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English School of Painting in Watercolors

Aaron Penley

PENLEY’S THE ENGLISH SCHOOL OF PAINTING IN WATER-COLOURS

PENLEY, Aaron. The English School of Painting in Water-colours: Its Theory and Practice. London: Day & Son, 1868. Folio (measures 14-1/2 by 22 inches), modern half burgundy morocco gilt, original cloth-gilt vignette laid down on front cover, black morocco spine label. $1700.

Second edition, with 47 chromolithographs mounted on 26 plates, with the first four plates of mixed tints and the rest of watercolors by Aaron Penley.

A wonderful mix of text and mounted sample illustrations, this instructional work explains the colors in a standard palette and how to use them to create watercolor landscapes. A watercolor painter in ordinary to William IV and Queen Adelaide, Penley taught in various schools and was a specialist in the painting style of the era. The first edition of this work was published in 1861. Contemporary owner signature (dated 1870).

Plates bright and fine, binding handsome.

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