Aquatint Worlds

Travel, Print, and Empire, 1770–1820

Douglas Fordham

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English

Yale University
12 November 2019

Prints & printmaking; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literature: history & criticism; British & Irish history

An illuminating investigation of how aquatint travel books transformed the way Britons viewed the world and their place within it

In the late 18th century, British artists embraced the medium of aquatint for its ability to produce prints with rich and varied tones that became even more stunning with the addition of color. At the same time, the expanding purview of the British empire created a market for images of far-away places. Book publishers quickly seized on these two trends and began producing travel books illustrated with aquatint prints of Indian cave temples, Chinese waterways, African villages, and more. Offering a close analysis of three exceptional publications—Thomas and William Daniell’s Oriental Scenery (1795–1808), William Alexander’s Costume of China (1797–1805), and Samuel Daniell’s African Scenery and Animals (1804–5)—this volume examines how aquatint became a preferred medium for the visual representation of cultural difference, and how it subtly shaped the direction of Western modernism.

Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

By: Douglas Fordham
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 286mm, Width: 241mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 2.160kg
ISBN: 9781913107048
ISBN 10: 1913107043
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 12 November 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Douglas Fordham is associate professor of art history at the University of Virginia.