Help with artist signature

[venice1day]

Hello, if someone recognizes this artist initials.  Thanks.

[maxine*j]

You must show us the whole work, front and back.  An artist's medium, technique, subject matter, color sense, and so on, are as much -- actually, more -- his signature than a name or initials on the work.

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[melda58]

You are asking us to identify these initials entirely out of any context.   I can't even tell what the initials are on let alone know the what the item looks like altogether.   Please provide  a photo of the entire piece with some details about it.  

Rita

[lacemaker3]

@venice1day 

This looks like a monogram T B, with part of it obscured by the mat.

I can't tell for sure from the little snippet, but it might be an engraving or etching, with the monogram being signed in the plate. If so, there might be handwritten information (title, signature, date) below the image, which would probably also be obscured by the mat.

[sonomabarn67]

The font looks like something seen in the 15th-17th century. German.

Boy, will my face be red when you show the entire artwork and it turns out to be a print from Harry Potter gift shop 🤔.

[venice1day]

Thank you all for the advice.  Here are some more full pictures.   The backing is sealed and I hate to remove.  

 the back is just paper.  

 

[venice1day]

Close but not too close

 

[debora_34_]

So we're looking for an artist who was active in the 1860s.  Have you done an internet image search to see if you can find a match to your work?  And there are web sites where you can go to search for artists' monogram signatures.  findartinfo.com.  (I'd start by with British-looking names.)

[argon38]

See here:

http://www.ancestryimages.com/proddetail.php?prod=h3914 

and here:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/thames-richmond-hill-london-genuine-314150585 

and here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125270711484 

But you still have to determine whether yours is one of these 19th-century original prints, or a modern copy.

[lacemaker3]

Thanks, @argon38.

Based on those pictures, the monogram is B F for Birket Foster.

[argon38 · Accepted solution]

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@lacemaker3 wrote:

Thanks, @argon38.

Based on those pictures, the monogram is B F for Birket Foster.

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Yes, BF. A lot of people take it to be "FB" (which is just as well, because that's how I found it).

[venice1day]

Thank you very much!