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The Art Treasures of England
The Master-Pieces of the Best English, Irish and Scottish Painters and Sculptors
Represented by over One Hundred Fine Steel Engravings with Biographical and Descriptive Text

Edited by J. Vernon Whittaker
Philadelphia, Gebbie & Barrie, Publishers, 1876

Original steel engravings over 130 years old

(Chine collé method: Chine refers to thin tissue paper, traditionally imported from China, Japan and India. Collé refers to the glue or paste used to attach this thin tissue to heavier Western-made plate paper. The smooth surface of the Oriental tissue papers accepts finer printing detail than the more coarsely textured plate papers. Tissue papers are, however, quite weak. Pasting them to thicker paper gives them strength and stability.)

Sheet size: approximately 13 x 18 inches (approx. 32 x 46 cm).
Image size varies (noted below thumbnail image)

Please click on a thumbnail for a view of the entire plate.
The Duet

The Duet

ORIGINAL ARTIST: James Sant
ENGRAVER: F. Holl

Approximate image size: 7.25 x 9.125 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Fox mark on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered. Very faint foxing on the upper left side of the engraving.

$30
A Dream of the Future

A Dream of the Future

ORIGINAL ARTIST: Frith, Creswick, and Ansdell
ENGRAVER: J. Cousen

Approximate image size: 7.5 x 9.5 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Foxing on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered. The India paper engraving sheet is very clean.

$25
The Star in the Far East

The Star in the Far East

ORIGINAL ARTIST: H. Warren
ENGRAVER: R. Brandard

Approximate image size: 11 x 5.75 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Minor foxing in margins and lower left edge of image.

The Cross Sweeper

The Cross Sweeper

ORIGINAL ARTIST: W.P. Frith
ENGRAVER: C.W. Sharpe

Approximate image size: 7.675 x 9.675 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Foxing on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered as well as the lower left part of image.

$15
The Broken Window

The Broken Window

ORIGINAL ARTIST: W.H. Knight
ENGRAVER: H. Lemon

Approximate image size: 9.5 x 7 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Foxing on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered and very light foxing upper left edge of image.

$20
Blind-Man's Bluff

Blind-Man's Bluff

ORIGINAL ARTIST: Sir David Wilkie
ENGRAVER: W. Greatbach

Approximate image size: 9 x 6.125 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Foxing on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered. Actual india paper engraved layer is very clean.

$25
The Seventh Plague

The Seventh Plague

ORIGINAL ARTIST: J. Martin
ENGRAVER: J. Godfrey

Approximate image size: 10.75 x 7.875 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A few fox marks on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered. Actual india paper engraved layer is very clean.

$30
Pirates of the Mediterranean Playing at Dice for Prisoners

Pirates of the Mediterranean Playing at Dice for Prisoners

ORIGINAL ARTIST: F.R. Pickersgill
ENGRAVER: N. Ridgway

Approximate image size: 10.5 x 6.675 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A few fox marks on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered. Actual india paper engraved layer is very clean.

$25
The Ballad Singer

The Ballad Singer

ORIGINAL ARTIST: D. Maclise
ENGRAVER: J. Stephenson

Approximate image size: 7.5 x 10 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A few fox marks on the woven paper on which the India paper layer is adhered. Actual india paper engraved layer is very clean.

The Last In

The Last In

ORIGINAL ARTIST: W. Mulready
ENGRAVER: J.T. Smyth

Approximate image size: 9 x 7.375 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Some foxing, including top edge of image

$20
The Signal

The Signal

ORIGINAL ARTIST: J. Phillip
ENGRAVER: J. Franck

Approximate image size: 7.675 x 9.5 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A few unobtrusive fox marks.

$25
Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

ORIGINAL ARTIST: Sir J. Noel Paton
ENGRAVER: R. Graves

Approximate image size: 7.675 x 10 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A few unobtrusive fox marks on woven backing paper. India paper engraving layer very clean.

$25
The Virgin Mother

The Virgin Mother

ORIGINAL ARTIST: W. Dyce
ENGRAVER: T. Vernon

Approximate image size: 6.875 x 9.875 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Unobtrusive foxing to lower edge of india paper and very light foxing bottom edge of image.

$25
Primrose Gatherers

Primrose Gatherers

ORIGINAL ARTIST: Birket Foster
ENGRAVER: C. Cousen

Approximate image size: 10.75 x 6.125 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A couple of fox marks on woven paper under-layer. Actual india paper engraving layer is very clean.
$25
Christiana at the House of Gaius

Christiana at the House of Gaius

ORIGINAL ARTIST: Sir John Gilbert
ENGRAVER: J.C. Armitage

Approximate image size: 10.25 x 6.75 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A couple of fox marks on woven paper under-layer. Actual india paper engraving layer is very clean.
$25
L'Allegro

Christiana at the House of Gaius

ORIGINAL ARTIST: W.E. Frost
ENGRAVER: T. Garner

Approximate image size: 7.125 x 10 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Foxing, including unobtrusive foxing on image

$25
Summer Noon: Hampton Court

Summer Noon: Hampton Court

ORIGINAL ARTIST: J.D. Wingfield
ENGRAVER: C. Cousen

Approximate image size: 9.875 x 6.25 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: A few unobtrusive fox marks

$25
Drift Wreck from the Armada

Drift Wreck from the Armada

ORIGINAL ARTIST: P.R. Morris
ENGRAVER: C.H. Jones

Approximate image size: 9.875 x 5.625 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Half-inch tear at upper edge, well outisde image area.

$25
Cup-Tossing

Cup-Tossing

ORIGINAL ARTIST: N.J. Crowley
ENGRAVER: C.W. Sharpe

Approximate image size: 8.675 x 6.875 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Minor foxing on woven under-layer. Actual engraved sheet of india paper is very clean.

The Enthusiast

The Enthusiast

ORIGINAL ARTIST: T. Lane
ENGRAVER: H. Beckwith

Approximate image size: 10 x 7.5 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Minor foxing on woven under-layer. Actual engraved sheet of india paper is mostly clean with a few light areas of foxing (unobtrusive).
Goldsmith on his Travels

Goldsmith on his Travels

ORIGINAL ARTIST: E.M. Ward
ENGRAVER: W. Greatbach

Approximate image size: 9.675 x 7.125 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: very clean

$30
Gulliver in Brobdingnag

Gulliver in Brobdingnag

ORIGINAL ARTIST: Richard Redgrave
ENGRAVER: James Mollison

Approximate image size: 8.875 x 7.25 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: very clean

$40
The Life of Buckingham

The Life of Buckingham

ORIGINAL ARTIST: A.L. Egg
ENGRAVER: W. Greatbach

Approximate image size: 9.375 x 7.125 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Light foxing on woven under-sheet but india paper engraving sheet is very clean.

$25
Purity

Purity

ORIGINAL ARTIST: H. O'Neil
ENGRAVER: H. Bourne

Approximate image size: 7.75 x 9.5 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Light foxing on woven under-sheet and patch of light foxing in upper image

$20
Regulus leaving Carthage

Regulus leaving Carthage

ORIGINAL ARTIST: J.M.W. Turner
ENGRAVER: S. Bradshaw

Approximate image size: 10.375 x 7.5 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Light foxing on woven under-sheet and patch of light foxing in upper image

Portsmouth Harbor

Portsmouth Harbor

ORIGINAL ARTIST: C. Stanfield
ENGRAVER: R. Bradford

Approximate image size: 9.875 x 6.375 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Light foxing on woven under-sheet but india paper engraving sheet is very clean.
$35
Venice—The Arrival

Venice—The Arrival

ORIGINAL ARTIST: E.W. Cooke
ENGRAVER: C. Cousen

Approximate image size: 11 x 6.125 inches

CONDITION ISSUES: Light foxing on woven under-sheet and patch of foxing in upper right of image

$25
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