Ibbetson Julius Caesar 1759 1817 (3 results)
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Published by Published as the Act directs by Julius Ibbetson, London, 1794
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Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerOblong folio. (12 x 15 1/2 inches). 11 unnumbered etched plates, including two in five states each, from etched outline to hand-coloured aquatint (two hand-coloured in total), plus a final plate with directions and hand-coloured colour samples, all mounted within engraved and olive-grey wash frames, watermark J. Whatman. Stitche…d as issued in original paper-backed marbled wrappers, with hand-coloured printed label title to upper board A rare drawing manual by Julius Caesar Ibbetson, demonstrating the progressive preparation of a tinted and hand-coloured landscape plate from outline etching to finished aquatint. This work by the landscape and watercolour painter Julius Caesar Ibbetson was intended to demonstrate, step by step, how amateur practitioners could prepare a fully hand-coloured plate, progressing from the initial outline etching to the application of sepia wash, aquatint ground, and additional washes. "Ibbetson was anxious to prove to aspiring amateurs that a formal training was not always necessary to becoming a competent painter. Through his empirical approach and subsequent mastery of the subject Ibbetson was well-placed to reveal the secrets of his profession to laymen" (Mitchell). Ibbetson's method is unusually direct. The work does not merely prescribe rules for drawing and colouring, but lays out the sequence of technical decisions by which tone, depth, and colour were built up. The final plate, with its directions and hand-coloured colour samples, reinforces the practical studio character of the publication. In this sense Process of Tinted Drawing belongs closely to the late Georgian culture of amateur instruction, while preserving the working habits of a professional painter, etcher, and aquatint artist. Exceedingly rare, only one copy identified in WorldCat (Harvard University Library). Fitzwilliam Museum, Gilpin to Ruskin, 28; James Mitchell, Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817) The Berchem of England, pp. 45-46.
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Published by T. Simpson, London, 1791
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Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerStipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand, by Robert Dodd. A dramatic image of a regency buck releasing his hounds after a hare Only the publisher is certain on this print. Siltzer records Simpson as having published a series of six plates after Ibbetson in 1790, but with the 'Coursing' plate in aquatint by Simp…son himself. The remaining five are listed as being stipple engravings by Dodd. The present image is the correct size, and the engraving method is uniform with the other five by Dodd. All this suggests that this may be a proposed replacement for the earlier aquatint and should therefore be viewed as a companion piece to the other Dodd prints. Julius Cæsar Ibbetson "was apprenticed to John Fletcher, a ship-painter at Hull. Ibbetson attracted public attention by his designs for ship decoration and by some scenery painted for the Hull Theatre, and his success encouraged him to seek his fortune in London in 1777. He was forced at first to work for Mr. Clarke, a picture dealer in Leicester Fields, but was able at the same time to acquire a thorough acquaintance with the works and methods of Dutch artists, besides learning all the tricks of the trade. In 1780 he married. In 1785 he exhibited at the Royal Academy A View of Northfleet, and continued to exhibit during succeeding years. Becoming acquainted with Captain William Baillie and others, he was introduced into good society, and was patronised by the nobility. In 1788 he accepted a post in Colonel Cathcart's embassy to China. Cathcart, however, died at Java during the voyage, and Ibbetson returned to England. He made many drawings during the voyage, and obtained nautical experience, which he afterwards turned to account in his pictures, but was not able to obtain any remuneration on his return. He sought relief from his misery in dissipation and convivial society, after the example of his friend, George Morland. This only led to further embarrassments, and in 1798 he quitted London for Liverpool to escape his creditors. Ibbetson lived quietly for some time near Ambleside in Westmoreland, visiting Scotland in 1800. A sign painted by Ibbetson for an inn at Troutbeck, near Ambleside, had some notoriety. He suffered further pecuniary losses through the defalcations of a friend, but the number of his commissions now enabled him to free himself to some extent from debt. At the invitation of one of his chief patrons, Mr. William Danby of Swinton Park, Ibbetson settled near that place in Masham, Yorkshire. Here he spent the remainder of his days. As a painter in oil of cattle and pigs Ibbetson has hardly been excelled in England, even by Morland. In his landscape-painting Ibbetson somewhat resembled Richard Wilson, R.A. He also painted small portraits in a neat and rapid manner. His paintings of animals were much prized, especially in Yorkshire, where they are often to be met with in private houses. Benjamin West called him the Berghem of England. He also painted in water-colour in the old tinted method with great success." (DNB).
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Published by Colnagi, London, 1800
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Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerAquatint, printed in colours and finished by hand, by Robert Dodd. Backed to restore losses to margin and to repair large tear in the upper right portion of the print, and to repair tear in bottom margin. A wonderful, rustic English shooting scene. Julius Cæsar Ibbetson "was apprenticed to John Fletcher, a ship-painter at Hull.…Ibbetson attracted public attention by his designs for ship decoration and by some scenery painted for the Hull Theatre, and his success encouraged him to seek his fortune in London in 1777. He was forced at first to work for Mr. Clarke, a picture dealer in Leicester Fields, but was able at the same time to acquire a thorough acquaintance with the works and methods of Dutch artists, besides learning all the tricks of the trade. In 1780 he married. In 1785 he exhibited at the Royal Academy A View of Northfleet, and continued to exhibit during succeeding years. Becoming acquainted with Captain William Baillie and others, he was introduced into good society, and was patronised by the nobility. In 1788 he accepted a post in Colonel Cathcart's embassy to China. Cathcart, however, died at Java during the voyage, and Ibbetson returned to England. He made many drawings during the voyage, and obtained nautical experience, which he afterwards turned to account in his pictures, but was not able to obtain any remuneration on his return. He sought relief from his misery in dissipation and convivial society, after the example of his friend, George Morland. This only led to further embarrassments, and in 1798 he quitted London for Liverpool to escape his creditors. Ibbetson lived quietly for some time near Ambleside in Westmoreland, visiting Scotland in 1800. A sign painted by Ibbetson for an inn at Troutbeck, near Ambleside, had some notoriety. He suffered further pecuniary losses through the defalcations of a friend, but the number of his commissions now enabled him to free himself to some extent from debt. At the invitation of one of his chief patrons, Mr. William Danby of Swinton Park, Ibbetson settled near that place in Masham, Yorkshire. Here he spent the remainder of his days. As a painter in oil of cattle and pigs Ibbetson has hardly been excelled in England, even by Morland. In his landscape-painting Ibbetson somewhat resembled Richard Wilson, R.A. He also painted small portraits in a neat and rapid manner. His paintings of animals were much prized, especially in Yorkshire, where they are often to be met with in private houses. Benjamin West called him the Berghem of England. He also painted in water-colour in the old tinted method with great success." (DNB). Snelgrove, p. 111.
