Sketches On The Moselle, The Rhine, & The Meuse, By Clarkson Stanfield, Esqre. R.A.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/4779
Imprint
London.: Published By Hodgson & Graves, Printsellers to Her Majesty, 6 Pall Mall., MDCCCXXXVIII.
Physical Description
[1], [26] pl. (incl. t.pl.); 552 mm.
General Note
The plates carry no numbers but are numbered in the List of Subjects as 1-30 (incl. t.pl., excl. engr. dedic.), but pl. 8/9, 16/17, 20/21 and 26/7 are pairs printed on one sheet, making the total number of plates 26 (excluding the engraved dedication).
Contents
[T.pl. (= pl. 1), engr. dedic. and 'List of Subjects'] - [Plates 2-30].
Responsibility Note
No plate is signed, except pl. 5 (signed by lithographer 'W.G.'). The List of Subjects names their lithographers as L. Haghe, T.S. Boys, W. Gauci and A. Picken.
The work is dedicated by Clarkson Stanfield to the Duchess of Sutherland.
References
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 4 (2001), no. 3148, p. 1967-8; Travel In Aquatint And Lithography 1770-1860 From The Library Of J.R. Abbey ... A Bibliographical Catalogue Volume I (1956, repr. 1972, 1991), no. 32, p.38-9.
Summary Note
The plates show views of the rivers and the country bordering them, with boats, figures, castles, bridges and other buildings. They are one-tint lithographs. The work was also available coloured in a portfolio.
Stanfield was himself a former sailor, and in his time his marine subjects were admired as much as those of J.M.W. Turner.
Copy Note
At the rear is bound in a one-leaf advertisement, 'Works On Spain, Recently Published By Hodgson And Graves ...' (n.d.).
Binding Note
19th-century quarter red morocco, red watered-cloth-covered boards, upper cover lettered 'Stanfield's Sketches - The Moselle The Rhine And The Meuse'; spine lettered 'Stanfield's Sketches On The Moselle' and 'R.A.'