![Dragonflies - Libellulae by Moses Harris 1776: This original hand-coloured copper-plate engraving of Dragonflies - Libellulae is from An Exposition of English Insects by Moses Harris. Printed for the author by Messrs Robson & Co London 1776.The pr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744827_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
Realist Art
![Dragonflies - Libellulae by Moses Harris 1776: This original hand-coloured copper-plate engraving of Dragonflies - Libellulae is from An Exposition of English Insects by Moses Harris. Printed for the author by Messrs Robson & Co London 1776.The pr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744827_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/9142/329747/177744823_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/9142/329747/177744822_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 Birds of Western Africa by W Swainson 1837: These hand-coloured engravings are from William Swainson?s Birds of Western Africa from The Naturalist's Library series edited by Sir William Jardine, Bart. Published by WH Lizars of Edinburgh 1837.Th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744703_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 Birds of Western Africa by W Swainson 1837: These hand-coloured engravings are from William Swainson?s Birds of Western Africa from The Naturalist's Library series edited by Sir William Jardine, Bart. Published by WH Lizars of Edinburgh 1837.Th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744700_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 Birds of Western Africa by W Swainson 1837: These hand-coloured engravings are from William Swainson?s Birds of Western Africa from The Naturalist's Library series edited by Sir William Jardine, Bart. Published by WH Lizars of Edinburgh 1837.Th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744699_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 Hummingbird prints by Jardine & WH Lizars 1833: These hand-coloured engravings of Humming Birds are from The Natural History of Humming Birds Part 2 of The Naturalist's Library by Sir William Jardine, Bart and engraved by WH Lizars, Edinburgh 1833.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744698_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 Hummingbird prints by Jardine & WH Lizars 1833: These hand-coloured engravings of Humming Birds are from The Natural History of Humming Birds Part 2 of The Naturalist's Library by Sir William Jardine, Bart and engraved by WH Lizars, Edinburgh 1833.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744697_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![8 coloured prints of British mosses by FE Tripp 1888: These antique prints are from British Mosses, Their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses. With a Coloured Figure of Each Species Etched from Nature by F.E.Tripp. Published by?George Bell and Sons, Lond](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745006_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![8 coloured prints of British mosses by FE Tripp 1888: These antique prints are from British Mosses, Their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses. With a Coloured Figure of Each Species Etched from Nature by F.E.Tripp. Published by?George Bell and Sons, Lond](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745005_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![8 coloured prints of British mosses by FE Tripp 1888: These antique prints are from British Mosses, Their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses. With a Coloured Figure of Each Species Etched from Nature by F.E.Tripp. Published by?George Bell and Sons, Lond](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745004_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869: These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869. The engravings are of:Cystopteris Fragilis;Cystopteris Fragilis -](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744977_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869: These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869. The engravings are of:Scolopendrium Vulgare - Var. Ramo-marginatum](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744975_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869: These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869. The engravings are of:Asplenium Viride ;Asplenium Ruta-MurariaScol](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744974_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869: These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869. The engravings are of:Asplenium Adiantum- Nigrum;Asplenium Marinum](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744973_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869: These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869. The engravings are of:Athyrium Filix-Foemina;Asplenium Lanceolatum](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744972_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![4 hand-coloured fern engravings by E Lowe 1869: These hand-finished colour wood-cut engravings are from Edward Lowe's Our Native Ferns published by Groombridge & Sons, London, 1869. The engravings are of:Athyrium Filix-Foemina;Athyrium Filix-Foemin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744971_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872: These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745003_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872: These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745002_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872: These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177745000_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872: These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744999_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872: These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744998_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872: These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744996_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
![6 Alpine Plant engravings by AF Lydon & B Fawcett 1872: These beautiful wood engravings are from Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers by David Wooster, F.R.H.S. Published by Bell and Daldy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9142/329747/177744995_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715607138)
News about Realist Art
![The petite paintings of Chicago surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/besmart-10.jpg)
The petite paintings of Chicago surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie
NEW YORK — A rule of thumb in fine art holds that larger paintings are generally deemed more valuable, but one artist whose works are disproving that maxim is the late Chicago Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie.
![Currier gives Iranian Surrealist her first museum exhibition](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BOUNDARIES_KHOSRAVI_photo_Julia_Featheringill-1.jpg)
Currier gives Iranian Surrealist her first museum exhibition
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Currier Museum of Art presents the work of Iranian painter Arghavan Khosravi in her first museum exhibition, on view now until September 5. The artist creates surrealist images that explore themes of exile, suppression and empowerment.
![Madrid museum explores legacy of Surrealist Rene Magritte](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Magritte_El_pajaro_de_cielo-1.jpg)
Madrid museum explores legacy of Surrealist Rene Magritte
MADRID – The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is holding the first retrospective in Madrid on the Belgian artist and leading Surrealist Rene Magritte (1898-1967) since the exhibition held at the Fundacion Juan March in 1989. Its title, The Magritte Machine, emphasizes the repetitive and combinatorial element present in the work of this painter, whose obsessive themes constantly […]
![George Tooker’s magic realist work in spotlight at Swann, June 30](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lot-232-Tooker-1.jpg)
George Tooker’s magic realist work in spotlight at Swann, June 30
NEW YORK — Swann Galleries will present a sale of American Art on June 30. The auction will include notable works from prominent artists working in America beginning in the mid-1800s and continuing through the contemporary era. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.