View of Westminster Bridge including Westminster Hall and the Abbey.
Josh. Farington R.A. delt. J.C. Stadler fecit.
London. Publish'd as the Act directs Octr. 1790 by W. Byrne, No. 79 Titchfield Street.
Large and magnificent soft-ground etching with aquatint, printed in colours. Image 405 x 615mm (16 x 24¼"). Unexamined out of attractive frame. Some spotting; two creases visible in sky area. Margins covered by wash-line mount.
Spectacular view on the River Thames in central London at Westminster Bridge, with Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall beyond; various boats and barges on the river in foreground, some laden with goods, others with passengers. Joseph Farington (1747 - 1821), a pupil of painter Richard Wilson, who became a member of RA in 1785. He is best known for the 76 aquatints after his paintings in John & Josiah Boydell's 'An History of the River Thames'.
Crace V, 106.
[Ref: 26245] £1,150.00
London. Publish'd as the Act directs Octr. 1790 by W. Byrne, No. 79 Titchfield Street.
Large and magnificent soft-ground etching with aquatint, printed in colours. Image 405 x 615mm (16 x 24¼"). Unexamined out of attractive frame. Some spotting; two creases visible in sky area. Margins covered by wash-line mount.
Spectacular view on the River Thames in central London at Westminster Bridge, with Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall beyond; various boats and barges on the river in foreground, some laden with goods, others with passengers. Joseph Farington (1747 - 1821), a pupil of painter Richard Wilson, who became a member of RA in 1785. He is best known for the 76 aquatints after his paintings in John & Josiah Boydell's 'An History of the River Thames'.
Crace V, 106.
[Ref: 26245] £1,150.00