Europe Art

Fine art print.Titled “La Minerve” Vaisseau Aerien destinemaux Decouvertes, 1803.The early success with balloon flight inspired designers to push the limits. One of the largest was proposed by a physicist named Robertson in 1804 and called The Minerva, “an aerial vessel destined for discoveries.” Ro..

Fine art print.Titled "Ascension du Sieur a la Citadelle de Strasbourg, 1784." Shows obe of the first hot air balloons, flying above Strasbourg for the first time in 1784..

Fine art print.Titled "Premier Voyage Aerien, 1783." Shows a landmark in human history - the first ever voyage into the air ! In France in 1783 the Montgolfier brothers flew a hot air balloon for the first time in history...

Fine art print.Titled the Eiffel Tower from Exhibition Gardens 1899.Based on a hand coloured engraving from the 1890s by Francois Courboin, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print.Titled Skaters on the Reservoirs at La Villette, 1813. The soldier is wearing the uniform of a Lancer, a light cavalryman. Napoleon created regiments of lancers from Poland in 1809.Based on a hand coloured engraving from the 1890s by Francois Courboin, which we have carefully restored..

Fine art print.Titled 'Forum et Column Traiani Imp'. Features Trajan's Column and town square in Rome.Based on a classical Roman engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli from the 1690s...

Fine art print.Titled Watching the Comet on the Boulevards 1857.Based on a hand coloured engraving from the 1890s by Francois Courboin, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print.Features a planetarium machine. Old planetarium machines such as this were sometimes called orreries. An orrery is a machine simulates the positions and motions of the planets and moons in the Solar System. The first orrery was made in 1704. One was given to the Earl of Orrery, hence ..

Fine art print.Features the Field of Mars with a magnificent Sundial.Based on a classical Roman engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli from the 1690s...

Fine art print.Features Stonehenge in England.Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in England and one of the most famous sites in the world. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.Based on an engraving from 1824 by Christopher Kelly, which we have carefully restored and..

Fine art print.Titled 'De Urbis Colossis'. Features statues of Roman gods such as Nero, Apollo and Saturn.Based on a classical Roman engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli from the 1690s...

Fine art print.Features interactions of the sun, earth and moon.Based on an engraving from 1802 by George Kearsley, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print.Features the the moon with the spots according to Riccioli Cassini, and the planets (known at the time) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.Based on an engraving from 1802 by George Kearsley, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print.Titled Stock-jobbing in the Palais Royal, Year VII (1799). Stock-jobbing is the practice of buying and selling speculative stocks, with little regard for the value of the capital of the company, simply to make a fast and easy profit. This practice was popularized in the 18th century b..

Fine art print.Titled 'Horti Sergii Galbae Ad Via Ostien'. Features the magnificent ancient garden of Sergii Galbae on the way to Ostien.Based on a classical Roman engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli from the 1690s...

Fine art print.Titled A drive in a Whiskey, Longchamps , Year V (1797). A Whiskey is a small and light one horse cart so called because it could 'whisk' around other carriages and pass them quickly.Based on a hand coloured engraving from the 1890s by Francois Courboin, which we have carefully restor..

Fine art print.Titled A Walk In The Tuileries Gardens. A Dandy of the Year VIII (1800). The Tuileries is a public garden in Paris created by Catherine de Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was eventually opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Re..

Fine art print.Features Alpine flowers in the Tyrol (Pedicularis, Gentian, Silene, Androsace ).Based on a lithograph made in 1800s by Ernst Heyn, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print.Features Alton Towers - the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury. This castle was erected in Staffordshire after the Norman Conquest.Based on an engraving made in the mid 1800s by Reverend Francis Morris, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print.Features Augustus's Mausoleum. It is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC in Rome, Italy. It has been restored and was reopened to the public in 2021.Based on a classical Roman engraving by Pietro Santi Bartoli from the 1690s...

Fine art print.Titled An official ball in the Strasbourg Theatre, 1805. The attire of Napoleon's court, and consequently the mode for his entourage, was codified in 1804. The woman on the right is dressed very similarly to the code for the empress. Her dress is white silk, embroidered in gold. The ..

Fine art print.Shows a hot air balloon rising up over Oxford with the first flying Englishman. Titled "Ascent of James Sadler at Oxford in 1810.He “ascended into the atmosphere” from Christ Church meadow in Oxford, rose to about 1000m high in his flying contraption, flew for half an hour and landed ..

Fine art print.Titled "Ascension de Madame Blanchard au Champ-de-Mars, 1810."Sophie Blanchard (1778 – 1819) was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. She was the first female professional balloonist, making more than 60 ascents. Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bo..

Fine art print.Titled "Montgolfiere lancee a Tivoli,1800." Shows one of the first hot air balloons being flown above Tivoli in Italy by the Montgolfier brothers in 1800...

Fine art print.Titled "Neueste Erfingung einen Luftballon dureb Adler zu regieren, 1801". Shows a hot air balloon being pulled by eagles in 1801...

Fine art print.Titled "Ascension de Margat sur son Cerf Aeronaute Coco, 1817." Shows an extraordinary hot air balloon carrying a man riding a stag! Perhaps an early publicity campaign to demonstrate flight safety?..

Fine art print.Shows a hot air balloon being pulled by eagles in 1801...

Fine art print.Features Blenheim Palace, residence of the Dukes of Marlborough. It was built in Oxfordshire by Sir John Vanbrugh in the reign of Queen Anne.Based on an engraving made in the mid 1800s by Reverend Francis Morris, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print.Features Broadlands, an English country house. In 1767 a major architectural "transformation" was begun by Lancelot "Capability" Brown, an architect and landscape designer, and completed by architect Henry Holland, which led to making Broadlands the Palladian-style mansion seen today...

Fine art print.Titled An appointment at the Cafe des Tuileries, Year VI (1798). The Tuileries is a public garden in Paris created by Catherine de Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was eventually opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution..