How to identify old prints

August 20th, 2010, 11:37 PM

Is there an online database of old prints that one could search to try to identify a print one owns? I have a print of three people laying cobblestone by a fortress wall. It is signed F.W.S. It is on paper with irregular edges and it has a watermark of a griffin with the word "Pervsia".

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John · August 22nd, 2010, 02:10 PM

Here are the artists with initials F.W.S. from the Getty ULAN database. Your artist may or may not be here:

Francis W. Sargant (British sculptor 1870-1960)
Frederick W. Scarborough (British artist, active 1896-1939)
Franz Wilhelm Schiertz (German artist, 1813-1887)
Friedrich Wilhelm Schon (German artist, 1810-1868)
Friedrich Wilhelm Schreiner (German painter, born 1836)
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (German sculptor, painter, and designer, 1894-1933)
Friedrich Wilhelm Skerl (German artist, 1752-1810)
F. W. Smith (unknown artist)
Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale (English draftsman, antiquarian, and author, 1786-1858)
Frank Wilbert Stokes (American painter, 1858-1955)
F. William Sturge (British artist, active 1878-1908)

August 20th, 2010, 11:37 PM	#1
sagehill Posts: n/a	How to identify old prints Is there an online database of old prints that one could search to try to identify a print one owns? I have a print of three people laying cobblestone by a fortress wall. It is signed F.W.S. It is on paper with irregular edges and it has a watermark of a griffin with the word "Pervsia". Thanks

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August 22nd, 2010, 02:10 PM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,400	Here are the artists with initials F.W.S. from the Getty ULAN database. Your artist may or may not be here: Francis W. Sargant (British sculptor 1870-1960) Frederick W. Scarborough (British artist, active 1896-1939) Franz Wilhelm Schiertz (German artist, 1813-1887) Friedrich Wilhelm Schon (German artist, 1810-1868) Friedrich Wilhelm Schreiner (German painter, born 1836) Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (German sculptor, painter, and designer, 1894-1933) Friedrich Wilhelm Skerl (German artist, 1752-1810) F. W. Smith (unknown artist) Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale (English draftsman, antiquarian, and author, 1786-1858) Frank Wilbert Stokes (American painter, 1858-1955) F. William Sturge (British artist, active 1878-1908)