Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an 1815 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner in the collection of The National Gallery, London. The engraving was published in the March, 1900 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7¾” x 5-1/16;” sheet size 11-3/8” x 9¼.” Cole’s monogram and “AUG. 1899” engraved in the block. A fine impression in very good overall condition. Smith 334.

$250

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1820 painting by John Constable in the museum of the Royal Academy, London. The engraving was published in the April, 1900 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7-13/16” x 5-1/16;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Engraved “Timothy Cole Nov. 1899” in the block and signed in pencil by Cole in the lower margin. Fine. Smith 335.

$225

Wood engraving on wove paper, from an 1829 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner in the collection of The National Gallery, London. The engraving was published in the June, 1900 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7-15/16” x 5-1/8;” sheet size 12-1/8” x 9½.” Signed “Timothy Cole” in the block. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 336.

$250

Wood engraving on wove paper, from an 1821 painting by John Constable in The National Gallery, London. The engraving was published in the July, 1900 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7¾” x 5-3/16;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “Tim Cole, Dec. 1899” in the block, and signed in pencil by Cole in the lower margin. Overall fine condition except for a tapered band of darkening along the bottom edge of the sheet, well away from the sight area. Smith 337.

$250

Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1826 painting by John Constable in The National Gallery, London. The engraving was published in the August, 1900 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5¼” x 6-1/8;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “Timothy Cole Dec. 1899” in the block. A beautiful image in overall fine condition. Smith 338.

$325

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an 1814 painting by Sir David Wilkie in the collection of The Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The engraving was published in the November, 1900 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-3/16” x 6-7/16;” sheet size 9” x 11-5/16.” Signed “Timothy Cole April 1900” in the block, and signed by Cole in pencil in the lower margin. Minor tears and losses in the corners. Archival mounting tape has been used at one corner to secure the etching to its mount. A fine impression with three minor spots outside the image area .Smith 339.

$275

Another copy on tan wove paper in overall fine condition.

$250

Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1837 painting by Sir Edwin Landseer in the collection of The Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The engraving was published in the January, 1901 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7¼” x 5¼;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “Timothy Cole May 1900” in the block. Fine overall condition. Smith 341.

$375

Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1836 oil on board by Edwin Henry Landseer in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C. The engraving was published in the February, 1901 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5¼” x 7-1/16;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “Timothy Cole May 1900” in the block. A fine impression in fine overall condition. Smith 342.

$225

Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1812 oil painting by Sir David Wilkie in the collection of The Royal Academy, London. The engraving was published in the June, 1901 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-3/16” x 6-5/16;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “Tiimothy Cole Sc. Feb 1900” in the block and signed in pencil by Cole in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 343.

$325

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1830 oil sketch by John Constable. The engraving was published in the July, 1901 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7-5/16” x 5-1/8;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” “Timothy Cole Feb. 1900” engraved in the block; signed “Timothy
Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 344.

$175

Wood Engraving on wove paper after an oil painting by Zurbaran then in the Smith-Barry collection at the time that Cole created this engraving, which was published in the November, 1901 issue of The Century Magazine. This was the first in a series of paintings by old Spanish masters engraved by Cole and subsequently published in book form by The Century Company. Image size 5¼” x 6-7/16;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed in pencil by Cole in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 346.

$225

Wood engraving on wove paper after a painting by El Greco (Domenico Theotocopuli) in the collection of The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. The engraving was published in the February, 1902 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5¼” x 6-7/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed by the artist in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 347.

$325

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an oil painting ca. 1598 by El Greco in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Image size 4-1/8” x 7¾;” sheet size 9-3/16” x 11½.” “Timothy Cole 1904” engraved in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Small losses at the corners with archival tape anchoring the Japan paper to the mount. A fine impression with minor ripples and faint creases in the lower portion of the sheet extending about 1” into the image. This engraving was also included in Old Spanish Masters, annotated by Cole and published in 1907 by The Century Company. Smith 355.

$225

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an oil painting ca. 1665 by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Seville. The engraving was published in the January, 1904 issue of The Century Magazine. Engraved “Cole 1903” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Slight rippling in the lower portion of the sheet, away from the sight area. fine, rich impression in overall very good condition. Smith 357.

$250

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1634 oil painting by Velazquez in the collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. The engraving was published in the February, 1904 issue of The Century Magazine. “COLE” engraved in the block; signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 358.

$225

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an oil painting, ca. 1635, by Velazquez in the collection of the Prado in Madrid. The engraving was published in the September, 1904 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5” x 6-7/8;” sheet size 8¼” x 11-1/8.” “Cole 1903” engraved in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. Fine overall condition.

This is one of a group of five equestrian portraits of the Spanish royal family by Velazquez and his assistants commissioned in 1634 in a less than subtle expression of dynastic continuity. The young prince is the embodiment of confident arrogance. This is one of the finest examples of Timothy Cole’s ability to capture the inherent character of the original work in his wood engravings. Smith 361

$500

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1780 oil painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes in the collection of the Prado in Madrid. The engraving was published in the November, 1904 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/16” x 7-15/16;” sheet size 8-1/8” x 11-1/8.” Signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 362.

The original oil was created by Goya as one of a series of cartoons for tapestries intended to be hung in the antechamber to the bedroom of the Prince and Princess of Asturias at the El Pardo Palace. Cole seems to have reached the pinnacle of his gifts during his work at The Prado in 1903.

$525

another copy on wove paper; sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed by the artist in pencil in the lower margin. Fine.

$475

Wood engraving on wove paper after a ca. 1635 oil painting by Alonso Cano in the Chapel of Our Lady of Belén in the Cathedral of Seville. The engraving was first published in the December, 1904 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/16” x 7-1/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” “COLE” engraved in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 363.

$225

Wood engraving on wove paper after a painting ca. 1650 by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, in the collection of The Prado, Madrid; the engraving was published in the January, 1905 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-5/8;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “T Cole Sc. 1904” in the block. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 364.

$275

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a painting ca. 1650 by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, in the collection of The Prado, Madrid. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-5/8;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “COLE” in the block. Inscribed “Engraved by Walter Cole, son of / Timothy Cole” in pencil in Tiimothy Cole’s hand in the lower margin. A fine impression in very good condition. Smith 364a.

$325

another copy on wove paper in overall fine condition.

$275

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a painting by Francisco Zurbaran in the collection of the Musee de Picardie, Amiens, France. The engraving was published in the December, 1905 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5” x 6¾;” sheet size 8¼” x 11-1/8.” Signed “COLE / 1904” in the block. Fine overall condition. Smith 365.

$525

another copy in fine condition on wove paper; Image size 5” x 6¾;” sheet size 9½” x 12.”

$450

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an oil painting by Alonso Cano. St. Agnes is one of more than 400 works of art from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum removed and stored in a flak tower for safekeeping during the Second World War and presumed destroyed when the tower was engulfed in a series of fires during May, 1945.

The engraving was published in the February, 1906 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5” x 6¾;” sheet size 9-1/8” x 11¼.” “T Cole Sc. 1905” engraved in the block’ Signed “Timothy Cole” in the lower margin. Fine overall condition, with minor losses at the four corners of the proof; the sheet has been secured to the mount with archival mounting tape. Smith 367.

$425

another signed copy on wove paper in fine overall condition.

$375

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after the ca. 1660s painting by Bartolomé Estaban Murillo in the collection of The National Gallery of Ireland. The engraving was originally published in the May, 1906 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 6-7/16” x 5-1/16;” sheet size 11½” x 9.” Signed “Cole Sc 1904” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” inpencil in the lower margin. A fine impression, with minor tears and losses in both left-hand corners, reattached using archival mounting tape. Smith 368.

$375

another pencil-signed copy on wove paper in fine condition.

$350

Wood engraving on wove paper, after the ca. 1805 portrait by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes in the collection of The National Gallery, London. Image size 5-3/16” x 7-7/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Engraving published in the June, 1906 issue of The Century Magazine. “T Cole Sc. 1905” engraved in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 369.

$550

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1636 painting by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez in the collection of the Prado Museum, Madrid. The engraving was published in the July, 1906 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 4-15/16” x 6-5/16;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” “T Cole Sc. April 1904” engraved in the block; signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 370.

$275

Smith 370.

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a painting, ca. 1665, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, possibly modeled by his daughter Francesca, in the collection of The Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. The engraving was published in the August, 1906 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 7¼;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Engraved “T. Cole Sc. 1905” in the block. Signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin with the title inscription “The Flower Girl, Murillo / Dulwich gal, England” in pencil in the artist’s hand. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 371.

$450

Wood engraving on wove paper after a 1657 oil painting by Diego Velazquez in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. The engraving was published in the September, 1906 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 6¾” x 5-1/16;” sheet size 12-1/8” x 9½.” Signed “T. Cole Sc. / June 1905” in the block, and “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A beautiful impression in overall fine condition. Smith 372.

$450

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a ca. 1655 oil painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. The engraving is signed “T. Cole, Sc. / April, 1905” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Image size 5-1/16” x 6¾;” sheet size 8-7/8” x 11¼.” There are small losses at the lower corners; archival mounting tape has been used to affix the sheet to the mount in these locations, otherwise a fine image in overall fine condition. Smith 374.

$350

another copy on wove paper lacking the pencil signature in overall fine condition.

$250

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a ca. 1665 oil painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Engraving published in the January, 1907 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6¼;” sheet size 9-1/8” x 10-7/16.” Signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Diagonal creases from lower left through upper right corners of the image. A rich impression in both detail and tonal range. Smith 376.

$275

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after The Disrobing of Christ, a ca. 1577 painting by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), in the collection of the Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo, Spain. The engraving was published in the February, 1907 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 4-13/16” x 7-15/16;” sheet size 9-3/16” x 11½.” Light soiling and small losses at the lower corners, reattached to the mount using archival mounting tape, with two small voids in the image. Signed “T. Cole - 1904” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Smith 377.

$450

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper. A brilliant impression in fine overall condition.

$325

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1636 oil painting by Jusepe de Ribera in the collection of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Image size 5¼” x 7;” sheet size 8-7/16” x 11.” Published in the March, 1907 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed by Cole in pencil in the lower margin. Discoloration from adhesive in the corners; small losses in the upper corners, with archival mounting tape used to secure the Japan to the mount. A fine impression in otherwise fine condition. Smith 378.

$350

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a 1798 oil painting on wood by François Gerard in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the June, 1907 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/16” x 7-1/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “T Cole 1906” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A triangular loss in the left margin ending in a ¼” tear, and a crease about ¼” above - and parallel to - the lower edge of the sheet. A fine impression on an acidic sheet in need of conservation. Smith 380.

$275

Wood Engraving on coated paper, 1907, after an 1800 portrait by Jacques-Louis David of the Parisian socialite Juliette Récamier in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the September, 1907 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7¼” x 5-1/8;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Engraved “T. Cole - 1906” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression with a 1/32” diameter spot about 1” from the left edge of the image. Smith 381.

$275

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a 1789 oil on wood self-portrait by the artist, Vigée Le Brun and her daughter, Julie, in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the November, 1907 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 7;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Engraved “T. Cole, 1907” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 383.

$425

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1748 portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier of the daughter of Louix XV in the collection of The Palace of Versailles. The engraving was published in the December, 1907 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5” x 6-7/16;” sheet size 9-3/8” x 11-5/8.” Engraved “T. Cole - 1905” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. An overall fine impression in fine condition, except for adhesive darkening in upper corners, wrinkling and small losses in the lower corners. The Japan paper has been attached to the mount where necessary using archival mounting tape. Smith 384.

$375

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper with overall dimensions of 9½” x 12” and in fine overall condition.

$225

Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1822 oil painting by Eugène Delacroix in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. This is widely held to be Delacroix’s first major painting; it signifies both the artist’s embrace of romanticism and abandonment of his classical roots.

The engraving was published in the January, 1908 issue of The Century Magazine and is arguably one of Cole’s finest efforts. Image size 6-15/16” x 5-1/16;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Engraved “T. Cole - 1906” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in black and white worthy of the original in color for its control of light and shadow, character, and nuance. Fine overall condition. Smith 386.

SOLD

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1637 - 1638 painting by Nicolas Poussin in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the July, 1908 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 7-1/16” x 5-1/16;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “T. Cole - 1906” in the block; signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin, with the accompanying notation “I shall never see such fine printing again. T.C.” Smith 387.

SOLD

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a 1769 oil on canvas by Jean-Honoré Fragonard in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the December, 1908 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-11/16;” sheet size 9½” x 12.”
Engraved “T. Cole - 1907” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 388.

$300

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1747 portrait by Charles-André van Loo in the collection of The Palace of Versailles. The matrix is signed “T. Cole - 1909” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Image size 5-1/16” x 7-7/16;” sheet size 9¼” x 11¾.” Wrinkling and small losses in the corners of the sheet have been re-affixed to the mount using archival mounting tape. A fine impression. Smith 389.

$325

another copy on wove paper, signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin, in fine condition.

$275

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a 1771 oil painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the March, 1909 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-3/16” x 6½;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “T. Cole - 1907” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in fine overall condition. Smith 392.

$275

another copy on wove paper in fine overall condition trimmed to an overall size of 8” x 10¾”.

$150

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a 1785 portrait by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The etching was published in the June, 1909 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T. Cole - 1908” in the matrix. A diagonal crease at the lower right-hand corner of the sheet, otherwise a fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 393.

$325

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a ca. 1681-82 painting by Pierre Mignard in The Palace of Versailles. The engraving was published in the July, 1909 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/16” x 7-1/16;” sheet size 8-15/16” x 11½.” Signed “Timothy Cole, Sc - 1908” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in near-fine overall condition, with mild rippling and losses at the corners, secured where necessary to the mount using archival mounting tape. Smith 394.

$ 300

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper in overall fine condition.

$250

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount,after an 1854 painting by Jean-August-Dominique Ingres in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the October, 1909 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T Cole - 1908” in the matrix. A fine impression in fine condition. Smith 395.

$350

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper in fine overall condition. Annotated “2nd plate.”

$325

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an oil painting ca. 1810, by Pierre Paul Prud'hon. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-5/8;” sheet size 9-1/16” x 11-3/8.” Published in the November, 1909 issue of The Century Magazine. Engraved “T. Cole, 1908” in the matrix, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Secured to the mount at three corners using archival mounting tape, otherwise a fine impression in overall very good condition. Smith 396.

$325

another copy on wove paper, signed in pencil by Cole, and in overall fine condition.

$300

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an 1882 painting by Jules-Élie Delaunay in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. The engraving was published in the January, 1910 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6½;” sheet size 8-15/16” x 11-5/16.” Signed “T. Cole - 1909” in the matrix, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition; small losses at three of the four corners of the proof have been re-secured to the mount using archival mounting tape. Smith 398.

$525

another copy, this on wove paper in overall fine condition and signed in pencil by Cole in the lower margin.

$475

Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1805 portrait in oils by François Gerard. The etching was published in the February, 1910 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/16” x 7¾;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “Tim Cole, Sc. - 1909 in the matrix, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 399.

$350

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a painting by Claude Joseph Bail presently in a private collection. The engraving was published in the March, 1910 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-5/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “T. Cole, Sc. - 1909” in the matrix and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 400.

$375

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1819 painting by Théodore Géricault in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the April, 1910 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T. Cole, Sc. - 1907” in the matrix. A fine impression in fine overall condition. Smith 401.

$450

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed to a protective mount, after a painting by Eugene Carrière in the collection of The Musée D’Orsay, Paris. The engraving was published in the December, 1910 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5¼” x 7½;” sheet size 8-7/8” x 11-3/16” Signed “T.Cole Sc. 1910” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 404.

$500

another copy on wove paper, sheet size 9½” x 12”, also signed in pencil by Cole in the lower margin. Adhesive residue across the bottom of the sheet from a previous matting, well away from the sight area; slightly light struck in the sight area.

$275