James Duffield Harding (J. D. Harding)

Chateau de Finisso, Val d'Aoste 'Fenis Castle, Aosta Valley, Italy' (Sketches at Home and Abroad)

James Duffield Harding’s original lithograph, "Chateau de Finisso, Val d’Aoste" (Fenis Castle, Aosta Valley, Italy) was created for perhaps his finest set of views, Sketches at Home and Abroad. This impression is printed upon thick wove paper and with large, full margins as published in London in 1836. It is titled, dated and initialed in the stone to the lower left, “Chateau Fines d’ Val d’Aoste, Oct. 1834, J D H”. In Chateau de Finisso, Val d’Aoste J. D. Harding depicts a dramatic view of rushing waters flowing from the River Dora Baltea which rises in the Italian Alps near Monte Bianco, and runs through Aosta, then down the valley. To the right of the river, we see a quiet rural road within a wooded landscape, followed by a rustic bridge that leads to the Chateau de Finisso (Fenis Castle) situated on a hill in the distance. This is a splendid, original example of the lithographic art created by the British artist, James Harding. The Chateau de Fenis also known as the (Castelle Fenis, or Castello di Fenis), is an Italian medieval castle located between the towns of Fenis and Nus in the Italian region of Val d’Aosta (Valle d’Aosta in Italian, and Val d’Aoste, in French). The Aosta Valley is located in the northwestern region of Italy, bordered by the Rhone-Alpes, France, Valais, Switzerland and the region of Piedmont. Fenis Castle currently serves as a museum, and is considered one of the finest examples of medieval, architecture in the region.

Original Lithograph by the British artist, James Duffield Harding.

Chateau de Finisso, Val d'Aoste 'Fenis Castle, Aosta Valley, Italy' (Sketches at Home and Abroad)

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James Duffield Harding (London, 1798 - 1863)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Bergamo (Sketches at Home and Abroad)	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled and dated in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower left, "Bergamo, Oct., 8, 1834," and initialed by the artist to the lower right. Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.	Sold
02.-		Chateau de Finisso, Val d'Aoste 'Fenis Castle, Aosta Valley, Italy' (Sketches at Home and Abroad) by James Duffield Harding)	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower right, "Chateau de Fenis, Val d’ Aosta , Oct. 1834, J D H". Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.
03.-		Como from the Milan Road (Sketches at Home and Abroad)	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower right, "Como from the Milan Road, Sept. 1834, J D H". Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.
04.-		Dijon (Sketches at Home and Abroad) by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower left, "Dijon, Oct., 1834, J D H". Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.
05.-		Frankfort 'Frankfurt am Main, Germany' (Sketches at Home and Abroad) by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower left, "Frankfort, Aug. 1834, J. D. H.". Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.
06.-		Nauders, Tyrol 'Nauders 'Tirol, Austria' (Sketches at Home and Abroad) by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower left, "Nauders, Tyrol, Sept. 1834, J D H". Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.
07.-		Penshurst, Kent by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1843	Bearing J. D. Harding's name and title printed under the image. Published by Chapman & Hall, London	Sold
08.-		Roslin Castle (Scotland Delineated) by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1852	Signed and titled in the stone by J. D. Harding in the lower right margin "Roslin Castle / H. D. Harding". Published for Scotland Delineated.	Sold
09.-		Roveredo 'Rovereto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy' (Sketches at Home and Abroad) by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower left, "Roveredo, Sept. 21, 1834, J D H".. Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.
10.-		The Old Castle and Bridge, Verona (Sketches at Home and Abroad) by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower left, "Frankfort, Aug. 1834, J. D. H.". Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.
11.-		Tynemouth, Northumberland 'King Edward's Bay, Lighthouse, Castle and Priory' (Sketches at Home and Abroad) by James Duffield Harding	Original Lithograph	1836	Titled, dated and initialed in the stone by J. D. Harding to the lower left, "Tynemouth, Northumberland, July, 1827, J. D. H.". Published by Charles Tilt, London for Sketches at Home and Abroad.

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Title:	Chateau de Finisso, Val d'Aoste (Fenis Castle, Aosta Valley, Italy)
Artist:	Harding, James Duffield 'J. D. Harding' (Deptford, 1798 - London, 1863)
Date:	(Oct., 1834) 1836
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Charles Tilt, London
Printer:	Charles Hullmandel, London
Source:	Sketches at Home and Abroad
Edition:	Limited edition of one thousand impressions.
Note:	James Duffield Harding 'J. D. Harding': Among the first generation of England’s great artist-lithographers the name of James Duffield Harding ranks with the best, and, as an innovator and tireless experimenter in the then infant art of lithography, he is second to none. After receiving a handful of lessons in water-colour from Samuel Prout, Harding first distinguished himself in that field, becoming an Associate of the Society of Painters in Water-Colour in 1820 and a full Academician in the following year. His introduction to lithography began in 1820 when he met the lithographic artist and master printer, Charles Joseph Hullmandel. James Harding first contributed some original lithographs to Britannia Delineata and Voyages Pittoresques before launching out with accomplished sets of topographical views executed entirely by his own hand. These include, Sketches at Home and Abroad (1836), Park and Forest (1844) and Scotland Delineated (1852). This original lithograph entitled, "Chateau de Finisso, Val d'Aoste" hails from Harding's 1936 set, Sketches at Home and Abroad. This landscape depicts a view of rushing waters flowing from the River Dora Baltea, followed by a rustic bridge that leads to the Chateau de Finisso (Fenis Castle) situated on a hill in the distance.
	Almost all of J. D. Harding’s lithographs were printed by the greatest lithographic technician of the day, Charles Joseph Hullmandel (London, 1789-1850). Hullmandel worked closely with England’s greatest lithographic artists, including Samuel Prout, Thomas Shotter Boys, Richard Lane, William Westall and others. In 1821 he collaborated with the fine French artist, Theodore Gericault (1791-1824), on the set, Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone. Charles Hullmandel was the author of A Manual of Lithography (1820), and The Art of Drawing on Stone (1824). Among his influential innovations in the art of lithography are the ‘brush style’ (approximately 1831), the ‘stump style’ and ‘tinted style’ (approximately 1835) and the lithotint process (1841). The ‘stump’ and ‘tinted’ styles were first employed extensively to the lithographs found within Sketches at Home and Abroad (1836).
	James Duffield Harding was a full member of the Old Watercolour Society. He exhibited his art in London, from 1811 to 1864, and was an annual exhibitor at the Royal Academy, from 1811 to 1858. He was a lifetime teacher of both lithographic and watercolour techniques, always with an emphasis upon direct observation of nature. Among his most famous pupils was John Ruskin (1819-1900). Today the art of James Harding is included in such major collections as the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
	Sketches at Home and Abroad: Sketches at Home and Abroad was published as a set of imperial folio size and contained in total fifty-one original plates of single tint lithographs (including the title page), all drawn on the stone by James Harding, such is the case with this original lithograph entitled, "Chateau de Finisso, Val d'Aoste". The views included scenes of Britain, France, Monaco, Italy and Germany. Michael Twyman writes, "The original drawings were made over a period from September 1824 to October 1835, but many date from 1834 when J. D. Harding made an extensive continental tour. It is not known when the drawings were put on stone, but presumably some time after October, 1835. They were printed by Hullmandel and published by Charles Tilt in an edition of 1,000 copies, after which the drawings were then effaced from the stones." *
	Sketches at Home and Abroad marks a milestone in the history of early lithography. Here, for the first time, tint-stones were extensively employed to create further tonal values. Furthermore, an extra stone was often used to provide accents of China white upon the actual images. Joseph Pennell comments, "In Sketches at Home and Abroad are some of Harding’s finest compositions, which helped to develop tint-work. They are admirable renderings on tinted paper, heightened by Chinese white, printed from a second stone or with the lights scraped or etched out in the tint." **
	The lithographs from this meticulously made set gained for James Duffield Harding a strong reputation, both in England and on the continent. In fact, for his work dealing with Sketches at Home and Abroad the artist was presented with a diamond ring from King Louis-Phillipe of France.
	Chateau de Finisso, Val d’Aoste, Italy: J. D. Harding’s original lithograph, "Chateau de Finisso, Val d’Aoste" was created for perhaps his finest set of views, Sketches at Home and Abroad, published in London in 1836. It is titled, dated and initialed in the stone by Harding to the lower left, “Chateau Fines d’ Val d’Aoste, Oct. 1834, J D H”. In the forefront of this scenic landscape J. D. Harding depicts a dramatic view of rushing waters flowing from the River Dora Baltea which rises in the Italian Alps near Monte Bianco, and runs through Aosta, then down the valley. To the right of the river, we see a quiet rural road within a wooded landscape, followed by a rustic bridge that leads to the Chateau de Finisso (Fenis Castle) situated on a hill in the distance. Harding has also included two travelers, one on the road and another crossing the bridge. This is a splendid, original example of the famous lithographic art of James Duffield Harding.
	The Chateau de Fenis also known as the (Castelle Fenis, or Castello di Fenis), is an Italian medieval castle situated between the towns of Fenis and Nus on the backdrop of the Dora Baltea River and the Italian Alps, in the north-western Italian region of Val d’Aosta (Valle d’Aosta in Italian, and Val d’Aoste, in French). This castle was owned by the viscounts of Aosta, of the Challant family in the thirteenth century and is now considered a most important example of medieval, architecture in the region. Although the castle was not originally built as a fortress, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it was expanded, gaining the boundary wall, towers and other structures. It now has a pentagonal layout surrounded by a double boundary wall with battlements, and with a square-plan tower in the southern corner, a very large tower in the south-west corner, and several round towers (each with a chemin de ronde at its summit). Today, Castello di Fenis is considered one of the finest museums of its kind in the region. The Aosta Valley is located in the northwestern region of Italy, bordered by the Rhone-Alpes, France, Valais, Switzerland and the region of Piedmont.
Reference:	* M. Twyman, Lithography, 1800-1850, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970, p. 203.
	** Joseph Pennell, Lithography and Lithographers, New York, MacMillan, 1915, p. 114.
Size:	11 x 15 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon thick wove paper and with large, full margins as published in London in 1836. Titled, dated and initialed in the stone to the lower left, "Chateau Fines d’ Val d’Aoste, Oct. 1834, J D H". Containing some slight foxing, both within the image and margins, else in very good condition throughout. Altogether, "Chateau de Finisso, Val d'Aoste" stands as a splendid, original example of the famous lithographic art of James Duffield Harding.
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