| Method | Aquatint with original hand colouring |
| Artist | Frederick Christian Lewis after Frederick Nash |
| Published | London Pubd. Decr. 1. 1813 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford. |
| Dimensions | Image 202 x 259 mm, Plate 250 x 293 mm |
| Notes |
From Rudolph Ackermann's A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings. Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834) was a lithographer and publisher born in Saxony. He moved to London in 1787 and later established a business as a coachmaker at 7 Little Russell Street, Covent Garden. In 1796, having already published the first of many books of carriage designs, he moved to 96 Strand where he ran a drawing school for ten years. The following year, Ackermann moved to 101 Strand (known, from 1798, as The Repository of Arts) where he sold old master paintings and artists' supplies as well as prints. In 1803, 220 Strand was given as his address in a print published that year. The Microcosm of London (1808-10) and the monthly Repository of Arts (1809-29) established his reputation for fine colour plate books. From 1816, he began to publish lithographs. Ackermann always maintained links with his native Germany, and in the 1820s, he also opened outlets in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Argentina, and Peru. In 1832, he handed the running of the business over to his second son George and his younger brothers, who traded as Ackermann & Co.at 106 The Strand until 1861. Ackermann also established a print business for his eldest son Rudolph at 191 Regent Street. Frederick Nash (1782-1856) was an English painter and draftsman, who specialised in watercolour landscapes and architectural drawings. He studied under Thomas Malton, enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts and worked with antiquarians like John Britton and Wedlake Brayley. Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) was an eminent British painter and engraver. Instructed by J.C Stadler whilst at the Royal Academy, F.C. Lewis gained notoriety shortly after his graduation in 1802 for a series of aquatints after Thomas Girtin's Picturesque Views in Paris and its Environs. One of the principal engravers for William Ottley's famous volumes on Renaissance art, The Italian School of Design, Lewis also produced prints after the designs of Landseer and Flaxman. He worked with Turner on the Liber Studiorum, as well as on individually published mezzotints. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £250.00 |
| Stock ID | 50902 |