Etchings & engravings - Art of the Engraver
This section is a tribute to the considerable skills of 18th and 19th century engravers and etchers: depicting some of the finest examples of their work still in existance. All these subjects are supplied uncoloured (apart from the smaller portraits at the end of the page)
( These are just a selection of the prints available, click here for the full catalogue )
Sizes are height by width in centimetres &
inches for to the plate mark, there will
be further margins outside this area.
Please click on small thumbnail image for a
larger view of the item, note that images shown do not include any inscriptions
or margins and are for guidance only, they do not reflect the full quality of the subject.
Click
here to see several examples with images showing entire prints,
including inscriptions and plate marks
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Large etchings and engravings
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William Caxton Shewing the First Specimen of his
Printing to King Edward the Fourth at the Almonry, Westminster Published in 1858, this plate was engraved by Frederick Bromley, one of the finest engravers of the period. The scene depicts all the aspects of producing a book, from typesetting, through to printing and binding. Included are the wood engravers of the illustrations, the foreunners of copper and steel plate engravers, whose book plates were printed by specialist forms like Thomas Ross. |
Medium and smaller etchings and engravings
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William Woollett (Engraver). |
Portrait of an Engraver |
The Bookbinder |
Images Copyright Thomas Ross Limited. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.
