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Natural History Illustrations: Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals, 1793
Natural History Illustrations: Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals, 1793

Natural History Illustrations: Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals, 1793

Located in Langweer, NL

The engraved lines would hold the ink. 2. **Printing**: After the engraving, the plate would be inked, and then wiped clean, leaving ink only in the carved lines.

Category

Antique 1790s German Prints

Materials

Paper

Couple Under a Tree
Couple Under a Tree

Couple Under a Tree

By Elyse Ashe Lord

Located in New York, NY

Elyse Lord would always supervise the difficult process of printing her plates and blocks, in person. [I am indebted to Michael Campbell, of Campbell Fine Art, for these biographical...

Category

1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Stunning Birds of Paradise from Seligmann's Rare Birds Collection (1770-1773)
Stunning Birds of Paradise from Seligmann's Rare Birds Collection (1770-1773)

Stunning Birds of Paradise from Seligmann's Rare Birds Collection (1770-1773)

Located in Langweer, NL

A damp sheet of paper would be pressed onto the plate using a printing press, forcing the ink from the grooves onto the paper to produce the image

Category

Antique 1770s Prints

Materials

Paper

Illustrations From The Book of Job - "The Fire of God is Fallen From Heaven"
Illustrations From The Book of Job - "The Fire of God is Fallen From Heaven"

Illustrations From The Book of Job - "The Fire of God is Fallen From Heaven"

By William Blake

Located in Soquel, CA

"Illustrations of the Book of Job" Engraving "The Fire of God is Fallen From Heaven...And the Lord said unto Satan Behold All that he hath is in thy Power" Engraving, third printing...

Category

1870s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving

Set of 13 Harrison Fisher First Edition Prints
Set of 13 Harrison Fisher First Edition Prints

Set of 13 Harrison Fisher First Edition Prints

By Harrison Fisher & Company

Located in Dallas, TX

PRESENTING a GORGEOUS Set of 13 Original prints, namely, a First Edition, First Printing of 13 Plates by Harrison Fisher. These are original plates from a First Edition First Prin...

Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Prints

Materials

Paper

The Old City Hall, Munich, Germany
The Old City Hall, Munich, Germany

The Old City Hall, Munich, Germany

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

La Fête Nationale du Boulevard Clichy
La Fête Nationale du Boulevard Clichy

La Fête Nationale du Boulevard Clichy

By Félix Hilaire Buhot

Located in Fairlawn, OH

La Fête Nationale du Boulevard Clichy Etching, drypoint, and aquatint, 1878 Signed lower left in the plate (see photo) Printed chine collee, mounted on white wove paper Upper plate m...

Category

1870s French School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

“Les Revers de la Fortune”
“Les Revers de la Fortune”

“Les Revers de la Fortune”

Located in Southampton, NY

Bonnet invented the technique of printing with white plates on blue paper, which seemed to be executed in chalks, so that the prints could barely be distinguished from the originals.

Category

1780s Academic Interior Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving

Fleet Street, London
Fleet Street, London

Fleet Street, London

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Brandenburger Tor, Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Berlin)
Brandenburger Tor, Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Berlin)

Brandenburger Tor, Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Berlin)

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Turmgasschen
Turmgasschen

Turmgasschen

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Heidelberg

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Munich, Der Alte Hof
Munich, Der Alte Hof

Munich, Der Alte Hof

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

London, Holborn House
London, Holborn House

London, Holborn House

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

London Tower Bridge
London Tower Bridge

London Tower Bridge

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Munichau (Austria)
Munichau (Austria)

Munichau (Austria)

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

City scene
City scene

City scene

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Western Landscape 11, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 11, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 7, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 7, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 6, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 6, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 10, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 10, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 9, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 9, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 8, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 8, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 5, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 5, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 4, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 4, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 2, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 2, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 3, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 3, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Western Landscape 1, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

Western Landscape 1, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

I have translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lume...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Seebenstein Castle Courtyard, Austria, large color etching
Seebenstein Castle Courtyard, Austria, large color etching

Seebenstein Castle Courtyard, Austria, large color etching

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Vienna
Vienna

Vienna

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Peintre et Modele Etching, Aquatint on Rives Paper, Modern, 1966
Peintre et Modele Etching, Aquatint on Rives Paper, Modern, 1966

Peintre et Modele Etching, Aquatint on Rives Paper, Modern, 1966

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Peintre et Modele Etching and aquatint on Rives wove paper, 1966 Signature stamp lower right (see photo) Annotated in pencil lower left: "epreuve avant acierage" (see photo) One of t...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Kronborg Slot
Kronborg Slot

Kronborg Slot

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Marienburg Castle, Germany
Marienburg Castle, Germany

Marienburg Castle, Germany

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Koln and the St Martin Church, Germany
Koln and the St Martin Church, Germany

Koln and the St Martin Church, Germany

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Bremen Markt Vor Dem Rathaus
Bremen Markt Vor Dem Rathaus

Bremen Markt Vor Dem Rathaus

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Danzig
Danzig

Danzig

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Wien
Wien

Wien

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Winter Landscape 3
Winter Landscape 3

Winter Landscape 3

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Landscape with House
Landscape with House

Landscape with House

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Heiligen Bluts
Heiligen Bluts

Heiligen Bluts

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Wien
Wien

Wien

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Unter Den Linden Street, Berlin, Germany
Unter Den Linden Street, Berlin, Germany

Unter Den Linden Street, Berlin, Germany

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Innenhof auf Schloss Schallaburg
Innenhof auf Schloss Schallaburg

Innenhof auf Schloss Schallaburg

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Schubert's Birthplace, Vienna, Austria
Schubert's Birthplace, Vienna, Austria

Schubert's Birthplace, Vienna, Austria

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Sea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach)

Sea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach)

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in New York, NY

Czestochoski describes the first state as the image cut down focusing on the group of girls, with some aquatint on the girls, and the second state as the larger plate. Perhaps the fi...

Category

1910s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Blue Serpent
Blue Serpent

Blue Serpent

By André Masson

Located in New York, NY

This was printed using a succession of printings, first a black plate, then colors (and has the tiny pin marks used for registration, lining up the plate against the already printed ...

Category

1950s Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph
St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in Soquel, CA

He then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the color to the plate - all done by hand.

Category

1920s Photorealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River

By John Sloan

Located in New York, NY

This print demonstrate why: the subtle use of plate tone (ink left on the plate during printing process) gives the impression an atmospheric quality.

Category

1890s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Danube
Danube

Danube

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Mount Grosslockner, Austria
Mount Grosslockner, Austria

Mount Grosslockner, Austria

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Seebenstein Castle Courtyard, Austria, large color etching
Seebenstein Castle Courtyard, Austria, large color etching

Seebenstein Castle Courtyard, Austria, large color etching

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Mount Ankogel, Austria
Mount Ankogel, Austria

Mount Ankogel, Austria

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

London Tower Bridge
London Tower Bridge

London Tower Bridge

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Klosterneuburg, Austria
Klosterneuburg, Austria

Klosterneuburg, Austria

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the pl...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

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