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.

18th century

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A Pair of Antique French Engravings - 18th Century.

From M Cross Antiques

£300

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Antique French Engravings - After Jean Mariette (1660–1742). Ptolemée & Faraon.

18th century

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Antique French Engravings - After Jean Mariette (1660–1742). Ptolemée & Faraon.

From M Cross Antiques

£250

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A Fabulous Set of Four Good Sized Unframed Gould Tropical Bird Prints (3)

1940 - 1960

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A Fabulous Set of Four Good Sized Unframed Gould Tropical Bird Prints (3)

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£210

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Mezzotint Portrait of Arnold Joost Van Keppel. 1st Earl of Albermarle by John Smith After Sir Godfrey Kneller.

17th century

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Mezzotint Portrait of Arnold Joost Van Keppel. 1st Earl of Albermarle by John Smith After Sir Godfrey Kneller.

From The Mezzotint Man

£720

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18th century

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William Woollett After George Stubbs - Three 18th Century Engravings from the Shooting Series

From The Mezzotint Man

£820

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19th century

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19th Century Engraved Print of Anne Richmond and Photo of the Artist Thomas (Tom) Richmond Jnr

From Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd

£250

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19th century

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19th Century Engraving of a Bird

From Rue des Fontenelles

£120

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Henry Alken 'Ideas' Series - Trio of Hand-coloured Engravings Circa 1826

19th century

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Henry Alken 'Ideas' Series - Trio of Hand-coloured Engravings Circa 1826

From Kings-Lane

£125

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Mezzotint Portrait of Frances Teresa Stuart Duchess of Richmond - By Thomas Watson After Sir Peter Lely.

18th century

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Mezzotint Portrait of Frances Teresa Stuart Duchess of Richmond - By Thomas Watson After Sir Peter Lely.

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£680

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Mezzotint Portrait of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier - By Edward Fisher After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

18th century

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Mezzotint Portrait of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier - By Edward Fisher After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

From The Mezzotint Man

£580

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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.

Samuel Howitt (1756–1822) Original Antique Etching – Recumbent Lioness

18th century

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Samuel Howitt (1756–1822) Original Antique Etching – Recumbent Lioness

From Artsonline

£299

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Engraving of King George III - By John Jones After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

18th century

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Engraving of King George III - By John Jones After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

From The Mezzotint Man

£720

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19th century

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19thc Grand Tour Etchings

From Noah Valentine Antiques Ltd

£475

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Rare Surreal Print / Etching by Kurt Lorein Victor Peiser – Dated 1931

1920 - 1940

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Rare Surreal Print / Etching by Kurt Lorein Victor Peiser – Dated 1931

From Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd

£290

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Mezzotint Portrait the Boy and Pigeons by John Boydell (1720-1804) After Pier Francesco Mola (1612-1666)

18th century

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Mezzotint Portrait the Boy and Pigeons by John Boydell (1720-1804) After Pier Francesco Mola (1612-1666)

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£660

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Mezzotint Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Lee by Edward Fisher After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

18th century

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Mezzotint Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Lee by Edward Fisher After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

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£520

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Antique Engravings

A Pair of Antique French Engravings - 18th Century.

Antique French Engravings - After Jean Mariette (1660–1742). Ptolemée & Faraon.

A Fabulous Set of Four Good Sized Unframed Gould Tropical Bird Prints (3)

Mezzotint Portrait of Arnold Joost Van Keppel. 1st Earl of Albermarle by John Smith After Sir Godfrey Kneller.

William Woollett After George Stubbs - Three 18th Century Engravings from the Shooting Series

19th Century Engraved Print of Anne Richmond and Photo of the Artist Thomas (Tom) Richmond Jnr

19th Century Engraving of a Bird

Henry Alken 'Ideas' Series - Trio of Hand-coloured Engravings Circa 1826

Mezzotint Portrait of Frances Teresa Stuart Duchess of Richmond - By Thomas Watson After Sir Peter Lely.

Mezzotint Portrait of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier - By Edward Fisher After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Samuel Howitt (1756–1822) Original Antique Etching – Recumbent Lioness

Engraving of King George III - By John Jones After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

19thc Grand Tour Etchings

Rare Surreal Print / Etching by Kurt Lorein Victor Peiser – Dated 1931

Mezzotint Portrait the Boy and Pigeons by John Boydell (1720-1804) After Pier Francesco Mola (1612-1666)

Mezzotint Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Lee by Edward Fisher After Sir Joshua Reynolds.

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