Frederick Christian Lewis and Gregorio Pagani - The Finding of the True Cross The Italian School of Design

Original Etching & Aquatint by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis) designed by Gregorio Pagani

Frederick Christian Lewis 'F. C. Lewis' (London, 1779 - 1856)
#	Image	Title & Artists	Medium	Date	Engraver	Designer	Notes	-
01.-		Augusta Fane, Countess of Lonsdale by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence.	Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring	1837	F. C. Lewis	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London
02.-		Arches (Architectural View of a Capriccio from the Forum of Augustus in Rome), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto).	Original Aquatint and Etching	1811	F. C. Lewis	Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "Canaletti delt.", "F. C. Lewis fc.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published April 17 1811. by J. Chamberlaine Scotland Yard.", and numbered, "Pl. LXVI".
03.-		Bacchanalia, 'In His Majesty's Collection' (A Dance before a Herm of Pan, or Priapus), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Nocolas Poussin.	Original Aquatint Engraving	c. 1809	F. C. Lewis	Nocolas Poussin	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by N. Poussin.", "Engraved by Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published by I. Chamberlaine London", and numbered, "Pl. XLII".
04.-		Grand Study of Trees (A Pastoral Scene with Dancing Figures), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee).	Original Etching and Aquatint	1807	F. C. Lewis	Claude Lorrain	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis", "In His Majesty's Collection".
05.-		Leda and the Swan (Greek mythology: Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'.	Original Etching	1809	F. C. Lewis	Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed,"From the Original Drawing by Raphaello di Urbino.", "F. Lewis sc.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Pub. Feby. 7. 1809, by I. Chamberlaine, Scotland Yard.", and numbered, "Pl. XLVI".	Sold
06.-		Pharaoh (Moses and the Israelites Pass Through the Red Sea), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)	Original Etching & Aquatint with Hand Coloring	1809	F. C. Lewis	Claude Lorrain	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "In His Majesty's Collection", "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav’d by F. C. Lewis", and the publication line, "Published Jany. 1809, by J Chamberlaine, London", and numbered, "XLVIII".
07.-		Polyphemus (A One-Eyed Giant 'A Cyclops), by the brothers, George Robert Lewis (R. G. Lewis), and Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee).	Original Etching and Aquatint	1807	F. C. Lewis G. Lewis	Claude Lorrain	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "In His Majesty's Collection", "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engd by F. C. & G. Lewis".
08.-		Portrait of Henry Bloxam as Child by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence.	Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring	1837	F. C. Lewis	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London
09.-		Portrait of Miss Mary Bloxam as a Young Lady by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence.	Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring	1837	F. C. Lewis	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London
10.-		Portrait of Richard Roland Bloxam as a Child by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence.	Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring	1837	F. C. Lewis	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London
11.-		Sibyl (Sibyl, The Prophetess or The Goddess of Poetry), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1809	F. C. Lewis	Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Raphaello di Urbino.", "F. C. Lewis sc.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Pubd. Feby. 7. 1809 by I. Chamberlaine Scotland Yard."; with the watermark, "Edmeads & Pine, 1809", and numbered, "Pl. XLIII"	Sold
12.-		Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, The Heliodorus in The Vatican by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818	F. C. Lewis	Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	William Young Ottley, London, Italian School of Design, bearing the full title, artist names, and publication line.	Sold
13.-		Temple of Apollo (Kotylion Mountain, Bassae, Greece), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee).	Original Etching with Hand Coloring	1809	F. C. Lewis	Claude Lorrain	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis", "In His Majesty's Collection".	Sold
14.-		The Calmady Children, Emily and Laura Calmady by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence.	Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring	1837	F. C. Lewis	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London	Sold
15.-		The Finding of the True Cross by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Gregorio Pagani.	Original Etching & Aquatint	1812	F. C. Lewis	Gregorio Pagani	William Young Ottley, London, Italian School of Design, bearing the full title, artist names, and publication line.	Sold
16.-		Holy Family (The Virgin with the Christ child, St. Elizabeth, & the infant St. John the Baptist), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1809	F. C. Lewis	Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed,"From the Original Drawing by Raphaello di Urbino.", "F. C. Lewis sct.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Pub.d June 1. 1809, by J. Chamberlaine. Scotland Yard.", and numbered, "Pl. XLIX".
17.-		The Landing of Aeneas (The hero of Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas was the son of Anchises and Aphrodite), by the brothers, George Robert Lewis (R. G. Lewis), and Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee).	Original Etching and Aquatint	1807	F. C. Lewis G. Lewis	Claude Lorrain	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by Claude Lorrain.", "Engrav'd by F. C. & G. Lewis", "In His Majesty's Collection", and numbered, "PL. IV"
18.-		The Sisters, Sir Thomas Lawrence's Nieces by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence.	Original Stipple & Soft Ground Etching with Hand Colouring	1837	F. C. Lewis	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Sir Thomas Lawrence’s, Cabinet of Gems, published by Ackermann and Co., London	Sold
19.-		Treading the Wine Bags (Three Bacchantes standing in Profile), by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Nicolas Poussin.	Original Aquatint	1809	F. C. Lewis	Nicolas Poussin	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "From the Original Drawing by N. Poussin."Engrav'd by F. C. Lewis.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published by I. Chamberlaine London", and numbered, "Pl. XLVII".
20.-		Virgin & Child & St. John by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Michelangelo 'Buonarroti, Michelangelo'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1811	F. C. Lewis	Michelangelo 'Buonarroti, Michelangelo'	John Chamberlaine, London, inscribed, "Mich. I Angelo delt.", "F. C. Lewis Sculp.", "In His Majesty's Collection", and the publication line, "Published April. 17. 1811 by J. Chamberlaine Scotland Yard", and numbered, "Pl. LXIII".	Sold

View other original works of art published by William Young Ottley for 'The Italian School of Design'.

''The Italian School of Design' Compiled by William Young Ottley
#	Image	Title & Artists	Medium	Date	Engraver	Designer	-
01.-		A Man's Head in Profile by Thomas Vivares designed by Michelangelo 'Buonarroti, Michelangelo'	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Thomas Vivares (London, 1735 - 1821)	Michelangelo 'Michelangelo Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni' (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564)	Sold
02.-		A Youth at His Devotions by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)	Sold
03.-		Study For Part of The Celebrated Fresco, The Heliodorus in The Vatican by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Frederick Christian Lewis 'F. C. Lewis' (London, 1779 - 1856)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)	Sold
04.-		Study for the Figure of Diogenes in the School of Athens by William Long & William Young Ottley designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Soft Ground Etching	1821 (1823 Edition)	William Young Ottley (Thatcham, 1771 - London, 1836) & William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)	Sold
05.-		Group in the Fresco by Raffaello Representing the Story of Heliodorus in the Vatican by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Etching & Engraving	1818 (1823 Edition)	William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)
06.-		The Death of Adonis by William Long designed by Raffaello Santi, 'Raphael'	Original Etching with Plate Tone	1818 (1823 Edition)	William Long (British, active London c. 1816 - 1855)	Raphael 'Raffaello Santi' (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520)
07.-		The Finding of the True Cross by Frederick Christian Lewis (F. C. Lewis), based upon a design by Gregorio Pagani.	Original Etching & Aquatint	1812 (1823 Edition)	Frederick Christian Lewis (London, 1779 - 1856)	Gregorio Pagani (Florence, 1558 - 1605)	Sold
08.-		The Holy Family by George Robert Lewis (G. R. Lewis) based upon a design by Fra. Bartolommeo also known as 'Baccio della Porta and Bartolomeo'.	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	George Robert Lewis (London, 1782 - 1871)	Fra. Bartolommeo 'Baccio della Porta, Bartolomeo, Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo' (Savignano, c. 1472 - Florence, 1517)
09.-		The Madonna and Child by Thomas Vivares designed by Ludovico Carracci	Original Soft Ground Etching	1818 (1823 Edition)	Thomas Vivares (London, 1735 - 1821)	Ludovico Carracci (Bologna, 1555 - 1619)

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Title:	The Finding of the True Cross
Engraver:	Lewis, Frederick Christian (London, 1779 - Enfield, Middlesex,1856)
Designer:	Pagani, Gregorio (Florence, 1558 - 1605)
Date:	1812 (1823 Edition)
Medium:	Original Etching & Aquatint
Publisher:	Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London
Printer:	J. Mc Creery, Tooks-Court, Chancery-Lane, London
Source:	The Italian School of Design (Compiled by William Young Ottley)
Note:	Frederick Christian Lewis 'F. C. Lewis': A prominent early nineteenth century painter, etcher, aquatint and stipple engraver, Frederick Christian Lewis was a pupil of J. C. Stadler and studied at the Royal Academy Schools. Frederick Christian Lewis was a tremendously skilled and versatile printmaker, as witnessed in an original work of art such as this where he relies almost completely upon the most complex medium of soft ground etching to best simulate the appearance of drawing. Besides working regularly for William Ottley, Frederick Christian Lewis also contributed etchings for J. M. W. Turner's famous, Liber Studiorum, and was regularly commissioned by members of the British Royal Family.
	Gregorio Pagani : Mainly active in Florence, Gregorio Pagani (Florence, 1558 - 1605), was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist period. He studied under Santi di Tito and Ludovico Cigoli and was influenced various painters such as Correggio and Carducho. A few of his works include the frescoes of the Confirmation of the Rule of St. Dominic, Pyramus and Thisbe in Florence, the St. Lawrence in the basilica of the Madonna delle Grazie at San Giovanni, Valderno as well as other important paintings and Frescoes which can be found in Florence. Although there is no trace of Gregorio Pagani's painting entitled, The Finding of the True Cross there is some reference to it having been painted in an unknown church in Florence that burnt down. However and most importantly, the preparatory drawings created by Pagani as well as the engravings after his painting serve as historical records of the existence of The Finding of the True Cross, such is the case with this original etching and aquatint created by Frederick Christian Lewis which is based upon an actual drawing housed in His Majesty's Collection which was designed by the Italian artist, Gregorio Pagani. This original etching hails from the portfolio entitled, "The Italian School of Design" published by William Young Ottley in 1812.
	William Young Ottley: Born in Thatcham, England, 1771, William Ottley will forever be remembered both as an artist and as an art scholar. Having studied art under Cuitt and then in the Schools of the Royal Academy, London, William Ottley went to Italy in 1791 where he resided for ten years, researching and collecting works of Renaissance art.During his life Ottley became the greatest authority on the art of the Italian Renaissance and, upon returning to London, published a number of portfolios and books upon this subject. Apart from the biographical and scholarly information Ottley unearthed, the most valuable product of his researches was the meticulously detailed and artistic etchings and engravings he published. Either in their large folio size or in the smaller miniatures, these outstanding masterpieces of original printmaking have been admired for almost two centuries. Later in his life (1833), William Young Ottley was appointed to the prestigious post of Keeper of the Prints for the British Museum.
	The literary contributions of William Young Ottley included such works as, "The Italian School Of Design" (1808-1823), "An Inquiry Into The Origin And Early History of Engraving, Upon copper and in Wood, With An Account of Engravers And Their Works, From The Invention of Chalcography By Maso Finiguerra, To The Time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi", 2 volumes, (1816), "Engravings Of The Most Noble The Marquis Of Stafford's Collection Of Pictures, In London, Arranged According To Schools, And In Chronological Order, With Remarks On Each Picture,", 3 vols. (1818), "A Series of Plates, Engraved After The Paintings And Sculptures Of The Most Eminent Masters Of The Early Florentine School"; (1826), "A Descriptive Catalogue of The Pictures In The National Gallery" (1826), "The Original and Early History of Engraving", 2 volumes (1826), and "A Collection of One Hundred and Twenty-Nine Fac-Similes of Scarce and Curious Prints, By the Early Masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish Schools" (1828). Then in (1831), Ottley authored, "Notices of Engravers, and Their Works: Being The Commencement of a New Dictionary, Which it is Not Intended Continue, Containing Some Account of Upwards of Three Hundred Masters...", and "An Enquiry Concerning the Invention of Printing" was published posthumously (1863). The Finding of the True Cross by Frederick Christian Lewis etched after a drawing by Gregorio Pagani hails from William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823.
	Of all Ottley's works of art, The Italian School of Design stands as his paramount achievement. Concentrating upon the drawings in his own collection by such masters of the High Renaissance as Raphaele, Correggio, the Carraccis, Salvator Rosa and other early Italian artists, William Ottley began work on his major opus as early as 1808, publishing etchings and engravings in monthly parts and concluding the work in 1823. Altogether the completed portfolio contained eighty-four plates, engraved by such eminent artists as Luigi Schiavonetti (1765 - 1810), Thomas Vivares (1735 - 1821), William Long (act. early 19th c.), Giovanni Vendramini (1769 - 1839), J. Perry, John Romney (1786 - 1863), Ignace Joseph de Claussen (1769 95 - 1844), William Young Ottley (1771 - 1836), Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856), and his younger brother, George Lewis (1782 - 1871), and others. The utmost care was taken with each engraved work, with the artists often venturing into the most complex mediums, such as stippling, soft-ground and aquatint. Ottley himself supervised the progress of each etching. These original etchings revolutionized British trends in art and had a profound impact upon the art of the Pre-Raphaelites in the later nineteenth century. An original etching and aquatint, The Finding of the True Cross was etched in 1812 by Frederick Christian Lewis for William Young Ottley's The Italian School of Design. The Royal Academy of Arts Museum, London includes an impression of "The Finding of the True Cross" from the 1823 “The Italian School of Design” edition in its collection (Object number:17/4080).
Size:	19 3/4 X 14 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon 'Whatman' watermarked paper and with wide, full margins as created by F. C. Lewis in 1812 for William Young Ottley's portfolio entitled, The Italian School of Design published by Taylor and Hessey, 13, Waterloo Place, and 93, Fleet-Street, London in 1823. Containing some chipping and creasing in the outer margins and one small, restored tear touches the upper central line of the image. Else it is a brilliant sepia impression and bearing all the fine lines and tonal values of a very early impression. This original etching and aquatint entitled The Finding of the True Cross is a premier, large example of Ottley's, Italian School of Design, and of the famous art of Frederick Christian Lewis.
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Frederick Christian Lewis & Gregorio Pagani

The Finding of the True Cross (The Italian School of Design)