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This web site showcases a selection from our inventory of original antique maps and prints, all created between the 16th century and the turn of the 20th. It includes works by famous natural history artists including Audubon and Gould, renowned botanical artists Catesby, Ehret, Redoute, and Thornton, well known prints of America and American themes by McKenney and Hall and Currier and Ives, maps and charts by Blaeu, Danckerts, DeWitt, Janson, Mercator and Visscher, city views by Bartlett, Kollner, and Wild, sporting and marine art and works by famous artists on many other subjects. We also handle maps, prints and watercolors by hundreds of talented but less well known artists. At this time of year you might be particularly interested to visit our "Gifts" category where you will see a few of the prints from our extensive collection of antique views of colleges . They make wonderful gifts for graduates and new admittees. |
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We are pleased to announce the publication of our new book The Art of the Garden, Collecting Antique Botanical Prints. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 beautifully printed full color illustrations, this work is an invaluable reference source for experienced collectors and new enthusiasts alike. The lively text documents the magnificent botanical prints produced by notable artists of the 17th century through the turn of the twentieth. Very few good books are available on this subject. The Art of the Garden... fills that void. Click here for ordering information ... |
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This pretty map by the 18th century French cartographer Jacques Chiquet depicts the Middle East and portions of the Mediterranean. It shows the vast extent of the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to Persia, including as noted in the title lands in Europe, Asia and Africa. Included in the view is a detailed enlarged inset of the coast of North Africa and a table listing the names of the "Empereurs des Turcs".
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) was renowned during his life and ever after as the preeminent painter of horses. He teamed up with his son, engraver George Townly Stubbs, to create this large beautiful engraving. It is based upon the father’s 1793 painting entitled “Dungannon, the Property of Colonel O’Reilly, Painted in a Paddock with a Sheep.” The image depicts Dungannon one of Colonel O’Reilly’s prize thoroughbreds. Dungannon was a top racehorse and good sire. He ran for 4 years, 1783-1786, at Newmarket, Doncaster, and elsewhere, winning a number of stakes, plates and matches. |
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Oberlin College. New York: Harper's Weekly, 1887. $225
(New York) Blockade on Broadway New York: Harper's Weekly, 1883. $250
(New York) ...Suspension Bridge... New York: Harper's Weekly, 1877. $250
(Brown University) American Magazine, Boston, 1837. $165