WCL, Author at Village Antiques

The Capital Building in Washington with its Original Dome – 1851 – German Steel Engraving

April 13, 2020June 20, 2020 WCL 2113 Viewsbirds, ornithology

Original antique engraving entitled “Das Capitol in Washington” This fascinating antique German steel engraving shows the United States Capitol Building

17thCentury Antique Prints History Militaria

1697 Engraving of The Swedish Capture of Helsingor Castle at Cronborg

April 13, 2020May 13, 2020 WCL 1875 Viewsbirds, ornithology

Battle at Kronborg Castle, Helsingor Dramatic View of the Swedish conquest of Kronborg (Helsingor Castle) in 1658 engraved after a

16thCentury Antique Prints Dutch Horses

Stadanus – Albanus – Engraving from Later Edition of Equile

April 13, 2020April 9, 2022 WCL 1020 Viewshorse, horses, Stradanus

Stradanus / Jan Van der Straet – Later Reprint Albanus – Albanian Horse A later (probably 18th Century) reprint from

16thCentury Antique Prints Dutch History Horses

Stadanus – Flander – Engraving from Later Edition of Equile

April 13, 2020April 9, 2022 WCL 1069 Viewshorse, horses, Stradanus

Flander – Horse from Flanders – A later imprint of a magnificent horse from Stradanus’s famous work Equile

16thCentury Antique Prints Dutch Horses

Stadanus – Appulus – Engraving from Later Edition of Equile

April 13, 2020April 9, 2022 WCL 939 Viewshorse, horses, Stradanus

Appulus – a Horse from Puglia, Italy from a later edition – possibly an 18th Century Reprint – of Equile by Stradanus.

18th Century Antique Prints Dogs German

Johann Elias Ridinger – Tachs Schlieffer, Tachs Wuerger – Early Dachshund Breeds

April 13, 2020August 8, 2023 WCL 176 Viewsdogs, hunting, Johann Elias Ridinger

Ridinger, Johann Elias (Born Ulm, February 16, 1698 – Died Augsburg, April 10, 1767) Antique Copperplate Engraving – Early Dachshunds

18th Century Antique Prints Dogs German

Ridinger – Hound Dogs – Francosiche Par Force Hunde

April 13, 2020August 8, 2023 WCL 180 Viewshunting, Johann Elias Ridinger

Elegant antique engraving by Johann Elias Ridinger illustrating the hound dogs used in traditional “chasse au parforce” hunting.

18th Century Antique Prints Dogs German

Johann Elias Ridinger – English and German Hunting Dogs –

April 13, 2020August 8, 2023 WCL 157 Viewsdogs, hunting, Johann Elias Ridinger

Ridinger, Johann Elias (Born Ulm, February 16, 1698 – Died Augsburg, April 10, 1767) Antique Copperplate Engraving – English and

18th Century Antique Prints Dogs German

Johann Elias Ridinger – Hunting Dogs – Wild Boar Finder -Sau- Finder

April 13, 2020August 8, 2023 WCL 175 Viewsdogs, hunting, Johann Elias Ridinger

Antique engraving by Johann Elias Ridinger of a dog hunting wild boar in a forest.

18th Century Antique Prints Dogs German

Johann Elias Ridinger – Whippets, English Hare Hounds – Kleine Wind, Englische Hasen und Stöber Hunde

April 13, 2020August 8, 2023 WCL 141 Viewsdogs, hunting, Johann Elias Ridinger

Ridinger, Johann Elias (Born Ulm, February 16, 1698 – Died Augsburg, April 10, 1767) Antique Copperplate Engraving – Whippets (or

18th Century Antique Prints Dogs German

Johann Elias Ridinger – Hunting Dogs – Boar Hounds – Sau Hunde

April 13, 2020August 8, 2023 WCL 185 Viewsdogs, hunting, Johann Elias Ridinger

Ridinger, Johann Elias (Born Ulm, February 16, 1698 – Died Augsburg, April 10, 1767) Antique Copperplate Engraving – Boar Hounds

18th Century Antique Prints German History

Johann Elias Ridinger – Bloodhound – Schweis Hund (N. 10)

April 13, 2020August 8, 2023 WCL 149 Viewsdogs, hunting, Johann Elias Ridinger

Ridinger, Johann Elias (Born Ulm, February 16, 1698 – Died Augsburg, April 10, 1767) Antique Copperplate Engraving – Scent Hound

17thCentury Antique Prints History Portraits

17th Century Portrait of Johann Vulteius – Jean Visagier

April 13, 2020June 14, 2020 WCL 1887 ViewsPacificatores orbis Christiani

The Poet and epigrammist Johannes Vulteius was known variously as Jean Visagier, Ioan Vulteii, Jean Voulté, Vouté ou Faciot. Copperplate

Antique Prints History

17th Century Engraving – Portrait of Adam Adami

April 13, 2020June 14, 2020 WCL 1748 ViewsPacificatores orbis Christiani

Portrait of Adam Adami Late 17th Century Copperplate Engraved by Galle after Anselmus van Hulle From from Pacificatores orbis Christiani

17thCentury Antique Prints History Portraits

Portrait of Jacob Lampadius, German Lawyer and Diplomat

April 13, 2020June 14, 2020 WCL 1788 ViewsPacificatores orbis Christiani

Late 17th Century Portrait of the German lawyer and diplomat Jacob Lampadius (1593-1649), original name Jakob Lampe, who was one

17thCentury Antique Prints History Militaria Portraits

Portrait of Fridericus Guilhelmus – Friedrich Wilhelm

April 13, 2020June 14, 2020 WCL 1669 ViewsPacificatores orbis Christiani

Friedrich Wilhelm (16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) – Frederick William – Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia.

Antique Prints Dutch Portraits Portraits

Portrait of Judith Cotermans Dutch Golden Age Engraving

April 13, 2020May 16, 2020 WCL 2132 Viewsportrait

Dutch Golden Age (Gouden Eeuw) engraving of Judith Cotermans / Judith Kotermans the wife of the print dealer and calligrapher

18th Century Antique Prints History Portraits

Portrait of Johann Freiherr von Geyso

April 13, 2020June 14, 2020 WCL 1990 ViewsPacificatores orbis Christiani

Portrait of Johann von Geyso (Freiherr) von Geyso (Geusau, Geise) (* 1593 in Borken (Hessen); † 1661) The son of

17thCentury Antique Prints History Portraits

Antique Portrait of German Lawyer and Diplomat Chrysostomus Cöler – Chrysostom Koehler

April 13, 2020May 16, 2020 WCL 1679 ViewsPacificatores orbis Christiani

Portrait of Chrysostom Koehler Late 17th Century Copperplate Engraved by Petrus de Lode after Anselmus van Hulle. published in Rotterdam

Antique Prints History

17th Century Portrait of Anna Ilsung von Tratzberg Noblewoman from Augsburg

April 13, 2020May 16, 2020 WCL 1483 ViewsAugsburg

Portrait of Anna Ilsung von Tratzberg Antique portrait engraving on old chainlinked paper. Late 17th or early 18th Century. Anna

16thCentury Antique Prints Botanical / Plants Italian

Renaissance Botanical Illustration -Galle – Italian Oak – Pietro Andrea Matthioli

April 13, 2020June 14, 2020 WCL 1929 ViewsMatthioli, Mattioli, oak tree

Extraordinary Italian 16th Century Woodblock – Pietro Andrea Matthioli. Tithymalus Myrsinites Galle – Italian Oak Page 231 (in color) and