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Lot 473
Grindlay (Robert Melville) Six plates from 'Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India', [c. 1826-1830]; and 3 others, 1825-1826 (9)
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Grindlay (Capt. Robert Melville) Six plates from 'Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India', etchings and aquatints, fine detailed impressions with full hand-colouring on thick wove paper, each platemark approx. 300 x 380 mm (11 3/4 x 15 in), each sheet approx. 325 x 415 mm (12 3/4 x 16 1/4 in), all uniformly hinged into mounts, some signs of marginal restoration, minor spotting, browning and surface dirt, unframed, [cf. Abbey 442], R. Ackermann, [circa 1826-1830]; together with 3 plates from Lt. Joseph Moore's 'Eleven plates from 'Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire', unframed, [cf. Abbey 404], Thomas Clay, 1825-26 (9)
Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.
Description
Grindlay (Capt. Robert Melville) Six plates from 'Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India', etchings and aquatints, fine detailed impressions with full hand-colouring on thick wove paper, each platemark approx. 300 x 380 mm (11 3/4 x 15 in), each sheet approx. 325 x 415 mm (12 3/4 x 16 1/4 in), all uniformly hinged into mounts, some signs of marginal restoration, minor spotting, browning and surface dirt, unframed, [cf. Abbey 442], R. Ackermann, [circa 1826-1830]; together with 3 plates from Lt. Joseph Moore's 'Eleven plates from 'Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire', unframed, [cf. Abbey 404], Thomas Clay, 1825-26 (9)
Provenance:
From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.
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