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Style: Naturalistic
Merendera Aitchisoni, antique botanical flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1873, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892).
235mm by 145mm (sheet)
Walter Hood Fitch was a Scottish botan...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Leaden Hall Market, London, colour aquatint, 1809, after Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Colour aquatint by JC Stadler after Thomas Rowlandson and Auguste Pugin.
From the series 'Microcosm of London', published by Rudolf Ackermann, the great Regency publisher of fine c...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Golf Match on Blackheath, antique sport wood-engraving, 1870
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Wood-engraving. 1870. From the Illustrated London News of 26 March 1870 (text on the reverse).
275mm by 400mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Billy Bowlegs, Seminole: Framed Original McKenney, Hall Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This a framed original 19th century hand-colored McKenney and Hall lithographic portrait of a Native American entitled "Billy Bowlegs, A Seminole Chief",...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Bassenthwaite Water, from the Western Side, Lake District C19th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Bassenthwaite Water, from the Western Side'
Aquatint by William Green, 1804
William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground e...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Newstead Priory, Nottinghamshire. Paul Sandby C18th English landscape engraving
By Paul Sandby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Newsted Priory, Nottinghamshire'
Engraving by W Walker And W Angus After Paul Sandby (1731-1809).
From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, Sc...
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18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Landscape - Etching by Israel Henriet - Late-17th Century
By Israel Henriet
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original Modern artwork realized by Israel Henriet (Nancy, 1590 - 1661) in the second half of the XVII Century.
Original B/W Etching on ivory cardboard.
Inscripte...
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Late 17th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Etching
View of Blackfriars Bridge from Somerset Place, C18th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
View of Blackfriars Bridge from Somerset Place'
Aquatint by JC Stadler after J Farmington.
Published c1795 for Boydell's 'History of the River Thames'. Joseph Constantine Stadler (...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Thayendanegea, Great Captain: Original Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand colored McKenney and Hall lithograph of a Native American entitled "Thayendanegea, Great Captain of the Six Nations, ...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Durham, English County Antique map, 1847
By Isaac Slater
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Steel-engraved map with original outline colouring by Isaac Slater. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title, scale, and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved vi...
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19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Monitory Lizard, Australia, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1790
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Monitory Lizard'
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1790, by Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
120mm by 195mm (platemnark).
Early engraving of an ...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Conway, Wales. Paul Sandby C18th landscape engraving
By Paul Sandby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Conway'
Engraving by William Watts (1752-1851) after Paul Sandby (1731-1809).
From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, Scotland, and Ireland'...
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18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
White-collared Flycatcher Birds: A 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a beautiful hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Muscicapa Collarus" (White-collared Flycatcher birds) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain",...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Derwent Water and Lowdore Fall, Lake District scenery, C19th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Derwent Water with Lowdore Waterfall'
Aquatint by William Green, 1804
William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground etcher ...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Canada Pouched Rat: An Original 19th Century Hand-colored Lithograph by Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Canada Pouched Rat", No. 9, Plate XLIV from John James Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, published in Ph...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lilium Superbum
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Lilium Superbum
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of b...
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19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Engraving
$3,996
Pyrenees Orientales, France. Antique map of a French department, 1856
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Dept. des Pyrenees Orientales', steel engraving with original outline hand-colouring., 1856, from Levasseur's 'Atlas National Illustre'.
This area is well-known wine producing reg...
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19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Catching the Badger, aquatint engraving field sport print, 1813
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Catching the Badger'
Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after Franz Joseph Manskirch (1768-1830).
From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Burtonia Villosa, antique botanical Australian flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Burtonia Villosa - Villous Burtonia'
Botanical lithograph of a Western Australian native plant with original hand-colouring , 1848, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892).
235mm by 145m...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hudsonian Godwit 19th C. 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph entitled "Hudsonian Godwit, 1. Male, 2. Female, Summer Plumage", No. 70, Plate 349 from...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Spur-winged Goose, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
German Wolf Trap, aquatint engraving field sport hunting print, 1813
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'German Wolf Trap'
Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) and Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822).
From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Sam...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Duo of Blue Egyptian Palms, Botanical Diptych Cyanotype on Paper, Vintage Modern
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Exclusive limited edition cyanotype diptych.
Details:
+ Title: Duo of Egyptian Palms
+ Year: 2024
+ Edition Size: 20
+ Medium: Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper...
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2010s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Rag Paper
Azaleas, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Azaleas'
Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image.
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tah-Ro-Hon, An Ioway Warrior: Original Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored McKenney and Hall lithograph of a Native American entitled "Tah-Ro-Hon, An Ioway Warrior", lithographed by J. T. Bowen after a painting by Charles Bird King and published by Rice and Hart & Co. in Philadelphia in 1848. For his portrait Tah-Ro-Hon is wearing a feathered multicolored headdress, long ornamental earrings, a chain necklace, a presidential piece medal on a ribbon necklace and he holds a multicolored staff with feathers.
This original McKenney and Hall hand-colored lithograph is printed on a sheet measuring 10" high and 7" wide. There is a tiny spot of red paint adjacent to a red feather hanging...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alexandria, Egypt, copper-line engraving by Cornelius de Bruyn , 1690
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Alexandria'
A view of Pompey's Pillar with Alexandria in the background. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Perse...
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Late 17th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Engraving
Westminster School, London, signed etching by Mabel Oliver Rae, circa 1920
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Westminster School'
Signed and titled by the artist in pencil lower edge. Monogrammed inside the plate lower left corner. Mabel Oliver Rae was an ea...
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
A Group of Six Ladies' Dress Shoes of the Nineteenth Century
Located in London, GB
A group of six chromolithographed illustrations of shoes, some printed with gold and silver inks.
[Published: David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1900].
Plates taken from a scarce first edit...
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Northian Moraea. Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Morea Northiana - Northian Moraea'
'Native of the Brazils'.
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Red Doyenne Pear: Original 19th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Sir William Hooker
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored stipple engraving by William Hooker entitled "The Red Doyenne Pear", published in London as plate 14 in the 'Transactions of the Horticu...
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1810s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Crustaceans - crabs, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea'
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837.
210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Kee-She-Waa, A Fox Warrior: Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Folio-sized Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This an original 19th century hand-colored folio-size McKenney and Hall engraving of a Native American entitled "Kee-She-Waa, A Fox Warrior", drawn b...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Marica Sabini, antique botanical blue flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Sooty Tern and Panayan Tern, antique sea bird chromolithograph print, 1889
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Sooty Tern and Panayan Tern'
Chromolithograph from Gracius Broinowski's 'The Birds of Australia' , 1887-1891.
Gracius Joseph Broinowski (1837-191...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
A Family of Common Snipe Birds: A 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Gallinago Scolopacinus" (Common Snipe) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain", published in London in 1...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Digitalis Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Digitalis rubra floribus albis maculatis. Digitalis angustifolia flore fe...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Lemons "Cedro Ditela Multiforme": An 18th C. Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer entitled "Cedro a Ditela o Multiforme" from his publication "Nurmbergische He...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
19: Prison Ship
Located in Columbia, MO
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,...
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1820s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Canada Goose: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This original first edition hand-colored lithograph entitled "Canada Goose" was produced by J. T. Bowen after a drawing by John James Audubon. It was published in Audubon's first octavo edition of Birds of America in Philadelphia in 1840. It depicts two Canada geese, a male and a female.
This Audubon bird lithograph is in excellent condition other than tiny foci (1-2 mm) of discoloration at the edge of the upper margin of the sheet and some wrinkling along the left edge related to the book binding. The print is otherwise in very good condition. The original descriptive text from Audubon's publication is included with the purchase of this beautiful and striking lithograph. The sheet measures 10.13' x 6.75".
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Stork Family: A Framed Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled “Ciconia Alba” (A family of storks) by John Gould, from the supplement to his "Birds of Great Brit...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Swamp Hare: an Original 19th Century Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Swamp Hare", No. 8, Plate XXXVII, 37, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
A Lying Animal - Original Lithograph by F. Specht - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
A Lying Animal is a black and white print realized by Friedrich Specht in 1880.
Lithograph on dark paper. Original Title: Derendet.
Dated 1880, p.24. Signed by the artist on the r...
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1870s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Alpomado Falcon" Hand Colored Bird Lithograph from USPRR Exploration & Survey
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand colored stone lithograph of a "Alpomado Falcon" was created by John Cassin (1813-1869) and is Plate 1 in the "USPRR Exploration and Survey Report", published in Washington, DC in 1859.
There is an occasional spot, but the lithograph is otherwise in very good condition.
The 12 volume report was authorized and funded by the US government to determine the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. These explorations and subsequent reports represented the greatest collection of knowledge of the topography and natural history of the Western United States created during the nineteenth century.
John Cassin was an ornithologist and illustrator. He was named curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in 1842 and worked with John Bowen...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Brussels, Belgium, birds-eye view, chromolithograph, c1870
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Brussels, Belgium, birds-eye view, chromolithograph, c1870 published by William Collins.
175mm by 225mm (image) 270mm by 335mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Black faced Ibis, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Blattpflanzen II (Leaf plants), German antique botanical plant chromolithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Blattpflanzen II'
(Leaf plants)
German chromolithograph, circa 1895.
245mm by 305mm (sheet).
Central vertical fold as issued.
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: No.1:I; No. 2:1; II & III.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
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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1750s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
View at Ifley, near Oxford, late 18th century English sepia aquatint, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'View at Ifley, near Oxford'
Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who published several series ...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Night Heron Birds: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Yellow Crowned Night Heron, 1. Adult Male Spring Plumage, 2. Young in October", No. 73, Plate 364 from Audubo...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Neartktische Fauna (Neartic Fauna), German antique animal chromolithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Neartktische Fauna'
(Neartic Fauna)
German chromolithograph, circa 1895. Key to animals in German below the image.
245mm by 305mm (sheet).
Central vertical fold as issued.
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Gold-breasted Trumpeter, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
"Hermit, " a High-Bred Modern Foxhound
Located in Columbia, MO
"Hermit, " a High-Bred Modern Foxhound
1887
Etching
3 x 5
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Primula Verticillata Var. Sinensis, antique botanical flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1873, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892).
235mm by 145mm (sheet)
Walter Hood Fitch was a Scottish botan...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
91: Salmo cambrius, Sewen
Located in Columbia, MO
Edward Donovan (1768–1837) was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history speci...
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Early 1800s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Etching
'Jay', English bird print after Edward Detmold, circa 1919
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Jay'
Colour plate mounted on card with a printed border from 'The Detmold Nature Pictures', published circa 1919.
Edward J Detmold (1883-1957) was an important early 20th century illustrator...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Color
Eggs, natural history chromolithograph, circa 1900
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eggs'
Antique English natural history chromolithograph. Key to eggs below the image. Tiny numbers in the margins to identify the eggs.
Sheet 19cm by 12.5cm, image 13cm by 9.5cm.
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Primula Sinensis, English antique flower chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Primula Sinensis'
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Golden Eye Duck: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Golden Eye Duck", No. 82, Plate 406, from Audubon's "Birds of America". It was lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts male and female Golden Eye ducks in flight.
This original rare first edition hand colored Audubon bird lithograph is in excellent condition. The sheet measures 6.25" x 10". The original text pages, pages 362-366, from Audubon's publication are included.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable.
With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment.
Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon and Victor Gifford Audubon produced a set of elephant folio sized lithographs that were primarily engraved and hand colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. The publication, which included text descriptions of the animals was published 3 years before Audubon died. As with the birds, this was followed by a three-volume set of 155 octavo-sized plates entitled “The Quadrupeds of North America” completed and published by Audubon’s sons, John, Jr. and Victor.
Audubon prints continue to be popular and a wise investment. The double elephant folio set...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Esper Antique 18th century Moth engraving with original hand-colouring
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A German copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring of a moth, caterpillars and chrysalis. Printed on hand made laid paper. Engraved by JC Bock.
From Eugenius Esper's "Die S...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Naturalistic prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Naturalistic 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 blue, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including John James Audubon, McKenney & Hall, William Curtis, and Samuel Howitt. Frequently made by artists working with Engraving, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Naturalistic prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 0.5 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 $38 and tops out at $41,500, while the average work sells for $321.