Blond Abraham (3 results)

Oval print after a technique pioneered by George Baxter, 13.1 x 17 cm (image size), in the original embossed mount approx 20 x 23.5 cm, titled and numbered lower right " The Image Boy 49", the image a trifle faded and the mount lighty spotted, but overall in good condition, preserved in a modern frame. Attractive composition, the image adapted from James Collinson?s painting of 1849. (LB No 49 CL No 86) "This picture features an Image Boy ? a person who made a living selling unglazed plaster or parian-ware models (often of classical or religiously significant figures). Such persons are motifs used by a number of other Victorian artists ? including William Daniels.Collinson himself first used the subject-matter in a large painting entitled "Italian Image-Boys at a Roadside Alehouse" ? his first ?official? Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painting (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1849)." (Paul Crowther, Awakening Beauty: The Crowther-Oblak Collection of Victorian Art. Exhibition catalogue.).

Loose as Issued. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A series of 10 miniature needlebox or similar colour woodblock prints produced under license from George Baxter c1845. Lables on the reverse state "Fancy Subjects" set 73 and complete. They are on publishers original embossed cream card. each image is slightly less than 2 x 1 inch [4.4 x 2.4 cm] They are all clean and colours fresh, the mounts are a little lightly rubbed otherwise Fine. (10). RARE *First perfected as a print format by George Baxter in 1835/6 and he allowed 2 companies to produce others similar "under License" and one of these was Abraham Le Blond. Each colour added separately which meant the letter-pressing had to be absolutely perfect to achieve a clear image.

FOURTH EDITION of "Be`er Ha-Golah" (Well of the Diaspora) by Rabbi Löwe of Prague (The Maharal). Originally printed in 1598, the book deals with interpretation of the Talmud, and provides a defense of the Jewish faith. 200x125mm. 88 double pages (176 pages). Black board Hardcover. Cover worn and slightly stained. Sticker residues on rear cover. Cover edges bumped. Cover corners peeling. Spine worn. Spine hinges and edges peeling. Stamp on endpaper. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This old edition of a central work by the Maharal is in good condition. The book is in : Hebrew.