Gesso Prints

Old print of Persian decorative art. This print originates from 'L'Ornement polychrome'. A beautiful work containing about 2000 patterns of all the styles of Art old and Asian, middl...

[English Gentlemen], from Vanity Fair twelve chromolithographs, on wove papers. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son., with various dates from 1875 to 1897. Eight are by Spy, two are by Ape, one by "T" and one by Lib. Professionally framed with black and gilt frames and beige silk mats, with margins, apparently in excellent condition, not examined out of the frames. Titles comprise: "Accrington", June 11, 1892, "Newcastle Upon Tyne" July 18, 1893, "A New Peer", October 5, 1878, "South Bucks", June 4, 1896, "South Kensington", September 2, 1897, "Lord Salisbury's Manners", July 13, 1893, "The Blister", August 4, 1888, "A Postmaster General", April 30, 1892, "Sir James Miller", September 6, 1890, "Sol", October 28, 1897, "A Young Man" September 11, 1875, and "A Naturalist", September 9, 1882. Vanity Fair was a weekly magazine published in London, founded & edited by Thomas Gibson Bowles. His aim was to expose to contemporary vanities of Victorian society. From 1868 to 1914, full page colour lithographs appeared in most weekly issues, frequently lampooning or lauding their subjects which included artists, athletes, royalty, politicians, scientists, authors, actors, sportsmen, lawyers, diplomats, soldiers, clergy, scholars and other celebrities of the day - mostly British, but also many other internationally significant personalities. Over 2,300 of these colour cartoons were printed, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of many of the most significant public figures of the period. They are renowned throughout the world and highly collectible and recognisable. Famous artists contributed to Vanity Fair, typically under pen names. The best remembered today is Leslie Ward (1851-1922), who signed his works as "Spy", and whose caricatures account for well over half of those featured in Vanity Fair. So famous have these fabulous prints become, Vanity Fair caricatures today often are referred to simply as "Spy Cartoons...

The set of ten antique bird prints portray a captivating array of hummingbirds, each showcasing its unique charm and features. These illustrations originate from volume 1 of 'Naturgeschichte der Colibris' authored by W. Jardine, and published by C.A. Hartleben in 1837. These prints offer a detailed glimpse into the mesmerizing world of hummingbirds, featuring an assortment of species, including the avocet-billed hummingbird (Trochilus Avocetta), fiery-tailed awlbill (Trochilus Recurvirostris), rufous-bellied hummingbird (Trochilus Rufigaster), ruby-throated hummingbird...

Set of four antique copperplate engravings with hand coloring. "Britannia Illustrata," the publication in which these prints originally appeared, was one of the most important topogr...

Elegant hand-colored print representing a golden shell. The handcrafted frame is in gilded wood with mirror inserts. This print is made with a special technique called giclée. The gi...

19th century engraving, under glass, representing an elegant front and back Measures: W 31cm, D 21cm, H 5cm.

Elegant hand-colored print representing a golden shell. The handcrafted frame is in gilded wood with mirror inserts. This print is made with a special technique called giclée. The gi...

Elegant hand-colored print representing two golden shells. The handcrafted frame is in gilded wood with mirror inserts. This print is made with a special technique called giclée. The...

Created as part of John James Audubon's "The Birds of North America," the single greatest work on ornithology ever produced, this fabulous print of "The Little Owl, Strix Acadica" is presented in a magnificent Renaissance Revival frame. Audubon traveled extensively throughout the United States recording every then known species of bird in 435 plates, each in their true-to-life scale. From the very rare Havell edition...

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

Antique engraving prints - make a great gift! Fine crisp impression of great rarity; it is particularly unusual to find a 18th century color engraving print of this quality and cond...

Superb pair of 18th century English engravings.