Engraver: 
 
After Frederic William Burton, Irish, 1816-1900
Title: Liebesklange
Date: c.1850
Medium: Steel engraving, hand coloured
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27 x 20.4 cm
Credit Line: Presented, 2018
Object Number: NGI.2018.7.2
DescriptionAcquired in 2018, this is one of four hand-coloured steel engravings after FW Burton, published by Verlag d. Englischen Kunstanstalt v. A.H. Payne, Leipzig & Dresden.

Burton used sketches he made in Scotland and elsewhere to create highly finished drawings. Several of these detailed sketches were engraved and published in Germany during the artist’s stay there between 1851 and 1858. One is known to have been published in 'Payne's Universum und Buch der Kunst' (Payne’s Universe and Book of Art), (Leipzig und Dresden), Volume II, 1853. Engraved by Carse, French and Payne, these engravings, which are in excellent condition, will enhance the NGI’s collection of Burton watercolours and drawings, bringing it to a total of 189 works. Along with the Burton Archive, located in the CSIA, the collection forms a rich research collection.

Frederic William Burton was born in 1816 into a well-to-do family in Co.Wicklow but grew up in Corofin, Co.Clare. He attended the Dublin Society’s Drawing Schools, studying landscape and figure drawing. From the age of 16 he exhibited works at the RHA and became a full member in 1839. He was deeply interested in culture, legend and folk life and was a founder member of the Archaeological Society of Ireland. In 1851 he left Ireland for Bavaria where he worked for Maximilian II. He worked almost exclusively in watercolour throughout his career and his works were eagerly sought after and commanded good prices during his lifetime. From 1858 he lived in London and was elected a member of the Old Watercolour Society. In1874 he became director of the National Gallery, London. He died in London in 1900.
ProvenanceOn offer of gift from a private collection

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