Paris: Verve, 1939. An original full color double-page lithograph after Matisse. Published in Paris for Verve, and printed by Mourlot Freres. Sheet measures 14 x 20.75 inches. Paris: Verve, 1939. A very good bright copy, with the usual centerfold and some tiny holes where the stitching was removed. Two Matisse linoleum cuts are printed on the reverse. Verve was founded in 1937 as a showcase for work by the day's best artists, produced by the finest printers. This piece was..... More

Philadelphia: Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1842. Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 20" x 14". A few small tears around edges and one larger repaired tear at top of page. Slight tape residue along top and bottom edges. Beautiful portrait from the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives..... More

Philadelphia: Daniel Rice & James B. Clark, 1843. Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 20" x 14". Beautiful portrait from the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives. He activated the project,sponsored by the War Department, by commissioning writer James Hall and Charles Bird King, a renowned American portraitist. King painted..... More

Philadelphia: Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1841. Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 20.25" x 14". Beautiful portrait from the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives. He activated the project, sponsored by the War Department, by commissioning writer James Hall and Charles Bird King, a renowned American portraitist. King..... More

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1837. Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 21.25" x 14.75". Beautiful portrait from the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives. He activated the project, sponsored by the War Department, by commissioning writer James Hall and Charles Bird King, a renowned American portraitist. King painted the prominent Indians..... More

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1837. Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 20.25" x 14". Beautiful portrait from the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives. He activated the project, sponsored by the War Department, by commissioning writer James Hall and Charles Bird King, a renowned American portraitist. King painted the prominent Indians..... More

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1841. Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 20.25" x 14.25". Chip to top edge and right corners. Small tears to edges and faded from the sun. From the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives. He activated the project, sponsored by the War Department, by commissioning writer James..... More

Philadelphia: F.W. Greenough, 1838. Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 19.25" x 13.75". Beautiful portrait from the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives. He activated the project, sponsored by the War Department, by commissioning writer James Hall and Charles Bird King, a renowned American portraitist. King painted the prominent Indians..... More

South Africa. Portrait. Watercolor on paper. Signed lower left. Image measures 12" x 9.5". Portrait of a Zulu girl, circa 1925. Overall toning, minor wear and tear to top edge. Small splatter stain by subject's left shoulder. Title on verso in pencil. Simoni Mnguni (1885-1956) began painting at the age of 40. He painted scenes from the Zulu culture, including landscapes and portraits. More

Amsterdam: Johannes Allart. Etching. 17" x 13" Skillful etching of Cornelius Henricus a Roy, personal physician to Napoleon, published circa 1794. In this half length portrait, he is seen facing left with a portrait of Jan Six by Rembrandt in his right hand. He is seated at a table, with his left hand holding two books. The etching was made by Portman, after a drawing by George Nikolaus Ritter (1748-1809), a German-born painter who worked mostly in the Netherlands. Ludwig..... More

Antwerp: Henricus Hondius, 1629. Engraving. Image measures 8.5 x 6.5". This handsome portrait is of the famed German painter and engraver Albrecht Durer. Drawn after a painting by Tommaso di Andrea Vincidor, an Italian Renaissance painter and architect who trained with Raphael, the portrait shows Durer wearing a fur-trimmed coat and cap and looking pensively off to his left. Below the oval portrait is a trompe-l'oeil banner nailed to the wall that bears the title and description of the image..... More

Paris. Portrait. Engraving. Image measures 13" x 8.5". Portrait of Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718-1802) from the nineteenth century. Darquier was a French astronomer known for his discovery of the Ring Nebula in 1779 and an extensive star catalog. Overall wear, cropped margins. This is one of hundreds of portraits of scientists that can be found in the Gallery. More

F. Halma. Portrait. Engraving. Image measures 13.75" x 9". Portrait of Georg Eberhard Rumpf (1627-1702), 18th century. Rumpf was a German born botanist, naturalist and author. He was employed by the Dutch East India Company which sent him to present day Indonesia to catalog exotic botany. Rumpf is known for his "Herbarium Amboinense" which lists over 1200 species of exotica. The naturalist overcame myriad hardships including fires that destroyed his manuscripts, storms, personal family losses and blindness, but he persevered..... More