19th Century European
1859-1927, French Buste de Jeune Femme Etching with drypoint, image size 20 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches, c.1900, pencil signed. Helleu began his art career when he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and worked as an apprentice for Theodore Deck, decorating ceramic plates with women's portraits. He became friends with many artists of La Belle Epoch, including John Singer Sargent, Whistler, Tissot, Monet and Rodin, and became well known for his elegant portraits of women of French society. He traveled between France and America, and in 1912 was commissioned to create the astrological ceiling decoration in New York's Grand Central Station.
1854-1894, French A Woman Reading Etching, image size 5 7/8 x 5 inches, pencil signed lower left, annotation on back, "2nd State, 3 proofs only"
1818-1910, British Windsor Castle Etching, image size 13 x 17 5/16 inches, S186, 1878, an early proof, pencil signed "Seymour Haden" l.r., plate signed "Seymour Haden 1878" l.l., State VI/XII
1853-1914, French Almanach de L'Art Etching, image size 10 x 12 3/4 inches, pub. 1883, plate signed "Daniel Mordant del. & sc." l.l. A list of artist birthdays, one for each day of the year, is listed on this French frontispiece for the 1883 Almanach de L'Art.
19th C. French Le XIX me Siecle Etching, image size 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, plate signed l.r. "Paul Lerat, SC" after a painting by F. B. Mayer. Titled l.c. "Le XIX me Siecle". This etching is out of the publication by Estes and Lauriat titled "Famous Etchers".
1812-1888, British Sonnino Lithograph, image size 6 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches, Plate 6 from the book "Illustrated Excursions in Italy", London: Thomas M'Lean, 1846, inscribed "E. Lear del et lith" within the plate.
1812-1888, British Ninfa Lithograph, image size 6 1/8 x 11 7/8 inches, Plate 11 from the book "Illustrated Excursions in Italy", London: Thomas M'Lean, 1846, inscribed "E. Lear del et lith" within the plate.
1812-1888, British Isola Farnese Lithograph, image size 6 1/4 x 11 7/8 inches, Plate 19 from the book ""Illustrated Excursions in Italy", London: Thomas M'Lean, 1846, inscribed "E. Lear del et lith" within the plate.
1812-1888, British Sezza Lithograph, image size 6 3/8 x 11 inches, Plate 8 from the book "Illustrated Excursions in Italy", London: Thomas M'Lean, 1846, inscribed "E. Lear del et lith" within the plate.
19th. Century, British Landscape With Windmill Mezzotint, image size 11 x 14 inches, pub. 1911, pencil signed l.r. "Charles Bird", publishers blindstamp l.l., annotated in the artist hand "Engraved & printed in colour at one printing without retouching" l.c., u.r and u.l "Copyright 1911 by C. Klackner, 7 West 28th St. New York.
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