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GARDEN ARCHITECTURE and DESIGN

click to enlarge	ENTRANCE TO A GROTTO. A well executed Original Watercolour. Painted by J.W. HISLOP 1899. The painting is from a portfolio of his works, which we managed to aquire approx 20 years ago. The condition is as fresh as the day it was painted. It has been laid onto card, presumably by the artist. Size of Image 10 1/2"x 7 1/2" There is a 1/4" border around the edge of the painting.                                                                                                 Code GAH 001	Price £65
click to enlarge	TREILLAGE EXECUTE A BELLEVUE Copperplate engraving by Daumont circa 1760. Good strong image of garden trellis work designed for the Bellevue gardens in Paris. This engraving also shows four fountains in the foreground. The paper is good quality, but bears a few minor worm holes, and is a bit grubby, but is in good condition for its age. Size of engraving 11 1/2"x 17"                                                             Code GAD 002	£200
click to enlarge	PARK LODGE & ENTRANCE. PAPWORTH RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 13. Vol 1 No 3 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published March 1816. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Evidence of glue staining on the right where the page has been bound. 1/2" away from the image. Image size 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" Page size 9 1/2" x 6" See Information Panel on the right. Code GAA R03	£35
click to enlarge	A BRIDGE & TEMPLE.        PAPWORTH RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 13. Vol XIII No 69 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published September 1821.. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins. Image size 6 1/4 " x 4" Page size 9 1/2" x 6" See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                     Code GRA R69	£35
click to enlarge	PLAN OF A COTTAGE ORNEE . PAPWORTH RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 4. Vol 9 No 49 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published January 1813. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins Image size 8 " x 4 1/2" Page size 9 1/2" x 6" See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                    Code GAA R49	£25
click to enlarge	A VILLA. PAPWORTH     RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 26. Vol III No 17 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published May 1817. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins Image size 7 1/4"x 4 1/4" Page size 9 1/2" x 6" See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                     Code GAA R17	£25
click to enlarge	A DAIRY.  PAPWORTH     RURAL PLATES. RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 31. Vol No 6 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published June 1816. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Trimmed along right hand side. Image size 7 1/2"x 4 1/2" Page size 9 1/2" x 5 1/2" " See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                    Code GAA R06	£30
click to enlarge	GARDENER'S COTTAGE. PAPWORTH     RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate7. Vol II No 8 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published August 1816. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins Image size 7 3/8"x 4 1/2" Page size 9 1/4" x 5 1/2 " See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                     Code GAA R08	£30
click to enlarge	A GAMEKEEPERS LODGE. PAPWORTH     RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 7. Vol XI No 62 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published February 1821. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins Image size 6 3/8 "x 4 1/4" Page size 9 1/2" x 6" See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                     Code GAA R62	£30
click to enlarge	A WOODLAND SEAT.  PAPWORTH   RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 1. Vol VII No 37 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published January 1819. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins Image size 6 3/4"x 4 1/4" Page size 9 1/2" x 5 1/2 " See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                    Code GAA R37	£35
click to enlarge	A HUNTING LODGE.  PAPWORTH   RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 25. Vol I No 5 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published May 1816. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slightly dusty from age.. Image size 4 5/8 "x 7 3/4" Page size 9 1/2" x 6 " See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                     Code GAA R05	£28
click to enlarge	A VERANDAH.  PAPWORTH   RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 25. Vol 8 No 46 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published October 1812. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins and glue staining on the bottom edge. Rust stain on the left. Image size 4 5/8"x 8 " Page size 9 1/4" x 6 " See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                     Code GAA R46	£20
click to enlarge	GOTHIC DAIRY.  PAPWORTH   RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 7. Vol XII No 68 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published August 1821. An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins. Image size 4"x 6 1/2 " Page size 9 1/2" x 6 " See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                     Code GAA R68	£25
click to enlarge	A SMALL GARDEN.  PAPWORTH   RURAL PLATES. "RURAL RESIDENCES" Plate 31. Vol XII No 72 of R Ackermann's Repository of Arts. Published . December 1st 1821 An original handcoloured Aquatint. Condition: Good. Slight text offsetting in margins. Glue Stains along the right edge. Page size 9 1/2" x 5 3/4 " See Information Panel on the right.                                                                                      Code GAA R07	£20
click to enlarge	PLAN of the PARK GARDENS and PLANTATIONS of THORSBY in NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Seat of His Grace the Duke of Kingston. A detailed plan showing the house, and its gardens. engraved by Hendrick Hulsbergh (d1729) Condition: excellent, good strong image. modern handcolouring. Plate size approx 12 1/2" x 19 1/2". Paper size 18" x 21 3/4"                                                          Code GRD 015	£125
click to enlarge	Amphitheatrum zu end der Lust Stucke des Furstle Gartens alluvo die Haupt Allee anfangt. P Decker Archit. inv et del. Cum Privileg. Sac. Caes. Maj. Ieremias Wolff excud. Aug. Vind. Ionas Heinrich Ostertag Sculpsit. Date 1711-16 One of the finest architectural works of the German baroque period. The plates were engraved by several masters, including Bodenehr, Engelbrecht, Probst, and Kraus. They illustrate the elder Decker's designs for royal palaces and country houses, with details of their interior decoration, gateways, gardens, grottoes, orangeries, fountains, etc. Berlin Katalog der Omamentstich-Sammlung 1990. Condition: Excellent.  Browning along centre fold, no tears or foxing. Paper colour, creamy white. Handcoloured by Barbara Frith Plate size 12 x 16 1/2 inches. Paper size 16 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches                                               Code FRG D01	£450
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PAPWORTH, JOHN
Rural Residences Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings.

Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834) pioneered lithography and produced some of the best early colour printing in Britain, publishing numerous fine illustrated volumes, and magazines .
He was born on April 20, 1764 in Stolberg. Apprenticed to his father a coach-builder, he moved first to Dresden, then to Paris and eventually to London whilst still working at coach-building. In 1795 he married and set up a print shop at 96 The Strand, moving the following year to 101 The Strand. He had already taken over a drawing school originally established at this address by William Shipley, the founder of the Society of Arts, and maintained it until 1806.
The first major colour plate book he published was The Microcosm of London; (or London in Miniature) which appeared in monthly parts between 1808 and 1810. Printed on hot-pressed handmade paper, books were illustrated using coloured aquatints. The architectural backgrounds were drawn by Augustus Pugin and the figures were drawn by Thomas Rowlandson. Ackermann originally planned to issue the book in twenty-four numbers at 7/6d a number, but he soon found himself obliged to raise the price to 10/6d, and the number of parts to twenty-six. Successful production techniques and methods of marketing by subscription prompted him to follow the same plan with his next publications. For the reproduction of the drawings by Pugin and Rowlandson, five different engravers were used to produce the plates: fifty-four by J. Bluck, twenty-nine by J.C. Stadler, ten by T. Sutherland, ten by J. Hill and one by Harraden. From 1790-1830 the principle process in book illustration was aquatint engraving. Once the drawing and the engraving had been made, the colour process began. The engravings might be printed in two colours, perhaps brown for the foreground and blue for the sky and distance, the remaining colour would be applied by hand. Ackermann employed colourists and engravers at his 'Repository of Arts' but like most publishers he would also have used pieceworkers. Bundles of sheets to be coloured would be distributed to workers who would do the work in their own homes. Often the work was done by children, but sometimes whole families would work together at home by candlelight.Handcolouring can save money when printing large plates although people like Ackermann stressed the high cost of hand finishing. He used poorly paid French refugees and later hand coloured plate producers used children and stencils.