Hall of Bermondsey Abbey
London: Robert Wilkinson, 1820. Copperplate engraving on buff wove paper, 13 x 9 3/4 inches (330 x 247 mm) full margins. In good condition with some minor toning and surface soiling consistent with age. More
London: Robert Wilkinson, 1820. Copperplate engraving on buff wove paper, 13 x 9 3/4 inches (330 x 247 mm) full margins. In good condition with some minor toning and surface soiling consistent with age. More
London: William Follit, c1850. Lithograph on lightweight cream wove paper, 9 5/8 x 6 inches (244 x 152 mm), full margins. In good condition with uniform age tone. Text reads: THE HUMORIST, N° 4. V Miles from London: Simkins, my boy, what's the use of a double barrel gun? Why..... More
London: Robert Wilkinson, 1815. Etching and engraving on wove paper with an "1809" watermark, 13 1/2 x 10 inches (342 x 252 mm), full margins. In very good condition with some age related toning and light spots of discoloration in the lower sheet quadrant. Damaged in the Blitz, and largely..... More
London: James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie, 1814. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper, 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches (290 x 437 mm). Condition issues include significant creasing, toning, surface soiling and multiple paper tape repairs on the verso. Hand coloring is extensive and well saturated..... More
London: Robert Wilkinson, 1814. Copperplate engraving on watermarked Smith wove paper, 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (310 x 245 mm), full margins. There is some minor marginal toning and handling wear that is consistent with age, otherwise in very good condition. More
c 1850. Pencil on cream wove paper, 10 1/2 x 7 inches (267 x 178 mm). A few scattered light spots of discoloration, and general toning. On the verso there is a partial non-archival inventory sticker, as well as some light notations in pencil, including the name "Corley." More
c1890. Graphite and crayon in color with white heightening on cream wove paper, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (343 x 310 mm) (sheet). In good condition with uniform toning, handling creases, and lightly dog-eared corners. The building on the left is a hotel particulier in Paris' Marais neighborhood, the..... More
c 1866. Etching with drypoint and engraving on Japan paper, 11 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (294 x 212 mm), full margins. A later impression of this image which includes remarque in the margins may be found in the permanent collection of the Rijks Museum, Amsterdam. Although the identity of..... More
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
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
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
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
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
Paris: Hetzel, 1847. Engraving on light cream wove paper 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches (175 x 118 mm), margins trimmed. On the verso is a partially trimmed printed image with accompanying text in French referencing the lifestyle of medical students in Paris. A drawing from the series The Students..... More
Tokyo: c 1887. Woodblock print in colors with embossing on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 14 x 8 1/4 inches (355 x 210 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Multiple condition issues include scattered edge tears with associated losses, scattered adhesive residue on the verso, toning, and a ghost impression from..... More
Tokyo: Yokoyama Ryohachi, 1892. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, some spots of adhesive residue on the verso and a small edge at the area..... More
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, adhesive residue and early linen tape repairs on the verso. Recto is largely unaffected. Meiji..... More
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1893. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, full margins. Scattered handling wear, adhesive residue on the verso, and minor edge losses at the left sheet edge and top..... More
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, some spots of adhesive residue on the verso and a small edge tear along the..... More
Japan: Matsuki Heikichi, 1891. Woodblock with ink and handcoloring on laid mulberry paper, 12 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (323 x 220 mm), ōban tate-e, full margins. Scattered handling creases and edge losses at the extreme edges, and a loss with associated skinning at the top right corner, outside of..... More
c 1900. Watercolor on buff, heavy weight watercolor paper, 4 7/8 x 3 1/2 inches, signed "Roffe" on the verso in pencil. In good condition with some light, uniform toning. More
London: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1879. Héliogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (258 x 310 mm), full margins. In good condition with some very minor marginal toning. More
Engraving on lightweight cream wove paper, 5 x 5 inches (127 x 127 mm), margins trimmed. On the verso are printed illustrations which are partially trimmed. Pencil notations throughout. Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard was a 19th century French illustrator and caricaturist who published under the pseudonym of Grandville. He has..... More
Paris: Delâtre, 1863. Drypoint etching on watermarked cream wove paper, 5 7/16 x 8 7/16 inches (39 x 215 mm), wide (perhaps full) margins. A very desirable, bright and richly inked impression, with the dark burr printing clearly. Expertly repaired corner losses at each of the four corners, paper defect..... More