Coast at Low Tide - Pencil Drawing on Verso of Aglio's Hastings Wrapper - 1829

Original pencil sketch of a coast at low tide: the beach and sandbanks in the foreground and, beyond, the line of the sea and a headland, heightened with white chalk and slight touches of red chalk, on cream-toned paper. The drawing is on the reverse of the printed wrapper of “Hastings and its Environs. Drawn on Stone by A. Aglio, from Sketches after Nature by I.I.B. Esqr.”, with a lithographed vignette of Fairlight Church signed “A. Aglio del.” and the imprint “Printed by I. Boosey & Co. 310 Strand”, annotated “1829” in pencil.

Medium: Original graphite pencil drawing heightened with white chalk and touches of red chalk; on the verso, printed wrapper with lithographed vignette.
Date: Circa 1829.
Lithographer: Agostino Aglio (1777-1857).
Dimensions: Sheet 7.1 x 10.5 in (18 x 26.7 cm).
Condition: Fair. Toning and some spotting; remains of old mounting at the four corners of the verso, with small surface losses. Stock number in pencil on the verso.