Engraving. Image size 8.5 x 7 inches. Sheet size 9.25 x 8 inches. In very good condition. Slight tear at right margin, some staining. An illustration of Numbers 13:23-27. The figures of an Angel engaging in combat and of Moses with followers can be found in the background. Title in English, subtitle in French and German. Text in English and French on verso. More
Original poster. Color lithograph. 25 x 18.5 inches. This WWI poster is textual and features navy blue lettering over a tan background. Text only, and with a decorative initial 'T'. Manuscript addition 'Lewis 699 - 699' to bottom right corner. Mounted on linen and in excellent condition. More
Buffalo, Cleveland, and NY: The Matthews-Northrup Works, 1918. Original poster mounted on linen. Color lithograph. Measures 41 3/4" x 27 1/2" The poster was released by Third Liberty Loan, which was the largest fund-raising effort in American history to that date. More
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1863. Woodcut engraving. Image measures 13 3/4" x 19 3/4" This striking double page engraving from Harper's Weekly depicts a voudoo ceremonial scene drawn by John Durkin. A statue of the Virgin Mary sits atop an altar, while a group of people holding candles kneel around a man dancing with a burning plate on his head. The print is in good condition with some minor foxing marks, and some chips and tears to margins not affecting..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1870. Woodcut. Page measures 16" x 11 1/4". Image measures 11 1/2" x 9 1/2". A front page political cartoon depicts Pope Pius IX and other clergy standing on the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, looking at the United States in the distance. Front page of the October 1, 1870 edition of Harper's Magazine, Volume XIV - No. 718. Some chips to lower right margin, does not affect image. Thomas Nast was a political..... More
Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen, 1850. Engraving, with some stipple. Image measures 7.75 x 5.75". Sheet measures 14.75 x 10.5". This print which, originally published in 1736, illustrates Hogarth's ability to find humor even in the most sacred and solemn of places. Here, the parishoners of an Anglican church are so bored by the service that most have drifted off to sleep. Even the minister is barely awake enough to read the lines of Scripture which appropriately read, "Come unto me all..... More
Boston: Pendleton's Lithography. Lithograph. Image measures 20 1/2 x 29 1/2". This rare, separate-issue print depicts the late John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, presiding over his preachers in the City Road Chapel, otherwise known at Wesley Chapel. Wesley commissioned the chapel to be built in 1776 as his base in London. In this large and extremely detailed image, each of the 446 preachers is rendered individually--some stare out from the page, while others appear to be watching Wesley..... More
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