Grosvenor Prints

John Webber and Captain James Cook. A fantastic new display at the National Maritime Museum, ‘ The Art & Science of Exploration, 1768-80 ’, is ‘an exhibition of exceptional paintings, prints and drawings by specially commissioned artists on Captain Cook’s 18th-century voyages of discovery. These works influenced forever how the European public saw the Pacific’. James Cook. [Ref: 4577 ]   £140.00 Another featured artist in our new catalogue is John Webber (1751-93) who travelled with Captain Cook on his Third Voyage (1776-80)on board   HMS Resolution as the Official Artist of the expedition, even recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives. [Hawaii] An Inland View, in Atooi. [Ref: 34290 ]   £360.00 In 1776, Webber's work at an exhibition caught the eye of Daniel Solander, a botanist on Cook's first voyage. Solander knew that the Admiralty was still looking for a suitable expedition artist for Cook's forthcoming voyage.

David Roberts and Egypt. As part of our latest catalogue, we have a selection of detailed lithograph ic prints of Egypt by the prolific Scottish painter David Roberts, which h e produced from sketches made during long tours of the region (1838–1840). The Entrance to the Citadel of Cairo. [Ref: 34909 ]   £750.00   In fact, it was J.M.W. Turner who managed to persuade Roberts to abandon scene painting and devote himself to becoming a full-time artist. Roberts set sail for Egypt on 31 August 1838. His tour included Egypt, Nubia , the Sinai , the Holy Land , Jordan and Lebanon . Throughout, he produced a vast collection of drawings and watercolour sketches. Grand Entrance to the Mosque of the Sultan Hassan. [Ref: 34906 ]   £750.00   On his return to Britain, Roberts worked with lithographer Louis Haghe from 1842 to 1849 to produce