Author Name: Rowlandson, Thomas:illustrator/Combe, William:author
Title: The Dance of Life - By the Author of Dr. Syntax
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: London Ackermann and Comany 1817
Illustrator: Rowlandson, Thomas
Seller ID: 736
small 4to. This is a beautiful copy of the first edition of one of Rowlandson's finest works. Engraved title, frontispiece, and 24 acquatint plates HAND-COLORED. Rebound in 3 quarter red Russian morocco with gilt accents, spine with 5 raised bands with title and bands accented in gilt as well, top edge gilt. Interior near fine with tissue guard a little chipped at edges, a hint a darkening of a few pages, else interior is excellent and clean. - "Possessed of much facility of execution and a ready command of the figure, Rowlandson was spoken of as a promising student; and had he continued his early application he would have made his mark as a painter. But by the death of his aunt, a French lady, he fell heir to a sum of 7ooo British Pounds, plunged into the dissipations of the town and was known to sit at the gaming-table for thirty-six hours at a stretch. In time poverty overtook him; and the friendship and example of Gillray and Bunbury seem to have suggested caricature as a means of filling an empty purse." Rowlandsons designs were usually executed in outline with the reed-pen, and delicately washed with color. They were than etched by the artist on the copper, and afterwards aqua-tinted usually by a professional engraver, the impressions being finally colored by hand. His work is represented in the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum. Overall a finecopy of an early and important work by one of the masters of early carricature.
Fine Binding, Crushed Morocco, Hand-Coloured, Hand-Colored
Price =
1851.29 USD
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