Why do so many listings say 18th century with no year?

Only 236 of 840 listings carry a clean year, so most dating here is done by period label rather than by date. Titles reading "18th Century" or "19th Century" are best read as a bracket. The dated field runs 1700 to 1960. The 18th century is the largest single label, followed by the 19th, with a further group given only as "1800s".

What does after mean in an engraving title?

It means the print reproduces a design by the named artist, who didn't cut the plate. Reynolds, Hogarth, Kauffman, Morland, Claude Lorrain, Rubens and Raphael all recur as source names. About a fifth of titles use it, and those prints make up a much larger share of the top of the range, especially where the engraver is named too.

Are engravings usually sold singly or in sets?

Both, but multiples are close to the norm. "Pair" appears in 101 titles, "four" in 56 and "six" in 26. The largest group recorded in a single sampled title is a set of twenty-seven Regency hand-tinted prints. Sets and long panoramic sheets hold the top of the range.

Which subjects come up most often?

Portraits of titled sitters, largely as mezzotints. Hand-coloured natural history: birds, fish, insects, monkeys, serpents, shells and skulls. And large architectural plates, with 26 titles mentioning Athens and 24 "antiquities". Cries of London is the most repeated single subject in the samples, turning up in five separate listings in different editions and set sizes.

Do wood engravings appear under this heading?

Yes. Wood engraving is cut into the end-grain of a block and printed in relief, so it isn't intaglio, but it's catalogued here all the same. A tight 1930s group accounts for most of them, seventeen titles referring to wood engravings from a single 1935 book, Four Hedges, each a mounted individual leaf. They sit at the bottom of the range.

What unusual forms turn up in this category?

Reverse engravings on glass, prints under verre eglomise and hand-coloured optical prints all appear once or twice and nowhere else. So does a run of anatomical plates, skulls, skeletons and a rhinoceros skeleton among them. An engraved wine glass has been filed with the prints. A few lithographs and maps sit under the heading as well.

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A sheet of paper printed from an incised metal plate, sold framed, mounted or loose, with the subject and the artist behind it named in the title.

Adam Buck "My Shoe" and "My Tambourine" Engravings

19th century

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Adam Buck "My Shoe" and "My Tambourine" Engravings

From McTague of Harrogate

£550

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19th century

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Late Georgian Stipple Engraving on Silk

From Henley Street Antiques

£125

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Antique Etching Frank Greenwood Whitworth Hall Manchester

1900 - 1920

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Antique Etching Frank Greenwood Whitworth Hall Manchester

From Karen Tarleton

£100

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19th century

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A Rare Early 19th Century Lithograph of the Interior of Lyme Regis Church, Dorset Possibly a One Off

From Rob Hall Antiques

£140

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19th century

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H. Strafford, Pair Old Cattle Prints.

From McTague of Harrogate

£650

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18th century

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French Architectural Engraving - 18th Century

From Rue des Fontenelles

£225

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Etching by David Wilkie Entitled the Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch

19th century

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Etching by David Wilkie Entitled the Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch

From Shackladys Antiques

£975

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Herbert Dicksee Pair Rare Miniature Etchings Lion and Tigress

19th century

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Herbert Dicksee Pair Rare Miniature Etchings Lion and Tigress

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£1,850

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18th century

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Antique 18th Century Engraving James Basire Antiquities of Athens Nude

From Karen Tarleton

£165

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George Morland Coloured Mezzotint Feeding the Pigs Engraved by I R Smith

19th century

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George Morland Coloured Mezzotint Feeding the Pigs Engraved by I R Smith

From Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art

£250

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Plates from the Antiquities of Athens keep reappearing on Sellingantiques. Athens is named in twenty-six engraving titles, with James Basire in nineteen of them.

18th century

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Large 18th Century Engraving Antiquities of Athens Serpent

From Karen Tarleton

£250

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Eton – Upper School, Engraving After Tom M. Hemy 1887

19th century

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Eton – Upper School, Engraving After Tom M. Hemy 1887

From Mark Davis Antiques

£175

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19th century

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A Set of Four 19th Century Framed Bird Engravings by William Swainson

From Tigers Decorative

£1,675

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A British Bulldog. An Original Drypoint Etching by Herbert Dicksee

1900 - 1920

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A British Bulldog. An Original Drypoint Etching by Herbert Dicksee

From The Country House Gallery

£950

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18th century

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Large 18th Century Engraving James Basire Antiquities of Athens Mythical Painting

From Karen Tarleton

£165

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Large Regency Print of a Family with Birds

19th century

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Large Regency Print of a Family with Birds

From Prometheus Antiques

£195

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Antique Engravings

Adam Buck "My Shoe" and "My Tambourine" Engravings

Late Georgian Stipple Engraving on Silk

Antique Etching Frank Greenwood Whitworth Hall Manchester

A Rare Early 19th Century Lithograph of the Interior of Lyme Regis Church, Dorset Possibly a One Off

H. Strafford, Pair Old Cattle Prints.

French Architectural Engraving - 18th Century

Etching by David Wilkie Entitled the Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch

Herbert Dicksee Pair Rare Miniature Etchings Lion and Tigress

Antique 18th Century Engraving James Basire Antiquities of Athens Nude

George Morland Coloured Mezzotint Feeding the Pigs Engraved by I R Smith

Large 18th Century Engraving Antiquities of Athens Serpent

Eton – Upper School, Engraving After Tom M. Hemy 1887

A Set of Four 19th Century Framed Bird Engravings by William Swainson

A British Bulldog. An Original Drypoint Etching by Herbert Dicksee

Large 18th Century Engraving James Basire Antiquities of Athens Mythical Painting

Large Regency Print of a Family with Birds

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