Terence Millington

Terence Millington (b.1943) - Contemporary Aquatint, The Shovel

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A charming etching with watercolour depicting a small patch of wildflowers with butterflies. Signed and titled below the plate lines. 30/60. Presented in a glazed wooden frame. On pa...

A striking monochrome etching showing a vase of flowers on a bold striped background. The artist has signed, inscribed and numbered (1/1) to the lower edge. The print has been presen...

A striking mezzotint by printmaker Marc Balakjian showing a detailed cross section of fabric with eyelets. This mezzotint is typical of Balakjian's photo-realist style, displaying hi...

A reproduction print of a batik featuring poppies by Jane Hickman. Captured in Hickman's typical floral style. The floral design has been well-pres...

A fun and unusual silk screen print done in the CMYK method with pointillist texture. The still life shows a selection of various plastic objects on a table. The artist has signed, d...

A strikingly vibrant monoprint, showing a graphic, gestural drawing of a tropical leaf on an array of vivid colours. The artist has signed and dated ...

PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish) Title: Still Life with Skull Nature morte au crâne, ca. 1960 Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours on...

Pair of aquatints with stipple-engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand, made for Brookshaw's most famous work "Pomona Britannica" or a "Collection of the Most Esteemed Fru...

Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton; aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora. [London 1799] First ...

Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton. Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora. [London 1799] First state. Thornton was a prolific medical author and Doctor of Medicine, practicing at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the Sexual system of Linnaeus. In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle and others as painters; Francesco Bartolozzi, Richard Earlom and John Landseer. Most of the images were painted by Peter Charles Henderson and Philip Reinagle. These botanical illustrations are unique as they were the first flower prints with landscape backgrounds, depicting the natural habitat of the plant. The life-size flowers stand out dramatically and the whole effect is startlingly modern. Thornton's announced intention was to make this work the most magnificent tribute ever paid to the famous Swedish botanist Linnaeus by illustrating his Sexual System with the finest possible prints. All these were engraved on a larger scale than anything which had hitherto appeared and then were printed in colour, an expensive and uncommon method in England at this time. A brilliant effect. This rare and celebrated plate of the Roses...

Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colours and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora. Framed and glazed. London, 1...

A magnificent print by Robert John Thornton; aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora...