Why do prints come up in pairs and sets?

Publishers issued them that way, and the habit shows in the titles: 169 say pair, 84 say four, 29 say six. Sets run larger still. Sets of eight and twelve recur, and one Regency lot runs to 27 hand-tinted sheets. Vanity Fair plates are sold as singles, as double-page sheets, and bound together in fours, sixes, nines, tens and twelves.

What is a Vanity Fair Spy print?

A caricature portrait printed as a chromolithograph, from stone rather than from a plate. Thirty-three titles carry the Vanity Fair name. They appear singly and in multiples, which is why the same subject can turn up on its own one week and as part of a set of ten the next.

Are Japanese woodblocks part of this category?

Yes. Forty-nine titles say Japanese and 36 say woodblock, with 22 combining the two, and most sit in the 19th-century dated band. Subjects include bijin figures, warriors, triptychs and botanicals. A triptych of the Gods of Fortune and two sets of botanical plates are among them.

How reliable are the dates given?

Take the title date over the field date. A handful of plates carry a hard printed year, 1745, 1794, 1811, 1843 among them, and those are the firmest dating in the category. Elsewhere the field holds a band rather than a year. The dated range runs 1700 to 1960, with decade buckets covering the 20th-century material, and a few field dates sit oddly against their titles.

What are reverse glass prints and crystoleums?

Both put the image on glass rather than leaving it on paper. A reverse glass print is transferred and then painted from behind; a crystoleum is mounted to glass, backed and coloured to look like a painting. Together they account for 36 titles, concentrated in the Georgian and Victorian bands, with royal portraits at the upper end.

A sporting caricaturist whose name appears in 61 titles, about four in every hundred, making him the single most repeated name in the category. The work spans a wide range. Printed Christmas and greetings cards sit at the modest end, original watercolours at the very top.

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Impressions on paper, framed or loose, made to hang on a wall: engravings, mezzotints, etchings, lithographs and woodblocks, sold singly and, very often, in pairs and sets.

Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Vellum - Signed, Artists Proof Ltd Edi 'The Wanderer' 1890

19th century

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Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Vellum - Signed, Artists Proof Ltd Edi 'The Wanderer' 1890

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

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Large Framed Engraving – The Sabbath Breakers After J. C. Dollman, 1896

19th century

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Large Framed Engraving – The Sabbath Breakers After J. C. Dollman, 1896

From Shackladys Antiques

£1,195

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Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Paper 1922- Signed Artist Proof Limited Edition

1900 - 1920

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Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Paper 1922- Signed Artist Proof Limited Edition

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Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Vellum 1922 - A Signed Artists Proof Limited Edition 'Disturbed'

1900 - 1920

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Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Vellum 1922 - A Signed Artists Proof Limited Edition 'Disturbed'

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1900 - 1920

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Fine Set of Three Prints by Louis Icart

From Prometheus Antiques

£995

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Three 'Triumph of Alexander' Prints by Le Brun

18th century

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Three 'Triumph of Alexander' Prints by Le Brun

From Cella

£600

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A Copy of Greiffenhagens an Idyll Oil Painting of a Couple in Intimate Pose

1900 - 1920

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A Copy of Greiffenhagens an Idyll Oil Painting of a Couple in Intimate Pose

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

£350

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A Highly Decorative Set of Hand Coloured Copper Equestrian Engravings C1760 by Ridinger

18th century

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A Highly Decorative Set of Hand Coloured Copper Equestrian Engravings C1760 by Ridinger

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£1,750

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Snaffles ‘Sport in the Shiney’ Original Print

1900 - 1920

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Snaffles ‘Sport in the Shiney’ Original Print

From Mark Jones Antiques

£3,250

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King George III Reverse Painted Mezzotint Engraved by Richard Purcell, London

18th century

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King George III Reverse Painted Mezzotint Engraved by Richard Purcell, London

From Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd

£5,000

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The most expensive antique print ever sold on Sellingantiques was a pair of Snaffles originals, 'A Point to Point.' and 'An Irish Point-to-Point.', in April 2021.

Louis Icart 1888 - 1950. French. Scared. Framed Hand Coloured Etching Circa 1920.

1900 - 1920

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Louis Icart 1888 - 1950. French. Scared. Framed Hand Coloured Etching Circa 1920.

From Big Sky Fine Art

£1,495

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Pair Regency or Early Victorian Frames with Prints of Miniatures

19th century

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Pair Regency or Early Victorian Frames with Prints of Miniatures

From Heavenly Antiques

£125

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Queen Charlotte Reverse Glass Print After Frye

18th century

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Queen Charlotte Reverse Glass Print After Frye

From Reindeer Antiques

£950

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19th century

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A 19th Century Chromolithograph Titled "Carlins Et Chats" (Pugs and Cats) by Artist Horatio Henry Couldrey

From Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

£195

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19th century

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A 19th Century Chromolithograph Depicting a Mother Cat and Her Kittens, Titled "The Family" by Artist Horatio Henry Couldrey.

From Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

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Horse Portrait Oil Painting of the Racehorse General Peace by John Alfred Wheeler

1900 - 1920

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Horse Portrait Oil Painting of the Racehorse General Peace by John Alfred Wheeler

From Benton Fine Art

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Antique Prints

Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Vellum - Signed, Artists Proof Ltd Edi 'The Wanderer' 1890

Large Framed Engraving – The Sabbath Breakers After J. C. Dollman, 1896

Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Paper 1922- Signed Artist Proof Limited Edition

Herbert Dicksee - Etching on Vellum 1922 - A Signed Artists Proof Limited Edition 'Disturbed'

Fine Set of Three Prints by Louis Icart

Three 'Triumph of Alexander' Prints by Le Brun

A Copy of Greiffenhagens an Idyll Oil Painting of a Couple in Intimate Pose

A Highly Decorative Set of Hand Coloured Copper Equestrian Engravings C1760 by Ridinger

Snaffles ‘Sport in the Shiney’ Original Print

King George III Reverse Painted Mezzotint Engraved by Richard Purcell, London

Louis Icart 1888 - 1950. French. Scared. Framed Hand Coloured Etching Circa 1920.

Pair Regency or Early Victorian Frames with Prints of Miniatures

Queen Charlotte Reverse Glass Print After Frye

A 19th Century Chromolithograph Titled "Carlins Et Chats" (Pugs and Cats) by Artist Horatio Henry Couldrey

A 19th Century Chromolithograph Depicting a Mother Cat and Her Kittens, Titled "The Family" by Artist Horatio Henry Couldrey.

Horse Portrait Oil Painting of the Racehorse General Peace by John Alfred Wheeler

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