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Insectes
By Eugene Alain Seguy
Located in London, GB
Seguy, E.A.
Insectes.
Paris, Du Chartre et van Buggenhoudt [1924]
Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in Fran...
Category
1920s Art Deco Animal Prints
Materials
Gouache, Lithograph
Insectes
By Eugene Alain Seguy
Located in London, GB
Seguy, E.A.
Insectes.
Paris, Du Chartre et van Buggenhoudt [1924]
Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in Fran...
Category
1920s Art Deco Animal Prints
Materials
Gouache, Lithograph
A Group of Twelve 18th Century engravings of Parrots.
By George Edwards
Located in London, GB
Edwards, George
Parrots, a group of twelve.
London, For the author, at the College of Physicians in Warwick-Lane. 1747-1751
Decorative plates for “A Natural History of Birds” one ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Nijinsky and Karsavina in Le Spectre de la Rose.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Nijinsky and Karsavina in Le Spectre de la Rose.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression ...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vaslav Nijinsky as Siegfried in Swan Lake.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Vaslav Nijinsky as Siegfried in Swan Lake.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nijinsky in Petrouchka.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Nijinsky in Petrouchka.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by Nijinsky in h...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Carnaval.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Carnaval.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
Barbier’s wonderful illustrations of the legendary dancer in Scheherazade, Carnaval and L’Après-midi d’un Faune
‘The d...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nijinsky as 'the poet' in Les Sylphides.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Nijinsky as 'the poet' in Les Sylphides.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced b...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nijinsky in Cleopatre.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Nijinsky in Cleopatre.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by Nijinsky in hi...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nijinsky in L’Apres Midi d’un Faune.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Nijinsky in L’Apres Midi d’un Faune.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by ...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nijinsky in Scheherazade.
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George.
Nijinsky in Scheherazade.
London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913.
‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by Nijinsky in h...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lady Mary Mordaunt's black silk shoe.
Located in London, GB
GREIG, T. Watson.
Lady Mary Mordaunt's black silk shoe.
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1885-1889.
Plate from Ladies’ Old-Fashioned Shoes by Greig, T. Watson. An important illustrated m...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Color
GREIG, T. Watson. Mrs Woodcock's Shoe.
Located in London, GB
GREIG, T. Watson.
Mrs Woodcock's Shoe.
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1885-1889.
Plate from Ladies’ Old-Fashioned Shoes by Greig, T. Watson. An important illustrated monograph on 17th ...
Category
1880s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Color
Philips’ New Map of Africa
Located in London, GB
[PHILIP, George]
Philips’ New Map of Africa
London & Liverpool George Philip & Son [1899]
Attractive large map of Africa by the firm founded by the Scottish cartographer George Ph...
Category
1890s Naturalistic More Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Railway Map of India.
Located in London, GB
THUILLIER, Colonel Henry Ravenshaw.
Railway Map of India. Railways Brought up to October 1895. Scale 1 Inch = 48 miles or 1:3,041,280.
[Calcutta], Published under the direction of Colonel H. Thuillier, R.E., Surveyor General of India, October 1890.
A comprehensive railway map of British India, including the subcontinent and Burma, also displaying the main road networks, navigable canals, steamship routes, and telegraph connections across the peninsular. This publication by the Survey of India Office includes a useful ‘References’ key giving information on the differing gauges in use across the region, and a colour code highlighting the lands under direct British administration in pink, ‘Tributary States’ in yellow and ‘Independent & Foreign Possessions’ in Green. A notice records the price for colour as ‘Five Rupees’, as against ‘Four Rupees’ without.
Prepared under the direction of Colonel Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier, who as his father before him, served as Surveyor General of India from 1887 to 1895. Here Baluchistan is shown as an enclave of the British Raj. This strategically important territory lies in modern-day Pakistan, and is situated around the natural fort town of Quetta located high in the Chiltan mountains. It came under direct British rule in 1876, securing the vital Bolan Pass though which British troops under the command of General Michael Biddulph passed during the Second Anglo-Afghan War...
Category
1890s Other Art Style More Art
Materials
Lithograph
Coconut/Palm Nut
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
Coconut/Palm Nut
Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745.
attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.
Johann Wei...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
Melons
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
Melons
Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745.
attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.
Johann Weinmann (168...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
Citrus and Apricots
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
Citrus and Apricots
Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745.
attractive plate, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.
Johann ...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
Java Apples
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
Java Apples
Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745.
attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.
Johann Weinmann...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
Apples
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
Apples
Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745.
attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing.
Johann Weinmann (16...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Mezzotint
Gladiolus Cardinalis
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Gladiolus Cardinalis
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Lilium Superbum
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Lilium Superbum
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of b...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Pancratium Calathiforme
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Pancratium Calathiforme
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monume...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Narcissus
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph.
Narcissus
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of botanic...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Iris Pratensis
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Iris Pratensis
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of bo...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Hæmanthus Multiflorus
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Hæmanthus Multiflorus
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monument...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Iris Florentina
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ Pierre-Joseph.
Iris Florentina
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of bo...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Crinium Giganteum
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Crinium Giganteum
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Fritillaria Imperialis
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph.
Fritillaria Imperialis
Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16
The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monument...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Stareek.
By Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Stareek.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913). Showing one of the memb...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Finnesko with Crampons.
By Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Finnesko with Crampons.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913).
‘No fur...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Simpson and the Magnetic hut.
By Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Simpson and the Magnetic hut.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913).
T...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bowers returned from Southern journey.
By Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Bowers returned from Southern journey.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Davis - ships carpenter - building Cape Evans hut.
By Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Davis - ships carpenter - building Cape Evans hut.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova exped...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
South America
By John Senex
Located in London, GB
South America
SENEX, John.
South America Corrected from the Observations Communicated to the Royal Society’s of London & Paris. By John Senex. To Edmund Halley. LLD. Savilian Professor of Geometry in Oxford and Fellow of the Royal Society. This Map corrected from His own Discoveries In gratefull Acknowledgement of his Ready assistance to Encourage this Designe is Humbly Dedicated.
John Senex, at the Globe against St Dunstans Church, Fleetstreet, London 1710 [-1728].
John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer. As a young man, he was apprenticed to Robert Clavell, a bookseller. He worked with several mapmakers over the course of his career, including Jeremiah Seller and Charles...
Category
1710s Naturalistic More Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Great Britain
By John Senex
Located in London, GB
Great Britain
SENEX, John.
A New Map of Great Britain Corrected from the Observations communicated to the Royal Society at London. By John Senex F.R.S. To the Right Hono[ra]ble William Connelly ESQ. One of the Commissioners of His Maj[es]ties Revenue, Speakerof the Hono[a]ble House of Commons, and one of His Maj[es]ties most Hono[ra]ble Privy Council for Ye Kingdom of Ireland. This Map is dedicated by John Senex.
John Senex F.R.S. 1710 [-1728].
John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer. As a young man, he was apprenticed to Robert Clavell, a bookseller. He worked with several mapmakers over the course of his career, including Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price...
Category
1710s Naturalistic More Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Cetus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Cetus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that ti...
Category
1750s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Andromeda Perseus Triangulum
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Andromeda Perseus Triangulum
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas ...
Category
1750s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Hydra Crater Corvus Sextans Virgo
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Hydra Crater Corvus Sextans Virgo
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star a...
Category
1750s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Eridanus Orion Lepus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas publish...
Category
1750s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
[CHINESE SCHOOL]. Two Watercolour Scenes.
By 19th Century Chinese school
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE SCHOOL].
Two Watercolour Scenes.
Possibly Canton ca.1820].
Very impressive large scale watercolours of Chinese scenes, presumably executed for the Western market by an an...
Category
1820s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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18th-century celestial - Camelopardal & Auriga
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Camelopardal & Auriga
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by John Mynde, from the s...
Category
1750s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
A Group of twelve Courtiers
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
Group of 12 Courtiers.
Mid to late nineteenth century.
12 hand painted water-colours on pith paper, pale blue silk borders, a few minor...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Rice Paper
Two Guinea Fowl
By Joseph Wolf
Located in London, GB
WOLF, Joseph (artist).
Two Guinea Fowl
London For the author, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street 1871
Two original hand-coloured lithographic plates by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf. ...
Category
1870s Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Lithograph
A Group of Six Hyacinths
Located in London, GB
BUCHOZ, Pierre Joseph
A Group of Six Hyacinths. Collection coloriée des plus belles variétés de Jacinthes, qu'on monte aux Curieux dans les Jardins des Fleuristes d’Harlem.
Paris, T...
Category
1780s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Engraving
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
A Group of 10 Flowers and Butterflies.
mid to late nineteeenth century.
A fine group of Chines...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Rice Paper
![[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_14192/1683202071473/101715_20_master.jpg?width=240 "[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies")
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies.
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
Group of 12 flowers and insects.
Mid to late nineteenth century.
A fine group of Chinese export...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rice Paper, Gouache
![[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies.](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_14192/1683133167630/107088_14_master.jpg?width=240 "[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies.")
Four Pheasants
By Joseph Wolf
Located in London, GB
WOLF, Joseph (artist)
Four Pheasants
London, For the author, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1871
Four original hand-coloured lithographic plates by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wo...
Category
1870s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Lithograph
Tiffany Vase Designs
Located in London, GB
Tiffany Vase Designs
Group of Three Porcelain Vase designs.
Paris, [1920’s].
Group of three original watercolour designs on paper, with marginal stamps “Planche d’aquarelle” with...
Category
1920s Art Deco Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tiffany Vase Designs
Located in London, GB
Tiffany Vase Designs
Group of Three Porcelain Vase designs.
Paris, [1920’s].
Group of three original watercolour designs on paper, with marginal stamps “Planche d’aquarelle” with ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Magnificent large plate illustrating the Vatican Museum
By Vincenzo Feoli
Located in London, GB
FEOLI, Vincenzo.
Vedute del Museo Pio-Clementino.
Rome, 1790.
A double-page engraved plate after Miccinelli and Costa. Sheet size: 70.5cm by 99cm. Mounted size: 81cm by 101cm.
Magnificent series of extra-large plates illustrating the Vatican Museum...
Category
1790s Naturalistic Interior Prints
Materials
Engraving
Magnificent large plate illustrating the Vatican Museum
By Vincenzo Feoli
Located in London, GB
FEOLI, Vincenzo.
Vedute del Museo Pio-Clementino.
Rome, 1790.
A double-page engraved plate after Miccinelli and Costa. Sheet size: 70.5cm by 99cm.
Presented in a mount, size: 81cm by 101cm.
Magnificent series of extra-large plates illustrating the Vatican Museum...
Category
1790s Interior Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Iris Kaempferi: No. 91 CHO-HIYEN
Located in London, GB
Iris Kaempferi: No. 91 CHO-HIYEN
Tokyo, Yoshinoen-Garden, circa 1910.
Hand-coloured woodblock print on handmade rice paper, numbered and captioned at top, outlined in ink. Framed in...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Rice Paper
Iris Kaempferi: No. 58 SHU-FU-RAKU
Located in London, GB
Iris Kaempferi: No. 58 SHU-FU-RAKU
Tokyo, Yoshinoen-Garden, circa 1910.
Hand-coloured woodblock print on handmade rice paper, numbered and captioned at top, outlined in ink. Framed...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Wood, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Iris Kaempferi: No.36 YEDO-JIMAN
Located in London, GB
Iris Kaempferi: No. 36 YEDO-JIMAN
Tokyo, Yoshinoen-Garden, circa 1910.
Hand-coloured woodblock print on handmade rice paper, numbered and captioned at top, outlined in ink. Framed ...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Wood, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Iris Kaempferi: No.10 AKASHI-NO-UE
Located in London, GB
Iris Kaempferi: No. 10 AKASHI-NO-UE
Tokyo, Yoshinoen-Garden, circa 1910.
Hand-coloured woodblock print on handmade rice paper, numbered and captioned at top, outlined in ink. Fram...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Wood, Watercolor
Collection of Watercolour Designs for Silverware.
Located in London, GB
[ANON.]
Collection of Watercolour Designs for Silverware.
South Germany, [Late 19th century].
A series of 9 watercolours, each framed and glazed, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
A Group of Six Pears.
By Pierre Jean François Turpin
Located in London, GB
POITEAU, A. and P. TURPIN.
Traité des arbres fruitiers: A Group of six Pears.
H. Perronneau for T. Delachausée, Paris, 1807-1835.
A group of six stipple-engraved plates printed in c...
Category
Early 1800s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
CHIKANOBU, Yoshu (1838–1912)
A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
1896-1898
A Set of Six oban tate-e woodblock prints of okubi-e (bust portraits) of beauties, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages), documenting the fashions of former times (from the Keicho to the Meiji era) in chronological order, each sheet with a beautiful woman in sumptuous costume depicted at the lower section and a rectangular panel at the top which makes a reference to the era, some sheets with lacquer and embossed details, published by Matsuki Heikichi, variously dated Meiji 29, 30 and 31 (1896-8), all signed Yoshu Chikanobu. Each sheet approx. 36 x 23.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in).
oyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu, was one of the most successful woodblock print artists of Japan's Meiji period. He lived at a time when Japan saw the reinstatement of the emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional subjects, such as actors, courtesans, scenes of famous sites, beautiful women, and with topical subjects, such as the Satsuma Rebellion (1877) and the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Chikanobu used the flat planes and decorative patterning of the ukiyo-e tradition to striking effect, adding brilliant colors, especially reds, purples, and blues to his compositions.
More precisely, Ukiyo-e, or ukiyo-ye (in Japanese: "pictures of the floating world"), is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. It was aimed at the prosperous merchant class in the urbanizing Edo period (1603–1867). Amongst the popular themes were depictions of beautiful women, as is the case here with these okubi-e prints (i.e. bust portraits); kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.
One of Chikanobu’s best series, A Mirror of the Ages shows women by fashion and hair style throughout history. Despite a sense of longing for the past, these prints are unmistakably modern and of their time. Each print depicts a beauty from a certain period in the lower part and customs at that time, in grisaille, in the upper part - a way to tell viewers about the latest fashion and historical backgroud at that time. The quality of printing is outstanding, especially in Chikanobu’s use of white for the rendering of the powdered faces. Indeed, Chikanobu was known as a master of bijinga (images of beautiful women), and for illustrating changes in women's fashion, including both traditional and Western clothing...
Category
1890s Other Art Style Portrait Prints
Materials
Wood
