Method | Steel engraving with hand colouring |
Artist | John Le Keux |
Published | Published by J. H. Parker, Oxford, Novr. 1st 1859 |
Dimensions | Image 234 x 350 mm, Sheet 355 x 450 mm |
Notes |
The image for the Oxford Almanack of 1860, featuring a view of the newly built museum, now home to the Natural History Museum. John Le Keux (1783-1846) was an engraver who was involved in several topographical books including the companion work Memorials of Cambridge, whilst the artist Frederick Mackenzie (1787-1854) was a watercolour painter and architectural draughtsman who made drawings for Ackermann's University of Oxford and Public Schools, and twenty-four of the Oxford Almanacs between 1821-1853. Petter, Helen Mary. The Oxford Almanacks. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press. 1974. p98. Condition: Printed on India laid paper and laid to paper. Trimmed and missing calendar. Minor toning and foxing to sheet. |
Framing | mounted |
Price | £175.00 |
Stock ID | 52169 |