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| V.V. Ponomarev A Song published in Moscow 1888 hand-coloredlithograph British Museum |
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| V.V. Ponomarev The Innkeeper who has lost everything returns Home published in Moscow 1888 hand-colored lithograph British Museum |
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| V.V. Ponomarev There's no place for him in Petersburg, he goes to the Village to con the fools there published in Moscow 1888 hand-colored lithograph British Museum |
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| Anonymous print-maker The man from Iaroslav returns home published in Moscow 1878 hand-colored lithograph British Museum |
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| Eugène Delacroix Feuille de quatre médailles antiques 1825 lithograph British Museum |
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| Eugène Delacroix Feuille de six médailles antiques 1825 lithograph British Museum |
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| Eugène Delacroix Feuille de neuf médailles antiques 1825 lithograph British Museum |
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| Eugène Delacroix Feuille de douze médailles antiques 1825 lithograph British Museum |
Above a series of lithographs by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) from the 1820s – concise renderings of Greek and Roman coins and medals. Such artifacts had remained a primary source of ideas for working artists since the earliest days of the Renaissance.
Below, lithographs from early in the century, created during the Napoleonic wars. They are full of horses in violent action, as observed by Sir James Stuart (1779-1849), amateur painter and print-maker and friend of that arch-romantic Sir Walter Scott.
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| Sir James Stuart Cavalry 1803 lithograph British Museum |
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| Sir James Stuart Horses 1803 lithograph British Museum |
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| Sir James Stuart Three Cavaliers ca. 1803 lithograph British Museum |
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| Sir James Stuart Cavaliers ca. 1803 lithograph British Museum |
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| Anonymous print-maker Colosseum, Rome 1790s hand-colored lithograph British Museum |
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| Anonymous print-maker Castel Sant'Angelo with St. Peter's in the distance, Rome 1790s hand-colored lithograph British Museum |
I am grateful to the British Museum for making these images available.