19th Century European Prints

Etching, image size 7 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches, 1860, cat: Melot- D.95, framed. Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co.

This is an oriignal etching, pencil signed by British artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938)  The title is: Under the Bridge, Japan, Nagasaki.  This etching was created and printed in 1896 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This has the "imp" after the artist's name which means that he printed this impression himself.  The image measures 4X11 7/8 inches.  It appears in the Morgan catalog as image number 165 I/III.  Printed on a light weight laid type paper.

This is a very fine original etching and drypoint by British artist Sir Francis Seymour Haden. The title of this work is "On the Test", state VI/VIII. This etching was created in 1859 and its subject is one of the famous Trout streams in Hampshire. The image measures 5 15/16X 8 15/16 inches, pencil signed lower right and also signed in the plate. This appears in the Schneiderman catalog as image number 24.

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The subject is: "La Ferme de Brieux" (Farm at Brieux in a storm)  The image, pencil signed, measures 7 1/16X13 1/16 inches.  Printed on a thick wove type paper.  Catalog H 84, III state, an edition of 50.  A very rich impression with a rich burr.  Created circa 1890's.

Plate measures 10 x 7 3/4 inches on 16 1/4 x 12 1/8 inch watermarked laid type paper. State V/VIII. One of his six final plates, later chosen for publication in the review "L'Art" in 1904, volume LXIII. Catalog: Melot 122. Circa 1877. Printed in the lower right: "Ch. Daubigny. del. et. sc", in the lower right: "F. Lienard. Imp. Paris."

Etching after a painting by J. W. Carmichael, image size 17 3/4 x 27 1/4 inches, published in London Feb. 17th 1871 by L. Brall & Sons, period frame.

Mezzotint engraving after John Hoppner, image size 21 1/2 x 18 inches, 1799, framed

This is a fine original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The title is: Coin d'u bois  (Corner of the Wood), created circa 1890.  This pencil signed image measures 11 7/16X8 7/8 inches.  It is printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  It appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 229.

This is a fine drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros, the title is: Le Jardinier (The Gardener).  This image appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 554.  This pencil signed impression measures 6 7/8X10 1/4 inches, printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is a very rare pencil signed etching by Sir Francis Seymour Haden; it is an early proof, from before the edition published in Hamerton's 1880 'Etching and Etchers'. The image size is 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches, 1877, cat: Schneiderman-161, plate signed and dated, pencil signed, a very rich impression on a laid type paper, framed. Sir Francis Seymour Haden was one of the most important British etchers of the 19th century, along with his brother in law James Whistler. In addition to being a highly regarded artist he was a successful surgeon, accomplished author and dedicated angler. He was a founder and the first president of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and was knighted in 1894. Haden created a number of remarkable etchings featuring scenes of fishing in the British countryside, of which this is one of his finest.

Etching and drypoint on copper, image size: 5 1/2 x 8 5/16 inches, dated 1877, State V, cat. Scheniderman-172, pencil signed lower right. One of Haden's interests apart from being a Surgeon and printmaker was fishing. He created a number of outstanding scenes based on river fishing, his most famous being "The Complete Angler" and "Grayling Fishing." This is a wonderful example of building a composition centered on this well-known fishing hole. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.

Passerelle du Pont-au-Change, après l'incendie de 1621 (The Footbridge temporarily replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, after the fire of 1621, after Della Bella)1860.  Etching by French artist Charles Meryon, 1860.  This etching has an image size of 4 11/16X9 inches.  It is the 7th state of 9 and appears in the Delteil/Wright  catalog as image number 50.  Published in teh Gazette des Beaux Arts, vol. 8 Nov.1, 1860.

This is an original etching by French artist Charles Francois Daubigny, the image is plate signed and titled: Le Marais, (The Marsh)  it was created and printed in 1851  and is from the third state of six, iii/vi  This image appears in the Frankel catalog as image number D-84.  A fine impression on a chine collet adhered to a thicker wove type base sheet.  This is the edition with title, artist and printer in the lower border.  

This is a fine drypoint and etching by French impressionist etcher, Alphonse Legros.  This image was created and printed in 1889, hand signed in pencil, printed on a medium  weight wove type paper.  The image measures 6 7/8X9 1/2 inches.  A fine rich impression. Catalog R.105.

Etching and drypoint,1st state,2X4 7/8",pencil signed