Antique Print Club

Children's book illustrations are enjoyed by all who appreciate simple yet ingenious representations of the world around us. Simple representation does not mean there is no underlying sophisticated id...

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Derek and I enjoyed many overseas trips. Our best trip included six weeks in Italy - before Derek's health deteriorated. (This pic. taken 40 years ago!) From our website, a special map of Venice ...

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The youngest of 8 children, Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) remained at school until he was 14, so had the advantage of being able to read and write. He first worked as a garden boy, with his father at ...

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   The Herball, or general historie of plantes by John Gerarde (1545-1612) was one of the most important herbals in the 16th century when there was great interest in practical uses of botany. Cent...

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Better equipped voyages had a trained artist, but when one was not available a member of the ship’s crew was appointed for this task. Illustrations were hand-drawn until the early 19th century inv...

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Almost naïve and arrestingly charming are the distinctive illustrations of birds and animals by the ‘father of British ornithology’ George Edwards (1694-1773), who included butterflies with some of hi...

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Before cameras were invented, discoveries had to be drawn and then engraved onto metal plates so that they could be printed for publication and circulation. This was necessary for all subjects. Antiqu...

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John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912) produced thousands of drawings and lithographic plates for over one hundred major bird books and ornithological journals. With his skill as an artist and lithographe...

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William Dampier (1651-1715) was the first Englishman to visit Australia, as crew of the buccaneer vessel Cygnet, - in 1688. William Dampier was also the first person to circumnavigate the world three ...

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