Auction 0005 Huge collection of antique prints and maps
By Britannica auctions
May 26, 2024
2 Yore Mill, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SR, UK

We are offering a huge selection of over 800 antique prints and engravings from 16th-20th centuries.

Subjects included are natural history, designs, caricatures, maps, sports and pastimes, royal and historical portraits and buildings.

We particularly feature ornithological prints by John Gould, Beverly Morris, FN Martinet, PJ Selby, Cornelius Nozeman, Peter Mazell, William Swainson, William Lewin, Audebert, Robert Gillmor and Edward Lear.

Other notable artists include Audubon, Rev. Houghton, Josiah Whymper, A Thorburn, George Sowerby, John Frederick Miller, George Edwards, Moses Harris, Edward Donovan and HN Humphreys.

There are numerous botanical engravings by Elizabeth Twining, Rory McEwen, Walter Fitch, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Georg Ehret, JE Giraud, Elizabeth Yeats and FP Nodder.

There are also maps by Heinrich Bunting, Van der Aa, Emanuel Bowen, Morden and title pages by Johann Blaeu,

Other important artists and engravers featured are Thomas Chippendale, George Vertue, Jacobus Houbraken, Bartolomeo Pinelli, Kyd, Joseph Strutt, Charles Riviere and Louis Haghe plus many others.


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LOT 5305:

Peacock Feathers by Elizabeth Yeats 1898


Start price:
£ 10
Estimated price :
£30 - £60
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Auction took place on May 26, 2024 at Britannica auctions
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Peacock Feathers by Elizabeth Yeats 1898

This chromolithographic print is by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats from her book Brushwork Studies of Flowers, Fruit, and Animals for Teachers and Advanced Students. Published by George Philip & Son, London 1898.

The print is accompanied by the descriptive text. Elizabeth Corbett Yeats (1868-1940) was daughter of the Irish artist John Butler Yeats, who worked as an art teacher in London before later establishing the Cuala Press with her brother W.B. Yeats.


Size: 11.25in x 9in (28.5cm x 23cm)

Condition: The print is in very good condition - please inspect the image carefully as it is very accurate.

Condition:  Very good