1820s Art

The Swiss  Lieutenant is an Artwork realized in 1828 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the rig...

Cardinale in Croccia is an Artwork realized in 1829 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the righ...

"Servo Pontificio detto de Virga rubea"  is an Artwork realized in 1827 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate a...

"Cameriere Secreto di Sua Santità" is an Artwork realized in 1827 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the ...

The Cardinal wearing the cape is an Artwork realized in 1827 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on...

The Senator and the Pages is an Artwork realized in 1827 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the...

Fishermen is a lithograph on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in 1824. Good conditions with slight foxing, The artwork is realized through perfect hatching and deft strokes, c...

The Military Portait - The Appearance of Our Lady - The Classroom is an original Lithograph realized by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet. Signed on the center and numbered (9). Edition b...

View of Champ de Mars is an original drawing in Pencil on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 1826. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through free strokes in a well...

Two actors in a fight scene with lightning and thunderbolt is an original artwork realized in the 1820s by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Diptych. Two colors woodcut. Format: 2 x ...

“Agrippina Giovane” (The young Agrippina) is an original etching realized by A. Tofanelli and A. Mochetti. Image Dim: cm 48x33, Dim: cm 59x44; Passepartout Dim: cm 69 x 49. Precious Etching on copper: Hand-colored subject on black ink bottom. Designed by Agostino Tofanelli and engraved by Alessandro...

Map of Africa is an original etching realized by C.Brue in 1820. The print comes from the Series "Atlas Universal" PL. 31. The state of preservation of the artwork is good except f...

My Cousin in the Army (original title "My cousin in the Army, or Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment") is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) in 1822. Published by Johnston, London. Original First Edition. Format: in 8°. The book includes 316 pages with 16 full page hand colored aquatints. Mint conditions. George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend di lui Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. For Charles Dickens, Cruikshank illustrated Sketches by Boz...

Roman Views is an original etching realized by Franzetti in 1820. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork represents Monte Della pieta of Rome...

I Moccoletti is a pleasant etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The artwork is unsigned, but it is part of the 20 plates engraved in...

Piazza del Popolo is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes and b...

Dancing in the street (original Title: "Ballo nella Strada") is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which pre...

Horse Race (original title: "La Corsa dei Cavalli") is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a r...

Processione a San Pietro is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appear at the bottom, inside the matrix, and just below the image. Not signed. Th...

Image dimensions: 33.7 x 48.6 cm. “Ara con tripode” (Ara with tripod) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Vincenzo Feoli, after Bernardino Nocchi as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Vincenzo Feoli incise in Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXVIII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. Original Title: Ara con Tripode di quindecemviri, e la corona...

Simulacro Di Diana is an original print realized by Giovanni Folo After Agostino Tofanelli. Original etching on copper. Hand-colored on black ink backgr...

Simulacro Di Diana is an original print realized by Giovanni Folo After Agostino Tofanelli. Original etching on copper. Hand-colored on black ink background. Designed by Agostino Tofanelli and engraved by Giovanni Foto (as printed on plate on lower right). Original title: Simulacro Di Diana detto volgarmente la ZIngarella Included frame: 60 x 50 cm From "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli.", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published in Rome, 1821. It deals with two volumes of engravings showing the main antique monuments or statues collected by the Prince Borghese in his Villa in Pincio Hill. Remarkable contemporary artists like Luigi Cunego, Gio. Batta Leonetti, Pietro Bettelini, Gio. Brunetti, Giovanni Ottaviani, Angelo Campanella, Pietro Fontana contributed. Drawings are, above all, by Agostino Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis, Teodoro Matteini. Giovanni Folo Veneto (Bassano, 1764 – Rome 1836) Giovanni Folo Veneto was an Italian engraver of the Neoclassic period, active in Italy. He studied with Giulio Golini and G.B. Mengardi in Venice. In 1781 he moved to Rome to study with Giovanni Volpato, but later he followed the style of the Volpato's pupil, Raffaello Morghen...

Ciociare, vicino a Subiaco; passato Tivoli is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appear at the bottom of the artwork, inside the matrix, and just...

Watercolour on ivory coloured paper (cm 29.6 x 23.4) by Michela De Vito, 1820 c.a. Representing a worker in traditional Napolitan costumes sleeping. Excellent conditions. Very beaut...

Wonderful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Zaccanopoli made by Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled Costume di Zaccanopoli with autograph notes in black ink "P...

Costume dell'Isola di Procida is an enchanting watercolour on ivory colored paper made by the artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca., representing the Province of Naples. Hand-titled in...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand-titled "Costume di Cajazzo", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia Terra di Lavoro nel Regno di Napoli" on lower margin at the center. Representing a woman with baby...

Eremita Camandolese is the title of a beautiful watercolour on ivory-colored paper by the old master Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Eremita Camandolese", in black ink on t...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Wonderful watercolour both for the drawing and for the fineness of the colours representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX ...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Fine watercolour representing a woman in traditional Italian costumes carrying some chickens. Excellent conditions, with some minor sta...

Watercolour stuck on a pink cardboard, 1820 c.a. Very good quality watercolour representing a monk. Hand-titled "Monaco Pasqualino che va alla circa in Campagnia, Napoli" (Monk Pas...

Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Ballo de' Zampognari" (Dance of Pipers), hand-signed on lower-left margin. Very good conditions except for some ripples on the lower ma...

Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Villa pianezza" with a caption "Provincia dell'Aquila nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the ...

Il Corso is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes and brilliant ...

“Testa quasi colossale di Marco Aurelio” (Almost colossal head of Marco Aurelio) is a beautiful black and white burin on paper, realized by the Italian artist Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano,1762 – Rome, 1837), after Teodoro Matteini (Pistoia, 1754 - Venice, 1831), as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Teodoro Matteini delineò./ Pietro Fontana incise a bollino Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. XXV" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints shows a precious piece of the Borghese's collection, the marble bust of the Roman philosopher and writer and one of the "good Roman Emperor" (according to Edward Gibbon) Marco Aurelio, represented in neoclassical style and with the traditional iconography with a thick hair and a long beard. In excellent conditions with a usual yellowing of the paper on the lower margin and some light signs of the time with an imperceptible weaving of the paper on the lower right corner, this wonderful burin preserved his fresh impression. Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior by Agasias (two plates), Greek gods and heroes and Roman famous historical figures; the last two plates represents antique Egyptian deities. There are plates representing ancient bas-reliefs, sarcophagi, of mythological subjects, the Borghese Vase, portrait busts, a vase on an altar, two statues of Amor; and two modern statues, by Bernini (the Apollo and Daphne, and the David). «Très bel ouvrage» writes Brunet, «Grand ouvrage, le seul qui mérite, parmi ceux sur la villa Borgese, de figurer dans le chapitre aux Galeries et Collections» Vinet said, looking at this plate. Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano,1762 – Rome, 1837) The Italian artist and engraver, Pietro Fontana was active in Rome and specialized in subjects dealing with the Vatican and the Papacy. He started his career as a student of Raffaello Morghen...

“Amore che scherzo, Statua” (Joking Eros, Statue) is a wonderful black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, after Bernardino Nocchi as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Gio Brunetti da Ravenna inc. Roma 1795”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher right corner “Tav. XXIX” and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints representing a precious piece of the Borghese collection, an Eros statue caressing a sparrow, is in excellent conditions with some light signs of the time (some little whormholes on the left margin beyond the marginal line of the matrix) but with fresh impression. Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were found and made available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Print Sz: 7 1/2"H x 9 1/2"W Frame Sz: 14 1/4"H x 15 3/4"W Artist: Henry Alken

Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831) Titles: "Hedychium Glaucum" and "Zingiber Elatum" Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn from Living Specime...

Fine pair of left and right, hand-carved, gessoed and 22-karat gold gilded, Italian presentational angels singing in adoration while in flight. Both have been mounted on custom, Luci...

A fine & monumental antique French oil painting of the San Damiano Crucifix, circa 1820. This monumental oil painting on canvas is very finely painted and is housed in a wooden cruc...

Théodore GUDIN Paris 1802 - Boulogne Billancourt 1880 Unloading on the beach Watercolor on paper Signed and dated "T Gudin 1827" bottom left 15 x 23 cm sheet 31.5 x 38 cm framed Bea...

Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England 70 miles North of Liverpool. Historically a part of Cumberland, it has a manmade harbor which partially dries out...

Henry Alken hand-colour plate c1820 Hackney Published by T. McLean London Art Sz: 7"H x 9 1/4"W Frame Sz: 11 3/4"H x 14 1/2"W w/ birdseye maple frame