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Rare Paul Revere Engraving From the American Revolution Era Set for Auction

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The post Rare Paul Revere Engraving From the American Revolution Era Set for Auction appeared first on Artnet News. There are only 29 extant copies of the historic artwork.

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1,500-Year-Old Christian Ivory Box With Rare Engravings Found in Ancient Austrian Church

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The post 1,500-Year-Old Christian Ivory Box With Rare Engravings Found in Ancient Austrian Church appeared first on Artnet News. Such reliquaries were once used to hold the remains of saints.

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Albrecht Dürer’s 16th-century Meisterstiche engravings beat estimates at Grogan

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BOSTON — Impressions of all three of Albrecht Dürer’s (1471-1528) famous Meisterstiche (master engravings) were sold by Grogan & Co. All were part of a collection of Old Master prints that came from ‘the estate of a Cambridge, Massachusetts lady’.

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Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlights

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Mark Catesby, Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving, $5,555 FRANKLIN, TN – Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was born in England, but after traveling to South Carolina, he became America’s first naturalist and illustrator.

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Colonial Boston engraving and Paul Revere war bond lead Early American’s June 8 sale

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The circa-1761 engraving of a view of the city after a drawing by the Royal Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Pownall (1722-1805), has an estimate of $10,000-$12,000. The complete catalog is […] The post Colonial Boston engraving and Paul Revere war bond lead Early American’s June 8 sale appeared first on Auction Central News.

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Mr Nathaniel Hillier – A Georgian Engraving

Mark Hill

A framed etching of Mr Nathaniel Hillier, 9.5cm wide I’ve collected prints, from etchings to engravings and woodcuts to lithographs, since I was a schoolboy. Smith also goes on to state that “ The earliest engraved portraits of Dr. Johnson exhibit a wig with five rows of curls, commonly called “a story wig.”

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Albrecht Dürer’s 16th-century Meisterstiche engravings beat estimates at Grogan

Auction Central News

BOSTON — Impressions of all three of Albrecht Dürer’s (1471-1528) famous Meisterstiche (master engravings) were sold by Grogan & Co. All were part of a collection of Old Master prints that came from ‘the estate of a Cambridge, Massachusetts lady’. Most bore labels from US galleries operating in the first half of […]