Yes, Mexico is not a problem. Cut-off will be tomorrow (Monday, Dec 10) at 6:00 PM Eastern. No names accepted after that. Tomorrow evening,...
These plates got around, and can show up in multiple contexts. I'm aware of 4 different appearances for one particular image that I have. There...
May have been based on these Meissen busts (Sotheby's catalog, 1997): [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looing through some auction catalogs (this one Sotheby's 1998), this was the closest I found: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
An 18th C engine turning lathe (tour à guillocher) [ATTACH]
It's vigorously painted. Whoever did it was confident in their technique.
It's certainly a laid paper texture. Machine made papers can be given that texture (I have some here), but I can't see someone reproducing a...
Now you need to find a nice Claude Glass.
It probably is touristy and may be from Crete. Try searching "bull rhyton"
There's a kitty in the Guardian print as well.
Crinoid stem would have been my guess, but it would have been a guess.
Fossils. A little too much "weight of history" I suppose, but they're certainly old, and yours for picking up off the ground. [ATTACH] All you...
He was a stipple engraver, so graininess is to be expected. Like most then and now, he probably combined every technique available in his prints.
Here's the inscription under his portrait of Edward Topham in the National Portrait Gallery, London: [ATTACH] So there's that.
I think it says "pinx et sculpt", which means it's his engraving of a painting he did. I've never seen a signature that brags of being someone's...
I'll select seven names and they'll pick in order as stated. The available selection will diminish as each pick takes a print out of the running....
We're up to eight so far, so someone will be disappointed. I promise I'll give them all away and no shipping necessary, but I won't promise who...
6. Tändelei (Dalliance) after: Françoise Antoine De Bruycker (1816-1882) engraved by: Albert Henry Payne (1812 – 1902) image size: 6 11/16” x 5...
Only one per person, so if only one person responds, they'll still only get one print. All of these were published by Albert Henry Payne’s...
Where's the jewelry with Egyptian faience scarabs? I know we've seen such on these boards with disavowals of any particular value.
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