12 Swedish Water Bird Chromolithographs

Collection of 19th Century chromolithographs of life-size British ferns by Francis George Heath. Framed in Italian faux bamboo frames, ...

Collection of 19th Century Swedish owl engravings by the Finnish artist, Magnus Von Wright who was a well-known artist and ornithologist. These engraving...

Set of six 18th Century beautiful hand coloured copper plate engravings from '1770- 1786 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' Paris Imprimerie Royale by Le Comte de Buffon Georges- Louis ...

Set of six beautiful 18th Century hand-coloured copper plate engravings from '1770- 1786 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' Paris Imprimerie Royale by Le Comte de Buffon Georges- Louis ...

Latin edition of the first English works on Lepidoptera by the naturalist and watercolourist E Albin (1690-1742). Albin, known as one of the greatest entomological book illustrators ...

Set of six 18th Century beautiful hand-coloured copper plate engravings from '1770- 1786 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' Paris Imprimerie Royale by Le Comte de Buffon Georges- Louis ...

A French Chromolithograph Of the 'Bulbul' Bird by J.M. Vinson 1985 Published by Precigraph Ltd. Hand Coloured original framed engraving.  

[English Gentlemen], from Vanity Fair twelve chromolithographs, on wove papers. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son., with various dates from 1875 to 1897. Eight are by Spy, two are by Ape, one by "T" and one by Lib. Professionally framed with black and gilt frames and beige silk mats, with margins, apparently in excellent condition, not examined out of the frames. Titles comprise: "Accrington", June 11, 1892, "Newcastle Upon Tyne" July 18, 1893, "A New Peer", October 5, 1878, "South Bucks", June 4, 1896, "South Kensington", September 2, 1897, "Lord Salisbury's Manners", July 13, 1893, "The Blister", August 4, 1888, "A Postmaster General", April 30, 1892, "Sir James Miller", September 6, 1890, "Sol", October 28, 1897, "A Young Man" September 11, 1875, and "A Naturalist", September 9, 1882. Vanity Fair was a weekly magazine published in London, founded & edited by Thomas Gibson Bowles. His aim was to expose to contemporary vanities of Victorian society. From 1868 to 1914, full page colour lithographs appeared in most weekly issues, frequently lampooning or lauding their subjects which included artists, athletes, royalty, politicians, scientists, authors, actors, sportsmen, lawyers, diplomats, soldiers, clergy, scholars and other celebrities of the day - mostly British, but also many other internationally significant personalities. Over 2,300 of these colour cartoons were printed, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of many of the most significant public figures of the period. They are renowned throughout the world and highly collectible and recognisable. Famous artists contributed to Vanity Fair, typically under pen names. The best remembered today is Leslie Ward (1851-1922), who signed his works as "Spy", and whose caricatures account for well over half of those featured in Vanity Fair. So famous have these fabulous prints become, Vanity Fair caricatures today often are referred to simply as "Spy Cartoons...

Antique bird print titled 'Anthus Spinoletta Rupestris'. Old bird print depicting the water pipit. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnu...

Antique bird print titled 'Anthus Spinoletta Rupestris'. Old bird print depicting the water pipit. This print orginates from 'Svenska Foglar Efter Naturen Och Pa Stenritade' by Magnu...

#5-2650, a classical female portrait, print on artist board displayed in a giltwood frame. Oval size 22 H x 18 W.

Antique print titled ‘Rallus Aquaticus, Foemina'. This print depicts a female water rail (Dutch: waterral). The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breed...