A Series Of Subjects Peculiar To The Campagna Of Rome And Pontine Marshes Designed From Nature And Etched By C. Coleman

Charles Coleman draughtsman engraver

RA Collection: Book

Record number

05/2

Author

Charles Coleman, draughtsman, engraver

Imprint

Rome: 1850.

Physical Description

[2], 53 pl. on 37 sheets; 517 mm.

[Engr. t.-pl.] - [engr.] List Of Plates - [Plates 1-53].

Responsibility Note

All plates (except nos. 3, 36, 37) are signed as designed and made, or as made, by C. Coleman.

Summary Note

Almost all the plates carry dates - 1848, 1849 or 1850.

They show herdsmen with buffaloes, oxen, bulls, cows, sheep, goats and dogs in the Roman campagna on bright, wintry days. Two plates show herdsmen driving their animals in the City itself (pl. 12, 33).

Charles Coleman settled in Rome as a young man about 1835 and remained there for the rest of his life. He was a painter as well as engraver. His son, Enrico Coleman (1846-1911), became known as a painter of the Roman campagna.

Provenance

Purchased for RA Library in 1870 (see 'Librarian's Report for the year 1870', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 6. p.26).

Binding Note

19th-century white paper-covered boards, resembling vellum, red spine-labels lettered 'Coleman's Etchings' and 'Rome 1850'.

Subject

Herdsmen - Animals - Buffaloes - Animal husbandry - Rural areas - Pastoral - Landscapes (environments) - Italy - Lazio - Campagna di Roma (Italy) - Pontine Marshes (Italy) - Rome - History - 19th century
Landscapes (representations) - Genre - Italy - 19th century
Pictorial works - Etchings - Italy - 19th century