HAND COLORED ENGRAVING CIRCA 1830 OF COLIN CAMPBELLS VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS 1714 BLENHEIM PALACE DRAWING 1M! WIDE WEIGHT 5KG!

AN ORIGINAL HAND COLORED ENGRAVING OR LITHOGRAPH PRINT CIRCA 1830. LARGE SCALE DOUBLE PAGE ENGRAVING PRINT OF THE COLIN CAMPBELLS 1714 VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING ENGRAVING OF BLEMHEIM CASTLE. 

DOUBLE PAGE STRUCTURE AND SIZE OF ENGRAVING (69CM W 27CM H) ARE MARKS OF AUTHENTICITY! MATCHES THE DOUBLE PAGE FORMAT AND SIZE OF ORIGINAL COPPER PLATES USED IN THE 1714 VITRUVIUS BRITANINICUS PUBLICATION OF ARCHITECTORAL DRAWINGS.

THIS ENGRAVING SHOWS A WEALTH OF DETAIL AND A SENSITIVE HAND IN THE COLORING. THIS IS A LARGE (1M! WIDE WEIGHING 5KG!) STATEMENT PIECE THAT LOOKS EXQUISITE FROM EVERY ANGLE.
 
PROFESSIONALLY TRIPLE FRAMED WITH MAROON, BROWN AND BLUE INNER LAYERS AND A MAROON AND GOLD PAINTED TRUE WOODEN FRAME. WITH GLASS IN FRONT AND HANGING CORD AT BACK. SOMEONE TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND MONEY TO SECURELY FRAME THIS ENGRAVING!
 
BLENHEIM CASTLE: Blenheim is the largest and grandest private home in England, the seat of the dukes of Marlborough and the birth place and ancestral home of Winston Churchill, has been the center of art and society for centuries.
 
COLIN CAMPBELL (1676-1729): Colen Campbell (1676-1729) was a Scotsman & a lawyer who took up architecture. Vitruvius Britannicus was the first English architectural publication since Elizabethan times, & catalogued the work of great architects of the time, including Campbell himself.
 
MARKINGS: Ca Campbell Delin in left corner
The Elevation of Blenheim Castle towards the gardens. Is most humbly inscribed to his grace John Duke of Marlborough Prince of the Holy Empire. Captain General of all His Majestys Forces and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter & Invented by Sr John Vanbrugh KT.
Elevation Du Chateau de Blenheim du Cofte des Gardens Inventee par M le Chevalier Vanbrugh.
 
SIZE: WITH FRAME 99CM WIDE 56CM HIGH
LITHOGRAPH 69CM WIDE 27CM HIGH
WEIGHT: 4,8KG
 
CONDITION: EXPERTLY FRAMED WITH HANGING WIRE AT BACK. SOME EXSPECTED DISCOLOURATION ON EDGES DUE TO AGE. OVERALL STILL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
WHY A DOUBLE PAGE ENGRAVING? THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS PUBLISHED IN THE VITRUVIUS BRITTANICUS WAS DONE OVER TWO PAGES. I HAVE ADDED A PHOTO TO SHOW THIS.

ANTIQUE ENGRAVING WITH ORIGINAL HAND COLOR

IN THE ERA BEFORE COLOUR PRINTING BECAME COMMON AND CHEAP, ANTIQUE PRINTS WERE COLOURED BY HAND.

VALUE: AN EXCACT SAME HAND COLORED ENGRAVING OF BLENHEIM CASTLE WAS SOLD ONLINE IN NEW YORK FOR A STAGGERING R13000. I HAVE ADDED A PHOTO IN THIS REGARD.

SHIPPING: DUE TO THE SIZE AND FRAGILITY OF THIS LITHOGRAPH SHIPPING IS PREFERABLY PICK UP AT MY HOME OR DELIVERY IN PRETORIA REGION. HOWEVER THE BUYER IS WELCOME TO ARRANGE OWN COURIER PLEASE ADD R50 FOR PACKAGING. I CAN ALSO ARRANGE COURIER BUT FOR SMALLER TOWNS PLEASE CONFORM COURIER COSTS WITH ME BEFOREHAND.
 
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