Misc aquatic antique lithographs of lobsters, crabs & corals will complement your home decor. We have the hard to find antique lithographs of Lobsters by Sherman Denton to Horseshoe Crabs by Rhump. These are authentic antique lithographs and hand colored engravings. Call me with your special requests at 413-245-4197.
Framed Antique Prints: Misc Aquatic Corals, Etc.
Published by subscription by Eighteenth Century Naturalists George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder for The Naturalist’s Miscellany: or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects.(Plus a couple odd pieces). A monumental encyclopedic effort to record all Natural History known. Archival framing in fruit wood burl a double rag mat with a tiny hint of grey and UV glass. Each piece measures: 11×14″ Call 413-245-4197 to order.
Pulled from a printing press and published in London from the 1780’s to about 1805. The original depiction the Naturalist composed was transferred onto a thin copper plate, engraved with burins and printed onto a high quality rag paper, while slightly damp, followed water coloring by hand. Coming from a freshly cut engraving, as the copper surface wore down quickly and could not be used after about 300 impressions. It is hard to know how many antique prints such as this one offered here, are still around.
Sherman Denton American Lobster Antique Lithographs, c.1900, Framed & Unframed:
These are the hard to find, antique lithographs of the famed North American Lobster. They are antique chromolithographs, whereas each and every color was applied with a keystone, limestone plate, similar to the way silk screening is done today. Each & every color was applied in an individual separate process. Sherman Denton was hired by the Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York to illustrate North American species of fish including these wonderful lobsters.
Denton Lobsters, Unframed. Price Given Upon Request.
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Misc Aquatic Antique Prints of crabs, lobsters & misc. crustaceans by Rhumph.
Rhumph’s c.1730 misc aquatic antique prints of sea life. Hand colored 18th Century engravings of crabs, lobsters, horse shoe crabs and shrimp! These are scarce German copper plate engravings on very fine hand made hand laid linen rag, with modern water coloring. Each old print measures about 9 1/2 x 16″
Authentic American Chromolithographs from 1885 of Anemones, Corals & Crabs:
Published c.1885 these are striking American chromolithographs by Louis Prang, the “Father of American Color Lithography.” Each old print measure about 9 1/2 x 12″ and the colors are vivid and strong. Click here to contact us.
Misc Aquatic-Authentic c.1860 hand colored engravings & lithographs from “Book of the World”
c. 1860 Old Sea Life Prints. These are German hand colored engravings and lithographs of shells, coral, fish & other sea creatures. measuring about 8×10″
Assorted Misc Aquatic: Antique Lithographs and Hand Colored Engravings of Alligators, Jelly Fish, Lizard & Seals:
Assorted old Sea life engravings and lithographs, some are hand colored. Crocodiles & Gavials, Lizards, Jelly Fish and Seals.
The Stunning Corals by Dennis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert c.1770
These are the stunning aquatic antique prints of coral by Diderot. Hand colored copper plate engravings from the Encyclopedia ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres, published in Paris c.1770.
Do you have questions about specific misc aquatic sealife?
I may be able to provide additional options when you call me at 413-245-4197. Additional antique prints of American lobsters, corals, crabs, crustaceans & unusual sea life such as gators in a variety of price and size ranges.
We are pleased to offer a great selection of misc aquatic antique prints from Anne Hall
This page of antique prints for sale is dedicated to misc aquatic sea life. Such sea life includes antique lithographs and hand colored engravings of lobsters, crabs, corals, anemone and other curiosities found in the ocean. We have Wilhelm gators and gavial. We have Prang anemone & coral prints. All of our old prints, are over 100 years old! We also have really old antique prints of sea creatures by the early naturalists including Rhump, Seba, and Mathias Merian! Merian was an early publisher from Nuremburg. His work producing Johnston’s Animalia is primitive yet almost modern looking. Sea creatures were quite the curiosity during the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Can you even imagine what people thought back then when they saw the specimens or the old prints of them?
