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Description: | IH, unbound volume inscr. bl. "C. Lorrain pint." and "{Publish'd according to Act of / Parliament September 3d.1753}"; inscr. br. "T. Major Sculpt." and "No.2." and "{In the Collection of / Robt. Dingley Esq:}"; inscr. bc. "A View of the Ponte-Mole near Rome. / To Sir Everard Fankener His Majesty's Post Master General, and Secretary to His Royal Highness the Duke, / this Print is Inscribed by his most Obedient Humble Servant Thos. Major. / London Sold by the Author Engraver to his R.H. the Prince of Wales at the Golden Head in Chandois Street." CRE MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) AFTER LORRAIN, Claude; (French; 1604-1682) PUB MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this volume contains 44 prints after paintings primarily by Dutch and Flemish 17th century masters. The majority of the prints were etched by English engraver Thomas Major between 1744 and 1754. During this time Major studied in Paris under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), tutor to many of the century's best engravers, and on his return to England developed a reputation as one of the best engravers of his day. Hunter commissioned Major to engrave an anatomical drawing for him.
This is one of two prints after paintings by Claude Lorrain in the volume (see Glaha 16943). From the 1730s on there had been a keen revival of interest in Claude's classical landscapes in Britain, coinciding with the rise of the Grand Tour. Along with those after the Italian landscape painter Gaspard Dughet, prints after Claude were the most desirable Italian landscape prints for British collectors. Major also included two prints after Dughet in the volume (Glaha 16951, 16952).
This painting belonged to English philanthropist and collector Robert Dingley (c.1710-1781) who lent 5 paintings for the volume. Major dedicated the print to Sir Everard Fawkener, secretary to the Duke of Cumberland who was Major's patron. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | BRIDGE : CATTLE : LANDSCAPE : GOAT : MUSIC : RIVER : DOG : TREE : HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE : PAINTING : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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