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Flowering Livid Amaranth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Flowering Livid Amaranth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

Flowering Livid Amaranth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Alamo, CA

An 18th century color printed in addition to hand colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering amaranthus p...

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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Richmond, GB

From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame.

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Mid-18th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Richmond, GB

From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame.

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Mid-18th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Richmond, GB

From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame.

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Mid-18th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint

Corn, Maize: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Corn, Maize: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann

Corn, Maize: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of two varieties of corn or maize, which is finished with hand-coloring.

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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

Set of Three Etchings by Bertram Buchanan /// English Modern Land City Sky Scape
Set of Three Etchings by Bertram Buchanan /// English Modern Land City Sky Scape

Set of Three Etchings by Bertram Buchanan /// English Modern Land City Sky Scape

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

"The Seven Sisters" is a mezzotint etching on light wove paper, "Rye from the Hills" is an etching on watermarked laid paper, and "Pett Level" is an etching with aquatint on laid pap...

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1920s Modern Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Laid Paper, Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Alamo, CA

An 18th century hand colored botanical engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering sage plants: a. Horminum Peregrinum Foliis Salvice, b. Hormi...

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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

Untitled (Portrait of a young woman - wife of the artist)
Untitled (Portrait of a young woman - wife of the artist)

Untitled (Portrait of a young woman - wife of the artist)

By Francisco Souto

Located in New Orleans, LA

This is a self portrait of a young woman who is the wife of the artist. Francisco Souto was born in Venezuela, and received a BFA from Herron School of Art and a MFA from The Ohio ...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Mezzotint

The Hirsute Stapelia, Robert John Thornton, 1807
The Hirsute Stapelia, Robert John Thornton, 1807

The Hirsute Stapelia, Robert John Thornton, 1807

By Dr. Robert John Thornton

Located in Savannah, GA

Robert John Thornton (English, 1768-1837), The Hirsute Stapelia, hand finished line, stipple and mezzotint engraving, quarto edition, 1807. Sight: 8 by 11 ½ inches; frame: 14 ½ by 1...

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Early 1800s American Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Young Woman and a Boy Italian Rococo Oil on panel 18th Century by Piazzetta
Young Woman and a Boy Italian Rococo Oil on panel 18th Century by Piazzetta

Young Woman and a Boy Italian Rococo Oil on panel 18th Century by Piazzetta

By Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Located in New York, NY

This 18th-century oil on panel by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta served as the direct master source for period engravings, including the famous mezzotint by Johann Gottfried Haid. No si...

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18th Century Rococo Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Antique Portrait of Hendrik Casimir II by Schenk, c.1690
Antique Portrait of Hendrik Casimir II by Schenk, c.1690

Antique Portrait of Hendrik Casimir II by Schenk, c.1690

Located in Langweer, NL

One of his specialties was the mezzotint. Condition: Very good, please study image carefully.

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17th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Framed Sporting Print After Sir Francis Grant. C.1840
Original Antique Framed Sporting Print After Sir Francis Grant. C.1840

Original Antique Framed Sporting Print After Sir Francis Grant. C.1840

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful equestrian portrait of Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood Mezzotint on paper. Laid on to canvas Published C.1840 Original birds eye maple frame Slight chip to the pa...

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1840s English Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Large Antique Engraving of a Pastoral Scene with Cows and Sheep, c.1770
Large Antique Engraving of a Pastoral Scene with Cows and Sheep, c.1770

Large Antique Engraving of a Pastoral Scene with Cows and Sheep, c.1770

By Kilian Bros

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled 'Wie manchen hört von Kunst und den Antiquitaeten - Man als ein groses Kind und dümes Schafe reden'. Mezzotint of a pastoral scene showing sheep and cattle.

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18th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Decorative Botanical Engraving of Sedum & Succulent Plants, 1737
Decorative Botanical Engraving of Sedum & Succulent Plants, 1737

Decorative Botanical Engraving of Sedum & Succulent Plants, 1737

Located in Langweer, NL

Artist / Maker: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683–1741) Publication: Phytanthoza Iconographia Plate: No. 93 Date: circa 1737–1745 Medium: Color-printed mezzotint and engraving with h...

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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Love’s Barrier — Victorian Fox Hunting Print After Heywood Hardy, 1891
Love’s Barrier — Victorian Fox Hunting Print After Heywood Hardy, 1891

Love’s Barrier — Victorian Fox Hunting Print After Heywood Hardy, 1891

By Heywood Hardy

Located in GB

The British Museum holds an impression and identifies the technique as a mixed method mezzotint on chine collé. Hardy was particularly admired for his paintings of horses, hounds and...

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1890s Victorian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Archival Paper

Spinnende herderin met kudde (Spinning shepherdess with flock).

Spinnende herderin met kudde (Spinning shepherdess with flock).

Located in Middletown, NY

Van Amstel famously invented a secretive technique designed to flawlessly mimic the texture of chalk and watercolor drawings by employing a combination of sophisticated aquatint, mez...

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Late 18th Century Dutch School Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Laid Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

Regency Silk and Wool Picture of Mother and Her Children, after John Hoppner RA
Regency Silk and Wool Picture of Mother and Her Children, after John Hoppner RA

Regency Silk and Wool Picture of Mother and Her Children, after John Hoppner RA

By Sir John Hoppner

Located in Downingtown, PA

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, P 1521955: John Young after John Hoppner, Lady Anne Lambton and Children, mezzotint, proof before all letters, 1799. Toledo Museum of Art, 1951 497: J...

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19th Century English Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wool, Silk

Cafe des Exiles & Madame Delphines Cottage
Cafe des Exiles & Madame Delphines Cottage

Cafe des Exiles & Madame Delphines Cottage

By Joseph Pennell

Located in North Clarendon, VT

A virtuoso across multiple media, he excelled in delicate etchings, rich mezzotints, and bold lithographs.Pennell became famous for documenting the rapid dawn of the machine age.

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1890s American Impressionist Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Gouache, Carbon Pencil

The Rickyard, a Sunny Day
The Rickyard, a Sunny Day

The Rickyard, a Sunny Day

By Sir George Clausen

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

Sir George Clausen RA, British (1852 – 1944) The Rickyard, A Sunny Day Oil on canvas Signed lower right Canvas size 24 x 20 inches Framed size 32.5 x 29 inches Provenance: Private ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chinese Reverse Glass Painting aft “The Contemplative Charmer”, Canton, ca 1785
Chinese Reverse Glass Painting aft “The Contemplative Charmer”, Canton, ca 1785

Chinese Reverse Glass Painting aft “The Contemplative Charmer”, Canton, ca 1785

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

The composition is derived from the popular English mezzotint The Contemplative Charmer, first published in London by Carington Bowles in 1779 and subsequently by Robert Sayer and Jo...

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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Glass

Portrait Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland c.1690–1695 Oil painting
Portrait Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland c.1690–1695 Oil painting

Portrait Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland c.1690–1695 Oil painting

By Sir Godfrey Kneller

Located in London, GB

The present portrait corresponds exactly to a known composition engraved by the eminent mezzotint engraver John Smith, whose print of Prince George bears the inscription “G.

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Master of Foxhounds, British Engraving by D. George Thompson
The Master of Foxhounds, British Engraving by D. George Thompson

The Master of Foxhounds, British Engraving by D. George Thompson

Located in Dallas, TX

This indicates a mixed-method engraving, where an intaglio technique is combined with mezzotint. It was a common practice by British engravers and was referred to as “the English man...

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Mid-19th Century English Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Weinmann Phytanthoza Iconographia Grape Engravings, Set of Four, Circa 1745
Weinmann Phytanthoza Iconographia Grape Engravings, Set of Four, Circa 1745

Weinmann Phytanthoza Iconographia Grape Engravings, Set of Four, Circa 1745

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Downingtown, PA

The plates were made by the mixed method that distinguishes the Phytanthoza from every earlier botanical book: etched and engraved outlines combined with mezzotint tone, printed in c...

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1740s German Baroque Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965) Watercolour of the Temple of Castor and Pollux
Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965) Watercolour of the Temple of Castor and Pollux

Eli Marsden Wilson (1877-1965) Watercolour of the Temple of Castor and Pollux

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

From 1905, He began to produce etchings and mezzotints of towns and landscaped which were exhibited at the Royal Academy.

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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paint

Brookshaw Botanical, Fruit, Grapes, Aquatint, 1st Edition, Natural History
Brookshaw Botanical, Fruit, Grapes, Aquatint, 1st Edition, Natural History

Brookshaw Botanical, Fruit, Grapes, Aquatint, 1st Edition, Natural History

By George Brookshaw

Located in Fairlawn, OH

George Brookshaw’s brother, Richard Brookshaw (1736—c.1804) was a portrait painter and engraver well versed in mezzotint and copperplate engraving techniques, and may have instructed...

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Early 1800s Other Art Style Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Aquatint

Brookshaw Botanical, Natural History, Aquatint, Still Life, large folio
Brookshaw Botanical, Natural History, Aquatint, Still Life, large folio

Brookshaw Botanical, Natural History, Aquatint, Still Life, large folio

By George Brookshaw

Located in Fairlawn, OH

George Brookshaw’s brother, Richard Brookshaw (1736—c.1804) was a portrait painter and engraver well versed in mezzotint and copperplate engraving techniques, and may have instructed...

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Early 1800s Other Art Style Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Aquatint

Brookshaw Botanical, Grapes, large folio, Natural Hisotry, Fruit Specimen
Brookshaw Botanical, Grapes, large folio, Natural Hisotry, Fruit Specimen

Brookshaw Botanical, Grapes, large folio, Natural Hisotry, Fruit Specimen

By George Brookshaw

Located in Fairlawn, OH

George Brookshaw’s brother, Richard Brookshaw (1736—c.1804) was a portrait painter and engraver well versed in mezzotint and copperplate engraving techniques, and may have instructed...

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Early 1800s Other Art Style Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Aquatint

Dean of Westminster Bringing the Crown – Coronation of George IV, 1824 Engraving
Dean of Westminster Bringing the Crown – Coronation of George IV, 1824 Engraving

Dean of Westminster Bringing the Crown – Coronation of George IV, 1824 Engraving

Located in Langweer, NL

The Dean of Westminster Bringing the Crown – Coronation of George IV, 1821 – Stipple and Mezzotint in Colours by Sir George Naylor A finely executed stipple and mezzotint engraving ...

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Early 19th Century English Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, c. 1725-35
Portrait of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, c. 1725-35

Portrait of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, c. 1725-35

By Joseph Highmore

Located in Edinburgh, Scotland

Highmore’s later three-quarter-length portrait of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland - who was installed to the order when aged only four - is untraced, and is only known from the me...

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1720s Old Masters Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Oil

REGENCY SILK STUMPWORK EMBRIODERY AFTER SINGLETON's THE INDUSTRIOUS COTTAGE WIFE
REGENCY SILK STUMPWORK EMBRIODERY AFTER SINGLETON's THE INDUSTRIOUS COTTAGE WIFE

REGENCY SILK STUMPWORK EMBRIODERY AFTER SINGLETON's THE INDUSTRIOUS COTTAGE WIFE

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

The work was extremely popular and was reproduced as a mezzotint and etching by the fine printmaker Charles Turner in the same year, hand coloured versions such as this example in th...

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1810s Regency Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Silk

Egham Lock
Egham Lock

Egham Lock

By Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A.

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Some of his mezzotints are: "An Early Riser," a stag seen through the morning mists, "Grayling Fishing" and "A Salmon Pool on the Spey."

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1850s English School Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Etching

set of three Continental 19th century lithographs
set of three Continental 19th century lithographs

set of three Continental 19th century lithographs

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Each handsome lithograph showcases a print of an 18th century Mezzotint by John Smith in London and after the original early 16th century paintings by Titian.

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19th Century Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paper

JOHANN WEINMANN - Two Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745
JOHANN WEINMANN - Two Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

JOHANN WEINMANN - Two Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

By Johann Jakob Haid, Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Chatham, ON

JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN (1683-1741) - PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIE - Antique pair of framed 18th century first edition Phytanthoza Iconographie botanical hand colored mezzotint engraving...

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Early 18th Century German Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paper, Glass

17th c. Engraving by V. Green Merritinto titled Scottish Golfer And His Caddy
17th c. Engraving by V. Green Merritinto titled Scottish Golfer And His Caddy

17th c. Engraving by V. Green Merritinto titled Scottish Golfer And His Caddy

Located in Louisville, KY

Stunningly rendered and impeccably created in the mezzotint process, this framed piece is one of few left.

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Late 18th Century European American Colonial Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745
JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Chatham, ON

JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN (1683-1741) - PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIE - Antique set of six framed 18th century first edition PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIE botanical hand colored mezzotint engrav...

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Early 18th Century German Georgian Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Wood, Paper, Glass

Queen Victoria Drawing Room at St. James's Palace Engraving Print
Queen Victoria Drawing Room at St. James's Palace Engraving Print

Queen Victoria Drawing Room at St. James's Palace Engraving Print

Located in Savannah, GA

Sight: 45 ½ by 27 ½ inches Frame: 53 by 35 inches Line, stipple and mezzotint engraving. Published by William Lucas & Co., London, 1869.

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1860s English Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Paper

A fine Regency silkwork picture of The Industrious Cottage by Ann Wilson c.1810
A fine Regency silkwork picture of The Industrious Cottage by Ann Wilson c.1810

A fine Regency silkwork picture of The Industrious Cottage by Ann Wilson c.1810

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

The work was extremely popular and was reproduced as a mezzotint and etching by the fine printmaker Charles Turner in the same year, hand coloured versions such as this example in th...

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Early 19th Century English Antique Mezzotints

Materials

Silk

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Antique Mezzotints For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique mezzotints for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique mezzotints was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and giltwood. Antique mezzotints have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Rococo, Georgian and Baroque antique mezzotints are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique mezzotints over the years, but those made by John Martin, Johann Wilhelm Weinmann and John Faber are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Mezzotints?

Prices for antique mezzotints can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique mezzotints begin at $50 and can go as high as $47,639, while the average can fetch as much as $676.