 March 2022. In this exposition his most famous London satirical images are being contextualised by his other paintings and graphic works as well as those by his European contemporaries. They start the exhibition with various depictions of William Hogarth, including paintings, a miniature and a bust.   William Hogarth. From the Original by himself in the Collection of the Duke of Bedford. / Inscription on the back of the Picture. / This Portrait of M.r Hogarth was made me a present of by him in friendly return for a Tobacco Box I gave him. S.m Graves, Chiswick, 29th Dec.r 1761. G.P. Harding del.t et fecit. Printed by C. Hullmandel. Publ.d June 1828 by G.. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth. Lithograph on chine collé. 195 x 130mm (7¾ x 5¼"), with very large margins. Slight spotting in margins. After the portrait still at Wobu...

   Cover image: A Tigress. Engraved by John Murphy by Permission of Mr. George Stubbs from the Picture Painted by himself and in his Possession. London, Published July 27, 1798 by J. Murphy, North side Paddington Green. Rare and extremely fine mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 620mm (19¼ x 24¼"). Framed. Thread margins. Unexamined out of frame. A superb example of the finest images produced in the history of mezzotint, depicting a a recumbent tigress, probably the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. The painting had originally been engraved by John Dixon in 1772; however that mezzotint plate had been destroyed, so John Murphy was allowed to engrave a new plate. Lennox-Boyd 133: ii of ii. [Ref: 57221 ]   £12,500.00    Seasons greetings! We have pleasure in sending out our new catalogue, a festive miscellany of over 300 items containing: Portraits including...

  Seasons Greetings!   Christmas - Time.     (Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank May 1st 1827).   Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"), paper watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Small tear in top and bottom edge, some slight staining.   Six vignette drolls on the theme 'Christmas Time', including 'Pudding Time'.   From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.   [Ref:   57278 ]     Catalogue 113 will be out Wednesday 8th December . If you want a preview we are participating in the CSEDT online fair December 2nd - 12th: https://www.csedt.org/en/oeuvres/ Christmas opening hours: We shall be closed from Thursday 23nd December 2pm until 10am Tuesday 4th January. We encourage to buy your Christmas presents as early as possible because shipping and customs can take a while. We cannot guarantee parcels arriving in time for Christmas . Last posting dates are as follows but please ...