19th Century American Prints

Etching, image size: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 1884, second state, cat. Schneider-104, pencil signed lower right.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Stephen Parrish.  The title is: Portsmouth, NH,  this etching was created and printed in  1881.  The image measures 7 7/8X13 3/4 inches.  This image appears in the Parrish catalog as image number 46, signed, dated and titled in the plate.  This etching is glued down between boards, from the 19th century,  Light even toning to the sheet.

This is a fairly scarce etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Chelsea, No. II, it was created and printed in  1886, in an edition of only 20.  Hand signed in pencil by the artist. The image measures 6 1/2X9 1/2 inches.  This imag appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 114.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London.

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

Etching, image size: 3 7/8 x 5 inches, 1888, cat. schneider-145, pencil signed lower right.

Etching, image size: 4 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches, 1888, After de Neuville, signed in plate lower left, pencil signed lower right

Etching, image size 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches, 1881, catalog Schneider 44, thread margins on 2 sides, pencil signed within the image.

A very fine original etching by American artist Stephen Parrish, this image is one of three images Parrish created of Chester, a small walled town near Liverpool, England. The image size is 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches, 1884, state I/II, before the remarque in the lower margin, cat: Schneider- 107, pencil signed.

This is a rare original lithograph by American artist and lithographer William Morris Hunt. The image size is 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches, published in a small edition in 1857, after the painting by Hunt which is now in the collection of the MFA Boston. 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.

This engraving by James Smillie measures 15 x 22 3/4 inches. Created after four paintings by Hudson River School founder Thomas Cole, this early lettered proof impression, published in Boston by L.A. Elliot, reads, "From the original Painting by Thomas Cole, in the possession of Rev.d Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York", under the title on the lower margin. Also included on the lower margin is a poem by J.H. Daniels. In 1842 Thomas Cole did a series of paintings that represented an allegory for the four stages of life; childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Each phase accompanied by a guardian angel. In "Old Age" the voyager is looking across the river of life towards an angel filled sky, ready to enter the kingdom of heaven. Cole's paintings were converted to engravings after his death and widely distributed during "The Third Awakening", a period of religious activism from the late 1850's to the early 1900's.

Etching, image size: 7 3/16 x 9 3/4 inches, 1888, plate signed lower right

This is a fine  pencil signed etching by American artist Edith Penman (1860-1929)  The title is Landscape, thought to be the Orchard at St. John's College, created and printed in 1888.  This etching has an image size 3 1/4X4 7/8 inches.  Printed on Japanese vellum paper.  Another impression of this etching is in the collection of The Parrish Art Museum in Southampton.  Nicely framed with archival matting.

Etching, 1882, 9 1/2 x 15 inches, plate signed. Published by Fishel, Adler and Schwartz, London.

This is a rare original etching by American artist Stephen Parrish.  The title is: "Northern Moorland,Marblehead".  It was created and printed in 1881.  The image measures 8 3/4X16 1/8 inches.  This image is plate signed and has the Parrish family stamp in the border on the far left.  This image appears in the Schneider catalog as image number 42.

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.