Description
Ireland.- Lighthouses.- Callwell (Robert, Commissioner of Irish Lights, author of "A Short History of the Lighthouses of Ireland", fl. 1860-71) [Lighthouses and Islands of Ireland], c. 125 accomplished drawings of the Irish coast and lighthouses, most monochrome watercolour wash, a few with small tears in margins, browned some soiling to edges, loose in a modern box, average 355 x 258mm. and smaller, 1860-67; and 6 other watercolours and sketches, including a signed pencil drawing of Sattherthwaite Lighthouse by Hugh Thomson (qty).
⁂ A very fine collection of drawings of Irish lighthouses and the coast of Ireland by the influential commissioner, Robert Callwell, whose expertise was cited in numerous journals and works of the time.
Lot 167
Ireland.- Lighthouses.- Lighthouses and Islands of Ireland, c. 125 drawings, 1867.
Hammer Price: £4,000
Description
Ireland.- Lighthouses.- Callwell (Robert, Commissioner of Irish Lights, author of "A Short History of the Lighthouses of Ireland", fl. 1860-71) [Lighthouses and Islands of Ireland], c. 125 accomplished drawings of the Irish coast and lighthouses, most monochrome watercolour wash, a few with small tears in margins, browned some soiling to edges, loose in a modern box, average 355 x 258mm. and smaller, 1860-67; and 6 other watercolours and sketches, including a signed pencil drawing of Sattherthwaite Lighthouse by Hugh Thomson (qty).
⁂ A very fine collection of drawings of Irish lighthouses and the coast of Ireland by the influential commissioner, Robert Callwell, whose expertise was cited in numerous journals and works of the time.