Antique print retailer PARK PLACE Remenham Berkshire aquatint by Farington & Stadler c1793 for History of River Thames

PARK PLACE Remenham Berkshire c1793 by Farington, Stadler col. retailer from Joseph Farington's (1747-1821) 'History of the River Thames', 1794, A two-volume publication including 76 aquatints. A very fine large original antique hand coloured aquatint illustrating Park Place at Remenham, Berkshire.

Method: Original Aquatint with hand colour

Creator: Drawn by Joseph Farington RA, engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler

Published: J & J Boydell of London and dated June 1st 1793. Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside.

Condition: Generally very good condition, some age tone, with beautiful original hand colouring

Approx engraved plate area: 9" x 12" (230mm x 300mm)

Notes: As first published on folio sheet: 16" x 12" (420mm x 310mm). One of the grandest and most important books on the Thames. "although not the first coloured aquatint book, [it] was the first major one, and it was to set an example for the type of illustration that was to enjoy widespread popularity in England for some forty years" - Bruntjen (John Boydell 1719-1804).