Landscapes of America by Dutch-born American painter and etcher Cornelis Botke. Living from 1887 to 1954, he studied at the School for Applied Design in Haarlem, Holland, and the Chicago Art Institute. Husband of American artist Jessie Arms Botke.
Category: Etching
Visions of eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. Illustrations by Peter Fabris for William Hamilton’s “Campi Phlegraei” which came out between 1776 and 1779.
Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, William Hamilton (1730–1803) William Hamilton (1730-1803) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies whose capital was Naples. Present for the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius during the mid-to-late eighteenth century, Hamilton wrote Campi Phlegraei in two parts, with a tertiary supplement, based on his 1772 Observations on Mount Vesuvius for the Royal Society. Published in French and English, he hired local artist Pietro Fabris to illustrate it. These images are colored etchings after gouaches by Fabris. They are taken from a recent post from publicdomainreview.org with the etchings being part of the Wellcome Collection.
Athens, Greece as it used to be. In the eighteenth century, that is. Imagery from James Stuart and Nicholas Revett’s “Antiquities of Athens”. Coming out in three volumes in 1762, 1787 and 1794 it was printed in London by John Haberkorn.
Hand colored etchings from Marco Carloni’s 1776 work “Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture.” All of these drawn by Francesco Smugliewicz and Vincenzo Brenna, and engraved by Marco Carloni. There are a couple of volumes with the etchings in black and white. These were hand colored later, for a large folio edition. Various sources.
Bezel illustration panel with three women from the large folio volume “Vestigia delle Terme di Tito e loro internal pitture”. 1780. Inventory ID #21760. Collections of and Image © the Albertina Museum, Vienna. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/?query=search=/record/objectnumbersearch=%5B21760%5D&showtype=record#/query/7460b920-2605-4b28-a4f2-856f3db5660b
Live like the Prince Regent at least until supper time. Plates from W. H. Pyne’s work “The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, Saint James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore” which was published between 1816 and 1819. These being from Volume I of three.
Characters in “Mascarade à la Greque,” a parade of fantastical architectural outfits envisioned up by French artist Ennemond Alexandre Petitot who lived from 1727 to 1801 and was also Court Architect at Parma when he wasn’t dreaming things up. Etched and published by Benigno Bossi (1727–1792). Collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. via publicdomainreview.com.
Etchings all with cactus. American. George Elbert Burr, artist. Living from 1859 to 1939, Burr studied briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago. Also did oil paintings, watercolors, and pen and ink drawings.
Fantasy architecture straight out of the 16th century. French. Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, (duCerceau), creator (1510-1584). Maybe it looked like that, maybe it didn’t. Doesn’t matter, really.
