19th Century American

This 1885 etching by F. Leo Hunter of the Old East India Wharf measures 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower right.

This is an atmospheric etching in sepia ink, image size 4 3/8 x 6 inches, 1887, cat: Rice-84, signed and dated in the plate. C. A. Platt was born in New York and studied art at the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League and the Academie Julian. He was a very successful painter and etcher, known for his delicately rendered New England landscapes; and was also a very talented architect. He was close friends with fellow New England etcher Stephen Parrish and was a member of Saint-Gaudens' Cornish Art Colony.

A beautiful, Barbizon inspired twilight scene, this etching measures 16 1/8 x 20 1/4 inches, published in 1888 by Klackner, New York, plate signed and dated, pencil signed, with two remarques in the lower margin. William Lathrop was the son of a midwest farmer and throughout his life worked as both an artist and a farmer. As a young man he moved to New York, and began creating etchings, many of which were published by Klackner. In the late 1880s he traveled to London and Paris, and inspired by the European countryside concentrated on painting in oils and watercolors.

A very detailed wood engraving by the little known artist T. Johnson, image size 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, pencil signed l.r., after Rembrandt.

Etching, image size 10 x 8 3/8 inches, 1883, plate signed u.r. "I.M.Gaugengigl 1883".

Etching, image size 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1888, plate signed l.l. "Stephen Parrish", Schneider 136.

Wood engraving, 8 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches, c. 1900, pencil signed.

Wood Engraving, image size 13 1/2 x 9 inches, 1874, published in Harper's Weekly, plate signed l.r. "Th. Nast", printed l.c. "WHO OUGHT TO HAVE THE CARDINAL'S HAT IN AMERICA?"

Etching, image size 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 1879, plate signed l.l. "A.F. Bellows".

Etching, image size 12 5/8 x 16 1/2 inches, c. 1880, plate signed l.l. "Chas. Volkmar".