Grosvenor Prints

  Cover image: Robert Burns. Born MDCCLIX. Died MDCCXCVI. RB Parkes [pencil signature] [after Alexander Naysmyth.] London, Published June 5.th 1888, by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14, Pall Mall East. Mezzotint, printed on chine collé, limited edition of 150 signed by the engraver, PSA blindstamp. 515 x 410mm (20¼ x 16¼"), with large margins.  Alexander Nasmyth's famous portrait, which was painted so that it could be engraved for the 1787 second edition of 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'. His oil is now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (PG 1063). Engraved by Robert Bowyer Parkes (1830-1904)   Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. PSA p.42.  [Ref: 66396 ]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)    We hope you had a refreshing holiday season. Welcome to our first listing of 2026!   Catalogue 151 contains just over 350 items, including the following subjects: Satire Portraits Mezzotint Portrai...

 Cover image: The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta, Prince & Princess of Wales. Prince William Born 14 Nov.r 1743. Prince George Born 24 May 1738. Prince Edward Born 14 March 1738/9. Du Pan Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit. Printed for John Bowles at N.º 13 in Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, at N.º 69 in St Paul's Church Yard. Mezzotint, fine & scarce impression. Sheet 355 x 500mm (14 x 19¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, into plate at bottom, very slight staining at bottom. A group portait in a garden, with: George (later George III) firing an arrow at a popinjay; Edward (Duke of York & Albany), holding a gun; William Henry (Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh), still in skirts, holding a garland of flowers; Elizabeth in a small carriage drawn by a dog; and Augusta holding the baby Henry. CS 147, state iii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. [Ref: 67545 ]   £480.00   We dedicate this final listing of 2...

  Cover image:  [A youth with a cricket bat.] Drawn & Engraved by T. Gaugain. Published Han.y 18, 1809, by E.d Orme, London. Etching. Framed, sight size 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼"). Some spotting and staining, unexamined out of frame. A half-length portrait of a boy wearing a white shirt and waistcoat, a cricket bat resting on his shoulder. A very decorative image. See [Ref: 67293 ] for a drawing. [Ref: 67068 ]   £650.00   We are pleased to present our listing for the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair: Catalogue 149! It contains just under 450 items, including the following subjects: India Satire Portraits Mezzotint Portraits Decorative Items Views Overseas Views UK Natural History Sports and Pastimes Cricket Military Naval Science Americana Music      A few highlights:   [Six Studies from Nature of Mountainous, Marine, & Rural Scenery.] Holywell Mill, O...

  Cover image: [Charles Edward Stuart.] Routed, oer Hills the young Adventurer flies, / And in a cottage sinks to this Disguise. / Fled his gay Hopes, defeated his fond Scheme, / His throne is vanish'd like a golden Dream. / By manly Thoughts He'd charm His Woes to rest: / In vain! Culloden still distracts His Breast. J. Williams Fecit. Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"), with large margins. A few faint creases. Bit rubbed. Portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender (1720-1788), disguised as a woman, three-quarter length in an oval directed to right, looking towards the viewer with head turned to left, holding the frilled edge of a cap in front of him, wearing a lace-trimmed fichu and cap. J. Williams is named on the print as engraver and it is the only known work so inscribed. Sharp: 218. CS: 1. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. [R...

  The Ladies Hero or the Unfortunate James MacLeane Esq.r. Done from the Original late in the possession of M.r Salt Keeper of the Gate House. Printed for T. Harrison. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sep.r 29. 1750. Scarce hand-coloured engraving with etching. Sheet 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, edge black-ruled, a few stains, mounted in album paper at edges. Horizontal crease left. Full-length portrait of James MacLaine (1724-1750), grocer-turned-highwayman, with the mask he used as a disguise on the ground to the side. With his partner William Plunkett (a bankrupt apothecary), he committed 20 robberys in six months between Hounslow Heath and Hyde Park. His most famous victim was Horace Walpole, who was grazed by an accidentally-fired bullet. Captured, Maclaine was sent to trial at the Old Bailey, where his dashing good looks created a sensation: he reputedly received nearly 3,000 guest...

Cover image: [George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giuseppe Tartini, Johann Joachim Quantz, Christoph Gluck and Niccolò Jommelli.] [n.d., c.1780.] £1350 Stock Ref: 62576   We are pleased to present our latest summer listing: Catalogue 138. It contains slightly over 200 items including: Music Portraits Mezzotints Decorative Items Views UK Views Overseas Americana Ephemera Science Napoleonic Items Military Naval Satire Sports and Pastimes Natural History.  A couple of highlights:   S.t James's Park. [&] A Tea Garden. Painted by G. Morland. Engraved by F.D. Soirson. London Publish'd Jan.y 1790, by T. Gaugain, N.º 9 Manor Street, Chelsea. £1100 Stock Ref: 63332   [Five plates from Nieuhof] Nanking. [&] Kanton. [&] [Porcelain Tower, Nanjing.] [&] Peking. [&] Prospect of the Inner Court of the Emperours Palace at Pekin. [1 & 2 by Francis Place, 3-6 by Wenceslaus Hollar] [London: John Ogilby, 1673.] £900 Stock Ref: 63516   View the ...

   Cover image: Grimaldi & the Nondescript in the Red Dwarf. The Clown kills the Pantaloon and afterwards Dresses him in the Skin of a Lion, the Head of an Ass, Eagles Wings, Cats feet & a Fishes tail. W. Heath Del. [n.d., c.1810.] Very rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Tear on lower right. Trimmed. Joseph Grimaldi (1778 – 1837) in a scene from the pantomime The Red Dwarf. Grimaldi faces the pantaloon, who is on all fours dressed in a lion's skin, ass's head, eagle's wings, cat's feet and a fish's tail. Early clown image. Not in Georges BM Satire. [Ref: 63153 ]   £320.00     Hopefully you are aware by now we are exhibiting at the ABA Rare Book Fair at the Saatchi Gallery ! General Admission: Friday 17th May- Sunday 19th May. You can download a free e-ticket here . Please let us know if you would like us to bring anything sp...

  Cover image: Studies of Fresh Water Fish. Drawn on stone from Nature, and respectfully dedicated (with permission) to S. Gurney, Jun.r, Esq.r, (Carshalton) by his obedient Serv.t. H.y Leonidas Rolfe. 1851. Published by the Artist at his Studio, Shorter's Court, Throgmorton S.t City. Oblong folio, contemporary half morocco gilt, with marbled boards, red morocco gilt title label on front board; lithographed illustrated title pasted on original wrapper; 7 tinted lithographs on thick paper, mounted on stubs, each sheet approx. 355 x 540mm (14 x 21¼"). Binding worn, plates with some surface soiling and spotting, two plates with bottom right corner knocked. The plates are: Pope, Minnow, Perch, Gudgeon; Barbel, Bream, Chub; Eel, Roach, Dace, Bleak; Tench, Carp; Trout; Graylng; Pike. The set of plates by Henry Leonidas Rolfe (1823-81). As the plates were issued loose in wrappers, complete sets are unusual and very scarce...