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"Nachahmungstrieb" (Imitative instinct) Two elephants watch billards game through window and use their imitative instinct, break off palm trees, use fat-bellied people to play billards. Type of print:Wood engraving Engraver:Anonymous Published:"Nagels Lustige Welt" Date:Berlin, ca. 1900 Condition:General age toning. a bit spotty in margins. Unrelated print on reverse Page size:31.5 x 22.5 cm (12.4 x 8.9"): Price:$ 80.00 Order Nr. BILLIARD236333 |
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"Ein angenehmer Gast" (a pleasant guest) ".Die drei Mark, Herr Wirt, die Sie mir beim Kartenspiel abgenommen, bezahle ich morgen..." (The three Marks I lost playing cards, I'll pay tomorrow..." A "smart gentleman" lost card game and promises to return tomorrow. In background billiard is being played. Type of print:Wood engraving Engraver:H. Schlittger Published:"Fliegende Blaetter Nr. 3180 Publisher: Braun & Schneider - Munich, Germany Dated:1906 Condition:General age toning. Tear left margin into image repaired. Margins spotty Unrelated print on reverse side Image:14 x 12 cm (5.5 x 4.7") Page size:28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.3") Price:$ 40.00 Order Nr. BILLIARD236334 |
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"Le Budget de la France" (What all is taxed for the benefit of the national budget in France) Type of print:Line lithograph Artist:Anonymous Color:Original hand coloring Published:"Imagerie d'Epinal Nr. 3818 Date:Paris, ca. 1890 Condition:General age toning. Nice hand coloring. No print on reverse side Sheet measures: 39 x 29 cm (15.4 x 11.4") Price:$ 120.00 Order Nr. BILLIARD236335 |
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"Tarif D'Hiver" - Trop cher? ... Oh! monsieur, les nuits d'hiver sont si longues..." (Too expensive? Oh Monsieur, the winter nights are so long..." A gentleman negotiates the price with a Paris prostitute, finds her too expensive. The corner of a billiard table visible in background Type of print:Lithograph Engraver:Bordier Color:Printed in color Published: "Le Monde Comique Illustre" Date:Paris, ca. 1890 Condition: General age toning. Unrelated print on reverse side Image measures 19 x 17 cm (7.5 x 6.7") Price: $ 120.00 Order Nr. BILLIARD236336 |
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Kaffeetrinker ( Coffee Drinkers) Gemuetlicher Morgenkaffee
Klatsch-Kaffee Humoriful wood engraving ca 1885. Reverse side is printed. Light age toning. 26 x 21 cm ( 10.2 x 8.2 ") $ 55.00 Order Nr.HUMOR236143 |
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Actionnaires De Mines
Faisant Un Drôle De Mine Lithograph by
H.
Daumier, ca 1840. Page size: 27.3 x 18.9 cm ( 10.7 x 7.3 ") $ 220.00 Order Nr. HUMOR9503 |
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Wiener Scene Kellner! Was ist dann das
für eine Bedienung? Ich habe ein Seidel Copper etching by And. Geiger
after Schoeller, ca 1820. Original hand coloring. Page size: 29.5 x 23.5 cm ( 11.6 x 9.2 ") $ 130.00 Order Nr. WIEN3412 |
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Skizzen von M. Scholz. Der Vater ist mal weggegangen,
Da Rauchen ist doch wunderschön, Wood engraving, ca 1880. Backside is printed. Size of each image: 9 x 7 cm ( 3.5 x 2.7 ") $ 30.00 Order Nr. SMOKING868 |
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"Doubtful Luxury" Ethel: "Were you not pleased to have such a pretty partner as Miss Myrtle at Croquet yesterday, Charlie?" Charlie. "Well-er-personally, I dislike beauty. Acknowledged Belles have a way of making a fellow feel himself of secondary consideration sometimes, don't you know?" Wood engraving from "Punch" dated 1873. Small margins. Backside is printed. 13.5 x 17.7 cm ( 5.3 x 6.9 ") $ 45.00 Order Nr. SPORT8012 |
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"Genuine Enthusiasts" At the window you perceive Pater and Mater expostulating vainly. Wood engraving from "Punch" dated 1865. Narrow margins. Backside is printed. 13 x 17.5 cm ( 5.1 x 6.8 ") $ 45.00 Order Nr. SPORT8013 |
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"How We Play Croquet At Buddleapoor" Wood engraving from "Punch"
dated 1865. 12.5 x 17.7 cm ( 4.9 x 6.9 ") $ 45.00 Order Nr. SPORT8014 |
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"Hint to Croquet Players" Would not the Alpine Milking Stool, imported from Grindenwald, be a valuable adjunct to the Croquet-Ground during this fatiguing weather? Wood engraving from "Punch"
dated 1865. 14 x 17.7 cm ( 5.5 x 6.9 ") $ 45.00 Order Nr. SPORT8015 |
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"EUPHEMISTIC" Tomkyns (who has swallowed a
bad Oyster). "Hallo! What kind of Oyster D'Ye call
that?" Wood engraving from "Punch, or the London Charivari", dated 1874. Backside is printed. 13.5 x 10.5 cm ( 5.3 x 4.1 ") $ 40.00 ORDER NR. SHELL9232 |
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Les Nouvellistes du Matin Copper etching for Chez Martinet in Paris, ca 1780. Original hand coloring. Image is vvery clean. Crease in
image visible only on the backside. 22.2 x 32 cm ( 8.7 x 12.5 ") $ 380.00 Order Nr. HUMOR9501 |
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"Mending the Machinery" Royal National Merry-Go-Round Master Johnny Bull: "Now, then - Do get
on!!" Wood engraving from "Punch" dated March 25,
1882. 24 x 17.7 cm ( 9.4 x 6.9 ") $ 50.00 Order Nr. HUMOR9506 SOLD |
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"The Feeling Heart" Bill- Bill - you'll break my
Them'ere Eels Mum's a groat a Aquatint by Hunt in original
hand coloring. Page size: 17 x 23 cm ( 6.6 x 9 ") $ 80.00 Order Nr. HUMOR9505 |
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A Surreptitious Whiff Wood engraving from "Punch" dated 1873. Backside is printed. 12.5 x 17.7 cm ( 4.9 x 6.9 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. DOG9593 |
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More Honeymoon Amenities (Pug dog on couch) Angelina(who has been pursuing the "Births, Deaths, and Marriages"). "Edwin, I do so object to that horrid word "relict"!If I should die Edwin, promise , oh, promise, you will not allow me to be described as your relict! Wood engraving from "Punch" dated 1876. Backside is printed. 11.5 x 17 cm ( 4.5 x 6.7 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. DOG9496 |
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