Catalogue Part 1.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

308. The Fleet of the City Steam Boats
passing in Review Order off Chelsea on the
Annual Commemoration. Dedicated to the
Chairman R. Jennings, Esq., Directors, &
Shareholders, by their obed.t Servant, J.B.
Burney, Sup.t
H.S. Melville, del. Edwin Jewitt, lith. [n.d., c.1859.]
Colour tinted lithograph, 385 x 460mm. 15¼ x 18".
£750
A print issued by the City Steam Boat Company to
celebrate the anniversary of the installation of a dry
dock in Battersea.
Longford 299
Ref: 9145
309. [Panorama showing Westminster
Bridge and the Thames from the Adelphi.]
Etched and Aquatinted by Mr. Clark. [London,
published by Samuel Leigh, c.1829.]
Aquatint, a fine proof impression, image 180 x
620mm.7 x 24½". Three vertical folds as issued. £360
One third of a very large and impressive panorama of
the River Thames from the Adelphi. It shows
Westminster Abbey and St Margaret, and Lambeth
Palace across Westminster Bridge. The panorama
would have included the view looking east, featuring
the south bank and Waterloo Bridge, with St Paul's
Cathedral visible.
Ref: 8817
310. [Trafalgar Square from the south
west.]
Henry Lambert [signed in pencil lower right.] [n.d.,
c.1950.]
Etching, 155 x 210mm. 6 x 8¼". £80
A view of Trafalgar Square, including Nelson's
Column, St. Martins-in-the-Fields and the National
Gallery, as seen from on top of Admiralty Arch.
Ref: 9173
311. [Warehouses at the West India
Docks, London.]
[n.d. c.1800.]
A very rare engraving. Plate 272 x 386mm. 10¾" x
15¼". £180
View of the West India Docks in London.
Ref: 9241
312. [Westminster Bridge with the Houses
of Parliament and Big Ben]
Fred Newman [pencil signature] [n.d. c.1900]
Etching. Plate 146 x 228mm. 5¾" x 9". £95
View from Thames, West of Westminster Bridge, with
Big Ben and Houses of Parliament.
Ref: 9229
313. A View of the Wilderness, with the
Alhambra, the Pagoda & the Mosque, in
the Garden of Her Royal Highness the
Princess Dowager of Wales, at Kew. Vüe
de Désert, de l’Alhambra, de la Pagoda &
de la Mosquée qui Sont dans le jardin de
Son Altesse Royale Madame la Princesse
de Galles à Kew.
[Edward Rooker, after William Marlow] London
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck near
Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1763.]
Engraving. Plate 172 x 273mm. 6¾" x 10¾". £120
Royal Collection: RCIN 702947.s.
Ref: 9011
314. A View of Sir Charles Asgils House,
Richmond.
Mr. Spyres Delint. J. Wells Excudit. London,
Publish'd. July 1st. 1784, by W. Dickinson Engraver &
Printseller No.158 New Bond Street.
Etching and coloured aquatint, 265 x 365mm.10½ x
14¼". £330
The home of Sir Charles Asgill (1762 or 1763 - 1823),
general. In 1781 he was ordered to America, joined the
army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, and on the
capitulation of York Town, Virginia, in the following
October, he was taken prisoner. A very rare view.
Ref: 8718
315. Asylum To Be Erected At Brixton
For The Saint Ann's Society Schools.
I.H. Taylor, Archt. June, 1829. Printed by C.
Hullmandel.
Lithograph, sheet 380 x 560mm. 15 x 22". Creases
where folded. £280
'Approved G Augustus Frederick R' facsimile
manuscript and signature lower right, a reference to the
royal patronage conferred by George IV (George
Augustus Frederick; 1762 – 1830). The Royal Asylum
of St. Ann's Society was founded in 1702 "for the
education and support of the daughters of persons once
in prosperity, whether orphans or not." The asylum
situated on Streatham Hill was erected in 1829 and is
described by Edward Walford in 'Brixton and
Clapham, Old and New' (1878) as "a handsome
building of three storeys, having an Ionic portico and
pediment, ornamented by a sculpture of the royal
arms."
Ref: 9307