Naturalistic Art

'Brother Water descending from Kirkstone' Aquatint by William Green, 1804 William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground etch...

Antique 19th century fern lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1854, after Walter Hood Fitch. 250mm by 170mm (sheet) Walter Hood Fitch was one...

'Acarna Theophrasti' and 'Acer Campestre minus' Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740. From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The fi...

'Durham Cathedral' Wood-engraving after Samuel Read. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Samuel Read was an English illustrator who provided many illust...

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",...

'Hermes Oak, Windsor Park' Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who p...

'Gladiolus Carneus - Flesh-coloured Gladiolus' Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Africa. Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botani...

Loch Awe and Kilchurn Castle is a landscape oil painting on board by 19th century artist Edward Train (1801 -1866). Train was a British artist, painting mostly landscapes in northern England and, like this one, in Scotland. The painting is signed E. Train (lower left) and dated 1850 or 1856, the last number being too faint to be certain. From 1850 to 1880 Train flourished as an artist. His work was exhibited from the 1830s. Born in Gateshead, Tyneside, Train left to take an apprenticeship with a London engraver. In the 1830s Train traveled with an expedition to the Hebrides and Shetland Islands. Here he became fascinated with the Scottish scenery that would become part of his repertoire of landscape art. Loch Awe lies in the west of Scotland in Argyll and Bute. Kilchurn Castle, built in the 16th century, lies on a peninsula inside the Loch, on the water's edge. Train would have traveled to the Highlands and painted the dramatic scene from the east banks of Loch Awe, across from the Castle. This painting captures the Highland mountains, loch and castle that was very much the ouevre of this artist's work. Train painted the Highlands decades before other renowned landscape artists of the 19th century, such as Alfred de Breanski, Louis Bosworth Hurt, Douglas and Duncan Cameron...

'Killing Seals in a Cavern, Summer' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822) From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Samuel Howitt was a...

'North America Bear Hunt' Colour aquatint Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Samuel...

This is a striking hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Erythrosterna Parva" (Red-breasted Flycatcher) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain", publish...

London, England, birds-eye view, chromolithograph, c1870 published by William Collins. 175mm by 225mm (image) 270mm by 335mm (sheet)

'Yucca filamentosa' (Adam's Needle) Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps &...

A pair of 18th century hand colored copperplate engravings entitled "Felis Leo Linn Femina" and "Rhinoceros Unicornis Linn" from Dr. Johann Schreber's Die Sa...

"Rough" and "Puck, " Dandies 1887 Etching 3 x 5

Primo Tempo 3 is a 30cm x 30cm digital print on 50cm x 50cm cotton paper in a limited edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs. A bucolic scene, almost reminiscent of Baroque or Renaissance ...

'Bird Catching from Below' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after John Heavenside Clark (c1770-1863). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports...

This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Gallinago Major" (Great Snipe) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain", published in London in 1862-1879...

This is a remarkable hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Schistes Albogularis (White-throated Wedge-bill Hummingbirds) by John Gould from his monograph " from A Monograph o...

'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...

This is a hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Otidiphaps Nobilis" (Pheasant Pigeon) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Asia", published in London in 1862-1879. The print, which was drawn by Gould and H. C. Richter and lithographed by Walter, depicts two Pheasant Pigeon birds...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Stramonia Aegyptiaca foetida semine pallido flore albo duplici triplicive...

Visage de Femme is a modern artwork realized by Ignace Joseph de Claussin in the early 19th century. Original etching portraying the face of an old woman. Collection: Dikeos. Dime...

"Miguel Winograd's work explores the relationship between people and their environment, narratives of social conflict, and the dense interconnections of the Colombian landscape. His ...

"Miguel Winograd's work explores the relationship between people and their environment, narratives of social conflict, and the dense interconnections of the Colombian landscape. His ...

"Miguel Winograd's work explores the relationship between people and their environment, narratives of social conflict, and the dense interconnections of the Colombian landscape. His ...

'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...

Original antique etching by Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) . C1810. Published by Edward Orme. An early 19th century etching by Howitt from a series depicting ...

'Begonia dichroa', native to Mexico. Antique botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1912, lithographed by John Nugent Fitch...

'L'Agaric Couleuvre' A French copper-line engravings with original printed colouring of mushrooms by Jean Baptiste Francois Buillard (1742-1793). From Bulliard's 'Histoire des Champignons de la France', a series of engravings describing the mushrooms of France, published in Paris in 1791. This series of engravings are 'probably the first botanical work completely colour-printed without retouching by hand' (Great Flower Books...

French copper-line engraving depicting the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland. From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated', by Antoine Baron de Zurlauben (1720-1795) & Jean B...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Esula seu Tithyinalus Africanus SpinosusCera Effigie, B. Esula seu Ti...

'Dept. du Calvados', steel engraving with original outline hand-colouring., 1856, from Levasseur's 'Atlas National Illustre'. This area of France is known for its production of Cal...

'145. Cortinarius fulgens 146. Cortinarius semi-sanguines 147. Flammula sapinea' ' Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin...

'1 Hydnum Coralloides 2 Hydnum Erinaceus' (Coral Tooth Fungus and Lion mane's mushroom) Antique Swiss mushroom / fungi chromolithograph, lithographed by H Furrer after Fritz Leuba. ...

'Craterellus Clavatus' Antique Swiss mushroom / fungi chromolithograph, lithographed by H Furrer after Fritz Leuba. The print is titled with the scientific n...

'1-4 Morchella Lutescens 5-7 Morchella Abietina' Antique Swiss mushroom / fungi chromolithograph, lithographed by H Furrer after Fritz Leuba. The print is titled with the scientific...

'1-4 Agaricus Comatus 5-6 Agaricus Picaceus' Antique Swiss mushroom / fungi chromolithograph, lithographed by H Furrer after Fritz Leuba. The print is titled with the scientific nam...

This beautiful, original hand-colored orchid lithograph entitled "Lycaste Harrisoniae Eburnea" Orchids by John Nugent Fitch is plate 100 in Robert Warner's publication 'The Orchid Al...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Convolvulus Major Folio Subrotundo Purpureg Albo, B. Convolvulus Major...

This is a hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Muscipeta Incei" ( (Ince's Paradise Flycatcher)) by John Gould, which is plate 19 from his monograph "The Birds of Great Brita...

'5 Amanita Mappa 6 Amanita junquillea' Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin...

Swimming in the open sea is a healing, gives a feeling of benefit from April to October, I enjoy entering the cold water of Roscoff and staying there...

'Yellow-Hammer' 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...

Image dimensions: 16.5x10 cm Signed on plate by the artist. Bibliography: A.Baboni, L’Ottocento: le incisioni di Giovanni Fattori, Museo Civico “Giovanni Fattori”, Livorno 2001, p. 7...

This is an original 19th century hand colored McKenney and Hall lithograph of a Native American entitled "Thayendanegea, Great Captain of the Six Nations, ...

'1.ere Vue d'un passage du Mont St Gothard' French copper-line engraving by Nee after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794). From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated', ...

This is a hand-colored stipple engraving entitled "Cactus Opuntia Polyanthos, Cierge Raquette Multiflore" (Prickly Pear Cactus) by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Plate 59 from his illustrated publication 'Plantarum Historia Succulentarum ou Histoire des Plantes Grasses', published in Paris in 1799. Redoute was a pioneer of the stipple engraving technique, which he used to create this image. It involves utilizing a series of small dots worked into a copper plate rather than the more common lines. These dots can be made smaller or thicker depending on the degree of opacity the artist intends for various areas of the print. When inked and applied to paper, this allows for a greater portion of the paper to be seen, which accentuates the appearance of luminosity of the subject the artist is creating. Different color inks are used in the printing process, a time consuming technique known as "a la poupee". The engraving is then finished with watercolor to further enhance the beauty and realism of the print subject. This engraving of a flowering cactus is presented in a double mat; white outer mat and heather green inner mat.The mat measures 20" x 16" and the sheet measures 19.5" x 13.38". There are wide margins with a few short tears and chips along the the right and upper edges, which are all covered by the mat. There are small spots predominantly in the margins, but a few are present in the image area, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. There is another Redoute flowering cactus listed on 1stdibs, LU117326854582. The pair would make an attractive display grouping. Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), was a painter and botanist originally from Belgium, who pursued his extremely successful artistic career in France. He is well known for his watercolor paintings of roses, lilies and other flowers and their subsequent folio-sized, color stipple engravings. Some believe him to be the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. Redouté was a favorite of the French royal court at the time and of the post French...

This is a hand-colored engraving of a turtledove entitled "Tourterelle du Senegal (Turtledove of Senegal)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 160 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseau...

This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Buff-breasted Merganser Goosander, 1. Male 2. Female", No. 83, Plate 411 from Audubon's "Birds of America, li...

'Brontops Robustus, Marsh 1/4' Lithograph by Emil Crisand after the drawing by Frederick Berger, under the supervision of Othniel Charles Marsh. Depicts dinosaur fossil...

'Bassenthwaite Water, from the Western Side' Aquatint by William Green, 1804 William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground e...

'Waterfall on Fordingdale beck, at the foot of Hawes Water' Aquatint by William Green, 1804 William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman...

'Chertsey Bridge, Surrey' Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who published several series of ...

'L'Agaric Piedfu' A French copper-line engraving with original printed colouring of mushrooms by Jean Baptiste Francois Buillard (1742...

'L'Agaric Glutineux' A French copper-line engraving with original printed colouring of mushrooms by Jean Baptiste Francois Buillard (1742-1793). From Bulliard's 'Histoire des Champignons de la France', a series of engravings describing the mushrooms of France, published in Paris in 1791. This series of engravings are 'probably the first botanical work completely colour-printed without retouching by hand' (Great Flower Books...

'Vue des Montagnes du Val-Travers, d'ou aperçoit le Lac de Neuchatel' French copper-line engraving by Duparc after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794). From 'Th...

'II.e Vue d'un passage du Mont St Gothard' French copper-line engraving by Duparc after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794). From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated'...

'Falcon Crag' Aquatint by William Green, 1804 William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground etcher and aquatint engraver of ...

Jules Moigniez (1835-1894) Cheval Bronze à patine brune H. : 16,2 cm; L. : 22 cm; P. : 7,4 cm Signé en creux «J. Moigniez» sur la terrasse Épreuve de fonte ancienne Après avoir été ...