Charles Hamilton Smith

The Fronted Dolphin

Charles Hamilton Smith's "The Fronted Dolphin" is an original etching and engraving created by the British artist in 1826. This impression is printed upon early 19th century wove paper and with full margins as published by Whittaker in London for "The Natural History of the Human Species". "The Fronted Dolphin" is a fine, original example of early art in the field of natural history and the art of Charles Hamilton Smith.

Original Etching & Engraving by the British artist, Charles Hamilton Smith.

The Fronted Dolphin

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Title:	The Fronted Dolphin
Artist:	Smith, Charles Hamilton (East Flanders, 1776 - Plymouth, 1859)
Date:	1826
Medium:	Original Etching & Engraving
Publisher:	G. B. Whittaker, London
Note:	Charles Hamilton Smith: A well known British artist of topographical, antiquarian and natural history subjects, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith was educated first at Richmond, Surrey and then trained as an officer in the Austrian military Academy at Louvain. C. Hamilton Smith joined the British Army in 1797 as a volunteer and served both in the West Indies and in Holland. He then assumed the post of quartermaster for the Walchereren Expedition before finishing his military career in the United States.
	Charles Hamilton Smith retired from the military in 1820 and settled in Plymouth, England. Setting up an artists' colony there, Hamilton Smith now devoted himself full-time to both writing and illustrating his own books. Some of his best known works include, "Selections of Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, Costume of the Original Inhabitants of British Isles" and "Natural History of the Human Species". This original etching and engraving of a dolphin is indicative of Charles Hamilton Smith's fine, early art in the field of natural history.
Source:	The Natural History of the Human Species
Size:	4 3/4 X 8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed on early 19th century wove paper and with full margins as published by Whittaker in London in 1826. Apart from slight spotting in the lower margins this graphic work of art is a strongly printed, early impression and in excellent condition throughout. "The Fronted Dolphin" represents a fine, original example of early nineteenth century natural history art.
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