2013 ABA.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

a squadron of four French frigates on loan to the
American Captain John Paul Jones. Thee duel betweenn
Serapis and Jones's ship Bonhomme Richard left the
American ship in danger of sinking, butt Jones lashed d
his ship to Serapis in such a way to render Serapis
vulnerable to
fire from the
other US ships, so Serapiss
surrendered and was taken
by Jones, who transferred
his crew before the Bonhomme Richard
sank. In the
meantime the
Baltic Fleet had escaped, for which thee
Serapis's Captain Pearson received the thanks t of the
Russia Company, whose arms are in thee remarque.
Despite being
such a small-scale action the battle is
one of the most celebrated
naval actionss of the
American War of Independence
Parker: 78b.
[Ref: 29702]
18. Constantinople. Capitale de L'Empire
des Turcs.
[After Pierre Antoine Avenline.] [Paris? n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 3600 x 470mm (14¼ x 18½"). Edges of wide
margins creasedd and chipped.
£1690
A very scarce version v of Aveline's prospect of Istanbul,
a squarer-format than the original and with
a title
cartouche with trophies around a crescent moon instead
of
a plain banderole. Underneath is a 23-point key of
important buildings on both sides of the Bosphorus.
[Ref: 29993]
17. Petrus
Alexeewitz Magnus Dominud
Tzar et Magnus Dux
Moscoviae.
Iussu Britannieae Majestatis Godefriduss Kneller Eques
ad vivum Pinxit. I. Smith Fecit & excudit. [n.d.
c.1698.]
Mezzotint. Plate 405 x 280mm (16 x 11"). Rare, slight
creasing; glued to backing
sheet.
£520
Peter the Great, Peter I (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia.
He led a cultural revolution that replaced the
traditionalist and medieval
social and political systemm
with a modern, scientific, Europe-orientated, and
rationalist system.
CS: 217.
[Ref: 29920]
19. Calliaqua, Saint Vincent. From the
Villa Estate. .
Drawn by J. Johnson. / Engraved by T. Fielding. [n.d.,
c. 1827].
Coloured aquatint, very fine. . ex Parker Gallery; printed
area: 420 x 290mm. (19¼ x 11½"). Unexamined out of
frame. Slightedd faded.
£1200
A view from the Villa Estate, Calliaqua on
the island
of
St. Vincent, looking out too the Caribbean Sea.
Calliaqua is a town in Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines. It is i located in the far south of the main
island of Saint Vincent, V closee to the island's
southernmost point. p
[Ref: 29995]