19th Century American Prints

This is an original etching by American 19th century printmaker, Stephen Parrish.  The title is: A Showery Day, St. Augustine  This image was created and printed in 1884.  The image measures 5 5/8X9 5/8 inches.  It is hand signed in pencil and has the title written in the artists hand in the lower margin.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  This image appears in the Schneider catalog as image number 100.

This is a fairly scarce etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Chelsea, No. II, it was created and printed in  1886, in an edition of only 20.  Hand signed in pencil by the artist. The image measures 6 1/2X9 1/2 inches.  This imag appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 114.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Stephen Parrish.  The title is: Portsmouth, NH,  this etching was created and printed in  1881.  The image measures 7 7/8X13 3/4 inches.  This image appears in the Parrish catalog as image number 46, signed, dated and titled in the plate.  This etching is glued down between boards, from the 19th century,  Light even toning to the sheet.

This is an original etching by American artist Thomas Moran.  The title of this work is: "A Tower of Cortes, Mexico", it was created and printed in 1883.  The image measures 12X9 3/4 inches.  Very rich impression, plate signed only.  This etching was printed on a medium weight buff toned wove type paper.

Etching, image size 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1888, plate signed l.l. "Stephen Parrish", Schneider 136.

This engraving by James Smillie measures 15 x 22 3/4 inches. Created after four paintings by Hudson River School founder Thomas Cole, this early lettered proof impression, published in Boston by L.A. Elliot, reads, "From the original Painting by Thomas Cole, in the possession of Rev.d Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York", under the title on the lower margin. Also included on the lower margin is a poem by J.H. Daniels. In 1842 Thomas Cole did a series of paintings that represented an allegory for the four stages of life; childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Each phase accompanied by a guardian angel. In "Old Age" the voyager is looking across the river of life towards an angel filled sky, ready to enter the kingdom of heaven. Cole's paintings were converted to engravings after his death and widely distributed during "The Third Awakening", a period of religious activism from the late 1850's to the early 1900's.

Etching, image size: 4 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches, 1888, After de Neuville, signed in plate lower left, pencil signed lower right

This is a rare original lithograph by American artist and lithographer William Morris Hunt. The image size is 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches, published in a small edition in 1857, after the painting by Hunt which is now in the collection of the MFA Boston. William Morris Hunt was one of the earliest American lithographers. He was also a painter and studied the French Barbizon style in Europe with Millet, a close friend. Hunt is widely credited with bringing the Barbizon style of painting back to the U.S.

Etching, image size 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches, 1881, catalog Schneider 44, thread margins on 2 sides, pencil signed within the image.

This is an original early etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Covered Street, Florence, it was created and printed in 1883 in a very small edition.  Hand signed by the artist in his early style of signature that he used in the 1880's.  This image measures 10X7 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Extensive use of plate tone in this impression.  The image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 58.

Etching, image size: 3 7/8 x 5 inches, 1888, cat. schneider-145, pencil signed lower right.

Etching, Image size 17 7/8 x 29 5/8 inches, printed by Wm.Pate & Co, NY,
plate signed 1886

This is a fine  pencil signed etching by American artist Edith Penman (1860-1929)  The title is Landscape, thought to be the Orchard at St. John's College, created and printed in 1888.  This etching has an image size 3 1/4X4 7/8 inches.  Printed on Japanese vellum paper.  Another impression of this etching is in the collection of The Parrish Art Museum in Southampton.  Nicely framed with archival matting.

This is a fine original etching by American artist Gabrielle de Vaux Clements.  This image of sailboats in Gloucester Harbor is pencil signed lower right,  It has an image size of 3X3 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.

This is a scarce etching by American artist Charles Adams Platt.  It is titled: The Harbor of Naples,  it was created and printed in 1887.  The image measures 5X7 5/8 inches.  Pencil signed lower right border, framed with a label from H.V. Allison & Co, New York,