Prints

This 1920 etching by the American artist Joseph Pennell measures 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches, pencil signed, edition of probably 50 proofs, cat: Wuerth 740. Pennell was an important American etcher, lithographer and illustrator. Good friends with James McNeill Whistler, he and his wife co-authored his biography. Pennell was known for his continued experimentation with technique and style, producing cityscapes, landscapes and marine scenes. He also printed many of his own images.

This is an original line engraving by French artist Jean A. Joseph Morin-Jean.  Created and printed circa 1920, this pencil signed impression has an image size of 9 5/8X7 7/8.  The edition is numbered as 8/10.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This engraving by James Smillie measures 15 x 22 3/4 inches. Created after four paintings by Hudson River School founder Thomas Cole, this early lettered proof impression, published in Boston by L.A. Elliot, reads, "From the original Painting by Thomas Cole, in the possession of Rev.d Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York", under the title on the lower margin. Also included on the lower margin is a poem by J.H. Daniels. In 1842 Thomas Cole did a series of paintings that represented an allegory for the four stages of life; childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Each phase accompanied by a guardian angel. In "Old Age" the voyager is looking across the river of life towards an angel filled sky, ready to enter the kingdom of heaven. Cole's paintings were converted to engravings after his death and widely distributed during "The Third Awakening", a period of religious activism from the late 1850's to the early 1900's.

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist David Muirhead Bone.  The title is: The Jetty, Gorleston, created and printed in 1934 in an edition of 99.  The image measures 6 7/8X10 15/16 inches.  "Gorleston-on-Sea is located on the Norfolk Coast near Lowestoft."  This etching is hand signed in pencil and is nicely framed.

Engraving after Albani, image size 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, plate size 11 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches. Provenance: Schwerin Museum, Hamburg.

This is an original etching, a  trial proof impression by American artist George Elbert Burr.  This image from his Desert Series is titled: Whirlwinds, Mojave Desert, no.1, it was created and printed C.1921,  The image measure 5X7 inches and appears as image number 197 in the Burr catalog.  Hand signed in pencil lower left border. printed on a medium weight watermarked wove type sheet.

Edition of 110. Catalog: Fletcher 194. C. 1927. Printed by Frederick Reynolds. Italian series #11. Pencil signed and dated 1917 in the bottom right. Plate titled in the lower right. Plate measures 11 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches on 16 1/4 x 10 1/4 inch blue laid type paper. This print has plate toning and enchanting linework.

Engraving after a painting by Correggio, image size 16 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches, c. 1680s, period printing.

Engraving, image size 5 1/2 x 6 13/16 inches, inscribed in Dutch, framed

This is an original pencil signed and dated etching of New York City by American artist Ernest Roth.  The title is: Madison Square Park.  This image was created and printed in 1918, this impression is pencil signed with the date 1919.  The image measures 13 3/4X9 7/8 inches.  The impression shows rich inking and nice use of plate tone in the background.  This etching is nicely framed with archival materials.

This is an original etching by British artist Stanley Anderson.  It is titled: The George Inn Public House, Southwark.  It was created and printed in 1919 in an edition of 175.  The image measures 9 3/4X12 inches, pencil signed lower right and has the blindstamp Fine Art Trade Guild.  It was published by Henry Graves.  "The George Inn of Borough High Street in Southwark is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London.  It served as an outdoor theatre in Elizabethan times."  This image appears in the RAofA catalog as image number 96.  Good condition, but we a weakened platemark on the left side, most likely from the printing press pressure.

This is a finely detailed wood engraving by American artist Asa Cheffetz.  This image titled: Midsummer, Vermont was created and printed in 1936 as the presentation print of the Woodcut Society Kansas City.  Printed in an edition of 200.  This hand signed and titled image measures 4 3/4X6 1/4 inches.  This image is in beautiful condition in Society's Presentation folder.

Summer in the Mountains, a fine early wood engraving by American artist Herbert Waters.  This image is pencil signed, titled and numbered as ed. 100..THe title is:  Summer in the Mountains, created and printed circa 1950.  This image measures 5 1/4X8 1/2 inches.  " Herbert Ogden Waters was born in Shantou, China, on November 15, 1903. The son of missionaries, he attended high school in Shanghai. Waters came to the United States to attend college, graduating from Denison University in 1926. He continued his studies at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Harvard University."

This is an original color aquatint etching by American artist Lester George Hornby.  The title is "Le Fete a Pantin", it was created and printed in 1911 in an edition of 25.  The image measures 9 3/4X14 5/8 inches.  This etching is hand signed in pencil lower right and printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

Engraving after Van Dyck, image size 21 x 16 5/16 in, published by Georges Petit, Paris