{"title":"Sir John Soane's Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003eLast week our specialist Tomos Nutt met with Dr Frances Sands, Curator of Drawings \u0026amp; Books at Sir John Soane's Museum in London. Together they examined two books from Sir John Soane, and one concerning the Georgian 'Grand Tours' like those taken by Soane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Sands and Tomos compared the Shapero copy of Soane’s privately printed work 'Description of the Residence of John Soane, Architect' with Soane’s original watercolours for the book in the Museum’s remarkable South Drawing Room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover below the works Tomos looked at at the Soane and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYHETHBgApM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(241, 89, 43);\"\u003ewatch the video here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e to learn the full story.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dubourg-ancient-buildings-rome-1844-first-118658","title":"Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003ewith 26 hand-coloured aquatints\u003c\/h4\u003eA very good copy with plates clean and fresh of a fine colour plate book on Rome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is little information about Dubourg; the dates of his birth and death are unknown, and even his first name is not well attested. He is known to have contributed coloured aquatints to Thomas Williamson, The European in India (London, 1813) and to J. F. Dove, A Picture of St Petersburg (London, 1815), as well as two plates (after drawings by Pugin) to Edward Wedlake Brayley, Illustrations of Her Majesty's Palace at Brighton (London, 1838) and the engravings for Barbara Anne Townshend's delightfully named Sibyl-Leaves, or, Drawing Room Scraps: consisting of Groups of Figures, Flowers, Roses, Birds, Butterflies \u0026amp;c: presenting a Variety of Studies in the Art of cutting Black Paper, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Ladies (London, 1836). Views in Rome seems to be the first book that the artist produced entirely on his own; it consists of 26 aquatints engraved by Dubourg 'with a Descriptive and Historical Account of Each Subject.' He was also responsible for Notable Bridges. A Collection of Engravings of Bridges, showing Construction and Specifications (London, 1825).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his Introduction to Views in Rome Duboug claims that 'the historical and descriptive sketches which accompany these views have been derived from the most recent, and probably the most judicious authorities,' and he ends with an appeal to the authority of Piranesi (though his views are in fact quite different from those of the great Venetian): '[I]t is presumed there cannot be offered to the public a work more interesting or more worthy of its patronage, than a selection of Views of Temples, Baths, Triumphal Arches, and other magnificent remains of Roman buildings, from the works of the justly celebrated PIRANESI.' (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSecond edition; folio (42 x 33 cm); 26 hand-coloured aquatints, each with descriptive text, touch of offsetting, two later letters in German loosely inserted; original morocco-backed red cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, gilt flat spine, extremities a little rubbed, boards a little splotched, otherwise a very good copy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbey Travel 181; Tooley 188.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"DUBOURG, M[atthew].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55486456365431,"sku":"118658","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118658_7d2b385e-7d46-420b-abf1-654e412848e5.jpg?v=1780552924"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/collections\/Image_22.jpg?v=1778254967","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/collections\/sir-john-soane.oembed","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}