Catalogue Part 1.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

134. Die harte Erziehung. / Ein Herz, das
Freundlichkeit und Gütigkeit vergist, /
Wird mit verstiegnem Stolz kein Herz
vernünfftig ziehen, / Die Weißheit weiß gar
klug die Härtigkeit zu fliehen, / Ob sie in
Wort un Werck gleich scharf und ernstlich
ist. Dura educatio. / Dum jucunda fugit
prudentis gratia vultus, / Filiolam mater
fingere nulla potest. / Evitat duram
vigilaris prudential mentem, / Severaque
tamen pectoral lege regit.
I.I. Haid exc. A.V. [n.d. c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Plate 381 x 280mm. 15" x 11". Very fine.
£380
A stern mother looks on as her daughter knits. A poem
advocating a hard upbringing.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
Ref: 9202
135. Disce mori mundo vivere disce Deo.
[Learn to die in the world, learn to live in
God].
I Smith ex. [n.d. c.1740].
Mezzotint. 156 x 108mm. 6¼" x 4¼". £130
Ref: 8466
136. Effie Deans.
Painted by John Everett Millais. R.A. Engraved by T.
Oldham Barlow, A.R.A [Artist's monogram and 1877
in image lower left]. Published Oct. 20th 1879, by
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, Liverpool and
Manchester__Copyright Registered.
Mixed method engraving on india laid paper, 780 x
580mm. 30¾ x 22¾". £520
Effie Deans is one of the central characters in The
Heart of Midlothian, a novel by Sir Walter Scott,
written in 1818. Effie had been imprisoned on a false
charge, accused of having killed her illegitimate child.
When an angry crowd stormed the goal, she had an
opportunity to escape. But Effie decided to stay. Prison
seemed a better prospect than a life of freedom with a
tarnished reputation. A fine impression. Sir John
Everett Millais (1829 - 1896) painter of history, genre,
landscape, and portraits, and president of the Royal
Academy.
Printseller's Association blindstamp lower right.
Ref: 8844
137. A Green Stall. From an Original
Picture by Gerrard Douw in the Possession
of the Elector of Manheim.
H.W. Schweickhardt del.t Rob.t Laurie fecit Published
12th August 1788 by Rob.t Sayer, No. 53. Fleet Street.
London.
Mezzotint, 355 x 450mm. 14 x 17¾". Scarce. £420
A customer purchasing produce from a food stall,
whilst a beggar walks past offering his hat.
Ref: 8751
138. [Hades.] Quid non mortalia pectora
cogis, Auri sacra sames. Virg. Æn III, v.56.
From the Original Picture of the same size,
in the Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Teniers pinxit. Ric.d Earlom Sculpsit. John & Josiah
Boydell Excudit 1786. Published Jany. 2d 1786 by
John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, London.
Mezzotint. 495 x 680mm. A few small tears to edges,
some surface marks. £550
A woman passing Cerberus on the way to Hades, with
malformed demons, in the tradition of Hieronymus
Bosch, shying away from her sword.
Painted by David Teniers the younger.
Ref: 8211
139. The Infancy of Jupiter. To the Right
Honorable Charles, Earl Grey, This Plate
is respectfully inscribed by his Lordship's
much obliged & most obedient humble
Servant, Henry Thompson.
Painted by Henry Thompson, Esqr. R.A. Engraved by
Henry Meyer Gt. Russell Strt. Bloomsbury. London,
Published for the Proprietor, and Sold by T.
Macdonald, 39 Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, 520 x 620mm, 20 ½ x 24 ½" Some foxing,
and folds in top margin £380
The infant Jupiter with nymphs and goat. A rather
smoky impression of this rare print.
Ref: 8606
140. A Dream. By the late Lord Littleton
three Nights before his Death. 'Fear came
upon me, and Tremling, which made akk
my Bones to shake. Then a Spirit passed