Catalogue Part 1.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

P.P. Rubens Pinxit. Cum Privilegio P. Soutman Fecit.
[n.d. c.1621.]
Etching. 215 x 331mm. 8½" x 13". Uncut sheet. £160
The text comes from Claudian's 'De Raptu
Proserpinae', first published in Venice about 1471.
Venus, in order to bring love to Pluto, sent her son
Amor to hit Pluto with one of his arrows. Proserpina
was in Sicily at the fountain of Arethusa near Enna,
where she was playing with some nymphs and
collecting flowers, when Pluto came out from the
volcano Etna with four black horses. He abducted her
in order to marry her and live with her in
theUnderworld, of which he was the ruler. She is
therefore Queen of the Underworld.
Ref: 8900
Mezzotint. 360 x 510mm. 14¼ x 20". Tears in margins.
£240
An adoring Titania snuggled next to a large clothed
Bottom with a small nude Puck and fairies riding white
rabbits, concentrating on the ass's head. Landseer's
only illustration to Shakespeare, the painting was
commissioned by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1847
and finished in 1851.
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA 1802-1873.
Ref: 9303
31. Macbeth. Act 1. Scene 3. Banquo,
______________ What are these, so
wither'd, and so wild in their attire; That
look not like the inhabitants o'the earth,
And yet are on't ?
H. Fuseli pinxit. W. Bromley sculp. Published Jany, 1,
1817, by John Murray. Albermarle Street, London.
Engraving. 400 x 198mm. 15¾" x 7¾". £180
W: 134.
Ref: 8471
32. [A Blacksmith's Shop From the
Original Picture Painted by Mr. Joseph
Wright; In the Collection of the Right
Honourable Lord Melbourne.]
Joseph Wright pinxit. Rich.d Earlom sculpsit. J.
Boydell Execudit 1771. [Published August 25th, 1771,
by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.]
Mezzotint. 610 x 430mm. Trimmed to image on three
sides, into title area at bottom; minor rubbing, laid on
board £650
Interior of a forge with three men working at an anvil
with two boys beside them, one shielding his eyes from
flying sparks; to right, an old man sits resting his hands
on a hammer; in the background, through an arch with
classical decoration, three men attend to two horses.
CS:47.
Ref: 6729
33. [Die Lautenspielerin / The lute
player]
Mauchard pinx. [n.d. c.1750] Nro. 58. Se vend à
Augsbourg chez J.J. Haid et fils. 1.
Mezzotint. 426 x 304mm. 16¾" x 12". Stain to bottom
right-hand corner. Some spotting. Creasing through the
image. £330
A lute player.
Ref: 8691
34. Midsummer Night's Dream.
Painted by Sir E. Landseer R.A. Engraved by A.C.
Alais. London Published May 14th 1880 by Henry
Graves & Co. the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the
Queen and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales. 6
Pall Mall_Copyright Registered
35. Painting.
Painted and Engraved by J.R. Smith. Publish'd Mar.h
10.th 1783 by J. R. Smith N:83 Oxford Street.
A very fine mezzotint. Title plate 50 x 324mm. 2" x
12¾". Image plate 387 x 324mm. 15¼" x 12¾". £450
A young lady applying her make-up as the servant girl
stands waiting and onlooking.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection.
Ref: 9198
36. L'Adolescence de Paul & Virginie.
L'Enfance de Paul et Virginie. [&] Paul...
Virgin.e... [&] Le Papayer de Virginie. Le
Sommet du Pouce...
Dutailly del. Guyot sculp. A Paris chez Guyot Graveur
et M.d d'Estampes, Rue St Jacques au Grand Gesner,
No.10.
Printed in colour. Six scenes of 14 on three plates,
each printed from four mezzotint plates in black, red,
yellow and blue. £1100
A novel by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre tells the story of
two children who grow up as brother and sister in the
French colony, possible inspired by the wreck of the
Saint Géran in 1744. In this series twelve views
illustrate the novel and two ilustrate the subsequent
play.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein collection. BM:
1895,1015.137.
Ref: 9177