John Bluck and Agustus Pugin - West View of St. Nicholas Chapel

West View of St. Nicholas Chapel

John Bluck's "West View of St. Nicholas Chapel" is an original aquatint based upon a design created by Agustus Pugin. This impression is printed upon early 19th century wove paper and with full margins as published by Rudolph Ackermann in London for the "Westminster Abbey Portfolio" around 1812. "West View of St. Nicholas Chapel" is a fine, original example of the art of the early English colour aquatint and the art created by the British artist, John Bluck.

Original Aquatint Printed in Colour by the British artist, John Bluck Designed by Agustus Pugin.

West View of St. Nicholas Chapel

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John Bluck, (London, Exhibited, 1791 - 1819)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		South Aisle, Westminster Abbey by John Bluck designed by Agustus Pugin.	Original Aquatint Printed in Colour	c. 1812	Published by Rudoplh Ackermann for the Westminster Abbey series.	Sold
02.-		West View of St. Nicholas Chapel by John Bluck designed by Agustus Pugin.	Original Aquatint Printed in Colour	c. 1812	Published by Rudoplh Ackermann for the Westminster Abbey series.	Sold

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Title:	West View of St. Nicholas Chapel
Engraver:	Bluck, John (London, Exhibited, 1791 - 1819)
Designer:	Pugin, Agustus (1762 - 1832)
Date:	c. 1812
Medium:	Original Aquatint Printed in Colour
Publisher:	Rudoplh Ackermann, London
Printer:	Rudolph Ackermann, London
Note:	John Bluck: An outstanding early aquatint engraver, John Bluck exhibited his art at the Royal Academy, London, from 1791 to 1819. As well as illustrating a number of fine books, John Bluck became famous for his full colour aquatints of topographical views, marine, sporting and architectural subjects. Among his best known works of art are the twenty-four engravings for Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Aires and Monte Video (1820), Six Views of Derbyshire (1805) and Views of Weymouth (1813). John Bluck also engraved now coveted plates after Reinagle, T. H. Shepherd and Thomas Rowlandson. For Rowlandson, one of England's premier satirical artists, John Bluck was entrusted with engraving such great plates as A Bird's Eye View of Covent Garden Market, A Bird's Eye View of Smithfield Market and the engravings for the Microcosm of London.
	Undoubtedly, John Bluck's name is most firmly associated with that of the famous London publisher, Rudolph Ackermann. From 1812 to 1816 Ackermann commissioned John Bluck to work on at least four of his finest sets of aquatinted views, including, Westminster Abbey (1812), Oxford (1814) and Cambridge (1815). This beautiful, original engraving entitled, West View of St. Nicholas Chapel hails from the Westminster Abbey series.
	Rudolph Ackermann (Germany, 1764 - London, 1834): London's most esteemed early nineteenth century publisher of original prints and illustrated books, Rudolph Ackermann founded his publishing empire in 1796. By 1815 his publishing house has become one London's cornerstones for the arts and culture. Ackermann gained international praise for his beautifully detailed miniature engravings in his Forget Me Not annuals as well as his large landscape scenes in lithography and soft ground etching which were created by such great masters of the day such as Samuel Prout. On an even higher level, however, were the superb aquatint engravings printed in full colours by John Bluck and other skilled engravers. Briefly, the demanding aquatint medium is a tonal process where the engraver creates printing grounds by biting his plate in acid laid over with resin or another porous substance. Using colours necessitates the registration of both separate plates and separate printings. Such skillful and complex works of art, such as this original example, were thus hailed as path-finding works of graphic art, and the influence of these aquatints upon the course of nineteenth century British architectural art was immense.
	This aquatint engraving comes from Westminster Abbey, printed and published by Ackermann in 1812. Altogether the series comprised over forty elaborately detailed views of the interior of the Abbey. The majority of the plates were designed by A. C. Pugin and engraved by John Bluck.
Source:	Westminster Abbey Portfolio
Size:	11 3/4 X 9 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed on early nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published by Rudolph Ackermann in London around 1812. A superbly printed, early impression from the Westminster Abbey portfolio and in excellent condition throughout. Altogether, West View of St. Nicholas Chapel represents a prime, original example of the art of the early English colour aquatint and the art of John Bluck.
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John Bluck & Agustus Pugin

West View of St. Nicholas Chapel