Grosvenor Prints

The Rt. Honble. Lady Eleanor Butler & Miss Ponsonby "The Ladies of Llangollen". [Facsimile signatures below.] Drawn on Stone by J.H. Lynch. Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen. Entd. at Stationer's Hall. [n.d., c.1835.] Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 375 x 275mm (15 x 11"). Laid on album sheet with decorative border. Touching portraits of Sarah Ponsonby (1755 - 1831), daughter of Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby, cousin of the Earl of Bessborough, and Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (1739 - 1829). They resolved to live together in complete isolation from society in a cottage at Plasnewydd in the vale of Llangollen, Denbighshire, north Wales. Their names were not known in the neighbourhood, and they were called 'the ladies of the vale.' They lived in complete seclusion for some fifty years, and neither left the cottage for a single night until their deaths. Their devotion to each other and their eccentric manne...

  Cover image: [George, Prince of Wales] The Lover's Dream. ''A Thousand Virtues seem to lackey her, Driving far off each thing of Sin & Guilt.'' Milton. J.s Gillray swa.n et fec.t Pub.d Jan.y 24.th 1795, by H. Humphrey No 37, New Bond Street. Etching with very fine hand colour. Sheet 315 x 415mm (12½ x 16¼"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper at sides, folded on right. The Prince of Wales (1762-1830) lies asleep, hugging his pillow, surrounded by visions including Princess Caroline (1768-1821) as a radiant beauty and George III (1738-1820) with a generous allowance.  A satire of the Prince's consent to marry on condition of the payment of his debts and an increased income. BM Satires 8610. [Ref: 69241 ]    Catalogue 154 contains just over 190 items, comprising the following subjects: Glorious Revolution: Jacobites , Nonjurors and Seven Bishops Satire Portraits Mezzotint Portraits  Decorative Items Decorative Mezzotints Views Overseas Views UK Spo...