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John Ogilby - 18th Century Etching, Road from Chester to Cardiff

18th Century

An early copper-engraved county map of Merioneth, based on the work of Christopher Saxton (1540-1610), and engraved by William Kip (fl.1598-1610) for William Camden's 'Britannia'. Wi...

A fine engraved chart table showing the lengths of the principal rivers across the world, from the second edition of John Thomson's 'New General Atlas' published in 1830. On paper.

Otto Kuhler (1894-1976), original etching, 1928. Title: “Monsters and Midgets.” From the “Iron Horse in the Making” portfolio. Signed lower right. Image measures 9.38"h x 12.94"w. T...

Spanish painter, engraver, master typographer and editor Louis Jou ( 1882 – 1968 ) became a naturalized French citizen and was known as an artist of the French School . He set up his own publishing house in Paris and gained a reputation as one of the greatest typographers of the 19th century. His original etchings and wood engravings appeared in books authored by Victor Hugo, Andre Gide, Cervantes and many more. Jou’s etchings also appeared in the Gazette des Beaux Arts published in Paris. Beginning in 1859 until it’s final year in 1930 the Gazette became known for it’s role in the revival of etching as a creative process as vital as painting and sculpture. The Gazette regularly commissioned the greatest etchers of the time including such artist’s such as Whistler, Goya, Max Lieberman...