1839. Wood-engraving with original hand-colouring. 1839. 305mm by 190mm (sheet). From Guerin-Meneville's 'Dictionnaire Pittoresque D'histoire Naturelle Et Des Phenomenes De La Nature'. Guerin Menevile (1799-1874) was a French entomologist and naturalist."
C1919. Colour plate. C1919. 375mm by 240mm (image) 380mm by 510mm (sheet). Colour plate mounted on card with a printed border from 'The Detmold Nature Pictures', published circa 1919. Detmold was an important early 20th century illustrator who exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of 13."
C1919. Colour plate. C1919. 320mm by 205mm (image) 510mm by 380mm (sheet). Colour plate mounted on card with a printed border from 'The Detmold Nature Pictures', published circa 1919. Detmold was an important early 20th century illustrator who exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of 13."
C1874. Chromolithograph. C1874. 220mm by 75mm. Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers. A Sound, but not in government. Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, sc 1.' Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (1827 -1896) was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. Figaro Cartoon. Men of the Period. Margins folded.....
1794. Copper-line engraving. 1794. 175mm by 115mm (image only). Captain James King LLD FRS Captn Cook's Coadjutor in his Third and Last Voyage' Engraving from the octavo edition of 'A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority.'James King FRS (1750-1784).....
C1790. Stipple engraving. C1790. 90mm by 60mm (sheet). German stipple engraving, circa 1790, after the engraving from 'An account of the Pelew Islands' by George Keate. Collector's stamp over bottom right corner which is slightly damaged. Laid down at corners."
C1905. Woodcut. C1905. 225mm by 300mm (image). Editioned 46/100, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Austin Platt was an Australian printmaker. He began his apprenticeship as an artist at the age of 20, when he worked and studied commercial art at Cedric Emanuel's studio in Sydney. Platt also.....
1914. Pochoir. 1914. 195mm by 245mm (sheet). Carrosse Automobile de Grand Gala' Classic car interest.Charles Martin (1884-1934) worked as a designer, fashion illustrator and printmaker for such famous magazines as Harpor's Bazaar, Vogue or the Gazette du Bon Ton. He was a very versatile Art Deco artist making designs for.....
C1840. Steel-engraving. C1840. 150mm by 110mm (india-laid paper). India-laid. Jules Poret de Blosseville (1802-1833) was a French navigator, explorer and geographer. He spent nearly a month in New South Wales in January 1824, using his ability in English and his training in astronomy to work with Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane.....
1878. Chromolithograph. 1878. 430mm by 300mm (sheet). 'Portes et Murs De Cloture, Avenue d'Aligre, Nos 8 et 10, a Chatou (Seine et Oise), par Mr Eug. Bardon, Arch.te'. From 'La Brique Ordinaire', by J Lacroux, 1878. A series of fine illustrations of French designs for brick buildings.
C1780. Copper-line engraving. C1780. 365mm by 245mm (platemark). French copper-line engraving, from 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated', by Antoine Baron de Zurlauben (1720-1795) & Jean Benjamin Laborde (1734-1794). Published in Paris, 1780-1788. Small repaired marginal tear."
C1900. Etching. C1900. 500mm by 395mm (sheet). Etching signed in pencil by the artist, with butterfly remarque. Walker was an Irish artist who came to London and worked for the Dalziel brothers.Some creasing top right of the sheet, slightly affecting the image. Some residue of glue on reverse."
C1845. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. C1845. 220mm by 300mm (sheet). Sanglier en Laie (Wild Boar and Sow) From the French edition of the pioneering work 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands' by David Low. Published in Paris.William Sheils was commissioned by David Low, the second Professor.....
C1840. Lithograph. C1840. 170mm by 275mm (image only). Later German version of 'The landing at Tanna, one of the New Hebrides' from 'A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World', 1777, engraved by JK Sherwin after by W. Hodges.
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 1847. 370mm by 240mm (platemark). A detailed engraved map of the English county with title, scale, and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Godmanchester Church'. Published by I. Slater, Fleet Street, London & Fountain St. Manchester."
1847. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 1847. 370mm by 240mm (platemark). A detailed engraved map of the English county with title, scale, and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved view of 'Chepstow Church'. Published by I. Slater, Fleet Street, London & Fountain St. Manchester."
C1845. Tinted lithograph. C1845. 285mm by 385mm (image) 550mm by 620mm (mount). Tinted lithograph from Espana Artistica y Monumental, published in Paris between 1842 and 1850. Genaro Perez Villaamil born in Ferrol, Galicia. He was a prime example of the Galician Romantic Movement. He shows an unmistakable taste for the.....
1789. Copper-line engraving. 1789. 670mm by 4790mm (platemark). Copper line engraving printed in brown ink, published in London in 1789. A portrait of Sarah Siddons in the Grecian Daughter.Siddons (1755-1831), a leading tragic actress and celebrity, dominated the London stage from 1782, when she made her debut at Drury Lane.....
1801. Copper-line engraving. 1801. 215mm by 170mm (image). Huddart's (1741-1816) field was hydrography (the surveying and charting of bodies of water). He was with the East India Company for ten years, during which time he made charts of Sumatra and the Indian coast. He made his fortune from the manufacture.....
C1780. Copper-line engraving with hand-colouring. C1780. 230mm by 175mm (platemark). German copper-line engraving from the German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber's (1739-1810) 'Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen' ['Mammals Illustrated after Nature with Descriptions'] published from 1774 onwards.
C1830. Lithograph. C1830. 145mm by 195mm (sheet). German lithograph depicting aborigines. From 'Neue Bildergalerie fur die Jugend'(Gallery of images for young people), published by Hellfarth."
1910. Chromolithograph. 1910. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). '217 Hydnum imbricatum 218 Hydnum zonatum 219 Hydnum auriscalpium'. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin (1870-1942), and written by Léon Rolland (1841-1912).....
1910. Chromolithograph. 1910. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). '234 Clavaria formosa 235 Clavaria pistillaris 236 Calocera flammea'. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin (1870-1942), and written by Léon Rolland (1841-1912).....
1910. Chromolithograph. 1910. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). '256 Marcella rotunda'. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin (1870-1942), and written by Léon Rolland (1841-1912), the president of the Mycological Society.....
1910. Chromolithograph. 1910. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). '5 Amanita Mappa 6 Amanita junquillea'. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin (1870-1942), and written by Léon Rolland (1841-1912), the president of.....