Engraved Wall Decorations

Marsh Tit with Nest Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp and Nozeman, c.1770 This delicately hand-coloured engraving titled Parus Palustris depicts the marsh tit (Poecile palustris), kn...

Map of Denmark Divided into Dioceses – G. & L. Valk, ca. 1700 Detailed antique map titled "Regnum Daniae, divisum in Dioeceses Arhusiam, Albergum, Viborgum, et Ripam," showing Denma...

Map of the Duchy of Pomerania – Antique Engraving by P. Schenk Jr., c. 1750 Antique map titled 'Ducatus Pomeraniae Tabula Generalis'. This historical map presents the Duchy of Pomer...

Antique print titled 'De Cora-Cora van Titaway'. This is an original copper engraving of the Coracora fleet from Titaway. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. ...

Eurasian Scops Owl Antique Dutch Print by Sepp and Nozeman, circa 1770 This finely detailed hand-coloured engraving titled Strix Scops portrays the Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops), ...

Antique print titled 'Correction Maternele Dediée à Madame la Duchesse de Brancas'. Antique engraving showing the punishment of a child. Behin the child, a spinning wheel can be seen...

This print originates from 'Naaukeurige beschryving der godtsdienst-plichten, kerk-zeden en gewoontens van alle volkeren der waereldt.', a Dutch edition or its French edition 'Ceremo...

Rare antique print titled 'J. Goodman (preparing to start)'. Sports etching of a runner made after T. Jones. The text reads 'This celebrated Runner after beating Dank, of York, P. In...

Antique print titled 'Larus Marinus'. The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), mistakenly called greater black-backed gull by some, is the largest member of the gull family. It b...

This print originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in neder...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Zuidelykste Gedeelte van Zuider Amerika (..) - Carte de la Partie Meridionale de l'Amerique Meridionale (..)'. Detailed chart tracking the route of Capt. George Anson's ship The Centurion in 1745. The chart shows the tracks of Anson's ships around South America & Cape Horn to the Juan Fernandes Islands, with notes on currents and positions. This map originates from 'Reize rondsom de Werreld (..)' by George Anson, published 1749. In 1740 Capt. George Anson (1697-1762) of the Royal Navy, was given command of a squadron of ships. As England was at war with France and Spain, Anson's task was to intercept and capture a Spanish treasure...

Ilam Hall Gothic Revival Estate View, English Country House Engraving A picturesque hand-colored engraving depicting Ilam Hall, a notable example of Gothic Revival architecture, fro...

Lea Country House View, Victorian English Estate Landscape Engraving A charming hand-colored architectural view depicting Lea, presented within the important Victorian series docume...

Antique Japan View — Meaco (Kyoto), Deshima & Japanese Scenes, Chatelain, c.1719 This remarkable early 18th-century copperplate engraving titled “Vue et Description de la Ville de M...

Antique print titled 'Isle d'Amsterdam, Isle St. Paul'. Two images on one sheet depicting Amsterdam and St. Paul island. The Dutch captain Anthonie van Diemen named it island Nieuw Amsterdam...

Decorative map of Nova Zembla and environs in the Arctic Sea. Includes a large decorative title cartouche. One of the maps produced by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin for Prevost d'Exiles inf...

JOHN SKINNER PROUT (1805-1876) - 'Diggers on the Road to a Rush' - Antique steel plate engraving after a painting by J. S. Prout - from 'Australia' by Edwin Carton Booth - hand color...

Untitled print of a figure depicting the great mogol. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.

Antique print titled 'Afbeeldingen der Muzykale Instrumenten, van welke gesproken wert in de H. Schrift'. Beautiful print of various musical instruments mentioned in the bible like c...

Antique map titled 'Sweden, Denmark, Norway & Finland'. An original mid-18th century copper engraved antique map of Scandinavia by Thomas Jeffe...

Antique print titled 'De Stadt Dabul'. Antique print depicting the City of Dabhol in India. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.

Antique print titled 'Versierzels en Wapenen van de Marquissen Eilanden'. This print depicts various Weapon Decorations of the Marquesas Islands including head pieces and collars. Or...

Antique print titled 'Eene soort van Knodsen van de Inwooneren van Nieuw-Zeeland, op zijde, op den kant en op het eind te zien'. This print depicts some kind of 'clubs' used by the i...

Antique print titled 'Hottentotten aan Caap der Goede Hoope'. Print depicting the Khoikhoi of Cape of Good Hope, Africa. Including two text pages. This print originates from 'Oud en ...

Antique Chinese Court Costume Engraving — Emperor & Palace Ladies, Chatelain, c.1720 This finely engraved 18th-century copperplate print titled “Habillement de l'Empereur de la Chin...

Antique print titled 'Walrussen'. This print depicts walruses, with sailors pointing their gun at them. Originates from 'Reizen rondom de Waereld' by J. Cook. Translated by J.D. Past...

Northern Lapwing – Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus – Nozeman & Sepp, 1770–1829 This finely hand-coloured engraving, titled “Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus,” depicts the northern la...

This antique print depicts the ceremonial welcome received by Captain James Cook upon his arrival at the island of Hapaee (Ha’apai) in Tonga during his third voyage in 1777. The engr...

Griffon Vulture Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp and Nozeman, c.1770 This large-format hand-coloured copper engraving, labeled Vultur Percnopterus, actually depicts the Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), rather than the smaller Egyptian Vulture...

Antique religion print titled 'Joshua makes a convenant with God'. This print originates from 'Figures de la Bible'. Published by P. de Hondt. Illustrated by G. van der Gouwen.

Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle Celebes ou Macassar'. Map of Celebes (Sulawesi, Indonesia), showing Makassar, which was the most important trading city of eastern Indonesia in th...

Plate XXX: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate deals with bandages and instruments used for applying bandages. This print originates from 'Encyclopédie...

Plate XXXIV: 'Chirurgie.' (Surgery). This plate shows medical instruments / devices for treating polyps. This print originates from 'Encyclopédie (...

Plate page 714: 'd'Aal-oude Kruis-straffen der Romeinen: hoedanig door Constantyn de Groot ..'. (The ancient punishment by crucifixion which was abolished by Constantine the Great in deference to the cross of Jesus...

Antique print titled 'Carte de la Perse, de la Georgie, et de la Tartarie Independante'. Shows the region from the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea in the wes...

Antique print titled 'Scolopax, Arquata, Numenius'. The Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlew...

Strix Ulula – Hand-Coloured Engraving of Short-Eared Owl with Eggs, 1770–1829 This fine hand-coloured engraving, titled Strix, Ulula, presents a detailed and lifelike depiction of a...

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guilleme Raynal’s 1780 map of Europe. Drawn by R. Bonne for G. Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressé pour l'His...

Antique map titled 'Brabantiae Batavae pars orientalis, comprehendens Tetrarchiam sive majoratum sylvaeducensem in ejusdem subjacentes ditiones (..)'. Map of the Dutch province 'Brab...

Giovanni Battista Belzoni (5 November 1778 – 3 December 1823), sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer and Pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities...

Antique print titled 'Tab XIIII Bos Domesticus'. This rare antique engraving originates from: 'Historiae Naturalis. De Quadrupetibus Libri I.' (Volume 1 of Historiae Naturalis.) by J...

Antique print of Widows in Florida mourning over their departed husbands assisted by King Hermafrodite and Widows in Florida spreading their hairs on the graves of their husbands. Th...

Antique map titled 'Syria south part'. Published by Fullarton & Co, Glasgow, circa 1860. - Title: Syria South Part - Publisher: Fullarton & Co, Glasgow - Date of Publication: Circa ...

Asia Map, from Mediterranean to Japan – Antique Map by Alexandre Blondeau, c. 1800 This fine circa 1800 map of Asia presents the entire continent in a single, coherent composition, ...

Antique print titled 'Platte-Grond en Gezigt van 't Fort van Arguin'. Engraved by J. van Schley. Published in 'Histoire Générale des Voyages (..)', circa 1747.

Rare antique map titled 'La Baie de Manille (..)'. Map of Manilla Bay, the map is oriented with southwest at the top and includes a small town plan for Manilla and other places. This...

Antique print illustrating common goose, ducks, gold spangled bantams, spangled turkey, Roman runts, Polish fowls, fowls from China and silver-spangled fowls. This print originates f...

This print originates from the graphic, 1879. Text on verso.

'Frankrijk naar de nieuwste bepalingen meerendeels gevolgd naar Lapie'. Beautiful map of France with an inset map of the island of Corsica. Includes a table with reference to the dep...

The image is an original antique hand-colored engraving from "Nederlandsche Vogelen" (Dutch Birds), which translates to "Dutch Birds; described according to their domestic, nature, a...

Globe gore by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli shows the North Pole with the coasts of Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Siberia, and is decorated with pictorial scenes of bear, seal and wh...

Title: Chinese Religious Figures & Catholic Clergy – Bernard Picart Engraving c.1720 This compelling early 18th-century engraving presents four contrasting religious figures, offering a rare European visual interpretation of Christianity and mendicant life in China. The composition shows, at upper left, a Catholic priest rendered according to Western clerical conventions; opposite him, a Chinese beggar-priest seated beneath a broad hat, holding a musical instrument. Below are two Chinese Catholic...

Antique vase handcrafted print. The technique of printing on gold leaf is our reinterpretation of an ancient tradition. The print is sold unframed but by contacting us we can also...

Engraving rd’alises by Salvador Dali for illustrating the Divine Comedy of Dante. This engraving is inspired by the Canto 27 of The Inferno. It represents the Devil Logician. In 1950 the Italian government commissioned Dali to illustrate Dante Alighieri’s, Divina Commedia...

“Crowned in ”Silence”—Welded Steel Wall Sculpture Exploring Duality and Interior Dialogue Titled “Crowned in Silence,” this monumental wall-mounted sculpture is a raw and evocative ...

Doctor Sangrado Treating John Bull of the Repletion / A Phantasmagoria – Scene: Summoning an Armed Skeleton Plate No. 274 — 19th-Century Print from the Original 1803 Copper Plates ...

China, a panoramic pyrography painting on panel: “Master Tea Ceremony” by then Living Treasure Fang Tzun or his workshop (1930-2000) Inscribed “This year mid summer he painted in new section of Yuan Ming...

Antique Chinese Costume & Footbinding Study, Ferrario Hand-Coloured Engraving 1815 A rare and historically significant early nineteenth-century hand-coloured copperplate engravi...

Nice and large engraving by Etienne Charpentier (1705- 1764). It shows a view of the interior decoration of the gallery of the Hotel Villars. There are also some more technical elements in the lower part of the engraving. It is numbered 5.7. This interior is in a Louis XV rocailles system, recognisable by the multitude of curves and the numerous floral and shell motifs. It was inspired by the engraving made by David Blondel, the king's engraver. signed: Charpentier sculp Blondel inv Slight trace of wetness but good general condition Etienne Charpentier was a French engraver, publisher and print dealer...

Chinese Architecture and Court Scenes — Set of Three Hand-Colored Engravings, Ferrario 1815 A refined and visually balanced set of three hand-coloured copperplate engravings depicting Chinese architecture, ceremonial settings, and everyday scenes, engraved for Giulio Ferrario’s celebrated publication “Il Costume Antico e Moderno” (Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World), published in Florence in 1815. These engravings reflect early nineteenth-century European fascination with China, combining ethnographic curiosity with architectural study and decorative aesthetic appeal. The first plate presents an imposing imperial architectural structure rendered with symmetry and clarity characteristic of Enlightenment-era documentary imagery. The strong horizontal composition and monumental form convey the grandeur of Chinese imperial construction and ceremonial space, appealing strongly to collectors interested in historic architecture and cross-cultural visual narratives. The second engraving shows a temple or pavilion setting within a landscaped environment, integrating architectural design with figures in traditional dress. The subtle coloring and precise engraving create a harmonious composition reflecting both architectural observation and romanticized European interpretation of Chinese environments. The third plate introduces movement and narrative through a lively street or ceremonial setting with figures moving through an urban landscape defined by distinctive rooflines and ceremonial poles. Together the three plates create a compelling visual dialogue between architecture, ceremonial space, and daily life. Interior-designer positioning: This trio works exceptionally well as a panoramic architectural statement piece in luxury interiors. The soft antique palette pairs beautifully with warm taupe walls, dark walnut frames, and generous ivory mats, creating a museum-grade presentation that complements high-end hotel interiors, contemporary Asian-inspired residences, or chinoiserie-influenced design schemes. The elongated horizontal compositions lend themselves perfectly to placement above consoles, sofas, or long corridor walls, adding cultural depth and refined historic character while maintaining calm visual balance. Particularly effective in layered interior concepts combining Asian antiques, natural textures, and understated modern furnishings. Ferrario’s series is widely appreciated for its blend of scholarly ambition and decorative appeal. Produced during a period when European audiences sought visual knowledge of distant cultures, these engravings occupy an important position between documentation and artistic interpretation, making them attractive both for collectors and interior designers seeking authentic historical imagery. Condition report: Overall very good condition for age. Light age toning to margins, occasional faint foxing and handling marks consistent with bound plates. Visible platemarks and original embossed blind stamp present, as issued. Framing tips: Highly effective in dark walnut or ebonized frames with generous ivory or warm off-white mats. Floating mat presentation enhances the architectural lines and preserves visible platemarks. Maintain consistent spacing between frames for a refined gallery-wall effect. Technique: Hand-coloured copperplate engraving Maker: Giulio Ferrario (after Andrea Bernieri and collaborators), Florence, Italy, 1815 Keywords:: Chinese architecture, antique Chinese print...