John Cary

Warwickshire Hand Painted Map Engraving from "New and Correct English Atlas"

First Printed in 1787

French Impressionist landscape lithograph from the 1960's titled "Hills of Provence." Edition 10/25. Signed, titled, and dated by artist. Dimensions Without Frame: H 20.5 in. x W 24 in. Artist Biography: She was born in Latvia in 1921. She received her early training in Munich, Germany, working in theater Costume History and Design, and in painting before she came to America. In 1949 she became an American citizen. Once in New York she studied at the Art Students League, the School of Visual Arts, the Pratt Graphic Art Center under Frasconi, and then continued at Pratt on a fellowship to work under Michael Ponce de Leon...

This architectural drawing of a Suburban Villa in the countryside near Paris, France is from a 1872 book titled Private Architecture In the XIX Century Under Napoleon III. Second Series. New Houses Of Paris And Surroundings. This book was dedicated to Baron Haussmann, the name who is credited with transforming Paris' slums into the thriving metropolitan center we know today. The architect listed for this floor plan...

Twentieth century etching by artist Paul Sollmann depicting a hut in a forest (maybe Germany). Signed "Paul Sollmann-Coburg" in the bottom right corner. ...

Copperplate engraving hand colored map of Northern America. The figures of the mythical figure along the right side and the animals were added in later after the original printing. T...

Offset lithograph of the design for the "And then all that divided them merged” banner that was used to promote Judy Chicago's iconic work "The Dinner Party" which featured 39 intric...

Colorful modern abstract lithograph by modern Texas artist Allan Otho Smith. The work features a series of geometric shapes in red, pink, and green tones. The use of complementary co...

A set of three hand-colored engravings from "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century", published in London, England in 1828. The scenes were drawn by Thomas Ho...

Map of Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae et Arabiae Descriptio per F de Wit 1688 engraving from: Atlas Contractus Orbis Terrarum Praecipuas ac Novissimas Complectens Tabulas. Amsterdam, N. Visscher, 1656-77. (Koeman III, Vis5-8) This highly decorative map of the Middle East is by the Dutch engraver, publisher, and map seller...

"Medinet Abou, Thebes" is a 19th century folio sized hand-colored lithograph from the Egypt and Nubia volume of David Roberts’ large folio edition, published in London by F. G. Moon ...

This is a set of five framed original 19th century duo-tone lithographs by David Roberts, from his Egypt, The Holy Land and Nubia volumes of the quarto edition, published in London b...

"View Towards the Pyramids" is a 19th century full folio sized hand-colored lithograph by David Roberts from his monumental publication "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia", published in London in 1846. It depicts a scene of a boat on the Nile, along with several smaller boats. Saccara (Saqqara), near Memphis, the original capital of Egypt, can be seen in the background with its ancient Step Pyramid of Pharoah Djoser. This was the first Egyptian pyramid, designed by the physician and architect Imhotep. Pharoah Snofru’s (Sneferu) failed design Bent Pyramid and the subsequent replacement Red Pyramid can be seen in Dashour (Dashur). These structures preceded the more famous pyramids in Giza. This lithograph is professionally framed in a gold-colored wood frame, double cream-colored mats and it is glazed with museum quality archival material. The print is in excellent condition. There are four additional listings of David Roberts engravings of Egypt...

Bird’s Eye View of Glascow original 1888 wood engraving is from The Graphic by H.W. Brewer who was well known for his aerial views of topographical panoramas. He was also the fa...