Prints

This is an original etching by American artist James McNeill Whistler.  The subject is: The Little Putney Bridge, created in 1879.  This impression printed on an antique laid type sheet measures 5 1/4X8 inches.  This impression is the 4th state of 5 according to the Glasgow catalog image number K179.  This impression shows the soft foul biting in the plate mostly in the water.  Nice use of plate tone, a rich impression.  "The bridge over the River Thames linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north, in London, UK. The timber bridge was built by a master carpenter, Thomas Phillips, to a design by the architect Sir Jacob Ackworth, and opened in 1729. It was a toll bridge, with tollbooths at either end. It was damaged by a river barge in 1870, and although repaired, it was eventually demolished and replaced by the present stone bridge in 1886. It may be that Whistler thought it worth recording the old bridge before it was demolished,"

This is a fine original pencil signed etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The subject is: Athens from the Tomb of Philopotes,  it was created and printed in 1913, printed by the artist with his "imp" after his name in the lower border.   The image measures 10 3/8X18 1/2 inches.  This image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 656 and was printed in an edition of 40.  This etching was originally sold by Frederick Keppel in New York.  Original label included.

Engraving, Prov. Gray: 539, Blind Stamp,., see Passavant II, p.168, engraved 1841, Proof, before letters; Image size 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches; plate size 181/8 x 15 1/2 inches; paper size 30 1/4 x 23 7/8/ inches; blind stamp Rittner & Goupil, Paris l.l.

A large drypoint etching by Sir Frank Brangwyn. Plate measures 19 x 20 3/4 inches in a 26 3/4 x 28 inch frame. The plate was etched on the spot. C 1906. Catalog: FASL 65. A somber and well inked print with a rich drypoint burr. A rare print!

Drypoint etching, image size 14 x 12 7/8 inches, 1939, pencil signed and numbered 22/100

Etching, image size: 9 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches, c. 1930, pencil signed lower right

This is a fine very large hand colored engraving  by Charles Mottram after J. W. Hill. Published by Smith Brothers & Co., New York, in 1857, It is one of the loveliest views of Boston and its harbor, with the statehouse dome rising in the center background and the Bunker Hill Monument at far right. Printed by Mc Queen.  The image measures 24X38 1/2 inches, in an early frame which measures 35X47 inches.  It is inscribed as proof lower left border.  Very nice condition this impression is a period printing, not a late restrike.

Drypoint from 1885. Catalog: Rice 70. An etching of the covered bridge with the Statehouse in the distance. Plate measures 11 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches on 19 1/2 x 25 1/4 inch handmade Japan paper. Pencil signed in the lower right, plate signed, titled, and dated in the lower left. This print has good plate toning and a rich drypoint burr. C. A. Platt was born in New York and studied art at the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League and the Academie Julian. He was a very successful painter and etcher, known for his delicately rendered New England landscapes and harbor scenes. He was also a very talented architect and a member of the Saint-Gaudens Art Colony in Cornish, NH.

Drypoint from 1932. Signed in ink below the image. Inscription in lower right reads: "Impression selected for my friend Harold Bailey - E. Blampied" 1/100. Plate size measures 8 3/8 x 11 7/8 on 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch laid type paper. A richly inked, atmospheric print.

This is an original etching by British artist James McBey.  The title is: Laguna Veneta, it was created and printed in 1924.  The image measures 7X147/8 inches.   Hand signed in sepia ink, Numbered lower left XX.  Fine use of plate tone in the sea and sky.  Printed on an antique laid type paper.  This image appears in the Salaman catalog as image number 73.  Last sold by M. Knoedler and Co in New York.

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Louis Legrand.  This etching is titled: "La Fille a sa tante", the girl with her aunt....This etching was created and printed in 1893 in an edition of 100.  It came from his series "Les Petites du Ballet", (the Little ones of Ballet).  The image measures 14 1/4X8 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper, pencil signed lower right border.  This image appears in the Arwas catalog as image number 77.

This is a fine original drypoint etching by Scottish artist David Y. Cameron.  The title of this etching is: Craigievar Castle, It was created and printed in 1908.  The image measures 9 1/2X13 3/4 inches.  It is pencil signed lower right border.  printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  Very richly printed.  This image appears in the Rinder catalog as image number 402.  The thired state of three.  The setting is amoung the scenic rolling foothills of the Grampian Mountains south of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Engraving, image size: 15 x 18 3/4 inches, LeBl 5 and 4, Prov. JW Randall 2490, Picart was apparently a student of Francois de Poilly and is also known as "Le Romain"

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)  The title of this etching is: Village de Louvillers-les-Perches.  It was created and printed in 1926 in an edition of 75.  The image measures 8 3/4X12 5/8 inches.  This etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist and published by Marcel Guiot, Paris.  This town is located in the Loire Valley.  This etching is nicely framed with archival materials.

This is an original period printing of The Antoni Waterloo etching, Mercury and Argus.  This etching is the 2nd state of three showing the artist initials upper left corner, a proof before letters, The image is in the Barsch catalog as image number 127ii.  The image measures 11 1/2X9 1/2 inches.  The sheet measures 14X11 1/8 inches.   Collectors annotations and stamps on the back of the sheet, From the A. Coppenrath and Frierich Kalla, Moscow collection.  Good condition some light foxing.  Printed on an early laid paper with a Clown and Fools Cap watermark in the sheet.  A rare untouched impression, good borders all around.