Prints

This is an original etching and aquatint by French modernist Georges Rouault.  The title is: Incantation from Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu, This was the frontispiece The first etching from the series  Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu, created and printed in 1928.  This is a rare hand signed impression.  An edition of 225.  The image measures 11 3/4X7 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium wight wove type paper.

This is a very rare etching from a scarce, unpublished plate by Francis Sydney Unwin. The image size is 12 1/8 x 16 inches, 1916, pencil signed; a richly inked impression on a fine cream colored Japan paper. Unwin studied at the Winchester School of Art and the Slade School; he traveled extensively throughout Europe and spent several months in Egypt drawing the tomb interiors for an archaeological expedition. He then settled in London, becoming known for his landscapes and remarkable interior architectural views, such as this finely detailed image of the Albert Hall. Unwin died at the age of 40, after suffering from tuberculosis for much of his adult life.

This is an original Arthur Briscoe etching, titiled: "Heavy Canvas", this etching was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 75.  The image is hand signed in pen and ink and editioned in the lower border.  The image measures 13 1/2X8 3/8 inches.  The subject shows four men making fast the crossjack of a four masted barque.  This etching is archivally framed.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell. He traveled down to Panama in 1912 to record the building of the Canal.  He created a series of images from that trip.  This image is titled Cranes at Miraflores Lock, Panama,  Printed in an edition of only 100.  This image measures 22 1/4X16 3/4 inches on a Fabiano watermarked, laid type paper.  Sheet size is 25 1/2X 20 1/2 inches.

This is a fine hand signed etching by American Artist Stephen Parrish. The title of this work is "Evening, Gloucester, 1883". The image measures 8 5/8X14 inches. This image appears in the Schneider catalog as image number 77. "To the right of the mast is the tower of the 1869 City Hall, still standing, Next to the right is the sharply pointed spire of the Baptist church, now gone. At the far right are the buildings of the Rocky Neck Marine Railways." Fine use of plate tone in the sky and sea.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell. He traveled down to Panama in 1912 to record the building of the Canal.  He created a series of lithographic images from that trip. This image is titled: The Cut From Culebra.  It was created and printed in 1912 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 22 1/2X17 inches on a sheet size of 25 1/2X20 1/2 inches.  Printed on a Fabiano watermarked laid type paper.

This is an original etching by French impressionist Edgar Degas.  The title is, "AutoPortrait", Self Portrait.  It was created in 1857, this is the Forth state of 4, after the cancellation marks.  Delteil 1.

The image measures 9X5 3/8 inches.  printed on a cream wove type paper.  Unsigned as issued.

This is a fine original etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  This etching is titled The Red Mill, also called The Red Barn, Southport.  The image measures 11 1/8X7 1/4 inches.  This pencil signed impression done in etching and aquatint was published in 1922 in a first edition of 25.  Beautiful tonal range and fine composition with extensive reflections in the water.  This etching was later printed with some color in the barn and sky.  Nicely framed with French matting.

Etching/drypoint, image size 8x6 inches, 1919, Hardie 165, edition of 100, pencil signed with artists blind stamp.
Lee-Hankey was a very gifted drypoint artist known for his portrait studies of the local folk of Brittany.

Drypoint on copper etching, image size: 6 x 8 15/16 inches, 1877, cat. Schneiderman-156, V state, signed and dated in the plate l.l., pencil signed lower right

This is an original etching by American artist Gottlob L. Briem (1899-1972)) The title of this work is :Wall Street, N.Y.C." It was created and printed in 1930 in an edition of 100. The image mesres 13 15/16X8 15/16 inches. It is hand signed in pencil lower right.

This is an original etching by British artist Samuel Palmer.  The title is "The Early Ploughman"  It was created in 1861.  The image measures 5 1/4X9 7/8 inches.  THis is the 6th state of eight.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  Partial watermark visible upper left.  This image appears in the Palmer catalog as image number VII.

Original color aquatint etching, created and printed in 1989. This is hand signed and editioned as Eprevues d'artist, artist proof. EA, lower left. The image measures 17 3/4 X 25 1/4 inches. Printed on wove-type paper.

Original etching by the British artist, Arthur Brisco, measuring 6 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches, 1926, signed and numbered; 62/75, cat: Hurst-158. Britain's "General Strike" was the theme of Brisco's dramatic image of "The Orator". The strike, mainly by coal-miners upset with their goverments' reduction in wages and worsening conditions, also included dockers, printers, power station workers and transport workers, thus Brisco's interest in the subject.

This is an oriignal  aquatint etching by British artist Leonard R. Squirrell, this etching was created and printed in 1924 in an edition of 75 signed proofs.  The image measures 11X16 1/4 inches.  Pencil signed by the artist in pencil lower right border.  Fine use of highlight and shadow making a dramatic composition. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.   A rare image only found in Museums.