This is a fine drypoint etching by German artist Ernest Oppler. The title Pierrot and Tanzerin aka. Love and Ballet two figures on stage created and printed circa 1920 This etching is pencil signed and numbered 49/100. The image measures 5 3/4X7 7/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet. Oppler is best known for his images of Ballet and the theater.
This softground etching by Samuel Prout measures 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches and is plate initialed on the lower left. Published in 1814 by T. Palser, London.
This is an original drypoint etching by German artist Ernest Oppler. The title is Tanzen Paare, created and printed circa 1920, this impression is hand signed in pencil and numbered 56/100. The image measures 5X7 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet. Oppler is best known for his studies of Dance and Theater.
Etching, image size 8 7/8 x 12 3/16 inches, ed. 32/100, pencil signed and titled
A richly inked original etching with aquatint, this image measures 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, c. 1930, pencil signed.
Etching, image size: 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches, pencil signed lower center
Drypoint etching, edition 4/80, image size 10 7/8 x 14 inches, pencil signed.
A drypoint etching from 1920. A well inked impression with good use of plate toning. Plate measures 5 x 10 inches on 6 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch wove paper. Pencil signed in the lower right.
Etching, drypoint, image size 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, 1935, pencil signed l.r. "Philip Kappel". Selected for "Fine Prints of the Year", 1936, pl.74. The image was made on the Columbia Line's Bogota or Columbia. The Haitian crew used soft volcanic tufa to scrub down the wooden decks. The bulldog, center, was the vessel's mascot.
Engraving after Van Eyck, image size 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in, sheet 13 7/16 x 9 7/8 in, Randall 9629, Fogg Museum provenance
This illustrative page from "The Great Mirror of Folly", 1720, was a volume of text with 76 engraved plates, documenting the international joint-stock scandal instigated by John Law. This great "Theater of Folly", representing the origin, progress, and downfall of the South Sea Bubble in France, England and Holland, is a collection of engraved plates with caricatures of the schemes of John Law and the Mississippi Company that lured clients to invest in establishing colonies in Louisiana and Canada with fatal results. Text below the image is in Dutch. An English description of the content of the book comes with this image.
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