Alexander (1767-1816) was particularly noted for his pencil and watercolor portraits of Chinese people, of which this frontal bust drawing is a fine, typical example. Many of these derive from his lengthy stay in Peking, beginning in 1792; on his return to London he became a professor of art, and..... Read More about Chinese Woman: a pencil portrait

London: A.H. Baily, 1838. First edition. Read More about Sporting Embellished by Large Engravings Illustrative of British Field Sports

1922. Unpublished. In addition to a few early impressions of the final state, twenty were printed in 1930. Read More about Salus infirmorum

1920. Fine condition, framed. Beerbohm on Balfour. Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) was an English writer and caricaturist known for his novel Zuleika Dobson, as well as for his caricatures. The youngest of nine children of a Lithuanian-born grain merchant, Max grew up in London, attended Oxford (where he met Oscar Wilde..... Read More about Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1920

[London]: [1931]. Beerbohm, Max. First edition, Number 134 of 900 copies. At the request of Charles Cochran, the producer of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta, Beerbohm did drawings of Coward, Cochran, and the principals: Peggy Wood, Georges Metaxa, and Ivy St. Helier. This was the last book of caricatures Beerbohm published..... Read More about Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet

1827. Fine Hayter Etching, 1827. Sir George Hayter was Court Portrait Painter to Queen Victoria and especially noted for his large canvases of classical subjects. His etchings are important contributions to Victorian printmaking. Read More about St John

Ca. 1930. Blackmore, Katie. Original Watercolor by Katie Blackmore. An exquisite and highly decorative sudy of a kimono-clad woman against a black india ink background. Katie Blackmore, R.B.A., (fl. 1920-1950) was noted for the delicacy of her detail as well as her keen sense of design, and both are amply..... Read More about Japanese Street Vendor Carrying Her Child

London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925. First Edition, No. 9 of 100 copies, signed by the author on the limitation page. One of 100 Copies. A sumptuous production. Read More about The Followers of William Blake: Edward Calvert, Samuel Palmer, George Richmond & Their Circle

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1785. A New Edition, Corrected. (Fourth Edition, first was 1774, plates dated 1780). This edition was issued with and without plates. Only one plate is signed Blake. Blake's First Commercial Plates. Read More about The Speaker: or Miscellaneous Pieces selected form the Best English Writers...With a View to...

London: J.M. Dent & Co. and G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Blake, William. Facsimile issued in 1000 copies. Read More about Illustrations of The Book of Job in Twenty-One Plates Invented and Engraved by William Blake

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition, Number 1114 of 1550 copies. Read More about Pencil Drawings

n.p: 1853. Original Drawing of Mr. Verdant Green at Cricket. A popular Victorian literary character was Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, hero of several books written and illustrated by a Midland vicar, Rev. Edward Bradley (1827-1889) under the pen-name of Cuthbert Bede. Bradley had learned wood-engraving from no less..... Read More about “Verdant Green, An Oxford Freshman”: Pencil drawing, signed “Cuthbert Bede-1853” lower left

New York: D. Appleton and Company, [c.1880]. Read More about The New Gallery of British Art ... From the Works of Distinguished British Painters