LAPORTE (John). Lessons in Landscape, for Young Beginners [cover title].1804

London: Published by John P. Thompson, Oblong 4to (263 x 430 mm), 22 soft-ground etchings without letterpress, water tidemark to fore-edge of first few plates and then fading, orig. boards, original printed paper title label on upper cover. John Laporte (March 1761 – 8 July 1839) was an English landscape painter and etcher, who worked in and around London, England. Laporte was born into a family of French Huguenot origins, possibly in London or in Ireland, and studied art under the Irish-born Huguenot painter John Melchior Barralet, either in London or Dublin.[1] He became a drawing-master at the Addiscombe Military Seminary, Surrey. He was also a successful private teacher, and Dr. Thomas Monro (the patron of J. M. W. Turner amongst others), was one of his pupils. From 1785 he contributed landscapes to the Royal Academy and British Institution exhibitions in London, and was an original member of the short-lived society called 'The Associated Artists in Watercolours,' from which he retired in 1811.—Wikipedia.