‎École‎

‎American School‎

‎Don't Blow It‎

‎1880. Newsprint collage on paper 3 2/4 x 2 1/2 inches 95 x 63 mm. Uniform age tone. The scene is set with a policeman interrupting three men a footballer a man in a bowler and an unconscious gentleman who resembles Alexander Hamilton in flagrante with exposed phalluses while two devils one with a phallus look on. The title below reads "Don't Blow It." The police uniform is extremely similar to those of the Maryland US police of the mid 1800s. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1418

‎Flemish School, 18th century‎

‎Jacob blesses his sons‎

‎Engraving on light wove paper with a large Amsterdam Coat of Arms watermark 9 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches 236 x 190 mm narrow margins. Scattered light areas of discoloration handling creases and pencil notations on the verso. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1435

‎Russian School‎

‎Study of a woman in repose‎

‎1920. Pencil on cream wove paper 9 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches 235 x 200 mm. Overall toning with multiple spots of white discoloration throughout and a spray of foxing across the image area on the verso. Horizontal crease across the lower quadrant of the sheet. Handling creases and adhesive residue at each of the corners on the verso. The following inscription appears in pencil in english on the verso "Tarkhanov Russian School Active Paris 1920-1930 Ex. Walter Schatzky. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1430

‎European School, late 18th century‎

‎Life study of a male nude in repose‎

‎Red chalk with primo pensiero in graphite on cream laid paper 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches 215 x 293 mm. Scattered light handling wear and multiple small vertical edge tears several of which have been repaired with non-archival tape on the verso. Notations in pencil on the verso including the name "Dennery. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1436

‎French School, early 19th century‎

‎Study of an architectural ornament with an owl and a trumpet-shaped bloom‎

‎1800. Graphite and pen and ink on bluish-gray laid paper 4 1/4 x 2 inches 118 x 50 mm. The ink is slightly attenuated and there is uniform age tone. The bottom two corners are adhered to a paper mount with archival adhesive. On the verso there is some gray ink wash spatter and several light pin-point sized spots of discoloration otherwise in good condition. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1410

‎Rajasthani School, 19th century‎

‎Shah Jahan taking tea with a concubine‎

‎1890. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches 340 x 222 mm. Toning handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. Scattered coeval Hindi inscriptions in ink on the recto and verso. The first revenue stamps in India were issued in the mid-nineteenth century during the Raj and they are still being issued to this day. Apart from issues for the whole of India many princely states provinces and other states also had or still have their own revenue stamp issues. <br /> <br /> Before independence Indian revenue stamps were closely modeled on similar designs from Great Britain as is the case with this carriage motif stamp from Jaipur. The stamps were issued to denote various denominations including rupees and annas. An anna or Änna was a currency unit formerly used in British India equal to 1â„16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four old Paisa or twelve pies thus there were 192 pies in a rupee. When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 new paise one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. This particular stamp was used as evidence of court taxes remitted for property dealings. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1333

‎French School 18th century‎

‎Design for a plinth with three male figures and a daisy motif‎

‎Pen and black ink on handmade buff wove paper 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches 115 x 81 mm. Two drips of translucent candle wax on the verso scattered light surface soiling. Adhered at two corners to a paper mount. With pencil insciptions on the verso. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1404

‎American School, 19th century‎

‎Chapel and houses along a lake; New England landscape‎

‎1905. Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper 10 x 8 inches 255 x 203 mm. In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso contemporaneous with the painting itself. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1415

‎Rajasthani School, 19th century‎

‎Three hunters; two with a spear and dagger and the third unarmed‎

‎1890. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink 12 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches 320 x 217 mm. Toning handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. Scattered coeval Hindi inscriptions in ink on the recto and verso. The first revenue stamps in India were issued in the mid-nineteenth century during the Raj and they are still being issued to this day. Apart from issues for the whole of India many princely states provinces and other states also had or still have their own revenue stamp issues. <br /> <br /> Before independence Indian revenue stamps were closely modeled on similar designs from Great Britain as is the case with this carriage motif stamp from Jaipur. The stamps were issued to denote various denominations including rupees and annas. An anna or Änna was a currency unit formerly used in British India equal to 1â„16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four old Paisa or twelve pies thus there were 192 pies in a rupee. When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 new paise one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. This particular stamp was used as evidence of court taxes remitted for property dealings. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1334

‎English School, 18th century‎

‎Still life with a Herald's trumpet a Neoclassical urn a Mason's square and a protractor‎

‎1790. Ink and wash in gray ink on cream laid paper 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches 115 x 140 mm. Scattered light surface soiling and areas of residue from a former mount on the verso. Scattered inscriptions in pencil on the verso. All condition issues are consistent with age. A classic Grand Tour composition. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1409

‎English School, 18th century‎

‎A pair of portraits in profile 2 works‎

‎1790. Red crayon on cream laid paper 3 3/4 x 4 inches 95 x 102 mm ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches 95 x 80 mm. Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the smaller of the two drawings has a repaired corner upper-right with in-drawing in red crayon. Condition issues are all consistent with age and the versos remain largely uneffected. A lovely duo. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1411

‎French School, 19th century‎

‎Architectural study of a frieze for a theater with a lyre and trumpets‎

‎1850. Pencil and brush and brownish-gray ink on cream laid paper adhered to an archival paper mount at each corner 3 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches 95 x 130 mm. Significant condition issues include staining repaired tears surface soiling and a detatached but intact lower right corner. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1400

‎English School 19th century‎

‎Worplesdon Lodge‎

‎1860. Pencil on cream-colored oak tag 10 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches 260 x 136 mm. Scattered light gray discoloration throughout rubbing with some small areas of associated loss in the lower left image area at the sheet edge. Inscriptions in pencil on the verso including an illegible signature. This charming landscape features the structure now known as the Worplesdon Place Hotel near Guildford Surrey. The house is of notable historical significance and it is registered to have been built in about 1845 by Sir William Bovill. Initially called Worplesdone Lodge the grand manse served as a private residence for the next 100 years and was owned by several notable people. In the 1950s it became a hotel and still operates in this manner today. Here we see the house soon after its completion with St. Mary the Virgin Church seen on the hill in the distance. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1389

‎Rajasthani School, 19th century‎

‎A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari churns butter for ghee‎

‎1890. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto 13 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches 336 x 226 mm. Toning handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval inscriptions in ink on the recto and verso. A traditional Indian butter churn is operated by rapidly pulling a rope which turns a paddled spindle. The paddles churn cows milk inside a large jar until milk solids form. Ghee is made from cow milk butter which is treated with low heat until the water evaporates leaving behind milk solids. The solids are skimmed off or strained if needed. Ghee is a staple food on the Indian subcontinent and as a cooking oil it is the most widely used food in India apart from wheat and rice. Because of its exalted status at Hindu weddings ghee is expensive and in high demand. Male wedding guests are expected to compete with each other to see who can eat the most of it; consuming two pounds or more at a sitting is considered a proof of virility. <br /> <br /> On the stamp:<br /> <br /> The first revenue stamps in India were issued in the mid-nineteenth century during the Raj and they are still being issued to this day. Apart from issues for the whole of India many princely states provinces and other states also had or still have their own revenue stamp issues. Before independence Indian revenue stamps were closely modeled on similar designs from Great Britain as is the case with this carriage motif stamp from Jaipur. The stamps were issued to denote various denominations including rupees and annas. An anna or Änna was a currency unit formerly used in British India equal to 1â„16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four old Paisa or twelve pies thus there were 192 pies in a rupee. When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 new paise one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. This particular stamp was used as evidence of court taxes remitted for property dealings. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1341

‎Rajasthani School, 19th century‎

‎Three Rajput noblemen on horseback‎

‎1890. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink on the recto as well as the Jaipur City Council blindstamp 13 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches 345 x 226 mm. Toning handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval inscriptions in ink on the recto and verso. The first revenue stamps in India were issued in the mid-nineteenth century during the Raj and they are still being issued to this day. Apart from issues for the whole of India many princely states provinces and other states also had or still have their own revenue stamp issues. Before independence Indian revenue stamps were closely modeled on similar designs from Great Britain as is the case with this carriage motif stamp from Jaipur. <br /> <br /> The stamps were issued to denote various denominations including rupees and annas. An anna or Änna was a currency unit formerly used in British India equal to 1â„16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four old Paisa or twelve pies thus there were 192 pies in a rupee. When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 new paise one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. This particular stamp was used as evidence of court taxes remitted for property dealings. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1342

‎Rajasthani School, 19th century‎

‎A Rajput prince with a sword and dagger holding a lotus blossom‎

‎1890. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto 12 1/2 x 9 inches 318 x 230 mm. Toning handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval inscriptions in ink on the recto and verso. The first revenue stamps in India were issued in the mid-nineteenth century during the Raj and they are still being issued to this day. Apart from issues for the whole of India many princely states provinces and other states also had or still have their own revenue stamp issues. Before independence Indian revenue stamps were closely modeled on similar designs from Great Britain as is the case with this carriage motif stamp from Jaipur. <br /> <br /> The stamps were issued to denote various denominations including rupees and annas. An anna or Änna was a currency unit formerly used in British India equal to 1â„16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four old Paisa or twelve pies thus there were 192 pies in a rupee. When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 new paise one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. This particular stamp was used as evidence of court taxes remitted for property dealings. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1340

‎English school, 19th century‎

‎Piping All Hands‎

‎1850. Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper 3 1/2 x 3 inches 90 x 75 mm trimmed to the plate. In good condition with uniform toning and edge wear. There is some adhesive residue on the verso with associated discoloration. Members of a Scottish naval regimen in their slops and kerchiefs performing an informal highland dance while a piper in traditional Black Watch tartan plays on. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1479

‎French School, 20th century‎

‎The Château-Vitré‎

‎Lithograph on heavy weight wove paper 12 3/8 x 16 3/8 inches 313 x 416 mm full margins. Titled and signed illegibly in pencil lower margins. With scattered notations in red pencil and graphite on the recto in the margins and on the verso. Ink stamp on the verso. Soft vertical fold in the center-sheet otherwise in good condition. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 933

‎American School, 19th century‎

‎Capturing Elephants from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion‎

‎Boston: Frederick Gleason 1851. Engraving with hand-drawn borders on cream wove paper laid down to board. 7 3/4 x 10 inches 197 x 255 mm trimmed margins lacking text. Scattered light soiling and toning with a dog-eared lower left corner. An illustration from the June 21 & 28 1851 edition of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. The Pictorial featured artists such as Winslow Homer and authors such as: Giddings H. Ballou Susan H. Blaisdell Alice Carey Sylvanus Cobb Jr. Sophronia Currier Mrs. S.P. Doughty Francis A. Durivage Aglaus Forrester Mrs. H.C. Gardner Joseph Holt Ingraham Grace Lee Mary A. Lowell Mary L. Meany Ellen Alice Moriarty Arthur Morton Frances P. Pepperell Mary E. Robinson M.V. St. Leon Frederick Ward Saunders Sue M. Scott Maurice Silingsby Frederick Stanhope Horace B. Staniford John Thornberry Winnie Woodfern and Joseph Wolf. <br /> <br /> The accompanying text added below for context. <br /> <br /> Mr. Stebbings June and Mr. Nutter of Boston who undertook the voyage to Ceylon for the purpose of procuring elephants for Mr. Barnum's Traveling Menagerie have furnished us with some curious descriptions of their adventures in the interior of the island. On their arrival at Point de Galle early in October last they were disappointed in their expectations of procuring tame elephants either from the government authorities or from the temples which own large numbers of them. They then proceeded to Columbo the maritime capital of Ceylon on the western coast and afterwards to the city of Kany in the interior but without succeeding in their object. Very heavy rains had fallen just before their arrival and the elephants were required to assist in mending the roads. In this dilemma the elephant seekers determined to go into the jungles among the wild herds and endeavor to capture a ship load of the animals. This was considered a dangerous undertaking as the rainy season had just set in and the country necessary to be traversed was a dense tropical wilderness with no other roads than the foot-paths from one native village to another. Ceylon is divided nearly into two equal parts by a range of mountains running north and south which divide the periodical rains so that the rainy season changes from one side of the island to the other and the elephants follow it. Mr. June captured the greatest number of his elephants in the northern part of the island near the town of Anarajahpoora. The first process toward capturing the elephants is accurately represented in the engraving below. The natives having ascertained the spots most frequented by the herds construct in the neighborhood a kraal or pen. This is shaped like three sides of a square having an aperture on the fourth side for the entrance of the elephants from each side of which extends a long palisade slanting outwards like the mouth of a funnel. The kraal is made of heavy upright posts planted at a short distance from each other and lashed together by withes. To make them more secure they are stayed by slanting posts set against them on the outside. When the kraal is finished the natives surround a heard and by shouts and the firing of muskets alarm the animals who are urged forward toward the entrance and at last are all secured within the enclosure. In capturing these animals the natives evince much skill and tact. Our artist had thrown much life and spirit into this scene. Another way of taking elephants is sometimes practised. The animals during the heat of the day will sometimes rest himself against a tree and take an hour's doze with great satisfaction. Some of the natives are daring enough at this time to creep through the jungle till they reach his very feet. Provided with a rope the other end of which is made fast to a tree the hind leg of the animal is touched gently and being very sensitive he lifts his foot to shake off the supposed fly and a noose is instantly slipped under. This is repeated with the other foot and the elephant waking up finds himself caught. -Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion June 21 & 28 1851. Frederick Gleason unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1380

‎English School, early 19th century‎

‎The Philanthropic Reform in St. George's Field‎

‎London: James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie 1814. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches 290 x 437 mm. Condition issues include significant creasing toning surface soiling and multiple paper tape repairs on the verso. Hand coloring is extensive and well saturated. James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie unknown‎

Référence libraire : 956

‎English School, 19th century (attributed to Dale)‎

‎Hall of Bermondsey Abbey‎

‎London: Robert Wilkinson 1820. Copperplate engraving on buff wove paper 13 x 9 3/4 inches 330 x 247 mm full margins. In good condition with some minor toning and surface soiling consistent with age. Robert Wilkinson unknown‎

Référence libraire : 955

‎HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS‎

‎Harcourt Social Studies: Reader 6-pack Below-Level Grade 3 We Live in Communities‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 0153528052.G ISBN : 0153528052 9780153528057

‎Mughal School, 18th century‎

‎Emperor Jahangir taking tea in his harem‎

‎1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on lightweight brown laid paper 10 x 6 1/4 inches 254 x 159 mm the full sheet. Some scattered light areas of discoloration and age related toning small edge losses and scattered handling tear along the left sheet edge well outside of the image area. Extensive hand inscriptions in black and red ink on the verso. Colors are exceptionally bright and fresh with good saturation. Mirza Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim 30 August 1569 - 28 October 1627 known by his imperial name Jahangir "Conqueror of the World' was the fourth Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the third and only surviving son of Akbar and his chief empress Mariam-uz-Zamani born to them in the year 1569. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint Salim Chishti. <br /> <br /> -Singh Pashaura; Fenech Louis E. eds. 2014. The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies. Oxford University Press. p. 647. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 917 ISBN : 0199699305 9780199699308

‎Mughal School, 19th century‎

‎Empress Nur Jahan hunting an Indian Gazelle‎

‎1890. Pencil and black ink on cream laid paper with a border drawn in light blue ink 6 x 5 1/8 inches 153 x 130 mm. Scattered light surface soiling and multiple soft horizontal folds. Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman In the ranks of men she's a tiger-slayer" - Unknown Poet <br /> <br /> Banks Findly Ellison 11 February 1993. Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India. Oxford UK: Nur Jahan : Empress of Mughal India. ISBN 9780195074888. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1332 ISBN : 0195074882 9780195074888

‎Mughal School, 17th century‎

‎Tiger Hunt near the Jahangir Maha Agra‎

‎1690. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on lightweight brown laid paper 10 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches 260 x 156 mm the full sheet. Extensive insect damage in the unpainted areas primarily in the margins. Extensive hand inscriptions in black and red ink on the verso. Colors are exceptionally bright and fresh with good saturation. Mirza Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim 30 August 1569 - 28 October 1627 known by his imperial name Jahangir "Conqueror of the World' was the fourth Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the third and only surviving son of Akbar and his chief empress Mariam-uz-Zamani born to them in the year 1569. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint Salim Chishti. <br /> <br /> -Singh Pashaura; Fenech Louis E. eds. 2014. The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies. Oxford University Press. p. 647. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 913 ISBN : 0199699305 9780199699308