BARENGER, James (1780-1831), artist, James SILLETT (1764-1840), artist and Charles TURNER (1774-1857), artist and engraver

Lot 59
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Lot 59 | BARENGER, James (1780-1831), artist, James SILLETT (1764-1840), artist and Charles TURNER (1774-1857), artist and engraver
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
BARENGER, James (1780-1831), artist, James SILLETT (1764-1840), artist and Charles TURNER (1774-1857), artist and engraver

[British Feather Game. London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1810-1811.]

Exceedingly rare complete set of ornithological plates, including partridges, pheasants, woodcocks, wild ducks, widgeons, and plovers. 10 out of the 14 plates are after James Barenger, who exhibited water-colour drawings of insects at the Royal Academy between the years 1793 and 1799, before establishing himself as a celebrity animal and sporting artist, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1807 until his death in 1831. The engravings are brilliantly executed by Charles Turner, renowned as one of the best exponents of the mezzotint. Bobins IV, 1392; Siltzer, p.79.



Oblong folio (434 x 542mm). 14 mezzotints, printed in colour and finished by contemporary hand, by Charles Turner after Barenger, 378 x 435mm platemark, watermarked J. Whatman 1809 (some faint spotting mainly confined to margins of final plate). Contemporary red straight-grained half morocco, marbled paper-covered boards (endpapers and tissue guards renewed, extremities lightly rubbed, the upper board slightly more heavily). Provenance: Joel Spitz (bookplate and stamp on verso of final plate; acquired at Hamill and Barker, 1936; sold in these rooms 27 May 2015, lot 163).





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