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Michael Rothenstein
(1908 - 1993)
RIP, 1967
74 x 61 cm
Linocut, woodcut and
silkscreen print on paper
This interesting early print by Rothenstein shows the interior of a tree being cut
by the blades of a rotating saw.
It is number 30 about of a small limited edition of only 35.
An impression
of this print is in the Tate Gallery, London.
In Good Condition.
Signed and numbered below in pencil
by the artist
SOLD
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Irene Segalla was born in Vienna. Examples of her costume designs are in
the B. J. Simmons & Co. Costume Design Archive at the Harry Ransom Centre, The Univeristy of Texas, Austin. In the
1950s she designed a variety of costumes for theatrical productions in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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Rare, Original 1930s watercolour and pencil costume study by Irene
Segalla (who was the costume assistant on the 1953 film Genevieve).
Signed with monogram and dated.
Nicely
Framed: £140
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Rare, Original 1930s Art Deco watercolour and pencil costume study
by Irene Segalla.
Signed with monogram and dated.
Nicely Framed: £140
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Irene Segalla Costume Study (detail)
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Herbert Johson Harvey (1884 - 1928)
Rare
etching "A Child of the Ballet": £350
Harvey produced only 35 etching
plates in his short lifetime. This attractive print shows a young dancer tying her ballet shoes. It is in excellent condition
and a superb, richly inked impression. Another impression of this print is in the Museum of Art, San Francisco
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Click picture to enlarge Large and Stunning 18th century original
engraving.
Nicolas Delaunay (1739 - 1792) after Sir Peter Paul Rubens: "Marche de Selene" .
This engraving is in reverse
of the painting now in the National Gallery, London "Drunken Silenus Supported by Satyrs" (there attributed to Anthony
Van Dyck). A similar composition is in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
This impression is in excellent condition
and printed on nice heavyweight wove paper: £250 (unframed)
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Original Etching and Drypoint
by Dennis Morgan (1896 - 1960)
Scottish Terriers (Scottie Dogs): "Lazy Bones".
Inscribed with the
title and signed in pencil
SOLD
Dennis Morgan was the designer of the "Black and White Scotties" used to advertise Black and White Whisky
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Lovely Little Etching and Drypoint of a Scottish Terrier and a Westie.
Signed in pencil lower right
SOLD
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Portrait
of the Actor, Sir Henry Irving by William Nicholson (1872 - 1949)
An Original Colour Lithograph
after the woodcut by Nicholson
from "Twelve Portraits" published by
William Heinemann, London c.1902. Excellent Condition
SOLD
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A Hard to Find Victorian Theatrical Tinsel
Print, in original shabby-chic 19th century frame. This print shows a Victorian Actor dressed in Armour Playing Sir Hermando.
Tinsel Prints are related to the Victorian craze for making toy theatres. These prints would be purchased and you
would then purchase decorative sheets of shiny textured papers and scraps to embellish your prints with. Other examples
are currently on display in the Theatre Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London): £150
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Beautiful Original Hall Thorpe Colour Woodcut. Forget-Me-Nots: details to the right
SOLD
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Hall Thorpe (detail)
Original Hall Thorpe Woodcut
(framed).
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Pretty Vintage Japanese Concertina Book: Containing
a Long Watercolour Sequence of a Cat Chasing Insects: £40 (free UK p&p)
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Japanese Concertina Book (interior details)
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Large Framed Screenprint by Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly / Airside: creators of the title animations for the BBC
Series - The No.1 Lady Dectectives Agency)
VERY RARE: From an edition of only 15: for the Edinburgh Nightclub "Going Places":
£395
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Joseph Herman (1911 - 2000)
Colour
Lithograph
On the Road Home 1975
22/100
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Alfons Bytautas (ARSA).
"Orkney Fish Lures the Sea".
Etching and aquatint (framed): £85.
The artist was until recently the head of the Edinburgh Printmarkers and is well known in Scotland as a master
colloborative printer.
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Alfons Bytautas (detail)
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Exquisite
Little Early Victorian Watercolour (framed).
Tourists Visiting Stirling Castle
SOLD (to Stirling
Smith Art Gallery)
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Stirling Castle Watercolour (detail). Signed
W. Greenlees and dated May 3 1842
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Gorgeous Little Early Victorian Watercolour
(framed).
Tourists Visiting the Field of Bannockburn with Stirling Castle in the Background.
Signed W. Greenlees
and dated 10 May 1842
SOLD (to Stirling Smith Art Gallery)
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William Greenlees made illustrations for early
travel guides.
The pair of slightly naive watercolours on offer here are probably studies for engravings for early tourist
guides.
Please ask me for full for condition reports.
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Charming little Helen Allingham (1848 - 1926)
watercolour.
Please ask for full condition report and artist biography for this item: £975
Miss Allingham's signature
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Helen Allingham watercolour (detail)
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Large and Very Quirky 18th Century German Natural History Hand Coloured
Engraving. Scorpions and Crabs. Would look great in a bathroom!
(unmounted, good condition) £25
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Large and Very Quirky 18th Century German Natural History Hand Coloured
Engraving. Strange Sea Creatures. Would look great in a bathroom!
(unmounted, good condition) £25
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Quirky 18th Century German Natural History Hand Coloured Engraving.
Lizard, Chameleon and Snake (unmounted, good condition) £25
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Quirky 18th Century German Natural History Hand Coloured Engraving.
Snakes and a Geco (unmounted, good condition) £25
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A Compellingly, Strange Etching by Percy Lancaster
(1878 - 1951).
"Three Old Breton Women", etching and drypoint on paper. Number 26 from a limited edition of
40. Signed in pencil bottom right.
Percy Lancaster studied at the Manchester School of Art and later at Southport School
of Art. He was a major Edwardian artist who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute, and the Royal
Watercolour Society. Lancaster was not only a superb watercolourist, but also produced stunning, technically accomplished
etchings, such as this strange image. In the mid 1920s the artist travelled to Brittany in France - this etchings
reveals his fascination with old Breton peasant women. His print editions were generally small often only 35 - 45 impressions
being made of each image.
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in
1910. His work is in a number of public museums and galleries nationwide - including the V&A, London, Manchester,
Liverpool, Hull, Oldham, Huddersfield, Preston, Leicester, Eastbourne, Newport, and Portsmouth.
£150
(unframed); £175 (framed).
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Alan Reiach (1910 - 1992)
Mykonos
Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated
1954 (framed): £150
Apart from being a fine watercolourist,
Alan Reiach was a leading Scottish architect and urban planner. He initially trained in the office of Sir Robert Lorimer.
His best known architectural designs are Edinburgh University's Appleton Tower in George Square (1963), and the New Club,
Princes Street (1964).
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Stanley Anderson (1884 - 1966)
Original Etching: "La Lieutenance Honfleur, France"
(from an edition of 60)
Signed in pencil: £175
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Rare, early 1924 Cinema Poster for the Alhambra Theatre
in Leith Walk, Edinburgh:
Nicely framed: £85
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Rare, early 1930s Scottish Cinema Poster for the Alhambra Theatre
in Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Featuring
Janet Gaynor.
Nicely framed: £85 (or £150 the pair)
Similar posters are in the collection of the Glasgow University Library.
The Alhambra
was on the corner of Springfield Street and Leith Walk. It opened in December 1914 as a music hall. Sadly the building was
demolished in 1974.
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Scottish Woodwork of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Frontispiece (detail)
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CARPENTRY INTEREST: LARGE FOLIO BOOK:
"Scottish Woodwork of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries",
with 100 lithographed illustrations and
text by John William Small.
Published by Bernard Quaritch in 1898.
Original yellow cloth cover, slightly mark.
Ltd Edition of 500.
Fair Condition: £80
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CARPENTRY INTERST:
RARE Scottish
Arts and Crafts Furniture Design Publication:
The Chip Carver by George S. Gibson, Edinburgh.
Published 1897.
With fold out Patterns printed in green ink.
A total of 55 illustations (30 x 23.5 cm).
Good Condition:
£60
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Interesting 19th century Irish engraving
(hand-coloured). Nicely Framed
The Card-Players:
£350
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William Walcot (1874 - 1943) etching and drypoint.
London Street Scene
Signed in
pencil, lower right
In excellent condition and nicely framed: £275
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William
Walcot etching (detail)
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Etching by Charles Chaplin.
The Watergate on the Embankment, London.
No. 6 of an edition of
only 40
Dated 1950.
Signed and inscribed with the title: £125
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Pat Douthwaite Lithograph (1987): Woman Smelling Flowers / Bird
Vase.
Artist's Proof, signed in pencil. 77 x 57 cm.
From an edition of just 20 impressions.
Framed:
£295.
This print was previously sold through the Scottish Gallery.
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Sir D.Y. Cameron.
"The Old Revenge".
Original etching and drypoint. Framed and signed in pencil: £165
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Pat
Douthwaite
Hand-coloured lithograph; signed in pencil.
From an edition of only 20 impressions
£250
(unframed).
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Pat Douthwaite
Strange Bird
Hand-coloured lithograph; signed in pencil.
From an edition of
only 20 impressions
£225 (unframed)
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Sir Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
"Autumn Breeze, Lowestoft", 1934
Etching and drypoint on paper.
A beautiful, velvety impression and
in excellent condition.
Pencil signed, lower right: £495
(Details on view to the right, please ask for full condition report).
An impression is in the collection
of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
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Rare
Original Signed Watercolour / Collage
by Agnes Richardson
Agnes Richardson
1885-1951 was born in Wimbledon and studied at the Lambeth School of Art. She was a painter, childrens's book illustrator,
annuals, designer of greetings cards. Books illustrated include 'Alice in Wonderland' 1920, 'Golden Locks and
Pretty Frocks' 1914. She is best know for her postcard designs of little curly-haired, chubby faced children.
SOLD
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Allen William Seaby (1867 - 1953).
"Shetland Ponies"
Signed in pencil, 31
/ 100
Colour Woodcut on paper: £450
(details to the right).
In excellent
condition. Please ask for a full condition report.
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Allen William Seaby (1867
- 1953).
"Dartmoor Ponies"
Signed in pencil, 55 / 100
Colour Woodcut on paper: £450
(details to the right).
In excellent Condition. Please ask for
a full condition report.
Originally sold via the Alexander Reid and Lefevere Galleries in Glasgow
(see original
label to the right).
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Edmund Blampied
(1886 - 1966)
"Splashing Through the Surf", 1923
Drypoint on paper
Signed lower right in pencil
25 x 32.5 cm
From an Edition of 100 impressions.
£850 (acid free mount, unframed) £875 (framed) Please
note that this etching has recently been conserved and is in completely pristine condition.
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Sr Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
The Fish Market,
Venice
Etching and Drypoint on paper
A lovely impression, signed in pencil lower right
£450
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