09 Natural History.pdf - Grosvenor Prints

387. Sleeping Lion. The Drawing in the
possession of Sir Thos. Lawrence, P.R.A.
Drawn & Engraved by J.F. Lewis. London, Published
June, 1. 1824, by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square.
Etching. 248 x 330mm. 9¾" x 13". Fine. £160
John Frederick Lewis (1804 – 1876) is best known for
his glittering scenes of oriental life inspired by a
decade living in Cairo. As a young artist in London,
however, Lewis showed great promise as a painter and
draughtsman of animals. This image is from his "Six
Studies of Wild Animals".
Ref: 8456
384. Lion & Lioness (Prowling). The
Drawing in the possession of Sir Thos.
Lawrence, P.R.A. Proof.
Drawn & Engraved by J.F. Lewis. London, Published
Septr. 10. 1825, by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square.
Etching. 248 x 330mm. 9¾" x 13". £300
John Frederick Lewis (1804 – 1876) is best known for
his glittering scenes of oriental life inspired by a
decade living in Cairo. As a young artist in London,
however, Lewis showed great promise as a painter and
draughtsman of animals. This image is from his "Six
Studies of Wild Animals".
Ref: 8707
385. [Peace]
HD 1906 [In the bottom right-hand corner of the
image] KH [stamp to the bottom left-hand side of the
plate] Copyright 1906, in the United States of America
by Frost & Reed, Bristol England. Published at 8, Clare
Street, Bristol by Frost & Reed, Printsellers of Bristol,
Clifton, and London. November 30th. 1906 Berlin
Stiefbold & Co. No. 25, Mankgrafenstrausse copyright
registered.
Signed etching on vellum. Plate 362 x 571mm. 14¼" x
22½". Laid on a sheet. £950
Lioness and cubs, drinking, at side of a stream.
Ref: 9191
386. A Short Horned Heifer, 7 Years old.
Bred & fed by Mr Robert Colling of
Barmpton, near Darlington, in the County
of Durham, to whom this Print is
respectfully inscribed by his obedient
Servant, Wm. Robinson.
Painted by Thos. Weaver. Engraved by Willm Ward,
Engraver extraordinary to their R.H. the Prince Regent
& Duke of York. Published Decr 13, 1811, by W.
Robinson, Darlington.
Coloured mezzotint engraving. 602 x 505mm.
Unexamined out of frame, but appears to have
undergone repair work. £680
Boalch: 28.
Ref: 9306
388. King Eider. Male and Female. Half
natural size [in ink].
[Illegible artist's signature in pencil lower left.] [n.d.,
c.1860.]
Watercolour over pencil, sheet 430 x 335mm. 17 x
13¼". Tatty extremities, some spotting. £240
The King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) is a large sea
duck, which breeds along northern hemisphere Arctic
coasts of northeast Europe, North America and Asia.
This species is smaller than Common Eider. The male
is unmistakable with its black body, white breast and
multicoloured head.
Ref: 9311
389. Trichoglossus concinnus.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Etching with watercolour, 275 x 225mm. 10¾ x 9".
£140
A handsome portrait, in fine contemporary colour, of
the Musk Lorikeet. These birds are only found in
south-eastern Australia, being widespread in eastern
New South Wales, all regions of Victoria and in the
south-east of South Australia.
Musk Lorikeets live in tall, open, dry forest and
woodlands, dominated by eucalypts and are usually
found in the canopy.
Plate 34 (as numbered upper right) to Volume 1 of
'Illustrations of Ornithology by Sir W. Jardine, Bart.,
and Prideaux John Selby, with the co-operation of J. E.
Bicheno, J. G. Children, T. Hardwicke, T. Horsfield, R.
Jameson, Sir T. S. Raffles, N. A. Vigors.' Published in
Edinburgh by Daniel Lizars in 2 vols c.1830.
Offered with titlepage.
Ref: 9102
390. In the Reeds.
[Signed in pencil Herbert Dicksee.] Frost & Reed,
1928.
Etching 385 x 220mm, 15¼ x 8½inches. £750
A pensive tiger.
Ref: 9333
391. Lioness Sleeping
[Signed in pencil Herbert Dicksee] Frost & Reed
limited to 125 signed proofs.
Etching. 305 x 185mm, 12 x 7¼". £750
Ref: 9322