22/2021/9
Edwin Edwards (1823 – 1879) was a successful English artist who now is little known.
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33/1933
This print from 1875 shows what South Street looked like before the houses in front of the Baptist chapel were removed in 1855.
446/1980/3
The Tree of Life series of prints is typical of the post- Second World War revival of religious subjects.
446/1980/4
This print is the fourth in the series The Tree of Life.
20/1932/16
Human frailty provided Hogarth with an endless source of humour.
50/1929/12
This print opens Hogarth’s twelve-print series, Industry and Idleness.
50/1929/10
Hogarth is renowned for his narrative paintings and prints that cleverly satirise and highlight his era’s social and moral issues.
135/1933/3
Cousins was celebrated for his mastery of mezzotint, a labour-intensive and intricate printmaking method.
464/1997
In this enchanting scene from Shakespeare’s play, the fairy queen Titania affectionately leans on Bottom, a weaver with a magically bestowed ass’s head.
484/1997
Van Ostade focused on depicting heartwarming portrayals of Dutch peasants participating in social activities within village squares, inns or barns.
97/1996/2
This is an example of shini-e, a single sheet woodblock memorial print produced sometime before 1843.
488/1997
Van Vliet was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker and painter known for his detailed etchings, particularly those depicting people at work.
510/1997
A print from the series Les Mendiants, representing beggars and poor people.
512/1997
513/1997
514/1997
An etching is from the series La Noblesse, which possibly illustrates the costumes worn at the Lorraine Court.
20/1932/122
George Cruikshank was a master of satirical art, and much of his work focused on social and political commentary.
20/1932/131
This lithograph is typical of Berthon’s Art Nouveau style.
856/1913
Cousins produced dozens of portrait mezzotints during his career.
91/1930
This etching is a view down the steep street of Stepcote Hill, Exeter showing some of its old houses.
101/1998/1
Hopfer’s father, Daniel (1471-1536), was the first artist to etch on iron to make prints.
101/1998/3
The composition of this print is unusual.
20/1932/109
This engraving, a deceptive later copy of Dürer’s original, demonstrates the artist’s fascination with ideal form.
101/1998/9
This woodcut print is a modern impression of a 16th century woodblock in the collection at RAMM.
54/1975/1
In this print children are at play with a goat.
52/2011/11
On a visit to southern Italy in 1638, Kircher watched Vesuvius as it began to rumble and smoulder.
139/2004
This engraving is the sixth plate from a series of botanical prints, Archetypa studiaque patris Georgi Hoefnageli, engraved by Jacob Hoefnagel after his father’s watercolours.
135/1983/22
This etching is a view along Preston Street, Exeter showing some of the old houses.
695/1997/3
In 19th century Exeter the Fifth of November celebrations of Guy Fawkes Day was a major occasion.
574/1997/4
Book plate from 1851