Dr. Robert John Thornton Prints

English Victorian period floral prints from "The Museum of Flowers" by Mary Elizabeth Rosenberg, circa 1845, in custom giltwood frames under g...

The Temple of Hercules Is the only surviving sacred structure in ancient Rome that was made of Greek marble. Located in on the eastern bank of Tiber, it is one of the oldest extant buildings in the city. Giovanni Piranesi memorialized this structure in his famed monumental etchings. This large black and white print...

Wonderful image of The Sphinx of Giza Fine copper-plate engraving Published C.1810 Unframed. Free shipping

From Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology (London: 1841-1846). Likely a restrike printing (20th c.,) hand-colored prints, embossed with plate marks, includes two after Pridea...

Antique print titled 'Cimetiere d'Atooi'. View of a sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). This print originates from 'Cartes et figures du troisième voyage de Cook' published 1785.

Robert Longo "Edmund" from Men in the Cities, 1985 Lithograph Framed 70" x 42" x 1" unframed 68 h × 39⅛ w in (173 × 99 cm) Signed, dated, and inscribed “For Brooke Robert Longo 85” t...

John Gould (English, 1804-1881), 'Rufous Backed Egret, Ardea Rufsata', Cattle Erget, 1832-1837, hand colored lithograph from 'The Birds of Europe', fra...

This print is from 'The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by A Series of Engravings. From Drawings made on the Spot. Dedicated by Permission to His Excellency the Minister of the Ottoman Porte to his Britannic Majesty.' London, Published by Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket, (1818). Folio. One of 29 fine handcoloured aquatint plates . Very light offsetting from plate. The original accompanying text of this print is as follows: 'The Mamelukes who till very lately formed the military force of Egypt, were said not to exceed twelve thousand men, and were slaves imported from Circassia and Mingrelia. They were carefully instructed in every exercise of strength and agility, and usually repayed the kindness of their masters, the Beys, with the warmest gratitude and most valiant services. The Mamelukes being trained from their infancy to military exercises, displayed in them uncommon skill. The javelin aimed with precision, was never known but to strike the mark. "The well-tempered blade of Damascus," says Sonnini, "is by them wielded with astonishing dexterity, and in their hands proves a most dreadful weapon." He often observed them try these weapons in the following manner :—A large cushion stuffed with feathers or materials equally soft and flexible, was placed about the height of a man, in such a manner, that the slightest touch would cause it to fall, which they would divide with a single stroke of the sabre, whilst passing it on horseback at full speed. Such astonishing expertness joined to most excellent horsemanship, would, were they acquainted with European tactics, render them invincible; but formidable, as they individually appeared, their prowess became of little effect when opposed to the collective weight of a charge in squadron. Their horses possessed, in an eminent degree, the qualities most useful to man, inexhaustible strength, prodigious speed and inconceivable temperance, to which may be added the most perfect symmetry of form. The dress constantly worn by the inferior Mamelukes, was a pair of large crimson drawers of thick Venetian cloth attached to slippers of red leather, and a greenish cap of a peculiar form, fancifully decorated with a turban. Their usual arms were a pair of pistols...

David Roberts, Tombs of the Mamelukes. David Roberts (1796-1864) antique lithograph of the "Tombs of the Mamelukes, Cairo" from the 1st edition in gilt frame, England, 1849. Dimensi...

Victorian "Bird" Spider print mounted on a lovely faux marble paper ground showing large spider attacking a trapped bird. Black painted wood frame. Some p...

Original antique print of natives from Africa ('The Beethshuans'). This print originates from 'Bilderbuch für Kinder'. Published 1807. Artists and Engravers: Friedrich Johann Just...

Antique print titled ‘Histoire Sainte, AncienTestament, Éliodore chassé du Temple.’ This plate shows a scene from the Old Testament; Expulsion of Heliodorus from the temple.’ This...