Matthew Dubourg

Temple of Fortuna Virilis

1820

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...

London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1810 Hand-colored aquatint on cream wove paper, 9 x 12 3/8 inches (227 x 318 mm), full margins. Scattered light toning and a spray of light spots o...

London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1810 Hand-colored aquatint on cream wove paper, 9 x 12 3/8 inches (227 x 318 mm), full margins. Scattered light toning and a spray of light spots o...

A market scene; the spot on which the execution of Joan of Arc took place. London: R. Bower, 1825. Aquatint with hand-coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 10 3/4 x 13 5/8 inc...

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Donald Baechler, Potted Plant, 2005 A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Aquatint and drypoint on ...

John William Hill (1812-1879) "Boston" 1857 Hand-Colored Engraving Site Size: 29 x 41 inches Framed Size: 39 x 52 inches Born in London, England, John William Hill came to America with his family at age 7. His father, John Hill, was a well-known landscape painter, engraver, and aquatintist. John William had a career of two phases, a city topographer-engraver and then, the leading pre-Rafaelite school painter in this country. Employed by the New York Geological Survey and then by Smith Brothers...