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Creator:
Havell, Robert, -1832
Title(s):
A coasting view of Brighton [graphic] / the drawing taken from nature by R. Havell, Junr.
Additional Title(s):
Dedicated by permission to His Most Gracious Majesty George IV a coasting view of Brighton
Published/Created:
London : [publisher not identified], published April 1, 1824.
Physical Description:
1 print on 6 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 330 cm, rolled (in wooden case) to 17 x 6 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA690.B78 H38 1824 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
With an engraved title panel at the leading edge.
French key to the panorama in E.W. Brayley's "Esquisse topographique de Brighthelmston" (1824).
Panorama of Brighton's esplanade, from the site of Kemp Town to Shoreham. Includes place names along the bottom edge.
"In boxwood drum (described on R. Havell, Jr.'s notepapers as a "Brighton-ware Box"). The drum is surmounted by a royal crown. This acts as a winder ..."--Gilded scenes and shining prospects.
Hyde, R. Gilded scenes and shining prospects, 63
Ford, J. Images of Brighton, pages 21-24.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 495
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. In original boxwood drum, surmounted by a royal crown (as winder).
Subject Terms:
Brighton (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
Brighton (England) -- Pictorial works.
Coasts -- England -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1824.
Panoramas -- England -- Brighton.
Views -- England.
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  • Race ground
  • Chain Pier
  • Marine Parade Pavilion
  • Church
  • Old Ship
  • The ship in distress
  • The George
  • Dieppe Packett
  • Battery
  • Regency Square
  • West Cliff House
  • Kings Road
  • Shoreham.

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