N. C. Wyeth
Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons ~ 1920
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons ~ 1920
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Fortunino Matania
King Charles I and Parliament (Original) (Signed)
Artist: Fortunino Matania
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 7" x 5" (170mm x 130mm)
Date: 1956
Signature: Signed by Artist lower right
This is the Signed original Pen & Ink drawing by Fortunino Matania.
One of a series of original pen and ink illustrations by Matania drawn for a history of Britain through the ages. As always with Matania what appears a simple pen and ink work turns into a mini masterpiece. Signed lower right.
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 7" x 5" (170mm x 130mm)
Date: 1956
Signature: Signed by Artist lower right
This is the Signed original Pen & Ink drawing by Fortunino Matania.
One of a series of original pen and ink illustrations by Matania drawn for a history of Britain through the ages. As always with Matania what appears a simple pen and ink work turns into a mini masterpiece. Signed lower right.
Henry VIII at Hampton Court (Original) (Signed)
Artist: Fortunino Matania Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 6" x 5" (160mm x 130mm)
Date: 1956
Signature: Signed by Artist lower right
This is the Signed original Pen & Ink drawing by Fortunino Matania.
One of a series of original pen and ink illustrations by Matania drawn for a history of Britain through the ages.
Size: 6" x 5" (160mm x 130mm)
Date: 1956
Signature: Signed by Artist lower right
This is the Signed original Pen & Ink drawing by Fortunino Matania.
One of a series of original pen and ink illustrations by Matania drawn for a history of Britain through the ages.
Presenting The Magna Carta (Original) (Signed)
Artist: Fortunino Matania
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 7" x 5" (170mm x 125mm)
Date: 1956
Signature: Signed by Artist bottom left
This is the Signed original Pen & Ink drawing by Fortunino Matania.
The Barons of England present the first charter of rights for a reluctant King John to sign at Runnymede, near London. One of a series of original pen and ink illustrations by Matania drawn for a history of Britain through the ages.
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 7" x 5" (170mm x 125mm)
Date: 1956
Signature: Signed by Artist bottom left
This is the Signed original Pen & Ink drawing by Fortunino Matania.
The Barons of England present the first charter of rights for a reluctant King John to sign at Runnymede, near London. One of a series of original pen and ink illustrations by Matania drawn for a history of Britain through the ages.
Monday, July 28, 2014
Albert Levering
Albert Levering
This cartoon by Albert Levering appeared in a 1905 issue of Life magazine and imagines the lap-dog sized horse of a thousand years hence.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Physiognotrace portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Physiognotrace portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852), Physiognotrace portrait of Thomas Jefferson, n.d. [1804]. Engraving and copperplate. 7.1 x 6.6 cm. Graphic Arts French prints. Gift of Charles Scribner Jr., Class of 1943.
Eight years later, the French émigré Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) brought a physiognotrace to the United States and Jefferson, now age sixty-one, again sat for a portrait. According to records at Monticello, Jefferson purchased 48 prints of his own portrait and collected a number of other portraits of friends and colleagues, which sold for about $25 each.
Both a print and the copper plate are on view in our Leonard L. Milberg Gallery for the exhibition, Capping Liberty: The Invention of a Numismatic Iconography for the New American Republic, on view through July 8, 2012.
See also Howard Rice, “Saint-Memin’s Portrait of Jefferson,” Princeton University Library Chronicle 20 (Summer 1959): 182-92. http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visualmaterials/pulc/pulcv20n_4.pdf
See also Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, Monticello: http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jefferson-portrait-saint-m%C3%A9min-physiognotrace
Friday, July 25, 2014
Paul Weber (German, 1823-1916)
Paul Weber (German, 1823-1916)
pencil on paper
H: 6 1/16 x W: 4 15/16 in. (15.4 x 12.6 cm)
Paul Weber studied in Frankfurt, Germany, and then immigrated to the
United States in 1848 at the age of 25. He settled in Philadelphia and
exhibited frequently at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. He
returned to Europe in 1857 and, in 1860, was appointed court painter at
Darmstadt, then the capital of the duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt. His
landscapes were particularly admired by American collectors for their
dramatic effects.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Ward, Bill (William Hess)
Ward, Bill (William Hess)
William Hess Ward (March 6, 1919 - November 17, 1998), known as Bill
Ward, was an American cartoonist notable as a good girl artist and
creator of the risqué comics character Torchy.
His work has appeared in comics titles such as Humorama Magazine, Sex to Sexty, Joker, and so many other Men's Magazines from the 1950's through the 1970's. Early in his career Bill Ward also worked for Military Comics and he even took over for Reed Crandall on Blackhawk after Crandall had been drafted during WW2.
After the war Ward brought Torchy to comics where she appeared in both Modern and Doll Man for almost 3 years. As Romance titles grew in popularity Ward was pulled off Torchy to work on other titles and the artist Gill Fox, a long time friend of Ward's, took over much of the duty of illustrating Torchy. The Telephone Girl was a recurring theme in many of Bill Ward's pinup illustrations and are some of the most prized pieces of Ward's to Pinup Art Collectors. Bill Ward also contributed to titles such as Cracked in the 1970's. · Updated about a month ago
His work has appeared in comics titles such as Humorama Magazine, Sex to Sexty, Joker, and so many other Men's Magazines from the 1950's through the 1970's. Early in his career Bill Ward also worked for Military Comics and he even took over for Reed Crandall on Blackhawk after Crandall had been drafted during WW2.
After the war Ward brought Torchy to comics where she appeared in both Modern and Doll Man for almost 3 years. As Romance titles grew in popularity Ward was pulled off Torchy to work on other titles and the artist Gill Fox, a long time friend of Ward's, took over much of the duty of illustrating Torchy. The Telephone Girl was a recurring theme in many of Bill Ward's pinup illustrations and are some of the most prized pieces of Ward's to Pinup Art Collectors. Bill Ward also contributed to titles such as Cracked in the 1970's. · Updated about a month ago
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Baccio Bandinelli
Baccio Bandinelli
(Italian, Gaiole in Chianti 1493–1560 Florence)
Study for a Standing Young Man, Raising a Curtain and Looking at Left
Date:
1518–19
Medium:
Red chalk
Dimensions:
15 x 10-5/16 in. (38.1 x 26.2 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Friday, July 18, 2014
Wilhelm M. Busch
Wilhelm M. Busch
© wilhelm m.busch / ensslin verlag reutlingen
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
CLARA ELSENE PECK
1883 ~ 1968
A Lady of King Arthur's Court
by Sara Hawks Sterling
Published by George W. Jacobs & Co ~ 1907
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
Bernie Wrightson
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
LEONARDO da Vinci
(b. 1452, Vinci, d. 1519, Cloux, near Amboise)
Isabella d'Este
1500Black and red chalk, yellow pastel chalk on paper, 63 x 46 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The cartoon shows the portrait of Isabella d'Este. Holes were made in it
so that it could be transferred, but these perforations do not match
all the details of the drawing precisely, in some places correcting them
with great sensitivity. Leonardo probably produced these perforations
himself. The cartoon has clearly been trimmed and is in a poor state of
preservation, so that it is no longer possibly to state with any
certainty whether the unusual colouring with coloured chalks was
produced by Leonardo himself.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Friday, July 4, 2014
Louis-Léopold Boilly
Louis-Léopold Boilly
| Title | Compositional Drawing for 'Entrance to the Jardin Turc' |
| Object type | drawing |
| Date | about 1810 - 1812 |
| Medium | Brown ink and graphite |
| Dimensions | Height: 279 mm (10.98 in). Width: 381 mm (15 in). |
| Current location | The J. Paul Getty Museum |
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
W. Herbert Dunton and J.N. Marchand
Alfred Henry Lewis. Faro Nell and her friends.
Illustrations by W. Herbert Dunton and J.N. Marchand.
Published 1913 by G.W. Dillingham Company in New York.
Illustrations by W. Herbert Dunton and J.N. Marchand.
Published 1913 by G.W. Dillingham Company in New York.
Images from: book-graphics
