5 Houghton Chromolithographs - Freshwater Fish, 1879

Lot 130

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Lot Description

Artist: Alexander Francis Lydon (British, 1836-1917). Engraver: Benjamin Fawcett (British, 1808-1893). Five chromolithograph plates entitled "Golden and Bronze Carp", "Chub", "Perch", "Pike", and "Young Trout / Salmon Parr / Smelt" from William Houghton's "British Freshwater Fishes" (1879). Publisher: William Mackenzie, London. Five stunning chromolithograph plates, painstakingly hand-embellished with Gum Arabic, from William Houghton's "British Freshwater Fishes". Each plate is also contextualized with text on adjacent pages that describes the particular species as well as beautiful steel cut engravings of angling locales entitled: "At Cleeve, on the Thames", "On the Doon", "On the Thames, Near Roebuck Inn", "On the Lea", and "On the Avon." Size of woodblocks: 6.625" L x 10.375" W (16.8 cm x 26.4 cm) Size of sheets: 10.625" L x 14.375" W (27 cm x 36.5 cm)

Houghton studied the collection of freshwater fishes at the British Museum to create this work. Alexander Francis Lydon's images present each fish in its natural environment. Indeed, "British Freshwater Fish" is known for including naturalistic backgrounds. According to Handasyde Buchanan, "Houghton, a Shropshire clergyman, aimed his book at the fisherman rather than the naturalist, and the text (of which there is, unusually, plenty) gives information about recognition, feeding and breeding habits, habitat, bait and so on" (Buchanan, Nature into Art, 168).

Provenance: private John and Mary Williams collection, Boulder, Colorado, USA

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Condition

Nice gold rimmed pages. The chromolithographs are separated from the pages of contextualizing text. Some expected toning, areas of discoloration to the peripheries, and areas of staining. Minor wear to peripheries of pages with a few folded corners and nicks/losses to edges. Otherwise, the chromolithographs, engravings, and text passages are vivid and in very nice condition.
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