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Antique French Copper Engraving - Horse Stables

1780

Bold antique copper engraving of the floor plan of a French cathedral from Recueil d'Architecture, 1780. Original artwork on paper displayed on a whi...

Beautifully-detailed antique copper engraving depicting a traditional building in the Doric Order architectural style from Recueil d'Architecture, 1780. O...

Antique Architectural engraving of the floor plan of the Santo Spirito Palace located in Florence, Italy by Italian, Giacomo Rossi, 16...

Over 350 year old antique architectural engraving of the floor plan of the Asti Palace located in Italy by Italian Giacomo Rossi, 1650...

Chester Cathedral - Drypoint Etching in Ink on Paper Dramatic drypoint etching by J. Alphege Brewer (British, 1881-1946). This composition shows the interior of Chester Cathedral in Brewer's characteristic style - highly detailed and with strong contrast. The scene encompasses the cathedral from floor to ceiling, capturing the immense size of the building. There are several people in the scene which contribute to the sense of scale. Signed by hand "J. Alphege Brewer" in the lower right corner. Titled "Chester Cathedral" in plate, lower left corner. Includes original card with artist's name. Presented in a new black mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 16"H x 12"W Paper size: 10.75"H x 7.75"W James Alphege Brewer was well known in the early 20th century as a producer of color etchings of European cathedrals and other scenes of church, college, and community. He was born July 24, 1881, in the Kensington section of London, England, the son of Henry W. Brewer, noted artist of historical architecture and prominent convert to the Catholic Church, and the grandson of John Sherren Brewer, Jr., “the brilliant editor of the Calendar of Letters of Henry VIII.” His great uncle was E. Cobham Brewer, the polymath who compiled Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Among his older siblings were the artist Henry C. Brewer and the organist and writer John Francis Brewer. Brewer attended the Westminster School of Art in London, where his brother Henry also trained. In 1910, he married Florence Emma Lucas, an accomplished painter in oil and watercolor, whose father was the noted landscape artist George Lucas and whose great uncle was David Lucas, the famous engraver for John Constable. Florence's brothers Edwin and George assisted Brewer in the printing of Brewer's etchings. Brewer exhibited at the Royal Academy (RA) and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (RI), at the Paris Salon of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and in the shows of the Royal Cambrian Academy (RCA). He became an associate of the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1929 and a full member in the last two years of his life. He was also a member of the Hampstead Society of Artists, the Society of Graphic Art, and the Ealing Arts Club, where he was first Honorary Art Secretary and then Honorary Art Chairman. Most of Brewer's larger etchings were published by Alfred Bell...

Limited edition monochrome cyan drypoint etching of a potted plant and door by Barbara Cohn (American, 1923-2019). Numbered ("2/25"), titled ("Still Life with Door"), and hand signed...

Unique photo etching of a cup and saucer by Claudette McElroy (American, b. 1943). Numbered (6/8), titled (Cup & Saucer), and signed (C. McElroy) along t...

Wonderful print with artist's title and description (written in pen and ink) "'Law of the Flaming Frontier' Interior of Pioneer Cabin with a gun and a rifle in Tombstone AZ when the West was young." By Harold Edgar Wenck (American, 1886-1958), circa 1920s. Signed within print and hand-signed below title/description (in pen and ink). Presented in a giltwood period frame. H. E. Wenck (also known as Joe) was born in Fort Assiniboine, Montana in 1896. According to an article in Arizona Kitty Kat...