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Lot 295
ATKINSON, John Augustus (c. 1775–1830)
Atkinson’s Characteristic Groups, Scenery and Costumes of Great Britain. London: William Miller, [c. 1808].
Closed13 July 2023
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GBP 5,000–7,000
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ATKINSON, John Augustus (c. 1775–1830)
Atkinson’s Characteristic Groups, Scenery and Costumes of Great Britain. London: William Miller, [c. 1808].
A scarce suite drawn and etched by Atkinson and aquatinted by John Hill (1770-1850). This publication is a follow up to Atkinson’s A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain (1807). Remarkably preserved and displaying beautiful details of contemporary costume and topography, this publication, in the words of the artist himself, sought to offer ‘the most popular as well as expensive and splendid works’ (quoted in S. Sinclair, William Millar, 2005, p. 13). Bobins III, 1206.
Folio (409 x 209mm). 16 aquatint plates coloured by a contemporary hand, loose as issued (stab wholes to wrappers and margins of plate present but without stitching, occasional faint spotting and soiling). Contemporary paper wrappers with marble paper back strip, original printed orange label paste onto front wrapper (extremities lightly rubbed and minor tears to marble paper strip); housed in modern blue cloth portfolio with ties. Provenance: A. Fitz James (pencil ownership inscription on front paste down dated 17 August 1837).
Atkinson’s Characteristic Groups, Scenery and Costumes of Great Britain. London: William Miller, [c. 1808].
A scarce suite drawn and etched by Atkinson and aquatinted by John Hill (1770-1850). This publication is a follow up to Atkinson’s A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain (1807). Remarkably preserved and displaying beautiful details of contemporary costume and topography, this publication, in the words of the artist himself, sought to offer ‘the most popular as well as expensive and splendid works’ (quoted in S. Sinclair, William Millar, 2005, p. 13). Bobins III, 1206.
Folio (409 x 209mm). 16 aquatint plates coloured by a contemporary hand, loose as issued (stab wholes to wrappers and margins of plate present but without stitching, occasional faint spotting and soiling). Contemporary paper wrappers with marble paper back strip, original printed orange label paste onto front wrapper (extremities lightly rubbed and minor tears to marble paper strip); housed in modern blue cloth portfolio with ties. Provenance: A. Fitz James (pencil ownership inscription on front paste down dated 17 August 1837).
ATKINSON, John Augustus (c. 1775–1830)
Atkinson’s Characteristic Groups, Scenery and Costumes of Great Britain. London: William Miller, [c. 1808].
A scarce suite drawn and etched by Atkinson and aquatinted by John Hill (1770-1850). This publication is a follow up to Atkinson’s A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain (1807). Remarkably preserved and displaying beautiful details of contemporary costume and topography, this publication, in the words of the artist himself, sought to offer ‘the most popular as well as expensive and splendid works’ (quoted in S. Sinclair, William Millar, 2005, p. 13). Bobins III, 1206.
Folio (409 x 209mm). 16 aquatint plates coloured by a contemporary hand, loose as issued (stab wholes to wrappers and margins of plate present but without stitching, occasional faint spotting and soiling). Contemporary paper wrappers with marble paper back strip, original printed orange label paste onto front wrapper (extremities lightly rubbed and minor tears to marble paper strip); housed in modern blue cloth portfolio with ties. Provenance: A. Fitz James (pencil ownership inscription on front paste down dated 17 August 1837).
Atkinson’s Characteristic Groups, Scenery and Costumes of Great Britain. London: William Miller, [c. 1808].
A scarce suite drawn and etched by Atkinson and aquatinted by John Hill (1770-1850). This publication is a follow up to Atkinson’s A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain (1807). Remarkably preserved and displaying beautiful details of contemporary costume and topography, this publication, in the words of the artist himself, sought to offer ‘the most popular as well as expensive and splendid works’ (quoted in S. Sinclair, William Millar, 2005, p. 13). Bobins III, 1206.
Folio (409 x 209mm). 16 aquatint plates coloured by a contemporary hand, loose as issued (stab wholes to wrappers and margins of plate present but without stitching, occasional faint spotting and soiling). Contemporary paper wrappers with marble paper back strip, original printed orange label paste onto front wrapper (extremities lightly rubbed and minor tears to marble paper strip); housed in modern blue cloth portfolio with ties. Provenance: A. Fitz James (pencil ownership inscription on front paste down dated 17 August 1837).
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