John Coney (1786-1833) The Crypt of Wells CathedralSepia wash over pencil, painted on paper attached to old card. View of the interior of the crypt, with vaults and columns, and various objects on the floor such as coffins, skulls, and several utensils. Signed and dated in pen and brown ink J. Coney 1813 (lower left). Generally, the condition is very good with some light foxing. To be sold in its present condition without a mount or frame. The watercolour will be delivered in a conservation standard clear polyester sleeve.Drawing: 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (19.1 x 31.8 cm.)Backing card: 9 x 13 7/8 in. (22.9 x 35.2 cm.)Reproduced: Etching lettered below image with title, production details ''Drawn & Engraved by John Coney.'' and publication line ''London, Published June 24, 1819, by Longman & C. Lackington & C. and Joseph Harding.'' Also published later ed: William Dugdale. Monasticon anglicanum (London, 1849), vol. II, before p. 275.Please note: The illustrated black and white print dated 1819 is not included in the sale.John Coney (1786�1833) was an English architectural draughtsman and engraver. He was born at Ratcliffe Highway, London. He was apprenticed to an architect but never followed the profession.In 1815, Coney published his first work, a series of eight views of the exterior and interior of Warwick Castle, drawn and etched by himself. Shortly afterwards he was employed by Harding to draw and engrave a series of exterior and interior views of the cathedrals and abbey churches of England, to illustrate a new edition of William Dugdale''s Monasticon, edited by Sir Henry Ellis. These plates occupied a great portion of his time for fourteen years and were executed with consummate skill. In 1829, he began the engravings of ''Ancient Cathedrals, H�tels de Ville, and other public buildings in France, Holland, Germany, and Italy''; which were drawn from life by himself. This work was intended to be in twelve parts, but only eight were published. Charles Heathcote Tatham wrote the descriptions.In 1831 Coney began a similar series of the Architectural Beauties of Continental Europe, for which Hannibal Evans Lloyd wrote the descriptions. This work consists of 28 large plates of remarkable edifices in France, the Low Countries, Germany, and Italy, and 56 vignettes, all drawn and etched by himself. In addition to these undertakings, he executed numerous drawings in pencil, and in colours, for private commissions; and necessity often compelled him to part with many to picture-dealers and print-sellers. He was employed by the architect Cockerell to engrave a very large ''View of Rome'', and another plate as a companion to it, neither of which was published. His drawings exhibit all the minutest details without the appearance of labour, yet with a neatness that is truly surprising. A ''View of the Interior of Milan Cathedral'' was published after his death for the benefit of his widow.His work is kept in several museums wor...