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Vintage and/or Antique prints of architecture


Original prints from unidentified sources
(these prints are NOT modern reproductions, they are original, vintage and antique prints)

Please see the information below each thumbnail below for size and price

Please click on the thumbnails below for a larger image. The Darvill's digital watermark on the enlargements is for image-theft deterence and does not appear on the actual vintage/antique prints themselves.

"Sir, he made a chimney in my father's house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify to it." [Henry Loomis Curtis]
[Reference 1]

"Sir, he made a chimney in my father's house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify to it." [Henry Loomis Curtis]
Artist: unknown
Sheet size: approx. 7.75 x 8.5 inches
original etching from unknown source; reverse side has decorative quote by Edwin Arnold: "The sunbeams dropped their gold, and passing in a porch and niche, softened to shadows, silvery pale, and dim, as if the very day paused and grew eve."

$15
"And the broad arching portals welcome thy entering." [Henry Loomis Curtis]
[Reference 2]

"And the broad arching portals welcome thy entering." [Henry Loomis Curtis]
Artist: unknown
Sheet size: approx. 7.75 x 8.5 inches
original etching from unknown source; reverse side has decorative quote by Longfellow from "The Masque of Pandora": "How beautiful is this house! The atmosphere breathes rest and comfort and the many chambers seem full of welcomes."

$15
Courtyard Staple Inn
[Reference 3]

Courtyard Staple Inn
Artist: W. Renison
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 6.125 x 5.375 inches
Image size: approx. 4.5 x 3.5 inches

$25
Horse Guards Farrell
[Reference 4]

Horse Guards
Artist: Fred A. Farrell
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 7 x 6 inches
Image size: approx. 4.5 x 3.5 inches

$25
Law Courts Richard Smythe
[Reference 5]

Law Courts
Artist: Richard Smythe
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 7 x 6 inches
Image size: approx. 4.5 x 3.5 inches

$25
St Paul's from the Bank Side Frank Harding
[Reference 6]

St Paul's from the Bank Side
Artist: Frank Harding
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 7 x 6 inches
Image size: approx. 4.5 x 3.5 inches

$35
winter john matthieson
[Reference 7]

Winter
Artist: John G. Matleuson (? signature difficult to read)
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 7 x 6 inches
Image size: approx. 4.5 x 3.5 inches

$25
Ely Cathedral
[Reference 8]

Ely Cathedral
Artist: illegible signature (Preston Bretch???)
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 7.125 x 10.25 inches
Image size: approx. 5.675 x 8 inches

minor foxing

$35
Lichfield Cathedral Blake
[Reference 8]

Lichfield Cathedral
Artist: H.M. Blake
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 7 x 10 inches
Image size: approx. 5.5 x 7.875 inches

minor foxing and grubbiness upper right corner

$35
Catharinapoort Dordrecht
[Reference 8]

Catharinapoort Dordrecht
Artist: illegible signature (Levereua???)
photogravure of original etching, ca. 1910-1920
Sheet size: approx. 8.5 x 11.25 inches
Image size: approx. 4.75 x 6.5 inches

minor edge and corner wear

$35
Gondola etching
[Reference 11]

Gondola
Artist: illegible signature (G. Hanibal???)
original hand-colored etching
Sheet size: approx. 10 x 8.25 inches
Image size: approx. 8.5 x 6 inches

minor edge and corner wear and extremely light foxing in margins

$35
Gondola etching
[Reference 12]

Quimpes Cathedral (identified on back of etching)
Artist: signature not present
original hand-colored etching
Sheet size: approx. 8 x 10 inches
Image size: approx. 6 x 9 inches

minor corner wear in upper corners

$35
Bishops Palace St Davids
[Reference 13]

Bishop's Palace, St. David's
Artist: H. Gastineau
Engraver: W. Wallis
original engraving, ca. 1850s
Sheet size: approx. 6.5 x 4.375 inches

foxed, stained

$10
Chapelle de la Prison de la Conciergerie
[Reference 14]

Chapelle de la Prison de la Conciergerie
Artist: unknown
Engraver: unknown
original engraving, ca. 1850s
Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 5.5 inches

foxed, stained, tear at title area

$10
Approach to Royat
[Reference 15]

Approach to Royat
Artist: J.D. Harding
Engraver: J.C. Varrall
original engraving, ca. 1850s
Sheet size: approx. 7.875 x 5 inches

minor foxing in margins

$15
Triport
[Reference 16]

Triport
Artist: C. Stanfield, A.R.A.
Engraver: J.T. Wilmore
original engraving, ca. 1850s
Sheet size: approx. 7 x 5 inches

minor foxing in margins, staining from glue (on back) in upper corners

$15
Windsor Castle
[Reference 17]

Windsor Castle
Artist: unsigned
Engraver: unsigned
original etching, ca. 1800 (?)
Sheet size: of etching is about 5 x 3.75 inches, glued to a black backing paper that measures about 6.75 x 5.5 inches

mild foxing, corners trimmed, adhered to black backing paper

$15
The Emperor and Empress of the French at Windsor Castle
[Reference 18]

The Emperor and Empress of the French at Windsor Castle
Artist: R. Hind
Engraver: C.H. Jeens
original engraving, circa 1820s
Sheet size: 8.75 x 6.5 inches

foxing and grubbiness

$20
Palais de Justice from the Courtyard
[Reference 19]

Palais de Justice from the Courtyard
Artist: B. Ferrey Director: A. Pugin
Engraver: J. Romney
original engraving, circa 1820original engraving, circa 1820s-1830s
Sheet size: 7.875 x 5.3755 inches

foxing and grubbiness, tears to lower margin

$15
Street at Villeneuve
[Reference 20]

Street at Villeneuve
(Frontispiece to "The Landscape Annual for 1834")
Artist: J.D. Harding
Engraver: James B. Allen
original engraving, circa 1834
Sheet size: 4.875 x 7.75 inches

extremely mild foxing

$20
The Royal Abbey of St. Denis
[Reference 21]

The Royal Abbey of St. Denis
Engraver: W. Thomas
original engraving, circa 1793 in European Magazine
Sheet size: 5.125 x 4.125 inches

mild foxing, timmed as shown

$15
St. Saviour's Church, Barkerville -- Built 1869
[Reference 22]

St. Saviour's Church, Barkerville -- Built 1869
[British Columbia, Canada]

undated Christmas card from Ripley, Klohn & Leonoff Ltd, Consulting Engineers
Sheet size: 5.675 x 6.875 inches with card closed

mild soiling

$15

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