A picturesque tour through the Isle of Wight / by Charles Raye, Esq. ; illustrated by numerous views.
Alternate Title(s):
Picturesque views in the Isle of Wight
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the proprietor, by Howlett and Brimmer, Frith Street, Soho, 1825.
Physical Description:
[52] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts DA670.W6 R39 1823+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Publisher's printed title label: Picturesque views in the Isle of Wight. Coloured engraavings. Price £2 : 12s :6d. in extra boards.Plates 22 and 23 signed: C. Rosenberg sculpt. The remainder are unsigned.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, p. 206Prideaux, S.T. Aquatint engraving, p. 349Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 349BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half red roan. Roan label on front cover: Views in the Isle of Wight.
Contents:
View of the Isle of Wight from Portsmouth Harbour -- Village of Carisbrooke -- Carisbrooke Castle -- Entrance to Carisbrooke Castle -- View of the needles from Chale Bay -- Rocks near Chale Bay -- Village of Niton -- Sand Rock near Niton -- Black Gang Chine -- View from the top of Black Gang Chine -- St. Laurence's Church -- Undercliff near Mirables -- Bonn Church -- View near Luccombe Chine -- Ventnor Cove -- Dunnose -- View at Shanklin -- Shanklin Church -- Shanklin Chine -- Culver Cliffs from Sandham Bay -- Distant View of Culver Cliffs -- Cowes Castle -- View of Spithead from Ryde -- Freshwater Cave.
Subject Terms:
Isle of Wight (England) -- Pictorial works. | Isle of Wight (England) -- Description and travel. | Landscape -- England -- Isle of Wight. | Howlett and Brimmer -- Publisher. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1825.