William
Pickett (fl.c.1792–1820)
“Llyn Ogween”—aka
Llyn Ogwen in north-west Wales, 1805, plate 16, aquatint and etching printed in sepia from
the series, “Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales”, after a drawing by Philip James de Loutherbourg (aka Philipp Jakob
Loutherbourg; Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg) (1740–1812), published in
London by Robert Bowyer (1758–1834); see an explanation about the
publication of the series offered by the Curator of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1914-1117-44-2.
Spirit aquatint
with etching (and mezzotint rocker?) printed in sepia coloured ink, trimmed
around the image borderline (with loss of the writing edge) and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.
Size: (sheet) 23.7
x 32.9 cm.
The British
Museum offers the following description of this print as a hand-coloured
impression by John Heaviside Clark (1771–1863): “Plate 16: view of the
lake with two men working at a bank in the right foreground; a group of two men
and a woman with two horses on the left, pointing and looking towards the
workmen; large rocks in the centre and at extreme left; mountains in the background;
after Loutherbourg; early state, published. 1805” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1864-0309-202).
Condition: a
strong and well-printed impression showing no sign of wear to the printing
plate, trimmed around the image borderline and laid upon an archival support
sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in
an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or stains.
I am selling
this large and very beautiful spirit aquatint—note that the technique employed was
used by Paul Sandby in which resin dissolved in spirits of wine (a form of ethanol)
is spread onto the printing plate and allowed to dry to form a granular base in
preparation for etching (see details in the scans)—for AU $282 (currently US $175.23/
EUR 169.10/ GBP 141.40 at the time of posting this print) including Express
Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course)
any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in
Australian dollars (AU $282) as this is my currency.
If you are interested in purchasing this magically luminous view of Llyn Ogwen where the legendary Lady of the Lake caught the sword, Excalibur, thrown by Sir Bedivere and King Arthur had his last battle, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
