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Period: Late 18th Century
Letter B - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter B is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
A Cart Race
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A Cart Race
Hand colored etching & aquatint, 1788
Signed in the plate (see photo)
Published by William Hollande, London
Inscribed in the plate with title, artist's name and publication line 'Rowlandson. 1788./ London. Pubd 1789 by Wm Holland No 50. Oxford Street.'
Reference: M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)
British Museum Satires 7607
Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 260, Grego II.392
Provenance: Chris Beetles Ltd., London (label), 2003
Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C.
(label)
Fursten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, Lugt 2715a,
verso (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Printed on 18th century laid paper
Archival framing by Chris Beetles Ltd., London
Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35
The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314
Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286
Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10
Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the church...
Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35
The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314
Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286
Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10
Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the clouds of dust which they have raised, with a row of gabled houses (right) inscribed 'St Giles', terminating in a church spire (left), and probably representing Broad St. Giles. The occupants of the carts are Irish costermongers typical of St. Giles. The foremost horse gallops, urged on by the shouts of a standing man brandishing a club. The other occupants, two women and a man, cheer derisively the next cart, whose horse has fallen, one woman falling from it head-first, another lies on the ground. The driver lashes the horse furiously. The third cart, of heavier construction, is starting. The horses are partly obscured by the clouds of dust, but denizens watch from casement windows and a door. Two ragged urchins (right) cheer the race; a dog barks.
"It was said that the amount of copper Thomas Rowlandson etched would sheathe the British Navy. An inveterate gambler, for much of his life Rowlandson had to produce a flood of his comic prints to stay ahead of financial losses.A wealthy uncle and aunt raised Rowlandson after his textile-merchant father went bankrupt. His career developed quickly. He entered London's Royal Academy Schools in 1772, visited Paris in 1774, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1775, and won a silver medal in 1777. He left school in 1778 to set up in business. Rowlandson's depictions of life in Georgian England exposed human foibles and vanity with sympathy and rollicking humor. During the 1780s he consolidated the delicate style he used for his coarse subjects. He worked mainly in ink and watercolor, his rhythmic compositions, flowing line, and relaxed elegance inspired by French Rococo art...
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Romantic Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Aquatint
Skeleton - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Signed in plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la descri...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Jupiter sends Iris to Hector. 18th century Classical Greek myth engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
"The two Armies being engaged by break of day, Jupiter sends Iris to bid Hector retire from the Fight, and not return till Agamemnon's wounds had obliged him, to withdraw from the Fi...
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Naturalistic Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Roman Fresco - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 1772s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in 1772s.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
T...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Chauvesouris - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Chauvesouris is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
Good co...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
This print, sometimes titled "Chidori No Tamagawa" "Plovers at Tamagawa", is from the series Mu Tamagawa ("Six Views of Tama River", also known as "Six Jewel Rivers" or "Six Crystal Rivers") by Kubo Shunman...
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Edo Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Hague - Le Fameux Vivier de la Haye - Etching by French Master 1700
Located in Roma, IT
The Hague - Le fameux Vivier de la Haye is an original print realized on peep-leaf in the 18th Century.
A beautiful watercolored etching (on copper plaque) sold at the time by Daumi...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Collegio di Propaganda Fide - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Collegio di Propaganda Fide is an etching on paper of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for consumed margins and Foxings.
Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710 - Rome, 1782) was an engraver, architect, and landscape artist. Between 1746 and 1761, Vasi published 10 volumes with 240 engravings of the monuments of Rome...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Tarsier - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Tarsier is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliè...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Palazzo Ruspoli sul Corso - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Ruspoli sul Corso is an original etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for worn margi...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Autre Kabassou - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Autre Kabassou is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et partic...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Capital Letter C - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
Category
Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Letter B - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter B is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
Category
Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Stabian Seaside Villa - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stabian Seaside Villa from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etchi...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Bust - Original Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Bust, original etching from the end of the 18th century, made by Various Old Masters.
Good condition.
Units of measurements typical of the period in the lower center...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Le Couguar - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Couguar is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Le Grand.
Signed in plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du ...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Furet - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Furet is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
An Engraving from the Series 'The Cries of London': "Turnips & Carrots"
Located in Alamo, CA
A beautifully framed hand-colored engraving from the famous "Cries of London" series, depicting the lives and professions of the common people of 18th ...
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Naturalistic Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Le Cerf De Corse - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Cerf De Corse is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper.
The artwork belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et par...
Category
Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand from Captain Cooks Travels
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook John...
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Realist Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
12 images on 6 sheets from Nuova raccolta delle vedute moderne di Roma
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: 1795.
Each an engraving with extensive hand coloring on laid paper, some with a partial heraldic watermark, each 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches (165 x 120 mm); (sheet) 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in...
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Italian School Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Deer Horns - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Deer Horns is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboard....
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Letter of the Alphabet A - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet A from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Antiche urne cinerarie e lampade
Located in Roma, IT
From the Piranesi's series “Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi pubblicati l’anno MDCCLXXIIX” (1778). Antiche urne cinerarie e lampade" is an artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, large margins, representing antique marble cinerary urns - “found into antique graves...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter B - Etching by G. Mignani - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet B, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Mignani in the 18th centur...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Vaso antico che si vede nella Villa di Sua Eminenza Card. Alessandro Albani
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique watermarked paper, wide margins, representing an “antique vase in the Villa Albani” as pointed out in the higher note. ...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Ba...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Vasi Antichi - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 1778
Located in Roma, IT
Antique Vases
Artist proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, wide margins, representing two antique vases, whom details are in the captures. Etching with good contrasts and sharp ...
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Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Cerf - Etching by Claude Jardinier - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Cerf is an etching realized in 1771 by Claude Jardinier.
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la d...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet A - Etching - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet A, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
G...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Reading Lady - Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Reading Lady from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching be...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Cernophores Dancer with Basket, Plat - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cernophores dancer with Basket, Plate, Crown from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen after Camillus Paderni in the 18th Century.
Signed ...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Le Chat d'Angora - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chat d'Angora is an etching realized in 1771 by ` (1723-1807).
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi".
Arti...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Letter of the Alphabet L - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet L from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condition...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Chauvesouris - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Chauvesouris is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particul...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
La Noctule - Etching by Jean Louis Barran - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
La Lerot is an etching realized by J.L. Barran in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
Good conditions.
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Guib - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Guib is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807). The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du ...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Papion - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Papion is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière a...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Interior of Animals - Etching by Marcel Gaillard - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of Animals is an etching realized by Marcel Gaillard in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet ...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
L'Ours Brun - Etching by Pierre Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
L'Ours Brun is an etching realized by Pierre Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi".
...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Set of Two Engravings after Cipriani "Four Muses" & "Father and Two Daughters"
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815)
Title: "Four Muses" & "Father and Two Daughters"
Portfolio: Rudiments of Drawing
*Issued unsigned, though both are signed by Bartolo...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Allegory of Autumn With Bacchante - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Allegory of Autumn With Bacchante from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Ruins - Etching and Drypoint - Late 1700
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21.5 x 15 cm.
Ancient Roman Ruins is a beautiful black and white etching and burin on laid paper, representing the Sepulcher of the Plauzia family in Tivoli and th...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Edward Williams "A College Scene" After Thomas Rowlandson Color Engraving C.1787
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edward Williams "A College Scene" After Thomas Rowlandson Color Engraving C.1787
Late 18th century hand colored engraving after Thomas Rowlandson
A scene of a young student asking ...
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Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Beauties under a Maple Tree Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Houston, TX
Three Beauties under a maple tree from the series "A Contest of Fashionable Beauties of the Gay Quarters". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper....
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Edo Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori di Via Pia is an original black and white etching of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Goo...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching by Carlo Oratij - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Ortij in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions ex...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ancient Roman Decorations - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Decorations from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is a etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditio...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions exc...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Vaso antico di marmo, che si conosceva nella Galleria del Palazzo
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, representing an “antique marble vase in the gallery of the palazzo Barberini” as he r...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Veduta in Prospettiva d'un Antico Vaso Cinerario di Marmo
Located in Roma, IT
The same urn, in perspective
Beautiful artist proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, showing a precious urn. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details, signed on pl...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Etching
Presso Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma
Located in Paonia, CO
Presse Ludovico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and engraved ...
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Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Presse Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.8
Located in Paonia, CO
Presse Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No. 8 is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and eng...
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Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Presse Ludovico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incentro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.42
Located in Paonia, CO
Presse Ludovico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.42 is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and engr...
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Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Engraving
A Sledge of Kamtschatka – An image of a relic from Captain Cook's third voyage
By John Webber
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Scatcherd & Whitaker, 1784.
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 7 1/2 x 10 (190 x 255); sheet 16 1/4 x 22 (414 x 560 mm), full margins. In good cond...
Category
English School Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Watercolor
Shunga: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Goat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shunga: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Goat
Color woodcut with gauffrage (embossing)
Unsigned (as usual)
Format: Shikishiban
Publisher: Privately produced
Unusually well preserved with the fugitive blue still intact
Image size: 5-1/8 x 5-3/4"
Sheet size: 5 3/8 x 6 1/4"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Japanese name, the surname is Isoda.
Isoda Koryūsai (礒田 湖龍斎, 1735–1790) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer and painter active from 1769 to 1790.
Life and career
Koryūsai was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of the clan and moved to Edo (modern Tokyo) where he settled near Ryōgoku Bridge in the Yagenbori area. He became a print designer there under the art name Haruhiro in 1769, at first making samurai-themed designs. The ukiyo-e print master Harunobu died in 1770, and about that time Koryūsai began making prints in a similar style of life in the pleasure districts.
Koryūsai was a prolific designer of individual prints and print series,[1] most of which appeared between 1769 and 1881.
In 1782, Koryūsai applied for and received the Buddhist honour hokkyō ("Bridge of the Law") from the imperial court and thereafter used the title as part of his signature. His output slowed from this time, though he continued to design prints until his death in 1790.
Works
Koryūsai created a total of 2,500 known designs, or an average of four a week. According to art historian Allen Hockley, "Koryūsai may ... have been the most productive artist of the eighteenth century".
The series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsumoyō, 1776–1781) ran for 140 prints, the longest known ukiyo-e print series of beauties. He designed at least 350 hashira-e pillar prints, numerous kachō-e bird-and-flower prints, a great number of shunga erotic prints, and others. Ninety of his nikuhitsu-ga paintings are known, making him one of the most productive painters of the period.
Legacy
Despite Koryūsai's productivity and popularity—both in his time and amongst later collectors—his work has attracted little scholarship. The first ukiyo-e histories written in the West in the 19th century elevated certain artists as exemplars; Koryūsai's work came to be seen as too indebted to Harunobu, who died in 1770, and inferior to that of Kiyonaga, whose peak period came in the 1880s. An example is Woldemar von Seidlitz's Geschichte des japanischen Farbenholzschnittes ("History of Japanese colour prints", 1897), the most popular of the early ukiyo-e histories, which paints Koryūsai as a successor to Harunobu and a rival of Kiyonaga in the 1770s who slipped into mediocrity and imitation of his rival by the end of the decade.[5] Interest lay mainly in the details of Koryūsai's life—a samurai who received court honours was unusual in the proletarian world of ukiyo-e. In 2021, contemporary woodblock printmaker David Bull...
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Other Art Style Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Structure of the paw bones of animals - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
The Structure of the paw bones of animals is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The...
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Modern Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter R - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antiquities of Herculaneum - Letter of the Alphabet R, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni ...
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Old Masters Late 18th Century Figurative Prints
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Kim Tschang Yeul
Tom Blackwell On Sale
Tom Everhart Lithograph
Torii Kotondo
Victor Richardson
Vintage Boulangerie Signs
Vintage Les Nereides
Vintage Meat Scales
Vintage Multiplier Reel
Warhol Northwest Mask
Whistler Fumette
Yoko Ono Lithograph Harold Town
Zeno Giglietti
Ak47 Lotus
Alex Katz Bicycle
Alex Katz Christy
Alex Katz Twilight
Alex Katz Wedding Dress