This is an original pencil signed etching by British artist Mabel C. Robinson (1875-1953) The title of this work is: A Marsh Road, created and printed circa 1910, the image measures 5 1/4X8 1/4 inches. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.
Wood engraving, image size 10 x 8 inches, numbered "Trial Proof 10," signed in pencil.
Engraving after Mignard, image size: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches, sheet size: 18 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches, Fogg Museum provenance, Randall collection #4065
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 a fine original etching by German artist Ferdinand Schmutzer. The title is: Die Unterhaltung (The Conversation) it was created and printed in 1897. Hand signed in pencil lower border and also signed and dated within the plate. The image measures 9 1/4X7 5/8 inches. This etching is in an early frame.
Engraving after H. Pothoven, 1750, image size 13 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches
Etching, image size 10 1/2 x 7 3/4, third plate - first state, circa 1900, pencil signed
Etching, image size 4 x 6 1/2 inches, 1927, Flammarion 125, part of the Visage des Maisons series, pencil signed.
This is an original etching by American artist Lester G Hornby. The titled is: The Seine at Notre Dame, Paris, created and printed in an editiion of 60 in 1910. The image is pencil signed and titiled and came from the artist's own collection with his personal collection stamp lower left border. The image measures 8 7/8X10 7/8 inches, printed on a medium weight "Arches" watermarked laid paper.
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 a scarce original wood engraving by American Modernist Leonard Baskin. The title is: Three Women Before a Plain, created and printed in 1952. The image, pencil signed, measures 3 1/2X4 1/2 inches on a sheet size of 17X17 inches, printed on a thin japan type sheet, The image appears in the Fern O'Sullivan catalog as image number 214.
Etching, image size 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches, edition of 90, Bpl 147, pencil signed. The gallery has two impressions of this etching.
Drypoint, image size 9 1/8 x 6 3/4, 1939, edition of 300, cat. BPL-273, pencil signed.
This is an unusual underwater view. An original wood engraving by American artist Leo Meissner. The title Aquatic World, also known as Submarine World, Created and printed circa 1940. The image measures 8X10 inches. Hand signed and titled in pencil. Numbered 51/55. This wood engraving is in fine condition, printed on a thin Japan like sheet.
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