Lot 192
India.- Trapaud (Capt. Elisha) Three plates from 'Twenty Views of India', aquatints, [1788]; and another (4).
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
India.- Trapaud (Capt. Elisha) Three plates from 'Twenty Views of India', etchings and aquatint, by J.G. Wells with full original hand-colouring, on thick laid paper with indistinct watermarks to two sheets, each platemark approx. 330 x 460 mm (13 x 18 1/8 in), each sheet approx. 440 x 540 mm (17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in), good margins, some surface dirt and minor browning, unframed, [cf. Abbey Travel 417], [John Stockdale, 1788]; together with Wells aqautint after Trapaud's 'S.W. view of the Island of Tappanooly on the S.W. Coast of Sumatra', aquatint with hand-colouring, [1788] (4)
Description
India.- Trapaud (Capt. Elisha) Three plates from 'Twenty Views of India', etchings and aquatint, by J.G. Wells with full original hand-colouring, on thick laid paper with indistinct watermarks to two sheets, each platemark approx. 330 x 460 mm (13 x 18 1/8 in), each sheet approx. 440 x 540 mm (17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in), good margins, some surface dirt and minor browning, unframed, [cf. Abbey Travel 417], [John Stockdale, 1788]; together with Wells aqautint after Trapaud's 'S.W. view of the Island of Tappanooly on the S.W. Coast of Sumatra', aquatint with hand-colouring, [1788] (4)