Chatsworth (Original Antique Lithograph, From "Sketches Of Derbyshire Scenery", 1831)

London : Charles Rayner / C. Hullmandel, 1831. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Very Good. Original Lithograph,9 3/8" X 6 7/8". First Published 1830 In Scenes Of Chartsowrth, As One Of Six Plates; This Example Is A Reprint In 1831 For Rayner's "Sketches Of Derbyshire Scenery". Some Foxing In Decorated Margins. One Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Samuel A. Rayner ( April 1806 - 1879) Was An English Landscape Artist, Known For His Paintings Of Buildings And Their Interiors, Including Abbeys, Churches And Old Mansions. He Achieved The Distinction Of Having A Work Accepted For Exhibition At The Royal Academy At Only 15 Years Of Age. His Wife, Ann Rayner, Was An Engraver On Ashford Black Marble And Six Of Their Children Went On To Be Professional Artists. James Duffield Harding (1798 - 1863), Was An English Landscape Painter, Lithographer And Author Of Drawing Manuals. His Use Of Tinted Papers And Opaque Paints In Watercolour Proved Influential. Harding Was Born At Deptford In 1798, The Son Of A Drawing-Master Who Had Been A Pupil Of Paul Sandby. He Was Taught Perspective By His Father, And Had Lessons From Samuel Prout. At The Age Of Thirteen He Exhibited Two Drawings Of Buildings In The Style Of Prout At The Royal Academy. He Was Apprenticed To The Engraver Charles Pye, But Left Him After Only A Year To Concentrate On Painting Watercolours, And When He Was 18 He Was Awarded A Silver Medal By The Society Of Arts. In 1818 He Showed With The Society Of Painters In Watercolours, (Known As The "Old Watercolour Society Or Owcs From 1831) For First Time. He Was To Contribute To Its Exhibitions For The Rest Of His Life. He Was Elected An Associate Of The Society In 1820 And A Full Member In 1821. In 1843 He Took Up Oil Painting, And Exhibited Many Landscapes In That Medium At The Royal Academy. In 1847 He Resigned His Membership Of The Owcs , Hoping To Be Elected A Member Of The Academy; But, After Nine Years Without Success, He Withdrew His Candidature, And Was Re-Elected To The Owcs. From An Early On In His Career Harding Was A Successful And Popular Teacher. When Lithography Became Popular In Britain, He Quickly Adopted It As A Means Of Reproducing Good Examples For The Use Of Pupils And Students. His First Productions Were Drawing-Books, Consisting Of Pencil Sketches And Studies Of Trees; They Were Printed In Tints With Two Stones, Allowing The Reproduction Of More Elaborate Drawings. His Sketches At Home And Abroad, A Series Of Fifty Plates Using This Method, Was Published In 1836. In 1841 He Published The Park And The Forest, A Set Of Sketches Drawn On The Stone With A Brush Instead Of The Crayon, A Technique Of His Own Invention Which He Called "Lithotint". His Other Lithographic Works Included A Series Of Subjects From The Works Of R. P. Bonington (1829-30); Recollections Of India (1847, From Drawings By C. S. Hardinge) And Picturesque Selections (1861). In 1830, Harding Exhibited A Series Of Italian Views Sketched On Papers Of Various Colours And Textures, The Syyle Of Which Was Widely Imitated. His Use Of Opaque Body Colourin Watercolour, Following The Example Set By J.M.W. Turner Also Proved Influential. His Drawings Were Praised By John Ruskin In Modern Painters. From The 1830S A Range Of Papers Was Produced Under The Name Of "Jdh Pure Drawing Paper", Initially For Winsor And Newton. The Papers, Which Proved Popular Amongst Both Amateur And Professional Artists, And Which Harding Used Himself, Were Produced In White, And In Shades Of Cream, Buff And Grey Until Around 1910. Winsor And Newton Also Produced Pencils Under Harding's Name. Harding Was Also A Prolific Author Of Art Manuals.