Early Victorian Prints

Great image of roses Chromo-lithograph after J.L Macfarlane Published by Cassell. circa 1880 Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of ...

Antique print titled 'Aristolochia rotunda'. Botanical print of Aristolochia rotunda, commonly known as smearwort or round-leaved birthwort. Published by or after Elisabeth Blackwell...

Charming group on nine hand colored botanical prints taken from a book or folio with Latin genius and species. Presented under glass in gilt woo...

Pair of hand colored botanical engravings of flowers.

This image is a beautiful collage of antique hand-colored botanical engravings from 1845, each showcasing a different plant species with exceptional detail and vibrant colors. The en...

Lovely set of 6 botanical prints Chromo-lithographs Original color Published, circa 1870 Unframed. The measurement given is for one print. Free shipping

Oil on panel. With MacConnal-Mason and Son, Ltd label on reverse. Featuring the 'kill' of an English fox hunt scene. Painting measures 7.25" x 15" an...

John Nugent Fitch Botanical Engraving, 19th Century Hand-Colored Victorian Botanical Print, Framed A finely detailed 19th century hand-colored botanical engraving by celebrated Vict...

This vintage hand-colored lithograph by artist Swankar Hanumann depicts a traditional Kachina (Katsina) doll, a central figure in Hopi and Pueblo ceremonial traditions. The doll is s...

Title: Antique Horse Racing Print by Henry Alken, Hand-Colored Sporting Etching Description: A lively and highly decorative hand-colored sporting etching titled Racing, designed and etched by the celebrated English sporting artist Henry Alken and published around 1822 as part of The Sporting Repository or the related series The National Sports of Great Britain. This dynamic early 19th-century composition captures the excitement and spectacle of an English horse race at full speed, with elegantly mounted jockeys charging across the course before a densely gathered crowd of spectators. The scene perfectly embodies the energy and theatrical atmosphere of Regency-era sporting culture. Alken masterfully conveys movement through the extended forms of the galloping horses and the animated positioning of the riders, while the immense crowd in the background creates a vivid sense of public excitement. The dramatic sky and broad racing field add depth and atmosphere to the composition, making it both a fascinating historical document and a visually striking decorative artwork. Henry Alken (1785–1851) was among the most important English sporting artists of the 19th century. Renowned for his depictions of horse racing, fox hunting, coaching scenes, and country sports, Alken became one of the defining visual chroniclers of British sporting life during the Regency period. His works were widely admired for their lively draftsmanship, humor, and keen understanding of equestrian movement. Publications such as The Sporting Repository helped establish sporting art as one of the most fashionable collecting categories of the era. This engraving combines etching and aquatint techniques with delicate original hand-coloring, producing subtle tonal transitions and rich atmospheric depth. The restrained palette and panoramic composition give the print an elegant decorative quality highly suited to classic English interiors, libraries, gentlemen’s clubs, equestrian collections, or refined sporting rooms. Today, original Alken sporting prints remain highly sought after by collectors of equestrian art, Regency decoration, horse racing memorabilia...

Elegant hand-watercoloured botanical prints representing some different types of flowers Lilium Narcissus. Each print is an artisanal Florentine product, reproducing images of the...

Exact Prospect of CharlesTown, the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina, Print made Circa 1950-60 Printed from a copy of the original engraving (original engraving likely circa 1760- 1770) presented to the City Council of Charleston, SC, 1882 Hand coloured by a Charleston artist. This is a very desirable water view of the Charleston Battery...