Mr. B- “seeking the Bubble reputation"
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
from The Sailor’s Progress, Plate 5 London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1835. 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (250 x 354...
Watercolor, Etching
Master B. Finding things are not exactly what he expected-
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
From, The Progress of a Midshipman, Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead 1860 (plate 2) Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1835. 210 x 290 mm; 8 3/...
Watercolor, Etching
Radical Parliament; "Plan to Assassinate Her Magestie's Ministers."
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
An image of the last major insurrection in Great Britain, known as Guy Fawkes's Cato Street Conspiracy. London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on crea...
Watercolor, Etching
Michel Grove, Sussex English Regency country house colour aquatint, 1818
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Michel Grove, Seat of Thomas Walker Esq'. Michel Grove was a house in Sussex which Humphrey Repton was commissioned to landscape. Published by Rudolf Ackermann in his 'Repository...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
St Margarets, Isleworth, English Regency country house colour aquatint, 1818
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'St Margarets (Entrance Front) Seat of the Earl of Cassillis'. St Margarets was a Regency house in Isleworth, Middlesex. Published by Rudolf Ackermann in his 'Repository of the A...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Rockbear House, Devon, English Regency country house colour aquatint, 1818
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Rockbear House, Seat of Thos Porter Esq'. Rockbear House was originally built c. 1760-70 and owned by Sir John Duntze, the wealthy Exeter woollen merchant and banker. About 1820 t...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Killerton, Devon, English Regency country house colour aquatint, 1818
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Killerton, Seat of Sir Thos. Dyke Ackland Bt MP'. Killerton is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon. It was built for the Acland family in 1778. The garden was creat...
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Coentes Slip, NY
By Frederick Leo Hunter
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on hand made laid Japan paper with a deckle edge, 8 9/16 x 11 5/8 inches (220 x 296 mm), full margins. Signed, dated and titled in pencil in the margin, recto. ...
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching
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