1851. Pencil on smooth cream wove paper with a window pane drawn in gold ink, 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (213 x 298 mm). Signed illegibly and dated in ink and again in pencil within the lower margin of the image area. Scattered staining and toning throughout. On the..... More
Pen and black ink on handmade, buff wove paper, 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (115 x 81 mm). Two drips of translucent candle wax on the verso, scattered light surface soiling. Adhered at two corners to a paper mount. With pencil insciptions on the verso. More
Drypoint etching and aquatint in sepia on cream wove paper, 10 x 8 inches (254 x 201 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower left. Minor toning with evidence of very minor moisture damage along the lower quadrant on the verso. Non-archival adhesive residue at the top corners on the..... More
c1950. Two engravings with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, each measures 7 x 8 5/8 inches (177 x 218 mm), each with full margins. Each sheet is clean with bright, extensive coloration. Each with the Made in France ink stamp on the verso. More
Ink and wash on hand made, cool-toned cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches (170 x 224 mm), top margin slightly trimmed. Partial watermark of a shield with two horns, upper right corner. The deckle edge along the sheet top has been trimmed out, the three other deckle..... More
c1750. Ink and wash on laid paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 inches (87 x 58 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition, adhered to a slip of archival paper at the top and bottom sheet edges. St. Anthony is seen here holding a spray of lilies, representing purity..... More
c1750. Ink and wash on laid paper, laid down to a wove paper matrix, 3 1/4 x 2 inches (83 x 50 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with uniform toning that is consistent with age. St. Vincent is traditionally shown with wings because he was likened to the..... More
c1790. Pencil on cream laid paper, 10 x 8 3/4 inches (254 x 222 mm). Uniform age tone, scattered surface soiling, and handling wear. One pea-sized area of skinning in the top-center sheet area. Repaired 3-inch horizontal edge tear at the right sheet edge, mended on the verso with 19th..... More
c1780. Red crayon on cream laid Japon paper, 6 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (171 x 97 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with some light scattered surface soiling, unobtrusive and consistent with age. More
Paris: c1710. Etching on cream laid paper with a heraldic watermark with a fleur-de-lys, 5 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches (147 x 81 mm), wide margins. On the verso is what appears to be a printed passage discussing Jean Barbeyrac Baron, perhaps from De Pufendorf's 4 volume commentary on natural..... More
c1850. Pencil and brush and brownish-gray ink on cream laid paper, adhered to an archival paper mount at each corner, 3 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches (95 x 130 mm). Significant condition issues include staining, repaired tears, surface soiling, and a detatached (but intact) lower right corner. More
c1890. Etching with drypoint printed in sepia ink on cream laid paper with deckle edges, 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 inches (117 x 79 mm); sheet 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (275 x 180 mm), full margins. In very good condition with some minor scattered areas of discoloration throughout..... More
c1890. Pencil on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches ( 215 x 185 mm). Toning over-all with paper tape remnants and notations in pencil on the verso. More
c1850. Graphite with white heightening on light card stock, 12 3/4 x 6 7/16 inches (322 x 162 mm), the full sheet. Overall toning and some residue from a former mount at the left corners and right sheet edge on the verso. More
c 1860. Red crayon on brown light-wove paper, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 121 mm). Light toning and extremely minor, small losses at the very extreme top right and left corners (1/8-inch). More
Pen and ink with wash on watermarked J Whatman 1814 paper, 11 x 8 1/4 (280 x 210 mm). Scattered minor edge losses at the left sheet edge, well outside of image area. Minor handling wear, otherwise in very good condition. A truly masterful drawing by an unknown draughtsman... More
Lithograph on heavy weight wove paper, 12 3/8 x 16 3/8 inches (313 x 416 mm), full margins. Titled and signed (illegibly) in pencil, lower margins. With scattered notations in red pencil and graphite on the recto in the margins, and on the verso. Ink stamp on the verso. Soft..... More
1820. Pen and sepia ink on cream laid paper, 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (222 x 136 mm). Scattered paper tape repairs on the verso in the area of the upper left corner, and along the right sheet edge. Hard vertical crease along the bottom sheet edge, approximately 1-inch..... More
Ink and wash on cream wove paper, 6 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (170 x 141 mm). Uniform toning, as well as some mat tone and attenuation of color. Built 500 years before the palace of Versailles, the 1500 room Château de Fontainbleau was continuously inhabited for eight centuries, dating..... More
c1800. Graphite and pen and ink on bluish-gray laid paper, 4 1/4 x 2 inches (118 x 50 mm). The ink is slightly attenuated, and there is uniform age tone. The bottom two corners are adhered to a paper mount with archival adhesive. On the verso there is some gray..... More