Grosvenor Prints

  It is Mother's Day Sunday 27th of March. (In the UK. It is Sunday 8th May in the USA) Why not treat your mother figure/guardian to the more unique gift of an antique print! Let us inspire you with some ideas below and check out our latest Ten of the Best for our favourite depictions of mothers. For the mother with a sense of humour A satirical print may make her laugh:   Does Your Mother Know You Are Out? W. Lee 1838. Printed by Standidge & Co., London. Lithograph. Sheet 325 x 210mm (12¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed. A child falls from a window, as the mother dozes, watched by a ragged roadsweep. [Ref: 53216 ]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)    For the animal lover A Scottish Terrier Family Group.] J. Hanson Walker J.nr [pencil signature.] J. Hanson Walker J.nr 1904. Copyright 1905 by Photographische Gesellschaft. Published by the Be...

Valentine's Day? A special someone's birthday? Paper anniversary? Here are a few ideas on what to get your romantic interest: Symbolic of your love  Prints of pairs or allegorical prints of love could work. [Pair of red Birds of Paradise.] [n.d., c.1860.] Coloured lithograph. Border 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"), on backing sheet. A pair of birds of paradise with long tails in a landscape. [Ref: 51308 ]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT) [Cupid and Psyche?] [Engraved by W. Baillie. n.d., c.1800.] Stipple, 240 x 180mm. 9½ x 7". Decorative stipple by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a vari...

Not sure what to get someone for a the holidays, their birthday, leaving or wedding present,? Check out some ideas below: Topography One idea is a print of somewhere that holds special meaning to them. Perhaps they had a fantastic holiday in Italy , you went to school together, or they are getting married in a spectacularly old building? Search our website or check out our subject categories . Palazzo Grimani ora J.R. Direzione delle Poste. Palais Grimani. Direction de la Poste. Gilio dis. Lit. Kier. Giuseppe Kier, Edit. piazza S. Marco No. 117. [n.d., c.1850.] Lithograph in fine hand colour with gum arabic highlights. Printed area 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"), with publisher's blind stamp, very large margins. The mid-16th century Renaissance-style Palazzo Grimani di San Luca, facing the Grand Canal, now Venice's Appeal Court. [Ref: 39766 ]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT) ...