1855. Tinted lithograph. 1855. 290mm by 200mm (sheet). Roberts traveled throughout Egypt and the Holy Land in the late 1830s producing watercolours and drawings of the architecture and landscape. From David Roberts' 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia',the first quarto edition published by Day & Son."
1883. Colour-printed lithograph. 1883. 460mm by 675mm (sheet). Colour-printed lithograph by Ernst Wasmuth. Published in Berlin in 1883. From ""Griechische Keramik"", Genick's superb work on Greek ceramics."
1883. Colour-printed lithograph. 1883. 460mm by 675mm (sheet). Colour-printed lithograph by Ernst Wasmuth. Published in Berlin in 1883. From ""Griechische Keramik"", Genick's superb work on Greek ceramics."
1820. Line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1820. 580mm by 430mm. 'Thebes. Byban el Molouk'. From 'Description de l'Egypte' published after Napoleon's expedition to colonize Egypt in 1798. Napoleon included a number of artists in his army, who were instructed to record modern and ancient Egyptian society. The resulting works formed.....
1801-1808. Copper-line engraving. 1801-1808. 215mm by 150mm (platemark) 480mm by 370mm (sheet). This plate is from the scarce Florence edition of d'Hancarville's famous work on Sir William Hamilton's collection of antique vases - 'Antiquites Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, tirees du Cabinet de M. William Hamilton.' It was first published in.....
1877. Wood-engraving. 1877. 405mm by 550mm (sheet). Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) was a German businessman and archaeologist, an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. Schliemann was an important excavator of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His successes lent material weight.....
C1800. Stipple engraving. C1800. 90mm by 55mm. Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86BC-35BC), usually knwon as Sallust, was a Roman historian, politician, and novus homo from a provincial plebeian family.
C1800. Stipple engraving. C1800. 190mm by115mm (sheet). Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747-1825), was a French artist, writer, and archaeologist. He had a brilliant career as artist and diplomat under the ancien regime and followed Napoleon on his campaign in Egypt. In 1804 he became director-general of museums and was instrumental in.....
1808. Copper-line engraving with later hand-colouring. 1808. 305mm by 305mm (platemark). From Millin's 'Peintures de Vases Antiques' published in Paris in 1808. Depicts scene from an ancient Etruscan red-figure vase. The series depicted vases from the Malmaison Collection, Musee Napoleon, Sevres & the Gallitzin Collection."
1820. Soft ground etching with original hand-colouring. 1820. 540mm by 620mm (frame). From 'Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia', published in London in 1820. Giovanni-Battista Belzoni was an Italian explorer and archaeologist.Framed."
1820. Soft ground etching with original hand-colouring. 1820. 600mm by 520mm (frame). From 'Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia', published in London in 1820. Giovanni-Battista Belzoni was an Italian explorer and archaeologist."
1820. Soft ground etching with original hand-colouring. 1820. 540mm by 620mm (frame). From 'Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia', published in London in 1820. Giovanni-Battista Belzoni was an Italian explorer and archaeologist."
1856. Steel-engraving. 1856. 250mm by 305mm (platemark). From a series of engravings depicting the Classical sculptures in the British Museum. Corbould was a student of the Royal Academy, under Fuseli, where he gained the silver medal for a study from the life. While at the Academy he made the friendship.....
1815. Copper-line engraving. 1815. 165mm by 105mm (platemark). Hesiod was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.
1741. Copper-line engraving. 1741. 230mm by 160mm (platemark) 420mm by 270mm (sheet). Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. Illustration of an Ancient Roman marble bust from.....
1741. Copper-line engraving. 1741. 270mm by 185mm (platemark) 420mm by 270mm (sheet). Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. Illustration of an Ancient Roman marble bust from.....
1741. Copper-line engraving. 1741. 270mm by 180mm (platemark) 420mm by 270mm (sheet). Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. Illustration of an Ancient Roman marble bust from.....
1741. Copper-line engraving. 1741. 255mm by 180mm (platemark) 420mm by 270mm (sheet). Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. Illustration of an Ancient Roman marble bust from.....
1741. Copper-line engraving. 1741. 240mm by 170mm (platemark) 420mm by 270mm (sheet). Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici. Illustration of an Ancient Roman marble bust from.....
C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. 175mm by 130mm (platemark) 330mm by 215mm (sheet size). 'Tazza Antica, Trovata fuori di Porta del Popolo'. Detailed Neoclassical engravings depicting the Roman bronze and marble vases in collections of antiquities in Rome.
1856. Lithograph. 1856. 240mm by 360mm (sheet). 'Les locataires des Pyramides expropries pour cause d'utilite publique' Original lithograph published in Paris, 1856. Signed 'CHAM' in the image. From a series titled 'Celebrites Charivariques' which was published in the French magazine 'Le Charivari'. Text on reverse, folds as issued."
C1690. Copper-line engraving. C1690. 320mm by 670mm (sheet). A view of the great harbour from a little behind the shoreline. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of this palace to be.....
C1690. Copper-line engraving. C1690. 320mm by 670mm (sheet). A view of Pompey's Pillar with Alexandria in the background. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of this palace to be accessible for.....
C1698. Copper-line engraving. C1698. 150mm by 360mm (image only). 'The Sphinx in the second Portal of Persepolis. The Sphinx in first Portal of Persepolis' Engraving from de Bruyn's 'Travels in the Levant'.Cornelis de Bruyn is remembered chiefly for the records of his extensive travels in Egypt, Persia, India, and other.....
C1850. Chromolithograph. C1850. 540mm by 345mm (sheet). Chromolithograph from Gerhard's 'Auserlesene griech. Vasenbilder' (1839-1858). Eduard Gerhard (1795-1867) was a German archaeologist. He was co-founder and secretary of the first international archaeological society.Central fold as issued."