Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Purcell, E. (Edward)
Title:
Landscape animals : sketched from nature / by Edward Purcell.
Published / Created:
[London] : J. Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street, August 1, 1822 [i.e. 1829]
Physical Description:
4 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 18 x 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC780 .P87 1829+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on publisher's printed wrapper. With publisher's advertisement for 'New drawing books" on the back cover.

The first plate, which is not numbered, with imprint: "Published by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street, 1829. Printed by W. Day, 17 Gate St."

Description based on the copy at the Yale Center for British Art. In the bottom-left corner is printed the word "No.", with "1" written in pen and black ink.

"Price 1s. 6d."--Cover.

BAC: British Art Center copy in publisher's original printed wrappers.

Four lithographed plates, each with multiple drawings of domestic animals.
Subject Terms:
Animals in art. | Drawing books -- Specimens. | Drawing -- Study and teaching. | Horses in art. | Dogs in art. | Cattle in art. | Zoological illustration. | Dickinson, J. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Publishers' advertisements. | Lithographs -- 1829.
Contributors:
Day, William, 1797–1845, printer of plates.