Prints

etching, 1864, engraving by F. Lienard, published by Sarazin, 4 3/4x6 3/4, plate signed

This fine 1912 etching by Sears Gallagher measures 5 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. It is pencil signed on the lower left margin. Born in Boston, Gallagher studied drawing and watercolor locally, later refining his skills at the Academie Julian in Paris. Gallagher became one of America's leading etchers and watercolorists, known for his New England landscapes, historic Boston landmarks as well as views of New York, Venice and England's Cornish seacoast.

This is an original lithograph by American artist Helen Noel.  The subject is from a series she did of life in the School Room.  This image is plate signed lower right.  The image measures 11 1/4X10 inches. Helen Noel was employed in Chicago's District 10 Art Division of the Works Progress Administration WPA Federal Art Works Program. 

This etching by the Dutch artist Theodore Blum measures 8 x 6 inches, pencil signed and framed.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 images from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. These images all portrayed gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin. In 1990 he became the "head of studio art" at the Rhode Island School of Design and his prints have been exhibited at the Berkshire Museum, the Los Angeles National Print Show and the Library of Congress National Print Exhibit. Moser states in his description of these images of the "consumate dilemma" between the mining and the owning of gold, the high price politically, physically and spiritually that these men and their families pay for their dreams of a better life.

Color lithograph, image size 16 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 1900, plate signed "Grun Paris 1900".

Hardcover book by William S. Walsh, illustrated with etchings by Hermann Faber, published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia: 1888.

Old Master engraving, image size 8 x 11 7/8 inches, unsigned, extensive legend in olde English

This etching by Charles Mielatz measures 3 x 4 1/2 inches. Created in 1907, it is plate signed and dated and also pencil signed on the lower margin. Mielatz was born in Germany in 1864. After arriving in the US he attended the Chicago School of Design. Meilatz studied different artistic mediums but after an introduction to etching by J.J. Callahan he came to love the etching process and devoted his time exclusively to it. For fifteen years he was the chief Instructor in etching at the National Academy of Design in NY.

Etching, image size 7 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches, published c. 1960s in an edition of 100, pencil signed and numbered.

This is an original etching by French artist Jules Jacques Veyrassat.  The title is: Haymaking, created and printed circa 1880.  Plate signed by the artist the image measures 3 3/4X7 inches.  Catalog as Benezit P.484.

Engraving after William Hogarth, image size 13 x 11 in, plate size 15 1/8 x 11 in. Published by J. Nichols & Co., Red Lion Passage.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Agnes B. Fernbach.  The title is: Central Park, created circa 1920, this etching has an image size of 4X3 3/4 inches, Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Nice use of plate tone in the sky and snow.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Lithograph, image size 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, artist signature in crayon l.r. " Chester B. Price" and "To Sarah Breuster Hodges" in pencil l.l.