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Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire; Wrapper for Part 6

Printer: Hullmandel, Charles Joseph · b. 1789Printmaker: Hill, David Octavius, RSA · 1802-1870Publisher: Hill, Thomas

Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire; Wrapper for Part 6

Hill was only 19 when the first Part was issued. His Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire remains the most ambitious early publication using the medium…

Hill was only 19 when the first Part was issued. His Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire remains the most ambitious early publication using the medium of lithography in Scotland

The lithographs were originally issued in 6 Parts over a period from October 1821 until c.1823. Each Part comprised 5 prints hand stitched into a printed paper wrapper. Over the course of the publication no less than three different wrapper designs, again to D O Hill's designs were produced. The example present here is that printed by Hullmandel and used for Parts 4, 5 and 6. Following the issue Thomas Hill appears to have assembled together the unsold prints and bound them in the manner here preserved. Hill sold his Perth shop in May 1824 and removed to Edinburgh wher ehe carried on his former business. The label on the boards for the volume which contains this wrapper gives his Perth address which must place the binding to before that date.