1840s Figurative Prints

Image dimensions: 14.7 x 19.8 cm. La Cava is an original black and white etching on paper, printed in 1843 as a plate of the print suite "90 Views of the citi...

Bijinga is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1842. Woodcut Print Oban Format. From the series "Joshi kyôkun kyôka awase" (A collection of comic poems for t...

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice" Table no. 12 of the Series. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil 1348

Church of St. Stephen in Vienna is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good condition. Drawing in black and white. At the center of the artwork is the original title " Ch...

The Mersey at Liverpool is an etching realized in 1845 by J.C.Armytage. Signed in plate. The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.

This lithograph titled "Thebes, Great Hall at Karnak" is a notable work by the Scottish painter David Roberts (1796-1864). This particular scene is part of Roberts' most famous colle...

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice" Table no. 27 of the Series. Monogrammed in the plate. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil 1363

Mushae is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 – 1861) in the half of the 19th Century. Original woodcut print rom the se...

Bijinga is an original artwork realized in 1844 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "Hyakunin isshu esho" (Girl's pictures and 100 poets' card games), 14th sheet. You...

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice" Hand monogrammed in plate. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil 1371

Goldfintch is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history...

Bijinga is an original artwork realized in the half of the 19th Century by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "SHyakunin isshu esho" (Girl's pictures and 100 poets' card...

Diseases of the Liver, Spleen and Epiploon is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal, Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, 1843. The wo...

Owls is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by Stuttgart ...

The Jolly Flat Boat Men, 1847 After George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811-1879) Engraved by Thomas Doney (French, active New York 1844-1849) Engraving with Hand-Coloring Published by The American Art-Union, New York (1838-1851) Printed by Powell and Co. 18 x 24 inches 32 x 38 inches with frame In 1847, the American Art-Union purchased Bingham’s painting "The Jolly Flat Boat Men" (1846; National Gallery of Art) directly from the artist. The subscription-based organization, founded in 1838 as the Apollo Association, boasted nearly ten-thousand members at this date. For an annual fee of five dollars, each received a large reproductive engraving and was entered in a lottery to win original artworks exhibited at the Art-Union’s Free Gallery. Aimed at educating the public about contemporary American art, the organization developed an impressive distribution network that reached members in every state. The broad circulation of the Art-Union's print helped to establish Bingham's reputation and made his river scene famous. Born in Augusta County, Virginia in the Shenandoah River Valley, George Caleb Bingham became known for classically rendered western genre, especially Missouri and Mississippi River scenes of boatmen bringing cargo to the American West and politicians seeking to influence frontier life. One of his most famous river genre paintings was The Jolly Flatboatmen completed in several versions in 1846. This first version of this painting is in the Manoogian Collection at the National Gallery of Art. Fame resulted for this work when it was exhibited in New York at the American Art Union whose organizers made an engraving of 10,000 copies and distributed it to all of their members. Paintings such as Country Politician (1849) and County Election (1852) and Stump Speaking (1854) reflected Bingham's political interests. In 1819, as an eight-year old, he moved to Boon's Lick, Missouri with his parents and grandfather who had been farmers and inn keepers in the Shenandoah Valley near Rockingham, Virginia. Reportedly as a child there, he took every opportunity to escape supervision to travel the River and watch the marine activity. His father died in 1827, when his son was sixteen years old. His mother had encouraged his art talent, but art lessons were not easily obtainable. In order to earn money, he apprenticed to a cabinet maker but determined to become an artist. By 1835, he had a modest reputation as a frontier painter and successfully charged twenty dollars per portrait in St. Louis. "His portraits had become standard decorations in prosperous Missouri homes." (Samuels 46). In 1836, he moved to Natchez, Mississippi and there had the same kind of career, only was able to charge forty dollars per portrait. He remained largely self taught until 1837, when he, age 26 and using the proceeds from his portraiture, studied several months at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He later said that he learned much of his atmospheric style and classically balanced composition by copying paintings in collections in St. Louis and Philadelphia and that among his most admired painters were Thomas Cole, John Vanderlyn, and William Sidney Mount. Between 1856 and 1859, Bingham traveled back and forth to Dusseldorf, Germany, where he studied the work of genre painters. Some critics think these influences were negative on his work because during that time period, he abandoned his luminist style that had brought him so much public affirmation. Bingham credited Chester Harding (1792-1866) as being the earliest and one of the most lasting influences on his work. Harding,a leading portraitists when Bingham was a young man, had a studio in Franklin, near Bingham's home town. In 1822, when Bingham was ten years old, he watched Harding finish a portrait of Daniel Boone. Bingham recalled that watching Harding with the Boone portrait was a lasting inspiration and that it was the first time he had ever seen a painting in progress. Harding suggested to Bingham that he begin doing portraiture by finding subjects in the river men, which, of course, opened the subject matter that established fame and financial success for Bingham. Harding also encouraged Bingham to copy with paint engravings. He later painted two portraits of Boone but, contrary to the assertions of some scholars, he did not do Boone portraits in the company of Harding. Bingham's portraits of Boone are not located, but one of them, a wood signboard for a hotel in Boonville circa 1828 to 1830, showed a likeness of Boone in buckskin dress...

Port Glasgow is an etching realized in 1845 by W. H. Bartlett. Signed on the plate. Titled on the lower center, from the series of "Ports of Great Britain". Good conditions with...

Cockateil is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by Stutt...

Kabuki Actor is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1848/49. Lifetime impression in very good condition, except for some very minor sign of time.

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice" Table no. 20 of the Series. Monogrammed in the plate. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil 1356

Brain Diseases is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal,Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, realized in 1843. Signed on plate on the l...

Ancient African Customs is a lithograph realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Africa" and subtitle ...

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice" Table no. 17 of the Series. Hand monogrammed in the plate. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil...

Persian, Man of the People is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Perse. Homme du Peuple...

Figures of Women is an original lithograph on ivory-colorated paper by an unknown artist in 1840s. In very good condition. Not signed. Monogrammed J.P.

Guerrier Cafre is a hand colored lithograph realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du ...

Portrait is a Lithograph realized by Auguste Raffet (1804-1860). Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner. Denis Auguste M...

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice" Table no. 16 of the Series. Monogrammed in the plate. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil 1352

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice" Table no. 13 of the Series. Hand monogrammed in the plate. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil...

Kabukie is an original artwork realized in 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "Mitate Yakusha gojusan tsui no uchi" (juxtaposition of actors and the 53 Tokaido s...

Persian Dervish is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Derviche persan". The work is pa...

Africa is a lithograph realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Africa" and subtitle "Marcia trionfale...

Lithograph on wove paper. Signed and dated in the stone lower right. This lithograph by Auguste Raffet, one of the most celebrated French lithographers of the 19th century, depicts...

Famous Waterfalls is an original artwork realized in the 1850s by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "Meitaki ga". Bust portrait of the actor Sawamura Tanosuke in Onnaga...

Elevation of the Temple of Balbek is a  lithograph realized in 1864. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe, or Histo...

Dédié a Madame Vve. Charlet is an original artwork realized by Hippolyte Bellangé in 1846. Original lithograph on paper. The title appear on the lo...

Circassian is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Circassien". The work is part of Suit...

Herault de Timor is a hand colored lithograph realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good condition. The artwork belongs to the Suite Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du...

Danseuse Javanaise is a hand colored lithographs realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good condition. The artwork belongs to the Suite Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples...

Church of the Sorbonne in Paris is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good condition. Drawing in black and white. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Chi...

Map of Ancient Greece of Macedonia and Thrace is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. Bottom left is the original title "Carta della Grecia A...

Bazaar in Algeria is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1846 by an Anonymous artist of the 19th Century. Titled in Italian on the lower center "Botteghe d Alg...

Hottentote is a hand colored lithographs realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Moeurs, usages et costu...

French costumes at the time of Charles IX is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Costumi...

Dame Javanaise de la Haute Classe is a hand colored lithographs realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good condition. The artwork belongs to the Suite Moeurs, usages et costumes de t...

Jeune Dame Mulatre is a hand colored lithographs realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuple...

Ancient African Customs is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Africa" and subtitle "Ott...

French Costumes at the time of Louis XII is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Costumi ...

French costumes at the time of Henry IV is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Tav. III....

French costumes at the time of Henry IV is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Tav. IV. ...

Bath in Algeria is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1846 by an Anonymous artist of the 19th century. Titled in Italian on the lower center. The state of pr...

Gate in Algeria is an original Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1846 by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century. Titled in Italian on the lower center "Porta Bab-Azoun i...

Nightingale is a Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by Stut...

Robin Hood's Bay is an original etching realized in 1845 by E.Finden. Signed in plate. The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.

Nakamura Utaemon is an artwork realized in 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Nakamura Utaemon in the role of the fox spirit Ukiyo Matagoro frightens the court lady Benno Naishi...

Frederic Lepia is an original Lithograph realized by D. M. Raffet in 1848. Good condition included a cream colored cardboard passpartout. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (2 March 1804 –...

Man from Puebla is an original hand-watercolored lithograph on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of 19th Century, in 1849. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Not signed. Title...

Les Magasins de la ville de Paris is original vintage lithograph realized by Edouard De Beumont (1821-1889), in 1843. Not -Signed on the lower right margin. IMP. D'Aubert & C., Chez...

Lithograph, c. 1840s. Signed in the plate. Image dimension: 17x27.5 cm. A finely detailed lithograph by Auguste Raffet, representing a bustling encampment in Wallachia. In the cen...

Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice". Monogrammed in the plate. Very good condition. Ref. Delteil 1358

Vein Diseases is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal, Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, 1843. The work belongs to the Atlante gen...