Humorous Antique Print of Musicians Showing Their 'Gun' to a Farmer

Antique costume print titled 'Indou jouant du Pennak'. Original antique print of a Hindu musician. This print originates from 'Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde...

Antique print titled 'W. Pape - Lurenbläser am Johanisstage auf dem Dache des ethnographischen Museums in Copenhagen'. Wood engraving after a drawing of W. Pape. Published circa 1890...

Antique print titled 'Japanneezen in verschillende Kleeding'. This prints shows Japanese people and their costumes. Engraved by D. Veelwaard, circa 1820.

Antique print titled 'Neger von Baiha'. Original antique steel engraving showing a native of Bahia, Brazil. This print originates from 'Naturg...

A framed lithograph print, signed on the bottom right corner.

Beautiful reproduction of a typical English gun boatwith paddle wheel. This print is part of a series of two Inner slab mesurements: 80 cm x 31 cm All the prints are completely hand...

Antique Print Of “Homage To Love” By W. Boughereau, Framed C1900 Measures - 22.25"H x 26"W x 1"D

Presented is an engraving entitled “The British surrendering their arms to Gen. Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781.” The dedication continues in the bottom margin, “To the defenders of American independence, this print is most respectfully inscribed by their fellow citizen, Jn. Fcis. Renault, assistant secretary to the Count de Grass, and engineer to the French Army, at the siege of York.” The engraving is after a painting by John Francis Renault, and engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and William Allen, in Philadelphia in January of 1819. This historic print depicts the surrender of the British forces after the Battle of Yorktown. The print shows Lord Cornwallis offering his sword to the Duke de Lauzun, who defers the weapon to General Washington. British officers stand with Cornwallis on the right and French and American officers are shown at center and left. The immediate background is filled with an elaborate allegorical scene. Behind the British troops is a female representation of “Discord,” wearing a billowing robes and liberty cap and floating on storm clouds, as she sends lightning bolts to up-end the British people and a chariot below her. Behind the American and French officers, “Prosperity” stands next to an overflowing cornucopia, with “Justice”, an infant child with a paddle inscribed “American Constitution,” representing the helm of statehood. They crowd around a neoclassical monument with a giant urn...