Artist: Abraham Le Blond (London, 1819 - 1894).
Engraver: Abraham Le Blond.
Title: Ulleswater. (Ullswater is the lake in England).
Numbered and Titled on embossed backing card: Ulleswater. No. 55.
Dimensions: Image 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". Backing card 5 1/2" x 7 1/2".
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. 35. p. 54.
Note: "Ulleswater" is a part of the series "Small Landscapes" (C.T. Courtney Lewis). There were depicted some views of lakes from the "Lakes District:"
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.