Portraits of Famous Writers Philosophers, Inventors, Etc

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Portraits of famous authors, philosophers, inventors, political figures, etc.

from miscellaneous 18th-20th century sources

Note: some age-appropriate foxing/toning/tears/soiling or other issues may be present.
Please click on a thumbnail image for an enlarged view and to assess condition from the detailed scan provided.

The digital Darvill's watermark does not, obviously, appear on the actual original antique print

REF-1

Benjamin Franklin

Sheet size: approx. 7.25 x 9.875 inches

short tear left margin, light soiling bottom margin

REF-2

Benjamin Franklin

Sheet size: approx. 5.875 x 9.75 inches

foxing, soiling, stains, see enlargement

$15

REF-3

Benjamin Franklin

Sheet size: approx. 7 x 10.5 inches

foxing, soiling, short edge tear(s), see enlargement

$15

REF-5

Portraits of Benjamin Franklin

Sheet size: approx. 8.75 x 12.875 inches

edge tears, horizontal fold bottom 1/3, foxing, see enlargement

REF-6

Portraits of Benjamin Franklin

Sheet size: approx. 9.5 x 13.5 inches

foxing/soiling, see enlargement

REF-7

Portraits of Benjamin Franklin

Sheet size: approx. 9 x 13 inches

foxing/soiling, see enlargement

REF-4

Benjamin Franklin

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11.25 inches

narrow bottom margin

$25

REF-8

John Paul Jones

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11.25 inches

narrow bottom margin, tear right margin

$20

REF-9

Alexander Hamilton

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11.25 inches

narrow bottom margin

REF-10

Dolly P. Madison

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11.125 inches

minor foxing

$20

REF-11

Dolly P. Madison

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11.125 inches

foxing/soiling

$15

REF-12

Sir John More

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11.125 inches

minor foxing/soiling

$20

REF-13

[Jonathan] Swift

Sheet size: approx. 7 x 10.875 inches

minor foxing/soiling

$20

REF-14

William Thackeray

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11 inches

minor foxing/soiling

$20

REF-15

William Wordsworth

Sheet size: approx. 8.25 x 11.125 inches

minor foxing/soiling

REF-16

Adam Smith L.L.D.

Sheet size: approx. 5 x 8.125 inches

foxing/soiling

$20

REF-17

Adam Smith

Sheet size: approx. 5.5 x 8.25 inches

minor age toning

REF-18

Adam Smith

Sheet size: approx. 7.5 x 10.75 inches

minor age toning

$20

REF-19

Voltaire

Sheet size: approx. 8.375 x 11.25 inches

foxing/paper loss lower left

$20

REF-20

Sir Isaac Newton

Sheet size: approx. 5.375 x 8.75 inches

overall age toning and some foxing

$20

REF-21

John Dryden

Sheet size: approx. 7 x 10 inches

minor age toning/soiling

$20

REF-22

Edward Goldney Senior, Gentlman, Widower

Sheet size: approx. 8.875 x 9.75 inches

minor age toning/soiling

$30

REF-23

Goethe

Sheet size: approx. 6.875 x 9.675 inches

$25

REF-24

Schiller

Sheet size: approx. 6.75 x 9.75 inches

$25

REF-25

Lord Byron

Sheet size: approx. 7.75 x 10.375 inches

$25

REF-26

Byron

Sheet size: approx. 8 x 10.75 inches

significant foxing, especially right margin, dog-ear crease upper left

REF-27

Byron's Dream

Sheet size: approx. 9.25 x 7.25 inches

mild spot in right margin

$20

REF-28

Monument to Lord Byron

Sheet size: approx. 9.25 x 7.25 inches

mild spotting in margin

$10

REF-29

John Jacob Astor

Sheet size: approx. 8 x 10.75 inches

mild spotting in margin

$15

REF-30

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Sheet size: approx. 11 x 14 inches

mild spotting in margin

$25

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