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CHILDREN / DOGS)
Morris, P.R. (illus). Best of Friends. Christmas Number of the London Illustrated News. Stock ID: 39595 London. Illustrated London News. No date. Ca. 1880s? Chromolithograph, image 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (67 x 50 cm) on sheet 31 x 22 3/4 inches, issued as a supplement to the Illustrated London News. Professionally mounted on linen, minimising fold lines (as issued) and two tears in lower margin; short tear at centrefold now scarcely visible. Very clean and bright. A stunning image of two girls in pink dresses and hats petting a dog (Irish Wolfhound?), an exceptional Victorian image of children by P.R. Morris, an associate of the Royal Academy in London. |
$550.00 |
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CHILDREN / DOGS)
Safe Repose. Stock ID: 44654 No date. Ca. 1890. Chromolithograph, image 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet size 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, black and white text ad on verso. Faint foxing to outer margins; otherwise good, clean condition. A late 19th century chromolithograph from Pen and Pencil magazine. Image of girl sleeping on a blanket with her dog, surrounded by a floral landscape. |
$38.00 |
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CHILDREN'S GAMES - MUSIC SHEET COVER)
See-Saw. Waltz, Composed by A.G. Crowe. Stock ID: 43321 No date. Ca. 1870. Color cover (two-color lithograph with additional handcolor) with one sheet of music. Binding holes at one edge as removed from a bound volume, music is apparently incomplete. 1 inch tear at right edge, 1/2 inch tear at left edge, neither entering image, bookseller's stamp at lower right corner, publisher's embossed stamp at upper left corner. Overall clean and bright. A charming image of children playing on a see-saw which has been improvised from a tree trunk and a plank; in the distance children run out of a school house to join the fun. The image was lithographed by Stannard & Son, whose work included panoramic bird's eye views. |
$55.00 |
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CHROMOLITHOGRAPH)
Le Compliment. Stock ID: 42005 L'Illustration. 1889. Chromolithograph, 21 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches on sheet size 27 x 20 inches. Light scattered foxing in margins, some soft creases to edges and image from rolling, otherwise very good bright condition. This richly colored antique print, a supplement to the 1889-90 Christmas issue of the French magazine L'Illustration, features a young girl in white Victorian dress holding a bouquet of flowers and a letter wrapped in ribbon. "L'Illustration. Supplement au Numero de Noel 1889-90" printed above image. A gorgeous image that would be stunning framed. |
$350.00 |
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DIE CUT - EARLY 1900s)
Die cut of a wedding party #33197. Stock ID: 33148 No Place of Publication. No publisher. No date. Ca. 1920. Color die-cut on card, 13 x 9 inches. Fine condition. Unusual large-size die cut of charming kewpie-like characters, male and female, making up a wedding party. Also an adult bridal couple and a single bride and bridegroom. |
$75.00 |
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MOTHER AND CHILD)
Turner, A. M. (illus). The First Song. Stock ID: 33178 Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Press. 07-14- 1895. Chromolithograph, 10 x 14 1/4 inches. Couple of tiny edge tears into image (conservation repaired), crease at upper right corner strengthened on verso, overall bright and clean and attractive image. Narrow margin at top and right edge (as published). An attractive Victorian image of a seated mother listening to her child singing. |
$38.00 |
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NEWSBOY)
Witkowski, Karl (illus). The Newsboy. Stock ID: 45465 Philadelphia. 1897. Chromolithograph, image approximately 13 x 10 inches on sheet size 16 x 11 inches. Two spots to lower left corner, 1/2 inch tear to upper left edge; otherwise, very good condition. Image of a young boy selling Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers. "Art Supplement Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday Jany. 31st 1897" printed in upper left corner. Signed in image K. Witkowski. |
$65.00 |
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NEWSBOY)
Hiebel, Adelaide (illus). Read All About It. Stock ID: 45410 Joliet. Gerlach-Barklow Co. No date. Ca. 1940s. Color print, 9 x 7 1/8 inches tipped on 12 x 10 inch sheet as issued, matted to 12 x 16 inches. Very good condition with soiling to lower right corner of sheet (outside image area). Image by Adelaide Hiebel of a young boy clutching newspapers, a dog stands to his right. "Copyright The Gerlach-Barklow Co. Joliet, ILL, U.S.A." printed at lower left corner. |
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NURSERY PICTORIAL MAPS)
Linscott, Dorothy (illus). A Map of Mother Goose Land. / A Picture Map of Noah's Ark for Children. Stock ID: 44667 Woburn, MA. 1933 PAIR OF FRAMED MAPS. Color pictorial maps, each approximately 16 x 20 inches, in wooden frames. Maps were trimmed to fit into frames: the upper and lower red border lines are visible, but the left and right edges have been trimmed to just within the decorative border. The maps are not glued down, but there is a tear at the lower left corner of the Mother Goose map where a small section of the map has adhered to the glass. Two charming pictorial maps for children by Dorothy Linscott. The Map of Mother Goose Land depicts characters from well known rhymes such as Three Little Kittens, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Jack and Jill. The Noah's Ark map depicts pairs of animals with a humorous rhyme for each. |
$195.00 |
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PEARS ANNUAL PRINT)
Wheatley, F. R.A. (illus). Engraved by G. Keating. The Cottage Door. Stock ID: 34949 London. Pears. 1918. Color print, sheet size 17 1/2 x 14 inches. Previously rolled with some light creasing, light staining visible on back of print and in lower right and middle left margins, but all of this is not very noticeable at all from the front of the print. An attractive scene of a peasant family eating al fresco with hollyhocks and distant view. "One of Three Plates Presented with Pears' Annual 1918." |
$125.00 |
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PEARS SOAP ANNUAL SOUVENIR CHROMOLITHOGRAPH)
Collins, William (illus). "Happy as a King". Stock ID: 30838 London. Pears. 1912. Chromolithograph, image 18 x 23 inches (48 x 59 cm) on sheet 20 x 25 inches. Clean and bright, but some light creasing from rolling of the poster, repaired tear at left edge extending 2 inches into image (barely visible), bumping and tiny edge tears along left top edge not affecting image, couple of short edge tears. Young boy swinging on a gate, surrounded by other children. |
$135.00 |
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PEARS SOAP CHROMOLITHOGRAPH)
Calderon, Philip (illus). Captain of the Eleven. Stock ID: 39642 London. 1898. Chromolithograph, sheet 32 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches. Light soiling to margins, very light dampstaining at upper border, 3 edge tears. A very bright image. DIGITAL IMAGE HAS GLARE FROM LIGHTING: the color of the print is perfect. A charming image of a little boy playing cricket, with bat at the wicket, "from the original painting by Philip H. Calderon R.A. in the Possession of the Proprietors of Pears' Soap." Text in upper margin reads: "This is one of three coloured plates presented with Pears' Christmas Annual 1898. The Annual (with three plates) one shilling complete." |
$725.00 |
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PEARS SOAP CHROMOLITHOGRAPH)
Morgan, Fred (illus). The Coming Nelson. From the original painting by Fred Morgan in the possession of Messrs. A. & F. Pears, Ltd. Stock ID: 39641 London. 1901. Chromolithograph, image 19 1/2 x 28 on sheet 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Small stain in lower right margin (not affecting image), several edge tears with one just entering image area, light toning to 1 1/2 inch panel at right side. Otherwise a clean, bright image. A gorgeous image of a young boy sailing his boats under the approving eye of his mother and sister, by the prolific and very popular Victorian painter Fred Morgan, whose paintings of children and animals are particularly charming. A. & F. Pears soap company pioneered the use of "fine art" reproductions in advertising their product, thus equating it in the public mind with the finer things of life. The most famous example of this is their chromolithographic reproduction of Sir John Everett Millais' "Bubbles." The Pears Annual was published from 1891 to the 1920s accompanied by 2 or more of these beautifully printed chromolithographic reproductions of popular paintings of the day. |
$635.00 |
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smith)
Smith, Jessie Willcox (illus). Untitled - The First Lesson (?) Stock ID: 33486 New York. Collier. 1905. Two color print, 11 x 8 1/4 inches on sheet 19 1/2 x 14 inches. Very good condition. Picture of an unhappy little girl on one of her first days at school, by Jessie Willcox Smith. This is an individually issued print (this image also appeared in The Everyday Fairy Book with the title 'She came down from the platform still bravely choking back her tears'. Print is in black and white with light tan color. |
$45.00 |
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SMITH, JESSIE WILLCOX)
Smith, Jessie Willcox (illus). Untitled. Children playing checkers. Stock ID: 33400 1908. Color print (orange and brown tones), image size approximately 10 x 8 inches on sheet 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. 3 inch tear to upper right (affecting a 1/2 x 1 inch area of image), otherwise good clean condition. Single print by Jessie Willcox Smith from the series "Thirty Favorite Paintings". |
$18.00 |
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Weisgard, Leonard.
Farm Animals. 6 Decorative Prints in Full Color. Stock ID: 34031 New York. Penn Prints. 1958. 6 color prints in color pictorial card folder, sheets 16 x 13 inches. Good condition: light to moderate soiling in margins of prints. Prints include farm birds, sheep, cows, cats, pigs, rabbits, and a dog with puppies. |
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WOOD ENGRAVING)
First Prize. Stock ID: 41864 Illustrated London News. 02-06- 1886. Chromoxylograph (color wood engraving), image size 11 5/8 x 9 inches on sheet 16 x 11 1/2 inches. Very good condition. This genuine antique print was published as the Supplement to the Illustrated London News of February 6, 1886. It is a charming Victorian image of a St. Bernard dog with its proud owner, a little girl with long red hair dressed up in a stylish costume. The printing firm of Leighton, Bros. first printed a color wood engraving for The Illustrated London News in 1855, using a technique similar to the Baxter process, which gives a wonderful rich coloring. |
$65.00 |
