19th Century European Prints

This airy, impressionistic line etching depicts a man fishing in a forested landscape. Etched circa 1900, its measurements are 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches and it is signed "A. Legros" lower right. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.

This is an original Sir Frank Short etching titled: A Dutch Greengrocerie, created and printed in 1889.  Hand signed in pencil by Short as well as by his printer Goulding.  Printed on a thin laid type sheet the image measures 5X7 7/8 inches.  Printed with a warm toned ink.  This image appears in the Hardie catalog as image number 237.

Drypoint etching. Max Blach Wien collector's stamp on back. Pencil signed "A. Legros" in the lower right. Plate measures 3 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches on 7 x 9 1/4 inch watermarked laid paper. An atmospheric scene with a rich drypoint burr. Catalog: Bliss 364. A rare print.

This is an original pencil signed etching by British artist David Young Cameron.  It is titled: A Dutch Farm, art of his North Holland Set.  This etching was created and printed in 1892.  The image measures 4 5/16 X 8 15/16 inches.Printed on an early laid type sheet with collectors stamp lower corner of the border.  This etching came to us with 1/8 inch margins on three sides.

This framed lithograph by Engelmann after Vernet, measures 17 x 10 3/4 inches. It is plate signed and titled on the lower margin. Godefroy Engelmann was born in 1788 in Mühlhausen, France and trained in Switzerland and France at La Rochelle and Bordeaux. He studied painting and sketching in Jean-Baptiste Regnault’s atelier in Paris. In the summer of 1814 he traveled to Munich, Germany to study lithography and is largely credited with bringing lithography to France.

This is an original etching with aquatint by French impressionist Edward Manet .  The title is Theodore De Banville Facing Left, 1874.  This image was intended to be an illustration for his Les Ballades series.  This image measures 9 3/8X6 1/4 inches.  This impression was pulled from the cancelled plate in the early 20th century.  Printed on a Arches laid type paper.  This image appears in the Manet catalog as image number 64.  Théodore Faullain de Banville (14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French poet and writer. His work was influential on the Symbolist movement in French literature in the late 19th century.

Etching, image size 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 1870, Harrington 144, Schneiderman 132 v/v, pencil signed

Etching, image size 4 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches, plate signed l.r. "S. Haden" and titled l.l. "Out of Study Window H", pencil signed l.r. "Seymore Haden".

This detailed French etching measures 10 x 7 3/4 inches. Created in 1853, it is plate initialed, titled and dated. The inscription on the lower margin reads "La Cabane des bucherone, dans les bois du Buron, pendant l'automne de 1853."

7 x 7 inch etching on 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inch watermarked wove-type paper. Pencil signed in the lower right, plate initialed in the lower left. 1st state, C. 1898. Catalog: Bliss 593.

This is an original etching by British artist William Strang.   The title is: A Lodging for the Night, it was created in 1899 and was printed in an edition of 50 signed Wm Strang by the Artists son David Strang.  This impression was printed and signed by David Strang.  The image measures 10X9 9/16 inches.  A beautiful rich impression.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original etching by British artist David Y. Cameron.  The title is: Ayr, Bremen, Vienna.  It was created and printed in 1889.  The image is pencil signed in pencil by the artist and the image measures 6 11/16X11 3/4 inches.

Etching, image size: 2 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches, 1846, plate signed

This is a rare etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The title is La Paysage au Bateau (landscape with Boat)  It was created and printed in 1869,  Hand signed in pencil lower right, The image measures 5X12 1/8 inches..  A fine impression, a repair to the sheet lower right within the image area.

This is an original drypoint etching by French impressionist printmaker, Alphonse Legros.  This image is titled: Milkmaid of Boulogne, 3rd plate (Laitiere a Boulogne)  Created and printed circa 1890.  The image measures 5 7/8X8 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil, printed on a watermarked laid type sheet.  Richly printed.