Lot 18026: Hipkins - Rare lithograph of Stradivarius Heller Violin by W Gibb 1888
This beautiful print was drawn by William Gibb for Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique by Alfred Hipkins. Published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh 1888.
These masterful chromolithographs was executed by the Edinburgh firm McLagan and Cumming under the direction of David Cumming. The text for the work was compiled by the musicologist Alfred Hipkins (1826-1903) and the images by the Scottish illustrator William Gibb.
Credit for this influential work should also go to Robert Glen (1835-1911), a watercolour artist and musical instrument maker in Edinburgh.
The work and its plates are rightly considered the finest lithographic illustrations of musical instruments ever published. Only 1040 impressions and 50 artist proofs were ever issued, which make a superb presentation if matted and framed.
Size: 11.75in x 15.75in (30cm x 40cm)
Condition report:
Excellent condition - please review the images carefully
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