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19th Century Great Exhibition of 1851 Print in Original Maple Frame
By Dickinson
Located in Richmond, London
19th century Great Exhibition of 1851 chromolithographic print in its original maple frame. Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851. London: Dickinson Brot...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Prints
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Wood, Paper
Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba
By Albertus Seba 1
Located in Richmond, London
A pair of large and decorative hand-coloured faximile etchings after Albertus Seba, from his monumental work Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri
Modern.
Why we like it
Exquisitely engraved and hand-coloured, the prints evoke the fashion for exoticism in the Enlightenment era Europe.
Hand-colored copper-plate engraving, signed in the bottom A. Van der Laan, mounted in a decorative gilt faux bamboo frames.
History
Albertus Seba (1665-1736), an Amsterdam apothecary, made a fortune in the service of the VOC (the Dutch East India Company) and used that and his far-flung trading network to assemble not one, but two great cabinets of natural history specimens...
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20th Century Dutch Modern Prints
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Paper, Faux Bamboo, Paint
18th Century Hand-Colored Botanical Prints, P.J. Buchoz, 1776
By Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Located in Richmond, London
A set of six of exceptional quality 18th century hand-colored engravings
Buchoz, Pierre Joseph. Collection précieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qu...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Prints
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Paper, Paint
Hand-Painted Pictures of Flowers and Butterflies
Located in Richmond, London
A set of eight exquisite hand-painted guaches of exotic flowers and butterflies, early 20th century.
Why we like them
Exquisitely hand-painted ...
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Early 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Prints
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Paper, Paint
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Set of Eight 19th Century Seagull Prints by John Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Richmond, London
A set of eight of exceptional quality 19th century hand-coloured lithographs, in beautiful early 20th century walnut frames
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Prints
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18th Century Botanical Prints Engravings, by P.J. Buchoz, 1776
By Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Located in Richmond, London
A rare set of six of exceptional quality 18th century hand-colored engravings
Buchoz, Pierre Joseph. Collection précieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuse...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Prints
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Rare 19th Century Floral Engraving After Jane Webb Loudon
Located in Richmond, London
An exquisite and rare engraving with vibrant original hand-colouring, from the rare first edition of British Wild Flowers, London: William Smith, 1849.
Why we like them
Exquisitely hand-coloured, vibrant and succulent, these beautiful prints will fit perfectly into modern and classical interiors. The plates are sumptuously mouted and framed to a splendid decorative effect.
Illustrated floral publications were extremely popular in the 19th century. Some of the most popular of these were created by Jane Webb Loudon...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Prints
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Paper
19th Century Floral Engraving After Jane Webb Loudon
By William Smith
Co.
Located in Richmond, London
A rare and exquisite engraving with vibrant original hand-colouring, from the rare first edition of British Wild Flowers, London: William Smith, 1849.
Why we like them
Exquisitely hand-coloured, vibrant and succulent, these beautiful prints will fit perfectly into modern and classical interiors. The plates are sumptuously mouted and framed to a splendid decorative effect.
Illustrated floral publications were extremely popular in the 19th century. Some of the most popular of these were created by Jane Webb Loudon...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Prints
Materials
Paper, Wood
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