Fox Hunting: Digging out.
London. View. Engraving with original hand coloring. Page measures 12" x 15.75". Hunt scene engraved by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), circa 1820. Light scattered foxing in the margins. More
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William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Secretary of State, from the Year 1757 to 1768.
1778. Two-sided etching, line-engraving and aquatint on paper. Image measures 18 x 14 1/2". This etching depicts William Pitt (1708-78), first Earl of Chatham and known as "the Great Commoner," who was a long-time opponent of Britain's policy towards its American colonies. Barry published these two prints in 1778 in posthumous support of the Earl, writing at the bottom, "This print is most respectfully addressed to the Patriotic members of both houses of Parliament and to all who preserve a...... More
S.A. Royale, Monsieur, Charles-Philippe de France, Comte d'Artois; Charles X, King of France
Chez Bertrand. Stipple engraving. Image size 27.5 x 19.5 inches. Sheet size 30.25 x 23 inches. Expert repairs and lined, image loss to lower right corner. Stamp at lower right corner. Fabulous oversize portrait of Charles Philippe, the Count of Artois - later Charles X of France. He was known as a charming, frivolous and impulsive King and before the Revolution, as a Count, he was a close friend of Marie Antoinette. Text reads 'S.A. Royale, Monsieur, Charles-Philippe de France..... More
Draco Arbor.; Dragon Tree
Nuremberg: Jacob Trew, 1760. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 13.75" x 8.75". Richly colored illustration of a dragon tree branch with details of the whole tree and fruit; plate 358 from the German edition of "A Curious Herbal" titled "Herbarium Blackwellianum" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. This edition is a revised and enlarged format engraved by Nicolaus Friedrich Eisenberger and published by Dr. Christoph Jacob Trew, a botanist and..... More
Euphorbium. Euphorbium.; Euphorbia cactus
London: 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 11.75" x 7.25", sheet measures 14.75" x 10". Shows some foxing. In very good condition. Illustration of an Euphorbia; plate 340 from "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of the Chelsea Physick..... More
Lapathum sativum et Patientia; Patience
London: John Nourse, 1731. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 11.75" x 7.25", sheet measures 18" x 11". Shows some foxing. In very good condition. Illustration of Lapathum sativum et Patientia; plate 489 from "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator..... More
The True Euphorbium; Euphorbium verum Antiquorum
London: John Nourse, 1737. Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 11.75" x 7.25", sheet measures 18.25" x 11". Shows some foxing. In very good condition. Illustration of the true Euphorbium; plate 339 from "A Curious Herbal" which depicts exotic plants from the New World used for medicinal purposes. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of..... More
Lacerta Crocodilus
Lindau: 1816. Original engraving with hand coloring. Measures 14" x 17.5" Published in the book, "Naturhistorische Bilder-Gallerie aus dem Thierreiche" [Natural History Picture Gallery of the Animal Kingdom], this beautifully drawn illustration depicts a speckled caiman. At the time of publication, this species was known taxonomically by the name assigned by Carl Linneaus in 1758, "Lacerta Crocodilus". The genus lacerta refers to several European lizard species, while this species, later renamed as "Caiman crocodilus", is native to Central and South..... More
Bird's Eye View of Fort St. David in Pulicat, India
London: Churchill, John, 1704. Engraving. Image measures 11" x 14". Named after the patron saint of Wales, Fort St. David lies in Pulicat on the Coromandel Coast, in South East India. It served as a trading post of the British East India Trading Company. The engraving shows a bird's eye view of the fort and its layout. From Churchill's "Collection of Voyages and Travels" More
A Summer Evening on the Boulevards of Paris
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1869. View. Hand colored wood engraving. Image measures 10 3/4" x 15 3/4". Beautifully colored view depicting a Parisian boulevard filled with people socializing. Published in Harper's Weekly, August 7, 1869. A few minor chips to edges, not affecting the image. More
The Old Mulford House (Easthampton)
1926. Etching. Signed in pencil. Image measures 8.25" x 10.75". Sheet measures 11.25" x 15.25". This print provides a lovely view of the Old Mulford House, a colonial farmhouse in Easthampton, basking in the shadow of a tree in the front yard. Hassam has rendered both with a remarkable Impressionist penstroke which appears spontaneous and immediate even in the more enduring medium of etching. By dispersing white spots throughout the shadow, the artist conveys the shadow's flickering impermanence. The print..... More
Cleeve Hill the seat of William Player Esq.
London. View. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Page measures 16 1/8" x 21", plate measures 13.75" x 17". Beautifully detailed garden landscape, circa 1708. Johannes Kip (1653-1722) was a Dutch draughtsman, engraver, and print dealer who accompanied the court of William of Orange to England following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He settled in Westminster where besides having a thriving print selling business, he worked for various London publishers producing engravings. This print was published in "Britannia Illustrata or Views of..... More
Vue de la Nouvelle Yorck (Collection des Prospects)
Augsburg: L'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts Libereaux. Engraved view of New York with modern hand coloring. Image measures 12" x 15.5". An "optic view" print originally meant to be projected and seen through optic viewing device (therefore, the title printed on the page is backwards). Includes a description in both German and French which loosely translates to: "New York, a city in North America on the Island named Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, which was first settled..... More
Collapse of Monte Canto near Piuro
Piuro, Italy: MERIAN, Mattheus, 1639. Copper engraving. Image measures 11 1/4" x 6 3/4". These two engravings provide two views of the Italian town of Piuro, in Lombardy, before and after the 1618 collapse of a nearby mountain. The mountain had been previously heavily mined and tunneled, and it is likely this instability that caused it to collapse in the wake of heavy rainstorms, burying the town. Of the 16 important sites in the town which appear in the upper..... More
Prosp. der Statt Parys wie solche an jietzo an zusehen; 17th century Paris
Frankfurt: 1655. View. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 10.5" x 31.25". Panoramic view overlooking Paris. Beautiful scroll along the bottom lists 44 landmarks, which have tiny, corresponding numbers above the distant hilltops. Matthaus Merian (1593-1650), was a draughtsman, topographical engraver, and publisher from Switzerland. More
Prospect des Haubt Fleckens Schwytz
Frankfurt: 1655. Panoramic view. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 9.75" x 20". Panoramic view of a Swiss mountain valley. Numerical reference legend along lower border of engraving. Matthaus Merian (1593-1650), was a draughtsman, topographical engraver, and publisher from Switzerland. This engraving was published near the time of his death. Print is in two pieces with original join. Minor aging and chipping to left and top edges. More
Schlan
Frankfurt: 1655. Panoramic view. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 10.25" x 7". Panoramic view of town of Schlan with fields and landscape in foreground, strong impression. Schlan is near Prague and was founded at the site of a salt spring. Slani, the original Czech name, means salty. Matthaus Merian (1593-1650), was a draughtsman, topographical engraver, and publisher from Switzerland. This engraving was published near the time of his death. Minor chipping to edges. Two inch tear to bottom margin, and small..... More
Cornichon Blanc P. 280
Paris: 1768. Fruit botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10.5" x 8.5". Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gâtinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Académie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation, to know..... More
Epine-Vinette P. 152
Paris: 1768. Fruit Botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10.25" x 8.5". Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gâtinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Académie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation, to know..... More
Figue Blanche P. 218
Paris: 1768. Fruit Botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13 1/4" x 10" Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gâtinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Académie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation, to..... More
Groseillier a gros fruit rouge P. 272
Paris: 1768. Fruit botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10.25" x 8.5". Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gâtinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Académie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation, to know..... More
Murier P. 338
Paris: 1768. Fruit Botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10.25" x 8.75". Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gâtinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Académie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation, to know..... More
Aloe Purpurea Laevis
Leyden and Utrecht: Pieter Vander Aa, 1696. Botanical. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 12.75" x 8.25". Beautiful print of an aloe plant. Abraham Munting (1626-1683) taught medicine and botany at the Academy of Groningem in the Netherlands. He had a particular interest in the uses of plants, especially medicinally. This engraving is from "Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardgewassen". Aging around edges, small chip to lower right corner. Please visit our gallery for more Munting prints... More
Amygdalus Nana.
Leyden and Utrecht: Pieter Vander Aa, 1696. Botanical. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 12.5" x 8.25". Abraham Munting (1626-1683) taught medicine and botany at the Academy of Groningem in the Netherlands. He had a particular interest in the uses of plants, especially medicinally. This engraving is from "Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardgewassen". Scattered foxing to margins, small chips to right edge. Hinges on back. Please visit our gallery for more Munting prints. More