A very fine etching of the hills above San Francisco Bay by John Winkler. Created in 1919, it measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches, is pencil signed and printed in an edition of 35. Winkler did a series of etchings portraying everyday life in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
This is an original etching by French artist Alphonese Legros. The title is: "Souvenir du Lac de Trasimene". The image measures 5 3/4X6 3/8 inches. Printed on a Laid paper with A.O.L. watermark. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Bliss 674, state ii/ii..
This original woodcut by Lucien Pissarro, after an engraving by his father, Camille Pissarro, measures 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Lucien was the eldest son of the Impressionist painter, Camille Pissarro. Lucien specialized in English country landscapes, rural views of woods, cottage gardens and orchards and in the 1880's he became interested in woodcuts and engravings.
Etching,D92,as published in Gazette Des Beaux Arts,4 5/8X7 1/4",platesigned
This is an original engraving by Raphael Sadeler (1560-1628) The title of this work is "S. Chvenegvndis Avgvsta" Created and printed in circa 1600. Printed on an early laid paper the image measures 9 3/4X7 1/2 inches. Thread margins on the edges, Identified in typeset upper and lower margins.
Plate initialed in the lower right, pencil signed in the lower right. Print 13 in an edition of 50. Plate measures 8 x 6 1/4 inches on 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch wove type paper. C. 1942. This is a finely detailed lithograph, with subtle use of shadows that convey moonlight in this quintessential New England scene.
Drypoint etching, edition 4/80, image size 10 7/8 x 14 inches, pencil signed.
This illustrative page from "The Great Mirror of Folly", 1720, was a volume of text with 76 engraved plates, documenting the international joint-stock scandal instigated by John Law. This great "Theater of Folly", representing the origin, progress, and downfall of the South Sea Bubble in France, England and Holland, is a collection of engraved plates with caricatures of the schemes of John Law and the Mississippi Company that lured clients to invest in establishing colonies in Louisiana and Canada with fatal results. Text below the image is in Dutch. An English description of the content of the book comes with this image.
Plate signed in the lower left, pencil signed in the lower right. Plate measures 8 x 9 3/4 inches on 9 5/8 x 11 3/4 inch wove type paper. Good use of plate tone with a rich drypoint burr. Meyerowitz studied at the National Academy of Design in NY and is best known for his development of producing etchings in color. His work is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; National Academy of Design; Harvard University and the Library of Congress.
Etching, image size: 7 7/8 x 5 15/16 inches, pencil signed lower right
Mezzotint by the British engraver and etcher, Sir Frank Short. It measures 4 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches and is pencil signed, after a watercolor by Peter de Wint, c. 1902, edition of 150, cat: Hardie-77.
Etching, image size: 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches, pencil signed lower center
Mezzotint, image size 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches, plate size 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, c.1730, after the painting by Thomas Hudson. Inscribed "T.Hudson pinx" l.l., "I. Faber fecit" l.r.
Etching, image size 7 x 10 1/2 inches, 1883, cat: Tyler-67, plate signed and dated.
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