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Les Merveilleuses by Horace Vernet – Plate 4 – Original 19th Century Engraving

August 4, 2018August 5, 2018 WCL 1429 Views fashion, French Revolution

Une Merveilleuse – Plate No. 4 The Fashionable Post-Revolutionary Set – Paris Circa 1796 19th Century hand colored engraving from

Antique Prints Fine Art French Historic Personalities Portraits

Antique Engraving After Bernard Picart – Heraclitus The Weeping Philosopher

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 WCL 1320 Views philosopher

Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre–Socratic Greek philosopher from Ephesus. He was said to have been melancholic and is known as the he was

Antique Prints Fine Art French Historic Personalities Portraits

French Caricature of the Philosopher Democritus Laughing

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 WCL 1124 Views philosopher

Democritus ( c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher known for his formulation of an atomic theory

20th Century Beach Cottage Fine Art Fine Art Prints Lithograph Living Room Modern Seascapes Spanish

Mediterranean Village – Limited Edition Lithograph by Miguel Ibarz

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 1265 Views Miguel Ibarz, seascape

Colorful limited edition lithograph showing a cluster of houses on a rocky mediterranean coast. Numbered 39 / 100 and signed

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Waterbirds – Loon, Eider, Gannet, Cormorant

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 1089 Views birds, ducks

Le Grand Plongeon Tachete, L’Eider Male, Le Fou de L’Isle de Java, Le Cormoran – Loon, Eider, Gannet, Cormorant Original

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Waterbirds – Smew, Widgeon, Petrel and Puffin

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 828 Views birds, ducks

Piette Male, Le Canard Siffleur, Le Petrel, Puffin – Smew, Widgeon, Petrel and Puffin Original 18th Century copperplate print after

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Gull, Spoonbill and Other Seabirds

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 835 Views birds

Ibis, La Spatule, La Pie de Mer, Le Grisard Ibis, Spoonbill, Eurasian oystercatcher, Gull Original 18th Century copperplate print after a

19th Century Bedroom Drawing Swiss

Chevrette – 19th Century Drawing of a Small Goat by Pierre de Salis

May 19, 2018 WCL 1195 Views dogs, pierre de salis-sogli

“Chevrette” – Drawing of a Small Goat by Pierre de Salis-Soglio Dimensions: 9 x 7 cm Condition: Light but even

19th Century Bedroom Drawing Swiss

Drawing of a Goat – 1854 Drawing by Swiss Artist Pierre de Salis

May 19, 2018May 19, 2018 WCL 1190 Views dogs, pierre de salis-sogli

“Chevre” – Drawing of a Goat by Pierre de Salis-Soglio Dimensions: 11.5 x 12.5 Condition: Light but even discoloration of the

19th Century Antique Prints French Historic Personalities History Music

Rouget de Lisle sings the Marseillaise For the First Time

May 19, 2018January 5, 2019 WCL 950 Views Epinal, French Revolution

Historic 19th Century French Print, Framed in Period Frame Rouget de Lisle, Composer of the Marseillaise, sings the French National

19th Century Antique Prints Fashion French History

Les Incroyables by Carle Vernet – Antique Fashion Engraving

May 19, 2018August 5, 2018 WCL 3402 Views French Revolution

Les Incroyables By Carle Vernet Two “Incredibles” meet on the street, wearing the classic exaggerated dress of the rakish gentleman

19th Century Antique Prints Bedroom Costume Fashion Fashion Plates French French Country History

Une Merveilleuse by Horace Vernet – Plate 2 – Original 19th Century Engraving

May 19, 2018August 5, 2018 WCL 1221 Views French Revolution, Horace Vernet

Une Merveilleuse – Plate 2 Les Incroyables et Merveilleuses – The Fashionable Post-Revolutionary Set – Paris Circa 1796 19th Century

Antique Prints British Medical / Anatomical Natural History

George Edwards – Double Headed Snake and Black Butterflies from Barbados 1758

May 19, 2018November 17, 2019 WCL 419 Views George Edwards, natural history

A Small Double Headed Snake from the Island of Barbados Plate 207 -Engraving from Gleanings of Natural History – 1758

18th Century Antique Prints Bedroom Italian Mythology / Allegory Neoclassical

Bacchanal – 18th Century Neo-Classical Engraving

May 19, 2018January 2, 2019 WCL 894 Views classical

Baccanale – Bacchanal: 18th Century Engraving 1782 copperplate engraving by Marco Carloni (also known as Carlone) after a drawing by

18th Century Antique Prints Christianity History Judaism Neoclassical

Tete de Joseph – 18th Cent. Engraving by Jacob Gillberg, Swedish Engraver

May 19, 2018January 3, 2019 WCL 652 Views classical

Portrait of Joseph from the Old Testimate – Extraordinary Large Scale 18th Century Copperplate engraving “in the Crayon manner” – en manière de crayon.

20th Century Chalet Style Landscape Oil Paintings

Erich Kaatz – Alpine Landscape

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 WCL 1146 Views alpine, Erich Kaatz

Erich KAATZ (1909-1971) Alpine Landscape – Oil on canvas dated 1934 Kaatz was born in 1909 in Hoppendorf bei Danzig

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Cockatoo and Other Birds

May 14, 2018 WCL 883 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Owl and Other Birds

May 14, 2018 WCL 886 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – 18th Century Bird Engraving

May 14, 2018 WCL 958 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

Fine Art

Saint Bartholomew The Apostle After Marten de Vos

May 12, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 962 Views

Striking engraving of the Apostle Bartholomew after a drawing by Marten de Vos. Saint Bartholomew under an arch of Corinthian

Antique Prints Christianity

Lord’s Prayer of a Man from Unterwald – Forgive us our Trespasses

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 WCL 910 Views christianity, religion, vater unser

Wonderful sepia aquatint engraving from “Der Vater Unser eines Unterwaldners” – “The Lord’s Prayer of a Man from Unterwald” by