Lot 100
  • 100

After Augustus Charles Pugin

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • After Augustus Charles Pugin
  • Internment of the remains of the late Lord Viscount Nelson in the CathedralĀ of St Paul in London
  • Engraving
  • sheet: 391 by 492mm; 15 3/8 by 19 3/8 in
Etching with aquatint and hand-colouring, 1806, on wove paper, framed

Engraved by Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856)

Condition

Trimmed inside the platemark, with a short horizontal tear in the upper margin (measuring approx. 12mm), some sheet discoloration, a water-stain in the lower right corner, pale foxing and some spots of bloom, a few unobtrusive nicks along sheet edges, the sheet laid down to the backboard, framed.
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