Title: |
The Crystal Palace and Gardens |
Artist: |
Baxter, George (Lewes, 1804 - London, 1867) |
Date: |
1854 |
Medium: |
Original Baxter Oil Print |
Publisher: |
George Baxter, London |
Note: |
George Baxter: The most famous of Victorian England's
colour printmakers, George Baxter began his career as an apprentice engraver
in his native city of Lewes. He moved to London in 1827 and established
his own engraving business there two years later. Experiments with colour
printing began shortly thereafter but none were published until 1834,
when Baxter first produced modestly coloured frontis-piece engravings
for books. From the early 1840's, however, George Baxter created and published
individual colour prints of outstanding complexity and detail until the
day he closed his business in 1860. |
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George Baxter invented a complicated process where both
metal plates and wood blocks were engraved and used in succession to construct
a multitude of shades and hues within each colour. Sometimes as many as
twenty blocks would be printed for the same composition! As well, Baxter
employed actual oil colours for his engravings rather than the customary
printing inks. |
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As one can determine by closely examining this original
George Baxter print, his complicated and painstaking technique produced spectacular
art, and, as a result of his success in this artistic medium he was dogged
throughout his working life by both imitators and outright forgers. Therefore
as early as 1835 Baxter obtained a patent for his process, but such legal
efforts did little to curtail competitors such as Mansell, Le Blond and
others. |
Raisonne: |
A. Ball and M. Martin, The Price Guide to Baxter Prints,
Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, 1983 (2nd. ed.) |
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Catalogue # 193 |
Size: |
4 1/4 X 6 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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View larger Matted Image |
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Condition: |
Printed upon mid nineteenth century wove paper and with
full margins as published by George Baxter in London. Most original Baxter
prints have suffered deterioration from either their original mounting
or from nineteenth century framing methods. This original ,
however, is in superb condition throughout without a sign of discolouration
or fading. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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