Castles, Palaces and Towers: A Grand Tour.
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United Kingdom
England
John Taylor Arms, N.A. 1887-1953.
Stony Stratford, Rocks (Sketch). 1939. Etching. Fletcher 318. 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 11 3/8 x 8 5/16). Edition 25. Demonstration Series #76: The Lenox Gallery, The New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., January 27, 1939 - 2 hours. A fine impression printed on the full sheet of greenish toned cream wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated 'Third State, Stony Stratford, Rocks - Proof from demonstration plate drawn, etched, and printed in two hours, the New York Public Library, January 27, 1929. To Charles E. Pont, with my best wished. John Taylor Arms - 1939'. $200.
This England (Fairford, Gloucestershire). St. Mary Church, Fairford on the Coln. 1952. Etching. Fletcher 426. ii. 6 3/8 x 11 5/16 (sheet 10 1/2 x 15 5/8). Edition 150 Planned; 82 pulled. Titled, dated, signed and annotated 'C485' in pencil. $250.
Wilby Church, Northamptonshire, England. 1940. Etching. Fletcher 335.iii. 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 (sheet 6 1/16 x 4 11/16). Edition 432.English Series #7; Miniature Series # 24. Printed by David Strang on cream laid paper. Signed, titled, numbered, dated, annotated 'iii' and dedicated 'To Charles E. Pont from John Taylor Arms' in pencil. $150.
Sir Muirhead Bone. 1876-1953.
Happisburgh (Haseboro') Church, Norfolk. England. 1934. Drypoint. Dodgson 447.iv. 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 15 3/8 x 10 7/8). Edition 38. A rich impression printed on simili-Japan paper with wide margins. Unobtrusive printing fold in the image upper right. Anotated 'IV 28 proofs thus' and also initialed 'MB' in the upper right-hand corner indicating that this was the artist's own proof. Signed in pencil. $450.
Félix Buhot. 1847-1898.
Westminster Palace. 1884. Etching with dypoint, roulette, aquatint, salt-lift ground and stipple . Bourcard-Goodfriend 155 vi/vii. 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 (sheet 15 3/4 x 15 3/4). A rich impression printed in black in on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed and dated in the plate; signed with the artist's monogram and owl studio stamp in red. Signed and dedicated in pencil, 'A Miss Hubbert, Hommage Reconnaissant en de voir. 1897'. $4,500.
Frederick Maur Landseer Griggs, R.A., R.E. 1876-1938.
St. Wendred's, March. England. 1921. Etching. Comstock 27.ii. 9 1/4 x 5 1/4 (12 1/16 x 9) Edition 63 in this state (total 66 proofs). A beautiful impression printed with plate tone on cream laid paper with full margins. With the DP (Dover House Press) stamp recto. Signed in pencil. $2,000.
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A., P.R.E. 1818-1910.
Windsor. 1898. Etching. Schneiderman 186.xii. 13 1/4 X 17 1/2 (sheet 18 5/8 x 23 1/4). Edition of 50 in this state, published by the Fine Art Society. A fine impression printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
Joseph Pennell, N.A. 1857-1926.
Church of St. Mary-le-Strand [London]. 1906. Etching. Wuerth 421. 6 x 3 5/8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 5 3/4). The plate has been reduced from 10 x 8. THe original etching includes both the Church of St. Mary-Le-Strand and St. Clement Danes. The plate was cut into sections. The image above actually shows the Church of St. Clement Dane's. Pennell had previously etched that Church in the same year (Wuerth 411). Extremely rare proof and example of Pennell's working technique. Printed on simili-Japan paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
St. Clement Danes. 1906. Etching. Wuerth 411. 11 x 8 1/2 (sheet 12 x 10 5/8). Edition probably 50. An uninked line from a hair on the plate, lower left. Printed with subtle tonal wiping on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed in pencil. $275.
Henry Rushbury, A.R.A., R.E. 1889-1968.
Fountains Abbey. 1916. Drypoint and engraving. 8 7/8 x 12 1/4 (sheet 11 1/8 x 15). Edition 100. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Slight sun toning; otherwise fine condition. Signed in pencil. $225.
Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E. 1857-1945.
Knaresborough England. (after a watercolor by Peter De Wint, 1784-1849). c. 1904. Mezzotint. Hardie 80.ii. 7 7/16 x 11 3/8 (sheet 13 3/8 x 18). A very rich impression, printed on warm chine affixed to a cream wove paper support sheet, as issued. Signed in pencil. $350.
St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol England. (from the water-colour drawing by John Sell Cotman, 1782-1842). 1888. Etching. Hardie 53. 6 7/8 x 9 7/16 (sheet 9 5/16x 13 5/8). A rich impression with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. As published The Portfolio volume xix, 1888. Signed 'S' on the shield. $125.
Sheep Washing, Windsor (Windsor Castle from Salt Hill) (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) 1890. Mezzotint. Hardie 19. Image 7 1/8 x 10; plate 8 1/8 x 10 5/8; sheet 12 3/16 x 17 1/8. A fine, richly-inked proof printed on off-white wove paper. Signed in the pencil. $275.
Douglas Ian Smart, R.E. 1876-1970.
All Saint's Spire, Stamford. England. Colored pencil drawing. 7 5/8 x 4 7/8. Drawn on cream wove paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Titled and initialed in colored pencil, lower right. $125.
Caister (Caister Castle). Russet pencil drawing. 7 5/8 x 7 1/8. Drawn on textured wove paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Title and monogrammed in russet pencil, lower left. Signed in russet pencil, lower right. $125.
Caister Castle (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk). Watercolor and pencil. 14 x 18 1/8. Painted upon heavy cream wove paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Titled in pencil, verso. Monogrammed in pencil, lower right. $175.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1834-1903.
Early Morning Battersea (Cadogan Pier). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 75 only state. 4 1/2 x 6 (sheet 5 1/2 x 6 7/8). Issued as plate 15 in "Sixteen Drypoints or Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" (Thames Set #15). Printed in black ink on fine cream laid paper countermarked Blauw. Unsigned. $1,750.
Savoy Pigeons. 1896. Lithograph. Way 118; Levy 164; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 154. 8 x 5 3/4 (sheet 11 1/16 x 7 3/4). Edition about 3,000. As published in The Studio, June, 1896, with their blindstamp. Printed on the full sheet of cream laid paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. $650.
Vauxhall Bridge. 1861. Etching. Kennedy 70.ii. 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 (sheet3 5/8 x 7 3/4). A rich impression printed on pale cream laid paper with a partial watermark. Signed and dated in the plate. $1,750.
Dorothy E.G. Woolard, A.R.E., A.R.W.A.
Tower Bridge. c. 1935. Soft ground etching. 8 3/16 x 6 1/2 (sheet 14 1/8 x 10 5/8). Variant of an image published by the Print Society, London, 1923. Printed on cream wove paper. Slight foxing in the margins, not affecting the image. Signed and dated in the plate; signed in pencil. $175.
Ireland
Job Nixon. 1891-1938.
Lismore Castle. c. 1925. Drypoint. 6 1/2 x 9 13/16 (sheet 8 7/8 x 11 3/8). A rich impression printed with plate tone, on cream-colored laid paper with deckle edges on 3 sides. Signed in pencil. $175.
Scotland
Sir David Young Cameron, R.A., R.S.A.,R.W.S, R.E. 1865-1945.
Castle Moyle. 1932. Drypoint. Rinder 497.iii. 6 7/8 x 10 7/8. Edition 220. Signed in pencil. $450.
Mar's Work, Stirling Castle, No. 2. 1907. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 386.iii/v. 9 7/8 x 6 3/4. Edition 23. A rich impression on Japanese mulberry paper. $325.
Wales
Percival Gaskell, R.E. 1868-1934.
Chepstow Castle. c. 1930. Mezzotint. 15 5/8 x 15 (sheet 24 x 20 1/2). A fine impression with tone printed in warm brown/black ink on chine appliqué mounted on white wove paper, and a backing board. Signed in pencil. $600.
Harlech Castle. c. 1930. Mezzotint. 13 1/4 x 18 5/8 (sheet 19 7/8 x 24 7/8). A fine impression with tone printed in warm brown/black ink on chine appliqué mounted on white wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $600.
The Continent
France
John Taylor Arms, N.A. 1887-1953.
Church of Saint Jean l'Aigle, Orn. 1940. Etching. Fletcher 343.ii. 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 (sheet 7 1/2 x 5 1/4). Edition 551. French Church Series #43; Miniature series #26. Annotated 'sp' in pencil indicating a proof printed by David Strang. A fine impression on Japanese mulberry pencil. Signed,dated and annotated in pencil. $150.
Église Saint Gervais, Gisors. 1932. Etching. Fletcher 249.ii. 10 x 8 5/16 (sheet 16 3/8 x 11 7 11/16). Edition 129. French Church Series #35. A fine impression printed by David Strang on the full sheet of cream 'J Whatman' laid paper. Signed, dated and annotated 'Ed. 100 I' in pencil. $225.
Harry Banks. 1869-1947.
Sospel, Alpes Maritimes. c. 1921. Etching and aquatint printed in colors. 6 x 9 1/4 (sheet 8 3/4 x 11 1/8). A rich, tonal impression in pristine condition, printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $225.
Charles Meryon. 1821-1868.
Le Grand Châtelet à Paris, vers 1780. 1861. Etching and drypoint. Schneiderman 74.iv. 9 3/16 x 11 3/4 (sheet 13 1/2 x 19 1/4). Edition 100 in this state. A fine impression printed on laid paper with the letters 'A&M' in a crown. Initialed in the plate. The etching was done after an old drawing in the collection of Monsieur Bérard. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1863. Initialed in the plate, lower left. $750.
La Tour de l'Horloge. (The Clock Tower). 1858. Etching. Delteil-Wright 28.vi/x. Schneiderman 23.vi/x. Edition of 600 for l'Artiste volume 5, number 9,é October, 1858. 10 1/4 x 7 5/16 (sheet 12 1/4 x 18 5/8). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. Illustrated: Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving; Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching: Meryon. Monogrammed in the plate, upper right. Printed on India appliqué mounted on white wove paper. Scattered foxing in the margins, otherwise fine condition. A glowing impression. $3,000.
Henry Rushbury, A.R.A., R.E. 1889-1968.
Douglas Ian Smart, R.E. 1876-1970.
La Rochelle. France. 1925. Drypoint. 8 1/4 x 13 1/4 (sheet 11 1/2 x 17 3/16). Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1925. Published by Connell and sold for 4 guineas. A rich impression on cream-colored wove paper with wide margins. Signed in pencil. Signed in pencil. $275.
At Granville. (France). c. 1937. Ink and watercolor. 6 1/2 x 11 1/4. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Painted on laid paper with partial 'Britannia' watermark. Signed and titled in pencil, verso. Dated in pencil, lower right. $200.
Beynac. (France). Watercolor. 8 7/8 x 14. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Signed in ink, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil, verso. $175.
Castle Towers Vitré. (France). Watercolor. 13 x 8 1/8. Provenance: a collection of etchings, drawings and watercolors. Painted on cream laid paper. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil, verso. $150.
La Chantre. Pencil drawing. 8 3/16 x 9 1/2. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Titled in pencil, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. $125.
Le Château Gaillard, from across the Seine. (France). c. 1908. Pencil drawing. 6 1/2 x 10 7/8 (sheet 7 x 11 5/16). Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Drawn on tan wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil, lower right. $175.
Italy
Edward Bouverie-Hoyton. 1900-1988.
Thermae of Caracalla. 1928. Etching. 10 x 13 3/8 (sheet 14 5/16 x 18 7/8). Edition 75. A rich impression printed on light tan laid. Published by the Fine Art Society. Signed in pencil. $550.
Percival Gaskell, R.E. 1868-1934.
The Lonely Tower, Roman Campagna. Italy. 1924. Aquatint. 10 x 14 1/4 (sheet 13 1/2 x 20). Edition 150. A fine impression with tone printed in dark brown ink on white wove paper. Signed in pencil. $550.
Joseph Pennell, N.A. 1857-1926.
Rebuilding the Campanile. No II. 1911. Etching. Wuerth 621. 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 (sheet 11 x 15 1/16). Edition probably 50. A fine impression, on cream paper from an antique volume. Printed by the artist. Signed, titled 'Rebuilding the Campanile, Venice' and annotated 'imp' in pencil in pencil. $750.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1720-1778.
Vedute del Palazzo Stoppani. (View of the Palazzo Vidoni [formerly the Palazzo Stoppani].) 1776. Etching. Hind 128.ii/iii; WE 261. Intermediate Paris edition (there were no lifetime editions; only Paris editions). Series: Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome). 16 1/2 x 26 3/8 (sheet 18 x 27 1/2). A fine impression on heavy laid paper. This print has been cleaned professionally. $1,750.
Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo. (Plan of Rome and the Campus Martius). c. 1774. Etching. 39 3/4 x 27 7/8 (sheet 51 1/8 x 29 1/4). Printed in 3 sections and joined, as issued. A fine impression printed on laid paper. Minor creasing; otherwise good condition. $4,675.
Sidney Tushingham A.R.E. 1884-1968.
Torre del Mangia (Bell Tower at Piazza del Campo, Siena). 1922. Drypoint. Konody 87. 6 3/8 X 13 3/4 (sheet 17 5/8 x 9 1/2) Edition 75. A rich impression printed on 'J Whatman'cream laid paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $250.
Venice
John Taylor Arms, N.A. 1887-1953.
Palazzo Dell'Angelo, Venice. 1931. Etching. Fletcher 233.iii. 7 1/4 x 6 3/4 (sheet 13 3/8 x 8 3/4). Edition 137. Italian series #19. Illustrated: Anderson, American Etchers Abroad 1880-1930. Italian series. Award: Member's Prize, 22nd Annual Exhibition, Chicago Society of Etchers, Art Institute of Chicago, 1932 A rich impression printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed, dated and annotated 'Ed. 100' in pencil. $2,750.
Kenneth Holmes, A.R.C.A. Born 1902.
San Giorgio, Maggiore, Venice. 1930. Drypoint. 8 3/16 x 12 1/8. Signed in pencil. Published by James Connell, in an edition of forty proofs. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $600.
James McBey. 1883-1959.
The Deserted Palace. 1928. Etching. Hardie/Carter 236. 8 1/2 x 10 (sheet 11 7/8 x 13 9/16). Edition 80, #78. A rich impression printed in bistre ink with plate tone on antique paper with a fleur-de-lys watermark. Signed and numbered in ink. $2,000.
Rio dei Greci. 1926. Etching. Hardie/Carter 228. 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 (sheet 13 x 8). Edition 80, #A2. Collector's seal: Albert Henry Wiggin, industrialist and benefactor to the Boston Public Library. A rich impression, printed in black ink on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and numbered in ink. $950.
The Riva at Dusk 1930. Etching. Carter 253. 15 7/8 x 9 3/8 (Sheet 18 3/8 x 11 3/4). Edition 80, #23. Signed and numbered in ink. A fine impression on cream-colored laid paper with full margins. The artist is pictured in the left foreground with his back to the viewer; his wife faces the viewer. This is a charming study of the couple in an outdoor cafe in Venice. $1,950.
Joseph Pennell, N.A. 1857-1926.
Rebuilding the Campanile. No II. 1911. Etching. Wuerth 621. 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 (sheet 11 x 15 1/16). Edition probably 50. A fine impression, on cream paper from an antique volume. Printed by the artist. Signed, titled 'Rebuilding the Campanile, Venice' and annotated 'imp' in pencil in pencil. $750.
The Netherlands
Harry Banks. 1869-1947.
Sir David Young Cameron, R.A., R.S.A.,R.W.S, R.E. 1865-1945.
Souvenir d'Amsterdam. 1915-30. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 460.iv/vi. 14 25/32 x 10 5/16 (sheet 13 1/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 60. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 11 (1924): 53. A rich, tonal impression printed on pale cream watermarked laid paper. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
James McBey. 1883-1959.
Monnickendam Harbour. 1910. Etching. Hardie 64. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 10 7/8 x 8 1/8). No published edition; 4 proofs only. Printed on off-white paper from an antique volume. A fine, tonal proof of this exceptionally rare early image. gned in ink; titled and annotated 'III' in pencil. $1,500.
Douglas Ian Smart, R.E. 1876-1970.
Zierikzee, Zeeland. (The Netherlands). c. 1949. Pencil, ink and watercolor. 10 x 10 1/8. Painted upon cream wove paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Signed in ink, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil, verso. $150.
Spain
Sir Muirhead Bone. 1876-1953.
The Apse, Léon Cathedral, Spain, Second Plate. 1932. Drypoint. Dodgson 441.x. Edition of 93 in this state (total 133 proofs in 10 states). 14 x 9 3/4 (sheet 18 5/8 x 12 1/2).Printed on cream simili-Japan wove paper with wide margins. Provenance: Montclair Art Museum. Signed in pencil. One of two prints published in the portfolio "Old Spain", 1936. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1936. $750.
James McBey. 1883-1959.
Gerona. Spain. 1923. Etching and drypoint. Hardie 213. 7 5/16 x 12 13/16 x 12 3/8 (sheet 10 3/8 x 16). Edition 76. #A3. Signed and numbered in ink. A few unobtrusive foxing specks, otherwise excellent condition. A rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume, on the full sheet. Signed and numbered in ink. $375.
Ernest David Roth, N.A. American. 1879-1964.
Burgos, Spain. 1921. Etching. 11 x 9 7/8 (sheet 14 5/16 x 12 5/16). A rich impression with carefully-wiped plate tone printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed and annotated '$74. Burgos. Spain. 1921' in pencil. $500.
Sweden
John Taylor Arms, N.A. 1887-1953.
Stockholm. 1940. Etching and aquatint. Fletcher 95.III. 7 1/2 x 13 1/2 . Edition 395 in this state (total edition approximately 413). Scandinavian Series #1. A glowing impression on blue-green laid paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $2,250.
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