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Three albums containing over 300 drawings and watercolours of Capri, Ischia, Sicily and Tunisia. 1868-1872.
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DUPPA, Baldwin Francis (1828-1873)
Three albums containing over 300 drawings and watercolours of Capri, Ischia, Sicily and Tunisia. 1868-1872.
A large and well-presented collection of original drawings and watercolours mounted in three folio albums. Duppa ‘was a painter of no inconsiderable ability; and from his frequent wanderings in search of health […] he always brought home his portfolio well filled with beautiful and interesting sketches, in which he sometimes embodied the effects of ancient and modern volcanic and glacial action with great vividness and truth.” (obituary in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol. XXI, 1873, pp. vi-ix).
Baldwin Francis Duppa (1828–1872) was an organic chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society (1867) recognised for pioneering research in synthesising organic acids and ethers. He bore the same name as his father, the educationist Baldwin Francis Duppa (1801–1840), and was educated at Hofwyl, near Berne, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Chemistry (1855). Duppa partnered with prominent chemists William Henry Perkin and Edward Frankland to advance structural chemistry; he was also correspondent with Lady Byron and Lord Lovelace. Duppa spent significant time during the final years of his life in Italy, mostly in Capri, Ischia and Sicily, while battling tuberculosis. Duppa published 14 collaborative scientific papers published in the Philosophical Transactions, the Proceedings of the Royal Society, and the Chemical Society’s Journal, before his illness curtailed his career.
The first album contains 69 drawings and watercolours, showing approximately 44 views of Capri (including a number of 2-sheet panoramas), 8 of Pompeii, and 4 of Vesuvius, together with a traced pencil map of Capri, with dates from August to September 1868.
This album also contains a large watercolour showing the artist Walter Maclaren (1837-1929) at work in his studio in Capri painting the portrait of a young lady; there is an additional pen and ink sketch, dated 13 September 1868 of Maclaren’s studio showing paintings on easels and on the wall, palettes, and the artist’s bed. ‘Walter Maclaren was a versatile artist who painted in many styles. It seems probable that he possessed independent means and did not need to sell or publicize his work. He lived for many years in Capri, particularly in the 1870s, where he painted many scenes of life in Capri and its landscape’ (The Victorian Web).
The second album contains a pen and ink map of Ischia, along with approximately 40 views of Ischia, 21 of Pompeii, 6 of Capri, 4 of Amalfi, 2 of Naples and one of Vesuvius.
The third album contains 149 drawings and watercolours, showing one of Ajaccio, 17 views in and around Tunis (mostly Cape Carthage and Goletta), and around 95 of Sicily (including Trapani and Taormina), one of Lipari, one of Vulcano, 5 of Ravenna, 4 of Venice, one of Verona, 2 of Lake Como and 10 views on the Rhine. The album also contains a mounted albumen print photograph of people in the garden of house with two inscriptions signed by Agostino Pepoli (1848-1910) presenting this photograph to Duppa in memory a happy day spent together in Trapani on 21 April 1872.
Volume 1: Titled on the spine “Capri Pompei 1868”. Traced map in pencil of the Island of Capri and 69 topographical and architectural drawings on paper, various sizes (from 310 x 236mm to 10 x 55mm), most in larger format mounted one or two per album page, recto only, including a number of panoramas on two sheets, mostly watercolours, others in pen and ink, pencil or wash over pencil, many captioned and some dated in the image (August and September 1868), most additionally captioned in ink on the mounts.
Volume 2: Titled on spine “Ischia Pompei 1866-67” [but 1869-70]. Map of Ischia in pen and ink and wash, and 84 mounted drawings, various sizes (from 238 x 310mm to 167 x 100mm), most in larger format mounted one or two per album page, recto only, including a number of panoramas on two sheets, mostly watercolours, others in pen and ink, pencil or wash over pencil, many captioned and some dated in the image, most additionally captioned in ink on the mounts October-November 1869 and April 1870
Volume 3: Titled on spine “Sicily 1872”. 149 topographical drawings on paper (from 310 x 235 to 65 x 165mm), mostly mounted one to 3 per album page, recto only, including a number of panoramas on 2 sheets, mostly in watercolour, others in pen and ink, pencil, or wash over pencil, some captioned and dated on the drawing, nearly all captioned in ink on the mount, the dates range from 21st February to 18th August 1872
3 volumes, folio (543 x 365mm). Near-uniform contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, green pebble cloth boards, spines in compartments gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Baldwin Francis Duppa (1828–1872).
Three albums containing over 300 drawings and watercolours of Capri, Ischia, Sicily and Tunisia. 1868-1872.
A large and well-presented collection of original drawings and watercolours mounted in three folio albums. Duppa ‘was a painter of no inconsiderable ability; and from his frequent wanderings in search of health […] he always brought home his portfolio well filled with beautiful and interesting sketches, in which he sometimes embodied the effects of ancient and modern volcanic and glacial action with great vividness and truth.” (obituary in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol. XXI, 1873, pp. vi-ix).
Baldwin Francis Duppa (1828–1872) was an organic chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society (1867) recognised for pioneering research in synthesising organic acids and ethers. He bore the same name as his father, the educationist Baldwin Francis Duppa (1801–1840), and was educated at Hofwyl, near Berne, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Chemistry (1855). Duppa partnered with prominent chemists William Henry Perkin and Edward Frankland to advance structural chemistry; he was also correspondent with Lady Byron and Lord Lovelace. Duppa spent significant time during the final years of his life in Italy, mostly in Capri, Ischia and Sicily, while battling tuberculosis. Duppa published 14 collaborative scientific papers published in the Philosophical Transactions, the Proceedings of the Royal Society, and the Chemical Society’s Journal, before his illness curtailed his career.
The first album contains 69 drawings and watercolours, showing approximately 44 views of Capri (including a number of 2-sheet panoramas), 8 of Pompeii, and 4 of Vesuvius, together with a traced pencil map of Capri, with dates from August to September 1868.
This album also contains a large watercolour showing the artist Walter Maclaren (1837-1929) at work in his studio in Capri painting the portrait of a young lady; there is an additional pen and ink sketch, dated 13 September 1868 of Maclaren’s studio showing paintings on easels and on the wall, palettes, and the artist’s bed. ‘Walter Maclaren was a versatile artist who painted in many styles. It seems probable that he possessed independent means and did not need to sell or publicize his work. He lived for many years in Capri, particularly in the 1870s, where he painted many scenes of life in Capri and its landscape’ (The Victorian Web).
The second album contains a pen and ink map of Ischia, along with approximately 40 views of Ischia, 21 of Pompeii, 6 of Capri, 4 of Amalfi, 2 of Naples and one of Vesuvius.
The third album contains 149 drawings and watercolours, showing one of Ajaccio, 17 views in and around Tunis (mostly Cape Carthage and Goletta), and around 95 of Sicily (including Trapani and Taormina), one of Lipari, one of Vulcano, 5 of Ravenna, 4 of Venice, one of Verona, 2 of Lake Como and 10 views on the Rhine. The album also contains a mounted albumen print photograph of people in the garden of house with two inscriptions signed by Agostino Pepoli (1848-1910) presenting this photograph to Duppa in memory a happy day spent together in Trapani on 21 April 1872.
Volume 1: Titled on the spine “Capri Pompei 1868”. Traced map in pencil of the Island of Capri and 69 topographical and architectural drawings on paper, various sizes (from 310 x 236mm to 10 x 55mm), most in larger format mounted one or two per album page, recto only, including a number of panoramas on two sheets, mostly watercolours, others in pen and ink, pencil or wash over pencil, many captioned and some dated in the image (August and September 1868), most additionally captioned in ink on the mounts.
Volume 2: Titled on spine “Ischia Pompei 1866-67” [but 1869-70]. Map of Ischia in pen and ink and wash, and 84 mounted drawings, various sizes (from 238 x 310mm to 167 x 100mm), most in larger format mounted one or two per album page, recto only, including a number of panoramas on two sheets, mostly watercolours, others in pen and ink, pencil or wash over pencil, many captioned and some dated in the image, most additionally captioned in ink on the mounts October-November 1869 and April 1870
Volume 3: Titled on spine “Sicily 1872”. 149 topographical drawings on paper (from 310 x 235 to 65 x 165mm), mostly mounted one to 3 per album page, recto only, including a number of panoramas on 2 sheets, mostly in watercolour, others in pen and ink, pencil, or wash over pencil, some captioned and dated on the drawing, nearly all captioned in ink on the mount, the dates range from 21st February to 18th August 1872
3 volumes, folio (543 x 365mm). Near-uniform contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, green pebble cloth boards, spines in compartments gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Baldwin Francis Duppa (1828–1872).
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