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Period: 18th Century
Flowering Cactus Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann from "Phytanthosa Iconographia." Ratisbon, 1737-1745.
This plate: Cereus Minimus Serpens Americanus. [Cactus].
Mezzotint engraving print...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
Dominus Nicolaus Vander Borcht /// Anthony van Dyck Full Length Portrait Flemish
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Anthony van Dyck (Dutch, 1599-1641)
Title: "Dominus Nicolaus Vander Borcht"
Year: 1703 (first or second state of three)
Medium: Original Engraving on laid paper
Limi...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving
Ancient Roman Painting - Original Etching by N. Billy, N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman painting - The offering scene with the angel from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realize...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Beetle Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Seba, Albertus.
Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam.
Amsterdam, Wetsten, Smith, Jans...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Drawing, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditio...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Vaso antico di marmo, che si conosceva nella Galleria del Palazzo
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, representing an “antique marble vase in the gallery of the palazzo Barberini” as he r...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th-century celestial - Camelopardal & Auriga
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Camelopardal & Auriga
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by John Mynde, from the s...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving
Veduta in Prospettiva d'un Antico Vaso Cinerario di Marmo
Located in Roma, IT
The same urn, in perspective
Beautiful artist proof, printed on antique laid paper, large margins, showing a precious urn. Etching with good contrasts and sharp details, signed on pl...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Set of Three Engravings from Curtis's "Flora Londinensis" /// Botanical Flowers
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799)
Titles: "Epilobium Tetragonum (Square Stalked Willow Herb)" (Vol. 2, Plate 131), "Stellaria Holostea (The Greater Stitchwort)" Vol. 2, Pla...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Lincolnshire Sheep /// Osbaldiston The British Sportsman Farm Animal Herd Lamb
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Augustus Osbaldiston (English, Active: Late 18th Century)
Title: "Lincolnshire Sheep" (Plate 9)
Portfolio: The British Sportsman, or, Nobleman, Gentleman, and Farmer'...
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English School 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Presso Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma
Located in Paonia, CO
Presse Ludovico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and engraved ...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Map of Americas
Located in Houston, TX
Over 200 year old engraved map of Americas by Robert de Vaugondy from 1783. Original hand color. Shows North, Central and South Americas. Note the po...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
18th Century Map Engraving - Mechlin, or Malines
Located in Corsham, GB
A map of Mechelen, known as Malines in French and Mechlin in English, a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. A birds-eye view plan of th...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
$269 Sale Price
20% Off
Jan Uytenbogaert (1606-84; The Goldweigher), Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Jan Uytenbogaert (1606-84; The Goldweigher), Year: Of Original 1639, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 9.5 x 8 inches, Si...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
37. Branching larkspur, Peaseblossom moth
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Pigment
14. Sponge crab, Calappid, Lophozozymus octodentatus
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Pigment
Kameya - Tea House
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Kameya - Tea House Lithography by Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Print in Good Condition
Measures 12.5 in x 19 in
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
18th-century celestial - Hydra Crater Corvus Sextans Virgo
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Hydra Crater Corvus Sextans Virgo
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star a...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving
Meridies; Der Mittag (Noon; The Midday) /// Johann Daniel Preissler Old Master
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666-1737)
Title: "Meridies; Der Mittag (Noon; The Midday)"
Portfolio: Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)
Year: 1723
Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: likely Johann Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, Germany
Publisher: Jeremias Wolff (Erben), Augsburg, Germany
Reference: Le Blanc No. 255, 38; Nagler No. 23
Sheet size: 22.5" x 16.32"
Image size: 18.13" x 14.32"
Condition: Soft handling creases and folds to sheet. A few light areas of staining and scattered small areas of discoloration in margins. Two small tears skillfully repaired from verso in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with full margins
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Engraved by German artist Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750) after a drawing by German artist Johann Daniel Preissler (1666-1737). Comes from Preissler's 1723 "Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)" portfolio of four etchings and engravings. Printed from one copper plate in one color: black. Descriptions of the portrayed image are printed in Latin and German.
Biography:
Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666–1737) was a German painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts. He was a notable member of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700–1754), Barbara Helena Preisler (1707–1758; married to Oeding), Johan Martin Preisler (1715–1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), all in their time renowned artists. Most notable for his portraits, nudes and history paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler also produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known beyond his native Nuremberg for his "Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic", a sequence of works on art theory – the individual works were translated into several other languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
The Column of Marcus Aurelius
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine impression with the address of the artist (Autore, Strada Felice) and the price (Paoli 2 1/2) as well as Hind Watermark no.3 (Fleur-de-lys-in-a-Double-Circle), all correspondi...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th-century celestial - Cetus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Cetus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that ti...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving
Folly Bridge and Friar Bacon's Study, Oxford engraving from the Oxford Almanack
Located in London, GB
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
18th Century Hand Colored Engravings of Herculaneum Frescos by Nicola Fiorillo
Located in Rochester, NY
Set ancient Roman frescos from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", an original etching on paper by Nicola Fiorillo in the 18th Century. Three hand colored copper engravings of classical roman. Each print is matted in a custom made silk mat that matches the clothing. Engraving with two figures measures 21.25" x 18.25". The other two prints measure 20.5" x 16.5". Size includes mat.
# greek Pompeii Grand tour
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Boxthorn Japanese, Lyciym japonicum Plate 361
Located in Columbia, MO
Boxthorn Japanese, Lyciym japonicum Plate 361
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Oxford Almanack 1744, engraving by Joseph Skelton after G Vertue
Located in London, GB
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
18th-century celestial - Andromeda Perseus Triangulum
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Andromeda Perseus Triangulum
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving
Presse Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.8
Located in Paonia, CO
Presse Ludivico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No. 8 is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and eng...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Corvus, Cornix (Hooded Crow) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Engraving Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786)
Title: "Corvus, Cornix (Hooded Crow)" (Plate 106)
Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds)
Year: 1770-1829
Medium: Original Hand-Co...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
27. Metallic beetle, Lunar-headed dung-beetle, Capricorn beetle, Harlequin beet
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Pigment
The Aurelian, A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies Plate XLII
By Moses Harris
Located in Paonia, CO
Moses Harris ( British 1731-1785 )
The Aurelian, A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies
Plate XLII 1778 edition
hand colored edition
17.88 x 11.00
good condition
Pla...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Four Groups of Nine Grotesque Masks
By Alò Giovannoli
Located in London, GB
4 Groups of 9 plates of Grotesque Masks.
[Published: Venanzio Monaldini, Rome, 1781].
Rare and strong impressions of etchings of grotesque masks, after...
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Gothic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching, Engraving
Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame. So...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
Death Appearing to a Married Couple from an open Grave by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Death Appearing to a Married Couple from an open Grave, Year: Of Original 1639, Medium: Etching, Size: 10.5 in. x 8....
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Presse Ludovico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incentro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.42
Located in Paonia, CO
Presse Ludovico Mirri Mercante d’Quadri incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma No.42 is from a series of original engravings published by Lodovico Mirri in the late 18th century and engr...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
A wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Joha...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
A Sledge of Kamtschatka – An image of a relic from Captain Cook's third voyage
By John Webber
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Scatcherd & Whitaker, 1784.
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 7 1/2 x 10 (190 x 255); sheet 16 1/4 x 22 (414 x 560 mm), full margins. In good cond...
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English School 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Etching, Watercolor
40. Fennel flower, Iron Prominent
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Pigment
Johann Weinmann : Mezzotint engraving in a decalcomania frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
A wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Joha...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Milk-vetch Montpelier, Astragalus monspessulanus Plate 375
Located in Columbia, MO
Milk-vetch Montpelier, Astragalus monspessulanus Plate 375
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
"Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1737-1745.
A wonderful selection of yellow and blue flowers: hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", presented in hand-m...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Map of Oxfordshire coloured 18th century engraving by Thomas Kitchin
Located in London, GB
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Craggula Tree, Crassula cotyledon Plate 384
Located in Columbia, MO
Craggula Tree, Crassula cotyledon Plate 384
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, after Joseph Parrocel - 1755 Engraving, The Battle
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic 18th century engraving showing a brutal and bloody battle scene. The engraving is by Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, after Joseph Parrocel. There is an inscription at the low...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
------- Pyramidal, ------- Pyramidalis Plate 366
Located in Columbia, MO
—–---Pyramidal, -------Pyramidalis Plate 366
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Southwark Cathedral engraving c. 1753 for Stow's Survey of London
Located in London, GB
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
King Richard II /// Old Masters British Royal Family Portrait Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: George Virtue (English, 1684-1756)
Title: "King Richard II"
Portfolio: The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History
*Issued unsigned, though signed by Virtue in the plate (printed signature) lower right
Year: 1736
Medium: Original Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown, London? UK
Publisher: James, John, and Paul Knapton, London, UK
Reference: Brunet No. IV.1115; Bryan V. No. 294
Framing: Recently framed in a gold ornate moulding with 100% cotton rag matting
Framed size: 23.63" x 19.69"
Image size: 11.25" x 7.25"
Condition: In excellent condition
Notes:
Comes from Virtue's 1736 "The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History" portfolio of approximately 63 engravings.
Richard II (1367-1400), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard's father, Edward, Prince of Wales, died in 1376, leaving Richard as heir apparent to his grandfather, King Edward III...
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Baroque 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
18th Century Native Floridians Etching
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 18th century etching of native Floridians probably used for a book. Very good condition for its age. Etching measures 7 1/2 inches high by 5 3/4 inches wide. The beautiful custom...
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
18th-century celestial - Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Gouache
University Church of St Mary, Oxford by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, University of Oxford
Engraving
12 x 16 cm
An eighteenth-century view of the University Church, engraved by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan, the noted engraver, draughtsman, and painter. St Mary's was the first building of the University of Oxford and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings. Its eccentric Baroque porch, designed by Nicholas Stone, faces the High Street, and it boasts a spire which is claimed by some church historians to be one of the most beautiful in England. Radcliffe Square lies to the north and to the east is Catte Street. The 13th-century tower is open to the public and provides magnificent views across the heart of the historic university city, especially Radcliffe Square, the Radcliffe Camera...
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Eridanus Orion Lepus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas publish...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Johann Weinmann : Mezzotint engraving in a decalcomania frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Aurora sive Tempus Matutinum; Der Wohl und Übel angewandte Morgen /// Old Master
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666-1737)
Title: "Aurora sive Tempus Matutinum; Der Wohl und Übel angewandte Morgen (Dawn or Morning Time; The Morning Used for Better or For Worse)"
Portfolio: Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)
Year: 1723
Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: likely Johann Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, Germany
Publisher: Jeremias Wolff (Erben), Augsburg, Germany
Reference: Le Blanc No. 255, 38; Nagler No. 23
Sheet size: 22.57" x 16.38"
Image size: 17.75" x 14"
Condition: Soft handling creases, folds, and scattered faint areas of discoloration to sheet. Three tears skillfully repaired from verso. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with full margins
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Engraved by German artist Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750) after a drawing by German artist Johann Daniel Preissler (1666-1737). Comes from Preissler's 1723 "Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)" portfolio of four etchings and engravings. Printed from one copper plate in one color: black. Descriptions of the portrayed image are printed in Latin and German.
Biography:
Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666–1737) was a German painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts. He was a notable member of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700–1754), Barbara Helena Preisler (1707–1758; married to Oeding), Johan Martin Preisler (1715–1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), all in their time renowned artists. Most notable for his portraits, nudes and history paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler also produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known beyond his native Nuremberg for his "Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic", a sequence of works on art theory – the individual works were translated into several other languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
A wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Joha...
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18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Ardea, Stellaris (Eurasian Bittern) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786)
Title: "Ardea, Stellaris (Eurasian Bittern)" (Plate 41)
Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds)
Year: 1770-1829
Medium: Original H...
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Old Masters 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Set of Four Gourds
Located in London, GB
Set of 4 double-page mezzotint engravings, printed in colour and finished by hand.
[Published: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer, Regensburg, 1737].
An attractive collection of fine plates...
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Naturalistic 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
John Boydell 1751 engraving A South Prospect of the City of Oxford
Located in London, GB
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Realist 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Shunga: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Goat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shunga: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Goat
Color woodcut with gauffrage (embossing)
Unsigned (as usual)
Format: Shikishiban
Publisher: Privately produced
Unusually well preserved with the fugitive blue still intact
Image size: 5-1/8 x 5-3/4"
Sheet size: 5 3/8 x 6 1/4"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Japanese name, the surname is Isoda.
Isoda Koryūsai (礒田 湖龍斎, 1735–1790) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer and painter active from 1769 to 1790.
Life and career
Koryūsai was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of the clan and moved to Edo (modern Tokyo) where he settled near Ryōgoku Bridge in the Yagenbori area. He became a print designer there under the art name Haruhiro in 1769, at first making samurai-themed designs. The ukiyo-e print master Harunobu died in 1770, and about that time Koryūsai began making prints in a similar style of life in the pleasure districts.
Koryūsai was a prolific designer of individual prints and print series,[1] most of which appeared between 1769 and 1881.
In 1782, Koryūsai applied for and received the Buddhist honour hokkyō ("Bridge of the Law") from the imperial court and thereafter used the title as part of his signature. His output slowed from this time, though he continued to design prints until his death in 1790.
Works
Koryūsai created a total of 2,500 known designs, or an average of four a week. According to art historian Allen Hockley, "Koryūsai may ... have been the most productive artist of the eighteenth century".
The series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsumoyō, 1776–1781) ran for 140 prints, the longest known ukiyo-e print series of beauties. He designed at least 350 hashira-e pillar prints, numerous kachō-e bird-and-flower prints, a great number of shunga erotic prints, and others. Ninety of his nikuhitsu-ga paintings are known, making him one of the most productive painters of the period.
Legacy
Despite Koryūsai's productivity and popularity—both in his time and amongst later collectors—his work has attracted little scholarship. The first ukiyo-e histories written in the West in the 19th century elevated certain artists as exemplars; Koryūsai's work came to be seen as too indebted to Harunobu, who died in 1770, and inferior to that of Kiyonaga, whose peak period came in the 1880s. An example is Woldemar von Seidlitz's Geschichte des japanischen Farbenholzschnittes ("History of Japanese colour prints", 1897), the most popular of the early ukiyo-e histories, which paints Koryūsai as a successor to Harunobu and a rival of Kiyonaga in the 1770s who slipped into mediocrity and imitation of his rival by the end of the decade.[5] Interest lay mainly in the details of Koryūsai's life—a samurai who received court honours was unusual in the proletarian world of ukiyo-e. In 2021, contemporary woodblock printmaker David Bull...
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