Copper engraving. Water stains outside the plate mark, see larger image.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield. A few marginal spots.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield. This plate is wrongly titled near Feldkirch according to an errata note by the author.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield. This plate is wrongly titled Landeck according to an errata note by the author.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Published in 1923 by the Museum Galleries, Museum Street, London W. C. Laid down and in original bevelled mount which is somewhat toned. Mount window 145 x 280mm. In good overall condition with just a slight fault on the upper advert, (see image). On offer elsewhere at £95.

Multiplate coloured lithograph with additional hand colouring of details. One of eight plates from this very rare work on salmon fishing on the Nipisaguit. The Nipisaguit is one of the very few rivers in North America where the salmon still visit for breeding purposes in undiminished numbers; saw-mills, spearing, netting, and what in England would be called poaching, have ruined the rest. Each will be supplied with the single sheet of descriptive text relating to the plate. Sheet size 14 3/4 x 11 inches. Image size 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Drawn on the stone by F. Jones after William Hickman and printed by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen. Foxing verso and extensively in the margins but the image scarely affected. Please see images.

Multiplate coloured lithograph with additional hand colouring of details. One of eight plates from this very rare work on salmon fishing on the Nipisaguit. The Nipisaguit is one of the very few rivers in North America where the salmon still visit for breeding purposes in undiminished numbers; saw-mills, spearing, netting, and what in England would be called poaching, have ruined the rest. Each will be supplied with the single sheet of descriptive text relating to the plate. Sheet size 14 3/4 x 11 inches. Image size 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Drawn on the stone by F. Jones after William Hickman and printed by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen. Foxing verso and in two margins but the image unaffected. Please see images.

Multiplate coloured lithograph with additional hand colouring of details. One of eight plates from this very rare work on salmon fishing on the Nipisaguit. The Nipisaguit is one of the very few rivers in North America where the salmon still visit for breeding purposes in undiminished numbers; saw-mills, spearing, netting, and what in England would be called poaching, have ruined the rest. Each will be supplied with the single sheet of descriptive text relating to the plate. Sheet size 14 3/4 x 11 inches. Image size 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Drawn on the stone by F. Jones after William Hickman and printed by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen. Foxing verso and extensively in the margins and the image is noticeably affected. Please see images.

Multiplate coloured lithograph with additional hand colouring of details. One of eight plates from this very rare work on salmon fishing on the Nipisaguit. The Nipisaguit is one of the very few rivers in North America where the salmon still visit for breeding purposes in undiminished numbers; saw-mills, spearing, netting, and what in England would be called poaching, have ruined the rest. Each will be supplied with the single sheet of descriptive text relating to the plate. Sheet size 14 3/4 x 11 inches. Image size 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Drawn on the stone by F. Jones after William Hickman and printed by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen. Foxing verso and faintly in the margins but the image scarely affected. Please see images.

Multiplate coloured lithograph with additional hand colouring of details. One of eight plates from this very rare $6.000 work on salmon fishing on the Nipisaguit. The Nipisaguit is one of the very few rivers in North America where the salmon still visit for breeding purposes in undiminished numbers; saw-mills, spearing, netting, and what in England would be called poaching, have ruined the rest. Each will be supplied with the single sheet of descriptive text relating to the plate. Sheet size 14 3/4 x 11 inches. Image size 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Drawn on the stone by F. Jones after William Hickman and printed by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen. Foxing verso and a few faint spots in the margins but the image unaffected. Please see images.

Antique steel engraving.

Copper engraving. Some spotting top and right and a mount would cover most, see larger image.

Copper engraving. This is really much cleaner than the images would suggest. The spotting is quite faint and mostly outside the plate mark, see larger image.

David Roberts (1796 - 1864) original full plate lithographs of Egypt were produced from 1842-49. The cost of producing the hundreds of plates was partly offset by subscriptions from the well-to-do including Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, as well as Queen Victoria, the Pasha of Egypt, and Tsar Nicholas 1 of Russia. The first set produced was the Subscription edition with the lithograph carefully hand-coloured. First edition prints have become highly sought after. The Mathaf Gallery, after 30 years of business, still leads the world in 19th century paintings of Arabia, known as Orientalism a market that it pioneered. These aquatints are photographed sealed in a cellophane wrapper with the stock ticket of the Mathaf Gallery affixed. The descriptions are taken from these labels and give a secure provenance to these items and that is the reason for taking the pictures through the wrapping, even though its reflections make the images a little less clear. They are offered at half the Gallery’s prices.

Copper engraving. Just a few spots below the engraved area, see larger image.

Copper engraving. This is really much cleaner than the images would suggest. The marks are quite faint and mostly outside the plate mark, see larger image.

Original antique steel engraving.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Original antique steel engraving.

Original uncoloured antique steel engraving. The margins a trifle grubby but a fine view of shipping on the River Seine.

Original antique engraving with contemporary hand colouring. Published by E Harding, June 1 1790.

Antique steel engraving. Published by E Harding, June 1 1790. The margins a trifle grubby.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Printed by E W Savory of Park Row Studios, Bristol who flourished between 1889 and 1920 and specialised in photolithography. These prints appear to be lithographs and the plate marks are very obvious on this heavy wove paper. Very faint spotting in outer margins (see images). He was a member of the Society of Graphic Artists (S.G.A.). Pike studied art at Ampleforth College under William James Boddy and exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of Graphic Artists and the Pastel Society.

Printed by E W Savory of Park Row Studios, Bristol who flourished between 1889 and 1920 and specialised in photolithography. These prints appear to be lithographs and the plate marks are very obvious on this heavy wove paper. Very faint spotting in outer margins (see images). He was a member of the Society of Graphic Artists (S.G.A.). Pike studied art at Ampleforth College under William James Boddy and exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of Graphic Artists and the Pastel Society.

Printed by E W Savory of Park Row Studios, Bristol who flourished between 1889 and 1920 and specialised in photolithography. These prints appear to be lithographs and the plate marks are very obvious on this heavy wove paper. Very faint spotting in outer margins (see images). He was a member of the Society of Graphic Artists (S.G.A.). Pike studied art at Ampleforth College under William James Boddy and exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of Graphic Artists and the Pastel Society.

Printed by E W Savory of Park Row Studios, Bristol who flourished between 1889 and 1920 and specialised in photolithography. These prints appear to be lithographs and the plate marks are very obvious on this heavy wove paper. Very faint spotting in outer margins (see images). He was a member of the Society of Graphic Artists (S.G.A.). Pike studied art at Ampleforth College under William James Boddy and exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of Graphic Artists and the Pastel Society.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.

Steel engraving from the drawing by Clarkson Stanfield.