Affordable prints from seascapes to horse races available to buy at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Many of the great names in art history focused on printmaking at various points in their careers (think Rembrandt, Goya and Picasso). But so too did many other notable artists who, although not as well known, have an established following on the market today.

With printed works ranging from aquatints and woodcuts to etchings and lithographs appearing regularly at auction by a large spread of artists from different periods, there’s plenty of material in a range of styles to discover at auction.

Here are five upcoming lots at auctions taking place next month, giving a flavour of what’s currently coming up.

1. Lyme Regis view

George Hawkins (1809–1852) was a highly skilled Victorian lithographer who specialised as an architectural draughtsman. The son of landscape painter and engraver George Hawkins (fl. 1795–1820), his works focused on bridges, churches, railway viaducts and marine scenes. Two of his best known achievements were his views of Bath from Beechey Hill and the series of plates he made of the monastic ruins of Yorkshire.

Appearing at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood on March 10 is this lithograph of Culverhole Point near Lyme Regis. It was published by local bookseller Daniel Dunster and measures 7.75 x 10in (17 x 25.5cm). Offered together with another lithograph after WC Featherstone showing a landslip near Lyme Regis, it is estimated at £100-120.

View the full catalogue entry for this George Hawkins print on thesaleroom.com.

2. Horse racing aquatint

‘The Liverpool Great National Steeple Chase’, an aquatint by John Harris, estimated at £200-300 at Cheffins.

John Harris (1811-1865) was a British printmaker who specialised in scenes with horses. While some focused on military subjects, he produced a series of racing images including some which were derived from paintings by the likes of John Herring Snr.

This 19.25 x 2ft 2in (49 x 67cm) aquatint is titled The Liverpool Great National Steeple Chase and was published in 1839. It is estimated at £200-300 at Cheffins on March 11-12.

View the full catalogue entry for this John Harris print on thesaleroom.com.

3. Herbert Thomas Dicksee etching

’Her first love’, a signed artist's proof etching by Herbert Thomas Dicksee, estimated at £300-500 at Sworders.

A group of prints by Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) is being offered as individual lots at Sworders on March 10-11.

Etchings of dogs were something of a speciality and this etching on vellum which depicts a young girl kneeling by fireside embracing a large dog is a trademark example.

However, this particularly copy is a signed artist's proof (the actual edition of prints ran to 250 copies and was published by Frost & Reed in 1897 – the same year that Dicksee exhibited the original work at the Royal Academy.

Measuring 19 x 23.25in (48 x 59cm), it is estimated at £300-500.

View the full catalogue entry for this Herbert Thomas Dicksee etching on thesaleroom.com.

4. Etching of Ipswich

‘Wolsey's Gate, Ipswich’ by Leonard Russell Squirrell, estimated at £50-70 at Bishop & Miller.

Leonard Russell Squirrell (1893-1979) is arguably the key name when it comes to views of Ipswich in the 20^th century.

This small but finely detailed etching of Wolsey's Gate in the city is offered at Suffolk auction house Bishop & Miller on March 7, estimated at £50-70.

It is signed and titled, and measures 6.5 x 8.75cm (16.5cm x 22.5cm).

View the full catalogue entry for this Leonard Squirrell etching on thesaleroom.com.

5. Naval lithograph

‘The final destruction of Bomarsund’ a lithograph by Thomas Picken after Oswald Walters Brierly which is offered together with seven other lithographs from the same series at Sworders, estimated at £250-350

Engraver and lithographer Thomas Picken (fl.1851-1879) was the younger brother of draughtsman Andrew Picken (1815-45). He worked in London and later emigrated to Australia.

This 13.5 x 22.5in (34 x 57.5cm) lithograph depicts a scene from the Crimean War in August 1854, the final destruction of the Bomarsund, a Russian fort in the Baltic Sea. In this image the fort is obscured by smoke and flames.

The print is after an original painting by Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-1894) and was part of a series of lithographs by Picken titled English and French fleets in the Baltic.

It is offered together with seven other lithographs from the same series at Sworders on March 10-11 with an estimate of £250-350

View the full catalogue entry for this Thomas Picken lithograph on thesaleroom.com.