Church of St. Iacomo & Convent of White Friars. Messina.

Reference: S11928
Author William Light
Year: 1830 ca.
Zone: Messina
Printed: London
Measures: 220 x 162 mm
€70.00

Reference: S11928
Author William Light
Year: 1830 ca.
Zone: Messina
Printed: London
Measures: 220 x 162 mm
€70.00

Description

View taken from the famous Sicilian Scenery from Drawings by P. De Wint, published in London at Rodwell & Martin, 1823.

It is "one of the most beautiful nineteenth-century figures specifically dedicated to Sicily" (Moncada Lo Giudice 1274), illustrated by the beautiful plates engraved by Cooke, Wallis, Heath and others on drawings by De Wint on sketches by the elder Light.

 

Copperplate, finely coloured by hand, in excellent condition.

Literature

Lowndes VI, 2199; Mira I, 515; Pine-Coffin, 823.6.

William Light(Kuala Kedah, 7 aprile 1786 – Adelaide, 6 ottobre 1839)

Literature

Lowndes VI, 2199; Mira I, 515; Pine-Coffin, 823.6.

William Light(Kuala Kedah, 7 aprile 1786 – Adelaide, 6 ottobre 1839)