Robert Benard

This set of four engravings in detail with compendium landscape details and related prey animals are done in steel engraved plates and come from the first quarter of the 19th century...

Presented is a Proclamation of Emancipation wood engraving by W. Roberts. The engraving was published in 1864, just one year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the original Proclamation.  W. Roberts was the artist and engraver and Corydon Alexis Alvord was the printer. The engraving was published by R. A Dimmick, in New York, 1864. The text of the Proclamation is set in a variety of typefaces, which is encased in a pictorial border. The border is decorated with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and seven other vignettes, including the horrors of slavery at left, the bombardment of Fort Sumter at bottom, and scenes from a prosperous and united nation at right.  On September 22, 1862, five days after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by January 1, freedom would be granted to slaves within those states.  No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1, 1863 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation...

This is an original antique copper engraving, uncolored, with eleven numbered figures. Fig. 1 is a standing nude male figure on a strip of ground, fitted with dressings at the head, ...

Title: Detailed Study of Butterfly Wing Structures, 1798 Hand-Colored Engraving Description: This 1798 hand-colored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's "Bilderbuch...

This is an original antique copper engraving, uncolored, showing fourteen numbered figures of bandages and dressings, not only for the head. Fig. 1 is a ruffled cylinder bound with c...

This is an original antique copper engraving, uncolored, with five numbered figures concerned with the eye. Fig. 1 shows a pair of eyes; below the inner corner of one is a small roun...

This plate shows Charcoal, construction of a furnace for the cooking of coal and related tools. It originates from "Receuil de Planches, pour la Nouvelle Edition du Dictionnaire Rais...

1798 Engraving of Mt. Vesuvius Eruptions - Lava in 1760, Ashes in 1794 Description: This 1798 hand-coloured copperplate engraving is from Johann Ludwig Bertuch's "Bilderbuch für Kin...

This beautiful hand-colored engraving is a work by Robert Benard (1734-1786), published around 1790, and was part of the *Encyclopédie Méthodique*, a monumental work of the Enlightenment period. The engraving is a study of exotic parrots, showcasing fine details with the scientific curiosity of the time. Each bird is numbered and named in French, revealing their interest as species from various regions of the world. Birds Depicted (Translation and Descriptions): 1. Fig. 1: Le Kakatave des Philippines...

Antique anatomy print of the muscular system. This print originates from 'De Ontleedkundige Plaaten van B. Eustachius' published by J.B. Elwe. Artis...

Title: 1798 Engraving of Cave Entrance Where Maastricht Mosasaur was Discovered Description: This 1798 copperplate engraving with original hand-coloring is from Volume III of Johann...

Vintage hand-colored equestrian horse fox hunt engraving titled Mr. Williamson, Huntsman to His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch, originally painted by Robert Frain and engraved by C. G. ...