| Method | Aquatint with original hand colouring |
| Artist | John Bluck after Frederick Mackenzie |
| Published | F. Mackenzie delt. J. Bluck sculpt. London, Pub. Augt. 1. 1814 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford. |
| Dimensions | Image 200 x 270 mm, Plate 255 x 300 mm, Sheet 266 x 335 mm |
| Notes |
A view of the quadrangle of Balliol College, 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. John Bluck (1791 - 1832) was a British printmaker and engraver, specialising in aquatint. Frederick Mackenzie (1787-1854) was a British watercolour painter and architectural draughtsman who made drawings for Ackermann's University of Oxford and Public Schools, and twenty-four of the Oxford Almanacks between 1821 and 1853. Condition: Excellent clean impression with full margins. Colouring may differ slightly from image. |
| Framing | framed |
| Price | £200.00 |
| Stock ID | 49242 |