Robert Batty "Augsburg" (Karolinenstraße with view at St. Peter am Perlach). Probably about 1821. Robert Batty1789 London - 1848 ibid. Pencil drawing. Signed on the left "Rob Batty" and titled on the right as well as another, illegible inscription. After the motif Captain Batty made the model for a steel engraving with the title "Karolinen-Strasse, Augsburg", which was engraved by Charley Askey and published by Rodwell & Maron in London. Sheet slightly soiled and with tiny foxing spots. At the back side's upper and lower corners as well as at the margins Mi. lesions due to an earlier mounting. Sheet slightly creased. Dimensions: 26.3 x 17.9 cm. Robert Batty 1789 London - 1848 ibid. British officer, painter, draughtsman and etcher. First studied medicine at Cambridge, but dropped out. Joined the British army. Reproduces impressions from his military time in etchings. 1822-33 active as watercolour painter, draughtsman and etcher. Travels to the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany. Member of the Royal Society.