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SMIRKE, Miss.
[A Series of Six Coloured Aquatints of Views of Wales.]
A rare book of views in North Wales. Mary Smirke attended school in Rickmansworth and received her artistic training from her father. She was employed as a painter and copyist by Nathaniel Dance-Holland and Sir Thomas Lawrence and in due course became a well-regarded landscape painter.
- Published
- [London] R. Bowyer, [ca. 1800-08].
- References
- Abbey Scenery 519; Tooley 454; Bobins 722.
- Plates
- 6
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- [London] R. Bowyer, [ca. 1800-08].
- Ref
- 5553
Oblong folio, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, signed by Miss Smirke. Original grey wrappers, preserved in a modern olive green cloth box with a morocco label in gilt to spine. Previous ownership signature to the wrapper. Coloured plates in order: 1. Vale Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire. 2. Betgellert Bridge, Carnarvonshire. 3. Conway Castle. 4. Carnarvon Castle. 5. Pont Aberglasslyn. 6. View near Caernarvon.
