original engraving by daniel orme (1 résultats)

No Binding. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Original Engraving, Originally A Supplementary Plate For The Phoenix, May 7, 1809. The Overall Size Is 7 9/16" X 5". One Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Edward Orme (1775-1848) Was A British Engraver, Painter And Publisher Of Illustrated Books. One Of His Portraits Was Exhibited At The Royal Academy Of Arts In 1801. He Did 700 Etchings Or Paintings, Some Of Which Are In The Permanent Collection Of The National Portrait Gallery. He Was An Engraver To King George Iii From 1799 To 1820, And To The Prince Of Wales From 1799 To 1830. Orme Opened A Shop As A Printmaker On Conduit Street In Mayfair In 1800. A Year Later, In 1801, He Opened Another Shop On The Corner Of New Bond Street And Brook Street. He Published Many Books Of Aquatints And Etchings, Including Rudiments Of Landscape In 1801 And Historic, Military, And Naval Anecdotes In 1819. He Closed Down His Shop In 1824. Orme Began Purchasing Land For Development In Bayswater In 1808. In 1815, He Began Developing Moscow Road And St Petersburgh Place, Whose Russian Names Came From Tsar Alexander I Of Russia's Visit In June 1814. He Also Developed Orme Square From 1826 To 1828, Which Was Named After Him.