Grosvenor Prints

https://twitter.com/AndrewEdmunds46/status/1572104952847163392  We at Grosvenor prints are deeply saddened by the news of our friend and customer Andrew Edmunds. An expert on Gillray's and lots of other satire; his wisdom and presence will be greatly missed. Contemplations upon a Coronet. J.s G.y inv.t & f.t. Pub March 25.th 1797 by H. Humphrey New Bond St. James Street. Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10''). Trimmed. A satirical print commenting on the marriage of actress Miss Farren to Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby following the death of his first wife. Miss Farren is shown contemplating the Earl's coronet, on the wall behind is a map of Derbyshire. BM Satire 9074. [Ref: 48160 ]   £420.00    The praises of his brilliant restaurant have been sung in the Guardian and the Evening Standard. We wish his family and friends well and extend our condo...

  Seasons Greetings!   Christmas - Time.     (Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank May 1st 1827).   Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 265 x 355mm (10½ x 14"), paper watermarked 'Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Small tear in top and bottom edge, some slight staining.   Six vignette drolls on the theme 'Christmas Time', including 'Pudding Time'.   From the series 'Scraps and Sketches'.   [Ref:   57278 ]     Catalogue 113 will be out Wednesday 8th December . If you want a preview we are participating in the CSEDT online fair December 2nd - 12th: https://www.csedt.org/en/oeuvres/ Christmas opening hours: We shall be closed from Thursday 23nd December 2pm until 10am Tuesday 4th January. We encourage to buy your Christmas presents as early as possible because shipping and customs can take a while. We cannot guarantee parcels arriving in time for Christmas . Last posting dates are as follows but please ...

    [Hirayama Jinta] Japanese Prints of Shell Effects. [n.d., c.1877.] Six very scarce Japanese woodblocks, printed in colours. Each sheet c. 220 x 150mm (8¾ x 6"), laid on card in pairs, with a typed English title label (as above). A little wear. Six rare Japanese Ukiyo-e prints promoting shell-effect fireworks by Hirayama Jinta (1840-1900), each titled in Japanese. In 1877 Hirayama Jinta founded a firework manufactory famous for its innovations in bringing new colours to Japanese fireworks. He exported fireworks to Britain, where they were marketed by Brocks, who offered versions of these prints numbered to refer to a price list. In 1883, Hirayama Jinta became the first Japanese to earn a patent from America as a fireworks expert. The Japanese titles suggest these were issued for the Japanese market but acquired by a Briton, perhaps at the first public display of Hirayama Jinta's products (see ref 57178). An exp...

  Jacob Bates. The Famous English Horse Rider. Der berhumte Englishe Berieter Jacob Bates. Jeaque Bates Fameux Piquer anglois. G. P. Nusbeigel, ad viv. del et sculpsit. Norib 1766. Extremely scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 375 x 480mm (14¾ x 19"). Engraver's text weakly inked, margin notched lower left, slight creasing in right margin. Small margins. Jacob Bates, an eighteenth century English equestrian performer, was one of the first showmen to make a mark as an entertainer. Although his emulators (Price, Johnson, Balp, Coningham, Faulkes, and 'Old' Sampson), had become fixtures of London's pleasure gardens, it does not appear that Bates ever performed in England. Instead he based himself in the German States, but performed as far away as Russia (1764-65) and America (1772-73). This portrait was drawn and engraved in Nuremberg in 1766 by Georg Paul Nusbeigel, showing him standing proudly by his horse, with more portraits of Bates various stunts on one,...