Early 1800s Wall Decorations

Various Articles Implements And Used By The Savages Of New Caledonia In The South Sea Description: This 1801 copperplate engraving from George Alexander Cooke's "Universal Geography" displays various tools and clothing of the indigenous people of New Caledonia in the South Sea. Items depicted include a mask, a basket for containing feathers, a warrior's cap, instruments for tattooing, a club, a spear, and other artifacts integral to the daily and ceremonial life of the New Caledonian people. The engraving provides a visual documentation of the cultural artifacts encountered by explorers like Captain James Cook during their voyages. The print includes various items used by the indigenous people of New Caledonia: 1. A mask, likely used in rituals or ceremonies. 2. A basket for containing feathers, possibly for storage or transport of valuable items. 3. A cap worn by warriors, part of their traditional attire. 4. Tattooing instruments for marking the skin with cultural or status symbols. 5. A club, which could be a weapon or a symbol of power. 6. A spear, used for hunting or as a weapon. 7. An adze, a tool for woodworking...

Antique print Australia titled 'Gezigt van de Rivier Endeavour op de Kust van Nieuw-Holland'. View of an encampent on the shore of the Endeavour river on the coast of Australia where the Endeavour boat was beached. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Cook (..)'. HMS Endeavour was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Australia and New Zealand on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771. She was launched in 1764 as the collier Earl of Pembroke, with the Navy purchasing her in 1768 for a scientific mission to the Pacific Ocean and to explore the seas for the surmised Terra Australis Incognita or "unknown southern land". Commissioned as His Majesty's Bark Endeavour, she departed Plymouth in August 1768, rounded Cape Horn and reached Tahiti in time to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun. She then set sail into the largely uncharted ocean to the south, stopping at the islands of Huahine, Bora Bora, and Raiatea west of Tahiti to allow Cook to claim them for Great Britain. In September 1769, she anchored off New Zealand, becoming the first European vessel to reach the islands since Abel Tasman's Heemskerck 127 years earlier. In April 1770, Endeavour became the first European ship to reach the east coast of Australia, with Cook going ashore at what is now known as Botany Bay. Endeavour then sailed north along the Australian coast. She narrowly avoided disaster after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef, and Cook had to throw her guns overboard to lighten her. Endeavour was beached on the Australian mainland for seven weeks to permit rudimentary repairs to her hull. Resuming her voyage, she limped into port in Batavia in October 1770, her crew sworn to secrecy about the lands that they had visited. From Batavia Endeavour continued westward, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 13 March 1771 and reached the English port of Dover on 12 July, having been at sea for nearly three years. The ship was largely forgotten after her Pacific voyage, spending the next three years hauling troops and cargo to and from the Falkland Islands. She was renamed in 1775 after being sold into private hands, and used to transport timber from the Baltic. Rehired as a British troop transport during the American War of Independence, she was finally scuttled in a blockade of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island in 1778. Historical evidence indicates the ship was sunk just north of Goat Island in Newport Harbor, along with four other British transports. Relics from Endeavour are displayed at maritime museums worldwide, including an anchor and six of her cannon. A replica of Endeavour was launched in 1994 and is berthed alongside the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney Harbour. The NASA Space Shuttle...

Great map of Sweden Copper-plate engraving by Barlow Published by Brightly & Kinnersly, Bungay, Suffolk. 1806 Unframed.  

Old print of a peasant of upper Carniola, Slovenia. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria' by William Miller. Artists and engravers: Engraved by William Ellis.

Antique print, titled: 'La Tourterelle Emeraudine, male' This print shows a male turtle / dove. Plate 271. From a folio ed. of: 'Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux nouveau...

The image depicts a copperplate engraving of a sea otter from Nootka Sound, located in Quadra and Vancouver Island on the North West Coast of America. This particular engraving was...

Wonderful Hogarth prints Blackwell's Military Figures Copper-plate engravings by Thomas Cook Published by Longman, Hirst, Rees & Orme, 1807-1808 ...

Antique map titled 'Congo, Cafrerie.' Decorative map of the southern part of Africa by Robert de Vaugondy, revised and published by Delamarche. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Charles Francois Delamarche (1740-1817) founded the important and prolific Paris based Maison Delamarche map publishing firm in the late 18th century. A lawyer by trade Delamarche entered the map business with the acquisition from Jean-Baptiste Fortin of Robert de Vaugondy's map plates...

Antique print titled 'Quantecong, a divinity of the Chinese, which they suppose to have been their first Emperor'. Engraving of the deity Quante-Cong (or Shangdi), first ruler of C...

Title: "The Natives of Otaheite Attacking Capt. Wallis, The First Discoverer of that Island" This engraving depicts a significant historical encounter between the natives of Tahiti ...

Antique print, titled: 'Le Loriot Coudougnan Male' This print shows a male oriole. From a folio ed. of: 'Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amerique...

Title: "Relics of Antiquity: Egyptian Sphinx and Colossal Statues of Canopus" Description: This print showcases two striking images from George Alexander Cooke's "Universal Geograph...

Antique print titled 'Gezigt van eenen grooten Ys-klomp drijvende in de Zuid-Zee 9. jan. 1773'. Antique print depicting boats and a ship near ice islands. Originates from 'Reizen...

Antique map titled 'L'Empire Russe en Europe et en Asie'. Map showing the extension of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the XIXth century. Several letterpress notations are...

Antique costume print titled 'Maria Stuart - Marie Reine d'Ecosse en 1570'. This print depicts Mary, Queen of Scots. She reigned over Scotland from ...

A fantastic large antique oil painting by J.R Reeves. This was made in England, judging by the style of clothes and furniture, this appears to date from around the 1800-1820 period. ...

Antique print titled 'Het Eiland Onrust'. Beautiful view of the sea near Onrust Island, also known as Pulau Onrust or Pulau Kapal (ship island), Indonesia. Published by E. Maaskamp, ...

Description: Antique map titled 'Paraguay, Chili, Terre Magellan?' Decorative map of the southern part of South America by Robert de Vaugondy, revised and published by Delamarche. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Charles Francois Delamarche (1740-1817) founded the important and prolific Paris based Maison Delamarche map publishing firm in the late 18th century. A lawyer by trade Delamarche entered the map business with the acquisition from Jean-Baptiste Fortin of Robert de Vaugondy's map plates...

Gezicht van een Huis in Nootka Kanaal van binnen – Interior of a Nootka House c.1795 This antique print depicts the interior of a traditional house in Nootka Sound, located on the w...

Antique print titled 'Vierv. Dieren XXVI, Quadruped XXVI'. This animal print depicts 1. Antilope Oreas, 2.Drago Camelus, 3. Nylgau, 4. Kudu, 5. Antilope Bubalis, 6. Gnou. This en...

Antique print titled 'Man van Nieuw-Caledonia'. Antique print depicting a man of New Caledonia. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Cook (..)'. Artists and E...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van de Good Success Baai in de Straat van Le Maire (..)'. Antique map of the Strait of Le Maire between Terra Fuego and Staten Island. On top, various c...

Antique print titled 'Man van Van Diemens Land'. Antique print depicting a man of Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania, Australia. Originates from 'Reizen ...

Antique print titled 'Vierv. Dieren XXX, Quadruped XXX'. This animal print depicts 1. Wilde paard, 2. Wilde halfezel, 3. Woud-Ezel, 4. Muildier, 5. Muilezel, 6. Quagga (horses/do...

Antique map Tasmania titled 'Kaart van Diemens Land'. Coastal views and a map of van Diemens Land (Tasmania). Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld ...

Antique print New Hebrides titled 'Landing op het Eiland Erramanga, een van de Nieuwe Hebriden'. Antique print depicting the landing at one of the isl...

Antique print titled 'Gezigt op het eiland Rotterdam'. View of Rotterdam Island, Pacific. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Cook (..)'. Rotterdam or nowadays Nomuka is a small island in the southern part of the Ha?apai group of islands in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is part of the Nomuka Group of islands, also called the ?Otu Mu?omu?a. Nomuka, is 7 square kilometres in area and contains a large, brackish lake (Ano Lahi) in the middle, and also three other smaller lakes—Ano Ha'amea, Ano Fungalei, and Molou. There are approximately 400-500 inhabitants who subsist on fishing, farming, and remittances from family members abroad. The island has a secondary school, two primary schools, and a kindergarten. It also has seven churches. The island is accessible by boat only. Boats leave weekly from Nuku?alofa and Lifuka, Ha?apai. There is one guesthouse on the island, and three or four small fale koloa, or convenience stores. It is also home to the Royal Nomuka Yacht Club Notable historic visitors include Abel Tasman, Captain Cook, Captain Bligh, and William Mariner. The Dutch Abel Tasman made the first European discovery of the island on 24 January 1643. A party went ashore to get water, and the description of the huge lake they brought back afterwards leaves little doubt about the identification. Tasman called it Rotterdam island, after the city of Rotterdam, a major port in the Netherlands, and noted in his maps the indigenous name of Amamocka, a misspelling of ?a Nomuka, ?a being a subject-indicating article. We also find the name of Amorkakij for Nomuka iki.[1] Captain Bligh in the Bounty spent 3 days wooding and watering at Nomuka in April 1789. The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred the day after they left. Nomuka is known for raising up the greatest number of church leaders for the major Christian denominations in Tonga such as Rev. Sione Lepa To'a the former president of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, Rev. Seluipepeli Mafi and his son Rev Dr Feke Mafi as both former presidents of the Church of Tonga, and Pastor Tetileti Pahulu, a former president of the Seventh Day Adventist...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van Nieuw Zuid Wales of de Oostlyke Kust van Nieuw Holland ontdekt en onderzogt door den Luitenant J. Cook met het Schip de Endeavour in het Jaar 1770'. ...

Antique print titled 'Vierv. Dieren XXVI, Quadruped XXVI'. Antique print titled 'Vierv. Dieren XXXII, Quadruped XXXII'. This animal print depicts 1. Ovis Ammon, 2. Ovis Polycerat...

Antique print titled ‘Rumex Acutus’. The Rumex Acutus (or Sharp-Pointed Dock) is a common plant like the Common Dock, but handsomer, and distinguished by its sharp-pointed leaves...

Antique print Polynesia titled 'Gezigt van het eiland Otahiti op den afstand van eene zee-mijl in het Z.O'. View of the island of Tahiti, with outrigger canoes...

Antique county map of Bedfordshire first published c.1800. Villages, towns, and cities illustrated include Bedford, Todington, and Potton. Charl...

Antique print America titled 'Gezigten der West-Kust van Amerika'. Coastal views of various islands of the American coast. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Co...

Antique botany print of Eucomis Comosa, also known as pineapple flower, pineapple lily or wine eucomis. This print originates from 'Curtis's botanical magazine'. Artists and Engr...

This is a superbly carved enormous carved boiserie panel that would be perfect for using over an entryway door in a room or as a substitute for ...

Old print of an inhabitant of the Lowlands of Moravia. Moravia, traditional region in central Europe that served as the centre of a major medieval kingdom, known as Great Moravia, before it was incorporated into the kingdom of Bohemia in the 11th century. In the 20th century Moravia became part of the modern state of Czechoslovakia and subsequently of the Czech Republic. The region is bounded by Bohemia on the west and northwest, by Silesia on the northeast, by Slovakia on the east, and by Lower Austria on the south. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria' by William Miller. Artists and engravers: Engraved by William Ellis.

Description: Antique print titled 'Vrouw van Van Diemens Land'. Antique print depicting a woman of Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania, Australia. Originates fr...

Antique print titled ‘Sedum Telephium’. Sedum telephium, often called Hylotelephium telephium, orpine, livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsu...

Antique map Tonga titled 'Kaart van de Haven van Tongataboo'. Antique map of the harbour of Tongatabu, one of the Tonga Islands. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door Ja...

Antique print titled 'Veduta della Chiesa ed Episcopio di Cortona'. View of the church of Cortona, a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. Source unknown,...

Antique print of the state carriage of George III. This print originates from 'The Costume of Great Britain' by William Henry Pyne. Artists and ...

Antique map titled 'China, Contains 15 Subject Provinces Including the 2 Islands of Hainan, Formosa and the Tributary Kingdoms of Corea, Tonkin'. Old map depicting China, extendi...

Antique costume print titled 'Deutscher Officier - Officier Allemand 1588'. This print depicts a German officer. Originates from a rare costume bo...

Antique county map of Lincolnshire first published circa 1800 Cities illustrated include Grantham, Spalding, Boston, and Market Raisin. Charles Smith was a cartographer working in...

Antique county map of Derbyshire first published, circa 1800. Villages, towns, and cities illustrated include Chesterfield, Wirksworth, Derby, and ...

How high is the water, mama? Johny Cash was asking his mother, when it is was '6 feet high and rising'. In Egypt it would probably mean that taxes that year would be low. In Egypt it all depended on the behavior of the Nile and a Priest, who would monitor the so-called Nilometer. A nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season. If the water level was low, there would be less food. If it was too high, it would be destructive. There was a specific mark that indicated how high the flood should be if the fields were to get good soil. Their predictions would determine how much money...

Antique print titled 'Tekening, Plan en Doorsnede van eene dubbele Praauw (..)'. Antique print depicting a drawing, plan and cross-section of a proa of Amsterdam Island. Amsterda...

Antique print titled 'Een Man van Kamtschatka, reizende in den Winter'. Antique print depicting a native of Kamchatka, dog sledding. Originates from 'Reizen...

Original engraving of Francis William Grant (1778-1853), of Castle Grant, Elgin, Scotland. He was a Colonel in the Inverness militia from 1803 to 1813, after serving in commissions i...

This scarce first edition hand colored engraving is from Sir Charles Linnaeus & Ebenezer Sibley's "A Genuine and Universal System of Natural-History" or the "Magazine of Natural History." Carl Linnaeus (also known as Carl von Linné...

Austrian Folk Couple: Elegant Regency Costume from 1808 This charming hand-colored engraving, published by J. Murray of Albemarle Street, London, in 1808, is plate 29 from a renow...

Traditional Austrian Male Costume: Regency Era Fashion from 1804-1808 This captivating hand-colored engraving from around 1804-1808 is plate 18 from a renowned series of tradition...

John Pass (British, 1793-1832) A pair of hand-colored engravings after the paintings by Johann Lebrecht Reinhold, c. 1805 The Griffard Eagle, and the Boatman. The Noisy Eagle, and t...

The composition of these two hand-colored copperplate engravings presents a visually rich study of moths, butterflies, and their life stages, as published in Friedrich Johann Bertuch...

Hand colored engraving of 1805 by Frederick Polydore Nodder, the "Phalaena Sylla", plate 669. For George Shaw's "The Naturalist's Miscellany" together with descriptive pages by Shaw....

"Medlar and Cornelian Cherry: Blossoms, Fruit, and Seeds, Bertuch, 1805" Description This captivating hand-colored copperplate engraving showcases the medlar (Mespilus germanica) an...

"Microscopic Views of Metallic Crystal Trees: Copper, Lead, Pewter, and Zinc" This intriguing hand-colored copperplate engraving, featured in Friedrich Johann Bertuch’s Bilderbuch f...

Title: Beautiful 1805 Hand-Colored Engraving of Butterfly Life Cycle from Bertuch’s Work Description: This enchanting hand-colored engraving is from Friedrich Justin Bertuch’s *...

Title: "Birds of Prey: Hand-Colored Engraving of Raptors from a 19th-Century Natural History Collection" Description: This stunning engraving from a 19th-century natural history po...

Title: Portrait of Archibald Bower, Scottish Historian, by Thomas Holloway Description: This finely detailed line engraving portrays Archibald Bower (1686–1766), a prominent Scot...