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Barracks, Dublin.
James Malton del et fecit.
London, Publish'd July 1795, by Ja.s Malton.
Aquatint, early issue with very fine colour. 315 x 430mm (12½ x 17"), with wide margins. Cracking in platemark, slight mount burn.
The barracks, built 1702, were the largest in Europe at the time. The buildings now house the Decorative Arts and History of the National Museum of Ireland. From 'A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin Described in a Series of the most Interesting Scenes taken in the Year 1791'. Abbey Scenery: 473; Bonar-Law 'Malton' p.76, i.
[Ref: 53248] £450.00
Marine School, Dublin, Looking up the Liffey.
James Malton, del. et sculp.
London. Publish'd June 1796, by Ja.s Malton.
Aquatint with very large margins. Plate 315 x 430mm (12½ x 17"). Mount burn around platemark; slight foxing and abrasions in sky.
A view of ships, merchant vessels and a dinghy in the centre, on the Liffey. A fine view. According to Maurice Craig, this print is really a view of the approach to Dublin by sea, with the Custom House in the distance on the right, rather than a view of the Hibernian Marine School which is on the left. From Malton's "A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin" See Ref: 25602 for hand-coloured version. In the National Library of Ireland. Abbey Scenery: 473.18; Bonar-Law 'Malton' 1.(ii); Bonar-Law 'Prints and Maps of Dublin': 2.50.
[Ref: 29953] £380.00
Marine School, Dublin, Looking up the Liffey.
James Malton, del. et sculp.
London. Publish'd June 1796, by Ja.s Malton.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Plate 317 x 431mm. 12½ x 17". Crease and tear to lower right corner of sheet.
A view of ships, merchant vessels and a dinghy in the centre, on the Liffey. According to Maurice Craig, this print is really a view of the approach to Dublin by sea, with the Custom House in the distance on the right, rather than a view of the Hibernian Marine School which is on the left. From "A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin" In the National Library of Ireland. Abbey Scenery: 473.18. Bonar-Law: 2.50.
[Ref: 25602] £350.00
Provost's House, Dublin.
James Malton delin. et fecit.
London, Pub'd by Ja.s Malton & G. Cowen, Dublin, Feb 1794.
Coloured aquatint. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17"), with very wide margins.
The house of the provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Abbey Scenery: 473; Bonar-Law 2, p39, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 52695] £350.00
Rotunda & New Rooms, Dublin.
James Malton del. et fecit.
London, Publish'd Dec.r 1795.
Coloured aquatint. 315 x 430mm (12¼ x 17"), with large margins. Laid on card, mount burn.
The Rotunda Hospital, one of the three main maternity hospitals in Dublin. Abbey Scenery: 473.16; Bonar-Law 2.(i)
[Ref: 44535] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Royal Infirmary, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Ja.s Malton del. et fecit.
London. Pub.d by Ja.s Malton, & G. Cowen, Dublin, July 1794.
Aquatint with very large margins. Plate 311 x 430mm (12¼ x 17").
A view of the Royal Infirmary, that once stood in Phoenix Park, Dublin. From 'A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin Described in a Series of the most Interesting Scenes taken in the Year 1791'. Abbey Scenery: 473.13; Bonar-Law 'Malton' 2.(ii)
[Ref: 29950] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Trinity College, Dublin.
James Malton del. et fecit.
London. Published March 1.st 1793. by Ja.s Malton.
Aquatint, plate 315 x 430mm (12½ x 16¾"), with very large margins.
A view from the street of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin (known as Trinity College, Dublin), founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592. From James Malton's 'A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin', 1792-5. Abbey Scenery: 473; Bonar-Law
[Ref: 57410] £320.00
College Library, Dublin.
James Malton del. et fecit.
[London, Pub.d by Ja.s Malton & G. Cowen, Dublin. July 1793.]
Aquatint, pt J. Whatman watermark; 290 x 430mm. (11½ x 17"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the 'long room' of the College Library, Dublin. Various figures can be seen including a man reading on right. From 'A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin Described in a Series of the most Interesting Scenes taken in the Year 1791'. Bonar-Law 2.(i)
[Ref: 57805] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
The Young Painter's Maulstick; being a Practical Treatise on Perspective... Containing Rules And Principles For Delineation On Planes, Treated so as to render the Art of Drawing correctly, easy of Attainment even to common Capacities; and entertaining at the same Time, from its Truth and Facility. Founded on the clear mechanical Process of Vignola And Sirigatti; United With The Theoretical Principles Of The Celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor. Addressed To Students In Drawing. By James Malton, Architect and Draughtsman.
Printed by V. Griffthsm No 1. Paternoster Row; and published for the Author, by Carpenter and Co. Old Bond Street.
Quarto, modern cloth; letterpress title & dedication, pp. (ii)+xiv+71; 23 numbered plates, as called for, mostly aquatint, plate 6 & 14 with flaps. Ownership inscription on title, some damp staining, tear in margin of p.3.
A guide to the use of perspective in painting by James Malton (1761-1803), an artist best known for his 'Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin', 1792-9. Abbey Life 152; Prideaux, 'Aquatint Engraving', ''Probably the earliest text-book of instruction to which the new process was applied''.
[Ref: 53845] £290.00
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To the Society of Antiquarians London, This Plate, A View of Stone-Henge Wiltshire. With its accompanying Plate of explanation, is humbly Dedicated by their obedient Servant, James Malton.
James Malton del. et sculp.
London, Published according to Act of Parliament July. 1800.
Aquatint, very rare. Sheet 330 x 470mm (13 x 17½"). Trimmed to plate, right corner of inscription area lacking, surface wear, laid on archival tissue. Damaged.
A group of sightseers examine the stones while a shepherdess rests her flock to the right. James Malton (1761-1803), an Irish engraver and watercolourist, taught geometry and perspective and worked as a draughtsman in the office of the celebrated Irish architect James Gandon. He was the son of the architectural draughtsman Thomas Malton.
[Ref: 45331] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
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