ANTIQUE 1820S SHEPHERD DESIGN AND McCLATCHIE ENGRAVED PRINT WITH SOME HAND COLOURING GAS WORKS REGENTS CANAL

AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 1820S STEEL LINE ENGRAVED PRINT OF THE GAS WORKS REGENTS CANAL.
Showing a barge on the Regents Canal passing in front of a gas works. WITH SOME LATER HAND COLOURING.
 
MARKINGS: DRAWN BY THO H SHEPHERD ENGRAVED BY A McCLATCHIE
TITLED: GAS WORKS NEAR REGENTS CANAL.
 
This original old antique steel engraved print originates from the Metropolitan Improvements of London in the nineteenth century - being a series of views of the new and most interesting objects in London and its vicinity. Published by Jones & Co., London in 1827 TO 1829.
 
THESE ENGRAVED PRINTS ARE BASED ON THE DESIGNS BY THOMAS H. SHEPHERD. THOMAS HOSMER SHEPHERD (1792 - 1864) WAS A ENGLISH WATERCOLOR ARTIST WELL KNOWN FOR HIS ARCHITECTURAL WORKS. Thomas was employed to illustrate architecture in London, and later Edinburgh, Bath and Bristol. His paintings were the basis for steel engravings in many books.
 
THIS PLATE IS ENGRAVED BY A McCLATCHIE. A McCLATCHIE  (1828 18??) WAS AN ENGLISH LANSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURAL STEEL ENGRAVER.
 
ORIGINAL: IT IS 100 PERCENT ORIGINAL. SEE PHOTOS PLEASE SHOWING ORIGINAL HAND COLORING.
 
SIZE WITH FRAME:  28CM WIDE 24CM HIGH
SIZE LITHOGRAPH: 15CM WIDE 10CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: GENERAL AGE RELATED PAPER DISCOLOURATION. OVERALL ENGRAVING AND FRAME IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
ANTIQUE ENGRAVING WITH ORIGINAL HAND COLOUR
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard (usually steel or copper), usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it. The incised line or sunken area holds the ink. A dampened paper will usually be fed against the plate, covered by a blanket, so when pressed by rolling press it is squeezed into the plate's ink-filled grooves when the paper is lifted, revealing the paper and printed image.
In the era before colour printing became common and cheap, antique prints were coloured by hand.
They were generally coloured in factory like conditions usually by women or children on production lines, although the quality is often suprisingly good.
 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE THWELVE HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS FROM THE SAME 1827 METROPOLITAN SERIES OF ARCHITECTURE OF LONDON. THEY ARE ALL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE PRINTS FROM 1828. SIX OF THESE WILL BE ON CRAZY WED THIS WEEK.
 
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