Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Paintings,Pen & Ink Drawings,Watercolors, Aquatints, Etchings, Engravings, Woodcuts, Posters, Cartoons, Silhouettes, Stencils, Lithography, Chromolithography, Illustration Art, Portraiture, Exhibition Catalogs, Catalogues Raisonnés, Visual Americana, Miniatures, Folk Art, Outsider Art, Etc.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Paintings,Pen & Ink Drawings,Watercolors, Aquatints, Etchings, Engravings, Woodcuts, Posters, Cartoons, Silhouettes, Stencils, Lithography, Chromolithography, Illustration Art, Portraiture, Exhibition Catalogs, Catalogues Raisonnés, Visual Americana, Miniatures, Folk Art, Outsider Art, Etc.
![3730572] [Autograph Note Signed by David d’Angers, French Sculptor and Member of Académie des...](/pictures/thumb/3730572_1.jpg?v=1624502588)
Brief note by David d’Angers (1788–1856), 19th century French neoclassical sculptor and member of Académie des Beaux-Arts, elected in 1826. D’Angers studied in the studio..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed by David d’Angers, French Sculptor and Member of Académie des Beaux-Arts
![3729982] Two Autograph Letters Signed by Isabel Bishop, American Painter and Graphic Artist....](/pictures/thumb/3729982_1.jpg?v=1615507665)
Two letters by artist Isabel Bishop (1902–1988) written to “Betty” and “Reg” —discussing her aquatint printing process and agreeing with New York Times chief art..... Read More about Two Autograph Letters Signed by Isabel Bishop, American Painter and Graphic Artist
![3729955] [Harry S. Truman:] Come On, Movie-Goers Let’s Finish the Job! [Two Post-Second World...](/pictures/thumb/3729955_1.jpg?v=1610392077)
Two immediate post-WW II American movie theater posters advertising and promoting the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds during the early presidency of Harry S. Truman..... Read More about Harry S. Truman:] Come On, Movie-Goers Let’s Finish the Job! [Two Post-Second World War...
![3729589] Wyeth People. [Signed by Andrew Wyeth to His Sister Ann Wyeth]. Gene Logsdon, Andrew Wyeth](/pictures/thumb/3729589_1.jpg?v=1604430320)
Inscribed and signed on the half-title page by the book’s subject, renowned Pennsylvania artist Andrew Wyeth: “Ann dear, I think this book is the best..... Read More about Wyeth People. [Signed by Andrew Wyeth to His Sister Ann Wyeth
![3729440] [Original Fritz Eichenberg Wood Engraving for The Lyrical Poems of Francois Villon;...](/pictures/thumb/3729440_1.jpg?v=1598301680)
Original Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990) wood engraving—here separately issued as a print—originally prepared for publication as an illustration for The Lyrical Poems of Francois Villon, published..... Read More about Original Fritz Eichenberg Wood Engraving for The Lyrical Poems of Francois Villon; separately...
![3725006] [Original Illustration Artwork for The Lone Woodsman by Warren Hastings Miller]. Kreigh...](/images/noimage-req.png)
Collection of original artwork by Kreigh Collins and printer’s illustration proofs for the boy’s adventure story, The Lone Woodsman, by Warren Hastings Miller. The book..... Read More about Original Illustration Artwork for The Lone Woodsman by Warren Hastings Miller
![372448] Colleges, and State House, New Haven. [caption of original drawing of Yale College and...](/pictures/thumb/372448_1.jpg?v=1654711525)
Original ink, wash, and pencil drawing of Yale College and the old Connecticut Capitol. The scene was drawn from the perspective of Chapel and College..... Read More about Colleges, and State House, New Haven. [caption of original drawing of Yale College and the...
![145237] [Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish:...](/pictures/thumb/145237_1.jpg?v=1597437264)
Curious crudely-executed folk art, dated 1818, a German-language taufschein or baptismal certificate illuminated with ink and pencil decorations. Fitting for a baptismal wish, the manuscript..... Read More about Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish: I’ve...
![3726676] [Folk Art Painting of Bottle Kilns and Pottery Factory]. Unkwn](/pictures/thumb/3726676_1.jpg?v=1590965332)
Nineteenth century landscape painting documenting a “Pot Bank” or pottery manufactory, an industrial complex of buildings for the commercial manufacture of ceramics. Additionally, ten workers—men..... Read More about Folk Art Painting of Bottle Kilns and Pottery Factory
![3729105] C.1930–1945 Archive of 35 Typed Manuscripts for Novels and Short Stories by Donald M....](/pictures/thumb/3729105_1.jpg?v=1579736630)
Archive of completed and working copy manuscripts of 13 novels and 7 short stories by American architect and artist, Donald Morris Kirkpatrick (1887–1966). Whereas Kirkpatrick..... Read More about C.1930–1945 Archive of 35 Typed Manuscripts for Novels and Short Stories by Donald M....
![3728915] [1886 American Prison Art by an Italian-American Circus Performer Incarcerated for...](/pictures/thumb/3728915_1.jpg?v=1642471487)
Italian-American Achille Onofri, was an acrobat and contortionist who had met trapeze artist Millie Cook in Havana, married her, and then moved to Philadelphia with..... Read More about 1886 American Prison Art by an Italian-American Circus Performer Incarcerated for Murder,...
![3728894] I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a...](/pictures/thumb/3728894_1.jpg?v=1572888609)
Extraordinary, complex American millenarian spiritual folk art drawing embodying the Adventist religious beliefs of William Miller (1782–1849) and his followers and illustrating the claim of..... Read More about I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a chain...
![3728902] War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3728902_1.jpg?v=1572374122)
Gouache painting ca. 1898 showing Uncle Sam declaring War against Spain, i.e. The Spanish-American War. American war vessels with large gun emplacements, and tall smokestacks..... Read More about War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting
![3725394] Four illustrated manuscripts made by W.H. Leggett of Pontiac, Michigan between...](/pictures/thumb/3725394_1.jpg?v=1591116948)
These four illustrated manuscripts have hand-lettered text and 20 tipped-in impressionistic and moody watercolor and gouache drawings made by William H. Leggett of Pontiac, Michigan..... Read More about Four illustrated manuscripts made by W.H. Leggett of Pontiac, Michigan between 1943–1947
![3727302] Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist. (Signed by John Hope Franklin). Marcia M. Mathews](/pictures/thumb/3727302.jpg?v=1540397084)
First edition of this first biographical study of Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is..... Read More about Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist. (Signed by John Hope Franklin
![3726465] Original 1897 Tammany Tiger Political Cartoon by F.K. Houston. F K. Houston](/pictures/thumb/3726465_1.jpg?v=1534362386)
Original editorial cartoon drawing depicting the Tammany Tiger of New York City’s Democratic Party political machine. The political cartoon is signed at the lower left..... Read More about Original 1897 Tammany Tiger Political Cartoon by F.K. Houston
![3725795] 1851 Autograph Letter Signed by William Charles Ross, Miniature Painter to Queen...](/pictures/thumb/3725795_1.jpg?v=1642439151)
Autograph letter signed from artist Sir William Charles Ross (1794–1860) in Scotland writing to his friend in Paris, the painter and printmaker Henri Berthoud (c.1800–1864)..... Read More about 1851 Autograph Letter Signed by William Charles Ross, Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria
![3725715] 1855 Autograph Letter Signed by Rev. Charles Bridges (1794–1869), transmitting etching...](/pictures/thumb/3725715_1.jpg?v=1642439150)
Charles Bridges (1794–1869), theologian and prolific religious author. Here writing to George Richard Corner (1801–1863), antiquary; notifying Corner that Bridges is sending an etching, a...... Read More about 1855 Autograph Letter Signed by Rev. Charles Bridges (1794–1869), transmitting etching by Mary...
![3725714] 1810 Autograph Letter Signed by Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), Landscape Painter....](/pictures/thumb/3725714_1.jpg?v=1642439150)
Autograph letter signed from British landscape painter Hugh William Williams (1773–1829) concerning an unspecified proposed publication to be sold by subscription. Williams here writes to..... Read More about 1810 Autograph Letter Signed by Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), Landscape Painter
![3725711] Brief Autograph Note Signed from Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), Painter, Writer,...](/pictures/thumb/3725711_1.jpg?v=1642439150)
Autograph note signed in the third person by Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842) to a Dr. Smith, summoning him to attend upon an ill servant..... Read More about Brief Autograph Note Signed from Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), Painter, Writer, Diplomat
![3725683] 1888 Autograph Letter Signed by Francis Job Short, English Engraver. Frank Short,...](/pictures/thumb/3725683_1.jpg?v=1642439149)
Friendly letter, over two full pages from Francis Job Short, about etchings thanking the recipient (a “Mr. White”) for the gift of a book and..... Read More about 1888 Autograph Letter Signed by Francis Job Short, English Engraver
![3725675] Autograph Letter Signed by William Henry Simmons, English Mezzotint Engraver. W H....](/pictures/thumb/3725675_1.jpg?v=1642439149)
Transmitting proof engraving (not present) of Scottish artist Sir Joseph Noel Paton’s painting Mors Janua Vitae (1866) and thanking the recipient, Jabez Hogg Esq., for..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed by William Henry Simmons, English Mezzotint Engraver
![3725320] Albrecht Dürer, Der deutsche Grossmeister der Kunst. (Signed). H. A. Rattermann,...](/pictures/thumb/3725320_1.jpg?v=1642471486)
A scarce periodical on German and American comparative studies in art, history, literature, language, etc., 19th century German-American imprint from Cincinnati Ohio. This example is..... Read More about Albrecht Dürer, Der deutsche Grossmeister der Kunst. (Signed
![3725286] Transformers. TO, Thornton Oakley](/pictures/thumb/3725286_1.jpg?v=1534362306)
On a large sheet of paper, a small drawing focuses the eye and draws in the viewer. Sketched in charcoal, and with added highlights in..... Read More about Transformers
![3725044] The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy]. Alfred Noyes, Childe...](/pictures/thumb/3725044_1.jpg?v=1654200427)
World War I poems by English poet Alfred Noyes, finely printed and bound, published by the Book Committee of the Art War Relief in New..... Read More about The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy
