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POWELL, John.
Six Views on Clapham Common.
Joseph Powell (1780-1834) started as a landscape artist and etcher who embraced all forms of printmaking, an honourary exhibitor at the Royal Academy until 1833, and the first president of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours (founded 1831). The drawings were made between 1818-1823 when Joseph Powell was working there. These views show the architecture of Clapham around the common and bordering Wandsworth at the beginning of the 19th Century when livestock is being grazed on the common in front of Holy Trinity Church. It was at this time that William Wilberforce and other members of the "Clapham Sect" lived around the common and worshipped at Holy Trinity. Most of the houses that the Clapham Sect lived in are gone but their names live on in some of the newer roads in the area.
- Published
- London: J. Powell, 1825.
- References
- Abbey, Scenery 224; Bobins 703.
- Plates
- 6 + title
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: J. Powell, 1825.
- Ref
- 5011
Oblong folio, half green morocco and marbled paper over boards; lettered in gilt to spine, extremities rubbed, marbled endpapers; the title cut and pasted to a prelim. Six colour lithographed plates, plus a landscape vignette (title). A lovely set of large plates finely coloured by hand. Unusual views of Clapham Common from every point of the compass. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title. 2. View of the S.E. End of Clapham Common. 3. View from the Mount-Pond, on Clapham Common, looking N.E. 4. View from the Mount-Pond on Clapham Common, looking S.E. 5. View from the S.E. Corner of Clapham Common. 6. View from the Nine-Elms, on Clapham Common, looking S.W. 7. View of the N.E. End of Clapham Common.
