The Idyllism

29/07/2023

Wishing you all a happy

09/07/2023

17/06/2023

New in the shop. A delicately rendered watercolor study by an unknown British artist of a Rail Bird, dated 8 Jan, 1831.

10/06/2023

In the shop, a charming unsigned antique 19th century painting on canvas from Europe featuring an idyllic forested woodland with two deer. The fine brushwork is loose and very accomplished.

Oil on canvas, circa late 19th C

05/06/2023

Iris patiently waiting by the ornithological cabinet 😻 was yesterday, not today!

30/04/2023

Wishing everyone a relaxing Sunday 🐈‍⬛

27/04/2023

Details from a reprint of an hand-colored engraved print from the book ‘Faithful Representation and Description of the Plants used in Medicine’ by German botanist Friedrich Gottlob Hayne.

22/04/2023

I love the lush black photogravure tones in this 1935 UK edition of Karl Blossfeldt’s Art Forms in Nature. There are 96 of his magnificent photos inside. Now available in the shop.

15/04/2023

Spotted this lovely George Inness exhibited at the DeYoung yesterday. Glimpse of the Lake, 1888.

07/04/2023

Reprints from an original C18th hand-coloured ornithological engraved print: A General Synopsis of Birds by John Latham London, 1785.

22/10/2021

A lovely small hand tinted albumen print circa 1880s, Japan 🍁 leaves sure are changing around here. Autumn has arrived. Enjoyable weekend.

19/10/2021

Just pulled this one out of the drawer for a peek. Did you albumen prints have smell? It’s hard to describe. Somewhere between when glue and vinegar. Maybe some of you folks can explain why that is? Anyway, this view of is no. 1207 by Baker & Burke of Peshawar. The print available in my website is scanned from this original albumen print (circa 1870) from the studio of Baker & Burke who shot a series of photographs in In Northern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. This scene is of a canal in Srinagar, Kashmir.