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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)
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 #1

The Roman Girl's Song

The Words by Mrs. Hemans

unknown date/source

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 5.125 x 5.75 inches

$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 #2

Jock O'Hazledean

The Celebrated Border Ballad

unknown date/source

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 6 x 8.375 inches

$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 #3

A Suggestion

How to make the Crystal Palace Concerts pay

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

July 6, 1861

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

$15

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 #4

A Duet under Difficulties

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

May 8, 1863

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

$15
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 #5

Sic Vos Non Vobis

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

Sept. 18, 1869

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

$15
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 #6

Prevention's Better Than Cure

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

Oct. 30, 1869

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

$15

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 #7

Not to be beaten

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

Jan. 18, 1873

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

SOME FOXING, AGE TONING

$15
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 #8

A Happy Man

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

Jan. 25, 1873

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

SOME FOXING, AGE TONING

$15
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 #9

Detected

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

Feb. 1, 1873

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

FOX MARK IN MARGIN

$15

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 #10

Two Vanities

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

Aug. 2, 1873

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

FOX MARK IN MARGIN

$15
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 #11

An Accomplished Musician

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

Feb. 23, 1878

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

$15
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 #12

Annals of a Musical Neighbourhood

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

June 22, 1878

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

$15

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 #13

Raising False Hopes

original lithograph from
Punch, or the London Charivari

April 6, 1878

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 8.125 x 11 inches

Printing on both sides of paper

$15
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 #14

Miss P. Horton's Entertainment

at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, Regent Street

The Illustrated London News

March 1, 1858

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 6.875 inches

$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 #15

London Street Music –
The Monster Organ

The Illustrated London News

Dec. 19, 1846

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10 x 7.75 inches

TEAR IN UPPER LEFT CORNER

$15

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 #16

Militia

The Illustrated London News

(CIRCA 1840-1870)

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 9 x 9.5 inches

$15
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 #17

Our Philharmonic Society at its first rehearsal

The Illustrated London News

June 9, 1860

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.875 x 15.75 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 #18

Tuning Up

The Illustrated London News

May 5, 1866

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 11 x 16 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 #19-A

Part-singing in the time of Elizabeth

The Illustrated London News

Dec. 13, 1851

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 8 inches

$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 #19-B

Part-singing in the time of Elizabeth

The Illustrated London News

Dec. 13, 1851

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 15.5 inches

SOME FOXING/AGE TONING

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 #20

'The Troubadour,' by Brewer

The Illustrated London News

March 2, 1862

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.75 x 16 inches

$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 #21

Le trompette

Original hand-coloured engraving from an unknown source

G. Terbury / A.H. Payne

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 7.25 x 10.125 inches

SOME FOXING IN MARGIN / OLD ADHESIVE ON BACK OF PRINT

$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 #22

The Balcony

Original engraving from an unknown source

W. Etty / J.C. Armytage

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 9.375 x 12.875 inches

SOME FOXING

$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 #23

The Village Choir at Rehearsal

The Illustrated London News

Dec. 16, 1871

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.875 x 16 inches

$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 #24

The Village Choir

Original 19th-century steel engraving from 'The Art Journal' circa 1870s

T. Webster / H. Bourne

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 18.125 x 12.875 inches

ENTIRE SHEET TOO LARGE TO SCAN

SOME FOXING

$35
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 #25

The Monday Popular Concerts

Mr I Ries • Madame Norman-Neruda • Herr Strauss • Signor Piatti

The Illustrated London News

March 2, 1872

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 10.675 x 16.5 inches

MINOR RUMPLING
$35
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 #26

A Meeting of the Lyric Club

The Illustrated London News

NOV. 18, 1887

SHEET SIZE (APPROX.): 11.375 x 16.125 inches

SHORT TEARS AROUND EDGES, NOT NEAR IMAGE
$35

 

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