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Lot 16 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Old Maps and Vintage Prints 28 February 2023
SET OF TWO TIGER ...
a) Henri Merke after Captain Thomas...
View Dimensions b) Henri Merke after Captain Thomas WilliamsonA Tiger Seizing a Bullock in a Pass1819Colour aquatint on paperPrint size: 13.5 x 18 in (34.3 x 45.7 cm) Sheet size: 15 x 19.75 in (38.2 x 50 cm) Published by T McLean, October 1819(Set of two)These works will be shipped unframedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $1,481 Rs 1,20,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 56 Details
Absolute Tuesdays: Design Edition 26 April 2022
Set of two...
a) The Dead Hog1818Original...
View Dimensions b) Hog-Hunters meeting by surprise a Tigress and her Cubs1819Original hand-coloured aquatint mounted on boardWithout mount: 14 x 18.25 in (35.3 x 46.3 cm)With mount: 19.75 x 24.25 in (50 x 61.5 cm)Published by Thomas McLean, October 1819(Set of two)These works will be shipped mountedNON-EXPORTABLE
Winning bid $240 Rs 17,760 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 18 Details
Hindoostan Illustrated: Absolute Tuesdays 27 July 2021
Set of three...
View Dimensions c) Henri Merke after Captain Thomas WilliamsonKilling Game in Boats (Chasse au Gibier en Bateaux)1818Colour aquatint on paper13.25 x 17.5 in (34 x 44.5 cm)Published by T McLean, October 1818Depicts a scene of a tiger being hunted by many armed men on boats.Williamson served in a Bengal European Regiment for twenty years until 1798 when he was ordered home for reasons that are still uncertain. Part of the decision was definitely linked to his criticism of the Company's military policy through the publication of a letter in the Calcutta Telegraph and perhaps also because of his liberal views."Oriental Field Sports" merged the knowledge of India acquired by Williamson during his time there with the fine pictorial skills of Samuel Howitt. These prints are a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the sports of the East, and of Indian wildlife. In addition to the images, curios and original anecdotes complete the descriptions. As Williamson wrote in the preface: the work "is offered to the public as depicting the Manners, Customs, Scenery, and Costume of a territory now intimately blended with the British Empire, and of such importance to its welfare, as to annex a certain degree of consequence to every publication, that either exhibits, or professes to impart, a knowledge of whatever may hitherto have been concealed, or that remains unfolded to our view." The aquatints in these lots are dramatic depictions of both the chase and Indian scenery.These prints were delineated by Samuel Howitt from the original design of Captain Thomas Williamson and engraved by Henri Merke.Henri Merke was a Swiss aquatint engraver of sporting, genre and costume subjects after works by contemporary artist. He is thought to have been born in Zurich, but he worked in London.
Winning bid $369 Rs 26,910 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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