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
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