Engraving after Annibal Caracci; Thies: See Hecquet, 17; Brandes, 1p.57; 1st state, with the inscription on a stone in the landscape[l.l.] "AnnibalCarratius pinxit. F. Poilly Scuypsit cum Pr.Re. A Paris, Rue St. Jacques a l'image St. Benoist"
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Etching, image size 9 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. Hobbs was a well known artist from Ohio who studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago. He traveled extensively through Europe and the US before settling in New Orleans. He won many awards and honors for his work, and spent two summers as a resident at the MacDowell Art Colony in Peterborough, NH.
This is an original etching by French artist Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) The title of this work is: Les Laveuses (Washer Women), also known as Le Lavoir (Washhouse) It was created and printed in 1904. Pencil signed lower right, also with the Bliss collectors stamp. The image measures 6 1/2X 4 3/4 inches. It appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 602. It was printed in an edition of 82. Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.
A fine etching in sepia ink by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, one of the most important British etchers of the 19th century. This image measures 6 x 8 7/8 inches, 1892, state III/III, cat: Schneiderman-207, pencil signed. A richly inked impression with very nice plate tone.
This is a pencil signed etching by German artist Ernest Oppler. The title is: Coquette, created and printed in 1921, numbered 33/100. The image measures 5 3/4X8 1/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet. Oppler did not seek to portray “dance” as a concept, but rather the distinct personality of each dancer while on stage. Because of this, he became very familiar with some of the greatest ballet stars of the era such as Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Tamara Karsavina. His obsession with capturing dancers in motion became so great that he even developed a lighted pen in order to sketch in darkened theaters during performances.
This is a very fine original pencil signed wood engraving by British artist George Soper. This winter scene of a Farmer feeding the cattle has an image size of 5X7 1/2 inches. Nicely framed with archival materials.
Engraving, after the painting by Salvatore Rosa in the Imperial Gallery St. Petersburg; 1st state, pub. Nov.24,1767 No. 41,Boydel, London for the Houghton Gallery; plate size 20 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches; image size 18 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches;
Etching, image size 11 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches, titled and signed in pencil.
This series of thirteen townscapes are images of shipping ports, market places, hotels, busy neighborhoods, historical buildings, castles, and cathedrals all surrounded by the element of water. They show the interplay and the importance of the waterways to the towns and their dependance on each other. Individual prints are titled in Dutch at the top center and were done c. 1660-1690.
Etching, drypoint, image size 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches, edition of 100, pencil signed l.r. "Max Kuehne".
Etching from 1910. Catalog: Forster 30. Plate measures 12 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches on 15 x 11 inch laid type paper. Pencil signed in the lower right. This scene in London of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, otherwise known as the Brompton Oratory. The domed building in the background is the Royal College of Arts, where Anderson was studying at the time. Edition of 58. A finely detailed and well inked print with a rich drypoint burr.
Etching, image size 5 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches, c. 1935, from Warner's "Australia at Work" series of prints. Pencil titled and signed "G Marler", a pseudonym used by Warner in the 1930s.
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