View at Guimaraens (Entre Minho e Douro).
Published by London P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. and Ackermann & Co. ., 1839
- Art / Print / Poster
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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomRobert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
AbeBooks seller since March 31, 1998
Condition: Used
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Original lithograph (37.5 x 55.5 cm) with later-hand colouring. George Vivian (1798-1873), son of John Vivian of Claverton Manor, near Bath, was a great traveller, accomplished artist, and prominent patron of the arts, who remains best known for his two folio works on Spain and Portugal. He writes in his preface that "during the first period Spain was comparatively tranquil. During the second I saw the demolition of some of the finest convents going on, and observed the sites on which others had recently stood: the prospect of the speedy ruin of nearly all. made me feel a strong desire to preserve some trace of establishments. [with] an interest and character not less in Spain than in Italy". Vivian was travelling in Spain during the First Carlist War (1833-40) when convents and monasteries were routinely sacked and torched by mobs, utilized as factories for the forging of arms, and frequently converted into fortified strongpoints. Jennifer Speake remarks that Vivian's book "encapsulates the appeal of Spain to the Romantic traveller". (Abbey, Travel 154).…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- View at Guimaraens (Entre Minho e Douro).
- Author
- VIVIAN, George.
- Publisher
- London P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. and Ackermann & Co. .
- Publication year
- 1839
- Seller catalogs
- Europe, PRINTS - TOPOGRAPHY
Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
London, United Kingdom
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