SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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GAMBART, Ernest (pub).
Landscapes by English Masters. Part I - [VIII].

Ernest Gambart (1814–1902) was a prominent Belgian-born art dealer and publisher active in London, instrumental in promoting both foreign and British art during the mid-nineteenth century. He arrived in London as an agent of the French print publisher Goupil, and quickly struck out on his own as a print publisher and seller.

Published
London: E. Gambart, & Co, [ca.1844-53].
References
Twyman, lithography 1800-1850, p. 218; Bobins 648.
Plates
42
Binding/Size
XL=elephant folio
Value
0-5000
Published
London: E. Gambart, & Co, [ca.1844-53].
Ref
5725

7 original parts, folio, 42 hand-coloured lithographed plates, plus 7 titles, in original olive cloth folders as issued, together in a modern light brown cloth box, with a brown morocco and gilt title label to spine. Coloured plates in order: Part I. 1. The Mill. (J.M.W. Turner) 2. Hatfield Castle. (J.M.W. Turner) 3. Going to Market. (David Cox) 4. Road Scene. (J.D. Harding) 5. River Scene. (J. Constable) 6. Eton College. (J.B. Pyne) Part II. 1. The Wreck. (G. Chambers) 2. Pen Machno Mill. (J.B. Pyne) 3. Grecian Temple. C. Stansfield) 4. The Splugen Alps. (W. Muller) 5. Return from the Chase. (G. Cattermole) 6. Off the Road. (W. Muller) Part III. 1. Rhodes. (W. Muller) 2. Crossing the Brook. (Frederick Taylor) 3. Coast Scene. (C. Stansfield) 4. On the Scheldt. (E.W. Cooke) 5. Ullswater, Cumberland. (T. Creswick) 6. Sea Piece. (W. Callcott) Part IV. 1. Return from Hawking. (F. Taylor) 2. Derwent Water & Skiddaw (Copley Fielding) 3. Dutch Boats. (Cooke) 4. Cader Idris. (Copley Fielding) 5. Heath Scene. (David Cox) 6. Lanecost Priory. (S. Prout) Part V. 1. The Mountain Stream. (Dewint) 2. In the Highlands. (Frederick Taylor) 3. Park Scene. (Sir A. Callcott) 4. The Fisherman. (W. Collins) 5. The Water Mill. (F.R. Lee) 6. The Tired Labourer. (Sir E. Landseer) Part VI. 1. The Woodland Glade. (J.E. Millais) 2. The Sands, Yarmouth. (S. Austin) 3. Mill at Beddgelert. (J.F. Lewis) 4. Scene from "The Merchant of Venice." (J. Barrett) 5. The Forest Skirt. (J. Linnell) 6. On the Coast of Scotland. (C. S Stansfield) Part VII. 1. Beaumaris. (J.D. Harding) 2. The Storm. (J. Linnell) 3. Windermere. (C. Fielding) 4. The Labourer's Return. (D. Cox) 5. English Brook Scene. (T. Cresswick) 6. In the Downs. (C. Stansfield)