Allen, William, 1793-1864, Picturesque views on the river Niger , 1840
- Title(s):
- Picturesque views on the river Niger : sketched during Lander's last visit in 1832-33 / by Commander William Allen.
- Published/Created:
- London : J. Murray : 1840.
- Physical Description:
- 18 p., [11] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 28 x 38 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDT360 .A45 1840+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDT360 .A45 1840+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDT360 .A45 1840+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3089647
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "The descriptive notices have been chiefly extracted from his diary."--P. vi.
Tinted lithographs by Charles Haghe, Thomas Picken, and W.L. Walton; after William Allen.
Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Charing Cross.
List of subscribers: p. [17]-18.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 284
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in blind-stamped brown ribbed cloth. Title in gilt on front cover with gilt armorial device: Views on the River Niger. Plates are hand-colored. Copy 2 bound in original printed wrappers. Plates are hand-colored. Copy 3 also bound in original printed wrappers. Inscribed: From the widow of the late Rev. R.J. Knight, Throwley, 1899. Plates are un-colored. - Subject Terms:
- Ackermann -- Publisher.Allen, William, 1793–1864.Hodgson & Graves -- Publisher.Lander, John, 1807–1839.Lander, Richard, 1804–1834.Murray, J. -- Publisher.Niger -- Description and travel.Niger Expedition (1832–1833)Niger River -- Pictorial works.W. Clowes and Sons -- Printer.
- Form/Genre:
- Travel literature.
Subscribers' lists.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840.
Lithographs -- 1840. - Export:
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- Map: A part of the River Niger & Chadda. Surveyed in 1832-3
- Views on the Nun Branch of the River Niger
- Procession to Ibu
- Cliffs at Attah
- Mountains & market canoes near Bokweh
- Huts at Jogguh
- The Palaver
- The confluence of the Rivers Niger and Chadda
- Mount Patteh from Bangadeh
- The King giving judgement at the gate of his palace
- The interior of the Chief Malem's House
- The morning call
- Attah
- [Seven strip views of the Niger with place names].
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