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Boats on the River Thames

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Cornelius Varley
1781-1873

Boats on the River Thames

[England] : Published by the artist, September 7, 1809
Lithograph on wove paper.
12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (324 x 241 mm)
Gift of Mr. Charles Ryskamp.
1983.84
Notes
Watermark: fragment of WHATMAN.
Two lithographs (polyautographs) on one sheet.
Not part of the Specimens of Polyautography, 1803-1806/07, but one of the few isolated independent efforts in the lithographic process made, among others, by the brothers Cornelius and John Varley between 1808 and 18?
Provenance

Christopher Mendez, Ltd., London; Charles Ryskamp, Princeton.

Associated names
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 311.<br>Fine English Prints, Christopher Mendez, London, 1980, no. 47, repr.

Classification
Department
Century prints