Art/Painting Art Prints

Shamsa means “little sun”. Widely used in Islamic art, this motif in a form of an intricately decorated rosette with a repetitive floral and geomet...

Detail from a of a coloured aquatint showing a diorama scenic view of London seen from St. Paul's cathedral. Ackermann was an Anglo-German booksell...

A portrait of the English natural philosopher Adam Walker (1730–1821) known for captivating public lectures that popularised science. Using instrum...

The human skull consists of 22 bones, which are fused together except for the mandible. At birth, the skull has soft gaps called fontanelles, compo...

This drawing, which accompanied Dickens and his wife during their tour of the USA in 1841, served as a reminder of their children and the family pe...

Illustration by the German born Dutch anatomist, Albinus, son of a professor of the practice of medicine. He served as a professor of medicine at t...

This illustration from the 6th edition of John Stow’s Survey of London included an engraving of the Northwest view of St Paul’s Cathedral. Initiall...

Nestled in the heart of Islington, London, Camden Passage has been one of London’s leading antique locations since the 1950s with shops, dealers, a...

A colourised adapation of a lithograph by Charles Radclyffe, who worked in London in 1842 to capture this South Western view of St Paul’s Cathedral...

An example of a vanitas painting - a genre that became popular in the Netherlands during the 17th century, this still-life art genre serves as a re...

An interesting fact about the human skeleton is that at birth, a human has approximately 270 bones. However, as a person grows, some of these bones...

Henry Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, runs as a newsboy holding copies of the ‘Penny Magazine'. He was a key figure to establish t...

The caricature represents Lord Grenville's installation as Chancellor of Oxford, seated in a balloon ascending into the air with a crucifix to his ...

“A Long Pull, a Strong Pull, and a Pull All Together.” Sir Francis Burdett, British politician and Member of Parliament, makes his journey in a car...

Publié à Paris, le recueil des dernières coiffures à la mode, chacune portant un titre descriptif, se compose d'une série de 12 planches montrant u...

Le Pouf était difficile a porter. Comme les dames portaient aussi les robes amples en vogue à l'époque, elles avaient du mal à entrer dans leur car...

En 1778, la marine française bat les Anglais, ce qui marque le début de l'engagement de la France dans la guerre d'indépendance américaine. Pour cé...

Marcel Jambon (1884–1908) a French set designer and scene painter, collaborated with Alexandre Bailly. This illustration is their set design for Ac...

Part of a series of circus drawings produced from memory by Toulouse-Lautrec while he was staying in a sanatorium. The lively circus scenes were cr...

The work showcases George Seurat's early exploration of the pointillism technique which he became renowned for. The contrast between the study and ...

Claude Monet's "Cliffs at Etretat" series, showcases his relentless pursuit to capture the transient effects of light on nature, capturing the clif...

The subject of the painting, Isabelle Lambert, is niece of the artist Berthe Morisot. The familial connection adds intimacy and affection to the pa...

Angelica Kauffman’s painting of Telemachus with Calypso and her nymphs is not inspired by classic Greek mythology, but the book ‘The Adventures of ...

Painted by the court official Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715), the inscription expresses his feelings of frustration and finding solace with ancient master...

This painting by Caravaggio cleverly contrasts light and dark to evoke a moment of spiritual awakening. Through an illuminated gesture Jesus Christ...

It is recorded that Leonardo da Vinci “believed the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe”, where the human ...

Bishopsgate Street was one of the original Roman roads in the city of London. The street today consists mostly of Victorian era office blocks. Engr...

London's population grew rapidly during the 19thC which lead to issues of overcrowding and poverty in the city. Engraving from “London, A Pilgrimag...

Coiffures conçues par M. Ball. Installé au n° 131 d'Oxford Street, en face de Hanover Gate, à Londres, il a présenté sa gamme de coiffures élégante...

Study for Edward Degas’ 1880 painting Dancers in the Classroom. The figure in this sketch is more than twice the size of the dancer in the final pa...

Pastel drawing by Odilon Redon. Redon included this painted vase in a number of his illustrations, a gift from his ceramicist friend Marie Botkin. ...

Drawing in pen and brown in by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, a known animal lover. His portraits and sketches of dogs were known for being as expressive ...

Colour lithograph of a design by French painter and printmaker Henri Toulouse-Lautrec who loved theatre and often designed programs such as this on...

Watercolour over a graphite drawing by Berthe Morisot. During the time this piece was created, Morisot had a revived interest in drawing influenced...

Sketch of a woman with an umbrella by Georges Seurat. Seurat created many studies such as this one in preparation for creating his larger pointilli...

The novel Oliver Twist was loosely based on Charles Dickens’ own life. From age 12, he worked at a boot blacking factory. The main antagonists of t...