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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 145 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
L'Allegro
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
