C1820. Steel-engraving. C1820. 510mm by 660mm (platemark) 590mm by 815mm (sheet). Marked 'Second Plate'. Wilkie was an important Scottish genre painter. Raimbach was an English line-engraver of Swiss descent. In 1812 he began to engrave some of Wilkie's best pictures. At his death, he held a gold medal awarded for.....
1888. Wood-engraving. 1888. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Wood engraving from The Illustrated London News'.
1874. Wood-engraving. 1874. 400mm by 540mm (sheet). Published as an 'Extra Supplement to the Illustrated News, January 3, 1874'. Depicts a gypsy caravan. Central vertical fold as issued. There is no text on the reverse."
1891. Photogravure. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Adolph Birkenruth was born in Grahamstown, South Africa. His father Nathan was a Prussian born diamond broker and his mother Rosa came from Frankfurt. At some point in the 1860's the family returned to Frankfurt where Adolph received his formal education. By 1881.....
C1740. Etching with engraving. C1740. 155mm by 195mm (platemark). Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85) is best known for his low-life paintings of taverns and peasant festivities, which ultimately derive from Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and German printmakers of the sixteenth-century. Ink inscription outside platemark in lower margin."
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 290mm by 400mm (sheet). Amy Sawyer was an artist and writer who studied at the Herkomer Art School in Bushey. After losing the use of her right hand due to septicaemia, she focused on writing plays. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse.
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 125mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'Shook his bald head and murmured, "Cold, quite cold'.' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 110mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'Building the house for Maimie' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 115mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'After this the birds said they would help him no more in his mad enterprise' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 105mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'For years he had been quietly filling his stocking' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 125mm by 160mm (image) 180mm by 250mm (sheet). 'When you meet grown-up people in the Gardens who puff and blow as if they thought themselves bigger than they are' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 115mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'These tricky fairies sometimes change the board on a ball night' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 125mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'When her Majesty wants to know the time' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 165mm by 125mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'A chrysanthemum heard her, and said pointedly, 'Hoity-toity, what is this ?''' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 125mm by 135mm (image) 250mm by 180mm (sheet). 'If the bad ones among the fairies happen to be out' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 95mm by 175mm (image) 180mm by 250mm (sheet). 'In the Broad Walk you meet all the people who are worth knowing' Arthur Rackham vintage tipped-in print from JM Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens', 1907. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators.....
C1850. Copper-line engraving. C1850. 110mm x 70mm (image) 205mm by 130mm (sheet). French engraving from Jean La Fontaine, 'Contes et nouvelles en vers'. Originally published in the 1760s, this is a mid 19th century impression on wove paper. La Fontaines tales depict romantic stories which also contain a moral lesson.The.....
1894. Photogravure. 1894. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Scene illustrating 'The Saga of King Olaf' by Longfellow. Davidson Knowles was a British landscape painter, active in London from 1879. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and exhibited at its gallery in Suffolk Street and at the.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 125mm by 160mm (image) 175mm by 245mm (sheet). 'And presently, feeling myself lifted by men's hands'. Tipped-in plate from 'Stories from the Arabian Nights'. Edmund Dulac was a French book illustrator and one of the foremost celebrated and sought after artists.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 125mm by 150mm (image) 175mm by 245mm (sheet). 'And taking her hand he led her to the apartments of the Queen Pirouze' Tipped-in plate from 'Stories from the Arabian Nights'. Edmund Dulac was a French book illustrator and one of the.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 125mm by 165mm (image) 175mm by 245mm (sheet). 'She and her companion arrived at the city of Harran' Tipped-in plate from 'Stories from the Arabian Nights'. Edmund Dulac was a French book illustrator and one of the foremost celebrated and sought.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 125mm (image) 245mm by 175mm (sheet). 'She found to her grief the place where Codadad had lain left vacant' Tipped-in plate from 'Stories from the Arabian Nights'. Edmund Dulac was a French book illustrator and one of the foremost.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 145mm by 125mm (image) 245mm by 175mm (sheet). 'The Princess of Deryabar' Tipped-in plate from 'Stories from the Arabian Nights'. Edmund Dulac was a French book illustrator and one of the foremost celebrated and sought after artists of the Golden Age.....
Original tipped-in plate, process print, 1907. 175mm by 120mm (image) 245mm by 175mm (sheet). 'After these, maidens on white horses, with heads unveiled, bearing in their hands baskets of precious stones'' Tipped-in plate from 'Stories from the Arabian Nights'. Edmund Dulac was a French book illustrator and.....
Wood-engraving, circa 1895. 280mm by 480mm (image) 410mm by 560mm (sheet). German late 19th century wood-engraving. Central vertical fold as issued. Eduard Veith was an Austrian portrait painter and stage designer. Many of his works were influenced by Symbolism.