Grosvenor Prints

    The March of Interlect or a Dust-Man & Family of the 19th Century. Marks fecit. [n.d., c.1830.] Coloured etching. Sheet 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper, with second droll on reverse. A satire on the aspirations of the working classes. The affluently dressed dustman's wife asks her husband if he has seen the latest issue of 'La Bells Ass-emblee' (John Bell's La Belle Assemblée, or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine). The second droll is 'Very Wet', a coloured aquatint (180 x 140mm, trimmed to image), with a well-dress woman getting soaked despite her umbrella. Not in BM. [Ref: 56617 ]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)  We have the pleasure in sending out our new Catalogue 111; a listing of over 200 items. It includes portraits , topography both Foreign and UK , s ports and pastimes such as b oxing and ...

     Cover: [Satan Alarmed.] R. Westall R.A. F. Graves. Printed by J Yates. Printed 1835 James [sic, recte John] Macrone, 3 St, James Square & E Graves King William Street West Strand. Engraving and etching, scratched-letter state, proof before title, printed on chine collé. 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed to plate, some spotting. Satan standing on the top of the globe, holding shield and spear, illustrating Book IV Line 986 of 'Paradise Lost'. 'On the other side, Satan alarm'd, Collecting all his might, dilated stood, Like Teneriffe, or Atlas, unremoved: His stature reach'd the sky, and on his crest Sat horrour plumed; nor wanted in his grasp, What seem'd both spear and shield.' Published as a frontispiece to ''The Poetical Works of John Milton'. [Ref: 55518 ]       We look forward to welcoming you back in person to Covent Garden very soon....

    John Rennie. Chantrey R.A. Sc.t. Reynolds Eng.r. [n.d. c. 1820] Mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (20 x 14"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame. An engraving of Sir Francis Chantrey's bust of civil engineer John Rennie (1761-1821), set in an arched alcove, now in the National Portrait Gallery. Rennie is most famous for his Waterloo Bridge (1811-7). Chantrey (1781-1841) was the leading portrait sculptor in Regency England, His subjects included George III (now in the Guildhall), George IV (equestrian statue in Trafalgar Square) and George Washington (Massachusetts State House). Whitman: 245. [Ref: 54622 ]   £360.00     We are back open!     We have split our special Catalogue 100 as originally it was going to be 100 items, however we have too many lovely things to share with you! Welcome to Part One! This selection, of over two hundred items, contai...

Our first catalogue of the new year is out now! This new exciting listing covers a range of different topics. It has portraits from the following categories: religious, classical, philosophers , scientists and criminals . In addition we have decorative scenes , some of which are biblical and many beautiful views of locations ranging from Cambridge University to China . There is a smattering of satire , some interesting ephemera such as land auction catalogues from Dorset and finally naval prints. A few highlights:   S.te Genevieve... AParis Chez Chiquet rue St Jacques au Grand S.Henry [n.d., c.1700]. £550 Stock Ref: 53185 A Devonshire Cow. Pub: by G. Garrard, London. July 18th. 1799. £320 Stock Ref: 53122 To view more Natural History prints click here       [18 Australian leaf paintings with autograph album of Edwardian musicians.] £1500 Stock Ref: 52979   A belated happy New Year to you all! ...

The idea of pictures being composed in series has been employed by many artists and printmakers, either to illustrate existing narratives or to create new ones. One of the best-known artists to employ this device was Hogarth, whose 'modern moral subjects' such as the Harlot's Progress , Industry and Idleness and Four Stages of Cruelty track the progress (always an ambiguous word in Hogarth's usage) of characters through multiple stages. But while Hogarth was an innovator in many ways, his series also formed part of a well-established tradition of representing narratives in sequence. Many artists and printmakers were involved in elaborate projects to illustrate literary works , as Hogarth himself had been. Sometimes these were small sets, such as these atmospheric illustrations to Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (to see more images from each series click on the links): Six scenes from 'Jerusalem Delivered' [Various engravers, including Edward Rooker an...