Westall, Richard, 1765-1836, Victories of the Duke of Wellington , 1819
- Title(s):
- Victories of the Duke of Wellington / from drawings by R. Westall, R.A.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Rodwell and Martin, New Bond Street, 1819.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 47, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 62 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 62 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3591285
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "The engravings ... are accompanied by a short account of the actions which they represent, compiled and copied from the most authentic information"--Preface.
Aquatint engravings by T.H. Fielding and Charles Heath; after Richard Westall.
Printed by Thomas Davison.
With an engraved vignette on the title page.
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 502
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 381
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary quarter red roan and marbled boards, with publisher's printed title label on front cover. Copy 2 is a large paper copy (Abbey variant issue no. 3, 51 cm); plates mounted as drawings on buff card, without titles, signatures or imprints. With the (very large) armorial bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell. - Subject Terms:
- Davison, Thomas -- Printer.Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789–1820.Peninsular War, 1807–1814 -- Great Britain.Rodwell and Martin -- Publisher.Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878 -- Bookplate.Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 -- Military leadership.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1815
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- Vimiera
- Oporto
- Talavera
- Busaco
- Badajoz
- Salamanca
- Madrid
- Vittoria
- Pyrenees
- St. Sebastians
- Toulouse
- Waterloo.
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