Prints

Portrait of Henry Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing, almost facing front, wearing armour, and holding helmet; in ornate frame; first, lettered state; after Van Dyck; Engraving, the platemark measures 14 1/4X10 1/2 inches.

This detailed engraving of the French writer and historian, Charles Jean Francois Henault, was done in 1744 by Jean-Guillaune Moitte after Augustin Saint-Aubin. It measures 16 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches.

Color woodblock, image size 14 1/4 x 9 13/16 inches.

Etching, 13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 1884, plate signed and dated

An atmospheric etching by Charles Mielatz of a quiet New England harbor, image size 7 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches, published in 1890 by Fiskel, Adler and Schwartz, New York, signed and dated in the plate, with a starfish remarque in the lower margin.

This etching by Arthur C. Taylor measures 5 x 7 inches. Printed in an edition of 100, on medium weight paper with wide margins, it is plate signed and also pencil signed, title and numbered on the lower margin. A very atmospheric image created by Taylors' placement of a richly inked wooded foreground illuminated by the light filtering through the trees in the background.

Lithograph, image size: 9 x 11 1/4 inches, Associated American Artist, pencil signed lower right

Etching, image size 9 x 10 7/8 inches, 1927, edition of 75, pencil signed, illustrated in "Fine Prints of the Year 1927."

This is an original etching by American artist Kerr Eby.  The title is: Boat House, (Fish House)  It is an early work created and printed in 1917.  Hand signed in pencil.  The image measures 5 3/4X7 15/16 inches.  The scene was most likely done in Cos Cob CT.  This image appears in the Eby catalog as image number G-26.

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.

Etching, image size 12 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches

This etching attributed to Nicolaes Berchem measures 10 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches. Berchem was a well-known Dutch painter and etcher who created many pastoral landscapes often with biblical themes.

Mezzotint, image size 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches, plate size 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, c.1730, after the painting by Thomas Hudson. Inscribed "T.Hudson pinx" l.l., "I. Faber fecit" l.r.

mezzotint, 6 1/2x11, pencil signed

This is an evocative triptych wood engraving by Barry Moser with incredibly rich texture and detail. The image size is 7 x 10 inches, 1977, pencil signed.