Decorating the Library

Prints, art and small sculptures for decorating the library: portraits of authors, scenes from literature, library interiors and exteriors, and pictures of people (and mice!) reading.

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Authors & Literature
John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery illustrations

Various Artists
John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery
Engravings of scenes from plays
$250 to $750

James Fenimore Cooper plaque

Bela Janowsky
James Fenimore Cooper
Last of the Mohicans

Plaster of Paris plaque
Price on Request

Wood Relic from Mark Twain House in New York City

Wood Relic from Mark Twain House
1957
$175

Milton figurine

Milton Figurine
19th C.
$950

Galileo Statue

Statue of Galileo
2nd Half
19th C.
$7,800

John Gower

John Gower
Bronze
1844
$8,000

Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott
Late 19th C.
$800

Library Interiors & Exteriors
Circular moveable bookcase

Circular Moveable Bookcase
R. Ackermann's, London: 1810
Engraving
$175

The Inside of Ye Public or Bodleian Library in Oxford

David Loggan
The Inside of Ye Public or Bodleian Library in Oxford

Engraving, London: 1675
$750

Library design

Design For Louis XV Style Library Early 20th C.
Watercolor on paper
$550

Low Memorial Library

Esther Brock Bird
Low Memorial Library, Columbia University
Mixed media drawing, 1922
$1,400

Readers
Mice on Library Books

Henry Grant Plumb
Mice on Library Books
Watercolor, Late 19th C.
$600

Reading jester corbel

Book-Reading Jester Corbel
Painted plaster and wood
c. 1900
$1,750

The Book Worm

Carl Spitzweg
The Book Worm
Hand-colored etching
20th C.
$400

Medieval Scribe

Medieval Scribe
Engraving, 18th C.
$175

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