Hello,I am collector of all antique and vintage.Many years I have forgot about this antique bigg (475x350mm) print,so I am asking experts:
1)is it London?
2)can someone date it?
3)how and why made it?
Thx in advanced.
Regards
Parish_Church2.JPG (338.6 KB, 3 downloads) 5 months old Parish_Church1.JPG (352.9 KB, 1 downloads) 5 months old It is the parish church of St Brides in London, near st paul's cathedral which is seen in the distance.
the church was bombed during WWII but has since been restored.
the print is an engraving and is most likely georgian or a victorian reprint, it is impossible to tell from the scans.
i can't read the engraver, but you should be able to, it is written at the bottom right hand corner of the picture.
Thank you for your response.I'm not sure I'm well read,but in the lower right corner is the signature of T. Borvles Joulp (?).In any case,tomorrow I will make a few daylight pictures of signature and other inscription's in high resolution.
I'm really interested to find out when was made and which technique made this drawing?
Thx
yes T.Borvles Joulp
is more likely
Sculp ... (with an old fashioned ornamental S)
it is short for the latin word Sculpsit ... meaning engraved by or made by or crafted by,
eg meaning done by T.Borvles, i'm not familiar with the engraver but there were a lot of them around so that's not a surprise, the artist makes little difference to the value anyway for these items.
Colleagues,thank you for the information.Here are some close-ups pic's.I am interested in the first place when the drawing actually made,by the way,you can specify a rough value?
Thx.Regards
bottom_left.JPG (253.1 KB, 0 downloads) 5 months old more pic's.
bottom1.JPG (150.1 KB, 0 downloads) 5 months old bottom_right.JPG (247.5 KB, 0 downloads) 5 months old as i said originally the picture represents a georgian scene - which is 1714-1830
it is an engraving and the plate (used for the printing) was engraved around that time i should think.
however these plates were often kept for a long time and reprinted at various times, so it could be later than that, there is also a british company that has bought up a load of these old printing plates and who prints them off onto thick white cartridge paper (these are not really worth anything)
with these items having an original frame can be an important part of the selling price, check out ..
How to tell if a picture frame is old
to see if you think your frame is old.
it is an interesting architectural view and i've had great success selling pictures of churches to people who got married in them ... setting a price is very difficult ... if the frame is antique and the item is old and mostly unstained or foxed, then this item would sell for around $200 in a London shop, this is the best case scenario.
however a newer frame affects the price considerably, as do any marks or stains on the body of the print.
Thank you for your detailed response and explanation.
Regards
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