John Webber Wall Decorations

John Webber created the engraving titled "A Boxing Match, in Hapaee, one of the Friendly Islands." Webber was indeed an artist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his third voyage ...

Antique map titled 'Chart of the World, according to Mercators Projection'. This world map shows the various discoveries of Captain James Cook during his 3 voyages between 1768 and 1780, and the English and French Explorers who followed immediately thereafter, including Vancouver and La Perouse. This edition of the map is significantly revised from the editions issued immediately after the official report of Cook's Voyages were integrated into the map, showing better detail in New Zealand, Australia, the Northwest Coast of America and North East coast of Asia, along with Greenland. A new large lake also appears for the first time in the Western part of North America, shortly before the commencement of the Lewis...

A rare and exquisite set of six French colored copper plate engravings of birds by François-Nicolas Martinet, dated 1787. Known for his work with Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle, Martine...

This original antique engraving is a set of two portraits side by side from "A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern" published by C. C...

Framed large black and white engraving of sea shells by Lister. This very rare copper engraving is from Martin Lister's work Historiae sive synopsis m...

This antique print depicts traditional summer and winter dwellings of the indigenous peoples of Kamchatka, Russia. The engraving shows a group of thatched structures set against a mo...

This framed antique and reverse printed panel was produced in England in the early 20th century by an unknown maker to commemorate the death of Admiral Lord Nelson...

This lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann depicts two individuals from the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii. The artwork reflects Brodtmann’s ethnographic interest in documenting...

Antique print that translates from Dutch to "View of Resolution Bay, on the Island of St. Christina, one of the Marquesas Islands." This is a historical print from the Dutch edition ...

A pair of fine engravings of two Swedish monarchs by Samuel Blessendorf for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden, in antique birch frames, 1663 and 1696. Engravings of Swedish King Karl X Gustav (b. 1622 - d. 1660) dated 1663 and his successor, King Karl XI (b. 1655 - d. 1697) from 1696 by Samuel Blessendorf, a Prussian enamel painter and engraver, born in Berlin in 1670. He designed and engraved these portraits for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden by Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694), Historiographer to King Karl X of Sweden. Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (b 1632 – d 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1684 when he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes...

This print titled "Ornemens, Ustensiles Et Armes Des Isles Des Amis" is from Captain James Cook's third voyage, specifically published in 1777 by Strahan and Cadell. It represents va...

Antique print titled 'Eene Vrouw van Eaoo'. Antique print depiciting a native woman from Eaoo, Friendly Islands, Pacific. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Cook (....