Description | A miscellany of prints published in Britain, c. 1770-1850. (In plans drawer)
1-8 (a) Copperplate engravings of views of British historical rural buildings, published by S Hooper, all on different dates between 1773 and 1792. Nos. 1-5 are accompanied by historical texts. Engravers: J Newton and Sparrow. Buildings: Davynton Priory, Kent; Blackfriars House, Hereford; Caernarvon Castle, Conway Abbey Church, St. Gregory’s Priory, Canterbury; Cors Regal, Red Castle, Angusshire; St. Francis Abbey, Kilkenny.
9-18 (b) Mostly copperplate engravings of views of British historical rural buildings published c. 1770-1830 including some fine picturesque prints. Gordon, Tarnaway and Carlisle Castles, Cannachie Bridge, Bolton House, Castleton Derbyshire, Roche Rock Hermitage, Windesham Church, Nantwich Church, Cheshire and Kelso Abbey. Drawings by JC Nottes 9-12; L Clenell 13; J Farington 15; PS Munn 14; T Allom 16; RW Billings 17; & F Nash 18. Engravers/etchers: J Fittler 9-11,W Poole & B Hewlett 12, J Greig 13, F Stevens 14, John Pye, 15, E Radclyffe 16, & GB Smith 17. Publishers: Border Antiquities of England & Scotland 13, R Ackermann 14, & Virtue & Co 16.
19-27 (a) Various historic London buildings c. 1780-1830.
19 Aquatint “-Second Principal Court” (Hampton Court Palace: left the Great Gatehouse c. 1514-15, and at rear the Great Hall 1531-36). Drawn and published by J Spyers, London 1786. (See companion print S 260/81/1)
20-21 Two printings of the same aquatint (different inks and papers) of “Internal View of Somerset House” published 1808 by JT Smith, copied from an earlier print.
22 Stepney Church published 1795 by T Cadell jnr. & W Davies
23 Croydon Church
24 Bank of England (hand coloured) published by G Jones 1814
25 Suffolk (or Northampton) House, Charing Cross published 1808 by W Herbert & Rob. Wilkinson, from a drawing by W Hollar c. 1630
26 Cheapside Cross (from an early 17th c. drawing) Herbert & Wilkinson 1809
27 Aquatint hand finished with pencil of Kensington Palace interior
28-30 (d) Other unrelated prints
28 Aquatint of a gallery for the mansion of Sir Rob. Gore Booth by F Goodwin, 1833, drawn and published by Goodwin, London, 1823.
29 Etching (?) by E Challis from a painting by D Roberts of the interior of St Paul Church, Antwerp, published by S Virtue, London.
30 Engraving by E Chavane of an allegorical engraving by W Hogarth on a tankard |