FINE ART
A diversified and impressive selection of fine art consisting of old Master Prints & Drawings, 19th & 20th Century American & European Prints & Drawings, Watercolors, Botanical & Natural History, 18th & 19th century hand-colored etchings, Japanese woodblock prints, and the occasional painting.
Old Houses, Byres Road, Partick
Glasgow: Regality Club, 1894. Etching on cream laid paper with a poppy watermark, 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (115 x 148 mm) full margins. Notations in the margins recto, well outside of image area. Scattered very minor light brown foxing in the right-side sheet quadant, virtually invisible on recto..... More
The Smithy
1896. Etching and drypoint on cream laid Japan paper, 8 x 10 inches (202 x 253 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. Third state (of 3). A dark and inky impression with rich burr, and with all the fine lines printing clearly. Minor handling wear, and..... More
Young man looking down to right, from Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdresses
c 1640. Etching on tissue thin laid paper. 4 3/8 x 3 1/16 inches (110 x 78 mm), trimmed at plate mark. A very good, well inked impression. Only known state. Adhered at all four corners to archival wove paper. Minor discoloration at lower right and left corners from adhesive..... More
The Mountstuart Coat of Arms
London: T. Spilsbury & Son, 1790. Engraving on light-weight wove paper, 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (950 x 145 mm), full margins at top and sides of sheet, lower portion of sheet trimmed. In fair condition with a yellow bow-shaped discoloration in the lower left sheet corner, as well..... More
Ponte dei Baratteri, Venice
1923. Etching and drypoint on chine collé laid down to cream wove paper, 12 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (318 x 217 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and numbered 68/100 in pencil, lower margin. Third state (of 3). Laid down to non archival board with mat tone, and scattered adhesive..... More
La Marchande des Quatre-Saisons
1900. Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (297 x 347 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil and numbered 32/40, lower margin. Minor mat tone and several small losses in the left sheet edge, and one small loss at the top left sheet edge..... More
The Hospital, Santa Cruz, Toledo
The Print Club of Albany, 1938. Etching with aquatint printed in brownish black ink on watermarked BFK Rives cream wove paper, 9 1/2 x 7 11/16 inches (240 x 193 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil and numbered 79/100. Generally in good condition with scattered light point of foxing (unobtrusive)..... More
Salvator Rosa et les Brigands; Croquis d'une Plaque; L'Art adoucit même les plus féroces
Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865. Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (316 x 240 mm), full margins. In very good condition with some minor toning at the extreme edges of the support sheet, as well as a dog-eared..... More
Hercule Gaulois, ou L’Éloquence
c 1729. Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in beige and olive with etching and aquatint on cream laid paper, 11 1/8 x 10 inches (281 x 252 mm) (plate), full margins with the text printing clearly below in olive ink. In very good condition with no visible defects other..... More
The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge
1747. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring on cream laid paper with the Arms of France watermark (a crown in shield topped by a fleur-de-lys and the letters GR), 22 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (576 x 400 mm), wide to full margins. Multiple vertical and horizontal creases from folding..... More
A Wild Boar, and a Bear, from Animalium Quadrupedum
Antwerp: Theodor & Jan Galle, 1597. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 3/4 x 7 5/16 inches (120 x 185 mm), thread margins. Non archival tape at top right and left corners, verso, attached to mount. Small tear in the bottom-center sheet edge, appx 1/8 inch, scattered repairs, primarily at..... More
En Vue de Tanger
Paris: Alfred Cadart, c 1890. Etching with drypoint and engraving on watermarked D & C Blauw laid paper, 7 3/4 x 11 inches (195 x 278 mm). Scattered toning and handling wear in the margins, including a 1-inch vertical tear in the top center sheet edge. All condition issues are..... More
Campagne boisée (Wooded countryside)
1866. Etching on cream wove paper. 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (138 x 110 mm), full margins. Third state (of 4). Light scattered age tone, and time stain. Scattered extremely light areas of minor spots of foxing at extreme sheet edge. Hard crease along lower sheet margin, appx 1/2..... More
Chateau at Fontaine-le-Henri, near Caen
London: J & A Arch; & John Sell Cotman, 1821. Etching with engraving on Charles Wise 1819 watermarked wove paper, 14 x 9 1/2 inches (354 x 240 mm), full margins. Scattered light and unobtrusive areas of minor discoloration throughout, most visible in the upper-right sheet quadrant. Several small framer's..... More
Anglo Parisian Salutations, or Practice par Excellence!
London: Thomas Mclean, August 1st, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove paper. 10 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (255 x 347 mm), uneven (full?) margins. One large bow of light-colored dampstain, extending approximately 1- inch into the platemark, but outside of the image area (unobtrusive)..... More
Dandies-of-1817, from Monstrosities
London: Thomas McLean, 1818. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, (published August 1st, 1835), 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches, (240 x 348 mm), full margins. Final edition, printed by Thomas McLean. Light, circular area of dampstaining at right sheet edge verso, extending into..... More
An Election Ball
London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper. 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (135 x 195 mm), full margins. A lovely well inked impression with fresh and lively color. In very good condition, the colors are fresh and dark, with lots of additions..... More
French Musicians, or Les Savoyards
London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (120 x 165 mm), full margins. Printed by Thomas McLean. Light, circular areas of dampstaining at left sheet edge recto, well outside of image area. Second area of..... More
Juvenile Monstrosities
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with hand-coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper. Second (and final) edition. 5 x 6 ½ inches (125 x 164mm), full margins. Printed by Thomas McLean, London. Light dampstain in left sheet edge, extending in two bows, approximately 1 3/8 inches into the..... More
Le Retour de Paris, or, the Neice presented to her Relatives by Her French Governess
Thomas McLean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (120 x 165 mm), full margins. Printed by Thomas McLean. Light, small circular area of dampstaining at left sheet edge recto, well outside of image area. Second very small area of..... More
London Dandies-or- Monstrosities of 1816, Scene, Hyde Park, from Monstrosities
London: Thomas McLean, 1818. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper (published August 1st, 1835), 9 7/8 x 14 inches (250 x 354 mm), full margins. Final edition, printed by Thomas McLean. Light, circular area of dampstaining at right sheet edge verso, extending into image..... More
Money Hunting; Had I a heart for falsehood fram'd, I ne'er could injure you, For tho' your tongue no promise claim'd, Your charms would make me true," &c. &c.
London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 5 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches (130 x 155 mm), full margins. In good condition with minor handling wear and three tabs of mountain tape along the top margin, well outside of image area. Colors are..... More
Monstrosities of 1822; Plate 5.
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (240 x 348 mm), full margins. With light, fresh color. Light, circular area of dampstaining at right sheet edge verso, extending into image area approx 1-inch, unobtrusive. Second..... More
Monstrosities of 1824; Plate 7.
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1818 (published August 1st, 1835) 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (240 x 348 mm), full margins. With light, fresh color. Light, circular area of dampstaining at right sheet edge verso, extending into image..... More