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Original antique prints of musical subjects from various, mostly 19th-century sources

Original antique prints over 100 to 175 years old


Please click on the thumbnail images below to assess each antique print's condition. Minor foxing and/or age-appropriate toning is possible.
 

antique music prints (19th century)
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(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #27

'Morning Hymn at Sebastian Bach's' by T. E. Rosenthal

Original woodblock print
Extra supplement to The Illustrated London News
September 8, 1877

T. E. Rosenthal / W. Biscombe Gardner

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 22.675 x 16.5 inches
with original center fold, as issued

MINOR EDGE WEAR AND SHORT TEARS, NOT AFFECTING IMAGE

$50
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #28

'The Guitar Lesson' by Terburc

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
Dec. 9, 1876

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 15.875 inches

$20

antique music prints (19th century)
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(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #29

'The Music Lesson' by Mariani, of Rome

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
Jan. 3, 1863

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 15.875 inches

$20
antique music prints (19th century)
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(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #30

'The Ballad Singer' by Vaczlav Broznik

Original antique photogravure
D. Appleton & Co / Photogravure Goupil

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 15.875 x 11.75 inches

MINOR EDGE/CORNER WEAR AND SHORT MARGIN TEAR

$20
antique music prints (19th century)
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(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #31

Rouget de l'Isle Singing the Marseillaise
(by Isidore Alexander Auguste Pils)

Original antique photogravure
D. Appleton & Co / Photogravure Goupil

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 15.875 x 11.75 inches

MINOR EDGE/CORNER WEAR

$20

antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #32

A Musical Rehearsal

Original woodblock print from
The Graphic
Sept. 14, 1872

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 11.5 x 16 inches

MINOR EDGE/CORNER WEAR

$20
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #33

'The Guitar-Player' from the picture by Lucio Rossi

Original color lithograph from
The Graphic
Summer Number, 1881

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 11.125 x 16 inches

SEE LARGE DAMP STAIN LEFT SIDE, EXTENDING INTO IMAGE. ALSO SOME FOXING.

$30
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #34

The Duett

Original steel engraving

W. Etty / R. Bell

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 11.5 x 9.5 inches

FOXED

$20

antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #35

'The Strolling Musician' by Baron

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
Sept. 22, 1855

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 15.875 inches

AGE-TONED, MINOR EDGE/CORNER WEAR

$10
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #36

'An Itinerant' by W. Hunt

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
Aug. 23, 1856

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.675 x 11 inches

$20
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #37

'Young Girl Singing Before an Impresario' by F. B. Doubek

Original offset print with hand-colouring (?)

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 15.375 x 11.25 inches

BACKING PAPER IS AGE-TONED AND FOXED; PRINT ITSELF IS FINE

$25

antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #38

'Out of the World' by R. Lehmann

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
June 25, 1870

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 15.875 inches

$40
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #39

'Rehearsal' by A. Robert

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
Sept. 23, 1871

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 15.875 x 10.75 inches

$30
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #41

'The Music Lesson' by J. Burr

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
Jan. 9, 1869

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 15.875 x 10.75 inches
SOFT CREASE LOWER LEFT, SOME MARGINAL FOXING

$30

antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #41

'Out of an Engagement' by J. Pettie

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
April 15, 1865

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 15.875 x 10.75 inches

$20
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #42

'Am I Sharp Enough?' by J. Girardot

Original woodblock print from
The Pictorial World
Dec. 2, 1876

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 15.875 inches

SOME EDGE/CORNER WEAR AND PAPER LOSS. CREASE UPPER LEFT CORNER.

$25
antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #43

'The Blind Minstrel and his Daughter'

Original woodblock print from
The Illustrated London News
Dec. 14, 1882

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 15.875 inches

SOME EDGE/CORNER WEAR.

$20

antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #44

'The Start of an Artist's Career' by Volkmar

Original woodblock print
Extra supplement to The Illustrated London News
Aug. 8, 1874

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 22.675 x 16.5 inches
with original center fold, as issued

MINOR EDGE WEAR AND SHORT TEARS, NOT AFFECTING IMAGE. FAINT DOG-EAR CREASE LOWER RIGHT

$50

antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #45

'The Signing Lesson' by C Schloesser

Original woodblock print
Extra supplement to The Illustrated London News
Jan. 11, 1874

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 15.5 x 21.75 inches
with original center folds, as issued

MINOR EDGE WEAR AND SHORT TEARS, NOT AFFECTING IMAGE. FAINT DOG-EAR CREASE LOWER RIGHT

$50

antique music prints (19th century)
Click the thumbnail image above for a view of the entire plate.
(Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the original antique print.)
REF #46

'Sheridan at the Lindleys' by Margaret I. Dicksee

Original woodblock print
Extra supplement to The Graphic
[undated]

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 22.5 x 15.25 inches
with original center fold, as issued

MINOR EDGE WEAR AND SHORT TEARS

 

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