Moore Allen & Innocent
Lot 467
AFTER CHARLES BENTLEY "Ataraipu or The Devil's Rock", "Roraima", "Junction of the Kundanama with the Paramu Watu Ticaba" and "Brazilian Fort St. Gabriel", colour lithographs by George Barnard and others, printed by C Hullmandel, published Ackermann & Co., 1840, 32.5 cm x 42 cm, another four to match the above "Esmerelda on the Orinoco", "Brazilian Fort St. Gabriel", "Ataraipu or The Devil's Rock", "Junction of the Kundanama with the Paramu", 33 cm x 42 cm, AFTER CHARLES BENTLEY "Watu Ticava", lithograph by George Barnard as before, together with "Roraima", "Christmas Cataract" and "Pure-Piapia", a set of four, 33 cm x 42 cm and a folio containing "Twelve views in the Interior of Guian; ...... from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley.....", published London Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand CONDITION REPORTS There are 13 framed prints in total - some show signs of foxing and some slight discolouration. Thunder bugs, etc underneath the glass and glass needs cleaning. One copy of "Roraima" has a large area of foxing to the top right hand corner and one copy of "Ataraipu or The Devil's Rock" has a tear in the bottom left. See images for more detail. Folio - all leaves are loose - no plates present. Frontispiece there. Some areas of foxing throughout particularly to one page - see image for details, as well as damage to the edges.Also - map has a bad rip to the middle and to the right hand edge as well. Areas of foxing throughout, etc. See images for more details.
