Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842, Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 , 1809
- Title(s):
- Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 / by Robert Ker Porter ; in two volumes.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Richard Phillips, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars. By T. Gillet, Crown-Court, Fleet-Street, 1809.
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsD965 .P67 1809+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3470422
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Aquatints by Joseph Constantine Stadler; after Sir Robert Ker Porter. Under the direction of P.A. Hubert.
A second edition was published by John Stockdale in 1813.
Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 2407
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Prideaux, S.T. Aquatint engraving, p. 225, 227, 347
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 13
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half green morocco-style binding and marbled boards. - Subject Terms:
- Costume -- Russia.Costume -- Sweden.Etching -- Specimens -- 1809.Gillet, T. -- Printer.Phillips, Richard -- Publisher.Russia -- Description and travel.Sweden -- Description and travel.Voyages and travels.
- Form/Genre:
- Travel literature.
Aquatints -- 1809.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1809. - Export:
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- Contents of the plates: The inside of a Russian post-house
- A view of Elsineur Castle from Hamlet's garden
- The Stone Theatre at St. Petersbourg
- View from the English Quay at St. Petersburgh
- The Place of St. Isaac
- Monks of St. Basil
- Nuns of St. Basil
- A hackney sledge
- Russian boors in their winter sledge
- A Russian tradesman
- A travelling Russian boor
- A gentleman in his winter walking dress
- A Russian nurse
- A regular Cossac
- An Uralsky Cossac
- An officer of the Donsky Cossacs
- A soldier of the Imperial Foot Guards
- An officer of the Imperial Foot Guards
- A view of Moscow
- A Russian tradesmans wife in her gala dress
- A Russian tradesmans wife in her summer dress
- View of the monastery of Divitchy
- An archimandrite in his ordinary habit
- The monastery of Voshrashensky
- Nicons hermitage
- A Russian peasant in his summer dress
- A Russian peasant in her summer dress
- A Bohemian or Gypsey
- Swedish washerwomen
- A Bashkir trooper
- The Chief of the Bashkirs
- Kirghises
- A Kalmuc horseman
- A peasant of Finland in his winter dress
- The palace at Stockholm
- Gustavus Vasa
- A mine
- The retreat of Gustavus Vasa
- A Dalecarlion peasant
- A Dalecarlion female peasant
- The Falls of Inthatta.
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