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Period: 18th Century
Antique Print of the 6th Mughal Emperor by Valentijn '1726'
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Sjeich Omar, Sesde Groote Mogol'. This print depicts Aurangzeb, the 6th Mughal Emperor. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by ...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Northern Lapwing by Sepp & Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus'. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tew-it, green plover, or (in Britain and ...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Chineesse Lykstaatsi. Funerailles Chinoises'. Engraved by J. van Schley after the drawing by Du Halde. A huge funeral of ondoubtly a very high ranking official,...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Hand Colored Engraving of a Lion and Lion Cubs
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of a lion and lion cubs. Source unknown, to be determined. Most likely published by or after Bertuch, circa 1795.
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Interesting Antique Print of Languages of the South Sea, C.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Table des differentes Langues de la Mer du Sud comparées avec celles des différentes Nations situées à l'Ouest de ces Isles'. Old print with a table of the diff...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XV, 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken
Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724
Text on verso
The measurement given is the paper size.
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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXXV, 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken
Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724
Text on verso
The measurement given is the paper size.
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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis II, 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken
Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724
Text on verso
The measurement given is the paper size.
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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Set of 2 Antique Butterfly Prints 'in Original Handcoloring, '1779'
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 antique entomology prints depicting various butterflies. These prints originate from 'De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de Drie...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of Four Antique Architecture Prints of Palace Facades by Neufforge
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of four architecture prints depicting various palace facades. These prints originate from 'Recueil Élémentaire d’Architecture' by ...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Optical Print of the Imperial Colleges and Warehouses in St. Petersburg, Russia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Prospectus Collegiorum Imperialium et Fundorum Orientalium Mercatorum Petersburgi - Vista de los Collegios Imperiales, Y de l'Almazen de las Mercaderias Orientales a Petersbourg'. The Imperial Colleges in St. Petersburg on the left and the merchant warehouses on the right. Magnificent view of downtown St. Petersburg, shows the so-called Twelve Colleges, originally built by Peter the Great...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the English and German Church, the Hague
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Engelsche en Hoogd. Kerk'. View of the English and German Church situated in Noordeinde in The Hague. This former chapel of the Sacrament Hospital (R.K. Sacr...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Italian Gilded Church Tablet with Faceted Diamante Stones
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded church tablet adorned with faceted diamante stones. It reads, "Tabella dei Signori Amministratori del Santissimo Sacramento" which means, "Table of the Lo...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Crystal, Gold Leaf
Antique Print of Binckhorst Castle, The Hague
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Binckhorst'. View on the Binckhorst in The Hague. This print was used in: Jacob de Riemer’s: “Beschryving van ‘s-Graven-Hage…” Delft an...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Palazzo Sapienza, Rome by M. De Bruyn, 1779
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Paleis Sapienza en het Collegio Publico, te Rome'. This print originates from 'Hedendaagsche historie van, en reis-boek door Italien'. Amst., M. de Bruyn, 1779.
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Colored Antique Prints of various Sea Shells and Molluscs
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of two antique prints of various sea shells and molluscs. These print originate from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 1666 – ...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Facade of the Collège des Quatre-Nations by Mariette '1738'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Elevation de l'Eglise du college des quatre nations et de ses aisles et pavillons en retour du côte de la riviere, de la fondation du Cardinal Mazarin...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Fish Species 'No. 468' by Valentijn, 1726
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of various fish species from Indonesia. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a Saint, They Holy Apollinaris of Ravenna, Syria
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Der heilige Apollinaris'. Small engraving of a Saint. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Signed 'Gijz et Klauber'.
Condition: Fair,...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Botany Print of the Broad Leaved Shrubby Germander
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique botany print of the Broad Leaved Shrubby Germander. This print originates from 'The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed (..)' by William Curtis. Published...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Engraving of the Temple of Ablaykit, a Buddhist Monastery in Kazakhstan
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plan des Environs et de l'Enceinte du Temple d'Ablaikit'. Copper engraving of the Temple of Ablaykit. Ablaykit (also Ablayket), more correctly Ablayin Qiyid (""...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Engraving of a Hunting Nymph, c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Nymphe de la Chasse'. Old print of a sculpture of Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden), Paris. It shows a hunting nymph. Source unknown, to be determined.
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Engraved Antique Map of the World, Colorful and Decorative, C.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Mappemonde en Deux Hemispheres ou l'on a Indique les Nouvelles Decouvertes' - This handsome double hemisphere map presents a ...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Italian Gaming Board
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare 18th century Italian gaming board "Nobilissimo Giuoco Della Mea" Or "The Nobel Game of Chance" in original paint and decoupage, (lacca povera) depicting a game which appears to be a board version of "Put and Take" with different characters representing either plus or minus points. Four corners with scalloped carved coin wells, the centre slightly dished for either a top or ball to roll within.
Characters include:
Scimmia/Monkey - put 6, Re/King - take 1, Vople/Wolf take 3 , Pascia/Lord - take two and so on. Other characters include, Cinese/Chinese, Colombo/Pidgeon, Crepascolo/Twilight, Armigero/Knight?, Gezelia/Gazelle, Adone/Adonis, Gonhiere/Gondolier, Araba Fenice/Arab Phoenix?, Vecchio/Old Man, Leone/Lion.
A very similar game board is in the collection of the Medici Villa...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Poplar
Antique Hand-Colored Print of the Anatomy of a Straw, 1795
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Anatomie d'un Tuyau de Blé - Anatomie eines Strohhalms'. Old print depicting the anatomy of the straw. This print originates from 'Bilderbuch für Kinder' by F.J...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Natives of Greenland, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Habillemens des Groenlandois'. Copper engraving of natives of Greenland. This print originates from volume 19 of 'Histoire generale des voyages (..)' by Antoine...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Optical Print of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Mausolee'. A vue d'optique of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Halicarnassus also spelled Halikarnassos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The monument was ...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Inner Courtyard of the Castle at Batavia by Habermann
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Die innere Aussicht des Castells in Batavia (..) - Vue interieure du Pallais de Batavie (..)'. View of the inner courtyard of the castle at Batavia, Indonesia. ...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Palazzo Barberinni, Rome by M. de Bruyn, 1779
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Paleis Barberini, van den Prins van Palestrina, op den Quirinaelschen Berg'. This print originates from 'Hedendaagsche historie van, en reis-boek door Italien'....
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Engraving of a Rock Formation, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Le Rocher'. Copper engraving showing a rock formation. This print originates from 'Jardins Anglo-Chinois à la Mode' by Georg Louis le Rouge.
Artists and Engravers: The work of Le Rouge is considered the most important engraved work concerning the history of European...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Sir Samuel Garth by Houbraken, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Sr. Samuel Garth M.D.' Portrait of Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719), an English physician and poet. Below the portrait are allegorical images related to medicine (a...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Botany Print of The Elm and Acacia by Le Bas, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘L’Orme à la grande feuille, Le saux Acacia’. Beautiful print depicting the elm and acacia. This print originates from ‘Le spectacle de l...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of a Peacock by Manetti, 'circa 1770'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Pavone della China maschio - Pavo Sinensis mas'. Beautiful copper engraving of a peacock. This print originates from 'Storia naturale degli Uccelli' by Sav...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Beverston Castle by Byrne, '1778'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'This View of Beverstone Castle (..)'. Original antique print showing a view of 'Beverstone' or 'Tetbury' Castle, a medieval stone ...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Anatomy Print of the Muscular System, 1798
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique anatomy print of the muscular system. This print originates from 'De Ontleedkundige Plaaten van B. Eustachius' published by J.B. Elwe.
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Pair French 18th Century Hand Colored Engravings of Pipe Smokers
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of hand colored engravings by Jacques Grasset de Sainte-Sauveur, 1797 Paris publication, 'Costumes de Different Pays', (Costumes of Different Countries). This pair depicting two...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Map Illustrating Solar Eclipses by Scherer, C.1703
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of an hemisphere and several figures illustrating the position of the earth, moon and sun. Printed for Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' (1702-1710).
Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print, Bird of Paradise, Tropicbird, Hooded Crow, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Histoire Naturelle, l'oiseau de Paradis, le Paille en queue, la Corneille mantelée'. Beautiful copper engraving depicting the bird of paradise, tropicbird and the hooded...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Duke of Newcastle on a Horse Showing Equestrian Dressage
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'La Vraije Methode pour les passades'. Original old print of the Duke of Newcastle enacting half turns, canters and pirouettes o...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Medical Print with Surgical Instruments by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate I: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows surgical instruments. Like scissors, scalpels, pincer, spatula and lancets. This print originates from 'Encyclopédie (..)' by D. Did...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Hand Colored Engraving of a Harbour Porpoise and Other Marine Life
Located in Langweer, NL
Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena 1, short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis 2, and orca or killer whale, Orcinus orca 3. Source unknown, to be determined. Most likely publi...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford'. Old print of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641)was a powerful statesman. He initially supported Parliam...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Framed Antique Print of the City of Montfoort in The Netherlands, circa 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Stad Montfoort'. View on the city of Montfoort, the Netherlands.
Artists and Engravers: Engraved by H. Spilman.
Condition: Good, general age-related to...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Engraving of a Religious Float for Saint Rumoldus or Rumbold, 1775
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of a float with religious figures. This print originates from 'Prael-treyn [...] toegeschikt aen het duyzend-jaerig jubilé van [...] den heyligen Rumoldus'.
Artists and Engravers: Published by Joannes Franciscus vander Elst.
Condition: Fair, age-related toning. Original folding lines, some wear and small defects. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1775
Overall size: 35.5 x 30 cm.
Image size: 28 x 28.5 cm.
We sell original antique maps to collectors, historians, educators and interior decorators all over the world. Our collection includes a wide range of authentic antique maps...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Cave near the Yenisei River in Siberia, Russia, 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Grotte remplie d'Idoles'. Copper engraving of the cave filled with idols on the banks of the Yenisei river. This print originates from volume 18 of 'Histoire ge...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Rare Antique Print of a Landscape with Cattle, 1774
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of a landscape with cattle. Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'L...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Rare Early View of the Harbour of Peking or Beijing, Capital of China
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue Persepective du pont et du Port de la Ville de Pekin, Ville de la Chine'. Rare antique print of a bridge in Peking (Beijing), China. This is an optical prin...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 3 Original Antique Prints of the Column in Heliopolis and Hyroglyphs
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of three antique prints depicting the column in Heliopolis and hyroglyphs. These prints originate from 'Neue Sammlung der merkwürdigsten Reisegeschichten, insonderheit der bewähr...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints - Rheum Rhapontieum & Rheum Palmatum
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 original antique botany prints from the work 'Botanica Pharmaceutica exhibens plantas officinalis quarum nomina indispensatoris recentur, cum Iconibus (..)' by A. Happe. The...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'George Lord Digby Earl of Bristol'. George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, KG (bapt. 5 November 1612 – 20 March 1677) was an English politician who as Lord Digby...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'George Byng Lord Torrington'. Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB, PC (27 January 1663 – 17 January 1733), of Southill Park in Bedfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer and statesman. While still a lieutenant, he delivered a letter from various captains to Prince William of Orange, who had just landed at Torbay, assuring the Prince of the captains' support; the Prince gave Byng a response which ultimately led to the Royal Navy switching allegiance to the Prince and the Glorious Revolution...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
18th-century Dutch Delft Shaped Chinoiserie Polychrome Plaque
Located in Downingtown, PA
Dutch Delft shaped Chinoiserie Polychrome plaque,
Circa 1730-40
The shaped plaque has a raised molded border decorated with a series of alternating painted panels of flowers and Chinese auspicious objects. The central scene is painted with a slightly off-center table with a vase filled with flowers and a large parrot perched on the branches. Several flying bugs can be seen around the flowers. To the left is a gardener with two watering pots at his feet. The whole in a puce, yellow and green palette. The top is surmounted with a blue shell pierced with a suspension hole. The exterior rim of the plaque in blue.
Dimensions: 8 7/8 inches high x 9 3/4 inches x 1/2 inch depth.
Provenance: B.F. Edwards Collection...
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Dutch Georgian Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Delft, Faience
Set of 7 Original Antique Prints of Portraits From Classical Rome. C.1790
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Glorious set of 7 portrait prints. Important figures, male and female from ancient Rome.
On beautiful laid paper.
Copper-plate engravings
Published C.1790
Unframed.
T...
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English Classical Roman Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Sr. Nicolas Bacon Lord Keeper'. Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the first half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Antique Prints of a Male and Female Arctic Bird
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 antique prints titled 'Der Nord-Vogel (..) - Avis Artica (..)'. Original antique prints of a male and female arctic bird with original/contemporary hand coloring. Engraved b...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints - Laurus Camphora & Laurus Nobilis
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 original antique botany prints from the work 'Botanica Pharmaceutica exhibens plantas officinalis quarum nomina indispensatoris recentur, cum Iconibus (..)' by A. Happe. The...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Spanish "Puente del Arzobispo" Madrid Hand Painted Earthenware Dish
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Spanish "Puente del Arzopispo" Mardrid hand painted earthenware "salvilla" dish, a type of plate which stands on a pedestal and was used to hold and display smaller reci...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Ceramic
Set of 3 Antique Botany Prints, Common Cytisus, Borbonia, Cistus
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 3 antique botany prints. It shows the Sessile-Leaved or Common Cytisus, Heart-Leaved Borbonia and the Beautoful Cistus. These pri...
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
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