Natural History Vignettes
Color-printed aquatint, London: c. 1820-50
Color-printed aquatint, London: c. 1820-50
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English School
Natural History Designs
J.L. Marks, 6 Worship Street, Finsbury, London: c. 1820-50
Color-printed aquatint
9 x 14 inches
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Decorative natural history vignettes of a peacock, an insect, butterflies, fish, shells, and birds. Unusual for its combination of diverse natural history forms, it perhaps was issued as ideas for designs for ceramics, wall paper, fabric, etc.
J.L. Marks drew and engraved satirical pictures, and also printed works by others. He was active between 1820 and 1850. Examples of his work are in the collection of the Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery London, where they can be viewed online.
Reference:
"Collage." City of London. http://collage.nhil.com/cgi-bin/collagedev/main.pl?SRCPAGE=searchsubj&CURRID=21889 (5 October 2006).