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ARCHITECTURE TATHAM (CHARLES HEATHCOTE)
Etchings, Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture; Drawn from the Originals in Rome, and Other Parts of Italy, During the Years 1794, 1795, and 1796, for the Author, 1799

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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TATHAM (CHARLES HEATHCOTE) Etchings, Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture; Drawn from the Originals in Rome, and Other Parts of Italy, During the Years 1794, 1795, and 1796, 102 etched plates (dated 1798-1800, 42 unnumbered watermarked "J. Whatman 1794", the others numbered watermarked with date 1801), 4-page list of subscribers, contemporary straight-grain Russia gilt, covers include border of single rule and acanthus roll tool enclosing central panel, Greek pattern gilt dentelles, g.e., spine ends chipped [Fowler 342], folio (470 x 285mm.), for the Author, 1799

Footnotes

Tatham spent two years working on the 102 plates for Etchings, illustrating the best examples from the collection of his patron Frederick Howard, fifth earl of Carlisle. The work exerted an immediate influence on the arbiters of neo-classical taste, with almost a third of the 210 subscribers being architects and craftsmen.

Provenance: Charles Longuet-Higgins (1806-1885), bookplate. He was resident of Turvey, Bedfordshire, where he "restored the church (1852–4) and erected more than sixty comfortable cottages" (ODNB).

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