Prints

Etching, image size 10 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches, pencil signed

Engraving, after Raphael; also called La Benediction; later state without engraver's address;

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.

French Old Master Engraving, circa1660, image size 9 13/16 x 9 5/8 inches
plate inscribed: "FVan Campen Formis Venetys" and VLeFebre del et sculpt"

This is an original etching by Sporting artist William Schaldach, done circa 1925 the image is titled: The Hot Corner.  It is pencil signed and with edition of 75.  It has the "imp" after the artists name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  The image measures 12X8 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

Etching,1929,Edition of 100,image size:9 1/2X11 1/4 inches,Bpl 153,pencil signed

A beautiful architectural cityscape by master printmaker, Joseph Pennell. Measuring 8 x 11 inches, it is pencil signed, publishers label included. Created in 1905 in an edition of probably 75, cat: Wuerth #379. Pennell was an important American etcher, lithographer and illustrator. Good friends with James McNeill Whistler, he and his wife co-authored his biography. Pennell was known for his continued experimentation with technique and style, producing cityscapes, landscapes and marine scenes. He also printed many of his own images.

This is an original etching by French artist Felix Buhot, the title is Les Voisins de Campagne (Country Neighbors)  This unsigned proof has an image size of 7 3/8X9 5/8 inches.  This impression was created and printed in 1879.

This is an early copper engraving by Cornelius Visscher after the painting by Pieter Claesz Soutman.  This period impression was printed on an early laid type paper.  The image shows the Bishop being killed by two knives in his chest.  The image measures 16 3/4X11 5/8 inches.

Printed in 1919, from the edition of 4 proofs. Plate and pencil signed. Image measures 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches. Printed on laid-type paper.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Daniel Putnam Brinley 1879-1963.  This image is a view of Assisi that he created on a European trip he took in the 1920's.  This image is hand signed in pencil, and has an image size of 14X10 7/8 inches.Brinley was a MacDowell Colony Fellow and exhibited at the Stieglitz gallery in New York City.  The image is numbered lower left 12.

A richly inked original etching of a sunny European city street, this image measures 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, published in 1950 for the Chicago Society of Etchers, pencil signed and inscribed "To my friend J. R. Brownell".

This is a drypoint etching from April 1931. Edition of 100. Catalog: BPL 105. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil numbered 3 out of 100 in the lower left. Plate measures 11 x 12 inches on 14 x 15 inch Rives watermarked wove paper. Chamberlain captures this brightly lit scene with breathtaking detail. Samuel Chamberlain studied architecture at MIT, but interrupted his studies to serve in France during WWI. After the war, Chamberlain worked as an architectural draftsman in Boston before leaving the US to travel throughout France and Europe. During his time overseas, Chamberlain began sketching the countryside and architecture, eventually studying at the Royal College of Art in London. He became well known for his carefully rendered etchings and drypoints of both European and American buildings and cityscapes.

This is a remarkable architectural etching by American artist Hopper Emory. Image size 14 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, c. 1930, edition of 250, pencil signed, with the original label. Hopper Emory was born in Baltimore, Maryland and had a successful career in banking before he turned exclusively to his artwork. He traveled to England where he studied at the Heatherly School of Art in London, then returned to Maryland where he became known for his delicately rendered architectural and maritime etchings.

A wood engraving from 1940. Numbered 8 out an edition of 12. Pencil signed and dated in the lower right. Pencil titled and editioned in the lower left. Plate measures 8 x 10 inches on 10 1/2 x 12 inch thin laid paper.