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In this issue: We celebrate International Women's Month through art and antiques by and about women, many recently added to our website, like an engraving of a pioneering female French balloonist sailing over Paris in 1814. We also have pictorial maps drawn by women, Long Island landscapes painted by women, and art depicting women in classic styles. And if you're looking for a gift for someone named Diane, scroll all the way down to the end!

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The renowned French balloonist Sophie Blanchard floats above the celebration of the arrival of King Louis XVIII into Paris on May 4, 1814. The hand-colored print is very rare, in a few institutional collections, including the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Regularly $1,350, sale price $1,200. More information.

Dorothy L. Ellerbrook was an illustration artist based in Cincinnati where she worked for Gibson Art, once the world's third largest greeting card company. Here she applied her drawing skills to a A Pictorial Map of Tryon and Vicinity for the Pleasure of Those Not Acquainted with the Region, which is in the Blue Ridge foothills of North Carolina. The map especially features the area's horse farms and equestrian activities. Regularly $1,150, sale price $975. More information.

This hand-colored 1941 pictorial map of Cuba was designed by Eliza B. K. Dooley, an American artist, author, and government official who immersed herself in the culture and history of Cuba, as well as of Puerto Rico, where she made her home from the early 1900s. It includes local flora and fauna and even musical notation for the Cuban national anthem. Regularly $900, sale price $750. More information.

esident Edith Hawkins Shepherd drew this large pictorial map of Shelter Island, a locale rich in history nestled between the North and South Forks of Long Island. The map highlights not only beaches, roads, and bays, but also sites of local folklore. This is the rare 1950 first edition — the map was later reissued in 1966. Regularly $1,400, sale price $1,200. More information.

This impressionistic watercolor view of Long Island's Peconic Bay was painted from the marshy shoreline in 1954 by Isabelle Wengenroth. Known especially for her textile designs, she was a member of the National Association of Women Artists. Regularly $1,500, sale price $1,200. More information.

The Lotus Pool at Old Westbury Gardens in Long Island, is rendered in oils by Minou Burnham, a French artist born in the 1920s who moved to New York in the 1970s. A pink lotus in bloom rises above the water's surface in the foreground. Regularly $550, sale price $450. More information.

This pastel and charcoal portrait of a woman in a flowing dress holding aloft a torch and hourglass may be an allegory of the new moon, a sliver of which appears in the starry sky behind her. It was drawn by George Randolph Barse in the early 20th century, after he was made was a member of the National Academy of Design. Regularly $1,750, sale price $1,500. More information.

French sculptor Victor Feltin modeled this Art Deco head of a woman in terracotta clay. The face is unglazed, while the hood has a metallic luster from a glaze with a slip containing bronze powder. Regularly $600, sale price $475. More information.

This small oval repoussée copper plaque depicts a satyr uncovering a sleeping nymph, a subject appearing in European art from the Renaissance to the 19th century. This plaque appears to have been made in the mid 19th century, inspired by a painting by the British artist William Etty. Regularly $800, sale price $650. More information.

This rectangular wooden sternboard, formerly attached to a boat, reads Lady Diane in raised white letters. Regularly $600, sale price $500. More information.