Beautifully framed Classical Antique Vase from Thomas Hope Collection. c1814

by Moses, Henry

Superbly framed. Scraffito gold-leafed moulding, hand-painted ragmat mount. Fine hand-coloured engraving of an antique vase in the collection of eminent patron of the arts, Thomas Hope Esquire (1704-1779).

Original antique copperplate-engraving c1811 by Henry Moses for the first edition of A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterea, Tripods, Candelabra and Sarcophagi, from various Museums and Collections, published in London in 1814 by J. Taylor, No 39 High Holborn, and printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor of Shoe Lane.

Henry Moses considered that “The study of the unrivalled works of the ancients is essential to the establishment of good taste and correct judgement, and has laid the foundation of those excellencies which have given celebrity to all the distinguished artists of modern times. Many of the most admirable productions of antiquity are however inaccessible to students, whose limited income will not allow of their travelling to see them;… I therefore conceived that I should perform an acceptable service to the lovers and professors of the Arts, if I were to select from various Museums, Collections, and Cabinets, such of the most esteemed monuments of ancient times, as would tend to improve the judgement, and refine the taste of the Student.”

This is a beautiful engraving with fine later hand-colour. Page size is approximately 14cm x 10cm (5.5 x 4 inches). External frame measurement is 31 x 27cm (12 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches).
Price reduced in recognition of slight marking to rear of framing material (which can be replaced if required).
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