W. H. PYNE ON RUSTIC FIGURES, IN IMITATION OF CHALK.

PYNE, WILLIAM HENRY, known also as Ephraim Hardcastle (1769 1843)

Published by London. R. Ackermann. 1817, 1817

About this Item

Quarto 11x8 inches, handsomely leather bound in recent half calf over marbled boards. Title, 2 pages of introduction and 36 FINE SOFT GROUND ETCHINGS OF COUNTRY FOLK, complete. Plates on thick wove paper, two watermarked J. W(Whatman). Good clean impressions. Pyne specialised in picturesque settings including groups of people rendered in pen, ink and watercolour. He was one of the founders of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1804. His book The Costume of Great Britain, including 60 prints of professional and working-class men and women and scenes from everyday life and it attracted the attention of the publisher Rudolph Ackermann- resulting in this work of soft ground etchings of the working rural classes. These genre studies of working people in England were specifically to assist amateur and professional artists. The figures are similar in style to the work of George Morland. Seller Inventory # 6382

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Title: W. H. PYNE ON RUSTIC FIGURES, IN IMITATION ...

Publisher: London. R. Ackermann. 1817

Publication Date: 1817

Binding: Hardcover