A Portfolio of Permanent Reproductions of Ten Fish Pictures.
After Paintings by the late celebrated Fish Painter H. L. Rolfe.
London: Published At The Office Of ''The Fishing Gazette,'' St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C. [n.d. c.1895.]
Rare portfolio, original printed boards, with 10 half-tone plates plus a keyplate, all trimmed to image and laid on printed boards as issued. 365 x 275mm (4½ x 10¾") A bit of wear to the covers and plates slightly time stained.
Plates: I The Game Fish of Great Britain, II Key To Ditto, III In A Fix, IV Not Caught Yet, V Threatened War, VI Homeward Bound, VII Foul Play, VIII The Anglers Rest, IX The First Lesson, X A Leap For Liberty, XI The Poacher. R.B Marston, editor of The Fishing Gazette, republished this from a series that had no publisher name and was undated called 'Piscatorial Studies by H.L Rolfe.' Having found the series through E Spencer Gough who had a letter printed in the March 17th 1888 edition of the Gazette in the hopes of finding out more information to procure one for a friend. The photographer was identified as W.T. Beach. Seeing an opportunity Marston accquired or borrowed from a correspondant and made 'A Portfolio Of Permanent Reproductions Of Ten Fish Pictures' and advertised it in the January 12th 1895 edition of the Gazette. Henry Rolfe (d. 1881) was a painter of fishing subjects and exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution, Royal Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts in Dublin.
From the collection of David Beazley, cover illustrated in his 'Images of Angling, p.140.
[Ref: 56241] £650.00
London: Published At The Office Of ''The Fishing Gazette,'' St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C. [n.d. c.1895.]
Rare portfolio, original printed boards, with 10 half-tone plates plus a keyplate, all trimmed to image and laid on printed boards as issued. 365 x 275mm (4½ x 10¾") A bit of wear to the covers and plates slightly time stained.
Plates: I The Game Fish of Great Britain, II Key To Ditto, III In A Fix, IV Not Caught Yet, V Threatened War, VI Homeward Bound, VII Foul Play, VIII The Anglers Rest, IX The First Lesson, X A Leap For Liberty, XI The Poacher. R.B Marston, editor of The Fishing Gazette, republished this from a series that had no publisher name and was undated called 'Piscatorial Studies by H.L Rolfe.' Having found the series through E Spencer Gough who had a letter printed in the March 17th 1888 edition of the Gazette in the hopes of finding out more information to procure one for a friend. The photographer was identified as W.T. Beach. Seeing an opportunity Marston accquired or borrowed from a correspondant and made 'A Portfolio Of Permanent Reproductions Of Ten Fish Pictures' and advertised it in the January 12th 1895 edition of the Gazette. Henry Rolfe (d. 1881) was a painter of fishing subjects and exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution, Royal Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts in Dublin.
From the collection of David Beazley, cover illustrated in his 'Images of Angling, p.140.
[Ref: 56241] £650.00