Mola di Gaieta

Reference: S21981
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1820 ca.
Zone: Gaeta
Printed: London
Measures: 290 x 230 mm
€130.00

Reference: S21981
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1820 ca.
Zone: Gaeta
Printed: London
Measures: 290 x 230 mm
€130.00

Description

View from A Pictoresque Tour of Italy, from drawings made in 1816-17 by James Hakewill published in London in 1820.

Copper engraving, finely hand-colored, in excellent condition.

James HAKEWILL (1778–1843)

Was an English architect, best known for his illustrated publications. In 1816–17 he travelled in Italy, and on his return published in parts ‘A Picturesque Tour of Italy,’ in which some of his own drawings were finished into pictures for engraving by J. M. W. Turner.

James HAKEWILL (1778–1843)

Was an English architect, best known for his illustrated publications. In 1816–17 he travelled in Italy, and on his return published in parts ‘A Picturesque Tour of Italy,’ in which some of his own drawings were finished into pictures for engraving by J. M. W. Turner.