Accession number
PML 146292.1-30
Creator
Ker, H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden), 1785?-1871.
Published
[England : s.n., ca. 1812]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Many of the etchings are variously signed or initialed by the artist, with 6 of them dated 1912.
Individual prints comprising this album have been cataloged separately (see 146292.1-30).
Many of the etchings are variously signed or initialed by the artist, with 6 of them dated 1912.
Individual prints comprising this album have been cataloged separately (see 146292.1-30).
Description
30 prints : etchings ; various sizes; sheets: 285 x 210 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Ms. captions provided in pencil or ink for several of the individual etchings (see individual records for further details); note in pencil on verso of front flyleaf, "Etchings by H.B. Ker (ab. 1785-1971)".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Collection of 30 soft-ground and line etchings, 29 of them by H.B. Ker and 1 executed by Daniel Finch; chiefly studies of English landscapes (including several views of Windsor Park), trees, and architectural and topographical subjects. A print has evidently been lost or removed from the album leaf between plates 14 and 15, although the plate mark for the chine collé impression remains, along with a caption in pencil reading: After a drawing of Reinagle.
Binding
1/4 black morocco.
Classification
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