This is an original wood engraving pencil signed by American artist Thomas Nason. The title is: High Spruces, created and printed in 1942 in an edition of 50. The image printed on a thin Japan type sheet measures 5X10 inches, The inage appears in the BPL catalog as image number 331.
Edition of 110. Catalog: Fletcher 194. C. 1927. Printed by Frederick Reynolds. Italian series #11. Pencil signed and dated 1917 in the bottom right. Plate titled in the lower right. Plate measures 11 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches on 16 1/4 x 10 1/4 inch blue laid type paper. This print has plate toning and enchanting linework.
Engraving after Albani, image size 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, plate size 11 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches. Provenance: Schwerin Museum, Hamburg.
Etching, image size 10 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches, subsequent to Hardie, pencil signed.
Engraving after Titian. According to Louis Thies, the painting in the Louvres "is supposed to represent the Duke Alfonso I of Ferrara and Laura Bianti." Image size 13 1/16 x 10 3/4 in, sheet size 16 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. Randall Coll. #12117, Fogg Museum provenance.
Etching & drypoint, image size 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches, 1921, ed. of 54, Beetles 249 VIII/VIII, pencil signed.
Etching, image size 15 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches. Pencil titled and signed. Printed on watermarked medium weight laid type paper.
This is a remarkable original etching by William Lionel Wyllie, image size 9 1/4 x 14 inches, c. 1900, pencil signed, titled on the lower edge of the sheet. Wyllie was a well known marine painter and printmaker in early 20th century London. He studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, then at the age of 15 began his studies at the Royal Academy. At the age of 18, Wyllie won the Turner Gold Medal for his painting "Dawn After A Storm". He went on to have a long artistic career, specializing in paintings and etchings of the sea and the city of London. In this etching, Wyllie uses remarkably delicate lines and subtle tones to create an atmospheric image of fishing boats setting out to sea.
This finely printed wood engraving by Surendorf measures 8 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches. It is matted and framed which measures 15 x 16 inches. The title, edition number and signature is in pencil on the lower margin. This strong impression is in excellent condition. Surendorf studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in NYC. He was a full member of the California Society of Etchers and the San Francisco Art Association. His works are included in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation in San Francisco, the Smithsonian Institute and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
This is an original hand colored engraving by French artist Mily Possoz. The title is: Jeunes Filies a la fenetre. Created and printed in 1930, editioned as 26/75, hand signed in pencil. the image measures 9 1/8X8 1/2 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper with publishers blindstamp/Paris lower right border
This engraving by James Smillie measures 15 x 22 3/4 inches. Created after four paintings by Hudson River School founder Thomas Cole, this early lettered proof impression, published in Boston by L.A. Elliot, reads, "From the original Painting by Thomas Cole, in the possession of Rev.d Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York", under the title on the lower margin. Also included on the lower margin is a poem by J.H. Daniels. In 1842 Thomas Cole did a series of paintings that represented an allegory for the four stages of life; childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Each phase accompanied by a guardian angel. In "Old Age" the voyager is looking across the river of life towards an angel filled sky, ready to enter the kingdom of heaven. Cole's paintings were converted to engravings after his death and widely distributed during "The Third Awakening", a period of religious activism from the late 1850's to the early 1900's.
This is a fine original etching by American artist William Meyerowitz. The title of this image is Calm Sea, it is most likely a scene of Gloucester Harbor. This pencil signed impression measures 7X11 1/2 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet. This image was created and printed circa 1930. Its a rare etching by Meyerowitz.
Etching, image size 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches, 1881, catalog Schneider 44, thread margins on 2 sides, pencil signed within the image.
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