£850
Francis Jukes after Thomas Luny (1759-1837) East Indiaman Essex Aquatints (4) Originally purchased from Christies 2004, Still in Frames as apurchased in 2004, some minor marks through aquatints as seen but overall excellent examples.
After THOMAS LUNY (1759-1837)
The Essex East Indiaman: Captain John Stover in a heavy gale of wind April 23rd 1782, in which she lost her Main & Foremast and afterwards obliged to throw her guns overboard; In the Morning after the Storm with her Signal of Distress to a Ship in Sight; In the Afternoon of the same Day, taken in Tow by the Byrangore Frigate and carried into Bombay; Refitted, and at Anchor in Bombay harbour.
4 hand-coloured aquatints by Francis Jukes after Thomas Luny, published by Robert Pollard, London: May 4th 1785, (sight size: 385 x 543mm), the first with engraved armorial vignette below, and dedication to the East India Company, plates numbered 1-4. (Occasional very light marginal browning, plus a few light brown marks as seen.) Mounted, framed and glazed, in gilt frames.
A FINE SET of highly decorative aquatints 'representing the different situations of the Essex from the commencement of the Gale to her safe arrival at Bombay'. Thomas Luny, a most accomplished and prolific painter, and one of the Thames group of marine painters around Deptford, followed the van de Velde tradition of painting. A pupil of Francis Holman, Luny combined a sailor's knowledge with artistry, having served in the Navy up until 1810, to become 'one of the best-known and most prolific of the maritime specialists' (W. Gaunt, Marine Painting: an historial survey, London, 1975, p. 82). The subjects of a great many of his works, which span a period of 60 years, include East India Company ships and naval engagements (such as the Battle on the Nile, National maritime museum). Francis Jukes (1747-1812) holds an important place in the history of English engraving, issuing genre and sporting scenes, topographical views and a great number of maritime works. The East Indiaman Essex was built in the Blackwall Yard in 1780 and captained by John Stover when Thomas Luny painted these images. Generally larger than other merchantmen, these vessels were chartered by the East India Company. The final print shows the vessel in Bombay Harbour, with the Customs House visible in the background. (4)
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