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Romantic gift guide!

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Valentine's Day? A special someone's birthday? Paper anniversary? Here are a few ideas on what to get your romantic interest: Symbolic of your love  Prints of pairs or allegorical prints of love could work. [Pair of red Birds of Paradise.] [n.d., c.1860.] Coloured lithograph. Border 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"), on backing sheet. A pair of birds of paradise with long tails in a landscape. [Ref: 51308 ]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT) [Cupid and Psyche?] [Engraved by W. Baillie. n.d., c.1800.] Stipple, 240 x 180mm. 9½ x 7". Decorative stipple by Captain William Baillie (1723-1810). Baillie retired from the army in 1761 with the rank of Captain and thereafter devoted himself to printmaking and dealing. He specialised in imitating old-master drawings and prints, using a vari...

General Gift Guide!

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Not sure what to get someone for a the holidays, their birthday, leaving or wedding present,? Check out some ideas below: Topography One idea is a print of somewhere that holds special meaning to them. Perhaps they had a fantastic holiday in Italy , you went to school together, or they are getting married in a spectacularly old building? Search our website or check out our subject categories . Palazzo Grimani ora J.R. Direzione delle Poste. Palais Grimani. Direction de la Poste. Gilio dis. Lit. Kier. Giuseppe Kier, Edit. piazza S. Marco No. 117. [n.d., c.1850.] Lithograph in fine hand colour with gum arabic highlights. Printed area 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"), with publisher's blind stamp, very large margins. The mid-16th century Renaissance-style Palazzo Grimani di San Luca, facing the Grand Canal, now Venice's Appeal Court. [Ref: 39766 ]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT) ...