Chris Andrews: Robert Frost's wish, with the worrisome thought his desire would be half-granted -- whisked away from earth without a chance to begin anew, is something that occurs to me in the regret over human relationships that I would nourish more from my past.
Carl, here, was given that chance, when he gave Vie some hard truths, while sorrowing over her health. And the references to Kate give me pause to meditate over her relationship with the two, in her love for Vie and in her own sorrows once Vie's state of health becomes more manifest to her.
What a thoughtful letter.
What a deep reverie, pregnant for meaning with near death.
The masterful hummingbird engraving led me to search.
J. Bishop is the engraver, after a drawing or painting by James Hope Stewart (1789-1856), who did many of the paintings for the engravings in circa 40 volumes of Natural History by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874), whose work was in turn printed by William Home Lizars (1788-1859), himself also an engraver, who in turn happened to have met J.J. Audobon. Lizars printed an early, unsuccessful version of Audobon's work, who moved the work to a London publisher when the Lizars' edition failed to sell.
But I was not able to find more information (even the first name) on "J. Bishop", though he engraved several works after paintings of James Hope Stewart.
Not helpful is that the antiques dealers give wrong information on J. Stewart, confusing him with another James Stewart (!), engraver, who lived from 1791-1863. The National Portrait Gallery (UK) even lists James Hope Stewart as having died in 1883!
But one thing is certain. The James Hope Stewart (1789-1856) dedicated a lot of artwork to the Natural History of William Jardine (who published 40 volumes, mainly through Wm Home Lizars).
But not this engraving. I am not able to trace where this engraving appears.
What a beautiful engraving of five varieties of hummingbird!
I have downloaded three volumes of Sir Wm Jardine's natural history. The species descriptions are brief, but beautiful color plates appear at the end. The earlier volumes appear circa 1833.
Chris Andrews: Robert Frost's wish, with the worrisome thought his desire would be half-granted -- whisked away from earth without a chance to begin anew, is something that occurs to me in the regret over human relationships that I would nourish more from my past.
Carl, here, was given that chance, when he gave Vie some hard truths, while sorrowing over her health. And the references to Kate give me pause to meditate over her relationship with the two, in her love for Vie and in her own sorrows once Vie's state of health becomes more manifest to her.
What a thoughtful letter.
What a deep reverie, pregnant for meaning with near death.
The masterful hummingbird engraving led me to search.
J. Bishop is the engraver, after a drawing or painting by James Hope Stewart (1789-1856), who did many of the paintings for the engravings in circa 40 volumes of Natural History by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874), whose work was in turn printed by William Home Lizars (1788-1859), himself also an engraver, who in turn happened to have met J.J. Audobon. Lizars printed an early, unsuccessful version of Audobon's work, who moved the work to a London publisher when the Lizars' edition failed to sell.
But I was not able to find more information (even the first name) on "J. Bishop", though he engraved several works after paintings of James Hope Stewart.
Not helpful is that the antiques dealers give wrong information on J. Stewart, confusing him with another James Stewart (!), engraver, who lived from 1791-1863. The National Portrait Gallery (UK) even lists James Hope Stewart as having died in 1883!
But one thing is certain. The James Hope Stewart (1789-1856) dedicated a lot of artwork to the Natural History of William Jardine (who published 40 volumes, mainly through Wm Home Lizars).
But not this engraving. I am not able to trace where this engraving appears.
What a beautiful engraving of five varieties of hummingbird!
I have downloaded three volumes of Sir Wm Jardine's natural history. The species descriptions are brief, but beautiful color plates appear at the end. The earlier volumes appear circa 1833.
Thank you so very much for sharing!