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Rudolph Ackermann
Trinity College, Cambridge Great Court engraving by Bluck for Ackermann

1815

$578.79
£420
€501.41
CA$806.33
A$820.11
CHF 468.95
MX$9,919.92
NOK 5,494.57
SEK 5,493.25
DKK 3,748.34

About the Item

To see our other Oxford and Cambridge pictures, including an extensive collection of works by Ackermann, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. John Bluck (early 19th century) after William Westall (1781 - 1850) Quadrangle of Trinity College, Cambridge (1815) Aquatint with original hand colouring 18 x 28 cm Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834). William Westall was a British landscape artist. He was born in Hertford and enrolled at the Royal Academy schools in 1799. He later became the draughtsman for a voyage to Australia and the South Seas. After being shipwrecked, he travelled to Canton in China and to India, staying in Bombay for several months. He returned to England in 1805 but later set off for Madeira and Jamaica. He became a member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (1811) and an associate of the Academy (1812). Following a mental breakdown, he regularly visited the Lake District and published ‘Views of the Valley and Vale of Keswick’ (1820). His series of aquatints of the Thames, the great universities, and England's public schools for Ackermann are among his most popular works. John Bluck was an aquatint engraver, mainly of topographical views, but also of marine and sporting subjects after his contemporaries. He produced plates for numerous publications. Rudolph Ackermann was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman. In 1795 he established a print-shop and drawing-school at 96 Strand. Here Ackermann set up a lithographic press and began a trade in prints. He later began to manufacture colours and thick carton paper for landscape and miniature painters. Within three years the premises had become too small and he moved to 101 Strand, in his own words "four doors nearer to Somerset House", the seat of the Royal Academy of Arts. Between 1797 and 1800 Ackermann rapidly developed his print and book publishing business, encompassing many different genres including topography, caricature, portraits, transparencies and decorative prints.
  • Creator:
    Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834)
  • Creation Year:
    1815
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.09 in (18 cm)Width: 11.03 in (28 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Generally very good; slight toning to within platemark.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU795315113502

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