Search Results: Titles starting with E from Sebra Prints

1848. Etching. 315mm by 255mm (platemark). George Cuitt (1779-1854) originated from Yorkshire but settled in Chester. He etched old buildings esp castles and abbeys in Yorkshire, Chester and North Wales. Cuitt studied Piranesi's etchings of Rome and it is clear how much his style is influenced by Piranesi in subject matter and with the ruins covered with thick vegetation. He etched several series of studies in the early 19th century. These were collected and published together under the title of 'Wanderings and Pencillings amongst the ruins of Olden Times' in 1848.

1814. Soft ground etching. 270mm by 200mm (platemark). Lord Charlemont was well known for his love of Classical art and culture and spent nine years on the Grand Tour in Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. He returned to Dublin and employed the Scottish architect Sir William Chambers to remodel his main residence Marino House, to design his town house Charlemont House and the unique Neo-Classical garden pavilion building, the Casino at Marino. Dance was an architect, draughtsman and founder member of the Royal Academy. This portrait comes from a series of chalk portraits that he did of his friends, 72 of which were engraved and published (1808-1814) by Daniell who was an engraver as well as a reknown landscape painter.Some light scattered foxing.

1890. Chromolithograph. 310mm by 185mm (image). New South Wales' Vanity Fair portrait of Victor Villiers (1845-1915), Earl of Jersey, Governor of New South Wales (1891-3) and a President of MCC.

1816. Stipple engraving. 215mm by 130mm (sheet). Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool KG PC (1770 - 1828) was an English politician and both the youngest and longest-serving Prime Minister (1812-27) since 1806. He was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in Spencer Perceval's government in 1809. Faint crease lower right corner.

1728. Copper-line engraving. 400mm by 270mm (platemark). Line engraving from 'Villas of the Ancients Illustrated' by Robert Castell, published in 1728. Castell's work, dedicated to Lord Burlington, has Pliny the younger's descriptions of his villas at Tusculum and Laurentum, as well as material by other authors on the siting of villas. The engravings inspired early 18th architects to build their own Neo-Classical villas. Slight mark from previous mount (outside the platemark).

1855. Mezzotint on steel. 185mm by 235mm (platemark) 290mm by 425mm (sheet). East Bergholt House was the birthplace of Constable. From 'English Landscape Scenery', 1855. John Constable RA was an English Romantic landscape painter. He believed that imagination and emotion were an important part of artistic expression and so incorporated these tenets into his lush, idyllic scenes. Beginning in 1829, Constable worked closely with David Lucas to produce the mezzotints as a general survey of his work. A couple of faint foxing spots and a small handling crease within the platemark.

1854. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 240mm by 155mm (sheet). From Westwood's 'Arcana Entomologica; or Illustrations of New, Rare, and Interesting Insects'. John Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and president of the Entomological Society of London (1852-1853).

1811. Colour aquatint. 230mm by 290mm (sheet). From 'Westminster Abbey', published by Rudolf Ackermann (1764-1834).

1856. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 165mm by 250mm (sheet). From Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856.

1780. Copper-line engraving. 235mm by 180mm (platemark). From a smaller size edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie (1751-1780). Depicts examples of cabinet-making and marquetery. Sequence of examples of workmanship.Trimmed just within platemark on left hand side.

1780. Copper-line engraving. 235mm by 180mm (platemark). From a smaller size edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie (1751-1780). Depicts examples of cabinet-making and marquetery. Sequence of examples of workmanship.Trimmed just within platemark on left hand side. Some very light printer's creases.

1780. Copper-line engraving. 240mm by 340mm (platemark). From a smaller size edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie (1751-1780). Depicts examples of cabinet-making and marquetery. Central vertical fold as issued.

1815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 230mm by 185mm (platemark). Echidna image taken from Captain Bligh's drawing of an echidna. From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic collection of Interesting Animals, Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Minerals, Costumes, Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.

1870. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 265mm by 370mm (sheet). From Boschi's and Petraroja's "Atlante Zoologico Popolare, opera Compilata Sui Piu Recenti Lavori di Zoologia Italiani e Stranieri. (Popular Zoological Atlas, a Work Compiled from the Most Recent Works of Italian and Foreign Zoology), edited by Giovanni Boschi, lithographed by Raimondo Petraroja, published in Naples 1863-1879. Short break in paper at bottom of sheet, well away from printed area. Blue sky extends to top of the sheet.With original descriptive sheet. Printed blind stamp of publisher below the image.

1798. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). Native of the Cape of Good Hope. From Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John Kennedy of Hammersmith, a nurseryman who assisted Andrews in the descriptions of the plants he illustrated. Andrews was not only the artist, but also engraver, colourist, and publisher in an era when most artists were only employed to draw plates. The 'Botanist's Repository' was his first publication, issued serially in London in ten volumes between 1797 and 1812. Creasing at far right edge. Title slightly trimmed at very bottom of the sheet.

1798. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). Native of the Cape of Good Hope. From Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John Kennedy of Hammersmith, a nurseryman who assisted Andrews in the descriptions of the plants he illustrated. Andrews was not only the artist, but also engraver, colourist, and publisher in an era when most artists were only employed to draw plates. The 'Botanist's Repository' was his first publication, issued serially in London in ten volumes between 1797 and 1812. Slight creasing at very far right edge.

1849. Lithograph. 210mm by 360mm (image) 400mm by 500mm (sheet). India-laid lithograph. Pl. no. 187 of: 'Atlas pittoresque, Voyage au pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie' by J. Dumont d'Urville. Depicts the frigates Zelee and Astrolabe stranded in the Canal Mauvais, Queensland. Some faint marks at the top of the sheet. A little light creasing and short repaired tear at the top of the sheet.

Lithograph. 240mm by 370mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as issued. From Thomas Heath's 'The Twentieth Century Atlas of Popular Astronomy', 1903. Alexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (1804 - 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer. In 1826, he joined his brother William in a printing and engraving business, forming the well-known cartographical firm of W. and A. K. Johnston.

1890. Colour lithograph. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). From William Peck's 'A Popular Handbook And Atlas Of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 - 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker.

1870. Chromolithograph. 250mm by 320mm (sheet). From 'Constructions Modernes & Economiques', a French folio of architectural designs, published by Monrocq in Paris. Remains of hinges on the reverse at the top.