Prints

Engraving, circa 1600, image size 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches.

This is a fine original etching by British artist Robert Austin.  The title: Medicanti (The Beggars)  is hand signed in pencil and dated 1924.  The image measures 4 1/2X3 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper with the P.G. Head watermark.

Drypoint, image size 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches, pencil signed

This a drypoint etching C. 1920. Plate measures 9 7/8 x 8 inches on 15 1/4 x 11 1/8 inch wove paper. Pencil signed in the lower right. A dynamic and joyful print with good use of plate toning. Warren Davis studied at the Art Students League in New York and became known for his etchings of idealized female figures, many of which were used on the covers of Vanity Fair and Life magazines. Later in his career Davis exhibited in Europe and the United States including the Pennsylvania Academy and the Salmagundi Club. This image is a great example of Davis' use of delicate lines and simple compositions to elegantly capture the beauty of the female figure.

This is a fine original line engraving by British artist Robert S. Austin.  The title is "Scythes Resting in a Tree",created and printed in 1928, the image measures 5X3 1/2 inches.  Pencil signed by the artist, numbered 11/75.  Robert Sargent Austin was a highly respected illustrator and engraver, sometimes regarded as the last great English engraver. He taught at the Royal College of Art and was eventually elected president of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers.

A fine original etching, image size 8 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches, published in 1934 in an edition of 100 proofs, plate signed and dated, pencil signed.

This lovely image of a young girl by the English printmaker Mortimer Menpes measures 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches and is pencil signed with an "imp" after his name indicating he was the printer. Etching and drypoint, dated 1882 in the plate. Menpes attended the School of Art in London in 1878 and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1880. He became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself.

Engraving 13 in an edition of 30. Pencil signed, titled and editioned. C. 1930. 4 1/4 x 7 inches on 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch light wove type paper.

Etching, image size 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches, c. 1930, unsigned, printed on laid paper, re-strike.

Drypoint etching, image size: 12 x 9 1/4 inches, 1926, cat. Smith-128, edition of 80, pencil signed lower right. Heintzelman's skill captures this tender moment between a mother and child. A fine impression with ample margins. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.

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 a very fine original etching with beautiful plate tone by French artist Louis Legrand. The image size is 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches, published in 1911 in an edition of 50 impressions, cat: Arwas- 426, state II/II, pencil signed.

This is an original early etching by American artist Samuel Chamberlain.  "The title is Amalfi", it was created and printed in 1925 during his trip to Italy.  The image measures 7X7 inches.  Pencil signed and editioned as 33/100.  This etching is framed.  It appears in the BPL catalog as image number 8.

This is an original color etching and aquatint by Austrian artist Ferdinand-Karl Gold (1882-1981)  The title of this work is: Rast im Dorfe, Rest in the Village.  It was created and printed circa 1920.  Pencil signed and titled lower border.  The image measures 11 1/2X15 3/8 inches.

Etching, image size 9 7/8 x 7 inches, 1924, edition of 75, cat: Wuerth-847, as "Orange Street, Brooklyn," plate signed in reverse, titled in pencil at the bottom of the sheet, pencil signed.