Frascati

Reference: S23955
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1820 ca.
Zone: Frascati
Printed: London
Measures: 228 x 205 mm
€125.00

Reference: S23955
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1820 ca.
Zone: Frascati
Printed: London
Measures: 228 x 205 mm
€125.00

Description

View from A Pictoresque Tour of Italy, from drawings made in 1816-17 by James Hakewill, published in London in 1820.

 

Copper engraving, finely hand-colored, in excellent condition.

James HAKEWILL (1778–1843)

Was an English architect, best known for his illustrated publications. In 1816–17 he travelled in Italy, and on his return published in parts ‘A Picturesque Tour of Italy,’ in which some of his own drawings were finished into pictures for engraving by J. M. W. Turner.

James HAKEWILL (1778–1843)

Was an English architect, best known for his illustrated publications. In 1816–17 he travelled in Italy, and on his return published in parts ‘A Picturesque Tour of Italy,’ in which some of his own drawings were finished into pictures for engraving by J. M. W. Turner.