ID 965130
Lot 63 | Halifax, Nova Scotia; four views
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
George Isham Parkyns, c.1801
PARKYNS, George Isham (c.1750-c.1820). Suite of four views of Halifax, Nova Scotia, [London, 1801-c.1805?]
Lovely and fresh complete set of Parkyns’ Halifax views. “Parkyns visited Halifax in 1800, and made a series of four drawings in water-colour, which were published as coloured aquatints in London the following year … The set of four is now very rare. The original drawings of these four prints are in the McCord Museum, McGill University, Montreal" (Spendlove). Bobins 1469; Deàk 239; Spendlove, p.31.
The views comprise:
1. View from Fort Needham near Halifax. Signed in the plate “G.I. Parkins, 1801” and captioned “London, published as the Act directs, 29 April 1801.”
2. View of Halifax from Davis’s Mill
3. View from Cowies Hill near Halifax N.S
4. View of Halifax from Georges Island
Four hand-colored aquatint prints with gray wash and ruled borders (approx. 385 x 485mm sheet size). (A little creasing and soiling to borders, versos resized.) Tipped to mats and housed in modern quarter morocco solander case.Parkyns, George Isham
Canada
Nova Scotia
| Place of origin: | Canada, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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| Place of origin: | Canada, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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