Georgian Prints

Presenting a lovely 19C Aquatint Engraving of the Quay at Waterford in Waterford city in Ireland. This engraving has been hand embellished with aquatint color(s) and is from Ireland circa 1820-40. It features a scene of the Quay or Port of Waterford from circa 1820. We are basing this upon the attire of the figures in the engraving and the tall ships. It features Reginald’s Tower (still located at the Waterford Quay to this day). Georgian Quay buildings, a number of moored tall ships and row boats, barrels, horses and carts, women and British soldiers. The engraving was professionally reframed and matted in Dallas in the 1980’s and the rear of the frame says that it was “Museum Mounted and Matted”. The frame has a lovely Grecian pattern around the front. If you are Irish...

Antique engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe, by Saverio Manetti Circa 1776 A fine hand colored engraving of a Tuscan Magpie by the Italian artist Saverio Manetti. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time. Dimensions: 25 inches high x 22 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches deep. (frame); (63.5cm high x 55.88cm). 18 x 14 in. (sheet) Reference: Wikipedia Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi. Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering. The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange...

Large framed etching of a massive urn Francesco Piranesi in the style of his father, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, plate 549 #43, signed lower left on plate Cavalier Piranesi Delin, ed...

Spring and Langan English boxing scene aquatint etching Drawn and etched by James Clements & John Pitman Worcester; Published March 22, 1824 by James Clements & John Pitman at 184 F...

This hand-colored copperplate print from The Naturalists Miscellany (1812) by George Shaw and Frederick Nodder features two remarkable limpets: the Tortoise-shell limpet (Cellana tes...

Johann Seligmann Bird Print, Le Merle Rofette, Tab XXXIX After George Edwards circa 1770 The Johann Seligmann engraving of Le Merle Rofette, Tab XXXIX is mounted in a decoupa...

George Brookshaw Print of Pears from Natural History Art, Botanical, Fruit, Brookshaw, Pomona Britannica, Plate LXXXV, Dated 1807 The publ...

18th Century ReStrike Print of Bronzes Adorning the Fountain of Daybreak at the Palace of Versailles. Originally created and printed in 1687 by Jacques Houzeau, when the Bronzes were...

"Catton's English Peerage" a copper engraved, hand colored heraldic coat of arms drawn by Charles Catton and engraved by Francis Chesham. The mo...

Historical group of three 18th century hand colored engravings, including two aquatic French images and an ornithological German image, all from the original folios. Presented in woo...

Sixteen framed line engravings depicting various noble figures from the 15th thru 17th centuries. Published by Wm. Richardson, York House, No. 31 Strand...

A fine late18th century coloured copper mezzotint engraving printed on original handmade wove paper, after the original painting by George Morland. The bottom left margin references ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable suite of four original 1800 dated copper plate prints by the genius that was Bouillon These are sublime qu...

In original condition. Page 452, 'The History of London from its Foundation by the Romans to the Present Time', by William Maitland, published in 1739...

A fine late18th century coloured copper mezzotint engraving printed on original handmade wove paper, after the original painting by George Morland. The bottom far left margin referen...

In original condition. Page 33, 'The History of London from its Foundation by the Romans to the Present Time', by William Maitland, published in 1739....

We are delighted to offer for sale this Robert Dodd 1748-1816 copper plate print published by The British Sportsman 1792 titled Partridge hunting ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this Robert Dodd 1748-1816 Copper Plate print published by The British Sportsman 1792 titled Pheasant hunting An...

In original condition. Page 624, 'The History of London from its Foundation by the Romans to the Present Time', by William Maitland, published in 1739...