![India (Southern Part) by Joshua Archer 1840: This wood engraved map is entitled India (Southern Part). Drawn & engraved by Joshua Archer and published by the proprietor James Gilbert, 49 Paternoster Row, London. The map is from Gilbert?s Modern](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745048_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
British Art
![India (Southern Part) by Joshua Archer 1840: This wood engraved map is entitled India (Southern Part). Drawn & engraved by Joshua Archer and published by the proprietor James Gilbert, 49 Paternoster Row, London. The map is from Gilbert?s Modern](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745048_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Flies - Muscae by Moses Harris 1776: This original hand-coloured copper-plate engraving of Flies - Muscae is from An Exposition of English Insects by Moses Harris. Printed for the author by Messrs Robson & Co London 1776.The prints are b](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744835_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 engravings of Monkeys from 1811: These copperplate engravings are from The Natural History of Quadrupeds, and Cetaceous Animals by various authors. Published by Brightly and Co, Bungay 1811.The full title of this work is: The Natural](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744753_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Algernon Percy by Houbraken 1747: This engraving of Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland and Lord High Admiral is from The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain by Thomas Birch. Printed by John Knapton 1747, London. The engr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745175_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![3 prints of birds eggs by Henry Seebohm 1896: These original chromolithographs ares from the last work of the noted British ornithologist Henry Seebohm - Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds (1896). The prints illustrate eggs of terns, g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744739_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Gould Birds of Aust. - White-capped Tern or Black Noddy: This lithograph of the White-capped Tern or Black Noddy (Ano?s leucocapillus,Gould.) is from John Gould's monumental work, The Birds of Australia, issued in 36 Parts between 1840 and 1848.This is plat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744625_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Gould Birds of Aust. - Crested Wedge-bill: This lithograph of the Crested Wedge-bill (Sphenostoma Cristatum) is from John Gould's monumental work, The Birds of Australia, issued in 36 Parts between 1840 and 1848.This is plate number 17 from vo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744624_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![The Zebra by Josiah Whymper 1843: This hand-coloured engraving is from Plates Illustrative of Natural History by Josiah Wood Whymper. Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London 1843.The wood-engraved plate has](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744749_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 Horse prints after Benjamin Herring 1894: Original hand-coloured engravings after Benjamin Herring. Published by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London E.C.; Edinburgh & Dublin, 1895.The horses illustrated are Blue Gown, Pretender, Ayrshi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744744_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![India and Ceylon by W Hughes c1885: An antique map of India engraved by W. Hughes and published by lithographic transfer by Virtue & Co Ltd, London, circa 1885. An attractive sephia-toned antique map of India and Ceylon, with Maldives i](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745054_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Gould Birds of GB - Manx Shearwater: This wonderful lithograph of the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus anglorum ) is from John Gould's Birds of Great Britain, issued in 25 parts between 1862 and 1873. This plate is number 84 from volume 5 of th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744608_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Gould Humming Bird - Constant's Star-throat: This magnificent lithographic print of Constant's Star-throat (Heliomaster constanti) is Plate 57 from Volume 4 of the ever popular A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds by John Go](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744631_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 chromolithographs of ferns by James Britten 1879: These chromolithographs are from European Ferns by James Britten FLS. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1880. The four prints are of:Asplenium Filix-Foemina;Asplenium Adiantium Nigrum;Scolope](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744965_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 chromolithographs of ferns by James Britten 1879: These chromolithographs are from European Ferns by James Britten FLS. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1880. The four prints are of:Woodwardia Radicans;Asplenium & Ceterach;Asplenium Septent](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744964_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 chromolithographs of ferns by James Britten 1879: These chromolithographs are from European Ferns by James Britten FLS. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1880. The four prints are of:Lomaria Spicant ;Struthiopteris Germanica;Woodsias;Dickson](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744961_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Yellow or Lutea Rose by Walter Fitch 1888: This scarce chromolithograph of the Yellow or Lutea Rose by Georges Severeyns from an illustration by Walter H. Fitch is from The Rose Garden in two divisions by William Paul. Published by Kent & Co,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744934_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Bookcases by Thomas Chippendale 1762: This engraving illustrates Bookcases 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 furniture](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745184_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Hounsdown 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/9142/329747/177744916_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 poulty prints by Harrison Weir 1867: These chromolithograph prints are after drawings by Harrison Weir and are from The Poultry Book by WB Tegetmeier, published by George Routledge and Sons, London 1867.The birds illustrated areWhite Ayl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744694_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 chromolithographs of ferns by James Britten 1879: These chromolithographs are from European Ferns by James Britten FLS. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1880. The four prints are of:Aspidium Foenisecii;Nephrodium Rigidum;Aspidium Thelypteri](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744966_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Town Hall, Antwerp by Louis Haghe 1840: This lithograph of the Town Hall, Antwerp 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 famo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745196_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Lord Evershed by Ralph Sallon 1963: This print is after a drawing by Ralph Sallon. Published by Butterworth & Co, London 1963. Ralph Sallon was, in the words of Lord Hailsham, speaking at a reception after Sallon had been appointed MBE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745124_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![2 chromolithographs of ferns by James Britten 1879: These chromolithographs are from European Ferns by James Britten FLS. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1880. The two prints are of:Ophioglossum Vulgatum;Botrychium.These antique prints have](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744968_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![Marie van Houtte Rose by Walter Fitch 1888: This scarce chromolithograph of the Marie van Houtte Rose by Georges Severeyns from an illustration by Walter H. Fitch is from The Rose Garden in two divisions by William Paul. Published by Kent & Co,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744935_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 […]