French Prints

Dome Brickwork Design from Paris Expo – Architectural Print by Chabat, c.1900 This antique architectural print showcases the intricate decorative brickwork for the Dôme Central of the Exposition Universelle de 1889 in Paris, based on the architectural plans of J. Bouvard and published by Pierre Chabat in La Brique et la Terre Cuite around 1900. The plate presents a symmetrical and highly detailed tile and brickwork composition meant for the central dome structure of one of the most celebrated World's Fairs. Its striking centerpiece—featuring floral medallions surrounded by red brick, geometric panels, and accents of teal and ochre—reflects the era’s emphasis on ornamental detail, craftsmanship, and grandeur in public architecture. This print stands as a testament to the merging of utility and decoration in late 19th-century French architecture. These were not merely functional surfaces—they conveyed prestige, innovation, and the elegance of the modern age. The layout is accompanied by scale indicators and labeled sections, making it not only decorative but also an authentic record of the era’s architectural ambition. Perfect for collectors of French architectural prints...

1889 Decorative Brickwork Patterns – Gallerie des Machines, Chabat c.1900 This antique architectural print presents a series of decorative brick and tile floor patterns from the Gal...

Antique French Print Villa à Villemomble by J. Amanovich Architecte, Chabat c.1900 This antique architectural print, titled Villa à Villemomble, presents the design of a suburban Fr...

École Nationale – French Architectural Lithograph from La Brique, Chipiez, c.1900 Elegant antique architectural lithograph showing the detailed elevation of the Pavillon de l’Escali...

Antique Print of Villa Mon Caprice, Villers-sur-Mer by E. Macé, c.1900 Antique architectural print titled "Villa Mon Caprice, Villers-sur-Mer," designed by architect E. Macé with de...

Map 2: 'Carte des parties nord et est de L'Asie'. (Map of the Northern parts and East Asia.) Five maps on one sheet, showing California, Alaska and Siberia, Korea and Japan. South to...

Dôme Central – French Architectural Lithograph from La Brique, Exposition 1889 Highly decorative architectural lithograph featuring the intricate tile and brickwork design for the “...

ST/530 - Very rare French Horsemanships 1774-1775 engravings by the famous Diderot & D'Alembert Encyclopedie - Paris - They are the only two engravings of carriages in the intere Enc...

Rare old print of NAPOLEON in the classic image: with his right hand tucked into his vest. This print is very old, therefore there is some little imperfection , not very important. ...

19th century engraving, under glass, depicting "The Family Museum". Measures: H 21cm, L 14cm, P 1cm

Antique Print of the Snub-Nosed Spiny Eel (Notacanthus) – Gaimard, 1842 This rare hand-colored lithograph depicts the Snub-Nosed Spiny Eel (*Notacanthus nasus*), here titled *Le Not...

This vintage travel agency planisphere published by Permalux dates from the 70s and shows the destinations covered at the time by the national co...

Antique Print of the Witch Flounder (La Poile) – Gaimard, 1842 This fine hand-colored lithograph depicts the Witch Flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), here titled La Poile. Chara...

Antique Print of Gaimard’s Ray (La Raie de Gaimard) – 1842 This elegant hand-colored lithograph represents La Raie de Gaimard (Raja gaimardi), a skate species documented during Paul...

Antique map titled 'La Suede.' Decorative map of Sweden and part of Finland by Robert de Vaugondy, revised and published by Delamarche. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Charles Francois Delamarche' after an anonymous artist. Charles Francois Delamarche (1740-1817) founded the important and prolific Paris based Maison Delamarche map publishing firm in the late 18th century. A lawyer by trade Delamarche entered the map business with the acquisition from Jean-Baptiste Fortin of Robert de Vaugondy's map plates...

A set of two 1950s framed prints from France depicting the two seasons. Printed from paintings originally by Jodocos (Joos) De Momper around 1610. He painted in a manner of Pieter ...

Antique map titled 'Turquie d'Europe'. Map of the european parts of Turkey. The map covers from Moldova to Thessaly and from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Greece and the island ...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale pour Servir a l'Histoire Générale des Voyages. Tirée des Auteurs Anglois.' This map covers western Tartary and focuses on the r...

Antique print, titled: 'De Dudaim of Mauz der Arabieren' - This original old antique print shows the Dudaim or Mauz of the Arabs. Mandragora officinarum is a species of the plant...

Description: Three religious images on one sheet titled 'Verscheide Manieren van Kruysigen'. Various methods of crucifixion. This print depicts religious punishments and originates...

Antique Print of the Arctic Fox in Winter Coat – Gaimard, 1842 This beautifully hand-colored lithograph portrays the Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus, here Renard Isatis), shown in its th...

Antique Print of the Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus) – Gaimard, 1842 Description: This rare hand-colored lithograph illustrates the Greenland Shark (*Somniosus microcephal...

Title: Isles De La Sonde. Attractive old decorative map of the Isles de la Sonde, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Malacca ( Malaysia) with the Straits of Malacca. Penang is spelled as P...

Antique map titled 'Afrique.' Detailed map of Africa, showing towns, rivers, some topographical features, ocean currents, ports and political boundaries. Source unknown, to be determ...

French School "L 'Homme Chic" mens fashion original pochoir print, circa 1930 Vintage French fashion pochoir by Kossuth, Paris. Pochoir is a sten...

Two hundred year old engraving of a Prussian soldier being friendly to a nicely dressed lady holding an umbrella. Les Alliés à Paris and 1815, Scenes de Moeurs: La Nouvelle fashion ou l'Ecossais à Paris. Friendly Soldier from Prussian regiment dressed in a uniform coat, collar and cuffs in contrasting color. Sable losely hanging on his belt. Next to him is a woman dressed in a full-sleeved dress and checkered tunic (?), holding a parasol, trimmed with fringes...

Rare and beautiful pair of etchings on BFK Rives watermarked vellum paper, signed, titled, and published by the Société Française des Amis des Arts around 1920. "On the Terrace" and "Nude" engraved by Jean Emile Buland (1857-1938), winner of the 1st Grand Prix de Rome in 1880 after paintings by Antoine Calbet (1860-1944) Perfect condition of the etching and the plate "On the Terrace" Perfect condition of the etching with slight fading on the edges of the plate "Nude" Dimensions: "On the Terrace" etching: Plate: 465 x 307 mm - Engraving: 262 x 165 mm - Engraving plate: 310 x 210 cm "Nude" etching: Plate: 464 mm x 332 mm - Engraving: 270 x 217 mm - Engraving plate: 333 x 255 mm Engraved signatures by Em. Buland below the engravings (+ handwritten countersignature in pencil by Emile Buland below the engraving "On the Terrace"). Engraved signatures by A. Calbet in the plates, lower left & Blank stamp signature of the Société Française des Amis des Arts below the plate, lower left. Jean-Emile Buland was born in Paris in 1857 into a family of artists. His father, Jean-Marie Buland (1825-1895), was an engraver and his brother, Jean-Eugène (1852-1926), was a painter. Jean-Emile Buland studied under the painter Alexandre Cabanel and the engraver Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. He won the 1st Grand Prix de Rome for engraving in 1880. He received a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition and a first-class medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1901. Antoine Calbet, born August 16, 1860 in Engayrac (Lot-et-Garonne) and died August 21, 1942 in Paris, was a French painter, watercolorist, draftsman, engraver, and illustrator. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier by Édouard-Antoine Marsal (1845-1929), where he learned drawing, this draftsman and illustrator, a painter of nudes and romantic scenes, was sought after during his lifetime. He was then admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). He was a member of the Fine Arts admissions jury from 1913 to 1930. He began exhibiting in 1880 and became a member of the Society of French Artists. He was a friend of French President Armand Fallières. He received several medals at the Salon des Artistes Français and a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition for his work on a panel for the pavilion of the Ministry of Colonies. The French Society of Friends of the Arts was founded in 1885 at the Palais de l'Industrie for the development of the arts, supported by numerous distinguished subscribers: Messrs. Gaston Doumergue (President of the French Republic), Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Count Greffulhe, the brothers Alfred, Jules and Léon Bernheim, Louis Boucheron, Edgar Brandt, Emile Buland, Paul Chabas, Viscount Guy de Dampierre, Colonel Francis E. Drake, André Fallières, Louis Lévy, Paul Louchet, Maurice Moisset, Louis Montagné...

Three gorgeous early 19th century architectural prints by Louis-Pierre Baltard de la Fresque (1764 — 1846).

Antique bird print titled 'L'Épervier - L'Autour'. Original antique print of a sparrowhawk and a goshawk. Engraved by Fournier after Travies. Published circa 1835.

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Candelabrum, Delange, 1869 Large-format antique lithograph depicting an elaborate Italian faience candelabrum in grotesque style. This remarkab...

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Salière, Nationalmuseum Stockholm, 1869 Large format antique lithograph depicting a richly ornamented Italian faience salière (salt cellar) in ...

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Hunting Gourde, Delange, 1869 Magnificent large-format lithograph depicting a richly decorated Italian faience 'gourde de chasse' (hunting flas...

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Coupe d’Accouchée, Delange, 1869 Large-format antique lithograph depicting a richly decorated Italian faience 'coupe d’accouchée (childbirth bo...

The brilliant colors of this French nature morte are quite impressive, allowing the imagery to be seen crystal clear. Oil enhancements have been applied to this 20th-century transferred image to evoke similarities to the painting that it is after, which is currently housed in Le Louvre Museum in Paris. Our version is incredibly well-done and true to the Alexandre François Desportes original, which is entitled Game, Fruit, Flowers, and a Dog (1712). A variety of felled game (a rabbit and six birds) and a hunting rifle are displayed next to a stone fountain with a mythical creature mascaron water feature. The gadrooned basin is not filled with water, but rather a woven basket of blueberries next to a cluster of fruits including peaches and cherries (there is also a blue and white ceramic bowl full of peaches on a stone to the right of the fountain). Vibrant flowers in a wicker basket sit atop the thickly molded entablature of the cream-colored fountain. A pink rose bush grows on one side of the fountain, opposite from large, verdant bushes that obscure most of the blue sky. Laying beneath the fountain basin is a white hunting dog with black markings on its ears and face. Desportes was born in 1661 in Champigneulle, in northern France, later studying in Paris with the Flemish painter, Bernaerts. Initially, Desportes was a well-respected portrait painter, living in Poland during his mid-thirties to paint aristocrats such as King John III Sobieski. Upon the king’s death, Desportes returned to Paris and switched his focus to painting animals and floral arrangements. Both Louis XIV and Louis XIV commissioned Desportes to paint portraits of their favorite hunting dogs. Desportes would often join the kings on royal hunts, where he would travel with a notebook for still life sketches...

Henri Rivière – “La Féérie des Heures - The Wind” This lithograph is signed by Henri Rivière and bears a red stamp mark in the lower right corner. The work is authentic and from the ...

Antique map titled 'Gallia Antiqua ex Aevi Romani Monumentis (..)'. Original, large, map of France in ancient Roman times. Bottom left, a large inset shows Gallia's southern most Rom...

Antique print titled ‘Cardinal, XIVe Siecle.’ Original antique print of a cardinal, Italy, 14th century. This print originates from 'Costumes historiques de femmes du XIII, XIV et XV...

Antique print titled ‘Noble Italienne, XIVe Siecle.’ Original antique print of an Italian noblewoman, 14th century. This print originates from 'Costumes historiques de femmes du XIII...

Antique print titled ‘Costume Plebeien, XIVe Siecle.’ Original antique print of a Plebeian costume, Italy 14th century. This print originates from ...

Antique print titled ‘Jeune Cavalier Italien, XIVe Siecle.’ Original antique print of a young cavalryman, Italy, 14th century. This print originates from 'Costumes historiques de fem...

Antique print titled ‘Podestat de Milan, XIIIe Siecle.’ Original antique print of a Podestà from Milan. This print originates from 'Costumes historiques de femmes du XIII, XIV et XV ...

Set of 2 antique prints titled ‘Noble Venitien, XIIe Siecle' and '‘Noble Venitienne, XIIe Siecle.’ Original antique print of a Venetian Nobleman and Noblewoman. This print originates...

Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970 Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art...

Set of two costume prints and a map of Spain and Portugal. The costume prints show costumes of Portugal and Spain and originate from Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre la géographie uni...

Antique print titled 'Kioum ou Monastère de Rhahaans'. Print of a Kioum or Buddhist monastery in Burma. This print originates from 'Relation de l'Ambassade Anglaise, envoyée en 1795 ...

Antique print titled 'Africa - Afrique - Afrika'. Chromolithograph of African Labor Scenes. This print originates from 'Le Costume Historique' by M.A. Racinet. Published, circa 1880.

Antique print titled 'Africa - Afrique - Afrika'. Chromolithograph of African Armaments. This print originates from 'Le Costume Historique' by M.A. Racinet. Published, circa 1880.

Antique print titled 'XVIIth & XVIIIth Century - XVIIe & XVIIIe Siecle - XVIItes et XVIIItes Jahrhundert'. Chromolithograph of XVIIth and XVIIIth Century ornaments and decorative art...

Antique print titled 'XVIIIth Century - XVIIIe Siecle - XVIIItes et Jahrhundert'. Chromolithograph of XVIIIth Century ornaments and decorative arts. This print originates from 'l'Orn...

Antique print titled 'Greek, Roman - Greco, Romain - Griechisch, Romisch'. Chromolithograph of Greek - Roman ornaments and decorative arts. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Pol...

Antique print titled 'Etruscan - Étrusque - Hetrurisch'. Chromolithograph of Etruscan ornaments and decorative arts. This print originates from 'l'Ornement Polychrome' by Auguste Rac...

Antique map titled 'Carte l'Italie (..)'. Large map of Northern Italy. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique' by A. Levasseur. Published 1875.

Antique map titled 'Afrique Méridionale'. Large map of Southern Africa. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique' b...

Set of three antique furniture prints depicting various ladies desks. These prints originate from 'Le Magasin de Meubles' by Victor Quetion. Published in Paris, circa 1860.

Antique costume print titled 'Femme de l'Ile Guham'. Original antique print of a woman of Guam. This print originates from 'Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde' b...

Antique costume print titled 'Rajah de Dao'. Original antique print of a Dao Rajah. This print originates from 'Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde' by Auguste Wa...

Antique costume print titled 'Jeune Fille de l'Ile de la Conception'. Original antique print of young lady of Conception Island, Bahamas. This print originates from 'Moeurs, usages e...

Set of three antique botany prints titled 'Lilium Harrisii - Salvia M. Issanchon - Lilium Auratum'. It shows the easter lily, salvia splendens (scarlet sag...

Antique print titled 'Femme de Benguela - Homme de la Côte d'Angola'. Lithograph of a natives of Benguela and the coast of Angola. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle de l...

Antique map titled 'Carte de France'. Map of France. This map originates from 'Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne (..)' by Pierre M. Lapie and Alexandre E. Lapie. Pier...