William Harry Warren Bicknell

Portrait of an Elderly Woman Praying at a Table Etching

1914

Charcoal study of a woman reading. The work is attached to a matte backing. It is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The dimensions are of the p...

Portrait study of a woman seated with her dress coming off her body. She looks out at the viewer in a seductive manner. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed. Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection. Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...

Etching from the series titled "A Harlots Progress" by William Hogarth. The series consists of six paintings and engravings. The story is about a woman named M. Hackabout who arrived in London and started working as a prostitute. The third plate is of her getting arrest for her choice in profession. The series is a satirical story that emphasizes the dangers of being a prostitute and the health risks that come from it. In 18th century engraving, the detail of the black mole on women and men's face is a symbol of the deadly venereal disease, syphilis. In this plate, Hackabout has already contracted the disease and that is why the black dot is visible on her forehead as well as her madam's. In 1828, William Innell Clement published Harlot's Progress in columns on a single page of his newspaper Bell's Life in London #330. The detail with the cross seen in earlier reproductions of the engraving. Dimensions without Frame: H 14.5 in x W 16.5 in. Artist Biography: William Hogarth ( 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", perhaps best known to be his moral series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A...

Study of a seated woman in a chair that is facing backward. The drawing is stamped by the artist. The paper is not framed. Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entir...

Portrait of Woman after Rembrandt is a print realized by Johannes Pieter DE FREY (1770 - 1834) in 1801. Etching on paper. Signed on the plate, dated. Good conditions. A masterpie...

The Grandma tells her grandchildren a tale is an original artwork realized by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845). Lithograph print. Signed in plat...

Etching and drypoint, circa 1630s. Cream laid paper. Narrow margins.

A sentimental etching on paper depicting a seated woman by American artist Myron Barlow (1873-1937). Hand signed in pencil on the bottom right. A lovely depiction of American Realism...