A View of the Principal Mountains throughout the World. With a Key Founded on Geometrical Admeasurements. [with] Key to the Plate of the Mountains.
T. Hulley Del.t. J.C. Stadler Sculp.t.
London, Published, April, 12. 1817 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Aquatint and etching. 340 x 405mm (13½ x 16"). Key 325 x 425mm (12¾ x 16"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1818'. Plate folded within platemark at sides, slight repaired tear in key. Key with folds.
An imaginary view looking up from a river towards increasingly high mountains as a comparison of altitudes, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Pyramids and St Peter's Basilica also shown. Two volcanos, Etna and Cotopaxi (Ecuador), smoke. At the back are five peaks of the Himalayas, the highest being Dhaulagiri (now only the seventh highest peak), with sheer sides tapering to points. Finding this plate with its key is rare.
[Ref: 63694] £450.00
London, Published, April, 12. 1817 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Aquatint and etching. 340 x 405mm (13½ x 16"). Key 325 x 425mm (12¾ x 16"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1818'. Plate folded within platemark at sides, slight repaired tear in key. Key with folds.
An imaginary view looking up from a river towards increasingly high mountains as a comparison of altitudes, with St Paul's Cathedral, the Pyramids and St Peter's Basilica also shown. Two volcanos, Etna and Cotopaxi (Ecuador), smoke. At the back are five peaks of the Himalayas, the highest being Dhaulagiri (now only the seventh highest peak), with sheer sides tapering to points. Finding this plate with its key is rare.
[Ref: 63694] £450.00