Thomas (1821) Moore Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Thomas (1821) Moore Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 06, 2024
THOMAS MOORE (BRITISH, 1821-1887) LARGE-SIZED BOTANICAL "NATURE PRINTED" ENGRAVINGS, LOT OF TEN
Est: $300 - $500
THOMAS MOORE (BRITISH, 1821-1887) LARGE-SIZED BOTANICAL "NATURE PRINTED" ENGRAVINGS, LOT OF TEN, loose folio plates each depicting stems/leaves and components of ferns in extremely lifelike detail, originally created via Moore's "Nature Printing" process (pressed from life); comprising Plates V, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXII, XXIV, XXXI, XXXIII, and L of Moore's The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. Colored/printed by Henry Bradbury and published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, London. Circa 1855. 21 1/2" x 14" OA.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jul. 19, 2023
Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887), Two nature-printed plates of ferns, Sight: 22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm.)
Est: $200 - $400
Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Two nature-printed plates of ferns Comprising Lastrea Therypteris and Polysticum aculeatum, Plate X and Plate XXIX from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, printed by Henry Bradbury and published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 1855-56.
Andrew Jones Auctions
Jun. 22, 2023
MOORE, THOMAS. 1821-1887. Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants: a series of one hundred figures ... representing the principal groups of orchids; accompanied by descriptions of the cultivated species ... and directions for cultivation. London: W...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MOORE, THOMAS. 1821-1887. Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants: a series of one hundred figures ... representing the principal groups of orchids; accompanied by descriptions of the cultivated species ... and directions for cultivation. London: Willis and Sotheran, 1857. 8vo (248 x 154 mm). 100 hand-colored engraved plates (9 double-page and one folding) by I. Watts, G. Barclay, F. George, A. Aglio and others after Miss Drake and Miss C.C. Sowerby. Contemporary quarter morocco, wear to spine ends and edges; some light darkening, plates with plant names identified in ink, mostly in margins; half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION. Moore's guide to orchids was influenced by John Lindley's orchid studies. His classification follows that of Lindley, and Moore reprinted the original orchid plates from the Botanical Register edited by Lindley. Not in Nissen BBI or Stafleu & Cowan. Pritzel 6407.
Bonhams
Feb. 03, 2023
THOMAS MOORE, BRITISH 1821-1887, Plate 20 - LASTREA CRISTATA ULIGINOSA and Plate 26 - A.B. LASTREA DILATATA COLLINA: C.D. L. DILATATA NANA, Color engraving, Sight: 21 x 14 in. (53.3 x 35.6 cm.), Frame: 21 x 14 3/4 in. (5
Est: $300 - $500
THOMAS MOORE BRITISH, 1821-1887 Plate 20 - LASTREA CRISTATA ULIGINOSA and Plate 26 - A.B. LASTREA DILATATA COLLINA: C.D. L. DILATATA NANA Color engraving (2)
Potomack Company
Dec. 01, 2021
Bradbury & Evans c.1855 -1856
Est: £150 - £200
Bradbury & Evans c.1855 -1856 Bradbury & Evans c.1855 -1856 NATURE PRINTING -Thomas MOORE (1821-1887), Polypodium vulgare semilacerum & P. vulgare Serratum, from "The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland" Edited by John Lindley, sheet size, 550 x 370mm, with letterpress titles in lower margin and printers credit. Henry Bradbury (1831-1860), eldest son of William Bradbury of Bradbury & Evans, published the present this work in one of 17 monthly parts between June 1855 and September 1856. With text by Thomas Moore (curator of the Chelsea botanic garden and co-editor of Gardener's Chronicle) and edited by John Lindley (1799-1865), the work was one of the first of the genre printed in Britain. Bradbury went on to publish an octavo edition of the present work and a four-volume work with nature-printed plates of sea-weeds. It is not known how the controversy surrounding nature printing affected Bradbury, but he committed suicide at the age of 29 by drinking acid. He left a number of unrealised projects, including two further nature-printed works on fungi and trees. Fischer 89; Nissen BBI 1400; Stafleu & Cowan 6275.
Chiswick Auctions
Oct. 23, 2021
SET OF 4, 19TH C BRITISH FERN PRINTS, FRAMED ALIKE
Est: $400 - $600
Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887). Set of four fern nature printed plates from "The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland" published in London by Bradbury & Evans, 1855-56. Framed as a set. Approx. 26.5" x 18.75" (frame),
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Apr. 24, 2021
Thomas MOORE (1821-1887)
Est: $200 - $300
Artist: Thomas MOORE (1821-1887). Medium: Print-Multiple. 1852. Size: 21.5" x 14.5". Title: The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. Condition: Good.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Apr. 24, 2021
Thomas MOORE (1821-1887)
Est: $500 - $700
Two print-multiples. Artist: Thomas MOORE (1821-1887). Medium: Print-Multiple. 1852. Size: 21.5" x 14.5" each. Title: The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. Condition: Good.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Apr. 24, 2021
Thomas MOORE (1821-1887)
Est: $500 - $700
Two print-multiples. Artist: Thomas MOORE (1821-1887). Medium: Print-Multiple. 1852. Size: 21.5" x 14.5" each. Title: The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. Condition: Good.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Oct. 01, 2019
Thomas Moore (1821-1887) and Henry Bradbury (1831-1860, illustrator)
Est: $200 - $400
Fern Book Plates, c.1860 lithographs on paper, from the Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars London (3) Charles Hewitt Frames
Shapiro Auctioneers
Oct. 01, 2019
Thomas Moore (1821-1887) and Henry Bradbury (1831-1860, illustrator)
Est: $300 - $500
Fern Book Plates, c.1860 lithographs on paper, from the Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars London (4) Charles Hewitt Frames
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 29, 2018
Moore Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
MOORE, Thomas (1821-1887) The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. . .Edited By John Lindley. . . Nature-printed By Henry Bradbury. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. Folio (21-5/8 x 14-1/2 inches): half-title, 51 nature-printed plates, all painted in colors, by Bradbury & Evans under the direction of Henry Bradbury (variable light spotting throughout, a couple of plates shaved just into the image, several plates loose). Bound in contemporary green half-morocco gilt, gilt-edges (very light scuffing edges and covers, neat repairs to corners). PROVENANCE: from the Foljambe Collection removed from Osberton Hall, their sale, lot 38. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. BRADBURY'S CHEF D'OEUVRE--THE FIRST FULLY-REALISED NATURE-PRINTED BOOK PUBLISHED IN BRITAIN. Henry Bradbury was the eldest son of William Bradbury of Bradbury & Evans, and had learnt of nature-printing (the technique of taking impressions from leaves, plants, or other life-forms and manufacturing a printing-plate from this impression) whilst studying at the Imperial Printing Office in Vienna, where Alois Auer, the director, had patented the process with his associate Andreas Worring in October 1852. Bradbury returned to London where he patented an improved version of the process (without, according to Auer, sufficiently acknowledging his indebtedness to Auer and Worring; Lindley does, however, record their contribution in his preface to this work). The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland was published in 17 monthly parts between June 1855 and 20 September 1856 and issued in book form in half morocco in 1856 at a price of £6.6s. The text by Thomas Moore (curator of the Chelsea botanic garden and co-editor of Gardener's Chronicle) was edited by the eminent botanist and horticulturist Lindley. Although The Ferns was preceded by Bradbury's A Few Leaves from the Newly-Invented Process of Nature-Printing (1854), which he considered an advertisement, The Ferns was the first substantial nature-printed books published in Britain, and is described in Lindley's preface as 'the first English attempt at applying Nature-Printing to Botanical Science'. Bradbury went on to publish W.H. Johnstone and A. Croall's The Nature-Printed British Seaweeds (London: 1859-60), and to plan a further four nature-printed works. However, the controversy with Auer continued to overshadow him, and Auer called Bradbury a liar and a dishonest drunk in print. It is not known how much this dispute affected Bradbury, but he committed suicide at the age of 29 by drinking soda water admixed with prussic acid in Cremorne Gardens. REFERENCES: BM(NH) III, p. 1345; E. Fischer 'Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck', in: Gutenberg Jahrbuch vol. VIII, pp. 186-213, no. 89; Nissen BBI 1400; Pritzel 6405; Stafleu & Cowan 6275; G. Wakeman 'Henry Bradbury's Nature Printed Works', in: The Library, vol. XXI, pp. 63-67. Comparable: Bonhams, 18 June 2014, lot 144, £2,800 ($4,692)
Arader Galleries
Sep. 16, 2018
THOMAS MOORE COLORED ENGRAVINGS, 6 PCS.
Est: $250 - $500
THOMAS MOORE (ENGLISH, 1821-1887) COLORED ENGRAVINGS, 6 PCS., H 21 1/2", W 14", FERNS A set of 6 nature engravings originating from the designs of Thomas Moore (c. 1855/1856), depicting the different species of Ferns in Great Britain and Ireland. The works were published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriar.
DuMouchelles
Jul. 22, 2018
THOMAS MOORE COLORED ENGRAVINGS, 6 PCS.
Est: $600 - $1,000
THOMAS MOORE (ENGLISH, 1821-1887) COLORED ENGRAVINGS, 6 PCS., H 21 1/2", W 14", FERNS :A set of 6 nature engravings originating from the designs of Thomas Moore (c. 1855/1856), depicting the different species of Ferns in great britain and Ireland. The works were published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriar.
DuMouchelles
May. 07, 2018
A Group of Three Colored Engravings Depicting Ferns by Various Artists,19th Century,
Est: $100 - $200
A Group of Three Colored Engravings Depicting Ferns by Various Artists,19th Century, Including pieces by Thomas Moore (1821-1887) and Henry Bradbury (1831-1860). Largest dimensions: h: 20 3/4 x w: 13 7/8 in.
Gray's Auctioneers
Mar. 28, 2018
A Group of Three Colored Engravings Depicting Ferns by Various Artists,19th Century,
Est: $300 - $500
A Group of Three Colored Engravings Depicting Ferns by Various Artists,19th Century, Including pieces by Thomas Moore (1821-1887) and Henry Bradbury (1831-1860). Largest dimensions: h: 20 3/4 x w: 13 7/8 in.
Gray's Auctioneers
Sep. 28, 2016
MOORE, Thomas (1821 1887). The Ferns of Britain and Ireland. London: Henry Bradbury, 1855. Folio 31 of 50 hand coloured, raised plates (lacking 19 plates, some chipping to text, occasional spotting. Original green cloth, titled in gilt (white archival tape repair to spine, boards rubbed). Provenance: J. F. Peyton [?] (signature). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Est: £200 - £300
MOORE, Thomas (1821 1887). The Ferns of Britain and Ireland. London: Henry Bradbury, 1855. Folio 31 of 50 hand coloured, raised plates (lacking 19 plates, some chipping to text, occasional spotting. Original green cloth, titled in gilt (white archival tape repair to spine, boards rubbed). Provenance: J. F. Peyton [?] (signature). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 01, 2015
MOORE, Thomas (1821-1887) The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland edited by John Lindley nature-printed by Henry Bradbury L...
Est: -
MOORE, Thomas (1821-1887) The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland edited by John Lindley nature-printed by Henry Bradbury L...
Christie's
Nov. 25, 2014
MOORE, Thomas (1821-1887). The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland edited
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
MOORE, Thomas (1821-1887). The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland edited
Christie's
Oct. 14, 2014
Thomas Moore, (British, 1821-1887), Osmunda regalis and A.B.C.D. Polypodium vulgare E.P. Vulgare acutum F.P. vulgare bifidum (two works
Est: $500 - $700
Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Osmunda regalis and A.B.C.D. Polypodium vulgare E.P. Vulgare acutum F.P. vulgare bifidum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855-1856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each.
Hindman
Oct. 14, 2014
Thomas Moore, (British, 1821-1887), Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum acutum and Polypodium Dryopteris (two works from The Ferns of Great Brita
Est: $500 - $700
Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum acutum and Polypodium Dryopteris (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855-1856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each.
Hindman
Oct. 14, 2014
Thomas Moore, (British, 1821-1887), Lastrea Filix-mas and Lastrea dilatata dumetorum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ire
Est: $500 - $700
Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Lastrea Filix-mas and Lastrea dilatata dumetorum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855-1856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each.
Hindman
Oct. 14, 2014
Thomas Moore, (British, 1821-1887), Lastrea cristata and Polypodium Robertianum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland,
Est: $500 - $700
Thomas Moore (British, 1821-1887) Lastrea cristata and Polypodium Robertianum (two works from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 1855-1856) color nature printed engraving Bradbury & Evans, London, pubs. 21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches each.
Hindman