Grosvenor Prints

      The Royal Charlotte Auricula. Printed for Carington Bowles, N.o 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London. £1800 Stock Ref: 54818 For more Natural History click here   Welcome to Part Two! It includes: Views Overseas including Americana and Australiana , George Stubb s , Books , Satire and some Fine Art items .   A few highlights:     Cortège du Grand Mogol à Delhi. Lith par de Rudder lith d'après le dessin du Prince A. Soltykoff. Paris Imp. par Auguste Bry, G.de Medaille d'Or de S.M. l'Empereur de Russie. £2300 Stock Ref: 55155 For more Soltykoff 's click here       Defeat of the British Army, 12,000 strong under the Command of Sir Edward Packenham... Dessine par H.the Laclotte. Grave par PL Debucourt. [c.1817.] £6500 Stock Ref: 55078 For more military prints click here     A New Book of Chinese Designs... By Mess.rs Edwards & Darly. Published & Sold by the Authors, the first House on the right han...

During the 18th and early 19th century London received visitors from all over the world who were immortalised in paintings and prints. Some came willingly, others less so. Some performed important diplomatic duties while others were exhibited to feed the public's thirst for novelty. Sometimes both functions were served simultaneously. The following selection of prints demonstrates both the diversity of overseas visitors during this period, and the range of artists and methods involved in portraying them. In 1709 the Portuguese ambassador Joaõ Gomes da Silva, Count of Tarouca (1671-1738) resided in London, and was painted by England's pre-eminent portrait painter of the period, Godfrey Kneller. Joaõ Gomes da Silva, Conde de Tarouca. G.Kneller S.R Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx. I. Simon Fecit. [n.d., c.1715.] Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm, 13¼ x 9¾". Trimmed to image, laid on album paper, some suface wear. CS: 149, state ii of iii. [Ref: 1...