Prints

Etching,1929,Edition of 100,image size:9 1/2X11 1/4 inches,Bpl 153,pencil signed

This is a drypoint etching from November 1929. Edition of 100. Catalog: BPL 88. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil numbered 59 out of 100 in the lower left. Plate measures 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches on 16 x 11 inch Rives watermarked wove paper. Samuel Chamberlain studied architecture at MIT, but interrupted his studies to serve in France during WWI. After the war, Chamberlain worked as an architectural draftsman in Boston before leaving the US to travel throughout France and Europe. During his time overseas, Chamberlain began sketching the countryside and architecture, eventually studying at the Royal College of Art in London. He became well known for his carefully rendered etchings and drypoints of both European and American buildings and cityscapes.

Etching, image size: 6 x 8 15/16 inches, pencil signed lower right

This is a drypoint etching from 1910. Pencil signed in the lower right, plate signed in the lower right. Pencil numbered in the lower left 9/50. Plate measures 9 1/2 x 8 inches on chine colle.

A beautiful architectural cityscape by master printmaker, Joseph Pennell. Measuring 8 x 11 inches, it is pencil signed, publishers label included. Created in 1905 in an edition of probably 75, cat: Wuerth #379. Pennell was an important American etcher, lithographer and illustrator. Good friends with James McNeill Whistler, he and his wife co-authored his biography. Pennell was known for his continued experimentation with technique and style, producing cityscapes, landscapes and marine scenes. He also printed many of his own images.

Etching, image size 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches, 1928, pencil signed and dated

This etching by Mortimer Menpes measures 12 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches, pencil signed, c. 1902, edition of 50, looking towards the Gothic Baldachin. Menpes attended the School of Art in London in 1878 and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1880. He became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself.

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,

A fine original wood engraving by American artist Thomas Nason. The title of this piece is: "A New England Stream" It was created and printed in 1951 in an edition of 400. This image was originally sold through Associated American Artists in New York. The image measures 5 5/16X9 7/8 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Excellent condition hand signed by the artist lower right. This image appears in the BPL catalog as image number 489.
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This is an original etching by British artist William Strang.   The title is: A Lodging for the Night, it was created in 1899 and was printed in an edition of 50 signed Wm Strang by the Artists son David Strang.  This impression was printed and signed by David Strang.  The image measures 10X9 9/16 inches.  A beautiful rich impression.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

Etching, dry point, image size 10 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches, ca. 1936, signed and titled in pencil, also plate signed. Edition of 25 for the NYC WPA. "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA" stamped in l.l.

Etching from the series "The Life of Saint Monique," image size 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in, 1930, monogram in plate

This is an original pencil signed woodengraving by American artist Asa Cheffetz.  The subject is: Winter in Southampton, Mass, created and printed in 1949.  The image measures 4 13/16X10 inches.  This image appears in the Cheffetz catalog as image number 88.  This image was created for Associated American Artists in New York.

Pencil and plate signed in bottom right. Plate size measures 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches on 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 wove type paper. Featured in Fine Prints of the Year in 1927.

This is an original drypoint etching by French impressionist printmaker, Alphonse Legros.  This image is titled: Milkmaid of Boulogne, 3rd plate (Laitiere a Boulogne)  Created and printed circa 1890.  The image measures 5 7/8X8 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil, printed on a watermarked laid type sheet.  Richly printed.