Giuseppe Bortignoni - Irish Peasants

Irish Peasants

Giuseppe Bortignoni's original hand-coloured engraving, "Irish Peasants" is based upon a designed by Richard Westall. it is one of a set of three dealing with the rustic life of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. This engraving is printed upon thick early nineteenth century wove paper as published between 1810 and 1820. Irish Peasants is a fine, original example of early nineteenth century British genre and the engraved art created by the Italian engraver, Giuseppe Bortignoni.

Irish Peasants

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Guiseppe Bortignoni (Bassano, 1778 - Rome, 1860) Richard Westall (Hertford, 1765 - London, 1836)
#	Image	Title & Artists	Medium	Date
01-		Irish Peasants by Giuseppe Bortignoni design by Richard Westall.	Original Hand-Coloured Engraving	c. 1810 - 1820.
02.-		Scotch Peasants 'Scottish Peasants' by Giuseppe Bortignoni design by Richard Westall.	Original Hand-Coloured Engraving	c. 1810 - 1820.
03.-		Welch Peasants 'Welsh Peasants' by Giuseppe Bortignoni design by Richard Westall.	Original Hand-Coloured Engraving	c. 1810 - 1820.

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Title:	Irish Peasants
Engraver:	Bortignoni, Guiseppe (Bassano, 1778 - Rome, 1860)
Designer:	Westall, Richard (Hertford, 1765 - London, 1836)
Date:	c. 1810 - 1820.
Medium:	Original Hand-Coloured Engraving
Note:	Giuseppe Bortignoni: An early nineteenth century Italian engraver, Giuseppe Bortignoni was born in Bassano but worked mainly in Rome. There he engraved designs based mostly upon the drawings and paintings of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance. Around 1810 to 1820, however, Giuseppe Bortignoni must have lived and worked in London as three large engravings entitled, Scotch Peasants, Welch Peasants and Irish Peasants all bear his name. At this time it was not uncommon to find Italian engravers working in England. The famous stipple engraver, Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence, Italy, 1727 - Lisbon, Portugal, 1815) moved to London in 1764 and not long after established a large and influential school with many English and Italian followers, which continued into the early decades of the nineteenth century.
	It is not known which London publisher commissioned this large engraving entitled, Irish Peasants. What is known is that it is one of a set of three dealing with the rustic life of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Each was engraved by Giuseppe Bortignoni and designed by Richard Westall. The engravings were hand-coloured at the time of publication.
	Richard Westall: Some of the finest British engravings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were designed by Richard Westall. After attending the Royal Academy schools in London (1785), Richard Westall devoted himself to history and landscape subjects. He was an early practitioner of the watercolour medium and many publishers of illustrated books soon sought his designs for publication of illustrated editions of Gray, Moore, Crabbe and other poets of the day.
	During the 1790's Westall was commissioned by the famous publisher, John Boydell to work upon both his large engravings for the Shakespeare Gallery and The Poetical Works of John Milton. These now famous works of art established Westall as a major designer of both individual engravings and engravings for illustrated books. Richard Westall was elected an Associate of the prestigious Royal Academy in 1792 and a full Academician in 1794. In the 1820's he was appointed the drawing master to then Princess Victoria.
Size:	13 1/2 X 15 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $395.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon thick early nineteenth century wove paper and with margins trimmed to the plate mark. One very small restored tear just touching the image is evident in the upper margin. Containing slight wood burning on the verso (from a 19th century framing) and some scuffing in the outer margins, else a strong engraved impression with fine, unfaded hand colouring executed at the time of publication. Irish Peasants represents a prime example of early nineteenth century British genre art.
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