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Images of an Australia that isn’t coming back taken from George French Angas’ “South Australia Illustrated” which was published in London in 1847. Collections of the State Library of South Australia.

“The city of Adelaide, from the torrents near the reed beds.” 1847. Image © 2011-2020 by NZMS. Fair use license. via https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/2598#idx18537
“Grass trees at Yankalilla with a red kangaroo.” 1847. Image © 2011-2020 by NZMS. Fair use license. via https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/2598#idx18539
“Crater of Mount Schank.” 1847. Image © 2011-2020 by NZMS. Fair use license. via https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/2598#idx18543
“View from Mount Lofty, looking over the plains of Adelaide. 1847. Image © 2011-2020 by NZMS. Fair use license. via https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/2598#idx18560

Egypt in a golden light from just a bit back painted by Swiss artist Johann Jakob Frey. Living from 1813 to 1865, Frey studied and painted in Italy. In 1842 he participated in the expedition of Karl Richard Lepsius to Egypt, Nubia and a part of Sudan and brought back many sketches that he created paintings from. These are some of them.

“An Oasis on the Banks of the Nile.” 1845. Swiss. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “J. J. Frey 1845.” Inscribed on the reverse “proprietà del Sig. Ludovici Schweitzer.” Inscribed on a label “LWS, W. g. J. J. Frey.” Image © 2020 Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG. Fair use license. via https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/6003909/
“A Caravan Surprised by the Samoom in front of the Sphinx.” 1849. Oil on canvas. In the public domain due to age. via https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-caravan-surprised-by-the-samoom-in-front-of-the-sphinx-1849-johann-jakob-frey.html
“Caravan caught in the Simum Wind in front of the Pyramids.” 1850. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.pinterest.com/pin/425801339750170078/?nic_v2=1a1TB925W
“The island of Philae in Upper Egypt and the expedition ship of Lepsius.” ca 1848. Unsigned. Image © 2020 AnticStore. Fair use license. via https://www.anticstore.art/72023P 

Pochoir prints from the 1929 work “Dessins. 20 Planches en Couleurs.” Published by A. Calavas in Paris, it consists of a portfolio with loose prints by various artists.

Plate XV. Alexandra Bitchkova, ( (Alexandra Koltsova-Bychkova)) artist. Image © Shapiro Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.shapiroauctions.com/auctions/international-fine-decorative-art-auction-2016-03-12/275-dessins-20-planches-en-couleurs-pochoir-plates-1929/
Plate X. Serge Gladky, artist. Image © Shapiro Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.shapiroauctions.com/auctions/international-fine-decorative-art-auction-2016-03-12/275-dessins-20-planches-en-couleurs-pochoir-plates-1929/
Plate IV> Henry Valensi, artist. Image © Shapiro Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.shapiroauctions.com/auctions/international-fine-decorative-art-auction-2016-03-12/275-dessins-20-planches-en-couleurs-pochoir-plates-1929/

Off to the American countryside with American painter Marvin Cone. Living from 1891 to 1965, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. A life long friend of artist Grant Wood.


“Intervale” (Cloud Painting). 1934. Oil on canvas. Signed “Marvin Cone” on the lower left. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2002-2020 LiveAuctioneers and Hindman Auctions & Private Sales, Chicago. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/89625595_marvin-cone-american-1891-1964-interval-cloud
“Stone City Landscape.” 1936. Oil on canvas. © Estate of the artist. Image © Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Fair use license. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/stone-city-landscape-marvin-dorwart-cone/OgHoZyyidd2IDg
“Hills and River.” 1939. Oil on canvas laid down on panel. Signed “MARVIN CONE” on the lower right. Also signed Marvin Cone, titled “Hills & River” and dated 1939 on the reverse of the frame. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/american-art-n08996/lot.6.html

People out and about and having fun outdoors. If you look long enough, maybe you can go on the picnic too. American. Gifford Reynolds Beal, artist. Living from 1879 to 1956, he studied with William Merritt Chase.

“Summer Cottage.” 1915. Oil on canvas. Signed “Gifford Beal” and dated “15” on the lower center. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/american-paintings-drawings-sculpture/lot.49.html
“Afternoon, Nassau, 1925.” 1925. Watercolor on paper. Signed and dated “Gifford Beal 1925” in the lower center. Collections of the Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Image © Estate of Gifford Beal, Courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries. Fair use license. via https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/rca19632-afternoon-nassau
“Armistice Day, 1918.” 1918. American. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York © Estate of Gifford Beal, Courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries. Fair use license. via https://www.albrightknox.org/artworks/rca19633-armistice-day-1918

Jugendstil copper and brass by Carl Deffner (1856-1948). The Deffner firm having been located in Esslingen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. A family firm dating back to the early 19th century, Carl Deffner took it over with his brother in 1900.

Candleholder with a square base with a pierced design of holes on all four sides with a concave cured handle that slots into the drip tray. The four candle uprights have a ball inset and are square on the top. ca, 1900. Jugendstil. Copper and brass. Maker’s marks: Impress mark of a shield with crossed swords & CDE in between. on the base. Image ©  2006-2020 by Botterweg Auctions Amsterdam. Fair use license. via https://www.botterweg.com/Defner_Carl/tabid/59/lotid/38397/Kavel-38397.aspx?language=nl-NL




Two bottle wine cooler. Copper with polished brass handles, rim and ball-shaped feet. Originally it had a fitted perforated zinc insert with two tubes that lifted out for cleaning and prior insertion of the bottles if preferred. ca. 1890-1900. Copper and brass. Maker’s marks: Marked on the underside with Carl Deffner initials and crossed halberds inside a shield. Also showing the number 8. Image © 2016 Nouveau Deco Arts. Fair use license. via https://www.nouveaudecoarts.com/Metalware/Carl-Deffner-Wine-Cooler.Html
Brass box with a wood lining. ca. 1910. Brass and wood. Maker’s marks for Carl Deffner to the base. Image © Levels Antiques and antiques-atlas.com. Fair use license. via https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/carl_deffner_art_nouveau_brass_box_c1910/as289a648

Animals in art, these by French illustrator Jean Louis Pauquet (1759-1824). Taken from the first edition of “Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse ” which was published in 1857. From the website of abesbooks.com

Lithographic plate with birds. 1857. French. Jean Louis Pauquet, illustrator. Image © 1996 – 2020 AbeBooks Inc.  Fair use license. via https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Jardin-Plantes-M%C3%A9nagerie-Vall%C3%A9e-Suisse-PAUQUET/16853203877/bd

Lithographic plate with two hyenas and a fox. 1857. French. Jean Louis Pauquet, illustrator. Image © 1996 – 2020 AbeBooks Inc.  Fair use license. via https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Jardin-Plantes-M%C3%A9nagerie-Vall%C3%A9e-Suisse-PAUQUET/16853203877/bd

Lithographic plate with a panther, a tiger and two lions. 1857. French. Jean Louis Pauquet, illustrator. Image © 1996 – 2020 AbeBooks Inc.  Fair use license. via https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Jardin-Plantes-M%C3%A9nagerie-Vall%C3%A9e-Suisse-PAUQUET/16853203877/bd

Lithographic plate with bears. 1857. French. Jean Louis Pauquet, illustrator. Image © 1996 – 2020 AbeBooks Inc.  Fair use license. via https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Jardin-Plantes-M%C3%A9nagerie-Vall%C3%A9e-Suisse-PAUQUET/16853203877/bd

Promotional posters for events connected with the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin. Various German graphic designers. There were many very talented graphics people in Germany at that time.

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Promotional poster for a celebration in Munich that celebrated 500 years of horse racing that was held on July 26, 1936. 1936. German.Ludwig Lutz Ehrenberger, graphic designer (1878-1950). Image © Swann Auction Galleries, New York. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/LUDWIG-LUTZ-EHRENBERGER–1878-1950–M-NCHEN–OLYMPIA—SOMME?saleno=2545&lotNo=138&refNo=770312

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Promotional poster for the 1936 Berlin Olympics depicting an athlete and the Brandenburg gate printed in the Spanish language. This poster was printed in English, too. Image © 2020 Etsy, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.etsy.com/listing/715124419/germany-1936-olympics-games-brandenburg?epik=dj0yJnU9cTVNVDB3eTdjUjVsMVZvdi10Mm9JR1ZJU1pCNmFwTUcmcD0wJm49SWE4cjhNalZxZTAzWlRoM3ZjZzN2dyZ0PUFBQUFBRjg1VjdF

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1936 Olympic games poster done for Lufthansa Airlines. 1936. German. Ludwig Hohlwein, graphic designer (1874-1949). Kunstanstalt A.G. of Munich, chromolithographers. Image © 2020 Heritage Auctions. Fair use license. via https://historical.ha.com/itm/transportation/aviation/-deutsche-lufthansa-1936-olympics-airline-advertising-poster/a/6032-47104.s

Brightly colored faience pottery birds. 18th century, made in Prussia. All of them almost real enough to start chirping. Three ewers, one soup tureen and a sweets dish.

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Faience ewer and cover, modeled as a brightly colored parrot perched on rockwork with the head forming the cover and the handle as a leafy branch. ca. 1770. Prussian. Proskau, maker. Maker’s marks: Script “DP” with the mark in manganese. Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/dining-in-new-york/a-proskau-faience-parrot-ewer-and-cover-circa-1770

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Pair of faience parrot jugs and covers, each modeled as a parrot standing on a curled branch that loops up to form the handle with a fruit hanging at the front, painted in shades of green, yellow, blue and manganese with the branches in brown with a green entwined vine. ca. 1770-1780. Prussian. Proskau or Glienitz, maker. Image © Bonhams 2001-2020. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24224/lot/132/?category=list&length=10&page=14

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Faience tureen and cover modeled as a duck. ca. late 18th c. Prussian. ,Proskau, maker. Makers marks: Marked with a blue “P” and with an underglaze black “2” on the interior of the bowl and cover. Faded paper label for the Antique Porcelain Company, New York. Image © 2013-2020 STAIR Galleries. Fair use license. via https://auctions.stairgalleries.com/lot/proskau-faience-small-duck-tureen-and-cover-3902591

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Faience sweets dish in the model of a coot. 18th c. Attributed to Proskau. Image © Lempertz Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1066-2/695-a-faience-model-of-a-coot-as-a-sweets-dish.html

Still lifes by Austrian artist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Living from 1793 to 1865, he was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and taught there too.

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“The Birthday Table.” 1840. Oil on panel. Collections of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne. In the public domain due to age. via https://lyghtmylife.tumblr.com/image/81231206273

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Still life with oysters, fish and exotic fruits. 1842. In the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferdinand_Georg_Waldm%C3%BCller_-_Stillleben_mit_Austern,_Fischen_und_S%C3%BCdfr%C3%BCchten_-_1842.jpg

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Bouquet with silver vessels and an antique vase. 1840. Collections of the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1840_Waldm%C3%BCller_Blumenstrau%C3%9F_mit_Silbergef%C3%A4%C3%9Fen_und_antiker_Vase_anagoria.JPG