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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good conditio...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Pietro Campana. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Go...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Nicola Billy - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Nicola Billy. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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18th C. Portrait of Edward Stanley from Henry VIII's Court after Holbein Drawing
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraved portrait of "Edward Stanley" created by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815), after a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497- 1543) in the 16th century. Holbein was the official artist in the court of King Henry VIII. Bartolozzi used both etching and stipple engraving techniques to create the work which was published by John Chamberlaine in London in 1793 in "The Book of Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein in the Collection of His Majesty". Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching, Engraving

Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Pietro Mangini - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Pietro Mangini in the late 18th century. Signed on the plate. Good cond...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Bernardino Nolli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Bernardino Nolli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Very good c...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the Series Antiquities of Herculaneum is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good conditions ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Very Good...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Anticient Roman Busts - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Anticient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli. Signed on the plate, on the lower righ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good con...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right....
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Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Filippo De Grado - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Ver...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the late 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good con...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Busts - Etching by Nicola Billy - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Busts, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Nicola Billy in the late 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good condi...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Bernardino Nolli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Bernardino Nolli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. ...
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Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Bernardino Nolli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Bernardino Nolli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good condit...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series bAntiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana. Signed on the plate, on the lower right...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the late 18th century. Signed on the plate...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Bernardino Nolli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Bernardino Nolli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good condit...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Bernardino Nolli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Bernardino Nolli. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good condit...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the Series Antiquities of Herculaneum, is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good conditions...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Ancient Roman Busts - Original Etching by Filippo Morghen - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Busts, from the Series Antiquities of Herculaneum, is an original etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen. Signed on the plate, on the lower right. Good condition...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Profile of Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Nicola Fiorillo - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Nicola Fiorillo in the late 18th century. Signed on the plate...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Ancient Roman Bust - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - Late 18 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed", is an original etching realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the late 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Portrait of Man - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a beautiful etching realized by an Anonymous artist active in the 18th century. Titled on the lower center "Giovanni Paisiello", wit...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Aristomachus, Ancient Greek, C18th Grand Tour Roman bust engraving, 1741
By Carlo Gregori
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Aristomaco' Copper-line engraving by Carlo Gregori after P Pazzi. Illustration of a Roman bust of Cleopatra from 'Musei Capitolini' a series of engrav...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Portrait of Arnaldo da Brescia - Lithograph by Alberto Maso Gilli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Arnaldo da Brescia Portrait is an original artwork realized by Alberto Maso Gilli in 19th Century Black and white lithograph o...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Male Portrait - Etching - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Male portrait is a marvelous etching on ivory-colored paper presumably made by a Mannerist artist of the XVII century. This original print, with the inscription "932. b." on the upp...
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Unknown Statue of an Important Greek Man - Etching by Giò. Brunet - 1794
Located in Roma, IT
“Statua incognita di qualche Greco illustre” (Tav. X, Tom. I) Im. Dim: cm 48 x 33, Dim: cm 59 x 44. Precious Etching on copper: Hand-colored subject on black ink bottom. Designed by Bernardino Nocchi...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Hand-Colored Houbraken Portrait of "Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James"
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored portrait of Henry Prince of Wales, Son of James, engraved and etched by the Dutch master of portraits Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching, Engraving

Queen Mary, Queen of England, royalty portrait engraving, circa 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Marie' Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Van der vaart. Mary II (1662-1694) reigned as Queen of England, Scotland, a...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of an unidentified woman, copying a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger. The identity of the sitter is a mystery: formerly, the portrait was believed to be of Catherine of Aragon, and the National Portrait Gallery in London identifies her as Queen Mary I...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

After Sir Joshua Reynolds, 18th Century Mezzotint Portrait of John Hely-Hutchins
Located in London, GB
A scarce mezzotint engraved by James Watson published in May,1778. Proof before title; the image has maintained is rich dark tonality. John Hely-Hutchinson (1724-1794) was a politician, lawyer and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Born in Gortroe, County Cork in 1724, he graduated from Trinity College in 1744, and swiftly built up a good practice at the Bar. From 1760 until his death he represented Cork in Parliament. Promotion to the post of Prime Serjeant followed in 1761 and on most issues he supported the Government, and acquired several lucrative offices. His appointment as Provost of Trinity as a married layman who had not been a Fellow was a continued source of friction as the Fellows resented the imposition of what they perceived as a career politician with no pretensions to scholarship. He was sympathetic to Catholic Emancipation...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

Portrait of Thomas Moore - Original Etching by B. Moncernet - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Thomas Moore is an original etching on paper realized by Balthasar Moncernet in the second half of 17th Century. The state of preservation is good. With the descriptio...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Diogenes the Cynic, Greek philosopher. C18th Grand Tour Roman bust engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Diogene Cinico' Copper-line engraving by Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768). From 'Musei Capitolini' a series of engravings showing the sculpture of the Capitoline Museum in Rome. 240mm by 170mm (platemark) 420mm by 270mm (sheet) Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic, was a Greek philosopher...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

The Gift of the Magi: An 18th C. Religious Engraving by Vale, After Calmarat
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a very rare early 18th century old master religious themed engraving entitled "Les Mages...Trouverent l'Enfant avec Marie sa Mere, et se prosternant entere ils l'adorent Puis ouvrant leurs tresors ils tuy offrirent pour present de lor de l'encens et de la myrrhe" by S. Vale after Calmaret, published in Paris by Pierre Drevet (1663-1738). The scene depicts the Magi bowing before Jesus, who is held by his mother Mary, and bringing him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to demonstrate their adoration and respect. Winged cherubs fly overhead and a ray of light is focused on the spiritual couple. A cattle stall and buildings are in the background and a crown and scepter are dropped in the foreground, symbolically demonstrating that these nobles place Jesus above their titles and rank. Little is known about the artist Calmarat or the engraver S...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

San Benedetto Con Altri Nanti, religious engraving after Veronese, circa 1700
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Religious copper-line engraving by CM after Francesco Petrucci after (Paolo Caliari) Veronese. Depicts Saint Benedict and other holy figures. Paolo Vero...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

St. James - Etching on Paper - XVII Century
Located in Roma, IT
St. James is an original etching artwork on paper realized by an anonymous artist of the XVII century. Sheet dimension:21 x 14 Good conditions. The artwork represents St. James. T...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

'Portrait of Henrico van der Borcht, ' original W. Hollar engraving after Holbein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of D. Henrico van der Borcht, copying a painting or drawing by Hans Holbein. Copying works of famous masters was a common task of...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

The Gamesters. The Fortune Teller.
Located in New York, NY
THE GAMESTERS and THE FORTUNE TELLER. A wonderful pair of color printed mezzotint engravings after paintings by the Rev. Matthew William Peters, R....
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

Julius Cesar - Etching on Cardboard - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Julius Cesar is an original etching artwork on the cardboard, realized by an Anonymous artist in 1700 ca. In very good conditions. The artwork represents the portrait of Julius Ces...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching, Cardboard

Louis I of France as a Roman Emperor, in profile to the right
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Louis I of France as a Roman Emperor, in profile to the right Chiaroscuro woodcut, 1631-1633 Unsigned (as usual) After a drawing by Hubert Goltzius (1526-1583)...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Woodcut, ABS

Holbein Hand-colored Portrait of Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury for Henry VIII
By (After) Hans Holbein The Younger
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed hand colored stipple engraving and etching portrait of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry VII and his son King Henry VIII was created by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815) after a drawing and a painting by Hans Holbein (1497-1543), who was Henry VIII's court painter. The print was published in London by John Chamberlaine in 1795. The print was created utilizing stipple engraving and etching techniques by the Italian artist Francesco Bartolozzi, who was employed as the royal engraver by King George III of England. The publisher, John Chamberlaine, was Keeper of the King's Drawings and Medals. The inscription beneath the portrait reads" "In His Majesty's Collection", "Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R A Historical Engraver to His Majesty'' in the lower right, and ''From an original drawing by Hans Holbien'' in the lower left. The original painting by Holbein is displayed at Lambeth Castle and the original drawing is in the art collection at Windsor Castle. The engraving is held by many museums, including: The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Portrait Gallery, The Chicago Art Institute and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This portrait depicts Archbishop William Warham facing to his right, wearing a black cap covering his ears and fur trimmed clerical robes. The print is presented in a decorative gold-colored wood frame with a blue-grey fabric mat. The frame measures 26.5" x 20.13" x 1". The print is in excellent condition. William Warham (1450-1532) was the last of the pre-Reformation archbishops of Canterbury, serving under King Henry VII and then under King Henry VIII. He was a quiet, unassuming intellectual whose career ended with a strong and brave stance against the divorce of King Henry VIII and the king's resultant withdrawal of England from the Catholic church and his draconian actions against the clergy. As Lord Chancellor...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching, Engraving

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, diarist, portrait engraving, 1787
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'James Boswell Esq of Auchinleck' Copper-line engraving from 'The European Magazine'. James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (1740 - 1795) was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in...
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Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

George II, King of England, royalty portrait engraving, circa 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'George II' Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Founan. Basan (1723-1797) was a French engraver and publisher. George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Leneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the last British monarch to have been born outside Great Britain, and was famous for his numerous conflicts with his father and, subsequently, with his son. As king, he exercised little control over policy in his early reign, the government instead being controlled by Great Britain's de facto first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Galileo, late 18th century science astronomy portrait engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Galileo Galilei (1564- 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution....
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Toute Sorte le Têtes - Etching by Ferdinand Landerer - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Toute Sorte le Têtes is an original etching artwork realized by the austrian engraver Ferdinand Landerer (1730-1795), "from Character Heads, after Martin Johann Schmidt". The state ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Portrait of Anton Maria Zanetti - Etching by Joannes de Plano -Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anton Maria Zanetti is a beautiful original etching and burin on laid paper, realized by the Spanish artist Joannes de Plano (active in 1770-1780), as the inscription reports aroind the oval portrait. Below image, at left the inscription: Anton: Mariae Zanetti se ipsum delineavit; below image, at right: Joannes de Plano sculpsit; below image, at center: Anton Mariae Zanetti Alexandr: f: / Artis Pictoriae, at Linguae Graecae peritiss: / Per XLII annos a publ: D. Marci Bibliotheca benemerenti / Hic dormit in Domino / Ano LXXIII Aetatis suae...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

Viscount Thomas Belasise: 17th Century Hand-colored Portrait by Robert White
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving by Robert White (1645-1703) after a painting by Abraham Blooteling (or Bloteling) (1634–1690) entitled "The Effigies of the Right honorable: Thomas B...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

George I, King of England, royalty portrait engraving, circa 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'George I' Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Founan. Basan (1723-1797) was a French engraver and publisher. George I (1660-1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury: An 18th C. Hand-Colored Portrait by Kneller
By (After) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored portrait of John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury, engraved and etched by the Dutch master of portraits Jacobus Houb...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Le Petit Maitre - Original Etching and Pastel by L-M Bonnet - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Le Petit Maitre (The Small Master) is an engraving made by the Parisian artist Louis-Marin Bonnet and realized in the second half of 1700 in Paris. Inside the matrix, the title is engraved on the lower center, whilst “A Paris, chez Bonnet rue St. Jacques” appears on the lower right. The state of preservation is somewhat good, except for fungal foxing spread on the left margin and some stains, of which one is more visible on the higher left of the image. The higher, lower, and left margins are fringed and present tiny tears. Louis-Marin Bonnet lived from 1736 to 1793 in Paris. He was a painter and engraver, and as such he invented one of the first color-printing methods with many matrices, with a pastel-like effect. In 1769, he published a treatise titled Le Pastel en gravure inventé, et execute par Louis Bonnet...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching, Pastel

'Portrait of M. Morett, ' original Wenceslaus Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of Charles de Solier, comte de Morette, copying a painting and a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger - both of which are kept in ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

18th Century Engraved Portrait of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
A superb 18th century engraved portrait of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, Plate 82 in "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain", written by...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving, Laid Paper

Beauties under a Maple Tree Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Houston, TX
Three Beauties under a maple tree from the series "A Contest of Fashionable Beauties of the Gay Quarters". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper....
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Edo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

Robert King D.D. Stained Glass Pavement by William Fowler 1808
Located in Paonia, CO
Original hand-coloured acquatint engraving of a stained glass window in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, depicting the Bishop Robert King D. D. the last Abbot of Osney and the first ...
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Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Engraving

L’Ecuyer - Etching and Pastel by L-M Bonnet - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
L’Ecuyer (The Squire) is an engraving made by the Parisian artist Louis-Marin Bonnet, realized in the second half of 1700 in Paris. Inside the matrix, the title is engraved on the lower center, whilst “L. Bonnet direx” is engraved on the lower right. The state of preservation is somewhat good, except for fungal foxing spread on the sides of the figure and some small stains, one of which is more evident on the lower center of the image. The right margin of the paper is fringed with tiny tears. Louis-Marin Bonnet lived from 1736 to 1793 in Paris. He was a painter and engraver, and as such he invented one of the first color-printing methods with many matrices, with a pastel-like effect. In 1769, he published a treatise titled Le Pastel en gravure inventé, et execute par Louis Bonnet...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching, Pastel

Antonio Canova - Etching by G.E. Morghen - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 19.3 x 17.5 cm. Antonio Canova is a beautiful black and white etching on paper, realized between 1770-1810 by the Italian old master, Giovanni Elia Morghen (1721-1789), after a painting by Pellegrini, as the inscriptions on plate report. Title on plate on the lower margin at the center. This original print represents Antonio Canova the Italian sculptor and painter, the greatest exponent of Neoclassicism in sculpture and for this reason called "the new Phidias", in the official portrait reserved to the great personalities. Realized with full mastery of the technique, this old master's print is in excellent condition, as good as new. Absolutely to collect! Giovanni Elia Morghen (Florence, 1721) Giovanni Elia Morghen came from a family of engravers in Florence. According to the testimony of Raphael, the most illustrious member of the family, his grandfather was originally from Montpellier and, after marrying a Genoese woman, he moved to Florence, where he opened a lace shop. Both their sons, Giovanni Elia and Filippo, specialized in chalcographic art: Giovanni was predominantly a draftsman, whilst Filippo mastered the art of carving. In Florence, Giovanni Elia Morghen was a pupil of Giovan Domenico Ferretti, and he probably also worked at the workshop of Carlo Bartolomeo Gregori. Indeed, he, with the other artists of the school, made 26 of the engravings present in the second Florentine edition (1766) of the Salon paintings at the palace of Florence. He then moved to Naples with his brother. From 1756, he began participating in the creation of the tables of the Antiquities of Herculaneum, a work of several volumes published in Naples with various interruptions in the late nineteenth century. In 1767, he published six tables with representations of the temples of Paestum, taken from drawings by Antonio Joli...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Prints

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Etching

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