London : Pub. Novr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, 1809[-1811]
Physical Description:
12 prints : hand-colored aquatints ; sheets 33 x 42 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 19Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
"Rowlandson's views in Oxford and Cambridge, 1810 [sic], deserve notice for the slight and pleasing manner with which he has characterised the architecture of the places mentioned; but it is impossible to surpass the originality of his figures ..."--Malcolm.Title supplied by cataloger.Imprint from the first plate (as bound in the YCBA copy). The prints are variously dated from 1809 to 1811.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 425Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, p. 184Malcolm, J. Historical sketch of the art of caricaturing, p. 149Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 276BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in later full crimson levant morocco, by Wood; each print is matted.
Contents:
Magdalen College, Oxford -- The entrance to the Cloisters at Magdalen College -- View of Merton College Oxford -- St. Mary's Church. Radclivian Library -- Front view of Christ Church, Oxford -- View of the Theatre, Printing House & Oxford -- View of the Observatory, Oxford -- View of Oxford Castle -- Emanuel College, Cambridge -- Emanuel College Garden, Cambridge -- Quadrangle of King's College, Cambridge -- Inside view of the Public Library, Cambridge.
Subject Terms:
University of Oxford -- Pictorial works. | University of Cambridge -- Pictorial works. | Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Oxford -- Pictorial works. | Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Cambridge -- Pictorial works. | Universities and colleges -- England -- Oxford -- Pictorial works. | Universities and colleges -- England -- Cambridge -- Pictorial works. | Wood -- Bookbinder.