Grosvenor Prints

Grosvenor Prints holds what it describes as London's largest stock of antique prints, from its shop on Shelton Street in the Seven Dials part of Covent Garden. Trading since 1979, it is one of the few remaining shops serving collectors of antique prints exclusively, a specialism that has all but disappeared from the high street.

The shop frames itself as a survivor of a trade with deep roots in this part of London, where the supply of antique prints has shrunk and many specialist dealers have closed. Thousands of prints are held in stock, with further inventory beyond what appears online, so a visit or an enquiry can turn up material that the website does not show.

Antique prints in Covent Garden

Subjects run to early English and Continental portraits, lithographed travel and exploration views, and fine art, decorative, sporting and pastime prints, spanning the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. Buyers can browse by artist, engraver and subject, or search by the printmaking method used, which suits collectors hunting a particular original engraving as well as interior buyers after a decorative set. The shop deals strictly in antique prints and books rather than contemporary art or reproductions.

What to expect on a visit

Grosvenor Prints opens Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm and is closed at weekends. Shelton Street sits close to Neal's Yard and the independent shops around Seven Dials, a few minutes from Covent Garden station. It is one of the specialist art galleries and print dealers in Covent Garden, and Storey's Ltd on Cecil Court covers antique maps and prints for anyone continuing the hunt.