16th Jul, 2024 14:00

Arts of India
 
Lot 57
 

WILLIAMSON & HOWITT: ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS

Captain Thomas Williamson (after) & Samuel Howitt,

14 hand-coloured aquatint plates from Oriental Field Sports,

engraved by H. Merke, J. Hamble, and Viveres after Howitt's drawings after Williamson, plate nos. 8, 11 - 15, 17, 20 - 22, 24, 31, 33, 39, the majority from the second edition published by McLean, [Abbey Travel 427], some browning and staining, laid down, no. 14 with a tear and significant staining, framed & glazed, Edward Orme, 1805-7 & Thomas McLean, 1819 (14)

***Captain Williamson, an avid sportsman, served in Bengal. Orme contracted this present work from his original field sketches, following his return to England.

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