Collecting By Engraver

Paintings from the Pescatore Museum, designed by Auguste Böcskör, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb and issued by Luxembourg on May 7, 1984:

The Smoker, by David Teniers le Jeune (1610 – 1690):

Young Turk with Horse, by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863):

Festival of the Kings, by Jan Steen (c. 1626 – 1679):

The Lacemaker, by Pieter van Slingelandt (1640 – 1691):

UN "Freedom from Hunger" campaign, a set of three semi-postal stamps issued by Belgium on March 20, 1963 shows details from paintings by Pieter Bruegel (c.#8201;1525–1530 – 1569):

The Sower, detail from "The Parable of the Sower", engraved by Henri Decuyper:

A Woman harvesting Wheat, detail from "The Summer" (painting engraved later by Pieter van der Heyden), stamp engraved by Paul Verheyden:

A couple eating their meal, I could not identify the source of this detail, engraved by Charles Leclerqz:

Cultural Exchange Sweden - France, designed by Eva Ede, engraved by Czeslaw Slania and issued by Sweden on January 17, 1994:

Housekeepers, by Pehr Hilleström (1732 – 1816):

Portrait of Charles XIV John (Swedish: Carl XIV Johan) (1763-1844), King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death, by Francois Gérard (1770-1837):

Fest in Paris Theatre (Trianon), Visit of King Gustav III of Sweden at Versailles, Paris 1784, by Niklas Lafrensen (1737-1807):

The Romance of the Rose (Le Roman de la Rose), a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision, Ca. 1400:

"House of Nobility", Stockholm's Riddarhuset, by the architect Simon de la Vallée:

The sixth stamp in the set is not engraved and shows composition of Sweden and France flags:

Gustavian Art, a Swedish Art style from the 18th century named after after King Gustav III of Sweden, engraved by Czeslaw Slania and issued by Sweden on October 7, 1972:

View of Stockholm from the South, by Johan Fredrik Martin (1755 – 1816):

Anchor Forge, by Pehr Hillestrom (1732 – 1816):

Amphion Figurehead, by Per Ljung:
Amphion, demigod and patron of culture in Greek mythology.

Quadriga, by Johan Tobias von Sergel (1740 - 1814):

Lady with Veil, by Alexander Roslin (1718 – 1793):

Queen Sofia Magdalena, by Carl Gustaf Pilo (1711 – 1793):
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746 – 1813) was Crown Princess of Sweden by her marriage to Gustav III.

Painting of Rubens' son Nicolas at age of two years old on three different stamps from different countries:

Engraved by Pierre Gandon and issued by Monaco on May 3, 1977 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Peter Paul Rubens:

Engraved by Jean de Bast and issued by Belgium on December 7, 1963 to raise donations for the anti Tuberculosis campaign:

Designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Alfred Nefe and issued by Austria on September 26, 1969 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Albertina graphics collection:

Herbert K. Bourne (1825-1907) was an English engraver of great skill; though most of his work was of large-scale commercial engravings, at least three postage stamps are attributed to him:

Queen Victoria, on the 1878 Falkland Islands series for Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.


The Chalon head portrait of Victoria on numerous early Queensland stamps printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.


And the Columbus portrait on the 1900 "Cabezones" series of Chile, for Waterlow & Sons.


Relatively little is known of his work on stamps -- I could find nothing about him posted previously on this thread. If anyone has further examples I would like to hear about them.

Greg,

Thanks for posting about Herbert K. Bourne. I don't have more examples of his work, but this site lists the stamps he engraved with additional one more scan of a stamp from Chile.

https://stampengravers.blogspot.com...ourne-h.html

Russian Painters anniversaries, designed by Anatoly I. Kalashnikov and issued by the USSR on December 31, 1965:

The Kolkhoz Guard, by Sergey Vasilyevich Gerasimov (1885 – 1964), engraved by Ivan M. Mokrousov and issued to commemorate the 80th birth anniversary of the painter:

The Proposal of Marriage, by Pavel Fedotov (1815 - 1852), engraved by I. Sapronov and issued to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the painter:

Thank you, LaoPhil -- that is very helpful!

Here are two semi-postal art sets issued by France to raise donations to the Red Cross:

Paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 – 1806), engraved by Jules Piel and issued on December 10, 1962:

"Rosalie Fragonard":

"The Child in Pierrot"

Paintings by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725 – 1805), engraved by Pierre Gandon and issued on December 13, 1971:

"Girl with Small Dog":

"The dead bird":

Italy Art on three different sets of stamps issued 1984-6:

Portrait of Paul Guillaume, Art dealer, by Amedeo Modigliani (1884 - 1920), engraved by Valeiro Puliti and issued on January 25, 1984:

Horse Racing in Bois de Boulogne (Detail), by Giuseppe de Nittis (1846-1884), engraved by Valeiro Puliti and issued on January 25, 1984:

Madonna in Prayer, by Giambattista Salvi (1609 – 1685), engraved by Rita Morena and issued on June 15, 1985:

Culture of Labour, by Mario Sironi (1885 – 1961), engraved by Francesco Tulli and issued on June 15, 1985:

Portrait of Lucrezia del Fede, wife of Sarto, by Andrea del Sarto (1486 - 1531), engraved by Francesco Tulli and issued on October 11, 1986:

Daphne at Pavarolo, by Felice Casorati (1883 – 1963), engraved by Francesco Tulli and issued on October 11, 1986:

Paintings from the Princely Collection in Metropolitan Museum, NY, USA, designed by C. Eberle and issued by Liechtenstein on September 2, 1985:

Portrait of Stephen Gardiner (1483 – 1555)by Quentin Matsys (1466 – 1530), engraved by Wolfgang Seidel:
Stephen Gardiner was an English bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip.

Portrait of Clara Serena (1611 - 1623), daughter of Rubens, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640), engraved by Maria Magdalena Laurent:

Portrait of Duke of Urbino**, by Raphael (1483 - 1530), engraved by Wolfgang Seidel:

** - The above painting by Raphael was long considered a portrait of Guidobaldo I di Montefeltro because an inscription added on the back of the painting at a later date describes the subject of the work as the Duke of Urbino. Today, however, the similarities with portraits known to be of Guidobaldo are not sufficient and the identity of the man in the picture remains a mystery.

Judaism in Czechoslovakia, issued by Czechoslovakia on May 22, 1967, shows the rich culture of the Jewish communities in Czech lands:

Detail from Torah ark curtain (1593), designed and engraved by Jiri Antonin Svengsbir:

Symbol of the old town of Prague on a cover of an old Jewish prayer book (1530). The Hebrew inscription reads: "Blessed who giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might He increaseth strength", designed and engraved by Jiri Antonin Svengsbir:

Burial society pitcher, Mikulov (1801), the largest and most important Jewish community in Moravia, designed and engraved by Jiri Antonin Svengsbir:

Old-New Synagogue (Altneuschul), Prague, Europe's oldest active synagoguem designed by Karel Vodak, engraved by Jan Mracek:

Jewish Holocaust Memorial Candelabra, Pinkas Synagogue, Prague, designed by Karel Vodak, engraved by Josef Hercik:

Tombstone of Rabbi David Gans, Jewish chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer and astrologer, Prague, designed by Karel Vodak, engraved by Josef Hercik:

Happy Easter!

Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves (detail), by Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640), engraved by Jean de Vos and issued by Rwanda in Easter 1974:

Polish Art, designed by J. Desselberger and issued by Poland on June 29, 1959:


Storks, by Jozef Chelmonski (1849 – 1914), engraved by Edward Konecki:

Motherhood, painting by Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869 – 1907), engraved by Barbara Szymanska:

Portrait of Leonia Blühdorn, the Artist's Stepdaughter, by Henryk Rodakowski (1823–1894), engraved by Stefan Lukaszewski:

Death, by Jacek Malczewski (1854 – 1929), engraved by Marian Romuald Polak:

Sand washers, by Aleksander Gierymski (1850 - 1901), engraved by Jerzy Miller: