GAMBART ERNEST publisher Landscapes by English Masters Part

Sale 1966 - Lot 87

Price Realized: $ 6,440

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

GAMBART, ERNEST, publisher. Landscapes by English Masters. Part I[-VII]. Lithographed titles; 42 lithotint plates mounted on stiff card. Together, 7 (of ?) volumes. Folio, 635x455 mm, contents loose in publisher's cloth folders (lacking ties) as issued; plate 37 browned along edges of mount, otherwise quite clean. London: E. Gambart & Co., 25 Berners St., circa 1844-53

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Exceptional series of extensively hand-finished prints reproducing works by leading contemporary English painters, including Turner, Constable, Cox, Stanfield, DeWint, and Millais. The lithotint process, involving refinements in painting directly on stone, was developed around 1840 to recreate the effect of painted washes in lithography. The Belgian-born dealer Gambart (1814-1902), whose innovative practices transformed the London art market during the Victorian era, published reproductions to promote the sale of original works. Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, page 218.