Key to Whichelo's Picture, Destruction of Jerusalem, 22ft by 14, at Dobbs & Co's, 13 Soho Square.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce wood-engraved keyplate with scene and plan, each within embossed border. Sheet 390 x 250mm (15¼ x 9¾"). Damage to lower edges, stains & creases, laid on album paper.
The keyplate to John Whichelo's painting of the 'Destruction of Jerusalem' by the Romans, with an accompanying plan of Classical Jerusalem. Charles John Mayle Whichelo (1784-1865) was 'Marine and Landscape Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent', although he painted the last professional portrait of Nelson from life in 1805.
[Ref: 59778] £160.00
Scarce wood-engraved keyplate with scene and plan, each within embossed border. Sheet 390 x 250mm (15¼ x 9¾"). Damage to lower edges, stains & creases, laid on album paper.
The keyplate to John Whichelo's painting of the 'Destruction of Jerusalem' by the Romans, with an accompanying plan of Classical Jerusalem. Charles John Mayle Whichelo (1784-1865) was 'Marine and Landscape Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent', although he painted the last professional portrait of Nelson from life in 1805.
[Ref: 59778] £160.00