WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 26 FEBRUARY 2018

114 James Malton (1761-1803) A PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN (COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR) hand-coloured aquatint; (25 including frontispiece) 10.25 by 14.75in. (26 by 37.5cm) The engraver and watercolourist James Malton (1761-1803) was employed as a draughtsman in the office of the famous architect James Gandon, known for building the Four Courts (1786-95), the Custom House (1781-91) and King’s Inns (1795-1815). Malton’s prints are, arguably, the most important series of engravings of Dublin. The present lot contains 24 large prints of well-known buildings in Dublin, many of which were newly built at the time. It lacks an illustration of Dublin’s Tholsel Building. €8,000-€10,000 (£5,710-£7,140 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 114 Frontispiece. Ex 114 Ex 114