Bridge Over the Canal Sydney Gardens Bath c1805 - SOLD!
The Bridge Over the Canal in Sydney Gardens Bath. Aquatint and etching with original hand colouring. London, Publish'd May 1st, 1805; (Dated in Plate) by W. Miller, Abermarle Street. Condition: Good overall condition with some age tone to sheet. Plate mark trimmed to lower edge approx 11.5" x 14.75" (290mm x 370mm) Approx sheet size 12" x 19.25" (305mm x 490mm). Previously mounted with some mount tape residue to verso.
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) was an eminent British painter and engraver. Insturcted by J.C Stadler whilst at the Royal Academy, F.C. Lewis gained notoriety shortly after his graduation in 1802 for a series of aquatints after Thomas Girtin's Picturesque Views in Paris and its Environs. One of the principal engravers for William Ottley's famous volumes on Renaissance art, The Italian School of Design, Lewis also produced prints after the designs of Landseer and Flaxman. He worked with Turner on the Liber Studiorum, as well as on individually published mezzotints.
John Claude Nattes (c. 1765-1822) was a topographical painter and draftsman. He lived and worked in London and Edinburgh. There is no know birth records for Nattes and it is thought he may have been French or Irish. He was the pupil of Irish artist H.P. Deane and he also made many trips to France diring his life. In addition to being a painter, Nattes was also a drawing master, print dealer, and founding member of the Old Watercolour Society, from which he was expelled in 1807 for submitting other artists' work under his name. Nattes regularly exhibited a the Royal Academy from 1780.
A genuine antique print over 200 years old.