Part of the North Parade, Bath, taken from the opposite side of the River, near the new Bridge.
Publish'd [space for date] 1788 as the Act directs by W Payne, Plymouth.
Rare outline etching, image 185 x 265mm. 7¼ x 10½". Lacking margins; some small stains and cluster of pinholes in sky area. Dab of brown paint to one of the figures at left.
North Parade in Bath, Somerset, is a historic terrace built around 1741 by John Wood, the Elder. This composition shows walkers around a lake, a punt on the water and fishing lodge on far bank (right). William Payne (1760 - 1830) was an important watercolour landscape painter, but also a printmaker who published some of his own works. He started as an engineer at Plymouth, Devon.
Bath Central Library Collection LP M10 IOB 610.
[Ref: 27559] £120.00
Rare outline etching, image 185 x 265mm. 7¼ x 10½". Lacking margins; some small stains and cluster of pinholes in sky area. Dab of brown paint to one of the figures at left.
North Parade in Bath, Somerset, is a historic terrace built around 1741 by John Wood, the Elder. This composition shows walkers around a lake, a punt on the water and fishing lodge on far bank (right). William Payne (1760 - 1830) was an important watercolour landscape painter, but also a printmaker who published some of his own works. He started as an engineer at Plymouth, Devon.
Bath Central Library Collection LP M10 IOB 610.
[Ref: 27559] £120.00