C1850. Steel-engraving. C1850. 510mm by 660mm (platemark). Steel engraving published originally in 1817, this impression c1850. 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.....
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, 1911. 170mm by 120mm (image) 240mm by 175mm (sheet). From Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Niblung : The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
Original tipped-in plate, 1911. 170mm by 120mm (image) 240mm by 175mm (sheet). From Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Niblung : The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. Rackham was one of the foremost illustrators of the early 20th century.
1880. Wood-engraving. 1880. 295mm by 410mm (sheet). From 'the Graphic'. Jewellery interest. Unrelated text on the reverse. "
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.....
1894. Wood-engraving. 1894. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Émile Eisman-Semenowsky, born Emil Eismann was a French painter of Russian birth and Polish, possibly Jewish, ancestry. He specialized in portraits of women; including many in the Orientalist style. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse. CONDITION : A couple.....
1762. Copper-line engraving. 1762. 175mm by 265mm (platemark). Engraving from Robert Sayer's 'The Ladies Amusement or Whole art of Japanning Made Easy'. Robert Sayer (1724-94) was a reknown English publisher who printed several series of designs / patterns for painters on ceramics."
1762. Copper-line engraving. 1762. 175mm by 265mm (platemark). Engraving from Robert Sayer's 'The Ladies Amusement or Whole art of Japanning Made Easy'. Robert Sayer (1724-94) was a reknown English publisher who printed several series of designs / patterns for painters on ceramics.Small indentations just right of centre of image. Visible.....
1891. Photogravure. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse. CONDITION : Faint mark lower left corner of the sheet.
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Gordon Frederick Browne RI RBA was an English artist and a prolific illustrator of children's books in the late 19th century and early 20th century. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse. Fan interest.
1894. Photogravure. 1894. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse.
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 290mm by 400mm (sheet). From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse.
1877. Wood-engraving. 1877. 405mm by 570mm (sheet) 340mm by 375mm (image). Extra Supplement to the Illustrated London News'. Central vertical fold as issued. Blank reverse. Clock and horology interest."
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Hector Caffieri was born in Gloucestershire in 1847. He was trained in Paris by the academic genre painters Léon Bonnat and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. From 1880 onwards Caffieri lived and worked in London, where he exhibited regularly at the Academy, then in Berkshire, and.....
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Hector Caffieri was born in Gloucestershire in 1847. He was trained in Paris by the academic genre painters Léon Bonnat and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. From 1880 onwards Caffieri lived and worked in London, where he exhibited regularly at the Academy, then in Berkshire, and.....
1762. Copper-line engraving. 1762. 175mm by 265mm (platemark). Engraving from Robert Sayer's 'The Ladies Amusement or Whole art of Japanning Made Easy'. Robert Sayer (1724-94) was a reknown English publisher who printed several series of designs / patterns for painters on ceramics.Pillement was a painter and designer, known for his.....
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Marcella M Walker (flourished 1872-1917) was a 19th century female artist who lived and worked in London. She painted figure, flower and genre scenes in both oils and watercolour. She exhibited extensively from 1880-1917: Liverpool 4, Manchester 2, Royal Academy 21, Royal Hibernian.....
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse.
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). Richard Caton Woodville Jr. RI ROI was an English artist and illustrator. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse.