Decorative Bindings

"Sketches After English Landscape Painters" 1850 MARVY, L.

MARVY, L.

David Bogue

1850

13" x 10"

VG

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Bound by F. Bedford (1799-1883) he was an especial protege of The Duke of Portland, and was the best English binder of his time.

The artists included are Sir A W Callcott, Turner, Holland, Danby, Cheswich, Collins, Redgrave, Lee, Cattermole, W J Muller, Harding, Nasmyth, Richard Wilson, E W Cooke, John Constable, P De Wint, Cox, Gainsborough, Roberts and Stanfield.

Plates engraved by Louis Marvy; after Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, J.M.W. Turner, J. Holland, Francis Danby, Thomas Creswick, William Collins, Richard Redgrave, Frederick Richard Lee, George Cattermole, William James Müller, James Duffield Harding, Peter Nasmyth, Richard Wilson, Edward William Cooke, John Constable, Peter De Wint, David Cox, Thomas Gainsborough, David Roberts, and Clarkson Stanfield. Each plate is followed by a short critique by Thackeray. Thackeray was an old friend of Marvy, a French artist, who took refuge in London after the chaos of 1848.


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