Monkeyana, Or, Men In Miniature. Designed And Etched By Thomas Landseer .

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Original brown buckram boards, rubbed and soiled. Front board with dulled gilt title: "Monkeyana". Spine and corners carefully repaired. Creased endpapers, lightly soiled. 25 engraved plates, most with tissue guards, lightly soiled and spotted. Engraved title-page: "Published Decr.1 1827, by Moon, Boys & Groves 6, Pall Mall, a Paris chez Pieri Beriard Boulevard des Italiens." Six plates are unsigned; the rest are signed variously as by 'TL', (4); 'Thomas Landseer' (2) , 'Drawn and etched by Thomas Landseer' (2) ; ' T. Landseer' (2) ; 'Ths Landseer' (2) ; 'Thos L' (2) ; 'Thos Landseer' (3) or 'Landseer' (1) ; plus 6 un-signed. All plates carry publication-dates, 1827(10) 1828 (15) . ** "Monkeyana is a satirical masterpiece by Thomas Landseer, the printmaker brother of the famed animal portraitist Edwin Landseer. Each of the etchings features misbehaving monkeys dressed in human clothes. Thomas Landseer was "one of the most gifted and innovative engravers of his generation, being particularly adept in the use of textural etching. Much of his career was taken up with reproducing the works of his brother, Edwin.he subsequently made prints after all of his brother's most famous works.In all, he made more than 125 engravings after his brother's paintings." (Oxford Grove Dictionary of Art). N° de ref. del artículo 50235

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