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Lot 307
ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1757-1827) and Louis Charles GAUTIER-DAGATY (?1749-after 1804)
Views of London [labelled as: Views of London Turnpikes]. London: R. Ackermann, 1797-1798.
Closed13 July 2023
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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1757-1827) and Louis Charles GAUTIER-DAGATY (?1749-after 1804)
Views of London [labelled as: Views of London Turnpikes]. London: R. Ackermann, 1797-1798.
A rare complete set, finely hand-coloured, focussing on the turnpike roads leading in and out of central London. By charging a toll, the turnpikes reinvested the money into the upkeep of the roads, and improved travel and trade across the country. However, they also caused traffic jams and attracted some of the city’s more marginal and unsavoury inhabitants, providing rich subject matter for these prints. The sheer variety of transport – horse riders, coaches, delivery carts, street traders and even an army train – creates an interesting and vivid snapshot of the time. Adams, London Illustrated 78; Bobins IV, 1407.
Oblong folio (431 x 545mm).6 aquatints, coloured by a contemporary hand, comprising: ‘Entrance of Piccadilly or Hyde Park Corner Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of St Georges Road or the Obelisk Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of the Tottenham Court Road Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of Oxford Street or Tyburn Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance from Mile End or White Chaple [sic] Turnpike,’ and ‘Entrance from Hackney or Cambridge Heath Turnpike with a Distant View of St. Pauls,’ engraved by H. Schutz, each mounted within frame approx. 325 x 395mm (unexamined out of mounts). Modern quarter tan morocco over grey cloth, tan morocco gilt lettering-piece on upper cover (some faint scuffs).
Views of London [labelled as: Views of London Turnpikes]. London: R. Ackermann, 1797-1798.
A rare complete set, finely hand-coloured, focussing on the turnpike roads leading in and out of central London. By charging a toll, the turnpikes reinvested the money into the upkeep of the roads, and improved travel and trade across the country. However, they also caused traffic jams and attracted some of the city’s more marginal and unsavoury inhabitants, providing rich subject matter for these prints. The sheer variety of transport – horse riders, coaches, delivery carts, street traders and even an army train – creates an interesting and vivid snapshot of the time. Adams, London Illustrated 78; Bobins IV, 1407.
Oblong folio (431 x 545mm).6 aquatints, coloured by a contemporary hand, comprising: ‘Entrance of Piccadilly or Hyde Park Corner Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of St Georges Road or the Obelisk Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of the Tottenham Court Road Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of Oxford Street or Tyburn Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance from Mile End or White Chaple [sic] Turnpike,’ and ‘Entrance from Hackney or Cambridge Heath Turnpike with a Distant View of St. Pauls,’ engraved by H. Schutz, each mounted within frame approx. 325 x 395mm (unexamined out of mounts). Modern quarter tan morocco over grey cloth, tan morocco gilt lettering-piece on upper cover (some faint scuffs).
ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1757-1827) and Louis Charles GAUTIER-DAGATY (?1749-after 1804)
Views of London [labelled as: Views of London Turnpikes]. London: R. Ackermann, 1797-1798.
A rare complete set, finely hand-coloured, focussing on the turnpike roads leading in and out of central London. By charging a toll, the turnpikes reinvested the money into the upkeep of the roads, and improved travel and trade across the country. However, they also caused traffic jams and attracted some of the city’s more marginal and unsavoury inhabitants, providing rich subject matter for these prints. The sheer variety of transport – horse riders, coaches, delivery carts, street traders and even an army train – creates an interesting and vivid snapshot of the time. Adams, London Illustrated 78; Bobins IV, 1407.
Oblong folio (431 x 545mm).6 aquatints, coloured by a contemporary hand, comprising: ‘Entrance of Piccadilly or Hyde Park Corner Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of St Georges Road or the Obelisk Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of the Tottenham Court Road Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of Oxford Street or Tyburn Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance from Mile End or White Chaple [sic] Turnpike,’ and ‘Entrance from Hackney or Cambridge Heath Turnpike with a Distant View of St. Pauls,’ engraved by H. Schutz, each mounted within frame approx. 325 x 395mm (unexamined out of mounts). Modern quarter tan morocco over grey cloth, tan morocco gilt lettering-piece on upper cover (some faint scuffs).
Views of London [labelled as: Views of London Turnpikes]. London: R. Ackermann, 1797-1798.
A rare complete set, finely hand-coloured, focussing on the turnpike roads leading in and out of central London. By charging a toll, the turnpikes reinvested the money into the upkeep of the roads, and improved travel and trade across the country. However, they also caused traffic jams and attracted some of the city’s more marginal and unsavoury inhabitants, providing rich subject matter for these prints. The sheer variety of transport – horse riders, coaches, delivery carts, street traders and even an army train – creates an interesting and vivid snapshot of the time. Adams, London Illustrated 78; Bobins IV, 1407.
Oblong folio (431 x 545mm).6 aquatints, coloured by a contemporary hand, comprising: ‘Entrance of Piccadilly or Hyde Park Corner Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of St Georges Road or the Obelisk Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of the Tottenham Court Road Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance of Oxford Street or Tyburn Turnpike,’ ‘Entrance from Mile End or White Chaple [sic] Turnpike,’ and ‘Entrance from Hackney or Cambridge Heath Turnpike with a Distant View of St. Pauls,’ engraved by H. Schutz, each mounted within frame approx. 325 x 395mm (unexamined out of mounts). Modern quarter tan morocco over grey cloth, tan morocco gilt lettering-piece on upper cover (some faint scuffs).
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