Victorian Sketch Album, with 50+ Original Sketches including Travel to Burma and India

Verlag: 1846-1848, 1846

Beschreibung

", [80], partially complete, 50+ sketches in a variety of medium (including watercolour, gouache, pencil and ink sketches, silhouette, some hand-written titles and dates, some partially completed pencil sketches (1846-1848)), variety of subject matter (including cartoons, shipwreck, eruption of Mt Ecla, portraits, Rangoon, Burmese Han Boats, butterflies, Fort Philoon, sea scenes, one image dated 1848 depicts some very poor ragged people, possibly potato famine victims as the illustrations are close to a flyer for Dublin Great Industrail Exhibition 1853 in the album), inscription to upper pastedown "W Gatman…1907", original sketch by HCL, owner's loose inserts (including feather, Indian watercolour on fine paper, ink sketches, engravings), interesting contemporary record by a talented amateur hand" Original Edition , some rubbing to covers, fraying to edges of spine, split to lower hinge, foxing to endpapers, tears and cuts to some leaves, leaves clean, good condition , half bound calf with marbled boards, octavo, 31.5 x 20 cms Hardback ISBN: Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 66256

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Victorian Sketch Album, with 50+ Original ...

Verlag: 1846-1848

Erscheinungsdatum: 1846