Sir William Hamilton

Antique portrait titled 'George Hamilton Earl of Orkney'. Portrait of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, 1666 - 1737. Artists and Engravers: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was a ...

Two French matted and framed 18th century black and white engravings inspired by Classical Antiquity. The first frame contains an engraving of a woman patting a unicorn, and a man an...

Quiet and balanced, this serigraph print by Northern Irish artist William Scott belongs to a series of minimal compositions that explores the abstraction of color and form by reducin...

Impressive and charming depicting a classical scene of a female figure, personifying early Greek or Italian science, trimming the wick of a lamp. This act symbolizes the "lamp of lif...

William Henry Chandler (1854-1928) Pastel, a cottage in an autumn landscape, signed "Chandler" on lower right. Pastel on paper in period mahogan...

Frontispiece to volume one of 'Gallia Antiqua'. It shows an allegorical scene with Mercury standing at left beside a nymph painting the 'Bataille de Soissons'. Tragan's column behind...

Framed Silk Scarf Femme "Accoudé en Robe Mauve et au Chapeau" after Pablo Picasso. AUTHORIZED BY THE HIERS OF PABLO PICASSO MARIGOLD ENTERPRISES

Print size: 15 inches by 10 inches. Lord Hamiltons Ancient Vases. Number 94. Johann Tischbein, Naples , Italy. The scene depicts a scene from Greek Mythology, specifically one of the...

Framed print titled "Breaking Cover", a well-known fox hunting scene originally designed by the British artist Henry Thomas Alken. The original work was typically a hand-co...

US Mint Bicentennial Double Eagle plate symbolizing 200th years of the United States. It is made of fine bone china with 24k gold in a cobalt blue box ...

Set of two prints, frontispiece and title page, of 'Atlas Historique de la France Ancienne et Moderne' by M. Rizzi Zannoni. Artists and Engravers...

A vintage set of 10 framed Pop Music from 1960-1969 pop art LP covers. This set of 10 LP’s were released by Mercury Records in 1982 in Sweden. It is rare to see a whole set and it has taken me a year to find and collect all 10. Now they are framed and ready to hang. A great interior designer piece. The vinyl discs...

Hamilton Hamilton (American, 1847-1928) A large and impressive oil on canvas "Othello and Desdemona" after the William Shakespeare's play "Othe...

Diana of Ephesus Antique Engraving, Montfaucon Antiquité Expliquée, 1721 This original eighteenth-century copper engraving titled “Diane d’Ephese” illustrates several sculptural representations of the celebrated cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus, one of antiquity’s most enigmatic and symbolically charged religious images. The plate originates from Bernard de Montfaucon’s landmark antiquarian publication L’antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures, published in Paris in 1721, a pioneering encyclopedic study that helped establish the scholarly foundations of archaeology and art history during the Enlightenment. Montfaucon’s ambitious project sought to systematically document the material culture of the ancient world through carefully researched engravings based on surviving sculptures, coins, reliefs, and historical sources. This plate presents multiple interpretations of the Ephesian goddess, comparing sculptural variants and medallion representations. The central figures stand rigidly frontal, crowned and richly adorned, their bodies covered with registers of animals, symbolic figures, and ritual ornamentation. Smaller circular images below further demonstrate how the goddess appeared on ancient coins and reliefs, reflecting Montfaucon’s analytical approach to classical imagery. Unlike the familiar Greek Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the Ephesian Diana represents an older Anatolian mother deity assimilated into Greco-Roman religion. Her distinctive iconography—tiered body coverings, animal motifs, and fertility symbolism—expresses abundance, cosmic order, and divine protection. During the eighteenth century, such images fascinated European scholars attempting to interpret ancient religions through comparative symbolism, making Montfaucon’s publication a cornerstone reference for collectors, antiquarians, and early museums. The engraving is executed with refined precision typical of Parisian copperplate work of the early 1700s, combining scientific clarity with strong decorative appeal. The balanced composition and graphic symmetry allow the print to function equally as a scholarly artifact and an elegant wall piece suited to both classical and contemporary interiors. This original antique engraving is offered unframed, providing flexibility to select a frame appropriate to the intended interior setting. Condition: Good antique condition with age-related toning and light paper discoloration consistent with early eighteenth-century prints...

Antique frontispiece titled 'The costumes of the Netherlands'. Old decorative title page of the work titled 'The Costume of the Netherlands displayed in thirty coloured engravings'. ...