C1820. Stipple engraving. C1820. 55mm by 40mm (image) 235mm by 155mm (sheet). Bernard-Germain-Etienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacepede (1756 - 1825) was a French naturalist. The Lacepede islands were discovered by Nicolas Baudin in 1801, and named in honour of Lacepede, who described several Australian fish species. "
C1830. Lithograph. C1830. 260mm by 200mm (sheet). Rare German portrait of Sir John Ross (1777-1856), Vice-Admiral and Arctic explorer. Very faint horizontal crease. A couple of small spots."
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."
C1924. Etching. C1924. 235mm by 305mm (platemark). Etching, signed in the plate and in pencil in the lower margin. Editioned '22' in pencil. This work is believed to have been produced for the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris."
C1800. Copper-line engraving. C1800. 450mm by 310mm (platemark). Banksia nivea, commonly known as Honeypot Dryandra, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. This species was first collected by Jacques Labillardière in the vicinity of Esperance Bay between 15 and 17 December 1792, during a search for the naturalist Claude.....
Etching, circa 1930. 210mm by 300mm (platemark) 290mm by 460mm (sheet). Signed in pencil below the image, editioned 65/100. Edmund Blampied is one of the most significant artists to have hailed from the Channel Islands. Greatly versatile, he worked as a painter, illustrator, and occasional sculptor, though is best remembered.....
C1870. Tinted lithograph. C1870. 250mm by 360mm (image) 345mm by 500mm (sheet). The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. From a French series titled 'Rome dans Sa.....
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."
C1740. Copper-line engraving. C1740. 565mm by 440mm (frame). Annia Galeria Faustina, more familiarly referred to as Faustina I (c100 - 140), was a Roman Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. From ""Delle Antiche Statue Greche e Romane..., ""a collection of ancient Greek and Roman statues found in Venice.....
1845. Lithograph. 1845. 305mm by 240mm (sheet). The French text below the image translates to : - (The president) You did have means of existence, what did you do with them? - (The accused) I existedText on the reverse as issued.Original lithograph by Honore Daumier published in Paris in 1842.....
1858. Lithograph. 1858. 300mm by 240mm (sheet). 'Savant, essayant de lier d'amitie, son fils avec le grand Kangourou de l'Amerique centrale' (A scientist trying to befriend his son with a great kangaroo from Central America)Original lithograph by Honore Daumier published in Paris in 1858. Plate 3 from La Societe D'acclimatation.....
C1800. Copper-line engraving with later hand-colouring. C1800. 190mm by 230mm (platemark). Depicts the arch at Mercury Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, with Endeavour at anchor to the right. A fortified Maori settlement is situated on top of the rock. German engraving based on the illustration.....
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.....
C1960. Drypoint. C1960. 100mm by 130mm (platemark) 230mm by 260mm (frame). Signed, editioned (9/9) and titled below the image in pencil.
C1886. Colour lithograph. C1886. 500mm by 595mm (sheet). 'Map of the Counties of Poole, Toncowoko, Delalah, Thoulcanna ....' Map extends from the QLD border in the north to Wilcannia in the south, SA border out west to Bourke in the east.Darling River and Wilcannia interest.Central vertical fold as issued. A......
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.....
C1846. Tinted lithograph. C1846. 215mm by 360mm (image). Lithograph from 'Voyage au Pole Sud et en Oceanie' by Jules Dumont d'Urville. Blind Stamp of publisher below title area. Published circa 1846. Louis Le Breton joined Dumont d'Urville's 1837-1840 expedition as a surgeon but was appointed artist after the death of.....
1843. Tinted lithograph. 1843. 350mm by 495mm (image) 420mm by 570mm (sheet). Roberts traveled throughout Egypt and the Holy Land in the late 1830s producing watercolours and drawings of the architecture and landscape. When he returned to London Louis Haghe made tinted lithographs from the watercolours which were published by.....
1848. Tinted lithograph. 1848. 335mm by 510mm (image) 385mm by 540mm (sheet). Roberts traveled throughout Egypt and the Holy Land in the late 1830s producing watercolours and drawings of the architecture and landscape. When he returned to London Louis Haghe made tinted lithographs from the watercolours which were published by.....
C1920. Etching. C1920. 170mm by 260mm (platemark). Signed and titled by the artist in pencil lower edge. Monogrammed inside the plate lower right corner. M Oliver Rae was an early 20th century printmaker who specialized in etchings of schools and universities."
1868. Chromolithograph. 1868. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient.....