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Antique Print of a French Knight Named Pierre Terrail, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
: Published in Leipzig. Technic: Hand-colored copper engraving. Condition: Good. Slightly stained, stamp
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Antique 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Vatican Hallway designed by Raphael: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Volpato
By Giovanni Volpato
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Giovanni Volpato after a
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Interior Prints

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Engraving

Bur Reed Water Hemlock: A 17th-18th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Orobanche, Cicuta Maxima, Sparganium (Bur
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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Set of Four Grand Tour Etchings Italian Architectural Views Remondini circa 1770
Located in Milano, MI
A late-18th century Italian hand-colored copper engravings, original Italian etchings by Remondini
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Prints

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Wood, Paper

GEORGE EDWARDS - Two Hand Colored Ornithological Engravings - U.K. - C.1741-1759
By George Edwards
Located in Chatham, ON
elaborately framed Ornithological hand colored copper plate engravings on paper by George Edwards who is often
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

A decorative pair of rare table globes in a fine condition.
By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Puschner, 1730. Description: Hand-colored copper engravings, papier-mâché, brass meridian ring, four
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Antique Early 18th Century German Baroque Globes

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Other

Suspension and Pull Bridges in America and Natural Rock Bridge, Virginia - 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
Engraving by Bertuch, 1805" Description: This hand-colored copper engraving depicts two captivating
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Antique Early 1800s Prints

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Paper

Set 3 Hand-colored Engraving - Captain Duperry "Voyage de la Coquille" 1826
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Set of 3 original hand colored copper plate engraving with both hand and printed color. Printed in
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Antique Early 19th Century French Paintings

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Paper

Coats of Arms of the European Empires and Kingdoms with Historical Annotations
Located in Langweer, NL
Annotations, 1718 Detailed description: This beautifully hand-colored copper engraving, printed in Nuremberg
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Antique 1710s Prints

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Paper

Engraving of St. Gallen and its Monastery, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1575)
Located in Langweer, NL
Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1575) This is an original, hand-colored copper engraving from Braun & Hogenberg's
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Antique 16th Century Maps

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Paper

Male Eurasian Teal – Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Male Eurasian Teal – Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789 This original hand-colored
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Female Common Shelduck – Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
-colored copper engraving, published in 1789, features the female of the Common Shelduck species (Tadorna
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Antique English Moths and Caterpillars on Grass Flowering Plants – Albin 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: This set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was issued in London in 1720 as part of
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Antique Early 18th Century British Prints

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Paper

Antique English Moths with Caterpillars and Host Plants – Albin Entomology 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
: This set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was published in London in 1720 as part of
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Antique Early 18th Century British Prints

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Paper

Antique English Moths and Caterpillars on Hedgerow Plants – Albin 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was published in London in 1720 as part of Eleazar
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Antique Early 18th Century British Prints

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Paper

Inhabitants of Nootka Sound (Vancouver Island) – Antique Ethnograph Print, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
. Technique: Hand-colored copper engraving Maker: Jaques Kuyper (del.), engraved by Portman Publisher
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Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Inhabitants of Prince William’s Bay, Alaska – Antique Ethnographic Print, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
reveal plate mark and margins. Technique: Hand-colored copper engraving Maker: Jaques Kuyper (del
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Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Whispers of the Night: Anatomical Elegance of Horseshoe Bats, 1775
Located in Langweer, NL
artworks are hand-colored copper engravings, a popular and detailed technique of the time, allowing for the
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Antique 1770s German Prints

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Paper

Ortolan Bunting – Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Ortolan Bunting – Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789 This finely hand-colored copper
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Set of Four Hand Colored Monkey Prints
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This set of four hand colored copper plate engravings are illustrations by early 19th century
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Engraving

Antique English Moths and Caterpillars on Oak and Fern – Albin Entomology 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
: This set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was produced by Eleazar Albin for his landmark
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Antique Early 18th Century British Prints

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Paper

Antique English Moths on Fruit and Hedgerow Shrubs – Albin Entomology 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
: This set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was published in London in 1720 as part of
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Antique Early 18th Century British Prints

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Paper

1779 View of Onrust Island Near Batavia with VOC Shipyard Activity
Located in Langweer, NL
1779 View of Onrust Island Near Batavia with VOC Shipyard Activity This hand-colored copper
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Antique Late 18th Century Prints

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Paper

Set of Four Hand Colored Monkey Prints
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This set of four hand colored copper plate engravings are illustrations by early 19th century
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Regency Prints

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Copper

Original Map of the East Indies Including Sumatra, Java, Borneo Malaysia, 1755
Located in Langweer, NL
-colored copper engraving Maker: Jakob van der Schley, Amsterdam, c.1755
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Antique 1750s Dutch Maps

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Paper

Map of Blaisois by Janssonius, 1633, Decorative Antique Map of Loire Valley
Located in Langweer, NL
historical insight and decorative appeal. Condition Report: Good condition. Hand-colored copper engraving
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Antique 1630s Maps

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Paper

Dutch Colonial Views of Batavia – Diestpoort and Castle with Laboratory, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
-colored copper engraving features two finely rendered views of Batavia (now Jakarta), the capital of the
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

A Dance at Ulietea – Society Islands Scene from Cook’s Voyages, c.1784
Located in Langweer, NL
A Dance at Ulietea – Society Islands Scene from Cook’s Voyages, c.1784 This finely hand-colored
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Antique Late 18th Century English Prints

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Paper

White Stork – Large 18th Century Ornithology Print by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
By M. Houttuyn, Cornelius Nozeman, J.C. Sepp
Located in Langweer, NL
White Stork Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp and Nozeman, 18th Century This elegant hand-colored
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Life-Sized Spoonbill Print – Dutch Ornithology by Sepp and Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
hand-colored copper engraving titled *Platalea leucorodia* portrays the Eurasian spoonbill, known in
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings
By Joseph Edmondson
Located in Queens, NY
7 English Georgian (18th Cent) hand-colored copper plate engravings of coat of arms in blue with
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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Paintings

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Copper

English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings
By Joseph Edmondson
Located in Queens, NY
5 English Georgian (18th Cent) hand-colored copper plate engravings of coat of arms in orange with
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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Copper

Niccolo Gualtieri, Florentine Conchologist/Artist, Two Framed 1742 Engravings
By Niccolo Gualtier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Niccolo Gualtieri, Florentine Conchologist/ Artist- Two Framed 1742 Italian Hand Colored Copper
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Antique 18th Century Italian Renaissance Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Virginia Indians, Man Woman in Traditional Dress – Handcolored Engraving, 1683
Located in Langweer, NL
the original hand coloring. Technique: Copper engraving, hand colored Maker: Alain Manesson Mallet
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Antique 1680s French Prints

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Paper

Florida Indians, Couple in Traditional Dress – Mallet America Engraving, 1683
Located in Langweer, NL
. Technique: Copper engraving, hand colored Maker: Alain Manesson Mallet, French, Paris, 1683
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Antique 1680s French Prints

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Paper

Stunning Birds of Paradise from Seligmann s Rare Birds Collection (1770-1773)
Located in Langweer, NL
prints were colored by hand after they were engraved. Copper engraving was a meticulous process where an
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Antique 1770s Prints

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Paper

“Yellow Crested Parrot”
Located in Southampton, NY
Hand colored copper plate engraving from “The History of Birds. Plate 117 published in 1776
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Late 18th Century Academic Animal Prints

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Engraving

“Yellow Crested Parrot”
“Yellow Crested Parrot”
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"Mordon Colledge (the original spelling) Black Heath" from Universal Magazine
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "The West Prospect of Mordon Colledge
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Pair of Framed Basilius Besler 17th Century First Edition Botanical Prints
By Basilius Besler
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg. Each is a hand-colored copper
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Antique 17th Century German Baroque Prints

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Wood, Paper

America, River Crossing by Indigenous People with Rafts and Canoes, De Bry, 1594
Located in Langweer, NL
: Copper engraving, hand-colored Maker: Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt am Main, circa 1594–1596
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Antique 16th Century German Prints

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Paper

Map of Biblical Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Original copper engraving hand-colored at the time of publication. Nuremberg, 1720.
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1720s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Chamomile Safflower: A 17th-18th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Chamemelum Romanum flore simplici
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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Hand Colored Copper Engravings
By Guarana Oracoli
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of hand colored Copper Engravings, c. 1792 Guarana Oracoli of Greek & Roman Gods. Sold
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Prints

Collection of German Hand-Colored Copper Engravings
By Basilius Besler
Located in Charleston, SC
A collection of German hand-colored copper engravings by Basilius Besler (1561-1629) from Hortus
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Collection of German Hand-Colored Copper Engravings
By Johann Christoph Volkamer
Located in Charleston, SC
A collection of German hand-colored copper engravings by Johann Christoph Volkamer from
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Dutch Copper Engravings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand colored Copper Engravings Dutch 1730 Sybella Merian "Insects of Europe" (Collection of 12
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Prints

Copper Engravings Maps of Wine Regions
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand colored Copper Engravings, Maps of the Wine Regions by Le Vasseur, mid 19th century
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Antique 19th Century French Prints

Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Sheffield, MA
A large hand-colored copper plate engraving on hand woven paper of a colorful parrot perched on a
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Drawings

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Paper

Greenland Buck by George Edwards, Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print, circa 1743
By George Edwards
Located in Raalte, NL
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds by George
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Antique Mid-18th Century Great Britain (UK) Prints

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Paper

Antique Prints, French Crests 1647, By Pierre Lamy Cooper
By Pierre Lamy Copper
Located in New York, NY
FRENCH CRESTS 1647, BY PIERRE LAMY COPPER ENGRAVING, HAND COLORED, SET OF SIX. PRICED INDIVIDUALLY
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Prints

François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Meinisberg, CH
of Madagascar) • 18th century hand colored Copper Plate engraving • Plate No. 192 from : L' Histoir
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18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper

1772 Map of Part of "West Florida"
Located in New York, NY
Original 1772 hand-colored copper plate engraving full title "A Map of Part of West Florida, from
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1770s Realist Landscape Prints

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Engraving

18TH CENTURY CONTINTENTAL BOTANICALS
Located in New York, NY
18TH CENTURY BOTANICALS, COPPER ENGRAVING, HAND COLORED. SOLD AS SET OR INDIVIDUALLY
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Antique 19th Century Italian Prints

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Copper

Plate 856. Pitcairnia Latifolis. (Bromeliad)
By William Curtis
Located in Florham Park, NJ
three carefully hand colored copper plate engravings along with accompanying text on the cultivation and
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Watercolor

Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba
By Albertus Seba 1
Located in Richmond, London
-colored copper-plate engraving, signed in the bottom A. Van der Laan, mounted in a decorative gilt faux
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20th Century Dutch Modern Prints

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Paper, Faux Bamboo, Paint

Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850
By Virtue Brothers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 3 original hand colored copper plate engravings after the painter Turner by Virtue, circa
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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Art

Lime and Sycamore in Cobham Park, 1824
By Jacob George Strutt
Located in Houston, TX
Scenery in England and Scotland, 1828[-33]". In this hand-colored copper-plate engraving, an English
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Antique 1820s Great Britain (UK) Prints

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Hand Colored Copper Engraving For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal hand colored copper engraving for your home. A hand colored copper engraving — often made from paper, copper and metal — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a hand colored copper engraving — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 19th Century. A hand colored copper engraving, designed in the Regency, Georgian or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one hand colored copper engraving that is appealing in its simplicity, but John Selby and Johannes Kip produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Hand Colored Copper Engraving?

The average selling price for a hand colored copper engraving at 1stDibs is $3,675, while they’re typically $850 on the low end and $21,950 for the highest priced.