| Method | Etching and aquatint |
| Artist | Frederick Christian Lewis after Henry Acland |
| Published | Drawn on the Spot by Henry Acland, Esqr. Engraved by F.C. Lewis, Engraver of Drawings to the Queen Victoria. Published 1st. Octr. 1839, by Messrs. Wyatt & Son, Oxford |
| Dimensions | Image 165 x 1975 mm, Plate 205 x 2025 mm |
| Notes |
A very large, separately published, aquatint panorama of the Plains of Troy, engraved by Lewis from a drawing by the Oxford polymath Henry Acland, to accompany a pamphlet of the same title that Acland published following a series of excursions to the ruins of the famous city. The view, printed over three sheets and joined, looks out from the Hill of Troy at the extreme right of the scene towards the south and west. At the very centre, the peak of Mt Athos can be seen beyond the waters of the Aegean Sea. The major landmarks of the Plain are marked above and below the scene, and groups of tourists are dotted across the landscape. Acland, who at the time was only a young man, spent two years travelling in Turkey and the Levant owing to ill health, much of it aboard the HMS Pembroke. His copious diaries contained some of the best descriptions of the Troad available at the time, and were highly praised when published. Although he intended to produce a much longer monograph on the history and archaeology of Troy, this never came to fruition. Upon his return to England, he was made a Fellow of All Souls College, completed his medical studies in Edinburgh, and was eventually made Regius Professor of Medicine, a position he maintained alongside being curator of the Bodleian, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 -1856) was a British printmaker, and sometimes painter, who specialised in aquatint and reproducing drawings. Lewis was 'Engraver of Drawings to the Queen.' Numerous members of the Lewis family were involved in printmaking, publishing, and painting, including his brother Charles, and his sons John Frederick, Charles George, and Frederick Christian Jnr. Having studied under J.C. Stadler, he worked initially for Ottley, and then for many years for Thomas Lawrence Condition: Printed over three sheets and joined. Minor time toning to joins. Vertical folds, as issued. Some creases and repaired tears. Professionally backed on archival tissue. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £3,000.00 |
| Stock ID | 52604 |