Sunset, 1914 Frank Benson This is a very rare early etching by American artist Frank Benson, the title of this work is: Sunset, created and printed in 1914, this image is pencil signed and numbered as 25/50. The image measures 8 7/8X7 inches. Nice use of plate tone in the sky and water, some uneven inking as was printed most likely by Benson. This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 26.

Abbo Ostrowsky, Rus./Am.,1889-1975 " Groundnut Hill " 1926 etching plate 4.7/8" by 6" exact same image in the Smithsonian American Art Museum # 1978.98.186

Arthur J. T. Briscoe, British, 1873-1943, "Furling the Foresail". This etching by Arthur Briscoe measures 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches. Ink signed and numbered on cream laid paper, 1924. Cat: Hurst-85. Framed. Briscoe is known as one of the finest marine etcher of the 20th. century. He owned his own three ton cutter which he used to sail around the Essex coast. Also crewing on a Polish ship, he sketched every aspect of life on the boat...

Etching, 4 3/4" by 6 5/8" inside the mat, 10" by 12 1/2" in simple black strip frame, titled in pencil at left margin "A Bermuda Lane" and signed in margin in pencil at lower right by artist RAY ALLEN. I do not see a listing for an artist of this name. The work likely dates to about the 1950's I would think, and is probably still in its original frame. The impression is strong, with a distinct plate mark. Disregard false yellow colors in some of the photos, which are an effect of the camera...

Peter Moran, American, 1842-1914, "Through the Meadows". This is a beautiful, richly inked original etching by Peter Moran, image size 13 x 19 7/8 inches, published in 1886 by Klackner. It is state IV/IV, cat: Wright-92, pencil signed and titled on the lower margin. This image is listed with the title "Through the Meadow Stream" in the Wright catalog, although there are several alternate titles including the one that appears on this impression.

Lovis Corinth, German, 1858-1925, "Munter Und Kind".A soft ground etching by German Expressionist artist Lovis Corinth, this image measures 12 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches, published in 1910 in an edition of 50 impressions, state I/III, cat: Schwarz-41, "LC" monogram in the upper left of the image, a faded signature below the image. Corinth began his career studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and went on to study under Bouguereau at the Academie Julian in Paris...

Six original etchings from LES MYSTERES DE LA PASSION by Jacques Callot printed in 1631. Scenes represented are (upper row left to right, lower row right to left): Adoration of the Sheperds, Visitation, Adoration of the Kings, Entombment, Descent of the Holy Spirit and Descent to the Limbo. Lieure catalog numbers 685-690 (images and descriptions in Lieure catalog are mismatched, I used numbers from descriptions), second state of two...

Robert Hogg Nisbet, American, 1879-1961, Etching with Drypoint, "Through the Willows, No. 2", 1959, first prize graphic arts, Salamagundi Club award, image size: 10 3/4 X 13 3/4 inches, pencil signed

A Fine Etching on wove paper "Fruhlingsabend" (Spring Evening) by the well regarded Art Nouveau artist, Heinrich Vogeler (1872-1942). Image size about 4 3/8" by 7 3/8", overall paper about 7 1/2" by 10 1/4". Pencil signed lower right and monogrammed in print. Rare and beautiful.

Martin Peterson, American, 1866-1956, Etching, "Shortening the Sail", image size: 8 x 9 3/4", pencil signed

A beautiful multi-plate color etching by master printmaker LUIGI KASIMIR (1881-1962), dated lower right 1922, and pencil signed there in the margin by the artist. The subject could be mistaken for Paris, what with the advertising kiosk, but this is in fact the Vienna Opera House in Austria. Kasimir was born in present-day Slovenia into a family of poets and artists...

Miniature sized etching (2 1/2" by 3 1/4", and 7 1/2" by 8" framed), titled in margin at lower left in pencil "Cape Cod Shoreline", and pencil signed at lower right by Massachusetts listed artist MARGARET ELDER PHILBRICK (1914-1999). This is a mid-century work, I would guess, by a woman artist who was known for still life and landscape works, primarily in the etching medium. She was a member of the Society of American Etchers, and the Brooklyn Society of Etchers...

Joseph Pennell was an American artist who spent most of his working life in Europe, portraying architectural subjects in etchings, pen-and-ink drawings, and lithographs. Born in Philadelphia, America in 1857, and raised by Quaker parents, Larkin Pennell and Rebecca A...

Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand 1863-1951 French This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Louis Legrand. This image from his Les Petites du Ballet is titled: Le Deshabillage, it was created and printed in 1893. This impression, pencil signed, published by Gustave Pellet in Paris, the red stamp lower right border. this impression is also inscribed as "Epreuvre d' artiste" lower left. The image measures 14 1/2X8 1/2 inches. This image is from the 10th state of 10...

Set of three octagon shaped etchings by artist Robert Wallace, views of Europe circa 1940s including Switzerland, and England measuring each 6 inches diameter in octagon frames

Etching,1942,image size 2 1/4X2 15/16 inches, edition of 365,pencil signed,Excellent Condition

Original etching on paper, pencil signed at lower right margin, titled on mat "Portuguese Fishermen", the subject the wharf at Provincetown, Massachusetts where the artist spent considerable time in the famous art colony. The work measures 3 3/4" by 5 1/4" inside the mat and 8" by 8 3/4" framed. This is by the noted American artist MORGAN DENNIS (1892-1960). Born in Boston, Dennis spent much of his life in Massachusetts, though he did live elsewhere including Key West, Florida...

John Henry Hill, American, 1839-1922, "Two Men in a Sailboat in a Rough Sea". This is an atmospheric marine etching by J. Henry Hill, after the painting by Otis Weber. The image measures 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, published in 1886 by Klackner, New York, pencil signed on the lower right margin. Hill came from a family of artists and became a well known landscape and marine painter keeping with the pre-raphaelite tradition, influenced by John Ruskin and David Johnson.