Rome from the Farnesean Gardens

Reference: S23948
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1820
Zone: Rome
Printed: London
Measures: 290 x 220 mm
€100.00

Reference: S23948
Author James HAKEWILL
Year: 1820
Zone: Rome
Printed: London
Measures: 290 x 220 mm
€100.00

Description

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

Copper engraving, 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.