"The Greatest Moments of a Girl’s Life" Antique Prints - Proposal, Trousseau, Wedding, Honeymoon, New Home, Baby This is a beautiful, captivating antique piece titled, "The Greatest Moments of a Girl’s Life". This is an endearing look into the stages of love and happiness in a young woman’s life at the turn of the century. The six pictures are on heavy cardstock, printed with lovely details and the faces convey great expression. It begins with The Proposal, then The Trousseau, The Wedding, The Honeymoon, The First Evening in Their Own Home, ending with Their New Love. Under the title, it reads, "Copyright Reinthal & Newman, N.Y." Old, original wavy glass. Original decorative embossed wood frame in old gold paint. The frame has a very small piece of molded wood missing along the right edge which is barely noticeable. The frame has a nice old patina. Original cardboard back with replaced wire. This piece is in excellent original condition with age appropriate wear. This is a unique and inspiring piece. Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Height – 9 ½" Width – 27 ½"
Manufacturer: Reinthal & Newman, N.Y.  

Pair of Sm. Antique Buzza Feminine Silhouettes of Lovely Victorain Ladies This is a pair of small antique Buzza silhouettes of lovely Victorian ladies. They are finely detailed and surrounded by gold foil decoration. The original molded wood frames are gold with black highlights. Both silhouettes are in excellent original condition. Both frames are also in excellent original condition. The backs have the original Buzza brass hangers and Buzza paper labels. Old glass. Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Used
Size: Both Frames Measure: 4 ½" x 4 ½"
Manufacturer: The Buzza Company  

Romantic Antique Print of Man & Woman w/ Horse Take Shelter from Rainstorm This is a lovely romantic antique print of a man and woman with a horse beside them. It appears that they were caught in a rainstorm while horseback riding so they took shelter under a tree. This is a bright and detailed picture that captures the true emotion of the scene. Original oak frame. The print and frame are both in excellent original condition. Old original glass and paper backing. New wire hanger. Circa 1930’s.
Circa: 1930's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Height – 6 ¾" Width – 4 ¾"
 

Glamorous Whimsical Antique Photographic Print of Beautiful Young Victorian Lady Playing the Grand Harp This is a divine antique photographic print featuring a beautiful young Victorian-looking lady sitting by her harp. She appears to be in deep thought. The large, grand looking harp makes for a magical and whimsical background prop. This captivating print is most realistic. The woman’s beautiful, white, decorative gown illuminates this picture and creates an interesting romantic appeal. Her flawlessly pure skin and attractive hair-do brings out the youthfulness and glamorous fashion of this timeless era. The woman’s dress and hair are hand-decorated with touches of white paint throughout, creating a bit of texture and depth to this already illustrious picture. The original, natural, molded wood frame has a nice decorative scroll pattern to it. The print and frame are both in excellent original condition. Original glass and backing. Original wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 11 ½” Width - 8 ½”
 

Romantic Couple Print of Man Serenading Beautiful Woman w/ Reverse Painting in Convex Glass This is a lovely print featuring a romantic couple. They are sitting outside under a tree. The man is playing the violin. They are dressed in lovely Victorian clothing. The print is enhanced with a convex glass that has been reverse-painted with decorative flowers and such. The picture is framed by a shapely gold banding. The original frame is decorative molded wood with a cream color and gold wash finish. Original paper backing, original convex glass, and old metal hanger. This piece is in excellent original condition. Circa 1940’s.
Circa: 1940's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height – 8 ¾” Width – 6 ¾”
 

Romantic Couple, Beautiful Glamorous Lady & Jester Dancing Under Moonlit Night w/ Gondola, Antique Print This is a very nicely detailed antique print. There are so many beautiful, romantic, and intricate details in this print. The finely dressed man and woman have just stepped out of their gondola on a wonderful moonlit night. Bright, vibrant colors. This intriguing print is in excellent original condition. It retains the original, decorative, molded wood frame with its original two-tone black and gold paint. Original backing, glass, and wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 5 ¾” Width - 12 ¾”
 

Antique Art Nouveau Atkinson Fox Print of a Whimsical Landscape w/ 3 Beautiful Ladies This is an enchanting antique Art Nouveau print by Robert Atkinson Fox(1860-1935). Lovely young ladies in a beautiful inviting landscape with heavenly blue colors. Wonderful details throughout, including a fountain, staircase, castle, etc.. The bottom left hand corner of print reads, "Copyright 1926, By Borin Mfg. Co., Chicago". The bottom right hand corner of print reads, "R. Atkinson Fox". The print is in excellent original condition. The original wood frame is very complimentary, retaining a nice old patina. Original glass, paper backing, and wire hanger. Circa 1926.
Circa: 1926
Condition: Excellent Orignial Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 11 ¾” Width - 19 ¾”
Manufacturer: Borin Mfg. Co., Chicago  

Marygold / Tsanga Antique Art Nouveau Print of Enchanting, Exotic, & Romantic Scene w/ Couple This is a large, enchanting Marygold / Tsanga antique art nouveau print. The romantic couple are flirtatious and starry-eyed. The background is luxurious and decorated with a lush flowery nighttime landscape. The colors are bright and vivid with wonderful dazzling details throughout. The lush greenery and delicate flowers add an exotic romantic feeling and create a lavish backdrop for the romantic night scene. The lower right corner is the famous artist’s signature, "Tsanga". This was Marygold’s pseudonym. The print is in excellent original condition. The molded wood frame is original to the piece and is also in excellent original condition. The frame retains the original black finish with thin gold highlights. Old glass, backing, and wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 10 3/4" Width - 18 3/4"
 

Two Elegant Young Ladies w/ Musical Harp, X-Lg Whimsical Antique Print / Artist: Claude M..? This is a very large and impressive antique print with two beautiful young ladies, elegantly dressed in long flowing gowns. They’re in a formal room that has classic furnishing and a large decorative harp. The colors are bright and vivid with nice details throughout. The artist’s signature can be found in the lower right corner. It appears to read, "Claude M…??..". Cannot make out the last name. (see photo) The print is in excellent original condition. The molded wood frame is original to the piece. It has decorative open-work and a scalloped edge with beadwork. The frame has a nice original finish and is also in excellent original condition. Original glass and old wire hanger. Circa 1940’s.
Circa: 1940's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 28 ½” Width - 34 ¾”
 

“Home Builders” Romantic Antique Print, Couple Admire Bluebirds of Happiness / Artist: Bessie Pease Gutmann This is a wonderfully romantic antique print by the famous listed artist, Bessie Pease Gutmann. Her signature can be found towards the bottom right of the picture. The signature blends itself nicely with the greenery. This picture features a sweet young couple observing a pair of bluebirds (The Bluebirds of Happiness) enjoying their birdhouse. In the lower center of the matting is the title, "Home Builders" and in the lower left corner is the publisher’s name, "655 Gutmann & Gutmann". The couple are lovingly holding hands. The colors are bright and vivid. The lush landscape depicts spring at its best. This is a very appealing print with lovely details throughout. The print is in excellent original condition and the matting has the original plate mark. The mahogany wood frame is also in excellent original condition and retains the original dark finish. This is a charming and delightful romantic print! Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 18 ¼” Width - 15” / Print Measurements: Height - 12 ¾” Width - 10 ¼”
 

Special Antique Victorian Hand-Colored French Print, 2 Lovely Ladies w/ Charming Baby / Artist: Marie Francois Firmin-Girard This is a charming, large, antique Victorian print of two lovely ladies enjoying the company of a sweet little baby. The scenery is lush greenery and beautiful flowers with a park bench near a large and impressive home. Their faces are captivating with heart-warming expressions and their clothing is fancy Victorian. Hand-coloring throughout. Sweet details such as a pacifier fallen to the ground and a topsy-turvy Victorian toy kitten. The print is signed in the lower right, "Firmin-Girard 1875". This print was done by famous French Academic Classical artist, Marie Francois Firmin-Girard (1838-1921). The print is in excellent original condition. The frame is very ornate and retains a wonderful original copper colored patina. Original glass, backing, and wire hanger. Circa 1875.
Circa: 1875
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 17 ¾” Width - 21 ½”
 

“Hope” Intriguing & Fascinating Antique Art Nouveau Lithograph Print / Famous Listed Artist: George Frederick Watts This is a large antique lithograph titled, "Hope", by famous listed artist, George Frederick Watts. This is one of Watts’s best known works of art. This picture features a blindfolded woman sitting on what is believed to be the world. She embraces a lyre of which every string is broken … but one. Above, the sky entertains a single star. With its blues and grays, the work is reminiscent of some of Picasso’s blue period works, such as his ’Tragedy’. I have included extensive information about this famous work of art and the artist. This very compelling lithograph has wonderfully appealing colors. It has hand-colored highlights. The print is in excellent original condition. It has an original, complimentary cherry wood frame that retains a wonderful old patina. Original glass. New wire hanger. Circa 1920’s.

*** I’ve included some very interesting info, below, about the famous, well-known painting titled, HOPE:

"George Frederick (1817-1904) was a Victorian English painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist Movement. Forsyth notes that for Watts, ‘Art . . . is a branch of sacred hermeneutics. Let natural beauty be what it may, artistic beauty is higher. And why? because it is spiritual. Because you have in Art the finished product of which Nature is but the initial stage’. Art is nature ‘born again’ and ‘is to Nature what salvation is to the soul’.

Though Watts shares a Victorian fascination with death, Forsyth asserts that this fascination with death is not to be condemned as morbid since ‘Like Art itself, Death is one of the great interpreters and expanders of life’. Forsyth writes that of the artists of his day, ‘Mr. Watts is our only artist who is capable of wrestling with death and therefore the only one who understands life’. For beyond death Watts has seen the power of love triumphant and has recognized in death itself ‘the arm of the Lord and the shadow of His wing’. His work therefore expresses a truly ’supernatural hope’.

In one of his best known works, ‘Hope’, Watts pictures a blind folded woman sitting on what we take to be the world. She embraces a lyre of which every string is broken … but one. Above, the sky entertains a single star. With its blues and grays, the work is reminiscent of some of Picasso’s blue period works, such as his ’Tragedy’.

But is Watts depicting despair or something else? Forsyth argues that here in this work we have the depiction not of hope itself, but certainly of one who hopes. Like her Victorian Age, she has conquered the world, and yet such conquering has brought her neither joy, peace or power. She has turned her face away from ‘heaven’s light’ ‘and now, with earth searched and heaven to explore, her gaze is not up but down, her heaven-searching power of faith is quenched’. But quenched does not mean despair, for ‘the thirst to believe is still there. Look how the darkened soul stoops and strains for the one string’s note, for the one voice to tell her a gospel that all her achievement has not yet attained, and all the round and mastered world cannot promise. The soul has in its own self and nature a note that Nature has not. But is that note of nature only in the soul? Is it a subjective dream of its own? Is there any promise in the ‘not-ourselves’? . . . Yes, there is one star, though the poor soul sees it not. The painter sees it, and we see it. A star is there and a dim dawn.’"

- This article above was cited from: Cruciality.WordPress.com

*** I’ve also included, below, a short bio about the famous listed artist, GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS:

"In his own lifetime George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), was widely considered to be the greatest painter of the Victorian age, enjoying an unparalleled reputation. His ceaseless experimentation embodied the most pressing themes and ideas of the time. A complex figure, Watts was the finest and most penetrating portraitist of his age, a sculptor, landscape painter and symbolist which earned him the title ‘England’s Michelangelo.’

His fame and renown was not limited to Britain and in 1884 he was the first living artist to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, a show so enormously successful that it led to a longer run and a gift of his great work, Love and Life to the American people. His works also found great favour in Europe winning gold medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions in 1878 and 1889. His influence among symbolists was profound and can be seen in the works of Gustave Moreau and Fernand Knopff.

The work of G.F. Watts is of seminal importance in understanding the Victorian period because he was one of its most notable artistic innovators. Watts’s own refusal to become part of any painting movement coupled with the reaction of early twentieth century critics to all things Victorian left his reputation a little tarnished. Ironically, that outspoken critic of Victorian painting, Roger Fry, considered Watts an exception. Fry recognized his great importance within the British School, as shown by his visits with his students to the Watts Picture Gallery. Until the late 1930s, the Tate Gallery had a Watts room which exclusively showed the work of the artist. The legacy of his Hall of Fame portraits form a major part of the National Portrait Gallery’s nineteenth century holdings and the Tate Gallery’s huge collection are a tribute to his importance."

- This article above was cited from: WattsGallery.org.UK/
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 23 ¾” Width - 19 ½”
 

Pair of Fashionable Decorative Romantic Antique Hand-Colored Motto Prints w/ Attractive Young Victorian-Looking Ladies This is a lovely pair of antique prints featuring four beautifully attractive young women. Both pictures are hand-colored by and artist, enriched with delicate tints of colorings to help in the interpretations of the subjects portrayed. The delightful colors and attention to detail really make these prints all the more special. The unique mottos / sayings, written below each picture, are very complimentary. Around each picture and its motto is a charming border. Both prints are in excellent original condition and safely protected under nice, original convex glass. The original, cream-color painted, deep molded wood frames have nice hunter green painted trim. The frames are also in excellent original condition. Both pieces retain their original backing and a special, original label that talks about the hand-colored work, painted by a skilled artist. It also reads, "Sungott Art Studios, New York". Nice, old original, round brass hangers. Circa 1920’s.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height - 6 ½” Width - 5 ½”
Manufacturer: Sungott Art Studios, New York  

Beautiful Portrait of Young Elegant Woman (Possibly The Blessed Virgin Mary) Antique Print This is a portrait antique print of a beautiful young lady, possibly The Blessed Virgin Mary. This print evokes a feeling of innocence and purity and radiates with beauty. The woman’s hair accessories are very elegant and elaborate and her face is flawless. The picture has lovely touches of light green and pink throughout. Original gold-painted wood frame with black trim. The print and frame are both in excellent original condition. Original glass and old wire hanger. Missing paper backing. Circa 1920's.
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height – 10 ½” Width – 8 ¼”