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Picart: Facade. 1715. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 13". [ARCHp950]
How to get Riches: Letterpress sample with British Ships and naval themed coat of arms.
How to get Riches: Letterpress sample with British Ships and naval themed coat of arms.
Baroque Wall Design: A side of a parade chamber.
Baroque Wall Design: A side of a parade chamber.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 14.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 14.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 7.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 7.
Study: Letterpress sample with advice to students.
Study: Letterpress sample with advice to students.
Cole: Carew Manor, Sutton. c1720. An original antique copper engraving. 22" x 12". [ARCHp904]
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Illustrating the life of Aeneas, prince of Troy, protagonist of Virgil's Aeneid.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Illustrating the life of Aeneas, prince of Troy, protagonist of Virgil’s Aeneid.
Plate XVIII.
Plate XVIII.
Ormolu mounted Red Marble Mantle Clock with Bronze classical figures.
Ormolu mounted Red Marble Mantle Clock with Bronze classical figures.
Plate XXII.
Plate XXII.
Baroque Wall Design: Long side of a main walk in a central hall.
Baroque Wall Design: Long side of a main walk in a central hall.
Bronze Caryatid Ormolu and Marble Candelabra.
Bronze Caryatid Ormolu and Marble Candelabra.
Observations on marriage by way of advice. Letterpress sample with Virgil's quote Connubio jungam stabil (Stable yoke of union).
Observations on marriage by way of advice. Letterpress sample with Virgil’s quote Connubio jungam stabil (Stable yoke of union).
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 22.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 22.
Design for a Chimney piece: Fishing scene on mantle. No. CLXXXIII:
Design for a Chimney piece: Fishing scene on mantle. No. CLXXXIII:
Excise: Letterpress sample with the British crown and a cornucopia.
Excise: Letterpress sample with the British crown and a cornucopia.
Tuscan Order. Anterior view of a portico without pedestals.
Tuscan Order. Anterior view of a portico without pedestals.
Bed: Design for a State Bed: No.XLVII:
Bed: Design for a State Bed: No.XLVII:
Red Marble and Ormolu Urn.
Red Marble and Ormolu Urn.
Tuscan Order: Methods of setting off columns.
Tuscan Order: Methods of setting off columns.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of the gods Athena (Minerva), Apollo, Artemis (Diana) and Hermes (Mercury) at Olympus for a bedroom.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of the gods Athena (Minerva), Apollo, Artemis (Diana) and Hermes (Mercury) at Olympus for a bedroom.
Promises: Letterpress sample.
Promises: Letterpress sample.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 21.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 21.
Baroque Wall Design: Parade Hall with pastoral frescos.
Baroque Wall Design: Parade Hall with pastoral frescos.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 11.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 11.
Designs of 3 Chairs. Plate XXV.
Designs of 3 Chairs. Plate XXV.
Promissory Notes: Letterpress sample with notes being drawn up and an ink well with quills.
Promissory Notes: Letterpress sample with notes being drawn up and an ink well with quills.
City of London: Letterpress sample applying Telemachus's, son of Odysseus, description of Tyre to London.
City of London: Letterpress sample applying Telemachus’s, son of Odysseus, description of Tyre to London.
Campbell: Plumptre House, Nottingham. 1720. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 15". [ARCHp913]
British Nation: Letterpress sample.
British Nation: Letterpress sample.
Merchandize: Letterpress sample with the HMS Nonsuch that voyaged between England and Hudson Bay in 1668.
Merchandize: Letterpress sample with the HMS Nonsuch that voyaged between England and Hudson Bay in 1668.
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Doric Order
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Doric Order
de Neufforge: Facade. 1775. An original antique copper engraving. 9" x 14". [ARCHp933]
Campbell; Bath-House, Chiswick Gardens. 1720. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 15". [ARCHp914]
Bowles: St. Paul's Cathedral. 1732. An original antique copper engraving. 18" x 27". [LDNp10315]
Industry: Letterpress sample
Industry: Letterpress sample
Mercury and Apollo.
Mercury and Apollo.
Architectural Elevation: Design by the great seventeenth-century architect Inigo Jones.
Architectural Elevation: Design by the great seventeenth-century architect Inigo Jones.
Commerce: Letterpress sample with merchants unfurling a bill of lading.
Commerce: Letterpress sample with merchants unfurling a bill of lading.
Russian Imperial Collection: Painted interior capital with three details.
Russian Imperial Collection: Painted interior capital with three details.
Russian Imperial Collection: Four coordinating painted interior patterns.
Russian Imperial Collection: Four coordinating painted interior patterns.
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Ionic Order.
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Ionic Order.
Shaving Table & Basin Stand. Plate LIV.
Shaving Table & Basin Stand. Plate LIV.
Two chairs and a bench. Plate XXIV.
Two chairs and a bench. Plate XXIV.
Russian Imperial Collection: Six coordinating painted interior patterns.
Russian Imperial Collection: Six coordinating painted interior patterns.
Music: Music resembles poetry letterpress sample.
Music: Music resembles poetry letterpress sample.
Chippendale: Chamber Organs. c1760. An original antique copper engraving. 14" x 10". [DECp77]
Horse and Foot Guards East Facade. Destroyed in the fire of 1698 and replaced by Royal Horseguards.
Horse and Foot Guards East Facade. Destroyed in the fire of 1698 and replaced by Royal Horseguards.
Chelsea Arts Club Bal des Quat'z'Arts at the Royal Albert Hall. By the Australian WWI artist Fred Leist.
Chelsea Arts Club Bal des Quat’z’Arts at the Royal Albert Hall. By the Australian WWI artist Fred Leist.
Plan and Elevation in the Corinthian Order
Plan and Elevation in the Corinthian Order
Elevation after Inigo Jones.
Elevation after Inigo Jones.
Fountain of Don John of Austria, Victor of the Battle of Lepanto: Garden of Aranjuez.
Fountain of Don John of Austria, Victor of the Battle of Lepanto: Garden of Aranjuez.
Hampton Court Cartoon Gallery.
Hampton Court Cartoon Gallery.
Mansion House: Elevation and plan of portico.
Mansion House: Elevation and plan of portico.
Ionic Order: Ancient and modern plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Ionic Order: Ancient and modern plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Russian Imperial Collection. Carver with tressle back and inlay.
Russian Imperial Collection. Carver with tressle back and inlay.
Orders: Diagrams of capitals, shafts and bases of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Composite and Corinthian orders with key and ornamental details.
Orders: Diagrams of capitals, shafts and bases of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Composite and Corinthian orders with key and ornamental details.
Merchants: Of great benefit to the public. Letterpress sample beneath a chest of foreign riches.
Merchants: Of great benefit to the public. Letterpress sample beneath a chest of foreign riches.
Designed by Herbert McNair, Margaret and Francis MacDonald, who with Charles Rennie MacIntosh were known as 'The Four' of Scottish Art Nouveau.
Designed by Herbert McNair, Margaret and Francis MacDonald, who with Charles Rennie MacIntosh were known as ‘The Four’ of Scottish Art Nouveau.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 10.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 10.
Diane D'Ephese: Statue of the goddess Diana, 1st century Roman copy of the lost Diana by Leochares.
Diane D’Ephese: Statue of the goddess Diana, 1st century Roman copy of the lost Diana by Leochares.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 18.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 18.
Russian Imperial Collection: Boule inlay Side Chair with blue damask seat.
Russian Imperial Collection: Boule inlay Side Chair with blue damask seat.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate12.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate12.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 20.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 20.
Bricklayer's Bill: Letterpress sample.
Bricklayer’s Bill: Letterpress sample.
Russian Imperial Collection: Iron, Brass and Painted Campaign Table. Front and side perspectives.
Russian Imperial Collection: Iron, Brass and Painted Campaign Table. Front and side perspectives.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 9.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 9.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 3.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 3.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: With text relating to materials to be used.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: With text relating to materials to be used.
Three examples. Plate CLVIII.
Three examples. Plate CLVIII.
Honesty: Letterpress sample.
Honesty: Letterpress sample.
Vanity mirror with elaborate marble decoration.
Vanity mirror with elaborate marble decoration.
Ornate Bed: Plate XXXIX.
Ornate Bed: Plate XXXIX.
Corinthian Order: Chapel exterior.
Corinthian Order: Chapel exterior.
The Lower Vestible. The original Henry Holland design has been recently altered, and the original wall replaced with scagliola corinthian columns.
The Lower Vestible. The original Henry Holland design has been recently altered, and the original wall replaced with scagliola corinthian columns.
Business: Letterpress sample with ships unloading beneath the motto Sine his nihil (Without these there is nothing).
Business: Letterpress sample with ships unloading beneath the motto Sine his nihil (Without these there is nothing).
Credit: Letterpress sample with the motto of the City Domine dirige nos (Lord guide us)
Credit: Letterpress sample with the motto of the City Domine dirige nos (Lord guide us)
Russian Imperial Collection. Iron and Brass Campaign Chair.
Russian Imperial Collection. Iron and Brass Campaign Chair.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 24.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 24.
Picart: Facade. 1715. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 13". [ARCHp942]
Duncomb Park, Yorkshire: The Seat of Thomas Duncomb, Esq., designed by William Wakefield in 1713.
Duncomb Park, Yorkshire: The Seat of Thomas Duncomb, Esq., designed by William Wakefield in 1713.
Elevation and plans of the ground and principal stories.
Elevation and plans of the ground and principal stories.
Baroque Wall Design: Third side of the Parade room with pastoral frescos and ornate mirror.
Baroque Wall Design: Third side of the Parade room with pastoral frescos and ornate mirror.
Ionic Order: Anterior view of a portico with pedestals, and details of an impost and Palladian impost.
Ionic Order: Anterior view of a portico with pedestals, and details of an impost and Palladian impost.
Russian Imperial Collection: Five coordinating painted interior patterns.
Russian Imperial Collection: Five coordinating painted interior patterns.
Apollo with a lyre and Pan with pipes.
Apollo with a lyre and Pan with pipes.
Russian Imperial Collection. Gilded Cabriolet chair with floral tapestry.
Russian Imperial Collection. Gilded Cabriolet chair with floral tapestry.
Tuscan and Doric Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Tuscan and Doric Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 5.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 5.
Oddy: Doric & Tuscan Orders. c1800. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 8". [ARCHp910]
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Zeus, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus and Hades with father Time at Olympus with Apollo, Artemis, Hera and Poseidon at the corners.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Zeus, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus and Hades with father Time at Olympus with Apollo, Artemis, Hera and Poseidon at the corners.
St James's Palace Guard Chamber.
St James’s Palace Guard Chamber.
Baroque Wall Design: An antechamber to an audience room.
Baroque Wall Design: An antechamber to an audience room.
Anonymous: Doric Order. c1855. An original antique steel engraving. 6" x 10". [ARCHp907]
Dining room with Ionic columns looking towards the west end conservatory.
Dining room with Ionic columns looking towards the west end conservatory.
Comparative view of buildings by height including the Pyramid of Cheops, St Peters, St Pauls with key. Framed.
Comparative view of buildings by height including the Pyramid of Cheops, St Peters, St Pauls with key. Framed.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 19.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 19.
Campbell: Facade. c1720. An original antique copper engraving. 16" x 14". [ARCHp759]
Norman Gothic Order: Design for Column and Entablature.
Norman Gothic Order: Design for Column and Entablature.
Corinthian and Composite Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Corinthian and Composite Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Seaton Delaval, Northumberland: Plan and elevation of one the North's great Halls designed by Sir John Vanbrugh.
Seaton Delaval, Northumberland: Plan and elevation of one the North’s great Halls designed by Sir John Vanbrugh.
Cole: Architectural Elevation. c1720. An original antique copper engraving. 22" x 12". [ARCHp902]
Plate CV.
Plate CV.
Baroque Wall Design: Grand salon fenestration looking onto a garden.
Baroque Wall Design: Grand salon fenestration looking onto a garden.
With Neptune and his sea horses.
With Neptune and his sea horses.
Sculpture: Letterpress sample
Sculpture: Letterpress sample
Design for a Chimney Piece. Satyr & Woman flanking fireplace. Plate CLXXXIV.
Design for a Chimney Piece. Satyr & Woman flanking fireplace. Plate CLXXXIV.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Apollo at Olympus with figures for the constellations of Ursa Major, Leo, Scorpio and Taurus for a King's audience chamber.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Apollo at Olympus with figures for the constellations of Ursa Major, Leo, Scorpio and Taurus for a King’s audience chamber.
Gaming: Letterpress sample with etching of Scaramouch and Harlequin with a slapstick
Gaming: Letterpress sample with etching of Scaramouch and Harlequin with a slapstick
With Zeus and the Nemean dragon.
With Zeus and the Nemean dragon.
Composite Order: Anterior views of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Composite Order: Anterior views of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Poetry: Letterpress sample.
Poetry: Letterpress sample.
Elevation of North prospect.
Elevation of North prospect.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 15.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 15.
How to get Riches: Letterpress sample with Italian proverbs.
How to get Riches: Letterpress sample with Italian proverbs.
Wansted House, Essex: Profiles of interior and exterior sections.
Wansted House, Essex: Profiles of interior and exterior sections.
Baroque Ewer: With a putti and winged female figure handle.
Baroque Ewer: With a putti and winged female figure handle.
Chap Book Thanksgiving Number. Cover for the short lived American Literary magazine.
Chap Book Thanksgiving Number. Cover for the short lived American Literary magazine.
Corinthian Order: Anterior view of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Corinthian Order: Anterior view of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Doric Order: Anterior and lateral views of portico and pedestals.
Doric Order: Anterior and lateral views of portico and pedestals.
Architectural Elevation: Corps de Logis with Carytides and Atlantes by Inigo Jones.
Architectural Elevation: Corps de Logis with Carytides and Atlantes by Inigo Jones.
Marriage: Hail Wedded Love. Letterpress sample.
Marriage: Hail Wedded Love. Letterpress sample.