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Period: 19th Century
Opening the Fold
Located in London, GB
Samuel Palmer
Opening the Fold
1880/1926
Etching
Image size: 16.4 x 23 cms (6 1/2 x 9 ins)
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19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
The Second Army Bombarding and Occupying Port Arthur by Watanabe Nobukazu
By Watanabe Nobukazu
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Watanabe Nobukazu, Japanese (1872 - 1944)
Title: The Second Army Bombarding and Occupying Port Arthur
Year: 1894
Medium: Woodblock Triptych...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Woodcut
Timber Raft on the Rhine
Located in Storrs, CT
Timber Raft on the Rhine (after the watercolor by J.M.W. Turner in the National Gallery). 1898. Mezzotint. Hardie 66. 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 (sheet 10 5/16 x 13 1/2). Edition 100. A rich, ...
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Romantic 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
"Homeward Bound, " Etching by D. Landers after a painting by Charles Harold Davis
By D. Landers, after Charles Harold Davis
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homeward Bound" is an original etching by D. Landers after a painting by Charles Harold Davis. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts a woman in a field.
13 1/4" x 20...
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American Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
Chicago in 1833, Raoul Varin signed etching
By Raoul Varin
Located in Paonia, CO
Signed aquatint etching by Raoul Varin of Chicago in 1833. On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of about 200 and stood on the American frontie...
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19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
"The Harbor of Vera Cruz Mexico (Klackner 53)" an etching signed by Thomas Moran
By Thomas Moran
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This black and white etching by American painter and print maker of the Hudson River School in New York: Thomas Moran, is a rare Klackner #53 of the catalogue raisonné, depicting "The Harbor of Vera...
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Hudson River School 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Parchment Paper
L’Hiver a Paris ou La Neige a Paris
Located in New York, NY
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...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
'Lieutenant Crovers Despatch – Return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton'
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States government set out to survey and document its newly acquired lands and territories west of the Mississippi. The goals of these surveys were manifold: to produce topographical maps, to document flora and fauna, and to document natural resources to build the emerging US economy. These surveys, and the images from them, also functioned to build the new sense of American identity with the landscape, condensing vistas into the 'picturesque' tradition of European image making. Thus, the entire span of US territory could be seen as a single, cohesive whole.
This lithograph comes from one of six surveys commissioned by the Army's Topographic Bureau in 1853, which sought to find the best route to construct a transcontinental railroad. The result was a thirteen-volume report including maps, lithographs, and technical data entitled 'Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean.' In particular, the print comes from the northern survey, commanded by Isaac Stevens, which explored the regions between the 47th and 49th parallels.
5.75 x 8.75 inches, image
6.5 x 9.25 inches, stone
17 x 20 inches, frame
Artist 'Stanley Del.' lower left
Entitled 'Lieutenant Crovers Despatch – Return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton' lower center margin
Publisher 'Sarony, Major & Knapp. Lith.s 449 Broadway N.Y.' lower right
Inscribed 'U.S.P.R.R. EXP. & SURVEYS — 47th & 49th PARALLELS' upper left
Inscribed 'GENERAL REPORT — PLATE XXXVII' upper right
Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting with French accents; glazed with UV5 Plexiglas to inhibit fading; housed in a gold reverse ogee moulding.
Print in overall good condition; some localized foxing and discoloration; minor surface abrasions to frame.
John Mix Stanley...
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Romantic 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Farm at Inlet, " an Etching signed by Thomas R. Manley
By Thomas R. Manley
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Farm at Inlet" is an etching by Thomas R. Manley signed lower right. It depicts a waterfront scene in black and gray.
26 1/2" x 33 1/2" art
26 3/8" x 33 3/8" framed
Thomas Manley...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Ministere De La Marine
Located in New York, NY
Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868), "Le Ministere De La Marine", Landscape Etching, 7 x 6.38 Interior Matte ( 20.25 x 16.25 In Matted Frame), Mid 19th Cen...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
Souvenir d’Eza
Located in Roma, IT
Cliché-verre.
Magnificent proof of ancient edition, numbered in red pencil on verso, and whose subject wasn’t included in the later reprints by Bouasse-Lebel and Le Garrec. Signed on...
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Modern 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Plate Glass
"Diane Chasseresse, " Original Color Lithograph signed by Gaston De Latenay
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Diane Chasseresse" is an original color lithograph signed by the artist Gaston de Latenay. It is edition 36/100, which is written in the lower right...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cowdray Castle (with Geese)
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof on vergé crème, signed by the artist in pencil.
Full margins. Ex-coll. H.H. Benedict (Lugt 1298).
Ref. Cat. Harrington 221; Schneiderman 208.
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Modern 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
The Road, - Winter.
By Otto Knirsch
Located in New York, NY
Published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St. New York. Drawn on the stone by O. Knirsch. Lithograph hand-colored, 1853. This print was produced by Nathaniel Currier's staff as a Christ...
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American Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Water Mill
Located in Storrs, CT
Water Mill (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851). 1885. Mezzotint. Hardie 3.ii. With the publication line. 7 x 10 1/8 (sheet 12 1/4 x 16 5/8...
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19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Le Bateau a Conflans/Le Paysagiste au Bateau
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Bateau a Conflans/Le Paysagiste au Bateau" or "The Boat at Conflans/Landscape with Boat" is an original etching by Charles Francois Daubigny...
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Barbizon School 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
1804 St George's Chapel Windsor Castle print
Located in London, GB
From a series of large and impressive prints of St George's Chapel, the location for the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle; to see some other...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Laguna Veneta.
Located in Storrs, CT
Laguna Veneta. 1880. Etching. 5 x 7 1/4 (sheet 8 3/4 x 11 1/4). Venetian series, #22. A rich impression printed on chine collé mounted on white wove paper.
Printing fold in the right-hand margin, well outside the image. Signed 'Otto' and dated 'August 23 80' in the plate; "Otto H. Bacher" in pencil. A similar impression is in the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, New Hampshire.
Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing.
The view is looking towards the Salute. Laguna Veneta is the bathing ground where Whistler practiced diving.
Otto Henry Bacher was a book illustrator and etcher. He joined a colony of American painters established by Frank Duveneck in Polling, Bavaria. In 1880 the 'Duveneck boys', a group that also included John White Alexander...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
"The Fisherman's Catch, " an Etching signed by James Fagan
By James Fagan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Fisherman's Catch" is a signed (in pencil lower right and in plate lower left) etching by James Fagan. It depicts a fisherman walking on a beach in black and white. It is signed...
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American Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
1804 St George's Chapel Windsor Castle print
Located in London, GB
From a series of large and impressive prints of St George's Chapel, the location for the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle; to see some others, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller."
Frederick Nash (1782-1856) Drawn and etched
Engraved by F C Lewis
North East View of St George's Chapel, Windsor
To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Norwich and Dean of Windsor
London Published by F Nash, No 6 Asylum Buildings, Westminster Road July 12 1804
55x40cm
Frederick Nash was born in Lambeth. Initially studying architectural drawing under Thomas Malton he subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts. From 1801 to 1809 he worked with the antiquarians John Britton...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Aquatint, Etching
Landscape with Horses.
Located in Storrs, CT
Kennedy catalog 36 state ii; Glasgow 45 state ii. Image: 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 6 7/8 x 9 5/8).The Glasgow catalog records 32 known impressions. A scarce early etching -- there was no ...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Kensington Gardens (The Small Plate)
Located in New York, NY
Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), Kensington Gardens (The Small Plate), drypoint, 1859, signed in pencil lower right. References: Harrington 12...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Drypoint
Le Pont (The Bridge)
Located in Boston, MA
Bouvet 66. Trial proof showing variation in the foreground, most noticeably the presence of a dog. From the series "Some Scenes of Parisian Life" published by Vollard. With collector...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
"Old Barns, " an Etching signed by Stephen Parrish
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Old Barns" is an original etching signed by the artist Stephen Parrish. This etching depicts two barns in a rocky forest-edge landscape. The scene suggests nature's gentle and slow ...
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19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
Three-tree Farm
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof printed in brown on verge paper, signed by the artist in pencil. Some minor folds on top and bottom of sheet; fold of edition on center of sheet.
Full margins. Ex-col...
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Modern 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
THE VICTORIA CLOCK TOWER, LONDON
Located in Portland, ME
Buhot, Felix. THE VICTORIA CLOCK TOWER, LONDON. BG 184. Lithograph, 1892. 9 x 6 3/8 inches; 230 x 163 mm., image; sheet 15 x 11 inches; 381 x 279 mm. Signed in the stone "Felix Buhot...
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19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Westminster Abbey - the complete album of 13 etchings
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
John Sloan ((1871-1951), Westminster Abbey, c. 1891, the complete set of13 etchings, ribbon bound with ahand-painted gilt cover [many of the etchings...
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American Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
Cowdray Castle (with cows)
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof on verge, with note “Pl.194” and signed by the artist in pencil.
Full margins. Ex-coll. H.H. Benedict (Lugt 1298), with dry stamp not identified.
Ref. Cat. Harrington...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Novembre
Located in Roma, IT
Signed the plate with the artist's monogram “TS”lower left. Inscription “C. Lovera imp” lower right. Very rare print from “L'Art in Italia”, 1871.Original Prints.
Image Dimensions : ...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
Avanzi di un Gran Salone nel piano terra della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli
Located in Roma, IT
Like G.B.Piranesi, Rossini, well know as the “Piranesi’s heir”, trained as an architect and his etchings have the same tendency to emphasize the massive structure of the Ancient Rome...
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Old Masters 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Laburnums and Battersea.
Located in Storrs, CT
Laburnums and Battersea. 1889-90. Etching and drypoint. Hausberg 34.iii/v. 13 1/2 x 8 5/8 (image and sheet). Only one other known impression in this state (total of about 62 known im...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
The Mill, Amsterdam, 1889
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), The Mill, 1889, etching and drypoint, signed in pencil with the butterfly on the tab and inscribed “imp”, and inscribed “first state” (twice) and annotated “Wunderlich” and signed again with the butterfly verso. Reference: Kennedy 413, first state (of 5). Glasgow 457, second state (of 6; see discussion below) (cf. Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2011)
On laid paper, in very good condition, trimmed just outside of the platemark all around except for the tab by the artist, 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches.
A very fine impression of this great rarity, printed in black/brown ink with a slight veil of plate tone.
provenance:
H. Wunderlich & Co., New York
Louis B. Dailey, New York (Lugt 4500)
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, October 31, 2003, lot 69
literature;
Neue Lagerliste 122: James McNeill Whistler – Etchings...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
The Steam Launch, Chelsea Embankment.
Located in Storrs, CT
1888-89. Etching. Hausberg 18. 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 (image and sheet). Edition about 30. Agnew's label verso. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on off-white paper. A rich impressio...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
Mill Near the Grand Chartreuse, Dauphiny
Located in Storrs, CT
Mill Near the Grand Chartreuse -- Dauphiny (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) 1886. Mezzotint. Hardie 9.ii. Image 7 3/8 x 10; plate 9 x 11 7/8; sheet 12 5/8 x 17 ...
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Modern 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Paris : Saint Paul and Saint Louis Church - Original stone lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Philippe BENOIST
Paris : Saint Paul and Saint Louis Church - 1861
Original two tones stone lithographs
Printed name of the artist bottom right
On vellum 33.5 x 49 cm (c. 13 x 20 inc...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Cabin
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof on vélin fort, with stamp “Lugt 1048”.
Full margins.
Ref. Cat. Harrington 170; Schneiderman 163.
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Modern 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Paris : Les Invalides under the Snow - Original stone lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Philippe BENOIST
Paris : Les Invalides Under the Snow - 1861
Original two tones stone lithographs
Printed name of the artist bottom right
On vellum 33.5...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
Paris : The Column with an Angel on Bastille Square - Original stone lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Philippe BENOIST
Paris : The Column with an Angel on Bastille Square - 1861
Original two tones stone lithographs
Printed name of the artist bottom right
On vellum 33.5 x 49 cm (c. 1...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Paris : Stock Market Place - Original stone lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Philippe BENOIST
Paris : Stock Market Place - 1861
Original two tones stone lithographs
Printed name of the artist bottom right
On vellum 33.5 x 49 cm (c...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Petit Pont
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate with the Monogram of the artist “CM”. Original Prints.
State III/III
Passepartout included : 60 x 40 cm
Image Dimensions : 24.5 x 18.5 cm
This artwork is shipped fro...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
The Venetian Mast
Located in Storrs, CT
The Venetian Mast. 1879-80. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy catalog 195 state .vi; Glasgow catalog 219 state x/xii. 13 3/8 x 6 3/8. Glasgow records 53 impressions. A fine, atmospheric...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
Bridge, Amsterdam
Located in New York, NY
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Bridge, Amsterdam, etching, 1889, printed in brown ink on thin laid paper, signed with the butterfly on the tab and annotated “imp”, also signed with the butterfly on the verso and numbered 11. References: Kennedy 409, Glasgow 447, fifth state (of 5). In very good condition (slight nicks at edges), trimmed by the artist on the plate mark apart from the tab, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.
Provenance:
Vivian and Meyer P. Potamkin, Philadelphia;
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 11, 1989, lot 302
Samuel Josefowitz, Pully, Switzerland
A very fine, shimmering impression of this great rarity.
This impression is included in the Glasgow inventory, ID number K4090301; only about 11 lifetime impressions in all states are known (three were also printed posthumously by Nathaniel Sparks...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
"Iron Steam Ship Great Britain, " an Original Lithograph by Nathaniel Currier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Iron Steam Ship Great Britain" is an original hand-colored lithographed published by Currier & Ives. It depicts a large British steam ship on the water. The caption below says "3500 Tons. Engine 1000 Horse power. Weight of Iron used in the Ship and Engine is 1500 Tons. THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. Length from Figurehead to Tafrail 322 Fe3et. Main breadth 50' 6" ... Depth 32' 6" Lieut. Jaf. Hosken R.N. Commander."
8" x 12 3/4" art
17 1/8" x 21 1/2" frame
Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone...
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19th Century Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
The Traghetto
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), The Traghetto, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, signed with the butterfly on the tab and inscribed “imp”. Reference: Kennedy 19...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching, Drypoint
Modern Art
Located in New York, NY
Dow, Arthur Wesley. Modern Art, 1896. Color lithograph. Plate from Maitre de L’affiches.
Arthur Wesley Dow, ( American painter, printmaker, photographer, and educator known for hi...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
Haystacks near Palaiseau - Original handsigned lithograph - 100 copies
Located in Paris, FR
Armand GUILLAUMIN
Haystacks near Palaiseau (Les Meules en hiver à Palaiseau), c. 1898
Original lithograph
Handsigned in ink bottom left
Limited to 100 copies ; this one bears ...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
L’île Lacroix, à Rouen
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), L’île Lacroix, à Rouen, etching, aquatint, maniere grise, drypoint, burnishing, c. 1887. Signed and numbered (No. 1) in pencil lower left, annotated 1...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Aquatint, Etching, Drypoint
Schuylkill River
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
John Sloan etching Schuylkill River, 1894, signed, titled, annotated “100 proofs” [only 25 were printed], also signed by the printer “Peter Platt im...
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American Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
La Tour de L’Horloge (The Clock Tower, Paris)
Located in New York, NY
Charles Meryon (1821-1868), La Tour de L’Horloge (The Clock Tower, Paris), 1852, etching with engraving. Reference: Schneiderman 23, Delteil 28. Third state (of 10). On very thin Jap...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Engraving
Westminster Palace
Located in New York, NY
Felix Buhot (1847-1898), Westminster Palace, etching, drypoint, roulette, 1884, signed in pencil and extensively annotated. Bourcard/Goodfriend 155, Bourca...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching, Drypoint
Scene in the Campagna
Located in Storrs, CT
Scene in the Campagna, also known as Woman at a Tank and Hindu Ablutions. (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) 1886. Hardie 4.ii. Mezzotint. 8 1/2 x 11 3/8 (sheet 1...
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19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Limehouse
Located in New York, NY
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...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching
"San Salvador: Station d'Hiver des Arthritiques" Original Color Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"San Salvador (Mediterranean)" is an original color lithograph poster by Ernest Louis Lessieux. It depicts a woman and her son on the picturesque coast of...
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19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
LE PONT AU CHANGE
Located in Portland, ME
Meryon, Charles. LE PONT AU CHANGE. S.40(v), DW.34. Etching with drypoint, 1854. Fifth State of twelve, with the inscriptions in cursive, "C. Meryon del. sculp. mdcccliiii," lower l...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Prints
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Etching, Drypoint
Gabled Roofs
Located in New York, NY
James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Gabled Roofs, lithograph, 1893. Reference: Chicago (Spink et al) 64, only state. From the lifetime edition of 12 (there was also a posthumou...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Pont de Pierre, a Rouen
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Le Pont de Pierre, a Rouen, etching and drypoint, 1887. Reference: Delteil 66, second state (of 2). Signed lower right in pencil, annotated lower left ...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
The Mouth of the Thames – Isle of Sheppey in distance
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Mezzotint after J.M.W. Turner, Signed in pencil. Ref: Hardie 58.
This seascape is one of Frank Short’s finest mezzotint works after J.M.W. Turner. T...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
The Bridge, Santa Maria
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), The Bridge, Santa Marta, 1879-80, etching with drypoint, printed in sepia on fine laid paper. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed imp on the tab (also with an exceedingly light butterfly lower right in the plate). Kennedy 204, probably eighth (final) state; Glasgow 201, probably state 9 (of 9) (cf. Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2011), Lochnan 199. Trimmed to the platemark by the artist, h: 11.8 x w: 7.9 in / h: 30 x w: 20.1 cm.
A fine impression, printed with subtle tone.
The bridge theme occurs repeatedly in Whistler’s vistas. It is also the main focus of more than one of the Venetian prints. While some bridges are seen from below, from where one would see it if approaching in a gondola (for example Ponte del Piovan, Kennedy 209), The Bridge depicts the scene from a high perspective, opening up the view into the far distance. The small boat approaching the arch in the foreground is again, as in the earlier Thames prints, a stock motif that is probably ultimately derived from the Japanese woodcuts of Hokusai and Hiroshige. The bridge here is the Ponte de le Terese over the Rio de l’Arzere in the Santa Marta quarter.
The early biography of Whistler by Elizabeth and Joseph Pennell is essential for its “immense quantity of information” but also notorious for “the inherent hyperbole and misinformation” (Eric Denker, Annotated Bibliography, in Fine, p. 184). Still, it is worth quoting from the Pennels’ appraisal of The Bridge: “Simplicity of expression has never been carried further. Probably the finest plate, in its simplicity and directness, is The Bridge. Whistler now obtained the quality of richness by suggesting detail, and also by printing. In The Traghetto...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
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