R. Ackermann begs leave to recommend to the nobility, gentry, and the public in general, his superfine water colours [graphic].
Published / Created:
London : Pubd. May 1, 1802, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, [1 May 1802][London] : T. Bensley, printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London.
Physical Description:
1 print : stipple engraving and letterpress ; sheet 49.5 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
The top half of the print features an allegorical illustration, stipple-engraved by John Samuel Agar, after a design by Maria Hadfield Cosway. Beneath this illustration are eight lines of original verse, in two columns: "While fancy's children give the tints that glow, In the rich stream of Iris' splendid bow, All bounteous nature opes her hidden store; She yields the brittle soil, and harden'd ore, The vital fluid, the vivid flow'r; These, well refin'd, and mix'd by chemic pow'r, Produce those hues that with the rainbow vie, And give to the art the colours of the sky."
Subject Terms:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834. | Artists' materials -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Artists' materials industry -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Paper -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Artists' tools -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Drawing materials -- Great Britain -- 19th century | Watercolor painting -- Great Britain -- 19th century
Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838, ill. | Agar, John Samuel, approximately 1770-approximately 1835, engraver. | Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760-1835, printer.