19th Century Figurative Prints

Commissioned by The Ault & Wiborg Co., USA. Color Zincograph on wove paper, 1896. Hand-signed in black crayon. Wittrock C (of C) edition. Reference: Wittrock; P28, vol. 2 pg 810. ...

Peter The Wild Boy Peter the Wild Boy, Found in the woods of Haemlin', 1821. Portrait of Peter the Wild Boy (c1713-1785) who was found in 1725 living an entirely feral existence in ...

Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, born 1761. Went on long fasts for money from 1807, but exposed as a fraud in 1813. Later sent to prison for falsely collecting money for char...

Untitled is an original Modern artwork realized by Cornelis Theodorus Maria 'Kees' van Dongen (26 January 1877 – 28 May 1968). Hand signed and numbered by artist with pencil, with d...

A was an Artist is a Wood engraving, realized by the Artist William Nicholson in 1898 Titled " A was an Artist - Portrait de William Nicholson " below, in the center of the image. O...

Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm. Liber Veritatis - Plate 190 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist Ludovico Caracciolo, after Clau...

An urban legend maintains that early in the nineteenth century, one Miss Whitehead, colloquially known as “the Bank Nun,” frequently visited the Bank of England to accuse that instit...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Hippopotamus Unicorn is an original lithograph with stencil on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Na...

Genjie is an original artwork realized in 1850 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Oban yokoe. From the series "Sono Sugata yukari no utsushi-e", 39th chapter. Genji and his son Yug...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Portrait of Clemency is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge...

Robert ENGELS (1866 - 1926) Two Women and a Knight Original litograph Printed signature in the plate 1897/98 Printed on paper Vélin Size 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION : P...

Vienna: Chez Artaria. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid Van Gelder Zonen paper with a large heraldic watermark with a fleur-de-lys and a crown, 10 3/4 x 16 1/...

Paul RENOUARD Sleeping Ballerina - "Le Nouveau Roman", 1893 Original etching Signed in pencil On Japan paper 48 x 32 cm (c. 19 x 12.5 inch) INFORMATION : Limited edition of 20 copi...

Scene on the Nihonbashi Bridge is an artwork realized in 1875 by Utagawa Yoshitora. Woodcut print triptych. Signed: Mosai ga. Publisher: Sawamuraya...

Veduta delle Rovine di una Conserva d'acqua per la Villa di Domiziano vicino a Castel Gandolfo negl'Orti Lodovisi Image dimensions: 42 x 52 cm. From th...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Miss Hawtin, born without arms, 18th century. Born in Coventry, she exhibited her dexterity cutting decorative watch papers with her feet all over England...

Henri Gabriel IBELS Harlequin and Pierrot, 1897 Stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 29 x 39 cm (c. 11.4 x 15.3") INFORMATION : Plate 102 of "Les Maîtres...

William Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well" after Wheatley is an etching realized in the 1850s. Titled and text from play on the lower. Good conditions with foxing. This pri...

The Ballerina is an original lithograph realized by Adolphe Willette (1857-1926) in the late 19th century. Good condition. Adolphe-Léon Willette (Châlons-sur-Marne, 1857 - Parigi, ...

The Lips - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...

Ancient Greek Sculptures is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the univers...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...

Mythological Scene is an etching realized by Domenico Klemi Bonatti in 1850. Good condition. Stamp signed on plate. Domenico Klemi Bonatti (Venice 1794 ) he worked in Milan betwee...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE (1864-1901) "LA CHAINE SIMPSON" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #60, 1900. Plate #238 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4” The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the "Maitres de l'Affiche," usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. "In her recent excellent biography of Lautrec, Julia Frey indicates that 'Henry, the frustrated athlete, was compulsively familiar with the vocabulary and technical aspects of a variety of sports in which he could participate as a spectator: horse and bicycle racing, wrestling, yachting, bullfighting. He watched them all with the same intensity that he watched a line of dancers or a circus bareback rider, attracted by the beauty of movement, but also by the smells, sounds and excitement of the spectacle (Frey, p.353) His 'insider' knowledge of the cycling field shows up abundantly in this poster for the French agent of the Simpson bicycle chain company. In the foreground is the champion cyclist Constant Huret. In the background are Tristan Bernard, the sports impresario who was a close friend of Lautrec, with Louis Bougle, the French agent who adopted the name 'Spoke.' A touch of levity is added by what appears to be a 'bicycle-built-for-ten' in the upper-left corner, in fact it's two five-seaters, known at the time as 'quints.'"(Rennert, PAI-XXII, 35)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec came from an aristocratic background, having been born the son of an earl.Even as a schoolboy he showed a talent for drawing. By 14 he had suffered two horse back riding accidents, combined with a serious bone disease which eventually left him crippled for life. His body continued to grow but not his legs, he would remain only five feet tall and suffer pain and embarrassment his entire life.At the age of 18, Lautrec moved to Montmartre in Paris to study art seriously. He worked with artists Louis Anquentin, Emile Bernard, Degas, Van Gogh and others. He became a frequenter of the the cafes, cabarets and brothels of the neighborhood, drawing from them inspirations for his artistic themes. As the artist's stature grew, several magazines wanted to publish his work, including Le Rire. His subjects, as well as street life, included some of the most famous music-hall performers, with whom he became friends, such as Yvette Guilbert, La Goulue Jane Avril, May Milton, May Belfort...

Uses and Customs - Map of Churches is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the ...

La lealtad - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 17 from of...

Paul RENOUARD Ballerinas Having a Rest - "Repos", 1893 Original etching Signed in pencil On Japan paper 32 x 48 cm (c. 12.5 x 19 inch) INFORMATION : Limited edition of 20 copies se...

Le Comte De N is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. S...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable ...

Harvesting Young Cedars is a lovely original woodcut print from the work of the famous Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige from an early 19th century edition. It represents an agricult...

Colored lithograph with pouchoir details. Beautiful satiric illustration by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier, 1804-1866). Plate 58, from the ser...

Will Bradley When hearts are trumps, 1896 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate Printed on paper vélin Size 40 x 29 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.4") INFORMATION : Plate 52 of "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche", Paris, 1896, printed by l'Imprimerie Chaix. Bears the blind stamp of the editor bottom right. This image was created for a book of love poetry written by Tom Hall...

Innocent Mrs. Cat In The Court is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by M...

Kabuki Scene is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century by Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print. This wonderful modern artwork repr...

Retour Color lithograph, 1897 Signed in the stone lower left edge of the image (see photo) As published in "L'Estampe Moderne" L'Estampe Moderne appeared each month as a portfolio of...

Original vintage.poster: TRUTH CHRISTMAS. NOTE that this is the turn of the century original poster and is Not a magazine cover. The poster for a gossip magazine focusing on New...

Africa is a lithograph realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Hand colored. Good condition. At the center of the artwork is the original title "Africa" and subtitle "Marcia trionfale...

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC Cecy Loftus 1948 Lithograph on paper Ed. 166/740 20.5 x 14 inches

Three women in the Saruwaka-machi District with a view of Kinryûzan Temple seen from the famous landmark Matsuchiyama. The woodblock print is from the series "Famous Places in Edo". ...

Everywhere Eyeballs Are Ablaze is an original lithograph on Chine collé, realized by Odilon Redon in 1888, plate 7 “Les tentations de St.Antoine”(1ère série), unique state, 1st edition printed...

Original poster: CABOURG. "Casino. Grand Hôtel Noël & Pattard, propriétaires du Grand Hôtel à Monte-Carlo". Caubourg, la plus belle plage. Artist: ...

The wife of Thadée Nathanson, the editor of the French art and literary magazine La Revue Blanche, Misia Nathanson is presented here in beautiful form. Wonderfully strong but sparse line work mixed with soft curves and billowing forms are Lautrec signatures, but what is interesting is his respect for Misia is widely apparent. A white fur shawl...

Yosooi of the Matsubaya is an Original Woodcut Print, Oban Format, realized by Kitagawa Tsukimaro. Good condition but many folds in the paper. No signature. Kitagawa Tsukimaro ( 1...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable ...

Hummingbirds is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by St...

Oriental Warrior is an original print realized in the first half of the XIX century by Utagawa Kunisada. Beautiful colored woodblock print. This wonderful woodcut by Utagawa Kunisa...

Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...

Attitudes of the Prussian Military is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to...

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece ...

Pigeon is a black and white lithograph by Karl Bodmer in the XIX century. The artwork is from Souvenirs D'Artiste. Image dimensions: 22.4 x 15.9 cm. Title printed on the lower le...

Horse Team is a black and white etching realized by Frederic Jacque in the late 19th Century. The artwork represents a farmer and horses struggling with rural jobs Good condition e...

Villeneuve la Carenne is a black and White etching realized by Alfred Taiée in the 1860s.  Titled in the lower. Image size: 10x28. Very good impression with wide margins and a ver...

Persian Musical Instruments in China is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. Titled on the lower. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the uni...

Frank Hazenplug Living Posters (Chicago), 1897 Stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") Authenticat...

Pariesienne is an original artwork realized by Fernand Desmoulin in 1886. Etching on paper. Titled on the lower central margin; "Supplement de Paris-Noel" at the bottom; "L. Eudes ...

A hand colored Vanity Fair caricature of a 19th century opera singer, M Jean de Reszke, entitled 'Polish Tenor'. The print was created by the most famou...

Thirsty: The Appearance of a Town Geisha - a So-Called Wine-Server - in the Ansei Era Color woodcut, 1888 Signed; Seal: Taiso (see photo) Plate 22 from the series "Thirty-two Aspects...