Prints
Louis Prang,Proofs,Chromolithography
[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Louis Prang], 1880s. A handsome pair of Louis Prang proofs designed using the "awake and asleep" aesthetic theme popular for a time in the Victorian period. The first image shows a little redheaded girl awake and reclining in a bucolic field with a chain of daisies around her.....
Price: $100.00
World's Fairs and Expositions,History of Chicago,1893 Columbian Exposition,Souvenirs
N.pl: Jones Bros., Pub. Co, 1893. A set of twenty-four (24) photo reproduction prints, housed in their original publisher's portfolio, each depicting a different view of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Issued by the Jones Bros., Pub. Co. the same year as the exposition was held, in Chicago. A nice.....
Price: $275.00
Hand-colored Lithography,Block Puzzles,Pastoral,Early Victorian
Mainz, Germany: Joseph Scholz, 1840s. A scarce early Victorian block puzzle, providing children with six (6) puzzles in one tidy box. This example is complete with all twenty (20) blocks, original box with sliding lid, five (5) example prints, and one (1) final example print pasted to the upper lid.....
Price: $550.00
Hand-colored Lithography,Block Puzzles,Adventure,Early Victorian
France: N.p, c.1850. A handsome early Victorian block puzzle, depicting six (6) different dramatic adventure scenes for young children to marvel at. This example is complete with all thirty (30) blocks, the original box with sliding lid, and six (6) prints depicting each of the finished puzzles (the final print.....
Price: $550.00
Louis Prang,Proofs,Chromolithography
[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Louis Prang], 1870s. A set of four (4) Louis Prang proofs depicting small ringleted girls against seasonal backdrops. Each features different natural motifs such as snow, ivy, or morning glories. A nice example of how the Victorians loved natural themes in their illustration. Each measures approx. 7.5" by.....
Price: $150.00
manuscript, history of the book, heliogravure,
A single-page heliogravure created by Louis Morin, publisher. The content of the letter discusses the publishing of a book including the cost of "aquarelle" or watercolor. Penned and signed by Louis Morin. Measures 5 3/4" x 9"
Price: $150.00
Chinese Lore, Print, Social History, Fu Dog, Fu Lion
A pair of 20" x 12" prints depicting an Immortal holding a child with a toy--both on the back of a Fu Dog. Printed on thin washi/tissue paper with hand finished gouache and gilt embellishments. The images are the same image but reversed and printed in different colors. Edge wear.....
Price: $425.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2024,Perpetual Calendar,Time,Allegorical Imagery
United States: c.1820. An attractive perpetual calendar from c.1820, engraved with hand coloring, and featuring an allegorical image of Time in classical dress and wings, holding an hourglass in one hand and a sickle in the other. Below, there is a grid of numbers for each day; on the left.....
Price: $750.00
engraving, etching, mental health, street performers, dancing, dances, Minuet, fishing, ship, sea sickness
London: Thomas McLean, August 1, 1835. This set of five black and white engravings were a part of the Cruikshankiana Series, printed in London by Thomas McLean. The first set was issued circa 1825, but this collection is from a reprinting in August of 1835. The majority of the prints.....
Price: $250.00
Civil War,Sanitary Fair,History of Brooklyn,Chromolithography,Union Army,Relief Fundraisers,Organized by Women
New York, New York: A. Brown & Co, c.1864. A set of two (2) Brooklyn Sanitary Fair chromolithorgaphs, each measuring approx. 18" by 16" and printed by A. Brown & Co. of New York. Both were originally issued "for Henry McClosky's Manual of 1864" (actual title, "Manual of the common.....
Price: $400.00
Louis Prang,Proofs,Chromolithography
[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Louis Prang], 1880. Two (2) attractive uncut proof sheets from Louis Prang, with two charming domestic scenes depicted. "The Only Pair" shows a little boy and his brown dog sulking as they wait for his trousers to be mended by a severe-looking grandmother. "The First Pair" shows a......
Price: $150.00
Louis Prang,Proofs,Chromolithography
[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Louis Prang], 1880s. An uncut Louis prang proof sheet with two (2) chromolithographed illustrations. The image on the left depicts a small blond child playing with a house cat, and the image on the right depicts a little boy playing a fife in pastoral dress. Includes color bar.....
Price: $175.00
Louis Prang,Proofs,Chromolithography
[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Louis Prang], 1880s. An uncut sheet of four (4) chromolithographed prints by Louis Prang, each depicting a different cherubic small child, or pair of small children. Features an attractive color scheme with strong pops of rich reds and muted greens. Measures approx. 8.5" by 5.5" Louis Prang (1824-1909).....
Price: $100.00
World's Fairs and Expositions,History of Chicago,1893 Columbian Exposition,Souvenirs
Springfield, Ohio: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1893. A partial set of color printed plates commemorating the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. This set, housed in the original publisher's portfolio, contains seven (7) prints of watercolors by the American artist Charles S. Graham, published and distributed by Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick of.....
Price: $150.00
Maurice Sendak, Anthropomorphism
Kingston, New York: Battledore Ltd., 1995. These boxed prints are from the original blocks that were made for first private edition of 1901, including images that did not get included in the commercial publication. There are 34 gorgeously done prints, brown ink on 100% cotton, acid free paper. Each printed.....
Price: $850.00
Tom Thumb, PT Barnum A
152 Nassau St. cor. of Spruce N.Y: Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 1849. A 13 1/3" x 9" hand colored lithograph depicting a portrait of Tom Thumb standing on a somewhat regal looking chair, with his hands on his hips. The image is surrounded by 13 vignettes of Thumb.....
Price: $1,000.00
Memento Mori,Basel Dance of Death,Totentanz,Danse macabre,Art History
Leipzig: Expedition des Klosters, 1847. A scarce Victorian rendering of the Basel Dance of Death, presented in "81 illustrations on 22 copperplates and 27 lithographed sheets" (translated form the German title-page). The Basel Dance of Death was painted inside a cemetery wall near the Predigerkirche in Basel in the 1400s.....
Price: $450.00
Panoramas and Scrolls,Silver Jubilee,King George V,J.R. Abbey
London, England: The Chiswick Press, 1937. A wonderful color-illustrated panorama scroll, produced to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. The celebration, held in May 1935, marked 25 years of the King's reign, and was the first of its kind; Queen Victoria had only celebrated her Gold and Diamond.....
Price: $1,200.00
engraving, cambridge university, nobleman
London: L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh, March 1, 1815. This engraving features a man in a blue beautifully embroidered robe holding a black graduation cap. The artwork was done by Thomas Uwins and engraved by J. Agar. This engraving from Rudolph Ackermann's book "History of the University of Cambridge, Its.....
Price: $70.00
red cross, art, works by children, childhood, art class, education, Franz Cizek, Austria, foreign
Vienna, Austria: Austrian Junior Red Cross, [1936]. A set of ten (10) postcards featuring a young boy and girl in a variety of summer activities originally drawn by Ruth Kalmar (1916-2012) when she was fourteen and in Franz Cizek's Juvenile Art Class in Vienna, Austria. The images depict a charming.....
Price: $125.00