Grant Co Collection

The New Zealander, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The New Zealander, 1872. A figure sits on the banks of the River Thames contemplating the downfall of the city. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Devils Acre-Westminster, 1872. Devils Acre, a Victorian slum near Westminster Abbey had a high rate of mortality from diseases such as typhoid. From, " LONDON

Limehouse Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Limehouse Dock, 1872. Limehouse Dock in Tower Hamlets used by seagoing vessels to offload cargo to canal barges, for onward transport along the Regents Canal. From, " LONDON

The Angel and the Orphan, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Angel and the Orphan, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Dudley Street, Seven Dials, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Dudley Street, Seven Dials, 1872. Busy street scene at the Seven Dials in Covent Garden. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Infant Hospital Patients, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Infant Hospital Patients, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Found in the Street, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Found in the Street, 1872. Men discuss the fate of an orphan by candlelight. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C

Refuge - Applying for Admittance, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Refuge-Applying for Admittance, 1872. A group of destitute men wait outside a night shelter in London. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Asleep Under the Stars, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Asleep Under the Stars, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

The Organ in the Court, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Organ in the Court, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

The Milk Woman, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Milk Woman, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Croquet, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Croquet, 1872. Croquet was an amusement of fashionable London society during the Victorian era. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Lord s, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Lord s, 1872. Lords cricket ground at Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), otherwise known as Lord s, was founded in 1787 by Thomas Lord. From, " LONDON

Blondin at Shoreditch, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Blondin at Shoreditch, 1872. Charles Blondin French acrobat, walks the tightrope in Shoreditch. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Penny Gaff Frequenters, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Penny Gaff Frequenters, 1872. A family sleep on the streets of Whitechapel near the Garrick Theatre penny gaff. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

The Penny Gaff, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Penny Gaff, 1872. The penny gaff was a popular form of theatre for the working classes in 19th-century England. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

At Evans s, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
At Evans s, 1872. Stage performance at Evans Music and Supper Rooms in Covent Garden, former home of Sir Thomas Killigrew. From, " LONDON

Hampstead Heath, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Hampstead Heath, 1872. Riders on Hampstead Heath in evening light. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

The Butcher - Newport Market Alley, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Butcher-Newport Market Alley, 1872. Butcher cutting meat for femal customer in Newport Market, Leicester Square. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Hardware Dealer - New Cut Market, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Hardware Dealer-New Cut Market, 1872. Street vendor selling hardware at New Cut Market in Lambeth. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Gloucester Street, New Cut-Old Clothes Mart, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Gloucester Street, New Cut-Old Clothes Mart, 1872. Women examine second hand clothing in Pimlico, London. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Billingsgate - Landing the Fish, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Billingsgate-Landing the Fish, 1872. Men unload baskets of fish on Billingsgate Wharf in the City of London. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Borough Market, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Borough Market, 1872. Market in Southwark designed by Henry Rose in 1851. " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Billingsgate - Opening of the Market, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Billingsgate-Opening of the Market, 1872. Crowds wait outside old Billingsgate fish market near Thames Street in the City of London. From, " LONDON

Columbia Market, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Columbia Market, 1872. Columbia Market in Bethnal Green was built by the philanthropist, Angela Burdett-Coutts at St. Leonard s, Shoreditch. From, " LONDON

Billingsgate - Early Morning, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Billingsgate-Early Morning, 1872. Old Billingsgate fish market near Thames Street in the City of London. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Coffee Shop - Petticoat Lane, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Coffee Shop-Petticoat Lane, 1872. Crowded interior of a coffee shop in Petticoat Lane, Spitalfields, London. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Turn Him Out ! - Ratcliff, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Turn Him Out ! --Ratcliff, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Whitechapel - A Shady Place, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Whitechapel-A Shady Place, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

The Bull s-Eye, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Bull s-Eye, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge, 1872. A man reads the bible in a night shelter dormitory. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Waifs and Strays, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Waifs and Strays, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

A Whitechapel Coffee House, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
A Whitechapel Coffee House, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Asleep in the Streets, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Asleep in the Streets, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Bluegate Fields, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Bluegate Fields, 1872. Bluegate Fields was one of the worst slums during the Victorian era and geatured in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. From, " LONDON

Whitechapel Refreshments, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Whitechapel Refreshments, 1872. A group stand round a potato vendor in Londons East End. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Thieves Gambling, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Thieves Gambling, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

The Turnkey, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Turnkey, 1872. Jailer stainding between prison bars at at Newgate prison. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Brewers Dray, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Brewers Dray, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Brewers Men, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Brewers Men, 1872. Brewers take a break at Barclay, Perkins and Company brewery in Park Street, Southwark. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Under the Arches, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Under the Arches, 1872. destitute men, womenmand children sleep under the bridges on the banks of the River Thames. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Marlborough House - Expecting the Prince, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Marlborough House-Expecting the Prince, 1872. Crowds wait outside Marlborough House on Pall Mall, London home of the Prince of Wales who would become King Edward VII. From, " LONDON

Punch and Judy, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Punch and Judy, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

A Cold Resting Place, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
A Cold Resting Place, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

The Great Vats, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Great Vats, 1872. Fermentation tanks at Barclay, Perkins and Company brewery in Park Street, Southwark. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

The West End Dog Fancier, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The West End Dog Fancier, 1872. In Victorian times dogs were seen as status symbols with their pedigree recorded. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Warehouses by the Thames, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Warehouses by the Thames, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

St. Pauls from the Brewery Bridge, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
St. Pauls from the Brewery Bridge, 1872. The done of St Pauls seen from Barclay, Perkins and Company brewery in Park Street, Southwark. From, " LONDON

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping

"Grant Co: A Glimpse into Victorian London through the Eyes of Gustave Doré" Step back in time to the haunting streets of Westminster, Limehouse Dock, and beyond with Grant Co. This captivating collection of illustrations by Gustave Doré transports us to 1872, offering a vivid depiction of life in Victorian London. "The Devils Acre - Westminster" reveals a dark underbelly where poverty and despair coexist amidst grand architecture. Meanwhile, "The New Zealander" presents an enigmatic figure contemplating the ruins of civilization from atop a crumbling bridge. In stark contrast, "Limehouse Dock" showcases bustling activity as ships unload their cargo against a backdrop of towering warehouses. The intricate details bring this vibrant maritime scene to life. Doré's compassion shines through in "The Angel and the Orphan, " capturing a tender moment between an orphan child and an angelic presence that offers solace amidst adversity. Similarly heartwrenching is "Infant Hospital Patients, " which portrays innocent children battling illness while surrounded by dedicated caregivers. With "Found in the Street, " we witness scenes of destitution juxtaposed against indifferent passersby—a poignant reminder of societal neglect. In contrast, "Refuge - Applying for Admittance" depicts individuals seeking shelter within the walls of an institution that promises hope amid desperation. Doré's artistry takes on ethereal beauty in "Asleep Under the Stars. " Here, homeless individuals find respite beneath twinkling skies—an enchanting portrayal that evokes both melancholy and wonderment simultaneously. Moving away from street scenes, we encounter glimpses into other aspects of Victorian society. In "The Organ in Court, " Doré captures both solemnity and reverence as people gather around an organist playing music within a majestic courtroom setting.