Grosvenor Prints

Although the acclaimed exhibition Constable, Gainsborough, Turner and the Marking of Landscape at the Royal Academy of Arts has now finished, we have uncovered more prints relating to the exhibition since our first landscape post a few weeks back:    This engraving after Gaspar Dughet featured in the RA exhibition: The Fisherman. In the Gallery at Houghton. Gaspar Poussin pinxit. Joseph Farington delin. J. Mason Sculpsit. Published May 1st, 1777 by John Boydell engraver, No. 90. Cheapside, London. Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 480 x 390mm. (18¾ x 15¼"). Crease, bottom right, outside platemark; excellent impression. [Ref: 28368]   £220 although this print from the same series did not (both reproduce paintings then in the Walpole collection at Houghton): The Sportsman. In the Gallery at Houghton. Gaspar Poussin Pinxit. Joseph Farington delin.t John Browne Sculpsit. Published Nov.r 1.st 1775 by John Boydell Engrave...

With two exhibitions dedicated to Bartolomé Esteban Murillo taking place simultaneously in London (at Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Wallace Collection ), we have put together a list of prints based on the paintings of the Seville-based artist. Murillo's paintings were highly regarded Britain in the 18th century, hence the number of fine engravings made from them. Examples of his religious paintings in Britain and the time are this Holy Family :   The Holy Family  Thomas Chambars after Murillo  Published by Boydell, 1764  platemark 515 x 390mm  £140 + VAT  At least two of Murillo's paintings were in the famous Walpole collection at Houghton, which was the subject of an ambitious series of engravings published by Boydell before the collection was sold to Catherine the Great. Most of the collection can still be seen at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, including a painting described by some as the The Immaculate Conception and other...