1880 Art Treasures of America India Proofs Vol I George Barrie Antique Art Book For Sale

• Title: The Art Treasures of America: India Proofs
• Volume: I
• Publisher: George Barrie
• Publication Year: 1880
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Topic: Fine Art
• Features: Illustrated, Photogravures, Engravings
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Era: Victorian

The Art Treasures of America – India Proofs – Volume I

Large antique Victorian art reference published by George Barrie with copyright dates of 1879 and 1880.

This impressive oversized volume contains numerous high-quality art reproductions, including photogravures and engravings, together with indexes identifying artists, collections, and illustrations. A handsome nineteenth-century publication intended to showcase important works of European and American art from prominent private collections.

• Hardcover binding remains solid.
• Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with scuffs and scratches consistent with age.
• Page edges are age toned.
• Interior pages exhibit scattered foxing (brown spotting), particularly on the preliminary pages shown in the photos.
• No major tears or loose pages observed.
• Please review all photos carefully to evaluate condition.

This is a substantial oversized volume that would make an excellent addition to an antique art library, Victorian décor collection, or rare book collection.

Ships carefully packed due to its size and weight.

Volume I contains numerous engraved and photogravure reproductions with indexes identifying artists and collections. Featured works include:

Photogravures

• The Queen of Sheba
• Blindman\'s Bluff
• The Smokers\' Rebellion
• The Twins
• Satyr and Nymphs
• Between Love and Riches
• The Appian Way in the Time of Augustus
• The Good Little Sisters
• A Grand Pardon in Brittany
• Procession of the Bull Apis
• The Birth of Venus
• The Shulamite
• Lucrece and Tarquin
• Episode of the Massacre in Syria
• Haydée
• Sitá
• Spring-Time
• The Temptation of St. Anthony
• La Bague
• The Hemicycle
• Scene in a Spanish Inn
• The Prodigal Son
• Portrait of W. W. Corcoran
• The Old Hotel de Ville, Grenada
• The Exercise
• Circus Maximus
• The Duel After the Masquerade
• Molière Breakfasting with Louis XIV at Versailles
• For Sale
• The Judgment of Paris
• Twilight
• Faust and Mephistopheles

Engravings on Wood

• Fugger, the Banker, Burning the Bonds of Charles V
• The Intended Husband
• The Villa Torlonia
• The Dove
• Travelling in the Ukraine, Russia
• A Surprise at Daybreak
• Charge of the Ninth Cuirassiers, Village of Morsbronn, August 6, 1870
• A Spanish Lady
• A Collaboration
• Father Joseph: L\'Éminence Grise
• A Japanese Toilet
• The Beach at Scheveningen, Holland
• At the Mirror
• Rimembranza
• Fellah Women at a Fountain
• The Last Token
• The Chess-Players
• The Trojan Horse
• The Wrestlers
• Waiting Their Turn at the Pawnbroker\'s
• On the Cliffs
• A Family of Satyrs
• A Hopeless Case
• The Reprimand

Artists represented include:

• William-Adolphe Bouguereau
• Jean-Léon Gérôme
• Alexandre Cabanel
• Jean-Jacques Henner
• Mihály Munkácsy
• Ernest Meissonier
• Mariano Fortuny
• Jean Vibert
• José Casado del Alisal
• Adolf Schreyer
• Henri Chapu
• Carl Becker
• and many are of the actual item you will receive.
  

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