Paper Collection (#94)

Will He Reign? or, Father and Son (colour litho)
3648286 Will He Reign? or, Father and Son (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Will He Reign? or, Father and Son)

Going Home! (colour litho)
3648284 Going Home! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Going Home)

Not out of Danger or, Among the Icebergs (colour litho)
3648266 Not out of Danger or, Among the Icebergs (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Not out of Danger or, Among the Icebergs)

Illustration for The Tomahawk magazine, 1869 (colour litho)
3648259 Illustration for The Tomahawk magazine, 1869 (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for The Tomahawk magazine)

A Bright Vision (colour litho)
3648255 A Bright Vision (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Bright Vision)

Alone in the World! (colour litho)
3648253 Alone in the World! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alone in the World)

Marchand De Papier Pour Prendre Les Mouches (engraving)
3650261 Marchand De Papier Pour Prendre Les Mouches (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marchand De Papier Pour Prendre Les Mouches)

Collection de M le baron Pichon, Une Fabrique de cartes sous Louis XIV (engraving)
3645830 Collection de M le baron Pichon, Une Fabrique de cartes sous Louis XIV (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Collection de M le baron Pichon)

Fabrication a la main des feuilles de papier (engraving)
3629442 Fabrication a la main des feuilles de papier (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fabrication a la main des feuilles de papier)

Initials on Fruit (engraving)
3627876 Initials on Fruit (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initials on Fruit. Illustration for The Picture Magazine, 1894.); © Look and Learn

Portrait of the Actor Willem Bartholsz Ruyter, c. 1638 (pen, ink and wash on paper)
3704043 Portrait of the Actor Willem Bartholsz Ruyter, c.1638 (pen, ink and wash on paper) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 13.9x17.4 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Studies for the Sick Woman in the Hundred Guilder Print, c
3704041 Studies for the Sick Woman in the Hundred Guilder Print, c.1647-48 (pen, ink and wash on paper) by Rembrandt Harmensz

Three Orientals Conversing, c. 1645 (pen and brown ink on paper)
3704033 Three Orientals Conversing, c.1645 (pen and brown ink on paper) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 17.2x15.2 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dutch, out of copyright

One of the Three Kings Adoring the Virgin and Child, c. 1635-40 (pen and ink on paper)
3704032 One of the Three Kings Adoring the Virgin and Child, c.1635-40 (pen and ink on paper) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 17.7x15.9 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Annunciation to the Shepherds, c. 1650 (pen and ink on paper)
3704031 Annunciation to the Shepherds, c.1650 (pen and ink on paper) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 21.9x18 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: pen and brown ink)

Daniel in the Lions Den, c. 1650 (pen and ink on paper)
3704030 Daniel in the Lions Den, c.1650 (pen and ink on paper) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 22.2x18.4 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: pen and brown ink)

A Right Merrie Song for Christmas Time! (colour litho)
3648230 A Right Merrie Song for Christmas Time! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Right Merrie Song for Christmas Time)

Don t Desert Me (colour litho)
3648224 Don t Desert Me (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Don t Desert Me. (Dedicated to HRH the Prince of Wales by Britannia)

Which Will it Be? or, The London Season 1868-9 (colour litho)
3648223 Which Will it Be? or, The London Season 1868-9 (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Which Will it Be)

Running into Danger! (colour litho)
3648212 Running into Danger! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Running into Danger! (Dedicated to the Rt Hon B Disraeli)

On the Verge! (colour litho)
3648211 On the Verge! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Verge)

Sermons and Sermons! or, Sweet Lies for Wealthy Sinners (colour litho)
3648207 Sermons and Sermons! or, Sweet Lies for Wealthy Sinners (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sermons and Sermons)

The Rough Gulliver in the Toils! or, The Real Use of Our Citizen Army (colour litho)
3648206 The Rough Gulliver in the Toils! or, The Real Use of Our Citizen Army (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info)

Digging His Own Grave! or, The Political Trappist (colour litho)
3648204 Digging His Own Grave! or, The Political Trappist (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Digging His Own Grave)

Defying the Avalanche! or, Disraeli Versus Justice (colour litho)
3648202 Defying the Avalanche! or, Disraeli Versus Justice (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Defying the Avalanche)

Home from the Derby! (colour litho)
3648196 Home from the Derby! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Home from the Derby)

The Girl of the Period! or, Painted by a Prurient Prude (colour litho)
3648189 The Girl of the Period! or, Painted by a Prurient Prude (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Girl of the Period)

Foul Play! or, A Valentine to the Rescue (colour litho)
3648185 Foul Play! or, A Valentine to the Rescue (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Foul Play! or, A Valentine to the Rescue)

A Slender Chance! (colour litho)
3648183 A Slender Chance! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Slender Chance)

Waiting for the Verdict! or, The Most Shameful Sight in the World (colour litho)
3648180 Waiting for the Verdict! or, The Most Shameful Sight in the World (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pictures in the Fire! (colour litho)
3648156 Pictures in the Fire! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pictures in the Fire)

Banquo at the Banquet (colour litho)
3648153 Banquo at the Banquet (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Banquo at the Banquet)

Samson Agonistes (colour litho)
3648149 Samson Agonistes (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Samson Agonistes)

The Clerk Boniface (engraving)
3648076 The Clerk Boniface (engraving) by Goez, Joseph Franz von (1754-1815) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Clerk Boniface)

The Jumantsubo plain in Susaki near Fukagawa, 1857 (colour woodcut)
3545891 The Jumantsubo plain in Susaki near Fukagawa, 1857 (colour woodcut) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); 35.9x24.1 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Merry May Day (engraving)
3641929 Merry May Day (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merry May Day. Illustration for Ally Slopers Half Holiday, 1 May 1886. Cropped image)

Stilt race in the Landes, France (engraving)
3643599 Stilt race in the Landes, France (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stilt race in the Landes, France)

Repairing armour (chromolitho)
3643597 Repairing armour (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Repairing armour. Illustration for The Boys Own Annual, 1893.); © Look and Learn

Shakespeare in his study (litho)
3643524 Shakespeare in his study (litho) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare in his study)

A Victorian die-cut shape Christmas card of a robin in a cone shaped paper, c
3605716 A Victorian die-cut shape Christmas card of a robin in a cone shaped paper, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English

Saint Matthew (fresco)
3498498 Saint Matthew (fresco) by Crespi, Daniele (1597-1630); Chiesa di San Vittore al Corpo, Milan, Lombardy, Italy; (add.info)

Economy. Paper Confetti by Bella Manufacture. Poster by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
3434534 Economy. Paper Confetti by Bella Manufacture. Poster by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, England, c.1894. (poster) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); (add.info.: Economie. Coll. Part)

A hawk and a hen from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper)
3619857 A hawk and a hen from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper) by Persian School, (19th century); 35x21.5 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; (add.info.: Folio 44a from Ms)

A goose and a reflection of the moon in the water from Lights of Canopus
3619856 A goose and a reflection of the moon in the water from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper) by Persian School, (19th century); 35x21.5 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

A tortoise carries a scorpion on its back across a river from Lights of Canopus
3619855 A tortoise carries a scorpion on its back across a river from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper) by Persian School, (19th century); 35x21.5 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

A heron, a crab, and a fish from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper)
3619851 A heron, a crab, and a fish from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper) by Persian School, (19th century); 35x21.5 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

A shoemaker and his unfaithful wife from Lights of Canopus
3619847 A shoemaker and his unfaithful wife from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper) by Persian School, (19th century); 35x21.5 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

A fox and a drum from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper)
3619845 A fox and a drum from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper) by Persian School, (19th century); 35x21.5 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; (add.info.: Folio 30a from Ms)

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