1820s Prints and Multiples

"Testa colossale creduta rappresentare la Spagna" (Kolossal head commonly belived to represent Spain) is a wonderful black and white etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Francesco Cecchini (1790 - 1820 ca), after Agostino Tofanelli (Lucca 1770 - Rome 1834) , as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Agostino Tofanelli delineò/ Francesco Cecchini incise Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II /Tav XX" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio () date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints representing a precious piece of the Borghese collection is in excellent conditions with a usual yellowing of the paper at the edges, some light signs of the time (some little wormholes on the left margin beyond the marginal line of the matrix and a thinning of the paper along the margins) but with fresh impression. Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were found and made available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior...

Arashi Rikan II in an Osaka Kabuki Scene Color woodcut, c. 1827 Signed middle left (see photo) Titled upper left (see photo) Format: oban Publisher: Honsei The actor, in character, d...

Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) Passage du Mont Saint-Bernard Lithograph, 1822 Signed and titled in the stone As published in Arnault "Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon" Conditio...

Costume Parisien -Journal des Dames et des Modes  is a print realized by Louis-Philibert Debucourt in 1824. Etching on paper. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des ...

“Nascita di Telefo, Bassorilievo” (Birth of Telefo, Bas-relief) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Angelo Campanella, after Bernardino Nocchi, as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Angelo Campanella incise Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher margin: “Tom II. /Tav. IX" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. This old master’s original prints shows a beautiful piece of the Borghese's collection, a classical bas-rilief representing the birth of Telefo, a Greek hero and myth. In excellent conditions with some light signs of the time with some sporadic minor stains along the higher margins,this wonderful etching has preserved still today his beauty and his fresh impression. Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior by Agasias (two plates), Greek gods and heroes and Roman famous historical figures; the last two plates represents antique Egyptian deities. There are plates representing ancient bas-reliefs, sarcophagi, of mythological subjects, the Borghese Vase, portrait busts, a vase on an altar, two statues of Amor; and two modern statues, by Bernini (the Apollo and Daphne, and the David). «Très bel ouvrage» writes Brunet, «Grand ouvrage, le seul qui mérite, parmi ceux sur la villa Borgese, de figurer dans le chapitre aux Galeries et Collections» Vinet said, looking at this plate. Angelo Campanella (Rome, 1748 – 1815) Angelo Campanella was an Italian painter and engraver, learned his art under Giovanni Volpato. He engraved the statues of twelve apostles found in the church of St. John Lateran in Rome, and some of the plates for Gavin Hamilton's Schola Itálica including The Presentation in the Temple after Fra Bartolommeo...

The original design for the top half was formally attributed to William Hogarth, according to the Met Museum, and published by John Bowles in 1728. The edition here has a second half...

"The World" Published by Cummings & Hilliard, No. 1, Cornhill, Boston Early 19th century engraved double hemisphere Atlas Map, titled "The World." Hand colored original outlines. Pu...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Nous Avons la Victoire! is an artwork realized by French artist Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804 – 1860) Lithograph print. Signed on plate on the lower right. On the lower center ...

I Moccoletti is a pleasant etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The artwork is unsigned, but it is part of the 20 plates engraved in...

One of several spectacular groupings of engravings fresh from a Bronxville Mansion. Ten Copperplate engravings by Benjamin Maund (British) in the finest gilt frames wonderfully matte...

Map of south America, engraved by Franz Pluth (Czech, 1800-1871), from the book "Neueste Länder - und Völkerkunde, ein geographisches Lesebuch für alle Stände" by Linder, F. L. (Prag...

Briganti assetati is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1820. Etching and Watercolor technique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and some little...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Comic Composites for the Scrap Book Unknown Artist Date: 1829 Engraving Image Size: 8 x 13.75 inches Size: 9.5 x 14.5 in. (24.13 x 36.83 cm) Publisher: W.B Cooke, London

Napoléon à Montereau is an original artwork realized by Hippolyte Bellangé in 1828. Original lithograph on paper. Passepartout included (cm 32.5 x...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

La Corsa dei Cavalli is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes an...

Piazza del Popolo is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes and b...

Epinal Print Napoleonic Funeral Convoy is an original Hand-colored lithograph realized in 1821 by an Anonymous french artist. With the description on the lower. Titled at the top. ...

The Feast (original title: "Il Festino") is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable q...

Map of Germany is an Original Etching realized by an unknown artist of 19th century in 1820. Very good condition on two sheets of white paper joined at...

A scene from the important representation of Tenno Kabuki's Play "Kanjincho", held during the Meiji Era in the House of Minister Kaoru Inoue at the presence of the Emperor Akinori Aki and of the Princess Akira Terada. Attributed to the Ukiyo-e Master Kinichika Toyohara (Oshima Yasohachi), specialised in the representations of Kabuki Scenes on Woodcut blocks...

Map of the World is an Original Etching realized by an unknown artist of 19th century in 1820. Very good condition on two sheets of white paper joine...

Veduta di un Tempio Antico, o Ninfeo, alle sponde del Lago di Castel Gandolfo (...) Image Dimensions: 45.5 x 57.5 cm From the collection “Le antichità de’ contorni di Roma”(..), Rome, 1826 by L. Rossini, an artist's proof with sharp details, representing some an Antique Temple, near the lake in Castel Gandolfo. Signed on plate “Rossini dis. e inc.” lower-left corner, with indication of date and place “Roma, 1826”. In very good conditions with some light marks. Luigi Rossini (1790 – 1857) Like Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Luigi Rossini was an architect and his etchings have the same tendency to emphasize the massive constructions of the Ancient Rome. He became famous thanks to his etchings representing Roman landscapes and antique monuments...

Original engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. Paris, ca. 1820.

Corsa dei Cavalli (Horse Race) is a beautiful etching on copper, printed on laid paper, hand-colored brightly with gouache. The artwork is unsigned, but it is part of the 20 plates ...

A Duel between Frank and Rashleigh is original lithograph on china glued, realized by the artist Richard Parkes Bonington (1802- 1828) Signed...

Théâtre des Variétés is an original Hand-colored etching on paper realized in 1820 ca. and attributed to the french engraver Godefroy Engelmann. With the description on the lower an...

Beggars is an original Modern artwork realized in the first decades of the 19th Century by Dominique Vivant Denon (Chalon-sur-Saône, 1747 - Paris, 1825). ...

Portrait of Count Platoff is an original modern artwork realized in 1823 by Anonymous artist Original black and white lithograph on paper. Unreadib...

Alfieri is an original modern artwork realized by Henri Grevedon in 1826. Original Black and White Lithograph on paper. Signed and dated on the lower margin: C. Motte 1826. Titled on the central margin in capital letters: Alfieri. Fair conditions: some foxings on the surface. Alfieri is an original modern artwork realized by Henri Grevedon in 1826. Original Black and White Lithograph on paper. Signed and dated on the lower margin: C. Motte 1826. Titled on the central margin in capital letters: Alfieri. Quite good conditions: some foxings on the surface. Magnificent lithograph depicting the portrait of the great Italian author and playwright Vittorio Alfieri. The figure is in pose and express a great magniloquence and monumentality. This work has been realized by the French artist and engraver Henri Grévedon (Paris, 1776 - Paris, 1860). Grévedon studied painting in the Parisian workshop of Jean-Baptiste Regnault, professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Henri Grévedon exhibited from 1798 to 1806 and received a second medal in 1790. He was a first class gold medal in 1805 and won the first prize of the torso in 1806. He competed without success for the Prix de Rome in 1805 and 1806. According to Henri Beraldi, he "traveled the world, going to seek success in Russia in 1806 where he became an associate of the Academy of Saint Petersburg. He stayed in Stockholm in 1812, then in London, finally retured to Paris in 1816. Soon he devoted himself completely to lithography, and found there a reputation which would not have come to him with painting". He executed many painted portraits, paintings and miniatures, then he drew directly on the lithographic stone, working in particular for the workshop of Charles Motte during the 1820s. At the Salon of 1824, he won for the second time a gold medal for first class. Among the personalities he represented between 1825 and 1845, there were many actresses and dancers of his time such as the Taglioni, Fanny Elssler...

A. Tofanelli, P. Fontana, “Gran Cratere marmoreo, con baccanale” (Big marble Crater, with Bacchanal). Image Dim: cm 48x33, Dim: cm 59x44; Passepartout Dim: cm 69 x 49. Precious Etching on copper: Hand-Watercolored subject on black ink bottom. Designed by Agostino Tofanelli...

Piazza del Popolo is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes and b...

“Sarcofago rappresentante la Favola d'Atteone” (Sarcophagus representing the Fable of Atteone) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Leonetti, after Agostino Tofanelli (Lucca 1770 - Rome 1834), as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Agostino Tofanelli delineò./ Gio. Batta Leonetti incise. Roma”. Image Dimensions: 33.8 x 47.7 cm This print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on right margin: “Tom II. /Tav. II" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..) date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. The print shows a precious piece of the Borghese's collection, a wonderful antique sarcophagus with a very detailed scene representing the fable of Atteone. In excellent conditions with a usual yellowing of the paper at the edges, this wonderful burin has preserved still today his lifetime impression and a wide gradient of greys and blacks. Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior...

Napoleon Standing Lithograph, 1822 Signed in the stone lower left corner of image (see photo) From: Arnault, A. V. Vie Politique et Militaire de Napoleon (120 plates) Published, Paris, Librairie Historiquem 1822 Printed by C. Motte, Paris Considered to be the major pictorial treatise on Napoleon and his military conquests. Image size: 14 x 9 3/4 inches Sheet size: 23 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches Condition: Very good Horizontal prints...

“Busto di Settimio Severo” (Bust of Settimio Severo) is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Leonetti , after Bernardino Nocchi...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Temple of Mars is offset print artwork on paper, realized by G. Engelmann in 1826, the artwork is signed on the plate and dated. In very good condition. The artwork represents the roman landscape of the temple of Mars, The temple of Mars in the Circus was a temple of ancient Rome dedicated to Mars, located near the Circus Flaminio, in the IX Augustan region. the temple contained a colossal statue of...

Image dimensions: 48.4 x 33.2 cm Busto di Geta (Bust of Geta) is a superb black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the artist Pietro Fontana, after Agostino Tofanelli, as the inscriptions on plate on the lower margin report “Agostino Tofanelli delineò / Pietro Fontana incise Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on the higher margin: “Tom II. / Tav. XXII" and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de' Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..) date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome in 1821. This old master’s original print shows a beautiful piece of the Borghese's collection: a marble bust of Geta in a neoclassical style. Geta (full name Publius Septimius Geta) was the son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, and the brother of Caracalla. He was a Roman co-emperor from 209 to 212 AD, first with his father and then with his brother. His biography is very interesting: he was the younger son of Septimius Severus and his second wife; his face was obliterated because of the damnatio memoriae ordered by his brother Caracalla, who had him assassinated. In excellent conditions, with some light signs of time, some sporadic minor stains along the lower margin, and a usual and imperceptible yellowing of the paper on the margins. This wonderful etching has preserved its charming and fresh impression. Pietro Fontana (Bassano Romano, 1762 – Rome, 1837) The Italian artist and engraver Pietro Fontana was active in Rome and specialized in subjects dealing with the Vatican and the Papacy. He started his career as student of Raffaello Morghen...

The Military Portait - The Appearance of Our Lady- The Classroom is an original Lithograph realized by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet. Signed on the center and numbered (9). Edition by...

Map of France is an Original Etching realized by an unknown artist of 19th century in 1820. Very good condition on two sheets of white paper joined at t...

The Escape from Argyle Castle is original lithograph on paper, realized by the artist Richard Parkes Bonington (1802- 1828) Signed on the pla...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Image dimensions: 18.5 x 15 cm. Couple of Sloths is an original black and white lithograph realized by an anonymous artist in 1828. Dated 1828 and titled Gemeines Faulthier. On t...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Transport yourself back to the roaring 1920s with the vintage allure of the travel poster enticing you to "Visitez Boulogne, le plus grand port de pêche français" ("Visit Boulogne, t...

“Sagrifizio Trionfale” is a beautiful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Francesco Cecchini (1790-1820), after Agostino Tofanelli (Lucca 177...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

"Amore incatenato Statua” (Unchained Eros, Statue) is a wonderful black and white burin and etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Francesco Cecchini (1790-1820), after Bernardino Nocchi (Lucca, 1741 - Rome, 1812) as the inscriptions on plates on lower margins report “Bernardino Nocchi delineò/ Francesco Cecchini incise Roma”. This original print is numbered on plate in Roman numerals on higher right corner “Tom. II.Tav. XXX” and is a plate from the series "Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani già esistenti nella Villa sul Pincio (..)date ora per la prima volta in luce dal cav. Gio. Gherardo De Rossi e da Stefano Piale sotto la guida di Vincenzo Feoli", by Ennio Quirino Visconti, published by Stamperia de Romanis in Rome, 1821. The Borghese Collection is known to be the most important antique statue one, after the Torlonia Collection in Rome. This old master’s original prints representing a precious piece of the Borghese collection, an Eros statue unchained, is in excellent conditions with some minor stains on the margins, some signs of the time and a usual yellowing of the paper along the external margins, do not affect the image. Illustrazioni de'Monumenti scelti Borghesiani This collection in two volumes is a beautifully detailed catalog of classical sculptures collected by Prince Borghese (1730-1800) in his Villa on the Pincio. Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751 - 1818) wrote the texts that accompany the large branches depicting. To these writings, which were found and made available by the son of the illustrious archaeologist, the publishers added only a few illustrations relating to some minor monument of which copper had already been engraved. The engraved title-plate are signed by draughtsmen like Agostino Tofanelli, Stefano Tofanelli, Bernardino Nocchi, Domenico de Angelis or Teodoro Matteini, and by engravers Pietro Fontana Veneto, P. Vitali, Pietro Bettelini, Giovanni Folo Veneto, Giovanni Brunetti da Ravenna, Giovanni Ottaviani, Francesco Cecchini, Gio. Batta. Leonetti, Girolamo Carattoni, Domenico Cunego, Luigi Cunego, Alessandro Mochetti, Luigi Pizzi, Angelo Campanella or Giacomo Bossi. The Volume I shows ancient full-length statues, of the Borghese warrior...

Entire Title : Veduta degl’Avanzi del Maestoso Ingresso della Villa d’Adriano tre miglia da Tivoli Like G.B.Piranesi, Rossini, well know as the “Piranesi’s heir”, trained as an arch...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...