All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1386212
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$125.00
"William Hogarth" "Debates on Palmistry" and "The Stay Maker" 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 : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1459645 (stock #2423)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,500.00
A very beautiful work from the 1950s signed Max Kassler oil on canvas Artist panel,signed on back. The work is reminiscent of Abstract Expressionist Artist….. Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space. This is part of the collection we have at the gallery...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1417375 (stock #JB02132)
‏This is an intricate aquatint print, 25 3/4" by 29 3/4" (34" by 27 1/4" framed), signed in pencil at lower right by the artist and dated there "60", titled "Jeux d'ete" (Summer Games) at lower center, and numbered 76/210 at lower left, the work by GUILLAUME CORNELIS VAN BEVERLOO, best known by the pseudonym "CORNEILLE" (the French word for "crow"). I believe I was able to locate only one example of this particular print having sold at auction since 1998...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1419033 (stock #JB01789)
This is a color aquatint, 9 7/8 by 12 7/8" as framed, the subject a monumental Paris building in the autumn twilight, (the Pantheon, I believe?), numbered at lower left 248 of 500 and signed at lower right in pencil by the noted French 20th century impressionist painter CHARLES BLONDIN (1913-1991). Blondin was active in Paris in the post war years, painting and creating editions of prints which he numbered and hand signed. This example has not been examined outside the frame...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1466965 (stock #a1852)
A wonderful miniature by Daniel Dickinson of a handsome gentleman. The sitter is dressed in the height of fashion for the time, wearing a blue jacket with velvet lapels. Note the broadness of the brush strokes and chiseled modeling of the face, both characteristics of Daniel's style, contrasting with his brother Anson's work.

The frame deserves special mention, being gilt silver with a 14K gold back and central plaque with "AM" initials. It is quite thick and weighs about 3 1/2 ounces...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1910 item #1448980 (stock #1286)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,500.00
Russian artist who immigrated to America in 1890, painted in New York and Philadelphia area 15x22”,
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1980 item #1416782 (stock #JB0734)
Watercolor, 9 7/8" by 14" inside the mat (16 1/2" by 20 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right "N. White". This is a work showing, no doubt, the clipper ship Joseph Conrad, berthed at the Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The clipper was built in Denmark in 1882 and was renamed as the Joseph Conrad. It was built strictly as a training ship. The artist, NELSON COOK WHITE (1900-1989) painted a lot of marine subject matter, and a number of these works have appeared at auction in New England...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1411383 (stock #na155)
A fine watercolor on card portrait done by Paul Gomien. The sitter is a woman wearing a puffy sleeved gray-blue dress with a lace collar. Her accessories include a black belt and a gold necklace.

In addition to being signed "Gomien" and dated "1822" along the center right edge the reverse has a trade card reading "P. Gomien/Peintre, Rue St. Honore No 247 pres le Palais Royal". For the period and location this is quite rare...

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1358383
John Taylor Arms, American, 1887-1953, "The Doorway of the Bishop, Palencia Cathedral", etching, plate measures 13 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches on 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch watermarked laid type paper. Pencil signed and dated "1950" in the lower right. Third state. Edition of 308. Number 15 in his "Spanish Church" series. Catalog: Fletcher 418. This is an exquisitely detailed print with strong contrast!
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1900 item #1447060 (stock #2125)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,000.00
Dendy Sadler Etching Battle of Trafalgar Veterans or Nelson’s Crew is a work done for the centennial of the October 1805 battle of Trafalgar. This work is double signed by Sadler in pencil and in the plate. Complete with a cartoon of the ship HMS VICTORY in pencil on the margin. Furthermore signed by the printer, Z Muller. Measuring 21x16 inches
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1900 item #1416232 (stock #JB0470)
An American 19th century oil on canvas still life, circa 1870-1890, measuring 10" by 16" (12 1/2" by 18 1/2" as framed), unsigned, featuring a metal pot with green and red apples, a pitcher, and a glass, in the classic style of nineteenth century American still life art. I wish the artist had signed his or her work, as he or she was quite skilled. The painting has a patch on the reverse, approximately 3 1/2" by 2", corresponding to a repair in the red apple...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1463862 (stock #a1846)
A striking American rendering of a handsome gentleman, nattily attired in a black jacket and tie, and with a patterned vibrant blue vest. In a 2 3/4" by 2 1/4" gilt metal cast foliate frame with a glazed aperture on the reverse.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1960 item #1418242 (stock #JB01898)
The famous large folio size Currier and Ives lithograph of 1864, "Winter in the Country" (sometimes referred to by its subtitle, "Getting Ice") is a very desirable image, and the original printing is very rare, highly coveted by collectors, and in 2002 with the late George Cohenour of Pennsylvania, Currier expert and publisher of a widely used price guide, that print is likely the most rare in the entire Currier and Ives production history...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1030398 (stock #3017)
(continued) the last two panels show the same kanji for Rising in two different designs. Maki seemed to have liked this theme. Big Red is Poem 71-50; it was preceded by Poem 70-48 a smaller print. These are shown below.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1950 item #1400678 (stock #1718)
이당(以堂)Yi Dang, 김은호( 金殷鎬)-Kim Eun-Ho (Korean, 1892~1979) Hanging Scroll Painting Korea, Yi Dang-pen name written, and Kim Eun Ho sealed. 10 Sparrows are on the trees in heavy snow, early executed by the artist, painted in water color on silk, It’s in good condition but has some slight creases, scrolled. Image size: 46.75” x 16.85” (118.5cm x 42.8cm) painting only, scroll incl. 65” by 21 ½”.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1700 item #1408707 (stock #9880)
A 17th century Wenceslas Hollar "Trinitarianus" hand coloured engraving in frame. This finely detailed etching has a sight size of 10-3/8 x 6" with a plate size of 10-1/8 x 5-5/8". It is marked "Trinitarianus 831 W. Hollar fecit" and it is plate 831. It is on laid fibrous paper and it was from the series/portfolio "The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated" printed in London, England 1656 (Hollar (1607-1677) was from Prague, Bohemia...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1453388 (stock #1630)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,500.00
This work is oil on framed panel measuring 14x16 inch. Signed on back
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1970 item #1453102 (stock #1570)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,000.00
Carles was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1900 and 1907. He studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, Cecilia Beaux, and William Merritt Chase. In 1907 he traveled to France where he remained until 1910. In France, he greatly admired the works of Cézanne and Matisse, and became close friends with John Marin and Eduard Steichen. He displayed six landscapes in the Salon d'Automne of 1908. In Mar...