Grosvenor Prints

   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...

  We will be exhibiting at: Firsts London's Rare Book Fair 16th-19th May 2024 at Stand J91 at Saatchi Gallery London SW3 4RY  You can download a free e-ticket here:  https://firsts.artsvp.com/649b5e?link=grosvenor-prints              

[A Pair of Chicks.] Dehme. [signed in pencil]. Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½'') very large margins. An etching of two young chicks. [Ref: 49378 ]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT) Good Friday (29th March)- Closed. Closed all weekend as usual.  Bank Holiday Monday (1st April)- Closed Tuesday 2nd April- Open from 10am as normal.   Soft-Woolled Sheep of Wales. Ewe, of the soft-woolled breed, from the slaty mountains of South Wales. _ Old Radnor Ewe and Lamb. Drawn by Mr Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland. Published April, 1840 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London. Hand-coloured lithograph. Printed area 340 x 260mm, 13¼ x 10¼". From 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British ...

  [''Old Man Wearing Velvet Cap'' or ''Old Man with Spectacles''.] Thos Frye, Pictor, Invenit & Sculpsit [c.1760]. Sold at the Golden Head of Red Lamp, near the Corner of Greville Street in Hatton Garden. Mezzotint, 515 x 365mm (20¼ x 14¼), with small margins. A fine impression of this magnificent image. Light foxing at the bottom, not in image. Very faint crease near left margin in the centre. A man wearing a velvet cap facing the right, his left side profile on show. He holds in his right hand a pair of spectacles. From Thomas Frye's (1710-62) set of mezzotint 17 life-size heads which he published in two series between 1760 and 1762 and for which he is chiefly remembered. Russell believes this could be a self-portrait or another artist that dwelled with Frye, 'Query, a portrait of Thomas Frye. On an impression in Mr. J. Holland's handwriting: "Mr Mellish a painter of shi...

Happy International Women's Day Everyone! We wanted to highlight some of the incredible women in our stock: Maria Maddalena Baldacci   Nicolaus Gualterius Philosopus et Medicus Collegiatus Florentinus Regice Academice Botanica Florentince Socius in Pisana Universitate. Medicince Professor Ordinarius IOANNIS GASTONIS M.D.Etrurice Archiater Maria Mad.Gozzj del. P.Ant.Pazzi fc. Engraving. 364 x 229mm. Gualteri, Nicolas: [1688-1744] Phycisian and Botanist, Professor of Medicine at Pisa. W: 1232-1 [Ref: 2789 ] £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT) Maria Maddalena Baldacci (1718–1782) (née Gozzi) was an Italian painter. She was born in Florence. She painted portrait miniatures and crayon, including the portrait of Empress Maria Theresa. A pupil of Giovanna Fratellini and, after her death, of Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. In 1742 she married the ...