Prints

Wood Engraving, image size: 9 1/16 x 7 inches, ed. 10/50, pencil signed

This 1923 etching by the British artist Ernest Stephen Lumsden measures 9 x 12 3/4 inches, hand signed and editioned in pen and ink, plate dated.

etching,1930,ed.8/100, image size: 13X17 1/2",pencil signed

Etching,15/30,Image size 7 5/8X10",pencil signed and editioned

This is a fine original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Gordon H. Grant.  The title is Home Port, created and printed in 1940, published by Associated American Artists in New York.  The edition was 232.  The image measures 9X11 1/2 inches.  Clearly signed lower border, beautiful condition.  

Gordon Hope Grant was born in San Francisco and educated in Scotland. After Scotland Hope studied at the Heatherly and Lambeth Art School in London and returned to San Francisco where he worked as an illustrator for local newspapers until 1896, when he moved to New York as an illustrator.

Later in life Grant lived on Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA for 20 years. Here he focused on the harbor and its surroundings for much of his work. 

A member of numerous professional societies, his work is held in important collections nationwide, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 

Etching, image size 4 15/16 x 6 3/4 inches, plate signed lower left

This rare artist proof by John Sartain, after Forli, was published by William Young Ottley in Loudon, Sept 1, 1826. It measures 14 x 12 inches and is on medium weight paper. The images for this engraving were part of a paintng in fresco formerly in the Vault of the Church of S.S. Apostoli at Rome; and now preserved in the Palace at Monte-Cavallo. This information is printed on the lower margin with a plate number on the upper margin.

Color etching, image size 5 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches, c. 1920, pencil signed. Early in her career, Ryerson worked as a teacher in NYC, and many of her early works drew inspiration from the children she taught.

lithograph ,10 1/2X13 1/2",pencil signed

Etching, image size: 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, ed. 50, pencil signed

Conte engraving by Roubillac, printed by Le Clere. "Roubillac Sculp" in the lower right. Print measures 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 on chine colle. This engraving is very rare!

Etching,Edition 20/60,8 5/8X7 3/8",pencil signed

This image measures 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches and is pencil signed, c.1930. Philip Kappel was born in Hartford, Connecticut and educated at the Pratt Institute in New York. He was employed as an artist for several shipping companies and much of his work documents these ships and their sailors. At age 26, Kappel was the youngest person ever admitted to "Who's Who in America."

Engraving from the "Les Saintes" series, second state, sheet size: 3 5/8 x 1 15/16 inches

Engraving by Fabio Berardi, after Giuseppe Zais. The italian inscription at the bottom reads "there is no lack of escort to the wise traveler." Print measures 8 3/4 x 13 inches on 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inch laid type paper.