Artist: Abraham Le Blond (London, 1819 - 1894).
Engraver: Abraham Le Blond.
Title: Head of Derwent Water.
Numbered and Titled on embossed backing card: Head of Derwent Water. No. 40.
Dimensions: Image 2 1/4" x 3 5/8". Backing card 5 3/8" x 7 3/8".
Publisher: Le Blond & Co.
Date: 1849-1854.
Materials and Techniques: Baxter-process print pasted on publisher's embossed card.
Mat and Frame: Impression mounted on original embossed wove card.
Condition: Fresh colors, no wear. The engraving was stored in the album for so long that a part of the paint from the surface was offsetting to the previous page and soaked into it. Some other pages of the album with a similar offsetting were dated May 1851. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: C.T. Courtney Lewis. The Le Blond Book. London, 1920. No. 34. (Derwentwater is as one word). P. 53.
Museums and Libraries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accession Number: 44.91.834.
The British Museum. Registration number 1936,1116.499.
Note: The New Baxter Society. Print of the Month - July 2020. Head of Derwentwater.
"Head of Derwentwater." is a part of the series "Small Landscapes" (C.T. Courtney Lewis).
32. Brothers Water, Westmorland. Le Blond, No. 2.
33. Head of Windermere. Le Blond, No. 39.
34. Head of Derwentwater. Le Blond, No. 40.
35. Ullswater. Le Blond, No. 55.
36. Ballinahinch Lake. Le Blond, No. 57.
37. Loch Katrine, Scotland. Le Blond, No. 36.
38. Ben Lomond. Le Blond, no. 58.
Some of these prints are in our collection.