Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Title:
Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772. By William Gilpin ...
Edition:
The 3d ed. ...
Published / Created:
London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808.
Physical Description:
2 v. 30 plates (incl. maps) 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670 C9 G4 1808 Copy 1

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670 C9 G4 1808 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 187

BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 has the bookplate of James Frothingham Hunnewell, and the autograph of J. Sanderson. Copy 2 is the Abbey copy.

BAC : Plates 25 and 27 signed S.G. At least some plates by Sawrey Gilpin, after the author.--Cf. Barbier, Carl Paul. William Gilpin. Oxford, 1963, p. 83.

BAC : First published, 1786, under title: Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772.

BAC : Printed by Strahan and Preston.
Subject Terms:
Cumberland (England) -- Description and travel. | Westmorland (England) -- Description and travel.