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Sketches of Character & Costume in Constantinople, Ionian Islands &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1854.
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MACBEAN, Captain Forbes (fl. 1854) artist, and J. SUTCLIFFE, engraver (fl. 1854)
Sketches of Character & Costume in Constantinople, Ionian Islands &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1854.
First and only edition of an early example of chromolithography (Blackmer); this complete suite of prints is taken from the original drawings by Captain Forbes MacBean who served in the 92nd Highlanders Regiment of Foot, known as the ‘Gordon Highlanders’. In 1851, under Lt. General Sir William MacBean, his regiment was stationed in the Ionian Islands, during which time the Captain recorded and painted the local priests, villagers, musicians and traders. Capturing the hazy atmosphere of the Mediterranean Islands, MacBean set about carefully documenting the clothing and pastimes of the locals, his caricaturist style showing through in the way he fashioned their facial expressions, revealing their personalities. Following his station in Greece, in 1853 MacBean accompanied the Regiment to Gibraltar, passing through Ottoman Constantinople where he painted his remaining watercolour sketches. Atabey 740 ('uncommon'); Blackmer 1045; Bobins IV, 1245; Colas 1923; Lipperheide Lb 59.
Imperial folio (516 x 352mm). Lithographic title, 5 letterpress contents leaves and 25 chromolithographic plates finished by hand, with captions printed in gold (tear to first leaf of letterpress, spotting confined to margins and concentrated to title and contents leaves). Contemporary dark blue straight-grained half morocco, lettered in gilt on spine, within gilt decorative frame (extremities rubbed, small patches of ?worming to cloth on covers, hinges reinforced).
Sketches of Character & Costume in Constantinople, Ionian Islands &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1854.
First and only edition of an early example of chromolithography (Blackmer); this complete suite of prints is taken from the original drawings by Captain Forbes MacBean who served in the 92nd Highlanders Regiment of Foot, known as the ‘Gordon Highlanders’. In 1851, under Lt. General Sir William MacBean, his regiment was stationed in the Ionian Islands, during which time the Captain recorded and painted the local priests, villagers, musicians and traders. Capturing the hazy atmosphere of the Mediterranean Islands, MacBean set about carefully documenting the clothing and pastimes of the locals, his caricaturist style showing through in the way he fashioned their facial expressions, revealing their personalities. Following his station in Greece, in 1853 MacBean accompanied the Regiment to Gibraltar, passing through Ottoman Constantinople where he painted his remaining watercolour sketches. Atabey 740 ('uncommon'); Blackmer 1045; Bobins IV, 1245; Colas 1923; Lipperheide Lb 59.
Imperial folio (516 x 352mm). Lithographic title, 5 letterpress contents leaves and 25 chromolithographic plates finished by hand, with captions printed in gold (tear to first leaf of letterpress, spotting confined to margins and concentrated to title and contents leaves). Contemporary dark blue straight-grained half morocco, lettered in gilt on spine, within gilt decorative frame (extremities rubbed, small patches of ?worming to cloth on covers, hinges reinforced).
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