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Description:
Hand colored antique aquatint engravings by William Henry Pyne, London, 1808. W. H. Pyne (1769 - 1843) was born in London, the son of a leather-seller and weaver. He exhibited an early talent for drawing and painting, especially water colors. Although offered an apprenticeship, he declined, preferring to work on his own. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1790. His work came to the attention of the publisher William Miller who commissioned him to write and illustrate a work on the dress of professional and working-class Britons. This became The Costume of Great Britain with its 60 hand colored plates. Pyne subsequently worked extensively with the publisher Rudolph Ackermann, producing his best known work, "The Royal Residences". Although this work was beautifully done and generally well received, it, and he, ran into financial difficulties and Pyne spent several stretches in debtor's prison. These examples are from his "Costume" show - an amazing cross-section of late eighteenth - early nineteenth life in all its variety.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: 1156 |
| Condition:
Excellent |
Year:
1808
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| Height:
13.75 in. (34.92 cm) |
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Width: 10 in. (25.40 cm)
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| Title:
Fireman |
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