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c1890 Works of George John Whyte-Melville
c1890 Works of George John Whyte-Melville

c1890 Works of George John Whyte-Melville

By George Whyte-Melville

Located in Bath, GB

A uniformly bound set of these delightful novels and poetry from George Whyte-Melville. A uniform set in signed half crushed morocco binding by Bayntun.

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Antique 1890s British Books

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Hawaii by John Melville Kelly, Hawaiian Fine Nostalgia Aquatint
Hawaii by John Melville Kelly, Hawaiian Fine Nostalgia Aquatint

Hawaii by John Melville Kelly, Hawaiian Fine Nostalgia Aquatint

By John Melville Kelly

Located in Honolulu, HI

This image is illustrated in the book, "John Melville Kelly: Hawaiian Idyll" on page 92-93.

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Original Charcoal Drawing, "Marion, Hawaii" by John Melville Kelly
Original Charcoal Drawing, "Marion, Hawaii" by John Melville Kelly

Original Charcoal Drawing, "Marion, Hawaii" by John Melville Kelly

By John Melville Kelly

Located in Honolulu, HI

References: Hawaiian Idyll: John Melville Kelly by Natasha Roessler Drucker Honolulu Academy of Arts (November 2009).

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Early 20th Century Hawaiian Drawings

Leilani & Mokihana by John Melville Kelly, 1943
Leilani & Mokihana by John Melville Kelly, 1943

Leilani & Mokihana by John Melville Kelly, 1943

By John Melville Kelly

Located in Chicago, IL

Pair of lithographs titled “Lellani” and “Mokihana,” following the 1st edition of Kelly's “Etching of Hawaiians” book. Both lithographs are mounted on archival mat and famed under gl...

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The Acrobats
The Acrobats

John MelvilleThe Acrobats, 1935

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The Acrobats

By John Melville

Located in Wiscasett, ME

Cubist bronze inscribed on the base edition 1/8 circa 1935, excellent patina. John Melville is described by critic Michel Remy as ones of the "harbingers of surrealism" in Great Brit...

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Henry Melville
Henry Melville

John KayHenry Melville, 1790

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Henry Melville

By John Kay

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

An original copper plate engraving by Scottish artist John Kay (1742-1826) titled "Henry Melville", 1790.

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Charles William Bartlett “Hawaiian Fisherman”, 1919
Charles William Bartlett “Hawaiian Fisherman”, 1919

Charles William Bartlett “Hawaiian Fisherman”, 1919

By Charles Bartlett

Located in Dallas, TX

In 1928, Bartlett helped to found the Honolulu Printmakers along with local artists Alexander Samuel MacLeod, John Melville Kelly, and Huc-Mazelet Luquiens. Charles Bartlett died in ...

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"The Acrobats" by John Melville Cubist Bronze, circa 1935
"The Acrobats" by John Melville Cubist Bronze, circa 1935

"The Acrobats" by John Melville Cubist Bronze, circa 1935

By John Melville

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Cubist bronze inscribed on the base edition 1/8 circa 1935, excellent patina. John Melville is described by critic Michel Remy as ones of the "harbingers of surrealism" in Great Bri...

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Vintage 1930s English Modern Figurative Sculptures

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California Redwoods
California Redwoods

California Redwoods

By John Melville Kelly 1

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

John Melville Kelly , 'California Redwoods', etching, c. 1920.

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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Red Wax Intaglio Seal Collection with Scottish Coats of Arms
Red Wax Intaglio Seal Collection with Scottish Coats of Arms

Red Wax Intaglio Seal Collection with Scottish Coats of Arms

Located in Stamford, CT

d. 1867 William Drummond at the Grange Rev. Thomas W. Gage 2 John Whyte Melville of Bennochy George Drummond of Blair Drummond James 2nd earl of Baudout (sic) 1785 d. 1856 Thom...

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Golf Rules 1928 Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews
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Located in Oxfordshire, GB

There is also a list of members who have won the Amateur Golf Championship - Allan Fullarton Macfie, Horace G. Hutchinson, John E. Laidlay, Leslie Balfour Melville, F.G. Tait, Charle...

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"Autumn, New England" Charles Warren Eaton, Tonalist Gloaming Sunset in Woods
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Located in New York, NY

Eaton, like many Tonalist artists of his generation such as Henry Ward Ranger, John Francis Murphy, and Charles Melville Dewey, fell into relative anonymity in the mid-twentieth cent...

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"Mount Rockwell, Glacier National Park, Montana, " Mountain Lake Landscape View
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By Charles Warren Eaton

Located in New York, NY

Eaton, like many Tonalist artists of his generation such as Henry Ward Ranger, John Francis Murphy, and Charles Melville Dewey, fell into relative anonymity in the mid-twentieth cent...

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1920s Tonalist Landscape Paintings

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