19th Century European Prints

This is an original color lithograph, by French artist Jacques Villon.  The title is Chevaliers, from his series Dessinees D'Apres Nature et Lithographiees. 1896  This pencil signed impression  measures 6 1/2X9 1/4 inches.  Nicely framed.

This is a rare early etching , by French artist Charles Francois Daubigny (1817-1878)  This image plate signed lower left also has the Delatre Address, Paris lower right.  Created and printed in 1848.  The image measures 4 5/8X7 1/4 inches.The sheet  has collectors seals front and back, printed on a medium weight laid type paper, 

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The title is Le Tonnelier, created and printed circa 1880, the image measures 7 1/2X13 3/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right.  Printed on a medium weight watermarked , laid type paper. catalogue raisonne: Bliss 520.  Printed in only this state.

This is one of the largest etched plates by French artist Maxime Lalanne, created in 1881, the title of this work is: Souvenir d'un Port Trouville, Calvados.  It is the second state of three with the sailboat remarque lower left and a rare pencil signature lower in the right hand border area.  The image measures 10X15 3/4 inches.  Richly printed on a medium weight simi parchment like paper.  The sheet size measures 15 3/4X19 1/2 inches.

This is an etching and aquatint by French artist Louis Legrand.  The title is: On se Tourne, One Turn Around.  It was created and printed in 1893 from his series of 12 etchings titled: Les Petites du Ballet, published by Gustave Pellet in Paris.  The etching measures 14 1/2X8 1/2 inches.  The etching is titled in the plate and hand signed lower border in pencil.  This impression is from the final state of 5.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original drypoint and etching by French artist Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)  The title of this work is: "Les Faiseurs de Fagots", created circa 1870 this image measures 15X10 7/8 inches, hand signed in pencil lower right border, very fine condition, the image appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 182, ii/xiv, the second state of 14.

This c. 1886 etching from the French artist, Paul Albert Besnard, measures 12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches, pencil signed, editioned (three of 100), plate 10 of 12 from a series titled "La Femme", delteil 56(2nd state). Besnard studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and for the beginning of his artistic career concentrated on a very academic style of painting and composition, before adopting a more impressionistic approach of portraying light and color; later he went to England to study portraiture with Thomas Gainesborough and Joshua Reynolds.

Mezzotint engraving after John Hoppner, image size 21 1/2 x 18 inches, 1799, framed

This is a fine pencil signed lithograph by French impressionist Edmond Francois Aman-Jean.  This image measures 13 3/8X14 5/8 inches.  Very fine condition, printed on a wove type paper.  The subject is Mile Moreno  who played in  the Comedie Francaise show this image was created and printed in  1898

This is an original pencil signed etching by French artist Auguste Lepere.  The title is: Cite des Chiffonniers, (City of Rag Pickers) created and printed in 1895 in an edition of 30 proofs.  This is numbered as 2 of the 30.  The image measures 8 1/2X10 1/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  Cat. Lotz-Brissonneau 102.  From the collection of Georges Petitdidier.

This is a fine impression of the well known Seymour Haden etching, The Towing Path.  Created in 1864, this impression done in drypoint and etching is the 7th state of 12.  This etching measures 5 9/16X8 1/2 inches.  Hand signed in pencil and printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  The French title is: "La Promenade Au Bord De L'Eau"  This image appears in the Schneidermann catalog as image number 72  VII/XII.

"The Three Sisters" by Sir Francis Seymour Haden measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, pencil signed, 1868, state VI/V, cat: Schneiderman-119. Sir Francis Seymour Haden was one of the most important British etchers of the 19th century, along with his brother in law James Whistler. In addition to being a highly regarded artist he was a successful surgeon, accomplished author and dedicated angler. He was a founder and the first president of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and was knighted in 1894.

This is a hand colored etching by French artist Auguste Louis Lepere.  The title in the plate is Sur La Seine,88.  Hand signed lower right in pencil.  The image measures 9 1/2X12 1/2 inches.  Printed on an "M.B.M." watermarked laid paper.  The upper border is 1/4 inches wide, just enough for proper presentation  A very rich inking and fine use of coloration after the etching was printed.  "It’s 1888 and Paris readies itself for the Exposition Universelle, a spectacular world’s fair staged the following year for the centennial of the French Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy in 1789. The centerpiece would be the Eiffel Tower, under construction on the far side of the River Seine" (Minneapolis Institute of Art)

Etching, image size 7 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches, 1860, cat: Melot- D.95, framed. Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co.

This is an oriignal etching, pencil signed by British artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938)  The title is: Under the Bridge, Japan, Nagasaki.  This etching was created and printed in 1896 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This has the "imp" after the artist's name which means that he printed this impression himself.  The image measures 4X11 7/8 inches.  It appears in the Morgan catalog as image number 165 I/III.  Printed on a light weight laid type paper.