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
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
Les Nebuleuses
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
#65. Aloe Ferox
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN.
Phytanthoza Iconographia….
Published by Raisbonae.
Regensburg, 1735-47.
Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret.
Hand-colored mezzotin...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
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, Archival Tape, Gesso, Plexiglass, Rag Paper
Pl. IX Manege (Horsemanship)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Denis Diderot (1713-1784
Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1713-1783)
Recueil de Planches, Sur les Sciences,
les Arts Liberaux, et les Arts Mechaniques,
avec Leur Explication.
Francois...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Tempio di Romolo, e Remo
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ROMA
A. Aquaroni.
Engraving. Modern Hand-Color.
Rome, 1750.
Ever wonder what pre-dated the postcard? By the mid-eighteenth century, travel and exploration had become a we...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Thye Countess Montijo
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of the Horse
Samuel Sidney
London, 1873
Cassell Petter & Galpin
Chromolithography
10.75” x 8.25”
Man’s fascination with the horse has spanned many centuries. Admir...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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...
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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
"Melon"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MATTHAUS MERIAN, the Elder (1593-1650)
Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen.
Frankfurt, 1646.
Engraving with Later Hand-Color.
400 Plates. Image Size 4.5” x 5.25” Unframed.
...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Paeonia Lutea (Yellow Peony)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Samurai: Surprise Attack
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Samurai Warriors
Meji 33 ( 1900)
Woodblocks
Original Hand-Color
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period in Japan, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Vanda Sanderiana
By Jean Linden
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Iconographie des Orchidees
Jean Linden (1817-1898)
Brussels, 1885-1894
Chromolithographs
“Orchid Fever” was not just a 19th century phenomenon. To this day the orchid has rem...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Plate XLV. Ungulata. American Buffalo
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHNSON’S HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF NATURE
Craig Hugh, Editor
Henry J. Johnson, Publisher
New York, 1880
64 Chromolithographs
“…full & interesting descr...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Kimono Design Men - Brown and Blue
By Matsui Yuoku
Located in Florham Park, NJ
REISHIN GACHO
(Album of Beautiful Designs)
Japanese Kimono Designs
Matsui Yuoku, Painter
Japan, 1900 (Meiji 33)
Honda Ichijirou, Publisher
Woodblock Prints
Celebrated as mu...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Screen: 12 Images of Chickens in Reclaimed Barnwood
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
10.7...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Transport with 5 People and 2 Parasols
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Yosha Zuko Fuzu
Meiji 33 (1900)
Woodcut with Original Hand-Coloring
Writer: Kosugi Onson, Imaizumi Teisuke
Publisher: Yoshikawa Hanshichi
The Japanese litters and palanquins a...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Rocky Mountain Neotoma. (Pack Rat)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
John Bachman
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Published by V.G. Audubon
Lithograph with Original Hand-Coloring
New York 1854. Royal Octavo Edition
...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Bamboo
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
One Hundred Flowering Plants.
Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.)
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11.
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...
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Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
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...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Plan de la Ville de Rome
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Plan de la Ville de Rome,
Principali Monumento de Roma.
After Giambattista Nolli (1701-56)
Pietro Fuga (1799-1830) Engraver
Venanzio Monaldini (1765-1819) Publisher
Rome, 1843
Hand-Colored Engraving.
An ever popular tourist destination, the city of Rome has been illustrated in great detail for centuries. Perhaps the best known and most often copied work is by Giambattista Nolli. His view of Rome was called “Pianta Grande de Roma”. Published in 1748, the Eternal City was show in its entire splendor with an accurate accounting of its revered monuments. This iconic view will forever be known as the Nolli Map...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Pennant's Marlon or Fischer
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
John Bachman
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Published by V.G. Audubon
Lithograph with Original Hand-Coloring
New York 1849, 1851, 1854, 1870. Roy...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Trotting Away
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of the Horse
Samuel Sidney (1813 – 1883)
London, 1873
Cassell Petter & Galpin
Chromolithography
10.75” x 8.25”
Man’s fascination with the horse has spanned many ce...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Transport: Litter with 18 Men
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Yosha Zuko Fuzu
Meiji 33 (1900)
Writer: Kosugi Onson, Imaizumi Teisuke
Publisher: Yoshikawa Hanshichi
The Japanese litters and palanquins are much more than a practical vehicle...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
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
Single Camellias
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hemispharium Orbis Antiquri. (Ancient World)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ANDREAS CELLARIUS.
HARMONIA MACROCOSMICA.
(Celestial Atlas of Harmony).
Published by Gerad Valk and Pieter Schenck.
Amsterdam, 1708.
Engravings w...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper
Gemaltes Ornament. (Etruscan Vase Design)
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 by, the illustration...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Bradypus (Three-toed Sloth)
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
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the z...
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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Initial Letters "K" (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...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Simia (Monkies)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londoninensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Boxer
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
The Drake
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of the Horse
Samuel Sidney (1813 – 1883)
London, 1873
Cassell Petter & Galpin
Chromolithography
10.75” x 8.25”
Man’s fascination with the horse has spanned many ce...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Red Men's Kimono Design
By Matsui Yuoku
Located in Florham Park, NJ
REISHIN GACHO
(Album of Beautiful Designs)
Japanese Kimono Designs
Matsui Yuoku, Painter
Japan, 1900 (Meiji 33)
Honda Ichijirou, Publisher
Woodblock P...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Samurai: Looking On
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Samurai Warriors
Meji 33 ( 1900)
Woodblocks
Original Hand-Color
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period in Japan, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
#61. Aloe Africana
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN.
Phytanthoza Iconographia….
Published by Raisbonae.
Regensburg, 1735-47.
Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret.
Hand-colored mezzotin...
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Mid-18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Gemaltes Ornament. (Etruscan Vase Design),
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Chromolithograph.
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...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Redhead (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...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Kimono in Red and Green (Front and Back)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
REISHIN GACHO
(Album of Beautiful Designs)
Japanese Kimono Designs
Matsui Yuoku, Painter
Japan, 1900 (Meiji 33)
Honda Ichijirou, Publisher
Woodblock Prints
Celebrated as mu...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Sukotyro Sus (Warthog)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londinensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early n...
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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Little Chief Hare. (Rock Rabbit)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
John Bachman
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Published by V.G. Audubon
Lithograph with Original Hand-Coloring
New York 1854. Royal Octavo Edition
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Canvasback 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 was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1849. As he he grew up his interests and talents both matured in painting, wood carving and sculpture. The lure of nature led him to combine his abilities to better create a realistic image. He is said to be the first man to paint game birds carved from wood. Two of his painted carvings were purchased by the Czar of Russia...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Triptych of Pears.
Located in Florham Park, NJ
RUDOLF GOETHE
HERMAN DENGENKOLB, REINHARD MERTENS
Aepfel und Birnen
Walter Muller, Illustrator
Berlin, 1849
Chromolithograph
Fascination with fruits, vegetables and spices ...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Northern Hare
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
John Bachman
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Published by V.G. Audubon
Lithograph with Original Hand-Coloring
New York 1849. Royal Octavo Edition
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Papauer Flore. (Poppy Flower)
By Emanuel Sweert
Located in Florham Park, NJ
EMANUEL SWEERT (1552-1612)
Florilegium, tractans de variis floribus.
Frankfurt, 1612. Seed and Plant Catalogue.
Frankfurt, through 1647. Academic Florilegia.
Copper Plate Engrav...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Kimono Designs in Black and Blue
By Matsui Yuoku
Located in Florham Park, NJ
REISHIN GACHO
(Album of Beautiful Designs)
Japanese Kimono Designs
Matsui Yuoku, Painter
Japan, 1900 (Meiji 33)
Honda Ichijirou, Publisher
Woodblock Prints
Celebrated as mu...
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Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
"Marriage of St. Margaret and King Malcolm, " Original Etching by A. Runciman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Marriage of Saint Margaret and King Malcolm" is an etching by Scottish artist Alexander Runciman. There is an engraved signature with the artist's monogram followed by "pinxit et fecit," indicating that Runciman both designed the original drawing and likely executed the etching on the metal plate. On the left, a young woman with a halo in fine dress stoops slightly and gathers her skirts as she leans over to accept the ring that the man on the right is reaching to place upon her finger. He is also young, dressed finely, and wearing a crown. Between them, a church official with a pointed hat and a long flowing beard recites the appropriate prayers for the occasion, while onlookers crowd in the background. The tiled floor demonstrates the use of one-point perspective, and the church appears to be in the Gothic style.
Art size: 8 3/4" x 7 1/4"
Frame size: 26 1/2" x 22 3/8"
Alexander Runciman (Edinburgh 15 August 1736 – 4 October 1785 Edinburgh) was a Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of John Runciman, also a painter.
He was born in Edinburgh, and studied at the Foulis Academy, Glasgow, and from 1750 to 1762 he was apprenticed to the landscape painter Robert Norie, later becoming a partner in the Norie family firm. He also worked as a stage painter for the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh.
In 1767, he went to Rome, where he spent five years. His brother John accompanied him, but died in Naples in the winter of 1768–69. During Runciman's stay in Italy he became acquainted with other artists such as Henry Fuseli and the sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel...
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1770s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
XIV. Etruscan Urn
Located in Florham Park, NJ
...Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities....
Hamilton, Sir William. 1730 – 1803.
Collection of Etruscan Greek and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Hon. W. Hamilton.
4 vols. Naples, 1766-7.
D’Hancarvills, sculpt.
Aquatint Engravings in Black and Terra Cotta Inks.
Finishing in Original Hand-Color.
In 1764, Sir William Hamilton arrived in Naples to take up his new appointment as British Envoy Extraordinary to the Bourbon Court of King Ferdinand IV. At the time of his arrival, Italy was still a largely untapped field of archaeological discovery and there was ample opportunity for the private individual to amass a collection or 'cabinet' of classical antiquities at relatively little expense. The sites of the buried cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, although now under Royal control, were still being only haphazardly excavated and were openly vandalized. Hamilton himself complained of the fact, but also seems to have taken advantage of it.
Hamilton's first collection was in fact acquired by the British Museum in 1772 where it formed the foundation of the now great collection of Greek and Roman antiquities. This was the first major collection of Greek vases (or, as they were then known, Etruscan) to reach England's shores. "To Hamilton belongs the merit of being the first to appreciate with warmth the severe beauty of their shapes, colouring and drawing, the mingled simplicity and feeling of the designs figured upon them; and it was he who recognized the value of these unpretentious vessels for forming and ennobling modern art-taste". (Adolph Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge 1882, p. 110)
Hamilton found a worthy ally in Josiah Wedgwood who was setting up a new factory appropriately called "Etruria". Opened in June of 1769, Wedgwood was to use Hamilton's models again and again in his pottery with many designs taken directly from the engravings. Etruscan antiquities...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
King Duck
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...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Tape, Lithograph, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
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...
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1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
T-III. Vaso Antico
Located in Florham Park, NJ
CARLOS ANTONINI
Manuale di Vari Ornamenti
Rome, 1781-1790
Engraving.
100 Illustrations.
Late eighteenth century Europe was a world in revolution. People in France were losing their heads to Louis XVI and England had a mad king...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Handmade Paper
Dish Garden
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Dish Garden in Blue and White China
Japanese Woodblock
Original Hand-color.
Meji Period. Circa 1895.
The enthusiasm for nature prints has spanned the centuries. By the mid-nineteenth century these works, illustrating varieties of flowers in naturalistic styles, had reached a peak of perfection. Each artistic form in traditional printing sought to enhance the beauty of botany. In the woodblock style, as it true for engravings and lithographs, it is imperative that the carving of each block be exacting as they must create an image true to that seen in nature.
For many, the dish garden is a re-creation of a favorite landscape design. It provides an opportunity to build a perfect pairing of ornament...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Solen. Plate 33. (Shells)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
WILLIAM WOOD
General Conchology;
or, a Description of Shells,
arranged according to the Linnean System
John Booth. London, 1835.
Engravings with Original Hand-Color
Tall Oc...
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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Cardium. Plate 53 (Shells)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
WILLIAM WOOD
General Conchology;
or, a Description of Shells,
arranged according to the Linnean System
John Booth. London, 1815.
Engravings with Original Hand-Color
Tall Oc...
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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Cardium Plate 56 (Shells)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
WILLIAM WOOD
General Conchology;
or, a Description of Shells,
arranged according to the Linnean System
John Booth. London, 1815.
Engravings with Original Hand-Color
Tall Oc...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Tellina Plate 37 (Shells)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
WILLIAM WOOD
General Conchology;
or, a Description of Shells,
arranged according to the Linnean System
John Booth. London, 1815.
Engravings with Original Hand-Color
Tall Oc...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Dendrobium X Ainsworth (Orchid)
By Jean Linden
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Iconographie des Orchidees
Jean Linden (1817-1898)
Brussels, 1885-1894
Chromolithographs
“Orchid Fever” was not just a 19th century phenomenon. To this day the orchid has rem...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Plexiglass, Rag Paper, Silk
Wood 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...
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Academic prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Academic prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Owen Jones, Paul Jones b.1921, John James Audubon, and Basilius Besler. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Engraving and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Academic prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $26,100, while the average work sells for $650.
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