Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1815 oil painting by Martin Drolling in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. The engraving was published in the January, 1911 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 6½” x 5-1/16;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “T. Cole - 1907” in the block. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 406.

$225

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1715 - 20 oil painting by Antoine Watteau in the collection of Musée Condé, Chantilly. The engraving was published in the May, 1911 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8" x 7-3/8;" sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “T. Cole Sc - 1909” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 410.

$175

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1887 -89 painting by George Romney in the collection of The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The engraving was published in the June, 1911 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 7-5/16;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 411.

$275

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after an 1892 oil painting by Edmond Aman-Jean in the collection of the Musée D’Orsay, Paris. The engraving was published in the July, 1911 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-5/8;” sheet size 8-7/8” x 11¼.” Signed “T. Cole Sc. - 1910” in the block, and “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A beautiful impression in overall fine condition. Smith 412.

$300

another pencil-signed copy on wove paper; overall size 9½” x 12”.

$275

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a 1782 portrait by George Romney in the Frick Collection, New York. The engraving was published in the December, 1911 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-5/16” x 6-5/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “T. Cole - 1911” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Fine overall condition. Smith 414.

$350

Wood engraving on wove paper, after an 1827 portrait by Thomas Lawrence in the Frick Collection, New York. The engraving was published in the January, 1912 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-5/16 x 6-7/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “T. Cole - 1911” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 415.

$350

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1645-48 painting by Rembrandt in the collection of The National Gallery Of Art, Washington, D. C. The engraving was published in the March, 1912 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 6-3/16” x 5-3/16;” sheet size 12” x 9½.” Signed “T. Cole Sc. - 1911” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in fine condition. Smith 417.

$275

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1787 portrait by Joshua Reynolds in The Frick Collection, New York. The engraving was published in the April, 1912 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-3/16” x 6½;” sheet size 9-1/16” x 11½.” Signed “T. Cole Sc. - 1911” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Moderate darkening and rippling at the corners of the sheet, else fine. Smith 418.

$300

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

$325

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1906 portrait by John Singer Sargent in the collection of Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, NY. The engraving was published in the July, 1912 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T. Cole - 1912” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Image size 5-3/16” x 7¾;” sheet size 9” x 11½.” Fine impression in very good overall condition, with minor losses at three corners, which have been reaffixed to the mount using archival mounting tape. Smith 419.

$250

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a ca. 1644 painting by Diego Velazquez In the Frick Collection, New York. The engraving was published in the October, 1912 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/16” x 6-11/16;” sheet size 8-7/8” x 11½.” Signed “T. Cole - 1912” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Minor discoloration and losses at the corners of the sheet, else fine. Smith 420.

$300

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper, overall size 9½” x 12;” fine condition.

$175

Wood engraving on wove paper, after a ca. 1872 painting by Jean-Francois Millet in The Frick Collection, New York. The engraving was published in the November, 1912 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-3/16” x 6¾;” sheet size 9½” x 12.” Signed “T. Cole Sc. - 1911” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 421.

$375

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount,after a painting ca. 1800 by John Hoppner. The engraving was published in the December, 1912 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 7-5/16;” sheet size 9-1/16” x 11-7/16.” Signed “T.Cole - 1912” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in the lower margin. Small losses and wrinkling at two corners, otherwise a fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 422.

$375

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper in overall fine condition.Sheet size 9½” x 12”

$150

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount,after an 1865 portrait by Mariano Fortuny Marsal in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum, New York. the engraving was published in the May, 1913 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5” x 7;” sheet size 9” x 11½.” Signed “T. Cole - 1912” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencilin the lower margin. Small losses at the corners o the proof, secured with archival mounting tape; otherwise a fine impression in fine condition. Smith 427.

$225

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

$125

Wood engraving on India paper affixed to mount along its upper edge, after a painting ca. 1630-35 by Francisco de Zurbaran in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. Image size 5” x 7;” sheet size 9” x 11-5/8.” Published as St. Elizabeth of Hungary in the July, 1913 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T. Cole, Sc. - 1913” in the block, and Signed “Timothy Colel”in pencil in the lower margin, accompanied by the notation “Zurbarran (sic) St. Elizabeth / Sir Wm Van Horne’s gal(lery). / Montreal.” Van Horne, a noted industrialist and art collector of the era, owned the painting, then mis-identified, when Cole had it photographed for subsequent engraving and publication.

Fine overall condition; Smith 428.

$375

Wood engraving on India proofing paper affixed at its corners to a mount, after a ca. 1780 painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze in the collection of the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. Image size 5-3/16” x 6-5/16;” sheet size 9” x 11¼.” Signed “T. Cole 1913” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Published in the December, 1913 issue of The Century Magazine. Small adhesive darkening at the corners, else fine. Smith 430.

$375

another unsigned copy on wove paper in fine condition.

$225

Wood engraving on India proofing paper affixed at its corners to a mount, after an 1879 painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. Signed “T. Cole Sc. - 1914” in the block and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Faint glue discoloration and minor losses at the corners, well away from the sight area, which have been re-secured to the mount using archival mounting tape. An otherwise superb impression in fine condition and a masterpiece of the engraver’s art. Smith 432.

$750

Wood engraving on India proof paper, after a work by Mary Lizzie Macomber. Image size 5” x 7;” sheet size 9½” x 11½.” Signed “T. C. 1914” in the block, signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin, and annotated “By Miss Macomber, Boston” in Cole’s hand. Wrinkling and losses at the corners of the proof, well away from the sight area. Proof reattached to its mount using archival mounting tape. Otherwise, a fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 433.

$225

Wood engraving on India proof paper after an 1876 painting by Ludwig Knaus, its present whereabouts unknown. Image size 5” x 6-15/16;” sheet size 9” x 11-9/16.” Signed “T. Cole 1914” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Published in the February, 1915 issue of The Century Magazine. Wrinkling and small losses in the corners of the proof, reattached as needed with archival mounting tape. A fine impression in very good overall condition. Smith 442.

$300

Another copy, unsigned, on wove paper in overall fine condition. Sheet size 9½” x 12.”

$175

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a mount, after a 17th Century painting attributed to Diego Vazquez. Image size 5-1/16” x 5-5/8;” sheet size 9” x 11-3/8.” Published in the March, 1915 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T. Cole, 1913” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Small losses at three corners of the proof, re-attached using archival mounting tape. Otherwise, a fine impression in fine condition. Smith 443.

$275

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper in overall fine condition. Sheet size 9½” x 12.”

$175

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a mount, after an 1858 painting by Edmond Aman-Jean in the collection of Le Petit Palais, Paris. The engraving was published in the April, 1915 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-9/16;” sheet size 8-7/8” x 11-7/16.” 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 445.

$325

another signed copy on wove paper in overall fine condition. Sheet size 9½” x 12.”

$300

Wood engraving on India proof paper attached at its corners to a mount, after a portrait identified as Mrs. Carnac and attributed to Joshua Reynolds. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-3/16;” sheet size 9-1/8” x 11-5/16.” Published in the June, 1915 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T. Cole 1914” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Small losses in the lower corners; the sheet reattached to the mount using archival mounting tape. Otherwise, a fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 446.

The only portrait by Reynolds of Mrs. Carnac that I have located on line is quite unlike the present image, and I have been unable to find the original painting that Cole used as his model.

$375

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper in fine condition. Sheet size is 9½” x 12.”

$225

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1778 portrait by George Romney in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland. The engraving was published in the June, 1916 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-3/16” x 6-1/16;” sheet size 9-1/8” x 11¼.” Signed “T. Cole 1913” in the block. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 451.

$275

another copy on wove paper in fine condition; overall size 9½” x 12”.

$225

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a ca. 1717 oil on panel by Jean-Antoine Watteau in the collection of The Louvre, Paris. Image size 5-1/8” x 7-7/8;” sheet size 8-1/8” x 11-7/8.” The engraving was published in the September, 1916 issue of The Century Magazine. Signed “T. Cole, Sc - 1909” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Small losses in the lower corners; the sheet re-attached to the mount using archival mounting tape. Otherwise, a fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 452.

$250

another copy on wove paper in fine condition. Sheet size 9½” x 12”

$175

Wood engraving on coated paper, after a bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint Gaudens modeled on several occasions beginning 1880 and held in the collections of numerous museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image size 5-15/16” x 9-5/8;” sheet size 6-7.8” x 10-9/16.” Signed “T. Cole Sc. 1917” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Published in February, 1917 issue of The Art World. Toned within the aperture of a former mat, but in otherwise very good condition. Smith 458.

$125

Wood engraving on coated paper, after a ca. 1916 painting by John Hemming Fry. Image size 6” x 8’” sheet size 6-5/16” x 8-5/8”, trimmed from its original size of 9½” x 14¼,” published as the frontispiece of the March, 1917 issue of The Art World. Signed “T. Cole Sc. - 1917” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in fair to good condition due to toning and soiling. Smith 459.

$175

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a ca. 1915 painting by William Sartain. Image size 7” x 8-7/16;” sheet size 9-1/16” x 11-7/8.” Signed “T. Cole, Sc. 1916” in the block; titled, attibuted, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. The engraving was published as the frontispiece of the May, 1917 issue of The Art World magazine. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 461.

$750

Wood engraving on coated paper, after a painting by John La Farge installed at The Church of the Ascension, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street in New York. The engraving was published as the frontispiece of the June 1917 issue of The Art World. Image size 7-1/8” x 6-3/8;” sheet size 8-13/16” x 7½.” The sheet was cut down for framing and is slightly toned in the sight area. Signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A very good impression in overall good+ condition. Smith 462.

$150

Wood engraving on coated paper, after a ca. 1883-88 painting by Harry Watrous. Image size 6½” x 9;” sheet size 8” x 12.” The engraving, signed in the matrix, was published as the frontispiece of the August, 1917 issue of The Art World. This copy was trimmed for framing and is lightly toned in the sight area. Smith 464.

$50

Wood engraving on coated paper after an 1891 bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French, located in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston. The engraving was published in the November, 1917 issue of The Art World. Image size 7-15/16” x 6¼;” sheet size 12” x 8.” Signed “T. Cole Sc.” in the block. The sheet was previously trimmed for framing, and the sight area is toned. Overall very good condition.

$75

Wood engraving on coated paper after a ca. 1916 painting by Douglas Volk. Image size 6-3/16” x 8½;” sheet size 8-1/8” x 12.” The engraving was published as the frontispiece of the January, 1918 issue of The Art World. Signed T. Cole 1917 in the block. Trimmed for framing and lightly toned in the sight area. A very good impression in very good condition. Smith 472.

$100

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a painting by Sir Henry Raeburn. The engraving was published in the February, 1919 issue of The Century Magazine. Image size 5-1/8” x 6-3/8;” sheet size 9-1/8” x 11-3/8.” Signed “T. Cole 1918” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Smith 474.

$325

another copy, unsigned, on wove paper in overall fine condition. Sheet size 9½” x 12”

$175

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a 1903 painting by Eugène Carriere, published in 1919 for the benefit of the International Conciliation Society. Image size 2-7/16” x 2-13/16;” sheet size 9¼” x 11-5/8.” Signed “T. Cole Sc 1909” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in the lower margin. Rippling and toning present, well away from the sight area. Good+ condition.

$150

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

$75

Wood engraving on India proof paper affixed at its corners to a protective mount, after a pastel drawing by Jean-Francois Millet. Image size 5-1/8” x 6¼;” sheet size 9-1/8” x 11½.” Engraving published in the November, 1919 issue of The Century Magazine. Small losses at three corners, re-attached to the mount using archival mending tape, otherwise a fine impression in fine condition. Smith 477.

$250

Wood engraving on wove paper after a silver gelatin photograph. Image size 3-3/8” x 5-1/8;” sheet size 9½” x 12½.” Signed “T. Cole Sc. 1921” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Slightly toned in the sight area from a previous framing, otherwise a fine impression in near-fine condition. Smith 487.

$275

another copy on wove paper, trimmed to 6” x 9½,” and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Explanatory note from Cole at the bottom of the sheet. Fine overall condition.

$250

Wood engraving after a ca. 1623 painting by Anthony Van Dyck, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Signed “Timothy Cole 1930” in the block, and signed “Timothy Cole” in pencil in the lower margin. Image size 7” x 9½;” sheet size 12½” x 15½.” A very late work in overall fine condition.

In the amended chronological listing by Ralph Clifton Smith, Alphaeus P. Cole lists just two engravings for 1930, both on large blocks, and only two additional life works published in 1931, the year of Timothy Cole’s death.

We have assigned this work Smith 525a for chronological consistency.

An earlier version of this engraving measuring approximately 5¼” x 7-7/16” was published by The Century Magazine in its March, 1911 issue and is listed in the Smith checklist as number 408.

$500