Early 20th Century Prints

Three views of early Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1907. 1) Clark Road 2) Church 3 Museum This heliogravures are on one leaf from the extremely rare boxed Malay Peninsula port...

Antique lithograph of an Indian Elephant. This original print originates from an unidentified German work, to be determined. Published circa 1900.

Vintage hunting print An original fox hunting lithograph print 'The Amorous Huntsman' depicting a huntsman flirting with a serving girl throug...

The antique garden print you've described, titled 'Buitenplaats met tuin uit de 18e eeuw,' features a rare chromolithographic plate created by G....

In tandem with a growing number of newspapers and periodicals, print advertising proliferated during China’s Republic Era. A bathing beauty is the star attraction of this print ad fr...

Set of 2 chromolithographs produced from the original watercolors by Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937). The first print depicts the roach, river chub, common silverside and blunt nose...

Antique print titled 'Soldiers Gambling'. Original antique print on chine collé made after a painting by J.L.E. Meissonier. This print originates from volume 3 of the series 'The Wal...

Antique map of South East Asia titled 'Malay Archipelago'. Old map of South East Asia depicting the Malay Archipelago including Sumatra, Java...

A Dutch blue and white windmill and farm scene hanging wall art lithograph, Netherlands, circa early 20th century. Artwork is surrounded by a copper frame in a Gothic shape with frui...

Antique print titled 'Hechtfang im Winter'. Original antique print of ice fishing. Published circa 1900. Artists and Engravers: Anonymous. Condition:...

Highly atmospheric and charged with sensuality, this Art Nouveau-influenced print by Paul Herrmann (also known as Henri Heran) depicts the infamous dance o...

Paul Poiret's career began in the Belle Epoque, when fashion was defined by imprisoning corsets, restrictive tailoring, and ethereal colors. Opening his own fashion house in 1904, he...

Antique print titled 'Giuseppe Verdi'. Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian opera composer. Artists and ...

Louis Icart (1888-1950) artist that worked in America and France. This Erotic etching and aquatint printed with colour and with hand colour titled "SMOKE' (FUMÉE), 1926" showing a beautiful woman in a diaphanous gown reclining on a bear skin rug...

"Antique cityscape print “From an Etching by Frank Brangwyn, R.A. A.D. 1922 by The architectural Press. “Frank Brangwyn was born in 1867 in Bruges, Belgium. His family moved back to London in 1875 where he attended school until 1879, when he left as much out of boredom as necessity. His father worked as an architect, muralist, and in other arts-related crafts. Frank helped around the studio and continued his own artistic education by copying drawings at what was to become the Victoria and Albert Museum. His abilities attracted the notice of more established artists and at the age of 15 he was working for William Morris getting rudimentary training and preparing designs for many aspects of Morris' Arts and Crafts output. In 1885, with nothing much more than youthful enthusiasm, he submitted a painting to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and was accepted - at the age of 17. Spurred by this success he rented a studio and began a period of productive poverty. With little money, his early work revolved around the sea where traditional subjects for British art were moored and made docile models. This is considered his """"""""grey"""""""" period and the limited palette may be due as much to limited funds as to artistic intent. His 1890 canvas, """"""""Funeral At Sea"""""""" is typical of this period and won a Gold Medal at the 1891 Paris Salon. The young artist was making waves. In 1888, he worked on a freighter for passage to the Near East of Istanbul and the Black Sea. Orientalism was a major force in European art at the time and Brangwyn was as seduced as many artists were with the colors and light of the Mediterranean and African coasts. These trips brought a new palette to his work and something new to British art. The Buccaneers, at right, is from 1892 and the difference between it and his """"""""grey"""""""" period is dramatic. Just as we have movie critics today, art critics proliferated during the 19th century. Walter Shaw Sparrow, in his excellent """"""""Frank Brangwyn and His Work"""""""", devotes several chapters to the reaction of these critics to Brangwyn's art. Opinions were as varied as the two styles shown here, but what is most interesting is the degree of attention being paid to the work of a self-taught 25-year old. Whatever their views of his work, he was not being taken lightly. Not surprisingly, the bright hues and intense light of his new style were not appreciated by the establishment. To put his work in historic perspective, this was a period of Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and the Munich and Vienna Secessions. In British art, Sargent, Whistler, Waterhouse and Draper were popular. Lord Leighton, Burne-Jones and Alma-Tadema were still active. Brangwyn was following none of these men and the critics were at a loss as to how to pigeonhole him. The continental critics in France, Munich and Vienna had no such trouble. He was seen as a most modern and successful artist from the beginning. For his part, Brangwyn followed his own muse and in doing so found himself at the vanguard of the art world. In 1892 he began working as the designer for the new art magazine, """"""""The Graphic"""""""". In 1895 he was asked to paint murals for the notorious gallery, L'Art Nouveau, in Paris. He won medals for his work in Munich and Paris. At the age of 30, while Britain puzzled over how to evaluate his work, the rest of the world viewed him as the definition of modern British art. He illustrated books: """"""""Don Quixote...

Louis Icart (1888-1950). Etching on paper. Semi-nude woman picking grapes. Ca. 1920. Signed in pencil. In excellent condition. Visible dimensions: 24 x 18.5 cm. Total dimensions:...

Set of two antique prints: 1) Antique print titled 'Napoleon I'. Large antique print of Napoleon Bonaparte. Engraved by C.L. Lingée. Published cir...

'Spanische Köpfe' book by José Ortiz Echagüe, 1929. Published by Ernst Wasmuth in Berlin (Germany). In good original condition, with consistent ...

Antique print titled 'Amérique - La culture et le commerce du coton'. Original antique print showing the cotton cultivation and trade in America. Originates from a French magazin...

Antique print, titled: 'Generaal. Generale Staf 1855-1860.' - This plate shows Generals of the Dutch/Belgian army 1855-1860. From ´De uniformen van de Nederlansche Zee- en Landmacht hier te lande en in de kolonien, naar aquarellen of teekeningen van J. Hoynck van Papendrecht, W.C. Staring en J.P. de Veer´. Published in The Netherlands 1900. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'P. W. van de Weyer' after 'J. Hoynck van Papendrecht'. Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht (1858 - 1933) was a Dutch painter and illustrator, famed for his military art. In 1900, the famous book The Uniforms of the Dutch Navy...

Presenting a fabulous original Art Deco Fortune Magazine cover May, 1938. The cover of Fortune Magazine for May 1938, framed and mat...

Presenting a lovely pair of Venice etchings by N Erichsen 1904. This pair of etchings were drawn by N. Erichsen who we understand was a late 19th and early 20th Century English artist. Both feature scenes from Venice in 1904. The first one (on the left) is a sketch of the Piazza San MarCo...

Antique coat of arms titled 'Wappenschild der Stadt Leoben (..)'. Antique print depicting the coat of arms of Leoben (Steiermark, Austria) an...

An important framed lithograph of the "Grapeshot" clipper ship belonging to Geo Law Esq. NY. This print is reprinted from Lith by Currier & Ives, American, active 1834–1907. Its fram...

Antique map of Walcheren, part of the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. Shows the cities of Veere, Middelburg, Vlissingen and others. Source unknown, to be determined. Publis...

Antique map titled 'Mexico'. Original antique map of Mexico. This map originates from the ‘Royal Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. & A....

Description: antique print, untitled. This extremely rare plate is called 'Signet fur den Verlag Achinar' (Signet for the publisher Achinar) lithograph in black / white on a burnishe...

Description: Antique print, titled: 'N. C. O. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.' The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Scotland in March 2006. Published by Lawrence & Bullen in London 1902. Printed in Belgium. Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'William Barnes Wollen'. William Barnes Wollen (1857–1936) was an English painter mostly known for his paintings of battle...

Antique bird print titled 'Muscicapa Collaris'. Old bird print depicting the White-Collared Flycatcher. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by ...

A French map of Paris from the early 20th century, with custom iron frame. Created in Paris during the second quarter of the 20th century, this map of Paris à vol d'oiseau (as the Cr...

Large antique print of the appearance of Jesus. Published by Mosella-Verlag, 1913. This print originates from a series titled 'Kathol. Schulbibelwerk von Dr. Ecker'.

A rare 19th century anatomical wall chart depicting the human skeleton. On the sides On the sides are detailed description in German language. The wall...

Antique print titled 'Indianische Kultur I'. Old print of Indian utensils and art such as bow and arrows, totem pole and tobaccopipes. This print originates from 'Meyers grosses ...

Description: Antique print, untitled. This extremely rare plate is called 'Die Tauben' (The Pigeons. Lithograph in black/white on a burnished gold back ground. From: Judische Graphik...

Description: Antique print, untitled. This extremely rare plate is called 'Der Ruhende Hirsch' (The resting deer). Lithograph in black/white on a burnishe...

Set of 10 antique gun prints. Chromolithographs originating from 'Les Chiens. Le Gibier et ses Ennemis' illustrated by P. Mahler.

Antique map titled 'Australia'. Original antique map of Australia. With inset maps of Melbourne, Port Phillip, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisba...

Antique map titled 'South America, Southern Sheet'. Depicting Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Patagonia, the Falkland Island and more. With inset maps of Valparaiso, Rio de Janeiro and Bue...

Large antique print of Jesus healing the sick. Published by Mosella-Verlag, 1913. This print originates from a series titled 'Kathol. Schulbibelwerk von ...

A watercolor finished print, depicting polo players. Frederic Remington. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. USA circa 1900.

A watercolor finished print, depicting three horses with jockeys running. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. USA circa 1900.

This antique print in its original frame was copyrighted by George Henry Patnoe & Henry Brown of Canada in 1909 in a Victorian style. The print depicts the symbolism of the Lodge and...

The antique map titled 'England and Wales' is a historical cartographic representation of these two nations. This original antique map of England...

Antique print titled 'L'Egypte Antique illumine de toutes ses splendeurs notre joyeux Bal (..)'. Invitation card for an Egyptian themed party. Publishe...

Antique bird print titled 'Nucifraga Caryocatactes'. Old bird print depicting the spotted nutcracker. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Ma...

Signed Game Bird By Archibald Thorburn. A game bird colotype print by Archibald Thorburn, titled 'Spring'. This is a single picture from a set of four called 'The Seasons'. Each sea...

A watercolor finished print, depicting four greyhound dogs. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. USA circa 1900.

Set of 3 antique gun prints. Chromolithographs originating from 'Les Chiens. Le Gibier et ses Ennemis' illustrated by P. Mahler.

An old cottagecore wall chart depicting the natural history of the mistletoe (viscum album), its anatomy and its growth. The chart is part of the collection by Jung Koch Quentell pri...

Antique map titled 'Africa'. Original antique map of Africa. This map originates from the ‘Royal Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. & A....

A Polo triptych by George Rowlandson. A rare set of three original polo watercolours (gouache*), each signed with the initials 'G.D.R.' A single original oak frame with a oak triple...

Antique map titled 'Empire of Germany'. Original antique map of Germany. With inset maps of Frankfurt and Munich. This map originates from the ‘...

Louis Icart (1888-1950). Etching on paper. Two young women. Ca. 1920. Signed in pencil. In excellent condition. Visible dimensions: 55 x 39 cm. Total dimensions: 65 x 46 cm. The...

Antique print titled 'A Lady at her Toilet'. Original antique print on chine collé made after a painting by A. Watteau. This print originates from volume 3 of the series 'The Wallace...

Antique map titled 'South Italy and the Island of Sardinia'. Original antique map of South Italy and the Island of Sardinia. With inset map of Naples. Th...

Antique map titled 'India'. Original antique map of India Southern sheet. With inset maps of south eastern provinces of India. This map originates from the ‘Royal Atlas of Modern Geo...

A Threesome & Stymied by Lionell Edwards. A pair of Lionel Edwards golf chromolithographs entitled "Stymied!" and "A Threesome". The artist is best known for his equestrian art but early in his career he produced illustrative work for many periodicals and these stylish golf scenes are in a manner reminiscent of Cecil Aldin, John Hassall and Victor Venner. Print details "Copyright. Entered According To Act Of Congress In The Year 1904 By Landeker & Brown, London, England, In The Office Of The Librarian Of Congress At Washington". A threesome shows a young gentleman on the twelfth green smoking a cigarette talking to his young lady partner. An old gentleman can be seen looking over the brow of the hill disapprovingly. On the ground next to the lady is an automaton caddie bag, whilst in the back ground is a silhouette of a horse and trap with a dog following. Stymied! shows the same older gentleman raging at the younger gentleman on the thirtieth green watched...

Lithographic print of the diamond rock battle, the main port of the island of Martinique, taken from the book Historical Gallery of Versailles 112. Chacoane is the engraver. Original...