Canal. Plate III. Theory of Navigable Canals. London: Published as the Act Directs March 1, 1800 by J. Wilkes. J. Pass. Engr. Engraved copperplates. Print measures 10.75 x 8.5" while frame measures 15 x 12". 

***Please note this print has not been examined out of the frame.***

In fair condition. Water dampness stain to bottom corner of print. Light soiling and toning around edges of print; pencil marginalia at bottom edge. Colors on print remain bright and presentable. Gold painted frame is purposefully scuffed at edges, remains attractive. Pencil marginalia on rear side of frame. Wire is intact; ready to hang. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. 

   John Pass or Paas (c.1783–1832) was an English engraver and murder victim. Pass was an established copper plate engraver in Pentonville, London. He made plates for The History, Civil and Ecclesiastical, and Survey of the Antiquities of Winchester (1798–1801) by John Milner. John Wilkes (1725-1797) the London bookseller, who was from Winchester, knew him at the end of the 18th century, and took him on for illustrations of his Encyclopaedia Londoniensis. Pass produced plates for volume 13 of the work.

   John Paas (name used legally) was murdered in Leicester by James Cook, in a criminal case that attracted wide attention. He was aged 49, a partner in the firm Paas & Co. of High Holborn, London, engravers. He was in Leicester as a travelling salesman of specialist hardware. Cook, a printer and bookbinder, was exhibited on a gibbet after being hanged, the last British criminal to be so treated.

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