Captain George Tobin (1 results)

Loose as Issued. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable. 1st Edition. 3 (of 4) hand coloured aquatints of views of St Helena at the time of Napoleons sojourn there. Issued in paper wrappers as a £1/10 shillings publication in November 1815 as a series of 4 aquatints by this RN officer who went on to become a Rear Admiral and died in 1838, this lacks the first plate "Bonaparte in Torbay on board the Bellepheron", so sold as 3 views. The paper is browned, some splits and a closed tear and a little glue residue at bottom edge of one, indicating they will have once been framed? Measuring each 12.5 x 17.5 inches approx. *Note Would clean but need to be re-coloured as the original may be lost in the process. BUT! Very Scarce one complete copy located in Yale, none in the BL the UK. SEE; Number 311 in Abbey. [Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860,]. Tobin. (illustrator).…