The Cathedral of Sienna

Bella veduta tratta dall'opera "The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy: From the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century…", di Henry Gally Knight, stampata da Day & Haghe e pubblicata a Londra, in 2 volumi, nel 1843. L'opera è illustrata da 81 tavole di esterni ed interni di architetture ecclesiastiche di città italiane, i cui disegni furono realizzati da G. Moore, D. Quaglio, J. Aliusetti, J. M. Knapp, Hallman, and E. Lear, mentre le litografie da Owen Jones, G. Moore, T. T. Bury, and R. K. Thomas. George Belton Moore, disegnatore di paesaggi, architettura e topografia, fu allievo di Augustus Charles Pugin (1762-1832). George insegnò disegno alla Royal Military Academy di Woolwich e all'University College di Londra. Espose paesaggi, spesso di soggetti italiani, alla Royal Academy e ad altre mostre dal 1830 fino alla sua morte. ' Litografia tinta, timbro di appartenenza nell'angolo destro, in ottimo stato di conservazione.Dimensioni del foglio: 555x370 mm View taken from "The ecclesiastical architecture of Italy. From the time of Constantine to the fifteenth century, with an introduction and text by Henry Gally Knight …" 2 vv illustrated with 81 plates, illustrative of the ecclesiastical architecture of Italy, published by Henry Bohn, London 1843, printed by Day & Haghe.Plates by Owen Jones, G. Moore, T. T. Bury, and R. K. Thomas; after G. Moore, D. Quaglio, J. Aliusetti, J. M. Knapp, Hallman, and Edw. Lear. George Belton Moore, was born on 24 March and baptised at St Marylebone, London on 26 May 1806, son of William Moore and his wife Mary. A landscape, architectural and topographical draughtsman who was a pupil of Augustus Charles Pugin (1762-1832). George taught drawing at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and at University College, London. He exhibited landscapes, often of Italian subjects, at the Royal Academy and other exhibitions from 1830 until his death. ' Coloured lithograph with tint stones and chromolithograph, in very good condition. Cfr.