Print Description
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23.5 x 17.52 inch). Image size: 51.8 x 34.6 cm. (20.39 x 13.62 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to plate. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, CANNON CASTING, BRITISH INDUSTRY, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, RIVER SEVERN, SHROPSHIRE, WATER MILL, COALBROOKDALE, IRONWORKS, GEORGE ROBERTSON, WILSON LOWRY | PCO-B9-07
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by John & Josiah Boydell, London in 1788.
Reference: Yale Center for British Art B1978.43.1018; Timothy J. Barringer, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2007, p. 283, no. 17, N8243 S576 B37 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA).
Biography engraver: Wilson Lowry (1762-1824) was an English engraver and Fellow of the Royal Society known for his mechanical and architectural engravings, technical innovations in engraving, and contributions to encyclopedias and scientific publications.
Biography artist: George Robertson (c.1748-1788) was an English landscape painter known for his theatrical compositions. He travelled to Jamaica and depicted plantations, and later focused on British industrial scenes including Coalbrookdale.
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