19th Century European Prints

Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after the painting by Henry Fuseli, sight size 24 x 18 inches, 1784, framed.

Etching, 1882, image size 6 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches, signed in plate

This original etching, after Jules Breton, by Lucien Dautrey measures 9 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches. Created in 1885, this image was Dautrey's first important plate exhibiting it at the Salon of 1885 for which he received an Honorable Mention. Dautrey was a distinguished pupil of Courtry and Felix Bracquemond and a member of the Society of French Artists. Remarque at bottom right of woman putting on coat.

Etching after Nicoli, 1877, image size 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches, printed by F. Delarue, Paris

Etching by the French artist Adolphe Appian measuring 4 1/8 x 7 5/8, plate signed and titled, published by Cadart, Paris.

Etching, 6 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches

Etching, image size 9 x 5 7/8 inches, plate signed lower right. The gallery has two impressions of this print.

A drypoint etching by Giovanni Piranesi. The full title is "Iscrizioni nelle Camere sepolcrali de' Liberti, e Servi, ec. della Famiglia di Augusto," which means "Inscriptions in the burial chambers of the Liberti, and Servi, etc. of the Family of Augustus." Original Ferdinand Roten label on mat! From the series, "Le Antichita Romane." C. 1784. State III/III. Catalog: Ficacci 308. The plate measures 15 1/2 by 19 inches on 22 1/4 28 3/4 inch paper. Piranesi was an Italian artist and designer, best known for his series of etchings of Ancient Roman ruins, the "Vedute di Roma". These striking, monumental images of the ancient grandeur of the Roman Empire provided inspiration for many of the artists of the Neoclassical movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Etching, image size: 8 1/2 x 10 7/16 inches, 1871, III state, cat. Villet-82, signed, titled and dated in the plate lower right

G.89, etching, 1849, 3 7/8x7, plate signed

Etching, image size: 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches, plate signed lower left

Etching, image size 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches, 1872

1882, etching, 6 1/4x9

Etching by George Cruikshank, printed from the original plate by L. Calapai in 1968, printer's initials in a blindstamp in the lower right. Plate measures 8 x 9 3/4 inches on 11 x 15 inch wove paper. The scene depicted is of a London street that has come to a standstill due to the volume of people attempting to visit the 'Great Exhibition of the Works of the Industry of all Nations'.

A drypoint etching by Giovanni Piranesi. Image measures 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches on 22 1/4 x 16 inch paper. The full title is "Parte della gran Muraglia, la quale circondava la grand'Area dell'Ustrino," meaning "Part of the wall which surrounded the crematorium." Original Ferdinand Roten label on mat! From the series, "Le Antichita Romane." C. 1784. Catalog: Ficacci 281. From a later edition. III/IV. Piranesi was an Italian artist and designer, best known for his series of etchings of Ancient Roman ruins, the "Vedute di Roma". These striking, monumental images of the ancient grandeur of the Roman Empire provided inspiration for many of the artists of the Neoclassical movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.