Recent Acquisitions

This is an original etching by Barbizon artist Charles Emile Jacque.  The title is: Le Chemin de Halage, (The Towing Path) created and printed in 1864.  This image is plate signed by the artist Jacque and also signed by the printer Sarazin, printed in Paris.   The image measures 6X4 7/8 inches.  Printed on a chine colle adhered to a thicker sheet of wove type paper.
"Charles Jacque 'Charles Emile Jacque': During the 1840's a most important movement began in French art. A number of painters began settling in the tiny village of Barbizon and dedicated their art to portrayals of nature and rustic life. Given that the mainstream of traditional French art was still mired in the genres of classical and historical paintings this was indeed a revolutionary step. Barbizon artists gained their inspiration from both the great landscape etchings and paintings of Rembrandt and other Dutch 17th century masters and from the contemporary landscape art of such British artists as Constable and Turner. In its turn, Barbizon etchings and paintings led the way to the beginnings of French Impressionism in the following generation.

Many of the leading artists associated with the Barbizon school were also fine etchers. Within this category one should mention such names as Corot, Millet and Daubigny. Charles Emile Jacque, however, dedicated his career to the art of etching and became the most active Barbizon artist in this field. He is thus considered a major precursor to the French etching revival of the 1860's."

This is an original etching by American artist Henry Farrer 1844-1903.  The title is: Sunset on the East River, N.Y. created and printed in 1879.  This etching is signed lower left in the plate.  The image measures 5X7 3/4 inches.  Printed on a light weight laid type sheet.  A rare view of Costal New York.  A rich impression.

THis is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Samuel Chamberlain.  The title is:The Market Place, Bourges, created and printed in  1928.  The image measures 6 3/4X5 3/8 inches.  It appears as image number 253 in the Chamberlain catalog. Boston Public Library

This is an original early etching by French artist Edouard Henri Leon,  This image is titled: Les Canots de Pecher a Proscoff, Fishing Canoes in Proscoff.  Created and printed in 1926, hand signed in pencil the image measures 9X11 1/2 inches.  Printed on a heavy weight wove type sheet,  Although born and trained in Paris, Leon later worked in the USA and became a member of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers.

Fac Simile of A apital Initial of the Presentation in the Temple, Draw and Engraved by George Lewis, 1817, Published in London by G.R. Lewis.  "Drawn and Engraved by G,,R Lewis, / from the / Missal executed by Francesco Veronesi & Giralomo dei Libri, [...]', 'Published Decr 1817 by G. R. Lewis 29 Duke Street, St,, James's' and 'See Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron Vol I Page CXLII'.  Etching and Stipple engraving on chine colle.  The image measures 5 3/4X5 1/4 inches on a sheet of laid type paper which measures 13 7/8X10 3/8 inches.  One copy of this impression is found in the British Museum.

This is an original oil on canvas painting by well known New England Naive portrait artist Horace Bundy.  The painting measures 26X18 inches.  Housed in a modern frame.  As with most of his portraits this one is signed and identified on the back of the canvas.  This one was lined many years ago using a clear mylar so the writing can still be seen.  It looks to have a small repair in the upper left corner of the back ground.  "Horace Bundy---painter of portraits, genre, and animals---was born on July 22, 1814 in Hardwick, VT and died in 1883 in Concord, NH. He was basically a self-taught, itinerant artist who started his career decorating sleighs and then went on to painting portraits of northern New Englanders.

As many artists of his day, Bundy went to live and work in the new, thriving industrial city of Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1837, just one year after Lowell was incorporated as a city, Bundy married Louisa Lockwood. A few years after their marriage the Bundys moved to Springfield, VT and lived in a house built for them by Louisa's father. In 1842"

This is a fine atmospheric painting by American artist George Hays.  This scene of Cows watering at the stream was painted circa 1900.  It is clearly signed lower left corner.  The painting itself measures 24X16 inches and came to us in a period gold frame.  The painting has been relinned and is in good condition.  "George Arthur Hays (1854 - 1945) was active/lived in Rhode Island, Massachusetts. George Hays is known for Landscape with cattle painting. Painter George Arthur Hays was self-taught. He was a member of the Providence Art Club and the Providence Watercolor Club".

This is an original etching by American printmaker Charles Yardley Turner.  This etching titled The Strike was created after the painting by Hubert Herkomer.  Published by Gebbie in 1891,  Plate signed by both artists in the lower margin.  The image measures 11 3/4X7 inches.  Printed on a heavy wove type sheet,

This is a fine original etching by American artist Robert Nisbet.  This image is hand signed in pencil and titled: Mountain Stream, Created and printed circa 1940.  The image measures 7X9 3/4 inches.  

Etching, image size 8 1/2 x 7 inches, subsequent to Hardie, artist's blindstamp, pencil signed.

Etching,image size 7 3/4 X 8 inches, 1918, edition of 100, Hardie 152, artist blindstamp, pencil signed.

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 an original etching by Sporting artist William Schaldach, done circa 1925 the image is titled: The Hot Corner.  It is pencil signed and with edition of 75.  It has the "imp" after the artists name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  The image measures 12X8 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is an original pencil signed etching by British artist Augustus John (1878-1961)  This etching is titled: Rambling By the Lake, it was created and printed in  1909 this impression is numbered as 23/50.  The image measures 7X5 inches, printed on an antique watermarked laid type paper.  In the lower border its annotated Plate no. 116 and then titled and editioned.  Very nice condition.

This is an original pencil signed and numbered lithograph by Dutch artist Maurice De Vlaminck.  The title is: Le Moulin de la Naze, created and printed in 1925.  This impression  is numbered as 35/35.  The image measures 7X10 1/2 inches.