Jones, Owen (1809-74; Welsh), & Goury, Jules (1803-34; French) Plans, elevations, sections and details of the Alhambra… (2 vols., London: Owen Jones, 1842-45; with some 100 lithographed plates) Purchased 1858 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 728.81 J72] This lavish, large-scale publication documents the decoration of the famous palace/citadel in Granada, dating mostly from the reigns
Illustrated Books listed in this catalogue Pugin (A.C.) & Britton Public Buildings of London 1838 {1858} SLV [IB] Pugin (A.C.) Ornamental Timber Gables 1839 {1857} SLV [IB] Pugin (originally called Auguste) arrived in London from France in 1798, and worked as an architectural draughtsman under John Nash, before embarking on a career as a commercial
Jones, Owen (1809-74; Welsh) Designs for Mosaic and Tesselated Pavements (London, 1842) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [SF 729.73 J72] “Printed in Colors by Owen Jones, 9 Argyll Place / Published for the Proprietor by J.Weale, High Holborn, London, 1842” (title page). This book comprises 10 large-scale colour lithographs of designs adapted from
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652; English) The Designs of Inigo Jones: consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings (2 vols., London, 1727) Purchased 1860 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 720 J71] These volumes, funded substantially by Lord Burlington (1694-1753), and edited and published by William Kent (1685-1748), consist mainly of engravings after architectural
Hogarth, William (1697-1764; English), after Works of, from the original plates restored by James Heath… (London: Baldwin & Craddock, 1822) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 769 H67] The engravings are by James Heath, ARA (1757-1834), Blake and others. The text, comprising a biographical essay and remarks on the individual works, is by London
Hogarth, William (1697-1764; English), after Ireland, John: Hogarth Illustrated, 2 vols., London: Boydell, 1793; and A supplement to Hogarth Illustrated, London: Boydell, 1804 Purchased, 1857 State Library of Victoria [SLV RARES 759.2 J67Zi etc.] The copies bought for Melbourne in 1857 apparently comprised the 2nd corrected edition of vols.1-2 (1793) and the 2nd edition
Illustrated books on Hogarth acquired by 1861: Hogarth Illustrated (ed.Ireland) 1793-1804 {1857} SLV [IB] Hogarth Works 1822 {1857} SLV [IB] Hogarth’s prolific output included original engravings as well as authorized reproductions of his paintings by himself and others; pirated copies also circulated. The continuing popularity of his moral and satirical subjects after his death is reflected
Gould, John (1804-81; English) The Birds of Australia (7 volumes, London, 1848; lithographs by Elizabeth Gould and others) Purchased 1856 State Library of Victoria (RARELTEF 598.2994 G73B) This impressive series, produced between 1840 and 1848, was dedicated to Queen Victoria, and supported by many other eminent donors and supporters, listed at the beginning of the
Gell, William [Sir] (1777-1836; English) Pompeiana: the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819… (4 vols., London, 1824-32) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [S913.377 G28] The author, an illustrator and archaeologist, spent the earlier part of his career investigating sites in Greece and Asia Minor. From 1817 he was occupied
Prints included in the following illustrated books: Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Odyssey of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] An associate of William Blake, Parker worked as a professional engraver. For details of his career and a catalogue of his prints, see Bentley
Prints by Piroli included in the following illustrated books: Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Divine Comedy of Dante 1807 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus 1831 {1857} SLV [IB] Piroli was an etcher based in Rome. Refs. See
Prints included in: Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from Hesiod 1817 {1857} SLV [IB] See also * Schiavonetti after Phillips William Blake {by 1894} Loc? [PR] Remarkable as both poet and artist, Blake is now understood as a central figure in the development of European
Works included in this catalogue Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Odyssey of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Divine Comedy of Dante 1807 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from Hesiod 1817 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English) (after) Anatomical Studies of the Bones and Muscles, for the Use of Artists… (London: M.Nattali, 1833; with prints by Henry Landseer & others) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 743 F61] The illustrations comprise an etched portrait of Flaxman by M.de Clauson (1833), reproduced as the frontispiece, 18 lithographs after
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English) (after) Compositions of the Acts of Mercy (London, 1831; prints by F.C.Lewis) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 735 F61 (H 87.221/1 etc.)] The publication comprises 8 etchings with aquatint shading, based on drawings apparently made by Flaxman in the 1790s. They were published after his death by Mary Ann
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English), after Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus (London, 1831; 36 engravings by Thomas Piroli & Frank Howard) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 735 F61A] Flaxman’s drawings after Aeschylus, regarded by August Schlegel as the finest of the artist’s outline illustrations, were first published as engravings in 1795. This volume,
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English), after Compositions from the Works, Days & Theogony of Hesiod (London, 1817; engravings by William Blake) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARE SF 735 F61H] These illustrations typify the simplified linear style developed by Flaxman, sometimes characterized as a precursor of modern comic-books (see now general remarks in the linked
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English) (after) Compositions from the Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri (London, 1807; engravings by Tommaso Piroli) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AF 735 F61] In 1793, Flaxman produced some 110 Dante drawings as a private commission for English aristocrat Thomas Hope, and circulated privately in the form of engravings by Piroli.
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English) (after) Compositions from the Odyssey of Homer (London, 1805; with 35 engravings by James Parker & James Neagle) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 735 F610] This collection was first published in 1793, with 28 prints after Flaxman’s drawings for a British collector, Robert Fullerton Udney. The 1805 edition included
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English) (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer (London, 1805; with 39 engravings by Tommaso Piroli & others) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 735 F611] First published in 1793, with 34 plates by Piroli (c.1752-1824), this album reproduced sketches made by Flaxman in Rome in 1792-3, for English patrons. This
Illustrated books acquired for Melbourne by 1861: Fergusson Rock Cut Temples of India 1845 {by 1861} SLV [IB] * Fergusson Ancient Architecture in Hindostan 1848 {by 1861} Loc? [IB] An amateur architectural historian of independent means, Fergusson spent a formative decade in India from 1829 to 1839. His passion for the subject of ancient Indian
Fergusson, James (1808-86; Scottish) Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan (London: J.Hogarth, 1848) Acquired by 1861 Loc.unknown The book comprises 24 large-scale lithographs by Thomas Dibdin (1810-93) after drawings by Fergusson, including images of a number of notable Indian sites. The example reproduced here shows the 13th-century Hindu Temple at Konark (Odisha), declared a
Fergusson, James (1808-86; Scottish) Illustrations of the Rock Cut Temples of India (London: John Weale, 1845) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 726.1 F381] The first of Fergusson’s significant publications on Indian architecture, this book includes 19 colour lithographs by Thomas Dibdin (1810-93) after drawings by Fergusson, showing major sites in Ajunta,
Claude Lorrain (1600-1682; French), after Liber Veritatis (3 vols., London, 1777 and 1819; 300 prints by Richard Earlom) Purchased, 1858 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 759.4 G28L] The prints in volumes I and II reproduce the series of almost 200 pen and wash drawings by Claude himself, maintained as a record of his landscape
Campbell, Colen (1676-1729; Scottish) Vitruvius Britannicus, or, the British architect… (5 vols., London, 1715-71; with engravings by various artists) Acquired 1860 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 720.942 C15] Campbell’s book, originally published in three volumes (1715-25), has been called a “manifesto of English Palladianism” (Connor 1977), although it actually ranges widely, from Inigo Jones
Bunyan, John (1628-88; English) The Pilgrim’s Progress, London: L.& G.Seeley, 1840 (plates by T.Stothard, R.A.) Purchased 1857 Loc.unknown Stothard (1755-1834), elected a full member of the Royal Academy in 1794, was a prolific illustrator of books and poems. His illustrations to Bunyan’s masterpiece first appeared in the form of a series of small paintings (1787),
Becker, Ludwig (1808-61; German/Australian) Men of Victoria (Part I), Melbourne, 1856 (including 4 portraits) Acquired by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARE LTF920.0945 B38M or RARE LTP920.0945 B38M] This volume (which could equally be categorized under prints) includes Becker’s lithographed portraits of W.F.Stawell, Andrew Clarke, John Hodgson and Peter Lalor. It was printed for the
Bartoli, Pietro (1635-1700; Italian) Colonna Traiana eretta dal senato e popolo Romano… (Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, n.d. [1672)) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARESEF 913.37 C34] Trajan’s column was constructed in Rome in 113 AD to commemorate the emperor’s victory over the Dacians (in modern Romania). The topmost figure of St Peter was added
Adams, Edward (1814-75; English) The Polychromatic Ornament of Italy, Part 1 (London: C.W.Nickisson, n.d. [1846]) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [SLV AF747 AD1] The book comprises 12 chromo-lithographed plates, including the title page (as reproduced here), illustrating the development of decorative art in Italy in the early 16th century. This was the first of
Adam, Robert (1728-92; Scottish), with Clérisseau, Charles-Louis (1721-1820; French) & others Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia (London, 1764; etchings by Bartolozzi et al.) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARESEF 722.7 AD1] This volume, dedicated to King George III, documents the remains of the large fortified seafront palace built from