![Fieldfare by William Hayes 1775: This etching of the Fieldfare is from A Natural History of British Birds with their Portraits, accurately drawn, and beautifully coloured from nature by William Hayes. Printed for S. Hooper, London 17](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744692_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
British Art
![Fieldfare by William Hayes 1775: This etching of the Fieldfare is from A Natural History of British Birds with their Portraits, accurately drawn, and beautifully coloured from nature by William Hayes. Printed for S. Hooper, London 17](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744692_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Hooded Mergansers by Robert Gillmor.: This is an original linocut of Hooded Mergansers, signed in pencil by Robert Gillmor. A vibrant limited edition linocut, being No.61 of 70, with the stylish flare of Gillmor, which is now much coveted](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744672_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![China Proper by Joshua Archer 1840: This wood engraved map is entitled China Proper. Drawn & engraved by Joshua Archer and published for the proprietor by Grattan & Gilbert, 51 Paternoster Row, London. The map is from Gilbert?s Modern A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745038_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![A Table & Pierglass by Thomas Chippendale 1762: This engraving illustrates A Table & Pierglass (Mirror) and is from the third edition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745182_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![A group of old carnations by Rory McEwen 1955: This is a lithograph of A group of old flaked and bizarre carnations from Old Carnations and Pinks by Oscar Moreton. It was made from a painting by Rory McEwen and is in immaculate condition. McEwen w](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744919_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Two-headed Snake & Black Butterflies by G. Edwards 1751: This beautiful engraving is from George Edwards A History of Uncommon Birds and of Some other Rare and Undescribed Animals. London 1743-51. George Edwards (3 April 1694 ? 23 July 1773) was an English](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744765_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![John Hamden by Houbraken 1747: This engraving of John Hamden is from The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain by Thomas Birch. Printed by John Knapton 1747, London. The engravings were by Jacobus Houbraken and George Vertu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745169_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Gould Birds of Asia - Indian Courser 1849-83: This original lithograph of the Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus) is from John Gould's Birds of Asia, issued in 35 parts between 1849 and 1883, the last three being issued after Gould's death](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744641_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Rare Gould Birds of GB - Great Auk (now extinct): This wonderful lithograph of the Great Auk (Alca Impennis) is from John Gould's Birds of Great Britain, issued in 25 parts between 1862 and 1873. This plate is number 46 from volume 5 of this work and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744638_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Comtesse de Nadaillac Rose by Walter Fitch 1888: This scarce chromolithograph of the Comtesse de Nadaillac (Tea Scented) Rose by Georges Severeyns from an illustration by Walter H. Fitch is from The Rose Garden in two divisions by William Paul. Publ](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744929_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Gold of Ophir by Rory McEwen 1964: This print is from The Auricula: Its History and Character by Charles Oscar Moreton and illustrated by Rory McEwen. Published by The Ariel Press, London 1964 This lithograph was made by litho-offset o](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744917_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Asia by John Walker 1797: This antique copperplate engraved map of Asia is from the Elements of Geography by John Walker. published by Darton and Harvey, London 1797. Size: 7.75in x 9in (19.5cm x 23cm).](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745041_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![2 prints of Mountain & Irish Hares by A Thorburn 1920: These original antique prints of 1. Mountain Hare in Winter 2. Mountain Hare in Autumn & Irish Hare are from British Mammals by Archibald Thorburn. Published by Longmans, Green and Co. 39 Paternoster](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744784_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![3 prints of Deer by A Thorburn 1920: These original antique prints of 1. Red Deer, 2. Fallow Deer and 3. Roe Deer are from British Mammals by Archibald Thorburn. Published by Longmans, Green and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London, 1920. Thes](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744785_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Asia by AK Johnston 1861: Map of Asia by Keith Johnston, engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh and printed by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London 1861. Alexander Keith Johnston LLD (1804-1871) was a Scottish geogr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745053_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Town Hall, Ghent by Louis Haghe 1840: This lithograph of the Town Hall, Ghent is from Sketches in Belgium and Germany with drawings by Louis Haghe. Published by Henry Graves & Co., London and printed by Day and Haghe 1840. The most famous](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745197_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Hawk-moths IV by HN Humphreys 1857: This original hand-coloured lithograph is from British Moths and their Transformations arranged and illustrated by H.N. Humphreys, with descriptions by J. O. Westwood. Published by William Smith in Lo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744860_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Library Bookcase by Thomas Chippendale 1762: This engraving illustrates Library Bookcase and is from the third edition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household fu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745185_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Old Flame by Rory McEwen 1955: This is a lithograph of the Old Flame from Old Carnations and Pinks by Oscar Moreton. It was made from a painting by Rory McEwen and is in immaculate condition. McEwen was a botanical artist and folk](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744918_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![August - Coaching by William Nicholson 1898: This print is for the month of August showing the sport of Coaching and is from An Almanac of Twelve Sports by William Nicolson with -words by Rudyard Kipling. Published by William Heinemann, London 1](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745115_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![January - Hunting by William Nicholson 1898: This print is for the month of January showing the sport of Hunting and is from An Almanac of Twelve Sports by William Nicolson with -words by Rudyard Kipling. Published by William Heinemann, London 1](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745108_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Hawking by Joseph Strutt 1801: This beautifully hand-coloured engraved plate is from Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England by Joseph Strutt. Published by T. Bensley & J. White, London 1801. In](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745076_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Auricula Horners Heroine by P Stroobant, 1880: This chromolithograph of Auricula Horner`s Heroine is from The Florist and Pomologist and Suburban Gardener by Thomas Moore. Published by Messrs Kent & Co, London, ca. 1880. This work was a pictorial](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744866_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Moths - Lepidoptera by Moses Harris 1776: This original hand-coloured copper-plate engraving of Moths - Lepidoptera is from An Exposition of English Insects by Moses Harris. Printed for the author by Messrs Robson & Co London 1776.The prints](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744837_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
News about British Art
![One-sheet Poster for the 1980 British Royal Premiere of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ leads our five lots to watch](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Propstore-May-30-British-Empire-Strikes-Back-poster.jpeg)
One-sheet Poster for the 1980 British Royal Premiere of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ leads our five lots to watch
One-sheet Poster for the 1980 British Royal Premiere of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ RICKMANSWORTH, UK – One of the rarest of Lucasfilm marketing one-sheets for The Empire Strikes Back will be offered at Propstore Thursday, May 30 as part of its UK-based Collectible Poster Live Auction – London sale. The complete catalog is available for […]
![Monumental sculptures by great British artists offered by Sworders May 19](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sworders-May-19-Joy.jpeg)
Monumental sculptures by great British artists offered by Sworders May 19
FARNHAM, UK – Sworders is currently offering selected contents from The Sculpture Park, the open-air display in the village of Churt, England. The auction of modern and contemporary outdoor sculpture runs online until Sunday, May 19. The catalog is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Run by artist, collector, and dealer Eddie Powell during the […]
![British World War II recruiting poster in Hebrew leads our five auction highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ishtar-Aux-March-7-ATS-recruiting-poster-in-Hebrew.jpg)
British World War II recruiting poster in Hebrew leads our five auction highlights
World War II-era Poster, in Hebrew, Recruiting Jewish Women to Join the British Army, $7,800 TEL AVIV – Second World War posters recruiting British and American women to the war effort are a familiar sight at auction. Less well known, and much harder to find, are the posters that encouraged thousands of Jewish women to […]
![Hester Bateman, queen of British silversmiths](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/HB-punch-bowl-Heritage-1-1.jpg)
Hester Bateman, queen of British silversmiths
NEW YORK — Collecting silver is a passion for those who seek eye-catching centerpieces fit for a palace or even just tumblers for everyday use. There are many styles as well as an infinite number of silversmiths to choose from. Women silversmiths were not uncommon in the 1700s, and one of the names that comes […]