Rome

Reference: S46300
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1819 ca.
Zone: Rome
Printed: London
Measures: 330 x 250 mm
€180.00

Reference: S46300
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1819 ca.
Zone: Rome
Printed: London
Measures: 330 x 250 mm
€180.00

Description

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

 

Copper engraving, finely colored by hand, 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.