British Archives - Village Antiques

Tea House, Native City, Shanghai – Woodblock Print by Elizabeth Keith

“Elizabeth Keith woodblock print Tea House, Native City, Shanghai (1924), showing the famous pavilion on stilts with zig-zag bridge and bustling figures.

Chinese Actor (in Role of a General) – Woodblock Print by Elizabeth Keith

Elizabeth Keith woodblock print of a Chinese opera actor, most likely in the role of a general, richly dressed in dragon-embroidered costume, c.1924.

Night Scene, Peking – Woodblock Print by Elizabeth Keith

Elizabeth Keith woodblock print Night Scene, Peking, a 1920s view of a lantern-lit Beijing street with vendors, shops, and glowing windows in the shin-hanga style

Elizabeth Keith – The Wonsan Scholar and his Disciples 1921

Elizabeth Keith woodblock print The Wonsan Scholar and his Disciples, a rare 1920s Korean scene showing a scholar and students on a snowy mountain path.

Girl in a Window with Flower and Canary- English School

This intimate 19th century scene depicts a young girl leaning on the sill of a window, gazing pensively outward. Her

Boydell Shakespeare Gallery – Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene I from the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery This scene captures Mistress Ford and

Boydell Shakespeare Gallery – Much Ado About Nothing

Shakespeare Engraving – Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I (1792)Large format, hand-colored stipple engraving after a painting by

Shakespeare’s The Tempest – “Miranda” by Caroline Watson

A beautifully executed late 18th-century stipple engraving entitled Miranda, engraved by Caroline Watson after an original painting by Robert Edge

Antique Calendar of Saints Days With Symbols 1806

A calendar of saints’ days from the book “Britannia: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland

Black Hamborough Grapes by Mrs. Withers

Augusta Innes Withers (Mrs. Withers) Black Hamborough Grapes The well known English botanical illustrator Augusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes Withers (maiden

Precursor of Bicycle: Pedestrian Hobbyhorse or Pedestrian Curricle

Aquatint engraving circa 1820 from Ackermann’s Repository entitled Pedestrian Hobbyhorse. An elegant gentleman rides one of the “pedestrian curricles” patented

Wigs – Rococo Period Caricature by Mary and Matthew Darly

Amusing caricature print by Matthew (and?) Mary Darly showing the heads of 14 aristocratic gentlemen in the fashionable wigs of

Adorning the Term of Hymen – Engraving after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen after the painting in the Tate Museum by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Three women

Cereus Cactus Flower – Plantae Selectae

Tab XXXII – Cereus Original 18th Century engraving from Plantae Selectae. Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light

Cereus – Night Blooming Cactus – Plantae Selectae Plate XIV

Plantae Selectae – Tab XIV – CEREUS – Night Blooming Cactus Condition: Very good. Some light spotting. The high light

Red Pineapple – Plate III – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae

Plate III – Ananas folio fix ferato Original 18th Century engraving from one of the greatest botanical books ever published.

Pineapple – Ehret / Trew – Plantae Selectae

Plate II – Ananas (Hawaiian Pineapple) from Plantae Selectae Condition: Very good. Some light spotting and creasing. The high light

Aira Force, Ullswater by Thomas Robert Colman Dibdin from Wanderings in the Woods

Charming landscape of a wanderer admiring the waterfall at Aira Force, Ullswater – 1854 Lithograph by T.C. Dibdin from his book “Wanderings in the Woods and Green Lanes of England.”

Satire on False Perspective – Antique Engraving after William Hogarth

This wonderful work, an antique reproduction after William Hogarth illustrates the pitfalls that an artist who does not properly employ the principles of perspective may encounter.