Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

The Black Silk Dress (Anaïs).

1927.

Lollipop Lane. 2005. Etching. Chernow 157. Image size: 1 7/8 x 2 7/8. Sheet size: 9 x 9. Edition 5, #1. A fine impression printed in black/brown ink on white wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Housed in a 12 3/4 x 17 1/8-inch archival mat awaiting your choice of presentation. Chernow's work focuses on American film genres from the 1930s and 1940s. This technically difficult miniature etching...

The Box at 'Faustus'. 1929. Drypoint. 11 x 8 7/8. Edition 100, #39. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of pale blue/green-toned wove paper. Signed in pencil. A tongue-in-cheek image of the devil in the opera box...

James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower ...

Below Stairs. 1930-31. Drypoint. Appleby 143. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 10 1/8). Edition 100, #31. A very rich, tonal impression on cream-colored laid paper. Unobtrusive soiling in the top left- and lower-left hand margins, just below the platemark; and light mat line just outside the platemark. . Signed and numbered in ink. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. A charming discussion between the chef and a scullery maid in a "Downtown Abbey...

1925-26. Drypoint. Appleby 114. 8 9/16 x 12 (sheet 12 x 17). Edition 100, #10. An excellent impression with burr, printed with plate tone on the full sheet of 'VGI' laid paper with ...

Dans les Cendres (In the embers). 1887. Delteil catalog 67 state iii. State after the plate was cut down and a second figure eliminated (the two earlier states are of the greatest rarity). Etching, drypoint and roulette. 16 3/4 x 12 1/8 (sheet 19 1/2 x 14). Edition 50. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 9 (1921): 254. A very rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr, printed on simili-japon. Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co. This is one of the artist's most striking images. Signed in pencil. Housed in 25 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. Paul Albert Besnard, was an impressionist painter. In 1866, the seventeen-year-old son of artist parents began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts Paris. In 1874, Besnard won the important Prix de Rome, with which the academy distinguished young talent. A portion of the scholarship is a stay of several years in Rome. Besnard married Charlotte Dubray, a sculptress, during this time in Rome. The couple lived in England, where Besnard exhibited at the Royal Academy London, between 1881 and 1884. He became involved with English portrait painting during this period, which had a lasting influence on his work. In the years that followed, Besnard broke with the academic tradition. In 1886, he presented the portrait of Madame Roger Jourdain...

'Ierone Re di Sicilia' (Hiero, King of Sicily) Copper-line engraving by Gregori after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campigl...

'Giove Ammone' (Jupiter Ammon) Copper-line engraving by Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) was...

'Terenzio' (Terence) Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) w...

'Terenzio' (Terence) Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) w...

'Virgilio' (Virgil) Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) wa...

'Massinissa re de' Numidi' Copper-line engraving by Carlo Gregori after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768)...