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The Antiquary and Lovel.

The Antiquary and Lovel.

Photogravure Goupil & C.o
Edinburgh, 1885.
Photogravure. 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½"), with wide margins. Small tears along the top and left edges.
A scene depicting two well dressed men in a study surrounded by a careless pile of books. This print is from a series of eight published in a book by Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822-1891). The Scottish painter was appointed to Director of the National Galleries of Scotland in 1877 and in 1882 became the president of the Royal Scottish Academy. The book was published for the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. Douglas himself was an antiquary and bibliophile as well as having an interest in astrology and alchemy.
[Ref: 53886]  £85.00


 

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