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The Great Auk
By After John James Audubon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
Birds of America
Amsterdam Edition.
Johnson Reprint Company, New York.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Netherlands
G. Schut & Zonen watermark.
1971-73
Edition of ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
White Headed Eagle - Young (Bald Eagle)
By After John James Audubon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
Birds of America
Amsterdam Edition.
Johnson Reprint Company, New York.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Netherlands
G. Schut & Zonen watermark.
1971-73
Edition of ...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "M" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavor by Owen Jones. Teaching Applied Arts at the South Kensington School of Design, Jones honed his skills at transforming historical design into contemporary brilliance. Never imitating or duplicating, he remained true to the times and the materials available. Like his fellow artists, architects, painters, and poets, he was on the cusp of change. In Jones’ lifetime a new aesthetic would develop. By the centuries’ end, it would become an era with a heightened sense of nature coupled with design. The phrase ‘Art...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "L" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavor by Owen Jones. Teaching Applied Arts at the South Kensington School of Design, Jones honed his skills at transforming historical design into contemporary brilliance. Never imitating or duplicating, he remained true to the times and the materials available. Like his fellow artists, architects, painters and poets, he was on the cusp of change. In Jones’ lifetime a new aesthetic would develop. By the centuries’ end it would become an era with a heighten sense of nature coupled with design. The phrase ‘Art...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "T" (Alphabet) 2 available
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavor by Owen Jones. Teaching Applied Arts at the South Kensington School of Design, Jones honed his skills at transforming historical design into contemporary brilliance. Never imitating or duplicating, he remained true to the times and the materials available. Like his fellow artists, architects, painters and poets, he was on the cusp of change. In Jones’ lifetime a new aesthetic would develop. By the centuries’ end it would become an era with a heighten sense of nature coupled with design. The phrase ‘Art...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Partridge
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers)
Japan, c1880
Partridge Print.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowers” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Hawk
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers)
Japan, c1880
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowers” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Vaso Antico (Urn)
By Carlos Antonini
Located in Florham Park, NJ
CARLOS ANTONINI
Manuale di Vari Ornamenti
Rome, 1781-1790
Engraving.
100 Illustrations.
Late eighteenth-century Europe was a world in revolution. People in France were losing their heads to Louis XVI and England had a mad king...
Category
16th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Initial Letters "D" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavor by Owen Jones. Teaching Applied Arts at the South Kensington School of Design, Jones honed his skills at transforming historical design into contemporary brilliance. Never imitating or duplicating, he remained true to the times and the materials available. Like his fellow artists, architects, painters and poets, he was on the cusp of change. In Jones’ lifetime a new aesthetic would develop. By the centuries’ end it would become an era with a heighten sense of nature coupled with design. The phrase ‘Art...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Sit In
By Gina Bellando
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Gina Bellando
Gina Bellando is an award-winning artist and photographer with over 35 years or experience. She graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts i...
Category
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Wax Crayon
Bushwick
By Gina Bellando
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Gina Bellando
Gina Bellando is an award-winning artist and photographer with over 35 years or experience. She graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts i...
Category
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Crayon
Chrysanthemum Orange
By Keika Hasegawa
Located in Florham Park, NJ
100 Chrysanthemums
Keika Hasegawa
Kyoto, Japan
Meji Era (ca. 1895)
Japanese Woodblock
Printed in Color with some
Touching by Hand
Paper Size:
8.25” x 12.25”
8.25” x 24.5”
...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Blue Nude
By Gina Bellando
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Gina Bellando
Gina Bellando is an award-winning artist and photographer with over 35 years experience. She graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in...
Category
20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Wax Crayon
Pate Choud a la Financier, Timbale Millinaise
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous Lent....
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Take Away the Pricks of Pleasure
By CLAUDE PARADIN (c1510-1573)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
CLAUDE PARADIN (c1510-1573)
Devises Heroiques et Emblemes
Woodcut.
Paris, 1614.
The emblem has played an important role throughout history. Found on ...
Category
17th Century Academic More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Plate XLIII Ungulata (Giraffes)
By Henry J. Johnson
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHNSON’S HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF NATURE
Craig Hugh, Editor
Henry J. Johnson, Publisher
New York, 1880
64 Chromolithographs
“…full & interesting description...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "A" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavor by Owen Jones. Teaching Applied Arts at the South Kensington School of Design, Jones honed his skills at transforming historical design into contemporary brilliance. Never imitating or duplicating, he remained true to the times and the materials available. Like his fellow artists, architects, painters and poets, he was on the cusp of change. In Jones’ lifetime a new aesthetic would develop. By the centuries’ end it would become an era with a heighten sense of nature coupled with design. The phrase ‘Art...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Purple Creeper
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
One Hundred Flowering Plants.
Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.)
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11 Unframed.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowering Plants” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers and plants in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Sativa Lily
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
One Hundred Flowering Plants.
Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.)
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11 Unframed.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowering Plants” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers and plants in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Pinks
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
One Hundred Flowering Plants.
Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.)
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11 Unframed.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowering Plants” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers and plants in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Buttercups
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
One Hundred Flowering Plants.
Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.)
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowering Plants” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers and plants in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Camellia "Paul Jones Supreme"
By Paul Jones b.1921
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones are quite impressive with dramatic backgrounds and ...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Plate 91. Apples.
By George Brookshaw
Located in Florham Park, NJ
GEORGE BROOKSHAW (1751 – 1823).
Pomona Britannica of a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits….
Engravers R. Brookshaw and H. Merke.
London, 1812.
Aquatint and stipple engravings...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
T-III. Vaso Antico
By Carlos Antonini
Located in Florham Park, NJ
CARLOS ANTONINI
Manuale di Vari Ornamenti
Rome, 1781-1790
Engraving.
100 Illustrations.
Late eighteenth century Europe was a world in revolution. People in France were losing their heads to Louis XVI and England had a mad king...
Category
1780s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Gemaltes Ornament. (Etruscan Vase Design),
By Walter Gropius
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Chromolithograph.
Berlin, 1870.
13” x 19” Unframed.
A fine German work by, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate.
Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum in Vienna (Plate 35) and the carved stone pedestal supports for a Roman table...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Horse 12 images Cassell 3 Panel Screen Wood
By Samuel Sidney
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of the Horse
Samuel Sidney (1813 – 1883)
London, 1873
Cassell Petter & Galpin
Chromolithography
Man’s fascination with the horse has spanned many centuries. Admired for ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Canada Porcupine
By John James Audubon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
BIRDS OF AMERICA
from Drawings Made in the United States
and Their Territories.
Lithographed, colored, and printed by J. T. Bowen. Philadelphia.
Published by V. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
The Cougars
By John James Audubon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
John Bachman
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Published by V.G. Audubon
Lithograph with Original Hand-Coloring
New York 1849, 1851, 1854, 1870. Royal O...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Lizard Le Scinque Reptile Animal
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
George-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
HistoireNaturell, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabiner du Roi.
Paris, 1749
Drawings by Jacques E. DeSeve.
Engravings with l...
Category
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Rosa Nevada (Rose)
By Paul Jones b.1921
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Superba.
London, 1971. Edition of 406.
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones are quit...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Map Tabula Asiae IX Pakistan Afghanistan Iran Indian Ocean
Located in Florham Park, NJ
“Tabula Asiae IX
Pakistan, Afghanistan, E. Iran”
Girolamo Ruscelli (1504 – 1566)
Venice, 1561
V. Valgrisi. publisher
Copper Engraving with Later Hand-Color
Born in Viterbo, Italy, Ruscelli was an Italian polymath, humanist, editor, and cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century. He is well known for his exacting revision of Ptolemy's Geographia. He was influenced by the 1548 Gastaldi edition. The work was illustrated with 64 double page engraved maps. Twenty-seven were Ptolemaic and thirty-seven were considered “modern maps”. These showed early glimpses of North and South America...
Category
16th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Copper
Alphabet Letter "S", Saint, Religious
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic More Prints
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "T"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic More Prints
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "K" Religious Saint
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic More Prints
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "P"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed in Colours. Hand-Painted Gold Highlights.
To produce a study for an historic illumination of antiphonals, the Arundel Society selected each of the alphabet letters from chorale books created in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Devotional pieces, the chorale music was greatly appreciated by Christians throughout the world. Often it was sung as responsive music where the choir would be divided into two parts thus creating a harmony which reinforced the Christian religious doctrine.
As illustrious as the music, the key letters that headed each piece would take their own place in the art world. Many initials would be specifically devoted to prominent men and woman of both religious and cultural importance. For example, the “F” was devoted to Fra Angelico, an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists...
Category
1860s Academic More Prints
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "F"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic More Prints
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "K"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic More Prints
Materials
Gold
Meriana (Bugle Lily)
By Georg Dionysius Ehret
Located in Florham Park, NJ
GEORGE DIONSYSIUS EHRET (1708-1770).
Plantae Selectae....
Text by Dr. Christoph Trew.
Drawn by Georg Dionsysius Ehret.
Engraved by Johannes Jacobus and Johannes Elias Haid.
Nuremberg, 1750-73.
Hand-colored engravings. Titles highlighted with goldleaf.
100 plates.
19.5” x 13.5” Unframed.
A supplement of 20 plates issued by B.C. Vogel in 1790.
"The dominant influence in botanical art during the middle years of the 18th century." "One of the finest records of cultivated flowers..." "His accuracy and general excellence as a true botanical artist have never been equaled." Ehret’s praises have been sung throughout the centuries. While his training was in gardening, Ehret's true talents were in his art. Drawing the specimens from life in the garden's in which he labored won Ehret his employer's praise and his co-workers jealousy. Not only were his botanical portraits highly accurate in every technical detail, they reflected an awe-inspiring love of subject.
A restless man, Ehret wandered from Heidelberg through Germany to Vienna and Basle, working his way to Paris and finally settling in London. He was honored by peers and patrons wherever he traveled. Ehret's list of benefactors include the most brilliant and generous members of society in his day. However, it was Christoph Trew, a wealthy physician, lifelong supporter and friend, who published the work for which Ehret is best known, Plantae Selectae.
Ehret went to Leiden to meet Carolus Linnaeus and they became the best of friends. It is the Linnaen classification of plants to which Ehret subscribed. In distinguishing of the sexual systems of plants and the cross-sectioning of specimens, based on the teachings of Linnaeus, Ehret's illustrations have become the standard followed by horticulturists throughout the centuries. Ehret is the only foreigner to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in England.
The illustrations for Plantae Selectae were printed in black and white and painstaking colored by hand at the time of publication. The color is superb! All of the initial words of the titles were gilded; a glorious tribute to an achievement of excellence. Various scholars at the time of publication praised the book highly, singling out the excellent quality of Ehret's watercolor studies, as well as Haid's fidelity to them. In a letter to Linnaeus in the 1750's, Dr. Trew called the book "one of the miracles of our century in the natural sciences." In the 1960's, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant...
Category
1750s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Partridge (Bird)
By Louis Prang
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ANIMATE CREATION
“Our Living World”
Reverend J. G. Wood
Chromolithograph
Louis Prang, Publisher
Boston, Massachusetts 1885
9” x 12.5”
An all-encompassing work, Wood’s encyclopedia illustrated birds and animals from around the world. Exotics from Africa, Asia and South America hold rank with cattle and sheep. This is one of the most complete collection of species then known to man. Each is rendered with complete scientific accuracy.
Wood was in the company of the great illustrators of the nineteenth century. The natural history illustrations...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Urtica (Nettle)
By Georg Dionysius Ehret
Located in Florham Park, NJ
GEORGE DIONSYSIUS EHRET (1708-1770).
Plantae Selectae....
Text by Dr. Christoph Trew.
Drawn by Georg Dionsysius Ehret.
Engraved by Johannes Jacobus and Johannes Elias Haid.
Nuremberg...
Category
1750s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Heliocarpus (Tree, Malvales)
By Georg Dionysius Ehret
Located in Florham Park, NJ
GEORGE DIONSYSIUS EHRET (1708-1770).
Plantae Selectae....
Text by Dr. Christoph Trew.
Drawn by Georg Dionsysius Ehret.
Engraved by Johannes Jacobus and Johannes Elias Haid.
Nuremberg, 1750-73.
Hand-colored engravings. Titles highlighted with goldleaf.
100 plates.
19.5” x 13.5” Unframed.
A supplement of 20 plates issued by B.C. Vogel in 1790.
"The dominant influence in botanical art during the middle years of the 18th century." "One of the finest records of cultivated flowers..." "His accuracy and general excellence as a true botanical artist have never been equaled." Ehret’s praises have been sung throughout the centuries. While his training was in gardening, Ehret's true talents were in his art. Drawing the specimens from life in the garden's in which he labored won Ehret his employer's praise and his co-workers jealousy. Not only were his botanical portraits highly accurate in every technical detail, they reflected an awe-inspiring love of subject.
A restless man, Ehret wandered from Heidelberg through Germany to Vienna and Basle, working his way to Paris and finally settling in London. He was honored by peers and patrons wherever he traveled. Ehret's list of benefactors include the most brilliant and generous members of society in his day. However, it was Christoph Trew, a wealthy physician, lifelong supporter and friend, who published the work for which Ehret is best known, Plantae Selectae.
Ehret went to Leiden to meet Carolus Linnaeus and they became the best of friends. It is the Linnaen classification of plants to which Ehret subscribed. In distinguishing of the sexual systems of plants and the cross-sectioning of specimens, based on the teachings of Linnaeus, Ehret's illustrations have become the standard followed by horticulturists throughout the centuries. Ehret is the only foreigner to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in England.
The illustrations for Plantae Selectae were printed in black and white and painstaking colored by hand at the time of publication. The color is superb! All of the initial words of the titles were gilded; a glorious tribute to an achievement of excellence. Various scholars at the time of publication praised the book highly, singling out the excellent quality of Ehret's watercolor studies, as well as Haid's fidelity to them. In a letter to Linnaeus in the 1750's, Dr. Trew called the book "one of the miracles of our century in the natural sciences." In the 1960's, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant...
Category
1750s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Guanabanus (Guabana or Soursop Fruit)
By Georg Dionysius Ehret
Located in Florham Park, NJ
GEORGE DIONSYSIUS EHRET (1708-1770).
Plantae Selectae....
Text by Dr. Christoph Trew.
Drawn by Georg Dionsysius Ehret.
Engraved by Johannes Jacobus and Johannes Elias Haid.
Nuremberg, 1750-73.
Hand-colored engravings. Titles highlighted with goldleaf.
100 plates.
19.5” x 13.5” Unframed.
A supplement of 20 plates issued by B.C. Vogel in 1790.
"The dominant influence in botanical art during the middle years of the 18th century." "One of the finest records of cultivated flowers..." "His accuracy and general excellence as a true botanical artist have never been equaled." Ehret’s praises have been sung throughout the centuries. While his training was in gardening, Ehret's true talents were in his art. Drawing the specimens from life in the garden's in which he labored won Ehret his employer's praise and his co-workers jealousy. Not only were his botanical portraits highly accurate in every technical detail, they reflected an awe-inspiring love of subject.
A restless man, Ehret wandered from Heidelberg through Germany to Vienna and Basle, working his way to Paris and finally settling in London. He was honored by peers and patrons wherever he traveled. Ehret's list of benefactors include the most brilliant and generous members of society in his day. However, it was Christoph Trew, a wealthy physician, lifelong supporter and friend, who published the work for which Ehret is best known, Plantae Selectae.
Ehret went to Leiden to meet Carolus Linnaeus and they became the best of friends. It is the Linnaen classification of plants to which Ehret subscribed. In distinguishing of the sexual systems of plants and the cross-sectioning of specimens, based on the teachings of Linnaeus, Ehret's illustrations have become the standard followed by horticulturists throughout the centuries. Ehret is the only foreigner to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in England.
The illustrations for Plantae Selectae were printed in black and white and painstaking colored by hand at the time of publication. The color is superb! All of the initial words of the titles were gilded; a glorious tribute to an achievement of excellence. Various scholars at the time of publication praised the book highly, singling out the excellent quality of Ehret's watercolor studies, as well as Haid's fidelity to them. In a letter to Linnaeus in the 1750's, Dr. Trew called the book "one of the miracles of our century in the natural sciences." In the 1960's, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant...
Category
1750s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Root Vegetables (Carrot, Turnip, Radish, Parsnip, etc.)
By John Parkinson
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN PARKINSON (1567-1650).
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris.
Published by Thrale.
London, 1629.
Woodcuts by Christopher Switzer.
Later hand color.
110 woodcuts.
"...a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English are will permit to be noursed up...".
Parkinson's work is among the most famous English gardening books...
Category
1620s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Paeonia polyanthos maior flore (Peony)
By Basilius Besler
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates....
Category
1710s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Partridge (Bird)
By Louis Prang
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ANIMATE CREATION
“Our Living World”
Reverend J. G. Wood
Chromolithograph
Louis Prang, Publisher
Boston, Massachusetts 1885
9” x 12.5”
An all-encompassing work, Wood’s encyclopedia illustrated birds and animals from around the world. Exotics from Africa, Asia and South America hold rank with cattle and sheep. This is one of the most complete collection of species then known to man. Each is rendered with complete scientific accuracy.
Wood was in the company of the great illustrators of the nineteenth century. The natural history illustrations...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
White-crested Black. Golden and Silver-spangled. POLISH.
By Hugh Piper
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Hugh Piper
Poultry
A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition...
Category
1880s Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Houdans. La Flêche, cock. Crêvecoeur, hen.
By Hugh Piper
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Hugh Piper
Poultry
A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition...
Category
1880s Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Geese & Ducks
By Hugh Piper
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Hugh Piper
Poultry
A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Blew Linnet
By Mark Catesby
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MARK CATESBY. (1682(83)-1749).
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.
Drawn by Mark Catesby and G.D. Ehret.
Etched by MarkCatesby.
London, 1731-43.
160 copi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Le Cygne (Swan)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
George-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
HistoireNaturell, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabiner du Roi.
Paris, 1749
Drawings by Jacques E. DeSeve.
Engravings with l...
Category
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
La Demoiselle de Numidie (Crane)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
George-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
HistoireNaturell, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabiner du Roi.
Paris, 1749
Drawings by Jacques E. DeSeve.
Engravings with l...
Category
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Audubon Bird Wildlife Red-Tailed Buzzard
By John James Audubon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Birds of America
Octavo Edition
Philadelphia, 1839
New York 1856-71
Lithographs. Original Hand-Color.
6.5” x 10.25” Unframed
Born in Haiti, John James LaForest A...
Category
1830s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Common Buzzard
By John James Audubon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Birds of America
Octavo Edition
Philadelphia, 1839
New York 1856-71
Lithographs. Original Hand-Color.
6.5” x 10.25” Unframed
Born in Haiti, John James LaForest A...
Category
1830s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Swans. 4 Species. Plate 114
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Framed to museum specifications using acid-free matting, backing, and hinging. Suede mat has wooden bevel. Glazed with ultra-violet filtering Plexiglas to inhibit fading.
Category
Mid-19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Lizard Le Mabouya
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
George-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
HistoireNaturell, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabiner du Roi.
Paris, 1749
Drawings by Jacques E. DeSeve.
Engravings with l...
Category
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Lizard Le Dore
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
George-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
HistoireNaturell, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabiner du Roi.
Paris, 1749
Drawings by Jacques E. DeSeve.
Engravings with l...
Category
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Lizard Le Chalcide
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
George-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
HistoireNaturell, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabiner du Roi.
Paris, 1749
Drawings by Jacques E. DeSeve.
Engravings with l...
Category
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Templum Iovis Romae (Temple of Jove)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Beautifully hand-colored lithograph illustrating Roman architecture.
Category
1750s Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Sheep & Swine (Pigs Animal Farm)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Beautifully hand-colored lithograph illustrating farm animals.
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Sheep & Swine (Pigs)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Beautifully hand-colored lithograph illustrating farm animals.
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
