Castel d'Asso
| Reference: | CO-834 |
| Author | Samuel James Ainsley |
| Year: | 1845 |
| Zone: | Castel d'Asso |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 355 x 265 mm |
€380.00
| Reference: | CO-834 |
| Author | Samuel James Ainsley |
| Year: | 1845 |
| Zone: | Castel d'Asso |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 355 x 265 mm |
€380.00
Description
Rock tombs at the Castel d'Asso.
Etching, 1845 circa lettered within the image "Castel d'Asso. S J. Ainsley fe". First state before the imprint "Published by S. James Ainsley, London, 1845".
Samuel James Ainsley (1806–1874) was a British sketch artist, watercolourist, and printmaker, known for his Romantic sketches and watercolours of tombs, monuments, and landscapes in Italy.
From 1842 to 1844 Ainsley, on three separate trips, accompanied George Dennis in investigating tombs and monuments from ancient Etruria, the Etruscan civilization. From 1844 to 1847 Dennis, unaccompanied by Ainsley, continued to travel in Italy and investigate the ruins and cemeteries of Etruria. In 1848 the British Museum published a 1,085 page treatise Cities and cemeteries of Etruria, with text by Dennis (partly based upon notes by Ainsley) and sketches by Dennis and Ainsley. In 1842 Ainsley accompanied the artist Thomas Cole on a six-week trip to Sicily, where they made many sketches. They visited the ruins at Selinus and Agrigento and made a nocturnal ascent of Mount Etna.
A fine impression, printed on contemporary paper, good condition. Rare.
Bibliografia
Massimo Pallottino, 'L'Étrurie de S. J. Ainsley, paysagiste romantique', Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 1984, vol. 128, no 3, p. 497-505; Benaim Sarfatti, Elisa, ed.'Etruria svelata : i disegni di Samuel James Ainsley nel British Museum' Roma : Edizioni dell'Elefante, c1984.
Samuel James Ainsley (Londra 1806-1874)
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Samuel James Ainsley (1806–1874) was a British sketch artist, watercolourist, and printmaker, known for his Romantic sketches and watercolours of tombs, monuments, and landscapes in Italy.
From 1842 to 1844 Ainsley, on three separate trips, accompanied George Dennis in investigating tombs and monuments from ancient Etruria, the Etruscan civilization. From 1844 to 1847 Dennis, unaccompanied by Ainsley, continued to travel in Italy and investigate the ruins and cemeteries of Etruria. In 1848 the British Museum published a 1,085 page treatise Cities and cemeteries of Etruria, with text by Dennis (partly based upon notes by Ainsley) and sketches by Dennis and Ainsley. In 1842 Ainsley accompanied the artist Thomas Cole on a six-week trip to Sicily, where they made many sketches. They visited the ruins at Selinus and Agrigento and made a nocturnal ascent of Mount Etna.
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Samuel James Ainsley (Londra 1806-1874)
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Samuel James Ainsley (1806–1874) was a British sketch artist, watercolourist, and printmaker, known for his Romantic sketches and watercolours of tombs, monuments, and landscapes in Italy.
From 1842 to 1844 Ainsley, on three separate trips, accompanied George Dennis in investigating tombs and monuments from ancient Etruria, the Etruscan civilization. From 1844 to 1847 Dennis, unaccompanied by Ainsley, continued to travel in Italy and investigate the ruins and cemeteries of Etruria. In 1848 the British Museum published a 1,085 page treatise Cities and cemeteries of Etruria, with text by Dennis (partly based upon notes by Ainsley) and sketches by Dennis and Ainsley. In 1842 Ainsley accompanied the artist Thomas Cole on a six-week trip to Sicily, where they made many sketches. They visited the ruins at Selinus and Agrigento and made a nocturnal ascent of Mount Etna.
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