Physiognomical Portraits     Vanity Fair 'Spy' Prints   Vanity Fair 'Spy' Prints

(1869-1914)
   
     
British Autography and Portraits     Portraits of famous artists   The Portraits of the Most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists, That have flourished in Europe. Curiously Engraven on above One Hundred Copper Plates.

(F. Bouttats, P. De Jode, Senior, et. al., — London, 1739)
   
     
University of Edinburgh professors     Famous Naturalists   Naturalists from
The Naturalist's Library

(Jardine/Lizars
London, Edinburgh ca. 1840s)
   
     
The New Illustrated History of England     The Biographical Mirrour...(1798)   The Biographical Mirrour...

(London, 1796-1801)
   
     
Lives of the Principal Reformers  

The Lives of the Principal Reformers, both Englishmen and Foreigners...

(by Richard Rolt, London, 1759
Mezzotint engravings by Richard Houston)

 

  Georgio Vasari's   Vite de' più eccellenti Architetti, Pittori, et Scultori Italiani (The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects of Italy)

(unknown edition, circa 1791-1811)
   
     
Great Masters 1400-1800  

Great Masters 1400-1800
Reproductions in Photogravure from The Finest Works of the Most Famous Painters down to the year 1800

(Sir Martin Conway
London, 1903)

  History of the Pacific Northwest portraits from 1889 Oregon and Washington state   History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington

(1889)
   
     
John Young etchings of famous paintings 1825  

A Catalogue of The Collection of Pictures of the Most Noble The Marquess of Stafford, at Cleveland House, London, containing an Etching of Every Picture, and accompanied with Historical and Biographical Notices by John Young, Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Majesty and Keeper of the British Institution.

(London, 1825)

  The Art Treasures of England, 1876  

The Art Treasures of England
The Master-Pieces of the Best English, Irish and Scottish Painters and Sculptors

(J. Vernon Whittaker, editor
Philadelphia, 1876)

   
     
The World's Masterpieces  

The World's Masterpieces

(The Fine Art Society
London, ca. 1880-1910)

  National Gallery famous painting color prints from 1909  

The National Gallery

(T. Leman Hare,
General Editor
London, 1909)

             
Abrecht Durer prints from about 1890-1910  

Albrecht Dürer prints

(circa 1890-1910)

  The Art of E.A. Rickards  

The Art of E.A. Rickards

(London, 1920)

             
The World's Greatest Paintings (1934 reproductions)     Masterpieces in Colour series, circa 1909-1915  

Masterpieces in Colour

(London, circa 1909-15)

             
Great Men and Famous Women (1894-1899)  

Great Men and
Famous Women

(edited by Charles F. Horne
[8 Volumes, 68 Parts]
New York, 1894 and 1899)

Soldiers and Sailors
[volumes I and II]

Statesmen and Sages
[volumes III and IV]

Workmen and Heroes
[volumes V and VI]

Artists and Authors
[volumes VII and VIII]

  Italian masterpieces, circa 1900 prints  

Italian Masterpieces

(unidentified Italian publication, circa 1900)

             
Opera actors and actresses from circa 1906
 

Opera Stars from the Metropolitan Opera and other companies

The Burr McIntosh Monthly,
1903-1910

  Thomas Gainsborough portraits in photogravure and lithography 1899   Gainsborough and His Place in English Art

Sir Walter Armstrong, 1899
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