FIRST EDITION, 30 hand coloured lithograph plates from Lawson's 'Scotland Delineated', many signed by the artist, wide margins, very occasional marginal chipping, not affecting image, London, Joseph Hogarth, 1847RARE SIGNED copies of some of the most attractive views of Scottish Scenery and a major achievement in British lithography. It was published in parts by Joseph Hogarth. Hogarth commissioned important landscape artists to produce drawings of Scottish scenery, while Lawson supplied the accompanying text. The enterprise failed due to the high cost which comes with working with so many skilled artists.
The collection includes:
W. Leitch. The Town & Castle of Dumbarton from the Leven. Hand-coloured lithograph, mounted on card; David Roberts. Edinburgh from Calton Hill. Hand coloured lithograph; George Cattermole. Fishmarket Close Edinburgh. Hand col. Lithograph; George Cattermole. Dowie's Tavern Liberton's Wynd Lawnmarket Edinburgh. Hand-col. Litho. ; W.L.Leitch. New Assemble Hall, Edinburgh. Hand col. Lito. Signed in Pencil by Leitch; George Cattermole. Newark Castle. Hand col. Lith. Mounted on card; David Roberts. Melrose Abbey from the South. Hand col. Litho. Signed in Pencil by Roberts; David Roberts. Edinburgh fro St Anthony's Chapel. Hand col. Lithograph; David Roberts. Grand Gateway Falkland Palace. Hand-col. Litho. Signed in pencil by Roberts; J.D. Harding. Roslyn Castle. Hand col. Litho. Signe in pencil by Harding; George Cattermole. Borthwick Castle. Hand col. Litho.; David Roberts. Craigmillar Castle. Hand col. Litho. Signed by Roberts in pencil; W.L.Leitch.The Town & Castle of Dumbarton. Hand col.litho. signed in pencil by Leitch; Horatio McCulloch. Isle of Skye. Hand col. Litho.; J.Needham. View from Goat Fell Arran. Hand col. Litho.; George Cattermole. Glamis Castle. Hand col. Lithograph. Sined in pencil by Cattermole; W.L. Leitch. Edinburgh Castle from Grassmarket. Hand col. Litho. Signed in pencil by Leitch; W.L.Leitch. Edinburgh fromCraigleith Quarry. Hand col. Litho. Signed in pencil by Leitch; Clarkson Stanfield. Back of Old Leith Pier. Hand col. Litho. Signed in pencil by Stanfield; D.O Hill. Dunfermline Abbey. Hand col. Litho; W.L.Leitch. Edinburgh from the Mound. Hand col.litho. signed in pencil by Leitch; David Roberts. Saint Mung's Cathedral. Glasgow. Hand col. Litho. Signed in pencil by Roberts.; W.L.Leitch. Kilchurn Castle. Hand col. Litho. Mounted on card; Horatio McCulloch. Loch Lomond. Hand col. Litho. Mounted on card; J.Needham. Cora Linn Falls of Clyde. Hand col litho. Mounted on card; W.L.Leitch. Roslyn Chapel. Hand col. Litho signed in pencil by Leitch; Clarkson Stanfield. Dunbar. Hand col. Litho. Signed in pencil by Stanfield; W.L.Leitch. College Church Low Calton Edinburgh. Hand col. Litho; David Roberts. Edinburgh from Calton Hill. Hand col. Litho.; David Roberts. Edinburgh from the Castle. Hand col. Litho
Lawson was an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church of Scotland and an ecclesiastical historian. Towards the end of his life he settled in Edinburgh and became a bookseller.
The plates are magnificent and the grandeur of the Scottish landscape seen through the eyes of such a group of artists makes this one of the outstanding topographical books of the 19th-century.
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