Item:  The Hippopotamus and Rhinoceros Family

Price:  $100.00

Description:  Plate #46 for Blackie and Son Glasgow Edinburgh and London. This image shows six different Hippos and Rhinos and is quite colorful. The engraving is very detailed and lightly watercolored.

Item:  Venetian View with Gondolas

Price:  $225.00

Description:  Venice has given the world some of the finest art music and architecture. Most travelers to Italy consider it a must see. This image shows a really pretty view in black and white with waters flowing in the canal. The churches of St. Marks and other cathedrals are well shown in the background.

Item:  A Classic Nude Engraving

Price:  $150.00

Description:  Pretty nudes with well developed themes are always loved by collectors. This has a lady coming from a rock with an almost veined background showing closeness with nature. The etching has been torn the signature may not be right but the 1901 is correct and the lower right corner has an angel looking on as a form of monogram.

Item:  Etching of Cliffs & Sea by Elizabeth P. Blair

Price:  $150.00

Description:  The 1930s look of this image is apparant and the trees are bent with winds sweeping the coast. The cliffs are visible and the view seems to be from a hill overlooking a bay. There is a group of houses or outbuildings on a side of the bay overlooking the water and perhaps a mountain on the other side. The etching is number 10 out of 25 and is signed in the lower right Elizabeth P. Blair. The black and white color adds to the drama of the action in the image.

Item:  Miss Polly Kennedy-Engraving

Price:  $165.00

Description:  Miss Kennedy is shown holding a handkerchief in her right hand and is dressed in late 18th century finery. There is a notation that this was printed in London in 1836 by Hodgson and Graves 6 Pall Mall. Miss Kennedy is shown in a room of a house with interesting architectural features in the background.

Item:  Cripta della Nuova Confessione in S. Maria Maggiore an Etching Unsigned

Price:  $145.00

Description:  This etching of a cathedral shows the interior in incredible detail. The columns are decorated with spiraling leaves and a priest is shown kneeling in prayer on the geometrically patterned floor. The Corinthian columns add to the grandeur of this piece.

Item:  A Pastel Portrait of Child Holding a Rose

Price:  $950.00

Description:  Portrait of child with gauzy dress falling off the shoulder holding a park rose in the right hand. The Victorian custom of showing children with flowers is well shown here and the child is pretty and looks directly at the viewer with an appealing image. You could adopt this figure and take it home as your great great grandparent.

Item:  The Lake of Lucern by J.M.W. Turner Engraved by R. Wallis

Price:  $85.00

Description:  Lake Lucern is shown with huts and tents around the bay and a steamboat coming towards the viewer from the left. The effect is almost one of another world feel.