19th Century American

Etching, image size 2 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches, c. 1880s, pencil signed.

Engraving by J.A.J. Wilcox after the painting by Thomas Waterman Wood, image size 24 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches, 1882, early proof before letters, published by Klackner, New York, pencil signed by both the painter and the engraver; "T. W. Wood" l.l, "J.A.J. Wilcox" l.r.

Etching in sepia ink, image size 6 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 1883, cat: Tyler- 26, printed on Japan paper, plate signed in reverse, l.l, pencil signed l.r.

Etching, image size 5 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches, 1883, plate signed and dated.

Etching in sepia ink, image size 6 x 10 7/8 inches, 1883, cat: Rice-44, plate signed and dated, l.r.

Etching, image size 7 x 10 1/2 inches, 1883, cat: Tyler-67, plate signed and dated.

This is a very fine etching by Stephen Parrish after a painting by Henry Ward Ranger. The image size is 18 x 23 3/4 inches, published by Klackner in 1887, cat: Schneider-124, with a remarque in the lower center margin, pencil signed by both Parrish and Ranger. In her description of this etching, Schneider writes that "there is a good match between the sensibilities of the painter, Henry Ward Ranger (1858-1916), and the printmaker, Parrish, so the result is a masterful etching."

Etching, image size 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches, 1884, plate signed l.l. "Smillie Sep '83.Op.30." and inscribed in the plate l.r. "My Colored Neighbor's Hen Yard, etched from Nature, Montrose, Penna.", pencil signed l.r. "James D. Smillie, April 1884".

Lithograph, image size 6 x 7 1/4 inches, 1858, plate signed and dated. William Morris Hunt was one of the earliest American lithographers. He was also a painter, and studied the French Barbizon style in Europe with Millet, a close friend. Hunt is widely credited with bringing the Barbizon style of painting back to the U.S.

Etching, image size 13 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, plate size 15 x 10 inches, 1884, printed on medium weight laid paper, plate signed "Otto H. Bacher Forest City", "A Wheel Of Three Generations In 1884" on bottom of print. Bacher began etching in Cleveland in 1876 and continued his art in Munich, Paris and Venice.