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Lot 169
JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE (1786 - 1869)
ASN0006
Auction Type: Live Floor
First Edition Published by James Cawthorn, 24 Cockspur Street, London 1813
Dimension: 15.3 x 9.4 in approx (each)
Estimate: ₹1,20,000 – ₹1,80,000
Details
Six original hand-coloured engravings from 'A Journey Through Albania, and Other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810':
(i) ATHENS from the Fort of Mt Anchesmus
(ii) South-East Angle of the PARTHENON
(iii) VIEW of TOPHANA or the ARTILLERY ARSENAL at CONSTANTINOPLE
(iv) THE NEW BARRACKS OF THE BOMBARDIERS & MINERS
(v) FIRST GATE OF THE SERAGLIO
(vi) THE WEST FRONT of the ACROPOLIS from the SUMMITS of the PROPYLAEA