Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest
Unknown
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Description
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CHARLES RAMUS FORREST (1750-1827)
A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India. London: L. Harrison for R. Ackermann, 1824 [text watermarked 1824; plates, 1824-1825]. Large 4° (335 x 272mm). Title and final text leaf with hand-coloured aquatint vignettes, engraved folding map, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint views by G. Hunt and T. Sutherland after Forrest. (Some light offsetting to text and plates, verso of last leaf and free endpapers unevenly browned). Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, gilt spine, gilt edges (rebacked and recornered with leather, the original defective backstrip laid down, covers unevenly stained).
FIRST EDITION of this cornerstone work on the Indian sub-continent. Forrest's views are thought to exceed those of all other amateur artists, two especially fine plates along the Yamuna being those of the Taj Mahal and the Palace of the King of Delhi. 'The drawings are all attentively copied from nature, and in many instances coloured on the spot, and always the magic effects of the scenes represented were still impressed on [Forrest's]... mental vision. The reader will recollect with indulgence, that the colouring of these views, which so far exceeds that of the scenery of Europe, is but a just portrait of the enchanting features of India, eternally glowing in the brilliant glory of the resplendent Asiatic sun' (Preface). Abbey Travel 441; Tooley 227.
A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India. London: L. Harrison for R. Ackermann, 1824 [text watermarked 1824; plates, 1824-1825]. Large 4° (335 x 272mm). Title and final text leaf with hand-coloured aquatint vignettes, engraved folding map, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint views by G. Hunt and T. Sutherland after Forrest. (Some light offsetting to text and plates, verso of last leaf and free endpapers unevenly browned). Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, gilt spine, gilt edges (rebacked and recornered with leather, the original defective backstrip laid down, covers unevenly stained).
FIRST EDITION of this cornerstone work on the Indian sub-continent. Forrest's views are thought to exceed those of all other amateur artists, two especially fine plates along the Yamuna being those of the Taj Mahal and the Palace of the King of Delhi. 'The drawings are all attentively copied from nature, and in many instances coloured on the spot, and always the magic effects of the scenes represented were still impressed on [Forrest's]... mental vision. The reader will recollect with indulgence, that the colouring of these views, which so far exceeds that of the scenery of Europe, is but a just portrait of the enchanting features of India, eternally glowing in the brilliant glory of the resplendent Asiatic sun' (Preface). Abbey Travel 441; Tooley 227.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October 2012 Christies in London held the auction Travel, Science and Natural History, which included the work Unknown by Charles Ramus Forrest. The price achieved of GBP 5,000.00 (€ 6,216.62) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00. Other works by Charles Ramus Forrest have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in September 2005 the work A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India. London: L. Harrison for R. Ackermann, 1824 [text watermarked 1822-1824; plates, 1824.|AID824501] was auctioned for GBP 7,200.00 (€ 10,566.53).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober 2012 führte Christies in London die Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History durch, in der auch die Arbeit Unknown von Charles Ramus Forrest zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 5.000,00 (€ 6.216,62) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Charles Ramus Forrest konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im September 2005 die Arbeit A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India. London: L. Harrison for R. Ackermann, 1824 [text watermarked 1822-1824; plates, 1824.|AID824501] für GBP 7.200,00 (€ 10.566,53) versteigert.
Charles Ramus Forrest - Auction history
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