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The Hundred Best Pictures
A Visit, at Home, to the Picture Galleries of the World.
Being the Gems from the Galleries of New York, London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Windsor, Paris, Antwerp, Rome, Berlin, Dresden, Turin, Venice, Madrid, Milan, St. Petersburg, and from the leading Private Collections. Compiled from lists suggested by various Artists and Critics.

Arranged and edited by C. Hubert Letts
London, circa 1901-1905

Original photogravures (photo-engravings from the original paintings) over 100 years old

Sheet size: approximately 9.75 x 14 inches • Image size varies
Photogravures are "tipped" (lightly glued on one side) onto a backing sheet, easily removed if desired, for matting/framing.
Some light text offsetting is possible. Reverse side of backing paper has text from the following plate in the series.
Whenever possible, the text related to the print will be included with purchase.

Please click on a thumbnail for an enlarged view. Note that the entire sheet is too large to scan; only scannable portion shown.

The Wane of Day

The Wane of Day
by Charles Jacque

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9.675 x 6.675 INCHES

$15
The Prodigal

The Prodigal
by David Teniers [the younger]

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 8.875 x 6.75 INCHES

$15
The Symbol

The Symbol
by Frank Dicksee

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.575 x 8.675 INCHES

$15
The Portrait of My Mother

The Portrait of My Mother
{AKA "Whistler's Mothers"}
by James McNeil Whistler

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 7.5 x 6.75 INCHES

$20
Bacchus and Ariadne

Bacchus and Ariadne
by Titian

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 7.375 x 6.75 INCHES

$20
The Valley Farm

The Valley Farm
by John Constable

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.375 x 7.875 INCHES

$20
The Graces Decorating a Terminal Figure of Hymen

The Graces Decorating a
Terminal Figure of Hymen
by Sir Joshua Reynolds

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 8.25 x 6.675 INCHES

$15
A Pastoral Scene

A Pastoral Scene
by Constant Troyton

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9 x 6.75 INCHES

$20
The Miracle of St Mark

The Miracle of St. Mark
by Tintoretto

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 8.75 x 6.675 INCHES

$20
Queen Louise

Queen Louise
by Gustave Richter

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6 x 9.75 INCHES

$15
Moorland Rovers

Moorland Rovers
by Peter Graham

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9.675 x 6.5 INCHES

$15
The Gleaners

The Gleaners
by J.F. Millet

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 8.875 x 6.5 INCHES

$20
The Garland of Fruit

The Garland of Fruit
by Peter Paul Rubens

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9.5 x 5.675 INCHES

$20
Pope Innocent X

Pope Innocent X
by Velasquex

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.75 x 8.25 INCHES

$15
The First Cloud

The First Cloud
by W.Q. Orchardson

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9.675 x 6.75 INCHES

The Adoration of the Kings

The Adoration of the Kings
by Albrecht Durer

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 7.675 x 6.675 INCHES

$20
Claude's Mill

Claude's Mill
[the marriage of Isaac and Rebecca]
by Claude Lorraine

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9 x 6.75 INCHES

$20
Countess Gower and her Daughter

Countess Gower and her Daughter
by Sir Thomas Lawrence

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6 x 9.675 INCHES

$15
Marriage a la Mode

Marriage a la Mode
by William Hogarth

NOTE: we have one of the world's largest collections of original Hogarth engravings, including Marriage a la Mode.
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IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 8.5 x 6.675 INCHES

$20
Portrait of Prince Bismarck

Portrait of Prince Bismarck
by Professor Lenbach

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.75 x 9.5 INCHES

$15
Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse

Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse
by Sir Joshua Reynolds

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.25 x 9.75 INCHES

$15
The Immaculate Conception

The Immaculate Conception
by Murillo

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.5 x 9.75 INCHES

$20
The Shepherds of Arcadia

The Shepherds of Arcadia
by Nicolas Poussin

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9.375 x 6.75 INCHES

$20
The Blessed Damozel

The Blessed Damozel
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.675 x 9 INCHES

$20
The Spinners

The Spinners
by Velasquez

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9 x 6.75 INCHES

$15
Concert at the Court of Frederick the Great

Concert at the Court of Frederick the Great
by Adolph von Menzel

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9.675 x 6.75 INCHES

$15
The Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross
by Peter Paul Rubens

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.675 x 9.125 INCHES

$20
La Gioconda

La Gioconda
{AKA "Mona Lisa"}
by Leonardo da Vinci

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.5 x 9.25 INCHES

$25
The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria

The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria
by Correggio

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.75 x 7.125 INCHES

$20
The Marriage at Cana

The Marriage at Cana
by Paul Veronese

IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 9.675 x 4.375 INCHES

$20
Artist signatures, plate 207

Signatures of Artists
whose works are reproduced in the volume

PLATE 207

PRINTING ON OPPOSITE SIDE

$10
Artist signatures, plate 207

Signatures of Artists
whose works are reproduced in the volume

PLATE 208

NOTE PAPER LOSS LOWER LEFT,
PRINTING ON OPPOSITE SIDE

$8
 

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