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Album of etchings by the Ingram sisters
Title
[Album of etchings by the Ingram sisters] [graphic].
Production
[Italy and London], [1816-1824]
Physical Description
40 prints in 1 volume : etchings ; bound to 29 x 26 cm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Date of album based on internal evidence.
With a manuscript gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1867.
Bound in dark half morocco.
Provenance
Sold by Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers, 7 October 2021, lot 315, to Jarndyce for The Lewis Walpole Library.
Summary
A volume of etchings by three daughters of art collector John Ingram (1767-1841) of Staindrop Hall in County Durham: Elizabeth Christian Ingram (born 1795), Caroline Ingram (1800-1819), and Augusta Isabella Ingram (born 1802). The family lived in Venice and took instruction from Venetian etcher Francesco Novelli. Most of the prints bear the monogram of one of the Ingram sisters and are dated 1816 -1821. The works include images after Rembrandt, Ostade, Pietro Novelli, and other artists, Continental views, views of Hartlepool and Newcastle, and a vignette after Bewick. Also included is an image signed "IG' and dated 1824.
Variant and related titles
Spine and cover title: Etchings
Format
Images
Language
English; Italian
Added to Catalog
November 29, 2021
Genre/Form
Amateur works.
Albums.
Etchings.
Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.
Stitching (bookbinding process)
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