Each an etching with hand coloring in watercolor. Various sizes and conditions, most 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (215 x 139 mm) and with toning, edge wear and small losses around the sheet perimeter. Colors remain fresh. Artists include Duhamel and Mutlow. More
Boston: Frederick Gleason, 1851. Engraving with hand-drawn borders on cream wove paper, laid down to board. 7 3/4 x 10 inches (197 x 255 mm), trimmed margins, lacking text. Scattered light soiling, and toning, with a dog-eared lower left corner. An illustration from the June 21 & 28, 1851 edition..... More
c 1905. Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contemporaneous with the painting itself. More
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1884. A unique quarto 15 x 12 1/2 inches (382 x 318 mm); 30 double-sided sheets containing approximately 80 preserved specimens of seaweed and sea mosses which are individually dried, mounted to card stock, and tipped-in; each with the genus in Latin, and the date and location of collection handwritten..... More
Frederick Gleason, 1851. Engraving with hand-drawn borders on cream wove paper, laid down to board. 7 3/4 x 10 inches (197 x 255 mm), trimmed margins, lacking text. Scattered light soiling, and toning, with a dog-eared lower left corner. An illustration from the June 21 & 28, 1851 edition of..... More
c 1905. Watercolor on board with black crayon, 8 1/2 x 11 inches (215 x 280 mm). Minor age tone, and a dog-eared lower right corner. Notations in pencil on the verso. An unfinished but spirited plein-air composition of what appears to be the Shenandoah or Potomac River valley with..... More
c 1880. Wood engraving on tissue-thin Japon paper, 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches (133 x 45 mm), full margins. Scattered light spots of yellow discoloration throughout, as well as some edge tears and corner damage from a former mount, all outside of image area. Signed illegibly in the image..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1860. Lithograph and engraving with handcoloring in watercolor on white wove paper, 11 1/2 x 9 inches (290 x 230 mm) (Sheet), full margins. Chip at each of the corners, and at the left sheet edge, all well outside of image area. A single plate..... More
c1850. Graphite and ink wash on cream wove paper, 7 1/8 x 4 14 inches (180 x 118 mm), the full sheet. Some minor surface soiling and uniform toning, otherwise in good condition. The sitter wears a dress consistent with mid-Victorian fashion. The dropped shoulders, wide sleeves and the large..... More
London: c1850. Lithograph on white wove paper, 3 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (90 x 139 mm); sheet 4 7/8 x 8 6/8 inches (120 x 214 mm), wide margins. Scattered areas of overall light surface soiling, scattered minor edge tears, and a 1-inch x 3/4-inch edge loss in the..... More
c1890. Watercolor and graphite on heavy wove paper, 4 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (110 x 154 mm), the full sheet. In good condition. On the verso is a study of the Roman Forum. More
c1890. Watercolor on heavy stock wove paper, 6 1/8 x 4 3/ 8 inches (154 x 110 mm), the full sheet. Scattered light areas of unobtrusive foxing, otherwise in good condition. On the verso appears an illegible inscription written in pencil, perhaps a signature. More
Pen and ink and wash on cream wove paper, 5 x 3 3/4 inches (128 x 95mm), the full sheet. In excellent condition with minor toning and some light scattered soiling on the verso. Hero is shown holding a torch to guide her lover, Leander, as he swims across the..... More
c1860. Pencil on cream-colored oak tag, 10 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (260 x 136 mm). Scattered light gray discoloration throughout, rubbing with some small areas of associated loss in the lower left image area, at the sheet edge. Inscriptions in pencil on the verso, including an illegible signature. This..... More
1852. Ink wash in brown ink on cream wove paper, 9 7/8 x 13 inches (250 x 330 mm), titled and dated in brown ink, lower right. In fair condition with minor scattered soiling, uniform age tone, and edge 'nics;' all consistent with age. Laid down to archival mat board..... More
c 1890. Pencil on cream wove paper, 5 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (140 x 218 mm). In good condition with uniform toning and a partial sketch of boats on the verso. Adhered lightly to cardstock at three corners. More
c1890. Two images, each a lithograph in colors, printed on one sheet of cream wove paper, 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (265 x 193 mm) sheet, full margins. In good condition with a repaired horizontal edge tear at the left-center sheet edge with associated tape on the verso, and..... More
London: Thomas McLean, 1825. Aquatint with engraving and handcoloring in watercolor on wove paper, 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (225 x 272 mm), wide margins. Light handling wear and four small dots of adhesive residue at each of the four corners on the verso. Coloring is extensive and fresh..... More
c1890. Watercolor on watercolor paper, 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (248 x 299 mm), the full sheet. With charming primo pensiero and unfinished detail in the form of a small child lying in his stomach in the grass. On the verso are two landscape compositions; a patchwork farm landscape..... More
c1820. Pen and ink in grayish black ink and watercolor on handmade, watermarked Russell & Co. 1810 wove paper with a deckle edge, 10 x 13 3/4 (255 x 350 mm), the full sheet. Uniform toning, and some wear along the extreme sheet edges. More
London: 1830. Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 12 1/4 x 9 5/16 inches (312 x 235 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light areas of minor foxing throughout. Hand coloring is extensive and vibrant. An ass wears his Lord Mayor's gown and chain..... More
c1840. Ink and wash on wove paper, 6 x 5 inches ( 152 x 128 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with uniform toning and some paper tape tabs and pencil inscriptions on the verso. More
c1820. Watercolor and graphite on wove paper laid down to board, 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (190 x 267 mm), the full sheet. Uniform toning and minor attenuation. A wonderful plein-air landscape, likely a preparatory painting for a larger planned work. A scene reminiscent of Cotman and Constable, the..... More
c1890. Watercolor and graphite on heavy wove paper, 4 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (110 x 154 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with an inky fingerprint in the upper right sheet area, recto. On the verso is a painted sample color palette, and the title of the work..... More
1879. Watercolor on watercolor paper, 5 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (130 x 210 mm), the full sheet. Initialed "H.D.W.L." in watercolor in the left image area (in the area of the sky), and titled and dated in pencil on the verso. In good condition with scattered light spots of..... More