Lot Essay
WILLIAM FOWLER (1761-1832)
FOUR PLATES, FROM ENGRAVINGS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOSAIC PAVEMENTS...IN VARIOUS PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, ALSO...OF SEVERAL SUBJECTS IN STAINED GLASS
Etchings with extensive original handcolouring, 1801-1807, from the set of 27, each trimmed to the original wash-border and mounted on heavy card as issued, comprising ...Patterns of the Roman Floor in Prior Crawden's Beautiful Chapel at Ely; Mosaic Pavement Before the Shrine of Thos.. Beckett, in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury; Sir William de Berdewell,...in Ancient Stain'd Glass...Bardwell Church, Suffolk; and St. Leonard, in Ancient Stain'd Glass in the Prebendal...of Revd. Dr. Zouch,... Durham, published by the engraver, Lincolnshire, 1804, pale foxing and minor discoloration in the margins, otherwise all generally in good condition, framed
S. 660 x 486 mm. (overall) (4)
Lot Notes William Fowler was a famous architect and authority on Roman pavements.
FOUR PLATES, FROM ENGRAVINGS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOSAIC PAVEMENTS...IN VARIOUS PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, ALSO...OF SEVERAL SUBJECTS IN STAINED GLASS
Etchings with extensive original handcolouring, 1801-1807, from the set of 27, each trimmed to the original wash-border and mounted on heavy card as issued, comprising ...Patterns of the Roman Floor in Prior Crawden's Beautiful Chapel at Ely; Mosaic Pavement Before the Shrine of Thos.. Beckett, in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury; Sir William de Berdewell,...in Ancient Stain'd Glass...Bardwell Church, Suffolk; and St. Leonard, in Ancient Stain'd Glass in the Prebendal...of Revd. Dr. Zouch,... Durham, published by the engraver, Lincolnshire, 1804, pale foxing and minor discoloration in the margins, otherwise all generally in good condition, framed
S. 660 x 486 mm. (overall) (4)
Lot Notes William Fowler was a famous architect and authority on Roman pavements.