Bath - Aquaduct Bridge Claverton - c1805
Bath - Aquaduct Bridge Claverton. Aquatint and etching with original hand colouring. London, Publish'd 1805; (Dated in Plate) by William Miller, Abermarle Street. Original print on watermarked J. Whatman 1801 wove paper. Condition: Good overall condition with some age tone to sheet and fox spots to image. Clear Plate mark approx 11.75" x 14.75" (300mm x 370mm) Approx sheet size 12.5" x 18.25" (320mm x 490mm). Previously mounted with some mount tape residue to verso.
John Hill (1770-1849) began his career as an aquatint engraver of landscapes in his native London, publishing a series of views after the paintings of J.M.W. Turner and others. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1816 and continued engraving for the next 20 years, first in Philadelphia and later in New York. Hill is well known for his pair of New York City prints New York From Weehawk and the companion view New York from Heights near Brooklyn after views by William Guy Wall (1792-1864). He also did the engravings after views by Wall for the Hudson River Portfolio (1821-1825), a set of 20 hand-colored aquatint views along over 200 miles of the Hudson River, from New York City to the Adirondacks. Published by Henry J. Megarey in New York with text by John Agg, the Hudson River prints are considered amongst the finest produced in 19th-century America. Hill is also renowned for his 20 hand colored aquatint views after paintings by Joshua Shaw published between 1820 and 1821 in what is familiarly called The Landscape Album. His son and grandson, John William Hill and John Henry Hill, also became noted landscape painters.
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.