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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Shepherd With Cattle On A Wooden Bridge by Antonie Waterloo - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Shepherd With Cattle On A Wooden Bridge is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized by Antonie Waterloo in the late 17th century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Northern Scotland: 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed hand-colored 16th century map of Northern Scotland by Gerard Mercator entitled "Scotiae pars Septentrionalis", published in Amsterdam in 1636. It is a highly detailed map of the northern part of Scotland, with the northwest Highlands and the cities Inverness and Aberdeen, as well as the Orkney Islands and the Hebrides. There is a decorative title cartouche in the upper left corner.
The map is presented in an antiqued brown wood...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
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Engraving
View at Ifley, near Oxford, late 18th century English sepia aquatint, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'View at Ifley, near Oxford'
Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who published several series ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Le Charlemagne (Foret de Fontainebleau)- 1991
By Eugene Blery
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Eugène Bléry's etching Le Charlemagne depicts the Forêt de Fontainebleau, a renowned forest located south of Paris. The print is produced by La Calcographie du L...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
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The Orbits of Venus and Mercury: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century hand-colored copperplate celestial map by Johann Doppelmayr entitled "Phænomena Motuum Irregularium quos Planetar inferiores Venus et M...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Family in Dusky Bay, New Zealand: Original 18th C. Engraving from Captain Cook
Located in Alamo, CA
"A Family in Dusk Bay, New Zealand" is an original 18th century engraving from a drawing by William Hodges (1744-1797), who was the artist who accompanies Captain Cook on his second ...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Four 18th Century Optical views of Paris etc.; "Vue des Rives de la Seine ....
Located in Middletown, NY
Four 18th Century Optical views
"Vue des Rives de la Seine prise du Pont Neuf à Paris"
"Vue de la Place de l'Hôtel de Ville et du Phare à Calais"
"Vue de Paris prise du Port de la Co...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Vienna, Austria: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
Located in Alamo, CA
This large 17th century hand-colored map of Vienna, Austria and the surrounding countryside and villages entitled "Plan de la Ville de Vienne en Austrich...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Great Britain, N. France: A Large 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored 17th century copperplate engraved map entitled "Le Royaume D Angleterre, distingué en ses Provinces. Par le Sr. Sanson. Geographe du Roy. Presenté A Monseigne...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Fleet of Tahiti displayed for Captain Cook: An Original 18th C. Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Fleet of Otaheite, Assembled at Oparee" is an original 18th century engraving from a drawing by William Hodges (1744-1797), who was the artist who accompanies Captain Cook on hi...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
The New Bridge, On The River Dee, Wales. Paul Sandby C18th landscape engraving
By Paul Sandby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The New Bridge, On The River Dee, Near Chirk Castle'
Engraving by Peter Mazell After Paul Sandby (1731-1809).
From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Basilica of Constantine
Located in Chicago, IL
A very fine impression of the 3rd State, still with the address and price which were eliminated in the following 4th state. The presence of the address and price confirms that this ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
View of Fountain Court, Middle Temple, City of London
Located in Middletown, NY
An 18th century view of the first permanent water fountain in London.
London: J.Boydell, 1753.
Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on white laid paper, laid down to a modern...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Le Tour de Clermont en Dauphine apartenant a Monsieur de Tonnerre
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and engraving on handmade cream laid paper, 3 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (97 x 173 mm), full margins. In good condition, consistent with age. Several small notations in pencil in t...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
A Night Dance by Women in Tonga: Original 18th C. Engraving, Cook
s 3rd Voyage
By John Webber
Located in Alamo, CA
"A Night Dance by Women in Hapaee" is an original 18th century engraving from a drawing by John Webber (1751-1793), who was the artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third voyag...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Veduta del Tempio della Fortuna Virile, from Raccolta delle più belle Vedute ...
Located in Middletown, NY
By Giuseppe Vasi after Giovanni Piranesi: Etching and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on laid paper with an E and R watermark, full margins. Minor...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Bird of Prey: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a parrot bird entitled "La Bondree (Bird of Prey)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 420 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association wi...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Veduta degli Avanzi sopra terra dell
antico Ustrino - Etching by G. B. Piranesi
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 40x60.
Veduta degli Avanzi sopra terra dell’antico Ustrino (View of the visible remains of the ancient crematorium) is a wonderful black and white etching on thick...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Alexandria, Egypt, copper-line engraving by Cornelius de Bruyn , 1690
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Alexandria'
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 ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Les Bergers Romains, landscape with Roman ruins, 18th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Les Bergers Romains
Copper-line engraving by Jean Jacques Leveau (1729-1786) after Pierre Mettay (1728-1759). C1755.
Proof, before lettering. Laid, watermarked paper.
A landscap...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
St. Paul
s Cross
By James Stow
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Robert Wilkinson, c1620
Engraving on thin Japon paper,16 1/8 x 11 3/4 iches (408 x 297 mm), narrow margins. In good condition with some age-related toning and edge wear, including two small horizontal tears which appear at the right and left center sheet edges. There is a vertical edge tear on the the lower sheet edge which is expertly repaired with a tab of paper tape mounted to the verso, and a soft horizontal fold, as issued. Plate created circa 1620, however printed later, likely early 19th century.
Dr. John King preaching at St. Paul's Cross for James I, his Queen, Charles Prince of Wales...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Map of the World: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Correct Chart of All The Known World Laid down according to Mercator's Projection" by Emanuel Bowen. It was published in 1744 in London in John Harris's "Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca" or "A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels". This highly detailed and colorful map depicts the world. as it was known in the mid 18th century. A majority of the northern and central portions of Canada and America are left blank due to the purity of knowledge at the time this map was published.
The map is embellished with four Compass Roses in the lower left, lower center, lower right and center, along with many rhumb lines. There a is a decorative title cartouche in the upper left. This colorful, attractive, historical and interesting 1744 map presents the entire world on Mercator's projection as it was understood in the middle part of the 18th century, before the landmark explorations of Captain’s Cook, Vancouver, Wilkes and others. It is an example of a nautical chart, a type of map that was designed specifically for use by mariners. The map is centered on the equator and includes both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The continents of North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia are depicted, as well as various islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The map is laid out according to the Mercator projection, a type of cylindrical map projection that was developed in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. This projection has the advantage of preserving angles and shapes, making it useful for navigation. The map presents a paucity of inland detail, particularly for the Americas, but major cities, geographical landmarks, and regions are included. Ocean currents and Tradewinds are identified, as well as the magnetic declination lines or magnetic variance, which refers to the difference between true north and compass north. The continents are color coded, enhancing the beauty of this map. The three compass roses indicate the directions of the cardinal points.
The depiction of the western coast of America, the Pacific and Australia are interesting. There was very little exploration of Australia between the navigations of William Damper in 1699 and Tobias Furneaux in 1773. Most of the maps detail relies on the 17th century Dutch expeditions to Australia's western coast, by Abel Tasman and William Janszoon. Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and New Guinea appear connected to the Australian continent. New Zealand appears as a single landmass. North of New Zealand there is a landmass labelled 'Ter d' St. Esprit' which probably represents the New Hebrides Islands. This map precedes the accurate exploration of the South Pacific and east coast of Australia by Captain James Cook later in the 18th century. The map includes ‘Drakes' Port,' the site where Sir Francis Drake supposedly landed in 1579 during his 1579 circumnavigation of the globe. Here he claimed territory for England, restocked, and repaired his vessels. Drake named the region New Albion. The exact location of Drake's Port is a cartographic mystery. Drake's Harbor is believed to be in the region of San Francisco Bay, Bodega Bay, San Pablo Bay...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
New Zealand War Canoe: Original 18th C. Engraving from Captain Cook
s 1st Voyage
Located in Alamo, CA
"War Canoe of New Zealand, with a View of the Gable End Foreland" is an engraving created by Thomas Prattent, from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, who was the artist on Captain James ...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
North Side of the Great Court, Sommerset Palace
Located in Middletown, NY
Aquatint printed in brownish ink with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on buff paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (260 x 317 mm) (sheet), uneven narrow to full margins. Laid down to a contemporary wove paper support. Scattered condition issues on the sheet (excluding the mount) include surface soiling, creasing, a significant vertical repaired tear, and toning, despite these issues, the hand coloring remains good. Suitable for framing.
From A Picturesque Tour Through the Cities of London and Westminster, Illustrated With the most interesting Views, accurately delineated And executed in Aquatinta By Thomas Malton, published by Thomas Malton, London 1796. The work was published serially, in twenty-five numbers. The plates in Volume I carry the dates 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796 or 1797; those in Volume II, the dates 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800 or 1801. In most copies the title page of Volume I carries the publisher's later address, of 103 Long Acre...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Aquatint
Banana Plants: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line double page engraving of banana plants, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Banana 1. Musa,...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
French pipe organ design, late 18th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Elevation Geometralle d'Un Buffet D'Orgue d'Une Nouvelle Decoration'
Copper-line engraving. C1770.
380mm by 420mm (platemark) 460mm by 560mm (sheet)
From Roubo's 'L'Art du Menui...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
L
Hostel de Chevreuse, French town house in Paris, mid 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'L'Hostel de Chevreuse'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gardens, buildings an...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Frontispiece with stepped fountain.
Located in Middletown, NY
Dujardin, Karel. Frontispiece with stepped fountain; a stone wall with water spout pouring water into a rectilinear basin, from which a second spout pour...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
1.ere Vue d
un passage du Mont St Gothard, Switzerland, engraving, 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1.ere Vue d'un passage du Mont St Gothard'
French copper-line engraving by Nee after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794).
From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated', ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
View of Meissen, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun
Hogenberg
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of View of View of Meissen, Germany entitled "Misena Hermun Duvorum Urbs" by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, from their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published in Cologne, Germany in 1575.
The map depicts a side view and bird's-eye view, looking across the Elbe River (labelled Albis Fluvius on the map; White River in Latin) from the northeast. In the foreground are three women in conversation on a hill above the city, along with a man and a woman in conversation by a road, all dressed in contemporary costumes of the upper class. A coat-of-arms is present in each upper corner. A great castle sits atop a hill in the background on the left. Meissen grew up around Albrechtsburg castle, built by Emperor Henry I around AD 929, and was granted a municipal charter at the end of the 12th century. From 1471 onwards, the castle complex was reconstructed as the residence of the Saxon electors on the northeast corner of the Domberg (Cathedral Hill). Meissen cathedral is a Gothic hall church begun c. 1270; in 1413 a bolt of lightning destroyed its west towers, which were replaced only in the 20th century. Meissen lies to the northwest of Dresden, Germany in Saxony. Meissen is famous for its Meissen porcelain and the Albrechtsburg castle
The following is an English translation of an excerpt from Braun's description of the city: "This city is surrounded by very many rivers, to the east flows the Elbe, to the south the Triebisch, to the west are the mountains, to the north the Meisse, after which the city is said to be named. The city is well-situated in its surroundings, the navigable rivers, the mountains and the healthy air. Around the city there is a good land to grow grain, fertile vineyards on the hillsides and without doubt the mountains are not without ore, for one mile away, up the Elbe, is Scharfenberg, where silver and lead ore are mined.."
References: Van der Krogt 4, 2684; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water, rocky outcrop ... hilltop
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on light, fibrous, laid Japon paper, 5 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (132 x 158 mm), full margins. Scattered moderate foxing throughout, very minor printing creases (innate), and one s...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
St James
s House, London, engraving, Johannes Kip after Leonard Knyff, 1708
By Johannes Kip after Leonard Knyff
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'St James's House - Le Palais Royal de St James'
Engraving by Johannes Kip after Leonard Knyff.
Kip was a Dutch engraver who moved to London circa 16...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Hermes Oak, Windsor Park, late 18th century English sepia aquatint, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Hermes Oak, Windsor Park'
Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who p...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
The Royal Exchange of London
Located in Middletown, NY
London: A. Churchill & J. Knapton, 1754
Engraving on fibrous laid paper with a "C" watermark, 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (246 x 297 mm), full margins. Significant edge wear including mul...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Laid Paper
Gresham College
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with engraving on cream laid paper with a Garden of Holland or Maid of Dort Pro Patria watermark, 11 x 14 1/4 inches (278 x 361 mm), thread margins. Lettered with the title in a cartouche at the top-center sheet, continuing "a Latere Occidentali Prospeus AD MDCCXXXIX," with numbers over the image at right that correspond to a key 1 to 29, and with publication details: "Georgius Vertue Londini delineavit et Sculpsit anno MDCCXXXIX". Multiple expert repairs, notably a Y-shaped, expert paper tape repair on the verso. Handling creases, toning. All issues are consistent with age. An impression of this work may be viewed in the permanent collection of the British Museum, registration No. 1880,1113.3963.
A bird's eye view of the college in Broad Street, London, showing the courtyard, adjoining stable yard to the right, and the buildings at the back.
This work was included in Frederick Crace...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Red
Black Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of a pair of red and black woodpecker birds entitled "1. Pie Roux, de Cayenne 2. Petit Pie Noir, de Cayenne (Red a...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Turtledove: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a turtledove entitled "Tourterelle du Senegal (Turtledove of Senegal)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 160 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseau...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Citrus (Cedar Flower): An Early 18th C. Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of a Cedar Flower citrus fruit by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Cedro di fiore e Sugo doppia (...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Casino di Villa Mattei - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Casino di Villa Mattei is an etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions.
Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710 -...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Chertsey Bridge, Surrey, Thames, late 18th century English sepia aquatint, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Chertsey Bridge, Surrey'
Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who published several series of ...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Campi Phlegraei - View of a section of a part of the cone of Astruni, Italy
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Campi Phlegraei - View of a section of a part of the cone of Astruni taken at the entrance of this volcano
Copper-line engraving with gouache. 1776.
...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shipping on the IJ, Amsterdam in the Background.
Located in Middletown, NY
A busy 18th century river scene along Amsterdam's waterfront.
One etching from the series of 10 lively nautical scenes entitled Seascapes. This image depicts six vessels, from left ...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Frontispiece with tomb in a rocky landscape.
By Allaert van Everdingen
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, 4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (123 x 160 mm), full margins. In good condition with some age tone around the sheet edges and an inscription in pencil on the verso.
Category
Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
View of the village and Lake Brientz by Johann Ludwig Aberli - Engraving 30x42
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
View of Greenwich from Deptford Yard, Thames, London, C18th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'View of Greenwich from Deptford Yard, Thames, London'
Aquatint by JC Stadler after J Farmington.
Published c1795 for Boydell's 'History of the River Thames'. Joseph Constantine St...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
!6th c. VIEW OF FLORENCE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552)
FLORENCZ - -- FIGUR UND GELEGENHEIT DER EDLEN UND HOCH BERHÜMPTEN STATT FLORENTZ. . c 1550 (Fauser, #3925.)
Woodcut f...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Gardens of the Chateau Rueil, Paris, France, mid 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Prosp. horti Auraicorum Pomorum a Ruel'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gard...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Pavillon with Distant Mountain" by Wang Yuan-chi, Printed in Italy.
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Published By New York Graphic Society, 1979.
Printed In Italy
In Good Condition
Measures 19 in x 21 in.
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lemons "Limon Peretto": An Early 18th Century Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Limon Peretto" from his publication "Nurmbergische ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Flowering Cactus: A Framed 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Redoute
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed hand-colored stipple engraving entitled "Cactus Peruvianus Cierge du Pérou" by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Plate 58 from his illustrated publication 'Plantarum Historia Succulentarum ou Histoire des Plantes Grasses', published in Paris in 1799. It depicts a branching limb of a cactus with a beautiful flower. There is a separate detail of the anatomy of a seed with early growth. Redoute was a pioneer of the stipple engraving technique, which he used to create this image. It involves utilizing a series of small dots worked into a copper plate rather than the more common lines. These dots can be made smaller or thicker depending on the degree of opacity the artist intends for various areas of the print. When inked and applied to paper, this allows for a greater portion of the paper to be seen, which accentuates the appearance of luminosity of the subject the artist is creating. Different color inks are used in the printing process, a time consuming technique known as "a la poupee". The engraving is then finished with watercolor to further enhance the beauty and realism of the print subject.
This engraving of a flowering cactus is presented in silver-colored ribbed wood frame and a double mat; cream-colored outer mat and heather green inner mat. The frame measures 21.25" high by 17.25" wide by 1.13" deep. The sheet measures 19.88" high by 14" wide. There are wide margins with a few short tears and chips along the the left, right and upper edges, which are all covered by the mat. There are small spots predominantly in the margins, with a few present in the image area. The print is otherwise in very good condition. There is another Redoute flowering cactus listed on 1stdibs, LU117326853392, which is framed and matted identically to this one. The pair would make an attractive display grouping.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), was a painter and botanist originally from Belgium, who pursued his extremely successful artistic career in France. He is well known for his watercolor paintings of roses, lilies and other flowers and their subsequent folio-sized, color stipple engravings. Some believe him to be the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. Redouté was a favorite of the French royal court at the time and of the post French...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Salmacis et Hermaphrodite - Etching by Bernard Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the Greek myth of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus.
Wonderful plate with very fresh impression and a beautiful use of chiaroscuro,...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Supplicium sceleri Fraenum - Etching by Jacques Callot - 1624/34
Located in Roma, IT
Supplicium sceleri Fraenum (Les Supplices) is an original Etching realized by Jacques Callot in 1624/34.
Lettered with name of etcher (bottom right), title and four columns of French verses: 'Voy, lecteur, comme la Justice... Des effectz de la forfaicture'.
Good condition included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (40x60 cm).
Jacques Callot (1592 – 1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands). He is an important person in the development of the old master print...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Queen
s Gate, at Caernarfon, Wales. Paul Sandby C18th landscape engraving
By Paul Sandby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Queen's Gate, at Caernarvon'
Engraving by William Watts (1752-1851) and William Angus after Paul Sandby (1731-1809).
From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Views of Paris - Etching - 1748
Located in Roma, IT
4 Etchings on paper realized in 1748. Each cm. 17x22.
Very good condition except for some minor foxing.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 27.5x41.5
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Meissen, Germany : A Large Framed 18th Century Map by Petrus Schenk
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored 18th century map of the Meissen region of Germany, entitled "Geographischer Entwurff Derer Aemmter Meissen als Creys-Procuratur-Schul-und Stiffts-Ammt benebst ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Villa di Castel Pulci del Signor Marchese Riccardi, Italy, engraving, 1744
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with etching by Marco Antonio Corsi after a drawing by Giuseppe Zocchi (Italian, 1711/17–1767).
From 'Vedute delle ville, e d'altri luoghi d...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Pan With Cristo - Woodcut print by Pietro Monaco - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pan With Cristo is a rare woodcut print realized by Pietro Monaco (1707-1772) in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower right.
Included a Passepartout: 50x 35 cm
Good ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Theories of Planetary Orbits: A Framed 18th C. Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century hand-colored copperplate celestial map by Johann Doppelmayr entitled "Astronomia Comparativa in qua Planetarum Primaria Phaenomena" (Co...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Italianate Landscape, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Claude le Lorrain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) After Claude Gellee ('Claude Lorrain') (1600-82).
From 'Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain...
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Baroque 17th century German fountain design engraving print by Boeckler
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Baroque 17th century German fountain design
Copper-line engraving, published in 1664 in Nuremberg. From 'Architectura Curiosa Nova' by George Andreas B...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
