Lot 227: ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827). The Comforts of Bath. London: S.W....

Name: ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827). The Comforts of Bath. London: S.W....
Brand: Christie's
SKU: d4b4048911

Est: $6,000 USD - $8,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJune 12, 2019

Item Overview

Description

ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827). The Comforts of Bath. London: S.W. Fores, 1798.

The publisher’s own copy of "one of the rarest of Rowlandson items" (Tooley). A nice, fresh example of a work originally designed to illustrate Anstey's New Bath Guide. Abbey Scenery 40; Tooley 408.

Oblong quarto (approx. 260 x 200mm). 12 hand-colored aquatints (some speckling in right margin due to ink wash on plates 2 and 4). Paper watermarked "E & P 1795" on pl. 11; contemporary stationer’s note “12 Numbers of the 'Comforts of Bath' – Correct” on verso of pl. 1. Early 20th-century red cloth portfolio with gilt title on cover. Provenance: S. W. Fores (1761-1838, the publisher and caricature collector; stamp on lower margin of plate 1).

Artist or Maker

Thomas Rowlandson

Auction Details

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana

Christie's

June 12, 2019, 02:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, NY 10020, US

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