Description

Canadiana.- Cockburn (Maj. Gen. James Pattison, military artist and topographical draughtsman, 1779-1847), After. [Six Landscape of Quebec City and Six Views of Niagara Falls], 2 suites in 1 vol., both complete comprising a total of 12 aquatints with etching, all with full vibrant original hand-colouring heightened with gum arabic, on Whatman wove paper, each with crisp watermark and date, the majority '1830', 2 sheets '1831', and 1 sheet '1832', each platemark approx. 520 x 700 mm (20 1/2 x 27 1/2 in), full margins with each sheet approx. 560 x 800 mm (22 x 31 1/2 in), the front free endpapers with some toning to extremities from binding but not affecting the plates, plates 1 and 2 of the Quebec Views with light creasing and small printer's crease, plate 6 with small 1-2 cm vertical tear in the centre margin, otherwise marginal surface dirt and finger-soiling throughout, some very minor spotting, minor cockling and handling creases, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt 'Canadian Scenery. Cockburn.', blue marbled boards with green morocco label to upper cover, gilt with title 'Views in the Canadas', corners bumped and scuffed, some signs of light wear, collector's bookplate of J.J. Colman to front pastedown with manuscript ink label no. '291', oblong elephant folio, published by Ackermann & Co., London, 1833

"Views of Quebec" include:
Plate 1 - This View of Cape Diamond and Wolf's Cove from Point a Pizeau, by Charles Hunt

Plate 2 - The Ice Pont Formed between Quebec & Point Levi, by I. Stewart
Plate 3 - This View of Quebec from below Aubigny Church, Point Levi, by H. Pyall
Plate 4 - This View of the Falls of Montmorency (Quebec in the distance), by Charles Hunt
Plate 5 - This View of The Cone of Montmorency, as it appeared in 1829, by C. Bently
Plate 6 - This View of The Lower City of Quebec, from the Parapet of the Upper City, by Charles Hunt

"Views of Niagara Falls" include:
Plate 1 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of Table Rock & Horse-Shoe-Fall, by Charles Hunt
Plate 2 - The Falls of Niagara. This General View above the English Ferry, by Jno. Edge
Plate 3 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the Horse-Shoe-Fall, from below Goat-Island, by Charles Hunt
Plate 4 - The Falls of Niagara. This View from the Upper Bank, English Side, by Charles Hunt
Plate 5 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the American Fall, from Goat Island, by C. Bently
Plate 6 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the Horse-Shoe-Fall, from Goat Island, by Charles Hunt

⁂ 'These prints are the most famous of all those created by artists active in Canada in the nineteenth century, [...] they are unrivalled in terms of complexity and difficulty...' [R. Villeneuve, Lord Dalhousie: Patron and Collector, Ottawa, 2008, p. 74]

A rare opportunity to acquire the complete "double series" of all 12 aquatint views after Cockburn. One set was offered in two separate suites of six as part of The Winkworth Collection (see Christie's The Winkworth Collection: A Treasure House of Canadiana in London, lots 133 and 202), but we have been unable to trace another example of both suites together in a contemporary binding.




Lot 250

Canadiana.- Cockburn (Maj. Gen. James Pattison, 1779-1847), After. [Six Landscape of Quebec City and Six Views of Niagara Falls], 2 suites in 1 vol., comprising a total of 12 aquatints, 1833  

Hammer Price: £130,000

Description

Canadiana.- Cockburn (Maj. Gen. James Pattison, military artist and topographical draughtsman, 1779-1847), After. [Six Landscape of Quebec City and Six Views of Niagara Falls], 2 suites in 1 vol., both complete comprising a total of 12 aquatints with etching, all with full vibrant original hand-colouring heightened with gum arabic, on Whatman wove paper, each with crisp watermark and date, the majority '1830', 2 sheets '1831', and 1 sheet '1832', each platemark approx. 520 x 700 mm (20 1/2 x 27 1/2 in), full margins with each sheet approx. 560 x 800 mm (22 x 31 1/2 in), the front free endpapers with some toning to extremities from binding but not affecting the plates, plates 1 and 2 of the Quebec Views with light creasing and small printer's crease, plate 6 with small 1-2 cm vertical tear in the centre margin, otherwise marginal surface dirt and finger-soiling throughout, some very minor spotting, minor cockling and handling creases, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt 'Canadian Scenery. Cockburn.', blue marbled boards with green morocco label to upper cover, gilt with title 'Views in the Canadas', corners bumped and scuffed, some signs of light wear, collector's bookplate of J.J. Colman to front pastedown with manuscript ink label no. '291', oblong elephant folio, published by Ackermann & Co., London, 1833

"Views of Quebec" include:
Plate 1 - This View of Cape Diamond and Wolf's Cove from Point a Pizeau, by Charles Hunt

Plate 2 - The Ice Pont Formed between Quebec & Point Levi, by I. Stewart
Plate 3 - This View of Quebec from below Aubigny Church, Point Levi, by H. Pyall
Plate 4 - This View of the Falls of Montmorency (Quebec in the distance), by Charles Hunt
Plate 5 - This View of The Cone of Montmorency, as it appeared in 1829, by C. Bently
Plate 6 - This View of The Lower City of Quebec, from the Parapet of the Upper City, by Charles Hunt

"Views of Niagara Falls" include:
Plate 1 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of Table Rock & Horse-Shoe-Fall, by Charles Hunt
Plate 2 - The Falls of Niagara. This General View above the English Ferry, by Jno. Edge
Plate 3 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the Horse-Shoe-Fall, from below Goat-Island, by Charles Hunt
Plate 4 - The Falls of Niagara. This View from the Upper Bank, English Side, by Charles Hunt
Plate 5 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the American Fall, from Goat Island, by C. Bently
Plate 6 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the Horse-Shoe-Fall, from Goat Island, by Charles Hunt

⁂ 'These prints are the most famous of all those created by artists active in Canada in the nineteenth century, [...] they are unrivalled in terms of complexity and difficulty...' [R. Villeneuve, Lord Dalhousie: Patron and Collector, Ottawa, 2008, p. 74]

A rare opportunity to acquire the complete "double series" of all 12 aquatint views after Cockburn. One set was offered in two separate suites of six as part of The Winkworth Collection (see Christie's The Winkworth Collection: A Treasure House of Canadiana in London, lots 133 and 202), but we have been unable to trace another example of both suites together in a contemporary binding.




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