Featured Prints

A richly toned etching by George Hand Wright measuring 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. George Wright studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Paris and Munich before settling in New York where he was an illustrator for Harper's and The Saturday Evening Post. He exhibited at the Art Students League and was a member of the Salmagundi Club and the Society of American Etchers.

This is a richly inked original etching of the town of North Adams in Western Massachusetts. Image size 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches, 1923, signed, titled and dated in the plate, pencil signed and titled.

This is an original pencil signed study of the Crucifixion .  This etching was created by German artist Friedrich Ritschel (1901-) The image measures 15 3/4X15 1/2 inches.  It appears to be early 20th century, printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Very richly inked.

This is an original etching by American artist Edwin Kaufman.  It is pencil signed and titled: "Le Patron"  lower border, this etching has an image size of 10X14 inches, printed on a thin Japan type paper.  It is editioned as 2/50.

This is an original etching by German artist Otto Quante (1875-1947)  The title is: " Am Englischer Garten, (English Garden in Munich)"  It was created and printed circa 1925.  It is editioned as 3 of 12 impressions, pencil signed and titled by the artist.  The image measures 7 3/4X10 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original etching by New England artist Phillip Little.  This view of sailboats at sunset was created and printed in 1915 in an edition of 25.  This one is numbered as 1.  It is pencil signed and dated, printed on a thin japan type paper.  The image measures 9 3/4X8 inches.

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros (1837-1911).  Las Vieilles Carrieres de Mont Rouge was created and printed circa 1880's in an edition of 22.  The image measures 3 5/8X7 1/8 inches.  This etching is hand signed lower right in pencil.  Fine condition, Ref. Bliss 351

This is an original copper engraving by British artist William Hogarth.  The title of this work is: The Times, Plate II. Created in 1762, this engraving is thought to have been brought by the artist's wife to Boydell of London for publication in 1790. This is the forth state of four.  The image measures 9 1/8X11 7/8 inches, the overall sheet size is: 12 1/2X16 1/4 inches.  This image was printed on an early laid type paper.  Very nice condition but does have some unobtrusive foxing marks, mostly in the border area. 

(information on both plates, I and II...) 

"This pair of engravings have a complicated publishing history. Plate ‘b’ was unfinished at Hogarth’s death and it is unclear whether this first proof state was published by Mrs Hogarth late in life or as the first of the sequence of later states by Boydell after 1790. To further complicate the issue, the contemporary collector George Stevens (1736-1800) has written on his copy of this state that it was ‘taken during the life time of Hogarth’, but it was not until June 1781 that he (according to Malone’s letter to Lord Charlemont) ‘ransacked Mrs. Hogarth's house for obsolete and unfinished plates’, so perhaps the inscription may be taken with a pinch of salt. (sic) With The Times Plate I Hogarth took a decisive political, and at this time unpopular position to support the peace movement against the Seven Years' War (also called the French Indian War) spearheaded by King George III and his chief advisor, Lord Bute. Bute's opponent and leader of the Commons, William Pitt, supported the interests of the war and the economic profit derived from the colonial exploitations it permitted. In this first state Henry VIII (Pitt in later states) marches on stilts to fan the fires of war which the Union Officer of the King is trying to extinguish with a fire engine. William Beckford, the Lord Mayor and Pitt follower, who made a fortune through tobacco and sugar plantations in Jamaica, appears in the doorway on the left and points to a signboard advertising a naked Indian that reads 'Alive from America.' In the foreground women die of starvation in the street and a drunken fiddler plays his violin. Plate II of The Times depicts a more peaceful and prosperous Britain. Plants are nourished by water spouting from the monument of George III, with the elegant Lord Bute as the chief gardener of the State, controlling access to the King. A gigantic palette dangling from the facade of a newly-erected public building indicates that under the reign of the young King art flourishes. 'Ms Fanny' (a reference to the Cock Lane Ghost) and 'Wilkes', a fervent opponent of the King and Bute, appear in the pillory, while to the left those few members of Parliament who are still awake, including Pitt with bandaged legs, shoot at the dove of peace in the sky."

This is an original etching and drypoint by American artist Louis Rosenberg.  It is titled "Temple of Minerva", it was created and printed in 1927.pencil signed lower right border.  The image measures 8 3/4X13 1/4 inches.  Fine use of plate tone in thee sky.  A beautiful rich impression.

This is an original hand colored etching by American artist Troy Kinney.  The title is: Viva Andalucia.  It was created and printed in 1919.  The edition was 190 of which 40 were printed in color.  The image measures 5 5/8X4 1/2 inches.  Hand signed in pencil and has an edition number of 11/100.  Printed on a heavy weight wove type paper.  This image is listed in the Kinney catalog as image number26.  This image  was from a dance of Tortola Valencia.

This is an original etching of New York City by American artist Abbo Ostrowsky.  This etching done circa 1930 has an image size of 11 1/2X7 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right border.  Finely detailed nice use of plate-tone in the sky and ground.

This is an original color wood block print by Japanese artist Toyohara Chikanobu.  It was from his series of Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages)  It is from the Meiji Period, circa 1890's.  This one is titled: Bijin in the Koka Era.  The image measures 12 7/8X8 1/8 inches.  Finely presented in a custom linen matting.

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist Sir Henry Rushbury.  The title is: Roman Bridge, Verona.  This etching was created and printed in 1929 in an edition of 80.  The image measures 7 3/8X13 3/8 inches.  It is hand signed in pencil and has the number of the edition as XVII.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original etching by German artist Paul Winkler-Leers.  This image was created for the Asten Paper Company.  Showing them unloading the Asten freighter.  The image measures 11 3/4X15 3/4 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right, with the Asten Company Blindstamp in the lower border.

This is an original etching by B. J. O. Nordfeldt, titled: La Rue St Jacques Paris.  This etching was created and printed circa 1910.  The image measures 12 1/2X10 1/2 inches.  hand signed and titled in pencil.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  There are a few pressure creases on the side borders, likely from the original printing press.  Unobtrusive.  Sold originally from Arthur Harlow Co in New York.