19th Century European

Etching, image size: 8 1/2 x 10 7/16 inches, 1871, III state, cat. Villet-82, signed, titled and dated in the plate lower right

Etching, image size 9 x 5 7/8 inches, plate signed lower right. The gallery has two impressions of this print.

Etching, image size: 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches, plate signed lower left

Etching, image size: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1877, plate signed lower left

Etching, image size: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches, 1884, "Newton Free Library, Newton Mass." stamp upper left, plate signed and dated lower left

This Hermine David etching measures 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches and has a pencil annotation, "artist proof" on the lower margin. Plate signed. David was a well known painter and printmaker and was very active in the thriving artist community in Paris in the early 20th century. She was married to fellow artist Jules Pascin for several years, but in 1920 the couple divorced and David set up her own studio in Montparnasse. She went on to have a long successful career as an artist and illustrator and was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1932.

Etching after A. Moradei, image size 7 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches, copyright 1887 by Gebbie & Co., plate signed

This original mezzotint by the Scottish artist William Strang measures 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches, pencil signed, printed by L. Goulding, pencil signature, l.r., 1882, S#15.

Etching after Michelangelo, image size: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4 inches, copyright 1888 by Gebbie & Co.

Lithograph, image size approx. 11 x 8 3/4 inches, blind stamp "Imprimerie Chaix" l.r., Les Maitres de l'Affiche Pl. 34, l.l., Steilen's name appears within the image, pub. August 1896, original color lithograph. A posterist of the belle epoque, Steilen started his career in 1885. Using his family members as models, including the family cat, his images depict clear and insightful concepts that remain alive to this day. This image advertises the Academie Nationale de Musique performance of Helle.