Antique London News 1858 Lumbering in New Brunswick Wood Engraving 23"

Mid 19th century hand colored yard-long engraving depicting “The Fetes at Cherbourg – Her Majesty Queen Victoria Proceeding to Visit the Emperor – The French and English Squadrons Sa...

Antique hand colored engravings depicting “Mr. S.J. Mackie’s Channel Passage Steamer” circa 1872, and “The Launch of HM Screw Steam Ship of War the Royal ...

Mid 19th century hand colored nautical maritime boat engraving depicting “Launch of Her Majesty’s Steam-Ram Frigate Resistance at Millwall,” by Edwin Whe...

Antique colored Mezzotint engraving portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan by Thomas Gainsborough, published in 1909 by W.M. Power of London. A penciled note and signature in the...

Antique hand colored riverscape / landscape copperplate engraving based on a painting by Jacob Maurer and engraved by Paul Fourdrinier - A View of Westminster Bridge from Lambeth, published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowe’s Survey of London. BIO: Paul Fourdrinier sometimes referred to as Peter or Pierre Fourdrinier, was an 18th Century engraver in England. Paul Fourdrinier, engraver and printseller, was born on 20 December 1698 in Groningen in the Netherlands, the son of Jacques Fourdrinier and his wife, Jeanne Theroude, Huguenot refugees from Dieppe, Normandy. He was a pupil of Bernard Picart at Amsterdam for six years, and came to England in 1720. He was employed in engraving portraits and book illustrations. He also engraved two works by Peter Monamy, marine paintings displayed in Vauxhall Gardens. The engravings were published in 1743, but may have been executed earlier. Starting in 1742 Fourdrinier produced a series of books consisting of numerous folding charts showing "The Succession of Colonels to all his Majesties Land Forces from their Rise to 1742", as well as many other details of British military and naval personnel. The 2004 edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography makes it clear that in the 19th century edition of the Dictionary of National Biography this engraver's works and career were assigned to two individuals, Peter (or Pierre) and Paul Fourdrinier. Peter/Pierre is now seen to be a fictitious individual resulting from an accidental misnaming of Paul. Paul Fourdrinier is mentioned as the engraver of some of the works listed above, and he has been identified with the Paul Fourdrinier who was of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, married to Susanna Grolleau, and who died in January or February 1758. The couple had at least five children, including a son Henry Fourdrinier, whose daughter, or granddaughter, Jemima Fourdrinier was the mother of Cardinal John Henry Newman...

Circa 1879 hand colored engraving titled “Afternoon in the King’s Road” by Randolph Caldecott, showing a throng of people in winter clothing walking...

Antique map titled 'New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Part of Canada east'. Original antique map of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,...

Antique hand colored engraving - early morning street urchins by the River Thames in London - solid oak frame - old English paper label verso - vintage acidic matte board behind glas...

Antique print titled 'The Spanish-American War'. This print depicts the cavalry on picket duty at Tampa. Artists and Engravers: Published in The Illustrated London News, 1898. We...

Antique print titled 'The Opening of the New London Bridge'. View of London Bridge from the South bank towards the Monument. This print originates from 'The Art Journal...

This rare map comes originally from the publication: Modern London: Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis. It was published in London and Printed for Richard...

Antique print titled 'The Royal Archeological Institute at Wells'. Original antique print of Wells Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, commonly known as Wells Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset. The cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. It is the mother church of the diocese and contains the bishop's throne (cathedra). It was built between 1175 and 1490, replacing an earlier church built on the same site in 705. It is moderately sized among the medieval cathedrals of England, between those of massive proportion such as Lincoln and York and the smaller cathedrals in Oxford and Carlisle. With its broad west front and large central tower, it is the dominant feature of its small cathedral city and a landmark in the Somerset countryside. This print originates from the Illustrated London News...