Are lithographs usually sold in pairs or sets?

Sets are unusually normal in this category. Pairs appear in around a tenth of titles and fours in a smaller share again, and the archive runs to sixes, nines, twelves and a set of twenty-four framed lithographs of wild game. One collection of about twenty large mosaic prints has passed through as a single lot. Singles are still the commonest listing, but a group is nothing out of the ordinary.

What does the date on a lithograph listing mean?

Read it as the dealer's shorthand. The dated field spans 1800 to 1960, and 118 of 229 listings carry a clean year, but the single commonest label isn't a year at all: 43 say only "19th Century" and 23 only "Victorian". Where years are given they cluster twice, in the mid-to-late 1800s and again in the mid-20th century. Titles sometimes quote a publication year, 1821 or 1857 for instance, that sits inside a vaguer dated field.

Why do so many listings mention Vanity Fair?

The magazine's full-page caricature portraits form a category of their own, and 18 titles carry the name. They come as chromolithographs, often double-page, often tagged Spy or Men of the Day. They're a current-shelf phenomenon. They make up a real slice of stock now listed on Sellingantiques against effectively none of the sold record.

How often are these prints signed or numbered?

Not often. Only 11 titles mention a signature, and edition numbers appear a handful of times, phrased as 1/300, one of 500 or a stated edition size of thirty. A trial proof shows up once in the sample. Where signatures and editions do appear, it's generally on 20th-century artist sheets rather than the Victorian material.

Do lithographs come framed?

Some do. "Framed" appears in about a tenth of titles, with a few describing original frames by a named framing firm, others later gilt frames or gilt gesso. The rest are described unframed or the frame simply goes unmentioned in the title.

Which unusual forms turn up in this category?

A Regency reverse lithograph printed on glass, an optical illusion sheet, a lithograph with pastel worked over the printing, and a double-sided sheet printed on both faces have all passed through. Origins stray from Britain too. French subjects are the commonest non-British group, and the record holds a sheet from the House of Wentzel at Wissembourg, an Irish modernist print, and two American political prints of 1877 and 1882.

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A lithograph is a print pulled from a drawn image on stone or plate, the picture-printing method of the 19th century, used for topographical views, natural history plates, caricature and advertising.

Fine Print of Man with a Red Cap After Titian

1900 - 1920

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Fine Print of Man with a Red Cap After Titian

From Prometheus Antiques

£595

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David Roberts Ra First Folio Pair of 19th C. Cairo Lithographs (Louis Haghe) in Original H. Alden & Co. Frames

19th century

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David Roberts Ra First Folio Pair of 19th C. Cairo Lithographs (Louis Haghe) in Original H. Alden & Co. Frames

From Pareglio & Ayres Antiques Interiors

£650

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Charles Edward Wilson 1853-1941 Lithograph After Original Painting

1900 - 1920

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Charles Edward Wilson 1853-1941 Lithograph After Original Painting

From Sale Antiques

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1900 - 1920

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Charles Edward Wilson 1853-1941 Lithograph After Original Painting

From Sale Antiques

£225

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Antique Coloured Lithograph Parrot Perruce a Face Bleu

19th century

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Antique Coloured Lithograph Parrot Perruce a Face Bleu

From Rams Head Antiques

£245

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Antique Coloured Bird Lithograph Western Tragopan

19th century

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Antique Coloured Bird Lithograph Western Tragopan

From Rams Head Antiques

£185

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19th century

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Victorian Pears Print

From Antiquus

£100

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Antique Print of Pastoral Mother and Baby

1900 - 1920

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Antique Print of Pastoral Mother and Baby

From Antiquus

£100

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1900 - 1920

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A Pair of Louis Wain Prints C1900

From Malcolm Eglin Antiques

£550

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Large Victorian Pear's Soap Christmas Annual Cricket Print Captain of the Eleven 1898

19th century

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Large Victorian Pear's Soap Christmas Annual Cricket Print Captain of the Eleven 1898

From Hough & Son

£225

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The most expensive lithographs ever sold on Sellingantiques were a rare set of 24 framed lithographs of wild game and animals, dated 1840, in May 2024.

C. 1850, Framed Hand-coloured Lithograph, Medical Procedures (French)

19th century

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C. 1850, Framed Hand-coloured Lithograph, Medical Procedures (French)

From White Space Antiques

£200

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A Genuine Unfolded Double Page Vanity Fair Chromolithograph Entitled ' in Vanity Fair

19th century

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A Genuine Unfolded Double Page Vanity Fair Chromolithograph Entitled ' in Vanity Fair

From The Country House Gallery

£160

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A Genuine Vanity Fair 'Spy' Print ' on the Terrace' House of Coomons, Nov 30th 1893

19th century

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A Genuine Vanity Fair 'Spy' Print ' on the Terrace' House of Coomons, Nov 30th 1893

From The Country House Gallery

£160

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A Genuine Double Page Unfolded Vanity Fair Print ' a General Group ' Nov 29th 1900

1900 - 1920

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A Genuine Double Page Unfolded Vanity Fair Print ' a General Group ' Nov 29th 1900

From The Country House Gallery

£160

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An Original Vanity Fair Spy Print, Heads of the Law, Double Page Format, Unfolded, 1902

1900 - 1920

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An Original Vanity Fair Spy Print, Heads of the Law, Double Page Format, Unfolded, 1902

From The Country House Gallery

£160

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A Victorian Print of the Royal Review of the Scottish Volunteers

19th century

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A Victorian Print of the Royal Review of the Scottish Volunteers

From Drennan & Sturrock Ltd

£320

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Antique Lithographs

Fine Print of Man with a Red Cap After Titian

David Roberts Ra First Folio Pair of 19th C. Cairo Lithographs (Louis Haghe) in Original H. Alden & Co. Frames

Charles Edward Wilson 1853-1941 Lithograph After Original Painting

Charles Edward Wilson 1853-1941 Lithograph After Original Painting

Antique Coloured Lithograph Parrot Perruce a Face Bleu

Antique Coloured Bird Lithograph Western Tragopan

Victorian Pears Print

Antique Print of Pastoral Mother and Baby

A Pair of Louis Wain Prints C1900

Large Victorian Pear's Soap Christmas Annual Cricket Print Captain of the Eleven 1898

C. 1850, Framed Hand-coloured Lithograph, Medical Procedures (French)

A Genuine Unfolded Double Page Vanity Fair Chromolithograph Entitled ' in Vanity Fair

A Genuine Vanity Fair 'Spy' Print ' on the Terrace' House of Coomons, Nov 30th 1893

A Genuine Double Page Unfolded Vanity Fair Print ' a General Group ' Nov 29th 1900

An Original Vanity Fair Spy Print, Heads of the Law, Double Page Format, Unfolded, 1902

A Victorian Print of the Royal Review of the Scottish Volunteers

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