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19th Century watercolour of fishing boats at low tide by British artist de Wint
19th Century watercolour of fishing boats at low tide by British artist de Wint

19th Century watercolour of fishing boats at low tide by British artist de Wint

By Peter de Wint

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

His palette reflects his purity of purpose, which comprised only the following ten pigments: Yellow Ochre, Gamboge, Indian Red, Brown Pink, Vermillion, Prussian Blue, Indigo, Burnt S...

Category

19th Century English School Antique Sepia

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

'Downtown, New York' — 1920s Modernism, Signed Aquatint
'Downtown, New York' — 1920s Modernism, Signed Aquatint

'Downtown, New York' — 1920s Modernism, Signed Aquatint

By John Taylor Arms

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

A superb, finely nuanced impression, in dark sepia ink, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/8 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition.

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Sepia

Materials

Etching

Rare Antique Print of a Landscape with Cattle, 1774
Rare Antique Print of a Landscape with Cattle, 1774

Rare Antique Print of a Landscape with Cattle, 1774

Located in Langweer, NL

Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'Liber Veritatis' owned by the Duke of Devon...

Category

18th Century Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

Sarreguemines French Majolica Trompe L’Oeil Greek Key Border Napkin Bread Tray
Sarreguemines French Majolica Trompe L’Oeil Greek Key Border Napkin Bread Tray

Sarreguemines French Majolica Trompe L’Oeil Greek Key Border Napkin Bread Tray

By Sarreguemines

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Clear glazing on a cream colored clay ground with a hand painted sepia glaze to the key pattern. The last two photos show the bread tray paired with an Egg Box Pâté Terrine from the ...

Category

Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Sepia

Materials

Earthenware

Laos Siamois – Camp near the Mekong Rapids (Keng Chan) c.1873
Laos Siamois – Camp near the Mekong Rapids (Keng Chan) c.1873

Laos Siamois – Camp near the Mekong Rapids (Keng Chan) c.1873

Located in Langweer, NL

Framing tips: A light cream or pale tan mount will harmonise with the sepia tones of the print. Choose a dark walnut, teak, or simple black frame to enhance its antique character.

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

NOCTURNE: PALACES

NOCTURNE: PALACES

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler (circle)

Located in Portland, ME

Signed on the tab with the butterfly in pencil. Printed in sepia on laid paper with no visible watermark. Trimmed just outside the platemark, leaving the tab.

Category

1870s Antique Sepia

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Baines Football Trade Card, Dolphin Holme, Play The Game
Baines Football Trade Card, Dolphin Holme, Play The Game

Baines Football Trade Card, Dolphin Holme, Play The Game

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

The Baines card offered for sale is printed in a sepia tone with a picture of two football players and a trophy cup to the front with the words 'Play The Game, Dolphin Holme'.

Category

1910s British Sporting Art Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

At the trough  Paper, charcoal, 51.5x34.5cm
At the trough  Paper, charcoal, 51.5x34.5cm

At the trough Paper, charcoal, 51.5x34.5cm

Located in Riga, LV

Used mainly pencil, rarely ink, charcoal, sanguine, sepia, also worked in the techniques of etching, linocuts and lithographs.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

French 19th century Pen and Ink River landscape with boat from a sketch folder
French 19th century Pen and Ink River landscape with boat from a sketch folder

French 19th century Pen and Ink River landscape with boat from a sketch folder

By Emile Cagniart

Located in Woodbury, CT

Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century River landscape with boat sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color. Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his...

Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Sepia

Materials

Ink

French 19th century Pen and Ink, River landscape from a sketch folder
French 19th century Pen and Ink, River landscape from a sketch folder

French 19th century Pen and Ink, River landscape from a sketch folder

By Emile Cagniart

Located in Woodbury, CT

Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century River landscape with boat sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color. Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his...

Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Sepia

Materials

Ink

French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder

French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder

By Emile Cagniart

Located in Woodbury, CT

Interesting and well-drawn group of French late 19th-century landscapes sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color. Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty...

Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Sepia

Materials

Ink

Four Antique Italian Extreme Erotica Hand Painted Pottery Tiles of Monks & Nuns
Four Antique Italian Extreme Erotica Hand Painted Pottery Tiles of Monks & Nuns

Four Antique Italian Extreme Erotica Hand Painted Pottery Tiles of Monks & Nuns

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

The tiles are made of a dense dark brown heavy clay with thick muted toned glaze on top with sepia toned figures, each having a vibrant orange border.

Category

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sepia

Materials

Pottery

Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain  American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain  American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers

Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A extraordinary find, a pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American/ European Market painted in sepia, colors and gilt vases & covers, with twelve (12) placed American/ European and ...

Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sepia

Materials

Porcelain

Lombard Farmhouse -  Etching on Cardboard by Luca Beltrami - 1877

Lombard Farmhouse - Etching on Cardboard by Luca Beltrami - 1877

By Luca Beltrami

Located in Roma, IT

Lombard Farmhouse is an original Modern artwork realized by Luca Beltrami (1854 - 1933) in 1877. Original Sepia Etching on ivory cardboard. Excellent conditions.

Category

1870s Antique Sepia

Materials

Cardboard, Etching

Antique 18C Chinese Porcelain Encre De Chine Qianlong Bowl China Village Figure
Antique 18C Chinese Porcelain Encre De Chine Qianlong Bowl China Village Figure

Antique 18C Chinese Porcelain Encre De Chine Qianlong Bowl China Village Figure

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Works incorporating the reddish enamel known in China as zhucai (yellowish-red colour-or sepia often are grouped with ink-colour wares as well Condition Overall condition 1 stabi...

Category

18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sepia

Materials

Porcelain

Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David Thomson, Bookplate Thos. Barratt
Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David Thomson, Bookplate Thos. Barratt

Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David Thomson, Bookplate Thos. Barratt

Located in valatie, NY

Small Corot illustration on the front cover. 50 illustrations, including five full-page sepia etchings on unbacked frameable heavy stock.

Category

19th Century English Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

19th Century Framed Pastel by Francois Stroobant
19th Century Framed Pastel by Francois Stroobant

19th Century Framed Pastel by Francois Stroobant

Located in Dallas, TX

A silvered frame was chosen to accentuate the sepia tones of the work, which depicts a quaint rural scene with a pond acting as an invitation into the scene, beside which a group of ...

Category

1890s Belgian Belle Époque Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

Paris, L'Atelier Pascal - Etching on Cardboard by Luca Beltrami - 1877

Paris, L'Atelier Pascal - Etching on Cardboard by Luca Beltrami - 1877

By Luca Beltrami

Located in Roma, IT

Paris, L'Atelier Pascal is an original Modern artwork realized by Luca Beltrami (1854 - 1933) in 1877. Original Sepia Etching on ivory cardboard. Inscripted on plate on the lower...

Category

1870s Antique Sepia

Materials

Cardboard, Etching

The Valley of Inspruck: An 18th-Century Engraved Perspective, 1792
The Valley of Inspruck: An 18th-Century Engraved Perspective, 1792

The Valley of Inspruck: An 18th-Century Engraved Perspective, 1792

Located in Langweer, NL

Beaumont, engineer') and by drawings in simple and sepia-washed versions. In the early 1790s the duke of Gloucester took Beaumont to London, where he remained during the French Revo...

Category

Late 18th Century Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

Human Sacrifice in a Morai, Tahiti – Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795
Human Sacrifice in a Morai, Tahiti – Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795

Human Sacrifice in a Morai, Tahiti – Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795

Located in Langweer, NL

Framing tips: A warm cream or light stone mount will complement the sepia-grey tones of the engraving. For framing, consider dark oak, mahogany, or black wood with a thin silver or g...

Category

Early 1800s European Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

Marcantonio Raimondi 'Pupil of, Antique Engraving, Italy, Mid-16th Century
Marcantonio Raimondi 'Pupil of, Antique Engraving, Italy, Mid-16th Century

Marcantonio Raimondi 'Pupil of, Antique Engraving, Italy, Mid-16th Century

Located in Chatham, ON

Collector's Initials - MF - added at a later date in watercolor or sepia ink. There are only three other known copies of this work to have survived - one is in the permanent collecti...

Category

16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

Une Visite Aux Bains - Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1858

Une Visite Aux Bains - Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1858

By Honoré Daumier

Located in Roma, IT

With the autograph certificate of circulation, written in pen and sepia ink, signed and dated (Paris, 24 th June, 1858) by the printer Destouches.

Category

1850s Antique Sepia

Materials

Lithograph

Interior of a Nootka House, Vancouver Island – Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795
Interior of a Nootka House, Vancouver Island – Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795

Interior of a Nootka House, Vancouver Island – Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795

Located in Langweer, NL

Framing tips: This print will suit a warm cream or light taupe mount to highlight its sepia tones. Choose a dark oak, walnut, or black frame with a slim gold or silver inner edge for...

Category

Early 1800s Dutch Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

"Playing hide and seek", 19th Century Oil on Panel by Vicente Palmaroli, Spanish
"Playing hide and seek", 19th Century Oil on Panel by Vicente Palmaroli, Spanish

"Playing hide and seek", 19th Century Oil on Panel by Vicente Palmaroli, Spanish

Located in Madrid, ES

Of very refined plastic based on precise and very detailed brushstrokes, with a smooth and refined chromaticism, based on blues, grays, whites and sepia, which further accentuate tha...

Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Sepia

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixeranderie - Etching by C. Meryon - 1852
Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixeranderie - Etching by C. Meryon - 1852

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixeranderie - Etching by C. Meryon - 1852

By Charles Meryon

Located in Roma, IT

He had thought of painting in watercolour, but decided he did not have time to learn this at first, but studied using sepia washes. He took full watercolour up in November 1841, when...

Category

1850s Modern Antique Sepia

Materials

Etching

"Ogalala Woman" Photogravure Portrait by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
"Ogalala Woman" Photogravure Portrait by Edward S. Curtis, 1908

"Ogalala Woman" Photogravure Portrait by Edward S. Curtis, 1908

By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

At the National Photographic Convention of 1899 Curtis was awarded the grand prize for three of his soft-focused, sepia-toned images of Puget Sound Native Americans: Evening on the S...

Category

Early 1900s American Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

18th Century Italian Grand Tour Landscape with Classical Ruins
18th Century Italian Grand Tour Landscape with Classical Ruins

18th Century Italian Grand Tour Landscape with Classical Ruins

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Landscape with Classical Ruins Key Details Artist: Italian School, 18th Century Medium: Watercolour wash on board Size (framed): 9 x 11 inches S...

Category

18th Century Old Masters Antique Sepia

Materials

Watercolor

Antique Print of the Arrival of Captain Cook, 1803
Antique Print of the Arrival of Captain Cook, 1803

Antique Print of the Arrival of Captain Cook, 1803

Located in Langweer, NL

Framing tips: A warm cream or light stone mount will harmonise with the sepia-grey tones of the engraving. For framing, consider dark oak, walnut, or a black frame with a slim gold o...

Category

Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

Battersea Morn (also Battersea Dawn)

Battersea Morn (also Battersea Dawn)

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

A fine, rare, very early proof impression, printed in a pale sepia ink, before extensive additional line work and shading were added to give the buildings and vessels further definit...

Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Sepia

Materials

Drypoint

Pair of Porcelain Urn Form Fruit Coolers with Covers and Liners
Pair of Porcelain Urn Form Fruit Coolers with Covers and Liners

Pair of Porcelain Urn Form Fruit Coolers with Covers and Liners

By Stône, Coquerel, and Legros d'Anisy

Located in New York, NY

Pair Footed Fruit Coolers, about 1810-20 Stône, Coquerel, and Legros D’Anisy, Paris (active 1808–49) Porcelain, partially transfer printed in sepia and green and gilded Each, 13 1...

Category

Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Sepia

Materials

Porcelain

The Plaza de Toros of Madrid, Bullfighting Scene by W.H. Lake Price, 1865
The Plaza de Toros of Madrid, Bullfighting Scene by W.H. Lake Price, 1865

The Plaza de Toros of Madrid, Bullfighting Scene by W.H. Lake Price, 1865

Located in Langweer, NL

A wide cream or ivory mount will emphasize the architectural sweep of the arena, while a dark wood or ebonized frame under glass enhances the contrast of the sepia tint. For a more c...

Category

Mid-19th Century European Antique Sepia

Materials

Paper

Drawing by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1760
Drawing by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1760

Drawing by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1760

By Jean Baptist Le Prince

Located in Kinderhook, NY

A black ink and sepia wash drawing by French artist Jean-Baptiste Le Prince of a classical scene of Roman soldiers with camel signed and dated lower left.

Category

Mid-18th Century European Antique Sepia

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

The Bridge, Santa Maria

The Bridge, Santa Maria

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in New York, NY

James Whistler (1834-1903), The Bridge, Santa Marta, 1879-80, etching with drypoint, printed in sepia on fine laid paper. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed imp on the tab (also...

Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Sepia

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Evening - The depth of the visible -
Evening - The depth of the visible -

Evening - The depth of the visible -

Located in Berlin, DE

The slightly darkened state of the sheet is in keeping with this transitional quality, which also lends the scene a sepia quality that underlines its timelessness. And yet the depict...

Category

Early 1900s Realist Antique Sepia

Materials

Etching

'The Serenade' — Fin-de-siècle French Romantic Eroticism
'The Serenade' — Fin-de-siècle French Romantic Eroticism

'The Serenade' — Fin-de-siècle French Romantic Eroticism

By Louis Legrand

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

A superb, richly-inked impression, in dark sepia ink, with skillfully wiped plate tone and burr in the drypoint, on cream laid paper, with the Louis LeGrand watermark in the bottom c...

Category

1890s Post-Impressionist Antique Sepia

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint

Westminster Abbey - the complete album of 13 etchings
Westminster Abbey - the complete album of 13 etchings

Westminster Abbey - the complete album of 13 etchings

By John Sloan

Located in New York, NY

These etchings are finelyand delicately printed in dark brown or sepia ink on heavy wove paper;an exceedingly rare set of these very early Sloan etchings.

Category

1890s American Realist Antique Sepia

Materials

Etching

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Antique Sepia For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique sepia available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, paper and ceramic, every antique sepia was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique sepia, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique sepia bearing Art Deco, Victorian or Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique sepia that is appealing in its simplicity, but René Lalique, Edward S. Curtis and Creil et Montereau produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Sepia?

An antique sepia can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,661, while the lowest priced sells for $75 and the highest can go for as much as $250,000.