James Malton (1761-1803)
Medium: hand-coloured aquatint; (25 including frontispiece)
Size: 10¼ x 14¾in. (26.04 x 37.47cm)
Size: 10¼ x 14¾in. (26.04 x 37.47cm) The engraver and watercolourist James Malton (1761-1803) was employed as a draughtsman in the office of the famous architect James Gandon known for building the Four Courts (1786-95), the Custom House (1781-91) and King's Inns (1795-1815). Malton...Read more The engraver and watercolourist James Malton (1761-1803) was employed as a draughtsman in the office of the famous architect James Gandon known for building the Four Courts (1786-95), the Custom House (1781-91) and King's Inns (1795-1815). Malton's prints are, arguably, the most important series of engravings of Dublin. The present lot contains 24 large prints of well-known buildings in Dublin, many of which were newly built at the time. It lacks an illustration of Dublin's Tholsel Building.
James Malton (1761-1803)
Medium: hand-coloured aquatint; (25 including frontispiece)
Size: 10¼ x 14¾in. (26.04 x 37.47cm)
Size: 10¼ x 14¾in. (26.04 x 37.47cm) The engraver and watercolourist James Malton (1761-1803) was employed as a draughtsman in the office of the famous architect James Gandon known for building the Four Courts (1786-95), the Custom House (1781-91) and King's Inns (1795-1815). Malton...Read more The engraver and watercolourist James Malton (1761-1803) was employed as a draughtsman in the office of the famous architect James Gandon known for building the Four Courts (1786-95), the Custom House (1781-91) and King's Inns (1795-1815). Malton's prints are, arguably, the most important series of engravings of Dublin. The present lot contains 24 large prints of well-known buildings in Dublin, many of which were newly built at the time. It lacks an illustration of Dublin's Tholsel Building.
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