Louis Clement Aubertin – Fisherman Beside a Houseboat
River Landscape with Houseboat and Fisherman
New on Village Antiques
Acute Pain – Antique Dental Caricature, 1810
Original 1810 hand-coloured dental caricature, Acute Pain, after “Tim Bobbin” and published in London by Edward Orme.
The Tooth Ache – Monkeys at the Dentist, 1828
Amusing antique engraving of monkeys performing dental surgery. Original 1828 lithograph by Louis Haghe after Edmund Bristow.
Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings
Hans Schaerer – Stripper on a Table, Art Brut Engraving
Untitled – Stripper on a Table with Strange Beast. Engraving by the well known Swiss ousider artist Hans Schaerer. This piece includes graphic elements that recall the iconography of the famous Swiss outsider Adolf Wölfli.
Antique Prints
The Tooth Drawer – Antique Engraving after Gerrit Dou, 181
Early dental treatment in a shadowed Dutch interior. Original 1811 engraving by Isaac Taylor after a painting by Gerrit Dou.
Switzerland
Karl Stauffer-Bern – Fifth Self-Portrait
Karl Stauffer-Bern (Bern, 1857 – Florence, 1891) Fifth Self Portrait Like many of Karl Stauffer-Bern’s engraved portraits, this study of
Guillaume-Henri Dufour (General Dufour) – First President of the ICRC
Guillaume-Henri Dufour (September 15, 1787 – July 14, 1875) Famous Swiss General and topographer who after serving as the head
The Fire Which Destroyed Quai de Seujet, Geneve -1864 Engraving
Incendie du Quai du Seujet à Genève – Night of 24 September 1864 Fine 19th century engraving depicting the fire
Fred Fay – Woodblock Portrait of a Swiss Farmer
Woodcut portrait of a bearded Swiss farmer from the Valais wearing a hat with a village and the alps in
Folk Art
Small Wismut Chest with Equisite Folk Art Floral Painting
This charming Wismut box (German: Wismutkästchen), dating from around 1680, is a fine example of early central European painted folk
