Alfred Hugh Fisher

Kingsgate, Winchester

1919

Aquatint printed in brownish ink with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on buff paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (260 x 317 mm) (sheet), uneven narrow to full margins. Laid down to a contemporary wove paper support. Scattered condition issues on the sheet (excluding the mount) include surface soiling, creasing, a significant vertical repaired tear, and toning, despite these issues, the hand coloring remains good. Suitable for framing. From A Picturesque Tour Through the Cities of London and Westminster, Illustrated With the most interesting Views, accurately delineated And executed in Aquatinta By Thomas Malton, published by Thomas Malton, London 1796. The work was published serially, in twenty-five numbers. The plates in Volume I carry the dates 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796 or 1797; those in Volume II, the dates 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800 or 1801. In most copies the title page of Volume I carries the publisher's later address, of 103 Long Acre...

Sedans used by the Japanese Ladies of Quality; One plate from Drake's Voyages London: circa 1860. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper; 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inch...

Original Vintage Travel Poster by Frank Newbould, commissioned by LNER (The London & North Eastern Railway of England & Scotland) to promote its connection to Norwich; beautifully pr...

Flowers is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Luigi Bartolini (1892-1963) in the half of 20th Century Etching and watercolor. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower mar...