Antique Prints
This is an interesting double page woodcut engraving (40cm × 60cm) from The Graphic Illustrated, printed in 1885. It is titled “A Palaver in Ashantee Interview between King Quaco Duah, of Coomassie, and the British Commissioner.” The Asantehene (king) is surrounded by his courtiers.
An antique wood engraved print from the Illustrated London News 1874 titled “Ashantee war: A Conference with a Native King”. 13.25x9.25 inches
This interesting little wood engraved print was printed in 1873 in the British illustrated newspaper, The Graphic titled “Ashantis Buying Muskets with Gold Dust at Assinee”. The gold dust dealer with his scales, weights, and tools of the trade can be seen in the left of the illustration (8.75” x 7”). Ashanti’s main currency was the abundant gold in the region used to fund the war against the British empire and their African allies.
An antique wood engraved print from the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic, printed in 1873 titled "The Ashantee War- Reading the Queen's letter at the Palaver of Kings at Accra."
A wood engraved print of Asante golden regalia from the Illustrated London News, May 23,1874. Overall size of print is approx. 20cm x 28cm. The objects shown here are from the Asantehene palace in Kumasi when it was looted and destroyed by British forces during the Anglo-Asante war of 1873-4. Many of the plundered objects were then sold and brought to London. The golden “trophy” head was bought by Sir Richard Wallace from Garrard & Co. Ltd, the Crown Jeweller in London, in 1874, along with other Asante objects, including swords, knives and jewellery. They ended up as part of the Victoria and Albert museum’s “Wallace collection”. Currently the museum is in direct talks with the Asantehene to return these items to the palace in Kumasi which look promising. The gold cast trophy head depicted here in the center is the largest surviving gold casting in Africa outside of Egypt. It would have been attached to a state sword or even the Asante golden stool.
The Ashanti War-Arms Taken from Fantee Prisoners, 1874. This is a wood engraved print taken from The Graphic. The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper first published on 4 December 1869 by William Luton Thomas's company Illustrated Newspapers Limited.
A wood engraved print from the Illustrated London News titled: ASHANTI WAR DRUMS, 1874
A wood engraved print from the Illustrated London News: Ashantee War-First Station on the Road to Prah. February 7, 1874
A wood engraved print from the Illustrated London News titled: ASHANTI EXPEDITION, Submission of King Prempeh at Kumasi, 1896
An antique wood engraved print taken from the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic, 1874. 8.75' x 4". Title: Ashanti War Trophies from Coomassie.
Title: Ahmadou's Palace at Segou. This is an antique wood engraved print from the Illustrated Travels: a record of discovery, geography, and adventure" edited by H.W. Bates, assistant-secretary of the Royal Geographical Society; published by Cassell, Peter, and Galpin, London 1880
Antique wood engraved print from The Illustrated London News, titled "The King of Ashantee's Palace at Coomassie, Viewed from the East", 1874. 9.25" x 6.25"
A nice 19th c. engraving (litho) print of "Women of Elmina, Ghana" drawn by A. Rixens. 28.5cm x 20 cm. Jean-André Rixens is a French painter born November 30, 1846 in Saint-Gaudens and died February 21, 1925 in Paris. He attended the college of Saint-Gaudens and, in 1860, entered the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse. He then began to paint commercial signs and copies of paintings to finance his studies. In 1866, with La Mort d'Alcibiades, he won the second grand prize of the City of Toulouse, an award endowed with a scholarship which enabled him to continue his apprenticeship for three years at the School of Fine Arts in Paris where his teacher is the painter Adolphe Yvon (1817-1893), a specialist in military history painting. With Ernest Messonier, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Auguste Rodin, he took part in the founding of the National Society of Fine Arts, which will henceforth organize an annual Salon, rivaling that of the Society of French Artists, led by William Bouguereau
Antique wood engraved print taken from the Illustrated London News. "AFRICA GOLD COAST, Bush Woman, Ashanti, Belle of Cape Coast"- 1873. The size of the image not including Margins is approx 9.25x4.5 inches
Antique wood engraved print taken from the Illustrated London News. "GHANA, The General Market at Cape Coast Castle" - 1874. The size of the image not including Margins is approx 13.25x9.25 inches
Antique wood engraved print taken from the Illustrated London News. "GHANA, The Cape Coast Castle" - 1873. The size of the image not including Margins is approx 9.25x6 inches.
A beautifully rendered engraving titled “ASHANTI EXPEDITION King Prempeh's Last Reception”, 1896. From the Illustrated London News. 12.5” x 9.25”.
“Ahmadous Palace at Segou.” This is an antique wood engraved print from the Illustrated Travels: a record of discovery, geography, and adventure" edited by H.W. Bates, assistant-secretary of the Royal Geographical Society; published by Cassell, Peter, and Galpin, London 1880. 9.5cm x 15.5cm
A wood engraved print titled “Bambara types and headdresses” from "Peoples of the World", by Robert Brown, published by Cassell & Co (Vol 3), 1891. Approx 9.0 x 14.5cm, 3.5 x 5.5 inches.
A wood engraved print taken from the Illustrated London News titled “War Emissaries from the King of Ashanti”, 1863. The size of the image not including margins is approx 9.25x6.5 inches.
A wood engraved print taken from the Illustrated London News titled “ASHANTI Sketches - River Prah and Forest of Assin”, 1873. The size of the image not including margins is approx 9.25×7.75 inches
A wood engraved print taken from the Illustrated London News titled “ASHANTI WAR Stations on the Road to Coomassie”, 1874. The size of the image not including margins is approx 9.5x6.25 inches.
An antique steel engraving “Timbuctu in Africa”. Meyer’s Universum, 1840s-50. Germany.
A 19th century (1874) antique print “Fantee Volunteers”. Image from page 73 of 'Coomassie and Magdala the story of two British Campaigns in Africa.