688 Rue de Marmousets, Paris; From Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc. Thomas Shotter Boys.

Rue de Marmousets, Paris; From Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc.

London: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839. Aquatint with hand coloring in oil color on smooth wove paper, 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches (270 x 187 mm), full margins. Laid down to a support, as issued. Moderate toning and surface soiling, scattered light spots of foxings on the support, and some in the image. Colors are fresh. Printed by Charles Hullmandel.

This image, which was produced entirely by means of lithography, was printed in oil color, and appears exactly as it was pulled from the press. It represents part of the first real challenge to the supremacy in England of the hand colored aquatint as a media, which is an older technique in which the hand coloring is applied after the image is pulled from the press. An impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Item number: 688

Price: $550.00

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