All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1837 VR item #1422363 (stock #JB05514)
This is a truly antique work, an oil on canvas unframed painting, 24 1/2" by 30", relined in the mid 20th century, apparently unsigned, the subject elegant ladies in a formal, upper class interior setting, the piece likely English or Northern European, possibly but I think far less likely American...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1386201
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$75.00
"William Hogarth" "The Weighing House" "Two Frontispieces to Tristram Shandy" The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1385791
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$100.00
"William Hogarth" Masquerades and Operas – Burlington Gate The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art. Heath edition 1822 An original copperplate engraving — over 195 years old...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1837 VR item #1355968 (stock #TBD00227)
Delaplane Antiques
$1,400.00
A large aquatint with hand coloring titled, “LORD NELSON’S FUNERAL PROCESSION BY WATER, FROM GREENWICH HOSPITAL TO WHITE HALL, JAN.8TH, 1806.” The print was published March 1 1806 by Edward Orme. The following are printed on the print, “Turner pinxt.” Lower left, “Published and sold March 1 1806, by Edwd. Orme Engraver_Printseller to the King and Royal Family, 59 Bond Street London.” center and “J. Clark & H. Merke sculp.” lower right...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1837 VR item #1426223 (stock #10301)
Page from an album. Illustration in Chinese style (Chinoiserie) of a Chinese man with high, woven hat, holding two rods bamboo (?) in his hands. He might he the executioner of punishment of beating by a light stick.

The shades on his clothes and face done in tiny black dots, in imitation of shading in an etching. Black ink and watercolors on Western paper...

All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1837 VR item #1420902 (stock #JB05384)
An antique, classical, academic red chalk drawing of the head and neck of a young male, 19 3/4" by 15 1/4" (25" by 20 1/2" framed), unsigned. The circa 18th century drawing is quite beautiful and Neo-Classical, after the sculpture of ancient Greece and Italy. The gold frame does have some losses.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1356022 (stock #a1582)
A nicely painted portrait miniature on natural organic wafer. The sitter is a gentleman dressed in a black jacket and stock, with a white shirt and vest, set against a background which shades from light blue to a darker blue hue. Housed in its original cast foliate case with a glazed rear aperture containing a circlet of hair.

The condition of the painting is excellent with no cracks, chips, paint loss, bowing, or restoration...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1372692 (stock #a1654)
A wonderful portrait of an attractive young woman, done in watercolor on organic wafer. The blue-eyed, red-haired sitter is in a black gown with a gauzy white top, highlighted by a large pink bow at her bodice. The artist carefully chose the ground color and the bow to complement the subject's coloring. The frame is period and probably original, with an eglomise glass cover to the painting.

The painting is in excellent condition, with no issues...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1373328 (stock #za554)
A nicely painted portrait of a fashionably dressed attractive young woman, done in watercolor on natural wafer. The sitter is wearing a lace-edged blue dress, tightly belted at the waist, with a gold and red brooch centered at the bodice, and a lace cap, The painting and the ebonized wood frame (which has a finely craquelured surface) are in fine condition. Sight size is 2 7/8" by 2 1/4", with a frame size of 5 1/4" by 4 1/2".
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1385784
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$125.00
"William Hogarth" (Portrait of Hogarth with his dog Trump) The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1475863 (stock #a1919)
A finely limned miniature of a woman wearing a lace edged black dress, a blue shawl, and gold earrings. In a 5" by 4 1/2" ebonized frame with a brass liner and a sight size of 2 1/8" by 1 3/4". Excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1461920 (stock #a1800)
A well painted c1800 - 1812 miniature of a British officer. The sitter is wearing the uniform of a major general, with a red tunic, blue lapels and collar, and gold epaulettes and buttons. The miniature is signed lower left, with a somewhat indecipherable calligraphic monogram of "RM"?. Presented in a gilt metal frame with a bevelled blue glass back. Excellent condition, with an overall size of 2 1/2" by 2"
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1837 VR item #1454040 (stock #1901)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,000.00
Lithograph of Mohongo, an Osage Woman from Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall's The Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, published in 1837 in three volumes. This lithograph from the collection is of an Osage woman named Mohongo, or Sacred Sun, from a portrait by Charles Bird King...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1837 VR item #1314069 (stock #TBD00182)
A watercolor on paper of a castle on the water with a boat and three women walking on the shingle in the foreground, a row boat on the water and the castle in the distance against the sky. John Varley (1778-1842) was an English watercolorist who painted a large quantity of small watercolors including other versions of Conway castle. There are numerous other watercolors that are attributed to him, but probably not by him...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1385796
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$299.00
"William Hogarth" Finis The Bathos The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art. Heath edition 1822 An original copperplate engraving — over 195 years old. Sheet size: approx...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1419675 (stock #JB02620)
Decorative botanical copper engraving print from 1806, after the famed English botanical artist SYDENHAM EDWARDS (1768-1819), measuring " by " as framed...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1386195
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$275.00
"William Hogarth" Pit Ticket: The Cockpit The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art. Heath edition 1822 An original copperplate engraving — over 195 years old. Sheet size: approx. 19.5 x 25 inc...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1837 VR item #1452261 (stock #1155)
A small etching 18th Century Rustic Figures title possibly from a book