STEEL ENGRAVING - "A PASSING CLOUD" from the painting by James Clark Hook, engraved by J. Wells, published in 1865. The engraving is in excellent condition. The picture measures 4 ¾” x 6 5/8”, and is matted to 11" x 14" for easy framing.

                        Ah! How this Spring of Love resembleth

                        Th’ uncertain glory of an April day;

                        Which now shows all her beauty to the sun,

                        And by and by a cloud takes all away.” - Shakespeare.

     James Clark Hook, was born at Maidston, Kent, in 1809, and is one of the foremost of the Royal Academy.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Antique prints, etchings, engravings, and lithographs are printing processes, which use steel, copper, stone or wood blocks or plates to produce a picture on paper.

Most antique prints and engravings, which are seen on the internet today, are bookplates. Because they are pages from a book, there are multiple copies in existence. This does not, however, mean that they are "reproductions" that have been printed recently.

Because they were, at some point, part of books, some have been preserved in excellent condition, while others show signs of age, as yellow spots or darkness on the edge of the page from being handled.

Engravings, lithographs, etc., are high quality pieces of art, as it took a highly trained artist many hours of work to produce one. Although there may be multiple copies still in existence, the date of the item should be stated in the auction, thus giving the buyer an idea of its age.

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