Calendarium Londinense collection

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  English views collection

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  Contains twelve views of different locations across England including Dorset, St. James's Palace, Dartmouth Castle, Battle Abbey, and Penhurst Place.

  priPEF 63

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  Robert Vaughan prints collection

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  This collection contains 12 prints of Robert Vaughan from the series "The XII Mounthes of the Yeare in the Habits of Severall Nations." Each print decipts two individualas with a zodiac symbol at the top and a short caption below.

  priPEF 89

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  Entrée des alliés dans Pékin, le 22 Octobre 1860 : Entrance of the allyed in Pekin, the 22nd of October 1860

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  A hand-colored lithograph view print depicting the capture of the Chinese Summer Palace near Peking, China. The image includes Chinese soldiers in varying military attire and queue braids while armed with swords, bows and arrows, dragon shields, and talismanic demon portraits. The French military is depicted in the center of the print dressed in blue uniforms with epaulettes, bayonets, and rifles on horseback while waving a flag with a French imperial eagle finial and flag. The right of the image depicts crowds of men in uniform fighting, and one of the men is illustrated in a red coat, likely referring to the British army. Background and foreground illustrate the Chinese soldiers as falling in defeat. The title is printed in French and English below the image. Signed by printer, "Lith: H Jannin, Paris" in the lower right corner. Signed by the publisher, "Paris chez Codoni, rue Grenier St. Lazare, 20," in the lower left corner. Signed by artist "Albert" in stone in the image's lower right corner.

  priPEF 76

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  United States surfboard championships : Huntington Beach, California

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  A screen print in varying hues of black, pink, blue, and red colors featuring a silhouette of a male surfer riding a wave under the moon and stars. The waves curve down from the top-left to the bottom-right of the print. Text below the waves is printed in multiple graphic styles reading "United States surfboard championships : Huntington Beach, California. Sat. & Sun. Sept. 18-19' 71." Signed by the artist on the center-left of the print.

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  Air mail across the Pacific : San Francisco to Hong Kong

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  A black-and-white print published by the San Francisco Post Office advertising its trans-Pacific airmail service. The title of the print is in English, with Chinese text on the lower half describing how airmail was shipped from San Francisco to Honolulu, Guam, Manila, Macao, and Hong Kong. Text in Chinese also lists the postage rates and total duration of the flights varying by destination. The center of the print features Clyde H. Sunderland's aerial photograph of Pan American Airway's "China Clipper" flying over San Francisco, California. The top and bottom of the print include borders decorated with monoplane motifs. The printed signature at the lower center reads, "San Francisco P.O. 9-30-37-500."

  priPEF 33

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  Salon

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  A digital print on Classic Crest paper of a figure in Alison Saar's monument, the Salon, installed at the Charles Aznavour Garden in Paris, France, for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The print depicts the central figure of the sculptural installation, a Black woman seated and resting an olive branch on her lap with her left hand, while holding up an Olympic flame with her right hand. The image includes relief print markings and is printed in white, black, blue, and brown ink. The border below the image includes the edition number 225 of 350 on the lower left, the title "Salon" in the lower center, and is signed and dated by stamp "A. Saar 2024" in the lower right.

  priPEF 97