Academic Prints and Multiples
ACADEMIC STYLE
During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture.
The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds.
Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.
Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.
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Style: Academic
Asterias (Starfish)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londinensis
after Reinhold and Edwards
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
At its best, the zoological art of ...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Buttercups
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
1880s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Anemones
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Astronomie des Dames
Located in Florham Park, NJ
J. J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47).
aka Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
Les Etoiles.
Text by Joseph Mery (1798-1865).
Engraved by Geoffroy.
Paris, 1849.
Steel engravings with original hand...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Iris
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Romisches Marmor
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Lithographs with Later Hand-Color.
Berlin, 1870.
13” x 19” Unframed.
A fine German work, the illustrations a...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Cyclamen (White)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Abraham Munting (1626 – 1683)
Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen
Leiden and Ultrech, Germany, 1696
Publishers: Pieter vander Aa and Francois Halma
Folio, 15 ¼ “ x 10 ¼ “
...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Oxcart with 5 Men and 1 Ox
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Yosha Zuko Fuzu
Meiji 33 (1900)
Woodblock with Original Hand-Coloring
Writer: Kosugi Onson, Imaizumi Teisuke
Publisher: Yoshikawa Hanshichi
The Japanese litters and palanquins...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Watercolor
Golden Eye Duck
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ALEXANDER POPE (1849-1924)
Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States
20 Chromolithographs, 14” x 20” Unframed
Scribner’s Sons, New York
1877-78
Alexander Pope wa...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Orchid
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
One Hundred Flowering Plants.
Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.)
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11.unframed.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowering Plants” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers and plants in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Heraldry Crest : Clifford
By Sir William Segar
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Baronagium Genealogicum:
or the Pedigrees of the English Peers.
Sir William Seagar (c1554-1633).
Re-issued by Joseph Edmonson.
London, 1764.
Engraving with later hand-color.
...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Caryophyllus Major (Carnations)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This image would pair well with Besler's "Caryophyssus Flore" which is also listed.
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50....
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Pl...
Chrysanthemum (Copper #5)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
100 Chrysanthemums
Keika Hasegawa
Kyoto, Japan
Meji Era (ca. 1895)
Japanese Woodblock
Printed in Color with some
Touching by Hand
Paper Size:
8.25” x 12.25”
8.25” x 24.5”
...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Watercolor
Construction #2
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FUGAKU HYAKKEI
(Views of Mt. Fuji)
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Woodblock Print
1834-5 Edo period
It signifies the long history and the aspirations of the race; it is a tok...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Saint Bernard
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1940s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
L'Etoile du Berger
Located in Florham Park, NJ
J. J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47).
aka Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
Les Etoiles.
Text by Joseph Mery (1798-1865).
Engraved by Geoffroy.
Paris, 1849.
Steel engravings with original hand...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tudor Rose
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Lithographs with Later Hand-Color.
Berlin, 1870.
13” x 19” Unframed.
A fine German work, the illustrations a...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Acanthus Kelch
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
W. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Lithographs with Later Hand-Color.
Berlin, 1870.
13” x 19” Unframed.
A fine German work, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate.
Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Screen. Asortment of Animals.
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHNSON’S HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF NATURE
Craig Hugh, Editor
Henry J. Johnson, Publisher
New York, 1880
64 Chromolithographs
7” x 10” Unframed
“…full ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pseudo Narcissus (Daffodil, Buttercups)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Plate 15. Watermelon on the Vine with Arcahia Moth.
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium…
(Insects of Surinam)
Amsterdam, 1705
Hand-colored engravings.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, then a free i...
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Salmon
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tete de Veau Naturel
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Vanda Sanderiana (Whaling-Whaling Orchid)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones are quite impressive with dramatic backgrounds and ...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Squash
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650)
Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Frankfurt, 1646.
Engraving with Later Hand-Color.
Matthew Merian was one of the most prolifica...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Paeonia polyanthos flore rubro. Peony
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 pla...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Chrysanthemum (Copper #3)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
100 Chrysanthemums
Keika Hasegawa
Kyoto, Japan
Meji Era (ca. 1895)
Japanese Woodblock
Printed in Color with some
Touching by Hand
Paper Size:
Search listings for companion pieces.
Keika Hasegawa was active from 1893-1905. His most famous work is 100 Chrysanthemums, a glorious celebration of Japan’s most famous flower. As the Imperial Seal...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Watercolor
The Shire Stallion
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of the Horse
Samuel Sidney (1813 – 1883)
London, 1873
Cassell Petter & Galpin
Chromolithography
Man’s fascination with the horse has spanned many centuries. Admire...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Supreme de Volaille -- Cotelettes d' Agneau
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Aylesbury Ducks
By J.W. Ludlow
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of Poultry
J. W. Ludlow, artist
Lewis Wright (1838-1905), editor
Cassell, Petter & Galpin
London, Paris, New York, 1880
Vincent Brooks Day & Son
Chromolithography
...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Canis (Wolf & Hyena)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londonensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early n...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Doberman Pinscher
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1940s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Jeux de fillettes a Laghouat - Original litograph (1897/98)
Located in Paris, FR
E. Dinet
Jeux de fillettes a Laghouat
Original litograph
Platesigned
1897/98
Printed on paper Vélin
Size 31 x 40 cm (c. 12 x 16")
INFORMATION : Published by 'Estampe Moderne, Par...
Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
La Mauvais Etoile
Located in Florham Park, NJ
J. J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47).
aka Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
Les Etoiles.
Text by Joseph Mery (1798-1865).
Engraved by Geoffroy.
Paris, 1849.
Steel engravings with original hand...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Blossom. Sampson. Buff Cochin Hen & Cock. (Chickens)
By J.W. Ludlow
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of Poultry
J. W. Ludlow, artist
Lewis Wright (1838-1905), editor
Cassell Petter & Galpin
London, Paris, New York, 1880
Vincent Brooks Day & Son
Chromolithography...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Salade de Homards -- Mayonaisse de Fillets de Sole
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Cyclamen (Purple)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Abraham Munting (1626 – 1683)
Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen
Leiden and Ultrech, Germany, 1696
Publishers: Pieter vander Aa and Francois Halma
Folio, 15 ¼ “ x 10 ¼ “
...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Initial Letters "Q" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Collie
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Great Auk
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
Birds of America
Amsterdam Edition.
Johnson Reprint Company, New York.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Netherlands
G. Schut & Zonen watermark.
1971-73
Edition of ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Harris's Buzzard
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
BIRDS OF AMERICA
from Drawings Made in the United States
and Their Territories.
Lithographed, colored, and printed by J. T. Bowen. Philadelphia.
Published b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
CCXLIV. Red Lily
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHANN THEODOR DE BRY (1561-1623)
Florilegium Novum.
Oppenhiem, 1611.
Hand-coloured engravings.
Inspired by Vallet, Besler and Van de Pass, DeBry's Florilegium Novum remains o...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Plate IX. Palissade. (Butterfly)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium…
(Insects of Surinam)
Amsterdam, 1705
Hand-colored engravings.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, then a free i...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Polish Chickens: White-Crested Black. Golden-Spangled. Silver Spangled.
By J.W. Ludlow
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of Poultry
J. W. Ludlow, artist
Lewis Wright (1838-1905), editor
Cassell, Petter & Galpin
London, Paris, New York, 1880
Vincent Brooks Day & Son
Chromolithography
10....
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Amygdalus. (Almond)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1707-1758)
A Curious Herbal containing Five Hundred Cuts,
of the most useful Plants,
which are now used in the practice of Physick.
London, 1739.
Copper en...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Piper Indicum. Spanish Pepper.
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1707-1758)
A Curious Herbal containing Five Hundred Cuts,
of the most useful Plants,
which are now used in the practice of Physick.
London, 1739.
Copper en...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Crocus
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The China Limodoron (Orchid)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 1798-1810.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Engraved by Ward, Caldwall, Earlom, et. al.
A...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Mezzotint, Aquatint
Casserole de Puree de Giber
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Oreo Trochilus Leucopleurus (Hummingbird)
By John Gould
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN GOULD
A Monograph of the Trochilidae,
or Family of Humming-birds.
Drawn and lithographed by John Gould,
Elizabeth Gould, H.C. Ritcher, and W. Hart.
Richard Bowler Sharp supplement 1880-87.
Published by John Gould.
Printed by Hullmandel and Watson.
London, 1849-61.
Lithographs with original hand-color.
Excepting the supplement, most with gold leaf illumination.
418 plates.
John Gould was the most prolific ornithologist and recorder of birds in England during the 19th century. Born a gardener's son, he was raised on the royal estate at Windsor. He became a gardener at Ripley Castle, where he learned the art of taxidermy, a skill so useful in his future career. In 1827, N.A. Vigors required a taxidermist for the newly formed Zoological Society of London; the job came to Gould who moved to London and married Elizabeth Coxen. She was to become a skilled collaborator, both as draughtsman and as supervisor in the lithographic shop. It was Elizabeth who was responsible for transferring the drawings made by Gould, from the specimens sent to him from all over the world, onto lithographic stone.
Unable to find a publisher, Gould resolved to publish his works himself. Illustrating over 3000 species of birds and animals and producing over forty folio volumes, Gould's works became great financial successes. He realized a considerable fortune.
The most well known prints are from his outstanding monograph on hummingbirds. They are unequaled in the history of ornithology. The brilliant coloring is highlighted with gold and a transparent luster creating metallic hues, a technique which has never been successfully reproduced. The birds appear in charming groups of twos and threes surrounded by realistic foliage. Each bird is drawn to scale and is anatomically correct to the smallest detail.
References: John Gould’s Hummingbirds...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Holly
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN. (1683-1741)
Phytanthoza Iconographia….
Published by Raisbonae.
Regensburg, 1735-47.
Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret.
Hand...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Initial Letters "T" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Queen Flower (Bird of Paradise)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 1798-1810.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Engraved by Ward, Caldwall, Earlom, et. al.
A...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Initial Letters "V" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pears LXXXII
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with Brookshaw's "Peaches XXVI" which is also listed.
GEORGE BROOKSHAW (1751 – 1823).
Pomona Britannica of a Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits….
En...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Plexiglass, Watercolor
Chrysanthemums
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flower-de-luce. (Iris)
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with Crane's "Pansies" which is also listed.
FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE’S GARDEN:
A Posy from the Plays
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Lithography
London, 1909
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Plexiglass
Caput Phaenicopteri & Keratophyton (Flamingo Head with Coral)
By Mark Catesby
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MARK CATESBY. (1682(83)-1749).
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.
Drawn by Mark Catesby and G.D. Ehret.
Etched by MarkCatesby.
Original Hand-Colorin...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Academic prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
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