How should I display antique paper art safely?

Keep framed pieces away from direct sunlight to prevent fading of watercolours and inks. Maintain stable room humidity to protect the paper fibres from warping or developing foxing spots over time. Use UV-filtering glazing when reframing and ensure acid-free mounts prevent chemical transfer onto the artwork. Professional framing protects the structural integrity of antique sheets.

What is the difference between an etching and an engraving?

An etching relies on acid to bite lines into a metal plate, resulting in free-flowing strokes with varied depths. Engravings utilise a sharp steel tool called a burin to cut lines directly into the metal. Engravings typically display sharper, more rigid lines with uniform width, whereas etchings exhibit softer, more painterly qualities.

How can I tell the period of a paper artwork?

Examine the watermark in the paper, the framing style, and the clothing or hairstyles of any figures depicted. Handwriting on the reverse often provides dated signatures or inscriptions. Stylistic conventions of the period, such as Georgian palette choices or Victorian framing methods, offer further chronological clues.

What does foxing mean on old paper?

Foxing refers to the small brownish spots and patches that commonly appear on antique paper due to chemical reactions over decades. It is typically caused by iron impurities in the paper reacting with dampness. While light foxing is natural in works of great age, extensive spotting can obscure the artist's original ink or watercolour lines.

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Antique paper art brings together delicate watercolours, precise engravings and intricate silhouettes that capture centuries of illustration and portraiture.

19th century

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Guernsey Seaweeding Etching C1870

From Aramis Antiques

£140

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19th century

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A 19th Century Architectural Drawing of a Royal Palace for the South Kensington School by H. H Wyatt Aged 17

From Rob Hall Antiques

£395

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17th century

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17th Century Tibetan Buddhist Mulberry Wood Manuscript

From Abersoch Antiques

£350

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Antique County Map, Cheshire, English, Framed Cartography, Robert Morden, 18th.c

19th century

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Antique County Map, Cheshire, English, Framed Cartography, Robert Morden, 18th.c

From London Fine Antiques

£575

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Set of 3 Cavalry Watercolours by Thomas Mackay

1900 - 1920

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Set of 3 Cavalry Watercolours by Thomas Mackay

From Georgian Antiques

£850

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19th century

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Mid-19th Century Pencil Portrait of a Young Boy, C.1850

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£350

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Frederick William Hattersley Watercolour ‘ Low Tide,heacham,norfolk ‘

19th century

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Frederick William Hattersley Watercolour ‘ Low Tide,heacham,norfolk ‘

From Graham Reed Fine Art

£295

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William Hough Watercolour ‘ Still- Life of Vases of Pink Roses ‘

19th century

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William Hough Watercolour ‘ Still- Life of Vases of Pink Roses ‘

From Graham Reed Fine Art

£1,950

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19th century

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A Rare Surviving Original 19th Century Advertising Poster for Horniman's Pure Tea

From Rob Hall Antiques

£400

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Battle of Waterloo - A Naive and Unsual Portrait, Ink and Watercolour, of a Three Month Old Robert Spearman Swinburne Aged 3 Years

19th century

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Battle of Waterloo - A Naive and Unsual Portrait, Ink and Watercolour, of a Three Month Old Robert Spearman Swinburne Aged 3 Years

From Rob Hall Antiques

£550

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Listings feature works created across the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, utilising watercolour, ink, gouache, and pastel.

Mid Victorian Pencil Drawing Portrait of a Lady and Her Spaniel 1845 Signed

19th century

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Mid Victorian Pencil Drawing Portrait of a Lady and Her Spaniel 1845 Signed

From Roger Bradbury Antiques

£145

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James Thomas Watts Watercolour ‘ Whitby with the Abbey in the Background’

1900 - 1920

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James Thomas Watts Watercolour ‘ Whitby with the Abbey in the Background’

From Graham Reed Fine Art

£1,500

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Samuel Owen (Attributed), Maritime Scene with a Royal Navy Man-of-war, Antique Watercolour

19th century

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Samuel Owen (Attributed), Maritime Scene with a Royal Navy Man-of-war, Antique Watercolour

From Brave Fine Art

£600

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Samuel Owen (Attributed), Entering Portsmouth Harbour, Antique Watercolour

19th century

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Samuel Owen (Attributed), Entering Portsmouth Harbour, Antique Watercolour

From Brave Fine Art

£600

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Set of 27 Regency Period Hand Tinted Prints

19th century

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Set of 27 Regency Period Hand Tinted Prints

From Georgian Antiques

£3,300

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Frederick William Booty 1900 Signed Original Victorian Antique Watercolour Painting Henrietta Street Whitby, Yorkshire Coast English Landscape Seascape

1900 - 1920

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Frederick William Booty 1900 Signed Original Victorian Antique Watercolour Painting Henrietta Street Whitby, Yorkshire Coast English Landscape Seascape

From Strickland & Russell

£135

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Antique Paper Art

Guernsey Seaweeding Etching C1870

A 19th Century Architectural Drawing of a Royal Palace for the South Kensington School by H. H Wyatt Aged 17

17th Century Tibetan Buddhist Mulberry Wood Manuscript

Antique County Map, Cheshire, English, Framed Cartography, Robert Morden, 18th.c

Set of 3 Cavalry Watercolours by Thomas Mackay

Mid-19th Century Pencil Portrait of a Young Boy, C.1850

Frederick William Hattersley Watercolour ‘ Low Tide,heacham,norfolk ‘

William Hough Watercolour ‘ Still- Life of Vases of Pink Roses ‘

A Rare Surviving Original 19th Century Advertising Poster for Horniman's Pure Tea

Battle of Waterloo - A Naive and Unsual Portrait, Ink and Watercolour, of a Three Month Old Robert Spearman Swinburne Aged 3 Years

Mid Victorian Pencil Drawing Portrait of a Lady and Her Spaniel 1845 Signed

James Thomas Watts Watercolour ‘ Whitby with the Abbey in the Background’

Samuel Owen (Attributed), Maritime Scene with a Royal Navy Man-of-war, Antique Watercolour

Samuel Owen (Attributed), Entering Portsmouth Harbour, Antique Watercolour

Set of 27 Regency Period Hand Tinted Prints

Frederick William Booty 1900 Signed Original Victorian Antique Watercolour Painting Henrietta Street Whitby, Yorkshire Coast English Landscape Seascape

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