(after) Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

Liber Veritatis

1802

Artist: (after) John Constable (English, 1776-1837) Title: "View on the Orwell near Ipswich" (Plate 28) and "Hampstead Heath, Harrow in the distance" (Plate 10) Portfolio: English La...

Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "Pendragon Castle" (Plate 312) and "Lincoln Castle" (Plate 170) Portfolio: Buck's Antiquities or Vener...

Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "St. Martin's Abbey" (Plate 333) and "Lady's Chappel" (Plate 331) Portfolio: Buck's Antiquities or Venerable Remains of Above 400 Castles, Monasteries, Palaces in England and Wales Year: 1726-1739 Medium: Set of Two Original Engravings on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Robert Sayer, London, UK Reference: Lowndes page 303-304; Upcott page 33 Sheet size (each): approx. 11.13" x 18.25" Image size (platemark) (each): approx. 7.5" x 14.5" Condition: "St. Martin's Abbey" has a minor crease to upper left corner and repaired edge wear to lower right corner. "Lady's Chappel" has faint toning to sheet and minor soiling in margins. They are both otherwise strong impressions in excellent condition Notes: Comes from Samuel and Nathaniel Buck's three volume portfolio "Buck's Antiquities" or "Venerable Remains of Above 400 Castles, Monasteries, Palaces in England and Wales" (1726-1739), which consists of 428 engravings. Both "St. Martin's Abbey" and "Lady's Chappel" have unidentified watermarks in the center of their sheets. They both also have "Liverpool Free Public Library" chop mark/blind stamps at bottom center of their sheets. Old price pencil inscribed in margins. Saint Martin's Abbey is a community of Roman Catholic Benedictine monks who follow the Rule of St Benedict...

Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "Louth Park Abbey" (Plate 172) and "Easby Abbey" (Plate 324) Portfolio: Buck's Antiquities or Venerabl...

Baroque 17th century German fountain design Copper-line engraving, published in 1664 in Nuremberg. From 'Architectura Curiosa Nova' by George Andreas B...

Vie de Trianon Hyacinthe Rigaud (After), Catalan/French (1659–1743) Date: of original: 1750 Hand-Colored Engraving, signed in the plate Edition of ~1000 Image Size: 8.75 x 18.5 inche...

Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Le Moulin Abandonne, etching and engraving, 1934, signed lower left and numbered and annotated “imp” in pencil lower right....

In the mid-seventeenth century, views of historic landscapes and classical structures were increasingly popular among print collectors, and artists like the Frenchman Israel Sylvestre were eager to fill that demand. In this example, Sylvestre captures a view of the Arch of Constantine...