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Pair of Rare Original Copper Plate Engraving by Henry Moses, 1820
Pair of Rare Original Copper Plate Engraving by Henry Moses, 1820

Pair of Rare Original Copper Plate Engraving by Henry Moses, 1820

By Henry Moses

Located in Lentate sul Seveso (Mb), IT

Pair of rare original copper plate engraving by Henry Moses, London, 1820 Greek vases and pots from the collection of Sir Henry Englefield Dimensions each piece height cm 33, width...

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Antique 19th Century English Posters

Materials

Paper

Emanuel Sweert - Maria Merian - Daniel Rabel - Copper engraving 4 tulips plate 5
Emanuel Sweert - Maria Merian - Daniel Rabel - Copper engraving 4 tulips plate 5

Emanuel Sweert - Maria Merian - Daniel Rabel - Copper engraving 4 tulips plate 5

By Maria Sibylla Merian, Daniel Rabel, Emanuel Sweert

Located in EINDHOVEN, NL

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TULIP ENGRAVINGS EVER PUBLISHED Four Tulips PL.V. (plate 5), copper engraving made by Em(m)anuel Sweert(s) and published by Daniel Rabel in Paris 1622-1633 ...

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Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Other Paintings

Materials

Paper, Paint, Parchment Paper

Pair of 17th Century Copper Plate Engraving First Edition 1613 by B.Besler
Pair of 17th Century Copper Plate Engraving First Edition 1613 by B.Besler

Pair of 17th Century Copper Plate Engraving First Edition 1613 by B.Besler

By Basilius Besler

Located in Lentate sul Seveso (Mb), IT

Pair of 17th century original decorative copper plate Engraving first edition 1613 by Basilius Besler "Hortus Eyestettensis" Basilius Besler (1561-1629) was a respected Nuremberg ap...

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Antique Early 17th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Paper

Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden.
Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden.

Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden.

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

This plate shows Japanese idols, a pagoda, Persian slaughter of a camel, temples etc. Extremely rare in any edition. Copperplate engraving on a verge type hand laid paper with waterm...

Category

1720s Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Basil Besler, Caryophyllus Flore Original Engraving in Custom Frame
Basil Besler, Caryophyllus Flore Original Engraving in Custom Frame

Basil Besler, Caryophyllus Flore Original Engraving in Custom Frame

By Basilius Besler

Located in Nashville, TN

Hortus Eystettensis. Eichstat & Nurnberg, 1613, Basil Besler. Original engraving with later hand-coloring. Acid free custom three color wash French mat with painted gold-leaf bevel i...

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Antique 17th Century German Baroque Paintings

Materials

Copper

Copper Plate Etching on Paper Portrait of the Arc Angel Gabriel
Copper Plate Etching on Paper Portrait of the Arc Angel Gabriel

Copper Plate Etching on Paper Portrait of the Arc Angel Gabriel

Located in Antwerp, BE

Copper plate etching engraving on paper of the Arc Angel Gabriel signed and dated 1983, in the original silver leaf frame.

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Late 20th Century European Prints

Plate 31: 'Temple de Dayboth a Meaco en Japon - Tempel van Dajboth.
Plate 31: 'Temple de Dayboth a Meaco en Japon - Tempel van Dajboth.

Plate 31: 'Temple de Dayboth a Meaco en Japon - Tempel van Dajboth.

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

(Temple of Dayboth in Meaco / Miyako / Kyoto in Japan.) This plate shows a temple scene with statues, a golden bull, a procession, trumpet players etc. Extremely rare in this edition...

Category

1720s Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Anthony Walker (1726-1765) - The Mowhawk Indian Warrior – 18thC  Engraving
Anthony Walker (1726-1765) - The Mowhawk Indian Warrior – 18thC  Engraving

Anthony Walker (1726-1765) - The Mowhawk Indian Warrior – 18thC Engraving

Located in Meinisberg, CH

• Mid 18th Century copper plate engraving on laid paper • Sheet, ca. 20.7 x 12.7 cm • Presented in a later, vintage/somewhat tired simple mount, ca. 30 x 21 cm (Visible image ca. 1...

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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Engraving

Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 1629) 16thC Engraving - Woodland Scene with Travelers
Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 1629) 16thC Engraving - Woodland Scene with Travelers

Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 1629) 16thC Engraving - Woodland Scene with Travelers

By Aegidius Sadeler II

Located in Meinisberg, CH

Aegidius Sadeler (Flemish, 1570–1629) Romantic woodland scene with traveler and his laden mule passing by a seated figure resting on the roadside • 16th, possibly early 17th centu...

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16th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Engraving

Plate 856.  Pitcairnia Latifolis.  (Bromeliad)

Plate 856. Pitcairnia Latifolis. (Bromeliad)

By William Curtis

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Each installment featured three carefully hand colored copper plate engravings along with accompanying text on the cultivation and origins of the plants.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I

By Johannes Sadeler I

Located in Meinisberg, CH

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish, ∗ 1550 in Brussels, Belgium – † 1600 Venice, Italy) Jonah thrown to the Whale (First Sheet) Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Berna...

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16th Century Renaissance Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II

By Johannes Sadeler I

Located in Meinisberg, CH

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish, ∗ 1550 in Brussels, Belgium – † 1600 Venice, Italy) Jonah Spat Up by the Whale (Sheet II) Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Bernard...

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16th Century Renaissance Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving

Set of Six Johann Bayer Celestial Engravings

Set of Six Johann Bayer Celestial Engravings

By Johann Bayer

Located in New York, NY

JOHANN BAYER (1572-1625) From Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata... Copper-plate engravings with hand-coloring Paper size: approx 12 x 16”; Framed size: 24 x 27 ...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Prints

Antique Engraving of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Framed
Antique Engraving of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Framed

Antique Engraving of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Framed

By George Louis Le Rouge

Located in Pataskala, OH

From le Rouge's "Atlas Nouveau Portatif à l'usage des militaires et du voyageur" published from Paris this antique old French copper-plate engraving depicts two globes: a terrestrial...

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Antique 1760s French Louis XVI Drawings

Plate 1838.  Cycad

Plate 1838. Cycad

By William Curtis

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Each installment featured three carefully hand colored copper plate engravings along with accompanying text on the cultivation and origins of the plants.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Plexiglass, Rag Paper, Wa...

Plate 1851.  Cycad.

Plate 1851. Cycad.

By William Curtis

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Each installment featured three carefully hand colored copper plate engravings along with accompanying text on the cultivation and origins of the plants.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Goosander "plate CCCXXXI, " 1836

Goosander "plate CCCXXXI, " 1836

By John James Audubon

Located in Houston, TX

This copper plate engraving by Robert Havell, Goosander (plate CCCXXXI), was beautifully designed by John James Audubon.

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Antique Mid-19th Century British Prints

1675 King James Bible Cambridge Complete Illustrated 178 Van Hove Engravings
1675 King James Bible Cambridge Complete Illustrated 178 Van Hove Engravings

1675 King James Bible Cambridge Complete Illustrated 178 Van Hove Engravings

By F.H. van Hove

Located in Albany, OR

Gilt edges, though fading, with 178 copper plate engravings by F. H. van Hove from his first ed. 1671 with title.

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Antique 17th Century English Charles II Books

Materials

Paper

François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving
François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving

François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Meinisberg, CH

François Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731 - c. 1800) Le Pigeon Ramier de Madacascar (The Wood Pigeon of Madagascar) • 18th century hand colored Copper Plate engraving • Plate No. 192...

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18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper

Set of Five Engravings by Ottaviani and Volpato After Raphael's Frescoes
Set of Five Engravings by Ottaviani and Volpato After Raphael's Frescoes

Set of Five Engravings by Ottaviani and Volpato After Raphael's Frescoes

By Giovanni Ottaviani, Giovanni Volpato 1

Located in Long Island City, NY

Rome 1774-1776 by D’urbino Raphael Sanzio, Delle Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano from the elephant folio. Copper-plate engravings with original hand color A highly decorative se...

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Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Prints

Materials

Gouache

A Set Of Twenty Four Early 19th Century Bird Engravings In Handmade Frames
A Set Of Twenty Four Early 19th Century Bird Engravings In Handmade Frames

A Set Of Twenty Four Early 19th Century Bird Engravings In Handmade Frames

By George Edwards

Located in London, GB

Copper plate engravings with original hand colouring after paintings by George Edwards and others from The Encyclopaedia Londinensis, published by John Wilkes Circa 1800.

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Antique 19th Century British Prints

Plymouth to London Royal Mail
Plymouth to London Royal Mail

Plymouth to London Royal Mail

Located in New York, NY

Richly aquatinted restrike copper-plate engraving of an original engraving published in 1881 in London by G.R.

Category

1980s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Paeonia polyanthos maior flore  (Peony)

Paeonia polyanthos maior flore (Peony)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

1710s Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Sukotyro Sus  (Warthog)
Sukotyro Sus  (Warthog)

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

Canis  (Wolf & Hyena)
Canis  (Wolf & Hyena)

Canis (Wolf & Hyena)

By John Wilkes

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN WILKES (1750-1810) Encyclopedia Londonensis 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

Simia (Monkies)

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...

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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

1772 Map of Part of "West Florida"
1772 Map of Part of "West Florida"

1772 Map of Part of "West Florida"

Located in New York, NY

Original 1772 hand-colored copper plate engraving full title "A Map of Part of West Florida, from Pensacola to the Mouth of the Iberville River, with a view to shew the proper spot f...

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1770s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Bradypus (Three-toed Sloth)
Bradypus (Three-toed Sloth)

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

Asterias (Starfish)
Asterias (Starfish)

Asterias (Starfish)

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 At its best, the zoological art of ...

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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Papauer Flore.  (Poppy Flower)
Papauer Flore.  (Poppy Flower)

Papauer Flore. (Poppy Flower)

By Emanuel Sweert

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Academic Florilegia. Copper Plate Engravings with Hand-Coloring. Sweert, a botanical writer and florist, was born at Zevenbergen in 1552 and died at Amsterdam in 1612.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Framed 18th Century Prints of Historical Figures
Framed 18th Century Prints of Historical Figures

Framed 18th Century Prints of Historical Figures

Located in By Appointment Only, Ontario

Set of six copper plate engravings from Joachim Von Sandrart's Teutsch Academie.

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Antique 1740s German Prints

Materials

Copper

Paeonia polyanthos flore rubro.  Peony
Paeonia polyanthos flore rubro.  Peony

Paeonia polyanthos flore rubro. Peony

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear Cactus)
Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear Cactus)

Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear Cactus)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with later hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18” Unframed.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Piper Indicum (Pepper)
Piper Indicum (Pepper)

Piper Indicum (Pepper)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Narcissus totos luteus  (Daffodil)
Narcissus totos luteus  (Daffodil)

Narcissus totos luteus (Daffodil)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Alcea Syriaca (Hollyhocks)
Alcea Syriaca (Hollyhocks)

Alcea Syriaca (Hollyhocks)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Pseudo Narcissus (Daffodil, Buttercups)
Pseudo Narcissus (Daffodil, Buttercups)

Pseudo Narcissus (Daffodil, Buttercups)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Solanum Pomiferum (Tomato)
Solanum Pomiferum (Tomato)

Solanum Pomiferum (Tomato)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)
Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)

Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Rosa (Roses)
Rosa (Roses)

Rosa (Roses)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Solanum Pomiferum Tomato Vegetable
Solanum Pomiferum Tomato Vegetable

Solanum Pomiferum Tomato Vegetable

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba
Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba

Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba

By Albertus Seba 1

Located in Richmond, London

Why we like it Exquisitely engraved and hand-coloured, the prints evoke the fashion for exoticism in the Enlightenment era Europe. Hand-colored copper-plate engraving, signed in the...

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20th Century Dutch Modern Prints

Materials

Paper, Faux Bamboo, Paint

18th Century Black and White Floral Prints, Set of Six
18th Century Black and White Floral Prints, Set of Six

18th Century Black and White Floral Prints, Set of Six

Located in High Point, NC

Set of six 18th century black and white copper plate engravings of various British plants with their scientific names.

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Antique 18th Century English Other Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood, Glass

Greenland Buck by George Edwards, Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print, circa 1743
Greenland Buck by George Edwards, Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print, circa 1743

Greenland Buck by George Edwards, Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print, circa 1743

By George Edwards

Located in Raalte, NL

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds by George Edwards with the title: The Greenland Buck - Plate 51.

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Antique Mid-18th Century Great Britain (UK) Prints

Materials

Paper

"Aloe Americana" by Basilius Besler
"Aloe Americana" by Basilius Besler

"Aloe Americana" by Basilius Besler

By Basilius Besler

Located in Northfield, IL

Original Copper Plate Engraving of Aloe Americana by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)Published IN 1613 from the Garden of Eichstalt (Hortus Eystettensis).

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Paintings

Materials

Paper

Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850
Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850

Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850

By Virtue Brothers

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Set of 3 original hand colored copper plate engravings after the painter Turner by Virtue, circa 1850.

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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Art

Framed 18th Century Prints Of Famous Painters By Philipp Kilian
Framed 18th Century Prints Of Famous Painters By Philipp Kilian

Framed 18th Century Prints Of Famous Painters By Philipp Kilian

By Philipp Killian

Located in London, GB

Nine copper plate engraving prints by Philipp Kilian of famous European artists of the 17th and 18th Century from Joachim Von Sandrart's Teutsch Akademie.

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier German George II Prints

Materials

Wood, Handmade Paper

Lime and Sycamore in Cobham Park, 1824

Lime and Sycamore in Cobham Park, 1824

By Jacob George Strutt

Located in Houston, TX

In this hand-colored copper-plate engraving, an English estate with large open grounds is framed between a lime and sycamore tree.

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Antique 1820s Great Britain (UK) Prints

"Swilcar Lawn Oak" Painting, 1824

"Swilcar Lawn Oak" Painting, 1824

By Jacob George Strutt

Located in Houston, TX

The crown is finely balanced, exposing a unique composition of branches and leaves. This copper plate engraving is in stellar condition with no paper loss or discoloration.

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Antique 1820s Great Britain (UK) Prints

Set of 6 Maps the United States

Set of 6 Maps the United States

Unavailable|$2,100 / set

Set of 6 Maps the United States

By A. Steiler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

This can be attributed to the research involved but is also due to Perthes’ insistence on using copper-plate engraving, a medium very friendly to minutia, at a time when most cartogr...

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Antique 19th Century German Prints

Malva hortensis flore...  (Hollyhock, Mallow)
Malva hortensis flore...  (Hollyhock, Mallow)

Malva hortensis flore... (Hollyhock, Mallow)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexig...

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