Frederick Landseer Griggs, R.A., R.E.

Palace Court

1933

Felix Buhot (1847-1898), L’Hiver a Paris ou La Neige a Paris, 1879, etching, aquatint, drypoint, roulette. [signed and dated in the plate Felix Buhot Par...

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Limehouse, etching, 1859. References: Glasgow 48, fifth state (of 6), Kennedy 40, third state (of 3), signed with the butterfly in pencil in the lower margin. [Also signed and dated in the plate.]With margins, 5 x 7 7/8 inches, the sheet 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Published as no. 12 in A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, otherwise known as the Thames Set. In good condition apart from a soft diagonal fold in the sky. A very fine impression, in black ink on a thin Japan paper. Provenance: Dr. John W. Randall (cf. Lugt 2130), without his mark, annotated on the mat. Limehouse, the entrance to the West Indies Docks, lies opposite the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, along the lower Thames. It’s unusual to find the signed butterfly (or any pencil signature) on the early London etchings, but it is known that Whistler signed...

Franz Edmund Weirotter (1730-1771), Paysages (Landscapes), 1759, complete set of 6 (5 are illustrated on this site), [signed in the plates lower right Weirotter sc, and also signed a...

Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Le Ferveur, etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint, 1928, signed in pencil lower left, numbered lower right, and annotated “imp.” Reference: Laboure...

James McBey (1883-1959), Haarlem, etching, 1910, signed in ink bottom right margin and numbered XXXV bottom left [also signed, titled and dated July 1910 in the plate]. Reference: Hardie and Carter 61, only state, edition of 40, 4 3/4 x 6 7/16, the sheet 6 1/4 x 8 inches. Printed on old laid paper, with a partial crest watermark, with margins. In good condition, a paper loss upper right corner (away from image), slight soiling in margins, archival mounting. A fine impression, with a light veil of plate tone. At the age of 26 McBey left his bank job (which he had had for 15 years!) and traveled to Holland, where from July to September of 1910 he created a number of etchings depicting the Dutch landscape. McBey had studied Rembrandt’s prints, and the influence of the Master is evident in etchings such as Haarlem; Haarlem also is reminiscent of Whistler’s Thames etchings...

Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Dimanche en Bretagne, etching, 1939, signed in pencil lower left and inscribed “ep d’artite” lower right. Reference: Laboureur 543, second state (of...

Edgar James Maybery The Harbour Lynmouth Antique Print 1920s Matt size 28cm x 33cm Image Size 14cm x 21 cm

JOSEPH PENNELL (1857-1926) The Thames, 1894 Signed Aquatint Plate size 20.5 by 26.5 cm., 8 by 10 ½ in. (frame size 42 by 46 cm., 16 ½ by 18 in.) Pennell was born in Philadelphia where he studied at School of Industrial Art and the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1884 he was commissioned by the Century Magazine to supply a series of drawings of London...

Old Town, paper, etching, 32x24.5 cm Piotr Petrovich Belousov (1912-1989) was a Soviet, Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Paintin...

Forest Road, paper, etching, 21.5x28.5 cm Piotr Petrovich Belousov (1912-1989) was a Soviet, Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Pa...

The Road From the Mill, paper, etching, 10x14.5 cm Piotr Petrovich Belousov (1912-1989) was a Soviet, Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Leningrad Instit...

This is an original etching representing an important monument in Geneva during the 19th century. The work is sold framed. Total size with the frame 34x31 cm. Signed C. Bernier