Friday, May 2, 2014

Knight ST George's Hall Windsor 1864 Antique Print Tinted Lithograph Old England

Knight ST George's Hall Windsor 1864 Antique by PeggysAntiques

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This is a beautiful tinted lithograph, George's Hall, Windsor Castle, from Charles Knight’s, Old England: A Pictorial Museum. It was published in two volumes by Samuel Walker & Co., Boston, 1864.

Charles Kight’s books were the first ever to offer color lithograph plates to a popular market. The colored illustrations were large and engagingly unpretentious. They were mostly drawn by T. Scandrett and engraved by S. Sly. (Thomas Scandrett was an architect and draughtsman, born, Worcester, 1797.)

The coloring is quiet in the aquatint tradition. The artist excelled in the handling of soft browns and greys on old stone and woodwork, yet was triumphantly polychromatic in other renderings.

St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle, shows the baroque style of the work carried out for Charles II by architect Hugh May, Painter Antonio Verrio and carver Grinling Gibbons.


Size and Condition

Condition is very good and the colors are beautiful. There is some age toning in the margin areas, mostly along the edges. The paper size is approximately 9 ¾” x 13 ¾” and a copy of the title page is included.
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Free shipping within the U.S.! International buyers: if multiple prints are purchased, the only shipping charge will be for the first one.

About the Print Dealer

This item is from the inventory of a second generation antique print dealer who literally grew up in the business. The parents of this dealer bought and sold rare prints, manuscripts and antique books for over 50 years. This highly knowledgeable dealer has continued the family tradition by buying and selling fine quality prints, maps and books and now for the first time is offering items from an extensive inventory. All items offered for sale are original!

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