This is an original etching by American artist Gottlob Briem 1899-1972. The subject titled is: Tenement, Pittsfield, Vermont. This etching created and printed circa 1940 has an image area of 5X11 1/4 inches, hand signed and titled in pencil printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Extensive use of plate tone in the sky and land. This etching was given to the former owner by the artist in Vermont.
This rare artist proof by John Sartain, after Forli, was published by William Young Ottley in Loudon, Sept 1, 1826. It measures 14 x 12 inches and is on medium weight paper. The images for this engraving were part of a paintng in fresco formerly in the Vault of the Church of S.S. Apostoli at Rome; and now preserved in the Palace at Monte-Cavallo. This information is printed on the lower margin with a plate number on the upper margin.
Engraving after G. Kneller, image size 14 3/8 x 8 7/8 in, sheet 15 5/8 x 9 7/8 in
This engraving by George Vertue of the Chief Justice, Sir Matthew Hale, measures 12 x 7 inches. Created in 1735 from an original painting by Michael Wright, it has inscribed on the lower margin "Michael Wright pinx.; From an Original painting in Guildhall, London; and George Vertue Sculp. 1735." Hale was a well-known and respected judge and jurist and his writings have been cited as recently as 1993.
This is an original hand signed etching by American artist leslie Cope (1913-2002) The title lower left is Going Home, it was created and printed in 1949. The image measures 8X9 3/4 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Cope was a member of the Prairie Printmakers Group.
Etching, image size 5 7/8 x 12 3/4 inches, 1919, pencil signed. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.
This image measures 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches and is pencil signed, c.1930. Philip Kappel was born in Hartford, Connecticut and educated at the Pratt Institute in New York. He was employed as an artist for several shipping companies and much of his work documents these ships and their sailors. At age 26, Kappel was the youngest person ever admitted to "Who's Who in America."
This seascape of a ship's deck, under very adverse weather conditions, by the American artist, Gordon Grant measures 9 x 12 inches and is pencil signed. Gordon Grant was born in California and was sent alone to Great Britain around Cape Horn when he was thirteen years old for his education. He worked as a staff artist for New York World and Harper's Weekly, covering both the Boer War and the Mexican Revolution, but became most widely known for his marine paintings and lithographs. He was a member of many artist's associations, including the National Academy of Design; American Federation of Art; Salmagundi Club; National Arts Club; American Watercolor Society; New York Society of Painters; and the New York Watercolor Club.
Wood Engraving, image size: 7 x 9 1/8 inches, ed. 10/50, pencil signed and titled
Etching with drypoint, image size 8 x 10 inches, 1935, pencil signed l.r, titled in pencil in the l.l. margin. Illustrated in "Fine Prints of the Year 1935."
This is a very large original etching pencil signed Charles Jacques and also signed A Gilborn..? This is most likely an etching done by Jacques after a painting by another french artist , circa 1880. The image measures 25 3/4X20 1/2 inches. A duck remarque lower left. Printed on a wove type sheet. Very good condition.
Lithograph, image size: 13 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches, pencil signed and titled
Engraving after Francesco Primaticcio, image size: 7 5/16 x 9 3/4 inches
This drypoint etching by Louis Conrad Rosenberg measures 8 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches. Created in 1925, it is pencil signed in the lower right. Rosenberg studied architecture at the University of Oregon before moving into architectural etching, studying at the American Academy in Rome and the Royal College of Art in London. The majority of his work was of European buildings with historic significance.
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