William Hogarth

"The Beggar's Opera Act III" Original Barque Etching

1822

The original design for the top half was formally attributed to William Hogarth, according to the Met Museum, and published by John Bowles in 1728. The edition here has a second half...

This etching print contains figures arranged into five separate scenes. The piece is signed and dated by the artist. It is framed in a black frame with a dark matte. Dimensions witho...

Etching of a woman dressed in turn of the century attire looking out at the viewer. The work is signed in pencil by the artist. The etching is not framed. Artist Biography: William...

Copperplate etching by Martin Lewis titled "Under the Street Lamp." Edition of 100. Printed on laid paper with watermark and 83 recorded impressions. McCarron catalogue raisonne #70. Signed in pencil with "imp" next to the signature. In the bottom right corner is a penciled 75 and in the top right corner is a 50. The etching is framed and was taken out of the frame for condition report and photographs. The gallery label is on the back of the matte inside the frame. Dimensions without Frame: H 15 in x W 9.5 in. Artist Biography: Martin Lewis (1881-1962) was born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia on 7 June 1881. He was the second of eight children and had a passion for drawing. At the age of 15, he left home and traveled in New South Wales, Australia, and in New Zealand, working as a pothole digger and a merchant seaman. He returned to Sydney and settled into a Bohemian community outside Sydney. Two of his drawings were published in the radical Sydney newspaper, The Bulletin. He studied with Julian Ashton at the Art Society's School in Sydney. Ashton, an English-born Australian artist and teacher, known for his support of the Heidelberg School and for his influential art school in Sydney. In 1900, Lewis left Australia for the United States. His first job was in San Francisco, painting stage decorations...

Portrait of a woman praying at a table with food. In the corner a cat reaching up to see over the table. The etching is signed by the artist in the botto...

Etching of a seascape with a boat house and boats. The peice is titled, signed, dated, and editioned in pencil by the artist. The etching is framed in a wooden frame with a white mat...

Johann Friedrich Bause (1738 Halle a. d. Saale - 1814 Weimar). Half-length portrait of a man with beard and cap after a drawing by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. Etching and coppe...

Niccolò Schiavonetti (1771 Bassano del Grappa, Italien - 1813 London) after Guercino: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 Cento/Ferrara - 1666 Bologna), Jacob beholds Joseph's bloody r...

Artist: Malo-Renault (French, 1870-1938) Title: "Portrait de Fanny Charrin" Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts *Issued unsigned Year: 1909 Medium: Original Etching and Drypoint on wov...

A very good, dark and evenly-printed impression of this etching with strong contrasts. Biörklund's second state (of 3); Usticke's third state (e) (of 6), with the vertical scratch th...

The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha after the painting by his father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (see photo) Etching, c. 1780 Signature: unsigned Watermark: Let...

This is an excellent example of the kind of portraiture produced by Castiglione during the early part of the 17th century. In the image, we see the visage of a man with a mustache, wearing a fur-lined hat topped with a feathery decoration. The image is reminiscent of the work of Rembrandt van Rijn, himself known for his portraits in the form of etchings. 4 x 3.5 inches, image 15.25 x 13.25 inches, frame Inscribed "GC" in the plate, lower left This impression is from the edition ca. 1825 from the original plate of ca. 1635. Unlike many Italian artists, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was profoundly influenced by foreigners. He first studied with local artists in his native Genoa, absorbing not only Tuscan Mannerism and Caravaggism but also the style of Peter Paul Rubens, who had worked in Genoa. From 1621 Castiglione also worked in Anthony van Dyck's Genoa studio. Early on, he was attracted to Flemish animal...